Technology

Food Technology - 

“Master Chefs” cooking  in Isolation 

Throughout remote learning the Food Technology students were given “practical challenges” to complete. Well done to all the students who rose to the challenge and produced some excellent dishes. Included are just some of the dishes produced by our “Master Chefs”.

Ms. Hopper and Mrs. Fitchet

A review from Zoe and Anna of 8C 

During remote learning, students in year 8 had the challenge of learning Food Technology at home. If we were at school we would have had the experience of working with a partner to create a delicious dish, but that wasn’t the case when learning at home.

While working at home, unfortunately it was difficult for everyone to participate in prac's. Our teachers have taught us multiple topics including; Safety in the kitchen, Nutrition and all we need to know about rice and cereal products.

Our favourite topic was most definitely the rice prac we participated in, we both took it upon ourselves to make different dishes, a lovely vegetarian and an amazing chicken and vegetable fried rice, it was interesting to observe how rice gets absorbed in water when cooking it. 

Overall, cooking in Isolation hasn’t been the worst but we are super excited to get back into the kitchens at school and start working together as a class to make scrumptious dishes and learn new things. 

Food Glorious Food - Well Done Master Chefs

Woodwork and Design Technology 

Mr. Minster

Our year 8 Woodwork students had a paper airplane challenge, where students followed the design process to research, design and produce a paper airplane. The students presented their research and designs in a folio and then we had a competition day where students had 3 attempts to fly their plane as far as possible. Hiya had some good action shots. 

Another practical challenge set for year 8, was students had to create a marble run, using any material they had at home and try to get the ball to roll for exactly 15 seconds. This required the students to continuously test, evaluate and redesign their marble run.

Students in year 8 also developed their 3D modeling skills using Sketch Up for Schools to design their perfect desk for remote learning.   

In year 9 and 10 woodwork students designed a furniture product for a client following the design process, and  Sketch Up for schools a using the 3D modeling program. The next task was to create a paper, cardboard model, or any other materials they could use or find at home to create their design. Hayden Partridge created a model of his 'Tensegrity (floating) table' using balsa wood, fishing line and string. Leon Chang created a life-size model of his bedside table design using cardboard. Adrian Yusim designed and created a chess board for his family to play while in lockdown.