As our third term draws to a close, Middle School students have been working on their various courses and enjoying a range on excursions and in-school activities.  Since our last newsletter, we have enjoyed outstanding performances from the Dance and Music students, Middle School students who have also participated in the Australian Maths Competition, the School-to-Stage Competition, the Guitar Ensemble Festival, the Secondary Schools Golf Championships and the SSWA State Finals for Netball.  More details of these events are included within articles in this newsletter.  All students should have now completed their course selections (electives) for 2026, as next year’s timetable is currently being finalised.

Our  Year 9 AEP (Academic Extension Program) students participated in an excursion to Edith Cowan University, ‘ECU Create’ designed to introduce engineering and technology products and processes to young secondary school students to promote STEM learning and senior school course selection, while our Year 7 and 8 AEP classes entered the Australian Spelling Bee, an online competition open to all Australian students - details further on in this newsletter.

We have seen positive engagement from our younger students, with many participating in after school activities such as Maths Homework Club (every Tuesday afternoon), Art Club (Thursday afternoons), Band and Choir Practice.  Not to be outdone, Ms. Linto, Head of Humanities, recently organised an incursion with an Egyptologist, aiming to provide real life accounts of the study of Ancient History - more specifically the study of Egyptology.

We were pleased to announce we have been successful in our submission to join other selected schools to take part in an exciting initiative from the Education Department; ‘ACTION Respect Secondary: Strengthening respectful relationships education in schools with secondary aged students,’.  The ACTION Respect Secondary initiative (delivered through the Respectful Relationships Teaching Support Program (RRTSP) in Western Australia) has several key goals aimed at fostering safer, more respectful school communities and preventing family and domestic violence.  While this is yet to kick off, the College will receive funding of $20,000 over two years for staff training and teaching materials, strategies and support to implement the program.

Finally, I must congratulate our Health and Physical Education staff for their impeccable organisation of our annual Athletics Carnival, despite the weather forcing  us to change days, congratulations to our students for their wholehearted participation in events and carnival activities, it was a great day and display of school spirit.  The Marlins once again accumulated the most points on the day

Mr Carlos Notarpietro
Deputy Principal - Middle School