Year 7s HASS

Towards the end of Term 3, 50 Year 7 students made their way to the WA Museum Boola Bardip for a fascinating journey to Ancient Egypt. The students were treated to life as an archaeologist by participating in an archaeological dig and they also engaged with the ethical issues of archaeology.

Students were then given the opportunity to explore the Ancient Egypt exhibit and learn about everyday life, the spiritual beliefs and the afterlife of the Ancient Egyptians. The afterlife exhibit was a highlight as they got to view real mummies.

A massive thanks to Ms Jess Ganza for organising such a huge excursion and to all participating staff.

Year 12 Economics

In September, our Year 12 Economics students were treated to a revision seminar by none other than Steven Kemp, the author of their textbook 'Investigating Macroeconomics'.

They were highly engaged as they consolidated their knowledge on Balance of Payments, Foreign Investment and the use of Macroeconomic Models.

At the end of the seminar, many students got their textbook signed and were highly appreciative of the extra insights gained from our West Australian expert.

Thanks goes to Mr Reece Young for his arrangement of this visit.

Debate Club

In Term 1, Ms Oorschot and Ms Davies established the Kalamunda Senior High School Debate Club. We now have a core group of dedicated debaters who have met in the library every lunchtime on Mondays to learn key skills of debating and engage in a myriad of topics.

The students are very keen to see the Debate Club become a core element of Kalamunda Senior High School and are devising ways to attract more students.

This semester, the affirmative side won the debate as to whether Australians should eat less meat and for Kalamunda Day, they debated the topical issue of whether Australia should lower the voting age to 16.

This was the first time they debated in front of their peers and once again, the affirmative side pipped the negative with not only their use of evidence, but their demonstration of engaging public speaking and their capacity to rebut effectively. Well done to Jasmine Barton (Year 10); Sommer Pearce and Zeeva Ashton (Year 7) ably assisted by Tilda Hughes (Year 7). The negative team, consisting of Liam Wilson (Year 10) and Talay Hollier (Year 10) were incredibly competitive with Talay winning the overall best speaker.

We would love to encourage more students to join Debate Club where they could learn valuable presentation skills, engage with controversial and topical issues and be able to support other students on their journey.

Melinda Davies
HASS Teacher