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Year 11 Biology Dissections

This week Year 11 Biology were looking at the digestive system, the enzymes involved, the possible malfunctions of the system and where certain foods are broken down in the system. Over the course of the last 3 weeks, students worked in groups to share researched ideas to create a variety of posters, notes and resources to demonstrate their learning. This area of study culminated in the dissection of a rat to investigate the digestive system up close and personal. It was a very informative session where students were able to link the theory to real life examples. The students were fascinated with the proportion of the digestive system to the whole body cavity, as well as the length of the small intestine. Dissection is a valuable learning tool to show perspective and apply theoretical knowledge to a practical situation.

Chad Abersteiner, Year 11 Biology Teacher

Connected to Earth

On 29 March, during period 3, Brentwood switched off lights to observe Earth Hour and strike a conversation on the necessity to take action on Climate Change. The theme for this year’s Earth Hour is ‘Connect to Earth’.

Students from grades 7 to 9 connected to Earth by participating in a ‘sorting wastes’ activity during the pastoral care period on 29 March. In this activity, students were given 65 regularly used items at Brentwood and asked to sort them into the various streams of waste collection at our college. Students’ doubts about a few tricky recyclables were clarified by their mentor group teacher using the information provided to them by the Green Team. One interesting observation made by the students from participating in this activity is that we are throwing out several soft-plastic items into the landfill as we don’t have a soft-plastics recycling bin.

We encourage the community to read the information provided here regarding the seven waste streams operating at Brentwood. We seek your support in refusing, reusing, recycling and reduce the amount of waste that is sent to the landfill. We request families to pack nude food and avoid bringing soft-plastics to the college.

The Green Team

Student Leadership 2019

Please find attached our list of Student Leaders at Brentwood in 2019. Congratulations to all that have been appointed thus far!

Deepika Kapadia, Director of Student Leadership