Year 9 Visual Art students exhibited their artwork at Joondalup Library last week for the Banners in the Terrace 2017 competition. Students submitted a total of six designs for the competition, each representing the City of Joondalup.

Local students have been asked to design a banner to represent the City during Local Government Week.

Come in during library opening hours from Tuesday 6 June to Friday 16 June at Joondalup Library and Monday 19 June to Friday 30 June at Woodvale Library to view the work of some very talented young people.

City of Joondalup

HASS staff, Leeanne Shanks and Matthew Smith celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders contribution to the defence of our country during a moving ceremony at Kings Park. It was opened by Her Excellency, the Honorable Kerry Sanderson, AC – Governor of Western Australia and continued with a welcome to country by Uncle Mort Hansen.

Highlights of the ceremony were a performance were a didgeridoo performance with traditional dancers from Whadjak Northside Balga SHS Dance Group and the Noongar Prayer by Rev Sealin Garlett.  This was followed by a moving speech by Uncle Frank Mallard where the injustices experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were laid bare for all to see.  Many servicemen fought at Gallipoli and returned to experience racism, prejudice and exclusion by the majority of Australians and the conservative branches of the armed forces.  This message was reinforced by Mr Ron Bradfield Jnr who shared his experiences of returning from a tour of service in 1992 and being refused service and told to drink at the ‘black bar’.

During the wreath laying, a symbol of reconciliation was presented as the bagpipes and didgeridoo played in harmony. This unusual combination of instruments struck a haunting but hopeful tone. After the last post, minute silence and reveille the service ended with Uncle Mort Hansen performing a traditional smoking ceremony.

Both Leeanne Shanks and Matthew Smith, along with UWA pre-service teacher Will Garven, felt privileged to be invited to this prestigious and culturally important event.

Ms. Leeanne Shanks

Acting HOLA – Humanities and Social Sciences/Biblical Studies

This Friday at 7pm the Duncraig Theatre will be alive with the sounds of our talented musicians as they take the stage at the Senior Music Concert. Swing bands, high school orchestra and choral groups are sure to keep your toes tapping into the night.

Book your tickets now:  https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=280308

The Year 9 Music class are heading to Bethanie home in Kingsley to interview some of the residents about the music they loved to listen to when younger.  There are some wonderful studies going on regarding the power of music that helps unlock memories for patients with dementia and alzheimers as well as its ability to incite movement and a better physical well being.

The plan is for our students to research the music after the interview and return at a later date with personalised iPods in the hope that we bring a lot of happiness to the residents at Bethanie home.

Do you have a pre-loved or unused iPod at home? Students are asking the community to donate their old iPods for the Music Memory Project at Bethanie Aged Care Home this term.

Donations will be accepted at Admin and Student Services across Duncraig and Carramar.

Dear Parents,

Each morning and afternoon the turning circle outside the secondary area can become congested as parents/guardians drop off and pick up their children.

In the interests of easing this congestion, we would like to advise that we will be making changes to this area to enable parents to safely and efficiently pick up and drop off their children at secondary.

Please be advised that over the coming weeks, the ‘no parking bays’ located at the top of the turning circle will be reallocated as ‘kiss ‘n’ drive bays’ (maximum 1min stop).

Kiss ‘n’ drive bays are designed to maximise traffic flow to and from the pickup area, respecting the needs of all parents to collect their children.

Parents can greatly assist this process by arriving when School is dismissed which helps reduce waiting times and ensures the process is smooth.

We ask that you please acknowledge this change to ensure the benefits are passed on to our community.

Thank you

Mr Bruce Titlestad
Duncraig Head of Secondary

The Lightning Carnivals aim at providing a sporting event, which gives students of all abilities the opportunity to participate in their chosen sport and to represent their school.

Below are a few action shots from the day.

Year 10 students will soon be making subject selections for senior secondary. Details have been emailed to parents this week. Our Careers Advisor, Mr Kernutt is providing information to students in Education Plus. Parents can access a number of supportive websites, such as mhscareers, which is a collection of all the careers news of interest to Careers Advisors, High School Students and their Parents in Australia.

​mhscareers collate the careers news into sections, such as for Universities and for TAFE and Apprenticeships; this makes it easy to go to the section that most interests you. Newsletters are specific for each State and Territory. The site is:

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