Classroom Activities

Year 7 Technology Wood Class

Over the initial Tuesdays in Term 1, 2025, the Donald High School Year 7 students have commenced Technology Wood classes.  In the first skills test, students were asked to create a tea light holder.  This task requires them to mark and measure accurately using a square rule, cut timber accurately using a tenon saw and bench peg, create a rebate for their box of matches using the saw and a chisel and mark and drill the hole in the top face for the tea light.  Their timber will be finished by going through the grades of sandpaper as well as ensuring square (not rounded) edges for a crisp final result.  Using templates created in CAD, students are quickly able to check their final product to determine the functionality of their final product.  In a Design Brief, an end-user is identified, and a pyrography design is burnt into the product that hopefully appeals to them aesthetically.  The finished products will be on display in the College foyer very soon!  We cannot wait to see them completed and used!