On February 19th, eleven students with an interest in pursuing a career in law had the opportunity to visit Slater and Gordon as part of an Industry Insight tour organised by Ourschool.

After travelling into the city and arriving at 530 Collins Street, the group was welcomed by staff from Slater and Gordon and escorted to the 35th floor, where we joined other school groups participating in the program.
Students heard from a panel of three government school alumni who shared their journeys from secondary school through to their careers at Slater and Gordon. Their insights into study pathways, career choices and opportunities in the legal field sparked plenty of interest among our students—especially during David’s memorable responses, which even included a reference to the Obamas!
Following the panel, students enjoyed a light lunch before touring the firm’s offices across the 35th, 36th and 37th floors. The visit also included small group discussion sessions with professionals from the firm. One group had the privilege of meeting the newly appointed Chair of the Board, James Merlino, former Deputy Premier and Education Minister for Victoria.
A special mention to Caleb, who delivered an excellent thank-you on behalf of all attendees.
On the way out, we were lucky enough to catch some Chinese New Year celebrations in the city, complete with lion dancing and drums. One of the lions even tossed a lucky token to Tina — hopefully setting her up for a very fortunate Year of the Horse!
Thank you to all students for representing the school so well, arriving on time and demonstrating our value of Respect throughout the excursion.

VCE Vocational Major Numeracy students had a visit from Miguel Henriques (2010) and Erfan Rahimy (2018) to talk about Financial Literacy. The alumni spoke about opening accounts, the benefits of compound interest, the hazards of credit cards and poor credit scores and loans. Next week, David Posterino (2003) will talk about superannuation and how to grow wealth. 

Business Management students were visited by Zahir Nazar (2024) this week to talk about his journey to becoming an entrepreneur, owning his own business. He spoke of his vision since year 10 to become a business owner, progressing through a couple of ventures before securing a Pizza Hut franchise. He talked about seeing gaps in markets, and finding a product to fill that gap; he mentioned about competition and realising that some ventures may not work, but not to give up, simply pivot. Zahir talked about the day-to-day running of a business from rostering and pay schedules to complying with health and franchise regulations. One of the students in the VET Business Management class was surprised to see him, as he has organised a work placement there for his WRS subject!

We thank all our alumni for returning to inform and nurture the learning of our current students. If you would like to be a part of the ever-growing alumni community, please get in touch via email (alumni@ngsc.com.au) or this link Alumni Survey