BASSK - Barista and Social Skills Program

The BASSK Team Program aims to help students get along with others and feel good about themselves as well as develop employability skills through an in-school work program.

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The major focus of the program is to:

  • Provide emotional and moral support for students
  • promote self-esteem
  • encourage an awareness of a range of employment experiences
  • Provide support
  • Create a positive and relevant learning environment
  • Achieve life skill outcomes across a variety of areas
Two women hold trays of takeaway coffee cups in front of an espresso machine, smiling for the camera.
The students participate in the BASSK Program twice a week and are accompanied by a SLSO.
A student pours steamed milk into a takeaway cup beside an espresso machine.

Students will:

  • Develop employability skills
  • Contribute to the school community
  • Feel valued
  • Feel competent
  • Improve attendance
  • Establish relationships
  • Maximise their potential

Learning

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K - 6 Program

At Evans River K-12 School, our K–6 faculty provides a supportive, inclusive, and engaging learning environment for students from Kindergarten through to Year 6.