Connecting with My Community.

Connecting with My Community. Katherine School of the Air PO Box 531, Katherine NT 0850 Katherine is a town situated 320 km southeast of Darwin in the"Top End" of the Northern Territory. The Katherine Regionstretches from Dunmarra in the South, to the Daly River Daly RiverRiver, northwestern Northern Territory, Australia. Formed by the confluence of three smaller rivers, it flows about 200 mi (320 km) from the hills west of Arnhem Land to Anson Bay on the Timor Sea. Its basin supports cattle ranching and peanut and tobacco farming. Region in theNorth. From East to West we embrace both the Queensland and WestAustralian West Australian commonly refers to people or things from Western Australia.Specific things to which it may refer include: the newspaper The West Australian; borders and in total cover 480,000sq Kilometres. Katherinehas a population of about 10,000 people and our main economiccontributors include the RAAF Base Tindal RAAF Base Tindal (RAAF Tindal) is a Royal Australian Air Force air base located near the town of Katherine in the Northern Territory. The base is currently home to No. 75 Squadron and a number of non-flying units. about 17 km southeast of townas well as our increasing tourism industry with some 280,000 touristsvisiting the Katherine Region in 2007. Our challenges particularly forKSA KSA Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA Korean Student Association (student organization providing cultural awareness and community empowerment)KSA Knowledge, Skills & AbilitiesKSA Knowledge, Skills and AttitudesKSA Korean Standards Association are distance and severe isolation given the remoteness of ourstudents and their families limiting community involvement and studentopportunities Imagine you haven't seen another kid in three months. The mailplane arrives only every three weeks as you anxiously wait for it justto connect with the rest of the world. You have been flooded in for 12weeks with nothing to do and know where to go just water for kilometresand your imagination. Our students face challenges like these every day.It is hard to envision a future when your living is severe isolation andfinding it hard to connect with the world. At KSA we have set up aprogramme to provide our students with opportunities to experience theworld and connect with others. We are giving students the opportunity tobe active members of our community in Katherine through our ResidentialProgramme. We have developed a highly resourceful programme thatembraces the Darwin Universities Rural College Campus, Katherine to giveour students exposure to the 'world of work'. By accessing the Rural College each year we have given students theopportunity to experience and work on a range of skills including horsehandling, car maintenance and CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)DefinitionCardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac . These are important skills,particularly for our community, as many of the positions available areinvolved with mustering, station work and the vehicle maintenance ofmachines on properties in remote NT. Students also have the opportunityto gain skills in envisioning and planning self-paced SMART goals,embracing future planning with Career education programmes and PersonalLearning Plans to take steps to take action; to move in a matter.See also: Step in working towards their own futures. Students are given the opportunity to explore what is on offer atthe Rural College through a lecture about the campus as well as expressinterest in further courses and studies they may wish to pursue. We areendeavouring to provide opportunities for students to completecertificate modules at the Rural College by creating Partnerships andeducating on what is available. Students work collaboratively on developing relationships with eachother as well as KSA teachers and Campus lecturers. We embed in thisprogramme our Five R's of Middle Years. Respect--for each other,property and ourselves. Relationships--building positive relationshipswith each other, and our community. Reflection--Setting goals andplanning by reflecting on where we are going, where we have come fromand where we are now. Resilience--having a go, taking risks andchallenging ourselves. Rigour--Providing rigorous school based work toget students working hard towards where they want to go. These R'sunderpin our programme; they tie together our philosophies and help usto provide students with a strong base to learn, grow and create futuresfor themselves.