Secondary News
Year 7
Aukustino Alefosio - STEM Rocket Science
Alex Loeb - For continually working diligently in all aspects of Science
Riley McLeod - For consistent effort in mathematics
Jack Soraghan - A very entertaining and well-delivered speech in Year 7 English
Joe Reeves - A well-researched and well-delivered speech for Year 7 English
Toby Handebo - A well-researched and very informative speech for Year 7 English
Jackson Blackwell - Delivering an interesting speech for Year 7 English
Jackson Blackwell - Great effort in Music and STEM (Excellent drumming)
Lincoln Brown - Conscientious effort in class and excellent participation in class discussions
Year 8
Matthew Connors - For persistence in furthering his understanding in Science
Ingrid Chilcott-Geere - For consistent effort in Mathematics
Riley King - Fantastic effort and achievement in Music and STEM
Braden Daly - Multi Media: For being a diligent student achieving a high level understanding Web Editing
Year 9
Ashleigh Donnelly - For critical thinking and use of good questioning skills in Science
Dylan Bull - For consistent effort in Mathematics
Ellie Mitchell - Outstanding Mental Health Assessment Task
Harris Dullaway - Outstanding Mental Health Assessment Task
Ashleigh Donnelly - Excellent commitment and effort in all aspects of English
Dylan Bull - Outstanding improvement in reading
Selina Surawski - Outstanding improvement in reading
Courtnie Ward - Outstanding improvement in reading
Riley Campbell - Enthusiastic participation in Geography
Caleb Spencer-Campbell - Enthusiastic participation in Geography
Indianna Gosper- Great contribution to class discussion in Geography
Shanae Bull - Great contribution to class discussion in Geography
Shakira Campbell - Great contribution to class discussion in Geography
Andrew Connors - Great contribution to class discussion in Geography
Tom Lockyer - Great contribution to class discussion in Geography
Harris Dullaway - Excellent Work Experience employer report
Shanae Bull - Enthusiasm and engagement in study of Othello
Caleb Campbell-Spencer - Services to the school farm
Ashleigh Donnelly - Excellent work in her Agriculture Assignment
Selina Surawski - Effort and application in Metal Work
Dylan Bull - Effort and application in Metal Work
Tom Lockyer - Effort and application in Metal Work
Year 10
Andrew Pearson - Great effort in Careers/ Excellent Work Experience employer report
Jamie Loeb - Great effort in Careers
Brendon Williams - Great effort in Careers/Excellent Work Experience report
Kelly Daley - Enthusiasm and effort in Stage 5 Geography
Lucy Mayled - Consistent effort in Stage 5 Geography
Ben Stevens - Achievement in Stage 5 Geography
Dante Lloyd - Enthusiasm and Achievement in Stage 6 Elective History
Millie Roberts - Excellent effort in Agriculture
Year 11
Cordy Lloyd - Extension Mathematics
Cordy Lloyd - Chemistry
Cooper Stanley - Advanced Mathematics
Cooper Stanley - First place in Advanced English End-of-course Examination
Agriculture has hit the ground running this term with a hive of activity..literally!
Year 7 and 8 have been learning about bees and hive care. We will be progressing into honey products and marketing later this term.
9/10 Agrifoods have been busy preparing the ground, propagating and planting vegetables for our new permaculture garden. The greenhouse is full to the brim with seedlings waiting to be planted and this will progress throughout this term. Our goal is to grow food to be sold to families in the school and at the local farmer’s market on Saturday mornings. Watch this space!
9/10 Agriculture are currently working on our two beautiful steers in preparation for Northern Schools Steer Competition being held once again in Glen Innes this year. Six of our Year 9/10 class will attend due to COVID restrictions and will camp overnight at the Glen Innes Showground.
Our seniors have also been very busy propagating vegetables and learning about the safe application of chemicals and Soils.
It is wonderful to be back and getting to know the students has been very rewarding. I look forward to reconnecting with parents and achieving excellent outcomes for Agriculture at Guyra Central School.
Bec Smith
Year 8 Visual Arts
Visual Design: Sports Jersey Design
In Term 4, Year 8 Visual Art students have embarked on an exploration of Visual Design. Students have learnt about the different of visual design and the fundamental elements of design and putting this understanding into creating a design for a sports jersey.
For inspiration, students studied the sophisticated designs produced for the 2019 NRL
Indigenous Round (11) rugby league jersey designs. In particular, the design for the Brisbane Broncos by the award winning Aboriginal graphic artist, Elaine Chambers-Hegarty. Her design incorporated the indigenous animal totems of the players in the team into a beautiful, but powerful visual composition.
Students also studied some of Chamber-Hegarty’s other print designs including her poster for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women's Voices) Project funded by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2018.
Yr 8 Visual Art Students hard at work on their Sport Jersey designs.
Photographic and Digital Media in the Visual Arts
Photographic and Digital Media is fast becoming a very popular and exciting form of visual expression amongst not only senior students of the Visual Arts, but also amongst students in Stage 4 and 5. With the development of accessible but sophisticated DSLR cameras (Digital Single Lens Reflex) and state of the art image editing software like the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator etc) students are able to not only learn about how to be creative when taking the photograph, but also be creative when manipulating photography. Below is experimental photography by senior Visual Arts students being creative with a DSLR camera around the school.
Northern NSW Schools Clay Target Shoot
Congratulation's to Fletcher Richardson who attended the Northern NSW Schools Carnival Clay Target Shoot in Tamworth on Wednesday, 30th October 2020.
Fletcher had a very successful day completing the day as the 'Overall High Gun Winner'!