Duncraig Secondary Snapshot

As you are aware Government COVID Regulations require that parents do not come on campus at present. We are pleased to be able to hold Student-Parent-Teacher Interviews for Year 12 students in an online platform, and these will be held as planned on Monday 14 March, commencing at 4:00pm. This is an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s progress with their teachers. Interviews are 10 minutes long and there will be sessions from: 4:00pm – 8:00pm. We encourage students to be present with you to participate in the interview.

The interviews will be held online using your child’s Microsoft Teams account. At the time of your booked interviews, you need to have logged into the Teams Application using your child’s login details (we recommend that you use the App, and not the web based interface). You will be called by each teacher via Teams at your nominated interview time. Please enable both the video and microphone functions in the Teams ‘Calls’ tab. Please be aware that teachers will need to keep the interview strictly to the time allocated so that they can call the next family, and will be using their device clock which is centrally synced.

When booking, please check your child’s timetable in SEQTA for the subjects taught by each available teacher. To book your interview time please go to: Parent Portal

Then:

• Plan the Term > Select Interview Booking
• Login to EdInfo (Simply select login)
• Select Interviews
• Select Student from the drop down menu
• Select available appointment time
• Print Timetable

Your username and password for the bookings is the same as you use for applications accessible through the portal i.e. SEQTA. If you have forgotten your username or password, please submit a ticket at:  ICT Help

You will notice that some staff have an additional time slot available during the week; this is for teachers with a large number of Year 12 students.  Year 12 students will be attending school during the week, so instead of calling your child’s Teams account for one of these mid-week meetings, the teacher will call the mobile phone of the parent who is listed first in SEQTA and hold a phone interview.

Please note that bookings will close on 13 March at 4pm. If you are unable to book a time slot with a teacher, please contact the teacher via email.

Thank you for your support as we navigate through the challenges of this year together as a community.

 

Dear Parents and Guardians

A big part of St Stephen’s School’s holistic education is about preparing our students for the world beyond School. Whether it be via an academic pathway or vocational route, we work closely with each student to understand their interests and strengths and guide them toward success.

Last year we reached out to our parent community asking for support with our Career Expo, Career Conversations and Work Experience and many of you volunteered your time and expertise, which was fantastic. I would like to extend the same invitation again this year. Would you be willing to be involved any of the following:

• Presenting to a group of students about your job/industry
• Providing Work Experience placements for our students – one day a week or a one week placement
• Chatting to students about your career pathway at our Career Conversations event in November

Specific details are included below. If you would like to volunteer to be involved in any of the above, or would like to chat about any further opportunities for our students, please get in touch with our Careers Adviser, Sarah Cooke at sarah.cooke@ststephens.wa.edu.au. We would love to hear from you.

Regards

Dr Darnelle Pretorius

Head of Campus

Y10 undertaking a marine epifauna study to classify marine organisms. Most students discovered at least one organism they had never seen before!

 

Wednesday we snorkelled at Mettams Pool with both our Y12 General and ATAR students and got to see an octopus, nudibranch (little colourful sea slug) and had beautiful conditions to practice our skills!

Courtney Wood

Teacher – Science and Learning Enrichment

 

Thursday the  Y11 General class did a fish eye dissection and pictured is Saffron who dissected this eye herself and did a perfect job!

Courtney Wood

Teacher – Science

Congratulations  to Josh Davies (Year 12) who has been selected in the U18 Australian National Baseball squad

Josh is one of 44 players to be selected with a view to representing Australia at the U-18 World Cup in Florida in August 2022

Josh is also part of the Elite Athlete Program run at the school.

Matt Richmond

Head of Learning Area – Health & Physical Education

Sadly the ACC have cancelled all the divisional swimming Carnivals for 2022

So yesterday, Monday was the last training session for our amazing swimmers.

Such a shame they won’t get to compete after the great start we had to our training program.

Matt Richmond

Head of Learning Area Health & Physical Education

Master Classes for Term 1, 2022 For Senior School and Middle School Students

Venue: Christ Church Grammar School

Website: www.mastermindaustralia.com.au

 

 

The City of Joondalup is running its annual Defeat the Beat competition again for 2022!! Defeat the Beat 2022 is now calling for artists be it bands, soloists, duo’s, DJs or hip hop artists.

There are some great prizes up for grabs including studio time and photo shoots. Entry is open soon to the end of March and we strongly encourage your students to apply.

The event itself will be held in Middle of April 2022 and artists will need to be available to play. In the past it has been held at Bar1 Nightclub from 6pm to 10pm and family/friends/supports are invited to attend.

There are a number of conditions you must meet to enter the competition, as follows:

• Soloists or group must be aged 12 to 18 years (inclusive);
• At least one group member resides or attends an educational institution within the City of Joondalup;
• Individuals may only represent one group or solo act;
• New and emerging entrants may be prioritised over groups who have received first place in previous Defeat the Beat competitions;
• Material and performance submitted must not contain offensive material or coarse language;

If you are interested please send an email to mel.burton@joondalup.wa.gov.au or youth.service@joondalup.wa.gov.au. To enter the artist/s will need to submit a video, soundcloud, youtube clip of their music being played. This can be either an original performance or a cover performance and doesn’t need to be of a professional recording standard.

From the entries received a number of acts will be selected to perform at the final competition on in April. Artists should be aware that they will need to be available for the event date TBA.

How to Enter

Soloists/Groups will need to complete an entry form and provide a link to their music demo.

Submit your entry form and a link or copy of your music demo via email to youth.services@joondalup.wa.gov.au.

Entry forms will be available by contacting the details above (we will update all our social media pages when the marketing is ready. For any further information please don’t hesitate to contact City of Joondalup Youth Services on 9400 4929.

 

Entry forms available in the coming weeks.