Recent Events

Visit from Regional WA Students

A group of students from the Ngalangangpum school, from Warnum in Turkey Creek, visited the College with their teacher Georgie Major. They are in Perth for Catholic Performing Arts and some excursions.

It was their first time on a plane and the first time they have visited the city. They performed their dance for our students and presented us with a painting by one of the students, as a gift to the College.

Georgie Major will be returning to the College in 2023.

Colloquium

Dr Pina Ford conducted a Colloquium with our Staff, last Friday on the theme of “The Light Within”. This is an annual event for our staff where we have own reflection day, as do the students, when they have their Retreats.

Hollywood Bingo

We want to congratulate the Parents and Friends group, for a very entertaining evening. Lots of music, fun, dancing and prizes and a large number of parents attended. I would particularly like to thank the Parents and Friends, for such an outstanding job in putting this evening together. The money raised will go towards the outdoor gymnasium.

New Staff

We welcome Natalie Ter-Horst as our Home Economics Assistant and Ellen Jenkyn as a teacher in EALD.

Mr Declan Tanham
Principal

In early 2022, Aranmore Catholic College participated in CEWA’s Digital Inclusion Initiative, a year-long research study in which a sample group of digitally excluded students from three regional and metro CEWA schools were provided with access to technology to study the impact on learning.

The initiative was intended to help identify possible solutions to close the access to learning gap for students outside the classroom.

The year-long research study provides digitally excluded students with access to hardware and accessories (laptop, laptop bag), internet access at home, digital skills and cyber safety training, and support.  Phoebe Bennett led the involvement of Aranmore Catholic College, coordinating translators, parents, students, teachers to contribute to the research conducted by Western Sydney University. The initiative will result in new partnerships being established between schools, NBN, Western Sydney University and other technology organisations involved to open the door for future opportunities to further advance digital inclusion for students and families. 

The Digital Inclusion Project has been nominated in the CEWA QCE Awards. Below is the link for the QCE People’s Choice Awards. It’s been a massive group effort from several members of staff with the results of the study informing the national digital guidelines set by NBN. Hopefully meaning more digital access for disadvantaged families and students across Australia! Please take the time to vote for this project. Thank you.

Digital Inclusion Project – CEWA QCE Awards

This week, the College joins in with many Australian schools to celebrate Book Week and we connect it to Aranmore’s English Week.

Please use the link CBCA to be inspired with lots of reading suggestions.

This year’s theme, Dreaming with eyes wide open encourages us all to use our imagination and notice our world.

We encourage all of our community members to promote books and reading! Reading books gives us many opportunities … to relax and learn - including developing empathy for others…reading a novel is a chance for us to “escape” and take a journey into a different place and time – an occasion to have a sustained imaginative experience.

Lots of activities happening for students and staff this week at our school including:
Spelling Bee Competition for students in Year 7 and 8 and in-house competitions for 50-word mini stories Haiku poetry.
Activities in the Library.

Staff are seeing who is the best at Wordle this week (Wordle - The New York Times (nyt.com)). It’s an engaging 5-word challenge available once a day, and our staff room is decorated with piles of books and a few blocks of Cadbury Dream bars with google eyes!

Have a great week and enjoy a good book.

Mrs Donna Dennis
Head of Learning Area (English)

Outstanding Award @ CPAF

Last week, the Aranmore Concert Band performed superbly at the Catholic Performing Arts Festival held at Sacred Heart College.

Our students brought their incredible energy, sense of fun and talent to the stage whilst representing the college with tremendous professionalism. They received a fantastic adjudicators report which highlighted their collective and individual talents and very significantly, received an Outstanding Award of achievement for their performance, which is the highest commendation possible. I could not be prouder of this band for their commitment and hard work which all paid off.

Ms Liz Hille
Specialist Music Program Coordinator

SAVE THE DATE: Ensemble Showcase Evening 

STUDENT FOR A DAY- Murdoch University

If you are around these school holidays and are curious about what to expect at university, Murdoch have an excellent program specialized just for Years 9 and 10 to experience what it would be like to participate as a student. Follow the link to enrol for the day course on either 28 or 29 September. Adayinthelife2022[29868].pdf

ADFA – Careers Talk

The Australian Defence Force is coming to Aranmore on 13 September to talk about the amazing opportunities and job prospects a career in the Defence Force can offer you. Look out for the signup sheet to register.

COURSE SELECTION

A reminder that course selection applications for VETDSS and Onsite need to be completed and with Miss Pratt by no later than 30 August. Please see her or Mr Rogers if you are having trouble completing the forms.

CAREERS AND EMPLOYMENT EXPO- This Weekend

Don’t forget the Careers and Employment Expo is THIS WEEKEND! A great place to explore your career options and courses, packed with free advice from over 140 organisations. At the Perth Exhibition Centre 25 -27 August.

SkillsWest Careers & Employment Expo (skillswestexpo.com.au)

Please see Mrs Drabble in the Careers Office for help with updating resumes and cover letters, as well as registering with TISC, Uni Applications or Career Pathway Planning.

Mrs Claire Drabble
Pathways Coordinator

Thank you to the following businesses for their generous donations to Aranmore Catholic College P&F fundraiser:

Top Guys Barber
John Carey MLA
Punjab
The Ritz-Carlton
The Oxford Hotel
Netball Wa
Luna Palace Cinemas
Bodhi Tree Bookstore Café
Candlee
NRL WA
The Paddington Ale House
Leederville Liquor
Phenomenon
The RE Store
Current Electrical
Spotlight Innaloo
Bunnings Innaloo
Bunnings Osborne Park
Lisa Sorensen - Lorraine Lea
Lush Skin & Body
Rosemount Bowl
Clearguard Australia
Beatty Park Leisure Centre
Cheryl Brown
Rugby WA
Western Force
Fox Hair Salon
West Coast Eagles
Fitstop North Perth
Karen Coates - Thermomix
Dynasty Sport
WA Opera
Coffee Corner
JP's Bakehouse
John The Fruiterer
The Source Mt Hawthorn
Hewitt Studios
Hair By Bek
Kin Coffee
Lemon Canary
Wembley Golf Course
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Queensland Reds Super 15 Rugby Union Team
Black Swan State Theatre Company

Year 8 Playdough molecules

Understanding chemical reactions is easier when you have a physical model in front of you.

Year 9 Combustion

The Year 9 Chemistry students are learning about endothermic and endothermic reactions. On Thursday, they had the opportunity to look at combustion and how different types of fuel burn. Due to the nature of this experiment, it must be completed outdoors and the outdoor sport courts were a perfect location while the sun was out. 

Year 9 Light

The easiest way to understand how light behaves is to observe it. The Hobson light box allows students to make rays of light that they can observe travelling through a lens or reflecting off of a mirror.

Year 8 Marshmallow compounds

Last week, in Year 8 Science we had a competition to see which team could build the best sodium chloride lattice compound out of marshmallows and spaghetti! Students had fun eating their creations afterwards.

Year 9 Forensics Burning Fibres

Year 9 Forensic scientists are learning how to tell if a fibre is natural or artificial based on the way it responds when exposed to heat and flames.

Year 9 UV Radiation

Are all brands of sunscreen equally effective?  Year 9 students are finding out using UV radiation meters.

SCIENCE WEEK - Structure Building

SCIENCE WEEK - Titration Demonstration

As part of Science Week celebrations, Dr Carroll & Dr Tilbury demonstrated their titration skills during lunch time. The upper school science students were particularly captivated by this colourful display.

SCIENCE WEEK - Glider Competition

An annual Science week event and Aranmore favourite. 

Scintillating Science

Year 9s & 10s enjoyed an exciting extension of Science Week.  Thank you to Tenaya from Murdoch University who came to Aranmore to facilitate the scintillating Science quiz.  

Congratulations to Calan for winning and Jai for coming second in the Year 9 round. Jack Atrill took out the Year 10 round.

Mrs Naomi Geoghegan
Head of Learning Area (Science)

Inter-house Athletics Carnival Results for 2022:

In 4th place, on a total of 1428 points is KELLY
In 3rd place, on a total of 1490 is PASCOE
In 2nd place, with a total of 1556 is RICE

The overall winner for 2022, with a total of 1778 is MCAULEY.

Congratulations to the following students who have made State or National team since May:

• Chelsea Te Whata – 17&U State Softball
• Olivia Wolmarans – 15&U State AFL – silver medal
• Awhina Heke – 15&U Touch Football
• Teiana Mainwaring – 15&U Touch Football
• Kylah Tuheke Kupa – 15&U Touch Football
• Kaiawha Heke – 15&U Touch Football
• Matua Reedy – 15&U Touch Football
• Mileah Taylor – 12&U Touch Football
• Hemi Brown – 12&U Touch Football
• Levi Jetta – 12&U Touch Football
• Sapphire McLeod – 12&U Netball
• Inneia Tangata – 12&U Netball

• Olivia Wolmarans – 15&U All Australian Team (AFL)
• Chelsea Te Whata – U19 Australian Diamonds Softball Team

Mr Luke O'Neill
Head of Learning ((Health & Physical Education) & Sports Coordinator

Are you ready to ROCK??!!!

A limited number of seats are currently available for the School of Rock SHOWCASE on Friday 2 September from 7pm. This is a FREE family event - reserve your seats now and support our artists! Tickets from: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/school-of-rock-the-musical-showcase-tickets-396908161997. (Please register your attendance for catering purposes.) 

For the College Calendar, please see here.

www.aranmore.wa.edu.au