Monthly Archives: March 2018

Rite Journey Starts

March 15, 2018

This morning marked the start of the journey to adulthood the start of the Rite Journey program.

The program will be over long before any of the Year 9s are adults – and each of them will mature differently and at different paces at different times. Over the next 10 years they will outgrow and be outgrown by friends and they will start to have a real sense of who they are and who they might aspire to be.

The Rite Journey program takes several key qualities and strengths: it requires a willingness to trust others; it requires the courage to tackle tasks and possibly fail; it requires the maturity to decide to do something to the best of ones ability and to care for and respect the trust of others.

Today is called the “Departure” because is a ritual marking the start of the journey. The walk up the coast is a metaphor to remind them that they are starting something, the Rite Journey.

“The Rite Journey is already one of the best initiation into successful adulthood programs for adolescents in the world . My congratulations for such a fine trail blazing initiative.” – Peter Ellyard, Author “designing 2050′

Coffee & Conversation

March 14, 2018

Transitioning into Secondary School can be a bit daunting for students and parents as their children move into the next stage of their schooling. We have an event coming up for parents of Year 7s to come and chat and see how they’re adapting in class.

This Friday (March 16) Duncraig Secondary will hold their first Coffee and Conversation for 2018 where Year 7 Coordinator Suzy Mettam will discuss the transition into Secondary in the Community Room from 8.30-9.30am. Attendance is free. Contact the School for more information.

CRIMSON EDUCATION

March 13, 2018

There is an informational seminar run by Crimson Education to let parents know about studying at the top uni’s in the US or the UK that you might be interested in.

For more information: Perth_US&UK Seminar

Sarah Cooke

Careers Advisor

Year 10 Even Year Testing

March 13, 2018

The annual benchmark testing of Year 10 students will take place on Monday 26 March and will follow the schedule below:

8:45am start – students go to their Period 1 class for the roll to be taken, then take move to the gym with their teacher

10:45 – recess

11:05 – 2^nd session

12:30 approx finish – students will return to their Period 4 class

World’s Greatest Shave

March 12, 2018

Hello teachers, staff, and St Stephen’s community,

This month is the World’s Greatest Shave, an event organised by the Leukaemia foundation in order to fund blood cancer research. We’re organising a fundraiser for the Leukaemia foundation and it’d be great to have involvement from teachers.

For the last week of school we’d like to have teachers and students alike with their hair dyed unnatural colours, wearing wigs, or with their hair cut off.

For the teachers, what we’re going to have is a tiered system where as we raise more money, the more teachers dye their hair, wear a wig, or shave their head. This provides an incentive for students to raise money however it also means that if you sign up you may not necessarily be wearing a wig, dying hair, or shaving in the final week of term.

If you are interested in joining in you can you please send an email my way so that we can get you on board before we announce the fundraiser this Tuesday in assembly. If during the fundraiser you decide you want to join in also just email me and we’ll add you in; it’s never too late.

A few other points:

Students will be donating money to dye their hair, shave their head, or wear a wig so the teachers won’t be the only ones in the final week. If students want to partake they’ll need to give the money and the signed parental consent form to their House Deans. Collected by HOUSE CAPTAINS AND FUNDRAISERS

We’ll be announcing the fundraiser on Tuesday (13 March) and the fundraising will stop on Friday the 6th of April. That Friday those students and teachers who’ve signed up for buzz cut will get it done in the quad during lunch. We’ll be collecting money every Wednesday during homeroom while the fundraiser is running.

Nick Hodgskin

Year 12

Air Force Flight Camp for Young Women – RAAF Pearce

March 12, 2018

This is to let you know about a fantastic opportunity at the Air Force that is coming up in April. It is the Air Force Flight Camp for Young Women which is being run at RAAF Pearce in Bullsbrook from 9-12 April.

You will find all the information you need here

If you have any questions or need help with your application, please let me know.

Sarah Cooke

Careers Advisor
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Information for Year 12s

March 12, 2018

Academic Group is pleased to offer both ATAR revision and ATAR enrichment programs in the April school holidays to help support your student’s academic goals.

Programs Available in the April School Holidays:

Year 11 & 12 ATAR Revision Program – Ideal for students looking for structured revision and Semester 1 exam preparation
Year 12 ATAR Enrichment Program – Ideal for students looking for academic extension with advanced content insight and practise.

Academic Task Force ATAR Revision Program

ATAR revision courses will help your students consolidate their subject knowledge and help them boost their marks by applying what they have learnt at school in their Semester One exams. Taught by excellent teachers, your students will receive structured revision and targeted exam preparation. Study Skills and Essay Writing courses also available.

Course duration – 6 hours over 2 days
Venues: Churchlands Senior High School, Rossmoyne Senior High School and Perth Modern School.

Find out more information here

*NEW in 2018

Academic Associate April ATAR Enrichment Program for Year 12 Students

ATAR Enrichment Courses are available to Year 12 students looking to maximise their ATAR exam marks. Your students’ will receive Academic extension with advanced content insight and practise in higher level exam questions. Taught by top ATAR subject specialists with proven results in boosting students’ marks. Students receive personal help in a small, interactive class.

Course duration – 10 hours over 5 days
Venues: University of Western Australia (UWA)

Find out more information here

Sarah Cooke

Careers Advisor

Great Team Work

March 10, 2018

Our CAS Duncraig Juniors took on Peter Moyes Anglican Community School (PMA) this week, with a mixed bag of results and a great display of sportsmanship overall.

The Junior Boys hosted PMA at home, winning three of the four games. The Year 8/9 Boys Tennis won 3/1, Year 9 Boys Basketball took the game 39-29 and The Saints Year 8/9 Boys Cricket smashed out a score of 10/231 over PMA’s 10/194. Year 8 Boys Basketball worked well as a team but were pipped by PMA 54-22.

Our Junior Girls played at PMA. The Year 8/9 Girls Tennis team also won 3-1, the Girls Year 8 Basketball came out on top with 29-22 and the Year 9s slam dunked with 45-8. Junior Touch played hard but just missed out.

Good luck next week to all our CAS sportspeople against St Mark’s as we approach the finals!

Fitness Rules Supreme

March 9, 2018

Students from Carramar and Duncraig recently spent for 5 days in Canberra and the AIS, where they lived, breathed and ate with our elite sporting stars!

During that time students attended various lectures, participated in clinics ran by the male and female Australian basketball players, attended fitness sessions on land and in the water, wrestled it out in a waterpolo session, and ate and slept in the athletes facilities.

Students were buzzing on the flight home and we look forward to taking another group in 2020!!

Sculpture by the Sea

March 9, 2018

Yesterday Visual Art teacher Verity Palmer and Art Technician Claire Davenhall took the Year 9 Visual Art students to Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe.

Two artists were on hand to talk to the students, Rima Zabaneh and Andrea Vinkovic.

This is the 14th Annual Cottesloe Exhibition of Sculptures by the Sea.

Sculpture by the Sea was established in 2005 and is the world’s largest FREE to the public sculpture exhibition, having generally over 70 sculptures designed by artists from all over the world. The exhibition is featured from the sea wall, all the way along the sand towards North Cottesloe and on the grassed areas around the beach, and this creates a unique sculpture park.

Well worth a visit!