School News

Education Award of Excellence for Leonie Francis

Career and VET Coordinator Leonie Francis has been awarded Secondary Administrator of the Year for 2009 at the West Coast Education District's Education Awards of Excellence presentation.

日本のアドベンチャー・Our Japan Adventure!

On September 19th 2009 21 very eager and excited students from Woodvale met at Perth International Airport. From here we began our 12 day culture and language tour of Japan!

Short film chosen for Principals Conference

Four of our Media students (Jessica Winterburn, Shanna Ratcliffe, Courtney Bailey and Karla Pummell) recently had the honour of having their short film chosen to feature in an important conference of Principals from Australia and New Zealand.

Internet Safety - Assistance for Parents

Student Services at Woodvale SHS has a key role in protecting the emotional, psychological and personal health and safety of all students. As a result we see daily the impact the internet and digital technology has on the lives of our young people. While the internet and digital technology, including mobile phones, provide extraordinary possibilities in terms of creativity, research and connection, it can also generate some very real dangers to a student’s wellbeing if used improperly. Our solution to this problem is to engage the whole school community in this fast changing area, so we have purchased ‘Cybersurvivor’ a web based resource that is accessible by students, teachers and parents. It is divided up into three modules: Student Module, Teacher Module and Parent Module.

Independent Public Schools – Have your say….

As you may be aware, much discussion has been happening in the media and at both school and system levels around the concept of “Independent Public Schools”. The Department of Education and Training (DET) are looking to trial this concept in 2010 with 30 schools, drawing from both primary and high schools across a range of socio-economic areas. The various flexibilities offer the chance for schools to operate more efficiently in a number of areas.

ANZAC Service

While I am always very proud of our students at Woodvale Senior High School, I was particularly impressed by them and our school at the recent Anzac Day Assembly. These assemblies have been conducted annually for four years now and they seem to get bigger and better each time.

State Baseball Champions - Woodvales "Mighty Ducks"

The 2009 version of Woodvale’s baseball team was made up of two basketballers, two cricketers, a footballer and four actual baseballers. The team was entered into the A division of Champion Schools Baseball. They managed to win their way through the preliminary rounds and into stage 2 of the competition.

Science Enrichment/Electronics at The Cutting Edge

Thanks to some additional school funding the Science Enrichment/ Electronics students now have access to the latest technology for producing their printed circuit boards.

Special Visitors from Jinan

The strength of the school’s role in the Joondalup-Jinan Sister City Partnership was formally acknowledged by Friday 27th March’s Jinan delegation’s visit to the school, which was at their request.

Woodvale SHS Ambassadors to China - Exclusive Offer to Year 10/11 students.

We are calling for expressions of interest for approximately fourteen Year 10/11 students to be part of the 2009 delegation to travel to China to represent the school and Australia.

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER COMES TO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS!

On Thursday February 12, Year 10 students braved 40 degree heat in an international game against Cardinal Heenan Catholic Sports School on tour from Liverpool, England. While the heat took its toll on our International visitors, the spirit and competitive nature of the game wasn’t lacking!

February Woodvale Communicator - News and events around the school

The February Issue of the School Communicator has been issued to students, parents and the community. In this issue ... Woodvale Achieves excellent results in 2009 ... Information about Community Service Programmes, P & C News, meet new staff, read about programmes in various study areas, 2009 staff lists and the 2009 School Calendar.

Woodvale SHS Media students win RAC Fame competition

Woodvale Senior High School has claimed the prestigious top prize in the RAC Fame competition.

Newsflash: International Program

Our International Program has been gradually building since its beginnings at the end of 2006. There is an increasing need by countries to educate their young in countries such as Australia and there is a definite move by Western Australian government schools to join this global market, and in turn to not only educate these students, but to better meet the broad educational needs of ‘local’ students.