Year Seven Blue Year 7
Term One
Mr Tony Maxfield Year 7 Blue
We read three novels by Deborah Ellis about the life of a young girl named Parvana who lived in war-torn Afghanistan. Parvana’s life was very different to ours. These stories taught us that foreign aid money and food supplies are very important to many people in our world.
One of our science class projects was to construct a solar oven. It was very challenging. When all of our ovens were finished we had the first ever “7 Blue Bake–Off.” Mr Maxfield was quite amazed that we cooked; we ate and no one died of food poisoning! Another highlight of Term One was the Mothers’ Day Mass. All the mothers, grandmothers and even some dads enjoyed this special occasion.
Term Two A life changing event for us in Term Two was receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. Prior to Confirmation, we had our class retreat, at Camp Kelly, Dwellingup. We learned much about our classmates, the Holy Spirit and ourselves. Father Michael joined us and said Mass. This mass was simple but special because we did it. We all came back a little wiser and richer in spirit. On a sad note, at the end of Term Two, Mr Hamer our sport teacher and friend departed Trinity College to move to Shanghai to teach. During the July school holidays, forty-seven Year 7 boys, four staff and a group of parents went on a tour of
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Sydney and Canberra. We saw the wonderful sights of Sydney and Canberra and had an excellent day at the Cooma snowfields. We did not want to leave the snow.
Term Three One major change in Term Three was that we had a new student teacher, Mr Sibson. He started by helping out Mr Maxfield in the room and then took over teaching us Maths, Society and Environment, Spelling and Language. Mr Sibson was a cool person; we miss his jokes, quizzes and debates. Another great event we attended was the Winter Sport Lighting Carnival at Floreat. It was a rainy, cold day but that didn’t stop us from having a blast. For Mr Maxfield’s science challenge, we created our own mousetrap cars, using research on the internet. When finished, we will trial them for speed and distance. In Science Week, we had a Science Fair Display. The “World Yo-yo Champion”, a funny person from Boston, USA, visited and taught us about the “Science of Spin” or Gyroscopic Stability. In Language and Society and Environment, we learnt about the Olympics and Bali. Mr Sibson helped us make our own Balinese masks. We acted out a story with the masks. It was great fun.
Term Four The Science challenge for Term Four is to make a Concert Night percussion instrument for our performance. All that is left is our Farewell to the Junior School Mass. Boys of 7 Blue
YEAR 7 BLUE Back row: Michael Dawson, Luke Bollam, James Rees, Aden Fawcett, James Bond, Thomas Prior, Kaiden Boksich, Simon Douglas Third row: Parker Matthews, Matthew Hunt, Shan Barr, David Bremner, John McCabe, Callum Hall, Bronson Chabros, Marco Parra Second row: Reece Martin, Michael Mony De Kerloy, Kevin Nunes, Adam Taylor, Luke Duffy, Sean Callander, Alexander Fasolo, Jake Dalli, Mr Tony Maxfield Front row: Riccardo Bucchino, Lachlan McVeigh, James Prindiville, Steven Mather, Samuel Watt, Ashley Mackin, Sean Taggart, Richard Birchall, Matthew Richards
