St Mark's is thrilled to announce that two staff members, Mrs Tracey Toovey and Dr Deborah Netolicky, have been acknowledged for their leadership in education at the ACEL WA Awards. St Mark's was the only school to have more than one winner on the night.
Our delight was extended by the news that a colleague from fellow Anglican Schools Commission school, Peter Moyes ACS, was also acknowledged: congratulations to Ms Nicole Brown, on her ACEL WA Fellowship Award.
Tracey Toovey: The ACEL WA Teacher Leader Award for Excellence
Tracey is an outstanding Primary teacher whose roles and impact extend well beyond her own classroom. In her previous role of Year 4 Coordinator she led curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and learning spaces. She spearheaded the Year 4 camp as well as a program of environmental sustainability for Years 2-5, including a sustainability garden and embedding the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
In 2019, Tracey was recognised with a United Nations Association of Australia Western Australia World Teachers' Day Award for her global citizenship work within the School and her partnership with the UNAAWA on award winning programs such as Changing the Way We Think: Impact of One-Use Plastic. Through this work she has empowered students to make a positive difference to their world, locally and globally, for the common good.
Now in the role of Coordinator of Enrichment, Learning Service, and Global Citizenship, Tracey leads learning enrichment in Years 2-5, Learning Service across the K-12 school, and global citizenship. She is leading a whole-school strategic project team on developing Learning Service, participating in a system-wide Service Learning Network Group, engaging with AISWA’s Purposeful Pedagogies: Global Competencies in Action project, and investigating meaningful, sustained service partnerships, scoped and sequenced from K-12.
Deborah Netolicky: The ACEL WA Certificate of Excellence in Educational Leadership
As the Head of Teaching and Learning (K-12) Deborah works to foster a shared language of practice, develop staff capacity, leverage technologies, and nurture a vibrant professional learning culture that inspires teachers to work collectively to serve students. She leads teaching and learning; cross-school, research-informed strategic staff groups; and the development of the School’s Learner Attributes, Teaching and Learning Philosophy, and Staff Development Suite. She was instrumental in developing the School’s K-12 Distance Learning Plan.
As co-author of the Education International 2020 report 'Thinking about Pedagogy in an Unfolding Pandemic', Deborah was an early contributor to making sense of education beyond the global pandemic. Her upcoming book, 'Future Alternatives for Educational Leadership: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Democracy', brings together an impressive range of contributors who present ways to advance education into positive and democratic futures. She is also Honorary Research Associate at Murdoch University, Chair of her local primary school board, and sits on various professional networks and advisory committees.
Applications to participate in the first ever Middle School Music Eisteddfod close this week, so make sure you submit by Friday! The Eisteddfod will take place on Wednesday 9 June, from 3.30pm to 6pm. It is open to all students in Years 6, 7 and 8, regardless of whether they undertake music lessons at St Mark's, or through external providers. Students are welcome to perform as individuals, or to create their own ensembles and perform in groups. It will be a celebration of all our Middle School musical talents!
To register your interest, please click the relevant link:
Next week, the School will be celebrating Canteen Week from 24-28 May, for the first time in the School's history! There are some special activities, as well as competitions for students - and one we are also extending to the wider St Mark's community! Things to look out for are:
Watch out for more details on social media next week!
The School would love to set up a display in the Music Department with photos of Old Scholars who went on to study Music at WAAPA or UWA, or who have ended up in a Music or Arts-related career. They are also looking for graduates of ATAR Music and the St Mark's Certificate courses, and people working in the performance industry in sound, lighting, music, performance, music theatre, music education, and anything else music-related!
If the Music Department at St Mark’s helped propel you to your career now, please get in touch and send through a short bio about you and what you are studying or working as nowadays, along with a fabulous photo of you. Please send your stories and photos to Pamela Grubb at pgrubb@stmarks.wa.edu.au
For some inspiration, check out this photo from the 1990 School Band, performing for Children's Week!
Parents and friends of our performing arts students are invited to attend FUSION, the Year 9 and 10 Arts Performance Night in the Barbara Godwin Performing Arts Complex tonight, Wednesday 2 June, commencing at 6.30pm. Tickets are free (and plentiful), so we encourage you to book online here. The event will showcase the work of our Year 9 and 10 Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts students, so it will be a really fabulous celebration of their hard work.
Applications to participate in the first ever Middle School Music Eisteddfod close this week, so make sure you submit by Friday! The Eisteddfod will take place on Wednesday 9 June, from 3.30pm to 6pm. It is open to all students in Years 6, 7 and 8, regardless of whether they undertake music lessons at St Mark's, or through external providers. Students are welcome to perform as individuals, or to create their own ensembles and perform in groups. It will be a celebration of all our Middle School musical talents!
To register your interest, please click the relevant link:
