Bibbulmun Challenge

Our Year 8 students have been taking the challenge of walking the Bibbulmum Track.  This is a wonderful way to build teamwork, resilience and to reflect on the journey through high school.  It is also a great opportunity to learn in an outdoor setting.  Congratulations to all our Year 8 students for taking the Challenge and thank you to our staff for coordinating and supporting the students.

Triple Challenge

Desi has been coordinating these challenges for students in Year 9, where they participate in three challenges over 2 days.  They include canoeing, high ropes and a bike ride. 

NAPLAN and OLNA testing

NAPLAN testing is now completed for the year, after being moved to the new earlier timeslot.  We look forward to information from this testing being available earlier than in previous years for teachers to help them diagnose learning needs for their students and to adjust their programs accordingly.

Upcoming exam period (29 May to 9 June)

Our Year 10, 11 and 12s will be undertaking formal exam assessments in Weeks 6 and 7.  Students in Years 11 and 12 who are not participating in exams, will have the opportunity to undertake a Workplace Learning program, and those who are not up to date with their studies will attend the Study Hub at school.  Details about the exams have been published on Connect for students and parents.

Pulse Exhibition

Congratulations to our two Year 12 students from last year who were successful in being selected for this prestigious exhibition.  The students attended the opening night and their works will be on display at the Art Gallery of WA from 28 April to 20 August.  I encourage you to visit the art gallery in person or virtually The West Australian Pulse 2023 | The Art Gallery of Western Australia.  You can also vote for the People’s Choice award with a chance to win a $100 voucher.

Indonesian Consulate awards

We congratulate two of our Indonesian students who recently received awards from the Indonesian Consulate for excelling in their Indonesian Language classes 2022.  The students were Isabel Jeffreys and Abbie Brown.

Vaping seminar

Recently we had a guest speaker come and present seminars to each of our year groups throughout the day.  They shared their personal experience and important information about the harmful impact vaping has.  The messages were clear, informative, graphic and dispelled many myths and miscommunication about vapes and vaping.  The seminar has sparked a lot of conversation amongst students and staff, and I hope that your child has shared some of the key messages with you.  We also held a parent session on the day and those who attended found it very helpful and informative.

ANZAC assembly

Last term we held our ANZAC assembly on the oval.  This is always a solemn event and our students showed great respect as we shared this commemoration.  Thank you to our special guests for attending this assembly. It was great to be able to hold this on the oval again this year and provide the opportunity for parents to be invited as well.

Specialist program testing

Applications for our special programs for 2024 have closed and testing, interviews and auditions are underway for final selection to these programs.  We wish the applicants all the best for this process.

Annual Report

Each year we prepare a report on the previous year’s teaching and learning program and academic results.  Our annual report for 2022 is uploaded onto schools online and our website for your purusal.

Student Services - structure adjustment

This term we welcome Gareth Postans who is joining our Student Services team as a new Program Coordinator.  He joins Mark Pettit and Sharon Andrews in this role.  This term we have re-structured the roles to allocate year groups to each of our coordinators.  Gareth will take responsibility for Years 7 and 8, Mark for Years 9 and 10 and Sharon will be responsible for Years 11 and 12.  We hope that this distribution will provide a clear port of call for our staff, students and parents in working together to support our students.

Wishing everyone all the best for the second half of the term.

Helen Deacon
Principal