The Year 12 Geography class spent the day at Minnamurra Rainforest conducting fieldwork related to their Ecosystems at Risk case study. They collected data related to the functioning of the rainforest and evaluated the management strategies being undertaken in the park. 

YEAR 12 BUSINESS STUDIES - TARONGA ZOO 

For our marketing case study, students travelled to Taronga Zoo where we attended an education seminar related to the marketing syllabus. Students for their third assessment task created business reports where they reviewed current marketing activities as well as recommending activities to increase visitation from the regional domestic market.

EXCERPT FROM STUDENT REPORT

YEAR 11 ABORIGINAL STUDIES - DAMPER AND LILLY PILLY JAM

The year 11 Aboriginal Studies class has been looking at bread, both pre-invasion and post-invasion. Archaeological evidence shows Aboriginal people were the first bakers in the world. Cultivating, harvesting, grinding and baking a range of natural seeds from  native millet, kangaroo grass and murnong (daisy yam). Post invasion, Aboriginal people living on missions, stations and reserves were given flour, sugar and tea as rations. Damper became a key staple. The class collected Lily Pily berries from trees around the school- this was made into jam which we enjoyed on handmade damper.

YEAR 11 AND 12 ABORIGINAL STUDIES UPCOMING EXCURSION

Year 11 students will join the year 12 Aboriginal Studies class later this term on the 29th May to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art and have an education experience at Barangaroo. This will be an amazing opportunity and will provide depth for the Heritage and Identity topics.

The year 10 Commerce class has just completed our unit on promoting and selling. Students submitted a portfolio of business documents including research on a business, a letter to the marketing manager of a business, a redesign of a shopfront and promotional material. Overall, the standard of portfolios was extremely high. We have some talented students who are developing skills to be our future leaders of business and enterprise. Well done!

EMAIL RESPONSE FROM JAY JAYS ( JUST GROUP )

YEAR 10 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY- UPCOMING EXCURSIONS

Thursday June 15

Reminder, Year 10 will travel to the Jewish Museum for our site study related to the Holocaust. This excursion is invaluable and always highly regarded by our students.

Geography students will complete fieldwork at Bens Walk, including water quality testing, land and water management strategies and Aboriginal local knowledge.

Please action these excursions which are now on compass. 

YEAR 9

Last term students learned about Sustainable Biomes and will go on an expedition to Minnamurra on Wednesday 7 of June to further deepen their understanding of rainforest biomes.

Please action this excursion which is now on compass. 

Within this topic, students learned about sustainable food production. Students Charlize Kazangi and Jasmyn Eastcott of 9GEOM chose to investigate “insects” as a sustainable food source. Eating critters can help reduce some of the impacts associated with food production, such as exploitation and global warming. They made this fabulous presentation and menu to make the food sound appealing. 

8HGK

This term the 8K Geography students are creating maps using GIS software to calculate the percentage of tree cover in the school. The maps they produce will be entered into the "How Cool is your school?" competition where they have the chance to win a drone. As part of this task the students conducted fieldwork around the school looking at what types of shade cover we currently have and where it is located. They will also develop a solutions proposal where they will suggest improvements to make St John's even cooler. 

8HGI AND 8HGM

Students from Year 8 Geography have been learning about water in the world. Students from 8HGI and 8HGM went on a fun adventure to Brown’s Creek to do some water testing. 

They worked together to discuss their environmental observations and ways to overcome issues such as water pollution. Students had a great time learning on country. 

8HGJ

8HGJ explored and produced some fantastic work around the water crisis facing the world. They were highly creative as they immersed themselves in the topic to develop their own NGO and relevant projects to assist countries currently dealing with a water crisis. 

 EXTRACT NGO STUDENT WORK:

YEAR 7 HISTORY

Year 7 History has been studying the Ancient Civilization of Rome. Students have been engaging in a range of activities, including gladiator making, source work and learning about the events of Pompeii. 7HGI got creative learning about Pompeii, with many students creating a song! 

Below is the link of a song created by Rachel Martinez, Isabella Binney, Leila Ferreira, Alannah Oke, Tanisha Vella

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kDv7EyBYB2QUQtf8-tBbsJMN1b9tIB_5/view?usp=sharing

Ms Sarah Blades