Thank you to everyone who donated sleeping bags, blankets, toiletries and pillows to one of our drop off points for the 98.5 Sonshine FM Heart for the Homeless Appeal. The wonderful efforts of the wider community will ensure that those in need receive warmth and comfort this winter.
THE SHOW MUST GO ONLINE
With the Theatre closed amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our Performing Arts teams had to rethink the way they would teach, rehearse and deliver a production this year.
Our original plans were postponed but as they say, the Show Must Go On…line! The performance was taken off the stage and into student’s homes with the brand new and quirky online musical, specially written by Beat by Beat Press during the pandemic and closures of schools and venues.
The Show Must Go Online is the first of its kind – a musical to be rehearsed, remotely, performed virtually and shared with audiences online.
The storyline includes a series of solo monologues and songs that, when recorded and played in sequence, present a musical theatre experience online.
It is a bit like life imitating art, with the plot centred around a group of students who are desperately trying to save their annual production and their Drama Department by turning their show “Brushes with Greatness: A Dental Hygiene Musical”, into a virtual production.
THE SHOW MUST GO ONLINE
A VIRTUAL CHILDREN’S MUSICAL
Book by Jessica Penzias
Lyrics by Dave Hudson
Music by Denver Casado
THE SHOW MUST GO ONLINE is presented through
special arrangement with Beat by Beat Press
Duncraig Campus:
The Show Must Go Online! DUNCRAIG 2020
Password: TSMGODUN
Drama students have been lucky to learn from some acting experts keen to pass on their expertise in a range of incursions. Year 11 and 12 students enjoyed a workshop with actor and WAAPA lecturer Caitlin Beresford-Ord, thanks to the Black Swan State Theatre Company, while the Year 7s visited the weird and wonderful world of entertainment at an incursion with Zap Circus.
STEM is here to stay and St Stephen’s School is focused on equipping the next generation with these important skills, among others. Our partnership with leading education service provider Fire Tech Australia, who focus on digital technologies and engineering, has seen interest in these areas flourish. As the company’s exclusive northern suburbs host, students from various schools come together each holidays for a series of workshops to explore the world of opportunities.
Last holidays our campuses were a hub of activity where students practiced robotics, artificial intelligence, game design and coding. See more about the partnership in this video.
Dates for the next round of holiday workshops will be announced soon.
Congratulations to the cast of The Show Must Go Online who celebrated their opening night last night, with over 200 St Stephen’s School families gathering to watch! You can still register to watch the show until the end of the month.
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/tsmgo
St Stephen’s School is excited to announce our new program for regional students that turns traditional boarding arrangements on their head. Partnering with Talkabout Homestay, the Home Away From Home (HAFH) program provides students from regional WA with a comfortable homestay environment in Perth while attending our School.
Do you know a regional family who might be interested in becoming part of the St Stephen’s School community? Or would you like to register your interest in becoming a host family?
We would love you to help us spread the word. Find out more under Enrolments on our website or email homeawayfromhome@ststephens.wa.edu.au.
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)
Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).
Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:
This information assists schools to:
The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.
The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school provides data to the Australian Government – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).
Further information regarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data school students with disability, please visit: NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).
This is a national fact sheet about the NCCD for parents, guardians and carers.
https://www.nccd.edu.au/tools/fact-sheet-parents-guardians-and-carers
If you have any queries regarding the NCCD, please contact the relevant Learning Enrichment staff.
Duncraig
Mrs Toni Mills (Secondary)
Toni.Mills@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Mrs Christine Roddy-Clark (Primary and ELC)
Though our students weren’t able to travel on the South Africa Service Tour this year, it hasn’t stopped them from giving generously to our friends at Sinethemba Children’s Care Centre. With the money the students raised this year, the Centre was able to purchase new mattresses and three bunk beds, thanking our students and wider community for their kindness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Master Classes for Term 3, 2020
For Senior School and Middle School Students
These small-group seminars for senior school students focus on the ATAR Learning Areas of Chemistry, Physics, Maths, English, Literature, Human Biology, Economics, Politics & Law, Modern History and Psychology.
The program for middle school secondary students focuses on the Learning Areas of English and Mathematics.
The objective of this program is to give students on-going academic support which will reinforce and consolidate the skills and processes learnt during the week at school. It aims to better prepare them for success in school-based assessments and final ATAR examinations.
Students may enrol in these classes at any time during the term and pay pro rata.
Brochure link here: MasterMind Australia