This term our primary STEM Club enthusiasts have been having lots of fun building solar powered carts and, this week, they learned about density by density towers.
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Achieving at ACC
Months of students’ training and dedication was evident at the WA Athletics Stadium yesterday, as our Carramar athletes gave it their all at the ACC Athletics Carnival. Not only did our Senior Boys bring home a shield, Ky Landers (Year 12) placed third in Senior Boys, Simba Munjodzi (Year 7) achieved Runner Up Champion Boy in the Under 13s, Jayde Gault (Year 8) won Champion Boy in the Under 14s and Kayla van den Heever (Year 8) placed third in the Under 14s. Well done Team Carramar!
Familiar Faces
We’ve seen some familiar faces around the Carramar campus lately, with some St Stephen’s Alumni returning to share their Drama expertise! Cameron Taylor (Duncraig Class of 2011) has spent time hosting workshops with our Years 7, 11 and 12 Drama students focussing on improvisation, clowning and performance skills. WAAPA graduate Daniel Dosek (Carramar Class of 2013) has also been working with the ATAR Drama students individually to refine their skills and guide them in their preparation for their Mock exams. Thanks for visiting!
Year 12 Students Triumph
For the first time ever, the Carramar Class of 2018 have triumphed over the staff in the annual Leaver’s Shield competition! Each year, Carramar Year 12 students face their teachers in lunchtime sports matches including volleyball, badminton, basketball and netball. This year, the Year 12s were victorious and surely made some lasting memories!
Dress to Impress
There were colours and costumes galore at the Esplanade foreshore last Friday night, as the Year 11 students donned their best dress-ups for their annual River Cruise! The ‘Famous Faces’ theme saw students dress as their favourite characters and celebrities. It’s also worth noting that staff were just as eager to embrace the opportunity to dress up……… take a look at some of the creative outfits!
Make Your Own Picture Book Competition
Bridie Le Cornu won third place in the Year 7 and 8 Make Your Own Picture book competition for her entry “KOORT”.
Her story examined the perspectives of an indigenous girl living in a remote community verses a city child and how their lives were impacted by the 1967 referendum for Aboriginal rights.
It will be on display in the library later this week with the other entries.
Tech Savvy
Our helpful students and staff were working at Westfield Whitford City yesterday morning, offering their technological advice at a GenTech workshop. They will be there again Wednesday 12 September to help solve tech problems and share their wisdom!
Athletics Training
Athletics training is back in full swing at Carramar. Not even the bad weather can stop them in their preparation for glory!
Visual Art Workshop – Tips from Tweedie
Last Friday we had the privilege of Mark Tweedie, West Australian visual artist visiting Carramar to run a painting workshop with our year 10 and 11 Visual Art students. Mark Tweedie is a visual artist whose practice explores themes of family, mortality and ageing in a style that focus’ on tone and form using a contrast of soft washes and thick impasto.
The 3 hour workshop helped the students develop the confidence when painting portraits as well as exploring a more challenging style.
WA Volleyball Cup
A big congratulations to all the boys and girls who competed in the WA Volleyball Cup last Friday. St Stephen’s Carramar sent two teams to compete. The boys team managed to make it through to the finals that were played on Saturday and fell just one step short of the grand final. Making St Stephen’s School the third best volleyball school in WA!
