The Lion's Roar - 4 August 2021

Ashton Bain, one of our Year 12 Arts Prefects and Year 12 ATAR Visual Arts student, recently entered her sculptural work titled “Slip Sliding Away” into the Midland Arts Youth Awards called “Hyper Vision”. Ashton did extremely well and was announced as a finalist in two categories. The event opening was last Friday night - some great photos below of her artwork, and of Ashton at the opening event. Well done, Ashton!

The St Mark's Humanities and Social Sciences Department is looking forward to welcoming acclaimed sustainability expert, Professor Peter Newman, as our first ever 'Geographer in Residence'. Professor Newman will spend three days at St Mark's in August, including a special community seminar, which is open to all - parents, friends, Old Scholars, and members of the wider northern suburbs communities.

Community Seminar:

Why Spatial Understanding Matters - Implications for Planning in the Northern Suburbs

Date: Tuesday 17 August

Time: 9.30am

Venue: Barbara Godwin Performing Arts Complex

RSVP: Book your place online. Tickets are free.

Student Sessions

Students across a number year groups will have the opportunity to meet and hear from Professor Newman over his three day visit, including a special session with our Year 12 ATAR Geography students. Year 12s from other ASC schools have also been invited to attend this particular event.

Biography

Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University in Perth. Peter is an academic who has written 20 books and over 350 papers on sustainable cities having established a global reputation as well as working to deliver his ideas in all levels of government. Peter has worked in local government as an elected councillor in Fremantle, in Western Australia’s state government as an advisor to three Premiers, and with the Australian Federal Government on the Board of Infrastructure and the Prime Minister’s Cities Reference Group. He is the Coordinating Lead Author for the United Nations’ IPCC on Transport. In 2014, he was awarded an Order of Australia for his contributions to urban design and sustainable transport, particularly for his work in saving and rebuilding Perth’s rail system. In 2018/19 he was the WA Scientist of the Year. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Journal 'Sustainable Earth'.

Peter is well known in Perth for his work in reviving and extending the city’s rail system from 1979 including the return of the Fremantle Rail line, electrification of the three heritage lines, building the Northern Rail line and the Southern Rail line, as well as proposing a vision for the next 30 years of light rail and heavy rail to contain Perth’s urban sprawl. This activism has been turned into practical assistance in dozens of other cities.

MORE THAN 70% OF TICKETS NOW SOLD - DON"T MISS OUT!

Date: Saturday 18 September 2021

Time: Doors open 6.30pm, quiz starts at 7pm. Music and dancing to follow!

Tickets: Get them here at just $15pp

Tables will be in groups of six, so get your team together now! This event is for 18+, as alcohol will be available for purchase. You are encouraged to bring your own snacks to share with your table. If you would like to order a bottle of wine for your table in advance, you can do so using this form.

If you have your team of six all planned out, please contact Nirbhay Gupta at fundraising@stmarks.wa.edu.au with the list of names. This will help ensure that tables are set up appropriately. If you are not part of a team as yet, and are happy to be allocated to any table in need of team members, that would be helpful to know as well.

If you haven't yet booked your tickets to see the Senior School production of the 'The Visit", you may want to hurry up and do so! The first full performance of the show took place this morning, when we welcomed local community groups to come in and watch the dress rehearsals. Reviews are in, and it looks to be an entertaining event, so get your tickets at www.mytickets.co

Take a look at this lovely review from one of yesterday's guests:

Watkins House is once again proudly supporting the Cancer Council's Daffodil Day fundraiser. If you'd like to order a bunch of daffodils, all you have to do is order here! Bunches cost just $10 each!

Orders close at 12pm on Monday 9 August, so get in quick! Place your orders here.

Daffodils will be delivered on Friday 27 August, for collection from 3pm. We will advise of the collection point closer to the time.

Thank you for supporting us!

SALVOS WINTER APPEAL - Junior School request for donations

As COVID-19 continues to impact our community, we need to be compassionate and committed global citizens and look to how we can make a difference in our own small way. Families and students are asked to bring in non-perishable food items (canned goods/long-life boxed items). We are still collecting until pickup on Monday 9 August. Thank you.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Once again this year, the Year 3 classes from St Mark’s will be participating in a project called Operation Christmas Child. This is a charity project run by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian organisation which supports children in need around the world. We are seeking donations to fill shoeboxes which will be given to children less fortunate than ourselves. Items can be placed in the large boxes set up in the Year 2/3 open area.

Donations are for children aged 2-14 years old and can include items from the following categories:

• Something to love (eg. a small soft toy or doll)
• Something for school (eg. pencils, sharpener, eraser, pencil case, notebook)
• Something for personal hygiene (eg. a flannel, a bar of soap, a hairbrush, a toothbrush)
• Something to wear (eg. any new clothes, hats, shoes or underwear)
• Something to play with (eg. a ball, a small toy, a yoyo, a skipping rope)
• Something special (eg. a bag to carry their box, a bracelet or necklace, small books)

For postage and safety reasons, we cannot accept liquids, pastes, gels or balms or any items related to war. All items must also be new, as per the charity guidelines. Thank you in advance for your support of this important project. Please contact Mrs Greaves via email egreaves@stmarks.wa.edu.au should you have any further questions.

The Year 4 Enrichment group, along with their teacher Tracey Toovey, participated in an AISWA Purposeful Pedagogies and Global Competencies Project in Term 2. This had them partner up with the City of Joondalup as part of the Adopt a Coastline Program.

On Monday 2 August, the City of Joondalup's Mayor, Albert Jacob, visited the morning assembly to present the School and the Year 4s with their participation certificates to thank them for their efforts to weed invasive plant,s and plant over 340 native plants along the Iluka Foreshore.The students will have their work from this project exhibited at the Joondalup Library from 1 to 17 September.

St Mark's Music students present the Year 11 and 12 Music Recital Night on Wednesday 25 August at 7pm in the Barbara Godwin Performing Arts Complex. Complimentary tickets available here. It is always a fantastic evening, and particularly for the Year 12 students, a major milestone in their music studies at St Mark's. For many Year 12s, this may be one of their final School-based public performances.

Three of our talented Senior School artists represented our School in the 18^th Annual St George’s Art Exhibition at St George’s Cathedral during the school holidays. Congratulations to Year 10 Saloni Devshi, who entered a mixed-media ceramic sculpture, Year 11 Emilia Wild, who showed a mixed-media oil painting and Year 12 Meganne Betteridge, for her large-scale charcoal drawing. These creative artworks will be on display later this year at the St Mark’s Art Exhibitions.

Our Chaplaincy Team is running a fantastic wellness program for Senior School students on Tuesday afternoons after school.

The first event was held on Tuesday 3 August, and students had the opportunity to hear from an Old Scholar, Steph Innes (Head Prefect, Class of 2016), on how social media adversely affected her and her self image. Steph, now a Nutritionist and Fitness Instructor, spoke about how she changed her view of herself, and how she now uses social media to promote healthy eating, healthy life and a healthy self image. You can follow Steph on Instagram @stephs_sun

The next Wellness Workshop for Senior School Students will take place on Tuesday 10 August. The guest speaker will be another Old Scholar, James Gilbert (Class of 2009). James is a Youth Worker for the City of Joondalup, and will focus on the topic of relationships, including what a healthy one looks like, how an unhealthy one might appear, and how to build healthy relationships.

The third workshop will take place on the afternoon of 17 August, with the guest speaker, Bree Gilbert, who has recently joined the St Mark's Wellness Team as a social worker, and who has previously worked at Headspace. Bree will talk about the role of a young person's role as a supporter of someone dealing with mental illness. Bree will explain what is helpful and unhelpful in that relationship.

St Mark’s Media and the Old Scholars' Association are proud to accept entries to the 2021 iRoar Film Competition from students in Years 6 to 12.

Create a 2-5 minute film that uses the School’s value of COMMUNITY as the primary theme, to win wonderful PRIZES valued up to $500!

Your film can be funny, serious, live-action, or animated. All entries must be submitted to Mr Limpitlaw in the Media Department by the end of Week 1, Term 4. Winners will be screened at a School event and awarded prizes by the Old Scholars' Association.

To help students edit their wonderful creations, the Media Room will be open on Tuesdays after school, during Term 3.

Tickets for the ASC Schools Concert 2021 are now available for family.

Each student performer is allocated three (3) tickets. There is an option to request more tickets should there be some available closer to the date – these are not guaranteed. If we can accommodate your request for additional tickets, you will be notified. Please advise on the form if any of your ticket holders have any special access requirements or restrictions.

The deadline for booking your tickets is Tuesday 17 August. Hard copy tickets will be distributed to you closer to the concert date. Book online here.

ABODA

The Symphony Orchestra and Senior Concert Band will be competing in the ABODA Festival this coming weekend (7-8 August). Please check the Parent Portal or your emails for further information, including locations and arrival times. Tickets will be available at the door.

Year 11/12 Recital Night

You are invited to a very special evening of music, featuring our Year 11 and 12 ATAR Music students (and a few special guests). Our students will perform a variety of works with an accompanist, and the Year 12 students will present one work accompanied by our Symphony Orchestra. With guest adjudicators and Old Scholars joining the orchestra, it promises to be a very exciting event!

Date: Wednesday 25 August

Time: 7pm

Venue: Barbara Godwin Performing Arts Complex

Tickets: Free, but please book your places online at mytickets.co

Sunday Session at the Badlands

Back by popular demand, our Certificate II and III bands will be rocking out a Sunday session on Sunday 12 September from 12 – 3pm at the Badlands Bar in Northbridge. With special guests, Raging Fire (Year 5 Rock Band), this event was close to a sell-out last time, so put the date in your diary now! Ticketing information to come soon.

Three of our talented Senior School artists represented our School in the 18^th Annual St George’s Art Exhibition at St George’s Cathedral during the school holidays. Congratulations to Year 10 Saloni Devshi, who entered a mixed-media ceramic sculpture, Year 11 Emilia Wild, who showed a mixed-media oil painting and Year 12 Meganne Betteridge, for her large-scale charcoal drawing. These creative artworks will be on display later this year at the St Mark’s Art Exhibitions.

If you have logged hours in Term 1 or 2 this year, but aren't sure how many you have completed, you can now check your information in the documents located on this page. All you need to do is search the PDF for your Family Code (as shown on your Fee Statement).

Following feedback from parents in Term 2, there are now two versions of the records available:

• A summary of all hours recorded as at 25 July 2021 (per Family Code)
• A detailed list of individual line items per Family Code as at 25 July 2021.

Please note that the document will be updated at the end of Term 3, 2021.

Our records indicate that more than 50% of parents have yet to log any hours at all. We encourage you log your hours as soon as possible after completing the activity. If you are looking for volunteer opportunities, please check out the table located in the link in the first paragraph of this article.

Active involvement in the life of the School is both a precondition and a continuing condition of enrolment, and all families are required to provide a minimum of 10 hours of volunteer service per year, through supporting community activities or by providing practical help to the School. Each family is responsible for logging their own hours, using the online system located within the Parent Portal. As outlined in the Admissions Application form and in Confirmation of Enrolment documents, signed by parents, an additional P&F levy of $330 may be applied if hours are incomplete.

In Term 2, we surveyed parents on a potential change to the distribution date of the Endeavour yearbook, from the final day of Term 4, to Term 1 in 2022. The majority of parents were in favour of the 2022 publication date, and the School has chosen to go with the majority. It is important to note the following:

• The 2020 Speech Night/Presentation Afternoon Awards will be included in the 2021 Endeavour and distributed in Term 1, 2022.
• The 2021 Awards will also be included in the yearbook distributed in Term 1, 2022.
• In all future editions, the Awards will appear in the publication for the year in which they were awarded, i.e. the 2022 Awards will be included in the 2022 Endeavour, which will be distributed in Term 1, 2023.
• Year 11s and 12s have always finished their school year prior to the distribution of Endeavour, and have always been able to collect their copy after publication. This will continue, with the only change being that they will collect it in Term 1, 2022 and not during the summer holidays. Emails will be sent to all parents of current Year 12s, early in 2022 with a reminder to collect their copy.