Category: Service

ADVENTURE AWAITS

February 4, 2020

Our very successful St Stephen’s Global Tour to Bethany Home, Malaysia will run again in October for our Year 11s. This extraordinary tour offers students a chance to work with special needs students and young adults at Bethany Home, and includes the opportunity to explore Kuala Lumpur and Penang Island. Expressions of interest are now open. Students and parents from both campuses are invited to an information evening to find out more.

Bethany Home Information Evening
Location: Community Room, Duncraig campus
Date: Monday 10 February
Time: 6.45pm
Please contact Dr Mark Fielding for enquiries at mark.fielding@ststephens.wa.edu.au.

 

T4 Service Learning

November 7, 2019

Today T4, as part of their Service Learning, visited St Nicholas Church at Duncraig and undertook light cleaning and gardening duties under the supervision of Marty Ashton.

St Nicholas parish are an inclusive community.  St Stephen’s students volunteer their time to help this community by lightly cleaning the parish.

 

 

 

 

GIVING IS THE GREATEST ACT OF GRACE

August 8, 2019

St Stephen’s School’s Service Learning program spread its wings even further this week with the launch of the brand-new Joondalup Food Cart service – a St Stephen’s initiative in partnership with Lakeside Joondalup, Rotary and for the benefit of UnitingCare West. The cart will be manned by volunteers, including our staff and students, to pick up unsold food from cafes and food outlets at Lakeside Joondalup to go to those in need through UnitingCare West Merriwa. Congrats to all involved! If you have always wanted to volunteer but don’t know where to start, visit our new-look Volunteers website where our Volunteers team can match you with a giving opportunity to suit your needs.

See more at volunteer.ststephens.wa.edu.au.

SCHOOL SLEEP OUT

May 31, 2019

School students will swap their school bags for sleeping bags later this year for the annual Anglicare School Sleep out. Although St Stephen’s isn’t part of the Anglican Schools Commission, Anglicare were impressed by our commitment to giving back through our Service Learning arm that they extended the invitation for our community to experience sleeping rough for one night, to see how the more than 9000 West Australians who are homeless live. If you’re interested in forming or joining a St Stephen’s School team, go to www.anglicarewaschoolsleepout.org.au.

Our School team page is at: https://anglicarewaschoolsleepout.org.au/teamststephens

School of Thought

May 16, 2019

A group of students and staff from Carramar and Duncraig recently made their on-air radio debuts on 89.7FM! They were absolute naturals as they took to the airwaves, chatting about their roles as leaders, different programs offered at School and important subjects they’ve learnt about in class.

RISE Service Learning for T1

April 2, 2019

T1 went to RISE to work with young people and adults with disabilities.  There were many activities to enjoy like painting portraits, working with clay and wood work.  Our students also enjoyed working alongside the people at RISE and getting to know them and support the staff.  Some of us learnt how to knit, and spent time in the textiles room where there was lots of laughter and chatting.  Other students from T1 supported RISE and the staff by sweep the bricked area in the garden and re arranging the flower pots making it a tranquil and quiet place to sit and enjoy being in nature. After a wonderful time, the T1 students who attended this community service expressed how much fun it was and that the time they spent at RISE was time well spent.  We are thankful for the opportunity to support people with disabilities.

Shannon Fletcher
Teacher – Science

TOUR READY

March 20, 2019

Before jetting off to South Africa for the Service Tour in a few weeks, Year 10 students from Carramar and Duncraig stopped by Bunnings Joondalup to sharpen their DIY skills! Students were trained in using power tools, painting, gluing and sealing, making concrete, laying bricks and rendering. These skills will help students when they take part in building projects at JJ Haven Orphanage.

TOUR TO REMEMBER

November 2, 2018

The 2019 India Leavers Tour provides an opportunity for current Year 11 students, graduating in 2019, to round out their service learning experiences at St Stephen’s School. Running from 23 November – 6 December 2019, students will volunteer at Woodstock School, trek the foothills of the Himalayas and explore India’s rich culture.

We invite our current Year 11 students and their families to an India Tour Information Evening.

Duncraig campus: Monday 19 November, 6.45pm in Cousins Hall

Carramar campus: Tuesday 20 November, 6.45pm in Charis House

Please see Mr Kirby for more information.

 

WA Marine Debris Project

October 26, 2018

Students from C2 Homeroom this week took part in the Tangaroa Blue Foundation’s WA Marine Debris Project. Students cleaned up a 600m stretch of beach adjacent to Whitfords Nodes, even finding a shovel! After collecting and sorting the waste, a list of collected items was uploaded to the AMDI database to assist with reducing waste at the source. Students learnt that marine debris isn’t only unsightly, it harms marine wildlife and can even impact human health if we consume fish that have ingested plastic.

See https://www.tangaroablue.org/ for more information.

Jenny Rowland

Mathematics Teacher