Author: jasmine harris

27 Aug

Posted at 13:36h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]Year 10 Gifted and Talented students visited the WA Museum Boola Bardip to explore the histories, cultures and achievements of Australia's First Nations people. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

19 Aug

Posted at 13:34h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]The purpose of the activity was to enhance students' understanding and engagement with the curriculum through immersive virtual reality experiences. By integrating a virtual reality event with the viewing of Ready Player One, students gained a deeper...

19 Aug

Posted at 13:23h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]Congratulations also goes to Isobel Whale (Year 7) and Daisy Gaunt (Year 9) who were finalists in their competition divisions. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

19 Aug

Posted at 10:51h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]PESA is an annual public-speaking competition hosted and funded by the Australian-Britain Society. The competition is dedicated to preserving and fostering the English language within the contemporary world. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

12 Aug

Posted at 10:15h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]The Australian Geography Competition is a contest for Australian secondary school students, assessing their geographical knowledge and skills. The Competition aims to encourage student interest in geography and to reward student excellence.   [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

12 Aug

Posted at 10:09h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]The National History Challenge is a research-based competition giving students a chance to be historians, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

09 Aug

Posted at 08:41h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]Maxwell Liu (Year 8), represented Western Australia in the U15 squad. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

23 Jul

Posted at 08:52h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]After studying the test in Fahrenheit 451, students had to select a feature film, TV show, or song playlist and demonstrate the intertextuality between both. This task was not just about understanding the texts in isolation,...

28 May

Posted at 08:31h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]Students measured water quality - pH, turbidity, temperature, moisture content of soil and wind speed. A dichotomous key was used to identify a range of macroinvertebrate species living in the water.   [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

21 May

Posted at 08:58h in Gifted & Talented Buzz

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text]Year 8 Gifted and Talented students were given the opportunity to use modern biotechnology to understand first-hand how scientists are applying these processes to support the conservation effort of our essential Western Australian biodiversity.   [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...