English Department

Year 7 English

During Term 1, English students will be studying film as text. They have been busy compiling a series of writing pieces for their writing folios. Students have come up with a list of words that best describes their film.

Year 7 students attended ACMI (Australian Centre for Moving Image) for their excursion.

Students worked in teams to create a short film called The Magic Camera. Students were involved in scripting, rehearsing and recording of scenes set in various virtual locations using green screen technology. The program helped develop students' understanding of genre and characterisation. Students participated in a hands-on experience of making film and television products. Students enjoyed themselves and had many laughs watching themselves on the big screen.

Year 8 English

During Term 1, English students will be studying film as text. They have been busy compiling a series of writing pieces for their writing folios. Students have come up with a list of words that best describes their film.

Year 9 English

This term in English we are reading Of Mice and Men. It is a story about two migrant workers during the Great Depression in America.

To understand this book we have to learn about what life was like during the Great Depression and how the author uses symbols and foreshadowing.

The two main characters, Lennie and George, have a dream to own their own farm and ‘live of the fatt’ the land’ and to tend rabbits; but will it come true? We will find out soon.

What are our ‘American’ Dreams?

Miss Sullivan: To own a cottage with a yard full of flowers
Selma C: Own my own island
Selvi: To run my own business
Yamin: To meet SNSD!
Selma S: To own my own farm
Aya: To live in Japan ;)
Sukran: To travel the world with my friends
Izabella: To have my La Ferrari and to see the Northern Lights

Year 10 English

To Kill a Mockingbird is a book about growing up and the impact of racism in the southern states of America. We were shocked when we learned about the injustice of some historical court cases like Emmett Till and George Stinney where African Americans were convicted or lynched because of the colour of their skin. It was hard to believe that there was a time where Jim Crow laws existed and African Americans experienced so much discrimination. In the book a black man is accused of a crime he did not commit yet he will be convicted anyway because of the institutionalised racism that existed at the time.

Harper Lee wrote the book to…

• Let everyone know that racism is not good and that you need to learn the effects of racism
• To bring awareness about racial discrimination and just because your different does not mean that you should be treated differently or have your rights removed which represent the mockingbird

• To show the impact of segregation between coloured and white people
• To emphasise the importance of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. She wanted to say something about the unfair treatment of African Americans

We think it is important to learn about this book because. ..

• So we understand and know what life was like in the Great Depression and how people viewed and treated African Americans.
• It still has connections to today’s society

Debating Elective

Maths Department

Dear parents and students,

Welcome back to another exciting academic year. I will be teaching Year 8, 9 and 10 Maths this year. As I mentioned earlier to my students, I hope to see them achieve their best in all subjects, especially Maths.

My hope is that in my classes, students who ‘hate’ Maths will begin to ‘like’ it, and those who ‘like’ Maths will end up ‘loving’ it. I believe aiming for highest results is the key to succeed and I hope to see this happening from all my students. I hope the year goes smoothly for all of us and wish a successful year for all our students.