YEAR 7-9 NEWS

Year 7

The Year 7 students have had a great time on camp this week! Below are some photos from their three-day adventure and reflections written by the students:

Leap of faith

I did the leap of faith on the last day so I was very tired. I made a deal with Dayno that if he went to the top of the pole and jumped off and hit the ball, I would do it too. So then he climbed up to the top of the pole. Then the pole started swaying around. Then he started screaming and yelling to the instructor saying “what do I do?” Then Mr West started filming him and he got pulled off. He screamed all the way down. - Josh Mustard

Rock climbing

We had to put harnesses on for rock climbing and the instructors taught us about safety. I love rock climbing so I was not nervous. I was the first one up on the wall in our group. I made it to the top first go when we were meant to just go to the red. I made it up to the top of the wall 9 times. When I finished, my hands killed. - Brody Langley

Flying fox 

I did the flying fox and it was so fun and interesting to learn about. I have always loved heights so going over a lake on a flying fox was so fun. It was also weird because I could see through the water. At the landing area the water was brown but when you went over the lake you could see straight through it and everything that was in the water. The instructors were really nice and helpful when I was confused with the carabiners and clips. I was told that I was fearless because I did the flying fox so many times. - Mia Houghton 

Canoeing

One of my favorite activities was canoeing. I was in a canoe with my friend Mason and we almost tipped in. The one thing I didn't like was the food. It was undercooked or overcooked. - Harry O’Brien

Challenge Course

I liked the challenge course because it was really fun. I got really muddy and wet and all my friends were diving into the water. We all had a lot of fun and we all were wet. Every time I got in the water or did an obstacle I was always happy because I got muddy and dirty. -Tyreece William

Camp food

The food was quite gross and I’m not a picky eater so that says a lot. The first day we had chicken burgers, a small patty and soft bread buns. There was a salad bar at every meal so the topping that I had was: lettuce, tomato, cucumber, aioli, and canned pineapple in a bowl for dessert. The chicken tasted strange as if it was a bird that they found outside! I rate that meal 7/10. Dinner that night we had soft tacos, this was probably the worst meal of the camp. The mince tastes like corned beef and in the salad bar there was mold in the food. From there on out I ate the canned fruit for the rest of camp because I was so scared to get food poisoning. -Michaela Pistorius 

Year 8

Art

Year 8 students are starting to explore pattern making with lino print:

Year 9

Love Bites

The Year 9s took part in a Love Bites wellbeing day last week, comprising respectful relationships interactive workshops. Love Bites aims to provide young people with a safe environment to examine, discuss and explore respectful relationships. All Love Bites programming takes a strength-based approach and views young people as active participants who are able to make choices for themselves and their relationships when supported with information and opportunity for skill development.

Geelong Tertiary Futures Program

Year 9 students had another fun day out learning about career pathways at the Gordon recently:

Music

Start learning an instrument in 2023 

Would you like to learn an instrument?

Would you like to share the joy of creating music in a social setting?

The Instrumental Music Programis a great opportunity for students at WHC to learn a musical instrument or participate in vocal training.

Learning music can help students’ self-confidence, self-discipline and teamwork. Music helps students progress in other important learning areas such as Maths and English. Music Australia also notes that countries with a strong focus on music education tend to have higher scores in literacy and numeracy. Engaging music programs have been shown to help with attendance and can be particularly beneficial for students who are not achieving well in school.

Instrumental tuition is offered at WHC for bass and electric guitar, drums, keyboard/piano and vocal, as well as bass (trumpet, trombone, euphonium) and woodwind (saxophone, clarinet, flute).

By participating in a 50-minute lesson each week, students build the technical skills and knowledge to play and perform on their own and with WHC ensembles.

It’s not too late to join the Instrumental Music program in 2023. To enrol and for more information, please contact Matthew Bolton or Christina Bowden on 5277 1177.