Students

National Reconciliation Week (NRW)

Reconciliation: is a ”coming together” as a nation with the aims to achieve justice, recognition and healing. National Reconciliation Week’s (NRW) theme this year was “Let’s take the next steps”. 

St Stephen’s School Carramar (secondary campus) began NRW with students presenting information at House assembly about the steps taken in our past towards reconciliation. Examples used included the 1967 Referendum, the Native Title Act, the Bringing Them Home Report, Government recognition through Paul Keating’s Redfern Speech and Kevin Rudd’s Apology to the Stolen Generations. All students were invited to wear a lilac ribbon for NRW to raise awareness and show support for reconciliation.

Year 10 students Carla Dias, Fion Edmonds and Monique Madsen gave presentations to year 5 and 6 students and received a warm reception and it was pleasing to see so many younger students knowing so much about reconciliation.

Netball

On Thursday 25th May, approximately 50 girls, from years 7-12 took part in the Champion Schools netball carnival. The girls played between 3 – 5 games, which were 20 minutes long.

The girls did an outstanding job in representing St Stephen’s School, Carramar and should be proud with their results. All teams came away with a few wins against some quality opponents.

Special congratulations go to the year 7’s who won 4 out of 5 games and the year 11’s who won 3 out of 4 games. Well done girls!

 

Year 12 – Young Achievers Early Offer Program

 

Notre Dame’s Early Offer Program gives high-achieving students a chance to secure their place at university before they sit their final exams. Applications are now open. Students can find the application form and instructions on how to apply at: notredame.edu.au/sydney/early-offer

Why students apply for Young Achievers Early Offer Program

  • Early Offer takes the pressure off Year 12 students by allowing them to secure their university spot before final exams
  • Notre Dame is the #1 university for skills development, graduate employment rate, student support and overall quality of educational experience (qilt.edu.au)
  • Students are recognised for their dedication and passion to a broad range of activities, including volunteer work, leadership, sport, the arts and academic achievement
  • Young Achievers get access to Notre Dame’s Leadership Program, including workshops, guest presentations and volunteering opportunities

 

Rob Crewe

Careers Advisor

DRAMA – A Year and a Day

Year 11 and 12 Drama Production

Come along and support the Senior Drama students and watch their performance of “A Year and A Day” by Christina Reid.

Listen to the story teller as he spins the tale about long lost tribes, ill fated love, murder and ghosts……

Dates: Thursday 25 and Friday 26 May (week 5)                                  Time: 6:45pm – 8:30pm
Venue: Tech Hub                                                                                                Cost: $5

Booking: Via school website – just click on the image for the production or go to Try booking: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=247005

 

Volleyball Championships

Wednesday we had our senior boys and senior girls compete in the School Sport Western Australia, SSWA, volleyball championships at Warwick leisure centre.

Both teams performed extremely well, the boys finished as the runner up of the A grade and the girls finished 3rd in the A grade.

Adam Dwyer

Sports Coordinator, Health and Physical Education

 

Well done to both teams!

LEARNING FROM THE BEST

Carramar students were recently visited by international business guru Jude Ower MBE. Jude has developed platforms for BP, Shell and IBM before founding Playmob – an internationally renowned video gaming company based in London and San Francisco. She shared her incredible career journey with our students as well as touched on leadership styles and tips on how to start your own business. What an opportunity!

What a wonderful opportunity for our students.