Our 2017 Presentation Evening will take place on 5 December from 6:45 pm at the Carramar Sports & Learning Centre.
As well as being able to collect awards and celebrate achievements during the night, Presentation Evening is a chance for students and ex-students to catch up with friends and teachers and celebrate in each other’s successes.
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.” – Jeremiah 17:7
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.
Ms Donna Lund, Coordinator of Service Learning
It was lovely to have Maggie Dent speak at our Carramar campus last night. In her typical witty Maggie Dent style she shared anecdotes and information about nurturing kids’ hearts and souls to an interactive crowd. This was a special event organised by the Duncraig Primary School, supported by St Stephen’s School.
Maggie’s experience includes teaching, and counselling. She is an advocate for the healthy, common-sense raising of children in order to strengthen families and communities. She is a passionate, positive voice for children of all ages. Maggie is the author of ten books, several e-books and a prolific creator of resources for parents, adolescents, teachers and early childhood educators, and others who are interested in quietly improving their lives. She is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother.
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6
Carramar and Duncraig Years 9, 10 & 11 media students were thrilled to tour the Channel 9 studios on Tuesday.
A wonderful opportunity for the students to see what goes on in a studio and behind-the-cameras of Channel 9.
Thank you Channel 9.
Dear Parents,
The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on school students with disability (NCCD) provides all Australian schools, education authorities and the community with a clear picture of the number of students receiving adjustments because of disability in schools, and the adjustments they are provided to enable them to participate in education on the same basis as other students.
The Australian Education Regulation 2013, requires that all schools, provide information to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (the Department) for the purposes of the NCCD.
The information that Schools must give to the Department includes, in relation to each student with a disability at a school:
Please note, any information collected, will not identify any individual student, in any way.
For further information regarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data school students with disability, please visit: https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/2017_-_nccd_-_fact_sheet_for_parents_and_carers_v5.pdf
If you have any queries regarding the NCCD, please contact the relevant Learning Enrichment staff, for your specific campus:
Duncraig
Mrs Toni Mills (Secondary)
Toni.Mills@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Mrs Christine Roddy-Clark (Primary and ELC)
Christine.RoddyClark@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Carramar
Michael Crawshaw (Secondary)
Michael.crawshaw@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Helen Coombs (Primary Yrs 3-6)
Helen.Coombs@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Mrs Celeste de Villiers (K-2)
celeste.devilliers@ststephens.wa.edu.au
The Year 12 students were treated to a two-hour presentation on Spray-On-Skin by the renowned Professor Fiona Wood today.
Professor Wood’s greatest contribution and enduring legacy is her work pioneering the innovative ‘spray-on skin’ technique (Recell), which greatly reduces permanent scarring in burns victims. Professor Wood patented her method in 1993 and today the technique is used worldwide.
Spray-on skin is a patented skin culturing treatment for burn victims, developed by scientist Marie Stoner and plastic surgeon Dr Fiona Wood. Professor Wood’s treatment is under ongoing development.
Thanks to our innovative technology Carramar Year 12 students could watch the presentation live using our extended classrooms.
Students Richard Brider, Year 11 Duncraig, and Jacob Pinsky, Year 12 Carramar, performed at the Mount Pleasant College Open Day recently. Both students are studying a Certificate III in Music at Mount Pleasant College as part of the SSS External Vocational Education and Training (VET) program.
“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” – Leo Buscaglia
Students were involved in the Buchanan Cup at the Perth Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.
Playing teams from across Perth (and beyond), the girls put in a creditable performance in winning one game and also drawing another. The games were keenly-contested and our performances were spirited. The team comprised students from both the Carramar and Duncraig campuses and students ranged from Year 7 to Year 11. As ever, they were a credit to the school.
Students on the Bethany home tour have made a flying start! They have helped improve Bethany students’ fine and gross motor skills by doing craft activities, jumping through hoops and even an amazing race activity. They have started a mural as well as visited a Muslim School.
Rookie Debating is an opportunity for the school to bring the Duncraig and Carramar campuses together in the spirit of healthy competition. The topic debated was ‘Fidget spinners are just a harmless craze’. The trophy for most effective and influential speaker went to Braden Gostlow from Duncraig. There is a picture in the file with him holding his trophy. The adjudicators were Howie Jakeway and Ben Manifold (an external adjudicator from the West Australian Debating League- WADL). The debate was of a very high standard indeed and students were robustly prepared. In a tightly-fought and keenly contested debate, the negative team took home the trophy and are pictured holding it.
Finally, a morning tea was enjoyed by all who contributed to the debate. We look forward to these fine debaters being involved in WADL in the near future and it’s so good to hear/see that the art of debating is alive and well at St Stephen’s School.
Howie Jakeway
Head of Learning Area – English and Languages
