TECHNOLOGY

The multifaceted area of technology has been having a fantastic Term 1 so far!  
There are lots of projects popping up across the area. Students are using their problem-solving skills and making their own creative choices to meet the requirements of design challenges. 
Students are loving the opportunities to create things from their own imaginations.  
In our year 9 Storage Solutions class, students are working on designing and creating doorstops.  
The Year 9 Sustainable design class are producing passive amplifiers to enhance the volume of speakers from tablets and phones. All the students are really looking forward to making a lot of noise with these (hopefully at home!).  
In Year 10 Wooden Toy they have just started creating design drawings and trialling prototypes for making their own wooden toy trucks.  

Our year 10 Software Design classes are beginning to learn the basics of HTML and CSS as they head towards developing their own interactive web-based app.  
The year 9 Game Design are continuing to learn the basics of python and PyGame Zero.  

Year 9 Robotics are working on their stomper robots and are fast approaching the wiring and soldering stage of their projects. 
In the year 8 Digital Technologies students are exploring what makes up a computer, looking at things from software to hardware and all things in between.  
In food studies at Year 7, students have been learning the fundamentals of using kitchen equipment, by creating meals such as chicken schnitzel burgers, scrambled eggs and scones.  

The year 9 Special Occasion Foods class have just finished learning and experimenting with different types of icing and are creating sweets from different cultures such as moon cakes, Italian egg wreaths, cup cakes and sugar cookies.  
Our year 9 Food Studies students have been investigating the ethical reasons behind choices consumers and food industry makes.   
And last but not least, over in year 8 Textiles our students have been building their skills in measuring, using the iron and practicing the fundamentals of using a sewing machine. 

 
We are all finding that the Term has zoomed passed and the students have mastered such a varied array of skills. Keep watching this space next term to see some of the projects the students have been making come to fruition! 

Perie Edmonds

TECHNOLOGY KEY LEARNING HEAD