25 May 2023

Important Dates

From the Principal’s Desk

Welcome to term 2 and the change in season. We encourage everyone in our community to get vaxed for Flu and COVID. Some classes have had 50% of students away with sickness. It's important not to come to school if you are symptomatic. Anybody short of RATs can contact the school.

To help promote online safety in the community, I have attached a link from the e-safety Commissioner for parents to review and use. I encourage parents/carers to explore the resources to supplement the work we do in schools.

Miss Bates has been promoted to the Principal of Beldon ESC. I had the pleasure of working with her since 2005 when I poached her from a job as an ESL teacher. She was a strong advocate for students and their families and had a genuine caring nature. We also farewell Mr Ryan Michael, our year 11 teacher who has decided to resign and spend time with his family. We thank him for everything and hope to see him later in the year. Lastly, Mr Hans den-Otter has retired after many years working in the disability and education sectors. He reached the magical 65 and decided to slow down. We will see him later this year as an education assistant for relief work.

We currently have a teacher advertisement on Jobs WA and will soon be advertising for a deputy principal and education assistants. Staff shortages exist in several areas throughout the economy, with education being hard hit. Very few new graduates during the COVID period has added to the shortage. We hope to attract quality staff.

We recently ran a session from Ability Action with over 30 parents in attendance, which was a great turnout. We will follow up that session with our Post School Options expo on Wednesday, 7 June. All parents with students from years 9-12 are invited to attend, and you can see the attached flyer later in the newsletter.

I want to thank all our staff for their efforts in preparing food in their own time for the Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea. Ms Janes and Mrs Whelan have done a great job organising the event. Students have been hard at work preparing healthy options for the day. Students can buy foodstuffs to bring home – unfortunately, parents/carers can’t attend this event. Most of us have been touched by cancer, and we are proud of our school's fundraising efforts for this event. Last week one of our past staff, Mrs Hazel Marshall, passed away after a long battle with cancer. We will be thinking of her.

Our Annual Report is published on the website. If you would like a hard copy, contact our school office, and we will make sure you get one.

Ms Spadanuda has been reviewing all the information and processes around developing a reconciliation action plan. Read her article, and if you are interested, please contact her for further information. Our school has done a lot of work developing our cultural responsiveness, and it’s a journey we are well-placed to make.

Andrew Wilson

It’s a RAP!

Cannington Community ESC is committed to being part of the reconciliation process between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, and this year will embark on the initial stages of its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in the category of “Reflect”.  It’s an opportunity to develop the core pillars of a RAP - relationships, respect and opportunities, and to have them part of our school’s culture.  At the heart of a RAP is the outlining of how our school will take steps towards reconciliation for the betterment of all Australians.

We seek your input and support so that our RAP creates meaningful and sustainable change. This is a call to action for staff, parents/carers, students and community members to express their interest in joining our RAP Working Group.

If you would like to discuss being involved in the RAP Working Group, please get in touch with Pat Spadanuda via  pat.spadanuda@education.wa.edu.au by Friday, 16 June 2023.  (Please include in the subject line: “RAP Working Group EOI”.) 

Get involved and find out more:

Pat Spadanuda

ESSN Art Competition

We have a big announcement to make!  The ESSN art competition ‘Hop To It!’ winners and runners-up have been announced, and I am pleased to inform you all that in the Junior Secondary Year 7 – Year 9 category Abu (9L) and Nicholas (9P) are the runners-ups. In the Senior Secondary Year 10 – Year 13 category  Robbie (10SS) was the winner, and Reon (10JL) was a runner-up. 

Congratulations to all the winners and the other 52 entrants who produced lovely work.  Our next ESSN art competition is due week 9 and is titled ‘Rain, Rain Go Away!’ so let’s work hard to produce more works of art to send into the competition.

Lisa McMahon, Art

Class Updates

7CL

7CL has had a positive start to term 2, with students already setting their personal goals and goals set as a whole class.

Positive Behaviour Support: We ended term 1 with a party, as this was what students voted for as the reward for surpassing their whole-class goal of achieving 3,500 Frequent Flyer Tokens. The students smashed that, working together to achieve 3,607 tokens altogether. They’re now working hard to beat that record this term, with a focus on ‘Independence’.

Social and Emotional Learning: This term, our class will focus on what makes someone a good friend and how we can be that good friend to others. The most popular qualities in a friend identified by the students in our class are being kind, fun to talk to, helpful, taking turns, and thoughtful.

Integrated STEM with Social and Emotional Learning: Students have worked in pairs to design and create paper planes that will fly the farthest. They have reflected on the results of their first attempt, considered the features of the most successful paper planes, and will begin creating again with hopefully, new and improved designs. These activities have been a fun way for students to learn how to work with and get along with others, develop problem-solving skills and understand that success comes from ‘having a go’, failing, fixing, and trying again.

Building and flying our paper planes

Science: In Science, we’ve started our unit in Biology with Mrs Reale bringing in the skin shed from her snake for students to observe. We hope she can bring Stimmy the Stimson Python in for us to observe up close in his new skin later this term!

Studying the snake skin

Enterprise: We will do a lucky dip as our enterprise for Market Day this term. The students have fun online shopping at Kmart to find items priced at $2 and under. It would be greatly appreciated if you have any recycled, decorative paper or any packaging you can donate to us for wrapping up our lucky dip prizes. Thank you!

Carissa Lee

7CM

Things have been going gangbusters in 7CM since the last newsletter. We have settled back into a routine after the school holidays. The rest and relaxation for many of us has allowed us to return to school invigorated and ready to learn.

Just before the holidays, we attended the middle school ANZAC day assembly, where we showed respect and honoured all service people past and present. When we returned after the holidays, we each composed an ANZAC acrostic poem for our literacy sessions. We have included some for you to peruse. Also, in literacy, we continue reading the book Charlie and Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. We especially appreciate the Kahoot Quizzes Mrs Martlew makes to test our knowledge of each chapter.   

Our acrostic poems

In numeracy, we work with numbers adding and subtracting, practising our mental computations and exploring money. Some of us are completing number and measurement activities with Ms Spadanuda. 

During HASS sessions, we are still completing our unit of work based around ‘Me on the Map’. We have nearly completed our books about our family heritage and links to other countries. It has been interesting to learn about other countries. We have even learnt about some countries we have never heard of.

We have also created some very striking pieces of art. As part of one of our ASDAN modules, ‘Who are you?’, we completed a lot of work, culminating in creating a piece about ourselves. We were also inspired by the ‘peace dove’ as part of learning about Harmony Day and ANZAC Day, so we each made our version using our handprints for the wings.

Regarding our PBS rewards program, we are super excited to be able to cash in some of our tokens this term. It is hard to contain ourselves as some of us will be heading to Kmart, Carousel, to spend the well-earned dollars we have saved. We will be looking online shortly to see what is available at Kmart. 

The Class of 7CM

8MH

During numeracy, students took part in the following activities:

Telling time: Students sequenced a range of meals in the correct order, worked out the bell times throughout the day, half past, 5-minute intervals and answered some questions about significant days each month.

Measurements: Weigh items using digital scales.

Money handling: Calculating change using items from the school canteen

ASDAN/numeracy: Students used a shopping catalogue/iPad and located different brands found in a grocery store. They also listed the cost and size of each product (grams/litres).

In literacy, students participated in spelling, phonics, direct instructions, reading, form filling on word documents and comprehension.

In health, students discussed what meals they eat throughout the day. Jordyn and Oviya discussed the importance of personal space. Ken, Ethan and Akbar took turns asking each other questions. Amir learnt the importance of using deodorant. Justin used his social story and covered why eating other people’s food is harmful.

In KWS, students practised the Australian National anthem.

In HASS, we continued looking at natural disasters. This week, students learnt about Heatwaves. We discussed the dangers along with how to prevent heat exhaustion.

In cooking, students made French toast, stir-fried noodles and toasted sandwiches.

Mustafa Hussein

8SN

It was a quiet start to the term. It was great to see all students getting into a routine immediately after the term started.

In numeracy rotations this term, we are learning about measuring mass. The students have been busy using balance and electronic scales to measure various objects around them.

Learning is fun

In our literacy groups, we are moving along nicely with our new sounds every week. In reading and writing sessions, we are focusing on procedures. Last week the students learned how to make a cup of tea and wrote the steps in the procedure.

In science this term, we have been learning about living and non-living. Last week we took our science class to the garden, where students took photos of living and non-living things and found the difference.

In HASS lessons, we continue with “Celebrations around the World”. So far, we have learnt all about celebrating Eid.

Gym sessions and sensory play is our focus for this term. The students are thoroughly enjoying the sessions. In the next few weeks, they will develop their telephone skills, where one student will attend the class phone each week.

We celebrated Mother's Day last week. Thanks to Mr Arrantash for organising wooden boxes for our lovely mums in woodwork.

Saadia Niazi

9VL

Hello everyone! 9VL has been very busy this term but, unfortunately, has had a lot of sickness in the classroom. Almost everyone is now better, and we’re excited to have all these happy faces back at school!

We have continued to make lots of products for Market Day. We now have lots of bookmarks, key rings and bath bombs made up.

We have continued our Indigenous studies, looked at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags again, continued practising our Acknowledgement of Country in Key Word Sign, and looked at the seasons.

Our literacy and numeracy rotations are also in full swing, and students easily transition from each activity.

In Science, we have just finished our model of the Solar System. It should be hanging from the ceiling next week. Students did a fantastic job with the paper mache and painting the planets as accurately as possible.

We have an excursion planned for week 6 to the Perth Mint as part of an ASDAN challenge. Students are very excited and have looked at pictures and the path we have to take to get there.

Our Market Day is Friday, Week 9, on 23 June. We hope to see you there!

In term 1, the ESSN held an art competition. Abu was one of the runners-up! Great job, Abu!

The 9VL Team

9WP

During literacy, we continue to develop our spelling and sentence-writing skills. The class works hard during our comprehension lessons, with students demonstrating significant progress.

For numeracy, we have learnt to round numbers to 10, 100, and 1000 and continue developing our Place Value skills. The class has now received a box of MAB blocks, which will be a great hands-on and visual resource for the students when adding, subtracting and understanding place value.

In enterprise, 9WP has been busy creating their garden signs and has learnt to use several hand tools and machinery. These skills are an important part of their skills development, and it is great to see that all are accomplishing the tasks set for them. They are continuing to get experience using the Cricut machine. We are also making our famous pet rocks as well for Market Day.

In ASDAN, the students had a first aid challenge to research some injuries and the Do’s and Don’ts when treating injuries. Using the internet for research, they wrote down all the information and then chose one to create a poster. The final task was to make a PowerPoint slide to include in their ASDAN portfolio, which was challenging, but the students completed it and gained some fantastic skills.

In STEAM, the class focuses on the Solar System, how each planet fits into the universe and the unique features of each planet. We are also learning about the different continents and oceans. We are finding out some interesting facts about each continent.

Warren Preece

10JL

The class has been jam-packed this term! Community service plays an essential part of the year 10 program. We have registered to host The Biggest Morning Tea to raise funds and awareness for the Cancer Council. This event will be held during recess on Friday, 2 June 2023. The students have worked hard to create and prepare healthy morning tea items as part of their cooking and community service programs. Every dollar raised will make an incredible difference for people and families impacted by cancer. The students have also made posters and will set up and serve food items on the day. Please remember your gold coin donation. Please note that the event is for students only.

Our class is also supporting the Shenton Park Dog Refuge.  If you have preloved towels, blankets or bed sheets, the students would love to collect them to donate them to the Dog Refuge to support the dogs and keep them warm over winter.

Some of our students may also participate in the ESSN Soccer Carnival held on Wednesday, 14 June—more details will follow.

Please add Friday, 23 June, to your diary as this is the CCESC Market Day. There will be many items for sale and treats to eat.

Judi Janes and Jenny Lockyer

10SS

Students have all returned after the holidays relaxed and ready for a new term. As usual, the term has started busy, and we are up and running with our busy schedule.

As part of our recreational pursuits program, we participated in our first ten-pin bowling session on 9 June at Zone Bowling, Cannington. We had four lanes booked, and we took turns within our group to aim at the pins encouraging each other to do our best. Getting a spare was the greatest excitement. We thoroughly enjoyed our first session and hope to have fun while learning and improving our bowling techniques in the coming weeks.

In E-Safety, we have been learning about the importance of keeping personal information safe and the need for strong passwords. We have also been learning about social media sites and the importance of safer social networking. Through sharing and discussions, we have gained a lot of helpful information to use and be aware of when using our digital devices.

In Workright, our focus has been on learning a wide range of skills in preparation for our practical work placement in the second semester. We have completed several workplace health and safety activities, like identifying potential hazards and how to deal with them. We have also practised mock fire drills. We had the opportunity to participate in a manual handling and a first aid course. Mr Howard Hurley from Rocky Bay was our trainer. We practised how to lift and move heavy objects correctly; we also practised bandaging a broken arm and what first aid is to be given for snake bites.

As part of community service, we are organising the Biggest Morning Tea on 2 June to raise funds for the Cancer Council. We have a lot to prepare for this event. We are currently having planning sessions and team meetings for successfully running this event. We are hoping to receive generous donations to support this great cause.

The topic for the ESSN Art Competition for term 1 was “Hop to It”. We are so proud of Robbie for having won the prize in the senior secondary category. The prize includes a $20 gift card and a certificate. Well done, Robbie!

It has been a hectic term so far. It will get busier as we move forward to the second half of the term when we will be hosting the events like “The Biggest Morning Tea” on 2 June and Market Day on 23 June, where we will be selling our class enterprise products that we have been busy preparing throughout this semester.

Staff and Students of 10SS

11CG

This term is certainly going fast!  All students returned in week one well-rested after the holidays and hit the ground running.

All 11CG students have work placements and attend each week.  The exciting news for our class is that two students have successfully attained School Based Traineeships.  Monique works at GSI, and Lachlan is at The Water Corporation.  A huge congratulations to them both.

In HPE and ADWPL, we have been learning about teamwork.  The students still enjoy Monday afternoons, participating in the practical component of HPE by doing basketball, dodgeball, swimming, yoga and karaoke, which will continue until week 7 this term, when the students will be offered different activities.

We have begun preparations for Market Day in week 9 by making our first batch of ‘Theraputty.’  There were some funny faces when the mixing of ingredients was happening!

We look forward to The Biggest Morning Tea on 2 June and will contribute a healthy zucchini slice.

Well done to the students who participated in the ANZAC Day assembly last term by Key Word Signing the Acknowledgment to Country – you did our class proud.

Cindi Griffin

11MJ

It’s hard to believe we are in week 4 already. Sadly, we said goodbye to Mr Michael in week 2. We wish him and his family all the best. In week 3, we welcomed Mr Turton, who will temporarily fill Mr Michael’s Thursday position.

Students have been hard at work in mathematics. They have been finishing off their cooking unit. Their final task was baking biscuits. They have done a great job ensuring their accuracy when measuring ingredients.

Jaimie, Ryan and Sarah are making biscuits

Our new unit, public transport, focuses on developing all the skills needed for travel, including fare payments, time-telling, duration of the trip, planning their journey, and choosing appropriate clothing for the forecasted weather conditions.

In DFES, students have been learning new drill commands, adding to their repertoire of manoeuvres. Students have engaged with peer mentoring, with more experienced class members upskilling their classmates about flag protocols. They also began first aid training and participated in a team-building project where they constructed emergency stretchers using only newspaper, string, and cellotape. Both teams who participated created very different designs, but both were successful in carrying the mock patient. Next, they with be practising applying first aid treatment in emergencies.

Our class received plenty of donations of fabrics and buttons to make the “zarfs” (coffee cup sleeves) that the students will sell on market day. Production has ramped up with students planning designs and cutting fabrics. They have also distributed early order forms for their healthy snacks that they will bake with Mr Turton.

DFES - Teams 1 and 2 stretcher challenge

Melanie Jones

12AF

It has been a super busy term. In English, we have learned about the good and bad things on the internet and how to ensure we don’t share private information.  We have also been discussing how much time children spend on their devices and looking at the effects of too much social media use and the toll it takes on a teenager’s body image and self-esteem.

In math, we have been learning how to plan a trip to Optus Stadium and Perth RAC Arena using the Transperth website. We focussed on arrival times and the length of time each journey would take.

During health and physical education classes, we learned about healthy eating, how to read food labels, and what to look out for when selecting food. We recognised the effects of eating too much sugar, fat, and salt (sodium) on a person’s body. We now know that we should eat more healthily and have a balanced fruit, vegetables, protein, and fibre diet.  We identified what a healthy meal looks like for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and created infographic posters about the 2 and 5 healthy eating campaign.

During DFES, we have been practising and consolidating our understanding of the phonetic alphabet and radio comms.

Practising communication

We look forward to Market Day at the end of this term, where we will sell decorative glass jars and bottles with lights.

Finally, we are excited about the School Ball next term and have been learning about the dress style from The Great Gatsby and the Roaring 20s.

Annie Foyster

12DG

Our class has enjoyed returning to the school routine this term, and we are happy to be a whole class again. We were excited to see Jaxon and Casey play on Optus Stadium for Kelmscott Integrated Football Club against Swan Districts Integrated Football Club before the Carlton and Eagles game.

In English, we have learnt about the good and bad things on the internet and how to ensure we don’t share private information.  We made up an information leaflet on staying safe while using the internet.

During health and physical education classes, we learned about healthy eating, how to read food labels, and what to look out for when selecting food like sugar, fat, sodium and fibre.  Students could identify a healthy meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

This term, we have started our 4-week lawn bowls program at Victoria Park Carlisle Bowling Club. We are using bowls funded by a grant with the assistance of Troy Kinnane from Bowls Australia and Bowls WA. It was exciting to have our first game together as a class. Alando and Nathan won the most ends, and we saw improvement as the day went on.

During enterprise activities, we have started potting seedlings, helping with the Mother’s Day plant sale, and learning how to use a BBQ in preparation for Market Day on 23 June.

Some of our students attended the Perth Garden and Outdoor Festival. It was exciting to see the students learning more about gardening and looking at all the different exhibitions and goods on offer.

Finally, we are excited about the School Ball next term and have been learning about the dress code, venue, cost, travel arrangements and theme, which has seen many ideas and dreams. It is great to see how these ideas develop and possible new experiences and friendships that may eventuate.

The Class of 12DG

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Improving our skills

Design and Technology

The middle school workshop has been busy this term, with students engaged in projects of different kinds. We have Mr Jason Hatchett, a student teacher from ECU, completing the practical component of his workshop training in our facilities. It has been great to see him getting to know our students and learning the tricks of the trade. Welcome Jason!

Year 7: Enterprise students have just completed their first project to sell at Market Day later this term, a wooden naughts and crosses game. Students are now making a wooden robot project which they will be able to take home before beginning another enterprise project to sell.

Year 8: Woodwork students are busy constructing their jewellery boxes. The project requires them to use specific nailing skills and fit hardware such as butt hinges and a hasp and staple set. Staff like to observe the students when they have completed fitting the hinged lid because they can see that the feeling of ownership sets in for many students as they imagine what treasure could be kept safe in them.

Year 8: Enterprise students continue to work on a range of projects. 8MH students are still working on their bird and fish mobiles which are looking great. 8SN students use recycled milk cartons from our school breakfast club to make concrete doorstops for Market Day, a good project because the containers used are unsuitable for regular container recycling. I wish to extend a big thank you to Mrs Woo, who works tirelessly in our garden and D&T area.

Year 9 Woodwork: Students completed their paper towel dispenser early in the term and have been working on their money box truck project. This project requires them to fit hardware such as butt hinges and a hasp and staple set. There are many parts to make and processes to follow to get the project to come together. Students will work with acrylic to add headlights and tail lights to the model to complete it.

Year 10: Woodwork students have completed their spice racks this term, including using wood stain instead of water-based paint. They have started making their next project which is a wooden toolbox. Students have completed turning the handle component on the wood lathe and are working on the other parts to prepare for the final assembly. Students can customise the space inside the toolbox to their specifications, giving them some ownership of the project.

Year 10 Enterprise: Students are working hard to produce their enterprise products. The 10SS students making concrete garden ornaments took their products out to test the market this week and received orders of $303.00.The strong interest and orders have given the students a positive lift and a challenge to produce products! 10JL students are making carry trays from recycled timber. Their production takes a little longer, and we hope students will have finished products and test the market soon. Students have been learning about product quality assurance during the build process by assessing and discarding second-hand timber unsuitable for reselling.

Jack and Charli are working on carry trays

Tradestart: students have had a really busy start to the term as they are working on four projects simultaneously! Students are still working on their sheet metal toolboxes and completing a prototype delivery trolly for the school’s CANDO shop. The trolly needed to be able to carry two loaded Woolworths vegetable crates and be user-friendly for students with a disability. The design also had to have off-road capabilities to cope with various surfaces around the school. This project has reached the stage of priming and painting. We hope to deliver this project soon so that user trials can begin!

Students are also involved in two construction projects at the middle school campus. One project involves pouring two concrete footing strips to mount a pre-fabricated aluminium table and a seat set near the trampoline area. The other project involved pouring a small concrete floor and fabricating a small shed to accommodate our middle school workshop’s dust extractor. All of the jobs have meant that students experience a range of life skills and learn about the properties of materials they work with, like concrete and steel.

Mark Arrantash

Workplace Learning

Term 2 has been busy with several new work placements and School Based Traineeships commencing.  We want to acknowledge the fantastic efforts the students have put into their placements.  The impressions our students make on the employers have encouraged the employers to offer more placements to future students.  This year, we have seen tremendous increases in confidence and dedication to workplace learning.

Some exciting things have already begun this year:

• Lachlan Nightingale has settled nicely into Certificate II in Workplace Skills at the Water Corporation.
• Monique Park started in a Good Sammy’s Retail outlet this week for her Certificate II in Retail Services.
• This week, Reece Hogarth began his Certificate II in Workplace Skills in the Good Sammy’s Office.

Well done to these students who have been reliable and have worked hard during their work placements. They have been rewarded with being offered School Based Traineeships.  We are hoping other students will follow in their footsteps in the future. 

Almost all of our students attend workplace learning, working in many different workplaces.  We have included images of some of them in the workplace to show the diversity of what we have secured this term.

On Friday, 12 May, we had a presentation in the lecture theatre on the senior campus from Ability Action.  Many families came to this presentation and learned about assistance for students leaving school.  If you missed this information session, there is an Expo at 2:45 pm on Wednesday, 7 June, at the gym on the senior campus.  There will be many agencies attending this expo with expertise in different areas, including:

These agencies will help students while attending school, getting ready to leave school and moving into the wider community.  It is truly an event not to be missed.

Carollyn Pears and Vera Edwards

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A look at the diversity of our workplaces

Physical Education

It’s already been a busy term in physical education lessons. Soccer is our current focus sport, with years 7, 8 and 9 enthusiastically working on their passing and goal-scoring skills. We have a KALABILITY Soccer Carnival in week 8, with many students competing for a limited number of places. On top of this, classes have had to complete physical skill tests for their semester 1 reports. Our year 10 students continue their recreational pursuits program, participating in gym and Rock and Water sessions. This term, we’ve added ten-pin bowling to our activities. Every Tuesday, we take the bus to Zone Bowling in Cannington. All students have applied themselves to having fun as they improve their bowling skills.

Colin Pestell

Art

Hello everyone. So far this year, all the students in middle school have been producing Aboriginal-inspired works of art.  They have learnt many aboriginal symbols and made some artworks with the symbols included.  Our first project was a rainbow sunset with a silhouette of an aboriginal animal.  The next project was an invisible aboriginal symbols crepe paper dye picture.  Next was a watercolour, ripped-paper ocean scene with a hand-drawn kangaroo in the foreground.  Students are learning about the Rainbow Serpent and creating one with fabric, ribbon and glitter.  They are very proud of their artwork and have worked hard to create some magnificent pieces.

Lisa McMahon

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Amazing artwork

IBO (Interest Based Options)

For term 1, IBO (Interest Based Options), we had six students who produced fantastic 3D characters.  It took a solid term to complete them, and we all worked hard, including Mrs Magnussen, Mrs Daley and Mrs Bramley – thank you all!

Lisa McMahon

Student Services Update

ANZAC Day:  During week 10, term 1, students from both campuses participated in ANZAC Day ceremonies.  The senior school cadets paid their respects by marching at our whole school assembly held in the senior school gym.  While on the middle school campus, staff and students joined Cannington Community College to conduct a formal ANZAC ceremony where special guests, including local RSL member Mr Terry Reynolds and local MP Ms Zaneta Mascarenhas, were in attendance.

Well done to all the students involved, and thank you to those who attended.

Katherine Athanasiou, on behalf of the Student Services Team

The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award

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Office Information

Payments

Thank you to everyone who has paid their contributions—just a reminder, you can pay your contributions by EFTPOS, direct debit, on our website – parent payments or by payment plan. Please do not hesitate to contact the office to arrange a payment plan. 

All charges for years 11 and 12 students are compulsory. The school cannot subside your child’s excursions if charges are unpaid.  

Middle School Parking

Please note that parking is not permitted in the driveway at the school’s entrance, as indicated by the ‘no stopping’ markers and yellow line, as this causes a traffic jam on Wharf Street and is dangerous for students. The disabled parking bays are for people displaying an ACROD sticker only. Your cooperation would be appreciated. Parents are welcome to park down the side of the school near the bus bays. Parents picking up children from the bus bays need to arrive early before the buses.

Visiting the School

All visitors must sign in at Reception/Business Centre and receive a yellow visitor label.

Tanya Buchan

Friendship