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FETE NEWS 22 October 2018

October 22, 2018

Count Down – 5 sleeps!

It’s the place to be….Sat 27 October from 9am to 3pm.

Parking on Hamer Oval $2.

Please invite your family, friends and neighbours along to this great community event.

Come and discover these delights:

  • Edible and succulent plants – over 400 plants for sale in Plant stall.
  • Musical performances from SSS students
  • Quality second hand books – amazing books on offer at great prices!
  • Chocolate Toss
  • Mystery Jars
  • Make your own SLIME!
  • Glitter hair stall!
  • Delicious lemonade and popcorn served but the cutest Pre-Primary kids!
  • Delightful pampering – indulge in a nail spa experience!
  • Enjoy looking through and making a bid on our fabulous silent auction items.  Over $20 000 worth of items on offer!!!!!! There are simply too many items to list but some of the big ones are accommodation, meals, photography sittings, teeth whitening, car servicing voucher, signed Dockers Jersey, Wildcats tickets, Pizza oven, WA Ballet tickets, Grand Cinema family pass, Latitude party package, cooking classes, group fitness vouchers and LOADS more PLUS over 50 hampers!!!!!
  • Fire truck display and Police Car
  • Bungy Jumping
  • Rides
  • Smash a car
  • The food!  Tempt your tastebuds.  Delicious authentic South African delights and yummy Aussie Sausage Sizzle! As well as a selection of food trucks.
  • Craft Market – Over 30 market stalls with a variety of craft, jewellery, fashion, health, food and pet products and services on display. All of the stall holders have donated items to our silent auction.
  • One of our market stalls is AUSSIE POOCH MOBILE DOG WASH. Katie Farmer is running this stall to promote her business, and will be donating all proceeds from the stall to the fete proceeds. See the dog wash van and amazing doggie treats available at her stall.
  • Trinity North Uniting Church are running some craft activities for children. Visit their stall to find out what about their current church programs.
  • Black Pearl Network is a Uniting Church fundraising project which helps those in need in Papua New Guinea. Kerry Povey will be running a children’s activity stall so please pop in and support her.
  • Cambodia Raw Impact Tour – Sue Libbis and students are running a stall selling frangipanis, bush posies, jams and more.
  • Vintage LEGO display & LEGO for sale – Proceeds from this stall support the Cambodia Tour. See Christine to purchase one or two!
  • Year 9 South Africa Tour are running the White Elephant stall, selling slushies and lucky dips.

We still need donations for the Chocolate Toss too.

Parking attendants – if you can help out being a parking person on Saturday 27 October between 9am and 2pm it would be greatly appreciated.  Please contact Julie Wookey on 0408 806 433 or email cullyn5@bigpond.com

General helpers on fete day – If you can help on Saturday 27 October between 7.30am and 4pm please contact Julie Wookey on 0408 806 433 or email cullyn5@bigpond.com

We look forward to seeing you enjoy all the fun of the fete.

Parent Committee Fete 2018

 

Countdown to Synthesis Exhibition

October 16, 2018

Set up is underway for this Wednesday’s Synthesis Exhibition launch! Our School will be filled with creative masterpieces like this artwork by Cambell Boutle (Year 11), which captures her brother immersed in the music he’s listening to.

Be sure to celebrate the Opening Night this Wednesday, starting from 5pm in the Primary Village and then proceeding up to the Secondary Admin. Building which starts at 6pm.

Will by Cambell Boutle.

 

NAPLAN Results

September 17, 2018

Year 7 and 9 NAPLAN individual reports and the explanatory brochure will be given to students in Homeroom on Wednesday 19 September. While the test represents a single snapshot on a specific day, it does provide useful information about both the group of students and about individual students.

The explanatory brochure is useful and further information can be accessed here: http://www.nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/naplan-2018-information-brochure-for-parents-and-carers.pdf?sfvrsn=2. This brochure provides background information about the Individual Student Reports: https://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/assessment/testing/naplan/parents/results-reporting.

It is important for students to achieve specific levels in Year 9 NAPLAN if they are to avoid having to sit the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (OLNA) required for Year 12 WACE Graduation. Information on these requirements is regularly presented at Information Evenings and in Education Plus classes, and can also be found here: https://senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au/assessment/olna/students-parents-carers.

Dr Liz Criddle

Deputy Head of Secondary

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.

 

 

Year 12 End of Year Information

September 10, 2018

We recently emailed information about celebrating Grad’s Day on Thursday 20 September to our Year 12 cohort. Our Year 12’s are approaching an exciting time and we would like to help them celebrate their departure from the school in a positive, memorable way. We have a wonderful community and exciting plans are underway by the school leaders who are planning our Grads Day Assembly and the Deans are preparing House assemblies. Students have been invited to speak with Mr Andrews with any questions or ideas that might build on the strong positive Grads tradition.

 

Our formal evening event on 20 September is the Year 12 family Graduation Dinner. The Graduation Dinner recognises and congratulates all Year 12 students on graduating as alumni of St Stephen’s School, separate to the graduation requirements of the WA Certificate of Education.

 

Year 12 Revision Seminars are being held over the next few weeks, and students are being provided with support and additional revision time as we progress to the end of term. We wish our Year 12 cohort the very best for their written Mock WACE Examinations, which commence in the term break on Tuesday 2 October. The program for the return of Mock Examination results to students will occur in Week 2 of Term 4, from 15-19 October. Students doing General courses or Certificates are expected to have their work submitted by the end of this term.

 

WACE examinations commence on Thursday 1 November, and Year 12 students can obtain their personalised timetable through their SCSA login. Students were reminded by Dr Criddle, in Education Plus, about the required procedure if something should happen on the day of a WACE exam. The Sickness/Misadventure Application Form is available on the SCSA website at: https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/forms/forms. Attendance at WACE examinations is a requirement for WACE graduation.

 

Our best wishes to all our students for a rewarding final few weeks of term.

 

 

Dr Liz Criddle                                      Mr Bennet Andrews

Deputy Head of Secondary         Deputy Head of Secondary

 

Giving Back

September 3, 2018

Do you want to give back to the community but aren’t sure where to start or find the time? Our Service Learning team are looking for parent and community volunteers to help out with the St Stephen’s School Food Carts for UnitingCare West at Westfield Whitfords and Lakeside Joondalup on a rostered basis. Help as much or as little as you like and know your time will be helping to feed those people dealing with homelessness.

Register your interest on our Volunteers Website: https://bit.ly/2wDwVRf