The Technology Faculty has had another exciting year with many new initiatives being introduced to cope with the ever increasing demand of our students.
We welcomed two new staff members to the faculty in 2011. Sean Davis has joined the foods area and comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the commercial world of cookery. Sean is a trained chef and we are keen to use his expertise in our hospitality classes and with our competition work. Peter Boettcher has joined us from Selwyn College and is very versatile in the engineering and automotive areas. He certainly has stamped his mark on the faculty so far. We are keen to use his expertise and knowledge widely in the faculty.
We have had many changes in our curriculum areas, and staff and students have been working hard on developing new and improved resources and courses to suit the changing needs of our students. The subjects offered in the faculty are varied and in high demand and the career pathways and opportunities offered through work experience, gateway and industry contacts are extensive and an important part of what we offer and provide for our students.
Without the commitment of the Technology staff the students of Lynfield College would not be so well catered for. Thank you to all who contribute to the success of the Technology Faculty.
Once again it has been a busy year in the Hard Materials and Graphics area. With so many different options on offer, students can explore and gain valuable skills and experience which will hopefully lead to great careers in the future.
This year saw the construction of the new mark-2 bigger and better sheds, built by the Year 13 Carpentry class. Mr Ratnam and the boys worked in rain, hail, and possibly some snow to complete the building work before the end of the year.
The automotive classes are still as popular as ever and this year we had 84 students opt for the course. Sadly, however, we could only accept 54 students. At the start of the year we acquired four new vehicles for the workshop and 16 transmissions. This means that students now have the potential to cover all aspects of vehicle maintenance.
Our NCEA material and electronic courses continue to focus on developing students’ understanding of designing and engineering a product through to a final solution. Students who undertake study for these courses from Y11 to Y13 are building the foundation for University and professional careers.
Mr Lee’s practical engineering classes are busy welding, grinding and creating steel furniture. We have purchased a new industrial TIG welder so students can weld various steels and alloys together.
The 2011 junior programme has been developed to introduce students to skills-related projects. Students have the opportunity to use industrial machinery; this is often the first time students have used tools and equipment to construct a practical-based project.
This year in Graphics we’ve been enthusiastically embracing Computer Aided Design applications in our classes. While it has sometimes been frustrating, the results speak for themselves. We’ve produced some outstanding computer models at all year levels. At the same time, new programmes have been created to enhance the teaching of design in Graphics.
Some of the new projects this year include:
Soft Materials and Fashion and Design classes have had a very busy year working on and completing various projects at all year levels. The Year 9s are developing great skills and giving back to others with their ‘Design a Quilt for Charity’ project. Our senior classes have been working on developing educational toys and learning about product design. The Year 12 students had to create a ‘Haute Couture’ outfit, with many opting to make their own ball dresses. This required extensive pattern development, and the task was complex enough to challenge everyone, including the teachers. Judy Gao from the Year 13 class has gained an internship at Trelise Cooper and she is now producing her own design to be modelled during fashion week. Well done Judy!
A key focus for us this year has been to raise the awareness of fashion in New Zealand and to expose students to the vast number of career opportunities available. Our senior classes visited a dye house, which looked into how fabrics and clothing can be dyed, and followed the process of how a garment is made at Streetwise Apparel. We had a guided tour through Trelise Cooper’s Design and Production offices, even stealing a glimpse of next season’s range. We also visited the Navy Museum in Devonport to see how uniforms and clothing restrictions have influenced fashion over the years.
A huge congratulations to all our students who have made it through the year and produced some brilliant work. We look forward to the same high standards next year!
Culinary Competitions
The first of the competitions this year was the Auckland Regional held at AUT. We had four students enter: three entered static competitions and 1 student, Keith Fletcher, entered the live Salmon competition, earning a fantastic silver medal. This competition really decided Keith’s future as a chef and he is currently looking at the different avenues for chef training.
Our three static entrants all won gold, with Kris Ulibas earning 99 points out of a possible 100 points. The NZ Chefs Association was so amazed with this result that chef Martin Harrap spoke at our Year 13 assembly and presented Kris with a case of chef’s knives. Martin Harrap said that in his 25 years of judging he had never before seen a contestant get 99/100 points. Our other 2 contestants included Elizabeth Roud, who earned gold medal with her café-delicious raspberry and white chocolate muffins, and Hannah Schwarz, who was also awarded a gold medal with 95 out of 100 for her Manuka smoked bacon, sautéed leek with garlic, roast mushroom, parmesan and thyme quiche. Yum!
The Secondary Schools Barista Competition was next on the agenda, where Year 13 Hospitality students competed at school for the two positions available to each school who does Barista. This year Soroush Dousti and Shannon Armstrong entered the competition and came first and second place overall. Soroush got the top gold, with 95 points, and Shannon was second to top, with 94 points. The confidence and skill level that both Soroush and Shannon showed during the competition really set them apart from other contestants. Running D’Café at school and making hot beverages to order gives them a real life experience of working in a café and having to operate under the pressures of time and to customer demands.
The final competition for the year was the New Zealand Culinary Fare 2011. This is the pinnacle of culinary competitions in New Zealand and continues for 3 days at Alexandra Park. Secondary schools are invited to participate in a few classes but mostly it is apprentices, chefs and front of house staff who enter this competition.
Soroush Dousti was invited to enter after winning the Secondary Schools Barista Competition. He competed against industry Baristas and won a bronze medal with a very smooth and creamy performance. Junior Malupo entered the ‘College Challenge’ where he had to complete a complicated Salmon main:‘Regal Salmon en croute, wilted spinach, pommes marquise and a white wine Beurre blanc.’ What a difficult challenge to achieve in one hour, but Junior completed it with creativity and flair. In competition, unexpected barriers occur, and Junior certainly had more than his fair share of these, but the way he reacted to them was a true testament to his character. Only being 2 marks off a silver medal reflected that the judges also saw this. His final mark of 78 out of 100 earned him a bronze, but most importantly he did it and learnt from it.
2011 has been a full year for the Year 12 Beauty Therapy class, with industry specialists visiting and teaching the class about aromatherapy, nails, makeup and customer service. Each student had the task of developing an aromatherapy/cosmetic product, which proved to be a welcome challenge.
One of the highlights was our involvement with the school musical. The students flourished as makeup artists for the production of Guys and Dolls. Professional makeup artist Jo Brodie taught the class about the application of stage makeup – including bruises and period makeup. The class then had to research and design the makeup for different members of the Guys and Dolls cast. During the show week students were rostered on for cast hair and makeup. It was a crazy and busy time for everyone involved, but the professionalism and enthusiasm of the girls made this an extremely enjoyable and worthwhile experience. WELL DONE!
In Food and Nutrition we have continued to build on the successes of previous years. The practical classes are enjoyed by most students and we aim to improve student skills and expose them to a wide range of techniques and different foods. Making healthy food that is attractive to look at and delicious to eat is an exciting challenge for us all. In addition, most of the standards assessed in the senior school involve a practical aspect.
The students have benefited from learning about current nutrition issues that regularly appear in the media and up-to-date nutrition theories. The senior students are exposed to some challenging issues relating to food, such as globalisation and ethical food choices, which provide for a great deal of discussion and no easy answers.
The Nutrition Committee has continued to be successful. A number of students were involved in providing free cups of water to all the students taking part in Athletics Day in Term One. The Committee was all set up to make delicious healthy brownies to sell at the Mardi Gras, but unfortunately this event was cancelled. We continued to hold practical classes after school and students were very pleased to make interesting food that was good for them.
The Committee decided that they wanted to carry out a health promotion activity concerning the school canteen. With the able assistance of two students from the Year 12 Health class, the students wrote a questionnaire which was circulated to all the form classes. The results of the survey were presented as a series of graphs by a Year 9 Maths class. We hope that the information gained will improve the choices offered at the canteen. It is pleasing to have such a motivated group of students on the committee who are concerned about the availability of healthy food at Lynfield College and are willing to spend time and energy improving the situation.
This course has developed a great deal over the last few years, with the welcome involvement of Manukau Institute of Technology as our provider and the continued interest our students have in the welfare of young children. We have two classes, one at Level 2 and the other at Level 3. It is good to see a large number of our students go on to tertiary training in early childhood education or primary teaching. However, even students who are not wishing to make a career in this area benefit greatly from the subjects taught and discussed in this course.
Seniors in particular have enjoyed getting out into the community and spending several days at early education centres around Auckland. Practical classes have been instigated so that students can practice providing food for young children and for a pregnant teenager, the subjects of their assessments.
Another highlight for the Level 2 students was the Tots and Toddlers Day, when Plunket organised a day of teaching and learning at school with a visiting panel of parents with young children. They also spent some time at the Lynfield College Community Childcare Centre as part of one assessment. We are very appreciative of the continued support and positive feedback and encouragement this Centre offers our students.
The ICT Department started the year with some exciting challenges facing them – a new Year 13 course was added to the options available for students, Year 11DTG came into being after Year 11 Information Management was phased out; ICDL became an new option for year 10 students and Robotics was added to the Year 9CAP course. Full steam ahead…
Robotics
This year the Year 9 Computer Applications course included robotics. The 10 week Robotics course is brand new and covers the fundamentals of using computers and common computer applications in the context of robotics. It is very much a hands-on approach with self-management a key aspect of the course. Students work in group of two or three on each robot and progress at their own pace through the course.
The robots used are the VEX Robotics system with students learning how to program their robots to complete the desired actions using RobotC. At the culmination of each segment of the course students show off their skills to each other in a demonstration of their response to a set challenge.
Doodle 4 Google competition
Google were looking for a kiwi flavour for the Google design on their home page and many of our Year 9 and 10 students entered their designs in the nationwide competition. Results are not yet known, but with the winner getting $10,000 worth of technology equipment for the school we will be entering this competition for years to come.
International Computer Drivers Licence
This has been added to the year 10 Options and has proved to be very popular. The students are working towards gaining the International Computer Drivers Licence which is recognised in over 148 countries around the world.
Digital Technologies Guidelines
This is a new course introduced in 2011 to replace Information Management. There are three classes of DTG this year indicating the high level of interest among the students in the subject. The students have enjoyed analysing existing design and creating their own.
13ICT
13ICT is new this year too and attracted many of our top graphic designs students. The students have been challenged to work with real clients designing documents which the clients will implement. We have had a huge range of designs – year book cover, business cards and flyers, calendars, cricket coaching booklet, sandwich board, café menu blackboard, recipe book, the Blockhouse Bay Community Centre classes for 2012, book covers etc.
The idea for this year’s first special occasion came from our inspirational Technology Faculty leader, Yvonne Townsend. Our year 13 Advanced Hospitality classes, plan, prepare and present two special occasions, focusing on the creative aspect of food preparation and presentation. With the supporting planning, budgeting and evaluation, these 2 units are worth a total of 10 Level 3 credits. In past years the event has been a final graduation dinner for 40 guests, but this year with the change in term dates and with Breast Cancer being close to all of us, it was decided to participate in the Pink Ribbon Breakfast Campaign.
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) is a not-for-profit, non-government funded charitable trust and is totally reliant on grants and donations. It is one of the charities the student council support with other fund raising events during the year. So our breakfast was another way Lynfield College could support this foundation while guests enjoyed good company, good food and great coffee.
Who could have thought a school corridor could be turned into a restaurant. After the students had finished setting it with pink balloons, flowers, and brightly coloured table settings, it certainly didn’t look like D block. It meant students had to be committed, by working late and starting early in the morning, but all of them were incredibly proud of what they achieved and learnt about event planning and management.
This is the second year that the Technology Faculty has run its Technology evening and Fashion Show. The purpose of the evening is to celebrate the achievements of our students and acknowledge their hard work. The night was a success with just over hundred people present.
The evening started off with adorable models Ellie and Gizmo the Bichon Frise dogs, modelling their personalised embroidered knitwear jumpers made by Year 11 student, Euan Reilly. Following this the Year 9 t-shirts with graphic screen print designs were a great way to kick off, leading into a variety of Year 10 ready-to-wear outfits. We then showcased the senior fashion achievements, a highlight being the fun Year 11 ‘onesies,’ modelled by our lovely exchange students, and the beautiful ball dresses produced by the Year 12 fashion and design students.
Judy Gao produced another fabulous collection, proving her title as most promising emerging designer (won at the Trash to Fashion Awards this year). The show drew to a close with some outstanding Trash to Fashion finalist garments, as well as some breakdancing moves thanks to Sherif Ryan.
To end the night on a high the Hospitality students provided some delicious finger food for our guests, as they had the opportunity to peruse the marvels from the technology faculty displayed around the hall.
Many thanks to our fantastic models, dressers, back stage crew, students who helped set up and break down the hall, as well as the amazing staff who devoted time and a great deal of energy in order for this night to happen.
We welcomed two new staff members to the faculty in 2011. Sean Davis has joined the foods area and comes to us with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the commercial world of cookery. Sean is a trained chef and we are keen to use his expertise in our hospitality classes and with our competition work. Peter Boettcher has joined us from Selwyn College and is very versatile in the engineering and automotive areas. He certainly has stamped his mark on the faculty so far. We are keen to use his expertise and knowledge widely in the faculty.
We have had many changes in our curriculum areas, and staff and students have been working hard on developing new and improved resources and courses to suit the changing needs of our students. The subjects offered in the faculty are varied and in high demand and the career pathways and opportunities offered through work experience, gateway and industry contacts are extensive and an important part of what we offer and provide for our students.
Without the commitment of the Technology staff the students of Lynfield College would not be so well catered for. Thank you to all who contribute to the success of the Technology Faculty.
Hard Materials and Graphics
Once again it has been a busy year in the Hard Materials and Graphics area. With so many different options on offer, students can explore and gain valuable skills and experience which will hopefully lead to great careers in the future.
This year saw the construction of the new mark-2 bigger and better sheds, built by the Year 13 Carpentry class. Mr Ratnam and the boys worked in rain, hail, and possibly some snow to complete the building work before the end of the year.
The automotive classes are still as popular as ever and this year we had 84 students opt for the course. Sadly, however, we could only accept 54 students. At the start of the year we acquired four new vehicles for the workshop and 16 transmissions. This means that students now have the potential to cover all aspects of vehicle maintenance.
Our NCEA material and electronic courses continue to focus on developing students’ understanding of designing and engineering a product through to a final solution. Students who undertake study for these courses from Y11 to Y13 are building the foundation for University and professional careers.
Mr Lee’s practical engineering classes are busy welding, grinding and creating steel furniture. We have purchased a new industrial TIG welder so students can weld various steels and alloys together.
The 2011 junior programme has been developed to introduce students to skills-related projects. Students have the opportunity to use industrial machinery; this is often the first time students have used tools and equipment to construct a practical-based project.
Graphics
This year in Graphics we’ve been enthusiastically embracing Computer Aided Design applications in our classes. While it has sometimes been frustrating, the results speak for themselves. We’ve produced some outstanding computer models at all year levels. At the same time, new programmes have been created to enhance the teaching of design in Graphics.
Some of the new projects this year include:
- Year 10 students using their own cultural heritage as a basis for some great Garden designs around the school grounds.
- Year 11 students using influences from famous architects to design unique and interesting chairs.
This was yet another interesting, challenging and successful year in the Graphics subject. Super!
Soft Materials and Fashion and Design
Soft Materials and Fashion and Design classes have had a very busy year working on and completing various projects at all year levels. The Year 9s are developing great skills and giving back to others with their ‘Design a Quilt for Charity’ project. Our senior classes have been working on developing educational toys and learning about product design. The Year 12 students had to create a ‘Haute Couture’ outfit, with many opting to make their own ball dresses. This required extensive pattern development, and the task was complex enough to challenge everyone, including the teachers. Judy Gao from the Year 13 class has gained an internship at Trelise Cooper and she is now producing her own design to be modelled during fashion week. Well done Judy!
A key focus for us this year has been to raise the awareness of fashion in New Zealand and to expose students to the vast number of career opportunities available. Our senior classes visited a dye house, which looked into how fabrics and clothing can be dyed, and followed the process of how a garment is made at Streetwise Apparel. We had a guided tour through Trelise Cooper’s Design and Production offices, even stealing a glimpse of next season’s range. We also visited the Navy Museum in Devonport to see how uniforms and clothing restrictions have influenced fashion over the years.
A huge congratulations to all our students who have made it through the year and produced some brilliant work. We look forward to the same high standards next year!
Hospitality
Culinary Competitions
The first of the competitions this year was the Auckland Regional held at AUT. We had four students enter: three entered static competitions and 1 student, Keith Fletcher, entered the live Salmon competition, earning a fantastic silver medal. This competition really decided Keith’s future as a chef and he is currently looking at the different avenues for chef training.
Our three static entrants all won gold, with Kris Ulibas earning 99 points out of a possible 100 points. The NZ Chefs Association was so amazed with this result that chef Martin Harrap spoke at our Year 13 assembly and presented Kris with a case of chef’s knives. Martin Harrap said that in his 25 years of judging he had never before seen a contestant get 99/100 points. Our other 2 contestants included Elizabeth Roud, who earned gold medal with her café-delicious raspberry and white chocolate muffins, and Hannah Schwarz, who was also awarded a gold medal with 95 out of 100 for her Manuka smoked bacon, sautéed leek with garlic, roast mushroom, parmesan and thyme quiche. Yum!
The Secondary Schools Barista Competition was next on the agenda, where Year 13 Hospitality students competed at school for the two positions available to each school who does Barista. This year Soroush Dousti and Shannon Armstrong entered the competition and came first and second place overall. Soroush got the top gold, with 95 points, and Shannon was second to top, with 94 points. The confidence and skill level that both Soroush and Shannon showed during the competition really set them apart from other contestants. Running D’Café at school and making hot beverages to order gives them a real life experience of working in a café and having to operate under the pressures of time and to customer demands.
The final competition for the year was the New Zealand Culinary Fare 2011. This is the pinnacle of culinary competitions in New Zealand and continues for 3 days at Alexandra Park. Secondary schools are invited to participate in a few classes but mostly it is apprentices, chefs and front of house staff who enter this competition.
Soroush Dousti was invited to enter after winning the Secondary Schools Barista Competition. He competed against industry Baristas and won a bronze medal with a very smooth and creamy performance. Junior Malupo entered the ‘College Challenge’ where he had to complete a complicated Salmon main:‘Regal Salmon en croute, wilted spinach, pommes marquise and a white wine Beurre blanc.’ What a difficult challenge to achieve in one hour, but Junior completed it with creativity and flair. In competition, unexpected barriers occur, and Junior certainly had more than his fair share of these, but the way he reacted to them was a true testament to his character. Only being 2 marks off a silver medal reflected that the judges also saw this. His final mark of 78 out of 100 earned him a bronze, but most importantly he did it and learnt from it.
Beauty Therapy
2011 has been a full year for the Year 12 Beauty Therapy class, with industry specialists visiting and teaching the class about aromatherapy, nails, makeup and customer service. Each student had the task of developing an aromatherapy/cosmetic product, which proved to be a welcome challenge.
One of the highlights was our involvement with the school musical. The students flourished as makeup artists for the production of Guys and Dolls. Professional makeup artist Jo Brodie taught the class about the application of stage makeup – including bruises and period makeup. The class then had to research and design the makeup for different members of the Guys and Dolls cast. During the show week students were rostered on for cast hair and makeup. It was a crazy and busy time for everyone involved, but the professionalism and enthusiasm of the girls made this an extremely enjoyable and worthwhile experience. WELL DONE!
Food and Nutrition
In Food and Nutrition we have continued to build on the successes of previous years. The practical classes are enjoyed by most students and we aim to improve student skills and expose them to a wide range of techniques and different foods. Making healthy food that is attractive to look at and delicious to eat is an exciting challenge for us all. In addition, most of the standards assessed in the senior school involve a practical aspect.
The students have benefited from learning about current nutrition issues that regularly appear in the media and up-to-date nutrition theories. The senior students are exposed to some challenging issues relating to food, such as globalisation and ethical food choices, which provide for a great deal of discussion and no easy answers.
The Nutrition Committee has continued to be successful. A number of students were involved in providing free cups of water to all the students taking part in Athletics Day in Term One. The Committee was all set up to make delicious healthy brownies to sell at the Mardi Gras, but unfortunately this event was cancelled. We continued to hold practical classes after school and students were very pleased to make interesting food that was good for them.
The Committee decided that they wanted to carry out a health promotion activity concerning the school canteen. With the able assistance of two students from the Year 12 Health class, the students wrote a questionnaire which was circulated to all the form classes. The results of the survey were presented as a series of graphs by a Year 9 Maths class. We hope that the information gained will improve the choices offered at the canteen. It is pleasing to have such a motivated group of students on the committee who are concerned about the availability of healthy food at Lynfield College and are willing to spend time and energy improving the situation.
Childcare
This course has developed a great deal over the last few years, with the welcome involvement of Manukau Institute of Technology as our provider and the continued interest our students have in the welfare of young children. We have two classes, one at Level 2 and the other at Level 3. It is good to see a large number of our students go on to tertiary training in early childhood education or primary teaching. However, even students who are not wishing to make a career in this area benefit greatly from the subjects taught and discussed in this course.
Seniors in particular have enjoyed getting out into the community and spending several days at early education centres around Auckland. Practical classes have been instigated so that students can practice providing food for young children and for a pregnant teenager, the subjects of their assessments.
Another highlight for the Level 2 students was the Tots and Toddlers Day, when Plunket organised a day of teaching and learning at school with a visiting panel of parents with young children. They also spent some time at the Lynfield College Community Childcare Centre as part of one assessment. We are very appreciative of the continued support and positive feedback and encouragement this Centre offers our students.
Information and Communication Technology
The ICT Department started the year with some exciting challenges facing them – a new Year 13 course was added to the options available for students, Year 11
Robotics
This year the Year 9 Computer Applications course included robotics. The 10 week Robotics course is brand new and covers the fundamentals of using computers and common computer applications in the context of robotics. It is very much a hands-on approach with self-management a key aspect of the course. Students work in group of two or three on each robot and progress at their own pace through the course.
The robots used are the VEX Robotics system with students learning how to program their robots to complete the desired actions using RobotC. At the culmination of each segment of the course students show off their skills to each other in a demonstration of their response to a set challenge.
Doodle 4 Google competition
Google were looking for a kiwi flavour for the Google design on their home page and many of our Year 9 and 10 students entered their designs in the nationwide competition. Results are not yet known, but with the winner getting $10,000 worth of technology equipment for the school we will be entering this competition for years to come.
International Computer Drivers Licence
This has been added to the year 10 Options and has proved to be very popular. The students are working towards gaining the International Computer Drivers Licence which is recognised in over 148 countries around the world.
Digital Technologies Guidelines
This is a new course introduced in 2011 to replace Information Management. There are three classes of DTG this year indicating the high level of interest among the students in the subject. The students have enjoyed analysing existing design and creating their own.
13ICT
13ICT is new this year too and attracted many of our top graphic designs students. The students have been challenged to work with real clients designing documents which the clients will implement. We have had a huge range of designs – year book cover, business cards and flyers, calendars, cricket coaching booklet, sandwich board, café menu blackboard, recipe book, the Blockhouse Bay Community Centre classes for 2012, book covers etc.
Pink Ribbon Breakfast
The idea for this year’s first special occasion came from our inspirational Technology Faculty leader, Yvonne Townsend. Our year 13 Advanced Hospitality classes, plan, prepare and present two special occasions, focusing on the creative aspect of food preparation and presentation. With the supporting planning, budgeting and evaluation, these 2 units are worth a total of 10 Level 3 credits. In past years the event has been a final graduation dinner for 40 guests, but this year with the change in term dates and with Breast Cancer being close to all of us, it was decided to participate in the Pink Ribbon Breakfast Campaign.
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) is a not-for-profit, non-government funded charitable trust and is totally reliant on grants and donations. It is one of the charities the student council support with other fund raising events during the year. So our breakfast was another way Lynfield College could support this foundation while guests enjoyed good company, good food and great coffee.
Who could have thought a school corridor could be turned into a restaurant. After the students had finished setting it with pink balloons, flowers, and brightly coloured table settings, it certainly didn’t look like D block. It meant students had to be committed, by working late and starting early in the morning, but all of them were incredibly proud of what they achieved and learnt about event planning and management.
The Great Technology Fashion Show
This is the second year that the Technology Faculty has run its Technology evening and Fashion Show. The purpose of the evening is to celebrate the achievements of our students and acknowledge their hard work. The night was a success with just over hundred people present.
The evening started off with adorable models Ellie and Gizmo the Bichon Frise dogs, modelling their personalised embroidered knitwear jumpers made by Year 11 student, Euan Reilly. Following this the Year 9 t-shirts with graphic screen print designs were a great way to kick off, leading into a variety of Year 10 ready-to-wear outfits. We then showcased the senior fashion achievements, a highlight being the fun Year 11 ‘onesies,’ modelled by our lovely exchange students, and the beautiful ball dresses produced by the Year 12 fashion and design students.
Judy Gao produced another fabulous collection, proving her title as most promising emerging designer (won at the Trash to Fashion Awards this year). The show drew to a close with some outstanding Trash to Fashion finalist garments, as well as some breakdancing moves thanks to Sherif Ryan.
To end the night on a high the Hospitality students provided some delicious finger food for our guests, as they had the opportunity to peruse the marvels from the technology faculty displayed around the hall.
Many thanks to our fantastic models, dressers, back stage crew, students who helped set up and break down the hall, as well as the amazing staff who devoted time and a great deal of energy in order for this night to happen.