As I write our Year 12 students are rapidly finishing their coursework. In Humanities, there have been 2 Business Management classes, one Geography, one Revolutions and one Legal Studies class. It has been a wonderful 2023 for this cohort. They have blended hard work in their studies while still being a social group of 17 and 18 year old’s. I know the classes I have taught have worked particularly hard but also no the importance of maintaining a good balance of other work, social and sport activities to get the best out of themselves. Good luck for your last term work and exams.

During this term the majority of Year 8 students completed the National History Challenge. The theme being “Continuity and Change”. Hannah Muirhead coordinated the challenge with myself and Leighanne de Zoete-Spiero assessing according to the National Criteria. This year we had a wonderful variety of presentations. Braxton Donovan’s Minecraft Castles were fabulous. We also had a number of dioramas. Chelsea Buttigieg had a fashion diorama, while Aoife Lewis and Ivey Storey created a Fashion Magazine. Claire Fraser created a Model Tank.

A picture of Ruby Lethlean’s “influenza through time” has been included. A website on Pandemics by Bella Dwyer and Millie Baldwin. There was the development of the phone through the ages – using tin cans and string – by Jemima Rowland. The bombing of Hiroshima was an interesting presentation. Posters of the Olympics from various classes, Amalia, Dilana, Emma and Emily. A poster on Chernobyl by Sam Langhorne and Logan Pepplinkhouse. There was even a Hitler podcast by Finn, Axton, Hamish and Riley from Mrs Crebbin’s class. Well done to one and all in Year 8.

A big Congratulations to all those that received Humanities Academic Awards for last semester. Well done for all your hard work.

And remember, Lord Byron once said, “The best prophet of the future is the past”.