Logan McCormick Year 9 will be hitting the surf to represent Western Australia at the upcoming National Kitesurfing Competition! Logan displays some serious skill and agility in the unusual action sport, even participating in a recent magazine photoshoot with his sponsor Duotone.
Good luck Logan!
Today we were exploring the physical property of density. Each group made density towers and then evaluated the unknown density of objects.
Nicola Ross
Science Teacher & Assistant Dean of Timae
Be sure to reserve your ticket to this year’s Presentation Evening! We hope you can join us to celebrate student achievements and reflect on a wonderful year at St Stephen’s School.
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On the 24th of November ICEA will be hosting a festival celebrating all things that make West Australia the best state.
ICEA is a youth run reconciliation organisation that focuses on creating positive experiences for all Australians. Come down to be involved in all the festival activities: live local music, market stalls, petting zoos, surfing, skating, basketball and most importantly heaps of Noongar cultural activities.
Head to the ICEA Foundation website for more details and to register to compete, or check it out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/281760269332287/“
Three athletes were recognised as some of the best in the state at the recent WA State Athletics Championships! Congratulations to Hayden Windsor (Year 7) who achieved bronze in High Jump, Eloise Parsons (Year 9) who was awarded bronze in Pole Vault and Nicholas Holmes (Year 9) who took home a silver medal in the 2000m Steeplechase. Wow!
The following students were recently awarded Distinction Certificates for their results in the Australian Mathematics Competition. This places them in the top 20% (25% for Seniors) within their year level in Western Australia. It is an awesome achievement.
Mrs Laura Manley
Head of Mathematics
Back Row: Amelia Harvey, Ruby Peterson, Tom Anderson, Tom Chamoun, Kai Rhebok, Connor Mann, Ben Kerspien, Tim Galatis
Front Row: Callum Stephens, Amy Stephens, Chelsie Ryan, Brianna Aldersea, Ryan Langford, Benjamin Lyon, Mitchell Jones
Absent: Alice Ward, Nicholas Holmes, Annelise Oxenburgh, Caitlin Bailey, Lachlan Meagher, Jake Bright, Daniel Whitehead, Nick Hodgskin, Declan Duffy
Our students, staff and community members gathered on Friday to recognise Remembrance Day, paying our respects to the fallen men and women 100 years since the end of the First World War.
SEQTA is an amazing tool for schools and we would encourage both students and parents to check it regularly.
Please note that SEQTA is a resource to supplement teaching NOT an online substitute for the relationship between a teacher and student. Your child spends 320 minutes a day in personal contact with their teachers – and your child has every opportunity to receive help, ask questions and take ownership of their work. I would encourage parents to grow the independence of their children rather than to expect SEQTA to be the prime source of information. SEQTA is a great insight for parents – but again, the conversations that are then initiated between parents, teacher and student are of the most value.
We would encourage parents and students and ensure that the are aware of the documents attached to each course: course outlines, assessment schedules and other resources are available in SEQTA for reference, saving or printing at any time. Teachers will on occasion deviate from their teaching plan because students may require extra time for understanding and consolidation. That is part of good teaching and might disrupt a plan previously put in place. We all know that parents and teachers constantly adapt as the needs of children evolve. Individual teachers will decide the format or formats for the submission of work – sometime these may be in hard copy, sometimes they might be uploaded SEQTA, emailed or handed in on USB. This will depend on the nature of the task and the format the teacher feels is best. Teachers are striving to meet the expectations below. The expectations below are our target and while many staff will go beyond these, staff are not expected to.
Cover Page
The purpose of the cover page is to contain an overview of the course. It should be an easy reference for information about the entire year of work.
It contains a copy (or a link) to the assessment schedule, program and syllabus.
Assessments
(Lesson) Planning
Students, parents/carers and other staff should be able to see what has been planned on a week-by-week basis (as a minimum). Clarity in lesson naming is essential.
Lesson Resources
It should be clear where students can access resources and links. Students may be required to enter homework themselves on occasion.
Documents Section
This is used to store documents that parents/carers might need to access at any point of the year.
Documents include anything from a Parent Information Night slide show, Curriculum Handbooks, and the Assessment Policy.
Bennet Andrews
Deputy Head of Secondary (Care)
Preparation is well underway for the 2018 FIRST LEGO League! Students across both campuses have been working extremely hard to master their patterns, programs and presentations before the big competition on Saturday 17 November.
Champion Lakes hosted a day of true determination as our students competed in the House Triathlon!
Congratulations to the overall Champion House Timae, and Nash Thorp and Gabriella Roddy-Clark (Year 10) for achieving the overall winner positions.
