Teaching & Learning News
Science
Mrs Parker's Year 7 science class investigating mixtures.
Mr Armstrong's Year 7 students have been learning how to accurately use a Micropipette. A micropipette is a common laboratory instrument used to measure small amounts of liquids to transfer a precise amount of fluid from one container to another.
Mr Armstrong's Year 7 Science lesson on a firsthand investigation - separating substances through filtration.
Mrs Parker"s Year 7 Science class discovering the properties of matter and substances that can act in two states…. slime.
Mrs Parker's Yr 7 Science class investigating the properties of matter and chemical reactions.
Mr Clay's Year 8 Science class investigating energy transformations.
Mr Clay's Year 10 Science students investigating Newton's laws of motion with balloon rockets.
Mrs Parker's Year 10 Science class investigating the structure of DNA.
Technology Mandatory
Mrs Cooper Year 8 Technology mandatory students completing each other’s puzzles they created.
Take a look at Philippa's upcycled blanket she created in Mrs Cooper's Year 8 Tech.
Food Technology
Mrs Cooper's Year 9/10 Food Tech students completing their T1 assessment, grazing platters. They look great, well done everyone!
Mrs Cooper's Year 11 VET Hospitality Students created Zucchini Pizzas in Term 1.
Industry Technology Wood
Mr Sproule’s Year 8 Technology wood engineering challenge.
Mr Sproule's Year 7 Wood Tech students showing off their chopping boards. Loving the different shapes they have created, great work everyone!
Mr Sproule’s Yr 7 class making some fantastic chopping boards. Well done!
Mr Sproule's Year 7 students created rubber band propelled cars in their lesson. Some great designs & when tested they worked very efficiently! Great work everyone.
Industry Technology Metal
Mr Sproule's Year 9/10 Industrial Technology Wood students enjoying their practical lesson in T1.
Physics
Mr Armstrong's Year 11 Physics students investigating Newtons Laws of Motion. Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion explain the relationship between a physical object and the forces acting upon it. Understanding this information provides us with the basis of modern physics.
Visual Design
Mr Caisley's Year 11 Design students have created jewellery using a combination of rocks & resin in Term 1. Great work students, very creative.
Agriculture
Congratulations to our students who attended the Northern Schools Prime Lamb Competition on 11 April. THS placed 1st & 2nd in the led lamb. Over 2 days students undertook workshops on visual assessment, junior judging, meat quality testing & fleece assessments. (results Hook)
Thank you to Mr Jones & Mrs Parker for taking them.
Multicategorical
MC students learning thermal & stick welding skills with Mr Sproule.
Cooking in Room 12 with Ms Robson!
Life skills in Room 11 with Miss Hudson. Students practised ironing & they did a great job!
Visual Art
Mr Caisley's Year 9/10 Abstract unit. Students created some fantastic landscape pieces.
Year 11 Student, Ali Hopkins is a talented artist who is making her mark in the art world. Ali recently sold some beautiful pieces through her "Barefoot Business" - Ali Hopkins Artwork. Ali has also entered her "Kookaburra" work into the UNE art competition.
Photography
Mr Caisley's Year 9/10 Photography students work during Term 1. Students have worked with photo manipulation using the Droste & Harris effects. Another technique used included forced perspective, a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. A wonderful collection of creative work!
English
Mr Ryan & Mr Woodrow' Year 7 students with their English assessments. Students created a visual representation of their research on famous African-American women who worked for NASA and were pivotal in getting USA into space. How great are these assessments, well done everyone!
Resilience
Year 7 Resilience class learning about the importance of gratitude.
High Performance & Potential Program
With the High Performance and Potential program in full swing, students are undertaking many kinds of research and practical tasks. Students have chosen projects from computer aided design, developing photography skills, microbiology and forensic science to name a few.
