Year 10 Science Red Claw Excursion

This term Year 10 Science has been studying an introductory unit to Agriculture. As part of the unit, students have been monitoring the growth rate of the crayfish species – redclaw. The species gets its name as the male develops a red claw on maturity. On Wednesday the 29^th of May, students were fortunate to visit a real redclaw farm – Freshwater Australian Crayfish Traders in Tarome. The owner, Rob Hutchings (a Marine Biologist) kindly volunteered his time to show the Year 10s around his 80 ha property comprising of around 100 interconnected ponds. The trip consolidated students' understanding of the redclaw species but moreover allowed them to witness farm operations and gain advice on a good business management plan.  The students were fascinated by the size of the full-grown redclaw as the ones at school are yet to reach maturity.

Year 9 Food Technology

Over the past few weeks the Year 9's have been making some healthy snack foods to gather ideas for their assessment task when they have to design their own healthy snack for teenagers. This week the students produced Cheesy Bacon Scrolls.

Year 10 Hospitality

This week the Year 10 Hospitality class has been working on designing a creative non-alcoholic beverage for a target market. Congratulations to Sarah Balfour and Ella Briggs for creating these amazing beverages!