Alexander Finall	Alexandria Warnock

The HSIE staff and students are buzzing at the moment!   

Year 7 

Year 7 are experiencing some hands on learning creating 3D models of landscapes, using Oreos to replicate tectonic plate movements and will soon engage in water colour painting to demonstrate natural and human processes that change and shape the environment portrayed in their current novel ‘Walking the Boundaries’. 

Year 8

Year 8 students are busy building their writing skills.  We are building our learning sequences to include more opportunities for direct instruction for writing, in line with the NSW Curriculum Reform initiatives.  The new History and Geography syllabus, include direct areas of teaching for writing, our staff are working hard to integrate authentic experiences for our students.  Our Year 8 students have really stepped up, engaging with text deconstruction and modelled writing to produce their own diary entries.  The diary entry creation requires students to apply the historical skills and concepts of empathetic understanding and perspective to the Medieval World. 

Work Studies – Year 11 and 12

The Work Studies (years 11 -12) syllabus is designed to assist students in their transition from school to work. It develops knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by students in the transition to work and the skills needed for effective career planning and performance of tasks in the work environment. The course is unique, in that students can enter the course in Year 12, without having completed the preliminary units.  This enables students who reevaluate their chosen HSC pathway during their Year 11 year, to change their course of study.  

If students are considering whether Work Studies is a viable option as they move into Year 12, please encourage them to discuss this with their Head of House, of the HSIE Leader of Learning.  A scope of learning is included below, which demonstrates the 6 pathways through Work Studies and the modules that will be studied.