We welcome 3 new students and

families to Leeming SHS ESC.

Welcome Aidan Mulchrone in Year 7,

Brittany Walton in Year 10 and

Courtney Yappo in Year 12.

Our school chaplain Maree Hoyle

retired on the 23rd May. Maree

developed a very supportive and caring role as school

chaplain helping staff, students and families. Maree

implemented a number of pastoral care programs and

events including; Breakfast Club, Multicultural Day,

friendship and resiliency programs. Maree will be

greatly missed and on behalf of the Leeming SHS ESC

school community we wish Maree all the very best in

her retirement as she spends time travelling around

Australia with her family.

Two of our wonderful long term Board members Judy

Hardie and Marianne Underwood will be leaving us at

the end of the year as their children transition from

Leeming SHS ESC. Our School Board is seeking

nominations for 2 parent representative positions. The

role of the Board is to enable parents and members of

the community to engage in activities that are in the

best interest of students and enhance the education

provided by the school. If you are interested in joining

our very collaborative and productive School Board

please complete a Nomination Form attached and

return it to leemingesc.wa.edu.au or hand into the

office by Friday 22/6/2018. An election will be held if

the number of nominations exceeds the 2 positions.

We are planning to transition the new members in

term 3 ready to start in term 4 2018. If you require any

further information about the process or role of a

parent representative on the Board then please contact

me.

Our School contact details have changed due to a

changing telephone system. Our new school phone

number is 9237 6870.

Leeming SHS ESC now has a Facebook page. The

Leeming SHS ESC Facebook page will be used to

promote events and celebrate the achievements of our

students. The Leeming SHS ESC Facebook page will be

updated weekly. We have very special students who

achieve amazing things and we would like to celebrate

these achievements positively. A reminder when

interacting with the Facebook page, please remember

to be respectful to others and careful not to disclose

any personal information. Always check that when

posting photo’s of others that you have their

permission to do so. We will monitor posts to ensure

that the Facebook page is used positively to reflect the

fantastic programs, events and special achievements of

our students. If at any time you are concerned about a

post, please email us on the below email address.

leeming.shsesc@education.wa.edu.au.

Keran Davies

OUR VISION

A HAPPY

AND EFFECTIVE SCHOOL

TERM 2 / ISSUE 1 / 2018

Web: www.leemingesc.wa.edu.auwe

Leeming SHS Education Support Centre Phone: 08 9237 6870

Aulberry Parade Leeming WA 6149 Email: leeming.shsesc@education.wa.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 2 2018 -

Tuesday 1st May - Friday 29th June

Monday 4th June - Public Holiday

Monday 18th June - 22 June- Kalgoorlie Camp

Wednesday 20th June - 22 June - Year 7 Camp

Thursday 21st June- Multicultural Day

Monday 25th June - Assembly, 1.30 Theatre Room

Uniform price lists and the Canteen menu are

available on Leeming SHS Education Support Centre

School App and website

Leemingesc.wa.edu.au

Thank you to parents who have already paid their

child’s fees and charges contribution for 2018

The total amount payable for Years 7 to 12 is $300.

Please note we do not have EFTPOS facilities but

payment can be made either by cheque or cash or

alternatively you can pay directly into the school

bank account. Please state student name / fees as

your reference.

BSB Number : 066040

Account Number: 19900866

Account Name: Leeming SHS ESC

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Leeming ESC has a new app that can be downloaded from

iTunes or Google Store.

NOTE: Please be aware that at present there are two apps

for Leeming ESC. Please make sure you select the

Skoolbag one NOT Theme Solutions. If you have previously

downloaded the Theme Solutions app we apologise for the

inconvenience but there are more functions available on

Skoolbag. Please download the app and take a moment to

see what is available. There is information about the

school (term dates, school development days, stationery

list), newsletters, uniform shop, canteen menu etc. Check

out the calendar, this will keep you up to date on activities

planned and if the venue is offsite a map will show you the

location.

The school will use the app to send messages to groups of

people e.g. from a particular class, afterschool

bushrangers, school council members or the whole school

community. To set up the group messages you would like

to receive on the bottom right of the home page select

‘More’, then ‘Setup Push Notifications’, then turn on the

notifications you wish to receive. Messages can also be

sent to the whole school. This does not need to be

selected.

eForms is another good function of the App. Change of

Details and Absentee Notifications can be submitted

directly to school via the app and in future permission notes

will also be available. We hope this app will be a

convenient way we can further enhance the communication

process between school and home. Links are below

Google Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skoolbag.LeemingSHSESC

iTunes store: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/leeming-shs-education-support/id1041856239?mt=8

Microsoft Windows app store: https://

www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/

skoolbag/9nblgggzh092

ESC 1 Form 13 Jacob Whyte

ESC 14 Form 12 Caden Sharp

ESC 13 Form 11.2 Kye Strawbridge

ESC 2 Form 11.1 Azaria Denmead

ESC 8 Form 10.2 Amasha Weerasinghe

ESC 7 Form 10.1 Tom Claydon

ESC 12 Form 9.2 Ellie Christie

ESC 11 Form 9.1 Maju Lindup

ESC 3 Form 8 Charlotte Armstrong

ESC 6 Form 7.3 Orlando Soto

ESC 5 Form 7.2 Lily Murton

ESC 4 Form 7.1 Ayrton Squadrito

WPL Merit Certificate

Nick Leone

WPL Emloyee of the Month

Jordan Ulyatt

Paras Batavia

Phys Ed Ellie Christie

PCP Luka Oroz

PCP David Mostert Montano

PCP Ezra Cuming

STUDENT NEWS

MERIT CERTIFICATES CHAPLAIN’S CHAT

The beginning of this term has flown by with lots of

things happening in our school. Camps and excursions

as well as the usual Bush Rangers and sporting activities

our students enjoy.

I have continued working with several small groups

from various year groups.

Some of the topics we have been covering are social

media and its impact on our lives, puberty, friendship

skills, worry and appropriate peer relationships.

The students in these groups are all working hard and

developing some new skills and refining others.

This will be my last Chat as I am retiring. I want to take

this opportunity to thank you all for support over the

last 3 years. It has been an absolute privilege to work

with your amazing children. They are such special and

unique people and I have learned much from them. I

will miss them very much.

Thank you to the wonderful staff for their inclusiveness

and support as well.

I wish you and your students all the best for the future.

Maree Hoyle

Congratulations to Jayelan Lee who was presented

with a bravery award by Lions International at a

ceremony held on 20th May 2018. The award was in

recognition of children with special needs who have

shown courage in the face of adversity and overcome

obstacles or endeavoured to improve the quality of

their own lives.

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On Friday week 2 the year 8’s went on our CVA

excursion to Cottesloe beach. We planted 50 plants in

the sand dunes and loved knowing that we were

helping the native wildlife alongside Coast Care.

This term has been very busy so far with our Work Skills

and Independent Living Skills Programs. The students

have been busily developing and creating their very

own Café Superstar! Each week the students create

menus and shopping lists before opening their café on

Friday. As well as developing their literacy and

numeracy skills in real life scenarios, the students have

been learning about appropriate public behaviours and

socialising with their peers.

This week our Business Enterprise has truly taken shape

and we are proud to announce the Grand Opening of

‘The Barkey – Barking Good Biscuits!’ The year 8

students have been researching grain-free dog biscuit

recipes and developing a budget. We have created

advertising will be taking orders in week 6! This is all in

the lead up to the Leeming Pop Up Shops, where we

will be opening our stall to family, friends and other

schools.

Kate Cullen

Students from ESC 11 and ESC 8 went on camp to Point

Peron in week 3. Students bravely participated in crate

stacking, prusiking and kayaking, while also completing

Bush Ranger conservation activities. Students then had

a visit from an Aboriginal elder named Sheila Humphries

who spoke about her experiences and showed students

how to do Aboriginal dot painting. All students had a

great time on camp and went home exhausted on

Friday afternoon.

Luke Walkey

ESC 11 - FORM 9.1 - CLASS NEWS

ESC 3 - FORM 8 - CLASS NEWS

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The start of term 2 has been a productive time in ESC

12. We have been making birds’ nests for Native Arc as

part of a practical conservation project in Bush Rangers.

To make the nests we took shredded paper and dipped

it in a mix of flour, salt and water and laid it over a bowl

to make the shape. The nests are almost ready for lining

and can then be donated to Native Arc for rescued

birds.

We have also been out to SERCUL in Kenwick to assist

with their conservation projects where we raked grass

from the wetlands and planted reeds and shrubs by Yule

Brook.

The students have been learning about Aboriginal

People and Place for HASS where we are reading about

Aboriginal communities. We have also viewed segments

of the film, “Brave New Clan” which follows young

Aboriginal people and tells the story of their connection

to the land.

Below are some of the student’s thoughts!

Josh – My favourite part was Bush Ranger camp.

Dillon- I’ve been teaching Miss Priestley’s class how to

make birds nests.

Kane – I liked the Bush Ranger camp.

Luka- I liked the hiking on Bush Ranger camp.

Lauren- It’s been fun making the birds nests.

Ellie- I liked going to the caves on Bush Ranger camp.

Tania – I like my iPad.

Liam- I liked going to the dark caves.

Yolande Stewart

Term 2 has already been super exciting, with many

more fun events coming our way. In week 2 we were

fortunate enough to have 6 of the West Coast Eagles

players visit our centre. They taught us footy skills on

the oval and played some games with us, and then we

had a question and answer session where we got to

have a chat and get autographs! Miss Gage is hoping for

a Freo Dockers visit next! We all worked super hard to

make a pink vanilla sugar scrub for our mums on

Mother’s Day, and followed a recipe. Lucky we are used

to doing that in our home economic classes! We also

had our Conservation Volunteer Australia excursion at

South Beach in Fremantle. We have been learning about

the difference between employees and volunteers in

Bush Rangers, and we did such a fantastic job

volunteering our time and efforts as Bush Ranger

cadets, to help maintain the plants at the beach.

We are looking forward to week 5 as we are expecting

an exciting arrival. We are receiving eggs from U Can

Hatch Us!! The eggs will hatch in our classroom, and we

will have cute and fluffy chicks to look after. We are also

looking forward to the year 7 camp coming up in week

8. What a term!

Emma Gage

ESC 12- FORM 9.2 - CLASS NEWS ESC 6 - FORM 7.3 - CLASS NEWS

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In semester 1 our class was lucky enough to attend 2 Fishability excursions at Woodman Point. In order to do this successfully the students needed to be patient and to learn to stand quietly and still while waiting for the fish to bite. It was an amazing experience for everyone and without a doubt many new skills were learnt. The amount of parent support and the dedication of the Fishability volunteers who were guiding us was outstanding.

Lily: I liked putting bait on the hook and waiting on the jetty for a fish.

Makenzie: On both trips I caught the first fish. I think it was a snapper fish.

Alyssa: Fishing is relaxing and cool. Nobody fell into the water. I caught 2 blowies on the second trip.

Sam: I caught 2 blowies. I was sitting on the jetty with Zach. Zach was really focusing on his fishing. I didn’t learn anything new from him.

Aidan: I was looking at the water to see if I could spot a fish.

Zach: I tried so hard to catch a fish but the blowies were so annoying. It was great fun.

Skye: I liked to sit on the jetty with my fishing rod.

Ella: I loved the water, ocean and fishing rod.

We also attended a Conservation Volunteers Australia

(CVA) in Term 2. This provided another wonderful

opportunity for the students to develop skills, ranging

from social to learning about conservation on this

wonderful planet of ours.

Lorraine Vann

Year 10.2 have had a very busy start to term 2. The first day back we held an ANZAC commemorative service. We were fortunate to have LAC Thomas Lister, Sgt Denham Milo and their military dog Zeran from the Pearce Base RAAF attend and address the school.

Mrs Linda Scott from the Australian War Animal Memorial Organisation (AWAMO) also attended to accept a $200.00 donation from our school. The students raised money by making and selling commemorative poppy broaches. Our focus with this fundraiser was to inform more people of the purple poppy. The purple poppy is to commemorate the animals that have served and are serving in the armed forces. These are to be worn alongside the red poppy.

During week 3 our class and Mr Walkey’s year 9 class went on camp to Point Peron camp school. The students participated in many fun activities such as kayaking, and crate stacking. Unfortunately after many years Point Peron is being put up for private tender. Point Peron has been a wonderful camp for our students and I will be very sorry this facility may no longer be available.

Taj: We went to Point Peron Camp. We did lots of activities and had lots of food to eat. I liked kayaking and had a go with crate tower. I enjoyed my camp.

Joshua: It was fun making purple poppies out of clay. They were purple to represent animals at war. I learnt a lot about ANZAC day. Patrick: Camp was so much fun. My favourite part of camp was the crate stacking. I was good at it. Jacob: I was very busy colouring in purple poppies for ANZAC Day. I am really good at colouring in. We made a beautiful poster out of the purple poppies. Joseph: I really enjoyed making purple poppies for ANZAC Day. I thought our assembly was very interesting. I loved meeting the dog Zeran. Amasha: We went to Point Peron for camp. I climbed the crate tower, rowed on the kayak and I played basketball with Josh. I ate a lot of yummy food that made me very full. We played football on the foreshore and I had so much fun. David: Camp at Point Peron was amazing. I was really worried about being in the water and did not want to try kayaking. Then I thought I would give it a go and I am so glad I did. It was so much fun. I was in a kayak with Josh and it was my favourite activity.

Angelique Dinning

ESC 8 - FORM 10.2 - CLASS NEWS ESC 5 - FORM 7.2 - CLASS NEWS

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ESC 4 - FORM 7.1 - CLASS NEWS

Term 2 has taken off at a very fast pace for ESC 4. We have been on 2 Bush Ranger excursions, participating in conservation work at Sercular in Beckenham and Fishability at Woodman Point. We are looking forward to Camp at Point Peron in week 8.

In science and H.A.S.S we are investigating natural disasters and their effect on the environment.

Here are some quotes from our students about the term so far:

Johnny: Catching fish was good fun, I liked touching the fish!

Ezra: I love science and making things.

Nekoda: I like going to cooking and seeing Miss T.

Harvey: I loved exploring the bush at our tree planting excursion.

Nathan: I love going to art.

Umid: I like going to mainstream science.

Ayrton: I like drawing in art.

Caitlyn Knox

It has been a massive start to Term 2 with students commencing Community Based Learning in conjunction with all their studies. Travel training and knowing how to stay safe in the community is a core skill for all our students especially as they embark upon a future beyond school.

All students have been working extremely hard in the workplace with a big congratulations going to Paras Batavia and Jordan Ulyatt for gaining a work trial at ACTIV Bentley and to Jacob Whyte for being awarded the Merit Certificate for ESC 1 this term.

With the anticipation of Kalgoorlie Camp fast approaching, I ask that all students continue to work hard and in the

great words of Ghandi -“The future depends on what you do today”. Ms FP

ESC 1 - FORM 13 - CLASS NEWS

Two very proud young

lads at ACTIV Bentley

The Art City Trail - Locating

artwork in the City of Perth can

be lots of fun

The Shipwreck

Gallery Fremantle -

“I don’t think the

anchor is going to

move Isaac.”

The Shipwreck Gallery

Fremantle

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Year 12 students are enjoying working in our new

classroom on the oval. We now have lots more space

and a new reading corner. We have also started our

Senior School STEM program and have been learning

how to CODE. We started by developing our own code

using Lego pieces to represent letters. Then we worked

with a partner to de-code messages. We even tried to

trick Mrs Davies. Students are now busily preparing for

our camp to Kalgoorlie in Week 8. We have been

researching all the amazing things Kalgoorlie has to

offer and can’t wait to go on the train.

We are also super proud of

Caden for bringing home a

bronze medal from the 2018

Special Olympics Australia

National Games held in

Adelaide last month.

Congratulation Caden!

Sara Campbell

We have had an amazing term so far, our host

employers have had such positive feedback to share

when we visit students in the workplace. A few of the

students would like to share their experiences from

their work placements:

Levi Baker: I work at Meals on Wheels. I love doing the

cutlery on the table. The people come and sit down for

food. I give them some drinks, like a bottle of water or

a jug of juice. My favourite thing I like doing is to help

the customers. My favourite snack I get to eat when

I’m there is hot chips and vegies. I’ve loved it a lot to

help the supervisors.

Angus Reed: I love coming to work at SLF (Spine and

Limb Foundation). I think I’m good at sorting the bags

of clothes and pushing the big cages around. I also like

how there is some old students from Leeming who I

get to sit with at break times.

Anna Johnson: I work at Leeming Childcare. I like

working with the kids and putting them to sleep. I like

supervising them on the playground. They really like

playing with the lego and making slime and playdough

with me.

We congratulate Jordan Ulyatt and Paras Batavia on

receiving work trials with Activ Bentley. All their hard

work has been recognised and we wish them all the

very best during this time.

All of the workplace learning students will be changing

placements for semester two, with guidance from their

My Plans. Please look out for the documentation,

which will be arriving to you via email over the next 2

weeks. Feel free to email them back or even return

them through the school bag app. Of course we are

happy to receive them back in paper format, should

you prefer.

Sarah Lomax

ESC 14 - FORM 12 - CLASS NEWS

WORKPLACE LEARNING NEWS

Term 2 has started off with a flurry of exciting things happening including some visits from some local AFL and

Perth Wildcats stars, carnivals, commencement of our after school tennis program and a trail of wellbeing4kids

program.

On Monday 7th May, West Coast Eagles players Elliot Yeo, Brad Sheppard, Chris Masten, Jake Waterman, Brendon

Ah Chee, and Ryan Burrows visited the school to conduct some skill sessions with the Year 7’s, 8’s and 9’s. The

students were fortunate enough to get some 1-1 tips to playing AFL Football. The session concluded with the

students being able to ask questions, pose for photos and get autographs.

A group of Year 7’s were chosen to trial a “wellbeing4kids program” which

focuses on a yoga style approach to connecting with the students bodies and

minds through specific movements and breathing. The session was thoroughly

enjoyed and we are may continue these session in term 3.

In preparing for our annual Basketball Carnival we had a visit from Perth

Wildcats player Greg Hire on Friday 25th May. He met with the students in our

basketball teams and took them for some skills and drills. The following

Tuesday 29th May, 2 teams from Leeming ESC participated in the Kalamunda’s

Basketball Carnival held at Ray Owen Stadium. The students played really well and showed amazing

sportsmanship to their team mates and to the other teams. They had lots of fun and won a couple of games each.

Well done to all those involved.

Jenna Allomes

PHYS ED NEWS

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