Year 7 English

Year 7 have just finished their first Secondary novel study. Our focus for this unit was to develop an understanding of how characters interact with each other and how this drives the story. They have spent a lot of time working on their written language skills and have written an essay on the topic of which character from their novel is the most important. Year 7 also displayed their creative side by creating a new character that could be included in ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’. It is wonderful to watch how their ideas to come to life, and there were no two that were even remotely similar. 

Year 8 Geography

The Year 8 Geography class is currently redesigning Temora to turn Hoskins Street into a mall from Victoria street to Parke street. They have been tasked with keeping most of the existing businesses and adding a children’s play area, seating, gardens, and ensuring that the entire area is disabled and elderly-friendly. We started this term look at how the world has changed in terms of technological advancements over the past 100 years or so. This took in the development of communication technologies, travel and we even managed a look at how farming life was changed to make things easier. 

Year 9 Geography

The food-producing biomes of the world have been a focus for Year 9 this term. Students have examined the various ways we use tropical, temperate and grassland biomes to feed the world and have been amazed by some of the variety that they have discovered. They have also conducted their own research into ways that humans have changed natural biomes in order to produce food and the ways we use technology to update farming methods and make them more productive and less hazardous for the natural environment. 

Year 10 Geography

The environment was also a focus for Year 10 this term; however, they were looking at the ways we have used and misused the environment and how the human race now needs to fix the damage of the past. Sustainability has also been a focus and there have been many ideas on ways that we could act locally to improve our global environmental health. In the past week, we have begun to examine the wellbeing of the human race from the perspective of our wealth, living conditions, education standards and the role of our politicians. Already students have been amazed by the difference in living standard within Australia and the effect this can have on a person’s wellbeing. 

Food Technology

Stage 5 students have created some wonderful food this term and have been finding some of their own recipes to try out. Next week they will complete their ‘Special Occasion Cake’ and the designs for these look amazing. This week, they cooked up a storm for Feed Mi, making Creamy Chicken Pasta, Singapore Noodles, Oreo Brownies and Apple Pies for the staff and secondary students to feast on. The students worked hard and created some very happy tummies.