In year 9, we had a science project that involved us building a tower made from spaghetti and blu-tac and seeing how it holds up against a simulated earthquake, which was simulated by a table shaking for ten seconds. Each team had a 60 dollar budget. A strand of spaghetti costed one dollar, and a… Read more: 2023 Engineering Challenge

During Year 9, I experienced changes in my academic marks, a mixture of success and failure, with lack of consistency. One of the largest and most influential ones was in the English course, after our term 3 novel essay, in which I received a low mark, due to the poor essay structure and how the… Read more: Year 9 English Self Reflection

During Semester 2, we had the choice to perform in a circus performance for InnovatED. Our performance came through, and we were able to perform at the Christmas market, but I personally felt that we needed to be more organised, because there were a lot of our performance that got cut, we even had a… Read more: The 9ism9 Circus Performance

Confidence: When you do your English assignment, always ask yourself; Am I doing this with confidence and pride? Or am I doing it just because I have to? If you feel like you’re doing it just because you were told to by your teacher, stop writing and try to think the other way. This change… Read more: English Reflections

Nearing the end of the year, the class of 2026 hosted the Illumin8 festival, an even in which we all showed everyone who has supported us through our transition journey how far we have come, and moving on into senior school. During this time, we were working on our project X performance, which we then… Read more: Year 8 Illumin8 Festival Reflection

During Terms 3, everybody had to make an Expo about Binge Drinking. I was placed in a group with Adam, Advait and Jackson What were the biggest things you learnt while completing this task?   During this assessment, I learned about different types of alcohol, the dangerous effects of alcohol, why binge drinking alcohol is… Read more: Year 8 Health Binge Drinking Expo