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Connections Showcase 2022 - 06. Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus - Good News Day

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VOICEOVER: Are you sick of seeing depressing news stories? Are you tired of people sharing misinformation? Then look no further than right here on Good News Day, day, day.

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LAYLA: Good morning, folks, and welcome to Good News Day, the only program where we focus on sharing good news stories. I'm Layla Morris.

AUSTIN: And I'm Austin Boyd. This week in the news, we'll hear about stories, including Callaghan College's fruit and veg program, GRIT, and of course, our celebrity spotlight.

LAYLA: But first, in the breaking news, we are going to see a young oncoming artist called Ky. Let's pass over to Bailey.

BAILEY: It's Bailey Mowbray here in the field live from the art studio, where we caught up with young emerging artist Ky Eden. We talked to him about his work and the challenges he's faced. Let's talk to him now. What got you interested in drawing and art?

KY: People on YouTube with all their amazing drawings and all that. I'd have to add extra details and colour. I have to go with Naruto drawings. About one hour.

BAILEY: Thank you very much.

AUSTIN: Wow. What a talented young man. Next up, we'll be hearing a story about how young people are improving their physical and mental resilience through engaging in a new program called GRIT.

LAYLA: Let's crossover to Tony, who spoke with some of the students.

STUDENT: The GRIT program is a program that is directed at young teenagers, and it helps benefit them with their mental health worries and stuff. When we went to GRIT, we would do activities. We'd do sport activities like-- We'd play basketball, we'd play soccer, and we'd play dodgeball, and we did a few other things as well. The program helped me a lot with my mental health. It helped me slow down and just take more time in certain situations in like-- Instead of just going into it headfirst, to actually just take a breath and think about it.

The best part about GRIT was spending time with my friends and stuff. It's not a break, but it's just some time to get away and just clear your head. I would recommend GRIT to other young people, young teenagers, and any age, because I did find it beneficial. I feel it did help me.

LAYLA: That sounds like a fantastic opportunity for teenagers. Now we have a story about a school program that's been running for 5 years now.

AUSTIN: It not only raises valuable funds but gives students real-life skills in maths, community access and teamwork.

LAYLA: We're following the students to Sandgate Markets to watch them in action, like-- Amelia to tell us more.

AMELIA: Here we are at Sandgate fruit markets. We're going to go watch our students in action.

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TEACHER: The fruit and veg program's designed to present an opportunity for all the students within the program to achieve outcomes across the syllabus, which is all really boring stuff. But what it gives us the opportunity to do is to achieve outcomes, particularly in work and community, life skills outcomes. And some of those things, we've talked about at length, and some of those things, you just develop by practising in the program itself.

So, the program on Fridays in fruit and veg is that we take-- we have a board meeting, where all the students decide who is going to be conducting what roles. So, we have our chairperson, who's leading the meeting, then we have our minute taker, and then we have all those roles. So--

AMELIA: Okay, can you please tell us about the--

TEACHER: Value of this--

AMELIA: --value of this program?

NEWCASTLE MARKETS EMPLOYEE: I think it's very good for the students to come in here and learn about different varieties of fruit and vegetable and get out and about in the world.

AUSTIN: And now for celebrity spotlight, where we talk to ex-students about life beyond school.

LAYLA: We met with Jimmy and Sharnae, who starred in the hit show on Netflix 'Love on the Spectrum'.

AUSTIN: Now, let's stop, drop and roll over to Annie Brown.

ANNIE: Good morning. I'm Annie Brown. Today, we are going to talk to 2 TV stars who became famous on 'Love on the Spectrum'.

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Can you tell us where you both met?

JIMMY: Yes, well, we both met at a school leaver's program called Job Centre Australia.

SHARNAE: But it's not called that anymore.

JIMMY: Yes, it's not called that anymore. It's called Omnia.

SHARNAE: Omnia? It felt really awesome, but sometimes, it was a bit overwhelming having a camera follow you. But I've always wanted to be a star. So, I kinda really liked it.

TEACHER: Talk to us about, what was it like being on the show?

JIMMY: Hesitant. So, I was hesitant at first, but the main goal was to show that there is no limits to anyone of any type. Don't put a cap on what you think you're capable of.

SHARNAE: Don't push it too hard.

JIMMY: Well?

SHARNAE: I don't know.

JIMMY: You know, push just enough.

SHARNAE: Don't overwhelm yourself.

JIMMY: I always say, just, it's about pushing yourself just a little bit further until--

LAYLA: Thank you, Annie, and now to close it off, we will be looking at next week's weather. Austin, what are we in for?

AUSTIN: Thanks. Thanks, Layla. Next week is going to be cloudy with a chance of love.

LAYLA: (whispers) Oh my God. Ugh.

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Thank you, Austin. Anyway, thank you for watching, and we hope you have a good news day.

AUSTIN: Actually, thanks, Grandma, for lending me these clothes.

LAYLA: That's it. I've had enough. I can't work anymore. I quit.

AUSTIN: What did I do? What?

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