Christmas Book Drive Donations
Christmas Book Drive Donations – Thank you! We were blown away by the donations we received for the Christmas Children’s Book Drive this year. A whopping 225 children’s novels and picture books poured in from teachers and staff, family groups and even from students who …
Year 10 X-Over Week
Our Harrisdale Year 10 students are thoroughly enjoying their X-Over Week! The A-Camp and ‘Down South’ groups caught up at Green Pools yesterday to have lunch together and share stories of adventures they had, had. The A-Camp have spent the week seeing sights of Albany …
Year 10 X-Over Week
It’s X-Over Week for our Harrisdale Year 10 students. Our X-Over is a Service Learning Program which sees students engaged in a variety of extra-curricular activities throughout the State, from Ningaloo Reef down to Albany. Today the students doing the Wildlife Rescue Program spent the …
Year 11 River Cruise
Last Tuesday our Harrisdale Year 11 students celebrated their final event for 2020 with a river cruise run by Captain Cook Cruises. The theme for the night was to dress as a movie character, which inspired some fantastic costumes including Aladdin, 101 Dalmatians, The Seven …
Year 8 Aviation
In Week 4 our Harrisdale Year 8 Aviation students spent the day at Jandakot Airport. This involved learning about The Royal Aero Club’s history and function, Jandakot Airport operations, flight navigation, and controls. The students went for a joy flight around the city flying from …
Year 12 Graduation Night
Our Year 12 Graduation Night on 28 October was a wonderful send off to our Graduating Class of 2020! In his address, Secondary Principal Mr Brenden Gifford honoured the Year 12’s in what has been a remarkable year globally. “As I look back over the …
Christmas Children’s Book Drive
Christmas Children’s Book Drive at our Harrisdale Library – LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO GO! We’ve been blown away by the beautiful children’s novels and picture books we’ve received so far for the Christmas Gift Tree at Bandyup Women’s Prison and Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison. We’ve …
Remembrance Day
Today we acknowledged Remembrance Day across our campuses. Our students were reminded about the significance of this day and why it’s observed, followed by a recitation of ‘The Ode’ of Remembrance, playing of ‘The Last Post’ and one minutes silence. We will remember them. Lest …
Design and Technology CO2 Dragster Competition
Our Harrisdale Design and Technology Department recently hosted the State CO2 Dragster Competition. This was an all-day event, with students from Year 9 busy scrutineering cars and racing them at high speeds down a track. So what are CO2 Cars? CO2 dragsters are miniature racing …
Sarah Benny wins Tim Winton Award
Congratulations to Carey Harrisdale Year 10 student Sarah Benny, who recently received second place in the Upper Secondary Category in Tim Winton’s Award for Young Writers ceremony. The award attracted more than 1,350 entries from school students across Western Australia, from Kalgoorlie all the way …
