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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY
- PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
- SCHOOL BOARD
- STUDENT LEADERSHIP - CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR CUFF-CAIN
- LEEMING ESC POP UP SHOP
- NEW BEGINNINGS TO AN OLD STORY
- TERM DATES
- FEES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
- ESC USTAR & ASSEMBLY AWARDS
- POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT (PBS)
- LEEMING LINK
- ESC 1 LACHLAN FREWER
- ESC 2 DALLAS HOLDSWORTH
- ESC 3 POONAM PARWARNI
- ESC 4 SOPHIE ARNDT
- ESC 5 ENDI ENOMA
- ESC 6 AMBER BLACKBURN
- ESC 7 VICTORIA CHAMBERS
- ESC 8 LORRAINE VANN
- ESC 9 EMMA GAGE
- ESC 10 CAITLYN KNOX
- ESC 11 ANGELO CALASSE
- ESC 12 DEEPIKA KHOSLA
- ESC 13 REBECCA PUMPHREY
- ESC 14 TAMMY MEGRAIL
- ESC 15 DANIELLE BRENNAN
- ESC 17 JACK DRENNAN
- PHYS ED - RICHELLE HAWKES, JENNA ALLOMES & JENELLE HEARD
- WORK PLACE LEARNING - SARAH LOMAX
- UNIFORM SHOP
- COMMUNITY NOTICES
- FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK
- PARENTS' FACEBOOK PAGE
Community Events
The focus for Term 3 has been reconnecting as a school community after the challenging time we have all faced with COVID over the past few years. There have been many opportunities to connect through school community events this term. Pop up Shops this year was bigger and better than ever with a record number of visitors and money raised. See the Facebook link to Yaz Mubarakai MLA, who regularly attends and generously supports our annual Pop Up Shops each year. The event was also supported by Leeming SHS staff and students, local primary schools and education support schools. Thank you Mrs Houden, Ms Stewart for organising the event and to all our students and staff for creating high quality products available for sale. Money raised will go to the chosen charity for each class and towards an end of year event for students.
The Athletics carnival in week 8 was an exciting day and it was wonderful to see so many families join the fun and support their children. It was a vibrant day with the sun shining, lots of colour and smiling faces. Well done to all students for displaying our school values and congratulations to Ramsdale for winning the most USTAR tokens. Thank you Ms Heard, Ms Allomes, Ms Hawkes and Ms Pereira for organising the carnival and preparing students throughout the term in PE lessons.
The New Beginning to an Old Story event organised by Mrs Vann and the Aboriginal Cultural Standards Framework Committee to celebrate the First Nations People and educate connections to the Whadjuk land and its abundance of life, flora, fauna and history. This year we were very fortunate to have Aboriginal artist Justin Martin run a cultural workshop with students to create a beautiful painting to be displayed in the administration office. The story telling by Justin kept students highly engaged to learn more about the Whadjuk land.
The last community event this term was the Parent Expo with 25 service providers and a large turnout of families from Leeming SHS ESC, Leeming SHS, Cannington Community ESC and Kensington School. Thank you to Ms Franceschini-Piil, the Workplace Learning team and Mr Zivkovic for organising this important event, allowing families to see what services and supports are available in the community from employment to sport, recreation and therapy. It was wonderful to have an EXPO this year, providing a great opportunity for parents to network and see the large number of supports and services available.


















School Survey
Every two years all schools in Australia are required to survey the school community including parents, students and staff using the National School Opinion Survey. The survey is developed using mandated questions as well as questions developed by the School Board. The information and feedback will allow us to identify what is important to you as parents and carers in the education of your children at Leeming SHS ESC. Your feedback is very important to us and we would like to get as many of you as possible to complete the survey. Below is the link for the survey which should only take approximately 10 minutes of your time. If you have any problems accessing the survey, please contact the school. Your responses will be completely anonymous and you can access the survey at:
School Board
With members of the School Board completing their term at the end of this year, the Board is seeking nominations for a parent representative to start in 2023. 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. The Board meets twice a term on a Monday afternoon between 12:30pm – 2:30pm. 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 21st October 2022. An election will be held if the number of nominations exceeds the 2 positions. If you require any further information about the process or role of a parent representative, please contact me on 9237 6870.
Staffing
Ms Allomes and Ms Chambers will be leaving us at the end of the term and we wish both of them the very best for the birth of their babies later in the year. Ms Hackett will be teaching year 8 for Ms Chambers and Ms Lehembre will be teaching PE for Ms Allomes. We will also sadly say goodbye to Mr Simmonds who will be taking another teaching position. Ms Sutherland will be taking on an additional day, teaching Home Economics next term.
WA Student Council
I am very excited to let our school community know that year 10 student Oscar Cuffe-Cain was successful in his application to be on the WA Student Council. Oscar is one of 38 students selected from across Western Australia to make up the inaugural Western Australian Student Council for 2022 – 2023. Oscar will be attending ministerial meetings, liaising with schools and students in the region and providing feedback to the Department of Education. We are all very proud of Oscar and I am sure he will represent students in the South Metropolitan Region well. See the media announcement from Education and Training Minister Sue Ellery using the link below
It has been an extremely busy term and I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday break.
The School Board met on Monday 5th September, this meeting being a face to face gathering rather than a virtual meeting.
We were addressed by Ken Perris, Director of Education South Metropolitan Office, on the findings from the review of the school bus incident on 20th July. Mr Perris acknowledged that through his observations it was clear that student safety and well being is a priority at Leeming ESC. He acknowledged how the school responded to the incident, identifying areas of improvement in attendance and bus procedures and how quickly these improvements were implemented.
Chris Chambers, Community Disability Advocate with People with Disabilities WA continued work with the Board on the development of a school Alumni.
The Board discussed succession planning to ensure appropriate experience is maintained in the board composition with three board members ending their terms of office this year.
The Charges and contributions for 2023 was endorsed by the Board, and the timetable of school development days in 2023 was ratified.
The Board endorsed the updated Attendance Policy and Bus Policy.
Louisa Franceschini-Piil addressed the Board on the Transitions and Pathways as part of the School Business Plan. This is a very detailed and valuable component of the school plan.
Some school budget revisions were endorsed by the Board.
Our next meeting is October 24th, which will be held on line. Please record in your diaries Monday 21st November which will be a Family Open Day and the Annual Open meeting of the Board for all to attend. This will begin at 11.30am.
Kind regards to all in the school community.
Digby Claydon
Chair
Leeming ESC School Board
STUDENT LEADERSHIP - CONGRATULATIONS OSCAR CUFF-CAIN
Congratulations to our very own Oscar Cuffe-Cain on being selected to represent students from the South Metropolitan Region and Education Support Settings. We are beyond proud of your achievement and know that you will do an outstanding job representing “students who can’t speak for themselves
Oscar’s application process for state Student Council was over two stages, a video followed by an invitation to a group interview via WebEx with mainstream students from across the South Metropolitan area. The criteria was very specific. He did such an amazing job of both.
Check out the video of Oscar delivering his speech on our Facebook page.
(Artwork by Ezra Cumings Year 11)
On Tuesday 6th September Leeming SHS ESC held our annual Pop-Up shops. While there was gloomy skies and showers threatening the day, this did not stop the visitors and we enjoyed a huge crowd attendance from Leeming Senior High School, West Leeming Primary School, invited guests, parents and community members.
Students and staff worked hard and were extremely creative to make a wonderful array of class enterprises. Personalised key rings, silly putty, stress balls, spicy olive oil, shopping bags, homemade chalk and chalk boards, gift cards and dog treats to name a few, were all on sale. Displays were eye catching and customer feedback on the atmosphere and range of products available was positive. 50% or profits are donated to a charity of each classes choosing.
We were very happy to also welcome East Victoria Park ESC, Atwell College and Cannington Community ESC who also had stalls at our event. For the first time this year Leeming SHS councillors were also involved to help set up and run the event. Their participation and assistance was very much appreciated and we look forward to this partnership continuing next year.
Every year our staff and students produce high quality enterprise products and I am very proud of their 2022 achievements and how everyone conducted themselves on the day. Thank you to all staff and students for their efforts and help.








Thank you letters from West Primary School
NEW BEGINNINGS TO AN OLD STORY
Leeming SHS Education Support Centre acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation as Traditional Custodians of the Land, which we are on.
We pay respect to their Elders, past, present, and emerging; acknowledge their stories, and traditions, and celebrate the rich and continuing cultures and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Kaya! The annual New Beginings to an Old Story event was held in term 3 on the 1st of September.
Students were blessed to spend the day with the famous local Aboriginal artist Justin Martin.
Justin shared his traditional stories and dance, based on his cultural knowledge of Whadjuk country.
















The whole school and families engaged in the activities that concluded with students working collectively to paint an Aboriginal master piece that will proudly be hanged in the adminstration office for all to see. Families were treated with a meet and greet with Justin and enjoyed to a variety of sweet and sour treats made from local bush tucker herbs. These events support the school Reconicaltion Action Plan.
It was a magnicifient day and we look forward to the event growing bigger and bigger every year.
A special thank you to the Aboriginal Curriculum Standards Framework Committee. Boordawan
2022 SCHOOL TERM DATES
Term 3 | Mon 18 July – Fri 23 Sep |
School Holidays | Sat 24 Sep – Sun 9 Oct |
Term 4 | Tues 11 Oct – Thur 15 Dec |
School Holidays | Fri 16 Dec – 1 Feb 2023 |
2022 SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS:
Term 4 Monday, 10th October
Friday, 16th December
2023 SCHOOL TERM DATES
Term 1 | Wed 1 Feb - Thur 6 Apr |
School Holidays | Fri 7 Apr - Sun 23 Apr |
Term 2 | Mon 24 Apr - Fri 30 Jun |
School Holidays | Sat 1 Jul - Sun 16 Jul |
Term 3 | Mon 17 Jul - Fri 22 Sep |
School Holidays | Mon 23 Sep - Sun 8 Oct |
Term 4 | Mon 9 Oct - Thur 14 Dec |
School Holidays | Fri 15 Dec - Tues 30 Jan 2024 |
2023 SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS:
Term 1 Monday, 30th January 2023
Tuesday, 31st January 2023
Term 2 Monday, 24th April 2023
Term 3 Monday, 21st August 2023
Term 4 Monday, 9th October 2023
Friday, 15th December 2023
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 details below:
BSB Number 066040
Account 19900866
Name Leeming SHS ESC
Please remember to include the students surname and a description of payment as the reference. For example FeesBLOGGS
ESC USTAR & ASSEMBLY AWARDS
Class |
Form |
Student |
ESC 5 |
Form 7.1 |
Kevan Guruge |
ESC 6 |
Form 7.2 |
Ruby Edmondson |
ESC 9 |
Form 7.3 |
Hannah Zhu |
ESC 7 |
Form 8.1 |
Toby Munro |
ESC 8 |
Form 8.2 |
Thomas McCarthy |
ESC 10 |
Form 8.3 |
Jack Asmutaitis |
ESC 11 |
Form 9.1 |
Rohan Moir |
ESC 17 |
Form 9.2 |
Ari Zegarac |
ESC 12 |
Form 9.3 |
Sian King |
ESC 2 |
Form 10.1 |
Kooper Muston |
ESC 3 |
Form 10.2 |
Jyrah Pearson |
ESC 4 |
Form 10.3 |
Ryley Savy |
ESC 1 |
Form 11.1 |
Ayrton Squadrito |
ESC 13 |
Form 11.2 |
Makenzie Alcock |
ESC 14 |
Form 11.3 |
Skye Cox |
ESC 15 |
Form 12 |
Sian King |
ESC 16 |
Form 13 |
Maju Lindup |
Employee of the Month |
Jake Enever |
WPL - Merit Certificate |
Taine Pitt |
Phys Ed |
Shah Abdul - Year 7 |
Leeming Link | Joaquin Sinsua |
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT (PBS)
U nity
S elf-responsibility
T eamwork
A chievement
R espect
This term we have continued the explicit teaching of expected behaviours through our weekly PBS lessons. The last 5 weeks of the term focused on:
Teamwork: Co-operate and Collaborate Achievement: Speak Politely |
The last 2 weeks of the term will focus on:
Self-Responsibility: Follow Procedures |
Here are the current student and staff USTAR winners, announced at our week 10 ESC assembly:
Toby Vereker and Adrian Zuvela
Vicky Chambers
The attendance raffle winners this week were:
Gracelyn Higgs and Lily Murton
The PBS team have put together PBS prize packages filled with personalised stamps, hats, water bottles, stickers and pens and each classroom has now received a pack! These prizes will be awarded to students within the classroom who demonstrate great improvement in displaying our USTAR values.
We have also received our brand new PBS USTAR flag banners which debuted at our Athletics Carnival in week 8. Have a look below!
The PBS Team
Catherine Houden, Jenna Allomes, Keran Davies, Dylan Geiles, Emma Gage, Lorraine Vann, Lachlan Frewer, Deborah Brayne, Prudence Harcourt and Tanya Payne
How time flies when you are having FUN!
Term 3 has whizzed by, and here we are in Week 10 already.
During Weeks 6-10, we have enjoyed an eventful Leeming Link.
We celebrated our many different cultures with the mainstream school, on Multicultural Day, we chased Human Piñatas, we made cards for our dads for Father’s Day, kept ourselves active with Handball Net, challenged ourselves with “A Minute to Win It”, showed our competitive side playing UNO, enjoyed eating delicious Slow Cooker Pudding, and reflected on a very important date - R U OK? DAY.















We look forward to seeing you all in Term 4!
Happy Holidays! Keep well and stay safe.
Kind regards,
Ms Stewart J & Ms Vangi
It is hard to believe but we are already at the end of term 3! Firstly, we would like to extend our thanks to Mrs Enright, who has worked in ESC1 this year and has taken maternity leave for the remainder of this year. We wish both her and her husband Lachie all the best in this amazing next chapter of their lives.
We have had a fantastic time in term 3. We have worked hard getting our stall ready for the Pop up Shop. This year we sold infused olive oils with chilli and garlic. They were so popular that we were able to sell out of all our products! It was through excellent teamwork and involvement by all of our students that the stall was so successful.
We have also taken part in the school athletics carnival. It was fantastic to see all the USTAR values on display by our students and the sense of unity students displayed by dressing up in their faction colours. We all had a fantastic day and a huge congratulations to Ramsdale who won the carnival for back to back years. Next term, the busy schedule continues with so many events to look forward to. Our class is particularly excited for school camp which this year will be held at Pemberton.








Have a safe and fantastic holiday break and we will see you all in term 4!
Lachlan Frewer, Leanne Carter, Kylee Long, Tiana Lomax
Hello to our parents and carers
Wow we are at the end of term 3 already. Where has the year gone? We have had such a busy term with CBL, Pop up Shops, school disco, carnivals, Notre Dame visits, Bush Ranger outings and finding work placements we would like to trial for term 4 and last but not least our Fairbridge – Pinjarra year 10 camp.
Our Pop up Shop was a huge success. Students all contributed with ideas and many hours of teamwork and preparation for the big day. All of our efforts paid off as our event day was very successful with an impressionable profit being earnt. After a class discussion we have decided to donate our profits to two organisations, one being Beyond Blue and the other Childhood Cancer. We will also reward our own hard work with an end of year educational but super fun excursion. We are all looking forward to this.






Fairbridge camp was amazing as expected. We did lots of fun activities such as high ropes and we had a popcorn movie night and a quiz night also. We all won prizes and definitely did not go hungry.
Several of ESC 2 students unfortunately did not make it, due to illness, but we will make up for that in term 4.
With such a great term 3 it is hard to imagine term 4 being better but we can’t wait for it!
See you all soon ESC 2.
Mr Holdsworth, Ms Payne, Mrs Brayne, Ms Putland and Ms Thompson
As we come to the end of a busy term, there were many exciting activities that students enjoyed being involved in, and represented our school in the community.
We had the annual Sports Carnival and AFL Carnival. It was great to see everyone contributing, showing teamwork and good sportsmanship by congratulating their peers on their successes.
The highlight for this term has certainly been the Pop up Shops. Our class made their own chalk and chalk board. We raised about $200 and more than half of our proceeds will go to Heart Kids Foundation.
This term we also had the opportunity to visit several industries and students got the opportunity to have a first hand experience to learn about different jobs. At each work site, students went on a guided tour, followed by a Q & A session. These insights will certainly help shape their opinions in future My Plan meetings.




Here are some highlights from our students:
Jyrah
My highlight for this term was the pop-up shops. It was fun and l bought lots of things. I helped to make chalk and decorate our chalkboards. And l helped pack up on the day.
Another highlight for me was going on CBL to Joondalup. I liked the train ride.
Kenneth Hee
My highlights for this term were Options, E safety, CBL, 100 days of School and Sports carnival. I had so much fun this term and I really like my teacher Miss Mahalingam because she makes me laugh. I liked CBL because I like going on the buses and trains. I really loved E safety because I learned about the ratings of games.
Zoe
My highlights for this term were the sports carnival and Multicultural day.
I enjoyed the sports carnival because I got to be in so many events. I had so much fun with my friends and loved competing against the other teams.
What I most enjoyed about multicultural day was trying different foods, especially having the noodles. I love trying new foods.
Fatima
My highlights for this term were the AFL Carnival and the Pop-Up Shop. I enjoyed playing football with my friends. I received an award. The Pop-Up Shop were fun because. I got to go shopping and see what everyone had made and we ate hotdogs.
Kiara
My highlight of the semester is the camp. I enjoyed all the activities at camp and loved hanging out with my friends. I also like the Pop-Up shop, where I got to sell all the things we made.
From the ESC 3 team – Ms Parwani, Mrs Johnson, Mrs Mahalingam, Mrs Hales and Mrs Shivers
Term 3 has come and gone so quickly, and what jam packed and exciting term it was! We began our preparation for the annual Pop-Up Shops in week 3. Our boys worked very hard on making dog toys and cooked up a storm in the ESC kitchen to get enough dog treats ready in time. Other jobs included advertising our products and packaging the treats. Our stall was a huge success and altogether we made a profit of over $200! A large portion of this money will be donated the Homeless and Abused Animal Rescue Team (HAART). A big thank you to Lyn from HAART who came down on the day to support us and educate our students about the amazing work they do for the animals.








More exciting events included the athletics carnival and our year 10 camp! The athletics carnival was a great day with lots of achievements and USTAR values displayed. Together with the other year 10 classes, we drove down to Fairbridge Pinjarra and walked over the Pinjarra Suspension Bridge, challenged ourselves on the high ropes courses, participated in a Bush Ranger cleanup and even had a movie night with lots of popcorn and marshmallows! It was an exciting few days full of team building games and hands on activities.
We are looking forward to another exciting term in term 4.
I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing holidays.
Miss Arndt, Mrs Maunder, Miss Hamel, Ms Riley and Mrs Munza
Mathematics: As a practice, students begin every maths lesson with few minutes of mental maths to get them in the right frame of mind for the maths topic/concept of the day. This has become a routine that they look forward to with excitement and anticipation. Students have been busy exploring mathematical arrays in visuals and real-life. This is in realisation of the fact that using arrays to develop the concept of multiplicative thinking does enhance students’ ability to fully comprehend the concept of multiplication. Some of them are beginning to apply their skills in mathematical arrays to solving division problems and in simulated shopping activities. Students have also been learning about other mathematical concepts including whole numbers partitioning and familiarising themselves with some of the terms used Statistics and Probability. For the former, they have had plenty of fun partitioning and solving for the unknown numbers (missing parts) to develop and consolidate on their problem-solving skills. Students focused on learning the language and vocabulary of probability such as ‘will happen’, ‘will not happen’, ‘likely’, ‘unlikely’, ‘possible’, ‘impossible’ and ‘certain’ amongst others. Prior to their participation in the 2022 Sports Carnival, lessons on ‘ordinal numbers’ (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th) were delivered to raise students’ awareness of the application of maths concepts in real-life situations such as when people come 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on in various events.
English/ Community Based Learning (CBL)
My Year 7.1 Students have been engaging in different forms of writing such as recounts, creative writing, writing greeting cards and learning how to construct simple sentences. Reading in front of the class using the interactive digital whiteboard was one of their favourite activities this term as this provided them with the avenue to showcase their reading skills to their peers and staff. Engaging in this exercise regularly has improved students’ confidence and public speaking skills exceedingly. They have also been practising their spelling of sights words as part of their daily morning routine to continually grow their vocabulary.
Students went on Community Based Learning to “Leeming All Foods Market IGA” this term as part of our social skills and life skills instructional program. Given a shopping list of items to shop for, they were able to locate the items and their prices at different isles (with prompting from staff as needed). Students ordered their lunches and waited patiently for their orders to be served. During lunch at CBL, everyone sat together to learn table etiquettes and other aspects of social skills.
Bush Rangers/Humanity and Social Sciences
The Year 7.1 Cadet students have been busy learning about environmental degradation and studying the adverse impacts of plastics on our native species. They watched a video on the negative impacts of plastics on sea animals and brainstormed various ways to stop the use of plastic pollution. They have also learned the ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ slogan and their applications in the whole environmental conservation process.
In HASS students have been learning the differences between needs and wants. They have learned that ‘Needs’ are things that people need to survive and that ‘wants’ are those things that people do not necessarily need but bought to make life more enjoyable and comfortable. Students made beautiful posters demonstrating their understanding of needs and wants.
We have had a very busy second half of term in ESC 6. The students commenced their community based learning this term, practising crossing the road, hailing a bus and finding different shops at Leeming Forum. The class also enjoyed taking part in a TransPerth incursion where we learnt all about public transport. We are looking forward to developing our skills further in term 4.
In maths this term we have focused on our money skills and are developing our confidence with both money and role-play bank cards. We have combined this with our HASS, focusing on needs and wants. We have also been practising our counting and multiplication skills. We have conducted surveys in our class and across the school to tally and graph our results. We then interpret the results together.
In English we have had Indigo support with our AAC use and Predictable Chart Writing activities which has been fantastic. We have focused on our writing skills, recount skills and presenting skills. We have also looked at advertising features and then used what we have learnt to create ads for our Pop Up Shop.






The students enjoyed the school’s New Beginnings to an Old Story and Multicultural Day events. It is fantastic to celebrate all the different cultures that make up our school. We enjoyed trying different foods, listening to music, colouring in and painting activities.
We have loved getting creative for our Pop Up Shop: ESC6 Craft Creations. We have been busy making items to sell and creating our advertising materials. Pop Up Shop day is a highlight of the year, and the girls had a fantastic day selling their items and raising money. They also loved seeing what all the other classes had made and having the opportunity to have a shop for themselves! Thank you to all our families for your support of our business enterprise.
We also had our annual athletics carnival this term. The students all worked very hard in their sports lessons to prepare for the day. They all demonstrated USTAR behaviours and are to be commended on their teamwork and sportsmanship. The way that all the girls accept each other as they are and support each other is beautiful to see, and is an example to others.




A big congratulations to all our students on completing Term 3, which had lots of new experiences! Thank you as always to our amazing team who support the girls each day, Mrs Bregger, Miss V and Ms Musson, you are USTARS! We are looking forward to another great term in term 4.
What a fantastic and busy term 3 it has been! The class worked hard creating macramé plant pot holders and potpourri bags to sell at their stall during the pop-up shop event. The students did a great job following step-by-step instructions to make their items. They then checked them with a finished product to ensure they met quality control standards before the students could sell them at our stall. On the day, everyone was very excited and couldn't believe how many people turned up and bought items from us. The class made over $300 and will use a small portion of the money for an end-of-year treat, and the rest will go to the Assistance Dogs of Australia charity.
On Friday of week 8, the class had an athletics carnival, and we were blessed with beautiful sunshine for the day. Everyone showed their USTAR values and good sportsmanship on the day by cheering each other on and helping out peers to reach the finish line. It was a great day that all finished off with a well-deserved hot dog.
I will be away on maternity leave from next term, and I want to thank all the students, parents, and staff for being so supportive since being with ESC 7. I wish you all the best for term 4, and I am sure you will all do fantastic with the new teacher.
Have a great school holiday from,
Ms Chambers, Ms Smith, Ms Jones, and Mrs Chamberlain
Leeming SHS Education Support Centre acknowledges the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation as Traditional Custodians of the Land, which we are on. We pay respect to their Elders, past, present, and emerging; acknowledge their stories, and traditions, and celebrate the rich and continuing cultures and contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Another wonderful term filed with many fabulous learning experiences. We farewelled Mr C and welcomed the lovely Miss Farmer to the Year 8 team.
We enjoyed a wonderful community day with the Pop-Up Shop and wish to thank families for coming along to support classes enterprise project and purchasing student made items.
We celebrated the schools annual, New Beginnings to an Old Story event, with a famous local Aboriginal artist Justin Martin. Justin shared traditional cultural knowledge of Whadjuk country through stories and dance. The students engaged in activities that concluded with painting a section of an Aboriginal masterpiece that will be hanged in the administration office.
Students are to be commended for displaying teamwork and unity during the Athletics carnival, participating in individual and team events. Also, a huge congratulation to Liam and the interschool AFL teams for winning first place.








In Bush Rangers, we recognised, Threatened Species Day, on September 7th and have been learning about the numbat and the snake-neck turtle. We investigated the Department of Biodiversity, Attractions and Conservation (DBAC) Western Shield project, and discovered 1080 baits are used to poison fox and feral cat predators.











A huge thank you to the students and their families for another fantastic term. It is hard to believe the last term of year 8 is almost here.
I wish to acknowledge and thank the great ESC8 team, Mrs Louise, Mrs Xavier and Miss Farmer, because their hard work and dedication makes all the difference. Thank you!
Kind regards
Lorraine Vann
Term 3 has come to an end, and what another fabulous term it was! In week 6 ESC9 began preparation for the annual Pop-Up Shops. We worked extremely hard and started the production process for our product; Silly Putty! We demonstrated fantastic teamwork and work skills by following a recipe to make the putty, keeping track of our products using an inventory and packaging the products appropriately and attaching the labels. We marketed and advertised our products, leading up to the event, by displaying posters around the centre.
In week 8 the Pop-Up Shops arrived, and we all looked so professional in our Silly Putty t-shirts. Our stall looked awesome, and everyone did a fantastic job at following a work schedule to know when we were on stall duty and when we had shopping time at the other awesome stalls! We kept track of our selling products using an inventory, and handled money and gave our customers their change when necessary.






It was a HUGE success and our stall was very popular, especially with the Primary School students who visited. Altogether we made a profit of $200 and donated 60% of the profit to Autism Association. We will use the remaining 40% of the profit to go towards an end of term party to celebrate all of our achievements. Well done ESC9!
At the end of week 8 we enjoyed the Leeming SHS Athletics Carnival. It was a great day with lots of achievements and USTAR values displayed.
Happy holidays everyone! We will see you in term 4.
Miss Gage
It’s hard to believe it’s the last week of Term 3! We’ve had some incredible moments over the last 5 weeks and because all the students have been working so hard, we know they will definitely enjoy the 2 week holiday that awaits them!
The skills we learnt in PE paid off with our Athletics Carnival last week, it was a great day and everyone gave it their all! Pop-Up Shops was in Week 8 and all we can say is – WOW! There was so many amazing enterprises displayed and products on offer. Check out more moments captured by the team below.

















Here is our student’s holiday plans for the next 2 week:
Jack: ‘I’m going to spend some time with my nephew’
Maggie: ‘I’m going to go to the Royal Show, I can’t wait!’
Clare: ‘I’m going to the Royal Show and to Manjimup with my family’
Erika: ‘I’m going to live my best life playing my iPad’
Chris: ‘I would love to go to the Royal Show and go fishing’
Xavier: ‘I would like to go to the swimming pools’
Mikaela: ‘I’m going to Dunsborough with my family’
Ollie: ‘I want to play Minecraft and Roblox online with my friends’
We hope you stay safe over the holidays and enjoy the time off! See you bright and fresh for Term 4!
ESC 10 Team
Ms Knox, Miss Russell, Mrs T-J and Ms Palma
Wow!! What a jam-packed term this has been! Everyone in ESC11 has been working extremely hard and it has been awesome to see our class support each other and work together as a team to achieve some fantastic results.
Our main program we have been working towards this term has been our Pop Up Shop. This year, our class decorated shopping bags using a combination of paint, fabric markers and stencils to create some amazing designs. We also decorated some smaller bags and filled them with some yummy home-made ANZAC biscuits. I was particularly impressed by the way each of the boys conducted themselves at the stall and demonstrated superb USTAR qualities through using their manners and being respectful of everybody.




Mr Calasse and Team ESC11
ESC 12 staff and students have worked together showing resilience and team work during weeks 1-8 during my absence this term, coping well with change in staff. You are all USTARS!
The highlights for these five weeks have been the Pop Up Shop, New Beginnings to Old Stories (Aboriginal History), The Sports Carnival and the HASS Excursion to Elizabeth Quay. The staff and students worked tirelessly for the Pop Up Shop to create beautifully crafted decoupage planters to sell potted plants and guess what, we raised $393! Part of the money raised will go to Armadale Reptile Centre.











The students enjoyed working with Justin Martin from Djurandi Dreaming to make a collaborative piece of art using dot painting to represent native flora.
The Sports Carnival was a super hit with enthusiastic students dressed up in their house colours, cheering and encouraging each other. Great representation of unity, team work, respect and achievement.
Teaming up with Notra Dame buddies on Fridays has been quite fascinating. Our students were thoroughly engaged and enthusiastically participated in the sports program.
The students have been learning about natural and man-made landmarks in WA for tourists to visit. They visited Elizabeth Quay, Bell Tower, and Barrack Street Jetty. They identified some restaurants, cafés, hotels and activities for tourists around Elizabeth Quay.
We are looking forward to Term 4 with Year 9 camp to Dwellingup in November and festivities coming up in December.
Deepika Khosla
Teacher ESC 12
As this very busy term draws to a close, we can now sit back and reflect on all the fantastic activities and accomplishments of the students in ESC 13.
A key focus in Term 3 has been Workplace Learning, with all Senior School students attending a new workplace environment this semester. Student feedback to date has been very positive, with students enjoying the change of environment and having the opportunity to learn new skills. Semester two placements for ESC 13 students include the Abilities Centre - Cash for Cans program, Meerilinga Childcare Centre, Australian Post and A H Bracks Library.
In Week 6, Pop-Up Shop event was held, and the day was a resounding success. The students in ESC 13 created beautiful handmade decoupage Christmas baubles and stars to sell. The students’ hard work paid off and all the baubles and stars sold out before the end of the event. It was a super fun day, and the students ran the ESC 13 shop like professionals. A big thank you to all the parents who came along and supported the event.
Another newsworthy event this semester was the whole school Sports Carnival on Friday of Week 8. Well done to all the students for showing their team spirit, dressing up in creative ways, displaying their different house colours. There was a veritable rainbow of tutus and brightly coloured wigs on show. The students were great sports, participating in all the events enthusiastically and supporting their team members.
Next term will be a busy one with lots of fun events to look forward to, with one particular highlight being the Year 11 camp to Lake Leschenaultia with 11.3.
To all students and families, have a safe and relaxing holiday break and we will see you all in Term 4!
It has been a very busy past few weeks. Apart from all the fabulous work students have completed in class, we had our annual Pop Up Shops which turned out to be the biggest and best yet! In preparation for the hundreds of visitors to our school, students made glittery pet rocks and coloured play dough to sell. It was wonderful to see students greeting their potential customers, explaining their different items for sale, and remembering to use their manners thanking customers. Our stall was a huge success, with half of our profits going towards an excursion to the WA Museum, and the other half was donated to the Perth Children’s Hospital.
Another annual event that has taken place this term is the whole school sports carnival. Students wore their faction colours with pride. Events included tunnel ball, leader ball, sprints and a teacher versus student relay race. It was great to see enthusiastic participation and everyone trying their hardest.






Wow, what a busy term it has been. We have been showing so much unity as a class, working together on our Pop-up Shop products and creating a Business plan to make a profit. The Pop-up Shop morning was such a success, students enjoyed enhancing their customer service and money handling skills. We had so many great shopkeepers! We raised a total of $345.00 through our pop-up shop which is just an amazing outcome. Half of this money raised will be donated to the Ukraine Emergency Appeal, this was decided on through a class vote by the students. The remaining money will be used for the student’s end of year leisure activity, students are very excited about this.
We also enjoyed taking part in our annual sports carnival last week where we displayed some great sport skills! We especially enjoyed the tug of war event and the running races. Sadly students didn’t beat the teachers in the relay this year but there is always next year! A big congrats to Ramsdale faction who took the carnival crown this year.
In class we have been completing tasks for our ASDAN units and preparing to continue with our CBL programme next term. We are really looking forward to spending our last term together as a class next term and looking forward to the upcoming holidays.
We hope everyone has a happy and safe holidays.
ESC15 staff
Hello Parents & Carers
Firstly congratulations for everyone for getting through a very busy Term 3. I hope everybody enjoys the holidays ahead, they are well deserved. This term, while it has been very busy has felt like it has flown by, and while looking back it is amazing what all of the students and staff have accomplished in ESC 17 this term.
This term students have had great fun going to Notre Dame University to participate in sport lessons with their buddy. It was great to see the students also interact with their buddies at the School Sports Carnival. It was a great day and great to see so many students participating in lots of different events.
We also worked very hard to make a number of ceramic pots full of succulents or candles for our annual Pop Up Shop. It was a great success with our store ‘Flames & Flowers’ selling majority of our items, allowing us to donate $235.00 to the Beyond Blue foundation. Thank you to everyone involved in this great day and especially to my EA's Mrs Buchanan, Mrs Murugan and Mrs Botha for their tireless work organising the materials and coming up with great ideas.
The end of the year does not seem far away now. I hope you all enjoy your holidays and are ready for another big Term 4.
Kind Regards,
Jack Drennan ESC 17 Teacher
PHYS ED - RICHELLE HAWKES, JENNA ALLOMES & JENELLE HEARD
Term 3 has been full of events and excitement in the Health and PE department! During week 8, we took part in two carnivals - Kickability AFL Carnival and the Leeming Athletics Carnival.
Congratulations to all the students who represented Leeming in the Kickability AFL Carnival on September 7th at Kostera Park in Kalamunda. We took two teams to the carnival, who versed various Education Support Centres and schools, in modified footy games. Both teams demonstrated all USTAR values throughout the day. It was amazing to see our students display sportsmanship and support towards other teams too. Well done to both Leeming teams who were undefeated the whole day. Leeming 2 came away with the Division 3 trophy, with Leeming 2 narrowly missing out in Division 2.
Congratulations to Jake Lewis and Oscar Cuffe-Cain who were awarded fairest and best awards by the carnival organisers. Thank you to all the staff, students and parents who supported us on the day!












On Friday September 9, Leeming ESC and Leeming SHS hosted our annual House Athletics Carnival. We had our first taste of spring, with the sun shining all day! Students participated in lots of events this year, including, leaderball, under & over, tug of war, 50m/100m sprints, pass ball, tunnel ball, hurdles and baton relays. It was fantastic to see all students smiling and enjoying themselves. We were especially impressed with the unity and teamwork, displayed by all, throughout the day. The PE team would like to thank the staff members who came and assisted early in the morning, with carnival set up/ prep. And a massive thank you to all staff, parents, carers and students for their positivity, hard work and support during the day. Congratulations to Ramsdale who took out the House Shield for the second year in a row!!!
























Sadly this term, we farewell Ms Allomes, as she heads of on maternity leave! We are going to miss you around the place Ms Allomes! Good luck with everything and we can’t wait to meet your little bundle of joy!
Have a safe and enjoyable school holidays everyone!
WORK PLACE LEARNING - SARAH LOMAX
The workplace learning Employee of the Month goes to Jake Enever. Jake has demonstrated all of the USTAR qualities at his placement with the Ability Centre this term. He is a valued member of the team and his hard work efforts have been recognised by his supervisors. Congratulations to Jake.




A special mention to Taine Pitt, who has been delivering pamphlets throughout the year within the local Leeming community. Through sunshine and rain, he has approached each shift with a positive attitude!
In term 4, we look forward to welcoming the year 10 students into the program. We are excited to get to know them all as they join the rest of the senior school students engaging in a variety of industry placements.
We also are delighted to share some new and exciting host employers that will also be on boarding to support students in term 4 through the workplace learning program; Baby Bunting, Canning Community Mens Shed, Fremantle Accident Repair Centre, Pet Stock Claremont, and TDL contracting at Optus Stadium (horticulture).
Workplace Learning will recommence in week 1 of term 4.
The Leeming SHS uniform shop is open every 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.
Last day of trading for 2022 is Thursday, 8 December 2022.
School Holidays Opening Times
Friday, 27 January 2023 - 8.30am to 3.00pm
Monday, 30 January 2023 - 8.30am to 3.00pm
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 - 8.30am to 3.00pm
First Day of School 2023 Opening Hours
Wednesday, 1 February 2023 - 8.00am to 1.45pm
Due to Government regulations and in an effort to support our planet, as at 1st of July 2022, please ensure you bring a bag to carry your purchases in.
For more about uniforms call us on 92376858
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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