The third round of the 2017 Mock Trials were held on Monday 26 June 2017. Students in our three teams were the Prosecution side in a made up scenario involving the stalking of an Olympic athlete and the “catnapping” of her cat. Unfortunately we did not win on the night, however all teams worked hard and were involved in very closely contested encounters against two teams from Joondalup Baptist College and Penhros College respectively. Special mention needs to be made of the efforts of Year 10 student, Evelyn Ong, who had to learn a witness statement by heart after only being asked to fill in on the day of the trial. It was great to see a number of parents there supporting their children. As always thanks to  Ms Don, Mr Dickson and Mr Silberstein. They regularly give up many hours to help the students. This year we have received excellent coaching help from lawyer, Cory Fogliani. The students also appreciate the wonderful support from the Front Office in helping to organise their uniforms.  I hope all students have had a memorable year as Mock Trial participants.

Brad Snell – Year 10 Coordinator/HASS Teacher

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The Trop-fest film festival is recognised around the world. It is an Australian festival where the focus is firmly on the creation of short films. This is a contest and receives many entries. There is a section for student entries from high schools.

Year Nine students from Ms Stapleton’s class and Ms Lake’s Academic Extension class have elected to participate this year.  Students working co-operatively in groups have scripted, acted, filmed and edited short films focussed on the symbol of the word “Rainbow”.

As part of this project, every student designed a Film Poster advertising their work, samples of which are here for you to see. Choosing the best poster and the best film is going to be extremely difficult, as the standard of work presented here is very good indeed. Students have utilised composition, colour, symbolic images and placement of written text to create some amazing posters.

Veronica Lake, HoLA English

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Enthusiastic students have been developing their STEM skills learning to knit.  The Knitting Project runs every Thursday lunchtime in the MakerSpace in the Library.  The first project they work on is a bookmark. The long-term goal of the project is for students to knit squares to combine into blankets for children’s charities.

Dee Lewis, ICT Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator

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The last round of debating occurred at All Saints College recently.  The Year 7 team from Thornlie asked for a postponement so Applecross’s undefeated Year 7 team has to await their final debate in Week 10. This is also the case for the Year 9 team who won their debate due to a forfeit from the opposing team, but still have a postponed debate to complete. Two of the three Year 8 teams won their debate discussing the need to continue using music streaming platforms such as Spotify. The Year 11 team had a forfeit.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank WADL, all debaters, the supportive families and organising teachers for a very successful season.

Chris Raich, Academic Extension Coordinator - English