Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 2021
Our Year 12 Graduation on Thursday 28 October was a wonderful send off to our Graduating Class of 2021! Secondary Principal, Mr Gifford honoured the students and shared these final thoughts. “As you now emerge from these formative years, I’d encourage you to deeply value …
Welcome to our Inclusive Education Coordinator, Angela Nissen
Mrs Angela Nissen has started in a new role at Carey Forrestdale as the Inclusive Education Coordinator. We asked her to share a little about what inspires her to do what she does. “The late Rita Pierson once said, ‘Every child deserves a champion: an …
Containers for Change
We now have collection bins onsite at Carey Forrestdale for eligible containers. A 10c refund from each container will go towards Sustainability and Waste Wise initiatives at the school and also to charity. Involve your whole family and get collecting! The Containers for Change WA website …
Junior Young Physicists’ Tournament
Our team of Harrisdale Year 8 GATE STEM students and Year 10 Science students had a wonderful experience competing in the Junior Young Physicists’ Tournament during the school holidays, and ended up coming joint second in the competition. The two-day tournament was held online, with …
Jump Rope for Heart
We’re very proud of our Harrisdale Year 2 students for raising over $4800 for the Heart Foundation as part of Jump Rope for Heart! The students trained throughout Term 3, and had their ‘Jump Off’ event in the last week of school. It was a …
Primary Athletics Carnival – Day 1
On Wednesday 15 September, we had Day 1 of our Athletics Carnival for our Year 3 to 6 students. This included the 200m, 400m, 800m and long jump, shot put and turbo javelin. For the first time our Year 3 and 4 students competed in …
Carey Chemistry Excellence
Three of our Year 12 Chemistry students have performed exceptionally well in the RACI Titration Competition for WA, attaining 4th position out of more than 50 teams. Congratulations to Diya, Helen and Jackson! The students performed acid-base titrations to determine the unknown concentration of a …
Meet Tracy Holmes – Our Director of Education
Here’s the First Address from Tracy Holmes, Director of Education When I first interviewed for this new role the selection panel asked me what I would share as a first address. I focussed on a book by Hillary Clinton called ‘It takes a Village‘, where …
Numero Win!
On Monday 2 August, four teams of Carey students participated in the Frank Drysdale Secondary Numero Competition Southern Heat. The competition is open to teams of four students from Years 7 to 10 to compete against teams from other Secondary schools by playing the mathematical …
A Farewell Message from Mrs Argue
On a mild August day twenty three years ago, I began my journey with Carey, and what an amazing and wonderful journey it has been! Charged with the responsibility of establishing the Primary School on our Harrisdale site, I could never have imagined back then, …
