Career Information for Senior Students and Parents

April 4, 2017

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:

WA Newsletter 170403-230jc8e

 

Yiyili Aboriginal Community School (YACS)

April 4, 2017

St Stephen’s partnership with Yiyili Aboriginal Community School (YACS) in the Kimberley has seen us loan some e-books to the local students this term.

Great to see the learning opportunities this partnership is bringing for SSS and YACS.

End of term wishes

April 3, 2017

Dear Students and Parents

The end of a busy term has arrived – along with the end of the semester. This term has been filled with camps, carnivals, inter-school competition, clubs, tours, music and drama. You only have to scroll down to see the photographs and descriptions of many of the events and to celebrate the positive attitude and vibrancy of St Stephen’s School.

A highlight over the past 2 weeks has been the process of interviewing prospective families for places for Year 7 in 2019. Two things that characterise the families seeking places at Stephen’s School for their children seemed to be (1) wanting a place where their values would gel with the School and the families here, and (2) wanting to be in a place where like-minded people want similar things for their children.  Over and over again I heard similar statements: “I know people at St Stephen’s”; “I have met children from St Stephen’s”; “I want my child to be like the students I have met from St Stephen’s”, and “I want a place which understands there is more to my child than his grades” (even though the grades were very good!)

We have something remarkable in common at St Stephen’s School: we have a like-minded community of families wanting the best for their children and teachers wanting to engage and excite those children. This incredible synergy comes from the fact that everyone in this place is here by choice and because our choices are underpinned by commonly shared hopes for our children. This morning I was wandering around the School after a staff devotion in Timae: as I encountered and greeted students on their way to their first class, I was reminded of how courteous and kind our students are and how easy it is to like them. The families our students come from do such a good job of raising their children. The fabric of our School is woven in the homes of our students.

As we approach the break and Easter, I would like to wish each family and every student and every staff member a blessed and safe Easter. If you are travelling take care. We look forward to seeing you next term.

Regards

Bruce Titlestad

Year 7 HASS Speed Notetaking

March 31, 2017

Good note-taking and effective reading are among the most basic skills for students.

Taking notes serves one simple purpose: to help you remember information.

Here are Mrs Cunninghame’s Year 7 HASS class doing speed notetaking while others read.

 

St Stephen’s Libraries – The Heart of 21st Centry Learning

March 30, 2017

The school library is integral to the teaching and learning process.

The library facilitates the work of the classroom teacher and ensures each student has equitable access to resources.

While the role of the school library remains constant, its design, digital platform, strategies and tools change as pedagogy and technology changes.

Our thriving school libraries provide a social space to meet, collaborate, research, learn, share and relax.

 

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”  – Albert Einstein

Trigonometry around St Stephens

March 30, 2017

A group of Yr 9 students spent their Maths lesson last week deciding if Carana, Timae and Alethea were all the same height.

They used clinometers, measuring tapes and Trigonometry to take measurements and make the calculations to come to a conclusion.

They thoroughly enjoyed applying their mathematics to everyday problems and using new equipment.

 

South African ServiceTour

March 30, 2017

St Stephen’s School has taken service to another level with 17 of our Year 10 students embarking to South Africa to work on orphanages and schools in Cape Town and the Port Elizabeth area.

They will help improve the lives of the disadvantaged whilst there.

The group are pictured below about to depart from Perth airport.

Students and staff have now arrived safely in stunning Cape Town.

Here are the contact numbers if needed:

“Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” – Luke 6:38

Thanksgiving Rehearsals

March 29, 2017

We are looking forward to next Tuesday night!

Today the combined choirs from both campuses joined together for Thanksgiving rehearsal at Duncraig.

 

“Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside.” – Willard Scott

Study Picnic Fun!

March 28, 2017

To help our class (Year 12 ATAR Psychology) study for the upcoming exams we held a study picnic in the Quadrangle.

Students were divided into 6 groups and had to develop mind maps, palm cards and notes for the whole class to use.

Each expert group had a picnic spot and each student had a chance to be taught about the topic and how to use the study aids while having some food and drink in the sunshine.

All resources made were then scanned and uploaded to SEQTA for use by the rest of the class.

 

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