Humanities 

This is the first article for 2021 for this learning area and it seems that our students have been fully immersed in learning new skills and content. We have our eye on the future with some opportunities being prepared for the use of spatial technologies in our teaching and we also have been remembering our 2014 whole school involvement in the 100 Year Commemoration of ANZACs  in World War I, with planning underway to explore local commemorations in 2021.

Year 9 Geography Biomes Presentations

As part of the Geography curriculum in Year 9, our students have been investigating 'Biomes and Food Security'. The Humanities’ learning area has been putting some ideas together to grow student capabilities in geographic skills. Students have also been looking at incorporating spatial technologies into their learning.

As part of this topic, students have been investigating the adaptations of plants and animals to biomes, describing distribution, comparing spatial associations and learning how to create climate graphs. 

The last part of the topic will see them investigating the topic of 'Food Security' using population projections to 2050. This might start the careers of some budding Town Planners!

The student work below has come from K3 and K4 and these students are to be congratulated on the effort they have put into this task. Thanks also to their teacher, Mrs Melanie Marsh, for her assistance with this learning.

2021 ANZAC Day Commemorations 

Students across Victoria are being asked by the Department of Veteran Affairs to enter a competition which promotes the commemoration of ANZAC Day. This year’s theme is 'How ANZAC Day is celebrated in our local communities'.  All students have been invited to attend a meeting to discuss ideas for a college entry and hopefully we can engage with local veterans, hear their stories and explore the various experiences of the families of service men and women in our community. In particular, we might be able to look at the changing roles of women in war from this area. 

All students from Years 7 to 12 are invited to think about what ANZAC Day might look like this year, particularly in light of the fact that the traditional commemorations in the city, have been cut back due to COVID restrictions. 

I hope you enjoy looking back on these memories from 2014, when the school commemorated the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. This was a true whole school project, where every student made a poppy to hang in the Atrium, families contributed memorabilia from their family archives for a college museum and our Art students created a poppy installation commemorating the names of the soldiers whose names are on the gates of the park opposite the school.

Carolyn Callaghan

Learning Leader: 

Humanities