Deputy Principal (Kelly Anderson)
HARMONY WEEK
For use in classes
Harmony Week 15 – 21 March is an opportunity to foster students’ intercultural understanding a general capability in the Western Australian Curriculum. As Diversity is one of our school values, we hope that by highlighting Harmony Week we are encouraging students and staff to celebrate the amazing cultural diversity within our school and our community. If you can find a way to make a connection to cultures through your classroom activities, this would be fantastic.
Staff can also support Harmony Week by wearing orange throughout the week. You can also wear green on St Patrick's Day on Friday 17 March.
The Cultural Inclusivity Committee has put together a range of activities, supported by many staff, for the week. Here is the schedule of activities (some of these are still to be finalised at time of HOTH publication).
Monday 20 March
- Face painting by Year 10 VASP students L2 outside Student Services
- Diablo and Patanque on the front lawn L2
Tuesday 21 March
- "Living Library" guest speaker L1 in Room 10 - Edana Minahan
- Music Performance - L2 at the Amphitheatre
Japanese Students' Visit 27-31 March
Please see the attached schedule and student list for students and staff involved in the Japanese visit in Week 9. Kelly is coordinating the visit, and Phil Ghasseb is the supervising teacher. Please note that there will be some students missing from your classes if they are acting as a host or buddy, at various times during the week. Please welcome their Japanese student visitor into your class - make sure you have seating ready for when they arrive.
Please note, some classes will have two extra students:
| Year 8 | Classes with Tanieka Schoeman and Jesse Spencer will have 2 extra students (MESH, Health, Music) |
| Year 9 | Classes with Isabella Chalker and Elise Andrews will have 2 extra students (MESH only) |
| Year 9 BEST | BEST class will have 2 extra students |
| Year 10 | Classes with Daniella Schoeman and Annabelle Behan will have 2 extra students (MESH, BEST, Food Tech, Career Ed) |
| Year 10 | Classes with Izzy Davidson and Kai Lever will have 2 extra students (HASS and English only) |
| Year 11 | Classes with Lucy Hope and Riley Fisher will have 2 extra students (Literature, BEST, Human Biology) |
Workload Advisory Committee
Workload is often the main cause of staff stress or anxiety. Our school has a workload advisory committee, which was set up as part of our focus on Staff Wellbeing in our previous business plan, and which we continue to support through the new Staff Wellbeing Committee.
Staff Representatives for this year (continuing their 2 year tenure) are: Renee Chapple, Luke Marinoni and Adam McGill.
If you have workload issues, please discuss them first with your line manager, as many of these can be resolved quickly and easily.
If you have an issue that cannot be resolved, please submit it via either the survey link provided here, or on the document below (which can also be found in the School Templates folder on your desktop.
Parent Interview Afternoon in Week 10 (Tuesday 4 April)
Please see the attached information. Please note that a catered lunch will be provided in the Staff Room at 12.30pm. Interviews start promptly at 1.30pm in your designated area. Any queries should first be addressed to your line manager.