Around the KLA's

CAPA

Year 8 Music have been working on their performances over the last few weeks and have made some great progress. Check out how far they have come!

VIDEO: (above) Sam, Liam and Alistair

VIDEO: (Above) Max, Hudson and Hunter

VIDEO: (above) Georgina

VIDEO: (above) Joe

VIDEO: (above) Molly, Anna, Ava and Miss Roache.

PDHPE

On Thursday the 26th, almost 40 girls from the College attended a Girls Rugby League Development Day at  Rugby League Park in Armidale. The girls are were put through their paces in a range of skills and drills run by NRL Rugby League development officers. They also  played a  game in order to vye for selection in the North West Rugby League development squad. 

TAS

Engineering Studies

In Engineering, our students have been working on a Bridge Building Assessment Task analysing bridge truss designs and destructively testing them.

Task: Design and construct a truss bridge spanning 300mm made from 6mm x 4mm balsa wood.

PHOTO: Darcy McDermott's truss bridge.

PHOTO: Josh Fergusson's bridge at the point of failure.

PHOTO: Alex MacMahon's design which held an impressive 19kg before failure.

Design and construct a truss bridge spanning 300mm made from 6mm x 4mm balsa wood.

7 Technology 

The 7.5 Technology class was treated to some expert tuition last week when Year 11 students Hain Van Eyk and Ryan Simpson ran a lesson on sheep judging. 

PHOTO: Hain Van Eyk instructs Year 7 students in the finer points of sheep judging.

Ryan Simpson demonstrates sheep body conformation to Year 7 Technology students.

Hain holds the honour of Zone Champion in Livestock Judging and State Award Winner in Livestock Handling. He was ably assisted by Ryan who also has a wealth of experience with livestock.

Ryan and Hain prepared the lesson including draughting off a pen of sheep which they used to demonstrate aspects of sheep conformation. Each student in the 7.5 Tech class was then able to apply their new-found knowledge to make a presentation to the rest of the class.  All the students in the 7.5 Tech class were totally engaged. Hain and Ryan are to be commended for their organisation, maturity and willingness to help their young fellow students.

Well done everyone!

Agriculture

Birds of Prey workshop with local land services

Agriculture students from O'Connor recently attended a workshop with Local Land Services. They were also joined by a past O'Connor teacher Tony Spiller and his wife Frances.  The subject of regenerative farming was explored during the day. 

PHOTO: (below) Eve Porter, Phoebe Donnelly, Chloe Rollan, Phoebe Colvin observing the little eagle nest  Rockvale road. 

PHOTO: (below) What did we find?

Food Technology

There is no end to the amount of tasty treats that are produce in our Food Technology facilities. These were with a Christmas feel.

Mr Healy back in the classroom

Mr Healy has recently returned from Sydney were he undertook some PD (Personal Development) updating his Construction Course qualifications and skills. 

GALLERY: PD training in Construction in action.

Textiles

The final Year 8 Textiles class for 2020 has completed their cushions! It is always great to see what designs they incorporate into their finished product. 

VET

Year 11 Construction VET students where able to put their theoretical knowledge into context last week when they toured two houses under construction last week.

COVID-19 restrictions have impacted on the students’ opportunities to undertake Work Placement so the chance to relate all the textbook learning to the real world was very welcome.

P.S.

Of the six builders on the two sites visited, half of them did Construction VET when they were students at O’Connor.

PHOTO: Year 11 students Darcy McDermott, Ryan Simpson, Sebastian Kneen & Fletcher Chappell Davis observe the building process as part of their Construction VET course.