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Years 7-10 Semester 2 student reports would have been emailed to parents on Tuesday 17 December. Please remember to save a copy each time you receive your child's report as the link is set to expire 4 weeks after delivery.

The Arts

Year 10 students have been creating hand coloured lino prints and photoshopped pop art silk screen prints this term.  Keep up the great work!

Noelene Hales
Visual Arts Teacher

Fashion Design

The year is coming to a close and I would to take this opportunity to thank Ms Hill and all the fashion students for all their hard work in 2019.

We have had some amazing highlights, such as the visit from Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson, the Year 10, 11 and 12 students successfully competing at the APEX teenage Fashion Awards with Bonnie Kerslake chosen to represent WA at the national final, plus our appearance on Channel 9 Today morning program to showcase the beautiful wearable art created by so many of our talented students.

I am taking a years leave in 2020, where I hope to dive into many of my own creative projects to develop new techniques that I can pass on to our fashion students.  I will be leaving the classes in the capable hands of Ms Hill and Mrs Wright and I wish you all a safe holiday and a fabulous year next year. 

Mrs Dyer
Dean of Arts

Academic Enrichment
ABCN Innovate with KPMG

Twenty Year 7 STEM enthusiasts were privileged to spend five weeks working beside KPMG volunteers, experts in their chosen STEM field, through the highly successful Innovate Program organised and offered to our school by ABCN.

Students were exposed to: Problem Solving and Design using Science; Design Thinking to creatively innovate a Digital Design Solution to a problem using Technology; Critical thinking and innovation using Engineering to problem solve; and use Mathematical principles and concepts of patterns and multiplication to decode challenging problems. Mentors from KPMG guided students through each session developing team collaboration and listening techniques within the corporate environment of their technological and innovative work space in Perth CBD.

All students improved their problem solving skills and gained a more informed understanding of how STEM is used in today’s workforce. Many enquired about the possibility of the program continuing through to next year with one student stating “Thank you for giving me one of the best experiences of my life.”

Blackout Poetry

Year 10 English students have been studying poetry all term and we have finished it up with some fun ‘blackout poetry’. Students recycled the pages from old novels and non-fiction books and used the words on the page to create some incredible poems. Take a look!

Chemistry Explosions Ignite Science Passion in Students

Academic Enrichment students recently visited ECU Joondalup for a Race Around the Campus followed by an Explosive Chemistry Show, presented by Mr Tim Harrison (Bristol ChemLabs Fellow and Science Communicator) Bristol University, UK and his ECU Chemistry team. They delivered an exciting live science show and investigated the properties of various gases; nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen and methane, through the use of spectacular demonstrations such as the liquid nitrogen shower, whoosh bottle, disappearing styrofoam and exploding hydrogen balloons. Students were enthused, educated and amazed for the entire afternoon.

Glynne Bartle
Academic Enrichment Coordinator

STEM Club launches in 2019!

Did you know we have some amazingly self-driven and inspired students at Belridge SC? Twenty-eight students from Year 7 and Year 8 Academic Enrichment opted to join the newly formed STEM Club. The enthusiasm for learning all things STEM was truly inspiring.  During Wednesdays Period 5, students are working on STEM projects coordinated by Petra Trinke and Glynne Bartle, in collaboration with industry and external agencies. We are currently working on Projects for 2020!  The iAwards, Young ICT Explorers, and The Game Changer Awards just to name a few! We look forward to showcasing our talent at the Joondalup Festival as well.

Petra Trinke & Glynne Bartle
STEM Club Coordinators 

Belridge Botnets participate in Perth vs Canberra ‘Capture the Flag’ Cyber Challenge

Year 10 Advanced Computing students William Johnstone, Cameron Spence and Oscar Longworth-Baker participated in the PeCan cyber challenge on the first weekend of Term 3 holidays. PeCan is a National ‘Capture the Flag’ (CTF) challenge hosted by Edith Cowan University in conjunction with the Australian Signals Directorate. On the Saturday, staff and mentors at ECU taught the necessary cyber security skills. The following day, our students used these skills by participating in a real-time cyber security challenge against teams from Canberra. These challenges included activities related to software and web exploitation, reverse engineering, SQL injections and steganography. This ‘ethical hacking’ event saw Perth victorious over Canberra.

Petra Trinke
Digital Technologies
& Computer Science Teacher

Year 9’s Helping Santa

Some of our Year 9 students finished the term on a highly festive note – connecting their imaginations with our community. Year 1 students at Davallia Primary School wrote letters to Father Christmas which several classes of Year 9 students received, courtesy of Mikaela Shirley. Students posed as Santa, or his elves, and attentively replied to each individual letter.

The joy, excitement and happiness during this activity was evident! Our students were completely engrossed; writing with care, creativity and authenticity. They even wanted to go to the Primary School to watch the Year One's open the letters! Many thanks to Kerry Clarke and Suzanne Manning whose Year 9 students helped reply to the letters too.

Mikaela Shirley
English Teacher

Craigie Heights Primary Science Visit

On the 27th November, Year 3 and 4 students from Craigie Heights Primary School, along with their Science teacher Ms Brown, came to do some Science at Belridge Secondary College.

Year 3 students, under Ms Hudson’s direction, used microscopes and magnifying lenses to look at fingerprints, flowers, bugs, fabric and much more. Meanwhile, the Year 4 students, under Mr Crosbie’s direction, were exploring the strength of magnetic and electrostatic forces.

Mr Crosbie and Ms Hudson were delighted to see the enthusiasm and high engagement from the Craigie Heights students. We look forward to seeing them again next year.

Mr Crosbie
Head of Science

Mathematics Achievements

It has been a fantastic year for the Mathematics Department at Belridge Secondary College, with a significant number of student achievements as a result of lots of hard work from both students and teachers.

NAPLAN

The Year 9 NAPLAN Numeracy results were the best NAPLAN Numeracy results in the recent history of Belridge SC. Additionally, Belridge SC achieved the top result compared to the like schools of the State.

Also, for first time in BSC history, our Year 9s average numeracy score was over 600 and every student in Year 9 met the National Numeracy Minimum Standard. Well done to students, parents and staff for their hard work and support.

Year 12 Mathematic Subject Award Winners

The Year 12 Graduation Ceremony was held during Week 2 of this term and congratulations goes to the following Year 12s for scoring the top marks in their Mathematic courses:

Mathematic Essentials
Kasey Bond
Mathematics Applications
Jesse Turcato
Mathematics Methods
Zachary Booth
Mathematics Specialist
Zane Gazey

Mathematics Pathways 2020

Detailed below is the pathway structure for 2020. Once again congratulations to all the students on their achievements and their hard work during the year! Thank you to all the parents for your support. Last, but not least, thank you to all the Maths staff for your commitment and dedication throughout the year.

Mr K Tennakoon
Head of Mathematics

Sports News

Year 10 Netball Carnival

On Monday the 2nd of December and Tuesday 3rd of December the Belridge Netball Academy Year 10 students attended a two-day netball carnival at Herb Graham Recreation centre.

Day one saw the girls play four games throughout the day against teams from John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School and St Philips College who were on tour in Perth from Alice Springs. The girls finished the day with 3 wins and 1 loss, with most games being decided by less than 5 goals.

Day two of competition saw Swan Valley ACS also attend along with both St Philips and John Septimus Roe ACS returning. The day started off with a round robin competition which involved 4 games and 1 bye round for each team. After the round robin ended, Belridge had won two games against both Swan Valley ACS teams and had narrow losses to the St Philips team and the John Septimus Roe team.

The day finished with a finals play-off match. Belridge was in the 3v4 play-off match against John Septimus Roe ACS. It was a close game throughout, with at half time the score being 7 goals all to both teams. The second half started off with both teams going goal for goal. Belridge then broke out to the lead through strong defensive efforts and calm play in attack to end the day with a win and finish in 3rd place overall.

Congratulations to the following students who received Best Player of the Match in games throughout the round robin games: Jordan Blee, Mahalia Woolterton, Katana Montgomery and Ava Martin.  It was a fantastic two days where the girls had the opportunity to apply the skills, tactics and strategies they have learnt throughout the year in a competitive setting where every game was a close match.

Nicole Mann
Netball Coordinator

PLANNING AHEAD ...

Book Club is Returning!

Calling all book worms!  Are you interested in books? Do you want to find out the latest fiction available at the library and meet other students who love reading? Well, you're just the students we are looking for to join our Tuesday Book Club in 2020. The book club will be facilitated by Dr Lambert and Mrs De Ponte and will happen Tuesdays at recess, details below:

Where: E4
When: Every Tuesday Recess
Who: Anyone
How: Just come along to our first Tuesday Book Club week one 2020.

Dr Kirsten Lambert
Performing Arts/English Department

Keys Dates 2020

All students commence Term 1, 2020 on Monday 3 February

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