News and Events

Year 7 Sports Elite Program student Kaitlyn Buckley recently attended the 2022 Sarawak Borneo Cup International Taekwondo Championship held in Malaysia. The competition was attended by 700 athletes from 14 countries.

Kaitlyn earned two silver medals in sparring, and ended up tying for gold in the final round of the 12-14 year old division. She also challenged herself by sparring in the 15-17 year old division.

Kaitlyn’s perseverance and determination was constant throughout the competition and as a result, she was one of two people presented with the “Good Fighting Spirit Award”. What a fantastic achievement!

Quenda house is certainly smiling again after another win at today’s Interhouse Athletics Carnival, although Umbrina were nipping at their heels the whole day. Students earned points for their house across last week’s Competitors Carnival and exciting battles of Tug of War, javelin, tunnel ball, leader ball and other activities as part of today’s Whole School Fun Day Carnival.

We were delighted at the participation, creativity, and efforts of our students and staff throughout the carnival. Here are a sample of photos across the day, lots more will be in our 2022 Year Book. Congratulations Quenda!

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Congratulations to Jamie Stack who was accepted into the Indigenous Australian Engineering School for 2022, a tremendous accomplishment as only 30 Year 10-12 students get selected across the state. Jamie went on a week-long camp during the school holidays and toured Curtin Uni as well as visiting different mining companies and speaking to mentors in Engineering careers. We are delighted to hear Jamie is now fully embracing his potential and considering a career in Engineering.

We would also like to thank Mr Richardson for his support with Jamie’s application.

Our Year 10 Photography students have explored exposure, focus and composition using DSLR cameras then developed and processed their work in a digital Google Slide portfolio.

We can’t wait to see how their design folios develop as they plan and design their own photographic website portfolios!

Emily Richards is currently studying Year 11 Design Photography and has independently contacted professional photographers and started to work with them outside of the College.

Emily is working as a photographer’s assistant helping photographer Linda Hewell on wedding, maternity and newborn shoots. Emily is developing her vocational understanding of how to work as a professional photographer, how to support clients and how to work to a design brief, all alongside a professional photographer!

We are very proud of the way Emily has developed these professional relationships and we cannot wait to see more examples of the wonderful and creative photography that she produces. We also want to thank Linda for being so supportive.

We were delighted to host the Innovators’ Tea Party, a volunteer-run charity that offers a unique opportunity for students to meet inspiring female role models working in STEM. Innovators’ Tea Party aims to achieve gender equality and normalise gender diversity in STEM fields by challenging stereotypes and promoting the diverse range of STEM opportunities and careers. Students were fortunate enough to be able to speak with them and ask in depth questions about their fields.

Recently Aveley Secondary College acknowledged the hard work and dedication of some of our Year 7 and 8 students. These students displayed exemplary work ethic and positive attitude towards their education and were rewarded for their hard work and excellent results with a Principal’s Lunch and a certificate.

Mr Chin’s Year 8 Media class have been taking full advantage of the sunny days at the beginning of this semester. The students are learning techniques for taking photos on their iPads. We love seeing how engaged and enthusiastic they are playing a version of ‘Red light, Green light’ that involves taking specific photos mid game. During each media lesson, students participate in small activities that combine games with photography to build their fundamental skill sets.

To acknowledge Wear It Purple Day, Aveley staff and our Skittles student group handed out handmade purple bracelets. The Wear It Purple Foundation raises awareness, advocates for and celebrates our rainbow young people. This year’s theme of ‘Still me, still human’ reminds people not to focus on labels.

Last week’s whole school drama production of ‘The Internet is Distract-OH LOOK A KITTEN!’ was a huge success.

We loved to see students from across all year levels come together in such a collaborative way to put on an entertaining show for friends and families. All of the students involved really enjoyed themselves and showed great initiative and maturity in helping their peers achieve success. We had a great turnout and feedback from parents was extremely positive.

Anne Hamersley’s Year 6 students were treated to the matinee performance, they had many questions for Mr Lang afterwards and left eager to explore the drama program next year.

Thank you Director Josh Lang and Assistant Director Shannon Liddle, Jeff Imrie and Caitlin Dancer who built and painted the set, Riley Lewis in Year 11 for lending his expertise to the theatre lighting, and all of the students and staff involved in the production.