Year Level Leaders Report
Year 7 Leader Report
A great start to TERM 1, 2022!
Moving to high school is one of the key milestones of a teenager’s life. It’s an exciting phase that happens alongside other big changes, like becoming independent!
High school is an exciting time and during this transition they have experienced challenges and PLENTY of changes. We can all support our students together by talking through their concerns and worries they may have experienced so far. Some of the changes include:
- Being separated from the friends they had at primary school
- Finding their way around the school
- Managing their timetable and new routine
- Getting to know all their teachers
- Meeting new people and making new friends
- Learning different rules and expectations
- Using new technology and social media
We can all continue to help by listening and being supportive!
Congratulations to our new Year 7 Leaders!!!
And a big thank you to the rest of the students who also presented great speeches too!!
- Soham Dhital
- Sophie Volpert
- Sher Sidhu
- Amalia Shaer
Every idea is important!
https://bigthink.com/the-present/inventions/
Technology is a core component of the human experience. We have been creating tools to help us tame the physical world since the early days of our species.
Now that all year 7’s have completed their artefact CAT for humanities, thinking about future inventions is just around the corner…
here are some major advancements/inventions that should probably be on any list:
FIRE – it can be argued that fire was discovered rather than invented. Certainly, early humans observed incidents of fire, but it wasn’t until they figured out how to control it and produce it themselves that humans could really make use of everything this new tool had to offer. The earliest use of fire goes back as far as two million years ago, while a widespread way to utilize this technology has been dated to about 125,000 years ago. Fire gave us warmth, protection, and led to a host of other key inventions and skills like cooking.
WHEEL – the wheel was invented by Mesopotamians around 3500 B.C., to be used in the creation of pottery. About 300 years after that, the wheel was put on a chariot and the rest is history. Wheels are ubiquitous in our everyday life, facilitating our transportation and commerce.
NAIL – The earliest known use of this very simple but super-useful metal fastener dates back to Ancient Egypt, about 3400 B.C. If you are more partial to screws, they’ve been around since Ancient Greeks (1st or 2nd century B.C.).
COMPASS – this navigational device has been a major force in human exploration. The earliest compasses were made of lodestone in China between 300 and 200 B.C.
PAPER – invented about 100 BC in China, paper has been indispensable in allowing us to write down and share our ideas.
PRINTING PRESS – invented in 1439 by the German Johannes Gutenberg, this device in many ways laid the foundation for our modern age. It allowed ink to be transferred from the movable type to paper in a mechanized way. This revolutionized the spread of knowledge and religion as previously books were generally hand-written (often by monks).
ELECTRICITY – utilization of electricity is a process to which a number of bright minds have contributed over thousands of years, going all the way back to Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, when Thales of Miletus conducted the earliest research into the phenomenon. The 18th-century American Renaissance man Benjamin Franklin is generally credited with significantly furthering our understanding of electricity, if not its discovery.
CARS – cars completely changed the way we travel, as well as the design of our cities, and thrust the concept of the assembly line into the mainstream. They were invented in their modern form in the late 19th century by a number of individuals, with special credit going to the German Karl Benz for creating what’s considered the first practical motorcar in 1885.
Have a safe break and we can’t wait to see you for term 2!
Kalouda Pelitidis
Year Level Leader: 7
Year 7 Camp
We have been coming to Alexandra Adventure Resort for 3 years now and love it because it provides a range of activities that build individual confidence and team cohesion.
All our students had a great time and all the activities were fantastic! The resort staff play a key role in facilitating the development of students’ confidence and teamwork by encouraging and supporting all students to have a go and recognize which students not to push too hard.
We would also like to thank the Peer Support Leaders who came along and provided invaluable support to all the year 7’s!
Kalouda Pelitidis
Year Level Leader: 7