Senior School News

Return to Term

Welcome to Term Four! With the start of any new term, the College encourages students to establish realistic goals to work towards over the remainder of the 2024 academic year. Effectively doing this will help grow student confidence in advance of 2025.  

We would like to thank our families for ensuring that Secondary students were appropriately attired in their summer uniform. Meeting uniform expectations allows staff to dedicate more of their time to teaching. With the UV index certainly intensifying, parents and guardians are asked to please ensure that you are checking in to ensure that your child is implementing adequate Sunsmart measures. All students must wear a College hat when outside during Recess and Lunch. It is also very important that students remember to be appropriately hydrated at this time of the year. Numerous researchers emphasise the link between effective hydration and optimised learning. Students are strongly encouraged to have water bottles with them at school. 

Year 10 coming events 

Our Year 10 students have a very busy term ahead. In week 6, students will have their Semester Two examinations. With Externally Set Tasks a reality for students on a General pathway, the skills needed for examinations will be utilised by all students, irrespective of their post-2024 subject selection. In weeks 7 and 8, students will embark on work experience. Promising to be a highlight of their year, this initiative will help students with their post-school decisions. Finally, during week 9, Year 10 students will forge indelible memories as they enjoy two amazing social events: a cohort dinner and an opportunity to relax in each other's company at Adventure World. 

Year 9 OLNA 

In Western Australia, when it comes to graduating from secondary school, the process is commonly referred to as students achieving their WACE (Western Australian Certificate of Education). Parents and guardians should note that meeting this requirement is relatively complex, and that students can address some WACE criteria from Year 9. 

In order to obtain their WACE, students must achieve minimum Literacy and Numeracy standards. Specifically, students are assessed on their Numeracy, Reading and Writing. Students can achieve these through their Year 9 NAPLAN. Following this, students will have six opportunities to meet these standards from term four of Year 9 until the end of Year 12 by completing the Online Literacy and Numeracy Assessment. 

Current Year 9 students needing to obtain any Literacy and Numeracy standards will complete their first round of OLNA in week 3 of this term. It would be wise for relevant students to utilise their OLNA Online subscription in their study time to help prepare for these assessments. 

Quote of the Week:

I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still.

~ Ashton Kutcher

Mr Jason Meynell

Head of Senior School (Year 10)