Cire Children’s Services toy and equipment drive – we need your help
Over the coming weeks Cire Children’s Services will be reaching out to the community for donations and support for new educational toys and equipment. Young children learn by imagining and doing. Their education and learning development is imperative to their early years’ learning; it helps to build social skills, problem solving skills and language skills. Our […]
Good news for quality training
In a sector plagued by bad news, Cire Training would like to share some positive news. From January 2017, Victoria’s training and TAFE system is being overhauled through Skills First. “Skills First – our new approach to training and TAFE – will ensure public funds are spent effectively, and that students get real training that […]
More than just a job
Cire in home carers sometimes find themselves in the role of providing comfort and dignity to clients as they reach their end of life. When a carer has had a client for a long period of time, the emotional bonds develop and often there is a sense of loss and grief for the carer when […]
You don’t need a uni degree to have a great career…
Mid-January saw many thousands of 2016 year 12 students receive first round offers into their chosen university course. To the students who didn’t receive an offer, congratulations on completing your final year of secondary education. “I want to congratulate every student who has received an offer but I also want every potential student to understand that there […]
Do you control your possessions or do they control you?
The role of a Cire In Home Carer is often diverse and challenging, with tasks ranging from general house cleaning, assisting with grocery shopping, personal care, meal preparation and respite for family carers. However, there are other ways that Cire carers support people in their own homes. Cire In Home Carers sometimes enter a […]
Woori Farm School – a great place to learn
2016 has seen the beginning of a partnership between Woori Yallock Farm School, Cire Training and OPTIONS to support the delivery of Certificate I Conservation and Land Management at the Farm School, located in Woori Yallock. Woori Yallock Farm School has been offering programs for nearly thirty years to students facing academic and/or social challenges. […]
VCAL Students just love projects
This semester, the projects for the Personal Development Skills classes at Cire Community School covered Sport, Beauty, Landscaping and Woodwork, Cooking, Art, Upcycling and The Amazing Race. Students participated enthusiastically and there was a strong community involvement focus in all the projects. In the Sports Project run, at Mount Evelyn campus and organised by teacher […]
Mt Evelyn Children’s Services achieve an Exceeding Rating
Mount Evelyn Cire Children’s Centre Long Day Care program (LDC) and Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) have recently participated in the National Quality Rating and Assessment process and are delighted to announce that they have received an Exceeding Rating in all 7 quality areas. The Rating and Assessment audits are conducted by authorised officers […]
It’s official, we now cater for year 7, 8, 9 and 10
Cire Community School (formerly Yarra Valley Community School) has been operating as a registered senior secondary school for the last two years, from our Mt Evelyn and Yarra Junction campuses. We are very pleased to announce that from the start of the 2017 school year, we will be accepting enrolments in Years 7, 8, 9 […]
