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Term 1 Newsletter 2017 CECIL ANDREWS COLLEGE NEWSLETTER Term 1 Issue March 2017 Principal’s Address Our students here at Cecil foundation of our business plan Andrews College have the most and we would like parents and incredible opportunities in the care givers to reinforce this at Nation at the moment! After home. Part of the respectful opening the first multi-million relationship we promote dollar, state of the art, world includes ensuring students are class STEM and Innovation not missing classes or late to Centre in February this term. school. A reminder that the Students participating in the uniform of a Cecil Andrews STEM Centre opening did their College student is a symbol of College proud, by showcasing membership of the school the amazing range of programs community. It promotes a we are now proud to offer. Not sense of pride, unity, belonging only did the opening showcase and identity with the school. STEM, but everything from Wearing a uniform encourages dance recitals choreographed students to take responsibility by our Head of Arts, Peter and ownership of their Fares; to students modelling appearance. Principal Stella Jinman Artist in Residence, Gary Cass‟ Fermented Fashion pieces; to our Home Economics students, The Positive Behaviour lead by Linda Little and Kendall Support (PBS) Team are Read, providing excellent currently driving the focus on “ service to our honoured guests culture, striving to lift the You cannot on the day. Through STEM, standards in the College. "Great teach today the some of our hardworking things occur when as educators students have been given the we promote innovation, same way you opportunity to represent our encourage risk-taking, reframe College interstate; with the failure as opportunity for growth did yesterday to Black Swans competing in and celebrate learning". Adelaide at the National 4x4 Elizabeth Foster Principal. prepare competition; and the Wilder Wolves competing in Sydney for Student Services is currently students for the FIRST Robotics competition. being led by Deputy Principal, Jeremy Bruse assisted by Adam Voigt through our partnership tomorrow.” with Real Schools. We are Here at Cecil Andrews College we strive to make quality excited about our planned teaching our focus. Positive school improvements. - John Dewey respectful relationships are the 39 Seville Drive, Armadale WA 6112 ADMINISTRATION 9497 0200 STUDENT SERVICES 9497 0201 CURRICULUM OFFICE 9497 0202 FAX 9497 1715 EMAIL [email protected] Page 2 NEWSLETTER Term Dates Semester One 2017 Inside this issue: Term One 2017 Term 2 2017 Term 2 2017 End of Term for Beginning of End of Term for Introducing your 4 new Staff Students is 7th Term for Students is Members April 2017 Students is 30th June 2017 STEM Centre 6 26th April 2017 Opening End of Term for End of Term for Staff is 7th April Beginning of Staff is 30th Learning Area 10 News 2017 Term for Staff is June 2017 24th April 2017 P&C Welcome 17 Traffic Report Leavers Jackets 18 The Department of in and around Cecil Education‟s Building Andrews VET 19 Management and College. The area Works agency who surveyed will be the is responsible for all entry to Cecil Student Parking 24 infrastructure Andrews College development, and the drive ways maintenance and to the school, the repair has arranged report will be Canteen Menu 29 for a consultant to conducted during conduct a Traffic various times. Congestion Report Lesson Times 30 Incentive for Early Payment of your Account in Full Important Dates 32 Pay the amount listed on your contributions and charges by 7th April 2017 and you will go in to the draw to win $200.00. There will be 6 winners a prize draw for every year level, 7, 8 , 9, 10, 11 and 12. Conditions Apply: Payment of contributions must be made in full by end of Term 1 – 7th April 2017. The early bird initiative is available to those parents who do not have access to the secondary assistance scheme. Good Luck!! Term 1 Issue Page 3 Secondary Assistance Scheme Clothing and (Centrelink) to 7th April 2017 Educational Pensioner Program Allowance. Concession Students can only Card For Eligible Students claim for themselves Dept of Human in Years 7, 8, 9, 10, if they are classified Services 11 & 12. by Centrelink as a (Centrelink) Homeless/ The Educational Family Health Independent Youth. Program Allowance is Care Card Appropriate $235 Dept of correspondence must Veteran‟s The Clothing be supplied by Dept Affairs Allowance is $115 of Human Services Pensioner (Centrelink) to If you are the holder Concession validate the claim. of one of the Card (Enquire at school undermentioned office) cards and meet the ELIGIBILITY: eligibility Have Children: The allowance is paid requirements you are Who‟s birth date up to and including “Educational entitled to claim the is on or after 1 the year the student Program above assistance January 1999 turns 18 years of age Allowance with Secondary Who are i.e. students born in schooling costs plus enrolled in 1998 or before are $235 the Clothing Years 7 to 12 ineligible this year. Allowance from the and Clothing Department of Parents who Education of WA. hold a card Allowance covering the $115” CARDS ACCEPTED: period on or CLOSING DATE Dept of Human after 1st Friday 7th April, 2017 Services February 2017 Introducing… Stacey Plaut Originally from South prior to becoming a have many different Africa, I moved to Perth teacher, I worked in decisions about what when I was young. I Human Resources for 8 they want to do after completed high school years in various mining school. and then went on to and resources / oil and study a double degree in gas companies. One of my interests and business (human passions is travelling and resource management I decided to have a experiencing different and industrial relations) career change as I am cultures, which is why I and science passionate about really enjoy teaching Stacey Plaut (psychology). providing students with HASS. HASS an education to allow After university and them the opportunity to Page 4 NEWSLETTER Introducing… Darren Davis My name is Darren WAFC Manager Youth broader school Davis, and I am the & Secondary Schools, community to help new Director of the WAFL High improve the education, Clontarf Academy at Performance and discipline, life skills, Cecil Andrews Competitions Manager self-esteem and College. and most recently the employment prospects WAFC Junior & School of all Academy For the past 18 years I Competitions members. have worked for the Manager. West Australian Darren Davis Clontarf Director Football Commission I look forward to (WAFC) in various working with the Cecil roles including East Andrews staff, Fremantle Player Academy parents/ Development Officer, guardians and the Introducing… Bernerdette Francis Hi! My name is Bernadette at Cecil Andrews. I have social justice causes and Francis and I teach in the worked in the fashion this belief runs through subject areas of Visual industry over the past five everything I do. Art, Textiles and Home years as the head Economics as well as designer of leading I'm so excited to be apart working with the Girls Australian label Gorman, of a great team at Cecil Academy. as a stylist and designer Andrews and I'm looking for TV, film and editorial, a forward to building the I have recently moved volunteer youth mentor, a textiles and fashion over to WA from part time fashion tutor as subject areas, providing Melbourne and I am a well as running my own more unique opportunities Bernadette Francis Teach For Australia fashion social enterprise for the Girl's Academy and Visual Art, Textiles & associate - currently PER-TIM. I believe creating community Home Economics studying my Masters of strongly in the power of art partnerships with social Education while teaching and design to promote enterprises. Introducing… Aaron Young I left a career as an performance, share their Western Australia. Architect to fulfil a desire to stories in an authentic way, work with young people and and connect with one I am also currently the Vice am passionate about another in a supportive Curator of the Perth Global contributing to my environment, receiving a Shapers hub, a youth community, not only scholarship to undertake initiative developed by the through education, but to training in an incubator World Economic Forum and also help alleviate the program with the School of a director at a not for profit effects of poverty in our Social entrepreneurs. As a called FNTS Movement, community. I ran a social part of this enterprise I which works with young enterprise called Creating founded an event to people from refugee Freedom Australia, encourage action by young backgrounds by using Aaron Young an organisation that existed people to alleviate poverty performing arts to help Visual Art to enable youth across in Western Australia called them find their place in the Western Australia to Expresstival, which has community. express themselves grown to be the highlight through music and event of Anti-poverty in Term 1 Issue Page 5 Introducing… Sarah Curtis Mrs Curtis grew up Andrews College. contributors to our on a farm in the She aspires to society. Great Southern part support the social, of Western Australia. emotional and She has a academic growth background in and success of the Botany; studying students she Botany for 4 years teaches, so that and spending 2 the students at Cecil Sarah Curtis years as a Botanist. Andrews Science Mrs Curtis works College receive the mostly in the best possible Science Department education and here at Cecil become positive Introducing… Neda Loh I'm a new Visual Arts visual merchandiser number of projects in and Media Arts at Louis Vuitton.
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