YEAR 7-9 NEWS

Year 7

Year 7 Science

Our Year 7 Science class were investigating Forces namely Friction and using cars on ramps with various frictional surfaces. They were collecting data on the time taken & distance travelled for each car to reach the bottom of their ramps and discussing the observations using data collected in tables and graphs & linking findings back to their initial hypothesis.

Year 8

Year 8 Bee-ology excursion to the Geelong Tech School, the class designed and created a bee friendly roof top garden. They used virtual reality to walk through their garden and then created a video with effects and audio. The students really enjoyed using the high tech equipment available at G-tech. 

Annie Flood, 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.