As we come closer to the change of Semester, Year 8 and 9 students are finishing off a range of projects in their practical classes:

• In Year 8 Tech students are making wind chimes using a combination of wood and metal work
• In Year 9 Art students are experimenting with water colour and painting their own “Insta-worthy” pics
• In Year 9 Home Ec students have been cooking with fresh ingredients following a research task about how and where those ingredients come from
• In Year 8 Home Ec students are painting their own fabric to create lap top cases

For Year 8 students, they will swap between the Prac classes at beginning of Week 9 (Design and Technology, Digital Tech, Art and Home Ec). For Year 9s, these are electives which were chosen at the end of last year – some students will change and others have chosen the same electives for the full year.

Thinking Maths

Mrs Hogan, Mrs Seidel and Mr Bartlett have been attending Thinking Math’s training over the past two terms. This is an approach to strengthening student understanding of mathematics and numeracy through developing problem solving skills. Our other Math’s teachers have participated in this program over recent years and these approaches feature strongly in the Department for Education Units of Work for each year level. In Year 9 Maths, students have used information cards about popular movies to sort, organise and analyse data.

Middle School Coordinator - Kate Seidel