Around the Senior School
Hospitality and Food Technology
Year 8 are enjoying learning about food waste and food sustainability as part of the OzHarvest FEAST (Food Education and Sustainability Training) program which explores the issue of food waste and its environmental impact, healthy eating and basic cooking skills. These budding chefs created dishes that not only targeted food waste but were a delight to the taste buds! The Technology Units in Year 8 are a rotation, so all the students can look forward to building their cooking skills this year!
Year 12 Hospitality attended one of our favorite local hospitality establishments on an industry excursion. Chef Piper at Hey Rosey on Summer Street welcomed us for a talk and tasting. Highlighting the challenges and possibilities in the contemporary hospitality scene, Chef Piper served up a range of fresh and locally sources dishes for the students to try.
Social Science Excursion to Orange City Mazda
Students in Commerce, are currently looking at consumer and financial decisions. Last week our class and one of the other Commerce classes walked down to Orange City Mazda to prepare for our assessment, which involves ‘purchasing’ our first car. The task requires us to write a report to compare various car options.
Our trip to Orange City Mazda was invaluable. We were met at the entrance by Ben Davis, the Dealer Principal, who took us through the most important things to consider when looking to buy a car; aspects such as how many kilometres the cars had, the paint job across the panels, tyre pressure and of course, the interior.
Ben also taught us important things that are often missed when purchasing a car like checking the engine oil, whether or not the car has been written off, and where to find the VIN number.
With the information we learnt on this excursion, we feel that we are now able to buy our first car and to complete our assessment to the best of our abilities.
A big thank you to Ben and Kyle from Orange City Mazda for having us!
Jane Bruce & Hamish Searle
Cumnock Show
On Saturday 9 March the Cattle Team had an early start to attend the Cumnock Show, with 15 Students and 16 Kinross Wolaroi bred steers.
It was hot and dusty but nevertheless a great day out!
Results included:
Reserve Champion Steer
Champion Parader – Isabella Pearce
Champion Herdsperson – Lillian Pearce
A very big thank you to the Cumnock Show Society, for inviting us back again – your hospitality is always wonderful. Thanks to:
Dave Nicholls – President
Gemma Gumbleton – Chief Cattle Steward
Emily Polsen – Judge
Another, very big thank you must go to Lee Gotch from Wilandra Transport for taking us and for waiting all day to take us home again.
Thanks also go to all parents and friends of the cattle team for their continued support – it is greatly appreciated.
Laura Harris
Cattle Team Co‑ordinator
Careers: University Roadshow
All Year 12 students attended the Rural Universities Roadshow on Wednesday 28 February in the DPA, participating in presentations by CSU, University of Newcastle and the University of New England.
The University Roadshow is a collaboration between the universities that provides senior school students with information on life as a university student, what they can do to prepare, and to outline what paths they can take in order to pursue their dream career.
Careers: Navy Visit
The RAN (HMAS Harman) visited Kinross Wolaroi to discuss all things Navy with interested students. It was also the 123rd Anniversary of the RAN and the 80th Anniversary of HMAS Harman.
Vet, TAFE and Trade Courses
Jane Ewing from Electrical Trades Association came to the school on 13 March to discuss electrical trades and trades in general as a career choice for women. It is part of a broader push to get girls into VET, TAFE and trade courses.
Marcus Oldham College
Andrew Baker, Principal of Marcus Oldham College visited the school on 7 March to talk all things MO. Marcus Oldham College is an agricultural, equine and farm management tertiary education institution located in Geelong, Victoria and is the only private agricultural college operating in Australia. Mr Baker was warmly welcomed and there was a lot of interest from our student body in his presentation and in completing studies at MO.
