HUMANITIES

KUMMARGEE GEOGRAPHY DAY 

On Thursday 10 September, the Year 8s, studying Geography this semester, embarked on a day filled with exciting learning opportunities and ways to connect with their classmates at East Campus. The activities helped us understand how to read and create maps as well as building friendships with people as our classes were mixed up and our groups are made randomly. 

One of the activities was ‘Geocaching’. The groups went around school looking for locations, shown on a map, to stamp their paper with. The goal was to be the first group back with all 10 squares filled in, possibly even the bonus golden ticket! 

The next activity was ‘Mapping Madness’. In this, we were viewing maps that showed different problems, environments or statistics, and we had to answer questions correctly to earn points for our group. This task was great for reading maps and finding answers relating to them. 

The last activity was ‘Where In The World?’. For this project we had to make a map by answering questions and marking the answers/locations on the map. This was excellent for interacting with our peers as it required sharing ideas and collaborating with other students. 

Overall, this day was packed with fun and adventure and I hope next year’s Year 8s enjoyed it as much as I did. 

Lilly Swart

Year 8 Student

KUMMARGEE MEDIEVAL DAY

On Thursday 10 September, the Year 8 students had the opportunity to participate in a hands on Kummargee challenge.

Each class was split into their Kummargee groups. The five groups in the class participated in creating various objects from our Medieval unit. These included building a Castle, designing Fashion items, making Armour, crafting Weapons and forming a Shield. It was a competition to see who could make the best Medieval replica. 

My group’s role was to construct a Medieval Castle. We started with a pile of cardboard boxes, tape, string and scissors. As a team, we worked together to create a draft of the castle on a sheet of paper and then went to work constructing the castle. 

In the weapons group, my team and I designed and crafted various items, including swords and hand-to-hand combat arms. To ensure the best final outcome, we collaborated closely to choose between recreating a katana or a Mongol scimitar. We carefully debated every detail, deciding whether the blade should be curved or straight, and whether the handle should feature intricate detailing or stick to the original design. Our biggest challenge during the process was achieving the perfect curve for the sword while keeping the structure stable.

We had the first two periods to build our Medieval inspired piece, and the third period to take photos and pack everything up. Cutting up the cardboard using scissors and trying to keep

the structure together using only tape was the most challenging aspect of the project.

All the students enjoyed applying what they’d learned in the classroom into a practical experience.

Harper Francis & Layla Fairweather

Year 8 Students