Class

Staffing update

This week, we welcome Ms Veronica Pantos to the College who is part of the Department's Flying Squad.  She will be with us until the end of term which will provide some stability and continuity to our classes who have been without a teacher this term. We need to acknowledge all the hard work by our Class staff who have worked together to ensure the learning process has continued over the past 6 weeks. 

Assessments and reporting

It's been a busy few weeks with numerous assessments in all classes.  This will assist us in forming decisions regarding student grades and will be reflected in reports, due out later this term. To our ATAR students; congratulations on making it through exam week!

Parent Interviews

Thank you to all of the parents who took the time to meet with our staff last Thursday.  We really enjoyed meeting you all and sharing information about your child.  If you were unable to make the interview, please feel free to contact us to arrange a phone interview. Many parents have already taken up this opportunity; we appreciate your patience as we make our way through the list.

Agriculture - Ms Jury

The Year 12 ATAR students finished their sheep feed trial at the beginning of this term. This trial gave the students the opportunity to implement various supplement feeding methods, including using EasyOne pellets, oaten hay, lupins, and pasture. They measured the outcome by weighing each lamb weekly and scanning the fat and muscle depth using an ultrasound over a six week period, before the sheep who experienced each type of supplement feeding were processed and the carcase weight, fat and eye muscle depth were compared.

The Year 12 ATAR students are also involved in two cropping trials this year, their own fertiliser trial which has just been seeded on the farm and a cropping challenge with Living Farm in York. Once the crops germinate, the students will monitoring the crops for weeds, pests, and disease while observing the response of the crop to varying rates of Nitrogen.

The Year 11 ATAR students have started their salinity trial. They are comparing the tolerance of wheat, barley, canola, and lupins to three levels of salt (2.5g/L, 5g/L and 10g/L). The students still have three weeks of results left to collect; however, it looks like the barley and wheat are coping the best to the higher salt levels, with the barley appearing the healthiest overall.

Second semester is now in full swing with all students very relieved to have finish their ATAR exams and ESTs.