Mr Chris Sellars
DDI: 03 364 6821
Mob: 0272 689 437
Email: csellars(at)christscollege.com
Mr Chris Sellars provides boys with up-to-date information and advice on career options. While boys and parents can make an appointment to meet him in the Careers Office, he also works in and around the school in the following ways:
Working in the classroom with junior boys
Organising guest speakers from industry and educational institutions as part of the senior school’s General Studies programme
Providing regular, one-on-one interviews with boys seeking advice on future careers
Organising visits by boys to universities, polytechnics and career expos
Talking with boys and parents at the College Course Options Evening in August of each year
Notices:
Agricultural Mentoring Programme
A new initiative is being introduced by Meat & Wool New Zealand to link secondary students interested in working in this field, to a young Industry Mentor. Click here for details.
Awards and Scholarships - Click here for the latest information (updated 14 August).
Term 1
Tuesday 2 March - University of Auckland liaison visit, 1.00pm
Thursday 4 March - University of Auckland Parents and students seminar, 7.30pm - 9.00pm, The Chateau on the Park. Please register by email to Sue Heggie at s.heggie@auckland.ac.nz
Friday 5 March - University of Canterbury Liaison visit
Tuesday 9 March - Pacific International Hotel management school (New Plymouth) / Telford Agricultural College Liaison visits
Friday 12 March - University of Otago Liaison visit
Friday 12 March - Massey University Liaison visit
Monday 29 March - Inzone Careers bus visiting the school
Friday 23 April - "Discovery Day" University of Canterbury and Lincoln University (last Friday of school holidays)
Term 2
Sunday 9 May - Tuesday 11 May - Careers Expo
Year 12 boys will attend the Expo during school time.
Year 13 will attend as required.
Thursday 13 May - Agricultural Skills Day, Inter-school competition
Friday 14 May - Victoria University Liaison visit
Tuesday 18 May - Work Choice Day - for selected boys
Friday 28 May - Lincoln University Liaison visit
Thursday 10 June - Victoria University Information Evening
Friday 11 June - CPIT "Have a Go Day"
Air Force Challenge
During the first week of the July school holidays, 5 - 9 July 2010. An opportunity for keen Year 12 or 13 boys to spend five days at RNZAF Base in Ohakea. Mr Sellars has more details and application forms.
Victoria University - Admission from 2011
Victoria University, along with all other universities, has to look at ways of managing enrolments due to policies to cap the number of funded places for domestic students. For students applying with NCEA the rank score will be based on the 80 best credits at Level 3 or higher over a maximum of five subjects, with a maximum of 24 credits in each subject. Excellence = 4, Merit = 3, Achieved = 2. They will establish a ‘Guaranteed Entry Score’ which means that every student who has applied by the due date, and achieves that score, will automatically be confirmed into their programme when their results are released from NZQA in mid-January.
Chris Sellars
Careers Adviser
Chapel
