As we near the end of term – we wish our students and families all the best for the upcoming holidays.

WorldSkills Competition

Congratulations to Megan Schwinkowski who recently represented WA in the National WorldSkills Competition in the Commercial Cookery category. The competition was held over 3 days bringing together 15 talented Year 12 students from across Australia to take on a series of culinary challenges. Each competitor prepared a variety of set menu items within strict time limits—balancing technical precision with creative flair. While certain components were mandatory, students were able to design their own menus and bring their unique style to each dish.

Competitors faced real-world kitchen challenges, including last-minute ingredient changes, tight timeframes, and the watchful eyes of professional chef judges. Megan handled it all with professionalism, representing both Western Australia and our school with pride. Congratulations to Megan for your hard work, dedication and inspiration to us all.

KPA Showcase

Congratulations to our KPA students for their showcase earlier this term. We regularly receive such positive feedback from the audience.

“We attended the Showcase last night as our two granddaughters were participating. Congratulations on an amazing event! We absolutely loved it! Please pass on our congratulations to pupils and staff on these fantastic performances.”

Rehearsals are already underway for the annual musical – this year our students will be performing in Shrek the Musical Jr.

Public School Review

Earlier this term we underwent our Public School Review which involved submitting a self-assessment followed by a validation visit by a Public School Review Director and a secondary Principal peer spent the day speaking with 70 representatives of our school community including 53 staff, 11 students and 6 parents and community members.

We were very proud to receive an outstanding review with our submission being described as exemplary. We have received a rare 5-year return which demonstrates confidence in the school’s achievement across all domains of the standard for Public School Review. You can read the full report on our school website. Please click here to access report 

Humanities excursions to Parliament House

Our Humanities students have been studying civics and citizenship and these Year 9 students recently visited Parliament house where our local member Adam Hort MLA was very generous with his time and spoke at length with the students, answering their many questions.

Staff student matches

As part of our school community spirit staff and students have been participating in friendly staff vs students sporting activities over lunchtime.

Our soccer teams have been continuing their soccer competition this term with some very successful matches.

Try-a-Trade

Many of our students have had the opportunity to try different trades over a number of events covering carpentry, brick-laying, tiling, construction,

Hydrogen Grand Prix

Congratulations to our students who recently participated in the Hydrogen Grand Prix challenge – our students were placed 7th overall against a very competitive field. Well done.

Exams and Workplace Learning

Through Weeks 6 -7 our Year 10 – 12 students have undertaken their Semester 1 exams. These will form important information for students, parents and staff as they prepare for the upcoming term. Over this time many of students have the opportunity to undertake Workplace Learning in a range of different workplaces. Sophia received amazing feedback from her placement at Woodbridge PS where she was assigned to the music Department and made an incredible impression with the teacher and children around her.

Valuing our volunteers

Congratulations to our Ed Connect volunteer Bill who has been working at our school now for 5 years. We held a special morning team to celebrate with a presentation from Leonie Forrest the North East Metropolitan Area Manager. Ed Connect are always happy to facilitate volunteering opportunities and if you are interested in volunteering at our school or elsewhere please email EdConnect on call them on 1800 668 550.

Toilet update

The toilets on our A wing are now back in working order after a re-routing of the sewer line around one of our established trees.

STEM Showcase

Recently our school hosted our annual STEM showcase which saw 10 local primary and secondary schools in our Bibbulmun Network participate in creative robotic and engineering challenges. Students worked in teams to develop their skills in critical, creative and problem solving skills and to Define, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver and Debrief on an engineering challenge.

This year’s theme was oceans and students built a boat to hold a load as part of the engineering challenge.

Building update

We are very excited about the imminent completion of the new teaching block. Students will be moving in early next term and we currently have furniture being delivered in preparation.

Music mid-year concert

Monday night we had the mid-year music concert. It was an amazing showcase of musical talents to rival Katy Perry! Thank you to Marcus, Michelle, Steve, Tashana, Bronwyn, Robin, and Peter for all their efforts in teaching our students and for their support guiding their performances.

Quiz Night

We held a very successful Quiz Night last Friday where we raised over $10 000. Thank you to all our parents, staff, sponsors and community members who contributed to this fundraising event. It was a wonderful evening of community spirit.

Year 6 – Transition visits

Week 6 saw our primary students join us for their transition visits where they took part in a range of different classes including Home Economics and Outdoor Education. We look forward to welcoming our incoming Year 7s later in the year on our Orientation Day on 28th November and encourage all parents to finalise enrolments for the upcoming year.

Reward Activities

As we finish the last week of term we will be holding our Reward Activities for students with Good Standing. We are very proud of the vast majority of our students who always demonstrate positive behaviour, attend regularly and uphold our school values.

Semester 1 – Academic Reports

Year 10, 11 and 12 Semester 1 reports will be emailed by the end of Week 10 this term and Year 7, 8 and 9 reports will be emailed by the end of Week 1 next term. A reminder that we have transitioned to a single comment overall by our mentor teachers to provide general feedback on your child’s engagement in learning. This along with the grades and ratings for attitude, behaviour and effort for each subject will hopefully give you a summary of the semesters’ result. We encourage our parents to make a time to meet with teachers early next term in our parent teacher meetings.

Parent teacher meeting – 31 July

The date for our next parent teacher meeting will be Wednesday 31 July (4-7pm) in Week 2 of next term. Information about booking times will be sent out to parents early next term.

Year 10 Course selection

A reminder that our Year 10 student have been preparing for their course selections, with information sessions about the range of courses on offer. We are always proud of our wide course offerings and tailored approach for our Year 11 and 12 students. Information about online selections will be distributed in the last week of term and selections are due at the end of the first week in Term 3.

WA Student Assistance Payment (WASAP)

Just a final reminder that all secondary school students are eligible for a $250 payment through the WA Student Assistance Payment. To submit your claim visit www.education.wa.edu.au/wasap. If you need assistance please contact the school.

Contributions and Charges

We encourage all parents to finalise their payments for the 2025 school year or contact us to arrange a payment plan.

I wish everyone all the best for a relaxing Term 2 holiday break.

Helen Deacon

Principal