Dear Parents and Guardians,

We trust your children had many exciting stories to share from Orientation Day on Friday, there was much excitement across ELC and 3-6 as students moved into their next year level. It was wonderful to see our students’ welcome new families and make new friends on the day.

Class Placement 2023

As we prepare for 2023, we would like to take the opportunity to inform you of the process we use when placing students in their classes for next year. Please note that all teachers place students after examination of several factors which include:

• Social and emotional concerns
• Friendship preferences
• Academic ability
• Staff observations

Your child’s current class teachers construct their class lists in collaboration with their partner year group Teacher(s), Learning Assistance and Specialist Teachers. Where possible, the teaching staff will provide experiences for students to interact across the classes to also observe student interactions with students not currently in their class.

Once the teachers have completed their class list recommendations, they are forwarded on to the Primary Leadership Team. Class lists are reviewed by leadership.

The process of creating class lists is done carefully and over a period of time. Please be assured that every decision we make is in the best interests of your child and understand that, while we recognise the uniqueness and preferences of each student, we will not guarantee a preferred placement. Please, can I encourage you to trust in the professionalism and dedication of our staff as they consider the many factors in placing your child in a particular class and not make requests for preferred class placements for your child.

You will be notified of your child’s teacher in January 2023 before they commence school on Monday 30 January 2023.

Week ahead:

ELC

Friday 4 November –       Pre Primary Pirate Day

Kindy Bilbies Assembly

3-6

Friday 4 November –      French Assembly

Warm regards,

Hannah Lockwood-Jones & Andrew Johnston

Duncraig Primary Resource Lists (Kindy – 6 in 2023)

Students are supplied with a list of essential items and texts which have to be purchased for school. This is handled by Campion Education WA.

Resource lists will be available online through the Campion website.

From Monday 17 October – Friday 11 November 2022

(If ordered after this date, the goods may not arrive on time for the new school year and a charge of $8.00 per order will be incurred.)

Order online at www.campion.com.au

Click on “Online ordering for parents and students”

Create your account

Select St Stephen’s School Duncraig and enter the Duncraig Campus Kindy – Year 6 code, MWDP

Select the year level and then choose the items you wish to purchase.

Each resource list is headed by a caveat that states that books may be accessed from other sources if you wish. However, if you choose to do this you need to ensure that students have the materials in order to commence their school year. We encourage students to use stationery supplies from previous years, if in suitable condition. Some stationery supplies will need to be replaced during the year.

The online dates for our Primary School and Secondary School are different. The dates above are for Kindy – Year 6 in 2023. Secondary School lists will open on 11 November.

Date of delivery, of orders placed prior to the cut-off date, is Friday 2 December

Resource lists 2023 K-6 blog notice