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.
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 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.
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.
We are very excited to inform you about some changes that are underway in our Mathematics Department. Traditionally in schools, it has been extremely difficult for one teacher to cater to the learning needs of 20 individual students. As a result, not every student has experienced success in mathematics, with many students finding it particularly stressful or difficult. Our teaching team is now working very hard to change that, by changing the structure of our Mathematics curriculum so that instead of all students learning the same topic at the same time, each student will focus on only what they are ready to learn. This means that every student can experience success in Mathematics.
Our Mathematics team will be sending home further communication to parents about these changes and we will be holding an information session later in the term. In the meantime, we encourage you to chat with your child about about what it means to have a growth mindset (you can find out more about this at https://www.mindsetkit.org/growth-mindset-parents).
Mr Brett Roberts
Head of Secondary
St Stephen’s School would like to announce its inaugural Indonesia: Bali Life Foundation Service Tour 2018 open to students currently studying in Years 9 and 10 (Years 10 and 11 2018). Bali Life Foundation is a small charity based in Jimbaran, Bali where they care for and educate young disadvantaged children and youth.
Our students will engage in volunteer work at the orphanage as well as the Bali Life support services within the locality of central and southwest Bali. These services include Suwung Community School, Bali Life Sustainable Community Garden, Kuta Street Kids and Mothers Program, and the Training and Education Community Centre.
The tour will consist of 16 students and 3 staff from across both campuses and will be departing 17 April, returning 24 April, 2018 (first week of the April holidays). The approximate cost of the tour will be $1200.
We will be seeking expressions of interest from students in October 2017.
Mr Stephen Meagher, Deputy Head of Care
Ms Donna Lund, Coordinator of Service Learning
Opening Night: Wednesday October 25
Time: 6.30pm
Where: St Stephen’s School Carramar, Technology Building
Exhibition open from 26 – 31 October, 8.00am – 4.00pm
The final Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences lesson for Term 3 – A Medieval Feast and Presentation of the students’ creative tasks to end our Medieval History topic. 
Parking and overall traffic congestion around schools is an ongoing issue and is further exacerbated with vehicles parking in contradiction to parking signs, on footpaths or in dangerous locations such as on bends at intersections. So to minimise this issue below are a few suggestions to ease stress during these periods:
Thank you for you cooperation in regard to students’ safety.