26 May 2022

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

From the Principal’s Desk

I hope all our community with COVID are recovering and feeling better. It is a particularly hectic time with several staff and students away. As well as this, many of us are caring for loved ones with the virus at home. Wear a mask if you feel like it, maintain physical distancing where you can and maintain high standards of personal hygiene. We have masks at school, and every class has hand sanitiser. Every student has been given 20 Rapid Antigen Tests from the school. You will have also received a letter from the school and the health department about using the tests. It is very important that the instructions are followed.

With so many staff away, we have had to use a lot of relief staff and alter programs. This is not ideal; however, there are no other options. For many students, the new faces and changes in routines are a challenge. Together we are working to reduce stressors as much as possible rather than getting through IEP goals or programs. Our staff are committed to teaching every student every day. They are not simply going through programs.

As you can see from the important dates section, we have several events coming up. Firstly, we will be raising funds for the Cancer Council by participating in the Biggest Morning Tea. You will have received a letter, and I encourage you to try out the recipes via the following link:

We will hold one at the middle school and one on the senior campus. Staff are donating food, and the students are making healthy food to sell on the day. Staff and students will then purchase items on plates - one item or three. We have capped the purchases to $5 for the students as some had eyes bigger than their bellies in the past. You can, of course, donate if you would like via your class teacher. We have been doing this for several years, and it is always a great day where the students can give back. We all know of someone who has or has had cancer, so every dollar counts.

Later in the term, we will be inviting parents and friends into the school for our market day create.link.participate market day. The students have products to sell, and we will have plenty of food and beverage choices on offer for the day. My advice is to get in early as often many stalls sell out early. Keep an eye on your class Connect page for further information about this fun day. I have started saving already.

Both these events provide the students with opportunities to practice many skills, including, but not limited to, serving customers, giving change, calculating costs, measuring, designing, working as part of a team, surveying and being entrepreneurial.

27th May to 3rd June is National Reconciliation Week. This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme is ‘Be Brave. Make Change’. It's a challenge to all Australians - individuals, families, communities, organisations and government - to be brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can make change for the benefit of all. The following link provides events and ideas on how to get involved -

We are working on running our school camps later in the year: the senior camp, middle school camp and the DFES Cadet camp. The Departments of Health and Education have published clear operating guidelines for conducting and holding camps, including instructions to the camp providers. The key challenge is isolating and caring for students and staff who may become COVID positive whilst on camp. Parents/caregivers will have to sign off on permissions outlining how they would pick up their son or daughter from camp if the student develops COVID, permission to seek medical assistance and administer RATs to symptomatic students. Proof of negative RAT before the camp would also be needed.

Our planned senior camp in Albany could be a challenge in some respects. We are trying to be flexible and provide opportunities for as many students to attend as possible. However, this may not be possible for all students given these limitations. We will keep everyone informed and know that the students are very keen.

We have received news from one of our key WPL providers. You may be aware of this via the local TV news. I saw an ex-student on the news, and she was clearly upset with the decision. I have included an excerpt from a letter from the CEO –

As one of Activ’s partners, I am writing to inform you about a change to the way we support people with intellectual disability to access meaningful employment across Western Australia, and how this affects our work experience program. In response to changed community expectations and new Government funding priorities, Activ has made the difficult decision to close our large-scale industrial sites for supported employees and refocus our efforts where they will provide the most value to people with disability. This means that all work experience at the affected sites will finish up at the end of Term 2.

Our WPL team and School Board will be looking at how we can respond to this and ensure our students get the best possible outcome. What is clear is that NDIS funding and, in particular, school leaver employment supports are a key focus and impact areas. Activ is not the only disability support service having to change. Stay tuned and be patient if we need to alter some workplace options.

The weather has well and truly started to change, and students are now dressing to keep warm. Students must wear appropriate uniforms. Wearing the correct school colours is a minimum. Our years 10 and 12 classes look great in their new leavers' jackets. The school heavily subsidised the cost of these jackets. A reminder that students in our senior school who have yet to pay their school fees will not be eligible for any more subsidies, including excursions, the ball and camp. See our MCS for payment options.

I hope you enjoy reading how all our students are doing in the newsletter. They should all be very proud of themselves. It has been a challenging term, and many staff and students have risen to the occasion. I hope to see our community at market day and our assembly at the end of the term.

Andrew Wilson

Class Updates

7D

Term 2 is flying by, and so is the fantastic work the students have been doing! They have learnt a lot about the importance of hygiene and healthy bodies. One of our ASDAN units students have participated in is ‘Healthy Teeth.’ Did you know that tooth enamel is the strongest thing in our body? Our enamel is stronger than muscles and bones due to crystallised protein and calcium.

During our ASDAN unit, students watched an interactive video about the steps on how to brush their teeth, completed a sequencing task and many more hands-on learning tasks.

Here are some photos from our ASDAN unit!

This term, our school will be running a market day that allows students to make a product during enterprise, research marketing and continue learning about money applications in numeracy sessions. 7D has decided their stall is ‘The Bubbly Soapy 7s’ and will be selling homemade soaps. Production has begun, and they are all very excited. See you at market day!

Deearna Holmes

7M

It is good to see our students happy and engaged. During math, students practised handling money and identified how much is required to purchase a small product. We have been adding up to tens, ordering and arranging Australian coins and telling time to the hour.

Justin and Amir counting money

In literacy, we have focused on writing, typing and emailing our weekend recounts, creating simple sentences using Word Wall and Predictable Work Chart.

During ASDAN, students learnt about the importance of washing hands. They also completed a poster to show understanding. We also learnt about road safety signs.

Learning about hygiene and crossing the road

The students made some spaghetti on toast, pizza and porridge in cooking with Mrs Armstrong.

Enjoying cooking

In enterprise, we have been researching and comparing the cost of a product between two different stores and then identifying which shop is cheaper.

During STEAM, the students connected water bottles to illustrate what occurs during a tornado.

Making a tornado

In physical education, our students were taught how to play pool.

Having fun playing pool

Finally, we congratulate Ken Tran for receiving the runner up award for the Term 1 ESSN Art Competition. Well done, Ken!

Mustafa Hussein

Congratulations Ken

8C

Cyclones were prevalent this term – did anyone notice? Continuing with our natural disasters in STEAM, 8C experimented with making our own plastic bottle cyclones with great success. Plastic bottles were taped together with holes strategically placed to promote the turbulence associated with cyclones. As one 8C scientist proclaimed, “It was amazing!”

Cyclones

Ignite sees us continuing to experiment and learn about our aquaponic system. We grow tomatoes and mixed herbs in the top tank and silver perch in the bottom tank. The fish feed the plants, and the plants feed the fish. The fish require feeding three times weekly, allowing us to witness them grow. We have also made bird feeders, which required measuring and mixing skills learnt in cooking lessons.

Congratulations to Reed Wilson on his student councillor appointment for year 8.

Brendan Cunnane

Congratulations Reed

8P

We are beginning a new reading comprehension program involving the book ‘Charlotte’s Web’ for literacy. It will encompass reading a chapter and then answering questions and completing tasks related to that chapter. We continue with Wingaru Kids, an Aboriginal education program that helps students build the shared knowledge to understand and respect the world’s oldest continuous living culture. Students are gaining a greater appreciation of the indigenous people and their culture and how some of the places around Australia got their names.

In numeracy, the class is developing their multiplication and division skills and how to apply them to real-life situations. They have had the opportunity to practice new skills and how they can use them in areas like shopping by using calculators to quickly work out how much each item costs or can they purchase multiple items within a given budget.

8P has been very busy preparing for market day. We have been finishing off our pet rocks and will commence the cookie jar recipes very soon. The students have created names for the pet rocks and birth certificates. The class is looking forward to creating their healthy cookie jar recipes, which I know will be very tasty.

Pet Rocks

In health, we have been developing our skills to identify what makes a healthy meal and unhealthy foods and recognise the nutritional value of foods by analysing food labels which is also one of the students’ ASDAN tasks. The class will practice creating healthy meal options for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. By the end of the unit, students will make a meal plan for two days, comprising healthy food and drinks.

Healthy eating

In sport, we have been improving our fitness levels in the gym. This term, we have a new set of exercises that will assist in developing stamina and endurance.

Warren Preece

9H

It’s term 2 already, and we have an incredible lineup of events. Students are looking forward to the Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday, 26 May and market day on Friday, 17 June. We are keeping pace with learning and developing literacy and numeracy skills and working on these upcoming events. During the week, students receive tokens for making achievements, displaying independence and showing respect. Every Friday after lunch, students count their tokens and tally their total count of tokens earned, which helps them practise their numeracy skills and encourages them to work hard to earn their PBS rewards.

Hugh is counting tokens

The students have been busy planning and preparing their products for market day. Our class will be selling keychains and dog biscuits. Students have been creating different designs with Perler beads for the keychains. They are looking forward to meeting many people on market day and are eager to display and sell their products.

Robbie working with Perler beads

Students had had a taste of what market day would be like when they organised a plant sale for Mother’s Day. All students in the classroom have been working hard since term one to get the plants ready for the Mother’s Day plant sale. Mrs Fiona Woo and the Agrifoods class have been instrumental in helping us prepare for the plant sale. With Mrs Woo’s help, we could get the plants ready for display and sale during recess on Thursday, 5 May. The sale was a success, and students enjoyed talking to others at school and learnt some very important lessons related to enterprise, customer service, advertising, marketing, numeracy, and botany. Total sales amounted to over $400.

Princy Heald

Jayden, Devyn, Oliver G and Oliver B operating the plant stall

9S

Students have all returned after the holidays filled with energy and enthusiasm, and it was wonderful listening to their exciting experiences over the holidays. They are all to be commended for having transitioned with ease into the regular routines at school.

In term1, our school had the student councillor elections, and I would like to congratulate all those who nominated for the position. Charli Pugh was elected as the student councillor representative for the year 9 group. We are all proud of her for being elected to the position and taking on the responsibility by being a role model to her peers.

Congratulations Charli

The other exciting news that our class received at the start of this term is Reon Gill won the ESSN (Education Support South Network) Art Competition for term 1 in the junior secondary category. He was awarded a certificate and a $20 gift card. We are all proud of Reon for this terrific achievement.

Well done, Reon

Students have been busy from day one of this term, engaging in lessons and working hard to achieve their IEP goals. In health, students learn about road safety with Miss Laudehr and follow road rules to keep themselves and others safe. In health, they have been learning about the importance of first aid and how to administer it for cuts, burns and other minor injuries they could encounter at school and at home. On Monday afternoons in independent living lessons, students learn essential life skills. These tasks include vacuuming, washing (clothes and dishes), mopping, wiping surfaces, weeding, tidying up the garden and simple and easy cooking skills.

First aid session

Independent living activities

In the coming weeks, students will be busy in the classroom working on their goals and participating in activities like Biggest Morning Tea and getting products ready for market day sale.

Susan Solomon

10S

Congratulations to all the students for returning from their well-deserved breaks and being READY FOR LEARNING on day one! It is very impressive to see the increase in the maturity levels and respect for the seriousness of the senior program.

In English (Preliminary Unit 1), students finalised their Task 1 interviews about school rules for different areas (such as the computer labs or library)/events (such as assemblies). They then made a poster to share with the year 7 students. We have some natural interviewers with excellent communication skills, including active listening and positive body language. Well done to Germano, Monique and Dylan for exceptional interviews. Have you considered a job in the media?

School rules poster

Students continue their 55 hours of Recreational Pursuits at Victoria Park Lawn Bowls. Many students soon realised that technique is more important than strength and speed in the first session. The staff at our venue have been very supportive and patient with the students, taking a lot of time to show different strategies for a winning throw. Standout players so far include Abbie, Ryan and Lachlan.

In our careers learning area, students are making their way through a detailed reflection of who they are, their short term goals and future life ambitions. These activities are linked to students’ Individual Transition Plans (ITPs) and help prepare students for a meaningful life beyond school. Amy is improving her table tennis skills so she can play lunchtime games with her peers. Matthew is finding out more about dance classes outside of school so he can consider joining a session. Isaac communicates his needs and wants with more people in the school community to develop greater confidence and independence.

Students have commenced beading small jewellery items for a potential sale in preparation for market day. Many students enjoy the calming effects of beading and selecting patterns, designs and colours. Hopefully, you get to see their products for sale soon and make a purchase.

Preparing for market day

Keep up the great work, 10S!

Pat Spadanuda

10W

Term 2 is away with a rush with many activities. We are currently assisting with planning the Create.Link.Participate market day – happening on June 17 – save the date! We are also hosting the middle school’s Biggest Morning Tea to raise funds for the Cancer Council on May 26. We have been busy learning about advertising and promoting events, and this fits in nicely with our business management and enterprise subject.

In our other projects in BME, we are researching how we can use herbs to value add to products to be sold. We are trialling how to make herb butters and, perhaps later in the year, some specialty gourmet oils.

Daelen making herbed butter

Fresh herbs being processed and whipped herb butter

We learn about some Western Australian history while reading an abridged version of A Fortunate Life in literacy. This story has highlighted to us that our lives are not so bad and the hardships of our Western Australian pioneers.

In math, we are working hard on our preliminary unit assessment task and learning to apply our skills to our everyday lives with functional literacy applications.

Every Tuesday, we attend Victoria Park Lawn Bowls Club and learn new skills during recreational pursuits. We have found it interesting to see how the bowls are weighted and don’t always roll where we want them to.

Jaimie, Dylan and Jess at lawn bowls

Our latest exciting development in our class is that we are about to begin a work placement as part of our ASDAN Workright certificate – we have been divided into three groups – and are heading to Access Furniture, Riverside Gardens and the AYLA Farm. It has been quite busy getting our paperwork together and preparing to start. This placement will allow us to make practical application of the theory work we have done so far this year.

Mrs Whelan would like to thank each parent for their understanding and patience while COVID has run amok. It has been lovely to have the support of parents, collecting their children and keeping them home while they are symptomatic. This proactive approach has helped keep our COVID exposure and impact to a minimum.

Have a great remainder of the term!

The staff and students of 10W

11G

Our class has enjoyed returning to school routine this term, and we are happy to be a whole class again. We were excited to see Jaxon return and tell us all about his new football team.

In English, we have learnt about risks and how we limit the dangers associated with risk-taking behaviour. The students have produced some artwork that typifies how they feel about risk, and it was very interesting to see the creative side of our class.

We have learned about healthy behaviours during health and physical education classes, and we have created posters about healthy lifestyle choices. We have regular social games during breaks in lessons, such as UNO, chess, and Connect 4. We are learning to take turns, follow the rules, pay attention, and tactics, and it is great fun for everyone.

We are learning about place value during math when dealing with large numbers and have begun revising our understanding of measurement with time, money, area, and volume concepts.

Some of our students have signed up to join social groups outside of school hours, such as rugby, basketball and AFL clubs. It will be exciting to see how these groups develop and the possible new experiences and friendships that may eventuate.

Dwayne Griffin

Friendly games of UNO

12G

It has been great to see all the students return this term with a bright and positive attitude. The holidays were well deserved!

Students have been learning about healthy lifestyles, including exercise, healthy eating, and the effects of taking drugs, including tobacco, which links to our English, ASDAN and HPE programs.

Healthy eating

In HPE, students are continuing with our team games until week 7. Team games include:

One of our students has begun a seven-week course at Edge in Subiaco called ‘Charged up for Work’, a great course that encourages independence and self-resilience.

In English, the students have been busy learning about the job application process and the importance of interviews. They will be participating in mock interviews before the end of the term.

Workplace learning has continued this term smoothly, with many students becoming more independent both at work and while travelling to and from school and home.

Cindi Griffin

12J

Our students were very excited to receive their 2022 leavers jackets. They arrived just as the weather started to cool down. The jackets are reversible, so students can change them around - especially when it is raining, as one side is waterproof. It is wonderful to see our students wearing these with pride.

Our jackets

Cannington Community Education Support Centre has registered to host The Biggest Morning Tea to raise funds for the Cancer Council. This event will be held on Friday, 27 May. The students have worked hard to create and prepare healthy morning tea items for their food science and technology course and community service programs. For students who wish to participate, items are available for 50 cents each or three pieces for $1.00 (limit of $5.00). Tea and coffee will be available for $2.00. Every dollar raised will make an incredible difference for people impacted by cancer. Many thanks for supporting this important fundraiser.

Students have been busy making soap and hair scrunchies for market day. They have been cutting material, placing elastic in the scrunchies and sewing by hand and machine to stitch them. They have also made lavender, rose, oatmeal and frangipani soaps which smell fantastic.

Judi Janes

Making scrunchies

Pathways M

The students have been focused on business management and enterprise (BME) with an end goal of producing products and services for market day in week 8.

The class has been pursuing modules focused on their careers and experiencing work and strategies on how to live independently. As students in their last year of school, our emphasis is on looking to the future and their lives after school. These modules have allowed the students to explore occupations that interest them and experience them as part of their work placement to see if their job ideas match the reality of the task, which is very useful as it helps set realistic workplace expectations before entering the workforce.

Students have been learning valuable home repair and maintenance skills from the modules run by Mrs Lockyer together with weekly cooking classes, which add to the skills they will need to live independently or do their share in their household.

Tradestart

On Fridays, as part of recreational pursuits, the students have been busy working on a variety of projects, including Music Rocks (singing), visual arts, Agrifoods (gardening) and Tradestart (metalwork). These activities have been beneficial to students, especially when managing stress and finding creative outlets.

Ryan Michael

Design and Technology

7H Enterprise: Students collect and sort containers and claim the 10 cents rebate from Containers for Change as part of their classroom enterprise. They have learnt to keep a tally of container types and quantities as they sort them into categories. They have discovered that our school has a waste problem with plastic water bottles and cardboard carton drink containers as these make up the bulk of the containers collected and sorted. Students have made $100 so far this year, which is a great recycling achievement!

Sorting containers

Ignite Award: The school’s workshop facility has diversified to support students working on their Ignite Award in the area of hobbies. In years 7 and 8, students have been using the workshop to try out a range of different hobbies. They have been introduced to leatherwork, jewellery, plaster casting, birdseed feeders and mosaics in the form of birdbath making. The projects students are making are split between being taken home and items for sale at the school’s market day later this term.

8C Aquaponics: 8C students have worked hard to set up an aquaponics system. They have been learning about treating tap water to remove harmful chemicals from fish and plants. They have cleaned and sieved the growing medium and planted a range of tomato plants and herb seedlings. They gently washed the soil off the small tomato plants, treated them to prevent transfer shock and planted them in the system. Silver Perch fingerlings have been placed in the tank at the system's base. Students will measure the growth of the plants and fish and the water temperature and PH to ensure the plants and the fish continue to do well. The students hope they will be able to sell the produce from the system as a part of their enterprise program.

Enjoying aquaponics

Interest-Based Activities (IBO): A new option called Introduction to Electricity has been introduced in the workshop. Students have begun by learning about static electricity and what causes lightning. It was great to see students enjoying making balloons stick to flat walls with static! They will make series and parallel circuits, make switches and fuses and learn how light globes work. They will also learn to solder, strip and fit crimp lugs as they do their projects.

Year 10 DFES Cadets: The Cadets have begun a unit of work relating to navigation and map reading. They have been learning about satellites that provide data to operate GPS navigation systems in cars and other applications. The students helped to set up a portable satellite dish on the school oval and locked it onto the Optus C1 satellite over New Guinea. They have also been learning about topographical maps and how they tell us about the shape of the land. Students were able to make a sand mould and fit wooden loops as contour lines to demonstrate their understanding.

Tradestart: Students have been busy. They have completed their sheet metal toolbox and begun to work on their folding shovel project. These projects encompass many valuable life skills, from pop riveting to the safe use of angle grinders and oxy and arc welding. The school has commissioned Tradestart students to install a rainwater recycling system. They will put a pipeline and taps in the school garden, fed from rainwater tanks 60 metres away. Students have begun learning about home plumbing systems and the fittings they will use on the project. The new pressure pump was set up in the classroom so students could operate it and see how it works as a part of their theory lesson. They have learnt how to change tap washers and work with domestic hose fittings, which are excellent life skills for the future.

Mark Arrantash

Workplace Learning

After the last two disrupted years, workplace learning is slowly getting back to normal.

Well done to all the senior students attending regularly and impressing workplaces. Thank you also for understanding when so many changes have been made when you arrived at your workplace. It is awe-inspiring to see you accept the changes and still be able to continue and go to work.

We would like to commend Jasmine Robinson and Cameron Banks for independently completing the Charged up for Work program. Amihan Parker and Jason Petoe have begun attending, and we are sure they will represent the school well. This course will give the students confidence and practical skills in preparation for transitioning from school to the broader community.

Congratulations to Aaliyah Bright for beginning a school-based traineeship for Kitchen Operations at AYLA Inc. It was a long road, but you stuck with it, and it has paid off.

Jarrod Hicks and Nabillah Maulana have attended Bentley TAFE for a Hospitality Skills Set and become more independent each week.

Brianna Exell is following her dream of working with animals and is attending an Animal Studies Skills Set. To attend this course, Brianna travels to the Mandurah TAFE Campus. She impresses the lecturers every week with her knowledge of animals.

Henry Mippy is attending a Leadership Course focusing on Music at Perth Creative College. He is working hard to create rap music of his own. We can’t wait for him to come to school and perform for us.

Year 10 students are just starting their journey into the working world. It was lovely to go to the middle campus and see how excited the students were about their new adventure.

Stay well, everyone, and we will have more success stories to come in the following newsletter.

Carollyn Pears and Vera Edwards

Student Services Update

Supporting the Department of Education initiative against violence

You don’t need to accept violence. If you want to help create change, here are some ideas:

Promote respectful relationships

• be kind and respectful
• praise your mates when they walk away from a conflict
• make ‘respect’ the norm

If you witness a fight or see one developing:

• find an adult to help stop the fight
• discourage those involved not to fight
• ‘It’s not worth it’
• ‘You don’t want to get in trouble’
• ‘It’s not cool’
• try to diffuse the situation or distract them with something else to focus on
• walk away, so they don’t have an audience
• don’t talk about it afterwards – dismiss it as ‘not cool’

Some of our Student Councillors sporting their “voices against violence” hats

Breakfast Club

The breakfast club has kicked off with great enthusiasm this year, and it is the most popular spot to hang out in the morning. Students are welcomed by the smell of fresh toast, the sound of upbeat, uplifting music from the likes of Bob Marley’s “Three little birds”, and nice warm milo to wash it down with good vibes to start the day.

We encourage all students to come to our breakfast club areas: the REC room at middle school and the business centre kitchen at senior school. Come and say hi and hang out with us! Pancake day is Wednesday at middle school and Friday at senior school. So come along, enjoy a treat and start a conversation. After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Justin Van der Westhuizen, Chaplain

2022 Student Councillors

Meet our councillors:

Congratulations everyone!

Health Advice

Colds and Viruses

Upper respiratory tract infections and colds are everywhere, especially in winter, so it is almost impossible to stop children from catching them. Here are some points which may help:

• Teach your child to cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing and wash hands straight afterwards. (sneeze into elbow if unable to wash hands without help).
• Hands should be washed after blowing noses and before eating.
• Use tissues once and then throw them in the bin (avoid using handkerchiefs).
• Keep your child home from school if they have a cold/cough/fever/pain.
• Ensure that your children eat a balanced diet, including plenty of healthy foods.

What to do if your child gets a cold

No treatment will cure a cold or make it go away more quickly, but you can help your child feel more comfortable:

• Rest at home.
• Provide extra drinks: If your child doesn’t want to drink much, try giving lots of small sips of water, milk or juice, or ice blocks to suck for older children.
• Keep your child home from school if they have a cold/cough/fever/pain.

Hand Washing

Washing hands is the easiest way to protect ourselves from contagious diseases like colds, influenza and gastroenteritis. Hands should be washed before and after eating or preparing food, after going to the toilet and after nose blowing. When teaching your child to wash their hands:

• Use clean water and soap, making sure they cover their hands and wrists.
• Use a brush to clean under nails if they’re dirty too.
• Dry hands with something clean like a paper towel.

Alcohol bases sanitisers are useful when soap and water are not available. Use half a teaspoon of the product and encourage your child to rub their hands together until they’re dry. If you can see dirt on the hands, it is better to use soap and water.

Keeping hands clean is the best way to get rid of germs. Make sure hands are washed often with soap and warm water or an alcohol-based rub (hand sanitiser). Hands should also be washed after blowing noses and before eating. See the below link for the “how to wash your hands poster”.

How to wash your hands (health.wa.gov.au)

Amy Myles, Vanessa Castel and Aleysha Chopra - Community Health Nurses

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 contact the office to arrange a payment plan.

All charges for years 11 and 12 students are compulsory. If charges are not paid, the school cannot subside your child’s excursions.

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

IBO sensory play