St John the Evangelist Catholic High School Nowra
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Nowra NSW 2541
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NEWS FROM HSIE

SOCIAL SCIENCE CHALLENGE

During remote learning students across the school engaged in challenges for Social Science week.  We were blown away by the creativity, effort and engagement of the challenges. From masterpieces created on Minecraft, the propagation of seeds, the creation of historical images and videos such as weather reports.  The entries were excellent! The winners from each year group were announced last week.

 

COMMERCE - ASX GAME 

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Students in Commerce have been exploring investing. From which property to buy as an investment, to which savings account provides the highest interest. They have also been engaging in the ASX game which is open to students across the school. Of interest are the stocks of Flight Centre w

hich theclass has been following. Currently, Ms Blades remains the leader. However, Mitchell, Cameron, Ella and Gypsy-Ann are going well in their portfolios.

 

 

 

HISTORY PROJECTS 

Before online learning commenced, Year 11 students submitted their projects on a Modern History topic. They were tasked with creating an artefact to accompany their research.  Some topics included The Cuban Nuclear Crisis, 9-11, Women's Rights, Tank Man and the American Civil Rights movement.

 

Our Year 10 History Elective class has also had the opportunity to complete individual research on a topic of their choice, this included Ancient Greece, Ancient China, Ancient Rome, Crime and Punishment.

GEOGRAPHY

As we return to school, our Geography classes are keen to get out and about in the school environment to complete fieldwork activities such as mapping and using a compass.  

Our Augmented Reality Sandbox which has been in progress for the later part of the year. A massive thankyou to the IT and TAS departments for their support on this project. We added sand today and HSIE staff are excited to have the opportunity to learn this new technology and embed it into their lessons.  

GOOD LUCK YEAR 12

To our HSC students, it has been great to have you back for a few days. HSIE has Ancient History, Modern History, Aboriginal Studies, Business Studies and Legal Studies completing their HSC. The Legal Studies class enjoyed a competitive zoom on their final lesson and were gifted homemade plants and a poem from Ms Hooke and Ms Freshwater.

 

We wish all our students the best of luck for their HSC, but most importantly, we thank you for studying HSIE subjects, for learning about our past, our present, our world, and our society. We hope you take the lessons learnt into the future with you. The importance of being informed and active citizens is why we teach, it's why we are passionate about our subjects. 

Ms Sarah Blades
HSIE Coordinator