00:02A busy kitchen as school students prepare orders for eager customers.
00:07A new cafe has opened at the Wadja Wadja High School in Warrabinda.
00:11It's so wonderful seeing the kids having a go at everything.
00:14We don't put the kids down, we encourage them so it's really good to come and pop in and have
00:19a coffee and just see their smiling faces.
00:22Next door is also a freshly built hair salon where local teenagers are learning the ropes.
00:27We've just been practicing hairstyles and how to start a conversation with some of the locals here in Warrabinda.
00:38The services are open to the public, meaning locals don't have to travel out of town.
00:43We have been extremely busy every day we've opened. My receptionist gets constant phone calls about are you opening today?
00:50The new training spaces give the students a chance to study a vocational certificate as part of their senior subject
00:55offerings.
00:55And at the same time gain real world practical experience.
01:00The standard curriculum that they were delivering just wasn't working for the kids here.
01:04And so we really looked at VET because in VET you can achieve much more tangible things.
01:10The new approach already paying off.
01:13Our attendance rates have just die rocketed because there's a purpose of learning something that they can use within their
01:20community.
01:20And it means that they don't have to leave Warrabinda community to get that particular education elsewhere.
01:26We're going to go.
01:27We're going to go to VET with you.
01:30We're going to go to the next one.
01:30You
