To say that 2020 has been an extraordinary year is becoming somewhat overused, but it has in so many ways!

We have had to examine and re-examine what and how we do things and look closely at how to best meet the learning needs of our diverse students, be they in Springboard, mainstream TASC Level 2 or 3, LEAP, Boost, VET, or University Connections. 

It has often been the case that Object Design attracts students that may work better independently or thrive in a maker environment in preference to a more academic classroom and this has certainly been the case for Gus Duffy. Gus has always had a passion for Art and skateboarding and more recently for Textiles and fashion but not so much for school. So Gus came to Object Design a little hesitantly as he knew he had not learned as much about making as he could have the year before in the Design in Textiles class he had taken. Then COVID came along and mixed things up even more. But from the beginning Gus knew he wanted to use his skateboard that had ended up under a bus and broken last year. 

Gus's reflection can be accessed below and will also be published on the university website because in the words of Sara Lindsay, the course coordinator “Congratulations, it's students like you that we do this for.”

Gus and others students in this class have all done a fabulous job with outstanding work produced and much personal learning along the way. We look forward to seeing their grades soon but they have all already had major success to complete their work in the year that has been described by the meme “it is what it is”.