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YEAR 7
English	7A Miss Travers 7B Miss Jolly 7C Ms Hollister 7D Miss Travers	This term Year 7 students are focussing on how to write effective sentences and how to write an engaging narrative or story that incorporates ‘show, don’t tell’, dialogue and a sizzling start.
Hass	7A Ms Jolly 7B Mr Andrews 7C Mr Andrews 7D Mr Beutel & Mrs Macfadyen	To start term 2 students are looking at “Water in the World”, a unit all about where our water comes from, its uses and the importance of conserving water through good management. There will be a small test in Week 4 and a larger CAT task in Weeks 4 and 5 investigating the Murray-Darling Management Scheme.
Maths	7A Mrs Wallace 7B Mrs McLachlan 7C Mrs Wallace 7D Mrs McLachlan	This term Year 7 Maths students are studying Measurement. They will find the perimeter and area of squares, rectangles and triangles. Students will calculate the volume of 3-dimensional shapes, with a particular focus on correct setting out of their work. They will need to bring their scientific calculators to every class to make progress in this unit of work. There will be an assessment task during Week 5.
Science	7A Mrs Chan 7B Mr Buckley 7C Mrs Chan 7D Mr Buckley	This Term, year 7 students have been looking at Chemistry, the differences between a mixture and a pure substance, and different techniques for separating mixtures, such as distillation and filtration. They will also have the opportunity to delve into our Earth & Space unit, looking at lunar cycles and earth’s rotation. Students will have an assessment at the close of the unit towards week 7.
Health and PE	7A Mrs McLachlan & Mr Spencer 7B Mrs McCall & Mr Munday 7C Mrs Macfadyen & Mr Shepheard 7D Mrs McLachlan	This term Year 7 students are learning about Food, Nutrition and Healthy Options in Health lessons. They are looking at the Healthy Eating Plate, discovering how nutrients can help our body, how to make healthy decisions about what they eat and what can influence our food choices. To wrap up this unit students will work on an assessment task where they research and create a family meal plan. In PE we have been running a range of courses and workouts to improve our cardiovascular fitness and endurance in preparation for the School Cross Country Carnival. These have included runs like team spoke, 4/2/1, individual timed, relays and beep tests. Students have given themselves a rating out of 5 after each run as a self-assessment. Staff have also assessed students based on their results and effort for each lesson.
Japanese	7B Miss Travers 7D Miss Travers	This term Year 7 are focused on learning to introduce themselves in Japanese with topics including name, age, nationality, school grade and things they like. This introduction is assessed verbally in front of their class, along with their written script in Japanese. There continues to be a focus on recognition and use of hiragana, building recognition of some kanji and introduction of katakana related to their self-introduction.
Art	7A Mr Viney 7C Mr Viney	In Visual Art this term students have been exploring colour theory through mixing colours and creating tones and tints with acrylic paint. Next week they will move onto completing a cubist still life painting using the colours they have learnt to mix.
MDT	7A Mr Rabbetts 7C Mr Rabbetts	As we enter the mid-way of the term the students have been working on a wooden plane. This helps to develop the correct way to measure and mark, which are the correct tools to use and how we use different methods of joining timber.
Food	7A Ms Hambleton 7C Mrs Singline	This term, Year 7 Foods students are focusing on researching healthy food options and developing healthy habits. They will examine dietary guidelines and recommendations for healthy eating, learn to make informed choices and develop practical skills for meal preparation. Throughout this unit, assessments will be centred around practical cooking tasks, incorporating individual and group activities to reinforce learning and skill development.
Drama	7B Ms Jolly 7D Miss Jolly	Long service leave
Digital Investigations	7B Mr Shepheard 7D Mr Buckley	This term the unit of work is ‘Introduction to Coding’. Students will learn the importance of instructions through being able to write clear and logical instructions. Students will also write instructions using block code through the online program ‘Scratch’. On Scratch students will create their own project & upload to Canvas as an assignment.


YEAR 8
English	8A Mr Beutel 8B Miss Travers 8C Ms Hollister 8D Mr Lewis	Year 8 students are using a short film “The Butterfly Circus”, to develop their understanding and use of metaphors. They are showing their understanding through an essay or informative poster. In the second unit, students will be analysing poetry, breaking down poetic devices. The students will then write their own poem as a culminating task.
Hass	8A Mr Andrews 8B Mr Beutel 8C Mr Beutel 8D Mr Andrews	This term in HASS, we are concentrating on geography and the unit “Landscapes and Landforms”. Each week we will be covering a different landscape from mountains, to rivers, deserts, and coastal environments. Students will develop inquiry skills as well as using a range of resources to become good geographers. There will be a CAT task in Week 5 focussing on a landscape of the students’ choice.
Maths	8A Mrs Wallace 8B Mr Spencer 8C Mrs Wallace 8D Mr Spencer	This term Year 8 Maths students are studying Measurement. They will calculate the area of quadrilaterals, triangles and circles, and find the volume of right prisms. Students will follow mathematical conventions to set out their work clearly and logically. They will need to bring their scientific calculators to every class to make progress in this unit of work. There will be an assessment task during Week 6.
Science	8A Mr Buckley 8B Mrs Chan 8C Mr Buckley 8D Mrs Chan	This Term, year 8 students have been looking at organs and organ systems of the human body and some comparison with animals. They have dissected a heart and have investigated the cardiovascular system. They will also investigate several other body systems and how they interact with one another. Students will have an assessment at the close of the unit towards week 8.
Health and PE	8A Mrs Macfadyen & Mr Jordan 8B Mr Spencer & Mr Munday 8C Mr Jordan & Mrs McCall 8D Mr Spence & Mrs McLachlan	In Year 8 Health lessons students have been learning about culture and identity. Within this unit they have looked at what makes them unique, their personal qualities, how we develop our identity and the importance of respecting others’ cultures and identities. The assessment task for this unit is a Bumper Sticker that students create based on their own identity. In PE we have been running a range of courses and workouts to improve our cardiovascular fitness and endurance in preparation for the School Cross Country Carnival. These have included runs like team spoke, 4/2/1, individual timed, relays and beep tests. Students have given themselves a rating out of 5 after each run as a self-assessment. Staff have also assessed students based on their results and effort for each lesson.
MDT	A Mr Rabbetts B Mr Rabbetts	A-This group of students have been working in the metal shop and have completed some really interesting garden ornaments. We have just moved back into the wood shop to learn about different methods of joining timber (biscuit joint). B- These students have been making a metal windmill. This helps develop skills with welding (oxy-acetylene), metal lathe work, sheet metal cutting and working with metal.
Art	A Mr Viney B Mr Viney	Grade 8 students have had an excellent start to the term. Over the next 7 weeks students will explore emotions and story telling through ceramics and painting. Some students in 8B worked especially hard today and nearly completed the first aspects of their ceramic works. 8A will start working with clay in week 4. Well done on an excellent start year 8s.
Foods	A Mrs Singline B Ms Hambleton	This term, Year 8 Foods students are focused on exploring the factors influencing our food choices and investigating healthy food options. They will develop practical strategies for making informed dietary decisions, highlighting the importance of balanced nutrition while considering cultural traditions and the impact of advertising on food preferences. This unit's assessments will include practical cooking tasks that involve selecting and preparing nutritious meals, as well as individual and group activities to reinforce learning and skill development.
Sport for Boys	Mr Shepheard	In Sports for Boys, students will explore various team sports. Students will learn specific rules to these sports, along with partaking in skill development sessions to improve gameplay.
Fitness	Mr Shepheard	This term students have been learning the components of fitness, different training types and the importance of nutrition. In addition to this, students have been completing weekly workouts to improve their overall health & fitness.


YEAR 9
English	9A Ms Delaney 9B Ms Heland 9C Ms Delaney 9D Ms Heland	During term 2 students in Year 9 English are studying Coming of Age Stories with a focus on how authors and directors create engaging and interesting characters. Students are currently reading and watching Lockie Leonard and will view Moonrise Kingdom later in the term.
History	9A Mr Lewis 9B Mr Andrews 9C Mr Lewis 9D Mrs Midson	This term we are focussing on World War 1. We will have short tasks based around the causes of the war, recruitment posters and reasons for enlisting, we will read fiction and non-fiction and explore the conscription debate. At the end of each week, students will load their completed task onto Canvas. It is important that students catch up on any missed work due to absence – all our learning materials are loaded on Canvas, and this is where students submit their completed tasks and receive feedback on their learning from the teacher. Parents have access and can follow their child’s learning.
Maths	9A Mr Lutwyche 9B Mr Downward 9C Mr Porsbro 9D Mr Downward	During term 2 in Year 9 Maths, students will be working to solve problems involving ratio, similarity and scale in two-dimensional situations. They will be expanding binomial products, and factorising monic quadratic expressions. They will be applying mathematical modelling to solve problems involving linear and quadratic functions.
Science	9A 9B 9C 9D	This term we are completing a unit on Body Systems before starting Chemistry. There will be an end of unit test for Body Systems by the end of week 6. The Chemistry unit will include many experiments and students will be assessed on a practical report before the end of term.
Health and PE	9A Miss Macfadyen 9B Mr Shepheard 9C Mr Jordan 9D Miss Macfadyen & Mr Munday	In Year 9 Health, this term students are completing a unit of work on Managing Conflict. At the completion of the unit there will be a CAT on “Managing our Health” DHS Improvement task. In PE we have been running a range of courses and workouts to improve our cardiovascular fitness and endurance in preparation for the School Cross Country Carnival. These have included runs like team spoke, 4/2/1, individual timed, relays and beep tests. Students have given themselves a rating out of 5 after each run as a self-assessment. Staff have also assessed students based on their results and effort for each lesson.


YEAR 10
English	10A Ms Delaney 10B Ms Hollister 10C Ms Heland 10D Ms Delaney	Students are reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, looking at how this novel presents and critiques ideas about social justice, racism and community. Assessments in the middle and the end of term will focus on understanding a complex text and interpreting the ideas presented by the author.
Hass	10A Mrs Midson 10B Mr Lewis 10C Mrs Midson 10D Mr Lewis	This term we are studying World War two, with a particular focus on major battles in Europe, before exploring the Home Front with The Bombing of Darwin. We have two opportunities for assessment. The first will take place in Week 3 and 4 and will be an essay on the German tactic of Blitzkrieg. During the last week of term, we will complete a second assessment task analysing sources related to the Home Front.
Maths	10A Mr Porsbro 10B Mr Downward 10C Mr Porsbro 10D Mr Downward	During term 2 in Year 10 Maths, students will use mathematical modelling to solve problems applying linear and quadratic functions to solve related equations, numerically and graphically, including real life problems. They will make and test conjectures involving functions and relations using digital tools. They will be working throughout the units have to finish a number of assignments and create a folio of work to demonstrate their understanding of these concepts.
Science	10A and 10C Ms Heathcote 10B and 10D Ms McQuitty	10A and 10C are completing a unit on Genetics. There will be an end of unit test by the end of week 6 and a common assessment task on the ethics of Designer Babies. They will then begin a Chemistry unit. 10B and 10D are studying Chemistry this term, learning about different types of chemical reactions. They will have a test in Week 5 and complete a practical inquiry by the end of Term 2.
Health and PE	10A Mr Spencer & Mrs McCall 10B Mr Jordan 10C Mr Jordan & Mrs McCall 10D Mr Munday	In Year 10 Health students have been working on a Driver Awareness unit in preparation for their visit to RYDA at Camp Clayton. In this unit they have learnt about the risks involved with driving, they have researched some statistics around youth drivers, discussed what it means to be a good passenger and found out what occurs during in a random breath and drug test. In PE we have been running a range of courses and workouts to improve our cardiovascular fitness and endurance in preparation for the School Cross Country Carnival. These have included runs like team spoke, 4/2/1, individual timed, relays and beep tests. Students have given themselves a rating out of 5 after each run as a self-assessment. Staff have also assessed students based on their results and effort for each lesson.


YEAR 9 and 10 PIPS (Option) Subjects
Sport for Boys
Catering		In catering this term, the students are putting their baking skills to the test and entering in the Tasmanian hospitality high school baking competition. Also they are busy preparing a range of food for different events such as morning teas, staff lunches and high teas.
English Extended and Creative Writing	Georgia Delaney	In English Extended we are exploring A Midsummer Night’s Dream which is a Shakespeare play. We are reading, performing, creating visuals and discussing the text. Student’s’ participation in class will be assessed, and they will be able to choose from a range of ways to respond to the play depending on their interests and preferred ways of working as a final project.
Outdoor Education	Mr Jordan	This term students have been focussing on navigation and mapping skills. Working in small groups, students have developed their ability to use a compass and map as well as GPS units in order to find bearings and various locations in the local community and further afield. Assessment will be ongoing, based on class involvement and the ability follow set processes in order to find specified locations. Students will then be working through a First Aid unit focussing on basic techniques to treat medical emergencies in remote areas. Assessment will be practical where students will assess and treat various first aid scenarios.
Science Extended	Andrea McQuitty	This term, students are preparing for the Science and Engineering Challenge on 21 May. Following this, they will be starting their personal investigation that will include designing and conducting their own experiments.
Sport for Girls	Breaane McCall & Sally Macfadyen	This term the class has played a variety of games and sports. There has been a focus on working cooperatively in different teams, assisting with jobs that help run community sports (scoring, time keeping and recording results) and how our skills and strategies need to change when using different equipment.
Wood Skills	Mr Rabbetts	Continuing from last term the students are completing their table. This has been a targeted project to help develop hand skills and joining methods. For the remainder of the term the students have the opportunity to develop and make their own project.
Advanced Maths
Coffee and Cake		This term in coffee and cake the students are being trained by professional baristas and will obtain their barista qualification by the end of the term.
Fitness	Mr Shepheard	This term students have been learning the importance of being physically active. Exploring the topics of training, injury prevention, nutrition and recovery. In addition to this, students have been completing weekly workouts to improve their overall health & fitness.
Foods	A Mrs Singline & Mr Lewis B Mrs Singline	This term, Year 9 and 10 Foods students are exploring food trends. They will explore the diverse influences that shape culinary preferences, mainly social media. Through hands-on experiences, they will have the chance to plan, prepare and present food that reflects current cooking trends and presentation styles. Assessment in this unit will encompass participation in class discussions and activities exploring different food trends and their influences. Also, a practical cooking task is where students plan, prepare and present a dish that reflects a current food trend.
MDT Specialised		Secret!! That’s the design brief we have given to the students and it’s up to them to come up with how they are going to incorporate that into their work. As this is a major assignment they are required to keep a photo journal of their progress.
Visual Art		This term students are exploring culture through their art making practices. They have each selected a topic which they think is a reflection of the culture which shapes them and others, and have started planning artworks in response. Student are encouraged to use any medium to complete their projects this term.