This is our last newsletter for the 2021 school year, and I would like to thank all parents for their ongoing support. To the parents of our 2021 leavers, it has been wonderful getting to know you all. The graduation dinner was a fantastic night and a great way for students, parents and staff to say goodbye. Thank you to Ms Parwani, Ms Megrail and the support staff for organising a wonderful night. I wish all the students and their families the very best for the future. 

The School Board ran a process to elect two new Board members during Term 3. We are very pleased to announce that Gail Stevens and Raylene Natoli have joined the Board as our new parent representatives. Both have experience and a wealth of knowledge that will be very beneficial to the Board and we look forward to working with them in 2022.

This year, Leeming SHS ESC celebrated its 25th Anniversary. On Friday 10 December, students, staff and families past and present celebrated Leeming SHS ESC as a school community. A special recognition goes to Evelyn Riley and Lyn Johnson who are Leeming SHS ESC foundation staff members, and continue to show the same passion and dedication to their jobs today. I would also like to mention the foundation principal, Bob Meanan, who set the scene 25 years ago and installed a wonderful culture of care and support. At the assembly on Monday 13 December, we celebrated together as a school by planting an olive tree and sharing why Leeming SHS ESC is a special place to attend school and work. Thank you to Ms Allomes and all the staff involved in coordinating the 25th celebration; it was a big team effort and a great success. It was lovely to see past and present students and family, and a fantastic way to end the school year.

Goodbye and thank you to staff members leaving at the end of the school year.

Ms Scarle joined us this year and has enjoyed teaching her Year 9 class. We wish her all the very best in the future.

Mrs Dinning is going on a country adventure to a district high school in 2022. We wish Mrs Dinning all the very best, look forward to keeping in contact, and hopefully establishing some connections and partnerships with her new school.

Chelsea Hackett will be starting her teaching internship in 2022. Chelsea has been a fantastic Education Assistant during her time at Leeming SHS ESC and will be an amazing teacher when she graduates. We wish Chelsea all the very best for her future teaching career.

Two staff members, Steffi Varghese and Dharona Pillay will be joining our long list of staff on maternity leave in 2022. Congratulations to Steffi on the birth of her baby girl and we wish Dharona all the very best for the birth of her baby early next year.

I am aware that many parents have contacted the school requesting to know about class lists for 2022. Although we would like to be able to confirm classes before the end of the year, with enrolments still coming in and recruitment processes still in progress, it may not be possible. Finalised class lists will be sent in January and social stories will be available for those students who may require one.

Reports have be sent home this week and I hope you take the time to celebrate the achievements of your children. They have all worked hard to achieve to the best of their ability and every success, no matter how big or small, is important.

Congratulations to our 2022 student councillors, Oscar Cuffe-Cain and Isaac Wee. They were elected by their peers in a formal student election held on Friday 10 December. A very well deserved achievement and I am sure they will both represent Leeming SHS ESC well in 2022.

The 2021 Yearbook was sent home with students who have paid as part of their school fees. I have enjoyed looking through the Yearbook and reading about students' favourite activity or program. It was interesting to read so many varied achievements and highlights. There have been so many special moments enjoyed throughout 2021.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge all the hard work of my staff, they have strived to provide the best possible learning opportunities for our students and should be very proud of what they have achieved together with their students in 2021. 

Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday.

The School Board met on 29 November for the final meeting of this year. At the meeting, we welcomed two new parent members to our board, Gail Stevens and Raylene Natoli. We discussed the Annual Public Meeting and how we can improve the attendance. In 2022, the meeting will be held early evening, providing an alternative to day-time. 

The School Board now comprises four parent members, four community members and three staff members.

We discussed the preparations for the School Review in February 2022 and listened to a proposal for a School Alumni group from board member Joss Morgan.  

Our Chaplain, Vangi, updated the board on the Community project. In addition, capital works and maintenance items were acknowledged. Our 2022 meetings were also scheduled. 

The Board Code of Conduct and Board Terms of Reference are under review and will be discussed at our first meeting in 2022.

Digby Claydon
Chair
Leeming SHS ESC
School Board

The 2021 yearbook is now avaliable for full-fee paying families. These will be sent home with students.

The Leeming SHS uniform shop is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday between 10.15am and 1.45pm and is run by P&C members.

Junior School shirts are years 7, 8 and 9. Senior School shirts are years 10, 11 and 12.

Direct phone is 92376858

School Development Days:

Tues 26 Apr
Mon 22 August
Mon 10 Oct

Class Lists Distrubuted: Thur 27 Jan

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 'Parent Information' tab then 'Payments', 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 for 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 private Facebook group is a safe space to help parents and carers connect with one another, offer and receive support, share information, experiences and resources, and foster social connections between students out of school hours. The group is administered by the parent representatives on the LESC Board - Dawn Barker, Joss Morgan and Fran Robb. The Facebook group can be found at the link below where you can request to join. For more information, contact Fran on 0409102556 or email francesca_robb@hotmail.com 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/377265386625078

Wowee! What a term and year it has been! ESC 2 has been cracking along, busier than ever. Our class has been focused on finishing up their first full year of work placements that they have enjoyed and learnt so much from. In class, we have participated in the ESSN Market Day, setting up our Squeezy Mate business for the last time this year, and selling lots of high-quality rice stress balls.

In the last newsletter of the year, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the class of ESC 2. Poppy, Charlotte, Tia, Sian, Jone, Adam, Jack, Yu Jia, Cris, Husein and Tyeisha, you have all put in 200% effort this year and have made our time so fun and enjoyable. You all come to class with so much enthusiasm and happiness every day. Congratulations on successfully completing a great year in Year 11. You should all be very proud of yourselves. Good luck in your final year of school next year!

To all of the families, I wish you all a safe and restful holidays. You have all been amazing to work with and your flexibility has been incredible!

Term 4 has flown by in ESC 3! Each Wednesday, we were very busy with our work experience placements and preparing cards for the ESSN Market Day. Our Christmas cards proved especially popular!

We were busy carrying out kind acts for ourselves, others and the environment. We came up with lots of different acts of kindness and created a class Advent calendar that involves us carrying out a kind act each day. We have enjoyed seeing the positive impact that kindness has.

Some of our students have recorded their favourite Term 4 moments below:

Alyssa: My favourite part of Term 4 was going to Bull Creek for CBL, going to the Zoo, having camp at school and work experience at Leeming Primary School. I also liked cooking.

Skye: My favourite part of Term 4 was putting the Christmas decorations up in class.

Henry: My favourite thing about this term is going to my workplace at Café Royale and washing the dishes. I liked eating a burger in my lunch break on my work day on Wednesday.

Madi: This term I am looking forward to Family Fun Day.

Aidan: My favourite part of this term was going to work experience.

Mathematics: This term, the Year 10 students took part in a number of learning activities in Mathematics. These included the addition, subtraction and multiplication of numbers, as well as money skills involving the calculation of change. These in-class activities were reinforced with authentic learning opportunities through our community access program (Community Based Learning - CBL). In particular, students undertook price comparison of similar items at different supermarkets to maximise their savings. Another area of mathematics studied this term was basic Arithmetic Progression. Under this topic, they examined a wide range of number patterns to determine the constant differences between consecutive numbers, and students made every endeavour to derive the rule/formula governing the number sequences. They also learnt to solve worded problems involving various mathematical operations. Guided by the success criteria for each lesson, students undertook set tasks productively within expected outcomes (such as understanding the problem, drawing a model, writing an equation, solving the problem and answer the questions correctly). I am delighted to acknowledge that my students have made enormous progress in mathematics this term.

English: Independent reading and writing were among our focus areas in English this term. Basing our instructional strategy on the principles of You learn to write by writing and You learn to read by reading, students participated in regular reading and writing exercises that manifested in increased confidence and fluency. They indulged in the excitement that flowed naturally from the empowerment gained from being able to make meanings from texts, decode words, and construct their journal writings independently. The highlight for our writing this term is the opportunity for students to employ the Dressing Up A sentence learning approach to include more descriptive language and colourful words into their construction of sentences. This strategy has given them more flexibility in their use of nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to make their sentences more interesting and informative. Through their use of the Dressing Up A sentence strategy, students were able to develop their skills in sentence construction further enhanced their capacity to undertake creative writing with flavour and elaboration.

Social Skills: The social skills program and instruction for this term revolve around our whole-school Positive Behaviours Support initiative. It is targeted at teaching Unity, Self-Responsibility, Teamwork, Achievement and Respect to students (commonly abbreviated to USTAR values). A wide range of instructional approaches including brainstorming, role-playing, and researching skills have been utilised to inculcate these values in them. A considerable amount of instructional effort and time have also been expended in teaching the application of these values in students’ day-to-day living.

Wanjoo! We acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation as the traditional custodians of the land and its waters and pay respect to their elders, past, present and emerging.

ESC 5 have had an amazing end to the term with a lot of fun and education activities, and enjoyed the support of an amazing volunteer, Henry Counsel (Willetton SHS student), and Adam Di Biase, (TAFE) student. We appreciate all the time and effort they put into working with the students and staff in ESC 5.

This term, the students enjoyed going out on CBL to Cockburn Gateways. While on CBL, we went on a tour of the Cockburn Youth Centre, the Success Library, and enjoyed lunch at the food court, McDonalds and Red Rooster. The ESC 5 students consistently displayed our USTAR values while out in community and everyone did a great job with independently buying items and tagging on and off the bus and train.

We also had David from Transperth come out to the school for an incursion. The students enjoyed an entertaining and informative presentation that showed the students how to use the journey planner on the Transperth website and what to do if they need help or there is an emergency. All the students really enjoyed learning all about how to travel safely on public transport.

ESC 5 were also lucky to be a part of a special day where we had a visit from Year 12 Clontarf students from Hedland SHS for a football session. Our students also had an opportunity to enjoy a sausage sizzle, mini pizzas and a chat with the Clontarf boys. We then we finished of the day with a fun Indigenous bunting art activity.

All of us can’t believe the year has gone by so fast, and all the staff in ESC 5 have loved working with your amazing, talented, mature and hardworking sons. We hope you all have an amazing summer holidays and look forward to seeing all of you in the New Year.

As Term 4 comes to an end, we start to wind down and reflect on all of the achievements we have made and the memories we have created together in 2021.

We enjoyed our CBL program to Westfield Booragoon Shopping Centre; it was our biggest centre yet, with the longest amount of travel time, and ESC 6 absolutely nailed it! We have become so good at spotting emergency exit signs and other important sites such as fire hydrants, escalators, lifts and toilets in a range of shopping centres. We loved the responsibility of utilising public transport to travel to our destinations, and every single student in ESC 6 can tag on and off using their Smartriders with complete independence and confidence!

In Week 6, we participated in the ESSN Market Day, hosted by Leeming ESC, and our famous Silly Putty sold out! We will enjoy some of the profits with an end of term party in Week 10 and will be donating the remainder of the profits to the Pancare Foundation.

In Week 8, we enjoyed our excursion to Perth Zoo. This rewarded the class for consistently wearing their Bush Ranger shirts on a Monday. It was a great day with perfect weather and a fantastic way to finish off the year together.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my WONDERFUL Year 8.2 class; Jai, Archer, Brock, Goldie, Izzie, Rohan, Star and Ari. I have had an amazing year working with you all, and have loved being your teacher for the last two years. I am so proud of all of your achievements and of the young women and men you are growing into. I can’t wait to watch you continue your journey at Leeming. Thank you to the ESC 6 parents for your support and kindness, and a HUGE thank you to my Education Assistants Mrs Harcourt, Mrs Cabassi and Mrs Mahalingam.

Merry Christmas and I wish you all a happy and safe holiday break. See you all in 2022!

Miss Gage.

It is coming to the end of our students first year in high school! They have all come such a long way and done a fantastic job settling in. We have been reflecting on all the wonderful things they have achieved, and it is impressive what they have accomplished in just one year.

We participated in ESSN Market Day this term, selling our vast supply of loom band bracelets and bag charms. All the students did a great job working on the stall and serving our many customers. CBL has also been a big hit this term as students gain confidence ordering their lunches and navigating the shops. Next year, I look forward to taking them on bigger adventures as they try their skills at different shopping centres.

Constable Care also visited us this term and taught the students valuable road crossing skills and safety points. We have a few more exciting activities planned for the end of the year, such as our class party and excursion to Bibra Lake.

Thank you to my great class this year: Cristian, Aisha, Katherleen, Ethan, Walter, Toby, Mia, Hugo, and Xavier. It has been fantastic working with you, and I look forward to next year and what Year 8 brings! The year would not have been possible without the hard work of the fantastic Education Assistants: Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs Pillay, Ms Smith, and Mrs Radonich (who is currently enjoying her maternity leave). A massive thank you to all of you for your support and kindness during the year.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

On Friday 10 December, we celebrated Leeming ESC’s 25th Anniversary. This was a beautiful evening attended by many of our past and present students, families and staff. Our special guest was Robert Meenan, the founding principal of Leeming ESC.

We enjoyed listening to the school band, reminiscing as we looked at the photo boards and heard many stories about the journey of our education support centre.

Seeing staff and past students reunite and chatter excitedly was a joy to watch.

A fun surprise was given to all by a school board member who jumped out of a giant cake!

On Monday 13 December, Keran Davies and the senior student councillors planted an olive tree in our ESC garden to commemorate the occasion. A time capsule will also be placed in the ground next to the tree for future students to find.

THANK YOU to everyone who came to celebrate and share this special occasion with us. May we continue to grow strong and bear much fruit like our olive tree in the many years to come. Here’s to the next 25!

On 9 December, Leeming SHS ESC hosted their very first Grandparent morning tea.  This initiative was arranged to offer Grandparents who are student’s primary care givers available resources and support. Mrs Wendy Ayers from Wanslea shared vital information about the support Wanslea offers, particularly their Grandcare Scheme, via a teleconference.

This inaugural Grandparent morning tea was a fantastic opportunity for grandparents to connect and interact with each other. We hope to make this a regular event in our school calendar.

Thank you to those who came to join us.
Vangi, Leeming ESC Chaplain
Angelique Dinning, Teacher

We are finally at the end of Year 7 and what an amazing journey it has been! It was an honour to watch my lovely students develop their personalities throughout the year. 

We had lots of fun at CBL this semester. We want to give a special shout out to the gentleman at the Kebab Lads in Bull Creek Shopping who gave the students a free upgrade on their hot chips and free sweets to all the staff members. Thank you! You made our day!

The students also had a wonderful time at the ESSN Market Day, too.

It’s been a pleasure to be part of ESC 8 this year and we wish everybody Happy Holidays!

Please enjoy the pictures below.

During Week 4 of Term 4, we began a Leadership program with the Stephen Michael Foundation. This involved Macca and the crew coming to Leeming to run a sports lesson and going into the classroom to learn about leadership, sportsmanship and all of our USTAR values. The program also allowed us to travel to Fremantle Oval for half the sessions, and we took the opportunity to incorporate this into our CBL program.

The four-week program was very fun and we learned lots of new things. Here are some of our favourite activities:

My favourite activity in the program was creating a ‘care’ superhero. We dressed Sheona up in streamers, pipe cleaners and made her a cape. It was fun. -Ginger

My favourite activity was seeing the South Fremantle change rooms and running out onto Fremantle Oval to play a game of footy. I was the captain for the day and it made me feel happy. - Jake

I enjoyed playing footy on Fremantle Oval with Macca, the crew and my classmates. I felt really happy and lucky to play on the oval. - Sheona

My favourite activity was dressing Adriano up as a care superhero. Curtis, one of the coaches, was in our group and helped. Adriano looked cool! - Ethan

My favourite activity was building towers out of newspaper in teams to see who could build the highest. We had to work together and come up with strategies. Unfortunately we lost, but we worked well as a team. - Corbin

I liked going to Benny’s and eating a big burger. It was yummy. Thank you Macca for the team lunch. -Adriano

Thank you so much to Macca and the crew from the Stephen Michael foundation for giving us the opportunity to participate in this program!

What a brilliant year we have had in ESC 9. Thank you so much to all the students, staff and parents for making it such an enjoyable year. Be sure to read our end of year blurb in the yearbook!

It is hard to believe these wonderful students have almost completed their first year of high school! They began the year so unsure of what this big school had in store for them, but quickly adapted and evolved with what was expected of them. As we all reflect on what has been an incredible year, I asked the students what their favourite memories have been. Here is what they said:

Going to Year 7 camp and making new friends were my favourite memories of the year. –Maggie

I loved going on camp, CBL and hanging with my friends!’ –Jack

‘I loved everything about being in Year 7!’ – Erika

My favourite memory was going to the Zoo and swinging on the orangutan swing. –Tedial

My favourite memory of Year 7 was going to the basketball tournament. –Christian

Dancing to Gangnam Style in my Dance class was okay. –Mikaela

My favourite memory from Year 7 was going to the Zoo and on CBL. –Brianna

My favourite memory was going to the Zoo with Ms Knox. –Ollie

My favourite thing was sleeping at camp ALL night! –Xavier

Along with all the things students mentioned above, we have gone on camp, had exciting incursions for Bush Rangers, thrilling excursions to Perth Zoo and fortnightly CBL outings where everyone’s independence has flourished. I am so proud of each of their academic and social achievements this year! I am looking forward to seeing them reach for the stars in Year 8.

None of this could have been possible without an amazing team, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ever-incredible Education Assistants; Mrs Brayne, Ms Johannides (Mrs T-J) and Miss Russell. I appreciate all the hard work and fantastic efforts this year.

I wish everyone happy and safe holidays and look forward to seeing you in 2022!

I can’t believe we have already reached the end of the 2021 school year. It has been a very eventful Term 4, and will continue to be up till Family Fun Day.

To begin the Term, students were fortunate to have the West Australian Symphony Orchestra visit and were entertained and informed on a number of instruments. Thank you to Mrs Marietta Damon for arranging this for us.

Market Day was held in Week 6, and all our students enjoyed the hype surrounding this day. ESC 11 sold muffins and the profit of $2000 from this year’s business enterprise is being donated to the Lionheart Foundation. 

One of the highlights of the term was Zoe Balcome participating in the mainstream dance program. Zoe overcame her nerves to participate in the end of year mainstream dance concert. This was a huge achievement for Zoe.

The excursion to the Perth Zoo on Monday Week 6 was a terrific day out for the students, rewarding them for wearing their Bush Ranger shirt every Monday.

On Wednesday 24 November, ESC 11 participated in Fairy Bread Day. Fairy Bread Day was held to spread kindness and fundraise for ReachOut, which provides online mental health services to young people and their parents.

ESC 11 will have a traditional Christmas lunch to finish the year, where students will enjoy roast chicken and vegetables, and pavlova with fruit and cream.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ESC 11 staff: Mrs Tan, Mrs Enright, Mrs Murugan, Mrs Munzer, Mrs Randell and the large number of relief staff for their help in making this a pleasant and successful year.

Have a very merry Christmas and a happy, and healthy 2022.

It’s a wrap! Students in ESC 13 and ESC 14 made amazing progress in their final year of schooling and we look at them with pride and admiration as they move towards independence and adulthood. Some are employed, some are on their way to getting employment and others are working on post-school transition plan. My mentor once told me that the purpose or end of education is not the certificates, awards or accolades you get, but character development. We are so proud to say that we are amongst the kindest, caring, funny, thoughtful and helpful bunch of kids. 

Special mention goes to these students who made remarkable strides in the last 7 years of schooling at LESC.

Luka Orzo: AMPOL Best All Rounder

Corey Evenis: Endeavour Award

Nelly Evenis: VET Award

Joshua James: Best Sportsperson Award

Lauren Robinson: USTAR Award

Thomas Raju: Excellence in Workplace Learning

Kane Kutniewski: Independence Award

Ms Megrail and I would like to thank our amazing graduation committee members who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make the evening a memorable one for all the students and parents.

We are very proud of all our students' achievements. We wish you the very best for the amazing future ahead of you all. It has been a privilege and an honour to have worked with you all in what may be your final year of education at Leeming ESC. We wish you every success in your future ahead and leave you with this parting quote:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

As we wind down towards the end of the year, it is a good chance to reflect on the year that’s been and all of the achievements the students have made this term and beyond.

It has once again been a very busy term for the boys and staff in ESC 17. We started the term getting ready for the ESSN Pop-Up Shop, where we had great success selling Christmas craft items. All of the boys have now gained valuable knowledge of customer service and enjoyed selling the items they made. We even had a competition of whose item would sell first, and I would like to congratulate Oscar for being the winner! Unfortunately, after being a bit too confident of winning myself, my item is still sitting on a desk in the classroom waiting for somebody to buy it. I guess there is always next year.

In preparation for their big move to senior school next year, and beginning workplace learning, the boys have dipped their toes in the water by participating in a Senior School Person-Centred Planning Program and going on worksite visits to possible work placements for next year. I can sense a lot of excitement from the boys as they identify how their skills and qualities can impact the jobs they would like to pursue next year.

We wrapped up our year with a very fun day down at Point Walter. The students and staff played a round of Mini Golf before heading down to the river for a swim, a couple of bombies off the jetty and a barbeque. All the students seemed to have a lot of fun and enjoyed each other’s company.

I would like to thank all parents and support workers for your continued support this year. You have all raised wonderful boys who have been fantastic students to teach this year. To my amazing EA’s, Janet, Kym and Anne, you guys have been so kind, helpful and supportive towards both me and the students. It has been a pleasure to come to work each day to work in a team with all of you.

I hope everybody has a wonderful break and I look forward to seeing you all next year.

“Chalk Drawing, Spaghetti Fun, Giant Dominoes, Fruit Salad Ice Pops, and Bingo.
Make a Grass Head, Roll and Draw a Superhero, Water Balloon Volleyball, and Human Hungry Hippo.
These are a few of the activities we have done.
And together we have had plenty of fun!”

Leeming Link is held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, during both Recess and Lunch. Students from all year levels are welcome.

This week we enjoyed doing Christmas word searches and making Christmas decorations. We look forward to many more fun and interactive activities in 2022!

Take care over the holidays and a we wish you a very Merry Christmas.

Warm regards,
Cathy Houden and Vangi Evangeli.

U nity
S elf-responsibility
T eamwork
A chievement
R espect

This term, the school community have continued to embrace our USTAR app, and the number of USTAR tokens awarded is growing and growing! The Lucky Draw feature was used again at our Week 10 ESC assembly, and here are the student USTAR winners!

Kooper, Evan and Skye.

We also used The Lucky Draw feature to reward teachers for their positive behaviour for the first time. Here is the teacher USTAR winner!

Mrs L.

Classroom teachers are now explicitly teaching PBS lessons once a week.

In our ESC 7 PBS lessons, we have been focusing on the value of respect and how we can keep our hands and feet to ourselves in the classroom and around the school. Students used hoops to show that they needed to keep an arm's length away from other people when moving. When sitting on the mat, they used the hoops to keep their hands and feet to themselves to respect each other's personal space. Remember always ask for consent before entering a person’s personal space bubble!

The PBS Team.
Catherine Houden, Jenna Allomes, Keran Davies, Dylan Geiles, Emma Gage, Lorraine Vann, Lachlan Frewer, Angie Close, Deborah Brayne and Prudence Harcourt.

We had a busy year with the Sports Department, so it was nice to reward our hardworking leaders with a day out. The Glowing Rooms in Hamilton Hill hosted us for the first part of the day where we put on some 3D glasses and attempted to play minigolf.

What a great venue – the artwork was amazing and the staff were very accommodating! Some of our students had never played minigolf before, so it was nice to see them have a go at a new activity.

All the excitement got the students working up a big appetite, so we picked up some delicious Subway for lunch. We then ventured down to Port Coogee where we got to swim and have fun in the water. The students enjoyed playing on the boogie boards, water mats, and throwing and kicking balls around. It was a fantastic day out, enjoyed by all.

Thank you to Ms Pereira, Ms Tan and Ms Hewer for helping out on the day.

Have a great break and we will see you all next year!

We would like to take the opportunity to thank all senior students for their hard work throughout the program this year. Our students gained valuable skills and life experience in their work environments and teams, and in the class setting. they have reflected and evaluated on their performance and engagement through the skills-based lesson plans for the Authority Developed program.

At our Week 10 Assembly, Raymond was awarded with the Employee of the Month award. Through his work experience at AYLA, Raymond has demonstrated a very positive and productive work ethic that led him to gain employment at Adventure World! His engagement during the interview and induction processes was a massive achievement. We wish Raymond the very best with this opportunity. Well done Raymond, congratulations!

To finalise the program for the year, students presented their host employers with thank you hampers for providing them with the opportunity to be part of their working team. Host employers have reported that they have all also learnt so much from having our students on site, which is fabulous.

We wish all of the families a very restful and enjoyable break and we will look forward to seeing you all in 2022!

With the 2021 school year coming to an end, the Bush Ranger committee reflected on the year gone, and what an eventful year it was! The Bush Ranger program has offered the cadets varied opportunities including incursions, excursions, camps and knowledge and values, which we hope will transition into their everyday lives.

The committee has given many hours to make the Bush Ranger program more easily and readily accessible to staff so the cadets can achieve their Level 1.

Thank you parents for remaining diligent in having your child dress in the correct uniform each Monday, and to the Leeming SHS ESC staff for continuing to integrate Bush Rangers into their teaching.

Most importantly, thank you to the Bush Ranger committee for your input and work ethic throughout the year.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

A. Dinning
Bush Ranger Committee