30 June 2022

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

From the Principal’s Desk

I remember the Christmas school holidays in 2020 and reading about a virus scientists had found in Wuhan. I was lucky enough to be overseas near China then and thought it might be best if I headed home because I didn’t want to catch it. Fast forward to now, and we are still learning to live with COVID. Every week we have a number of staff and students away. We are also seeing some in our community having their second bout. COVID has impacted every class, and we have been very fortunate that our classes have been staffed. There are times when we need to move staff around. This change has been stressful, and some students have not dealt with this well. Where possible, we continue to try and operate as a business as usual but recognise the stress levels and not push the students too much.

You will have reports to look at during the holidays, and as I mentioned in a recent Connect post, not all IEP/ITP objectives will have been achieved, which is to be expected, and staff will have merely deferred the objective for next semester. Our senior school teachers are updating their SCSA programs for semester 2 using OLNA data and their assessments. Middle school teachers will adapt to ensure they differentiate their programs for all the students. We will be holding a report afternoon next term where parents and carers will be invited to the school to look around their child’s classroom and discuss progress with the teacher. We will confirm the date shortly.

The years 7 and 8 classes had a shortened assembly at the senior campus gym over at Sevenoaks. The classes did not have time to prepare for a full assembly due to illness but did a great job. For many students, it was their first time there. It has taken well over a year to get the gym fixed. It was fantastic to see so many parents/carers in attendance. Well done to all the award winners – you are stars. Seeing the gym open and our students using the shared facility for sport and recreation is also pleasing.

Students have had the chance to participate in several events these last few weeks. As a school, we want to put back into the community and raise funds for worthwhile causes. We also like to run activities allowing students to use their skills and knowledge in real-life situations. Doing sums on a computer is one thing but giving change to a customer who has purchased a product is another thing altogether. Our motto is “Learning for Life”, and we need to see if the students are transferring their classroom skills to real-world environments. The Market Day and Biggest Morning Tea were two such events that allowed staff to see where the students were at. They were fantastic events, and everyone is congratulated for organising them - particularly Mr Michael, Ms Janes and Mrs Whelan.

The students and staff have also participated in Reconciliation Week and Naidoc Week. Staff have used these events to learn in their classrooms. As you can see from some of the pictures, the students were very engaged. Learning about Aboriginal languages, cultures, and history is so important. We worked with local indigenous artists from Djurandi Dreaming to incorporate aboriginal artwork in our Annual Report, which we hope you like. The painting will be the centrepiece at the WAESPAA Principals’ Conference at the Pan Pacific Hotel next term. Miss Bates is the convenor of this conference.

I want to acknowledge our all-female soccer team, representing the school at the Interschool Soccer Carnival in Kalamunda. We hope other schools follow our lead and we have more opportunities for our girls to show their stuff on the sporting field. Our students did the school proud at the carnival and are commended for their skills, effort, conduct and fair play.

The School Board met recently and went through a large agenda. The Annual Report was presented, the cash plan was signed off, and reporting requirements were discussed. We also discussed the impact of NDIS funding on school leavers and the proposed changes to year 13 for next year. We will run a session for parents/carers next term and have a presentation by our board member Mrs Zena Gomes and a NDIA representative. We can’t recommend services to parents, but we can work together to achieve the best outcomes. Our person-centred planning process, which we have been using for years, is very similar to the process used in NDIS. Stay tuned for details.

The board will also send out a quick survey around the impacts of the Canning City Centre project on our school, particularly in terms of having safe road crossings along the new roads that will separate our senior and middle campus- Lake Street and eventually Carousel Road. The CEO of Canning will visit our school next term to have a look around. This work also coincides with the Metronet project, where the train line will be closed early next year for about 18 months. I would encourage you to look at the following two links –

Next term at the senior school will see the students have the chance to attend the school ball, the seniors camp in the Swan Valley, and the DFES camp in the hills. Stay tuned to your class Connect pages and your Consent 2 Go invites. Don’t forget when you get a Consent 2 Go invite to click on the confirm attendance button if you agree. A reminder that students who have yet to pay their school fees in years 11, 12 and Pathways will not receive school subsidies for these events.

I would like to wish everyone in our school community a wonderful school holiday break. I know that everyone deserves it. Please look after yourselves, and let’s all hope that next term will see a marked reduction in illness and increased attendance. I am hopeful for the future because I can see the hope-inspiring tenacity and dedication of our staff and the wider community in general. We are moving forward and need to make sure nobody is left behind.

Andrew Wilson

End of Term Assembly Awards

Merit Certificates

Class Updates

7D

Term 2 has flown by, especially the last couple of weeks. Our school has participated in many events such as Pirate Day, Market Day and Zero2Hero Day.

On 27th May, our school celebrated Pirate Day. Pirate Day is an annual national fundraiser raising awareness and donations for childhood brain cancer research. Our class participated in many activities during the day, such as: designing their pirate ship flag, finding treasure using grid reference mapping skills during maths and participating in a treasure hunt to find gold coins.

In week 9, the whole school had their Market Day and Zero2Hero Day. For enterprise, our class has been researching recipes for soaps and marketing strategies. Across the term, students have been manufacturing our soaps and producing scents such as oatmeal, honey and beeswax, coconut and lemon, cocoa butter, and mixed berries. On Market Day, our class set up our stall, ‘The Bubbly Soapy Sevens,’ and sold our beautiful handmade soaps throughout the day.

On the same day, our school also celebrated Zero2Hero Day. This annual event supports an organisation that raises young people's mental health awareness. Students were encouraged to dress up as their heroes. Emily dressed up as a nurse to honour her aunty who saved a passenger’s life on an aeroplane. Beau dressed as ‘Among Us’, his favourite hero from a video game. Our class participated in many activities such as hero craft and designing their own superhero identity.

Here are some photos from the last few weeks.

Deearna Holmes

Zero2Hero

Market Day

7M

In literacy, we commenced Direct Instructions across all abilities. We added a reading and writing component and were pleased to see students engaged.

Direct instruction rotation

During numeracy, the students focused on shopping for various items for the upcoming Market Day.

Our students learnt about the significance of Reconciliation Week. We watched a short video along with an art piece highlighting why it is important to be BRAVE. It was pleasing to see students recognising how we are all different and the importance of coming together to strengthen the community.

Learning about Reconciliation Week

Our students completed their road safety awareness poster, highlighting the different road signs and what we should do before hopping on a bike.

Our students had a fantastic time attending their very first Market Day.

Buying at the market day stall and enjoying the hill trolleys

Zero2Hero was an opportunity for our students to monitor and check their mental wellbeing. It was good to see our students sharing helpful coping strategies when feeling low and knowing we are all here to help one another.

Zero2Hero presentation

Well done to Oviya and Ali-Saad for participating in the Kalability Soccer Carnival.

Ken has successfully submitted his art piece for the upcoming ESSN Art Competition. Good luck, Ken.

Mustafa Hussein

Ken with his artwork

8C

Well done to all classes for producing a variety of fabulous goodies for sale at Market Day. The Zero2Hero superstars amongst us stood out!

8C was represented at the Kalability Soccer Carnival by Tanmay and Lochlan, who thoroughly enjoyed the competition and met many fellow soccer enthusiasts.

STEAM has seen 8C complete our learning of natural disasters, with each student compiling a PowerPoint highlighting the different weather conditions we investigated. Our next topic was great fun for all with the engineering and building of our pop stick catapults and exploding ninja stars to learn about the different types of energy and how energy is stored (potential) and then becomes moving energy (kinetic). Technology was used to access diagrams and instructions via the internet; maths decided the materials required to build the catapults, our engineering expertise assisted in building the catapults, and art was used when students decided what ninja star design they liked best and what coloured pop sticks they would like to use to create it. Science determined how far the catapults tossed our cotton balls based on the potential energy stored when pulling the catapults back – metre rulers were not required!

Making catapults

A representative from SERCUL spent time with 8C allowing our students to get hands-on with a range of local native plants and learn about the growth, features and traditional uses. The Noongar seasons were also highlighted, and how the traditional owners used the different plants during the six seasons of the year.

Examining our native flowers

Keyword Sign lessons have been fun as we have been practising our animal signs – if you see an 8C student in the playground, test us with our knowledge of the turtle, elephant, butterfly, dog, sheep and cat signs!

Practising Key Word signs

An update on our aquaponics and tomatoes growing system - Mr Norman has braced the cold and discovered our six fish are all alive, and the tomatoes are flourishing!

Term two break is rapidly approaching. Enjoy everyone and stay safe.

The Class of 8C

8P

In literacy, we have started our reading comprehension program involving the book ‘Charlotte’s Web’. The class is enjoying the book and has worked through the worksheets at the end of each chapter. In Wingaru Kids, we learnt about bush tucker, and the students were able to attend an incursion that demonstrated the different types of bush tucker that can be found around Perth.

In numeracy, the class is learning about fractions and how it is important to know these as they are frequently used in everyday life. Students have been shown how the knowledge of fractions is critical when measuring ingredients for our cookie jar recipes for Market Day.

8P enjoyed a very successful Market Day, with nearly all of our items selling. The students worked extremely hard to make all the products, create posters for advertising and very much enjoyed displaying and selling the items. It was a great demonstration of the students’ creativity.

A student challenge in ASDAN this year is creating and running a business enterprise that has worked well and coincided with Market Day. The class created a business name (8P Goods). They advertised the items around the school, created the products, set up the stall, sold the items, and then packed up. They were involved in all stages of the process. It was a great day, and the students should be incredibly proud of their efforts.

Warren Preece

Market Day ready!

9H

For Market Day, students baked dog biscuits and made key chains with Perler beads and pom-poms. They also planted herbs to sell. Students created posters to advertise their wares and promote sales. We have completed cost sheets for raw materials and finalised cost per unit to calculate sales profit. Students voted on the "Doggy Delites" brand and sold 12 dog biscuits for $5.00. Key chains sold for 50 cents each.

Students had an incursion from SERCUL (South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare) focusing on the six Noongar seasons. Mrs Bowden presented an hour-long presentation. It was an interactive presentation; students looked at various plants that thrive during the six Noongar seasons. They learnt how the Noongar people used available natural resources for food, medicine and for making tools.

Mr McMahon from Transperth held an incursion in the classroom on Tuesday, 21 June. He delivered a workshop designed to raise understanding in the key areas of network knowledge, journey planning, ticketing, safe travel and rights and responsibilities. Students will participate in a Transperth excursion next term to practise their learning. They will have a third incursion this term, on Friday 1st July with St John for first aid training. This incursion is an essential component of their ASDAN learning. We will have more details in the following newsletter.

Princy Heald

9S

We are almost at the end of yet another busy term. Preparing our enterprise products, labelling them, making our posters, deciding the price of the products, displaying our advertisements in different locations at the school and getting things organised for Market day kept us very busy this term. We made tea light candle holders from recycled coffee bottles and earrings from macramé threads. The day was a big success. Our products were popular and sold quickly. We had positive feedback and suggestions from our customers, which will be considered a priority before preparing for our Market Day in term 4. A big thank you to all the parents who made time to come and support us.

In HASS lessons, we have learned how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people maintain a connection to their country. To enhance our learning in this area, we had the SERCUL ‘Bush Tucker ‘incursion on the 9th June 2022. The incursion was exciting. We learned that the Noongar people of the South West of WA have six seasons - Birak (December, January), Bunuru (February, March), Djeran (April, May), Makuru (June, July), Djilba (August, September) and Kambarang (October, November). We also learned that Noongar people spent the summer months along the coast and the winter months inland, using the plants in season along the way. Ms Bowden, the presenter of the incursion, brought in some native plants for us to see, touch, and feel. We thoroughly enjoyed it.

Learning about bush tucker

We are looking forward to two more incursions this term. The first one is the Transperth incursion on Tuesday, 21st June 2022, which will give us an understanding of the available public transport facilities and how to use them safely and responsibly. The second one is the St John’s ‘First Aid’ incursion on Friday 1st July 2022. In our health lessons, we have learned about simple first aid skills to administer for minor cuts, burns, stings, bites etc. Through this incursion, we are looking forward to gaining some practical skills in first aid. We will be sharing more information and pictures about these incursions on our class connect page and in our following newsletter.

Our class has always been enthusiastic about participating in the ESSN Art Competition every term, and a few of us have won. We efficiently used our spare time between lessons to complete our artwork for this term's competition. The theme for this term is “All about Love”. We have completed and sent in our entries. They look beautiful, and we are proud of ourselves for the effort and hard work we put in.

Our artwork

Congratulations to Ryan for participating in the Kalability Soccer Carnival in week 8 and taking pride in representing the school.

We are all looking forward to the term break, which will give us time to relax and sleep in for longer in this cold, wet weather—wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday!

Susan Solomon

10S

Students have summarised their achievements and the term’s highlights:

Pat Spadanuda

Kalability Soccer Carnival

Dylan serving on the Market Day stall

10W

Term 2 has been filled with many exciting projects – not the least of which was the beginning of work placement to support the work readiness program - ASDAN Workright. We have had a few teething issues with a new work placement, and as a result, some of our students did not make a start until the end of term 2. Two other groups started immediately, with a group of boys heading to Access Office Furniture and two girls heading out to AYLA Inc, Bedfordale Farm. These work placements provide the students with excellent opportunities to experience what a workplace expects from its employees. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Carollyn Pears and Mrs Vera Edwards for their hard work in bringing these placements to fruition.

Gaining experience at Access Office Furniture

Sheree and Sarah at AYLA Inc

Market Day has also been a focus for us this term, and we have spent a lot of time in our business management and enterprise subject learning about goods and services, profit and loss, enterprise names and logos. We look forward to presenting our goods for sale on the upcoming Create.Link.Participate Market Day. Some of our goodies include whipped butter, scented bath salts, dried herbs and dried citrus wheels. We also provided an option of hot chicken rolls for the pre-order lunch.

Preparations for Market Day

Dehydrated citrus

Market Day has provided lots of opportunities for the students to apply their functional literacy and numeracy skills as they have learnt about procedural texts, calculating profit and loss, advertising, and practising customer service skills, which has fit in beautifully with the English and Maths P-Units, as well as BME.

We have also been enjoying working in the garden each week and watching the progress of our herb garden now that it is getting regular rainfall. We have been learning to pull weeds, prune the asparagus garden and how to value-add to our products by using the herbs to things like butter and using the dehydrator.

In English, we have been completing assessment tasks on school rules. We have learned about interviews and how to summarise the information we receive, which has allowed us to get to know staff members around our school a little better and gain insight into why rules are important to staff.

As we head into the end of term and prepare for a midyear break, I wish each student and their families a great couple of weeks of downtime. Hopefully, you will stay well and be able to enjoy the relaxed pace of the holidays.

R Whelan

11F

11F had an exciting time preparing for Market Day. We enjoyed making playdough in all the rainbow colours, using our maths skills to weigh each portion so that every container had an equal share and developing our communication and cooperative skills. We also had a fantastic time sorting all the donations for our bric-a-brac stall. We washed and sorted all the clothes and divided the other donations into categories. We would like to say an extra special thank you to Rueben Spreadborough and his mum for all the clothes, toys, ornaments and plants you donated to our stall. We raised an immense $203 throughout the day.

Annie Foyster

11G

This term, our class has enjoyed getting ready for Market Day. Students have cut, sanded, stained and glued materials to produce our couch slinkies. It was great to see the boys enjoying each other’s company whilst working on our projects. On the day, we had many jobs: cooking 150 sausages, filling orders, serving customers, pushing hill trolleys and handling money. We had a successful day, made a profit, and even got more orders.

In English, we are learning to understand and recognise emotions and body language, which has presented challenges; however, we are becoming more aware of how our emotions affect us daily.

During health and physical education classes, we have learnt about taking our pulse and working out what heart rate we should aim for when exercising. All students will have changed practical activities, and some have begun playing ten-pin bowling. It is great to see students improving their scores and accessing venues in the community.

In Maths, we have finished our Key Math testing and are working to assist students in improving their understanding of key concepts. All students are embracing revising previous concepts and learning new strategies.

Some students signed up to represent the school at the Kalability Soccer Carnival. It was a fantastic effort by our students, and we nearly won the title. However, more importantly, it was pleasing to see how the students handle new challenges and enjoy possible new experiences and friendships that may eventuate.

Dwayne Griffin

Making couch slinkies

12G

This term has been super busy with changes to our HPE Monday afternoon games, finishing off our semester 1 programs, The Biggest Morning Tea, the soccer carnival and Market Day. 12G made ‘Theraputty’ and popcorn on the cob. We sold out in a record time!

All students had the opportunity to make the products and showed excellent maths skills when measuring the ingredients to make the putty. They also sold their products on the day, a chance to show off their money skills.

We hope everyone has a great and restful holiday – stay safe and keep in touch with friends.

Cindi Griffin

12J

Market Day: On Friday, 17 June, the school held our annual Market Day. It was a fantastic opportunity to market and showcase the students’ enterprising skills. The 12J students made various items to sell, including cards, soap, scrunchies and 250 homemade sausage rolls. It was a busy day, and our class was extremely pleased to make $300.

Biggest Morning Tea: Congratulations to the food science and technology class for organising the Biggest Morning Tea on 27 May. Every dollar raised will make an incredible difference to people impacted by cancer. CCESC were delighted to have raised nearly $300. Many thanks to those who contributed and donated food items to this worthy cause.

Soccer Carnival: Congratulations to Jarrod Hicks and Ashley Pabai, who participated at the Kalability Soccer Carnival last week. It was a fantastic day and an excellent opportunity to mix with other schools. Many thanks to Mr Hussein and Mr Griffin for organising this fantastic event.

As term 2 has been extremely busy, I would like to wish the 12J students a wonderful and safe holiday and hope you all enjoy a good break.

Judi Janes

Pathways M

Our class this term has primarily focused on the preparation for Market Day. Our class has been in charge of a lot of the planning behind the scenes leading up to the event. During this time, our students had the opportunity to get their 'hands dirty' and see what goes on behind the scenes when organising an event. How attention to detail, such as putting up decorations, making price tags, and ensuring there is sufficient signage, to name a few of the jobs. Working in cooperation with key stakeholders (other year groups, teachers, administration staff and leadership) helped students consider the impact of their decisions and how they affected all parties, not just them. Students were also responsible for collating food pre-orders from all the classes and verifying data. In addition, they helped scribe updates on Connect to staff and students. With a storm warning for the day (which luckily didn’t happen), students had to practice contingency planning by setting up shelters that could withstand the weather and cater to various possibilities. As a result, the day was a big success, primarily due to our class’s hard work and planning behind the scenes. Thank you to all the parents and guardians who came and supported your children.

Preparing for Market Day

In addition to Market Day, we also had Kalability Soccer Carnival, which Jasmine attended. She scored three goals on the day and was so effective with her defence that the boys on the other team called her names because they couldn't stop her on the field! Jasmine showed great maturity and kept her cool, proving she has the maturity of an adult and is on her way to integrating into the workforce next year successfully.

If the images attached don’t get you salivating, I don't know what will! Our students cooked a roast chicken with vegetables this term as one of their cooking activities that stole the show in the staff room.

Cameron and Jason have reached their PBS reward token goals and have received their well-deserved reward, and their smiling faces say it all! Congratulations guys! Good work!

Ryan Michael

Cameron and Jason with the rewards

Design and Technology

Year 7 students have completed wooden robots and are working on a naughts and crosses game. The naughts and crosses shapes were burnt into the wood using hot branding irons. Students enjoyed watching the heating and branding process, which made lots of flames and smoke.

Students have made bird feeders and tried plaster casting and painting as part of their Ignite program.

7H is running a container collection and sorting business as their enterprise. Students achieve a regular weekly income by processing collected containers from the school grounds and donations.

8C students have been busy working towards their Ignite award in hobby and community service. They have established an aquaponics system in the school garden, stocked with tomato plants and silver perch fish. Students have also tried plaster casting and making native bird feeders. Students have also completed bird perches for Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre for their community service challenge. Making the bird perches from tree branches presented an exciting challenge because the natural material twists and turns and is tricky to assemble.

8P students have been working towards their Ignite award in the hobbies area. They have been trying their hand at making leatherwork, mosaics and bird feeders. Students have made leather coin purses using arbour presses fitted with stitch hole punches and needle and waxed thread to do their projects. They also worked with ceramic tiles to mosaic clay pots to sell as bird baths on Market Day.

Charley and Paige with their bird baths

Year 9 students have recently finished their money box truck. This project requires students to fit hinges and a hasp and staple set as well as marking out and making many components that go together to make the final model. Students are now working on their Apache helicopter model.

9P students also use the workshop to make working copies of Indigenous artefacts such as bullroarers and clapping sticks.

9S with their completed money box trucks

IBO students who selected the introduction to electricity option have been busy learning about series and parallel circuits. Students have created a series circuit where they mounted a light fitting and made their switch from a paper clip. Students have learnt how to strip and fit crimp lugs and solder wires. Staff enjoyed seeing students fault finding and then completing repairs to get their project working.

Jaimie and Lachlan having fun in IBO

Year 10 DFES students have been learning about map reading and navigation. Students have been using orienteering compasses to orientate maps and set bearings to set waypoints on the school oval. Students have then moved on to using hand-held GPS units to undertake the same activity. Our tech-savvy students find GPS navigation much easier than a conventional map and compass method. Classes have been using their knot-tying skills to make an emergency rescue stretcher. A patient was selected, and a stretcher ride across the classroom was organised. Staff enjoyed watching the teamwork between students as a mock rescue was completed.

Sarah is learning about contours

Tradestart students have been busy installing a pressure pump and a pipeline so rainwater collected from school building rooves can be used in the garden. The new pressure pump was set up in a classroom before they installed it on-site so they could see how the system worked. Students have become familiar with using a range of poly fittings as they assembled the pipeline and negotiated their way around buildings. They used various new tools, such as post-hole diggers and Stilson's, and mixed concrete for the new tap posts. It has been great to see students problem solving as they discover obstacles along the way. In the workshop, students are fabricating a folding camping shovel from steel. This project introduces angle grinders, oxy and arc welding to students as they work through making all of the components. Many students find the requirement to wear PPE challenging. As they get used to working with steel, they see the need to be protected from noise, cuts and burns. Staff have enjoyed working with students who are willing to try new experiences and then go on to gain confidence and enjoyment as they build their projects.

Mark Arrantash

Casey and Reece polishing steel

Workplace Learning

Wow, how time flies, halfway through the year already!

It has been a pleasure for us to get to know the ear 10 students a little better this term and see them begin to develop employability skills. Although it has been a challenging start to workplace learning with businesses needing to postpone start dates or cancelling dates previously organised, the students have enthusiastically shown remarkable resilience as they have begun their journey into the working world.

Most senior students have gone from strength to strength in their workplaces. Many of them are starting a new placement next term. We hope we have found suitable placements, and the students are excited to begin again in new workplaces.

We have had some fantastic success stories where the students have impressed the employer or customers with their attitude and dedication to work.

It is not often a customer is so happy with the service they received that they are moved to write an accolade. Congratulations to Hudson Hough as this note was passed into the café he worked at this semester.

Congratulations are also due to Jarrod Hicks. His employer contacted us and asked if Jarrod would consider working in his café.

We are so impressed with the students’ efforts. Many employers are sad the students are moving on to a new placement and, thanks to the students’ performance, the employers have agreed to train more students in the workplace. We also have several new employers coming on board and offering to take our students for work experience next term. We are confident our students will be great representatives for our school.

Well done to Amihan Parker and Jason Petoe. These students attended “Charged Up for Work” at EDGE Employment Services in Subiaco and graduated last week. By the end of the course, they were travelling and attending independently. Both students enjoyed the program and gained skills and knowledge to help them transition from school to the broader community.

Amihan accepting her EDGE Certificate

Nabillah Maulana and Jarrod Hicks have been working their way through a Skills Set in Hospitality and have been serving customers at the fine dining restaurant at Bentley TAFE during the final weeks of this term. It was lovely to attend a breakfast and see them displaying the skills they have been perfecting throughout the semester.

Nabillah serving at TAFE

Brianna Exell is attending a Skills Set in Animal Studies. She travels to Mandurah each Friday to attend this course and is working at GAP for her work placement to supplement her knowledge of animals and dogs in particular.

Aaliyah Bright is continuing to work her way through a Certificate II in Hospitality. She constantly impresses her employer and the customers with her work ethic and commitment.

Semester 1 has been amazing, with students proving their capability, hard work, and enthusiasm at school and in the workplace. Enjoy the break, and let's return to continue the successes next semester.

Carollyn Pears and Vera Edwards

Student Services Update

NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is celebrated by all Australians and is an excellent opportunity to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

The NAIDOC 2022 theme – Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! – was chosen by the National NAIDOC Committee. It recognises the history of getting up, standing up, and showing up – from the Frontier Wars to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities fighting for change today and the courage not to lose momentum for change.

During week 10, students participated in various activities celebrating and learning about our Indigenous cultures. At the middle school, students enjoyed many classroom-based learning activities and a bush tucker activity led by our resident Aboriginal Islander Educational Officer (AIEO), Norman. Classes were each gifted a bush tucker plant that they learnt about, from how to grow it to where it grows and what it can be used for. Classes then became the custodians and carers for their gifted plant for the remainder of the year.

At the senior school, students participated in a morning NAIDOC activity with dance and music performances, arts and crafts, and food tastings. A big thank you to Aaliyah, Jasmine, Nabillah, Amihan, Ashley and Brianna, who helped with the set-up and stall management.

Year 6 Transition: During week 9, the student services team was involved in a transition tour for several students and staff from Cloverdale ESC who intend on attending our school for year 7 in 2023. Students participated in a school tour, a classroom-based activity run by one of our year 9 classes and a shared morning tea. We wish to thank all the staff and students involved for such a fun and positive morning. Thank you!

DRUMBEAT: Semester 2 will see the student services team re-instate the Drumbeat program at our middle school. The Drumbeat program is an evidence-based drumming program that is the world’s first structured learning program using music, psychology and neurobiology to reconnect with ourselves and others. Drumbeat is an acronym for Discovering Relationships Using Music, Beliefs, Emotions, Attitudes and Thoughts.

DRUMBEAT incorporates hand drumming, behavioural therapeutic principles and cognitive and dialectical elements to achieve positive outcomes. It is estimated that over 50,000 people worldwide have participated in and experienced the program's benefits so far. We look forward to telling you more about it next semester.

We wish everyone an enjoyable, restful and safe holiday.

The Student Services Team

Kalability Soccer Carnival

All made great efforts at the recent Kalability Soccer Carnival. The division 1 boys’ team did a phenomenal job holding strong and playing 100% right through to their final game. The statistics were 2 wins, 1 draw and a very close loss. All players worked well in the team. Special mention to Isaac Beard and Lochlan Fennell, our primary goal scorers, and the rest of the team for their assistance in making those plays happen.

We look forward to playing more as a group and preparing for a stronger return next year.

Players in action

Division 2 played exceptionally well. Out of the three games, we managed a win, a loss and a draw in the final game. Well done to Edmund Dann for being an outstanding goalkeeper and Ali-Saad Hamad for scoring three quality goals.

The soccer squad

Our heroic girls’ team of Oviya, Fame, Paige, Summer, Monique, Amihan, Jasmine and Jasmine revealed some awesome goalkeepers and goal scorers. The girls played all game minutes enthusiastically and positively against strong and more experienced boys’ teams. We are proud of you girls, leaving the field with a smile and showing great sportsmanship. Well done.

Mustafa Hussein

The girls’ team

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. The school cannot subside your child’s excursions if charges are not paid.

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

School-Based Immunisation Program – using VaccinateWA

The School-Based Immunisation Program (SBIP) is a well-established service that offers National Immunisation Program immunisations to students in years 7 and 10.

This year, the SBIP will also offer COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible students in years 7 to 12 at selected schools as part of the regular schedule of immunisations based within schools.

The VaccinateWA system is now to be used by parents/carers to complete the vaccination consent form in order to consent to their children/dependents receiving vaccinations whilst at school. (Note: VaccinateWA is not being used to book appointments for the School-Based Immunisation Program).

To provide consent for vaccination, the first step is to register the child/dependant on VaccinateWA. Log into your VaccinateWA account and follow the steps to “Add or manage dependants”. If you do not have a VaccinateWA account, you will need to create one for yourself first.

Step by step information for using VaccinateWA is available on the HealthyWA website. Please call 13 COVID (13 26843) if you have any technical issues with VaccinateWA.

If you are unable to complete the online consent form - and you have not already handed in a paper consent form – the school will have forms available for you to use. If the information you provide needs to be clarified, you may be contacted by a staff member from the vaccination team.

If you have already completed and returned a paper consent form, the SBIP team are currently uploading the information into the VaccinateWA system. This process may take several weeks, and you will receive an email confirming once it has been done.

School-based immunisation program (healthywa.wa.gov.au)

Maddington Disco – Directions Disability Support Services

The disco is finally around the corner, and we are so excited about it

As covid is very much in the community, we will need to monitor the numbers attending.

We kindly ask that you book to secure your spot and then make your payment at the door on arrival. Contact telephone: 9262 4900

If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Keeping all individuals safe is a high priority, and we highly encourage masks to be worn.

We look forwards to seeing you there.

IBO Sensory