Parent Teacher Interviews
Gifted and Talented School Tours
Parents and carers who are considering enrolling their child at Harrisdale SHS for the 2023 Gifted and Talented Program are invited to attend one of our School Tours to be held by our Principal Angie Thomas on the following dates:
This tour welcomes parents/carers along with your child who has completed the Gifted and Talented testing process held in February 2022.
The 60-minute tour will start at 3.15 pm from the front of the school (outside reception) and conclude at 4.15 pm.
Please select one of the above date options for booking.
2022 School Tours
Parents and carers who are considering enrolling their child at Harrisdale SHS in 2023 are invited to attend our School Tours to be held on the following dates:
This is a ‘parents/carers only’ tour. Students who are enrolled at Harrisdale SHS will visit the school for Transition Day due to be held Saturday 15 October 2022.
The 45-minute tour will start at 3.30 pm from the front of the school (outside reception) and conclude at 4.15 pm.
Numbers are strictly limited to 60 people per tour, based on a first-come basis. To secure your place on this tour RSVP as soon as possible, as places fill quickly.
Please select one of the above date options for booking.
We welcome you with the Wadjuk word for hello – “Kaya”.
Today, the addition of a new artwork graces the foyer of Harrisdale SHS. Over the past few weeks,15 of our Aboriginal students have been working with an Aboriginal Resident Artist to design, develop and produce a piece of artwork. The students engaged in variety of artist workshops to plan and workshop ideas for the artwork piece. The students worked with the artist and our Aboriginal Mentor, Kylie, to develop the story of Harrisdale SHS. Reflected below is the “story” of the artwork piece.
Sharing our story, the story of Indigeneity and Harrisdale SHS is represented in the artwork that we have created as a student community.
The centre of the work is focused on who we are and where we have been. This is the acknowledgment of our ancestors and the ancestors of all Aboriginal people.
Here we welcome you with the Wadjuk word for hello – “Kaya”.
We also remind you to be respectful of the land and peoples with the phrase “As you take your next steps remember that you walk on Aboriginal land”. Harrisdale Senior High School is located on the land of the Wadjuk people of the Noongar nation, but across the country you walk on the lands of different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This is also an acknowledgment that the Aboriginal students at Harrisdale Senior High School come from different mobs, including Yamatji, Torres Strait Islander, Wongi and Pibleman.
Branching from the centre, are four sections. Each section is a representation of the four pillars of Harrisdale Senior High School – Respect, Responsibility, Care, and Excellence. The lines are representative of our journey of learning and growth, both as students and as young adults in our communities.
Smaller dots in the school colours of blue and green are also the colours of the waters and lands that the school was built on.
While the larger circles, each containing a handprint from a Harrisdale SHS Aboriginal student demonstrates our connection with culture and with each other as a community of students.
Our Year 8 Girls Have a Hands on Building & Construction Experience!
Today marks the start of a fantastic opportunity now available to Year 8 girls wishing to get involved in Building and Construction! 
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👷The National Association of Women in Construction – NAWIC WA Chapter in collaboration with the Construction Training Fund and MPA Skills invited Year 8 female students to participate in a fun-filled day in a Try-a-Trade program. Students spent the day at MPA Skills in Maylands where they had the opportunity to try three diverse trades, trying their hand at painting, plumbing, and carpentry, which included rigging a sprinkler system and a session on safety using carpentry equipment before creating their own initials from wood.
The students left the day excited and happy with their new skillset, along with a goodie bag and their very own hi-vis vests.
Ready, Set, Beach!
Over the weekend, students from Harrisdale’s Volleyball club participated in the VWA High Schools Beach Club Volleyball Tournament held at City Beach. Near-perfect weather conditions of slightly cloudy and little wind made an excellent environment for Harrisdale SHS success! Four teams earned silver medals and one team earned a gold medal – a fantastic result! Congratulations to all students involved. 
Year 7’s Enjoy their first HSHS Swimming Carnival!
This week, Harrisdale SHS hosted their lower school Swimming Carnival. It was a day of friendly competition and an opportunity to build companionships with their peers. Congratulations to Harris House for taking the lead, finishing on 2085 points for the day. A huge congratulations to our championship boys and girls, as well as all of our competitors for the day. A fun day was had by all!
Don’t forget to keep an eye out for our next edition of the Harrisdale SHS Newsletter for full results of the day.
Exploring Physical Theatre
Last week, Mrs Spanbroeks Year 10 Drama students welcomed Ben Rogan from Black Swan Theatre into the classroom. On Friday, students participated in exercises exploring Physical Theatre, embodying different elements and characters, bringing scenes to life!
Introducing Our Year 12 Head Student Councillors for 2022!
It is our pleasure to announce Harrisdale SHS’s very first students to represent the Year 12 cohort as the 2022 Head Student Councillors.
Congratulations to Amber and Ethan, who have been selected by their peers via secret ballot to represent their cohort. The students had a very difficult decision given the quality of the nominations.
HSHS’s Gifted and Talented STEM program
Yesterday evening, Harrisdale SHS hosted the final event for the foundation class of the HSHS Gifted and Talented program.
Students had the opportunity to showcase their STEM projects for Semester 2 for parents and carers and celebrate their success. The students brought together some amazing group projects including sustainable inventions as part of their MARS in Schools Science competition where they created a biodome model with VR headsets, a digital journalism project in which the students created their own website, as well as a LEGO competition!
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