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We regularly hear of the importance of connectedness and belonging in achieving positive mental health outcomes. There have been so many instances of connectedness and belonging at and around ¹ú±êÂ鶹ÊÓƵAPP during the past couple of weeks, it’s hard to know where to start when describing them! OKC Ari Range’s prize-winning film was shown at the Burswood Telethon Community Cinema ...

On Tuesday morning, the lack of electricity made for a lovely start to the day. It was cool enough to be pleasant inside and light enough for us to be able to see. The main difference was the temporary lack of access to emails, which also made for a more relaxing than normal beginning! After a wander around High School with Mr Shadgett, pointing out how he would ring a manual b ...

Ms Birch’s High School assembly this week unpacked the School value of Courage, evident in each of the students who spoke so ably to their peers on a range of topics including the JNF fundraiser and the recent Year 11/12 dinner dance. Ms Birch related courage to wellbeing and pointed out that wellbeing (‘the ability to thrive and respond positively to life’s challenges’) is cr ...

Week 2 has seen the start of ¹ú±êÂ鶹ÊÓƵAPP being pioneers as the first school in Australia to adopt an exciting new Hebrew program in Years 1 and 2. Niflaot (Wonders) focuses on students speaking from an early stage of their learning. This aligns closely with the results of our recent survey, in which parents expressed the wish for their children to learn Hebrew in a modern and ...

Welcome to the new school year! In the second week of January, I started to wonder why I was dragging my feet coming in to work. Rather than leaping out of bed at 5 o’clock as I usually do, I wasn’t getting up until my alarm told me I needed to. I wasn’t getting excited about different ideas and the things I wanted to make happen … Perhaps I was going to be ill? Maybe I’m just ...