PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents / Carers, Families and College Community

Well the term is certainly slipping by very quickly. Students and staff are busy working their way through the curriculum, associated delivery and assessments. Given the recent amount of wet and wintery weather it has been very nice to finish the week off with a couple of days of sunshine, even though it may have been a bit chilly first thing in the morning. Looking at the forecast, we should make the most of it as there is more wet weather on the way.

Covid Update

There are no changes to the settings or practices since last week. Remember we all have a personal responsibility to do our part and I remind our College community of the following:

• Students and staff are strongly encouraged to continue to wear masks, particularly indoors.
• To regularly wash and sanitise their hands and maintain high standards of personal hygiene.
• Students and staff are still required to wear masks when travelling in College vehicles. Students who use school bus services or public transport are also still required to wear masks.

Vaping

Vaping is a significant health issue that society is grappling and dealing with at the moment. The marketing and targeting of people, in particular adolescent teenagers and young adults, is very smart with the vapes looking like normal day to day items that you may find in a student’s pencil case (highlighters and USB drives). 

The College is not isolated from this societal issue and is addressing the use of vapes by students as a health issue, as well as a discipline issue given the legalities surrounding vapes.

The possession, use and sale of vapes is illegal, unless under medical prescription. 

There have been some recent incidents at the College where students have been found to be in possession of vapes and/or vaping at the College.  Consequences have been put in place for these students. 

Given this, I encourage parents/guardians to be having discussions with their child about vaping.

Resources are available on the Education Department’s website using the following link (https://myresources.education.wa.edu.au/programs/vaping), then scroll down to the parent and student resources section. There are two information sheets attached to for your easy reference. 

Student Intention Forms

Forms have been sent to the parents/guardians of existing Year 10 and 11 students asking them to indicate their intent to continue at the College in 2023 and to indicate their preference as either a Day or Boarding student. 

These forms are due back to the Front Office at the College by Friday 19th August. It is appreciated that the forms are returned by the date indicated, as this will assist in our planning for 2023 and the final round offers to be given for new students. 

Stay safe, look after each other and have a great weekend!