HUMANITIES

A big welcome back to all of our Mooroolbark community from the Humanities Faculty. We’re ready and raring to get into things with all the new Year 7s in both Geography and History. The team in the Discovery Centre have already put in some great effort to set up our Humanities learning space. We’re equally excited to work with our returning students as they progress into new subjects to explore. There are a few changes moving forward in Humanities this semester and a few new faces to introduce to our team. 

New Subject – Year 9 – Herstory 

Paige Williams has already been hard at work with our new and exciting history unit – Herstory. Already students have reflected on why studying female history is important and how we can ensure current female history does not follow the trend of being overlooked or erased. The students have looked at figures such as Bogolo Joy Kenewendo, Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale; the study of the latter two against the backdrop of the Crimean War to discuss how women are remembered after the fact. We’re really excited to see how this unit unfolds and explores this important area of history. 

Changes to the Humanities team 

First of all, I am proud to introduce myself as the new Coordinator of the Humanities KLA. I would take this opportunity to thank Chris Hanneberry for his years of service in the role and I thank him for his continuing support as a key member of the Humanities team. 

We’re excited to have 2 new teachers in Humanities this semester. We have Matthew Coghlan coming in new this year as our new Director of Curriculum as well as teaching a slew of subjects in Humanities; Be Your Own Boss and Economics and Business in year 9 and Business Management and Legal Studies in year 11. We also have Blake Pearson who is taking Small Business Accounting this semester in year 10. It’s exciting to see these new faces really hit the ground running at Mooroolbark College and the great benefit that their new energies and experiences add to our culture. 

The year has just begun and there is plenty to look forward to in the Humanities Learning Area. A quick note to make sure that all students are making sure they bring all the required materials for Humanities subjects to ensure that they are fully able to get involved with our exciting content!  

I look forward to seeing all the exciting work we can do together this term. 

Alex Scott 

HUMANITIES KEY LEARNING HEAD