YEAR 7-9 NEWS

Year 7

In Year 7 Science students have done a practical task to explore matter stations. 

Year 7 Science students are also learning about food webs and have performed a shrimp dissection, investigating  their anatomy and function. They connected this lesson to aquaculture in Australia and it's impact on wild fish populations in our oceans and food chains.

Year 7 students completed a Cyber Safety session with Robbie Noggler.

Year 8

Have you met Flippy?

Flippy is our resident Eastern short-neck turtle down in red building. 

The scientific name for this species is Emydura macquarii. In Wathaurong language turtle is known as "Barribin" and in Chinese it is 乌龟 (Wu gui). 

Flippy loves goldfish and long walks on the grass. 

Recently a group of year 8 students, Electra, Maliyah and Jaxon took Flippy out for a walk on the grass. They watched as Flippy took in all the sights and sounds of our WHC environment. 

The students learnt how to take care of Flippy and handle him responsibly. 

Year 9

Years 9s have been using the term to explore different designs that show their interests and passions. They have then carefully painted their skateboards.

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.