Following the submission of course selections for Year 11 in 2024, our staff have been working to build a grid that best fits the majority of our student choices.  During Week 5 we will be confirming placement into classes.  For those students unable to select courses with pre-requisite grades, we will be working on individualised plans to reach these goals by the end of the year.

Language Week

Thank you to our Language teachers and our students who helped us celebrate Languages Week during Week 4 by hosting virtual trips to Italy, cultural and food activities in class and visits to local primary schools.  It was a fun week celebrating culture and language.

Building Update

I am very pleased to share that our main building project is up and running again, with a new builder having been appointed.  The company, BROAD Construction, have taken site procession and building should commence soon after the preliminary assessment and planning is completed.

Our STEM building project, being undertaken by Hyde and Sons, is travelling well and these facilities are due for completion by the end of this year.

NAPLAN results – Year 7 and 9

Individual student reports have been distributed recently, and parents will notice a change in the achievement levels – moving from band levels (1 to 10)  to 4 proficiency bands (exceeding, strong, developing, needs additional support (NAS)).  If you have not received your child’s report, please contact the school.

NAIDOC Celebrations

Each year NAIDOC week falls in the school holidays, and we took the opportunity to celebrate during Week 1 this term.  Thank you to our student leaders who organised a range of activities each day and all those who participated in our special assembly on the Friday.  In particular we celebrate the talents of our former students by acknowledging the artwork of Olivia Kalin (which has been on display at the Art Gallery of WA in the Pulse Exhibition) and also thank you to Coen Fowler for sharing his music during our two assemblies and over our lunchtime. 

Staffing updates

We welcomed some new staff this term to our school – Emily Wilkinson (English), Corey Zinnecker (Year 7 team), Sunny Allsopp (Maths).  Kelly Walker (Year 7 Coordinator) and Teagen Smith (Year 8 Coordinator) have each also taken on the respective Program Coordinator role while Mark Pettit is on leave this term.  Gareth Postans will be Program Coordinator for Year 9 and 10 during this time.

From Week 5 – I will be acting in an Assistant Director of Education role in the North Metropolitan region until the end of term.  Our Associate Principal Melissa Shepherd will be acting principal during this time, and we welcome Nik Maurer from the School of Special Educational Needs – Behaviour, as Associate Principal.