Visual Art Week

Our staff and students all enjoyed Art Week, which saw our College celebrate and enjoy Visual Arts across multiple mediums and 

Year 8 Chinese Museum Excursion

Students engaged in an immersive Chinese Museum experience on the 12th of May, featuring a guided museum tour and a hands-on Chinese knot workshop. During the tour, they explored how the Gold Rush shaped the development of Chinatown and gained cultural insights, such as the significance of stone lions guarding traditional Chinese buildings. In the Chinese knot workshop, students uncovered the historical origins of Chinese knots as early communication tools and their transformation into a refined folk art. They also learned different knotting techniques and created their own knotted bracelets or charms as symbols of good luck.

Year 7 Humanities Livebility Field Trip

Year 7 Poetry

We’re All Human
Alexandra Peregrino (2025)

We’re all human,

Flesh and bone.

We all feel and react.

So why? Why do our expressions show no remorse?

Hatred kills.

Man or woman,

Different shades

That shows no importance,

If we are under the same moon,

The same sun.

We are all human.

Whatever you are,

We are a family.

I’m all for humanity

And so should this community.

Reflection:

My poem, titled “We’re All Human”, is written in the form of a free verse poem. In this poem, I explore the concept of New Beginnings through giving examples of what is happening in our world to change people’s minds about hatred, focusing on the idea of how all it takes is one person to influence many. The speaker (I) in the poem tries to tell and convince you to stop hatred so that a new perspective can be birthed. I used short sentences and real scenarios to show just how serious this is. This helped to create a serious tone and is intended to make the reader motivated to change and have empathy.

The Map or Mind Journey
Baydah Tankey (2025)

A map with information 

Or my mind and its creation 

A road laid out, detailed and clear 

Or my own trail unknown, yet getting near

Which one will I choose? 

I’ve got nothing to lose. 

A path designed for me to add to 

Or a map to follow, direct and true

I see the people looking at the map bit of paper 

Following steps, their plan is safer 

Yeah, I might do that later 

But I will carve my own way, a fearless creator.

I can be the captain of my boat 

And not drift off to where others float 

I can choose to sink or soar 

Through a journey of my own to explore

Reflection:

My poem, “The Map or Mind Journey”, is written as a narrative poem. In this poem, I explore the concept of new beginnings through following the path that is either easier or harder, easier being using a map and harder being creative and using your mind and heart. It’s about a new start, being brave and trying something new. The speaker in the poem is wondering what they should do, thinking of the outcomes for both options. I used the AA BB rhyme scheme, and I also added metaphors to make things more interesting and exciting for the reader. This helped to make a confused but brave tone to make the reader think that they should be fearless and try new things.

Captured and Freed
Ely Thuah (2025)

For years unending I’ve suffered every punishment and pain,

From the fury of gods and monsters to the hopes of my past slain.

In these chambers, I lay restless, in misery and sorrow,

There’s no point in letting my tears fall, it’s always the same tomorrow.

But today, a girl removes the chains from my wrist. Could she be a God?

When I asked her why she allowed me out her answer wasn’t broad.

For she too had been imprisoned in these sickening walls,

And now she has risen she aids the ones that suffer the falls.

She’s recused me from my agony, I shall thank her as she looks at me, grinning.

I’ve never felt this free, never have I felt such joy. Could this be my new beginning?

Reflection:

My poem, titled Captured and Freed, is written in the form of a free verse poem. In this poem I explore the concept of New Beginnings through the perspective of a girl who was trapped and rescued, focusing on the idea of her hurting then being given a new beginning. The character in the poem is stuck in a toxic environment and taken out of the cruel environment by another character. I used rhyme and imagery to show all the pain the character has gone through and then how much glee they felt when they were saved. This helped to first create a depressing tone before turning to a relieving tone and is intended to make the reader think that sometimes, you may require guidance to start a new.

My Living Bear
Nevaeh Marsh (2025)

I was shocked.

My jaw on the floor.

Everybody was screaming.

Screaming as loud as they could.

I only said what I would.

Afterall, my bear was roaming the halls.

Wondering around with no goals.

My bear laughed as it walked and walked.

Knowing its appearance was quite the shock.

It went to my locker and opened the lock.

It grabbed my books, looking in all the nooks.

It began speaking to my classmates.

Its voice squeaky and cute, as a student down the hall was playing the flute.

My bear.

Oh, my bear.

Everyone couldn’t help but stare.

I don’t know how and I don’t know when.

Suddenly I wake up and I’m back to reality again.

Now I’m back at boring old homeschool.

Where all I do in class is snore and drool.

Reflection:

My poem, titled My Living Bear, is written in the form of a free verse poem. In this poem, I explore the concept on New Beginnings through the perspective of a girl who sees her teddy bear walking and talking at school, focusing on the idea of Irony and Hyperbole. The character in the poem sees their bear at school and is shocked but then wakes up and realises it was a dream. I used rhyme and imagery to show how the character tries to make sense of what’s happening as they see their bear walking around at their school. This helped to create a shocked and intrigued tone to help the reader understand that not everything is as it seems and that new beginnings will always come with their ups and downs.