During our health classes through out this term we have been learning about drivers ed, as many of us Yr 10s are approaching the age where we are learning to drive. In this course we went on an excursion to RAC, where they recreated a crash scene and warned us about the dangers of driving. […]
Earthquake Engineering Challenge
Design Brief For this project, we were assigned to design a building that would withstand a major earthquake. We needed to design, build and test a small-scale model that met the following criteria: is quick and easy to assemble has a minimum height of 60 cm has a maximum base of 30 cm x 30 cm […]
Muir – Outdoor Ed
Orienteering – Effective Communication Orienteering is a race where you have to navigate your way around and find things in the fastest time possible. We were often put into groups when doing it so effective communication with our team was a very important aspect of this. When we went to Manning Park, it was a […]
Well-being Expo
This task was all about ways that could help improve well-being, I was in a group with Jessie and Isabel and we decided to focus on stress. Left: Isabel and Jessie at the Expo What were the biggest things you learnt while completing this task? The biggest thing I learnt while completing this task is […]
Andrew Mallard Case – How Justice Failed him
In Australia, our legal and court system has many principles that are used to maintain justice and ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity regarding legal disputes. These principles of justice include: All individuals being equal before the law, individuals having the right to a fair hearing, the judiciary being independent and impartial, individuals having […]
Lock – Outdoor Ed
Kayaking – Self Aware The first activity we did when we got to Dwelling-Up was kayaking. One thing I did that I was proud of was having the courage to get pushed down from the middle of the stairs as a seal entry into the water, instead of going with the safer option of sliding […]
Chicken Project
My group consisted of Mallika, Zoey, Aidan and Eva. We were responsible for making a roster to ensure all the jobs have been. Empathize The first step of this was to do research and familiarize ourselves with the lifestyle of chicken. We researched some of the necessities of chicken survival, these included the basic needs […]
Christmas Market
The Christmas market was a way for year 7s to learn about economics in a realistic environment. For this project, we were put into groups of 2, 3 or 4 and given $30 as an investment from the school, with this had to create a product within this budget and sell it at the market […]
Project Utopia
This project challenged us in many ways, we had to be organized and be able to collaborate and communicate effectively with others otherwise your group would have fallen behind. In my group, I stepped up to take on the leadership role to make sure we stayed organized and could complete the project in time for […]