Kids Are Hardwired To Be Negative But You Can Do Something About It
Kids are hard-wired to be negative. We all are. Scientists call it the negativity bias. However, we can overcome this bias and make our lives more positive.
Portraiture Workshop With Prize Finalist
Desiree Crossing is a Perth-based, contemporary, realist painter who specialises in portraiture. This week she ran a workshop for Year 11.5 students
High Impact Teacher Development
Select staff delivered professional development on high-impact teaching practices to colleagues on Monday.
A Lesson in Consent and Coercion
As part of the College’s ongoing Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum, our Year 11 students spent PCT today with Amanda from WA Child Safety Services. The topic was Consent and Coercion.
Year 11s Jump Into Year 12 Courses
This week marks the beginning of Year 12 courses for the Class of 2022.
How To Help Your Child Make New Friends
Transitions are often daunting for kids. The thing they worry about most is making friends. How can you help in a way that is effective and empowering?
BrainSTEM Students Step Into Biodiscovery Centre
Our Year 10 BrainSTEM classes visited the Biodiscovery Centre at the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Technology.
Debating the Big Issues
Twenty-five students represented the College in the Schools’ Debating Competition, and one of our Year 9 teams won the Year 9/10 Junior Division.
We care about our kids, so why don’t they know it?
The greatest protective factor a child can have is an adult who likes them and listens to them. Yet research shows a large percentage of kids don’t feel as though they have that. Why? And how do we change it?
Accessing Life Beyond School
This week was the last on campus for our Year 12 ACCESS students and it was put to great use with their Transition Program.
Implementing Change in Strive9
Each Year 9 Homeroom completed their social action project for Strive9 last week. Here’s a full round-up of what our girls achieved.
Helping Your Child Create Balance in Their World
You don’t find balance in life, you create it. Here are five important ways we can help our kids to create the balance they need in their lives.
Students Create Bionic Body Parts
BrainStem students are learning about bionic body parts with some input from a guest doctoral research student.
STEM Thriving at Santa Maria
STEM is more than just an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths – it is a way of thinking and looking at the world.Â
Business Is Booming in Year 9
Year 9 Start Your Own Business classes had the opportunity to take their products to market this week, after months of hard work.
What Is Emotion Coaching?
A podcast from renowned psychologist Andrew Fuller and his guest Marie Vakakis. They discuss emotion coaching for adolescents.
Our AFL All-Stars Shine
All the stars of WA schoolgirls’ football came out to play at the inaugural Inter-Association All-Star AFL Tournament at Claremont Oval.
Young Leaders Finding Their Voices
140 young leaders from Western Australian Catholic colleges spent a day at Iona College sharing ideas about social justice.
A Day Trip In Wine Country
Year 11 Geography students spent a wet and windy day in the Swan Valley on a wine tour with a difference.
The Future Is Wide Open For Year 10s
To help Year 10 students and their parents make considered decisions for next year, the College held the 2022 WACE Course Expo on Wednesday.
Annabelle McIntyre: Bound For Tokyo!
Congratulations to Annabelle McIntyre (2013) who has been selected to represent Australia in rowing at the Tokyo Olympics.
It’s A Wrap: Music Camp
Music camp was much anticipated this year after the cancellation in 2020. By all accounts, it lived up to the hype.
Technology and Commerce Day
Photography competition winners and runner up from L to R: Harriet Noske, Gemma Smart, Sumaya Northcott, Emily Wilkinson, Abigail Marra. …
Pre-Service Teachers Contribute To Our Professional Culture
Each year the College hosts pre-service teachers from various universities. In the process of guiding new teachers our professional culture is further developed.
Strive9: Year 9s Having An Impact
Our Year 9s have been introduced to the Enhanced Learning Project, Strive9. Students are working in Homeroom groups to explore issues of social justice.
Health Services Take Centre Stage
Members of our Health Services Team addressed staff today about protecting the wellbeing of students and staff, as part of our College Mental Health Strategy.
Our Year 8s Are Social Innovators
Explore8 is based on a people-centred design process. It is a chance for students to work on an innovation and create change. We share here three students’ projects.
Using Values To Drive Our Culture – Jennifer Oaten
Principal Jen Oaten discusses the way our shared values create community and guide us as a school and as individuals.
Mentoring Through Explore8
During Explore8, each Year 8 student has an adult mentor. They are a sounding board, a guide and so much more.
Our Year 11s Are Getting Work Ready!
In preparation for Workplace Learning in Week 6, our Year 11 ACCESS girls enjoyed a WorkReady Day on Monday.