Tag: Carramar

Important notice: National data collection on students with a disability

August 17, 2017

Dear Parents,

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on school students with disability (NCCD) provides all Australian schools, education authorities and the community with a clear picture of the number of students receiving adjustments because of disability in schools, and the adjustments they are provided to enable them to participate in education on the same basis as other students.

The Australian Education Regulation 2013, requires that all schools, provide information to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training (the Department) for the purposes of the NCCD.

The information that Schools must give to the Department includes, in relation to each student with a disability at a school:

  • the student’s level of education (i.e. primary or secondary)
  • the student’s category of disability (i.e. physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional)
  • the student’s level of adjustment (i.e. support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive adjustment).

Please note, any information collected, will not identify any individual student, in any way.

For further information regarding the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data school students with disability, please visit: https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/2017_-_nccd_-_fact_sheet_for_parents_and_carers_v5.pdf

If you have any queries regarding the NCCD, please contact the relevant Learning Enrichment staff, for your specific campus:

Duncraig

Mrs Toni Mills (Secondary)

Toni.Mills@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Mrs Christine Roddy-Clark (Primary and ELC)

Christine.RoddyClark@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Carramar

Michael Crawshaw (Secondary)

Michael.crawshaw@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Helen Coombs (Primary Yrs 3-6)

Helen.Coombs@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Mrs Celeste de Villiers (K-2)

celeste.devilliers@ststephens.wa.edu.au

 

 

 

Spray-On-Skin Presentation

August 16, 2017

The Year 12 students were treated to a two-hour presentation on Spray-On-Skin by the renowned Professor Fiona Wood today.

Professor Wood’s greatest contribution and enduring legacy is her work pioneering the innovative ‘spray-on skin’ technique (Recell), which greatly reduces permanent scarring in burns victims. Professor Wood patented her method in 1993 and today the technique is used worldwide.

Spray-on skin is a patented skin culturing treatment for burn victims, developed by scientist Marie Stoner and plastic surgeon Dr Fiona Wood. Professor Wood’s treatment is under ongoing development.

Thanks to our innovative technology Carramar Year 12 students could watch the presentation live using our extended classrooms.

Musical Talents Come Together

August 10, 2017

Students Richard Brider, Year 11 Duncraig, and Jacob Pinsky, Year 12 Carramar, performed at the Mount Pleasant College Open Day recently. Both students are studying a Certificate III in Music at Mount Pleasant College as part of the SSS External Vocational Education and Training (VET) program.

“Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” – Leo Buscaglia

Buchanan Cup

July 27, 2017

Students were involved in the Buchanan Cup at the Perth Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.

Playing teams from across Perth (and beyond), the girls put in a creditable performance in winning one game and also drawing another. The games were keenly-contested and our performances were spirited. The team comprised students from both the Carramar and Duncraig campuses and students ranged from Year 7 to Year 11. As ever, they were a credit to the school.

 

Rookie Debating- Grand Final

July 8, 2017

Rookie Debating is an opportunity for the school to bring the Duncraig and Carramar campuses together in the spirit of healthy competition. The topic debated was ‘Fidget spinners are just a harmless craze’. The trophy for most effective and influential speaker went to Braden Gostlow from Duncraig. There is a picture in the file with him holding his trophy. The adjudicators were Howie Jakeway and Ben Manifold (an external adjudicator from the West Australian Debating League- WADL). The debate was of a very high standard indeed and students were robustly prepared. In a tightly-fought and keenly contested debate, the negative team took home the trophy and are pictured holding it.

Finally, a morning tea was enjoyed by all who contributed to the debate. We look forward to these fine debaters being involved in WADL in the near future and it’s so good to hear/see that the art of debating is alive and well at St Stephen’s School.

Howie Jakeway

Head of Learning Area – English and Languages

 

 

 

Arts Tour

April 28, 2017

In the second week of the holidays upper school arts students from Carramar and Duncraig took part in an Arts Tour to Melbourne and Sydney.

Students were lucky enough to take part in various workshops from national institutions, view theatre from internationally recognised companies and view art works from state gallery’s.

The students immersed themselves in art of all disciplines and will take away skills and experiences that will enable them to both further their immediate studies and inspire their careers.

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