Year 9/10

Message from your Assistant Principal

When I look back to the start of Term One, I, like yourselves, could not have imagined what 2020 would bring. The variations, challenges and modifications that students, their families and staff have faced, and successfully dealt with, is to be commended. Over the last term, the way in which students re-engaged into onsite learning as well as completed CATs and Step Up shows how adaptable they are.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the middle school personnel for their flexibility, passion, dedication, enthusiasm and hard work in providing each student the opportunity to achieve their goals, especially during this period. They always go above and beyond what is required and their commitment to our students is exceptional. I could not ask for a better group of staff to work with.

Finally, I would like to thank the students, parents and the wider community for your support throughout the year.  I wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and festive season, and I look forward to working with you again in 2021.

Penni Roe

Assistant Principal – Years 9 & 10

Year 9/10 News

December means that it is time for Step Up as our Year 9's become 10's for the week, and the 10's become 11's! During this time, we ensure that our students are doing meaningful activities that also are fun for this time of the year.

Take a look at the video below of the Year 9's who completed their first Year 10 Science elective, can you guess what skills are being developed whilst completing the water bottle flip challenge? (A blast from the past, 2016!)

Students were able to develop fluency with the scientific method in situations that may not seem scientific at all. They were first posed a question: "How full should a water bottle be to obtain the most successful amount of flips?" Then, students completed research online and developed a hypothesis that it should flip best at 60% of water. From there, students used their numeracy skills to figure out how much water needed to be removed to get to 60% fullness before testing out their results. Afterwards, students graphed their data on computers to develop Microsoft Excel fluency before completing a class discussion as to what factors may have affected their accuracy of their results. Talk about a lot of skill development from an old viral trend!