29 June 2023

Important Dates

From the Principal’s Desk

Kaya, and welcome to Makura and the cold weather. This morning it was a minus temperature in the airport region and our school, and we lost power because we all put the heaters on at the same time and tripped the switch! Same as at home, except the switch is way bigger. Check out some of the pictures of our hail event as well. All our classrooms are heated, and most students look fabulous in their winter uniform jackets, especially the leavers in years 10 and 12.

Everyone has their reports to reflect upon and hopefully feel proud of their efforts. Parents/carers are welcome to contact teachers to discuss the reports or any aspect of their child’s progress. We plan on holding a parent afternoon/evening next term where families can visit classrooms to look around.

Seeing so many parents/carers at our recent market day was lovely. Ms Janes and the team set up a great event, and I know all the staff and students worked hard to prepare their products. I loaded up on lots of products from most of the class stalls. I was very impressed by some of the sales techniques and really liked how everybody had their job to do on the day. The smell of the sausages in our beautiful garden was enticing, and the blender bike was a big hit. We would welcome your feedback about the event. We are the original market day school and will again host some other ESCs in term 4 at the Canning Exhibition Centre for a combined day. Stay tuned to your class Connect for further details and other events.

I hope everyone can celebrate NAIDOC week from July 2nd to July 9th during the holidays. This year's theme is For our Elders- Across every generation, our Elders have played, and continue to play, an important role and hold a prominent place in our communities and families. They are cultural knowledge holders, trailblazers, nurturers, advocates, teachers, survivors, leaders, hard workers and our loved ones.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Review seeks feedback on pricing and payment approaches in the NDIS. Findings are available on the NDIS Review website. Consultation is open until 31 July 2023. Parents and carers can provide feedback using the NDIS Review online form.

Thanks to Mrs Blake, our board chair, who attended the opening of the new Lake Street urban stream, which runs alongside Cecil Avenue. It forms part of the $ 76 million ten-year urban renewal of the Canning City Centre. It looks great, and I can’t wait to see the new plaza set up. Metronet is also entering a new phase, so we will continue to be surrounded by roadworks and developments. 

We are actively recruiting quality staff to our school and have an education assistant pool advertised. Spread the word if you know of any good people out there. There is a major staff shortage in the education sector as there is in many industry groups. 

On behalf of all of the team here at CCESC, I would like to wish all our families a wonderful school holiday period. Term 3 has the school ball, DFES camp and much more to look forward to. Take care.

Andrew Wilson

End of Term Assembly Awards

Merit Certificates

Kalability Soccer Carnival Awards

Division I Undefeated Team:

Division II

Division III

Class Updates

7CL

For the past few weeks, 7CL has been working hard, assembling our class enterprise items for market day. Students went online to select various small novelty items to purchase for our Lucky Dip boxes. They enjoyed this activity immensely and have done a great job decorating recycled paper, wrapping items, and making promotional posters and decorations for our stall. Students have also made robot toys and noughts and crosses games in woodwork class to sell at our stall.

Our market day products

We’ve been learning biology In science and were very lucky to have Mr Reale bring in Stimmy, a Stimson’s Python. Most of us were curious and enjoyed handling this gentle (and tolerant) snake. It was nice to finally meet the live snake whose shed skin had been in our classroom for a couple of weeks.

Being a good friend has been a big topic in our class this term. We have been looking at the different personal qualities that make someone a good friend. Students have had the opportunity to develop these qualities further and put them into practice by playing a range of competitive, turn-taking games. Sharing and taking turns on the Nintendo Switch on Friday afternoons has motivated students to complete their set tasks for the week. It’s incredible how much work can get done when the reward is playing video games with friends!

We’ve also been lucky enough to attend a soccer clinic organised by Mr Hussein, which was enjoyed by all, and we are looking forward to having more opportunities like this in the future.

Having fun at soccer

Cold and flu season has hit us hard, with quite a few students out sick recently. We’ve been learning and practising how to help keep ourselves and our friends safe, using appropriate personal hygiene and focusing on containing coughs and sneezes. Although we generally do a good job, some still need more practice and a gentle reminder.

Carissa Lee

7CM

We are fast approaching the halfway mark of the year. It has been a very busy six months. Most of us are looking forward to the holiday break to recharge our batteries.

We recently had a very peculiar day at school, Tuesday 6 June. We are used to hearing the rain in Demountable 2, but we have never had the earth move under our feet. Outside went very dark and gloomy, the heavens opened, and the thunder was monstrous. The classroom shook from a very close thunderclap. It scared some of us to the point of hiding under a desk. It took so long for the students to convince Mrs Martlew to come out from under it! The only thing that would convince her was the thought of looking at a natural wonder of nature. It had hailed so much that outside looked like it had snowed. We couldn’t help ourselves and went outside and played with it.

The winter weather has taken its toll on our health. We have had many bugs going through the classroom. It has been a while since we have had a whole class. We would hate to think what the germs would be like if we weren’t learning about our hygiene in health. A big focus has been learning how to cough and sneeze, minimising the spread of germs, washing our hands and brushing our teeth, and demonstrating the correct technique.

We were privileged to participate in a soccer clinic arranged by Mr Hussein. We had so much fun while perfecting our soccer skills. Our first session was conducted outdoors as the weather Gods shone upon us. It was raining for our second session, so we had to conduct it in Block 10. It was a bit squeezy, but we managed.

A couple of us were able to go to the CANDO Mini Woolworths last week to collect our class shopping. It was our first visit to the store, and the lovely Amy served us. We will definitely go back. We helped Mrs Whelan by returning and delivering some of the other middle school orders. We laughed a lot along the way back to school, as in the cart full of shopping, we only had one bag of carrots!

The Class of 7CM

Shopping at CANDO

8MH

During numeracy, students accessed Coles and Woolworth's weekly catalogues, created a shopping list then calculated the total amount. Seeing some students identifying which shop had the best savings was very pleasing.

Shopping and time

Students participated in spelling and comprehension, grammar and form filling using iPads, reading box, reading and direct instructions in literacy.

Reading box and literacy

We discussed the importance of Reconciliation Week in Australia. Students viewed all the different Indigenous regions in Australia.

During KWS, students practised the Noongar language and the national anthem.

In HASS, students identified key facts about the city of Perth. They also listed all the wonderful attractions Perth has to offer. Finally, students selected what city activities they would like to participate in and listed the admission fee.

In health, students listed all the different items of food they eat throughout the week.

Our school health nurse, Amy, met with the year 8 female students to provide information about growing bodies and emotional well-being, including body changes during puberty.

More information for parents and families can be found in the resource “talk soon, talk often” found at Home - Talk Soon Talk Often (gdhr.wa.gov.au

Students enjoyed a soccer clinic provided by Football WA.

Students attended the Biggest Morning Tea and raised much-needed funds for the Cancer Council WA. We discussed some key facts about cancer and shared stories.

In cooking, students made poached eggs, toast, pizza scrolls, pizza wrap and muffins.

Mustafa Hussein

Great chefs

8SN

We had a fabulous end to semester 1. It was great to see students enjoying year 8.

Numeracy and literacy sessions have been busy. The students thoroughly enjoyed moving around and working with their ability groups every week.

In numeracy, we have been learning about the different ways we can measure mass. Students used balance scales and electronic scales to weigh different items and themselves.

A balancing act

Students have been busy making items for market day in D&T sessions.

They also participated in baking scones and muffins in their cooking class for the Biggest Morning Tea.

Soccer clinics and the soccer carnival were successful events for the students. They thoroughly enjoyed the sessions.

Nurse Amy visited us in week 7 for a talk about puberty with our beautiful year 8 girls.

Saadia Niazi

9VL

Hello, to everyone from 9VL! We have had a very busy term. Over the last few weeks, we have continued to do lots of numeracy and literacy, independent living skills, ASDAN and enterprise.

Our literacy and numeracy lessons focused on reading procedures like recipes and measuring ingredients. We tied this into fractions and identified the correct measuring cup. The class has been doing a fantastic job!

In our Independent living skills, we have used some of the recipes we have read about and made them in class. Students got to make ice cream in a bag. They all said it was delicious!

For ASDAN, we have been learning all about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and banks and building societies. Students were fortunate enough to attend an excursion to the Perth Mint. They got to see gold poured and stamped a coin.

Outside the Perth Mint

During enterprise, the class has continued to work hard to make things for market day. They have done an inventory and voted on prices to sell items for. They realised we didn’t have many bath bombs for sale, so this week, they have been making lots and lots of bath bombs and choosing all sorts of different colours.

Making our products

It has been a jam-packed term, and we look forward to what the rest brings!

The 9VL Team

9WP

During literacy, we use a series of books developed by SPELD to assist students with phonics and comprehension. The first series, called “The Talisman,” consists of ten books with a short story. After completing the story, the students undertake a selection of literacy activities which promises to be a great learning opportunity and fun.

For numeracy, we are progressing through addition and subtraction. Students are learning different strategies to add and subtract. These are useful in assisting them to be able to work out answers in an easier way.

In enterprise, 9WP has completed items for sale on market day. The bags and hats using the Cricut machine are very good. The class has been busy creating posters around the school to encourage people to spend at our stall. All students have done a lot of hard work, and I am sure they will reap the rewards and sell out of all items.

In ASDAN, one of the challenges involves learning about money and different types of currency. Miss Laudehr organised a visit to Perth Mint to assist students with their understanding. The students learnt when gold was first discovered in Western Australia and how it was used as a currency. Some highlights were watching a gold bar poured and trying to lift a 1.2 million gold bar. We also got to see some of the world’s biggest gold nuggets. Another opportunity presented itself for the students in the form of travel training. They had to catch a bus into the city, which required walking to and crossing Albany Highway. From there, they had to tag on once we got onto the bus and then off again on Adelaide Terrace. Both classes did a great job following the road and pedestrian rules when walking through Perth city centre. The Perth Mint was very busy and open to the general public, but the students were very well-behaved in sometimes cramped areas and patiently waited their turn. A big thank you goes out to the 9VL staff for organising the excursion.

Warren Preece

A good time

10JL

We love our leavers’ jackets: Students were excited to receive their 2023 leavers’ Jackets. They arrived just as the weather started to cool down. The jackets look fantastic; seeing our year 10 students proudly wear them is wonderful.

Market Day: The students have been busy making wooden crates and funky bookmarks for the market day. The students have been involved in cutting different sizes of wood and putting them together to form different crates. 10JL will also be managing the ‘Blender Fender Bike’. The bike blends a variety of smoothies as your pedal. The faster you pedal, the faster the blender spins. We will make banana, honey and oat and berry and yoghurt smoothies. We are excited to be part of this day and see all the fantastic products the CCESC students have made.

Our community service program: Thank you to all the CCESC community who have donated preloved bedsheets, towels and blankets for the Shenton Park Dog Refuge. We are so pleased with the response and donations. If you were planning to contribute, you have until the end of term 2, Friday, 30 June, to bring your donations to the school.

Judi Janes and Jenny Lockyer

10SS

We are nearly at the end of term 2, and all students are to be commended for the tremendous effort and hard work they put in every day towards achieving their ITP goals and participating enthusiastically in all lessons and activities with a mature attitude.

Students received their leavers’ jackets a few weeks ago and look smart. The jackets protect them from the cold weather and make them proud to be recognised as year 10 students.

It has been a very busy term for the students. We have completed six weeks of bowling sessions at Zone Bowling in Cannington as part of our recreational pursuits. During these sessions, we have made new friendships, encouraged each other, and demonstrated good sportsmanship. We have also begun using our bowling results in our P Math lessons to record our weekly scores, make comparisons, plot graphs, and analyse data.

The Biggest Morning Tea was held on Friday, 2 June. Before this event, we had several team meetings under the leadership of Ms Janes. We prepared individualised posters to advertise the event and posted them in different areas of the school. We also helped set up the day and hand out food to the staff and students. There was also a raffle organised to raise funds. We are happy to have collected over 500 dollars for the great cause.

Our class enterprise production and sales are going on in full swing. It has been a lovely experience for us, going from class to class and taking orders for our enterprise products- “concrete garden mushrooms’, bees, and ladybugs’’. They are in high demand and are selling fast. We will also have these products for sale on ‘Market Day’ on Friday, June 23, at the middle school campus. Besides the garden ornaments, our class will sell pom pom keychains and hair scrunchies.

Congratulations to Summer and Edmund for participating in the Kalability Soccer Carnival on Wednesday, 14 June. They performed well and enjoyed the event.

Soccer Carnival

Thank you to all the parents and carers for your continued support—a special request to keep checking our notices and information posted on Connect regularly.

Wishing you all a lovely break and looking forward to seeing you all in term 3

Staff and Students of 10SS

11CG

Well, here we are at the end of another term and halfway through the school year. The students in 11CG have come a long way in such a short time. We have students who have successfully completed their travel training and are now independent travellers to and from school and the workplace, which is a massive step.

We have begun our new HPE practical sessions on Monday afternoons. Students have chosen pot black, tenpin bowling, basketball, volleyball, yoga, and karaoke. The first week was very successful, and we will have some ‘pool sharks’ amongst us!

We have been very busy making our products for market day on 23 June and are looking forward to the day.

Next term, we have two students going on overseas holidays: Taky is off to Egypt, and Ava is flying to France – ooh lah lah. We hope they both have a wonderful time, and the rest of us are very jealous!

In ASDAN, we have been learning more about first aid. We have been practising our CPR skills in term 1 and learning how to put on bandages and treat snake bites, strains and broken bones.

The staff in 11CG hope everyone has a fantastic break; hopefully, we will get a bit of sunshine. Please stay safe; we look forward to seeing everyone in term 3.

Cindi Griffin

Practising First Aid

11MJ

Students have worked hard to create market day items in the last few weeks. Students in our classroom have made coffee cup sleeves (zarfs), cookie jars, and healthy biscuits. Production was in full swing for the zarfs, with students responsible for most of the production. Students used templates to mark and cut out the fabric. Each zarf required three pieces, so students cut ninety pieces to make thirty zarfs. The fabric swatches were pinned inside out with the elastic attachment secured. Three sides of the zarf were sewn on the machine, and then it was turned in the right way. Students hand-sewed the ends closed and attached the buttons. As a class, they developed a logo for their brand, printed and cut the logos out, and then attached them to their packaging. Finally, they packaged the zarfs into bags ready for sale.

In DFES, students have been learning how to perform emergency first aid. They have investigated the symptoms and signs of snake bites, fractures, electrocution, shock, dehydration, heat-induced conditions, and sprains and strains. After practising treatment procedures, students enacted a number of emergency scenarios to put their knowledge into practice. Working in groups, students demonstrated how to safely respond to the emergency, apply appropriate first aid procedures, and how to communicate details about the incident to emergency services. In some instances, students were required to act with limited resources, such as using a towel to apply pressure to a bleeding leg at the beach.

Melanie Jones

Learning is fun

12AF

12AF has been super busy painting bottles to sell at our stall on market day. We are proud of our designs and can’t wait to show them off.

Our numeracy lessons focused on reading procedures like recipes and measuring ingredients. We bought all the ingredients from the school’s CANDO Woolworths and made some tasty egg and capsicum savoury muffins for the Biggest Morning Tea held last Friday, and we made a delicious, healthy tuna salad for our lunch. We also painted the tablecloths for the Biggest Morning Tea.

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We enjoyed all the work

Finally, Kiara and Henry represented the school at the Kalability Soccer Carnival. They were so lucky with the weather as it was warm and sunny.

Annie Foyster

Well done, Henry and Kiara

12DG

Kaya and Wanju to our June Cannington Community ESC newsletter readers. I’m pleased to share the latest news, stories, and upcoming events from 12DG.

We are currently in the Noongar season of Makuru; at this time, we play winter sports, and we had Oliver, Hudson, Nathan, Miracle and Liam represent the school at the Kalability Soccer Carnival on 14 June. There was some drama, emotion, and even a send-off, and it sounds like it was a great occasion. Our footy tipping competition is creating heaps of banter, and we are surprised to see Miracle on top of the leader board considering he prefers rugby.

Soccer is fun

We are getting ready for market day on 23 June; our plants are growing well, Liam and Isaac helped to purchase them from the nursery, and Nathan and Reece did an excellent job potting them up while the others were at work. We have practised cooking on a barbeque with Mr Downing sharing his preferred techniques, and we will be cooking over 250 sausages, and we hope the smell is irresistible.

A good day!

During HPE, we are learning about consent and identifying short-term and long-term health goals in HPE lessons. Seeing our students starting new activities, including tenpin bowling, volleyball, and playing pool on Monday afternoons, is pleasing. Students are encouraged to try new activities and develop interests that could become life-long passions.

We finalised our lawn bowls unit, and Turoa got the CANDO voucher for his amazing efforts on the green. It was exciting to see Casey, Jaxon and Turoa receive a lesson at the driving range from the Whaleback professional, improve their swings, and enjoy the art of golf.

Enjoying the exercise

DFES lessons have been fun and challenging as students learn about DRSABCD, first aid, and how to manage shock, heat stroke, fractures, and snake bites. We can complete more DFES practical activities next semester, such as using radios and GPS units, as we prepare for the DFES overnight camp in September.  

In English, we have examined how social media can affect our self-esteem and portray unrealistic body images. We have examined our digital use and asked questions of our peers to create a podcast about how social media influences each of us.

Next term, the Ball will be held in week 1, and the boys are getting very excited. Finally, we all wish Alando a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him next term.

The Class of 12DG

Design and Technology

Tradestart: Students met with Amy from CANDO Woolies and presented a delivery trolly to be used by students delivering food orders around the school. The students discussed the design requirements in class and contributed to the construction, painting and final assembly. The trolly carries two standard Woolworths crates and has off-road capabilities and puncture-proof tyres. The trolly can also be a walking aid for students delivering goods to classes.

Students in middle school have been hustling to get all their products completed and ready for market day. It has been an enormous process to make products, complete costing, pricing and work on marketing and display methods. This year, Many products have incorporated materials such as acrylic, concrete and recycled timber. Students have learned about the properties of the materials they use as part of the process. They have also had to address quality control challenges when materials are mixed in the wrong proportions, or timber is damaged or split. The school’s enterprise program has a learning process that dictates the timing of the prices of items being released. Thank you to those parents who were interested and requested pricing in advance. This information was released during market day week when the students had completed their price list lessons.

Year 10 woodwork: Students have made wooden toolboxes this term. It has been a lot of work to make all of the components. This week, students could give their boxes a coat of paint as a final finish.

Mark Arrantash

Workplace Learning

Most senior students have gone from strength to strength in their workplaces this semester. Many of our students will be starting a new placement for next term. We hope we have found suitable placements and the students will be excited to begin again in new workplaces.

We are so impressed with the students’ efforts. Many employers are sad they are moving on, and thanks to their performance, most employers have agreed to accept more students in the workplace. We also have several new employers on board to offer to take our students for work experience next semester. We are confident our students will be great representatives for our school.

Congratulations to Reece Hogarth and Monique Park for securing their School Based Traineeships. Reece Hogarth and Lachlan Nightingale now travel and work at their respective jobs without assistance. Monique is well on the way to becoming independent. All the School Based Traineeship employers have given positive feedback about our students, and we are proud of the amazing efforts the students have put into these ventures.

Well done, Liam Boyd and Isaac Beard, who completed the “Charged Up for Work” at EDGE Employment Services in Subiaco and graduated at the end of term one. Hudson Hough and Oliver Thomas attended this course and graduated this term. By the end of the course, all these students were travelling and attending independently. The students represented the school well and gained skills and knowledge to help them transition from school to the broader community. EDGE Employment Solutions will also work with these students for the next twelve months assisting with any employment opportunities that the students would like to pursue.

Several students have requested help to complete travel training to and from school. Jaimie Hayes has completed the training and now travels independently to and from school. Lachlan Nightingale and Germano Masino are well on the way to completing their travel training, and Henry Mippy has just begun. All the students are showing maturity and enthusiasm toward gaining this extra independence. 

We held our annual Post School Options Expo this term and had many families attend. Various agencies advised about what is available to families now, while their child is still at school, and later when their child has left school. On the night, families completed a survey, and we are pleased to share that all families agreed that the Expo helped plan for their child. The survey also asked for anything not covered at the expo to be included for next year, and we will endeavour to contact any suggested agencies. This year we also asked two former students to come to the Expo to talk about their journey since leaving school. Many parents found this encouraging to see how the students were faring and hearing about the agencies who had assisted them in their life after school. Congratulations to the Sam Jones family. Following a random draw of the surveys, the Jones family is the winner of the prize of a CANDO gift voucher.

Next semester we are looking forward to meeting the year 10 students, getting to know them and starting them thinking about their transition to the Senior Campus.

It has been a fantastic semester with students proving how capable they are, how hard they work and the enthusiasm they show at school and in the workplace. Enjoy the break, and let’s return to continue the successes next semester.

Carollyn Pears and Vera Edwards

Physical Education

Term 2 has passed in a blur of activity! All classes have been busy developing their soccer (outside) and ball handling (beach ball games in Block 10) skills. The year 10 students had a blast tenpin bowling as a part of their recreational pursuits program. There were many friendly rivalries, and everyone made pleasing progress, improving their scores with practice. Hopefully, some of them will continue to bowl beyond their school years. The highlight of the term was the interschool Kalability Soccer Carnival. All our students behaved well both on and off the field. The girl's team won most of their games, blitzing their opposition and scoring many goals. Our 2^nd division team had a win, a draw and a loss, highlighted by Tanmay’s ‘super-sub’ goal, with Abu and Reon also thundering in goals. The Division 1 team played with amazing skill and teamwork, easily winning all their games and playing attractive football. There was some controversy, with them failing to win the championship, but the players knew they were all ‘champions on the day’. An excellent student effort, and a big thanks to all the staff who made the day possible!

Colin Pestell

Art

Hello everyone! For Art, we have finished our ‘Kangaroo at the Beach’ piece of art and created our Rainbow Serpent. To make the serpent, each student chose a snake length and design and then chose strips of different coloured fabric to glue onto their snake. Ribbon, wool, metallic card and googly eyes and glitter were added. The final products are bright and happy, and all the students have excelled.

Lisa McMahon

IBO (Interest Based Options)

We made a rainbow tree with watercolour paints and oil pastels during IBO. They are unique, bright and cheerful. All seven students were very happy to show them off and take them home. I’m very proud of their work; they look amazing! Hannah and Cameil have also finished their pirates, which they drew step-by-step.

Lisa McMahon

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Amazing talent

PBS

This term has seen the re-vamp of the positive behaviour support team and the process of familiarising new staff and refreshing existing staff on a school-based approach to support positive behaviour in our students. Our three areas of focus are Achievement, Independence and Respect (A.I.R.), and the focus for our staff is to catch someone doing something right and reward them with a token. Students can then redeem these tokens for various rewards, including shopping online at Kmart, canteen vouchers, CANDO Fresh Food Vouchers and whole class rewards. I encourage you to talk with your young person to find out what they are working towards and what behaviours they have been rewarded for. The coming semester will see some new initiatives from the PBS team, so keep watching the newsletters, the school Connect Page and social media for updates.

Rhoda Whelan

Student Services Update

On Friday, 16 June, the students and staff from Cannington Community Education Support Centre and Cannington Community College dressed as our heroes to support the Zero2Hero Association in promoting youth mental health. Students enjoyed a pancake breakfast and peddled away on the Blender Bike to make fruit smoothies.

The annual mental health awareness day encourages students to DRESS UP, STAND UP AND SPEAK UP – dress up as their favourite superhero or somebody that inspires them, stand up for themselves and their friends, and speak up about issues they face.

Zero2Hero is a WA-based incorporated association dedicated to increasing the understanding of mental health issues and the awareness of mental health services among children and young people using several support programs.

Have you been wondering what you can do to better connect with others around your school or community? If you’re between 11 and 17, check out the Cannington Youth space at Cannington Leisureplex. 

Cannington Youth Space already interacts with our students during recess and lunchtime activities, but if you want to connect, create or chill, check these guys out!

After school on a Friday, Canning Youth provides a drop-in from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm during school term weeks. Otherwise, be sure to follow their Instagram to be notified of the exciting activities that they put on. Scan the QR code with your camera.

Youth Care Art Competition – Please click on PDF below for information:

Student Services Team

CANDO Fresh Food

CANDO Fresh Food has had an exciting term, with the stock levels and variety increasing weekly. Three students have been involved in workplace learning on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week, and we have noticed increased use from classes across both campuses. The WPL girls pack click-and-collect orders from the middle school campus for classes that cannot attend in person. This is a valuable skill for WPL students as they become increasingly familiar with packing orders and customer service when they deliver.

Recently, each class was given a set of CANDO Fresh Food vouchers for their PBS Rewards program. Students can select this voucher to redeem their A.I.R. tokens and then come to the store to purchase items of their choice.

We have classes beginning to use the shop to achieve IEP and ITP goals for students familiarising money and shopping processes. This activity provides students with a space to ‘shop’ with understanding and support as they work towards mastering their goals.

CANDO Fresh Food is also proud to provide sponsorship of the recent Post School Options raffle, where one lucky parent won a $50 voucher to spend in-store. 

Rhoda Whelan

RAP

Thanks to the staff, parents and carers who have put their hands up. There’s still time to join our RAP.

CCESC 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 these pillars 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 or being a “Contributor”.

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 before Tuesday, 18^th July 2023. (Please include in the subject line: “RAP Working Group EOI”.) 

Get involved and find out more –

Pat Spadanuda

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