I hope everyone connected to our school community is travelling well as we prepare for the school holidays.

NAPLAN online

Congratulations to all our students in Year 7 and 9 who have completed these online tests during Weeks 7, 8 and 9.  Results from these tests will be available later in the year, and parents will be informed when they arrive.

Australian Government Initiative - Free internet

The Australian Government School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI) is offering free home internet for eligible families with school-aged students until 31 December 2025.

To be eligible, families must:

• have no active broadband service
• have a device capable of accessing the internet
• live in premises where they can access a standard NBN service
• have a child living at home who is enrolled in an Australian school.

The free broadband starts from the day the service is activated with a participating internet provider. Families will not be placed on a paid service by the internet provider at the end of the free service without consent.

For more information and a list of participating internet providers, visit NBN Co School Student Broadband Initiative or call 1800 626 269.

If you think you are eligible and want to self-nominate for the free broadband offer:

• call the National Referral Centre on 1800 954 610 (Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm Australian Eastern Daylight-saving Time)
• visit the School Student Broadband Initiative website.

For technical support in more than 100 regional and remote communities throughout Western Australia, contact your local Community Resource Centre

Congratulations to our students

We congratulate Rachel Bradfield and Lara Savage on being selected for the prestigious Australia wide Lester Prize exhibition.  Having 2 students from our Gifted and Talented Visual Art program selected out of 30 across Australia is an amazing achievement.

2024 – The Lester Prize - finalists

We congratulate four of our current and former Gifted and Talented Visual Art students for having their work selected for the Perth Comic Festival – they are -Zuri Matthews, Ane Greyling, Ana Fehrman and Anna Plaistowe.

We also congratulate Sean Paxman, Toby Trent and Marc Rouillard as they represented Curtin University in the First Robotics National Competition regionals in Sydney this month.

Congratulations to Phil Blurton who is participating in the Djinda Ngardak – Prepare Produce Provide program.  This is an annual culinary program for First Nations youth and Phil who was involved last year has recently been part of this year’s event.  This was the Bunuru Festival Gala Dinner at Government House.  The Bunuru Festival in 2024 had a theme of Culture: Survival, Resilience, Strength and Celebration and honoured Yaagan (turtle) and the connection to water.  Phil worked with Ultimo Catering and “Yoda” from Fervour.

Containers for Change

I would like to remind families that you can donate your Containers for Change to Kalamunda SHS P&C by using this code.  Bins are available at the school for students to use, which are collected and recycled.