2 March 2023

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

From the Principal’s Desk

Kaya - welcome to the 2023 Cannington Community Education Support Centre school year. A special acknowledgement to our new year 7 families and our new staff. I have a new year 7 fish feeding team. Great to have you on board, and I look forward to working together to have a fantastic year.

Miss Bates is the acting principal at Beldon ESC. We welcome Cathy Houden as our acting deputy principal. Mrs Houden has experience as a deputy principal and a student services manager and used to be a teacher on our senior campus. Hello to our new teachers Miss Lee, Mr Heng, Mr Pestell and Mrs Jones. We also are lucky to have Miss Polain, Mrs Selepe, Mrs Della Bona, Mr Goodin, Mrs Baker, Mrs Alam, Ms Harris, Mrs Chakraborty and Mrs Andritsos as our new education assistants. Mr Rossi and Mrs Newman have left the school. Miss Bok joins us as our new speech pathologist, and Mrs Pillay as our new psychologist.

We start the year with all our classes full, and it has been lovely to see parents visiting our school on both campuses to have IEP/ITP meetings, an opportunity to start or renew a relationship with the class teacher and teams and develop plans to provide our students with the best possible education. Our therapy coordinators work with external providers to ensure therapy provision is appropriate and part of a student’s learning goals. We simply can’t accommodate every student having their therapists attend school every week. A lot of work goes into managing this process.

Whilst COVID seems like a distant memory, we have four cases currently at school. It is still important to practice hand hygiene, safe sneezing and coughing and, most importantly, do not come to school if you exhibit cold or flu-like symptoms. We still have a supply of RATs; if you need some, contact the office, and we will send some home.

Congratulations to Henry Mippy and Lochlan Fennell, who recently returned from Geelong Victoria with other WA Mens IB Basketball team members. They won the fair play award at the carnival. Considering their ages, both students have a long career ahead of them in the sport. The interschool basketball carnival in Lesmurdie is on very soon, and we will send three teams to participate. I am sure Henry and Lochlan will lead our teams with their skills and positive role modelling.

Speaking of leadership, the following students have been selected by their peers and staff to be our student councillors. Well done to everyone who nominated and put their hand up to help other students. They will be acknowledged at our first assembly in week 10.

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Enjoy the rest of the newsletter, and please let us know if you wish to add anything to future newsletters. I am really looking forward to this term and the rest of the year. The seniors are excited about their Albany camp, and everyone can’t wait for Fun Day at Kalamunda Water Park later in the term. Harmony Day and ANZAC Day will be recognised this term, so it’s all hands on deck.

Take care
Andrew Wilson

Class Updates

7CL

We’ve had a great start to 2023! Our new Year 7 students have quickly made new friends, learned new skills and navigated the school with increased confidence.

We’ve spent the first few weeks getting to know each other, creating classroom goals, setting new goals for ourselves, and working hard toward achieving them.

We are a class of go-getters, with most students putting up their hand to participate in the upcoming basketball carnival and nominating themselves to represent year 7 as a student councillor.

I’m positive we will continue working with the same level of drive and enthusiasm throughout 2023. Keep up the great work, 7CL!

Carissa Lee

Enjoying Cooking

7CM

Welcome to 2023!! We extend a warm welcome to our new families. The students have settled and are taking their transition from primary to high school in their stride. They are a pleasure to teach!

We have been completing baseline testing. As a result, we will split the two year seven classes into three targeted groups during literacy and numeracy sessions, allowing us to cater to every student’s needs. We also have Ms Spadanuda supporting us. These sessions will be run daily during periods one and two.

It is lovely to watch the students’ confidence increase each week. New friendships are blossoming, and most are manoeuvring around the campus seamlessly after a few little hiccups.

It’s such early days, and we can’t wait to see what the remainder of 2023 has planned for us. Whatever that may be, we are sure up to the challenge!

Charline Martlew

8MH

It is great to see everyone back and ready to commence the year!

In numeracy, students have covered the following:

Telling time - we continued working on telling time to an hour and a half hour.

Measurements - learning how to use a ruler and measure various items.

Handling money - ordering coins from smallest to largest value and calculating change.

8MH Numeracy

Students have been working on the “ea” sound during spelling in literacy. They also worked on phonics, comprehension, grammar, reading box and form filling and reviewed their chosen book.

Form filling and spelling

During HASS, students learnt about the weather. We discussed the process that is necessary for rain to occur. They also learnt about recycling. They touched on what items belong in each bin and where the rubbish ends.

Learning about the weather and recycling

During health, students discussed the different stages of self-regulation. Great to see everyone involved and sharing personal experiences when they’re in certain stages. Students also identified five strategies to help them get back into the green zone.

Working on self-regulation strategies

Students have been making a fish mobile to hang at home during woodwork.

Ethan enjoying woodwork

In cooking, students made flatbread toasties and jacket potatoes.

During ICT, we learnt about technology, how we use them and how it benefits us.

Mustafa Hussein

Learning about technology

8SN

We have a wonderful start to the new year. The students have settled beautifully into their class routines and impressed me with their manners, kindness and resilience.

Like last year, we are combining with the other year 8 class for our literacy and numeracy sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays for the first two periods. The sessions allow students to work together at their ability levels. The collaborative sessions are also beneficial for their communication and social skills.

The students have also been involved in other activities, including ASDAN, cooking, woodwork and laundry skills. In HASS, we are learning about celebrations and direction. In science, we discover various ways to save water at home and school. Students have also collected plastic bottles from around the school for their ASDAN.

Picking up plastic bottles

One of our focuses for this year is to reduce screen time. We have set up a Lego table in our classroom to achieve that. The students are absolutely enjoying that. It’s not only keeping them engaged and away from the screens but also an opportunity to share ideas and talk.

Saadia Niazi

Our Lego table

9VL

Welcome everyone to the 9VL legends!

This term has been hectic. We have been doing Key Maths and PAT testing for reading, spelling and grammar, which will decide the direction to take with the IEP goals.

A lot of parent meetings have also taken place. It has been fantastic getting to meet everyone!

We have also been busy reading recipes, recognising signs and symbols, deciding on our class Enterprise projects, and learning about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags and the planets in the Solar System.

The class is excited about Market Day in term 2; they have been doing amazing research! They have voted and decided to make and sell tie-dye bags, resin bookmarks, smoothies and icy poles. We are still in the costing phase and hopefully will start making/testing our products next week.

The 9VL Team

Looking at how much our AIR tokens are worth

9WP

Welcome to our students in 9WP. This year's focus is to improve our functional literacy and numeracy skills. We have also placed a high emphasis on personal and social skills and independent living skills.

Zak practising independent living skills

Over the last three weeks, we have been undertaking testing in KEY Maths, spelling, comprehension, grammar and punctuation. This information will be used to create the IEPs sent during the next few weeks.

For physical education, the class has been in the gym one hour a week, undertaking circuit work to increase their fitness and stamina. Students have been enjoying 15 minutes of daily morning walks.

In enterprise, 9WP will use the school’s Cricut printing machine to print a range of products, including bags, tee shirts, towels and pillowcases. We will also be making a range of garden signs.

In STEAM, the class focuses on the Solar System, how each planet fits into the universe and the special features of each planet.

Warren Preece

10KP

As a new teacher, I warmly welcome you to 10KH as the school and students did when welcoming me! We started the term with flying colours as the students have taken no time to settle down and return to school routines like ducks to water. They are in the same classroom with the same students and education assistants. They are Mr Heng, Mrs Bullock (Monday, Tuesday and Friday), Mrs Keys, Mrs Pieri (Monday to Thursday) and Mrs Sands.

Year 10 is a huge milestone in the students’ high school careers, and they participate in various endorsed courses on top of their regular subjects. We spent the first week of the term familiarising ourselves with the senior school curriculum. Besides English and mathematics preliminary programs, we are also enrolled in the Department of Fire and Emergency (DFES), community service, Recreational Pursuits, Business Management and Enterprise, Duke of Ed-Bronze certificate, PATHS, career and life coaching and two ASDAN modules-E-safety and workright. Not forgetting art, physical education, woodwork, textile and cooking.

Working in textiles

In DFES, we started by learning about Australian flags. We also had a practical demonstration on raising, lowering, and folding the flag. The students learned that there is more than meets the eye when managing the flags. Under the careful eyes of staff, students take turns carrying out the duty of responsibly and respectfully raising and lowering the flag every day with confidence. Thanks to Mr Arrantash and student Khalid for the demonstration and guidance.

As part of our business management and enterprise program, we run the plant hire program and make wooden crates and garden ornaments with Mr Arrantash. We are working in the classroom and sharing ideas to develop a suitable name and logo for our class enterprise.

Students thoroughly enjoy their recreational pursuits lessons with Mr Pestell, our new physical education teacher. They are participating in team games and learning to use the gym equipment safely.

ITP meetings have begun from week 2, and I would like to thank all the parents for adjusting their schedules and finding time to attend the meetings, as they can be long due to the amount of information required. The class Connect page is an excellent platform for communication. It is up and running, and I encourage everyone to check for updates and stay connected through the connect page.

We look forward to sharing more stories and photos from our class in the following newsletter!

Kenny Heng

10SS

Welcome to 10SS. We have had a flying start to the term, and students have taken no time to settle down and return to school routines. They are in the same classroom with the same students. There are two new staff this year - Mrs Solomon and Ms Lister who the students and staff have welcomed, and we are looking forward to getting to know them and working with them throughout the year. The other classroom staff are Mrs Bramley (Monday to Thursday), Mrs Sheldon and Mrs Reddy (Friday), who have been with the students since the start of their high school journey at CCESC.

In year 10, the students participate in a variety of courses. We spent the first week of the term familiarising ourselves with the senior school curriculum. Other than English and mathematics, the programs include – the Department of Fire and Emergency (DFES), community service, recreational pursuits, business management and enterprise, Duke of Edinburgh-Bronze certificate and two ASDAN modules - E-safety and work right.

In DFES, we started by learning about Australian flags. We also had a practical demonstration on raising, lowering and folding the flags. Thanks to Mr Arrantash and Khalid for the demonstration. The students take turns carrying out the duty of responsibly and respectfully raising and lowering the flags daily.

As part of our business management and enterprise program, we run the laundry service and will make a product with Mr Arrantash. We are working in the classroom and sharing ideas to develop a suitable name for our class enterprise.

Folding clothes for laundry enterprise

Enterprise with Mr Arrantash

Students thoroughly enjoy their recreational pursuits lessons with Mr Pestell, our new physical education teacher. They are participating in team games and learning to use the gym equipment safely.

Warming up for physical education

It was good to see quite a few students in our class show enthusiasm to take up the role of a student councillor. The interested candidates have completed their nomination forms and are eagerly awaiting the results, which will be declared after voting.

ITP meetings began during week 2, and I thank all the parents for adjusting their schedules and finding time to attend the meetings. The class Connect page is a great platform for communication. It is up and running, and I request everyone to check for updates and stay connected through the class Connect page.

Susan Solomon

11CG

What a busy start to the year the students in 11CG have had. All students have settled in nicely to the senior school and are getting used to not having a school bell!

As part of their English, HPE, ASDAN and DFES programs, all students participated in a first aid course in week 3. Seeing the students asking relevant questions and practising their CPR skills was great.

Most students have begun work as part of ADWPL and are enjoying their workplaces – even if there were a few tired bodies at the end of their first day at work!

Finally, the year 11 students participated in a beach safety session run by Surf Lifesaving at Cottesloe Beach in week 4. They all had a fantastic day practising beach safety skills and playing games – it was a 39 degree day, so it was the perfect place to be!

Cindi Griffin

11MJ

We were excited to welcome our students in their wonderful new uniforms to their new class on the senior campus. The students took all these changes in their stride, and I must give all the credit to their teachers from last year who helped transition the students smoothly during their transition visits late last year.

As part of our orientation week, students made posters about themselves, sharing their likes and dislikes, which helped them get to know each other better and start to gel as a team. It wasn’t long before we had to start working on our schoolwork with literacy, numeracy, health, and physical education (HPE) and ASDAN units, all starting as the students adjusted to their new class timetable.

This term has started full of excitement and activity, with students attending a beach safety day at Cottesloe Beach in preparation for the Albany senior camp in week 7. The students could enjoy the beautiful summer sunshine while learning valuable beach safety skills that will serve them well in the future.

There seems to be a buzz in the classroom about the much-anticipated camp in Albany, which due to COVID restrictions been postponed until 2023. As a result, our students this year are the lucky ones to attend this exciting camp down south.

We look forward to sharing more stories and photos from our class in the following newsletter!

Ryan Michael and Melanie Jones

12AF

I can’t believe we have been at school for a month already. Yet again, where has the time gone?

Our students have worked hard this month, and I am incredibly grateful to be their teacher again this year. I am looking forward to some exciting times and events. We have the year 12 ball, the graduation ceremony and dinner to look forward to.

We have had super busy term writing stories, practising our reading and writing a resume in preparation for the end of the year.

We were lucky enough to have St John’s in the school to teach us how to do a primary survey on a casualty. The students demonstrated how to complete the DRSABCD process.

D – Danger to you, any bystanders and the casualty.
R – Response from casualty: Do they answer you or make a noise?
S – Send for help: Ask someone to phone 000.
A – Airways: is there anything blocking them?
B – Breathing: look to see if they are breathing.
C – Circulation: Perform CPR – 30 chest compressions and 2 breaths. Repeat.
D – Defibrillator: Find one and use it on the casualty.

I am on long service leave from Tuesday, 21st February, until Thursday, 2nd March, so they have Mr Greenhough teaching them in my place. I know that the students will have a fantastic time with him.

Annie Foyster

12DG

12DG has had a busy yet enjoyable start to the year, and it is pleasing to see the students settling in and getting familiar with the school routine. Our very active class is starting to mature and realise they are in their last year of school.

We have started organising our MAP meetings as part of the ITP process. It is great to identify new goals, revisit old ones and re-establish relationships with parents, carers and other stakeholders.

We have begun learning about skills and attributes in English and what to put in a resume. This has created interesting discussions and ideas about presenting oneself to gain employment.

In HPE/DFES, we had our first excursion to Cottesloe Beach to prepare for the Albany Camp in week 7. We also had a St John’s incursion revisiting practical first aid skills. Some class members have begun water polo, yoga and basketball games. We have a basketball carnival on 22 March and are starting to organise teams and tactics.

In maths, the students have started Mathletics and completing Key Math testing and students enjoy counting their frequent flyer tokens and claiming rewards each Monday. In our class, a token is worth 50 cents. The students keep a tally each week, make withdrawals, and calculate their balances which is part of our push to deliver a functional curriculum that engages and prepares students once they leave school.

Most students have commenced ADWPL, and all travel into the community to various locations with minimal fuss. It is exciting to see some students completing their hours and starting new journeys in the workplace.

Dwayne Griffin

Casey at work

Design and Technology

Year 7 Enterprise: Students have been introduced to the workshop area and are getting used to wearing PP and learning the names of the tools. They have chosen to make a series of wooden games and bird feeders as items to sell at Market Day in term 2. It has been decided to allow students to make a model to take home before starting their enterprise projects. Each student will make a finger car to bring home in a few weeks. The students have quickly settled into using the workshop area, which is fantastic!

Making finger cars

Year 8 Woodwork: Students are busy making wooden pot holders. This project requires them to practice their measuring, cutting and nailing skills over and over again! The pot stand can be used for pot plants or as a divot in the kitchen for hot pans.

Creating pot sands

Year 8 Enterprise: Students are making a range of animal mobiles from wood. They will research native WA birds to determine what paint colours and body shapes are needed. Students will explore aero dynamics and determine what is needed for the birds’ wings to rotate in a light breeze.

Painting our animal mobiles

Bird and fish mobiles

The second group operates a beverage container collection and sorting service and sends the containers they collect to a Containers for Change depot for a 10c refund. All eligible containers are collected and processed at our school, including those that originally contained a percentage of alcohol. The students handle cardboard, glass, aluminium and plastic containers. If you have any containers at home you want recycling, please send them to school. Our collection point is in the garden area. Students donate the money they earn from their school enterprise to a charity of their choice at the end of the year.

Sorting containers

Tallying containers

Year 9 Woodwork: The students have made a wooden penguin model and are starting a wooden paper towel dispenser. This project involves a table router to apply a decorative edge to the backing board. Students will also use a wood lathe to turn the spindle component of the project. Our students like to use the wood lathes as they can see the shavings flying everywhere and smell the freshly shaped timber.

Making a paper towel holder

Charlie and Jin Wen with their penguins

Year 9 Enterprise: The students have started making products such as key rings from Perler beads and quirky wooden garden signs. They are using their iPads to research designs and phrases that will be attractive to potential customers. It has been great to see students quickly settle back into the school routine and get on with each other well.

Creating garden signs

Year 10 Woodwork: 10VL and 10SS enterprise students are already making products to sell at the two market days this year.

One group is learning about hydration and the properties of concrete and using this knowledge to make and decorate concrete garden mushrooms. The first concrete pour saw some great successes and some structural failures. The group has been busy identifying what went wrong so improvements in the success rate can be made!

Amazing mushrooms

The other group has secured a supply of free, used timber, which they recycle into rustic carry trays, which involves de-nailing, quality selection and sanding skills to get the timber to a point where it can be recycled into new wooden trays. Students have made a great start by working together and keeping safe. They have already handled 280 pieces of rough-sawn timber full of nails and splinters without any injuries, demonstrating that the group is wearing gloves and being mindful of others.

Making carry trays

Tradestart: The students have started strongly. The early weeks of this course concentrate on workshop safety and the introduction of many new tools and machines for working with metal.

Students have also been in the workshop learning to follow working drawings by building a model dog kennel and seeing a 3D model developed from a 2D drawing. The next project is a sheet metal toolbox. The class has had a practice marking out and assembly session using paper which is a great way to understand how the toolbox will be made.

Mark Arrantash

Xavier learning new skills

Students proudly displaying their toolboxes

Workplace Learning

It has been a hot start to the year, with the students showing resilience while attending workplaces in the heat and impressing both old and new employers. It is pleasing to see their determination and enthusiasm in the placements they have started.

We have “Tie Chillys” available to combat the heat for students in workplaces where air conditioning is not an option. Please encourage your child to accept and use these while the hot weather continues. We supply the “Tie Chillys” to students as they arrive at school and clean and store them after the work day, ready for the following week.

Almost all students are now attending workplaces, learning new and expanding old skills to become more independent and thriving. Congratulations to those students who have asked to increase their independence and travel directly from work to home.

Thank you to all the parents and caregivers for supporting the WPL program. Your encouragement of the students to attend workplaces is invaluable.

We would also like to acknowledge Liam and Isaac, who have begun “Charged Up for Work”. Through this program, the boys will learn valuable work and life skills.

We hope the successful start to the WPL Program is an indication of how this year will progress

Carollyn Pears

Physical Education

Firstly, I’d like to introduce myself. I am the physical education teacher, Colin Pestell (Mr P). These first three weeks have been very busy, getting to know the school's staff and students. Already, we’ve been conducting skills tests to assess students’ capabilities, working on our basketball skills for the interschool carnival this term and beginning the recreational pursuits program for the year 10 students. We also had fun playing simple ball games like dodge and poison ball. Additionally, I’m assisting classroom teachers with delivering their health programs. The students have been incredibly welcoming and kind. They’ve been keen to participate and try new activities; getting to know them is fantastic. I’m looking forward to a productive and fun-filled year ahead!

Colin Pestell

CANDO Fresh Food

We have had a slower than anticipated start to the school year with CANDO Fresh Foods (AKA Mini Woolies) because some repairs became necessary over the holiday period. Work on the repairs has begun, so hopefully, we will be in full swing with our CANDO Fresh Food enterprise by the end of the term.

In the meantime, we have been operating out of Demountable 8, with the workplace learning students completing weekly stocktakes and filling orders for classrooms and staff. The students have also sent weekly emails to staff to inform them of stock availability and discounts which involves using the Woolworths website and ensuring our prices reflect what is available in a full-sized Woolworths store. We have also been practising using and counting money and working on our ASDAN Certificate – Towards Independence – World of Work - Retail Assistant.

The workplace learning students have also considered what they could make using our current stock, including Milo ice blocks and spaghetti bolognese. Each week they have come up with a new idea and plan to include these ideas in their weekly emails.

Amy, Kiara and Hayley’s first day of work at CANDO

Interest Based Options

Our Interest-Based Options (IBO) are well underway for term 1. IBO is held every Wednesday afternoon, allowing students to participate in many activities. They choose which activity they would like to participate in for a term. The activities and groups change every term.

Term 1 activities include cooking, team games – basketball, electronics, card making, 3D character creations, Minecraft, Lego and a silent disco. It is wonderful to see our students participating in their chosen option.

Interest Based Options Activities

Henry and Lochlan at the Ivor Burge Basketball Championship

Congratulations to Henry and Lochlan on their fantastic achievement.

On 12 February, I left Perth to go to Geelong, Victoria, for the Ivor Burge Basketball Championship. I played seven games in total. On Tuesday, I played two games in one day. We played against six different States. We lost all of our games. But that was ok because we had lots and lots of fun. The other teams we versed had very tall players. It would have been nice to win, though. Our hotel was right in front of the beach, so we would go to the beach lots, have ice cream, and recover our legs from all the playing. We left Geelong on 19 February and were back in Perth that night.

Lochlan

I am Henry, and I went to Geelong to participate in the WABL (Western Australia Basketball League). My team is called the “WEST”. Our uniform is yellow and black, which represents Western Australia. I was selected for the team by the WABL last year. I trained every Tuesday to get ready for the competition.

My favourite part about the experience was touring Geelong with the team, seeing the sights, and enjoying meals at the local restaurants. During the competition, I played shooter and offence. I had to work as part of a team and listen to the coaches.

It was a fantastic experience, and my goal is to be selected for the competition in 2024.

Henry

Therapy Information

Hello, amazing Cannington staff, students and families! I am Cadence, a speech pathologist from Indigo, and I will spend 2023 with you. Supporting people with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) needs has always been my passion, and I’m excited to be part of the school services this year. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions regarding a current or potential AAC device user. I am happy to support the student and everyone in the classroom to make AAC fun and functional.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my dog, Grogu, exploring good cafes around Perth and testing out good recipes (and my cooking skills). I look forward to working with you and empowering students to communicate in all environments.

Cadence Bok, Speech Pathologist

Hello! My name is Grace, and I work as an occupational therapist at Cannington Community Education Support Centre on Mondays. I work with kids and adolescents the rest of the week at Wize Therapy. I have been attending most classes to introduce myself to the staff and students, so I hope to have met everyone by now. My role at Cannington is to work with the staff to support the students’ sensory needs, so they can better focus on their learning!

I look forward to working with the Cannington staff and students and getting stuck into it!

Grace Carter, Occupational Therapist

Student Services Update

A big positive ‘welcome’ or ‘welcome back’ to all our lovely students and their families.

We hope the start of the term has gone as smoothly as possible; if not, we are here to help.

Please feel free to contact the team should you wish to discuss any aspect of your child’s well-being.

Term 1 whole school events: This term, we will celebrate Harmony Day at the middle school on Thursday, 30 March, with the 2023 theme ‘Everyone Belongs’ being the focus of our activities in collaboration with Cannington Community College. Students are encouraged to wear a traditional dress or something orange, which is the colour chosen to represent Harmony Day and signifies social communication and meaningful conversations.

The middle school will also host an ANZAC Day assembly with Cannington Community College during week 10. Please keep an eye out for further information regarding these events shortly.

DRUMBEAT: Holyoake’s DRUMBEAT 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.

This semester, students can participate in a DRUMBEAT program at both the senior and middle school, run by our student services team. If your child chooses or is selected to participate, you will hear back shortly with more details about the program and when it will be run weekly. We aim to run two more programs in Semester 2, so there will be an opportunity for others to participate at a later date.

About our Community Health Nurses

Community health nurses are skilled in assessing adolescent health needs, engaging in health counselling with young people to identify issues, risks and protective factors, providing advice and brief intervention, assisting with access and referral to other services, and providing follow-up care.

The services provided are free and confidential. The nurses are available as follows:

Student Services Team

School-Based Immunisation Information

Throughout the 2023 school year, the School-Based Immunisation Program will provide the following Immunisations:

All students require parent/guardian consent before receiving any school vaccinations.

OPTION 1: Online through Vaccinate WA (preferred option)

The 2023 School-Based Immunisation Program is transitioning to an online platform.

• Please use the Vaccinate WA online platform to complete your child’s consent.
• For detailed instructions on how to register your child, including information relating to the relevant disease transmission and symptoms, please visit School-based immunisation program

OR

OPTION 2: Paper Based (for those who cannot access Vaccinate WA)

• A paper-based immunisation consent form obtained through the school or via the healthy WA website. School-based-immunisation-program-form
• Please sign and return to the school even if consent is declined.
• NOTE: Paper-based consent forms will be entered onto Vaccinate WA, and you will receive an email confirming this.
• All vaccines provided will be recorded in the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

School Board

Welcome back, everyone—a special welcome to our 21 new students and their families. We hope you settle quickly into our school community.

The senior school camp at Camp Quaranup, Albany, is fast approaching. It’s an excellent opportunity for our students to learn team building and independent living.

Work is underway on the school’s annual report. When it has been finalised, please take a look at the website.

Also, a reminder that the parent handbook is on the website. It contains lots of helpful information.

Thanks to all the teachers and staff for their hard work getting the school year started for our students.

Emma Blake, School Board Chair

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

Rapid Antigen Tests

We have RATs available to share with the school community. If you would like some for home use, please call at the office for collection.

Community News

Friendship