Thank you for the Year

It’s hard to believe that we’ve already come to the end of 2020; what a year!!! We would like to take this opportunity, in this final Blog of the year, to thank our wonderful community for their support throughout 2020. We feel truly blessed to be part of the St Stephen’s School family and have truly appreciated everyone’s understanding as we’ve navigated through a challenging, but overall, a very positive year. We wish everyone a very happy Festive Season and look forward to the many opportunities ahead of us in 2021.

God Bless

The Carramar Primary Staff  & Leadership Team

Year 7 Academic Scholarships

Applications for Year 7 Academic Scholarships for 2022 are now open!

Does your child excel in the classroom? Applications for Academic Scholarships are now open for students heading into Year 7 in 2022.

Scholarships are open to new and current students. The process includes testing in March next year and, if awarded, grants partial or full remission of School tuition fees for the student’s entire Secondary education at St Stephen’s School, subject to ongoing performance and yearly reviews.

See where a scholarship could take your child at https://www.ststephens.wa.edu.au/enrolments/scholarships or contact the School Registrar at scholarships@ststephens.wa.edu.au.

Christmas Cheer at Lakeside

Primary and Secondary students joined forces to sing Christmas carols at Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre last Friday. They were very impressive and received many compliments from the public. Well done to all the students and their teachers, Michelle Williams and Steve Williams.

Cards That Count

A heartfelt thank you to all families who purchased Christmas cards designed by Primary students this year. Through this initiative, St Stephen’s School has raised over $1000 for Uniting WA.

A special congratulations to Carramar Kindy student, Harshita Chauhan who’s card design was chosen by Uniting WA as a winner for their 2020 Christmas Card competition. Well done Harshita!

Lego Masters

The FIRST Lego League RePlay challenge was mastered by our Carramar Primary team late November! We wish our team, Active Ants the best of luck as they compete in the Nationals at Curtin University this weekend.

Year 4s on Their Bikes

Our Year 4 students participated in an exciting bike ride to Wanneroo Rotary Park recently, as a part of the Year 4 Bike Education program. They had lots of fun navigating their way to the park and taking in all the beautiful scenery along the way. A big thank you to all our parent helpers who joined us on the ride!

Master Chef Finale

Language students were back in the kitchen for the final round of their Masterchef challenge this week. Year 6 students created some amazing French desserts including macarons and delicious gateaux. Each team’s final dish was critiqued by judges and then enjoyed by team and class members.

Times Table Rockstars Competition

Year 3-6 students played against each other to answer as many time table questions as they can in a minute. The top 6 students from each year group played against each other in quarter and semi-finals with the top 6 in the grand finale.

Finalists were: Kevin Viji, Katrina Murphy, Kayne Horan, Ben Davis, Mitchell Callcott and Lucas Unitt.

Our top 3 students were:

3^rd place – Katrina Murphy from Year 5 with 101 correct answers

2^nd place – Kayne Horan from Year 4 with 103 correct answers

1^st place – Kevn Viji from Year 6 with 121 correct answers

Uniting WA

Once again the St Stephen’s School community was generous with their donations for the Uniting WA Christmas Appeal. Food Bank weighed the donations and advised that Carramar and Duncraig campuses combined provided them with in excess of 1200kgs of non-perishable food items. We would like to thank all those that assisted Service Learning with the coordination of the appeal, along with all staff that encouraged our students to bring in their donations so generously. After all it is a team effort. Once again a little will go a long way this Christmas.

Uniform Standards

As the end of the year is fast approaching and everyone begins to enjoy their holiday break, a friendly reminder to ensure that your child’s hairstyle adheres to the School’s uniform policy upon their return in January 2021. Please refer to the Parent Handbook for further details https://ststephensschool.sharepoint.com/SSSCorporate/ParentHandbook/Forms

2021 School Fee Payment Options

Dear Parents/ Guardians

In 2021, the School will be simplifying the annual school fee notification and payment selection process for parents. Parents / Guardians will no longer be required to re-select a preferred payment method and frequency at the start of the school year.

The payment method (direct debit, or credit card, or BPAY) and frequency of payment (weekly, fortnightly, monthly, three instalments or annual upfront) that you had in place in 2020 will continue automatically in 2021.

The dates to note for payments (based on frequency) next year are:

1 upfront payment due on 29 January 2021 (2% discount); or

43 weekly payments starting 4 February 2021; or

22 fortnightly payments starting 4 February 2021; or

10 monthly payments starting on 2 February 2021; or

10 monthly payments starting on 17 February 2021; or

3 instalments (BPAY only) on 18 February 2021, 20 May 2021 and 19 August 2021

You will not be required to take any action, unless you would like to change the method of payment or frequency of payments. In which case, please contact the Accounts Receivable team on 9243 2103 or email accountsreceivable@ststephens.wa.edu.au as soon as possible.

If you wish to change your credit card, or bank account details, you are able to do this at any time throughout the year via the Parent Portal. Click on the ‘School Payments’ tab and select Manage stored cards and direct debits to bank accounts (https://edinfo.ststephens.wa.edu.au/ManageStoredCards.aspx).

On 11 January 2021 your annual fee invoice will be available for you to view on the Parent Portal in the ‘School Payments’ tab – select Statements and receipt history (https://edinfo.ststephens.wa.edu.au/fin.aspx).

All the best for the holidays and wishing you a Happy Christmas

From the Accounts Receivable Team

Before School Tennis Lessons – Term 1, 2021

We will be conducting before school tennis lessons at St Stephens Carramar in Term 1 2021, to allow your child to start the day in an active and engaging manner. Details of the program are as follows:

Day: Thursday mornings – commencing Thursday 11 February, 2021

Time: 7.30-8.15am, $130 / child (8 weeks)

To Register please email info@poptennis.com.au or call Glen on 0433 340 646 with the following information:

-Child’s Full Name

-Child’s Date of Birth

-Mobile number

-Email address

Farewell Letter

Dear Parents

It is with mixed emotions I write to you to let you know I will be moving on to teach at Mercy College next year. Changing schools every four to six years is something I have done for the last three decades of my career as I believe change affords opportunities to learn, grow and serve others. Having taught at St Stephen’s School for the past six years, I feel it is time to embark on another educational adventure.

Teaching at St Stephen’s School has been a truly amazing experience. The people power here is wonderful and I have never taught in another school which has offered this much support for their students. The caliber of staff, quality of teaching and teamwork, sensational productions and specialist opportunities here are fantastic.

While I am excited about commencing in a new school, I am also very emotional about leaving St Stephen’s. Staff here have become much loved friends, the children are embedded in my heart, and the support from parents has been greatly appreciated throughout my six years here. I will miss everything about this community, especially the children.

If I do not get the opportunity to say farewell in person, please know how grateful I am for your positive words and the opportunity to teach your children. They have been such a delightful part of my journey.

Wishing you all good health, faith, hope and love.

May the Force be with you!

Warmest regards

Sandra Corcoran

Lost Property – LAST CALL

We still seem to have a lot of lost property items ie. drink bottles, food containers and uniform items all on display outside Reception up until Friday 27 November. All must go!

There is also a rack of second hand uniform items available for a gold coin donation.

Please remember to put your child’s name on their uniform items so that they can be reunited if uniform items should happen to stray.

Picnic on the Green

Wednesday 9 December

1.00pm to 3.00pm

Parents must be in attendance with their children

Christmas Meal Deal

Uniting WA Christmas Appeal

Northway Uniting Church and St Stephen’s Primary are collecting Christmas gifts for children in need. There is a Christmas tree located next to the Kindy indoor entrance of the Primary Forum. Please select a tag from the tree, buy a gift for a child with the age and gender specified and place it in the box under the tree. The gifts do not need to be wrapped. These gifts are then distributed to children in the community who are doing it tough (mostly through DCP Joondalup). On behalf of the children who receive these gifts, we are so immensely grateful for your donations in past years – Thank you!

Uniting WA Christmas Hampers

Loud Shirt Day

Carramar Primary Presentation Evening

The Carramar Primary Presentation Evening will be held on Thursday 3 December at 6:45pm in the Sports & Learning Centre.  Tickets for the event are free and are available now via the link below:

https://events.humanitix.com/cppe2020

Ticket numbers will be limited due to COVID-19 restrictions so please book early to avoid disappointment.  Please be aware that all attendees (including students and performers) will require tickets this year.  Please bring your ticket with you on the night (printed or electronically) as they will be scanned on entry.

Before School Tennis Lessons – Term 1, 2021

We will be conducting before school tennis lessons at St Stephens Carramar in Term 1 2021, to allow your child to start the day in an active and engaging manner. Details of the program are as follows:

Day: Tuesday mornings – commencing Tuesday 6 February, 2021

Time: 7.30-8.15am, $130 / child (8 weeks)

To Register please email info@poptennis.com.au or call Glen on 0433 340 646 with the following information:

-Child’s Full Name

-Child’s Date of Birth

-Mobile number

-Email address

Innovative School Award

St Stephen’s School has been named among the nation’s top schools in The Educator magazine’s annual Innovative Schools list. The School was recognised for its unique take on regional enrolments with the Home Away From Home (HAFH) program, launched in August. The HAFH program offers a fresh take on conventional school boarding arrangements, placing students from regional WA in a local family environment. For more information visit https://www.ststephens.wa.edu.au/enrolments/ris/regional-students

Jump Rope For Heart – FINAL WEEK!  

We are very excited to announce that St Stephen’s School Carramar has currently raised $1757 for the Heart Foundation. Only 3 days left until all online fundraising finishes on Friday 20 November!

It’s not too late to sign up! Visit www.jumprope.org.au to register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising. Jump Rope for Heart is a great way for your child to keep fit and learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart research and education programs.

JUMP OFF DAY – Wednesday 18 November

We will be celebrating Jump Off Day this Wednesday 18 November. Students are invited to WEAR SOMETHING RED this Wednesday.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

https://www.bonjoro.com/g/FsnHQ3BX2My

Library Information

The Library staff would like to bring you up to date with some changes that will be happening in the Library, in the final weeks of this term.

After some consultation it has been decided that, due to the teaching and learning needs of our K to 12 staff and students, we are going to move the Early Childhood collections and Lit Pro (Home Reading) collections.

These collections will go into Library Classrooms 1&2 – currently Business/VET rooms. We will then create a quiet teaching & study “zone” outside Library Classrooms 3&4 (currently Primary Library and Year 12 study room) for the secondary students.

2020 borrowing will end for the Primary students on 27 Nov  so that the Library Staff and Property Services can safely complete this project during Week 8.

Christmas Meal Deal

Uniting WA Christmas Appeal

Northway Uniting Church and St Stephen’s Primary will be collecting Christmas gifts again for children in need. There will be a Christmas tree located next to the Kindy indoor entrance of the Primary Forum from 20 November. Please select a tag from the tree, buy a gift for a child with the age and gender specified and place it in the box under the tree. The gifts do not need to be wrapped. These gifts are then distributed to children in the community who are doing it tough (mostly through DCP Joondalup). On behalf of the children who receive these gifts, we are so immensely grateful for your donations in past years – Thank you!

Uniting WA Christmas Hampers

Lost Property

As we still seem to have a lot of lost property items ie. drink bottles, food containers and uniform items we have decided to display all lost property outside Reception up until Friday 27 November.

There is also a rack of second hand uniform items available for a gold coin donation.

Please remember to put your child’s name on their uniform items so that they can be reunited if uniform items should happen to stray.

Loud Shirt Day

Lovely Acts of Service from our Year 3 Students and their Families

A lovely group of Year 3 students wanted to make a difference and decided to organise a fundraising event to help the less fortunate. Over $155 was raised and donated to THE RED SHIELD APPEAL as a result of their effort! It is wonderful to see our students taking this type of initiative themselves to serve the community. Well done!

Furthermore, our entire Year 3 cohort and their families have demonstrated their heart for Service by baking ANZAC cookies for the elderly at Regents Garden to help commemorate Remembrance Day this year. This is what Regents Garden’s staff had to say about this wonderful gift:

…it was a wonderful surprise that simply turned up on our doorstep on the morning of Remembrance Day. This is a day that means so much to many of the residents who almost all were affected by the war in some way. We had a small ceremony and they were handed out afterwards. The rest were delivered directly to the residents who were not able to attend the ceremony.  It was very kind of you all to think of our elderly community and send them a little bit of love in a bag.  

Thanks to you all xx

Carramar Primary Presentation Evening

The Carramar Primary Presentation Evening will be held on Thursday 3 December at 6:45pm in the Sports & Learning Centre.  Tickets for the event are free and are available now via the link below:

https://events.humanitix.com/cppe2020

Ticket numbers will be limited due to COVID-19 restrictions so please book early to avoid disappointment.  Please be aware that all attendees (including students and performers) will require tickets this year.  Please bring your ticket with you on the night (printed or electronically) as they will be scanned on entry.

Lost Property Galore!

Our lost property is multiplying! We understand that our community haven’t been able to come into the Primary Forum due to current restrictions. We have therefore decided to display all lost property outside Reception this Thursday 12 and Friday 13 November between 8.15am and 9.00am. Please come and have a look……you never know what treasure you may find.

Loud Shirt Day

Uniting Care Christmas Appeal

Northway Uniting Church and St Stephen’s Primary will be collecting Christmas gifts again for children in need. There will be a Christmas tree located next to the Kindy indoor entrance of the Primary Forum from 20 November. Please select a tag from the tree, buy a gift for a child with the age and gender specified and place it in the box under the tree. The gifts do not need to be wrapped. These gifts are then distributed to children in the community who are doing it tough (mostly through DCP Joondalup). On behalf of the children who receive these gifts, we are so immensely grateful for your donations in past years – Thank you!

Jump Rope for Heart – Two Weeks to Go!

We are very excited to announce that St Stephen’s School Carramar has currently raised $1656 in this year’s Jump Rope for Heart Program! Keep up the great work everyone!

A reminder that all online fundraising ends on Friday 20 November (Week 6).

It’s not too late to sign up! Visit www.jumprope.org.au to register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising. Jump Rope for Heart is a great way for your child to keep fit and learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart research and education programs.

We will be celebrating Jump Off Day next week on Wednesday 18 November (Week 6). Students are invited to wear something red on this day.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

Carramar Primary Presentation Evening

The Carramar Primary Presentation Evening will be held on Thursday 3 December at 6:45pm in the Sports & Learning Centre.  Tickets for the event are free and are available now via the link below:

https://events.humanitix.com/cppe2020

Ticket numbers will be limited due to COVID-19 restrictions so please book early to avoid disappointment.  Please be aware that all attendees (including students and performers) will require tickets this year.  Please bring your ticket with you on the night (printed or electronically) as they will be scanned on entry.

Friday 6 November is Orientation Day!

Dear Parents/Guardians,

This Friday is Orientation Day!  A special day when we will be welcoming all our new 2021 students into our classrooms for the day. What a wonderful opportunity to make new friends for all our existing students! All students will be busy meeting their 2021 year level teachers and learning assistants between 9am and 11am and return to their current class for the rest of the day. Please note that a special program has been put together for our current Yr 6 students heading to Yr 7 next year. To all our Yr 6 parents, please ensure you read the information sent through by our Enrolments Department in relation to the early departure this Friday.

Loud Shirt Day 2020

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART 2020

We are very excited to announce that St Stephen’s School Carramar has already raised $1483 in this year’s Jump Rope for Heart Program! Keep up the great work everyone!

It’s not too late to sign up! Visit www.jumprope.org.au to register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising. Jump Rope for Heart is a great way for your child to keep fit and learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart research and education programs.

Congratulations to Ella-Jade Petch (4W) who is currently in the lead with the online fundraising, having already raised $355! Well done to Poppy Boulton, Evie Petch, Lucy Langley, Chase Allen, Oliver Jones, Ezekiel Jones and Eamon Chua who have already made a fantastic start to their fundraising!

A reminder that all online fundraising ends on Friday 20 November (Week 6).

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!
            

Yours sincerely,

Hannah Uglow
Jump Rope for Heart Coordinator 

The word is CAMP!!!!

Thanks to the incredible efforts of our staff, ALL Year 1 to 6 students have now experienced their 2020 Camp! Just when we thought this was an activity students would have to miss out on because of COVID-19, our amazing staff just made it happen! Below are some of the many pictures of our “happy campers” this year.

Icy Poles

As the Year 6 students are attending their Orientation Day in the High School this Friday, please note that there will be no icy poles this again.

Containers for Change Program

St Stephen’s School has partnered with Good Sammy, who is an official collection organisation for the Containers for Change launched on 1 October this year.

Please collect eligible containers and help provide meaningful employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Our bins are located at:

Early Learning Centre – entrance to Reception

Duncraig Primary – entrance to Reception

Carramar Primary – entrance to Reception and near the Nurses office

Scholastic Book Club

28 October 2020

Telethon 2020

Congratulations to Eamon and the Doak family for their amazing efforts with this year’s Telethon!  The St Stephen’s School community is so grateful and proud of all your work!

Book Week & Book Fair

What an amazing Book Week 2020! A special thank you to all parents who volunteered their time to this year’s Book Fair, raising over $1000 to go towards our Picnic on The Green! Our heartfelt thanks to all parents who also purchased books and for sending students to school so well dressed up for our Book Week Parade on Friday!

Read-a-thon

This is the final reminder for Read-a-thon which is on until Friday 23 October.

Click here to view the Read-a-thon Pledge and information form –  Read a thon Pledge Form. Printed copies were sent home in Term 3.

Jump Rope for Heart 2020

We are very excited to announce that St Stephen’s School Carramar has already raised $1258 in this year’s Jump Rope for Heart Program! Keep up the great work everyone.

Jump Rope for Heart is a great way for your child to keep fit and learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart research and education programs.

It’s not too late to sign up! Visit www.jumprope.org.au to register your child online, so they can receive the full benefits of the program and participate in online fundraising.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

Icy Poles

As the Year 6 students are on Camp this week, please note that there will be no icy poles this Friday.

Book Week Parade

Book Fair Extraordinaire!!!

THANK YOU so much to all parents who have been volunteering this week for the Book Fair!

Please note that the Book Fair will be open again after the parade for about half an hour.

Cards that Count

This year, Uniting would like to offer parents the opportunity to order their own child’s Christmas card. This fundraising is organised in collaboration with a WA company Cards That Count. The cards are printed on high quality 100% recycled paper in WA. The pack includes 10 cards of one design and 10 envelopes.

St Stephen’s School students were invited to draw their personalised Christmas card during the last week of Term 3. Students who have chosen to take part in this project will be coming home this week with a copy of their template. Online ordering is now available till 25 October. Cards will be delivered to the school on 16th November. The back of the cards will have the Uniting Logo, Year 2020 and your child’s name, class year and school. The cost of the pack of 10 cards is $16.

Please refer to the below link if you would like to purchase your child’s personalised cards. All proceeds are for charity. What a wonderful way to wish your friends and family, near or far, a lovely Festive Season!

www.cardsthatcount.com.au

Readathon

Remember, the Read-a-thon is still on until Friday 23 October.

Click here to view the Read-a-thon Pledge and information form –  Read a thon Pledge Form. Printed copies were sent home in Term 3.

Bowl Patrol

Book Fair Extraordinaire!!!

Firstly, THANK YOU so much to all parents who have responded to our call for volunteers for the Book Fair next week. We truly appreciate your support 😊! I wish to inform you that due to the extensive and incredible amount of books  for sale next week (thank you so much for your donations!), we have decided to hold the Book Fair in the Primary Forum and NOT the Canteen under cover area. The logistics to move the books in and out of buildings are just too difficult.

As we still need to adhere to specific rules, we ask that parents and students enter and exit from the entrance door next to the Health Care Centre ONLY and stay within the designated “sale-zone” at all times. We thank you for your understanding.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the Fair next week as well as the Book Parade on Friday 23 October!

Madame Pilote

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED!!!!!

Our Book Fair is next week and we simply haven’t got enough volunteers to help yet. We need help every day between 7.30-9.30am to assist with set up, sales and packing away. We have had some amazing Mums and Dads volunteer their time for past events so please get in touch with Karli on 0424 168797 urgently if you can help. Weeks of hard work has gone into organising this event already and all proceeds will go towards providing our beautiful children with the end of year fun event they have grown to love and look forward to. Everyone’s help is needed.

Madame Pilote