Given the next semester has kicked off, here is a summary of what some of the middle school Technology classes completed last semester:

The Year 8 class worked with pine timber of different thickness, 19mm and 12mm. Each was used to practise the production of a rebate joint, which was the main joint featured in the pencil box project. Students developed their skills with specific hand tools such as tenon saw and chisel and improved their understanding regarding approaches with hand tools and accounting for timber thickness. Some pictures of the boxes are featured below.

There were two Year 9 Tech classes focusing on woodwork, each had different creative directions. Projects across these classes included timber clocks and wooden chopping boards. Students were able to make design decisions within the set parameters which included total size, budget and available materials. The specific dimensions (width, thickness and measured in millimetres) of the available materials were as follows; Pine: 42 x 19, 70 x 19 & Jarrah: 90 x 19. Some pictures of the various projects are featured below.

There are a range of different subjects across the senior school, including both woodwork and metalwork at Year 11 and Year 12. In Semester 1 we also offered a Robotics topic, targeting a specific interest for one of our students. With a lot of flexibility in terms of major projects, we are looking forward to sharing photos with you once they are completed!

Emma Kerr - Tech Studies Teacher