YEAR 7-9 NEWS

Year 7

Year 7 students during their simple machines unit created some simple machines using Lego. 

Ruwani Keyburn, Science Teacher

Year 8

Upside down drawing

Students found their own image of something they would like to draw. Using the right side of their brain they turned their reference image upside down and tricked their brain into focusing on shapes and lines to draw the image instead of looking at the whole image. Once complete, they painted a background to stick their drawing on. Well done year 8's, we are so proud of your resilience and patience with this task. 

Madalyn Anderson, Art Teacher

Year 9

Year 9 students during plate tectonics unit experimented with two types of volcanic eruptions.

Ruwani Keyburn, Science Teacher

Music

Start learning an instrument in 2023 

Would you like to learn an instrument?

Would you like to share the joy of creating music in a social setting?

The Instrumental Music Programis a great opportunity for students at WHC to learn a musical instrument or participate in vocal training.

Learning music can help students’ self-confidence, self-discipline and teamwork. Music helps students progress in other important learning areas such as Maths and English. Music Australia also notes that countries with a strong focus on music education tend to have higher scores in literacy and numeracy. Engaging music programs have been shown to help with attendance and can be particularly beneficial for students who are not achieving well in school.

Instrumental tuition is offered at WHC for bass and electric guitar, drums, keyboard/piano and vocal, as well as bass (trumpet, trombone, euphonium) and woodwind (saxophone, clarinet, flute).

By participating in a 50-minute lesson each week, students build the technical skills and knowledge to play and perform on their own and with WHC ensembles.

It’s not too late to join the Instrumental Music program in 2023. To enrol and for more information, please contact Matthew Bolton or Christina Bowden on 5277 1177.