A taste of Cecil

A day in the life of a high school student

During Week 9, a number of teachers across all teaching areas happily gave up their time to take part in the ‘Taste of Cecil’ lessons as part of our Year 6 transition program. Led by Andrew Faga and Vivian Phan (2019 Year Advisers), fun and engaging lessons were created to introduce Year 6 students to future high school activities.

Our three feeder primary schools took part in this exciting initiative program  - Kemps Creek Public School, Bonnyrigg Heights Public School and Cecil Hills Public school.

Year 6 students experienced crafty English lessons, tasty cooking classes, intriguing science experiments and maths lessons also known as Mathemagic. Mrs Vella describes Mathemagic as “an absolute BLAST!!  It is such a BUZZ to see the students light up after I perform the magic trick” whilst still practising their Mathematics skills.

As for English, students rolled a dice to determine key features of their story. This added an interactive aspect to creative writing activities. Mr Faulkner highlighted that the “students were really engaged and were very enthusiastic and happy to give responses every time we asked questions”.

Kemps Creek students spent the morning at Cecil Hills High School. There was wonder and excitement in the students eyes as they walked around our school grounds. Students made mini pizzas in our Tas room, mini woodwork projects in our Workshops and explored the watercolour galaxy in our Art rooms. They walked around our classrooms, shared stories and for the first time actively participated in high school life. Mrs Vella, emphasised that “although this experience may be branded as, ‘A Taste of Cecil’, in reality it really is about transitioning the primary student to high school”.

Thank you to all the teachers who took part as well as all members of staff for their support in making ‘Taste of Cecil” a success.

Ms D Kulevski, English teacher