2022 Social Sciences in the News, Term 1.

Linwood College Social Sciences have had a great start to the year!

We are lucky to have some amazing new staff join our whānau this year. Mr Guy Cowan (Social Studies and Social Action for Life), Ms Kimberely Brorens (Social Studies, Tourism & Geography), Ms Nierencsche Perese- Kuil ( Social Studies and History), and Ms Marie Kennedy-Benns (Te Reo and Social Studies).

This term, Year 9 and Year 10 students have been studying Culture and looking at traditional foods in New Zealand and comparing these with today. Some highlights have included using the Ngai Tahu mapping atlas (https://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas) and designing our own Pātaka!

We will be converting to "hybrid-learning" for our classes soon - which means that for junior and senior students, they can follow learning material on their classes google classroom site or hapara - see the Social Sciences LCŌ site for more information - (https://sites.google.com/linwoodcollege.school.nz/social-sciences-at-lc/home).

Level 1 Geography have recently completed their first assessment, a two-credit unit standard where they had to communicate in a team to complete a research task about a Tropical Cyclone. Our geography students have been working to unpack the mystery behind Tropical Cyclones and how they form and impact our world. Some great conversations were instigated about Climate Change.

Level 1 History this week has been working hard on their unit standard “search and select”. Each person took a historical topic to research before evaluating their research process. We are now moving on to studying specific protests of New Zealand such as Bastion Point and Anti-Nuclear New Zealand.

Last week Ms Sig Koop and Mr Richard Jolly took Year 13 History students to see Kaiapoi Pā to learn about local sites of historical significance with great success. It was great to see the learners actively engaging with the historical evidence both at the pā site and the Kaiapoi Museum. They took their learning back into the class for their first research assessment of the year.

This week Year 12 History took a field trip to Riccarton House with Ms Nicole Eastwick and Ms Sig Koop. The class has been looking at local history and early European settlement. This trip allowed students to collect primary and secondary source evidence for their assessment. Students had a great time exploring the historical building and native bush.

The Year 11 Social Action for Life students have been working hard on their note-taking assessment and will be moving on to learn about how to respond to cyberbullying.