Year 7 Science Challenge: Building Wind Powered Cars
Year 7 Science Challenge: Building Wind Powered Cars
Mr Emmanuel Hatzioannou’s Year 7 Science Class completed a wind-powered car construction challenge during this busy final Term 4.
His students formed seven small groups and were allocated two lessons to build a vehicle out of a plastic cup with their choice of wheels, plus various other equipment options like: straws, bags, ice cream sticks, sticky tape, plasticene, plastic sheeting, light wood dowels and paper etc.
Then each group’s student-engineered car was tested on how far it would travel when placed in front of a low pedestal fan on the classroom floor.
AND… we were there to see how their many varied car designs fared in action…
Each vehicle was given three chances to attain the longest distance, with ‘time outs’ between each run to make any emergency engineering improvements - based on the previous performance, while the other groups had their turns.
Here’s some highlights of how they went with the eventual winning group and their vehicle crowned victorious at the end…
Science Learnings: Larger and stiffer mounted wind sails generate more power and distance than smaller and loosely fitted wind sails, or bags that crumple easily loosing surface area and need filling with air before generating any forward motion.
Smaller wheels also seem to enable greater speed than larger and therefore heavier wheels, while obviously the lighter your vehicle’s body components, the further and faster it will travel.
The full Facebook Album photo gallery can be found at THIS WEBLINK HERE.
https://youtu.be/pRBYGB9vRDU
2021 Canterbury Taipans End-Of-Year Christmas Awards Party: FRI 10 DEC
What: 2021 Canterbury Taipans End-Of-Year Christmas Awards Party
When: 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Friday 10 December 2021
Where: Canterbury Taipans Aquatic, Tennis & Athletics Centre - Canterbury College.
- Use Gate E via 182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford.
- Plenty of onsite parking.
Who: For ALL our Canterbury Taipans Swimming, Tennis & Athletics Club members, coaches, staff and their families to celebrate and be congratulated for your efforts in 2021.
Dress Code: Christmas Theme | Santa Hats.
Catering: Sausage Sizzle.
- FREE sausage for the kids.
- $2 each for family & visitors.
Our Splash & Smash Café will also be open for food & beverage sales.
Features:
- ALL eight tennis courts open for FREE play.
- Our Olympic Lane Pool open for FREE swimming.
- Our Learn-To-Swim Pool open for FREE swimming for the little ones.
These prizes awarded for each sport - Swimming | Tennis | Athletics:
2021 MVP
2021 Club Athlete
2021 Club Captains
2021 Tiny Taipan
2021 Rookie of the Year
2021 Most Improved
Club Appreciation Certificates
RSVP: Please RSVP HERE via Humanitix before 11:59pm Thursday 9 December 2021.
See you there!
2021 Year 12 Graduation Ceremony
2021 Year 12 Graduation Ceremony
Congratulations to all our wonderful Year 12 students who graduated on Friday 19 November. 🥳👏
Their day started with a final form class in their respective Houses, followed by our emotional Farewell Guard Of Honour - from the iconic Fig Tree to the Canterbury Events Centre - as the whole College lined up to honour Canterbury's Class Of 2021.
Once inside the CEC, our Senior cohort were presented with their framed graduation certificates after Final Roll Call, speeches and blessings during our inspiring Graduation Ceremony.
The full Facebook Album photo gallery can be found at THIS WEBLINK HERE.
2021 End Of Year Student Farewell
2021 End Of Year Student Farewell
And suddenly our school year was all over under muted rainy skies… 🌧 😕
Happy Holidays everybody and stay safe! 🏖🤩
School is DONE-ski for 2021! 🙅🏻♀️🏫🙅🥳
https://youtu.be/LhbGTVWKmp4
2021 Year 6 Rite Of Passage - Gate Crossing & Secondary Guard Of Honour
2021 Year 6 Rite Of Passage - Gate Crossing & Secondary Guard Of Honour
From Junior School... To Secondary School!
Our six Houses lined up to welcome their newest Secondary campus members during our Year 6 Rite Of Passage this morning. 
https://youtu.be/AqFCxiWFZ00
NEW Canterbury Drone Academy In 2022!
NEW Canterbury Drone Academy In 2022!
A rapid transformation of industry - caused by the growing interconnectedness between the digital world and the real world, is leading to a radical evolution of the skill sets required by our future workforce.
This is especially true for industries such as engineering, agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing and energy.
Employers are seeking people with additional skills and knowledge in robotics and digital systems, and their interface with industry.
The Australian Unmanned Systems Academy (AUSA) Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot) provides Secondary Students with these skills, opening up many career and higher education pathways.
The combination of the Certificate III with the RePL (Remote Pilot) provides valuable opportunities for students.
It is the first step of a dynamic career in a variety of industries while also opening doors for students wishing to pursue higher education, including the Certificate IV in Aviation and further tertiary education pathways.
The curriculum has been carefully developed to deliver exciting technical and practical skill sets, while also bolstering student literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills.
Students have full independent access to the AUSA interactive e-Learning platform with full lecture content and presentations to support learning during and outside class times.
Practical classes utilising the highest industry grade and quality drones, sensors, flight systems and simulator equipment ensures the skills and experience our students acquire is directly applicable to real world expectations.
The Drone Academy can include students from earlier age groups to help build their skills and gain confidence.
The Academy will also focus on building skills to help students compete in Australia's Drone Competitions where students can showcase their skills in manoeuvres and coding against other colleges.
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Should you have any more questions or need more clarification, please contact Mrs Juri Sinclair on -
Canterbury Care Central
Canterbury Care Central
In 2022, we are co-locating all our health and support services for students into one location.
Formerly the Secondary School Administration Building, Canterbury Care Central will be a 'one stop shop' for all students from Prep to Year 12 who are seeking:
- first aid or medical dispensing through the Paramedic
- counselling services
- access to the College Chaplain
- post-school pathways advice from the Director of Student Futures.
Appointments can be made with any of our professional staff in Care Central.
From next year, the Junior School and Secondary School reception counters will no longer house sick bays or keep medications for students.
This allows us to centralise and quality-assure all the health and support services for students and parents in one central location, on the ‘border’ of the Junior and Secondary campuses.
Secondary Administration will be relocating to a new facility in Q Block - located in a much better position at the Old Logan Village Road Gate D roundabout entrance.
Care Central will provide a much higher level of service for our students and families.
2021 Year 12 Valedictory Dinner - Photo Gallery
2021 Year 12 Valedictory Dinner - Photo Gallery
Our Year 12 Valedictory Dinner was hosted at our fancily 'spruced up' Canterbury Events Centre on Wednesday night 17 November.
We celebrated and reminisced over the achievements of our graduating cohort with their parents and teachers - with plenty of great photos, highlights and recollections along the way.
Parents of students who progressed through the College all the way from Kindergarten or Prep until Year 12, were also presented with special boxed glassware embossed with our Canterbury logo, to say thanks for being such loyal long-term supporters.
The full Facebook Album photo gallery can be found at THIS WEBLINK HERE.
Mrs Claus Visits Our ELC & Junior School With Her Elves
Mrs Claus Visits Our ELC & Junior School With Her Elves
View our full Facebook photo gallery HERE.
https://youtu.be/nshNSO69Lns
Year 9 Science Challenge: Building & Testing Quake Proof Structures
Year 9 Science Challenge: Building & Testing Quake Proof Structures
Year 9 Science Challenge time with Mr Nield in P18!
Testing earthquake proof structures built by the student groups using paper, tape and straws in class.
The structure that can withstand the longest earthquake simulation (lateral and horizontal movement) without toppling WHILE holding the most lead weights WINS! 🥇
Let's see how they go...
Our full Facebook photo gallery HERE.
https://youtu.be/OS3zjM6pmDM