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Dear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members

Thank you to those who were able to attend our

Remembrance Day commemoration on Monday, our

school councillors conducted the service clearly and

respectfully.

Thank you also to those who were able to attend our final

classroom assembly. Our year 3/4 class demonstrated that

even in another language, that wonderfully entertaining

song ‘Baby Shark’ is extremely recognisable!

Many awards were presented at the assembly, including

Maths Competition certificates (a number of which were

for Proficiency), as well as our Honour Certificates and

‘Star’ awards. These awards continue to demonstrate the

high level of achievement we expect of our students, and

in fact the high levels possible when students apply

themselves at school.

This was also demonstrated by one of our on-site SIDE

students who completed and passed his year 11 studies.

Congratulations to Ryan White for achieving this

milestone, not an easy task when faced with studying

independently, but he managed, with assistance from Mrs

Kathy Loader, and he achieved an important goal.

SDERA:

On Monday evening Mrs Rose Power came to school to

present a Keys for Life session for our secondary students

who are looking to attain their drivers licence, and their

parents, followed by a Drug Education session open to

parents and community members.

Thank you to those who attended these sessions and to

Rose for coming to Southern Cross to present them to us.

Dates to Remember

November 21 Wed Scitech visit – whole school 22 Thu Kindy Orientation Morning Open Day 9.30 – 10.30am P & C Meeting – 5.30 pm 26 Mon In term Swimming begins 26 Mon School Board meeting - 5.30 pm staffroom 28 Wed Book Fair starts December 11 Tue End of Year Awards Night 13 Thu Last day for students

What’s Inside This Issue

From the Principal Page 1 SDERA Secondary Exams Little Learners From the Deputy Page 2 Work Experience Student Behaviour Merit Certificate Winners Page 3 Book Fair Page 4 Kindy Orientation/Open Day Footy Colours Day Page 5 Australian Maths Competition Notice Board Page 6

Newsletter Antares St Southern Cross WA 6426 Tel: 08 90 491 067 Fax: 08 90 491 532 SouthernCross.dhs@education.wa.edu.au Issue no 17 Date: 14 November 2018

Our vision is to provide a supportive and engaging environment enabling students to become successful individuals in a changing society

SECONDARY EXAMS:

It has been very pleasing to see the effort and focus from our Year 7 - 10 classes, despite their nerves, this

week. Thank you to our secondary staff for the extra work and time spent on not only making the exams,

but preparing our students. Now the marking begins!

LITTLE LEARNERS:

The 0 – 4 ‘Little Learners’ program has had another extremely successful year; as a new staff member, it

has been wonderful to see children, their parents, grandparents and carers enjoying the variety of

activities provided in our wonderful early childhood area. Every week we enjoy fun filled mornings of

crawling through tunnels, making new friends, playing with play dough, Duplo, bubbles and cars and

don’t forget creating masterpieces of painting and drawings.

Thank you to Janine Dal Busco and Ann Borona, for their efforts, hours of set up and work put in to make

the program enjoyable and successful.

We look forward to welcoming both new and ‘old’ faces again next year with an even more exciting

program, details of which will be provided in the new year. WATCH THIS SPACE!

Regards,

Karen Tabner

Work Experience Our year 10 students will be completing work experience next week in a variety of local businesses. On behalf of the school I’d like to thank the members of the Southern Cross community who have agreed to take on Work Experience placements. We understand that it is a substantial commitment to take on a work experience student and commend the business owners who understand the benefits to the community in upskilling and exposing the future generation to a variety of employment options. A huge thank you must also go to Michelle Calderbank for organising this terrific opportunity for our students. Student Behaviour It is terrific to see student’s demonstrating our school’s Positive Behaviour Support values of “Safety, Take Responsibility, Achieve, Respect, Support” or STARS as they are more commonly known. This term, staff and students are focussing on the ‘Safety’ value. As a school, we value and recognise positive student behaviour and appreciate your support in helping our students learn how to behave appropriately within society. Regards,

Michael Everett

Our vision is to provide a supportive and engaging environment enabling students to become successful individuals in a changing society

CONGRATULATIONS

to our merit certificate recipients

Kindy/Pre-primary

Kiah McInerney engaged in writing like behaviours by using letters to convey meaning.

Ruby White her fantastic persistence in all activities and learning areas.

Year 1/2

Mathew Hodson his amazing achievements in maths this semester and wanting to extend himself further.

Caitlyn Krauss showing persistence when reading and using different strategies to work out tricky words.

Year 3/4

Amberley Henderson her fantastic improvement in spelling activities this term.

Mia Pearson her perseverance while researching in HASS. Well done!

Keira Thirlwell her fantastic effort in reading activities this term. Keep up the great efforts!

Crystal White working cooperatively during Dance. Keep up the great effort.

Year 5/6

Dustin Luke recognising the different types of businesses and having a good understanding of terms

associated with Economics and Business.

Lily Marinkovich having a great understanding of “Needs and Wants” in Economics and Business lessons.

Jye Unkovich applying his knowledge and skills in Mathematics and achieving outstanding results this

term!

Year 7/8

Flynn Chrisp his improved focus on completing set tasks in HASS and Science.

Jaric Evans his great results in the Biology quiz!

Brydee Karra producing some exceptional poetry in English.

Dane Laws persisting with his 200m swim during Outdoor Ed.

Cheree Navales producing some exceptional poetry in English.

Year 9/10

Lara Brunalli creating an interesting memory comparison in English.

Tara Hodson her great quiz results in science this term.

Chayce Pearce his improvement in tennis, in particular his overhead serve.

Chayce Pearce consistently displaying excellent leadership, taking responsibility and showing support for

fellow students. In the playground and during transitions.

Our vision is to provide a supportive and engaging environment enabling students to become successful individuals in a changing society

Our vision is to provide a supportive and engaging environment enabling students to become successful individuals in a changing society

Our vision is to provide a supportive and engaging environment enabling students to become successful individuals in a changing society

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Courtney Pucar 3 November

Ruby Tuck 8 November

Dustin-Lee Luke 19 November