The Lion's Roar - 8 March 2023

HOCKEY STAR

Congratulations to Year 8 student Kai on his selection in Hockey WA's U15 Boys team. The team will represent WA at the Hockey Australia U15s National Championships in Darwin in April.

Well done, and good luck, Kai!

On Friday, our Junior School students participated in their annual Interhouse Swimming and Novelty Events Carnival at Challenge Stadium.

The carnival started with those students wanting to make the Interschool team competing earlier in the day, and then the remainder of the Junior School students arrived to compete in swimming and novelty events across the pool.

The final places from the Carnival are as follows:

• 1^st Moyes - 888
• 2^nd Watkins - 770
• 3^rd Carnley - 489
• 4^th Challen - 471

Some outstandingly close racing was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience as the competitors strived to earn points for their House. It was inspiring to witness the high level of support for those students who achieved, persisting with great determination in strokes they found quite challenging. I hope you all continue to practice your strokes for next year!

Parochialism for one's House never outshone the respect earned by and shown towards, other competitors. This substantial display of team spirit, coupled with generous dollops of encouragement, drew comparisons with the ideals of the Olympic Games. This 'good sport' attitude typifies the human values of acceptance, endeavour, fairness, and respect that we hold so dear within the St Mark’s community.

I would also like to congratulate the Senior students who assisted on the day, for their effort with water safety and also their encouragement towards all competing students.

Congratulations to the following swimmers on their individual achievements on the day:

CHAMPION BOY/GIRL 2023

Year 3 Boys

• Champion - Benjamin Marquand
• Runner-up - Nicholas Oliver

Year 3 Girls

• Champion - Olivia Hogarth
• Runner-up - Imogen Lush

Year 4 Boys

• Champion - Noah Stockden and Koby Davies

Year 4 Girls

• Champion - Matilda Hodgson
• Runner-up - Alice Eade

Year 5 Boys

• Champion - Lukas Paap
• Runner-up - Kai Maguire

Year 5 Girls

• Champion - Georgia Tasker
• Runner-up - Darcy Bramwell

Finally, I would like to thank all the amazing St Mark’s staff for their super effort. They all worked tirelessly during the whole day, and some didn’t even get to sit down during the Carnival!

Michael Barton
Physical Education Teacher

Did you know that our weekly wash-up of our CAS Teams is available on our website?

Head here for the lowdown from Round 3.

The Year 9s attended the Boola Bardip WA Museum recently, where they spent their time drawing and gathering photo documentation of their observations to be used back in the classroom.

They drew detailed observational animal sketches, textures, and patterns and used various techniques and materials. The drawings and photos gathered during the excursion will form part of the project work for the Year 9 2D print-making and painting for the semester.

One of the highlights for the students was sitting beneath the 120-year-old blue whale skeleton, Otto. The Year 9s enjoyed looking up at the impressive 24-metre skeleton and capturing the shape and form of the bones with charcoal on paper.

Last week, we welcomed Paul Dillon from the Drug and Alcohol Research Training Australia (DARTA) to chat with our students about a number of drugs in the community (in particular vaping), looking after your mates as well as risk-taking behaviours and how to minimise those risks.

Vaping (the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or 'vapes') is an issue that is on the rise among Australian teenagers and continues to attract a great deal of attention as well as debate across the country. The session examined what DARTA currently know about the usage of e-cigarettes and vaping amongst Australian school-based young people and how to make sense of the information out there.

The information seminar by Paul Dillon is highly regarded by St Mark's and forms part of our wellbeing program to promote health, build resilience, and build positive relationships.

For parent resources regarding Paul Dillon's sessions please click here.

Last Thursday was Australia’s National Be 'Kind Day'.

Our Year 12s kicked off 'Be Kind Day' by writing special messages for the littlest members of our School. Bridget and Sam, our Wellbeing Prefects, headed to the ELC to distribute these special messages and chat with our youngest students about what being kind is.

They continued to spread kindness throughout the day by joining the Junior School at lunchtime to hear their thoughts on kindness.

We are asking our St Mark's community to make every day 'Be Kind Day' and BE THE CHANGE. Being Kind is about generational change. Our children will follow if we show them that kindness comes first. Make your first thought, feeling, or reaction to any situation a KIND one.

Let’s start today by being kind ... think kind, act kind ... be kind.

Click here for our Junior School's thoughts on how to be kind.

Want to participate in the 2023 winter netball season?

St Mark's Netball Club is looking for players in Years 2-5 for the 2023 winter competition.

NetSetGO is a fun and safe introduction to netball and is the best way for girls and boys aged 5 to 10 to have fun with their friends, keep active and learn the basic skills of netball in a safe and social environment. It's also a great way to burn off all of that extra energy!

Season Details

• WDNA Winter Competition- Net Set Go Set/GO (Year 2-5)
• Wanneroo Districts Netball Association
• 28 April 2023 - 25 August 2023

Get in quick; registrations are closing Friday 10th March. To here to register or head to the website https://sm-nc.org/ for more information.

Fancy running or walking 12km with some friends, students, and teachers? St Mark's has entered a team in the HBF Run for a Reason. Please join our team for a morning of community, exercise, and fun.

Details:
Date: 21 May 2023
Time: 8am (be there at least 30 minutes early)
Start: The event starts on William St in the city near the Perth Underground station
Finish: Gloucester Park. Finishing times will vary with all hopefully finished by 10am
Transport: Students are required to find their own way to and from the run.

Think you can meet the challenge and achieve your own personal goals?
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What next?
Chat to Mr Lehman or email dlehman@stmarks.wa.edu.au

Chat to Alex Chirico or email achirico@stmarks.wa.edu.au

More information:
https://www.hbfrun.com.au/

Don't forget:
When you are registering, register as an individual then as part of a team. Our team name is St Mark's Anglican Community School.

Hope to see you there!

Please be mindful of our neighbours in the homes and businesses around the School.

Parking in the Endeavour Business Centre (cnr of Banks and Endeavour) is restricted to clients of the Centre’s tenants only.

The parking areas next to the Whitfords Family Centre and Endeavour Child Care facilities are also strictly reserved for their clients.

Please do not block the driveways of homes on St Marks Drive.

Please also ensure that you are driving safely through carpark areas and our driveways.

The Languages Department invites all students to participate in the Education Perfect Global Languages Championship 2023!

The Championships run from Tuesday 7 March 2pm (WST) until Tuesday 14 March 2023 2pm (WST). All EP Languages are included in the event, and students from all years are warmly invited to participate.

This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to have fun celebrating language learning with peers from over 2,000 schools worldwide!

There is even a fabulous prize up for grabs!

Bonne chance! Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn!

Our Year 10 students are hoping you will continue to support one of our projects just like you did in 2022.

We ask that you please continue collecting your PLASTIC BREAD TAGS (not cardboard ones). We hope to collect as many as possible over the next three terms. The plastic bread tags collected will be recycled locally, raising funds to buy wheelchairs for disadvantaged people, mainly in South Africa.

We encourage our St Mark's community to continue collecting and ask family and friends to get behind this worthy cause. If you would like to read more about the fundraising efforts, please head to https://ozbreadtagsforwheelchairs.org.au/

Collection points are in the Library and at all School Receptions - ELC, Primary , Middle, Secondary and Main Reception.

For more information regarding our Bread Tag Collection please download the FLYER HERE.

Thanks to a fabulous team of parent helpers, the lost property has been sorted, and the named items are now available for collection under the stairs near IT. Please check through the below list to see if any of the items belong to your child.

Sports Jackets

- Neal …

- Sam Posey M8.2

- Pede Pilger

-…… Baumgartner

- Blake F

- Kham Strely

- Emily Rowe Yr8 (Labelled with brother Jordan)

- James …..beck

- Nicholas Padilla

- Ashton Mitchell

- Liam Nelson

- Toby Hill

- Charlotte ……

Sports Pants

- H.H.

Sports Shirt

- Ben Calvert

- …. D’Rosa

Jumpers

- G. Cook

- Alex Snare (Spelling)

- …… Lee

- Bentley Roger

- Nicole Brown

- Sienna ….

- M. Page

-…… Mauritz

Cardigan

- Isabella Tu…./Th…. (Unsure of Surname)

Rain Jacket

- Oscar English

Sports Bag

- Emily Bamford Yr8 (Labelled with sister Georgia)

Pencil Case

- Tia Cox C8.?

- Thatcher Simmons

Please note that items not collected by Friday 9 March will be donated to the Uniform Shop.

Thank you to our families who have paid their fees or contacted Family Accounts to set up payment options.

If you haven't paid yet, please do so, as FEES ARE NOW DUE (unless a set payment nomination is in place for 2023)

• Annual Fee Due 14 Feb 2023
• Quarterly Fee Due 14 Feb, 16 May, 8 Aug, 24 Oct 2023
• Monthly Fee Due 25^th of each month Feb to Nov 2023, or the next business day if the 25^th is not a business day
• Fortnightly Fee Due Friday fortnightly commencing 17 Feb and ending 10 Nov 2023

Subject and Music adjustments will be amended later in February once payment nominations and queries are effectuated.

Please contact Kaye at familyaccounts@stmarks.wa.edu.au if you have any queries.

Thank you for your patience during this busy start to the 2023 school year.

The Secondary Assistance Scheme is available to parents/guardians with children enrolled in Years 7 to 12 who hold an eligible concession card (a Pensioner Concession Card or a Health Care Card).

The Secondary Assistance Scheme comprises of an Education Program Allowance of $235 which is paid to the school and a Clothing Allowance of $115 that is paid to the parent.

Applications open at the commencement of Term 1 2023 and close on 6 April 2023. Forms are available from Main Reception during Term 1 between 8am and 4pm.

Consent2Go have a new App and it is available to all parents registered on the platform.
The Parent App is for parents to manage and update their child’s care information, approve excursions, and much more. Please find the details below on how to install and use.

Consent2Go guide

The Christian Leaders Scholarship helps cultivate meritorious young Christians to be the next generation of leaders. The Scholarship is offered by a group of Christian leaders in their personal capacity to promote Christians making a positive impact in our society.

The scholarship is open to students commencing full-time university studies in 2024; and students currently in their first year of university studies. Applications to the Scholarship are currently open and will be evaluated as they are received. The Scholarship may be awarded to worthy applicant(s) before the closing date on Sunday 4 June 2023.

For more information, please visit Christian Leaders Scholarship | The Ichthys Community or contact the Scholarship Committee at christianleadersscholarship@gmail.com.

The open days are an opportunity to explore different study pathways and careers. There will be guided tours and information sessions throughout the day.

Experts and current students will be available to give advice and answers to questions, including info on courses, careers, scholarships, admission pathways, early offers and how to apply for 2024.

• Sunday 12 March 2023 - The University of Western Australia - UWA Open Day
• Sunday 26 March 2023 - Curtin University - Curtin Open Day
• Sunday 26 March 2023 - Edith Cowan University, Bunbury Campus - ECU Open Days
• Sunday 2 April 2023 - Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus - ECU Open Days
• Sunday 2 April 2023 - The University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame
• Saturday 29 April - Murdoch University - Murdoch University
• Sunday 30 April 2023 - Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley Campus - ECU Open Days

TISC has produced a range of videos to help applicants to understand every step of the application process and how to make the most of your preferences. You can find them HERE.

National Youth Science Forum Newsletter

The National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) is a not-for-profit organisation that runs a number of programs to encourage young people in their passion for science. If you would like to find out about the annual National Youth Science Forum that is held in January 2024, you can sign up for the newsletter HERE.

Videos from this year's National Youth Science Forum are available HERE.

Watch this space, as applications for the 2024 NYSF will open in March.

University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) 2023 Registrations Open on 1 March 2023

If you are looking at studying medicine at university, you may be aware of the University Clinical Aptitude Test or UCAT. The UCAT is a computer-based admissions test used by the UCAT ANZ Consortium of universities in Australia and New Zealand for their medical, dental and clinical science degree programs.

The test helps universities to select applicants with the most appropriate abilities and professional behaviours required for new doctors and dentists to be successful in their clinical careers. It is used in collaboration with other admissions processes such as interviews and academic qualifications.

To gain entry into medicine at Curtin University or through the UWA Assured Pathway to Medicine and Dentistry, you will need:

• High ATAR scores
• complete UCAT test
• complete the interview process

The UCAT testing takes place in July, and you can register now. Applications close on 17 May 2023.

Gap Year Opportunity – AgCareer Start

During COVID lockdowns, backpackers from all over the world couldn’t come to Australia, and to resolve this skills shortage, the Government set up AgCAREERSTART, a program designed to address the worker crisis by introducing Australian school leavers to a variety of careers in agriculture.

If you’re 17-25, this unique gap-year program provides you with a paid job, training and development, not to mention the opportunity to build your networks within the agriculture industry. Applicants can indicate which farm type they’d prefer from a wide variety and also where in Australia they would ideally like to go. A matching process is undertaken to ensure participants are assigned to the type of farms that match their interests and skills.

To learn more, head to AgCAREERSTART.

The Education Access Scheme (EAS) is aimed at applicants who want to go to university but have had unfortunate circumstances that may have affected their Year 11/12 level study.

Circumstances can include:

• Moving house at crucial times throughout Year 12
• Family disruption like divorce or a death in the family, or a significant illness
• Personal health issues

To have an Access application approved, you will need to provide evidence. For examples of the sorts of evidence, you can provide HERE.

The P&F is planning to hold its Welcome Sundowner and Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 28 March 2023.

To nominate for the Committee, please download the form here. We'd love to see our St Mark's community step-up and be part of the P&F for 2023.

Please find below the Notices of the AGM and Special General Meeting:

• Notices of Meeting and Agenda
• 2022 Audited Financial Statements
• 2022 Association Letter
• 28 June 2022 AGM Minutes
• Current Constitution
• Proposed Constitution

There is less than two weeks until St Mark's hosts the Annual Billy Cart Derby for dads and kids against neighbouring schools!

Schools involved in The Fathering Project within the local area are invited to compete for a range of awards and prizes. Caitlin Collins will attend to open the event, as well as Officers from Hillarys Police Station to speed-check the carts.

We are looking for a maximum of 30 teams of Dads/Father Figures and their associated St Mark's kids to build a billy cart in preparation for the event on Sunday 26 March.

The Derby will be held on the Senior Oval from 12-5 pm.

Local schools with a Fathering Project Dads Group competing against us are:

• Currambine Primary School
• Burns Beach Primary School
• Whitfords Catholic Primary School
• Beaumaris Primary School

The event is open to students in Years 1-6, and all teams must book to pay the Entry Fee of $20 per cart.

Bookings will open soon via this link, so for now - save the date and start planning!

How to build a billy cart: www.instructables.com/Build-a-Billy-Cart.

Please note all racers require helmets.

A sausage sizzle and coffee van will also be available. If you don't want to enter but are keen to watch, come and cheer for St Mark's and enjoy the hilarity of it all!

CodeCamp has holiday camps available for the April School Holidays.

Check out the information below or head to codecamp.com.au/flyer

eaters

• Thursday 16 March and Thursday 23 March | 7.30pm - 8.30pm
• Whitfords Brewing Co, Hillarys
• Tickets $17.50

Buy one ticket for eaters and get another one FREE with this discount code: JF241

From soil health to supply chains, "big agriculture" to First Nations' stewardship, seed sovereignty to carbon farming, eaters will make you reconsider how on earth we're going to feed a global population of 9.5 billion by 2050.

Through an artfully mashed-up quiz night format, join pvi collective as they playfully sow the seeds of personal responsibility vs political will in order to flesh out a way forward.

Grab your mates, challenge your family and join us for some rowdy eatertainment that might just teach you a thing or two about the future of food.

Book online: https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/event/eaters

Please let me know if you have any questions,