Stories From My Life
A project that supports students to achieve outcomes in personal, professional and enterprising skills aligned to VCE or VCAL study.
About The Project
An intergenerational program that captures career and life stories from our ageing local communities.
Stories from My Life (SFML) is an intergenerational partnership project that brings together Secondary Schools and organisations from the Aged Care Industry, such as an Aged Care Facility or Senior Community Program or Service.
The focus of SFML is for students to learn about the life and career journey of a local senior resident. This learning is documented and prepared for presentation and/or print material by the students to present at the conclusion of the project. All activities related to this ten-week project, such as the induction, planning and preparing for the interview, collating and developing the information into a presentation or document and sharing the learnings with fellow students and citizens is aligned to the school curriculum (VCE or VCAL).
The aim of this project is to increase:
- The opportunity for students to engage with local senior and aged persons to develop personal and professional related skills,
- Help reduce social isolation for our local aging population,
- Provide an opportunity for a two-way learning process through the sharing of life stories,
- Document and celebrate the lives of our aging community and;
- To achieve student education outcomes in literacy, personal development and work related skills.