Humanities 

It’s been busy in the Humanities department so far in 2024. Highlights include: 

• Year 7 students learning about the significance of Ancient Greece, who we have to thank for the upcoming Olympic Games. 
• Year 8 students enjoyed their Term 1 Medieval Europe incursion and are now learning about the Renaissance. 
• Year 9’s had a fantastic time at City School, where they were engaged in all things Humanities from the history of our city and changes in the law at the Old Melbourne Gaol, our First Nations use of various plants at the Royal Botanical Gardens, the significance of the Shrine of Remembrance and the issue of homelessness in Melbourne at the Big Issue. 
• Some lucky Year 9 Geography students went to Sorrento and Point Nepean for our first Geography camp where they undertook fieldwork for 3 days, looking at things such as ocean currents and the impacts of humans on natural environments.
• Year 9 Geography students have visited Edenvale Farm as part of their studies of biomes and will be catching the ferry to Williamstown later this term as a part of their studies of globalisation. 
• All Year 10 students visited the 1000 Steps Kokoda Memorial track earlier this term, to learn about the significance of ANZAC Day and the WWII campaign in the Pacific. 
• The Year 10 Geography classes undertake regular fieldwork at Darebin Creek, under the guidance of Peter Grenfell from the Darebin Creek Management Committee. They have been involved in water quality testing, water bug testing, and completed a litter survey where they collected 819 pieces of rubbish that they sorted into categories. Next week they will be engaged in monitoring the nesting boxes along the creek.
• Our Year 11 Business students visited Station Street in Fairfield in Term 1 to gather some information about the importance of business location. They have also visited FareShare and are busily preparing their Business Plans for the business they will run in Term 3. 

Y11 Business Management to FareShare

In late April and early-to-mid May, all three Year 11 Business Management classes travelled to Abbotsford to be a part of FareShare’s ‘Schools in the Kitchen’ program.

Students learned about how the charity sources its donations, both monetary and food products, as well as the importance of charities in a significant battle against food insecurity across Australia. The most important takeaway; we can save so much more than we think we can.

Across the three sessions, the students prepared over 700 kg of protein and vegetables and packed approximately 2400 ready to eat meals. Most importantly, for any parents and guardians reading this, the students even cleaned up after themselves!!

The lessons learned at FareShare will be invaluable in the lead up to the Multicultural Day Market Stalls that year 11 business students will be running late in term 3.

A brief lunch and worksheet in the Victoria Gardens shopping centre later finished off what was the most eventful day of the year so far.

- Mr Conte and Ms Mackie