Easter

As we enter the Easter break, it gives us time to reflect. During Lent the students have been encouraged to:
• Pray
• Fast
• Donate to the poor

It is interesting to note that our Muslim students have also been making their way through Ramadan, and they, too, have been fasting, praying and donating.

There is so much that is similar between these two great religions.

I would like to take the opportunity to wish you every blessing over Easter, and I hope that you have a nice time with your children.

Staff Departures

I would like to thank Selina Murphy and Casey Vinci who are leaving us, for other teaching positions. We wish them well with their future careers and thank them for their contribution to Aranmore.

Mr Declan Tanham
Principal

Interim Reports and Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews

All parents/guardians will now have access to the Interim Reports of their children via SEQTA. Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews will occur on Thursday 4 May from 3pm to 7pm in the CASS (Gymnasium).

The College is using the PTO (Parent Teacher Online) platform to schedule the interviews: (The PTO system will go live on Tuesday 11 April.)
• Go to https://www.aranmore.wa.edu.au and click on PORTAL (top right)
• Scroll down to PARENT/TEACHER/STUDENT INTERVIEW NIGHT and click on the PTO logo.
• Click on Obtain PIN (not available until Tue 11 April).
• Enter the same email address you supplied the College.
• A PIN will be emailed to you.
The PTO system will close on Tuesday 2 May.
Please message me if you have any problems accessing the PTO system.

Mr Danny Battistessa
Deputy Principal – Curriculum

Lost Property in Student Services

A considerable amount of lost property has been collected in Student Services, including 3 devices, water bottles and textbooks. Please come and collect them if they’re yours.

Mr Dom White
Student Services

Friday 21 April                 8am to 1.30pm
Wednesday 26 April        8am to 1.30pm

No appointments are required.

Students interested in pursuing medicine and dentistry need to sit the UCAT test in July/August 2023.

MedEntry is a government-accredited Registered Training Organisation Specialising in UCAT preparation. They offer discounts for training for groups of 2 or more. For more information, please visit www.MedEntry.edu.au

UWA is coming to the school on the 9 May to explain everything you need to know about UWA Health applications. If you are interested in coming along, please contact Mr Holdaway or Mrs Drabble to secure a spot.

Mrs Claire Drabble
Pathways Coordinator

In this image, Year 7 ACE students are pictured completing an engineering task to prepare for the da Vinci Decathlon competition (They are creating an umbrella structure with hinges using paper, pop sticks and sticky tape).

Miss Sonya Cerny
ACE Program TEacher

Cultural Language Exchange

Last week my English class had the opportunity to interview the IEC students. It was great to listen to the IEC students talk about their home country, favourite foods and so much more.

I was given the opportunity to interview a student named Ali, who is from Afghanistan and has only been in Western Australia for around 7 months. Ali said he loves many things about Australia, especially the people and how they made him feel so welcome. I had a great time talking to Ali and talking about the experiences he’s had since migrating to Australia.

Tamarangi Tunui
Year 11

ASX Stock Market Game 2023 - Record Breakers!

All 14 Aranmore syndicates are in PROFIT. This is an exceptional effort as only 60% of the 19,900 school syndicates around Australia are in profit.

The students are learning ‘real life skills’ with their charting analysis and company/stock research. These efforts will hold the students in good-sted into their futures.

Their interest, aptitude and endeavour have been a pleasure to see.

Mr Frank Egan
Year 10 Economics Level 3

Do you know the benefits of learning a new language? Our Year 7s do...

During Term 1, as well as learning to use Mandarin for self-introduction, our Year 7 Mandarin students have also learnt mathematics in the Chinese Language.

By the way, here are some proven benefits of learning a new language:
 Enhance literacy skills
 Improves memory and brain function
 Helps develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
 Fosters respect and understanding of other cultures
 Improves overall performance at school
 Creates employment and career opportunities
 Enhances travel experiences

Mrs Emily Tan
Mandarin Language Teacher

Spotlight on Mr Lafferty

Mr Lafferty is a long term favourite of the Aranmore Science Department. He has played many roles in the College such as Head of RE, Head of Science and Head of Year. Mr Lafferty’s favourite role though is that of a Science Teacher.

He is well liked by his students for his his extensive knowledge of his subject and his dedication to their education, and is loved by staff for his kindness, quirky nature and his amazing knowledge of all things music and cars.

Some of Mr Lafferty’s current and past students share their favourite anecdotes of Science with Mr Lafferty:

“When he calls himself a space cadet” - Jude Garbenis

“I love how Mr Lafferty goes out of his way to give us an extra hand or teach us a new concept in the coolest way possible.” - Remy Power

“I always remember being enamored with how excited Mr Lafferty (or Mr LAUGH-FARTY) was about science. Whereas some teachers you didn’t want to get upset because then they would start yelling, In his class you wanted to do the right thing because otherwise he got serious. He was an inspiration to me and a huge influence on who I became as a teacher." - Mr Luke Halden

In Year 8 and 9, Mr Lafferty would always keep a ball in his class l, when we finished the content early we would go out and play tag/ dodge ball. Sir will have the best prizes ranging from chocolates to sodas.”Chelsea Young

“He always asks me about my car” - Cyrine Lahoud

He is a pyromaniac!” - Deacon Ford

“Mr Lafferty was the first person to teach me Human Biology. He made me love it and study it” - Medisa Safavirad

"I like the way he calls me super dude” - Marshall Moulder

"Memories of Mr Lafferty? Where to start? His massive and super helpful revision booklets, how he calls us by our last names. When he calls himself "Mr Laugh-farty", are just a few." - Nia Dias Kelly

"Mr Lafferty has been my science teacher for 2 years and I've had him a little bit for religion. I just wanted to say that he is an amazing teacher. he has taught me more in a subject than any teacher and he really goes out of his way to see his students succeed." - Palace Koia

“Good morning Boys & Berries”
Mr Lafferty (a.k.a Mr Laffi-taffy) makes the boring more interesting. He was always approachable and his quotes have stayed with me forever. I thoroughly enjoyed his human biology classes as a student and to then teach human biology with him was quite an amazing experience. Mr Lafferty has fuelled my lifelong interest in human biology, moreover, his teaching techniques and demeanour have inspired my teaching practice." - Mr Sebastian Eglington

Year 11 Psychology Wikki Stix

Year 11 Psych students used Wikki Stix to demonstrate the steps of brain plasticity in infancy.

Year 7 Sugar solubility

Brightly coloured M&M’s make a colourful Harmony Week activity for Year 7’s to learn about solubility.

Can you help?

Next term, the Year 8s will be creating a cell model in Science with the following materials:

• Beads
• Pipe cleaners/pop sticks/skewers etc
• Wool/string
• Containers that packaged fruit comes in
• Egg cartons
• Wrapping paper/cellophane etc
• Contact (sticky book covering stuff)
• Material scraps
• Plasticine
• Crafting/Scrapbooking leftovers

If over the holidays you do some autumn cleaning and come across any of the above-noted materials, please send them to the Science Dept. Thank you.

Year 11 & 12 STEM Careers News & Events

Murdoch_Mail_Term_1_Edition_2_2023.pdf

AIA2023CareersNight_flyer2_red.pdf

ACC Senior Girls Basketball Championship

Congratulations to our Senior Girls' basketball team who have progressed to the knockout stages of the ACC Basketball Tournament. For more information, please visit the ACC website: 

https://www.accsport.asn.au/interschool-sport/acc-championship/brackets. 

Mr Adam Miotti
Sports Coordinator

For the College Calendar, please see here.

www.aranmore.wa.edu.au