Middle Years

Welcome to High School Evening

And We’re Off!

While it may feel like the end of the year is rapidly approaching, we are also very much thinking about beginnings. Last week, we officially welcomed into the Endeavour community our new Year 7 students for 2021 and their families.

This year, some of our student leaders took the lead in presenting information about Endeavour’s culture to the students and we thank them for their energy and enthusiasm. They are fine ambassadors of the College.

The Welcome to High School Evening marks the start of the transition program for our incoming Year 7s. Next time we see them will be on their Transition Day in November, when they spend a day with us exploring the campus and building connections.

Louisa Mulligan

Director of Middle Years

DriveIn20

The Year 9 exhibition that is, ‘DriveIn20’, revved Endeavour College up on Friday 18 September. The Year 9s showed passion, purpose and courage and they showcased their amazing work, a culmination of their learning in Japanese, German, Literacy and EALD classes during Term 3.

Drive20 is a unique project where students have the opportunity to tune into their passions, develop a skill, develop an inquiry and see it through the lens of another language and culture.

Student’s had agency over their final products and the DriveIn20 exhibition was vibrant, diverse and very engaging. The Year 7 and 8 students were captivated by the Year 9s exhibits ranging from anime drawing displays, the debut of a music band, traditional Japanese cuisine, flight simulation, German movie snacks, German hiking gadgets and fittingly, a Porsche on display. The Year 9s should be extremely proud of their efforts. We look forward to seeing what Drive21 brings.

Kirsty Hansen

Languages Learning Leader

DriveIn20 Student Reflection

Drive 20 was an exciting and awesome opportunity to test whether or not we could drive our own learning. Two things I really enjoyed about the project was obtaining information from random (but qualified) strangers and the exhibition, where I was able to share my newly-found knowledge. In the exhibition, we made stalls and presented our learning in our own, captivating ways.

Some examples of stalls were (car/flight) simulators, sword-fighting and baked goods. Overall, it was an excellent experience and I’m very glad I took this opportunity.

Jesse Isaac

Year 9 Student

The process to Drive20 was really fun studying about something you were interested in and learning about another culture but the buildup to the DriveIn was a little scary. At the event, it was nerve racking but very fun seeing people enjoy themselves at the event.

Dylan Dao

Year 9 Student

I enjoyed this year’s Drive20 as it gave me an opportunity to express my interests in different ways. It was fun engaging with the Year 7 and 8 students at the exhibition.

Tammy Huynh

Year 9 Student

World of Maths Incursion

Last Friday the Year 7s had the privilege to experience the World of Maths incursion. We had to put our problem-solving skills to the test with different activities such as mazes, angles, Napier’s bones, and many more. Many of the Year 7s learned new topics such as shadows in Maths and the calculators that people used before electronic ones were invented.

The activities taught us that Maths is everywhere, no matter where you look. The activities will surely help us with our understanding of Maths in the real world as we continue on the journey to become young adults. All of the Year 7s had a great time doing these and we hope we have more incursions/excursions to experience!

Daneron Marshal

Year 7 Student