Category Archives: Secondary School

This camp once again lived up to its name … zipping students around the state to sample some of the major features of our landforms: karst topography, mineralisation, glacial escarpments and coastal erosional landscapes.  Students were physically and organisationally challenged by this camp.  It involved a different campsite every evening … sometimes setting up in the dark after a long day. More»

As part of the Class 9 Main Lesson on Geomorphology, Geology and Botany we visited the  Earth Science Department UTas just before Easter .A talk from Michael Roach, the head Geophysicist, a visit to the lapidary section and a sneak look into some of the lecture theatres were just some highlights.

The week before Easter saw Class 8 winding their way along Bruny Island’s quiet roads by bicycle, as part of their Outdoor Education studies.  Apart from gaining an intimate knowledge of the contours down to Adventure Bay that only the bicycle affords, they also peered over the edge of cliffs, refreshed themselves in the sea, shifted camp each evening and balanced a few rocks. More»

When asked, it quickly becomes evident that there are very few differences between the elements of a novel and the elements of a short story; indeed there are more similarities between the two – plot, character, setting and so on. Without too much further investigation, however, it also quickly becomes clear that the differences lie in the crafting of these elements, and that that may not be as easy as some authors make it seem!

Nonetheless, after due practise and exercises, the main task of the Short Story Main Lesson is to create one or two short stories to read to an audience – at the Writers’ Cafe.

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