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We cannot live in the past, but the past lives in us.

Charles Perkins, Indigenous Civil Rights Leader

Humanities

MS KIM SCUDAMORE, HEAD OF HUMANITIES

After the challenges of 2020 and periods of Learning from Holme, it was back to business as usual in the Fairholme Humanities Department in 2021, albeit with some adjustments necessary at times. Staff enjoyed myriad Professional Learning opportunities available via Zoom – a unexpected benefit of COVID-19 restrictions – from full conferences and international lectures to History Teachmeets, as well as ongoing sessions by QCAA to continue to build understandings of, and participation in, new Senior processes such as Endorsement, Confirmation and External Examinations. It was also a year of curriculum review and renewal, as a review of the Australia Curriculum was undertaken for Years 7 to 10 and feedback was sought on the new Senior syllabuses after their first two years of implementation. In 2021, Year 12 students completed the full range of internal assessment tasks for the first time, after one task had been cancelled due to 2020 lockdowns, and Fairholme was able to resume field trips for Geography students.

QUEENSLAND HISTORY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION HISTORICAL WRITING COMPETITION PRIZE WINNERS

• Emily Mailler (Year 11) – Winner of the Human Rights and Civil Liberties Prize for Years 11 and 12 • Emily Mailler (Year 11) – Third Prize Year 11 Modern History Research Essay • Erin Hoffensetz (Year 11) – Highly Commended Year 11 Modern History Research Essay • Holly Frey (Year 12) – First Prize Year 12 Modern History Source Investigation • Holly Frey (Year 12) – Second Prize Year 12 Modern History Research Essay • Mairead Webb (Year 12) – Highly Commended Year 12 Modern History Research Essay

HIGHLIGHTS

• Commemoration of the Battle of Meewah (students from Years 7-12) • Chorascape Enrichment Day (Year 7 English and Humanities) • ‘Follow the Crowd’ program in Brisbane CBD (Year 9 Humanities) • Forum with Toowoomba residents from refugee backgrounds (Year 10 Humanities) • Brisbane Urban Study Field Trip to Fortitude Valley (Year 11 Geography) • New Acland Mine Land Transformations Study Field Trip (Year 12 Geography)