News Review – 2025 Issue 3

Term 2 is progressing quickly and students have settled in well to the new term.  We ended last term with our Good Standing rewards and mini career expo.

ANZAC assembly

We held our ANZAC assembly on Tuesday of the last week of Term 1 and as always this was a special commemoration at our school.  We thank our special guests who supported this event along with our music students, history students, student leaders, cadets, school captains and staff for their respective contribution.

Kalamunda Show

Our music students once again performed on the Friday evening of the Kalamunda Show and we received fantastic feedback about the quality of their performances.  This is such a great opportunity to refine and showcase their performance skills.

Italy trip

This was an amazing experience for our Italian and Visual Art students who travelled to Italy in the last 2 weeks of Term 1.  Thank you to our teachers Mrs Pennington, Ms Ward and Mr Bennett for taking such great care of our students.

Congratulations to our students

Our Year 10 Academic Excellence students recently took out 2^nd in the Perth Science and Engineering Challenge for 2025. 

Congratulations to Jasmine Barton whose design has been selected from over 2500 entries to be featured as the official embroidered patch for the Mission to mars program space suits at the WA Space Education Centre. 

Congratulations to Year 8 Helena Wills who came 2^nd in her class at the 2025 Interschool State Championships at the equestrian centre.

2025 Pulse Exhibition

Congratulations to 2024 Year 12 student Manami Teo whose artwork is currently being exhibition in the Year 12 Pulse Exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA.  You can visit in person or online The West Australian Pulse 2025 | The Art Gallery of Western Australia

Year 7 OAP expedition

Our Year 7 students recently completed their first camp to Dwellingup which included a high roles course, camp games ad mountain biking at Marrinup Circuit and the pump track.

Year 8 Bibbulmun Challenge

This term our Year 8s have started their Bibbulmun Challenge, heading out on the track for a day hike in their mentor groups.  This is always a memorable event in the school calendar.

Upcoming exams

Our Year 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.  Year 10s will undertake exam assessments in Week 8.

Semester 1 academic reports

Academic reports for Years 10, 11 and 12 will go out at the end of Term 2, and the end of Week 1 Term 3 for Years 7,8 and 9.  This semester we will be reporting on grades, attitude, behaviour and effort and providing an overall mentor comment for parents.  This is following a review of our practices and the requirements from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority and after discussions with staff, P&C and School Board.  We hope that this overall comment along with the grades and attributes will provide valuable information to parents.  This will complement our ongoing communication with parents through Connect, emails, Compass and face to face meetings.

Public School Review

Thank you to all our families who provided feedback on our recent School Culture Survey.  We really appreciate your feedback as we continually seek to improve.  We will use this information as we prepare for our upcoming Public School Review in Week 5.

NeitA excellence in Teaching Awards - nominations

These awards are available for families should they wish to nominate teachers for the National Excellence in Teaching Award.  Visit the NEiTA website to nominate. 

Building update

In Week 2 of this term the Director of maintenance and Delivery visited the site to take a look at the progress of the teaching block.  It was exciting to see the progress taking place on the inside and these are some photos from the day.

WA Student Assistance payment

Parents and carers of eligible students can claim $250 for each secondary student.  Claims are open now and close on 4 July 2025.  General information about the payment can be found here.

For queries about eligibility or the claim process, claimants can call 13 33 92 or email support@digital.wa.gov.au.

Contributions and charges

I would like to thank those families who have already paid their school charges and contributions, or who are doing so on a payment plan.  In addition, I encourage you to make contributions to the optional items which include the P&C and Chaplain.

Wishing everyone all the best for the rest of term and the upcoming exams.