I want to thank our staff, students and parents for their efforts in keeping our school community safe over this first term.  I am sure everyone is looking forward to the upcoming school holiday break.

COVID update

Despite the inevitable rolling absences due to COVID, we have continued to provide a learning program for our students. I want to thank our staff who have undertaken contact tracing over the latter part of the term which has helped to keep our school community safe. I want to also take this opportunity to remind parents that they are responsible for identifying friends and community members that are close contacts through activities outside of school. 

Close contacts will be anyone who has interacted with the positive case where masks were not worn for 15 mins (with face to face contact) or 2 hours (in a small room). The infectious period starts 48 hours before symptoms develop or 48 hours prior to a positive test if the person does not have symptoms.

Healthywa.wa.gov.au has information on close contacts, the close contact definition and isolation requirements should you require further clarity on how to identify a close contact.

Parent Teacher meetings

We hope that you took the opportunity to check in with your child’s teachers recently at our parent teacher meeting. This year we held our meetings via phone and hope that this has provided a good opportunity to touch base with teachers to check how your children are going and to make any adjustments needed to support their learning.

We encourage parents to continue to check Connect for information from your child’s teachers about their learning program and also assessment details and results.

NAPLAN practice testing

Our Year 7 and 9 students have recently had an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the NAPLAN testing in preparation next term. These tests will run during Week 3 and 4 of Term 2.

Contributions and charges

Thank you to all our parents who have paid these already. It is great to have such support for our students' education, and encourage all those who have not done so already, to contact the school to finalise their payments as soon as possible. The money collected is used in classrooms to provide resources, printing, equipment and other class materials. If parents are unable to pay the amount up front, we encourage you to contact the Manager of Corporate Services, Jeni Jorritsma to discuss payment plan options.

Building update

You should now be able to see this sign on the corner of Cotherstone Rd and Canning Rd as you visit the school. It has an architectural representation of the new teaching block near the oval so you can get a  picture of what this will look like. Ground works have begun in this area, as well as the area on the top courts where the Visual Arts block will be built. Works are on schedule to be completed by the end of next year.

Swimming Carnival

We were really fortunate to still be able to hold our House Swimming Carnival this year as a competitors only event. It was a wonderful day with perfect weather. Thank you to all our parent spectators for providing such a community feel and to our organising and supervising staff. 

Harmony Week and Language excursion

Thank you to our library staff for their assistance in preparing the Harmony Week display. Congratulations to Maria Pennington, Tori Maguire, Mai Fung and our Language students on their successful Language excursion.

Dance Show

Congratulations to Shaharig Shahbazian and our dance students for their efforts in preparing for the dance show this term. 

Farewells

As we finish the term, we farewell Denver Reid who retires as our gardener, Liz Henry as she takes up a contract in a school closer to her home. Liz started at our school during her practicum and joined us in 2015. We wish her all the best for the future. We also wish Gemma Laskey all the best for the upcoming birth of her child and as she takes her maternity leave from Term 2.

Finally, I would like to wish everyone all the best for the upcoming Easter school holidays.

Helen Deacon
Principal