Year 11 students got a taste of life beyond school during the Careers Workshops and Conversations events last week. Students were given an insight into potential career paths from industry representatives during workshops on the first day and spent the next day chatting to alumni, parents and other community members at the Careers Conversations session. Students were able to ask questions about industries, working life, study options and career paths during the session. Thank you to all of the industry representatives who supported the two-day event.

As 2020 is slowly coming to a close we would like to ask all parents and students to search their homes to see if there are any library books/resources that need to be returned or renewed before the end of the year.

We would also like to remind all students that they are most welcome to come and borrow for the holidays.  Our new return date will be the first week back at school, 1 February 2021.

Best wishes for a safe and joyful festive season.

Duncraig Secondary Library Staff

On Thursday 26 November in Ms Tinney’s Rite Journey class, Dr Rina Fu spoke to the girls and told them about the miracle she witnessed in her own family that led her to faith in Jesus Christ. You can read the story for yourself here – https://rinafustudio.wixsite.com/rinafu/my-family-story

Year 7 HPV immunisations to be held Thursday 3 December.

Can all students please have a good breakfast and wear P.E uniform on this day.

The hardest part of the school holidays can be finding something for the kids to do. Ward off the constant ‘I’m bored!’ declarations and make screen time more productive at Fire Tech’s STEM workshops this January.

Kids can brush up on their tech talents at a range of workshops including Junior Adventures in Augmented Reality, Creating for YouTube, Making Games with ROBLOX, Video Game Design, Lego Stop-Motion Animation and Digital Music.

There are courses to suit children aged between 9-17 and the cost rivals that of vacation care, all while the kids walk away with a new skill.

Sign up for the SUMMER SPECIAL with workshops starting from $99 a day and running from 10am-4pm between January 11 and 15 at the School’s Duncraig Campus.

Find out more at firetechcamp.com.au.

Our Year 9 Rite Journey students took part in a challenge camp at The Kaadadjan Centre last week. A major part of the camp was spending 24 hours on a solo reflecting on life and the type of person they aspire to be. Students have been preparing for the solo throughout this year. They also went on a 16km hike along the Murray River which involved a river crossing, they challenged themselves on a high ropes course and involved themselves in team work activities in Laserscape. The classes participated as class groups and the Rite Journey program will culminate in a Project Exhibition and Homecoming Ceremony next Tuesday 24/11.

Duncraig campus hosted a special thank you event for WA Charity Direct recently which saw recipients of funding, students, staff and WACD trustee Damien Eves celebrate the work done to benefit the lives of those in need. Students presented guests with an overview of recipients’ histories and why they were chosen to benefit from WACD funding. This year’s event included acknowledging recipients of funding in 2019 (due to the cancellation of their event earlier in the year due to COVID-19 restrictions).

The annual Potato Olympics competition saw potatoes flung, rolled and bowled – all in the name of maths on campus recently. Pure spud power was used by Year 7 students to collect data and determine which potato athlete would fry the competition.

On Monday 26^th and Tuesday 27^th of October Thomas McIntyre of Year 9 and seven other Year 8 and 9 students volunteered to take part in the Western Australian Junior Mathematics Olympiad run by the University of Western Australia. This competition was carried out at 30 schools across Western Australia and involved students staying behind after school to carry out a 100 minute individual test followed by a 45 minute test as a team of four the following day. While all students should be commended for their efforts, Thomas performed exceptionally well and achieved a High Distinction and was invited to the awards ceremony at UWA to receive his certificate as well as a prize for his results. Congratulations Thomas for your amazing efforts and may your love of mathematics continue.

Adam Merrifield

Teacher – Maths