School Newsletter 1 July 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of the School Newsletter! As I write my notes for the latest edition, I have been reflecting on the events of the past week. We have had Year 10 Exams, a Upper Primary Assembly, a tree planting ceremony for our Year 12 Leavers, the Anglican Schools Commission Rock Concert, a Year 7 Drama and Dance performance, Hungry Hippos Competition for Primary House Point winners, final rehearsals for Snapshot Youth Theatre Company’s latest production, ‘Bed Bugs’, CAS Sport semi-finals, a visit from Maths Pathway leaders and the NIPSSA Cross Country Carnival.  These activities are but a sample of the holistic education we provide at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School, where our focus is on providing multiple opportunities for students to shine, whatever their strengths and passions may be.

2021 YEARBOOK
Distribution of the 2021 Yearbook has commenced and I trust that students and families alike are enjoying a look back on the busy and exciting happenings of last year. The development of The Yearbook is a team effort, and I acknowledge the work of all staff who have contributed to this labour of love. I especially acknowledge the work of Mrs Corrina Agostini who led the process and has refreshed the look of the Yearbook to incorporate different focus areas and provide space for more photos. I am sure that you will agree the new look is vibrant and engaging! Please contact main administration if you have not yet received your copy of The Yearbook.

SEMESTER REPORTS
At the time of writing, teachers are busily preparing Semester Reports. These reports will be distributed electronically prior to the July School Holidays. Semester Reports are a formal statement of your child’s progress, and we encourage you to view this in conjunction with the ongoing information that you receive from the School including work samples and feedback on assessments that are accessible via SEQTA. There has been a greater focus on the extent and quality of continuous feedback in 2022 to build the learning capacity of our students. This is a key component of the Visible Learning journey the School has been undertaking over the past two years and I am excited by the progress that has already been made. Should you have a concern with any aspect of your child’s report, please contact the relevant classroom teacher and/or the Head of Department.

SUBJECT SELECTION EVENING
On Tuesday 7 June, the School hosted a subject selection evening for students in Year 8 – 10 and I would like to thank all students and parents who attended. This was the first time that the event had been combined and we were overwhelmed with the positive response. A different format was adopted for the evening, with the entire group initially gathered together for an overview of the different pathways at PMACS. The group then split into year levels for more targeted presentations. There was a palpable buzz on the evening, evidenced by the quality of questions asked and the number of parents who stayed at the end of the event for a chat. Post event, It has been wonderful our Careers Coordinator, Mr Larry Parkes, has been meeting with Year 10 parents to assist with the subject selection process. These meetings help provide students with clarity on the options available and the various pathways we have at PMACS.

YIPIRINYA SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
Reverend Jean-Pierre Schroeder and Health and Physical Education Teacher Kristina Oxley recently visited Yipirinya School in Alice Springs to explore a potential service learning partnership. Yipirinya School is a small school that delivers two curriculums: an Aboriginal Curriculum and the Australian Curriculum. The visit was very successful, with the Principal of Yipirinya keen to develop an ongoing relationship. I have asked Reverend Schroder and Kristina to work on a proposal for a student trip in July 2023. The trip would include working with younger students, a visit to a local community, and sightseeing opportunities including Uluru and Ormiston Gorge. The first trip will be targeted towards senior students, although future iterations may include younger students. Further details will be shared with families in due course.

In concluding, I trust you will enjoy reading the latest edition of the School Newsletter and I wish all staff, students, and parents a period of recharge and refreshment across the July School Holidays.

Every Blessing.
Benjamin Lomas
PRINCIPAL

 

 

 

 

The annual Year 12 Tree Planting event lead by the Senior House Captains took place amidst blue skies and a gentle breeze to mark the special ceremony delivered by Reverend Schroeder. All the cohort were in attendance along side staff of the Pastoral Team, Dean of Students and Mr Lomas. The latest addition of five native shrubs add to the existing trees from previous Year 12 groups which line the far northern boundary of the school oval. Each shrub represents the five Houses which will thrive to become a living legacy and symbolic representation of the students, nurtured, and supported during their enrolment at Peter Moyes Anglican Community School.

It was a special service highlighting the importance of personal growth and flourishment within a caring School community, highlighting the significance of developing resilient roots as foundations to our personal core values, forging a unique identity as well as nourishing on-going and long-lasting relationships well beyond the school’s fence line. Today we planted the seed for further anticipated and memorable events to unfold next semester as the Year 12’s embark on their final months of formal schooling.

Mrs Christine Hiotis
Head of Year 12

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a Leadership Matters Breakfast, held by the Australian Labour Party, while representing Peter Moyes ACS Year 11 Politics and Law students. This occurred a week prior to Anthony Albanese’s recent election as the new Prime Minister of Australia, where he discussed both Labour policies and answered questions relating to his campaign. Additionally, I had the opportunity to meet members of the Labour Party, including Wanneroo Mayor and now Member for Pearce, Tracy Roberts. I experienced first-hand the anticipation of an election, especially from the oppositions point of view, resulting in a memorable experience.

Mieké Grobler (Year 11) 

Year 8s have been working on landscape paintings inspired by the work of contemporary painter Grant Haffner. They have learnt about colour mixing and application one point perspective and the properties of ‘glow paints’. Students have enjoyed seeing their work glow under the UV Lights.

In Mathematics this term, the Year 7 students have been learning about the topic of Measurement. They have explored the topics of perimeter, area and volume.    

Through a series of Rich Tasks, the students have investigated the questions ‘Is one metre squared always a square?’ and ‘Is one metre cubed always a cube?’. By using lengths of bamboo, the students constructed 2D squares, rectangles, triangles and parallelograms with an area of one metre squared, as well as cubes and rectangular prisms with a volume of one metre cubed.
Through this activity, the students were able to conceptualise the size of these units of measurement. Additionally, the students demonstrated collaboration and problem-solving skills to calculate the dimensions of the shapes needed to achieve the required area and volume. 

In Week 9, Jorjah-Kourtney Starkey visited the two Year 10 Children, Family and Community (CFC) classes with her adorable son, Niklaus. Jorjah-Kourtney is currently the Chairperson of the PMACS Alumni Committee – she was part of the 2013 cohort and had no trouble remembering her way around the school, even though it has changed a lot in almost a decade.

Klaus was born in November 2021 and when he visited, he was wearing his own little PMACS polo shirt! He is a very happy, smiley, attentive baby and just loved meeting the Year 10s. It’s hard to say who was more excited – Klaus or the Year 10s!

Jorjah-Kourtney spoke about her pregnancy, birth and journey into motherhood. She answered every question that the Year 10s asked and it was a very open discussion, which was very much appreciated by the students.

We are lucky enough to have Jorjah-Kourtney and Klaus visiting again in a couple of months so that the Year 10s can see how much he has grown and developed. We are definitely looking forward to this!

Congratulations to all students who competed at the both the SSWA & ACC Cross Country Carnival this year which is Australia’s largest single day Inter-School sporting event with close to 3,500 competitors. We had some superb individual performances following a very popular & successful training programme. 

Our ACC Squad values of ‘Hardwork, Dedication & Ambition’ were exhibited once again by all students. Our result placed us 5th Overall out of approximately 80 competing schools, another outstanding result. We were notably 4th for the Overall Girls Aggregate whilst also winning the U15 Girls Shield (Danielle Graham, Beth Kilgallon & Megan Brierley). We were only behind John XXIII College, Sacred Heart College, Newman College & Chisholm College, all of whom had significantly higher student populations as ever, demonstrating our student’s depth, talent & commitment to the overall squad success.

Although numerous students could be highlighted for their individual performances, there are a few that should be highlighted . . .

Olivia Britten (U13) was the fastest girl over the 3km race distance in a competitive time placing her 22nd. Emma Branford & Jessica Bathurst supported Olivia finishing in respectable times contributing to the U13 aggregate.

Amie-Leigh Blackwell (U14) was out second fastest girl over the 3km race distance in a competitive time placing her 29th in her age category. Sasha Pinto-Ross & Imogen Richardson (U13 running up an age group) both ran well contributing to the U14 aggregate.

Grace Wallace (U13) raced commendably in the U14 age category recently returning from Covid-19.

The U13 Boys were a stand-out. Following their regular attendance at the morning training sessions, the improvement was clearly evident. Triston Whitson & Teddie Current were both outstanding, placing 15th & 16th clearly running tactically & cohesively. They were ably supported by Ryder White who had an excellent race placing 28th to contribute the U13 Boys aggregate where they place 2nd Overall.

Connor McClean (U13) raced strongly, just as he did at SSWA & was first home in the U14 Boys age category. Dylan Best also had a super race on debut following regular training attendance. 

Triston Whitson, Teddie Current & Connor McClean also won the U12 Boys Shield at the SSWA Cross Country earlier in the Term.

Danielle Graham placed 1st in the U15 age category with the 4th fastest time overall across all schools over 4km, while Beth Kilgallon placed 5th in the U15 age category with the 10th fastest time overall across all schools over 4km, both qualifying the ACC Honorary Team. Following dedication to training, Megan Brierley’s ambition was shown racing superbly to support her peers to a 9th place finish meaning a win for the U15 Girls Aggregate Shield.

Both Danielle Graham & Beth Kilgallon both qualified to the State Cross Country Team by virtue of their fine performances at the SSWA Cross Country Carnival earlier in the Term.

Lucy McNamara led the U19 Girls home with an excellent 15th whilst being ably supported by the ever-reliable Maddison Taylor, competing in her 6th & final ACC Cross Country to place 27th. Maddison Taylor has been a superb advocate & significantly integral member of the SSWA & ACC Cross Country Squad during her time at Peter Moyes ACS.

Philippa Holding & Gemma Agostini (U14) , both promoted to run the 4km distance in the U16 age category, contributed to the U16 team result with impressive times & placings ahead of their older peers.

Dermott Arthy ran strongly to place 6th in the highly competitive U15 Boys age group.

The U16 Boys Age Group was outstanding. Led home by Lachlan Fisher in 16th, he was very shortly followed by  both Lance Griessel in 17th & Warrick Pedley in 20th in highly competitive times. They were most unfortunate to take home the U16 Boys Aggregate.
Having represented the School every year since Year 7, Travis Woolley placed 42nd  in the OPEN U19 age category. He was ably supported by Iwan Scrivens. Keir Liddell, also having competed every year also contributed to overall squad success on the day as he always has done during his time at Peter Moyes ACS.

We look forward to the ACC Athletics Season commencing in Term 3.

Mr. B. Streeter
Director of Inter-School Sport
SSWA & ACC Cross Country Coach

We had another very successful Winter CAS Sports Season. The following teams qualified to the North vs. South Semi-Finals which were played in Week 9. A number progressed to the Grand Finals in Week 10.

Players, Team Managers & Sports Leaders are to be congratulated on this achievement.
 
·         Year 7A Girls Netball
·         Year 7B Girls Netball
·         Year 8A Girls Netball
·         Year 9A Girls Netball
·         Year 7 Boys Soccer
·         Junior Girls Soccer
·         Year 7 Boys AFL

In the Senior CAS Competition, the following Winter Teams placed 1st on their respective ladders . . .

·         Senior Girls Netball
·         Senior Boys Soccer
 
Full CAS Ladders can be found at https://www.accsport.asn.au/interschool-sport/cas/fixtures2.

We are hopeful of retaining our Winter Champion School title which we regained last year after holding for five consecutive years previously. Many thanks to all players, staff & parents for the continued support of CAS Sport.

We look forward to the ACC Athletics Season commencing in Term 3.

Mr. B. Streeter
Director of Inter-School Sport

On Thursday June 16 Secondary School celebrated Stress Down Day, an initiative created by Lifeline to encourage people to have fun and reduce stress levels. This year we combined the day with our Term Two Charity Day. Students were encouraged to wear pyjamas or tracksuits to ‘dress down to stress down’, raising money for the Kids Cancer Project- an independent national charity supporting childhood cancer research.

Tutors chose an activity to run for the students in their year group during House Connect. Students then selected the activity they felt would most help them unwind and ‘de-stress’. Activities ranged from physical activities like basketball, table tennis, and soccer, to mindful and relaxing activities like colouring, hot chocolate & chat, cartoons & popcorn, and Wii bowling.

This year we also had some special visitors who seemed to automatically make everyone feel happy and relaxed. Stanley the Autism Assistance Dog visited classrooms throughout the morning, and Barnyard Buddies brought their travelling farm full of gorgeous animals for students and staff to spend time with. Studies have shown that interacting with animals helps to decrease levels of cortisol, a stress-related hormone. Our visitors seemed to help everyone automatically feel calm and they made the day very special!

On WA Day, Elizabeth Xin and Bailey Neale completed a small beach clean-up at Quinns Beach. The Duke of Edinburgh Award is a program for young Australians ages 14-24 that requires them to complete a series of skill, physical recreation, service, and adventure hours throughout three levels. This beach clean up was towards the service hours of the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.

We walked the length of the beach heading north, then scanned the same area heading south. All together, we covered three kilometres and collected a variety of rubbish, that filled two large buckets. A few items of mention included a shoe, a dog collar, a candle and a patrol can lid. Other rubbish includes beer bottles, cans, goggles, plastic, a spoon, a tennis ball, styrofoam, coffee cup lids, fishing ropes, lollypop sticks, straws, bottle lids, broken glass bottles, wrappers, and much more.
 

Overall, we had a lot of fun and felt like we were making a small contribution to the health of the environment. We are planning to do more in the future to make up more hours and also contribute to the care of  our local environment. 

Term 3 will see the start of our ASC (Anglican Schools Commission) Choir rehearsals. Students from Years 7 to 11 may join via co-curriculum. We will rehearse fortnightly during Tues-Thurs (rotating) House Connect times in the music department. This will be a fantastic opportunity to participate in the ASC Schools’ Combined Concert to be held at the Perth Concert Hall on Friday 31st March, 2023, as well as with other schools in lead up events/rehearsals.

At the time of writing, we are excitedly preparing for our annual Anglican Schools Commission (ASC) Rock Concert, here at PMACS on Thursday, 23 June. We are expecting 17 bands to play throughout the day, including our own PMACS Rock Bands.

Information is out to the schools for the 10th ASC Piano Competition, which we are again hosting here at PMACS on Wednesday, 31 August. Interested pianists should see their piano teacher or Mr Tonti about registrations for this fantastic piano event.

Our School Concert Band has continued rehearsing throughout these Covid times. At the time of writing we expect to perform in support of the final term 2 assembly as well as concerts and events in term 3. We also expect a number of these students to audition late term 2 for the ASC Orchestra, bands and other ensembles.

Students in Years 8-10 should have received information from Mr Tonti about music course offerings 2023 and beyond. We are pleased to be again offering ATAR and the Music Certificate 11, with good preparation in years 9 and 10.

On Tuesday 21 June, Richard Wilson, the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary of Maths Pathway, along with two of his colleagues, Jennifer Johns and Joel Smith, visited Peter Moyers Anglican Community School.

There are more than 30 schools in WA using Maths Pathway and they chose to visit and observe their stand-out schools, where the teaching and learning of mathematics has proven to be effective. We are proud to reveal that the data indicates that our students are learning more than a years’ worth of mathematics in a school year and that our teaching approach is considered best practice. Richard and his colleagues wanted to observe our Mathematics teachers and students so that they can share great pedagogy with other schools. 

The Maths Pathway team also spoke to our Year 6, 7 and 8 students encouraging them to continue working towards their mathematical goals and gave all students the opportunity to ask questions regarding Maths Pathway and why we need to learn maths.

Our Assembly focused on highlighted on the importance of studying Indonesian. As mentioned, there are many advantages to learning a second language because you also learn about a new culture. Visiting Jakarta last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that Australia and Indonesia are linked not just by geography, but by choice. Learning a second language also provides lots of different options after School for example studying and working overseas.

Students currently studying Indonesian in Year 9 provided the students with different pathways available for students studying Indonesian in Year 9 through to Year 12. This year we have expanded our pathways to include General courses and Certificate courses in Applied Languages. This is in addition to our ATAR courses including the Accelerated ATAR Indonesian course. All ATAR courses have a LOTE bonus of 10% when students graduate.
Students were encouraged to explore opportunities beyond the classroom to practice their Indonesian e.g. visiting Indonesian restaurants around Perth or cooking a fusion Indonesian dish at home.

‘Makan-Makan’ Incursion

In Week 4, on Tuesday 17th of May, all Year 9- Year 12 students studying Indonesian enjoyed a “Makan-Makan” gathering. This was a good opportunity for all of us to discuss our Indonesian studies and it was especially great to get some tips from the Year 12 students who had finished their Indonesian ATAR course last year. Delicious ‘Mie Goreng’ (fried noodles) was enjoyed by all who attended.  

Service Learning - Peter Moyes partnership with Bali Orphanage

PMACS is excited to collaborate with the BALI STREET KIDS orphanage YKPA (Yayasan Kasih Peduli Anak). The YKPA ‘family’ is made up of two orphanage homes; the first in Denpasar is for older kids and the one in Tabanan is for younger children. Mr. Dave Davies from our T& E department will be going there during the Term 2 school holidays. PMACS has donated a sum of $250 towards the orphanage’s ‘Wish List” of basic necessitites such as shampoo, pampers, tissues, food, cooking oil, milk and eggs. Terima kasih Pak Davies for organising this when you are in Bali and we look forward to hearing more when you are back from Bali.

Maya Swailes
Head of Languages

All our Year 5 and 6 students competed in this year’s Lightning Carnival on Tuesday 14 June, travelling to various venues across the northern suburbs. The Lightning Carnival Day was the culmination of this year’s winter sport programme, with students choosing to participate in sports including AFL, Soccer, League Tag, Hockey and Netball. The emphasis of the Lightning Carnival is on fun and participation. Hopefully, through this experience, students will be encouraged to make the most of the many clubs and organisations that offer sport within our community.

The students performed superbly but even more importantly, way the students conducted themselves was a credit to the school and their families. The support, encouragement and sportsmanship shown meant the day was a huge success for everyone involved.
This programme could not run without the help and support of many other people. I would sincerely like to thank the members of staff who gave up their time to organise and coach the teams.

Matt Senior
Primary Sports Co-Ordinator.

On Friday 24 June 2022, Peter Moyes competed at the NIPSSA Cross Country Carnival, this was held at Mawson Park, Hillarys. 24 schools competed across 2 divisions, with around 1400 students taking part. For the second year in a row, Peter Moyes were crowned overall champions, winning the ‘A’ Division with an amazing total of 392 points.

On a glorious, sunny, winters day, the students put in some brilliant individual and team category performances. It was extremely rewarding to see all of the students hard work paying off.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the event and a huge thank you to Ms Shimmings and Mrs Goosen for all their help with the organisation and training prior to the day. I would also like to thank the many parents who attended the training sessions and supported the team.

The final ‘A’ Division standings are listed below.  

Top 10 Finishers:

Overall Results Division A

Matt Senior
Primary School Sports Co-ordinator

Learning about our First Nations people and their culture is always an important part of our curriculum; however, during National Reconciliation Week it was the focus.

The Primary School students and staff celebrated Reconciliation Week and this year’s theme ‘Be Brave, Make Change’ in many different ways. This included a National Reconciliation Action Walk featuring a story called ‘Somebody’s Land’ by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing, guest speaker Dr Rishelle Hume AM talking about the importance of Reconciliation at assembly and many other activities. 

Year 4 students Indianna and Jackson King won the 2022 NAIDOC Perth Empowerment Award. This award is for the positive impact on their community through their close cultural connections and outstanding leadership aspirations. Congratulations on winning such a prestigious award for all your outstanding athletics achievements, your hard work on the track has really paid off!

In week 9, the Year 3’s showcased what they had learnt during Rock and Water lessons. Rock and Water is a programme that teaches self-control and self-awareness using Martial Arts principles. Guest speaker, Jessica Bratich-Johnson a former international and national karate champion came to talk to the Upper Primary about her experiences during her time in elite sport and the importance of discipline, self-control and being mentally tough.

Thank you Jessica for speaking with us. 

Over the last few weeks, the Kindy children have been exploring people in our community who we can trust as part of our Protective Behaviours Programme. We have been very fortunate to have a fire truck visit, a TRG Bear Cat car and next term we will enjoy a visit from an ambulance. The children have really enjoyed investigating different types of emergencies and learning that we can dial 000 for help.

The love of reading has always been a focus in the Primary School. The students were challenged to collectively read more than 250 000 minutes over the course of Term 2. The hours were tallied each week and the students smashed the target. At the Whole School assembly, selected students from the winning Year 3 and 6 classes used ice-cream, topping, custard, 100’s and 1000’s to make Mr Wood and Ms Shimmings into Human Sundaes. It sure was a funny way to end the term!

To reward to the students with the highest House Points, we had a Human Hungry Hungry Hippos game. The teachers and students enjoyed whizzing around on wheelie boards scooping up balls with laundry baskets. The students looked to be the better team this time. Congratulations to the selected students, it was a fun way to end week 5. 

Earlier this year Lewis was involved in his first play performance outside of School. The show was a Disney production of Freaky Friday - A Musical. Congratulations Lewis it is great to see you continuing to shine on stage!

2022 has been a busy year so far for Tayla!

In March, Tayla placed 1st at the Hills Graceful Competition in the 14yrs section. Then at the CAWA Graceful Championship Finals Competition in the combined 14/15yrs section,  Tayla placed 2nd. 

Tayla has been selected by the Calisthenics Association of Western Australia (CAWA) to represent WA at the upcoming Australian Calisthenics Federation's Live Streamed National Championships to be held in late in July 2022.  Tayla is one of 24 girls in the Intermediate Team (ages 14-17yrs). The team have been training 6 hours every Sunday since January.

In addition to this Tayla and her duo partner Mia Rooney (Quinns Baptist College) were selected by CAWA to represent WA in the Intermediates Duo National section (ages 14-17yrs).  Wishing Tayla, Mia and the rest of the CAWA State Team the best of luck at the ACF Nationals!

Congratulations Tayla this is a great achievement.

Anke Basson in Year 10 did the ponytail project where she cut off her very long hair on her birthday which was mid June, she donated her hair to the Cancer Council. Along with this, she is raising funds with this project. We would like to congratulate Anke on her commitment to this cause, well done Anke this is truly commendable.

Here is the link for my ponytail project fundraiser that Anke is doing:
https://www.ponytailproject.com.au/fundraisers/ankebasson/wa-2022

On Saturday 25 June 2022, Grace Griffiths (Year 9) graded to her Black Belt 2nd Dan. This is an absolutely fantastic achievement and a true reflection of her determination and resilience. Well done, Grace!

Jayden has recently returned from representing WA at the NATIONAL GYMNASTICS AND TRAMPOLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 which was held in Mid May, on the Gold Coast @ Gold Coast Sport and Leisure Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland.  Jayden competed against the best athletes from around Australia in his age group .

Jayden competed in YOUTH under 15's Individual Trampoline and also in Syncro Trampoline. Jayden had to move up an age group to pair up with his Syncro partner who was much older than him in JUNIOR under 17's. 

With great results, Individual Trampolining YOUTH under 15's, Jayden is ranked 6th in Australia. In Synchronised Trampolining JUNIOR under 17's the ranked 9th just missing out on finals by .5. This is still an outstanding achievement at such a high level of Competition and we are extremely proud of him. 

The Joondalup Symphony Orchastra will be presenting "Showtime!" on July 31 5pm in the Allan Shaw Centre here at PMACS.

See poster below for more details.

A new study by the University of South Australia has found that children’s wellbeing is heightened when they participate in extra-curricular activities, such as sport, and lowered when they spent time on social media or playing video games.

The research also highlighted distinct differences between children who came from low and high socio-economic backgrounds. Students in lower socio-economic backgrounds who frequently played sport were 15 per cent more likely to be optimistic, 14 per cent more likely to be happy and satisfied with their life and 10 per cent more likely to be able to regulate their emotions.
Conversely, children who played video games and used social media almost always had lower levels of wellbeing, up to nine per cent less likely to be happy, up to eight per cent to be less optimism and 11 per cent to be more likely to give up on things.
Lead researcher Dr Rosa Virgara said: “As many of these children responded well to playing sports, education initiatives and continued funding of government programmes such as the [South Australian] Government’s $100 School Sports Vouchers could be good options."
“All in all, the message is clear – gaming, watching TV, playing on computers and scrolling through social media are not helping build or sustain positive wellbeing in children." 

Read more about the Study via the University of South Australia

Join scientists from ECU and ChemCentre, WA's leading chemistry and forensic science facility, in ECU's state-of-the-art chemistry Superlab! You will have the opportunity to participate in interesting hands-on experiments using the latest Spectrophotometer. Meet a ChemCentre scientist who will explain how they use UV absorption spectrophotometry theory and Beer Lambert Law as part of their job at ChemCentre. This event is suitable for students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Click here for more information.

The City of Wanneroo have their School Holiday Programs running for your children to enjoy. 

CLICK HERE to see the schedule

Would your child benefit from help with the following skills these July school holidays?

- Social Skills: making and keeping friends, conversational skills
- Resilience/coping skills
- Attention and Concentration
- Handwriting: pencil control, legibility, speed, endurance
- Following Instructions
- Listening Skills
- Telling Stories
- Writing Stories
NDIS covered and Private Health rebates are available!

Click HERE for more information about our
July School Holiday Group Programs. 

Not sure which program is suited to your child? Feel free to reply with your child's 

*Name
*DOB
*Preferred Office Location
*School year
*Area of focus
*Diagnosis (if applicable)
...and we will reply with a recommended group.

You can book any of our groups by email or phone:

Wembley - hello@aimtherapy.com.au - 6150 8339
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Canning Vale - canningvale@aimtherapy.com.au - 6244 4397
Thank you,
Jenni Pekkanen
Practice Manager, AIM Therapy for Children

The School Based Immunisation Program (SBIP) is a well-established service that offers National Immunisation Program immunisations to students in Years 7 and 10.

This year, the SBIP will also offer COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible students in Years 7 through to 12 at selected schools as part of the regular schedule of immunisations based within schools.

The VaccinateWA system is now to be used by parents/carers to complete the vaccination consent form in order to consent to their children/dependents receiving vaccinations whilst at school. (Note: VaccinateWA is not being used to book appointments for the School Based Immunisation Program).

To provide consent for vaccination, the first step is to register the child/dependant on VaccinateWA. Log into your VaccinateWA account and follow the steps to “Add or manage dependants”. If you do not have a VaccinateWA account, you will need to create one for yourself first.

Step by step information for using VaccinateWA is available on the HealthyWA website. Please call 13 COVID (13 26843) if you have any technical issues with VaccinateWA.
If you are unable to complete the online consent form - and you have not already handed in a paper consent form – the school will have forms available for you to use. If the information you provide needs to be clarified, you may be contacted by a staff member from the vaccination team. 

If you have already completed and returned a paper consent form, the SBIP team are currently uploading the information into the VaccinateWA system. This process may take several weeks, and you will receive an email confirming once it has been done.

For details on how to register CLICK HERE
School-based immunisation program (healthywa.wa.gov.au)

The Danceclub is coming to Quinns and Mindarie - Term 3!

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