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 Coming Events

    

  • NOVEMBER  
  • Year 10 Preliminary Year Orientation Week: Monday 16 - Friday 20
  • Year 6 Canberra Trip: Wednesday 18 - Friday 20
  • Year 7 - 9 Yearly Examinations: Wednesday 18 - Wednesday 25
  • Year 10 Work Experience: Monday 23 - Friday 27
  • Year 4 Father & Son Camp: Friday 27 - Sunday 29
  • Year 6 graduation mass & Dinner: Friday 27
  • Year 10 Work Camp/Work Experience: Monday 30 - Friday 4 December
  • DECEMBER
  • First Friday Exposition: Friday 4
  • Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Tuesday 8
  • Last Day Term 4: Tuesday 8
  • Presentation Night 2009: Tuesday 8
  • Staff Day: Wednesday 9
  • Evening of Recollection for Fathers 1: Wednesday 9
  • Evening of Recollection for Fathers 2: Thursday 10
  • Release of 2009 HSC Results: Wednesday 16 

 

 

Sports Information

 

  • NOVEMBER 
  • ISA Basketball Round 4: Saturday 21
  • ISA Basketball Round 5: Saturday 28
  • DECEMBER
  • ISA Basketball Round 6: Saturday 5

 

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  • Patrick EWTN March'09 USA
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
From the Headmaster
Our Years 7-9 students settle into examinations this week. One of our Year 8s has just told me he clocked up 10 hours on the weekend working through his study guides. What a terrific effort, definitely taking to heart Lao-Tzu’s maxim: “A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar”.
 

 

Technics 2007 - 2008

 

Perhaps one of the most strangely enjoyable experiences for me as a teacher this year involved watching a number of student’s projects (delicate hand made structures, put together with care and precision) splinter and explode from strain into tiny little pieces!

 I am referring to the annual spaghetti bridge building competition held for the last 2 years in the Junior Technics classes. Each student is given the challenge to design, construct and build their own truss bridge using spaghetti as their primary material. At the end of construction, each bridge is tested to breaking point, by suspending weights from the bridges until their inevitable and dramatic collapse.

 

I must confess, the process has awakened a dormant boyish thrill of destruction that I had all but forgotten. But of course the aim of the project is to construct the strongest, lightest and most efficient bridge possible, and there have been some excellent entries this year. I congratulate all the year 7 students on their remarkable effort!

 

Some other projects this year have included the design and production of theatre masks, graphic design projects, architectural structures, computer mouse prototypes, and fabulous flying machines. Our aim has been to provide students with a variety of hands on learning experiences and expose them to a broad range of skills, materials, and design challenges.

 

With the welcome inclusion of Mr. Stephens to the Technology staff, we are looking to expand these learning experiences in 2008, offering further courses for years 9 and 10. The new 2008 Design & Technology course is set to include new design possibilities involving electronics, textiles design, and investigating inventive transport solutions.

A digital media elective course will also offer students design opportunities in film and animation, as well as website design.

 

It is set to be an exciting year ahead, which I am certain, will be approached with the same inventiveness, focus and ingenuity that I have seen in the students work this year. I look forward to being a part of their creative thinking in the world of design possibilities that lie ahead.

 

Joe Tabone
Head of Technics



Stage 5 Technology Electives

 

We are offering two technology electives for Year 9 and 10 students in 2008;

Design Technology, and

Digital Media

 

Design Technology 

Students who select the Design Technology course will design and build three practical projects from the technology areas of electronics, graphics and timber.  Students will submit a design portfolio along with each practical project and will also complete assessment tasks based on relevant theory for each project.

               

                Projects:               

1.       Buzz and Flash - Electronic hand-eye coordination game.

2.       What’s in a Name - Graphic design screen printing.

3.       Soda Racer - Wooden soda bulb racing car.

 

Digital Media 

Students who select the Digital Media option will participate in a computer based course and will complete two major projects using a range of computer hardware devices and software packages. Students will communicate their work through computer based projects along with a design portfolio and will complete assessment tasks based on both design and digital media theory.

 

Projects:

1.       Tell Me a Story - Digital Storytelling using Microsoft Movie Maker.

2.       The Future of History - Web site design.

 

By the end of the year students in both courses will have developed:

          knowledge and understanding of design concepts and processes.

          understanding and appreciation of the impact of past, current and emerging technologies on the individual, society and environments.

          knowledge and understanding of the work of designers and the issues and trends that influence their work.

          knowledge and understanding of and skills in innovation, creativity and enterprise.

          skills in communicating design ideas and solutions.

          knowledge and understanding of and skills in managing resources and producing quality design solutions.

 

It is anticipated that both Design Technology and Digital Media courses will continue in 2009 where new projects will build on student prior learning and generate new practical skills.