Tag: secondary

Work Experience at Black Swan State Theatre Company

May 1, 2018

Congratulations to Adam Snyman who has been selected to take part in the highly-regarded Black Swan Theatre Company’s 2018 Work Experience Program this month.

Black Swan is a theatre company of national significance, creating exceptional theatre that nurtures Western Australian audiences and artists, and promotes artists within the state, nationally and internationally. Founded in 1991, Black Swan has earned both critical and popular acclaim for its world premiere productions and highly distinctive reinterpretations of international theatre classics – all of which are infused with the unique culture of Western Australia.

Adam will spend two intensive days with the Company’s artists and staff members, see a performance and a dress rehearsal, experience a theatre tour, devise a theatre piece and more.

Investigating DNA

May 1, 2018

Before the break the Year 8 Science class investigated the structure of DNA by extracting it from a kiwi. They were amazed at what they saw!! Good job everyone.

Nicola Ross

Science Teacher

“There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.” Isaac Asimov

Musculoskeletal System

May 1, 2018

The ATAR Y11 Human Biology students performed a chicken wing dissection to help associate the musculoskeletal system in humans. They discovered that pulling on the tendons would flap the wings.

Nicola Ross

Science Teacher

“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” Thomas Berger

Building Muscle

May 1, 2018

The Year 11 ATAR Human Biology class were building muscles and learning all parts of their structure.

Nicola Ross

Science Teacher

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” Immanuel Kant

Welcoming Swiss Exchange Student

April 30, 2018

St Stephen’s School is excited to welcome Rotary youth exchange student Chloe Aeschlimann from Switzerland to our School community later this year.

Chloe will study as a St Stephen’s School for a year. She will be studying as Year 11 student in Semester 2, 2018, then as a Year 12 student in Semester 1, 2019.

Hillarys Rotary Club is inviting St Stephen’s School families to host Chloe while she lives in Australia. Chloe will need two host families for the following periods:

23^rd January to 24^th April, 2019
25^th April to approximately mid-July 2019, as students start to return home in the first or second week in July, 2019.

Chloe has already been placed with host families from July 2018 to 22^nd January, 2019.

If you would like further information on hosting or if you would like to offer your support as a host family, please contact Linda Sweeney from Hillarys Rotary Club on 9305 9240 / 0449 101 720 or email linda.sweeney@hotmail.com. Linda is more than willing to meet with any family interested in hosting a Rotary youth exchange student.

We are looking forward to Chloe joining our community in just a few short months.

ACCLAIMED INNOVATION

April 30, 2018

The Abydos app, developed by St Stephen’s School and Edith Cowan University, has been named a finalist in the Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunication Awards (WAITTA) INCITE Awards for the Most Transformative Impact on Education.
The gamification app uses the theme of ancient Egypt to teach primary students about fractions, and research has shown a group of Year 6 students who used the app scored 10.5 per cent higher than those who didn’t after just two sessions a week for four weeks using the app.

Abydos has been integrated into classroom teaching for Year 6s at St Stephen’s.

The finalists were announced on Friday, with the winners to be named in June.

Congrats to all involved – such a coup for our innovative School! Best of luck for the June announcement.

ACCLAIMED INNOVATION

April 17, 2018

The gamification app uses the theme of ancient Egypt to teach primary students about fractions, and research has shown a group of Year 6 students who used the app scored 10.5 per cent higher than those who didn’t after just two sessions a week for four weeks using the app.

Abydos has been integrated into classroom teaching for Year 6s at St Stephen’s.

The finalists were announced on Friday, with the winners to be named in June.

Congrats to all involved – such a coup for our innovative School!

That’s A Wrap

April 12, 2018

Year 8 students have been learning about John’s Gospel in a creative way – making their own iMovies as they act out scenes from the Gospel around campus.

Grease Lightning

April 12, 2018

The Automotive Engineering & Technology students are getting to live out their own Grease Lightning scene as they get to work on the ‘before’ car that’s part of the upcoming Grease production. Thanks to parent Bert Bennet for the loan – it’s set to be a stand-out!

Friendly Competition

April 12, 2018

The Year 7s got a taste of the CAS competition last week, with round robin games of touch rugby, basketball, soccer, cricket and volleyball played against other CAS schools at the Lightning Carnival. Each school hosted a sport and there was lots of fun and healthy competition, with Year 11s completing their Cert II in Sport and Recreation also given opportunity to coach the Year 7 teams.