Middle School - Helen Gaunt
As we approach the end of another busy term, we would like to share a number of activities that have been part of curriculum and learning throughout the term.
HASS
So far this term there has been lots of interactive and meaningful learning across the HASS curriculum. Mr Hussell and Mrs Cameron’s Year 7s have been learning about Ancient Greece and are about to move onto a unit on Ancient China. Students in Year 7 have been developing their inquiry skills and have focused on more targeted research. Mr Hussell and Mr Mayman’s Year 8 HASS have been working on a Landforms and Landscapes unit of work and will be moving on soon to Changing Nations, where they will look at urbanisation and liveability. Ms Travers and Mr Watson’s Year 9 HASS are looking forward to an excursion to the Bluff and Beetaloo Valley next week. Students have been doing some mapping and preparing for fieldwork for the excursion (some samples of mud maps in the photos). Their next unit of work will be learning about Biomes and Food Security. Year 10 History with Ms Travers and Mr Hussell have just finished learning about Environmental Movements and will go on to learn about Rights and Freedoms.
Kate Cameron
Poetry in Action is a Sydney based drama group that travels out to regional and remote locations. We invited them to visit us here at Gladstone High School.
Students were treated to a high-energy, contemporary presentation all about Poetry. The actors took us back in time to a powerful memory that brought tears to our eyes. They made us remember our first day at school, the funeral of a loved one, the fight that happened at a wedding, and a disastrous present given and received on Valentine's Day.
Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 were engaged in the presentation and laughed and cried along with the story.
Poetry in Action also told us about a competition where students can write a poem and if the team choose it as the winning poem, the student can win $500. We already have several student entries so fingers crossed that one of our students will win $500. We will keep you posted.
Veronica Travers
Year 7 students have worked through another trimester of electives and the Home Economics class celebrated their last lesson with a successful cooking practical. Staff were lucky enough to be given a chance to taste test some of the yummy treats produced by Mrs Pech’s Year 7 Home Ec class.
Over the last couple of weeks students have completed Progressive Achievement Testing (PAT) for Mathematics and Reading. We are proud of the way students have conducted themselves and tried their best during the testing.
In Week 10 parents and students are invited and encouraged to book interviews with class teachers to discuss student achievement and set goals for Term 4. If you are unable to make interviews on the set night, please contact teachers and arrange a suitable time for an interview. Phone interviews are also an option if that works better for you.
To round off Term 3, we are looking forward to the annual Gladstone High Fun Run on the last day of the term. Students will travel to Wirrabara Forest for a nature walk and BBQ to celebrate the successes of the term.