The 2020 school year is now well under way with students engaged in a variety of exciting programs. Welcome to our twenty-seven new families, I look forward to getting to know you all throughout the year. Congratulations to all the year 7 students, they have transitioned into their new school environment and routine extremely well. Thank you to staff, students and families for the smooth and successful start to the 2020 school year.

There are 137 students currently enrolled at Leeming SHS ESC, our school continues to grow each year. This year we have six new teaching staff members:

Year 7             Ms Ratto,

Year 8             Ms Sutherland

Year 9             Mr Drennan

Year 9             Mrs Bainbridge

Year 10           Mr Frewer

Year 12           Ms Megrail

We also welcome four new education assistants: Ms Lersdejsakul, Mrs Enright, Mrs McCarthy and Mrs Chamberlain.

On Friday 21^st February our year 12 students enjoyed the School Ball at Fremantle Sailing Club. This was one of our largest cohorts of year 12 students to attend a school ball. It takes a great deal of organisation and coordination to make sure the event is enjoyable and memorable, thank you to Ms FP and Mrs Stewart for all your organisation and to the many staff who assisted Mrs Stewart on the night. The feedback from staff and students has been very positive and I have also received lovely feedback from parents and grandparents who thoroughly enjoyed the Pre-Ball event, where families, students and staff enjoyed the opportunity to share this very special occasion together. A very big thank you to Dawn Barker and Joanne Claydon for organising the Pre-Ball event and limousines for all the students. The limousine ride is always a highlight of the night!

The School Board met for the first meeting of 2020 on Monday 24^th March. The Board welcomed our new parent representatives; Jocelyn Morgan and Francesca Robb. We are very fortunate to have such a collaborative Board with diverse skills and backgrounds. As a Board we meet twice a term to establish and review the Business Plan priorities and the financial planning to meet these priorities and directions.

2020 School Board members;

Parent representatives:

Digby Claydon (Board Chair)

Nicky Vodanovic               

Dawn Barker

Jocelyn Morgan

Francesca Robb

Staff representatives:

Catherine Houden

Evelyn Riley                     

Keran Davies (Principal)

Community Representatives:

Tanya Matulich                

Jane Devenyns

Leeming SHS has been identified as being in a bushfire zone by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES). This puts special responsibility on the school community to be vigilant during the summer months. It also means the school will likely be pre-emptively closed if the forecast is for a Catastrophic Fire Danger in the Perth Metropolitan Area. This is a very rare event. When given advance warning by the DFES that a Catastrophic rating has been forecast for a given day, the Deputy Director General, Schools will probably direct the pre-emptive closure of the school. If the school receives such a directive, you will be informed of the possible planned closure.

I look forward to seeing families at the first Parent Network meeting and assembly on Monday 9^th  March, further information will be sent home during the week.

Mrs Davies

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

Credit card payment is available using our bPoint banking facility via our school website (Leemingesc.wa.edu/payments). Please be sure you are on the Leeming ESC website and not the mainstream high school website.

Click on the 'Payments' tab on the red ribbon, click 'Online Payments' then ‘make an online payment’ and enter the requested details. 

BPoint can also be used to pay for camps and excursions.  Ensure the event the payment is to be receipted against is clearly stated in the detail area of the payment screen.

Please note we do not have EFTPOS facilities on site but payment can be made either by cash, cheque, bPoint or alternatively you can pay directly into the school bank account.  State the students name / fees or event as your reference.

BSB Number        066040

Account               19900866

Name                  Leeming SHS ESC

The Uniform Shop (within the school next to the Canteen) sells both new and good quality second-hand clothing items.

REGULAR OPENING HOURS:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:15 am to 1:45 pm

If you need to contact the Uniform Shop please call directly 08 9237 6858

School Development Days

Term 2: Tuesday 28th April

Term 3: Monday 24th August 

Term 4: Monday 12th October & Friday 18th December

Leeming Links is an initiative run by Vangi Evangeli (school chaplain) and Cathy Houden (Student Services Manager) on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at lunch and recess.  It gives students an opportunity to engage in some fun activities while also developing their communication and social skills.  We’ve attached the timetable to discuss with your child.  Feel free to drop us a line and let us know of any other ideas that they may have for Leeming Link in the future! 

Cathy Houden

We can hardly believe it is week 5 already as we settle in to our new routine as year 10’s and more importantly, begin our careers as senior school students. The start of our term has been filled with new concepts, including our commencement of the Workright program that is targeting the skills necessary to start work experience in the future. We have also started our work on the first unit of the mathematics preliminary units, which is focused on planning a barbeque. We are all very excited to put our planning in to practice and have a fantastic lunch together.

On behalf of myself, Ms Sonia Soares, Ms Lauren Temple, Mrs Dianne Williams and Mrs Donnell Blaxell we would like to welcome you 2020 and we are looking forward to a fantastic year in ESC 1.

Halfway into term 1 and the year 11 students of ESC 3 are off to a ‘flying’ start. We have undertaken almost all of our My Plan Meetings and each student has now focused on key, individual goals that were discussed with mum, dad, and myself. We have also begun our broad range of Work Place Learning and it is great to receive feedback that EVERY student is tackling it head on, with a maturity and focus and I am so proud to see some students stepping out of their comfort zones.

Brandon, who was a bit nervous at the start, has returned from his first week of St John of God’s kitchen and is overjoyed with his efforts in food preparation and independently travelling.

Kane and Josh are the Bunnings ‘Bros’ and are supporting each other and working side by side.

Ellie has already started on a huge journey and is confidently undertaking her Certificate II in Hospitality at TAFE on a Wednesday, and is finally fulfilling her dream of work experience in Childcare and loves working/playing in the sandpit.

Tania has been working up a sweat at the G.S.I café and has proven that she can listen to instructions and complete her work more independently. Bravo!

Liam’s efforts at AYLA have been noted and he has even begun to use a diary to keep him on track with his duties on the job. Great to see him applying what we spoke about at his My Plan meeting. Anja and Gary should be ‘Super Proud’ of their hard-working man.

Lauren has fulfilled her lifelong dream of working with animals and has embraced Pet Stock and the many duties, including tending to the fish and the tanks.

Luka has undertaken a work experience position at Coles ‘his dad’s competition’ and is loving the many challenges and is always dressed professionally. Pizzas have never been stacked with such precision.

Nelly is enjoying the ‘manly’ duties of Men’s Shed and is happy in an environment where he can work with his hands. He was also very excited when he and Max saw a rat being squished by a bus on their work journey. Gross!!

We have also worked hard in our maths classes where we were challenged to plan for a party and use our counting skills to calculate our party supplies. We worked in pairs to listen and mark our partners on their counting up to 10.

It has been a great start to the term and I am proud almost every day of how far these students have come. The dynamic of students, teachers and support staff is positive and filled with laughs and milestones. Let’s keep going team!

Welcome back to Leeming SHS ESC. “Hello from ESC 4”, here we are in week 5 already. Time has flown and the class has settled into their new normal, which is always changing in year 11.

The focus is on the workplace and gaining independence. We have been learning about selecting and using appropriate Personal Protective Equipment, expected behaviours and Codes of Conduct in different communities, and we are planning a party in the classroom for maths (all work of course!).

I would like to thank the education assistants in the room for their invaluable support from the start of term. Mrs Johnson, Mrs Banks Mrs Lester-Smith, and Mr Kelly on Thursday and Fridays, we are all getting to know each other and our routines, and we have hit the ground running.

ESC 5 would like to warmly welcome the year 7 students and their families to our school community. I would like to thank parents, families and specialist for your time and valuable contributions in the IEP meetings. These meetings create wonderful opportunities to meet with students’ families and supportive networks to work collaboratively to enrich the learning of each student.

The students wrote their own blurb to express how they feel about starting year 7.

Thomas: My favourite part of year 7 is cooking because I could help with mum’s cooking. My favourite subject is maths because I like numbers. My friends are students in ESC 5 class. This year I am most looking forward to camping.

Gurman: My favourite part or year 7 is I get to go to camp. My favourite friend is Samuel and Isaac is my best friend. My favourite subject is sport.

Isaac: My favourite part of year 7 is home economics because I like the food that we make. My favourite subject is PE because I get to learn how to play AFL. My friend is Phillip. This year I am most looking forward to jobs in upper high school like a café or Dominos.

Coby: My favourite place at school is the library because I like the magazines.

Billy: My name is Billy Kidd and My favourite part of year 7 is breaks. My favourite subject is library. This year I am most looking forward to Robot Combat.

Samuel: My name is Samuel Wu. My favourite part of year 7 is sport and camping because they are fun. My Friends are Gurman, Coby, and Mrs Vann because they make me happy. My favourite subject is library because I like looking at books because they make me happy.

Evan: My name is Evan Wong. My favourite part of year 7 is Bush Rangers because I like going on camps. My favourite subject is Work Skills because I like working. My friends are Isaac, Phillip, Coby, Gurman, Thomas, Billy and Samuel. This year, I am most looking forward to going on camp.

Phillip: My name is Phillip Jon  Ugle. My favourite part of year 7 is Lego in the library. My favourite subject is art because I like drawing. My friends are Isaac and Cops. This year, I am looking forward to camp.

Thank you, to a wonderful team, Mrs Smith, Mrs Blacklock, Mrs L and Mrs Vann

Hello and welcome to the new year 7 students and families to an already busy and exciting term 1, 2020. My year 7.2 class have transitioned and settled into their new school and class smoothly, and are already making new friends. After getting to know each other and our new rules, routines and expectations, we are now diving deep into our exciting programs and curriculum. These have included our Literacy Direct Instruction (DI) groups each morning, Maths, Health, ICT and many more!
Some of us were feeling a little anxious and nervous about all the changes that come with beginning high school, but we are all enjoying our new and exciting classes, and meeting new people. Our favourites so far have been Home Economics, Maths, our Art classes including Music and Visual Arts, visiting the library and our Bush Ranger lessons. Have a look at the photos below and initial thoughts from my students of their first few weeks at Leeming ESC.

Jai: At high school I like art with Mrs Kaiser. I used clay to make a pot. I like sitting on the red couches in the library. My new teacher is Miss Gage. I sit next to Star in class.

Archer: At high school I like cooking, jumping on the trampoline, music, lunch time and playing football on the oval. I like reading the books in the library and looking for Ibis’ around the school.

Goldie: I like the new school. It is really big and fun. I like cooking and sport. I like to play outside with all my new friends. The school is the best in the world because it’s the perfect school for me. My teachers help me out and do math work at the table.

Izzie: At school I like to play with Star and Rohan and I like to go in art with Miss Hamel. I go and play at school. I go with Archer and Goldie to my maths and I like Just Dance with my friends. I like cooking and making burritos with wraps and gluten free chicken. I love Miss Hackett and Miss Harcourt and I love love Miss Hamel. Miss Gage is so nice to me and is so good.

Rohan: At high school I like playing with my friends. I like D&T with Mr Z. I like playing Where’s Wally battle with Star and Izzie in the mornings. I like cooking and making fruit salad with lactose free ice-cream. I like Miss Hamel and Mrs Harcourt and Mrs Hackett and Miss Gage.

Star: At high school I like to play with Izzie. I like to read Where’s Wally and I like to play with my friends at recess. I like to go to my tute group and I like to make wraps at cooking. I like to go on the bus.

Ari: I like my new school. I like cooking because I make food and eat it. I like reading books at my new school. I like sport because we get to play ‘octopus’. I like going to Drama because we get to listen to music and play games.

Hello and welcome back to Leeming SHS ESC! ESC 7 have had a great start to the new school year and the students have made a smooth transition into year 8. We have loved hearing about each other’s summer holidays and getting to know our staff and students.

In class we are enjoying reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Imagining what it would be like to go to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory has been making our mouth’s water! We even had a treasure hunt in class to experience how it would feel to be lucky enough to find a golden ticket.

We have been out on the courts practising the Bush Ranger drill. Thank you to Mr Z for testing us! He can confirm that we are showing great promise of performing a very slick march.

We would also like to congratulate one of our own students – Branden McCaw on his appointment as a Bush Ranger Leader. We know you will do a fantastic job in your new leadership role Cadet!

I would like to thank our amazing Education Assistants, Chloe Hodge and Lisa Palma for their invaluable support from the start of term. Here’s to a great year ahead!

What an awesome start to 2020 with my year 8 students this year! We welcomed Fatima and Kiara to our all boy’s classroom which has brought a pleasant change. ESC 8 students have been very busy reinforcing the class and school rules and values and being good role models for the new year 7 students.

The students have been participating in Person Centered Planning where they have been learning about identifying their own emotions. In protective behaviours they have been learning about keeping their body safe and identifying early warning signs. My Bush Ranger cadets have been working hard to keep the environment clean, wearing appropriate PPE and are planning a Recycling Project to reduce waste. Workskill lessons with Ms Simmons have been interesting learning about manual handling and hazards at the workplace. Sports lessons with Ms Allomes is all about team spirit and practising their football skills.

Students have had the opportunity to make their own choices of preferred option classes and can select two options out of the five given. (Dance, Art, Drama, STEM and D&T). The students have transitioned beautifully and adapted to the new routines.

In numeracy we have been conducting surveys, collected data and made some interpretations. Setting the time and learning to count and use money is work in progress.

Self-care, cooking, washing and following daily jobs is part of our independent life skills. Students are learning to be more punctual and independent in their daily routines.

CBL has started in full swing where my little smart riders are ready to get on board public transport and use their SmartRiders to explore the facilities in the community and demonstrate appropriate etiquette.

In HASS the students have been learning about the Aboriginal culture through Dreamtime Stories. They are also learning about international migration into Australia, their first country of research was China, its culture and festivities. The students celebrated Chinese New Year, savoured some Chinese cuisine and our special guest was Ms McPierzie who taught the students to wish Happy Chinese New Year using AUSLAN sign language.

All this would not have been possible without my two dynamic team members, Ms Mitchell and Ms Patterson. A big shout out to the amazing parents and carers who have always extended their invaluable support. Great team work ESC 8 students, staff and parents.

Mrs Khosla

We’ve had a fantastic start to high school in ESC 9. We’ve been busy learning the class room routines, getting to know each other. Here are some blurbs students made for their news letter.

It has been a busy, but very successful start to term 1. We’ve been exploring Earth & Space Sciences, doing lots of measurement and investigating chance and data. Every day is a new set of learning challenges and these year 8’s never hesitate to give everything a go! We have also been lucky enough to select option classes based on our personal preferences - stay tuned for some great acting skills, dancing and D&T creations (just to name a few!).

Below are some thoughts about the start of the year from the ESC 10 boys:

Cameron: ‘I like using different things in maths, like chocolate!’

Oscar: ‘I can’t wait for CBL, it’s going to be great fun!’

Mitchell: ‘I love going to music and dance’

Ethan: ‘I like learning about maths’

Check back in week 10 for some more awesome adventures!

The ESC 10 Team

Ms Knox, Mrs Brayne, Mrs Buchanan & Ms Mahalingam

Year 9.2 has had a terrific start to the year with students and staff settling in smoothly. The class is completing a number of programs this year including ASDAN’s Transition Challenge, Business Enterprise not to mention the Bush Rangers program, where your child will learn the importance of being environmentally friendly.

Students have already planted vegetable seedling to grow produce for our class enterprise (baking savoury muffins).

We are also learning a song about koalas, which the class will perform at week 10s assembly. One of the student’s favourite lessons is our morning Power Point, where the students sing, learn time: dates, months and seasons, new vocabulary and view the daily visual timetable.

We are looking forward to a fantastic year.

Mrs Angelique Dinning

The staff and students in ESC 13 have had a busy and exciting start to the year.  ESC 13 has an amazing team with Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs Cox, Mrs Subramaniam and Mrs Shivers.  Students have been participating in a range of activities in the class and I am impressed with how well they have adapted to their new routines.  The staff in ESC 13 are also impressed with the high standard of positive team work and independence displayed by the students.

This year, we will be working on ASDAN Lifeskills Challenges. The topic in the Lifeskills Challenge is so varied with different levels of challenge.  My aim is to select and plan individualised programs to meet the needs of each child based on the discussion at My Plan meetings. Hence, every child’s ASDAN challenge will differ. 

This term, we have planned an exciting trip to Sculptures by the Sea. Students will plan the excursion and use public transports to places such as Cockburn Gateway Shopping centre and Elizabeth Quay. Activities such as these will allow them to practise their transport training and their social skills as the year continues.

The highlight of the term was definitely the Year 12 Ball. Students enjoyed the Pre-Ball and took memorable photos with their friends and family, before being whisked away in their luxurious Hummer limousines to the Fremantle Sailing Club where they had a delectable meal and danced the night away. It was a night they will always remember!

What an amazing start to 2020 it has been! We are fortunate to have an awesome, supportive team with Mei, Toni and Nicky. I have been very welcomed by staff, parents and students and I’m looking forward to the exciting year ahead together.

Students have begun their P Units which focus on providing real life tasks with transferable skills. In english, students have engaged in role plays and are focusing on enhancing their communication skills to support workplace learning experiences. Practising job interview speeches and creating resumes also provide opportunities to prepare for the workplace. In maths, students are reinforcing their everyday skills such as recognising place value and creating budgets to help them plan ahead to pay for bills and understanding the importance of saving for the future.

The Zones of Regulations Program has enabled students to identify how they are feeling and also take steps to self-regulating their emotions when they are not feeling classroom ready. This has been supported by the URSTRONG Friendship Program, which teaches students the difference between healthy and unhealthy friendships, and what they can do to problem solve more independently. The Lifeskills Challenge Program also enhances their ability to make safe and acceptable choices, with a focus on social skills and the possible outcomes of both positive and negative decisions.

Community Based Learning outings will continue to support students to effectively use public transport, practise road safety and provide opportunities to use their SmartRiders and purchase their own lunch. The focus of Bush Rangers this term reinforces the importance of how to work safely in the natural environment by identifying appropriate PPE equipment, hazards and manual handling techniques.

The Year 12 Ball was another event that has taken place this term that was a huge success! Students enjoyed the Pre-Ball having photos with their friends and family, before being whisked away in their luxurious Hummer limousines to the Fremantle Sailing Club. It was an experience they won’t forget, with a delicious buffet, and dancing the night away. Well done to Josh Evans from our class who won the award for best dressed boy on the evening.

With such a memorable start to the year, I can’t wait to see what exciting things are in store for us!

Tammy Megrail

Hello from ESC 16. I am a new teacher to Leeming ESC my name is Emma Bainbridge, class teacher. We have made a magnificent start to the year in our new room, the renovated outdoor classroom. We enjoy sharing our outdoor space with the chickens and can hear them clucking away when we have the window open.

We have been swimming on Friday’s at Coogee Beach with Miss Heard. In music the class has learnt to play a few bars of ‘Hit the Road Jack’ with Mrs Damos. We have started learning about being a ‘Supportive Bystander’ in a bullying situation and have made pop stick puppets to practise our skills to help others.  

Sporting Super Stars!!

2020 is going to be a great year for the Physical Education department with different programs, exciting excursions and new equipment. We welcome back Ms Allomes to the team and look forward to the AFL rival with Ms Heard. Our first new initiative has started with swimming classes heading to the beach for the first time. The students seem to enjoy being in a different environment and learning more water safety skills. While we still have a focus on developing swimming strokes we are also practising rescues, emergency situations at the beach and how to stay safe in and around open water.

We have a cricket carnival coming up in week 7 which proved very successful last year. In conjunction with the carnival we have WACA coaches coming out to run some sessions with the students. This is a great way to fine tune the student’s skills so we can participate at a high level at the carnival.

Sports leaders will also be announced by the end of the term.

The “Triple J” team (J. Allomes, J. Heard & J. Pereira) are looking forward to the year ahead!