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Year 10 Skills For Life - Road and Driver Safety

Recently students in Year 10 Skills For Life began focusing on a Road and Driver Safety unit of work. They learnt key knowledge and theory concepts behind road and driver safety principles and initiatives being undertaken on Victorian roads.

Initially, students were introduced to a range of road rules and commonly misunderstood driving situations, as well as being introduced to road accident responses and the different forms of management that we have in place to respond to major incidents on our roads.

As part of this unit of work, students have been exposed to a range of valuable experiences delivered both on-site at school and off-site at externally sourced venues and providers. As seen in the photos attached, local police officer Constable Brendan Dyer visited the class to present key information on road accidents, road law, and how emergency response units such as Victoria Police respond to such incidents, followed by presenting and taking the students through a real life highway patrol vehicle on-site at EHS and how these vehicles, along with initiatives such as the use of Alcohol and Drug testing equipment, are utilised by Victoria Police to both keep our roads safe and uphold driver law on our roads.

Following this, the students then had the opportunity to visit the M.E.T.E.C Driver Training Centre for a full day whereby the class had the opportunity to learn a range of important theory concepts behind safe driving on our roads such as road law principles and decision making when driving, followed by getting a hands-on driving experience in a real life vehicle with a qualified and highly experienced driving instructor next to them in the vehicle in an enclosed and controlled driver training facility.

To conclude the students’ experiential learning as part of the Road and Driver Safety unit, students then visited the ‘Road To Zero’ Exhibition at the Melbourne Museum in the City of Melbourne. During this experience, as shown in the photos attached, the students were led by a facilitator whereby they were given the opportunity to engage in a practical-based component involving the use of interactive technologies such as digital touch-screens and Virtual Reality Goggles (V.R) to learn about concepts such as how the human body would have to adapt to survive car accidents at different speeds, how our roads have changed and developed over decades, & challenging the students to determine appropriate changes which can be made to our roads to prevent road accidents and road tolls. Following this practical experience, as shown in the photos attached, students then engaged in a theory-based component involving the use of touch-screen tables whereby the students were challenged with the task of creating an effective road safety advertisement campaign running for no longer than 60 seconds using digital technology and a mixture of visuals such as text and video recordings of portraying actors and snippets of audio provided by the facilitator and the Road To Zero exhibition.

This unit of work has provided these students with important knowledge, skills and hands-on experience to set them up for safe driving and making informed and appropriate decisions when driving on our roads. Additionally, this unit of work developed the critical thinking skills of the students and their ability to critique and evaluate the effectiveness of contemporary initiatives being implemented at a state level to reduce accidents and tolls on Victorian roads.

These are just some of the fantastic experiences which build life-long skills that students at EHS can receive by electing to undertake Year 10 Skills For Life as part of their Year 10 studies.

DYLAN MEDDINGS, Year 10 Skills For Life Teacher

State Athletics

Congratulations to our Eltham High School Athletics team who competed at the SSV State Track and Field Championships on Monday 21 October.

Eltham High is extremely proud of all these athletes and the success that they have had at each track and field event throughout the year.

Looking forward to an even stronger 2025!

BREE PASCOE, Sports Coordinator

Year 9 Tennis

On Wednesday October 23, eight of our Year 8 students participated in the interschool round robin tennis event played at our school. Well done to our students.

Team 1: Meg Harris (Everard House), Taiya Lamaro (Skipper House), Elly Anestis (Skipper House) and Indi Lamaro (Skipper House)

Team 2: Aleyna Seker (Toner House), Cleo Geralis (Everard House), Skye Keech (Toner House), and Lily Bonacci (Skipper House).

A high level of tennis was played and enjoyed by all, in ideal weather conditions. Our teams were very competitive throughout the day and as our Team 1 placed in the top two, we have qualified to participate in the next stage of the competition.

Here is what our students had to say about their experience:

“Our two Eltham High School teams had heaps of fun playing in the sun against other schools. We came a close second and had a great day!”

Congratulations and well done to our students. We are looking forward to representing our school again in the next round of tennis.

ADRIANA ZORZAN, Year 8 Tennis Coordinator