Category: Parents

Pathway to Success

May 16, 2019

 

Tegan Forrest – Karate

National Karate Championships 2019

3rd in female Juniors +59kg in the Australian Open championships

1st in female Juniors +59kg in the Australasian Schools championships

 

Crystal Edwards – Swimming

Hancock Prospecting National Age Swimming championships Adelaide 2019

Silver 50m freestyle (26.06s) & 100m freestyle (56.15s)

Bronze in the 200m Individual medley (2:20:91) & 100m breaststroke (1:12:31)

Gold medal in Mixed Medley relay team.

 

Tom Anderson -Swimming

Hancock Prospecting National Age Swimming championships -Adelaide 2019

Finalist in both 100m and 200m breaststroke.

 

Aidan Naughtin – Swimming

Hancock Prospecting National Age Swimming championships -Adelaide 2019

Four personal best times:

200m Backstroke with a 0.85 second PB

400m Freestyle with a  0.95 second PB

800m Freestyle with a 7.16  second PB

50m Backstroke with 0.5 second PB

 

Eloise Parsons -Athletics

National Athletics championships -Sydney 2019

Bronze Medal – U16 Pole Vault

 

Glenda Morgan -Water Polo

 

2019

U18 Club National Championships – Brisbane (January)

Australian Women’s Water Polo League – Sydney (February)

Match v Adelaide Women’s team Adelaide (February).

U21 Australian Women’s Camp -AIS Canberra (May)

Upcoming Events:

In July, there will be an interstate competition between the WA, NSW and QLD institutes (WAIS, NSWIS and QIS). Also in July, Glenda will attend another U21 Australian Women’s Camp. The U21 Junior World Championships begin in late August and end in mid-September. This will be held in the Portuguese island of Madeira, however, probably won’t attend (due to the competition being so close to Mock exams).

There will be another U21 Australian Women’s camp in December, however the dates and location are yet to be confirmed.

Matt Richmond

Head of Learning Area Health & Physical Education

Parking Safe

May 15, 2019

Over recent years, we have carefully developed the parking and drive-through arrangements for parents who transport their students to school by car, so that all students, parents and staff are safe at all times.

We would like to remind parents of the need to consider others and the safety of the children when driving and parking around the school.

Parents are reminded that:
 
The Staff/Visitor Car park is not to be used for student drop off/pick up. Please use the Kiss and Drive facility for this purpose.
 
The school bus bay must be kept free for bus access.
 

The Kiss and Drive facility is supervised and offers a very smooth pick-up option after school. Parents are asked to consider using this facility rather than parking.

Our objective is to make every morning drop off and afternoon collection safe and stress-free for everyone.

 

DISCOVER THE POSSIBILITIES

May 10, 2019

The Careers Expo is fast approaching! You are invited to the Duncraig campus this Tuesday 14 May to meet representatives from a large selection of organisations.

Learn from a collection of exhibitors about the exciting possibilities available: http://bit.ly/2vr0pSb

 

HOSTS FOR A DAY

May 9, 2019

Our students were live on air yesterday.  Radio station Twin Cities 89.7FM wherer our students presented the School of Thought program! Students from Carramar and Duncraig chatted about current programs, projects and interesting topics from around our School as they hosted the segment live on air.

 

Art Gallery of Western Australia

May 9, 2019

Year 11 and 12 Students explored the best art produced by graduating secondary and tertiary students today by visiting the Hatched National Graduate show at PICA and Year 12 Pulse Perspectives at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

An annual barometer of what our youth are thinking and feeling, it is also a rich celebration of the role the arts play in the development of individual identities, it’s an intriguing snapshot of Australia’s next generation of contemporary artists.

 

Dancing the Day away!

May 8, 2019

Year 10 History students participated in the Charleston Dance lesson earlier in the term.  Yr 10 History covers Australia from the end of WW up to the Civil Rights movement.  It is important that students actively engage in Australian history and enjoyed learning a dance from the 1920s.  It is always impressive to see how much effort out students put into activities and the joy they receive from engaging in these activities.

Leeanne Shanks

Teacher – Humanities and Social Sciences & Assistant Dean Alethea

 

Yr 8 Geography Field trip to Elizabeth Quays

May 8, 2019

Year 8 students went to Elizabeth Quays to explore the concept of liveability.  The Geography department is passionate about allowing students to get real life experience about the world around them.  It was interesting to note that our students were so well behaved a member of the public who is involved in the construction of the new apartments at Elizabeth Quays took the time to discuss with the students how the new buildings were constructed and the issues involved with digging into the river to create the underground parking and storage areas for each apartment.  We were all slightly agog when we were told the penthouse has three floors, its own elevator and costs $12.5 million.  Students were able to engage with the art created in the area and the water playground along with identifying all the strengths and weaknesses regarding the liveability of this new development.

Leeanne Shanks

Teacher – Humanities and Social Sciences and Assistant Dean Alethea

HASS Think Tank

May 8, 2019

Members of Humanities and Social Sciences recently attended an after school HASS Think Tank Meeting to improve the profile of the HASS subjects during a time where STEM subjects are the political focus.  One particular strategy involved students being exposed to intellectual ideas through the use of Lego.  The intellectual discussion that arouse from the student explaining why they had chosen and created their Lego pieces in relation to the question drove the intellectual discussion past the normal responses.  This strategy also encouraged listening and communicating skills as students were directed to articulate their position through their Lego creation.  It could also be a strategy used within the home for parents to sit down with their children and both create a piece of work based on a question or dilemma with the home which would allow both parents and children to understand the others viewpoint or get to know each other on a deeper level.  One idea posed during the think tank was ‘how do you feel’.  The other idea posed was ‘how do we represent HASS’ and this was then built on ‘ how do we represent HASS and continue to compete in a STEM based world’.

This non-threatening communication form was incredibly effective and it is hoped it can be introduced within appropriate HASS lessons.

Leeanne Shanks
Teacher – Humanities and Social Sciences & Assistant Dean Alethea

 

MAKING WAVES

May 7, 2019

Continuing our exciting sporting news, Tegan Forrest Year 12 has achieved amazing results in karate recently, placing first for female juniors at the Australasian Schools Championships and third for female juniors at the Australian Open Championships. Crystal Edwards Year 10has taken away five medals from the Hancock Prospecting Australian Age Swimming Championships, achieving silver in the 50m and 100m Freestyle, bronze in the 200m Individual Medley and 100m Breaststroke and gold in the Mixed Medley relay team. Lastly, Glenda Morgan Year 12 is working hard at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra on a national training camp!

A message from St Stephen’s School

May 7, 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians

Welcome to Term 2. We would like to thank all our staff, students and community for their engagement and hard work in achieving the successes of Term 1. We look forward to further extending this work throughout Term 2 starting with our students resuming school on Tuesday 30 April.

As many visitors to the campus have noticed, our admin support officers/receptionists across the school have changed. We have sadly fare welled several staff and have welcomed new faces in the front offices of our ELC, Primary and Secondary school. We wish our exiting staff and our new staff every success for the future.

Term 2 is filled with many events including exams and NALPAN testing. We trust that our students will apply themselves and achieve results of which they can be proud. Please refer to the online calendar for details regarding various dates and activities.

http://calendar.ststephens.wa.edu.au/term.php

The School Education Act 1999 requires non-government schools in Western Australia to be registered. The Act makes various provisions for the regulation of schools’ operations and funding. In accordance with these standards St Stephen’s School regularly qualifies for a 5-year registration period. In June of this year the school will once again be going through the process of reregistration. One of the areas of importance is that of keeping children safe. Our school has adopted and will be using the Keeping Safe Child Protection Curriculum (Government of South Australia: Department of Education and Children’s Services) which covers two main themes: We all have a right to be safe, and We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust. The two themes are explored through four focus areas:

  • The right to be safe
  • Relationships
  • Recognising and Reporting Abuse and
  • Protective Strategies.

This child protection curriculum has both a broad and a narrow focus. While its specific aim is to help children and students from pre-school to senior secondary learn to recognise abuse and develop ways of protecting themselves from abuse, its wider focus covers rights, responsibilities, relationships and ethical behaviour. The curriculum’s effectiveness depends on the engagement of the whole school and community. This emphasis on keeping children safe together with codes of conduct for teachers, students and parents make up some of the documentation available for our community to operate well together and in appreciating our individual roles and responsibilities. Please keep an eye out for these documents and details regarding our behaviour and conduct towards our children and each other.

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” — Helen Keller

We trust that you and your family will enjoy this term and that our students will realise and accomplish all their goals and dreams.

Regards

Dr Pretorius and Leadership Team