It may be a week and a half into Term 3 but there is still room in the feed for the end of term casual day which was "celebrity" themed.
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I chose Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto in Fast and Furious as my character - not identical but close enough! While the hoodie is not true to the inspo pic, it was necessary because of the weather.

Taking students to the Battle of the Bands and carrying guitars is the closest I'll ever get to being even remotely close to being a rock star.

Semester 2 is already 2 weeks in and although I am currently on holidays, I am excited about what classes I have.
Keeping my Home Group and two English classes but gaining 2 new subjects!

Historical Studies focuses on Ancient History, Modern History, and Media Studies and the focus concept of the subject is Iconography of Power. This gives the students a taster of the three subjects in the hope that they will pick them in Year 11.

Society and Environment focuses on Geography, Tourism, and Society and Culture, again, giving students a taster of the three subjects and hoping that they'll pick them next year. As I have 2 classes, I'm running two courses; one looking at Environmental Conservation and Ecotourism and the other at Sustainable Development and Tourism.

There are classes looking at Legal Studies, People, Politics and Power and Business Innovations; however, I'm not teaching those classes!

All the classes are pilots for this year and we're hoping to see an increase in Humanities subject selection in Year 11 and thus, Year 12.
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I can't wait to see how they go this year and what students select for their 2026 subjects!

We're now 2 weeks into Semester 2 and while I'm not teaching Year 9 Geography this semester, I'm sharing my class with a colleague who is. Rather than my resources gathering dust, I popped them up for use in their classes.
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The amount of students, in my classes at least, who are surprised by the maps showing roads, railways etc is amazing. One of the many reasons why I love what I do.

Year 9 Food reviews meant trying different snacks! I modelled the process in front of the students as they did it (trying to stop them from eating the snacks was not on my teaching Bingo card that day!) and it went off with a bang. They all enjoyed it and some of the reviews were pretty good and others were "Mars Bars are trash. I won't eat them."
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It was a great end of day fun treat during Week 10 but they were incredibly disappointed to know that I wasn't going to put off the assignment until next term.

I would almost consider this a step up from the graphic novel, considering it is definitely text-heavy more than the graphic novel is but it is still easily accessible for kids. I'm not using this one for English this year but it's still a great help for me to wrap my head around the intricacies of Dracula. Now, to read the third (and final!) version!