The Dragon | Edition 3 | 18 March 2022

Edition Three 18 MARCH 2022

THE DRAGON

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FORTNIGHTLY NEWS AND EVENTS FOR ST GEORGE’S PARENTS

From the Principal Tina Campbell

“ Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”

John C. Maxwell, Failing Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes.

Father Gift led his first service with us on Monday afternoon at St George’s Cathedral and it was wonderful to have a School Chaplain back in our midst working amongst the students.

Managing the restraints of COVID -19 upon our lives and striving to make sense of the increasing conflict in the Ukraine, are just two aspects of the world today that are difficult for us to make sense of and fully comprehend.

Thank you for being with us Father Gift, you are indeed a Gift for St George’s and the whole School Community.

Building resilience – the ability to adapt to challenges, to tackle difficult situations positively and to learn life lessons from our experiences, all help to develop the ability to manage stress and the associated feelings of anxiety and uncertainty.

Father Gift spoke of the importance of resilience and integrity at these times and on challenging us all to believe that we will get through these times together by supporting one another and by celebrating our successes along the way.

The first step in supporting resilience is to keep believing in oneself.

Father Gift supported us with this by telling us we could do this together – the sense of connectedness within our community and in seeking to support each other are important in developing a resilient mindset. I hope that the Year 9 students experienced such connectedness as they faced challenges in Karrakup this week.

Every successful individual needs to know that they have at least one person in their corner that truly believes in their ability to thrive and who loves them unconditionally, no matter what. My hope is that outside of immediate family, St George’s students find this one person amongst either the staff or student population at St George’s. Father Gift as School Chaplain has his door always open to any student needing that additional support or who might be wanting to talk through any problems or concerns.

Bouncing back from challenging situations and adapting to the many changes within our lives currently can sometimes be difficult.

It was wonderful to see the Year 9 classes head off on their Adventures Days to Manjedal Activity Centre this week and I thank Miss Jamie Pedler for working so hard behind the scenes to ensure these experiences continued for the students even in COVID times.

To Mr Collins, Mr Hardman, Mr Dempers, Miss Kelly, Father Gift and Ms Donovan, a huge thank you too for preparing yourselves to escape the safety of your classrooms and the School for a day to take on the challenges of archery, high ropes, mountain biking and the aerial runway with your Year 9 groups.

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The second step is to know that failure is often simply the first step in the journey towards success and, as I have said before, to strive to consistently endeavour to ‘fail forward’ in managing the many failures that we all face in our everyday lives. In his book, Failing Forward: How to Make the Most of Your Mistakes, John Maxwell tells us: “Little progress is better than no progress at all. Success comes in taking many small steps. If you stumble in a small step, it rarely matters. Don’t gift wrap the garbage. Let little failures go.”

and have a balance in their study, work, and social lives, they give themselves a much better chance at bouncing back from any hurdles, obstacles, or challenges that they might find in their way.

As Father Gift told us all this week, despite all the crazy things happening around the world today, together we will pull through.

Father Gift dared us to be different, dared us to be strong, dared us to be resilient despite the many negative things happening around us and to choose to be a light bulb or a shining star in the middle of the darkness. He challenged us to be positive and to choose to do good things even if no one else was doing them.

Encouraging your child to focus on their many strengths, and to see each failure as the springboard for future success without catastrophising each time they fail, is vital in supporting them to survive the variety of situations that they will face in their lives as young people in the 21st century.

Resilience is nurtured and maintained by means of having or creating balance in our lives. So, as Dr Seuss decrees: ‘be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that Life’s a great balancing act.’

The third step in developing resilience is to ensure that we find the right balance in our lives. When students look after their nutrition, their sleep patterns, cultivate a comfortable study environment

Warmest Wishes, Mrs Tina Campbell

Our School Prayer In each weeks Chapel service, whether it be at School or in the Cathedral, students will be reciting the School Prayer. The prayer should be learnt by everyone within the School and become second nature to students and staff alike. It is also in the School Diary so that as an Anglican School we can refer to its message and what it means for us as members of the St George’s School Community regularly.

Almighty and eternal God, we pray for our school.

We pray that we may have the bravery of St. George to stand up for what is right.

Grant us the wisdom to live our lives to the truth and glory of God that we find in Jesus Christ.

Give us the strength to embrace your rule of justice and love, that we may be good news to the poor and oppressed; serving all those in need.

May we journey through life filled with the grace of God and the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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COVID Absences

If a second person tests positive while the family is completing 7 days of isolation, you do not need to start the 7 days of isolation again. The family members who are close contacts only need to complete one 7-day isolation period. The second child who tests positive will need to start their 7-day isolation period from the time they tested positive.

All absences related to COVID must now be sent to COVIDabsence@stgeorges.wa.edu.au This email is monitored 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week by St George’s Staff.

If a second person tests positive several weeks after the family have completed their first 7 days of isolation, the family will need to complete another 7 days isolation. However, anyone that was previously a positive case does not need to isolate again provided it is not more than 8 weeks from when they were released from isolation, and they are not immunocompromised or symptomatic.

In safely managing COVID-19 within the School, it is imperative that families let us know as soon as their child tests positive for COVID-19 or becomes a household contact of a positive case.

Any student who becomes positive will be sent a close contact tracing questionnaire so that we can undertake our own close contact tracing within the school-based setting.

A person who has had COVID-19 is not considered a close contact for 8 weeks after they have been released from isolation.

Those students identified as close contacts at School will need to be tested and return a negative test within 24 hours of being identified. If they remain asymptomatic and return a negative test, under new very high case load restrictions, they can attend school but must quarantine at all other times.

WA Health Testing and Isolation Guide WA Health Frequently Asked Questions Academic work for those students in quarantine will be set on SEQTA. Students can Direqt Message their teachers for help and advice.

COVID positive cases and household contacts of COVID positive cases need to quarantine for 7 days.

As always, any curriculum concerns should be directed to Mr Anthony Bochrinis on abochrinis@stgeorges.wa.edu.au and any pastoral concerns to Mr Hilton Hardman on hhardman@stgeorges. wa.edu.au

Following a recent change in WA health advice, where a household member contracts COVID and subsequently another member of the same household tests positive, the 7-day isolation period is no longer required to be reset.

COVID-19 Return to School Checklist As a close contact

Your child must take a PCR Test or a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) within 24 hours after being identified as a close contact.

If this is negative and your child remains symptom free, then they may attend school.

They must quarantine at all other times, they may only attend school.

On Day 6 they must take a PCR Test or a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on Day 7 and receive a negative result.

They can then come out of quarantine.

As a household close contact

If a member of your household tests positive for COVID 19, the whole household must quarantine for 7 days.

Your child cannot attend school for a full 7 days from the date of contact with the positive case or from when they potentially test positive.

If they remain symptom free and obtain a negative PCR test on Day 6 or negative RAT on Day 7 they can come out of quarantine and attend school after Day 7.

As a positive case

Your child cannot attend school and must isolate at home for 7 days.

After 7 days, if they are feeling well and are symptom free they can stop isolating and return to school.

If they still have symptoms after 7 days, they must remain in isolation or obtain a medical clearance from a GP before returning to school.

You cannot be considered a close contact within 8 weeks of testing positive for COVID 19.

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Chaplain’s Corner Let me take this opportunity to share with you some of the things I am doing at St George’s. I interact regularly with students in the Religion classes I teach, but even more special is our Chapel time together. Students are taking turns to come to Chapel, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Those who are not able to be in Chapel have a shortened form of the service with a 3-minute video of the Chaplain’s message in class.

This term our theme is RESILIENCE. Considering the new mask rule, I feel for students who are finding them difficult to wear all the time. There is also the current war in Ukraine. I will be giving motivational talks on how to be resilient in difficult times, like we are currently experiencing, but in ways that do not impact negatively on others. How can we remain good people and great human beings despite our own stresses, problems, and challenges?

I love the hymn, I the Lord of Sea and Sky, especially the line, “Hear I am Lord. Is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.” It summarises my calling and passion to work with young people. I believe I am here to do big things with the students, and I shall, with God’s help, hold them in my heart. Encourage them to talk to me about anything; the need for prayer, and for advice about “choices”, especially when they start to think about university and career paths.

Once again, thank you for welcoming me at this wonderful school.

No one must walk alone! We are here for one another! Together we will pull through these challenging times.

Father Gift

Curriculum Update

Year 11 2023 Subject Selection Timeline

Anthony Bochrinis

Our curriculum team has begun work on developing an updated package for Year 11 2023 Subject Selection and this process begins day one of Term Two.

Course Changes

It is important to note that all Year 11 courses have prerequisites for eligibility to study them. A prerequisite is a score that a student must achieve in Year 10 subjects to be eligible to enrol in certain Year 11 courses. Further information on prerequisites will be shared with all Year 10 families early next term and we are excited to be working with our future Senior School students very soon.

With the academic year in full swing, it is important to note two important dates for our Year 11 and 12 students. Course changes for Year 11 students are now closed for semester one and will reopen after Semester One exams from Term Two Week 8 onwards.

All Year 11 students must continue their currently selected courses for the remainder of this semester. Year 12 students have until Monday 28 March to make any final changes to their timetable for the rest of the 2022 academic school year. If your child wishes to make any changes, please do be in touch.

Year 11 2023 Subject Selection Timeline (2022)

TERM ONE

Round One OLNA Results 2022 Many thanks to all students for completing Round One OLNA for 2022. It was impressive to see the culmination of all the hard work and effort students have made by attending our before and after School Maths and English help sessions to prepare for these important assessments. Please note that the School will receive results electronically in early May of this year and we will share results with families shortly after.

TERM TWO W1: Information Package sent to Families W2/3/4: Parent Teacher Interviews W8: Year 10 Semester 1 Exams W10: Subject Selection Forms sent to Families TERM THREE W1: Subject Selection Forms Due W2/3: Student Subject Selection Interviews W4: Parent Teacher Interviews W5: 2023 Timetable Construction Begins TERM FOUR W3: 2023 Timetable Finalised and Subjects Confirmed

END OF 2022

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Pastoral Focus Hilton Hardman

World’s Greatest Shave

Building Resilience Free Webinar

The World’s Greatest Shave is coming up soon! This year, the Student Guild would like to get our School involved in the Leukaemia Foundation’s “World’s Greatest Shave” which aims to raise money for research into blood cancer and provide aid to affected families, especially throughout COVID-19. Every day 47 Australians will be diagnosed with blood cancer; currently, 110,000 Australians live with blood cancer or related conditions.

From COVID-19 and the Ukraine invasion to the rampant flooding in Australia, it has already been a challenging start to 2022. So how can parents support their children in these turbulent times? Join leading clinical psychologist Dr Andrew Fuller for a free webinar, where he will give his expert advice.

So far in the St George’s team, we have: Students

Brianna Goss, Clare Cohen and Wil Moesker.

Staff

Ms Bhabra will cut at least 20cm off her hair for $1,000.

Mr Wakefield will shave his head for $1,100.

Mr Bochrinis will shave his head for $5,000.

Ms De Witt will shave her head for $10,000.

Mr Hardman will shave his head for $15,000.

Mr Collins will shave his head for $18,000.

Ms Lazenby will shave her head (a #4) for $20,000.

This free webinar event is a National Independent Schools initiative, hosted by The Parents Website.

Topics Andrew will cover in this live webinar will include: • • • • •

Learn the three active ingredients of resilience Develop strategies to reduce anxiety Build self-esteem and deal with setbacks Gain strategies for engaging in tough conversations Help our children prepare for a better future.

We would love you to participate too! Please go to the link below to donate. my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/stgeorgesstg

The next webinar will be held on Tuesday 29 March, 5pm – 6pm WST.

We encourage students to drive and support this worthy cause by making a donation or by getting in contact with Mr Hardman to find out how they can become involved.

Register for the Webinar via this link. Full webinar details will be sent to the email provided on registration closer to the event date.

Please note that this is a live event, and a recording will not be available.

School Operations Susan Lazenby

With the advent of autumn and the approach of cooler weather, it is time to check winter uniforms which will be worn from the start of Term Two. Our uniform suppliers, Tara Uniforms, have bookings available for winter uniform fittings at their well-appointed showroom. Book an appointment here.

An exciting opportunity for Co-Curricular is about to be launched.

Families will be receiving an email about a proposed sailing CoCurricular activity. We are seeking expressions of interest for this course which runs for two terms, details about which will be included in the accompanying letter. Sailing is one of the sports which can be enjoyed at many different levels across a wide range of ages. I highly recommend sailing for students as it involves not only the physical aspect, but also the mental challenge of learning about wind, waves, and tactics for racing. We already have some accomplished sailors among our students, so we are encouraging more to become involved. Afterall, the Swan Estuary is on our doorstep – well almost!

Events for the next fortnight Week 8

Harmony Week

21 March 23 March

Harmony Day Year 7 Day Trip - Gandhi

24 March 25 March

Year 7 Day Trip - Lincoln Year 7 Day Trip – Mandela Year 9 Science Excursion to Herdsman Lake

Week 9

HASS Week

31 March

World’s Greatest Shave

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University Open Days Curtin University

Sunday 1 May 2022

Register here Edith Cowan University South West Campus Sunday 27 March 2022 - 9am to 12pm Joondalup Campus Sunday 31 July 2022 - 9am to 2pm Mt Lawley Campus and WAAPA Sunday 14 August 2022 - 9am to 2pm Murdoch University

Early offers for University On April 4, applications for early offers to university open for Year 12 students. It’s important that you sign up to TISC with a non-school email address. Early offers are based on your Year 11 ATAR grades, but there’s time to increase your ATAR this year to increase your chances of getting into more courses. Some universities will start to offer conditional places as early as April 5.

Year 12 University Application Support: Information Evening

Register here Friday 19 March 2022 (Postponed) Online and small in-person events still being offered

University of Notre Dame

Register here Sunday 20 March 2022 (Postponed) Online on-demand open day

University of Western Australia

Register here Sunday 27 March 2022 – 10am to 3pm Online Register here

If you are thinking about applying to Curtin University in 2023 and want some information about how the process works, they will be hosting a free online information evening on April 4 that will cover how to navigate TISC, early offers, alternative pathways, scholarships, and student experience. A must for anyone thinking of applying to university, not just Curtin! Register here.

Don’t forget to also check out this week’s Career Spotlight and the March edition of Career Compass in the Careers Portal on SEQTA. Sharan Tagore APEx Coordinator & Career Counsellor

stagore@stgeorges.wa.edu.au

Week 6 of Term One and the Laurence Library is slowly coming to life. While we have many classes in the Library, we also have Homework Club after school and Lego Club at lunch time. We are currently planning a Book Club for Year 11 students and would like to launch a Philosophy Club for interested students.

We now have books on our shelves. Not many, but enough to enable lower school reading classes to come in to read. We have some wonderful publications for young adults, but also novels for older readers. A recent novel, Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk, is a very elegant, gentle, ‘whodunit’. The title derives from William Blake’s Proverbs of Hell. The novel explores love, aging and revenge in a remote Polish setting and will soon be available on a shelf in our Library.

Together, let us read.

Dr P.

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Around the School Year 9 Adventure Day Trips

We finished the day with an inflatable obstacle course and a rockclimbing wall.

The students loved racing each other through the obstacle course and getting timed by our instructor “Falcon”. Reaching the top of the rock-climbing wall and hitting the buzzer was a highlight, with everyone receiving huge cheers for their success – it was indeed a wonderful team building experience and whilst there were lots of tired bodies on the bus home there had also been many memories made. I hope all of the Year 9s came home with many positive stories to share at the dinner table.

Of course, our trips would not have run without the help of our wonderful staff.

My sincere thanks to Ms Donovan, Mr Dempers, Ms Kelly, Mr Hardman, Mr Collins and Fr Gift for giving of their time, energy and attention to each of our Year 9 students to ensure that these adventures days could go ahead. They were most definitely worth the effort.

And to the Year 9s themselves – you were all amazing, great ambassadors for the School and the comments of the instructors were certainly praising of your teamwork and efforts as a committed and collegial bunch of young adults. Well done to everyone.

The Year 9 Adventure days occurred this week and provided a positive break for the Year 9 students and a chance to reconnect outside.

We started the day early with a 7am departure from School. It was wonderful to see everyone arrive on time and eager to get started.

Miss Jamie Pedler Head of Mandela

We began the day with archery and the tunnel system; there were multiple bullseyes hit during the archery session, with our instructor “Eagle” refining students’ techniques and teaching us all how to take aim. A huge congratulations to Henry Beck for achieving the highest score - he even beat all the teachers.

Cyber Live The Year 11 and 12 Computer Science students were invited to join an early morning event on Wednesday 16 March called ‘Cyber Live’, a virtual industry event where more than ten thousand school students from around Australia participated in a dramatic simulated cyber-attack on Australian targets.

The tunnel system was one of the favourite sessions of the day. We all got to crawl underground and navigate through some very tight spaces where our pristine white shirts turned a grubby shade of grey. Completing the tunnels was not on our original itinerary, however with the flying fox undergoing some last-minute maintenance, we needed to make a change. The tunnels were physically and mentally challenging, but I was so proud of the achievements of all the Year 9s in navigating in these tough conditions. A couple of grazed elbows and knees along the way, but nothing but smiles at the end made the achievement even more thrilling.

After some morning tea we hit the mountain biking trail and then the high ropes course. Mountain biking was fast and fun. In the high ropes course the students learnt how to belay and use the roping system safely. Most students got to the top and tackled the tricky course with aplomb.

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To begin, the students were introduced to the CEO of Grok Academy, the hosts of the event, who then introduced them to the Cyber Live Threat Map which showed the rankings of each school in real time. The students were then provided with their challenge, thwarting a simulated yet realistic cyber-attack on a navy vessel and the kidnapping of military personnel as part of a broader ‘Mass Infrastructure Attack’ (MIA).

Students representing more than 200 schools from each state and territory in Australia had the chance to grapple with a host of simulated threats ranging from social engineering, to hiding data in images, cracking computer codes, tricking applications, stealing data, and listening to communications.

St George’s Anglican Grammar School took an early lead when the event began and maintained 2nd place for a large part of the event. Being up against so many different schools this was an incredible achievement for the team.

The star attraction of the park is the 3000m2 intergenerational playground, Koolangka Koolangka Waabiny, one of the biggest playgrounds in greater Perth. We are very lucky to have such an adventure playground right on St George’s doorstep and it is a place that our students have been taking full advantage of in recent weeks.

Students had the opportunity to ask questions and interact with several cybersecurity professionals. Of note, were the Chief Information and Security Officers from each of the Big Four banks, and the Head of Security for Amazon’s Asia-Pacific Commercial department. These professionals responded to questions about career pathways, transferrable abilities, and necessary skills for success in the industry amongst many others.

PE classes walk through Forest Place to jump on the free Transperth CAT Service.

With the hot weather we have been experiencing, students gravitate quickly to the water play area then enjoy free play on the flying fox, parkour activities, and slides. It’s a great way to warm-up before we begin our skills and game play sessions.

While we did eventually lose our placing, I am proud of how quickly our students solved the puzzles presented to them and the teamwork they displayed in working together to find the solutions.

Year 7 students have been learning Ultimate Frisbee. Year 8s have been taking advantage of their newly acquired skating skills from their instructional Beyond Skate sessions and are making excellent use of the fantastic skate park. Year 9s are developing their understanding of how to play Touch Rugby while the Year 10s has been using the Basketball courts for their Basketball program to enhance their skills in this area.

We hope to continue to offer these types of events to more students in the future, including students in Years 7-10 so please keep watching for future announcements of such challenges throughout the School.

Mr Alex Hanssen Information Technologies Coordinator

The PE Department have been impressed by the way in which students conduct themselves on the bus and when out in the public. It has been a joy and delight to see them have such fun at Wellington Square.

Wonders of Wellington Square

Ms Jodie Scheele Head of HPE

Japanese

With the completion of our Physical Education (PE) Swimming Program, students have been thrilled to utilise another fantastic city facility, Wellington Square.

The Whadjuk Nyoongar name for Wellington Square, Moort ak Waadiny, meaning “Children’s Playground”, represents a cultural and spiritual significance, linking the past and the present, where Whadjuk Nyoongar people met, raised families, hunted and performed ceremonies.

After several months of emails back and forth trying to arrange a date and time and make sure everything was ready, our Year 10 and 11 Japanese students participated in a video chat with students from Johoku High School in Kumamoto, Japan.

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Our students had pre-prepared information slides about themselves, our School, as well as things to do in and around Perth, and then spoke in Japanese to explain this to the Japanese students.

While at the event, Declan, Caleb, and Madeline got to meet Flying Officer Sue Freeman – the highest-ranking female officer and Fast Jet Fighter Pilot in the Australian Royal Air Force.

The Johoku students introduced their school and city and surprised our students when explaining they have to go to school from 9am to 6pm! We definitely have it easier here in Perth!

Petty Officer Matthew Cace, a Navy Avionics Technician, welcomed us to the Forum highlighting how he commenced his career as a Naval officer. While on holiday, a chance encounter with a member of the ADF inspired him to join the Navy at only 16 years of age and complete VET certificates, enabling him to sail all over the world on war ships.

Students then quizzed each other on their general knowledge of Australia and Japan – the Japanese students don’t know what a mullet is, but they do know who ‘Scomo’ is!

Students and teachers had the opportunity to meet with various members of the ADF and chat over lunch before presenting their questions to the Q & A panel.

It was a wonderful cross-cultural experience for everyone involved.

We hope to be able to catch up with them again next term and to learn more about each other.

Veteran service men and women shared the characteristics that they are looking for in potential new recruits, in particular, problem solving skills, the ability to learn from failure and the need to be a supportive team player.

Ms Danielle De Witt Languages Coordinator

St George’s students were fortunate to talk closely with Officer Sue Freeman who has been flying jets such as the F35, for over 30 years.

She recalled a moment in her career when she intercepted Russian jets attempting to spy on a naval base in the mid-Atlantic!

Something to Taco ‘bout

Officer Freeman was so impressed with our students that she personally invited them to a tour, this April, of the jets she flies. We will most definitely be taking her up on this amazing opportunity for our students. Could St George’s produce the next Maverick and Goose? Watch this space!

There are many pathways for students to enter the ADF, however Maths, English and Science subjects are essential. If you are interested and want more information, please do come and discuss this with me on Level 3.

The Year 10s took part in their Trangia Cooking Assessment last week for Outdoor Education.

Mrs Sharan Tagore|

This term’s theme was Mexican Food. Each student had to plan a Mexican themed dish which had to be a ‘Gourmet Style Meal’, and then cook it on a Trangia.

Extended PCG

APEx Coordinator & Career Counsellor

On Wednesday during extended PCG all students took part in a variety of challenges within their PCG Clusters led and managed by our outstanding 2022 Student Guild.

All students impressed me with their planning, and dedication to the task, delivering some scrumptious Mexican dishes.

Mrs Jackie Sullivan Outdoor Education

The various activities looked to develop bonds and communication between students in their new PCG Clusters so as to build friendships and connections, so crucial to our learning journey at School.

ADF STEM & Leadership Forum

It was fantastic to see students from the different year groups working together and aspiring to win the challenges presented to them.

The School was a buzz of excitement as students became fully engaged in the activities and the competitive spirit between the Houses and each PCG took hold. The Year 11 and 12 students were tasked with creating an outfit out of newspaper, Year 9 and 10 students built sculptures from packs of cards and sticky tape and the Year 7 and 8 students held a paper plane making competition.

Next week we will partake in House activities which will have a similar focus.

A group of aspiring Air Force cadets and science students attended the Australian Defence Force (ADF) STEM and Leadership Forum at the Pagoda Resort in Como this week.

Mr Hilton Hardman Head of Pastoral 9

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Coffee Club Traineeships

ST GEORGE’S SUPERSTARS

Emily Everett Year 9 The Secondary Schools Diving Championships, hosted by School Sport WA (SSWA), was held this week at HBF Stadium. With 20 competitors in the Intermediate Division, Emily Everett took out first place, with daylight between herself and the next competitor. An outstanding achievement Emily and one that we are so proud of. Congratulations.

Eight Year 11 students have signed up to complete a school-based traineeship program with Coffee Club, to obtain their Certificate II in Hospitality. The traineeships will run for 18 months, with the students getting to experience all facets of the hospitality industry via on-the-job training.

Special congratulations also to Alex Frehner and Daniel van Olden who impressed their employers during their trial days and have gained part-time jobs.

For anyone interested in the opportunity to complete a schoolbased traineeship in Year 11, please get in touch with Mrs Tagore.

Opportunities to gain qualifications and work experience while at School can be arranged.

Mrs Sharan Tagore APEx Coordinator & Career Counsellor

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