Tag: Parents

Bethany Home Fundraising Dinner

March 14, 2019

12 March 2019

Dear Bethany Family

During the month of March, Pastor Eliezer Peter, seven staff members and two children will be joining St Stephen’s for some Professional Development and a brief holiday from Bethany Home. Whilst here, Pastor Eliezer and his staff would like to hold their annual fundraising dinner and, at the same time catch up with past and present ‘tour’ students and their parents.

Dinner will be prepared by the Bethany staff and a variety of presentations will be delivered.

Bookings and payment can be made using the Trybooking link below, at this time you will be able to purchase your tickets and advise of any dietary requirements you may have.

Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/UDBX

On behalf of St Stephen’s School and Bethany Home, we look forward to seeing you there.

Mr Brett Roberts

Head of Carramar Campus

The National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

March 8, 2019

The National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) occurs on the third Friday in March each year. The NDA is an opportunity for students, teachers, parents and the whole community to take a stand together against bullying and violence. This annual day provides a focus for schools who want to say, ‘Bullying. No Way!’ and to strengthen their everyday messages that bullying and violence at school are not okay at any time.

St Stephen’s School Duncraig is a registered NDA school.

On Friday, our School and House Captains will wear ribbons to recognising our commitment to assisting students in recognising and responding to bullying.

#BullyingNoWay #TakeaStandTogether #NDA2019

http://https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/NationalDay

Bennet Andrews

Deputy Head of Sec (Care), Secondary Leadership

CONNECTING IN CONVERSATION

February 27, 2019

We welcome you to join us for a chat about our School with Principal, Donella Beare; a member of Council and your School’s leadership team.

Email principal@ststephens.wa.edu.au to book your attendance.

 

Year 11 Parent-Teacher Interviews

February 22, 2019

22 February 2019

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The Student-Parent-Teacher Interviews for Year 11 students will be held on Monday 18 March, commencing at 4.00pm. This is an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s progress with their teachers. Interviews are 10 minutes long and there will be 2 sessions: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm and 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm. We encourage students to be present to participate in the interview.

The interviews will be held in the Glenda Parkin Learning Centre (Year 7 Building).

Please note if for some reason a teacher is not available on the evening their name will not be listed, and you will receive an email from that teacher to organise an alternative time.

To book your interview time please go to: www.ststephens.wa.edu.au.

Then:

  • Login to the Parent Portal
  • Plan the Term Select Interview Booking
  • Login to EdInfo (Simply select login)
  • Synergetic Management System Select Interview
  • Select Interview timetable
  • Print Timetable

Your user name and password is the same as you use for SEQTA. If you have forgotten your username or password please call the Parent Hotline on:

Tel: 9243 2160

Please note that bookings will close on 15 March at 4pm. If you are unable to book a time slot with a Teacher, please contact the Teacher via email.

We look forward to seeing you at this event.

Kind regards,

Dr Liz Criddle

Deputy Head – Teaching and Learning

KeepCups are here!

February 4, 2019

 

Official St Stephen’s School KeepCups are now available for purchase at your School Reception!
Not only are they super convenient, splash-proof and environmentally-friendly, KeepCups are dishwasher safe, non-toxic and BPA/BPS free.
KeepCups are $13 each or two for $24. Sales are cash only, available while stocks last.

Read about how our KeepCups began as a project engineered by our Duncraig Year 5 students: https://bit.ly/2SomttN

myEdOnline

November 19, 2018

myEdOnline is a new personalised learning platform, and is included in the Booklist for 2019. This is an App which allows differentiation for all students and live tracking of student learning. The App also allows for teachers to give instant feedback on a quest or assessment. It will also be used to create digital lessons for students, deliver engaging lessons and get real-time insights into exactly where each student is at in their individual learning journey.

For more information about how each Learning Area is using the App, please refer to the program page in SEQTA at the start of 2019.

Dr Liz Criddle

Deputy Head of Secondary

SEQTA – what to expect and some guidelines

November 12, 2018

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

  • The assessment schedule should be developed at the start of the year. Lower school students are to have the entire semester of assessments visible to parents and students. Year 11 and 12 are to have the entire year’s assessments visible
  • Assessment titles should include the weighting and clear labels that are succinct.
  • Task sheet/assessment description and marking guide/rubric are to be added at an appropriate time.
  • Marks for summative assessments should be made visible, within three teaching weeks of the assessment being finalised.
  • If there is more than one class, all marks are to be made visible at the same time.
  • Exam marks are to be released at the end of the exam period.
  • Formative assessments can be visible with a weighting of zero.
  • Assessment feedback will be placed in the Marks Book on a regular basis.

(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)

SWIMMING STAR

November 1, 2018

Just before commencing his final exams, Ben Popham (Year 12) dashed over to Melbourne last weekend for the Swimming Australia 2018 Awards Night. After a stellar year of racing he was awarded the AIS Discovery of the Year Award, and was one of only five swimmers nominated for the Paralympic Program Swimmer of the Year.

Congratulations Ben!