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• Student safety is everyone’s business

The safety of students travelling to and from school is one of the most important issues for school communities, and the only way to improve the safety is for the entire community to work together.

We understand how important it is to work together with the parent community, neighbours, local councils and traffic authorities, and we are currently in conversation with local government, Main Roads and the Police Department about traffic in and around the School. We realise that there is no one way to deal with all traffic congestion, and that is why we have implemented a range of things to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety.

We have staggered finish times, facilitated a drop off/pick up zone, created a map identifying pick up locations a short walk from the campus and subsidised bus transport to many of the suburbs.

Recently we have been concerned about a number of actions that have the potential to increase the risk of a serious accident.

We ask that parents:
• Use the designated drop off/pick up loop near Sandover
• Reinforce with their son to cross Queenslea Drive with the crossing guard
• ELC students use the yellow dot parking and clearly display their name card on the car dash
• Use the bus bay in the morning for drop off and do not park across driveways into the School

We ask that parents do not:
• Allow their son to exit the car when the car is in a queue of traffic
• Pull up and park across various driveways and entrances to the School to let their son exit the car
• Park in Staff carparks near the Main Administration Building and the DTV building

Please consider buses and trains
The School has subsidised buses to and from:
• Karrinyup
• Subiaco
• Floreat
• Southern Suburbs

The Claremont train station is a 6-minute walk from the School and there are Transperth buses running along Stirling Highway in both directions regularly.

Stirling Highway crossing
Senior School boys are expected to cross Stirling Highway at the lights (observing the walk signals) or over pass. They are also expected to cross Queenslea Drive at the crosswalk or roundabout island.

Senior School students
Parents of Senior School boys are encouraged to empower their boys to be independent and:
• Travel on the School subsidised buses
• Use Transperth buses
• Take the train from Claremont Station – 6-minute walk from the School
• Walk home
• Walk a little way from the campus to be picked up
• Ride bikes or scooters

Thank you for reading and considering the above in relation to your circumstances. We ask that parents are considerate of others and demonstrate respect by following traffic signals and rules.

Mark Morrissy
Acting Principal

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• Indigenous Round
• Winter Sport
• Cold and flu season

Last week was very eventful as we celebrated National Boarding Week and IDAHOBIT Week, saw the conclusion of the Year 8 combined Cape to Cave programs, and finished by watching a sea of colour race around Kings Park in the Inter House Cross Country Competition, with Craigie taking out line honours.

This week sees the beginning of the Year 9 nine-day Outdoor Education camps at Kooringal. Students in Year 10 are now entering a phase where their academic performance will be assessed and form the basis for decisions about their Year 11 subject selections. For some, this will elevate the need to make better use of the resources available to them as they aim for improved outcomes. This week also marks the beginning of the Year 11 and 12 Semester 1 exams.

We look forward to celebrating the Indigenous Round throughout the PSA fixtures against Guildford this weekend, where our AFL firsts boys will run out onto the grounds wearing the Indigenous Round jumper designed by Year 9 Nhanda Yamatji Noongar student Kayde Kelly. The 1st XVIII Football team partnered with Indigenous and Torres-Strait students to paint their football boots for the upcoming Indigenous Round this weekend. The students shared the stories and meaning behind the designs with the 1st XVIII players as an act of reconciliation.

As the winter sport season continues and the daylight hours fade, it is important to ensure arrangements regarding collection of boys after training, be it at school or the training venue, are clearly understood by all concerned. Supervising staff members on bus duty after training have been advised not to leave any boys unattended at sporting venues. Please note that there is always an ‘after-school duty’ staff member available on campus until 5.45pm, who can be contacted on 9442 1555 should you encounter problems. Details regarding all Friday and Saturday school sport fixtures, including bus departure and return times, can be found under the sport section in CCGS World.

We are experiencing the arrival of the cold and flu season and some COVID-19 cases in our senior school. As parents, can I please ask you to encourage your son/s to take responsibility for personal hygiene by washing their hands regularly, using the sanitiser that is still being provided by the school and to be mindful about physical contact during the school day. If your son is displaying flu-like symptoms, please keep them home and test for COVID-19 as a precaution.

Upcoming Senior School Events

• PSA Sport v Guildford – Friday 26 May and Saturday 27 May
• Mid Term Break – Friday 2 June to Monday 5 June
• PSA Surfing Titles – Friday 2 June
• PSA Sport v Hale – Friday 9 June and Saturday 10 June
• Scholar’s Recital – Tuesday 13 June
• Ellington’s Jazz Evening – Monday 19 June
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Wednesday 21 June to Friday 23 June
• Rock at the Rosemount – Sunday 25 June

Mark Morrissy
Deputy Principal/Head of Senior School

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• National Sorry Day
• Lapathon
• Gifted Awareness Week
• Incursions and excursions

This Friday, Australia recognises National Sorry Day. National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’. In the Preparatory School, boys will be learning about this day through their library lessons and information in the student bulletin. All boys from Pre-Primary to Year 6 will also be involved in a whole school message in Manjar Square. National Sorry Day is followed by Reconciliation Week in Week 6.

Next Tuesday 30 May, is our Lapathon with all funds raised going towards Camp Quality. Camp Quality is an Australian children’s cancer charity that has been improving the quality of life for kids facing cancer for 40 years. All boys from Pre-Kindergarten to Year 6 will have the opportunity to run as many laps as they can to raise money for this worthy cause. If you would like to donate, please click here.

Gifted Awareness Week, celebrated in May each year, aims to raise awareness of the identification, support and learning needs of gifted children and to celebrate the dedication of individuals and education bodies who are making a positive difference in the lives of gifted children and their families. This year’s theme is the diverse faces of giftedness. In the Preparatory School, Mrs Siegmann took over the student bulletin with daily challenges, shared reading activities, informative videos and an array of lunchtime activities. The Centre for Excellence classrooms were abuzz with over 250 students coming in for the lunchtime activities, which included general knowledge quizzes, paper plane competitions, spelling bees, engineering paper towers and Rubik’s cube challenges. Well done to all boys who participated in these rewarding activities.

Incursions and excursions are always tremendous ways to engage boys, pique their interests or reinforce content in the classroom. This week sees our PMC and Year 3 boys visit Scitech, our Year 4 boys visit Kings Park to look at Noongar customs and ways of life, and our Pre-Primary boys visit the Perth Zoo. I would like to thank Leanne Cunnold, current Preparatory School parent and the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Remote Operations in Space and on Earth Consortium (AROSE), Newton Campbell Jr., Ph.D., the Director of Space Programs at AROSE and their team who visited the Preparatory School on Tuesday and spoke about their roles at AROSE and the Moon to Mars project. All the speakers delivered an inspiring and fascinating presentation highlighting how Australia will support NASA and the Moon to Mars mission. Just another typical week in our Prep School!

Finally, I would like to congratulate the BGM recipients for this week.

Dr. Steven Males
Head of Preparatory School