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The end-of-semester reports for all students from Pre Primary to Year 12 will be published during the course of the day on Thursday, 1 July. We will send out an app notification to advise when they have been released.

As per the letter that was emailed to all families on Monday 21 June 2021, the reports have a new design, and includes a pastoral comment and academic summary. along with reporting on the Learner Attributes. A copy of that letter is available and more information on our feedback and reporting approach is available on our website.

Update Your Medical Action Plans

Now is a great time to check in with the nurse to see if your child's Medical Action Plan is up to date, and to check whether medications stored at the School have reached their listed expiry date. If your child has had a recent or new diagnosis that requires a Medical Action Plan, please ensure that the Wellness is provided with a copy.

For more information, please email nurse@stmarks.wa.edu.au

Allergy Awareness

We have a number of students with severe nut allergies (anaphylaxis) at ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ's. We encourage all families to be 'allergy aware' and avoid sending nut-based products (including cashew nuts and peanuts) to School. Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening health condition, and our risk-minimisation strategy needs your support.

Please keep unwell children at home

Thank you to all the families who are helping us keep the School community healthy, by keeping their unwell children at home. It is essential for the health and wellbeing of our whole community - students, staff and parents - that students who are unwell be kept at home.

Healthy WA shared these tips to help prevent the spread of viruses:

• Cover coughs and sneezes with your inner elbow, or use a tissue and throw it in the bin straight away.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water or use antibacterial hand sanitisers, especially after coughing or sneezing.
• Clean surfaces and objects regularly such as doorknobs, keyboards, phones and toys.
• Stay at home and limit your contact with other people.

Learn more about and such as influenza.

Signs and Symptoms

Common symptoms of a cold include coughing, low-grade fever, a sore throat, sneezing and a blocked or runny nose. Colds are spread through droplets in the air – from coughs or sneezes, for example – and on surfaces.

Influenza, or 'the flu', commonly causes symptoms such as high fever, dry cough, muscle ache and fatigue. Less common symptoms include sore throat and a runny nose. Children may also have abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. It spreads from person to person through droplets in the air.

What does the WA Department of Health advise?

The WA Department of Health has the following information on their

Day care and school staff have a key role in preventing the transmission of diseases in day care and the school environment.

While it is often difficult to prevent the transmission of common respiratory (colds/flu) and gastroenteritis infections that occur, every effort should be made to minimise the spread of infection by encouraging:

• staff and children at school or childcare to stay at home in the early stages of illness as at this stage they can be infectious and shed the virus, bacteria or parasite through coughing, sneezing, contaminating surfaces and personal contact.
• school staff and students who are ill should not to return to work/daycare until they are symptom free if they have a cold or flu and for at least 24 hours if they have had gastroenteritis.
• staff and children at day care, healthcare workers and food handlers who have had gastroenteritis should not return to work until they are symptom free for at least 48 hours.
• parents to seek medical advice if their child has ongoing symptoms of illness.

Congratulations to our CAS Junior teams who progressed through to the Junior CAS Finals last week - a feat in itself! And a big well done to the teams that are now proudly CAS Champions!

RESULTS

• Year 8/9 Girls CAS Soccer defeated Irene McCormack CC. Final score: 2 – 1 (Coach: Mrs Rebecca McManus)
• Year 8 Netball defeated Prendiville CC. Final score: 35 – 16 (Coach: Mrs Kylie Hall)
• Year 7B Netball defeated Prendiville CC. Final score: 20 – 19 (Coach: Mrs Louise Ireland)
• Year 7A Netball lost to Prendiville CC by 1 goal in extra time (Coach: Mrs Linda Whiteside)
• Year 7 Girls Basketball lost to Peter Moyes ACS. Final score: 30 -18 (Coach: Ms Rowena McMicking)
• Year 8/9 Boys Soccer lost to Irene McCormack CC. 5 – 2 (Coach: Mr Alex Poole)
• Year 7 Boys AFL played against the Mater Dai team (who have an AFL academy) and put together some impressive plays, but went down by 5 goals. (Coaches: Mr John Simmons and prac teacher, Alex Pryer).

On Saturday 26 June, five Year 10 students attended the Finals of the annual French Poetry Competition held at Alliance Française in Nedlands. The students had beaten students from other prestigious Perth schools to have the opportunity to recite the poem ‘Ma Bohème’ by Arthur Rimbaud, by heart, in front of a panel of judges.

All Year 10 students had taken part in the competition as part of their Term 2 curriculum, and videos of them were sent to the Alliance. Congratulations to the finalists: Estella Brown, Annabel Cunningham, Saloni Devshi, Enes Guven, Kaila Roche, Banjo Stapledon and Simone Strauss. Mme Armour, Mme Forsyth, and myself, are all very proud of their efforts. The finalists all received a special certificate, and we await the results of the final with great anticipation!

By Mme Rogers (French Teacher)

Netball Success

Evie Best (C7.1) and Mackenzie Hall (M7.1) represented the Western Districts Netball Association and their team won the Grand Final in Division one 12U team at the 2021 Netball Association Championship on 7 June. Congratulations to the girls and their teammates!

Our enthusiastic global citizens have been at work again!

An outstanding effort by our Year 5 and 6 Ignite students and Year 12 Prefects, who created 270 container meals over the weekend which were handed to the Salvation Army for their Doorways program.

Thank you to the Primary School Global Citizenship Council for preparing all the containers in readiness for the weekend cook, and to the ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ's Old Scholars' Association for their ongoing support of this initiate. Activities such as this provoke an awareness of the world our community lives in and unpacks the idea of empathy for those in need, and working together to actively come up with solutions to do something about it.

Old Scholar committee member, Andrew Coffin, said the Association is looking forward to continuing to support the School's Salvation Army activities throughout the year. He noted that the Year 5 and 6 Ignite students, and the Year 12 leadership group, were a real credit to the ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ's community.

By Mackenzie Davis (W7.2)

During the Years 6 – 11s House Time, students chose an activity out of a wide range to do every Friday afternoon. One of the activities was Junior School Buddy, where a group of students went down to the Junior School to spend time with the Year 5s. The students buddied-up in groups, and worked on colouring or a project such as building on Minecraft. When the buddies were asked what they liked about the activity, a large majority mentioned that they like being able to spend time with the younger students and getting to find out what their experience in the Primary School is like. For the students who attended ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ's in Years 2-5, it brought back nice memories, and they got to interact with their old teachers.

By Daniel Ciccullo (6.1)

One of the most popular House Activities this semester is Drama, with nearly 100 students participating. In Drama, they are focusing on communicating with each other and listening to each other’s ideas. Students from Drama are from all Houses: Moyes, Carnley, Watkins, and Challen, and each one has one Year 12 to assist them. Each House is split into two teams. Based on the film Jumanji, each House has created a script where there are multiple challenges. All the challenges are either physically or mentally challenging, for e.g. animal charades.

Recently, a group of Year 8, 9, and 10 girls attended the WISE Women STEM and entrepreneurship showcase at Murdoch University. Accompanied by Head of Senior School, Mrs Roseanne Madden, the girls were involved with hands-on STEM workshops and were able to hear from a diverse panel of inspiring young women in the fields of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. The students gained exposure to university life and were able to see how women are playing a key role in revolutionising a typically male-dominated industry. The girls returned to School with a greater knowledge of what is required to pursue a pathway within this industry.

As part of the Year 9 Navigation Unit, students have been embracing technology to build their understanding of critical navigation, mapping skills as well as modelling natural features.

Through the use of augmented reality sandboxes, students are able to transfer their understanding of 2D maps and apply these concepts by modelling 3D interpretations in the augmented reality sandbox.

This hands-on transfer of learning assists students to apply this abstract skill of map reading before demonstrating and applying the skill in the field.

The sandboxes are again utilised in future years to further their understanding of route planning as well as recreating natural environments to gain understanding of concepts such as water flow in inlets, rivers, and creeks encountered on their expeditions.

(Note: this activity took place prior to the requirement to wear masks.)

Students who participated in the CAS and other interschool sports events this term must return their uniform items to the Phys Ed office by the end of this week. Items not returned may incur a replacement fee. This excludes the Senior Girls Netball Teams who are yet to play their Grand Final.

To brighten up a challenging week, check out the highlights from some of our 'Celebrity Chefs' who spent some time in the Home Ec kitchens last week, sharing their tried and tested (and very tasty) recipes with our secondary school students.

Mr Daniel Lehman (Head of Humanities and Social Sciences) showed off his amazing pizza making skills. The pizzas were top notch, and his dough spinning skills exemplary!

Mr Daniel Hopkins (English Teacher) made his famous Oreo Truffles with a Year 10 Home Economics class. He originally made this recipe for his niece’s first birthday and it has been his signature dish ever since! Students enjoyed rolling out and decorating these gorgeous treats. He had already made a batch when he arrived and the students enjoyed sampling them. Daniel is eager to share more of his culinary skills in Home Economics in the future.

Mr Mike Day (Deputy Head of Middle School) made a delicious tapas style bruschetta and garlic rosemary chicken. He taught the Year 8 class about Spanish food and shared his knowledge on tips and tricks in the kitchen. This isn’t the first time Mr Day has shared his food knowledge, passion and talents with ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ’s students in the Home Economics Department. His love for cooking is inspiring.

Mr David Bailey (English Teacher) worked with a Year 7 Cafe Raw class, and made a delicious 'St Macs and Cheese' dish.

The Year 8s Food & Lifestyle Class were treated to a family favourite from Middle School Admin Assistant, Mrs Marcia Husband, with her Chicken Tetrazinni. The pasta dish was delicious, and very popular indeed.

Mrs Sue Bradley (Science Teacher) made a delicious chicken and vegetable stir fry. She used chicken mince, Chinese vegetables and egg noodles to make a dish that can be easily replicated at home by the Year 7 class. She topped it off with an easy Chocolate Ripple Cake that requires just two ingredients – Chocolate Ripple Biscuits and cream. Could not be an easier recipe!

Mr Blair Limpitlaw (Media Teacher) treated the Year 12 General Food Science class to a demonstration of the ultimate monster cookie. The students carefully weighed each portion of dough to create the perfect sized giant biscuits. These raw biscuits are frozen overnight before cooking to ensure a gooey centre. He prepared a batch for the students to enjoy warm in class. A sweet and delicious lesson!

Mr Josh Andrews (Acting Head of Science) wowed us with a Western Samoan Chop Suey and his grandmother’s famous Polynesian Creamy Raw Fish. These two flavour-packed dishes proved to be a big hit with the adventurous Year 8 taste testers.

Mrs Shirley McKibbin (Head of the Tony Stopher Library and Information Centre) made delightful savoury scrolls. Her recipe included feta and haloumi cheese with a variety of other ingredients, all wrapped in puff pastry. You can't go wrong with this recipe!

It was a fabulous way for students to learn new recipes, and to see a different side to many of their teachers! A delicious week for sure!

PS: If you'd like to have one of these recipes in your collection, head to our Facebook page and leave your vote on the post (see link below), and we'll see what we can do!

MORE THAN 70% OF TICKETS NOW SOLD - DON"T MISS OUT!

Date: Saturday 18 ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ 2021

Time: Doors open 6.30pm, quiz starts at 7pm. Music and dancing to follow!

Tickets: Get them at just $15pp

Tables will be in groups of six, so get your team together now! This event is for 18+, as alcohol will be available for purchase. You are encouraged to bring your own snacks to share with your table. If you would like to order a bottle of wine for your table in advance, you can do so using .

If you have your team of six all planned out, please contact Nirbhay Gupta at fundraising@stmarks.wa.edu.au with the list of names. This will help ensure that tables are set up appropriately. If you are not part of a team as yet, and are happy to be allocated to any table in need of team members, that would be helpful to know as well.

While we may be facing restrictions at present, the P&F Art Show Committee is still going ahead with plans for the Art Show, which is now less than a month away! The Opening Event on Friday 23 July is set to be an amazing night, with delicious drinks and nibbles, stunning art, and live entertainment. Guests to this special event will have first pick of the fabulous artworks on show, ahead of the general exhibition that takes place over the Saturday and Sunday. The Art Show Opening Event has always been an elegant and entertaining evening, and we would love to see more of our community support the return of this long-standing tradition.

Tickets for the Art Show opening event are available At only $20pp, it is well worth the investment for a spectacular evening.

PS: If you are an artist, there are only 9 days left before entries close, so make sure you submit your form in plenty of time. To find out more, click here.

The Art Show Committee has prepared COVID-19 contingency plans, and will ensure that any restrictions in place at the time of the event are applied appropriately.

With our three-week break approaching, it is vital that all instruments are taken home for the holidays for students to practice over the break. Our Instrumental Storeroom is currently very full, and we would like it to be empty by Friday!

Please note that this is only a temporary storeroom, and the only instruments in there each day should be of students who have an ensemble or a lesson that day. Due to the lockdown, all ensembles this week have been cancelled, and you will need to check with your tutor if your lesson is going ahead this week. We will be contacting parents of left-behind instruments on Friday morning to ensure they make their way home, so please make our job easier and take your instrument home ASAP!

(If you are finishing lessons on a hired instrument at the end of this term, the instrument must be returned to the Music office, not left in the storeroom, otherwise you will be charged for another term of hire fees.)

A highlight of Music Week was definitely the Instrumental Intermezzo, which saw the Ken Fairfield Hall transformed into a classy concert venue. Tables of parents and friends were able to watch their children perform on stage, with professional sound and lighting. Students and parents audibly gasped as they walked into the venue! For many of the Middle School students, it was their first time performing on a real stage. Congratulations to everyone involved, particularly our fantastic musicians.

It was a mammoth effort to put this evening together, and we thank the Music Department, music tutors, and the Facilities crew for all they did to create such a special evening for the ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ's community.

*Thanks to parent Amanda Turnbull for the photos

While the Fete may still be many months away (date is set for March 2022), the Fete Committee are already hard at work, and are encouraging you to start thinking about how you can get involved.

Trash & Treasure/Book Stall drop off days are coming soon!

The holidays will be a great time for a clean out, so before you pop your unneeded items into landfill, keep them aside and save them for the Fete's Trash and Treasure and Book stalls! We're looking for good-condition pre-loved kitchenware, toys, books, homewares and more! The first drop off day will take place in Term 3, so watch this space for details.

Potential sponsors/donors sought

The Fete Committee would love to have some local businesses to come on board and support the School by donating vouchers/products/similar for use at silent auctions, raffles and other prizes. If you have contacts who may be able to assist, please contact Fete Coordinator, Wes Buzza, on fete@stmarks.wa.edu.au.

Independent Stalls

The Fete Committee is currently seeking expressions of interest for local businesses who would like to have their own stall at the Fete. If this sounds like something you or your business (big or small) would benefit from, please contact Fete Coordinator, Wes Buzza, on fete@stmarks.wa.edu.au.

The Uniform Shop has a shortage of secondary backpacks, and are unable to receive a delivery from the supplier in the short term. To assist in meeting demand, the Uniform Shop will accept pre-loved secondary backpacks in good condition, for resale.

Please complete and bring it with you to the Uniform Shop when dropping of your pre-loved items. Acceptance is at the discretion of the Uniform Shop Manager.

³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ’s is aware of a Development Application (Number DA21/0481) made to the City of Joondalup concerning 37 Endeavour Road, Hillarys – Liquor Store, Shop, Bulky Goods Showroom & Motor Vehicle Repair (Change of Use & External Modifications). This is the site that was previously occupied by Bunnings, adjacent to the School.

Information about the Development Application may be found at

Members of the public are invited to provide a submission on the proposal as a written comment by 9 July 2021. ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ’s will submit a proposal and wish to make our community aware of the opportunity for you to do the same. An online Planning Consultation Submission Form is available from the link noted above. Submissions will be considered by the City of Joondalup as part of their overall decision-making process.

Please take note of the opening hours for the July holiday break.

Main Administration (Closed)

The Main Administration at ³ÉÈ˶ÌƬ's will be closed from Monday 5 July to Monday 26 July, reopening at 8am on Tuesday 27 July. The Tony Stopher Library and Information Centre and Uniform Shop will also be closed over the break.

IT Help Desk (Open)

The IT Help Desk will be able to provide support to students during the July holidays. The IT Help Desk is open from 8am to 4pm. Please email it@stmarks.wa.edu.au before attending onsite, as some issues can be resolved remotely.

Parents who have opted to purchase the HP laptop devices through the School are welcome to call HP direct on 13 10 47 for issues related laptop damage and accessing Accidental Damage Protection (ADP by HP). You will be asked for the serial number of the laptop.