YEAR 7-9 NEWS
Year 7
Year 7 Students got to design a phone stand using Fusion 360 and used 3D printer to see the final product.
Ruwani Keyburn, Leading Teacher
Jobe Davies (7A)
Jobe has been accepted into Melbourne Victory’s Soccer Academy, playing in both the Under 14s and Under 15s. This provides Jobe with a pathway to become a professional soccer player, which is his dream. Jobe trains with Victory four times each week, travelling to Melbourne for each session. He will then also play a game each Sunday when the season begins in February.
On the 7th of December, Jobe will travel to Sydney with the club to play against Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC.
This is an amazing opportunity for Jobe and we are very proud and wish him luck with his journey!
Jenny Gibson, Head of English
Some year 7 science classes got to attend the Geelong tech school for a Real Life Animation excursion. Students used industry-standard motion capture system to create and animate a 3D character with their own motion data.
Annie Flood
Year 8
Year 8 students went to Chinatown Melbourne for an excursion as a part of their Chinese program. The unit of learning focused on ordering food and giving and receiving directions in Chinese. Students used procedural language and followed a map in Chinese to find their meeting location; experienced ordering food and dining in a Chinese restaurant and did a treasure hunt activity to explore historical marks in Chinatown.
Da Li, Chinese & Humanities Teacher
Year 9
The year 9-10 students who are enrolled in the Chinese program made a trip to Box Hill to connect with a local Chinese community. They prepared questions to interview, learn and exchange each other's perspectives on life, sports, music, shopping, and literature in China and Australia. After the cultural and language exchange conversation, the students had lunch together in Boxhill with a wide variety of food choices and toured around Boxhill to explore about the Asian, predominantly the Chinese dining culture and cuisines.
Da Li, Chinese & Humanities 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.