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Henbury School Principal Sarah Corry says a new cafe and op shop aims to help students build skills to enter the workforce and gain qualifications · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: I saw this story yesterday and read a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more about it, and it is fantastic to see that
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  Speaker 1: a new cafe and opshop in Darwin, aiming to provide
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  Speaker 1: a training space for special education students at Henbury's School
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  Speaker 1: has opened now. The facilities are going to help students
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  Speaker 1: develop skills in food and beverage preparation and customer service,
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  Speaker 1: equipping them to the workforce. Now joining me on the
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  Speaker 1: line to tell us a little bit more about the
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  Speaker 1: initiative is the Henbri School Principal Sarah Corey. Good morning
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  Speaker 1: to you, Sarah.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Are you going yeah, really good? So great to have
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  Speaker 1: you on the show.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for inviting me.
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  Speaker 1: Sarah, tell us a little bit more about these new facilities.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, they're at.
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  Speaker 2: The Village shopping center in Casina and we have an
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  Speaker 2: opportunity shop and write directly decided is our new cafe
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  Speaker 2: and it's called Henbury Printing.
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  Speaker 1: How wonderful. Paint a bit of a picture for us.
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  Speaker 1: What does it all look like in.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, well, it's actually the new facilities are actually just beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: We've had BTC Constructions work with us to bring our
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  Speaker 2: vision to life. Really but you know, it's been over
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  Speaker 2: ten years in the making. You know, way back in
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  Speaker 2: twenty ten, we started out at the Karma Shopping Center
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  Speaker 2: just as an op shop, and this came out of just,
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  Speaker 2: you know, off the cuff comment by Tim Wicks, one
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  Speaker 2: of the senior teachers at the time, to the principal
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  Speaker 2: at the Chime, Carolyn Edwards, and said, oh, look, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we want to find some work training placements and work
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  Speaker 2: experience for our students. And it was a little out there,
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  Speaker 2: and he said, oh, why don't we just open our
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  Speaker 2: own op shop? And Karen sort of thought about it
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  Speaker 2: for a while, Oh, that might not be a bad idea, So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, from community community generosity, we started out. So
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  Speaker 2: we started out with the Karma Shopping Center and Lapira
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  Speaker 2: owned a shop there that was empty, and then they
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  Speaker 2: wanted that they needed that space back, and so then
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  Speaker 2: we moved over to Baggott Road and then of course
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  Speaker 2: that was the old Milner Shopping Center and they wanted
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  Speaker 2: to close that down and build what they've got there now.
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  Speaker 2: And so still one of our sessos at the time
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  Speaker 2: found the space at Henry on Aralia. So we use
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  Speaker 2: that for ten years and then in twenty nineteen. We
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  Speaker 2: also got the building next door, which was the old
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  Speaker 2: Surfli Saving building and then we turned that into a cafe. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and now we've made the big move this year to
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  Speaker 2: the building shopping center because it's so much closer to
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  Speaker 2: where Henbry School is. It's so much more accessible for
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  Speaker 2: our students. Yeah, it wouldn't happen without our community. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're part of the community. Our people were able to
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  Speaker 2: business and know what we're about about.
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  Speaker 1: Good, So we talk us through how it's going to
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  Speaker 1: benefit the students and prepare them for the workforce.
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  Speaker 2: Well, every one of our students have their own individual goals,
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  Speaker 2: so it might be around communication, or it might be
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  Speaker 2: around building self confidence. But once we have this, they
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  Speaker 2: see this as a real life work experience. So they
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  Speaker 2: go there and they might start off really shy, but
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  Speaker 2: they build their self confidence over time dealing with real customers, building.
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  Speaker 3: Their work skills.
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  Speaker 2: There are things like we run the Barista skill set,
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  Speaker 2: so we put about twenty students.
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  Speaker 3: Per year through that.
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  Speaker 2: We had ties with CDU and run the Retail Certificate
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  Speaker 2: one and two as well, So when they leave Embry School,
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  Speaker 2: our students have all these skills. So then they can
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  Speaker 2: move on to their future pathway that that's volunteer work,
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  Speaker 2: whether that's paid employment, whether that's moving on to another
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  Speaker 2: area out there, so that they're building these skills from
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  Speaker 2: the time they join him by school. How incredible, amazing
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  Speaker 2: and it's really exciting and.
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  Speaker 1: It's it is fantastic because it is equipping young people
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  Speaker 1: for the workforce or for whatever they choose to do
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  Speaker 1: and giving them those skills today sort of undertake qualifications
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  Speaker 1: and gain certificates and things like that as well, Sarah,
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  Speaker 1: or how does how does it work?
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  Speaker 2: From that perspective, they're a certain co award of our students,
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  Speaker 2: depending on where they are in their learning journey, will
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  Speaker 2: participate in the Brewster courses, in the.
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  Speaker 3: Retail courses, but also Katie, we have.
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  Speaker 2: Other things that happen at school that would work and
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  Speaker 2: the sewing program as well, and students prepare gifts and that,
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  Speaker 2: so we've got a gift gifts that are also sold
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  Speaker 2: at the shop.
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  Speaker 3: I reckon.
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  Speaker 1: I've had a couple of those. I've had some nice
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  Speaker 1: beautiful tetawels from there.
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  Speaker 2: Actually photography too, some nice magnetcy frieze.
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  Speaker 3: They go then also participate.
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  Speaker 1: In that, Sarah I love this, you know, I just
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  Speaker 1: think it's to give I need to. I would love
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  Speaker 1: to come down for a coffee because I just think
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  Speaker 1: it is so important that you know that our kids
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  Speaker 1: have opportunities like this. It must you must end up
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  Speaker 1: with the biggest smile on your face at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day when you see kids that are going
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  Speaker 1: through that process of doing their training and maybe making
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  Speaker 1: their first you know, SOI latte or cappuccino or something
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  Speaker 1: for the first time as well.
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  Speaker 2: Look, Katie, you know I'm not a big cry that.
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  Speaker 2: When I'm walking and when we've had our first soft opening,
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  Speaker 2: you know, my eyes just well up. It's just so amazing.
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  Speaker 2: And those students you can see the change in them.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just it's really amazing.
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  Speaker 1: How incredible. Now I understand as well that there was
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fundraising that when into actually making this
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  Speaker 1: a reality.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Throughout the years there has been like we we've had
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  Speaker 2: the Henry Corporate Luncheon for over ten years, the hel
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  Speaker 2: It cost Henry Corporate Luncheon, and then we had a bit.
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  Speaker 3: Of a hiatus because of COVID.
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  Speaker 2: But we are running the Henry Corporate Luncheon on the
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  Speaker 2: first of December this year, just letting all of our
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  Speaker 2: listeners know it. And last year were actually the recipients
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  Speaker 2: of the Darwin Airport Development Group golf fundraising day and
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  Speaker 2: so there was a substantial amount of sixty thousand dollars
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  Speaker 2: from there. What has gone to outfitting the new shops
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  Speaker 2: as well? And you know also cosh nt investments have
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  Speaker 2: helped us along the way.
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  Speaker 3: How wonderful denting out.
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  Speaker 2: The shops as well. Yeah, you know, we couldn't do
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  Speaker 2: this just by ourselves. We've had to rely on the
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  Speaker 2: community support and still rely on community support to you
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  Speaker 2: to help us keep this initiative alive.
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  Speaker 1: Sarah, I've got emails and messages coming through. Hey, Katie,
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  Speaker 1: can you ask exactly where the location is in the
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  Speaker 1: kaz village people want to go.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so if you know the CA's village, it's not
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  Speaker 2: Kazarina Square, Catherine a Village. It's a small and smaller
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  Speaker 2: shopping center where the new McDonald's is. And if you
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  Speaker 2: just walk in there, past past the past calls, you'll
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  Speaker 2: fee it's Henry Training Precinct where we're loud and proud
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  Speaker 2: and you won't miss us.
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  Speaker 1: How wonderful now, Sarah, Before I let you go. What
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  Speaker 1: has been the response from the students. How are the
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  Speaker 1: students feel like?
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  Speaker 2: They are just extremely proud? I mean if you heard
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  Speaker 2: them talking yesterday when people are asking the question, they're
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  Speaker 2: just beaming with pride. They know they're part of something
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  Speaker 2: amazing and they really like sharing this story.
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  Speaker 1: For you, as a principal, how important is it to
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  Speaker 1: actually be able to you know, to give them an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity like this.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it's incredibly important. It's it's our work.
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  Speaker 2: And I know it's the right work for what we're doing,
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  Speaker 2: and our parents know as well, and they really appreciate
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  Speaker 2: what we can provide.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: It is really wonderful. Well, Sarah, I really appreciate you
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  Speaker 1: having a chat with me this morning. I know that
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  Speaker 1: school principles are very busy, so thank you for taking
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  Speaker 1: the time to have a chat with us.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a problem, than Katie. Thank you.