Welcome to Week 8-where are the days going!

Some important dates coming up.

OLNA Years 11 and 12

Week 9

Tuesday - Year 11 Reading

Wednesday -Year 12 Reading

Wednesday - Year 11 Numeracy

Thursday - Year 12 Numeracy

olna.com.au website with lots of sample practice tests-each student has their own log in.

YEAR 12 ATAR EXAMS

Week 9

Monday - English

Tuesday -Ag Business

Wednesday- Ag Science

Week 10

Monday Maths

Remember to try and get plenty of sleep, eat healthy and breathe-YOU'VE GOT THIS!

Elevate Education

Parents,

We’re excited to announce that Elevate Education will be hosting their next parent webinar on supporting your child during exams on September 16.

Elevate works with our students, delivering high-impact workshops on study skills, motivation, wellbeing, and exam preparation.

By tuning into their webinar series, you’ll learn how you can help support your child at home by reinforcing the skills they’re learning at school.

Sign up for the session below to learn how you can improve your child’s exam performance by helping them to establish a good routine in the run-up to an assessment.

Live Parent Webinar: How You Can Support Your Child During Exams

Wednesday 16 September 6:30-7:30pm (AEST)

Click here to register for free

Here’s what Elevate will be covering on the night:

Helping your child prepare in the week before an exam
Establishing a good routine for your child the night before
Helping your child to optimise their exam performance

Have a great week and let's hope there's plenty of rain for the crops!

Mrs R Packham

English Teacher

YEAR 11 ATAR CAMP

In week four, the year 11 ATAR class set off on their industry and university camp tour, where they visited Perth and the surrounding area.

On the first day, we visited Willgrow farms, where the students spoke to Brad and Jass Alps from Wakedale Farms. Wakedale Farms produce cattle and sheep, and then value add to their product by selling it via gate to plate. Valken, Mary-Joy and past student Kayla De Villiers then showed us around their property where they grow Lucerne and wheat under irrigation. They value add to their lucerne by cutting it for chaff, and their wheat via milling their own product, which is then sold into bakeries to produce high-quality breads such as sour dough.

From there we made our way to the Loose-Leaf Lettuce company farm and processing plant, where the Dibra family explained their vertically integrated business structure, showcasing the operations undertaken from production to the finished product delivered to consumers.

On day two, the students visited Curtin and Murdoch University. At each university they were given an overview of the courses available to them, the entry requirements and current Ag students talked to them about their experiences in the course. They then participated is several learning activities.

At Murdoch they visited to the vet museum where they learnt how to identify different animal skulls, and the digital lab where they used VR headsets to work with cattle.

At Curtin, the Crop Centre for Disease Management (CCDM) showed us around their greenhouse trials and explained the work that they were researching before the students were given a tour of the accommodation options onsite.

On day three, the students visited Linley Valley Pork, where they learnt about the Craig Mostyn group’s business structure and its importance in the pork market. The students were then given a tour of the abattoir and witnessed the processing of the pigs.

Afterwards the class travelled to Australian Grains Technologies (AGT) in Northam, where they received a tour of the facilities and got to look at the small-scale sized machinery used when seeding and harvesting trial plots. The staff explained the process involved in breeding new varieties for farmers, and then the students visited a trial site to see the process in action in the paddock.

Miss K Jury

Animal and Plant Producation Systems Teacher

P&C - Parents and Citizens Association