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School Fete News

September 10, 2018

 

Next fete Meeting Tuesday 11 September at 7pm in the Primary Village.  All are welcome.

 

Walkers wanted for letterbox deliveries in Duncraig area.  Either students (high school) or parents who can lend a hand please contact Amanda D’Souza on 0448995341 or mokes24@gmail.com

 

It’s time to put your gym muscles into action!!!!  Strong able-bodied people required to put up fete signage just before event – please contact Amanda on 0448 995 341 or email mokes24@gmail.com if you can lend a hand.

 

Mystery Jars.  We now have enough jars but we now we would love your support to fill them!  If you have any leftover party favours, wrapped lollies or new small toys like matchbox cars or Outies…let your imagination run wild….please send them in.  Collection boxes are at ELC, Primary school and Year 7 reception areas.

 

Parking attendants

We need some wonderful people to look after parking at the Fete on Hamer Oval.  We only ask for an hour of your time on Saturday 27 October between 9am and 2pm.  Uncles, aunties, teenage children (students), grandmas, grandpas, mums and dads can all get involved.  It’s a really easy task and you can get involved and one which really helps to make the Fete a success.  If you or a loved one can help out please contact Julie Wookey on 0408 806 433 or email cullyn5@bigpond.com

 

Pre-loved books

We are well known for having a great second-hand book stall.  If you have any surplus books you are willing to donate please see the collection boxes at ELC and Primary reception and alternately you can drop off direct at the shed on Doveridge Drive open every Tuesday Morning from 8am to 8.45am.

 

White elephant stall

If you have any items that are too good to throw away please donate them to our special stall.  Donations can be dropped off at Doveridge Drive Shed on Tuesday mornings between 8am and 8.45am.

 

 

News from the Deputy Head of Secondary (Care)

November 30, 2016

We are on the final stretch of what has been, for many us, a very hard term. I have been extremely heartened over the last month to see the school community come together as it has done at a very trying time. I would like to thank every student, every parent and every member of staff for their care and support of one another through the past 3 weeks. The practical help, kind words and prayers have not gone unnoticed and have touched everyone in the community.

 As we head towards the holidays we look forward to a number of Christmas events. Awards night on Tuesday is always a hugely enjoyable celebration of everything that our students have achieved over the preceding 12 months and a chance to officially farewell our class of 2016. Likewise, I always enjoy the House Christmas assemblies. In the hurley burley of modern family life during Christmas, they always present a chance to sit back and reflect on why we celebrate Christmas in the first place and the fortunate position we find ourselves in, given all we are privileged to have and enjoy here in Perth.

 Thursday also sees the reemergence after a couple of decades of the staff v students hockey match. This will be at the HBF arena at 4pm on Thursday 1st December and all spectators are welcome. The student team will see some fine talent pitting their wits against staff, some of whom may be a little rusty and are currently dusting off their equipment….

 I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a restful break and I hope you are able to enjoy some time with your families and loved ones during the Christmas season. I also hope that you will have time to reflect on the last twelve months and an opportunity to plan for whatever the new year brings. 

 Lastly, I would like to finish by urging you to reflect most importantly on why we celebrate Christmas and God’s gift to us during the holiday season.

 God bless and have a peaceful, restful and hugely enjoyable holiday.

Richard Davies

From Head of Secondary School

November 10, 2016

Dear Secondary School Families

As a supplement to the other ways in which news, updates and information are shared with our community, we will be using this platform for some material pertinent to the Secondary School at Duncraig specifically. Please continue to view DoveTales, emails and the School’s Facebook page as well as the School Calendar. We plan to use this fortnightly update as an additional stream to ensure that our families are as well informed as they can possibly be.

The end of 2016 is rapidly approaching and we are halfway through the first academic term. As the weather has warmed and the skies have brightened, it has been a pleasure to see our students looking fresh and engaged – and to see students looking relaxed as they sit outdoors on the grass and under outdoor umbrellas. The Class of 2016 is almost halfway through their WACE exams and they seem to have been working efficiently and are taking advantage of the opportunities to meet with their teachers for additional support.

On Friday 11 November we have our GTKY Day (Getting to Know You) for the Year 7s who start in 2017. The Year 6 students from St Stephen’s Primary School are already spending time in the Secondary School. On Friday they will meet the “buddies” they have been linked to as 70 students from other primary schools join them in the homerooms for 2017. Next year the Year 7s come to School earlier than the rest of the secondary school – they join us on Friday 27th January for half a day: in uniform and with their IT device (iPad / Android tablet / laptop etc.).  Computer log ins, lockers and school photos etc. will all be sorted out. PLEASE NOTE – if you are away because you have a break planned because of Australia Day and have taken the Friday off work – we will support your Year 7 child from Monday 30 January when the whole School returns. Please don’t cancel your arrangements.

The House Swimming Carnival takes place on the 31st January – and the Year 7 and Year 8 camps are both in February. The Year 7s are at Ern Halliday and the Year 8s will enjoy Rottnest again. Each year we have a wonderful group of students

Last week we farewelled Justin Beckett (Deputy of Care) and Bernadette Lhota (Head of Learning, HASS). Both Justin and Bernadette are currently on Long Service Leave ahead of significant career changes. Justin has been appointed principal of Trinity Anglican School in Albury-Wodonga and leaves for the east early in December. Bernadette has shifted to teacher training. Both Justin and Bernadette have been loyal servants to the School, wonderful and committed teachers and we are sad to see them leave. We wish Justin and his wife Zoe, and Bernadette and her husband Peter,  all the best on the next step of their journeys. Richard Davies has already taken up the position of Deputy Care and we are privileged to have Stuart Gale as Dean of Carana.

The Awards Night on the 6th December in the Sports’ Centre at our Carramar campus will be a wonderful celebration of the achievements of our students and our final chance to farewell the class of 2016. In 2017 we look forward to hosting our regular coffee mornings for Year 7 parents and the mornings for all secondary parents and to getting to know our new families and to spending time with our current families.

I trust that you will find the material and articles written for this platform useful and a valuable source of up-to-date  information and interest.

Regards

Bruce Titlestad

Head of Secondary School