Humanities News

Legal Studies Law Talks Excursion

On Tuesday 15th May, Year 12 VCE Legal Studies students participated in Law Week Law Talks which was a free one-day program that brings the law to life.

 

The program included a range of dynamic presentations delivered by senior members of the judiciary, practitioners and leaders of key legal bodies including:

Rob Hulls, Director, Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT University - Passion to make a positive difference: from high school student to Attorney- General and founder of the Centre for Innovative Justice Nick Gadd, Communications Manager, Victorian Law Reform Commission and Philip Cummins AM, Chair, Victorian Law Reform Commission - The role of the Victorian Law Reform Commission Deborah Glass, Victorian Ombudsman - The role of the Victorian Ombudsman David Leonard, Manager, Community Engagement, Dispute Settlement Centre Victoria - Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Victorian Civil justice system.

 

The presentations related directly to the Legal Studies curriculum, and there was a session on how to succeed with Legal Studies assessment tasks and the exam.

 

For the afternoon, the students visited the County Court and participated in a role-play on jury empanelment with Paul Dore, Juries Commissioner, Juries Victoria.

Reconciliation Week

The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2018 is 'Don't Keep History A Mystery'. In Humanities classes, students explored the past, learning more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, and developed a deeper understanding of our national story.

Students participated in a competition where they created a postcard from the future imagining that Australia has achieved reconciliation.   Congratulations to Nicole Mazis from 7F for winning the postcard competition for 2018.   A special thank you to the following students for their postcard entries:

 

Isabel Conrad-Stewart 7B,  Harriet Roswell 7B, Hayden Cormick 7B, Jonah Ariel 7B, William Fassoulis 7B, Sofia Johansson 7B, Lexi Nuelant 7B, Sophia Foda 7F, Lola Vaysman 7F, Jess Whiteman 7F, Jacob Zoudi 7F and Dana Gonshor 7F.

A big thank you to the library for also hosting a screening during the week and to the SRC for running a quiz with all year levels.

Australian Geography Competition

Year 9 Students recently took part in the 24th annual Australian Geography Competition. Over 70,000 students from around Australia have entered the competition, which is a joint initiative of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association and the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.

 

Competition Coordinator, Bernard Fitzpatrick, said that the Competition gave teachers an opportunity to highlight geography in their schools and challenge their students. “With current international affairs, geography is a vital subject that all young people should study. Understanding place and people, and the socio-economic and environmental interactions at local, regional, national and international scales is important to the economic and environmental future of Australia,” said Mr Fitzpatrick.

Australian History Competition

On 23rd May Year 8 students participated in the Australian History Competition. The Competition is prepared by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia and run in conjunction with The Giant Classroom.

 

The Year  8 paper is  broadly based on the Australian Curriculum: History for Years 7 and 8.  Students responded to a variety of questions addressing knowledge, skills and understandings.  Students had 45 minutes to complete 50 multiple choice questions with many of the questions source-based.

 

Thank you to everyone who participated in the competitions.

 

Melanie Mattsson

Head of Humanities