Moving up to Secondary can be a bit daunting for some but the Year 7-10 Mentoring Program helps to welcome the newest recruits into the fold. Year 10 students recently spent time playing games with some of the Year 7s, helping to bridge the gap from Primary to Secondary, with Celebrity Heads, UNO and Two Truths and Lie offering lots of laughs. The groups meet twice a term to provide the younger students with a familiar and friendly face before they transition into their Houses in Year 8.
The Year 10 Biblical Studies students visited Pre Primary at the ELC campus to share Bible stories.
What beautiful smiles and weather.
There’s nothing quite like a good story time at the ELC, especially when the Year 10s come to visit! Year 10 students recently created their own children’s picture books of the Bible to read to the Year 2s. The Year 2s were delighted to listen and share the knowledge they have learned in their own Biblical Studies class.
In Year 10 Biblical Studies, students spend 12 weeks completing an overview of the Bible learning how the 66 books of the bible all point to Jesus Christ. A central part of this course has the students creating their own children’s picture book of the Bible. To celebrate the successful completion of their storybooks the Year 10s visited the Year 2s at the Early Learning Centre and read their books aloud to a small group of students. The Year 2s were delighted share their own knowledge about Jesus from the Bible Mr Stephens has been reading to them. It was a wonderful time for all involved.
Mairead Taylor
Year 10 History students participated in the Charleston Dance lesson earlier in the term. Yr 10 History covers Australia from the end of WW up to the Civil Rights movement. It is important that students actively engage in Australian history and enjoyed learning a dance from the 1920s. It is always impressive to see how much effort out students put into activities and the joy they receive from engaging in these activities.
Leeanne Shanks
Teacher – Humanities and Social Sciences & Assistant Dean Alethea
Year 10 students recently took an enlightening excursion to Fremantle to explore the world of children’s literature and illustration. The trip included a workshop with children’s book author and illustrator Briony Stewart at Paper Bird Children’s Books and Arts, and a meeting with illustrator James Foley (author/illustrator) who comically demonstrated the process of illustrating a children’s book.
After leaving Fremantle inspired, students are now designing a promotional poster to celebrate Book Week as part of their Commercial Design class.
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) will host 22 lucky Year 10 students.
With encouragement from their teacher, Shannon Fletcher, Year 10 students Laura de Silva-Beiter and Charlotte Beale submitted a 40-second video to apply for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation competition, revealing two plans they devised to combat global issues. They have been invited to take part in a Big Ideas Forum in Sydney.
What an achievement, well done!
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Photo: Joondalup Times
The Year 10 Marine Science students had the opportunity to try SCUBA diving for the very first time in an ocean tank at AQWA. They were surrounded by schools of fish, a few sting rays and their peers cheering them on!
Mr Benjamin Nicholson
Science Teacher
Year 10’s have been working with our Artist in Residence Stephen Peacock, to create extended outdoor classroom area on the Wall of the PLC. They gave designed the wall to incorporate native plants and birds with areas left on the design for integration of whiteboard for interactive teaching and learning activities to take place.
Here are some progress shots, they will be working with Year 4 and 5’s this afternoon and till the end of the term to get the area finished as the site wil be shared between the primary and secondary school.
Year 10 student Casey Vlahos has recently travelled to Okinawa, Japan as part of the West Australian section of Go-Kan-Ryu karate! This gives Casey the opportunity to train with the highest karate practitioners in the world, some of the whom are descendants of the founders of traditional Okinawan karate.
Wow! Congratulations Casey.
