Specialist basketball

Schedule: Reflection on a skill: One skill that I have been working on is having a quicker first step and trying not to step backwards before going forwards. This is a good skill as it makes my first step quicker meaning I am able to get past my defender off the step. I also sometimes […]

Earthquake resistant building

The Task This assessment was about trying to make the best earthquake resistant building out of strands of spaghetti and bluetac. Over a couple of weeks, we needed to answer questions in a stile, build a building made out of spaghetti and bluetac and test it with s waves, p waves and surface waves. Once […]

Outdoor ed semester 2

This semester in outdoor ed, I have learnt many new skills and learnt many new things. I learnt about orienteering, archery and snorkeling. In orienteering I learnt how to use a compass effectively, use a map and know where to go and how to get there. In archery I learnt the right technique on how […]

The Wrongfully Convicted Man

Andrew Mallard To keep our legal system fair, equal and unbiased, rules and regulations are put in place. These rules are known as the principles of justice. The principles of justice help to ensure that everyone has the same rights no matter their race, gender, ethnicity etc and are also used to keep the justice […]

Term 4 $20 Boss

This term me James and Sam came together to create a product that is both fun to make and will make a profit. We started by brainstorming possibilities. This was one of the hardest parts of the process as it took us a while to think of a good product. Once we figured this out […]

Christmas Market

The Start In the early stages of the Christmas market we started off with interviewing people in innovated. We would ask our peers, family and friends about what makes a good idea that is innovative, creative and sustainable. Prototyping We then started prototyping our idea ready to be pitched. We tryed different ideas and used […]

Project Utopia Reflection

Spanning over Term’s 2 and 3 of 2020, the Year 7s were assigned a task called Project Utopia. Project Utopia was a group project to form a perfect world. This was created by making and building a model to show your thinking of a utopia. This task required skills such as problem solving, creativity, and […]