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24.01.2022 Hello Hammond Parkians, I’m Dean Mercer (unfortunately not the extremely successful triathlete) and I’ll be joining the Hammond Park Team as the new English Teacher in 2021. Saying I’m excited is a bit of an understatement. I hope to make the most of this opportunity by actively being a part of this amazing community and fostering the Wellbeing focus that the College emphasises to ensure students are happy, healthy and well-rounded. I graduated from Curtin with a Bachelor o...f Education and a love of literature that inspired me to form the Young Inkling Society a youth writing club - a club I hope to bring across to Hammond Park. Every year this love of literature also manifests itself around Book Week, where I dress up every day of the week to build up the excitement around reading and writing. My favourite part of being an English Teacher is the fact I get to teach the power of Language and how to use it artfully. To use language artfully is a skill, and a by-product of Language Arts is the representation and reflection of the real world and its history in the form of stories. Literature. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs places emphasis on belonging and through the construction of characters assuming they are accurately represented everyone can find a place to belong between the pages of a novel. Language can easily cut like a sword, and literature acts a shield defending us from repeating past mistakes to become better. We are responsible for passing on these powerful tools. With great power, comes great responsibility and this burden is willingly carried by English teachers. Why? If not us, then who? Who else but English teachers will spend hours upon hours reading stories, new and old, in the hope of catching a glimpse of the world reflected artfully through a marginalised perspective? Who else but us can understand the importance and foster the appreciation vital for a wider culture of reading that promotes enjoyment, not assessment. Bring on 2021! Dean Mercer See more

23.01.2022 2021 Families: Morning all. Exciting Compass news... Parents of students enrolled here at the College in 2021 will receive their 'Welcome' email containing Compass Username and Password Login details via email TODAY!! This will mean that for the remainder of Term 4 onwards, parents will receive regular communication regarding Transition dates/events and activities for incoming students and families!! Be sure to check spam/junk if you can't see it in your inbox. Login and start to have a look around. More information and guides are contained in the Compass Portal>Community Drop down Tab>School Documentation Folder.

22.01.2022 Notice for 2021 Enrolled Year 7 Parents and Students All 2021 Year 7 enrolled students and families are invited to attend an information night at Hammond Park Secondary College on Wednesday 4th November at 5:30pm. The aim of the night is to introduce students and families to key staff members, provide an overview of Year 7 Curriculum, Homeroom, Organisation and Transition at Hammond Park Secondary College and most importantly, to provide an opportunity for students and famil...ies to ask any questions regarding life at Hammond Park Secondary College. Please click on the link below to book your tickets. There will be limited places available as per Covid 19 directives so it is imperative that you book your tickets. https://compasstix.com//431a2329-7446-4700-a583-326602400d Note: Compass Ticket is not supported via Internet Explorer but can be accessed via Google Chrome or the Compass App. Kind Regards, Hayatti Miller Aubin Grove Primary School Honeywood Primary School

19.01.2022 Transition Information was sent last week to all families fully enrolled for 2021. This includes information about our Transition Day in Term 4 and logging into Compass. We will send information via Compass regarding a BBQ Information night coming up too! We are looking forward to meeting our new families soon.

19.01.2022 On Friday night we celebrated our Term 3 Good Standing incentive event with our very first Year 7 Social. The night was a massive success, filled with many many photos, courtesy of Mr Chambers and a Photobooth, lots of dancing and an epic mega gaming zone. Our students were outstanding and demonstrated our College values of Wellbeing, Excellence and Relationships wonderfully throughout the entire night. A special thank you must go to Ms Yusof the Year 7 Coordinator for all... her assistance in planning this wonderful night, DJ Clint Wiltshire for the brilliant tunes and lighting effects, Mr Chambers for being our resident superstar photographer and all our staff who came along and supported this wonderful event and assisted both in the lead up to the event and in many ways throughout the night. Please enjoy a small collection of photos from the night, more to come. Ms Miller.

19.01.2022 Technologies teacher for 2021 https://search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php

14.01.2022 Meet our new Health and PE Teacher. Hello, my name is Zoe Jaques and I am the new Health and Physical Education teacher at Hammond Park SC. I am very excited to be joining such a diverse group of staff, students and community at the college! I have been teaching in the Goldfields for the past couple of years and I am looking forward to bringing some of my experience to the school. I have had a vast range of exposure to a range of sports but my passion is enhancing the wellbe...ing of my students and encouraging them to be the best version of themselves. I can’t wait to meet the staff, students and college community at Hammond Park. See you all for a huge year in 2021!

14.01.2022 Heartfelt thank you to the Webb family for their lovely gift of some Christmas decorations for our new tree in Admin. The words represent the Class Charter words developed by the students through Homeroom.These words represent how our current Year 7 students want to be known and remembered and now they hang proudly on our tree with a foundation ornament. We are grateful for the kind gift.

13.01.2022 Arts teaching position! https://search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php

13.01.2022 We hope our students are having a wonderful holiday so far. I know our staff are! This is a reminder students get an extra days holiday and return on Tuesday 13th of October ready for an action packed Term 4.

13.01.2022 A warm welcome to Gemma My name is Gemma Garbutt and I am very excited to also be joining Hammond Park Secondary College next year as a Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) teacher. I have a passion for all the Humanities subjects; Geography, History, Economics and Civics & Citizenship as they help us to understand our world, past and present, and help us to develop ways to respond to challenges, now and in the future. I have worked and lived in the local community for many ...years and I know the teens and young adults in this area have the potential to achieve whatever they set their minds to. This is why I am excited about working with the students and staff at HPSC and helping create an environment where all can flourish. I previously completed Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin University and worked in private enterprise and government before pursuing a career in Education. I have experience teaching HaSS across all year levels from 7 to 12. I am looking forward to helping our students succeed socially and academically and preparing them for whatever future study or career options are best suited to meet their needs. I am extremely excited to get to know all the staff, students and parents at Hammond Park Secondary College in 2021. Gemma Garbutt

10.01.2022 Please enjoy a glimpse of some of the very many highlights from our fantastic inaugural Athletics carnival last Friday.

07.01.2022 Year 7 Science- Wheel & Axle Challenge Engineering and creative thinking skills were put to the test in Science today!! In groups, students attempted to move a tennis ball 3 meters using a design incorporating the wheel and axle. Special rules applied.....only materials provided, could be used. These consisted of: two pieces of cardboard, approximately 57g of modeling clay, two drinking straws, 30cm of masking tape, and 30cm of string. Groups were provided time to collaborate on different ideas for moving the ball. Once groups were ready, they competed to determine which design could move the ball the greatest distance.

07.01.2022 Prospective Student College Tours: Term 4 Tickets available from tomorrow at 9:00am. Three sessions made available to families over the course of this term. Click on the link below to secure your place on a tour. Maximum of 3 x tickets per family, per session. Look forward to welcoming all who attend! https://compasstix.com/e/ywxrz2zmck

03.01.2022 Due to so many additional requests we will hold more tours next term. These will be for incoming Year 6 parents who haven't done a tour, and for future students currently in Year 4 and 5.

03.01.2022 It was wonderful to welcome our students back for their final term of Year 7 this morning. We have an action packed term ahead and one exciting event is Book Week, complete with costume parade on Friday of week 2. All students are encouraged to dress in costume next Friday and see if they can outdo the teachers' efforts!

03.01.2022 Competition and a chance to win for HPSC We could win $10,000 for our school cafe! Watch Junior MasterChef on Channel 10 from 7.30pm on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday for the next two weeks and then go to 10play.com.au/win afterwards and answer a simple question from that night’s show. You don’t have to watch every night but the more entries we have nominating our college, the better our chances of winning! @jrmasterchefau

02.01.2022 Congratulations to all Year 7 English students who bravely shared their writing yesterday in the writer’s workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to share students’ writing with an authentic audience and seek constructive feedback using the PQP: Praise, Question, Polish format. Staff across the college were invited to join the café style workshops to give feedback to students. A big thank you to staff who gave freely of their time to share this experience with our students, ...and to our fabulous English team Miss Chapman and Mrs Corbett for their organisation and guidance. It was wonderful to be in the classrooms and see our students learning journeys. Mrs Willesee