QUEST

Year 9 Quest 

Students in Year 9 have been learning all about urbanised cities and the future of their world. They have been focusing on deconstructing and reconstructing population pyramids – an important Geography skill for students to know and understand. They learned through in class activities and if talented enough, graduated to giant population pyramid building in the playground using data sets and chalk. 

Recognising our amazing learners! 

This term, Quest have been focusing on acknowledging the students that are Above the Line everyday with a positive email home to parents. It has been wonderful to see the list increase in size each week – well done KKHS. These students have then been receiving an award during regular year meetings and students have been cheering one another on. Ultimately, this will culminate in a raffle where the students who were nominated will be placed in a draw for a prize. Parents – keep an eye out in your emails for these positive acknowledgements. 

MADD Night approaches 

We are going MADD for MADD night! Teachers and students have been preparing their performances, artworks and acts for the community over the last few weeks and it has been wonderful to see their passions and talents shine. We are excited to welcome you (our parents and carers) into the school to see not only the new Hall renovations but the works of our incredibly talented students. Please see the poster for further information on how to reserve your seat but be quick – they are selling like hot cakes! 

Year 8 Quest 

Year 8 hubs are learning about Vikings this term and have been organised into clans to represent the social structure of Viking society. Some your children have been appointed as kings of their clan! Each of the hubs are running their own clan challenges in class and in the final weeks, the hubs will compete against each other in a scavenger hunt to collect and trade resources as Viking clans did 1000 years ago. 8 Blue recently competed in a class clan challenge where they had to design and construct either a Viking longhouse, longship, a blacksmith’s workshop or Valhalla using only a limited number of craft resources. The winning design came from a partnership in the Ovendr clan- Ben Couperthwaite and Savannah McLaren designing Valhalla using paddle pop sticks, silver baking cups, playdough and some metal thimbles. It was great to see students engaged in a creative challenge that put their critical thinking skills to the test! Check out some of the other designs in the photo gallery above.

Civics and Citizenship National Convention 

On Thursday, October 27th, Grace Williams (Year 10) represented Kurri Kurri High School in a National Youth Convention on whether voting should remain compulsory in Australia. She was one of 30 students selected in NSW to participate and had the opportunity to deepen her understanding of Australia’s democratic system, develop an informed opinion based on the presentations of academics and experts in Australia’s political system; and then work collaboratively with peers from other schools to develop an argument for or against mandatory voting. Grace was one of the few students who had the chance to address the entire convention and share her perspective on the issue. Grace did a fantastic job representing our school!