2011 School Magazine

Accounting in Year 11 The Year I I Accountants determinedly challenge the pervasive stereotype of accountants which labels them as 'boring'. The traditional view of accountants has been one of introverted persons who spend all their time dealing with numbers, rather than interacting with people However, as we have discovered, accounting and finance now cover a wide diversity of roles, such as financial investigation, business analysis and planning, and company leadership, all of which strive for professional and trustworthy results The Year I I Accounting syllabus provided us with the knowledge to make decisions based on Information provided by financial reports Our class also managed to achieve a productive learning atmosphere while strengthening our friendships through group activities and discussions. in class we incorporate real world situations into course work by analysing the problems faced by firms in the 21 st century, such as the collapse of ABC Learning Centres and HIH Insurance

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reamLuorld o it is a ' e-honoured tradition that the Year 12 Maths C students take a off school for an essential excursion to Dreamworld admit that this is the main reason why they take the any ubject - that and their love of maths, of course. When we arrived, he allocated prep room for our experiment was not available Amidst a surprising lack of grumbling, students wandered about an unopened Dreamworld, ecstaticallylumping on the empty rides instructions were soon delivered: a student from each group of four was to wear an accelerometer as they rode on the Giant Drop and one other thrill ride of their choice - most selected the Tower of Terror, and though most enjoyed the moral support of their classmates, a few were abandoned to ride by themselves. Hundreds of screams (audible 120 metres below the top of the Giant Drop) and stacks of cups and serviettes later (as food of a healthy nature could not be tolerated), data was uploaded to laptops, accelerometer vests were taken off, and Dreamworld was promptly conquered. Teachers were also forced onto rides such as the ShockWave and Cyclone - which was described to an unsuspecting teacher by one student as a "kid's ride". By the end of the day, the exhausted girls gratefulIy boarded the return bus ... to face the resulting assignment Motho atto Do you remember counting your fingers when you were little? I, 2.3,4,5 ... that is an arithmetic sequence. Maths is something we have been using ever since we were born. Maths Is not just something that people with big, heavy glasses do. it is what normal people like us do in July, twenty-five eager Grammar girls from Years 9 and 10 set out for Mathapatta (the now annual Maths camp at Marrapatta) Over the weekend we had a wonderful time learning about how to create a mathematical proof, use modular arithmetic, solve a 010phantine equation and manipulate arithmetic and geometric sequences. To put that all into English, we learnt several useful and Interesting ways to prove some quite abstract problems, such as how to easily figure out the remainder of 20 to the power 1089 divided by 7. We also learnt how to find all of the possible combinations of 5c and 20c coins you can use to make exactly $2.50. As if all of that doesn't sound exciting enough, we got ice cream with smarti'es for dessert. Due to the fact the girls are not geeks who have to study 24/7, we mixed it up a bit with an outdoor activity in the afternoon and a fun group challenge created by the teachers with a huge bucket of Maltesers for a prize. Mr Bowman, Miss Walsh, Mrs Muller and Mr Spann were thanked by all the girls for making the camp such an enjoyable experience I Vanessa Huang (IOH) And Caitlin Mattner (10E) I I Debbie Lee (12E) and Ruby Ramachandran 12W I

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