Month: November 2017

FIRST Lego League

    The Brik Pak                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Saturday 4 November at Carramar Campus, St Stephen’s played host to 25 schools in the northern division of the FIRST Lego League. Over 200 people were in attendance and the day was an overwhelming success.

A big CONGRATULATIONS to our Carramar Secondary team, The Brik Pak on their performance at FIRST Lego League. The team consisting of Tom Cordell, Cameron Kiss, Abigail Legge, Darcy Beckitt, Christian Harris, Falgun Batavia, Aaron Popich and Cooper Sinclair performed exceptionally well in all 3 components of the competition.

The team excelled in the project presentation, which involved them presenting their innovative idea of a Mosquito Aerial Control & Eradication (MACE) system to a panel of judges. The team won the Research Award for their comprehensive study into mosquitoes, drones and mosquito eradication techniques which involved them speaking to Dr Abbey Potter from Department of Health and Dr Fredrik Christiansen from the Cetacean Research Unit at Murdoch University.

The feedback from people on Saturday was overwhelming in praise of our school, it’s grounds and the volunteers who assisted with the event. Thank you all!

 

 

 

T20 Cricket Blast State Finals

     

Friday 3 November, the year 7/8 girls’ and 9/10 boys’ Carramar cricket teams competed in the T20 Cricket Blast Finals at Britannia Reserve in Leederville. We competed against cricket specialist schools such as Kent Street High School and both our teams put in some great performances. The boys finished in 4th place and the girls finished in 3rd place. Congratulations to all, on making the state finals.

    

   

Spring Soiree

On Wednesday night Carramar hosted its 15th annual Year 10 Spring Soiree dinner dance at Bridgeleigh Reception Centre. The students were able to showcase their ballroom dancing skills in an evening of dancing and fine dining. Staff at Bridgeleigh commented that St Stephens School was by far the most respectful and well behaved school that had visited the reception centre. Everyone had a fantastic time.

 

Share the Dignity Campaign

Mrs Nation and Mrs Battersby organised a collection of women’s personal items for the Share the Dignity Campaign and Tranby House.

During homeroom, several students helped Mrs Nation and Mrs Battersby organise care packs for women living with very little access to these necessary items.

Both organisations were overwhelmed by the generosity of our school community and would like to thank everyone who donated.

The SEQTA Experience Carramar Secondary

The SEQTA experience for the Carramar Secondary School community

Cover Page
The purpose of the cover page is to contain an overview of the course. It should be an easy reference for information about the entire year of work.
It contains a copy (or a link) to the assessment schedule, program and syllabus.

Assessments
o The assessment schedule should be developed at the start of the year. Lower school students are to have the entire semester of assessments visible to parents and students. Year 11 and 12 are to have the entire year’s assessments visible
o Assessment titles should include the weighting and clear labels that are succinct.
o Task sheet/assessment description and marking guide/rubric are to be added at an appropriate time.
o Marks for summative assessments should be made visible, within three weeks of the assessment being finalised.
o If there is more than one class, all marks are to be made visible at the same time.
o Exam marks are to be released at the end of the exam period.
o Formative assessments can be visible with a weighting of zero.
o Assessment feedback will be placed in the Marks Book on a regular basis.

(Lesson) Planning
Students, parents/carers and other staff should be able to see what has been planned on a week-by-week basis (as a minimum). Clarity in lesson naming is essential.

Lesson Resources
It should be clear where students can access resources and links. Students may be required to enter homework themselves on occasion.

Documents Section
This is used to store documents that parents/carers might need to access at any point of the year.
Documents include anything from a Parent Information Night slide show, Curriculum Handbooks, and the Assessment Policy.

Lego Land

Lego Teaching Life Skills

Teamwork, problem-solving, creativity and collaboration – just a few of the positive skills our involvement in the First Lego League is teaching our students. As our teams gear up for the First Lego League this Saturday, our Carramar Secondary team, better known as the “Brik Pak”, are working on a system that uses drones to locate mosquito breeding grounds and eradicating them through the aerial dropping of eco-friendly pesticide pellets. Known as M.A.C.E (Mosquito Aerial Control and Eradication) our team has been in contact with Murdoch University for some information regarding the sorts of programs and issues with mosquito control as it is such a big public health issue and the remote nature of some of their breeding grounds.