16 December 2020

Editor: Jenny LeSouef
Technology: Nola Regan

NEWSLETTER 8

STUDENTS DAY 1 – MONDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2021

Year 7 students will be welcomed at 8.15am on the front lawn by their Year Coordinator and student Peer Leaders who then accompany the group to The Arts courtyard.

Year 8 – 12 students meet in the central quadrangle by 8.30am with Year 8 students seated at the front through to Year 12 students at the back, near the library.

Year 7s will be introduced and welcomed by the rest of the school and be seated. This will be followed by Welcome to Country and our Principal’s welcoming address.

Students then separate into year groups with their Year Coordinator and called into their tutor groups where timetables will be distributed. First classes will commence around 9.45am.

ADMINSTRATION OFFICE AND FINANCE OFFICE

The Front Administration Office and the Finance Office will be closed from 12 noon Friday 18 December, reopening on Monday 25 January 2021 at 10am.

Online payments can continue during the school break.

Emails will not be actioned until Monday 25 January.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE – SECONDARY ASSISTANCE SCHEME

Secondary Assistance in the form of financial subsidies is available to holders of Health Care and Pensioner Benefit Cards who meet the eligibility criteria. Application forms will be available from the school at the commencement of 2021 or by down loading from the school website 2021 Secondary Assistance Application Form Years 7-12 Education Program and Uniform Allowance. Applications close 1 April 2021. Applications must be made by the cardholder at the school as the cardholder’s signature must be witnessed by a Willetton Senior High School finance officer.

NEW SCHOOL UNIFORM – UNIFORM CONCEPTS

Our uniforms are available from UNIFORM CONCEPTS, 30 Kembla Way, Willetton. The store is closed from 19 December reopening 9am 4 January 2021.

The usual Covid-19 distancing requirements must be adhered to; so limited numbers of patrons will be permitted into the store.

If your child needs to try on a uniform you are strongly encouraged to make an appointment to avoid long wait times.

SECOND-HAND BOOKSHOP and SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP

Year 11 and 12 students wishing to sell their textbooks may bring in their books to the second-hand bookshop during trading hours or drop them off at the front office. Please ensure the required bookshop form is completed before the books are dropped off. Forms are available from the front office, School Board office and bookshop, or may be downloaded from the school website below.

Please do not bring in books that are no longer on the booklist, as we are unable to sell them nor have the facility to store them.

We also stock a range of lower school resource material, calculators, class pads, math-o-matts and language dictionaries.

SECOND HAND BOOKSHOP TRADING TIMES 2021

Located in room B23, near the canteen undercover area

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP TRADING TIMES 2021

Please note that credit card and eftpos facilities are not available.

Located in the PAC

SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS (SOS) PROGRAM

We have registered with Gilbert’s Fresh Market, Southlands to be part of the Support Our Schools Program. Please sign up with them and for every purchase you make in store, 1% of your purchase spend will be donated to the school. It does not cost to sign up, and it’s an easy way for you to support the school. To date, over $1000 has been raised just from supporters shopping at Gilbert’s.

You can still be supporting the school throughout the summer holidays.

YEARBOOK 2020

The 2020 Yearbook will be distributed around week 5 of Term 1, 2021.

This allows more of the activities held in Term 4 to be included in the publication.

TEACHING STAFF LEAVING OUR SCHOOL

Each year, we bid farewell to a number of staff who have completed their contracts. We are acknowledging a number of teachers who have been with us for a considerable period, but thank all staff for their contribution to the students of this school.

HELEN FUKUMOTO

Helen has worked as part of our Languages team for three years. Her expertise has seen her fill a range of roles. Specialising in EALD at ATAR level, teaching Japanese in the lower school and coordinating the OLNA support program for EALD students, Helen has worked with students in various programs. In 2020, Helen also worked as part of the Learning and Curriculum Support team, teaching Literacy classes in Year 8 and 9.

Helen is a positive and flexible colleague and we hope to work with her again in the near future.

RACHEL HARRINGTON

Rachel came to Willetton as a committed, hardworking technologies teacher straight from the UK. Her passion and skills with the holistic welfare of the students soon became evident and on achieving her permanency at Willetton, she became a crucial member of the student services team.

Rachel is not only a staff member but also a little sister, surrogate daughter and friend to many of us. Her boundless energy and enthusiasm for learning has meant that she has had the opportunity to fly the nest of her Willo family and spread her wings in new pastures.

We will miss her dynamic presence but wish her all the best for her new adventure at Ocean Reef who are fortunate to have her as part of their Level 3 Program Coordinator team.

HAYLEY BETTERMAN

Hayley Bettermann (a former student of this school), has been a highly professional teacher in the Humanities and Social Sciences for the past 15 years.

Hayley has been a great inspiration to many of her colleagues and has been a productive, supportive and efficient second in charge in the learning area. While at Willetton Senior High School, Hayley gained her level 3 classroom teacher status as an exemplary teacher and has been a WACE marker for Modern History.

She will be greatly missed and we wish her all the very best in her new promotional position at Harrisdale Senior High School.

EDDIE COLLINS

Eddie came to Willetton Senior High School from retirement three years ago to fill a position in Technologies left vacant by a staff member on sickness leave. He stepped in midway through the year and performed admirably in difficult circumstances and successfully completed the year. Eddie remained in this position for a further two years, and we are very grateful for his contribution. He moves back to retirement and more golf.

GRACE HAMILTON

We farewell one of the rising stars in the Science Learning Area; Miss Grace Hamilton. Since arriving as a graduate in 2015, Grace has become a highly valued member of the whole school staff as well as science, and her expertise as an ATAR Chemistry teacher has been most appreciated.

Grace will be greatly missed. We wish her well in her new appointment to Cape Naturaliste College, which just happens to be conveniently located close to the wonderful Margaret River Region.

The following staff retired during 2020 and we wish them every happiness in this new phase of their lives:

Marie Law
Diana Nelson
Ian Donaldson
Marilyn Onishi
Patricia Worthington

STOP PRESS

MATHEMATICS SUCCESS

HAVE SUM FUN ONLINE

A number of our students competed in the Have Sum Fun Online Mathematics competition this year. Students organized their own teams and competed after school for three weeks.

We had eight Year 7 teams, three Year 9 teams and two Year 10 teams.

The Year 10 teams both performed exceptionally well. From 32 teams around the state, one of our Year 10 teams came in first place and each member will receive a $25 gift voucher. Congratulations to Ian Pinto, Farhan Ahmed, Samuel Sundara Rajan and Allan Wu.

Our second team with Brian Chan, Zhi Ren Loke, Myles Boeve ́ and Nethmi Nikagoda came in equal second and were only pipped by a team from Hale who completed all three rounds in a faster time. Congratulations to these students who finished with a ranking of third.

Our student winners with Karen Gatland (Left), Principal Trevor Hunter and Head of Learning Area Zoe Tay

POETRY WINNERS

Congratulations to Kate Graham (Year 12) and Sarah Abed (Year 10) who have been recognised for their outstanding creative writing.

Sarah won First Prize for her poem The Belt and the Shoe and Kate Graham’s poem Country was Highly Commended. Both prizes were awarded by the WA Poets Association at the launch of Primo Lux in Fremantle on 7 December.

Primo Lux is a Western Australian student poetry anthology published annually and supported by WA Poets Inc. The anthology is a celebration of creativity in literature produced by youth who are skilled imaginative communicators. Each year, hundreds of young poets from schools across WA submit their works for consideration.

Willetton had a total of nine students who had their poems published in this year’s anthology. Thank you to the English teachers who supported their students in their creative writing and submitted their poems for publication.

Robert Stevenson English Teacher

WILLETTON ROTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR 2020

Congratulations to Rianda Clemons, Health and Physical Education teacher for winning this prestigious award.

ACADEMIC AWARDS LOWER SCHOOL SEMESTER 2 2020

Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding achievements in Semester 2.

YEAR 7 AWARD WINNERS

7 A GRADES

Benjamin Ju-Yeong An, Nicola Baker, Ashleigh Blackwood, Ashley Bunyapitakgate, Stewart Dunsire, Ash Durell, Scarlett Edwards, Aliya Fazwin, Liliana Flynn, Shyam Ganesh, Ruby Kirkman, Eugenia Liang, Galvin Muzoori, Cheng Foong Ng, Riya Pillai, Fathima Sheroz, Chhavi Singh, Kira Sivacolundhu, Michelle Ting, Jodi White, Chloe Wong

8 A GRADES

Abbey Chapman, Elyssa Cole, Arianna Collier, Aryan Dharmayat, Ashley Ford, Jorja Hattingh, Remy Hearn, Mirai Inoue, Shajin Islam, Daisy Kammermann, Anika Kundal, Sheng-Kai Low, Priyanka Manikandan, Alisha Maryam, Fiona Mathews, Jien McKenzie, Calleigh Phan, Sebastian Puchalski, Siddharth Rajan, Timothy Rojas Barrera, Zoharin Saalem, Jonathan Soh, Jasper Steele, Abiya Syed, Samin Tahniyat, Zoe Tan, Aleeza Tariq, Angelina Thompkinson, Ricky Thomson, Isaac Ting, Danielle Uglow, Amy Ungvari, Zac Wakefield, Megan Wilkins, Yiru Xie, Timothy Zhang

9 A GRADES

Khadija Al-Absawi, Cohen Beveridge, Zoe Bird, Ethan Cairncross, Liliana Candeloro, Ava Coulson, Ryu Ichihashi, Sai Charan Kotika, Ovya Kumar, Sarah Mohd Raya, Chloe Pang, Emma Popescu, Keira Porter, Auritri Rahman, Timothy Rojas Barrera, Subbu Elakkiaa Sukumar, Sebastien Turner, Krithick Saran Veeramuthu, Ione Villarias, Wenqi Wang, Moontaha Zaman, Helen Zhong

10 A GRADES

Yuvna Dass, Nika Harwood, Kireina Maharashtri, Promiti Sarker, Chloe Swan, Karthiga Vijayakumares, Tres Wong, Emily Yap

SPECIAL AWARDS

Nicola Baker, Hyeongchan Son

YEAR 8 AWARD WINNERS

7 A GRADES

Dinadi Ahangama Walawege, Oadira Anam, Nikita Benjamin, Nicholas Budijanto, Alyssa Cameron, Madison Evans, Giriindra Gounder, Sarina Hashemi, Kenneth Hendarman, Ella Huynh, Joshua Johnson, Merlene Koh, Latika Koteswaran, Charlotte Lappin, Xin Yi Law, Celicia Leo, Rain Low, Nila Mansouri, Chaenna Mays, Ethan Paget, Nathan Pham, Tamika Rego, Bree Rhodes, Sereena Shibu, Lakshika Siriwardena, Dara White, Natalia Wipane, Saralyn Ye, Grace Yii

8 A GRADES

Anulka Attanayaka, Ellen Brieffies, Iris Chen, Yasmin Cheung, Clare Convery, Jacinta Ellis, Emily Garton, Nguyen Hoang, Dinali Illangasinghe, Latika Koteswaran, Sophia Kuan, Kai Xuan Laura Ling, Qiqi Liu, Rain Low, Claudia Math, Shayla Mendel, Sowmya Sri Nallan, Jing-Jing Ng, Isaac Ngui, Shermonti Noor, Sophia Ody, Andreea Paliu, Alfi Nur Rahman, Anisha Rahman, Dylan Kai Ren Seet, Carrie Soo, Rithika Suresh Kumar, Mahsa Tawosli, Jeswin Thomas, William Thong, Abigail Tomazin, Fareeha Ullah, Qing Wen, Yi Yong, Leila Zaknich

9 A GRADES

Joshain Ayson, Keisha Chiang, Jessica Gauntlett, Stephanie Irons, Josie Jones, Valerie Khuu, Matthew Langford, Xinzhu Li, Monique Williams, Xinghua Zhu

10 A GRADES

Abby Rai

11 A GRADES

Nicole Rachel Tan

SPECIAL AWARDS

Ethan Paget, Sowmya Sri Nallan

YEAR 9 AWARD WINNERS

7 A GRADES

Tory Appleton, Sage Barnett, Yash Berry, Medha Bhushan, Ryan Bringans, Kah Yee Chan, Jayden Cleary, Sienna Collier, Eva Cooke, Hannah Cooke, Priyal Desai, Lainey Goveas, Mohammad Reza Haddadpour, Mara Hayes-Marche, Thejana Kottawatta Hewage, Sacha Poulet, Trisshul Prem, Clara Saitov, Gayathiri Sekar, Jesna Thomas, Cayden Ting, Sophie Wilkins

8 A GRADES

Michelle Abraham, Teresa So-Yeon An, Anton Brown, Rachel Cheong, Arianna Chia, Bometh De Silva, Kalvin Devisser, Kaelyn Feng, Jessica Hickey, Matilda Kershaw, Ee Jay Kho, Ryan Kway, Asha Le, Maegan Lim, Nathania Lo, Jerone Mathews, Roha Meer, Abuzar Muddassar, Amarni Newton-Lowe, Tammy Pham, Elisha Poole, Helena Poulose, Hannah Raphael, Ananya Sanivarapu, Sandeka Sembukuttige, Liam Soorma, Aathira Suresh, Ananyavarsha Umapathy, Alisha Westle, Gavin Wu, Roselyn Ye

9 A GRADES

Lachlan Babaeff, Gabriella Candeloro, Aiden Chuang, Lilah Floyd, Melody Furness, Piper Hearn, Emma Htut, Joshua Ibukunoluwa, Tashan Kirubagaran, Caleb Kum, Daniel Marshall, David Phillips, Alysha Picknoll, Jade Regel, Christopher Rodrigo, Teon Tong, Annabelle Turner, Hui Yi Eva Yip

10 A GRADES

Mehvish Mehboob

11 A GRADES

Harmoniche Deng

SPECIAL AWARDS

Harmoniche Deng, Mehvish Mehboob

YEAR 10 AWARD WINNERS

7 A GRADES

Jenna Allison, Myles Boevé, Brian Chan, Casey Cronin, Rujula Davesar, Yue Fan, Pratyush Jha, Matthew Lim, Jia Yue Lim, Chelsea Lim, Roshna Mathew, Andrew McKenzie, Shauwen Ng, Shaima Razzaq, Kenny Rusli, Tejass Srikanth, Samuel Sundara Rajan, Aaliyah Un, Sinkai Zheng

8 A GRADES

Fiona Abraham, Senadi Ahangama Walawege, Olivia Anderson, Albin Benz, Harshitha Bhupathiraju, Jasmine Bonser, Brandon Buckley, Gwendelyn Chee Kim Ling, James Crossley, Kelsie Dowley, Novisa Ganesan, Minushi Gangoda, Vesna Golijanin, Juseong Han, Angelica Han, Kenzo Harsono, Robert Lewis, Zhi Ren Loke, Phoebe Millgate, Dominiqua Moukine, Tiffani Ng, Joie Ng, Nethmi Nikagoda, Jacqueline Niwarlangga, Donna Saji, Samit Shaikh, Bingjie Shang, Annika Soo, Angela Thompkinson, Elyse Yong

9 A GRADES

Farhan Ahmed, Zane Bartholomeusz, Jun Zhe Ch'ng, Bianca Harle, Taeyeon Jeon, Krisha Thakar, Jade Woods, Hannah Yap

10 A GRADES

Ian Pinto, Raditya Pradipta, Allan Wu, Huw St Clair

SPECIAL AWARDS

Kartikeya Dashora, Shashank Gupta, Bianca Harle, Jemma Walker, Allan Wu