claire, Author at Harrisdale SHS - Excellence in Learning and Teaching

2022 Music Concert

December 2, 2022 by claire

On Thursday 20 October, we held our highly successful 2022 Music Concert. We had more than 190 music students perform throughout the evening (fourteen school ensembles total), and our large audience was treated to a wide variety of musical styles.

A huge thank you to the music students, as well as the friends and family who joined us in the audience, for making the night a great success!

Year 6-7 Transition Day

November 15, 2022 by claire

Over the weekend, we held our Year 6-7 Transition Day event as a warm welcome to our incoming Year 7 Cohort who will be joining us in 2023.

It was fantastic to see our current students eager to help support their younger peers, who with their guidance, incoming students were able to explore our wonderful school and the facilities we have to offer. The day included the opportunity to sample subjects across Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, Drama, Dance, Physical Education and Technologies.

Students also met their peers in their Home Room and work collaboratively with them through a number of ‘Ice-Breaker’ activities and the Harrisdale SHS Amazing Race Challenge!

We are excited to welcome the Year 7 2023 Cohort and look forward to helping you along your high school journey next year. We hope you enjoy the remaining weeks of your primary school journey – we will see you next year!

Year 7 Student Councillors visit City of Armadale Council Chambers

November 11, 2022 by claire

Yesterday, our Year 7 Student Councillors visit the City of Armadale Council Chambers to take part in a Leadership exercise. It was a fantastic day! Our students were highly engaged and behaved excellently. Students engaged in leadership activities throughout the day, including the opportunity to meet and speak with the Armadale Mayor Cr Ruth Butterfield and hear from Police Sergeant Simon Rimmer who talked about leadership and what it’s like to be on the Police Force. They also met and spoke with local media journalists and toured two museums.

This opportunity created a core memory for our Year 7 Student Councillors.

2022 National History Challenge State Presentations

November 3, 2022 by claire

Over the weekend, a number of Harrisdale SHS students attended the 2022 National History Challenge State Presentations. Our Year 10 students Raina, Lufei, Elana and Shruthi completed the activity as part of their Humanities and Social Sciences Formative Assessment for History, creating a website on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 and were selected as the National Winners in the category of their year level, and are the only National Winners from WA in 2022!

Based on the NHC theme for 2022, 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, they took us on a journey of Bollywood. As a result, these four Harrisdale students are off to Canberra at the end of the month!

In addition to the success of the above students, we would also like to congratulate our other winners;

Year 7 student, Griffin Tojo, winner of the State Gold in the Year 7 category with his essay on the Causes and Consequences of the RMS Titanic. Along with the State Silver winners; Chris Gregory Babu (Year 7), Evan Johnson (Year

, Ronnel Sunogan (Year 9) in the Special Category of Indigenous History and Year 11 student, Layla Cochran in the Year 11/12 category.

Congratulations on being selected as the National Winners and to all our students who took part in the challenge!

Zero2Hero Chevron Compassionate Communities

October 28, 2022 by claire

Our Student Councillors and Peer Support Leaders have been selected to be involved in the zero2hero Chevron Compassionate Communities Program. This program consists of a series of workshops and activities that explore topics relevant to young people with the intention of accessing and cultivating compassionate systems and motivation. Compassion for oneself and for others is an increasingly vital emotional skill that can help us navigate some of the most difficult realities of being human. The program includes creating compassionate school communities, emotional regulation, improving self-talk & self-care, recognising struggle in friends, family & communities, and aligning decision-making to the personal value system. Students will design and present a compassion-based project at Harrisdale SHS in connection with the local community. We look forward to this project created by students for the community.

Year 7 Wellbeing Program

October 27, 2022 by claire

As part of our Wellbeing Program, our Year 7 students have had the opportunity to take part in various Mental Health and Well-being activities over the past couple of weeks.

They were joined by 2020 Tokyo Olympian, Shannon Reynolds, in partnership with the Australian Institute of Sport and the Black Dog Institute, who delivered a presentation on how to build Mental Fitness. Shannon shared some helpful tools and techniques for practising gratefulness, developing endurance and the importance of overall wellbeing.

The classes were also joined by Tom from HelpingMinds, who covered Safety on Social Media. This highlighted the benefits as well as some of the negatives of using social media, and ways to use it in a safe and healthy way.

2022 Interschool Athletics

October 26, 2022 by claire

Harrisdale SHS takes home the trophy again in this year’s Interschool Athletics Carnival!

Well done to all the Harrisdale SHS students who participated in last week’s interschool athletics carnival. Congratulations on your efforts, your time and dedication have certainly paid off!

Over 110 events were held throughout the day, with Harrisdale students placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in a majority of the events, finishing on 1166 points!

𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 1166 points

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 914 points

𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 825 points

𝘈𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 644 points

𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘦𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 616 points

𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 611 points

𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 602 points

𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 546 points

2022 Interhouse Athletics

August 24, 2022 by claire

…and the winning house is Skeet!

Today winds up our 2022 Interhouse Athletics Carnival.

Congratulations to Skeet house for finishing with a combined score of 7825 points! Closely followed by

Second Place – Forrest House on 7069 points

Third Place – Keane House on 6664 points

Fourth Place – Harris House on 6116

Congratulations to our Champions and well done to all the students who participated in the carnival and those who came to show their support. We commended you on your behaviour and sportspersonship throughout the course of the days.

NAIDOC Week

August 10, 2022 by claire

Over the course of last week, Harrisdale SHS recognised NAIDOC Week, celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Students engaged face painting, yarn bracelet making, canvas hand paintings and the ‘Get Up, Stand Up, Show Up’ poster activities. On Wednesday, we welcomed the return of the Wesley College Moorditj Mob, who performed a cultural dance performance to our Year 8 Cohort. Our program continued onto Friday, where our Year 7-10 Cohorts participated in educational storytelling and yarning circle workshops through the day, led by Aboriginal Productions Company. Students learned about the significance of local Indigenous regions, culture and values, and the history of NAIDOC.