Well Term 2 is flying by and our students are well underway with the semester studies.

Anzac Day Ceremony

We began the term by acknowledging all those who have served in the armed forces for our country.  There was a special commemoration of the sinking of HMAS Sydney with our band premiering a piece written by Band Director Peter Hind for the occasion.  This is always a significant event in our school year and we thank the Humanities and Music staff and students for their efforts in leading this event.  As it turned out it was particularly important given that the lockdown impacted other events over the long weekend. 

NAPLAN online

After NAPLAN was cancelled in 2020, we have now successfully completed our NAPLAN online for our Year 7 and Year 9 students.  Our technology ran smoothly and we thank our IT department and Mr Bennett in particular for all their careful preparation for this testing.  Results will become available later in the year.

Year 12 ESTs

Our Year 12 students studying General courses have now completed their External Set Task for the year.  This is worth 15% of their marks and will go towards the completion of their WACE.  Congratulations to all students for giving of their best in these important assessments.

Senior School Exams

Shortly our senior school students studying ATAR courses will undertake their Semester 1 exams.  These will be held during Week 7 and 8 of the term and full details will be provided directly to students, and uploaded onto Connect.  Most students not undertaking exams will be participating in a Work Place Learning program and the paperwork for these placements is being completed now.  If you have any queries about placements, please contact the Christine Hamilton (VET Coordinator) or Meredith Rubrey (VET Assistant and WPL Coordinator).

Enrolments for 2022

Just a reminder that all Year 7 enrolments for next year from within our local school catchment are due by 23 July 2021.  Even if you have a sibling already enrolled at the school you will need to complete your enrolment package by this date.

Application for our special programs is closed and the testing and audition process is currently under way.

Welcome

We welcome Ben Lines (Mathematics), Jessica Baradziej (Home Economics), Alan Gamble (Indonesian) and Mary Murphy (Humanities) to our staff as they replace Di Jackson, Jaime Lee Duncombe and Kuldeep Kaler on leave.

Welcome also to the following new students:  Gabriel Ciutina, Matthew Day,Liam Kempton, Zach Laidley, Ella Wright, Raymond Yappo, Isaac Zonta.

I wish all our students all the best as they work hard with their assessments this term.

Helen Deacon
Principal