2009 College News
The Carey Monster Fair
The Results
The 2009 Carey Monster Fair had well over 6000 people attend (huge!) and connected our Carey community together as parents, students and teachers alike rolled up their sleeves to raise money that will go towards fitting out our new auditorium. Keep holding your breath as we continue to sort out received monies and invoices.
The Thank Yous
This event wouldn't have been so successful without the foundational efforts of the Events Team, you're amazing and not afraid of working for a great result! A big thank you to the Cotham family, Indra Boyd, Christine Iacobellis, Jo Jones, Jenny Marshall, Pauline and Matt Roberts, Graham Uptom, Angie Hicks, the face painting artists, the Parent Rep's and all the people who pitched in to make the Fair the best yet.
Seriously, thank you to the Carey Community for giving your hands and time, raising money to complete the Sports Centre transformation.
Primary School News
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WACSA Soccer Carnival Held At CareyCarey hosted a WA Christian Schools Association (Primary) soccer carnival at Sutherlands Park on Friday June 26th. The teams were Year 6/7 mixed boys & girls. There were 11 Christian schools from around the metro area, including Mandurah, and Carey were the inaugural winners! It was an excellent day played in a terrific spirit of good sportsmanship and participation. |
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Primary Celebrates Cultures!Carey Primary celebrated its' 10th Multicultural Day on Friday, 19 June. A huge variety of cultures were on display with the celebrations including cooking, dancing, tasting, art, origami, storytelling and more. Multicultural Day is an opportunity to get an insight into the lifestyle of countries around the world throught the vehicles of costumes, food, literature, games,and music. Values such as co-operation, responsibility and helping are developed on the day. Students from K to year 6 are involved. This year there was a gold coin donation that will go towards buying resources for the schools we support in Papua New Guinea. |
Middle & Senior School News
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Medals of Excellence AssemblySince 2004, the Medals of Excellence Assembly is a highly esteemed bi-annual assembly that recognises students that achieve 80% A-Grades (with no D-Grade's) in a semester. Over the years there has been a rising number of students receiving these awards. For example, in 2007 there was one Year 8 student who got the award, in 2009 there are 20 students with two receiving 100%! Furthermore, the number of students achieving 100% A-Grades has dramatically increased from four in 2008, to 12 in 2009! We are very proud of these students for achieving academic excellence! |
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Fremantle Dockers ClinicOn Wednesday 10th June, Carey senior girls had an awesome opportunity to take part in a skills clinic with the Dockers. Held at Fremantle Oval, our Senior Girls Football team met with all the Fremantle Dockers for 1 1/2 hours to learn skills to impove their performance. The girls also got to meet the players, ask questions and of course, get signatures. A fun time had by all! |
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West Coast Eagles VisitBeau Waters, Tim Houlihan and Liam Bedford from the West Coast Eagles came to Carey! Our Senior Girls Football team, Junior Boys Football team, Year 9 Girls and a group of Year 7 students all had the opportunity meet and hear from these players. Skills and activities were conducted to better each student's skill, as well as a question and answer time with each player. Beau, Tim and Liam encouraged all students to keep playing and continue to enjoy the game. Carey Baptist College was selected as apart of 'Eagles School Visits' program which is run annually. |
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Congratulations!Year 12 Politics and Law student, Stephen Puttick, was selected to represent WA at the National Schools Constitutional Convention last month. Stephen was chosen as one of 12 students from WA to debate proposed changes to the Australian Constitution in Canberra in April. Stephen must have done a good job as he has now been invited to meet with the Prime Minister Mr Rudd and the Federal Cabinet this month. As a school we are very proud of Stephen and all our Politics and Law students. There has now been five representatives to National Conventions in the last 4 years from Carey Baptist College - a terrific achievement. |
Whole School News
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National Secondary School Computer Fund (NSSCF)Thanks to the Federal Government, Carey has been the recipient of funding for 157 additional computers. The objective of the NSSCF is to increase the proportion of computers to students in Years 9 - 12 in all schools, to a national target of one computer to two students (1:2). In addition, Carey has also received an additional $153,000 for IT infrastructure through the same Federal programme. This infrastructure funding has been provided to assist schools in achieving the planned 1:1 ratio (one computer per student in Years 9 - 12) by the end of 2011. Suffice to say IT's really happening at Carey! |
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Sports Centre Conversion | UpdateGreat News! The sports centre conversion is underway with a brilliant new stage being completed in the recent school holidays. The 2007 Monster Fair fundraised $10,067.82 which has been put towards the building of this large stage. This stage will be well-used by our entire College community! |
Thank You Commonwealth Government
Thank you to the Commonwealth Government for the $41,476 community water grant. The grant spend has just been completed with no-flush urinals, push-button taps and flow control valves throughout the College. Additionally there is a new electronic water meter that students will be able to monitor via the web.
Music Tuition: Change of Procedures
With Carey Music going online and our new administration software in place, we have made some changes to the way we report to parents on daily administrative matters. Lesson absence will now be handled centrally and individual letters regarding absenteeism will no longer be posted home. If an issue relating to absence arises, parents will receive an automated e-mail from the College. In view of this, please ensure your e-mail address is up to date with the College administration as soon as possible.
If an issue arises with respect to equipment, instruments, or personal management, Music Tutors will make direct phone or e-mail contact with parents.
We trust this will keep you fully informed in timely manner.
Education Tax Refund
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