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YEAR 7	Teacher/s	Week 1 - 9
English	Ms Shelley Hollister Miss Lisa Travers Miss Georgia Delaney Mr Tony Beutel	In Year 7 English, students are doing a novel study with the aim of doing a deep analysis of the text. The focus will be on character development, identifying literary devices and using effective writing to demonstrate an understanding of the book.
Hass	Mr Ben Andrews Mr Tony Beutel Mrs Maria Chan	In Year 7 HASS, students are turning their attention back to History as we investigate the ancient past. Students will begin by exploring Ancient China and will then turn their attention to an ancient civilisation of their choice to research and present findings on.
Maths	Mrs Caroline McLachlan Mrs Rosie Wallace Mrs Bianca Hess Mr Jamie Downward	In Year 7 Mathematics, students are working on Proportional Reasoning. They will connect their understanding of decimals and fractions to calculations of percent, and ratio. There will be short assessments during this unit, and a final test in Week 6. Students will be working through a Probability unit in Week 7 until the end of the year.
Science	Mr Peter Buckley Mrs Maria Chan	In Year 7 Science, students will represent and explain the effects of forces acting on objects, demonstrating this with simple machines. Forces will be assessed with a test week 5 and simple machines assessment will be ongoing.
Health and PE	Mr Jordan Miss Macfadyen Mrs McLachlan Mrs McCall Mr Jesse Shepheard Mr Munday	In Year 7 Health, students are learning about the effects of vaping. They will learn what is in a vape, the consequences of addiction and the impacts vaping can have on their body. They will then move onto a unit on Digital Health. In PE, students are commencing an Athletics unit in preparation for the upcoming Athletics Carnival. Students will have the opportunity to practice both track and field events, with an emphasis on skill development and correct technique.
Foods	Mrs Nanette Singline	This term, Year 7 students will be exploring a variety of cooking techniques alongside understanding the importance of nutrition. Assessment will include both a practical cooking task and theory tasks.
Digital Investigations	Miss Jessie Durose Mr Peter Buckley	Students will look into coding this Term, with an emphasis on creating their own type of game using the Scratch platform, and an assessment in Week 7.
Drama	Miss Jessie Durose	This term, Year 7 students will be learning about the Elements of Drama and how to apply this to their own performances. The assessment will be based on a 4-minute play in which students will apply the 14 elements of drama.
Art	Mr Luke Viney	Students are moving on to exploring the art element form through their introductory Ceramics Unit. Each student will create an experimental tile to practice moulding and joining techniques, then design an artwork that extends and builds upon their original work. Students will learn vocabulary and techniques associated with ceramic arts.
Japanese	Miss Lisa Travers	In this term of Year 7 Japanese, students are learning to write and speak about themselves, which will culminate in a self-introduction presented to the class. Topics will include saying their name, age, nationality and things they like. They are continuing to recognise and use hiragana characters and introducing some katakana characters with their names.
MDT	Mr Rabbetts	BOO! I’m a ghost! We start this term off with a Halloween-themed project! Then we head into the metal workshop for a couple of weeks to get the feel of the area. Here we will learn how to bronze weld and use metal.

YEAR 8	Teacher/s	Week 1 - 9
English	Mr Ben Andrews Mr Tony Beutel Miss Lisa Travers	In Term 4, Year 8 English students will complete a novel study of ‘The Simple Gift’ by Steven Herrick, a wonderful Aussie story written in free verse about ‘belonging’. The Common Assessment Task will revolve around quote analysis and paragraph writing to explore character perceptions. Towards the end of the term, students will learn about vital resume and interview skills.
Hass	Mr Tony Beutel Mr Ben Andrews	Year 8 students will be exploring the topic of ‘changing nations’. Students will use board games (and make one of their own!) to find out how and why countries change over time. We will take a deep dive into Australia’s shifting demographics and complete a CAT that uses data, graphs and text. Students will then examine how slavery profoundly changed the map and history. To finish, we will look at China's rise as a superpower.
Maths	Mrs Rosie Wallace Mrs Caroline McLachlan Mr Jesse Shepheard Mr Jamie Downward	In Year 8 Mathematics, students are exploring relationships between fractions, decimals and percentages. They will complete an assignment during Week 3. Following this, they will make connections between ratios and rates, and will complete an assignment during Week 6.
Science	Mr Peter Buckley Mrs Maria Chan	In Year 8 Mathematics, students are exploring relationships between fractions, decimals and percentages. They will complete an assignment during Week 3. Following this, they will make connections between ratios and rates, and will complete an assignment during Week 6.
Health and PE	Mr Jordan Miss Macfadyen Mrs Mclachlan Mrs McCall Mr Jesse Shepheard Mr Munday Mr Spencer	In Year 8 Health, students will learn about Relationships, Reproductive Anatomy, Conception, Contraception, and Sexting. In PE, students are commencing an athletics unit in preparation for the upcoming athletics carnival. Students will have the opportunity to practice both track and field events, with an emphasis on skill development and correct technique.
MDT	Mr Ben Rabbetts	New term, new project! Materials design and technology is the name; now we are going to apply it to a Halloween-themed project. Students are asked to create something (an ornament or a practical item) out of various materials. The students can decide whether to use more wood or more metal, depending on their preferences.
Visual Art	Mr Luke Viney	Students will complete their ceramic masks, ready for exhibition when they return for Term 4. After this, they will begin working on their own projects, which they have been researching and planning over the last couple of weeks.
Foods	Mrs Nanette Singline	This term, Year 8 Food Technology students will explore how food is connected to different cultural celebrations. For the Term 4 assessment, students will choose a dish associated with an artistic tradition/celebration, research its origins, and then prepare it.
Sport for Boys	Mr Munday	This term, students will participate in a range of summer sports with a focus on inclusion, communication, and teamwork.
Sport for Girls	Miss Sally Macfadyen Mrs Breaane McCall	This term, students will participate in a range of summer sports with a focus on inclusion, communication, and teamwork.
Multimedia	Miss Abbey Turner	In Term 4, our Grade 8 Multimedia students will embark on a creative journey into the art of portraiture. They'll delve into the power of lighting, exploring how it shapes mood, reveals emotion, and tells compelling visual stories. From there, students will transition into the dynamic world of scanography. The term will culminate in expressive collaging projects, where they’ll combine imagery, texture, and composition to create layered, meaningful works.

Year 9	Teacher/s	Week 1 - 9
English	Mr Jon Lewis Miss Lisa Travers Ms Georgia Delaney	In this term of English, we are discussing and comparing a range of texts from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. We will look at film, images, fiction and non-fiction.
History	Mrs Caitlin Midson Mr Jon Lewis	This Term, we are starting our study of Asia. Teachers will guide classes through activities related to China from 1750 to 1918, and students will then be able to repeat the activity on a country of their choice from Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, or Vietnam. As always, all resources are available on Canvas, and students are asked to complete any work at home if they have an absence.
Maths	Mr Jamie Downward Ms Djaan Heathcote Mr Robert Spencer Mrs McLachlan	Students compare and analyse the distributions of multiple numerical data sets, choose appropriate representations, describe the features of these data sets using summary statistics and distributional shape, and consider the effect of outliers. An assessment task will be conducted during Week 5.
Science	Ms McQuitty Ms Heathcote Ms Chan	This term, students are learning about the carbon cycle and its importance in maintaining life on Earth. They will complete projects to represent the cycle and have a test. Students will also study a small unit on electricity.
Health and PE	Mr Jordan Mrs McLachlan Mrs McCall Mr Munday	This term in Health, students are completing a unit on sugar, exploring the different names given to sugar on food packages and the effects of a high-sugar diet. In PE, students are commencing an Athletics Unit in preparation for the upcoming Athletics Carnival. Students will have the opportunity to practice both track and field events, with an emphasis on skill development and correct technique.

Year 10	Teacher/s	Week 1 - 9
English	Mr Ben Andrews Ms Georgia Delaney Ms Therese Heland	This term, students will select a reading option and participate in a fiction unit centred on a novel of their choice. Students will discuss, respond to and write about texts.
History	Mr Jon Lewis Mr Ben Andrews	We are beginning the term investigating some historical events with strong links to contemporary contexts, starting with the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The rest of the term will allow students to pick a topic of interest from 1918 to the present day and complete an independent study on their chosen subject.
Maths	Mr Robert Spencer Ms Djaan Heathcote Mr Bjorn Porsbro Mr Jamie Downward	Students will apply conditional probability to solve problems involving compound events and to design and conduct simulations involving conditional probability. An Assessment Task will be conducted during Week 5.
Science	Ms McQuitty Ms Heathcote	This term, students will learn about Space, including the life cycle of stars, space exploration, and current evidence for the expansion of the universe. Students will also be completing a unit of work on Physics, learning about the principles of motion. There will be assessment tasks in Weeks 4 and 8.
Health and PE	Mr Jordan Miss Macfadyen Mrs McLachlan Mrs McCall Mr Jesse Shepheard Mr Munday	In Year 10 Health, students are completing a unit on Partying Safely. Students will learn about the risks that can occur at parties, how to minimise them, how to plan a safe party, and how to look after themselves and their friends. In PE, students are commencing an Athletics Unit in preparation for the upcoming Athletics Carnival. Students will have the opportunity to practice both track and field events, with an emphasis on skill development and correct technique.

Year 9 & 10 PIPS Subject	Teacher/s	Week 1 - 9
Sport for Boys	Mr Jesse Shepheard	This term, students will be learning summer sports, focusing on skill development and gameplay. Students will also have the opportunity to learn the rules of these sports by umpiring & undertaking specific roles for each sport.
Catering Studies	Mrs Nanette Singline	This term in Catering, students will focus on strengthening their cooking skills. Later in the term, the class will produce festive baked goods for sale as part of a small business project, which will count toward their assessment.
Outdoor Education	Mr Luke Jordan	This term, students are focusing on outdoor recreational activities and investigating how natural environmental phenomenon impacts the world around us.
Creative Writing	Mr John Lewis	This term, students are focusing on outdoor recreational activities and investigating how natural environmental phenomenon impacts the world around us.
Science Extended	Ms Andrea McQuitty	This term, students will be investigating the chemistry of scents. They will conduct a variety of experiments to extract and create scents. Students will also focus on scientific communication and complete an Assessment Task by Week 6.
Sport for Girls	Miss Sally Macfadyen Mrs Breaane McCall	This term, students will participate in a range of summer sports with a focus on inclusion, communication, and teamwork.
Advanced Maths / Extended Mathematics	Mr Jamie Downward	This term, students doing Extended Mathematics will be working on Geometric Progressions. Students will have an assignment on this work during Week 3 and a test by the end of Week 4. Students will then be working on Logs and Probability until the end of the term. Advanced Mathematics students will be working on Probability until week 8. They will have assignments in Weeks 3 and 6. There will be two tests during Week 4 and 8.
Foods	Mrs Nanette Singline	This term, Year 9/10 Food Technology students will extend their cooking skills by preparing a range of festive savoury and sweet dishes. For the Term 4 assessment, they will research traditional festive foods and compile a cookbook, with each student preparing one selected dish.
MDT Specialised	Mr Ben Rabbetts	Continuing from last Term, the students are required to finish their projects, as most of the class is in their previous year and term at DHS. Term 4 goes really fast, so we need to be conscious of time. Small projects are the name of the game so that we will start with a Halloween-themed project.
Visual Art	Mr Luke Viney	Miss Turner will be taking the 9/10 art classes for the first 4 weeks back. She has spent the last several weeks developing a program for the students, which will be revealed once they return.

Year 11 & 12	Teacher/s	Week 1 - 5
English Inquiry Level 2	Ms Georgia Delaney	Students will complete any remaining work from Module 3 before we wrap up the year with some fun activities.
Essential Skills Reading and Writing Level 2	Ms Therese Heland	Students will complete any unfinished tasks from the modules studied this year.
Essential Mathematics – Workplace Level 2	Mr Robert Spencer	Students will have the opportunity to complete any unfinished assignments from throughout our previous modules.
General Maths Level 2	Mr Lutwyche & Mr Wilson	This term will see students completing a major measurement assessment in the first week back, covering mensuration, ratios, similarity and scale factors, Pythagoras’ theorem, and trigonometry. We then head into our final unit of work, matrices. At the conclusion of this course, students will have the opportunity to bump up their assessment and catch up on any missed assessments before finishing up for 2025.
Food and Cooking Essentials Level 1	Mrs Nanette Singline	This term, students will finalise and submit any outstanding work covered throughout the year, ensuring each assessment criterion has been met, while continuing with our practical cooking lessons.
Sport & Recreation Experiences 1	Mr Jesse Shepheard Mr Robert Spencer	This term, students will participate in a range of summer sports with a focus on inclusion, communication, and teamwork. Students will take the lead in these sports, assuming roles & responsibilities.
Learning Through Internship Level 2	Mrs Caitlin Midson	We have our Exhibitions of Learning in Week 4. Students will work hard to ensure we are prepared and to provide an excellent overview of our learning for our audience’s enjoyment. Students will receive feedback from their panel and reflect on their performance.
Workshop Techniques 1	Mr Ben Rabbetts	With only a limited number of weeks to go, we will be finalising projects and ensuring that we have ticked all the boxes and crossed all the “T’s” for the end of term.
Career and Life Planning	Ms Djaan Heathcote	This term, students will learn about equity in the workplace and complete their Transition Plans.