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Ancient RomeOn Tuesday 4 June, Year 9 Elecve History travelled back to Ancient Rome via an easy trip to the PAC! James Adams,an Ancient Rome enthusiast, regaled the boys with stories and details about soldiers in the Roman Army. Hiscollecon of replica equipment, including armour, shields, swords and helmets, was explained to the audience, aswere the taccs employed to kill and maim. Of course the highlight of the show was seeing the boys dressing up!!I would like to thank the boys again for their cooperave and interested approach to this show.Kate WelshOn Monday 17 th June, Representaves from ConsolidatedPastoral Company Pty Ltd and Anna Browne recruitmentvisited the college to discuss employment opportunies postschool with one of the country’s largest pastoral companiesCPC.CPC owns 19 properes covering more than 5.6 millionhectares and is responsible for the management of more than360,000 cale across North Australia. Boys and girls have theopportunity to take a “Gap” year as a jack or jillaroo, theyundergo an extensive 8 weeks training program before beingappointed to one of the 19 properes. At the end of 12months, they have opportunies to connue with thecompany which can ulmately can lead to full me careers.A LifeOutdoorsWe currently have 2 Stannies’ old boys working up in theTerritory for CPC who are having an amazing me, who highlyrecommend this opportunity to anyone with a passion foragriculture and cale.Students can apply now at www.pastoral.com
Year 8 science students ventured to the PAC to experience a showwhich was based upon the physics concepts of electricity, forcesand moon. The show was presented by an educaonal officerfrom CSIRO, Sydney.Highlights of the show included: Producon of lightning using a tesla coil; Using a student as a conductor of electricity to use the energyfrom a plasma ball, thereby causing a light bulb to glow; Using heat energy to produce sound in a …tube; The visualisaon of a 3‐dimensional magnec field; The use of conservaon of angular momentum in gyroscopes;Electromagnec levitaon and braking effects.CSIRO Forces and Electricity Show
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