GRADE 5/6 OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Due to the COVID19 restrictions, some of our classes have had to adapt their lessons to suit these restrictions. One such subject is Outdoor Education.  Students have been participating in games that require strategy and team work "rob the nest" and "flags".  They challenged their skills and had a scavenger hunt around the College in search of items found naturally in our environment.

GRADE 7 PHOTOGRAPHY

During online learning, Grade 7 Photography students were introduced to the art of still life photography. Students explored the work of famous photographers such as André Kertesz and Mandy Mohler and developed an understanding of the differences between traditional still life photography and contemporary still life photography.

Students were put to the test to capture photographs that showed both of these styles.

GUILFORD YOUNG COLLEGE

Guilford Young College is offering private tours.  More information can be found in the attached document below

Staff at Guilford Young College have put together subject videos that may be useful to students who are transitioning to GYC.

Please click on the links below 

Maths - https://youtu.be/aU5-zQ-zz2I

English - https://youtu.be/GY4NYUDK5Js

Religious Education - https://youtu.be/scxaJbRLEcU

Humanities and Social Sciences - https://youtu.be/v4V5dTjI4fk

Languages - https://youtu.be/JxaBbgIqDEg

IMAGES OF ISOLATION PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

A number of Grade 7 Photography students entered the Kingborough Isolation Photography Competition. Attached are some of their submissions.

LAND ART

Grade 8 sculpture students have been exploring the concept of Land Art.  They looked at the different ways artists have observed and engaged with the land to make art.  A focus study was of the artist Andy Goldsworthy and his work.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

I pressed the link in the email from the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE). This took me to the online learning workshop in which I was enrolled, conducted via Zoom. The faces of teachers from all over Australia appeared in Brady Bunch formation and the after-school session began.

All teachers had decided to participate to learn how we could use micro stories to improve student writing. Micro-fiction takes greater skill to write because the writer must communicate the same information in fewer, more precise words. Students are also more likely to proofread and edit a micro story than a longer narrative (bonus!).

On the cover of the book I received as part of the registration fee, is written ‘Featuring stories by:’ and then a whole host of well-known and established Australian authors are listed. So, you may imagine my surprise and delight when, reading through the book’s entire list of stories, I see a more personally familiar story name and author.

In both 2017 and 2018 Kirra Watkins (now in 10 Green) won the Peter Sharp Memorial Award in the Young Tasmanian Writer’s Prize. Her work was published in both EduTATE, the Tasmanian Association for the Teaching of English journal, as well as in Tasmania’s premier society, culture and lifestyle magazine, 40° South. And now, here, in this nationally published book for Australian teachers, was Kirra’s 2018 story ‘Forget me not’.

Kirra’s story, along with the others written by both students and established authors, will be used as an exemplar for students across the country as they learn how to improve their own writing.

Congratulations Kirra

Did you know?

• A micro story is a piece of fiction that is 1000 words or less
• More and more people are reading on their phones and on the go, and as a result, the demand for micro fiction is growing.

Sally Broadribb 

English and Humanities Teacher

TEXTILES

The Textiles class is asking for donations of old towels, cotton and flannelette sheets and pillowcases.  They also need wool (not synthetic) for knitting.  The donations will be used to create pouches and nests for wildlife rescue. Donations can be left at the College office.