Academic Life and Learning
Wool 4 School Competition 2021
Congratulations to Fashion Design student, Norah Flaherty, on being placed as a finalist and achieving 3rd Place in Australia in the Junior Design category - illustration with annotations. What a fantastic achievement!
Wool4School is an annual student design competition encouraging budding fashion designers to show their nation what they're made of. The competition is open to most secondary school students in Australia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Italy.
Norah Flaherty (Year 8) 2021 competition entry
Design brief for 2021:
screenshot sourced from https://www.wool4school.com/about-competition/
Fashion students make the finals!
Maddy Constable (Year 12) and Assie Brightman (Year 9) have made it through to the Mandurah Wearable Art 'Youth' final, which will take place on 6 November. We wish both students every success and congratulations on their entries making it this far in the competition - what an amazing achievement!
Home Economics
Ms Hills’ Year 12 Food Science and Technologies class has been studying the functional properties of food. They investigated, through practical food processing, the functional properties that determine the performance of food, such as caramelisation, crystallisation, emulsification, and relate application to recipes and menu planning. The photos show their outstanding results.
Ms Corless and Ms Cheryls’ Year 7 Home Economics students had a very successful term in the sewing room. They each made a pencil case, learning how to operate the sewing machines, insert zips and applique.
Our Year 8s have also begun their sewing project for Term 3. After making dyes from vegetables, they tyed dyed their fabric and will shortly turn it into pillowcases.
The Year 10 Cultural Foods students took us on culinary journey around the world this week by researching a country and its culture. They then prepared a signature dish and served it food truck style. They were all extremely successful.
Lastly, congratulations to our Year 12 Hospitality students who ALL passed their coffee assessment. Representatives from HDT came to the school and students had to make a number of coffees including lattes, cappuccinos and the classic flat white. Every student is now a qualified barista.
Home Economics Learning Area
Year 8 AE English
Yesterday, for Book Week, the Year 8 AEP class planned, promoted and hosted a Book Exchange activity at lunch time. The Book Exchange’s purpose was to gather book donations for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. All students and staff were welcome to bring their own books and exchange them with other books, with surplus books being donated. This activity was used to promote literacy and held on the library lawn. The Year 8 English AE students are very happy with how the day turned out.
Hayden Carter & Flynn Martin
Year 8
Happy Friday with Belridge Beats!
Students from Mr O'Neil's 'Belridge Beats' DJ class have been putting their learning into practice and playing music each Friday lunchtime outside Student Services.
Belridge Spelling Bee A Buzz!
Lifting Spelling Literacy
The Literacy Team recently conducted the first Belridge Spelling Bee for students in Years 7, 8 and 9. Over 100 students signed up for the competition and after the heats, 32 students competed in the final over two days. At the end of the first day's competition, 16 competitors remained: 7 Year 7s, 5 Year 8s and 4 Year 9s.
After 10 rounds, Eliana Kendall (Year 9) took out the competition with the winning word, 'infrastructure'.
The winners and runners-up by year level were:
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
|
Niket Ajvalia |
Joshua Willson |
Eliana Kendall Finlay Cooper |
Congratulations to every student who participated in the event and we encourage all students to continue to have a curiosity about words. Improving spelling literacy lifts reading, writing and ultimately, learning.
Ms Alicia Holliday
English Teacher
![SPELLING BEE 2--20[1] (Small)](https://belridgesc.schoolzineplus.com/_image/media/2599/spelling_bee_2_20_1_small_.jpg?ts=1630287409)
So many books, so little time …
Belridge Bindi Bindi Garden
Thank you to Ms Jodie Grieve (Digital Photography & Media Teacher) and Cooper Chappel-Wood (Year 12) for capturing the day and the beauty of our garden so well in these amazing photos.
Science Week
Food - Different by Design
Science Week festivities began on the Monday with the recognition of the importance of pollinating insects for food production. A number of students participated during recess making Bee Hotels with Dr Werner, Mrs Howard, Miss Couche, Mr Njegich and Mr Orr. Native Resin Bees are stingless bees that perform an important part of our native environment. We can support them by providing 3-5 mm holes drilled deep into the wood where they can deposit eggs and cover each in turn, with some resin.
On Tuesday lucky students from Year 7 and 8 classes were invited to a food Science experience where they made honeycomb and sherbet. The activity introduced the effect of natural food acids with bicarbonate of soda. Many students found the event run by Mrs Wintle to be quite tasty!
Some competitions were also run during Science week.
Fishing for healthy food: gave any student the challenge to quickly grab as many food examples as possible in a minute. Healthy foods received a positive score while unhealthy foods scored negative. It was pleasing to watch students realising that fresh food and those of a green colour generally were healthier to eat. Students then began to discuss the merits of food prior to their turn in the activity. The top three students were awarded prizes.
Seeds for Food: challenged students to select which of 12 seeds belonged to which food producing plant. While many students volunteered answers, a particularly strong knowledge was demonstrated by Year 9 ESC students. Students who answered all seed challenges correctly had their entries placed in a hat and the first three pulled out of the hat were awarded prizes.
Sugar in Package: a display revealing a dozen jars of sugar and food packages required students to match the sugar amount with the food package. The top three students were awarded prizes. Award winners were:
| Competition | 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize |
| Seeds for Food |
Abigail Tipple |
Aaliyah Blackford Year 12 |
Thaya Zwetloot 9ESC |
| Sugar in Packages | Charlotte Vinson Year 9 |
Jamie Buttery and Oscar Longworth-Baker - Year 12s | |
| Fishing for Healthy Food | Max Ranson Year 8 |
Mary Nguyen Year 8 |
Jose Hernandez-Gamundi Year 8 |
Many thanks to Science, Home Economics, Design & Technology and Library staff whom donated their free time to host/organise/supervise all of these events.
Brett Crosbie
Head of Science
Geography Fieldtrip
On the 12th of August, the ATAR and General Geography students undertook fieldwork activities in Perth's Central Business District (CBD) and Inner Mixed Zone (IMZ).
The students departed from Edgewater station at 08:45 and made their way (via train and CAT bus) to Claisebrook Cove. It was here the students observed and recorded the features that makes this area one of the most desirable inner-city locations surrounding Perth but also evidence of East Perth's industrial past, culminating with a field sketch of Optus Stadium from the picturesque Victoria Gardens.
Departing Victoria Gardens (again on CAT bus) the students then headed to the cultural hub of Perth, Northbridge. Students made their way through Yagan Square and then along James, Lake, and Aberdeen Streets, witnessing the sights, smells, and sounds of the diverse food scene, independent retailers, and a thriving arts and entertainment scene.
Students then made their way past Boola Bardip, across Wellington St, through a maze of arcades to end up in the financial core of WA, St Georges Terrace. It was here students observed and recorded various urban processes, as well as appreciating Perth's global position in the resources sector before making their way through London Court and into the Hay St Mall for lunch.
During lunch, which gave students free-range of the malls, they were able to observe and make note of all the factors that make this area the retail centre of Perth, including undertaking some retail therapy of their own. Once lunch concluded, we made our way to the Perth Underground and headed back to the suburbs.
A special thanks to both classes for their exemplary behaviour on the day, and to Mrs Claire Green for her assistance as teacher/tourist!
Mr Stevens
HASS Teacher
