KLA News 

CAPA

Year 9 Music were hard at work learning the Kahoot theme this week! They were adapting the theme to their instrument of choice. Keyboards and guitars were a popular choice. 

Design & Technology

Year 8 DT

Some Year 8 students are currently participating in the Wood Technics rotation. This week in Mr Fulloon's class they were very engaged in completing their spinning toys. It is always interesting to see the different designs they come up with.

Yr 11 Engineering Studies.   HSC Module 1 - 

Civil Structures: 

Year 11 Engineering Studies have started their HSC course with a study on bridges, focusing on beams & trusses. By the end of this unit the students should be able to find the force in the members of a truss and find the bending stress in a beam. 

To investigate the different types of bridge structures the students and Mr Hawthorne built scale models to assess strength, materials and the types of forces the structures are subject to.

Example of stone arch bridge.     Mr Hawthorne, Zac Walters, Ben Jones, Heath Maurer & Ned Maurer admire their engineering skills.

Food Technology

Mrs Healy was giving a demonstration to her Year 8 Food Tech class on Tuesday when our photographer dropped by. At the time, she was explaining how to check the temperature of the chicken which was being browned and looked quite tasty. 

Textiles and Design

Today the Year 12 Major Works were on display in the Benilde Centre. It was great to see the staff and students appreciating the hard work that our senior Textiles students have put into their projects this year. 

A full report will appear in the next issue of the College newsletter.

HSIE

Mrs Cherie Stoessel

Welcome back to another term of learning about our world and our place in it!  Our Year 7 History students will continue learning about life along the Nile river in ancient Egypt. Year 8 students will continue learning about Shogunate Japan, including their environmental policies and learning how to analyse visual sources (see photos).  Year 9 and 10 Geography students have started their learning about Human Wellbeing and how factors such as education, population growth, the number of babies a woman has and government decisions can impact on our life expectancy and outcomes. They’ve also been learning to analyse and make their own  choropleth maps from data (see photos). Meanwhile our Year 12 students are entering the final stages of the HSC preparation while Year 11 students are commencing their HSC studies.  

Mathematics

Mr Mark Harris

Term 4 is well underway and some excellent Mathematics Learning has been happening.

Year 7 have been studying basic equations and Year 8 have been focused on the natural extension to this, Linear relationships.

Year 9 has been heavily focused on the Algebra stream as well with the introduction of Quadratic Equations and Indices.

Year 10 are working on Measurement including Trigonometry.

We have seen an enthusiastic start of the HSC course for our current year 11 cohort and the continuation of preparation for the HSC examinations for Year 12. 

Year 12 have shown such resilience and have had the chance to sit practice HSC exams this week.

Remember Mathematics is all around us - stop and look and you will be surprised when it appears.

PDHPE

Ms Camilla Clydsdale

Term 4 learning is well underway in the PDHPE Department. For Yr 7 to 10 PDHPE the following units are being studied:

Yr 7

Prac: Striking Games

Theory: Risk Taking

Yr 8

Prac: Net and Court Games

Theory: Mind, Body, Spirit

Yr 9

Prac: Contemporary Games

Theory: First Aid

Yr 10

Prac: Backyard and Alternate Games

Theory: The Next Chapter

KEEPING ACTIVE: Year 9 kept moving on Friday during their practical lesson

Just a reminder as it warms up that all students need to wear the O’Connor sports uniform and a college hat or cap for all practical lessons. 

Year 7 PDHPE

The wet weather hasn’t prevented the Year 7s from working hard in practical PDHPE this week. Classes have been able to make use of our Weights Shed and have been continuing on developing their skills in a variety of areas. Nicholas Miller has been working on his Muscular Strength by completing deadlifts, Madeleine Cowley and Rogan Fardon have been working on their Cardiovascular and Muscular Endurance by using the Boxing Bag.

L to R: Nicholas Miller, Madeliene Cowley and Rogan Fardon.

Ms Mellowship

PDHPE & Leader of Learning Year 7

Year 10

The College is fortunate to have the use of the Showground pavilion during the time that our new gym is being constructed. This week, Year 10 were enjoying a game of table tennis. Maybe there is a future Olympian in one of the photos?