Clonard staff at Year 8 Camp at a disco for all, with a theme of Neon 90’s. The date was April 2021 and the venue Point Lonsdale Hall. The teachers looked hilarious in their outfits with all sorts of neon colours and their fantastic, crazy […]
On Monday 10 May, we will hold our Subject Expo and Senior Years Information Night. The target audience for this evening is Year 8, 9 and, where relevant, Year 10 students along with their parents. If you attended the Senior Years Information Night last year, […]
Students in Year 8 English worked hard to create a picture book narrative exploring the theme of ‘My Place.’ They used an event from their life to plan, write and illustrate a short story. Events for the short stories ranged from heart-wrenching accounts of separation […]
Year 8 Humanities students headed to Torquay during the week for a day of geographical skills building. Sketch maps, wave frequency counts and analysis of both human features and physical landforms were carried out. To add to the excitement was the beautiful weather experienced by […]
Year 8 Science classes have been exploring how Aboriginal art often takes inspiration from the natural world. Through their study of the microscope, students used microscope slides as an inspiration for a piece of art. The representation below is a pumpkin stem slide and the […]
In Year 8 Wellbeing we are studying Kindness and Connection. Leon Logothetis’s book Go Be Kind is giving us tips on how just being kind to others can make us happier people. There are fantastic side effects to being kind to others like happiness, friendship and connection. […]
A number of the Year 8 community are building on our theme of kindness and connection. Together we are participating in the Surf Coast Trek on May 1 walking 26kms from Anglesea to Torquay. This is an annual walk and fundraises for 2 local community […]
We will be commencing Homework Club next week at Clonard and this is available to all students. Homework Club is supported by Learning Support Officers at Clonard. Hours: Monday – Friday 8.00 am – 8.40 am and 3.20 pm – 4.30 pm Homework Club is held […]
Students have been learning the language around ‘Chance’. They were given scenarios eg ‘You flip a coin and and get a tail’. Students had to stand next to one of the words on the given line (probability scale). eg highly likely. Part of this was […]
In Term 3 Year 7 -10 mathematics students participated in the CSIRO Bebras Challenge (412+ students). The challenge is designed to promote computational thinking, a way of understanding problems and identifying the tools and strategies that enable a solution to be developed. Some students worked […]
