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Madeline Zarb
Humanities Learning
Area Leader
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In 2018, our junior Humanities classes have been Some 2018 highlights from our Bosco Campus
hard at work building their knowledge of the include:
world around them in the topic areas of Civics and
• Our Year 10 Civics and Citizenship students
Citizenship, Economics and Business, and History journeyed into Melbourne to explore the
and Geography. Students have been challenged
Victorian Parliament and Court buildings with
to improve their knowledge and skills in these guided tours. The day supplemented their
topic areas as well as their skills in collaboration,
knowledge of the Victorian government and
problem solving, and resilience through their work legal system.
with Project-Based Learning.
• Year 12 Economics students travelled to major
Some highlights for our Savio and Mazzarello shopping centres in the Melbourne CBD to
Campuses throughout 2018 include: investigate economic concepts in the real world.
• Our Year 7 students investigated aspects of
• All students who completed Geography in Years
liveability in the Sunbury CBD to assist their 10 to 12 participated in the National Geography
understanding of human geography. Students
competition, demonstrating their knowledge
used what they learned on their fieldwork trip across all topic areas. We were particularly
and international case studies to create a pitch
proud of Marcus Zylstra (Year 12) who received a
to improve Sunbury’s liveability. High Distinction, and many other students who
• A representative from the educational achieved their best and received recognition.
department of Victorian Parliament guided our
I’d like to thank all staff and students for creating
Year 8 Humanities students through preferential and participating in engaging classrooms that
voting and the structure of our government.
encourage both personal and academic growth in
This was the basis for the culminating event of the Humanities learning area.
their Civics project, in which students explored
the Australian political system and used their
knowledge and skills to form their own parties.

• Year 9 students created a World War 1
monument to represent their own understanding
of what happened in ‘the war to end all wars’ to
tie in to the Whole School Remembrance Day
service.
In the Bosco Campus, our students have been
working hard to continue building on the
foundations set in their junior schooling. We
particularly congratulate all Year 12 humanities
students and staff for the time and effort they have
given to their final year of schooling.

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