Around the College

Beesy Students

We celebrated World Bee Day with our bee students learning about the important role bees play as pollinators in agriculture - contributing to increased crop yields and food production and how vital it is for their preservation. A sentiment shared by those celebrating World Bee Day.

In the Cert II in Agriculture (Bees) our students attain competencies which can lead to a career in the industry... Whether it be opening and re-assembling a beehive to carry out routine bee husbandry, building the skills and knowledge required to use a bee smoker, or assembling and maintaining beekeeping components to extracting and bottling honey…it’s all in a day’s work for our bee keeping students.

Farm Workshop

Assessment is an important skill. Before starting a tractor, students use their training in workplace observation to identify any potential issues. Daily inspection is the norm with checks on everything from fluid levels to tyres, wheels and batteries, to oil pressure and lights, just to name a few. Ensuring that the general condition of machinery is well maintained, ensures safety in the workplace.

Forestry Skills Training

With the cooler weather upon us, Mr. Adams has been busy in the woodlot. Students are receiving training for their Forestry units of competency, which include: Select Trees for Tending Operations; Fell Trees; Trim and Cross Cut Felled Trees, delivered with the production of firewood. The trees are relatively large but poorly formed Rose Gum trees that have been selected to be culled from the wood lot at the offal pit.

Science Investigation

The Lab has been busy with Mr. Calcraft's Year 10A and 10B Science class creating models of fossils in clay. They are investigating the possible links between fossil formation and evolution. Fossils have been found to be an important source of investigation, as they can show that life forms were very different in the past, when compared to life forms today. 

Conservation & Land Management

Year 12 students undertaking Cert II Conservation & Land Management as part of their studies took to Lights Beach to participate in a dune restoration project. They have commenced revegetating the dunes as part of the Lights Beach Upgrade.

Students will continue to work at Lights Beach for the remainder of the term, planting out the carpark areas. Such tasks forms part of their practical assessment for "Carry out Natural Area Restoration Works" and "Planting Trees and Shrubs".

Mark Parre, Revegetation Officer with the Shire of Denmark instructed students on the process of transferring and planting native grasses to control erosion.