Jessica Sladden, Year 10, is experiencing a new approach to food service during her work experience at the Swan Valley Gourmet Farm Café. It’s a sustainable farm café that caterers for all kinds of food allergies and diets – it’s even Coeliac Australia Accredited. Jessica has been loving her time learning different skills at this quirky café!
The Yr 8 students are completing activities on Friday in their maths lessons in way of celebration of International Pi Day.
Please join us in celebrating by completing this Pi Day Sudoku, each row, column and region must contain the numbers 1-9, and three pi symbols.
We will be holding a Parent Information Session at the school on 26th March at 5.30pm, where we will discuss your child’s mathematics learning in further detail and answer any questions that you might have. We will also show you how to log in to Maths Pathway and how to use the data in the Parent Portal to check in on your child’s progress and discuss how you can support your child in their mathematics learning.
Details for this event are as follows:
Date: 26th March 2020
Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Location: Glenda Parkin Building (Yr 7 Building)
Recommended: Please bring your child and their device with you so that you can log in to the Parent Portal on our school network during the event.
We look forward to see you there,
Year 7 Mathematics Team
Year 11 students doing a heart dissection in Mrs Fletcher’s class. Dissection of the heart offers students an excellent opportunity to learn about the anatomy of a mammalian heart. The human heart is similar in structure and function.
Science teacher Mr Ben Nicholson, equipped with his GoPro, has accompanied our Year 11 Marine and Maritime Studies students on their scuba diving adventures this term. He captured some awesome footage of the students during their course, from when they began learning about the equipment to their open water boat dive off Rottnest Island. Take a look!
Dear Students/Parents
As we begin a new academic year, this is just a timely reminder about the school sport uniform policy on appropriate footwear.
Please refer to the Uniform section in the Parental Form and Policy Handbook:
“Well supporting sports shoes, cross-training shoes highly recommended (no Dunlop volleys, skate or leisure type shoes permitted).”
Its highly advisable for your child’s development that they wear supportive footwear when they are participating in all aspects of Physical Education.
Currently, shoes such as “Nike Air Force One” (see description below), are not advisable for Physical Education lessons.
“…the Nike Air Force 1 revolutionized the sneaker scene and is now one of the most recognizable and beloved streetwear sneakers around.”
Wearing these types of shoe, that do not provide adequate support during physical activity may cause short/long term injury.
If you have any further questions please consult with either myself or your PE teacher as to what is an appropriate shoe to wear.
Matt Richmond
Head of Learning Area Healh & Physical Education
An open invitation to all Secondary parents to attend a short ANZAC Day Observation on Tuesday 7 April at 10am to be held (weather permitting) in the Secondary Quad.
The Secondary Assessment Policy has been revised and updated for this year, in accordance with SCSA guidelines and the current WACE Manual. It is available on the Parent Portal under https://portal.ststephens.wa.edu.au/parent-and-student/plan-the-day/handbook-policies.html.
Dr Liz Criddle, Deputy Head – Teaching and Learning
The film Donydji Homeland Story captures life in the Donyji Aboriginal Community of the Northern Territory – a people who live a lifestyle that has remained unchanged for the past 200 years. Homeland Story was filmed over 50 years and truly captures the community’s transition from nomadic life to the present day over three generations and highlights the importance of their culture and identity.
The Rotary Club of Western Endeavour and the Wadjak Northside Aboriginal Community Group will host a special screening of the film in the St Stephen’s School Duncraig Theatre on Tuesday, March 24 from 7pm. Entry is $5 cash at the door. The film is rated M so children under 15 will need to be accompanied by an adult.
The Year 10 visual art students had an SSS alumni, Sarah Pearn, deliver an oil painting workshop on Monday. It was Sarah who painted the portrait of Glenda Parkin that is on the wall in the Glenda Parkin Learning Centre. Sarah studied Realist Fine Art at The Florence Academy of Art in Italy, after graduating from St Stephen’s School in 2006. Having moved back to Australia, she now focuses on producing highly traditional, classical portraiture. Her passionate knowledge for oil painting rubbed off on our Year 10 Visual Art students who learnt the skills needed to mix skin tones and blending techniques to create a realistic portrait painting.Students painted portraits and practices mixing skin tones.
Verity Palmer
Teacher – Visual Arts/Assistant Dean Carana
