e-News 22
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Dear parents,
We welcome back to our Year 10, 11 and 12 students after the completion of their examinations.
Celebrating success in the World Sphere
I received a formal letter from Catholic Education WA in recognition of the efforts of science teachers Mrs Yvette Pearce, Mrs Filipa Carvalho, Ms Sally Farrington and supported by Mr Trevor Galbraith, to express our sincere appreciation of the endless hours of service these staff have dedicated to the completion of the Content Coalition Science Courses. These iTunes U courses are virtual Year 7 Science textbooks our students are currently using and which are now published and available to the world. Please note these courses are rocketing up the charts at the moment – I invite parents to download them on your iPads and check them out for yourselves!
Recognition of Long Serving Staff
In moving the Honour Boards from the old gymnasium, we took the opportunity to have them refurbished and placed in the new 51ɬɬapp Community Centre foyer.
To recognise the contribution of long serving staff at the College, those who have worked at the College for more than 20 years, we decided to prepare a new Honour Board. Some of these continue their service, whilst others many parents may have known from the past:
1983 Robyn Quinn
1983 Peter Thomson
1985 Steve Young
1986 Diane Fisher
1986 Moira Flanagan
1986 Trevor Galbraith
1986 Karen Rourke
1987 Erika Lubcke
1987 Diane Magrath
1987 Andre Papineau
1988 Deborah Santaromita
1989 Judy Votta
1990 Russell Scanlon
1991 Sonya Hope
1991 Michael Penhaligon
1992 Gabriella Fabris
1993 Sally Farrington
1993 Simon Keane
1994 Derek Bickford
1995 Veronica Parry
1996 Marie Drygan
1996 Joan Fodor
We will be inviting these staff to a special ceremony and morning tea afterwards at the last College assembly this term.
Community at Corpus
We received a very buoyant email from Mr James Howard on Thursday regarding the successes of the Corpus Cross Country team. Second overall, with our girls winning the shield, this was uplifting given the sadness of the news we had received recently. I am very proud of Sports Coordinator James Howard s efforts in preparing the team, along with teachers Mr Reno Sinagra, Ms Cara Wright, Mr Christopher Peitroniro and Mr Mark Green, but particularly the students who were captained by Jennifer Del Pup and Cameron Jones. Along with the successes of our public speakers coached by Noreen Stevenson last weekend, our students have done us proud!
On a sad note, as news filtered through to our community during the week, a pre-primary student from St Emilie s, Philip Lombardo died last week. I have contacted Tania Thuijs the Principal to offer my condolences on behalf of 51ɬɬapp.
We were recently saddened by the news that former Deputy Principal and Head of Health and Physical Education and former student Mr Peter Sackett s wife Julianna, had died after a long battle with cancer. Tomorrow, many staff will be attending Julie s funeral at Queen of Apostles Parish. Many of our wonderful staff have assisted the family in numerous ways including contributing to an online crowd fund, organised by Mrs Renee Ging, currently on maternity leave.
With the death of Cindy Jacobs, mother of Josephine in Year 12, we offered today s morning school Mass for Julie Sackett and Cindy, as is our tradition.
Celebrations at Corpus next week!
Finishing on a positive note: next week we have a dual celebration on Friday – Corpus Christi Day and the Blessing by Fr Jeronimo and CEO Executive Director Dr Tim McDonald Opening of the Community Centre. Principals, Board and Parents and Friends Executive members from past years have all been invited to attend, along with local dignitaries. Commencing at 9.00am in the Community Centre, all parents and friends are welcome to attend the Blessing and Opening Ceremony, followed by the Corpus Christi Day Mass. The students will then continue with food and activity stalls, concluding the Day with a concert. This is an important celebration which builds spirit and fosters a positive contribution to the community.
I will outline a description of the public art work which has caused much discussion amongst the students, in the next copy of the e-News.
I hope you enjoyed the long weekend celebrating WA Week and took some time for rest and relaxation with your families.
Best wishes and God bless.
Mrs Caroline Payne
Principal
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Please see information below regarding Year 7 science resources created by 51ɬɬapp in collaboration with a number of other Catholic schools. This collaboration is called The Content Coalition and was brought together in 2015 to create Science courses for Year 7 in iTunes U in partnership with Apple and Catholic Education Western Australia. Sally Farringdon, Filipa Carvalho and Yvette Pearce are to be congratulated on their outstanding efforts in developing such wonderful Science resources for our students and the world.
The following schools were involved in the collaboration:
Mercedes College – Biological Science
Corpus Christi – Chemical Science
Holy Cross – Physical Science
CEWA (Michelle Lloyd) - Earth and Space Science
This work involved creating the content and courses, writing multi-touch books to go with each course and finding apps and resources to support the content. The content is aligned to the Western Australian Curriculum. These courses are now public and available in the iTunes store. The courses are creating a great deal of interest with three of the four courses occupying the in the top five Science courses which is world-wide.
You can access the courses by going into the iTunes U store and searching Catholic Education of Western Australia or by following the links below:
Earth and Space
Chemical Science
Biological Science
Physical Science
The multi-touch books within the courses have been published separately to the iBooks store and can be found by searching Content Coalition.
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Ms Sally Farrington
Head of Science Learning Area
A number of Science students will be participating in two Science competitions – the Big Science competition and the ICAS Science competition, coordinated by Mrs Rourke.
The Big Science Competition
The Big Science Competition is a way to challenge students from Years 7 to 12, and track their performance against state or national averages.
Questions test critical thinking and problem-solving skills, not just factual recall. Questions are set in real-life, contemporary contexts, making them relatable (and interesting). Last year questions covered faecal matter transplants, garbage gyers, life on Mars, 3D printing, control of feral cats, carbon capture, space junk and predicting earthquakes, just to name a few.
ICAS
The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is an independent, skills-based assessment program which recognises and rewards student achievement. ICAS is unique, being the most comprehensive generally available suite of academic assessments for primary and secondary school students.
The assessments comprise:
ICAS is a 21st century quality assessment the keeps pace with classroom learning. Over one million student entries are accepted from over 6,300 schools in Australia and New Zealand annually. In addition, students from over 20 countries including Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the USA participate in ICAS each year.
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Mrs FilIpa Carvalho
Head of Academic Excellence
As part of the Academic Excellence Program (AEP) each student has the option to request a mentor to support them throughout the academic year. Since the beginning of the year, sixteen Year 11 and 12 and twelve Year 9 and 10 students took part in the AEP mentor training program to prepare them to mentor younger students.
The sessions involved discussions around questions such as:
As a product of the mentoring program, students will be able to support their mentees in the following ten key areas:
The Year 11 and 12 students will be mentoring the Year 9 and 10 mentors in terms of the mentoring other students and also any of the ten key areas above. The Year 9 and 10 mentors will be prepared to mentor younger students.
The maturity, responsibility and care for others that these students have displayed in the last few weeks, has been admirable. I look forward to seeing them blossom as mentors.
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Mrs Noreen Stevenson
On Saturday, 7 students represented Corpus in the Rostrum Voice of Youth Public Speaking semi-finals. It was such an inspiring event. The students represented Corpus with confidence and great ability. It made me so proud to be associated with these young people. Students needed to present a prepared speech (6 mins Junior/ 8 mins Senior) and deliver a 3 minute impromptu speech after 15 minutes prep with no access to information.
The Junior Section was represented by:
I am delighted to inform you that we have 3 juniors proceeding to the State finals. Rachael Dellaca, Ike Adesanya and Erin Martin will present a new speech in the state competition on the 25th June.
All students are to be commended on their dedication to achieve their best. These competitions embody the stuff of nightmares for many of us but these students have taken the challenge in their stride. If you know them, please congratulate them. They certainly deserve their 5 minutes of fame.
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Mrs Yvette Pearce
Head of Year 7
The Pastoral session focused on a Study Skills activity which provided students with the opportunity to produce a Mind map so that they can use this method for study and also cover some bullying issues.
Students were explicitly directed to good study techniques and asked where they might see themselves finding it useful and also how some iPad apps might enable the concept to be used.
Activities included:
A discussion/brainstorm session with the Homeroom about Bullying. The Homerooms covered the topics below and linked to the content covered by Class Act in the last Pastoral period.
With the information from the discussion/brainstorm the students needed to produce a mind map of all of the information on A3 paper. The use of colour and the importance of using colours and images was conveyed.
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Meeting with Simon Allen (3D Animator)
The Corpus Christi Academic Excellence Extension Program (AEEP) is a program that excels academically gifted children (from Years 7-10) to extend their abilities and display it in the form of a chosen project. For our group s project we chose to write a parody/satire of superhero comics. We are designing, writing and drawing out the comic book.
During our project we ve been offered the opportunity to work with a student mentor from Murdoch, which we accepted. We met with our mentor, Josiah Smith and discussed our project, which we got working on right away. Josiah has provided us with excellent guidance and support as we develop and work through our project.
Last week, our Josaih left a message for us, asking us to come to Murdoch University after school on Tuesday (30th of May) to meet the animator for Toy Story 3, Up, Wall-E, Ratatouille, Cars 2 and Brave, Simon Allen.
After school on Tuesday we all walked down to Murdoch and met with Josaih, who then led us upstairs to a room with Simon. We greeted him and then showed him what we had done so far which included storyboards, character designs and scripts. Simon spent some time giving us advice on what we should change and what we should do to progress and improve our illustrations. Simon also suggested that when drawing the characters that we should use a light table, which would help us draw the characters the same each time.
It was an amazing opportunity to be able to meet Simon Allen and we hope we get many more opportunities like this one in the future. We would like to thank Josiah our mentor and Murdoch University for making this happen.
By Austin Bevacqua, Thomas Howard, Presley O’Brien, George Kenny and Harry Regan.
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With 34 confirmed participants in the 2016 Cambodia Immersion Programme, we are working hard to fundraise and plan for the trip. With a great mix of students, parents and staff, the group has been working hard on a number of fundraising events: car wash (raising $1138), staff raffles ($1200) and the Mother s Day High Tea ($2300). This awesome effort cannot happen without the kind donations, time, food and help offered by the Corpus community, and we cannot thank enough all who have assisted.
This Term sees the introduction of the wine fundraiser with Swings and Roundabouts, and also the Pasta fundraiser. We continue with our roasting forks fundraising, an absolute bargain for a quality product, prices have been reduced, this is a stainless steal! Please visit the info below and help us maintain our fundraising progress for our Immersion Programme:
1) SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS Wine Fundraiser:
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2) PASTA FUNDRAISER
The Lenzarini Bros from Golden Ravioli, Romany House in Fitzgerald Street Perth have kindly accepted to assist in our fundraising efforts towards the Cambodian Immersion. In the 1950 s four Italian brothers set out on a journey: a journey that would take them away from their homeland to a new home, Australia. The brothers opened the now famous Romany Restaurant in 1958 and in 1964 introduced their own range of pasta to the public of Perth, and so, Golden Ravioli was born!
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3) MOVIE FUNDRAISER
You, your family and friends are invited to a private screening of the stunning film, me before you. as a fundraising initiative for the Cambodian Immersion 2016.
For tickets, please purchase from Reception from Ms Crane, or email wquint@corpus.wa.edu.au
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4) ROASTING FORKS Fundraiser
Parents, these forks make for a wonderful gift and are of absolutely high quality. Please place your correct money (Cash) in an envelope and deliver it to front reception and you can collect your forks. Any queries, please contact communications@corpus.wa.edu.au THESE HAVE BEEN REDUCED, an absolute Stainless Steal $5.00 each!!!!!!!
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Please enjoy seeing the photos from both the Car Wash and the High Tea.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
20th June - Music Night
25th June - 3rd July - New Zealand Music Tour
21st July - Our Land People Stories - Drama Excursion
25th July - 31st August - Catholic Performing Arts Festival
12th August - The Caucasian Chalk Circle – Drama Excursion
9th September - Senior School Dance Performance
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The Arts
For these past few weeks students have been studying hard for their exams and preparing for performances this term and for our up-and-coming events in term three. I would like to share with you my huge appreciation for The Arts team who have been working tirelessly to continue to deliver outstanding practice, mark and run their own practical and written exams for which they have prepared all materials for and still maintain the energy to run their programmes outside of teaching hours, added to this I have seen some great organisation to complete the admin that is a statutory requirement for all trips outside the college along with continuing the rigour in their other teaching duties. This with our limited resource often in classrooms and across the school makes me very proud to have such a strong team of staff to work with.
I am also very humbled by our fabulous senior school students, who have been working exceptionally hard during and after school, have had to continue to develop their physical practice whilst still maintaining a thorough study programme for their exams. In looking at our college results from the exams there is much success.
These are excellent examples of how we in the Arts meet the College s desire for students to reach the attributes of being, Christlike, resilient, good communicators, with a globalised perspective, who challenge themselves to think and strive for excellence but in a balanced and reflective way.
Good luck to all staff and students who are about to take part in the Catholic Performing Arts Season. I am positive that our current successes in Music and the College Production will be accompanied by more celebration for Dance and Visual Arts exhibitions as they come up.
May I also take this opportunity to congratulate Mrs Chanelle Spark who is expecting a baby soon and further to this congratulate Ms Caroline Fuhr who has taken the position as Lead Dance teacher for Semester Two onwards.
We are all very excited in having new addition to our team soon.
Many thanks
James Dove
Head of Arts
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Dance News
Dance Collective
We would like to congratulate the following students on being selected in the much sort after “Corpus Collective” program at the College. The following students have showed brilliance within Dance and we look forward to watching these students develop and master their skills over the remainder of the year.
Congratulations to;
Cassie Rauh
Emily Joy
Tanisha Ryan
Bella Scaturro
Vivianne Moreno-Sanchez
Nakkitta Fortune
Cheyenne Davies
Georgia Burton
Breanna Furfaro
Steph Hollins
Sarah Ho
Evie Meldrum
Caitlyn Tandy
Hannah Antulov
Emily Byrne
Anya Leen
Annabel Biscotto
Isabel Gelfi
Hannah Harrison
Rachael Allanby
Adele Hand
Layla Kenny
Giorgia Maurogiovani
Caroline Fuhr and Chanelle Spark
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MUSIC NEWS
Corpus Christi Musicians at the 2016 Fremantle Eisteddfod – Trophy Winners
We would like to congratulate Megan Schutte for an outstanding performance at the recent Fremantle Eisteddfod. Megan not only won her three individual sections, she has been awarded the Most Promising Woodwind Competitor Perpetual Trophy – a wonderful accomplishment.
Instrumental Solo Grade 4 Solo (95/100)
Instrumental Solo Under 13 Solo (95/100)
Instrumental Under 13 Recital (93/100)
Congratulations to our very talented and much sort after Celtic Band for taking out the Best Ensemble at the Fremantle Eisteddfod. The members of this ensemble are: Imogen Plowright, Lauren Cannell, Rhiannon Bouwhuis, Sam Forster, Megan Schutte, Isabelle Jefferies, Elish Lau, Thomasina Foo, George Norris and Lilli Whelan. Directed by Mr. David Harries and assisted by Ms Shanice Palfrey. The ensemble received an outstanding score of 96/100, with exceptional comments regarding their unique and seamless performance.
David Harries
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Congratulations to our Cross Country Team who finished with an overall combined aggregate 2nd in last week s ACC Cross Country Competition!
Out of 63 schools and over 3500 competitors, Corpus performed exceptionally well.
U13G 2nd
U14G equal 1st
U16G 2nd
OPEN GIRLS 1st
GIRLS OVERALL 1st
OVERALL COMBINED AGGREGATE 2ND
A huge thank you goes out to Mr Reno Sinagra, Mr James Howard, Miss Cara Wright, Mr Chris Pietroniro, Mr Mark Green and a host of other staff and ex-students who assisted in training from time-to-time. These staff coaches were a huge influence on the team, always encourages them to achieve their best and get the most out of their training. Captains Jennifer DelPup and Cameron Jones led diligently throughout the day and supported their teammates across all year levels.
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The Young ICT Explorers Technology and Enterprise Extra Curricular group for 2016 has started. The aim of this is to inspire and encourage school students to be not just end users of digital technology but also to become creators and innovators of digital technology.
Through this challenge, students are able to plan, develop and showcase innovative Digital Technology related projects at a exhibition in September. This exhibition provides a forum for students, teachers and parents to experience student projects from surrounding schools and to present these to both academic and industry leaders.
For more information please watch this video or view this website or see Mr Ho for details. Project building sessions will be run on Tuesday mornings 7:30 to 8:20am in Sadler and also on Thursday at lunchtime in R02 (must attend one session a week) from term 2 week 6 through to the 3rd of September. Students can work as individuals or in groups (max 4). Students who are keen to join please register using this form - .
Mr Johnny Ho
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Our adventures bring together fathers and sons (or significant male mentor) on a journey together into the outdoors. An opportunity to strengthen and grow your relationship to support the transition of your boy into a good young man.<
Our Program Facilitators have completed Dr Arne Rubinstein s Global Rites of Passage Leadership.
Click for more info.
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The Year 8 Laser Cutting Master Class are working with MakerSpace to produce some fantastic results.
Students are really mastering the basics of Laser Cutting and are excitedly practicing their new skills.
Work samples will be on display in the staffroom next week for staff members to see some of the great activities occurring whilst some more exciting and complex projects are currently in then planning and designing phases.
We are currently in negotiations with Mark Stevens and Gregg Port to implement a Google Virtual Reality in which our students will laser cut their own VR goggles.
The Technology and Enterprise Learning Area team
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On Saturday 28 May 28, seven students represented Corpus in the Rostrum Voice of Youth Public Speaking semi finals in Inglewood. The students represented Corpus with confidence and great ability. It made me so proud to be associated with these young people.
Students needed to present a prepared speech (6 mins Junior/ 8 mins Senior) and deliver a 3 minute impromptu speech after 15 minutes prep with no access to information.
Congratulations to each of the following participants:
Junior Section
Year 8 - Mosaia McDonald and Jenna Riordan
Year 9 - Ike Adesanya, Rachael Dellaca and Erin Martin
Senior Section
Year 11 - Olivia Fuderer
Year 12 - Desiree Louis
The students speeches were truly inspirational but, as one would expect, the competition is intense at this level. However, I am delighted to inform you that we have 3 juniors proceeding to the State finals. Rachael Dellaca, Ike Adesanya and Erin Martin will present a new speech in the state competition later this month on 25 June.
Thank you to all the students for their commitment and enthusiasm in taking up the challenge of public speaking. I am so grateful to the parents and families of our competitors who came along to support and encourage them. A sincere thank you to Aveen Yoong (Year 12 2015) who attends coaching sessions after school every Tuesday. She played a pivotal role in preparing Jenna and Mosaia for this competition. My gratitude is extended to Rebekah Anne Craggs (Head Girl 2015) for generously giving her time to prepare competitors for the Impromptu Section of this event. This support made all the difference on the day.
If you would like to hear them, along with the speeches from all our talented public speakers, come along to the 51ɬɬapp Public Speaking Competition which is being held on Tuesday 28 June starting at 7.00 pm in the Sadler Centre. Please email me if you would like to attend.
Mrs Noreen Stevenson
Co-ordinator
nstevenson@corpus.wa.edu.au
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Upcoming Guest Speakers our College
22nd June (Lunchtime): Lawyer and Geologist from WIMWA (Women in Mining and Resources WA) in Mayne Block
23rd June (After school 3:30pm): UWA Student Talk, Jessica Knight, completing Assured Medicine Pathway and achieved 99th Percentile, in Mayne Block
29th June (Afternoon): My Future Career Expo in Mayne Block
University Open Days 2016
Sunday 24th July: Murdoch University
Sunday 31st July: Curtin University
Sunday 14th August: University of Western Australia
Sunday 14th August: Edith Cowan University (Mt Lawley) and WAAPA
Sunday 21st August: Notre Dame Fremantle
University Information Sessions
Murdoch University
Engineering and Information Technology Careers Evening
Wednesday 8 June 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Meet academics and learn about the following undergraduate courses:
Business Information Systems, Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Cyber Forensics and Information Security, Electrical Power Engineering, Engineering Technology, Environmental Engineering Games Software Design and Production, Games Technology, Industrial Computer Systems Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Internetworking and Network Security, Mathematics and Statistics, Mineral Science, Mobile and Web Application Development, Physics and Nanotechnology, Renewable Energy Engineering
Murdoch University
Health Careers Evening - Wednesday, 29th of June
Meet our academics and learn about undergraduate course opportunities and careers in health, from roles in nursing and chiropractic through to laboratory medicine and psychology. Undergraduate courses covered include:
Staff will be on hand to answer course enquiries, questions on admission and application requirements, as well as support services. For further information please visit
UWA
Learn how to make the most of your WACE results and achieve your study and career goals
Tuesday 7 June, 6.00pm Social Sciences Lecture Theatre
For Year 12 students and their parents, applying for university can be a daunting process. UWA information sessions will provide advice on UWA courses, admission requirements and key dates for 2016. The Future Students team will be available to answer any questions you may have following the presentation.
UWA Guided Tour
Monday 6 June, 10.00am at Mt Crawley
The Prospective Students Office invites future students and their families to join them on a guided tour of UWA's Crawley campus. The tour runs for an hour and provide the opportunity to collect course information books and other brochures.
Curtin University
Curtin University Parent Information Sessions
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Tuesday 7 June, 6.00pm Social Sciences Lecture Theatre
Parents of Year 12s: Tuesday 7 June 2016
Parents of Year 10s: Wednesday 8 June 2016
Expo and refreshments on arrival at 5.00pm
Formal presentations from 5.45 pm to 7.00 pm
Building 210 Elizabeth Jolley Lecture Theatre, Curtin University, Bentley Campus
Notre Dame Early Offer Program
The Early Offer Program is designed to make early offers to Year 12 students who have demonstrated academic excellence and are making a significant contribution to their school community or church. Offers are made prior to the WACE exams. Early Offer Applications are due 5pm, Friday 29th July, for study beginning in 2017.
Chartered Accountants: Cadetships
The Chartered Accountants Employment Guide 2016 contains information on firms offering cadetships to Year 12 leavers. If students are interested, they should apply for cadetships as soon as possible.
Download the guide:
My Future Careers (School Subscription)
Use your school student email address to logon and access the My Future Careers website, for career exploration and occupation videos, job outlook, starting salaries, and much more.
Defence Force Gap Year 2017
The ADF Gap Year program is an excellent way for your students to experience military life and to gain a greater understanding of what's involved. On completion they can continue serving in the Navy, Army or Air Force, or offer the skills and experience they have acquired to an alternative career path.
In 2017 there are 11 roles to choose from ranging from admin to artillery, and flight crew to logistics.
Details of all the Gap Year roles are available at
Employment commences early 2017. Applicants must have completed Year 12 and be aged between 18 and 24 as of 1 April 2017 (Navy), 31 May 2017 (Army), or 7 April 2017 (Air Force).
WA Police Force Recruitment Information Sessions
People who have an interest in a career as a Police Officer are encouraged to attend a Recruit Information Session.Please be advised the Recruit Information Session only provides information on the Police Officer role and recruitment process and does not provide information on the Cadet or Police Auxiliary Officer entry pathway.
Recruit Information Sessions include presentations by WA Police Recruiting Personnel, Police Recruits and other members of WA Police and provide an overview of the recruitment and selection process, training requirements and job specific information relevant to a career as a police officer.
Due to limited availability and space, bookings will be accepted from prospective applicants only. We are unable to accommodate guests at this time.
If you are interested in any other entry pathway such as Cadet or Police Auxiliary Officer, please be advised that an Information Session relevant to each entry pathway will be held prior to recruitment campaign for these positions opening.
Online Booking on is essential
Upcoming Sessions:
4:30pm - Thursday 23 June 2016: WA Police Academy
Bookings now open
4:30pm - Thursday 21 July 2016: WA Police Academy
Bookings open from 13 June 2016
Rachel Burke
Careers Advisor
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There s no more relevant way to learn a language than through experiencing it in hands-on cultural situations. Food is always a great place to start, so Year 9 Indonesian classes are learning the language of recipes and Indonesian dishes by viewing YouTube videos, studying recipe verbs and ingredients and participating in hands-on food preparation activities.
The cultural study is contained in the recipe ingredients, many of which students have not tried before, especially in combinations that are not normally seen in our Aussie or western-style cooking. For example, there is a LOT of coconut milk and palm sugar, accompanied by grass jelly, shrimp paste, curly chillies, pandanus leaves and green pancakes. So far this term students have been involved in preparing and tasting “Es Cincau” (iced grass jelly drink), “Dadar Gulung” (pandanus-flavoured pancakes with coconut and palm sugar filling) and Rujak (spicy fruit and vegetable salad).
While often hesitant at first, most students have been brave enough to sample the new food, and many have thoroughly enjoyed it. Indonesian cuisine is actually an amazingly diverse and interesting one, with many regional variations on dishes, and complicated sauces that combine several flavours.
The term will culminate in a visit to the Indonesian Consulate to participate in gamelan playing, dancing and martial arts, and enjoying a delicious Indonesian style lunch. Selamat makan!
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Students 51ɬɬapp took part in the 22nd annual Australian Geography Competition last week.
Approximately 60,000 students from around Australia have entered the Competition, which is organised by the Australian Geography Teachers Association and the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.
Competition coordinator Bernard Fitzpatrick said that the Competition gave teachers an opportunity to highlight geography in their schools.
In today s society, geography is a vital subject that all young people should study. Understanding place and people, and the socio-economic and environmental interactions at local, regional, national and international levels is important to the economic and environmental future of Australia, said Mr Fitzpatrick. Geography helps students understand the world around them, and the interconnections of the physical and social sciences within their local community and global communities.
With the introduction of the New Western Australian curriculum, it’s an exciting time to be involved in geographical education, and the Competition plays its part in this, Mrs Di Giuseppe a geography teacher at Corpus Christi said the school usually did well in the Australian Geography Competition.
Corpus Christi usually has quite a few students that are awarded high distinctions and distinctions, said Mrs Di Giuseppe. Fellow Humanities teacher Mr James Ramsey, said Doing the Geography competition allows students to apply their understanding of the knowledge and skills they have learned in geography and test themselves against students all across Australia.
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Please put your student s name on all their property, including clothing, books and bags. If named property come to Student Services we always endeavor to return it to the student.
Student Services
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