Student News
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Year 11 Hospitality
Year 11 practised their Barista skills in Hospitality class with Ms Ofahengaue. The students are learning the art of making espresso coffees, learning how to texture various milks and how to make a range of coffees.
Congratulations Jessica!
Jessica Hunter, as part of the Sydney North Volleyball team has won a silver medal at the Combined High School Sports Association (CHS) competition held in Armidale over 3 days 18-20 May 2021. Jessica has now been selected for the Open's CHS Volleyball Team.
A fantastic achievement Jessica!!
Debating
The Year 9 & 10 Debating Team took part in their first pool debate as part of the Premier's Debating Challenge on Thursday 20 May, 2021. The topic for the debate was "That students should have to carry a minimum of two STEM subjects throughout high school". Arguing for the negative, our team produced a strong team line that "mandating subjects only reduces opportunities for students, rather than increasing them". It was, however, the more difficult side of the debate to argue, and although we eventually lost to the friendly and enthusiastic team at Brisbane Water Secondary College, the students all learnt so much and are looking forward to the next debate.
A huge congratulations to Amelia Stevens, who was undoubtedly the standout speaker of the whole debate, and to her team mates Mason Bruinning, Hayden Starr and Emily Cui. It was the first debate in many years (or ever!) for all of our speakers and we are extremely proud of their exceptional effort and sportsmanship. They were a credit to the HKHS community.
Stage 4 Technology
Stage 4 Technology Mandatory classes that have been studying the Engineering Systems strand. The design brief was to design and create a paper roller coaster.while learning about the principles of engineering.