Yr 7 Cheese knife and platter

The Year 8 students only have 10 weeks where they have INTAD for 3 periods a week. Their project is usually set and they follow the design sequence to land up with a basic design. Sometimes students come up with their own idea and take it through the design process then make it.

Bandsaw box YR 10 Kauri Pine

Year 10 students have the opportunity to apply the skills that they developed in Yr 9. The Bandsaw is always an area that allows for some creative work.

Bandsaw boxes

Pewter pendants made this year by the Yr 9 Group.

Yr 9 is the first year student work on the metal lathe. The steak turner is a simple exercise that allow students to learn the basic operations like facing off, centring, drilling and knurling. The handle is 19mm aluminium and the rod 4mm stainless steel

Pens made by the YR 9 students on a small metal lathe.

Year 9 students +- 13 years old. 2014

As we are a new secondary school in the Whitsundays region of Qld, many students are learning the new skills and applying them to creative designs.The goal is to allow students  to work on various machines and power tools to develop skills that they can then apply to other situations later in their lives. It is wonderful that while doing so, they produce some amazing work. Some of the work shown
below:

The scallop

Dolphin

The Dragon

Turtle

Creativity 2015

A new year and new work. This year I will try place items on the blog of student work as well as work of fine craftsmen who enjoy the creativity of working with their hands. Enjoy