Ridge View Secondary College in Baldivis, Western Australia | Non-profit organisation

Ridge View Secondary College

Locality: Baldivis, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9553 0700

Address: 359 Sixty Eight Road 6171 Baldivis, WA, Australia

Website: https://www.ridgeviewsc.wa.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Well done to the Netball girls who have had a big two days of competition! At the High School Cup finals on Thursday, the pink team progressed through to the second cross over final, but fell short against Willetton SHS. Today at the Winer Carnival, the Green team won 5/7 games and Pink team won 3/6!... Both teams demonstrated sportsmanship, poise and dedication! Netball Coach, Miss Scott

25.01.2022 CHAMPIONS! Well done to our Netball squad for their fantastic efforts at the High School Cup yesterday. The girls demonstrated a high level of sportsmanship and professionalism. Congratulations to both teams for progressing to the semi final! Bring on finals!

24.01.2022 The results are in and Harriers have taken out the 2020 National Science Week House Quiz!

23.01.2022 Congratulations to this weeks winner Rhylie-Ann Each week all students who have maintained their good standing, by displaying positive behaviour and promoting our college motto and values, will go into the draw for a $20 voucher!

23.01.2022 Last week our students celebrated NAIDOC week, here are few pictures of the activities the students were engaged in.

23.01.2022 Ridge View Secondary College are the Winners of today’s Inter-College Olympics against Coastal Lakes College. Congratulations to all our wonderful students we are very proud of you. Our Student Champions of today are: Year 7 Girls: Gold: Sophie H, Silver: Rebekah H, Bronze: Sophie M Year 7 Boys: Gold: Luke M, Silver: Tamarau H, Bronze: Cassius D Year 8 Girls: Gold MacKenna F, Silver: Letitia M, Bronze: Madeleine V ... Year 8 Boys: Gold; Jackson R, Silver: Elijah G, Bronze: Lachlan C See more

23.01.2022 This Semester, Year 7s will have Visual Art as a subject. Students began creating artwork on the Term topic of identity in this task, students used the map of Perth to create abstract art that identifies where they come from. Very Creative!

22.01.2022 Congratulations to our students who have their Advanced Standing status. Advanced Standing recognises and rewards students who go above and beyond in their behaviour and involvement in the College and wider community. These students provided their own evidence during an application process to show how they successfully demonstrate our College motto, and actively display our College values in their daily life at College and within the community. We hope you enjoyed your Advanced Standing reward of a special lunch followed by an inflatable obstacle course in the gymnasium. We encourage our students to apply for Advanced Standing at any time by submitting their portfolios to the panel for consideration.

22.01.2022 To conclude Health and Physical Education Week, the Perth Wildcats came to RVSC to run a Basketball Clinic. The students really enjoyed this opportunity and learnt some new skills. Thanks to Ms Scott for organising this for our students.

22.01.2022 Ridge View Secondary College would like to invite our Parents and Guardians to an event called Surf Online Safe, which will be presented by Paul Litherland, a former member of the Technology Crime Investigation Unit of the WA Police. Surf Online Safe is offering an interactive and informative parent presentation on Cyber Safety, Social Networking and knowledge of how social networks are being used by young people. The main goal of this presentation is to help parents better... understand the online habits of our teens so parents can support their children to remain safe while online. You can visit https://www.surfonlinesafe.com.au/index.html for further information about the presentation. Please book in to confirm your expression of interest. Please note due to the content of this presentation, children are not able to attend. Please click on the following link to secure your ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/surf-online-safe-presented- The session will be confirmed through Compass on 25/9/20.

21.01.2022 NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. Always Was, Always Will Be, recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. We are spiritually and culturally connected to this country.

21.01.2022 Year 7, 2021 enrolments are now open! Should you wish for your child to attend Ridge View Secondary College for year 7 in 2021, we encourage you to please submit your enrolment by Friday 24 July 2020. Application for Enrolment forms can be obtained direct from the College or via the College website: www.ridgeviewsc.wa.edu.au Information regarding tours of the College will be communicated in due course. If you have any questions regarding the enrolment process, please contact the College on 9553 0700.

21.01.2022 R U OK Day R U OK? Day is this Today! Its our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, Are you OK? if someone in your world is struggling with lifes ups and downs. You dont need to be an expert to reach out just a good friend and a great listener.... The entire college will be celebrating R U OK? Day today. There will be lots of activities available during recess and lunch. Not only is our goal to raise awareness but its also to give you the opportunity and tools to check in with your friends, and ensure that you feel connected and supported! Our students were treated to pancakes this morning to start their day

20.01.2022 Ridge View Secondary College took part in a Waste Audit, through the Waste Wise Authority of WA, as part of our journey to become a Waste Wise school. The students took part in sorting, weighing and recording the waste that was in the bins at our school. As part of the process, we will be able to implement solutions in the school to reduce our waste and increase our recycling.

19.01.2022 Ridge View Secondary College staff and students would like to say a huge big THANK YOU to our amazing team of cleaners. Prad, Lurlin, Mick, Kawinna, Sarah and David. We hope you enjoyed your afternoon tea.

18.01.2022 Bocce and Table Tennis

18.01.2022 In Visual Arts this week Year 7 students have been using their knowledge of line and value to draw objects. In this activity they were allocated different times ranging from 20 seconds to 10 minutes to complete their work with great success!

17.01.2022 Good Standing Awards are back! Each week all students who have maintained their good standing, by displaying positive behaviour and promoting our college motto and values, will go into the draw for a $20 voucher! Congratulations to this weeks winner.. Jade!

17.01.2022 Olympics Carnival highlights Thank you to all the staff & students for making the day a huge success.

17.01.2022 Well done to our Students Leaders who planned a day of activities for R U Ok day. Keep your spirits Up balloon bop game, jenga, spinning wheel, skipping games, giant connect 4 & more. Lots of happy faces as you can see with the R U Ok stickers and lollipop rewards.

16.01.2022 FEEL GOOD FRIDAY EVENT: Students were given the opportunity to write some happy thoughts to their friends, which were delivered later in the day. Great Idea Hawks House Leaders Madeleine, Amelia, Jimmy & Charlette promoting your house focus of peer support. The students loved it and their lollipops!

16.01.2022 We would like to welcome Emma to our Ridge View family. Emma is a Community Health nurse and she will be located in the Student Wellbeing and Engagement area every Monday & Tuesday. Emma welcomes students to drop in and see her during recess and lunch, to offer any help or advice regarding health and wellbeing issues you may have. Community Health Nurses are well skilled in assessing adolescent health needs and engage in health counselling with young people to identify issues, risks and protective factors; provide advice; provide brief intervention; assist with access and referral to other services, and provide follow up care.

16.01.2022 Congratulations to this weeks Attendance & Good Standing Lotto winners. Tilly & Lilly

16.01.2022 We are very excited to have Premier Mark McGowan reveal plans for stage two construction at Ridge View Secondary College. He was joined by Sue Ellery Minister for Education, Reece Whitby MLA, Sue Cuneo Regional Executive Director along with Principal Laurie Longworth and Associate Principal Kacey Single. The new facilities will enhance the learning opportunities for students, including a performing arts centre, music rooms, dance studio, visual arts area and state-of-the-art ...media classrooms. In addition, the build will also include general classrooms, multipurpose playing courts, landscaped areas and extra parking. Construction of stage two is expected to commence in April 2021 with the new facilities to be completed by the start of the 2023 school year. Updates on this exciting project will be posted on Facebook with photos in the future.

15.01.2022 In Year 7 Textiles this term, we have been learning hand and machine sewing techniques. Students drew and embroidered a design onto calico and then used the machines to form their own cushion. The results have been fantastic!

12.01.2022 "Murdoch University came to the college in Week 3 to run STEM workshops with our students through RVSC's Galaxy Reach Program. Students engineered and designed ways to grow plants in space in the Gardeners of the Galaxy workshop, learnt how to figure out 'who dunnit' with the Fingerprinting workshop, and discovered acidity levels of different products with the Acids and Bases workshop. A big thank you to the Murdoch University Outreach team for their ongoing support with the Galaxy Reach Program."

12.01.2022 This week Ridge View students and staff have been engaging in numerous activities, during recess and lunch time breaks to celebrate National Health and Physical Education week. The activities have ranged from bocce, table tennis, basketball, netball, 3v3 soccer, handball and the beep test. It was fantastic to see so many students sign up and be interested in engaging in a variety of activities. The key message we wanted students to take away was that being physically active has many health benefits and it is really easy for students to maintain good physical and mental health through exercising regularly. We hope you are have enjoyed this weeks activities! Basketball contest Staff Vs Students

11.01.2022 Well done everyone at Ridge View! The respect you demonstrated during the one minute of silence was awesome and it was even during your recess!

11.01.2022 WE APPR-EA-CIATE YOU We would like to acknowledge and thank Natasha, Erin, Natalie, Tracey, Anne & Michelle our wonderful Ridge View EAs during Appreciation Week 2020, and always! This week is to highlight the important role of teacher aides, whose hard work and dedication makes a difference to the lives of our students, teachers and wider school community.

10.01.2022 On the 20th and 21st of August, the Year 8s attended Cape Peron to conduct geographical fieldwork. They looked at the landforms and the natural processes acting on them, as well as discussing human management and uses of the coastline and the significant cultural and historical importance of the site. The weather was perfect on both days and our students all had a great time.

09.01.2022 "Its National Science Week and here at Ridge View we will be exploring the Deep Blue! Keep an eye out for photos from our adventures this week!"

09.01.2022 REMINDER: Applications for Enrolment are due today - Friday 24 July 2020. Should you wish for your child to attend Ridge View Secondary College for year 7 in 2021, we encourage you to please submit your application as soon as possible. Application for Enrolment forms can be obtained direct from the College or via the College website: www.ridgeviewsc.wa.edu.au

07.01.2022 Our end of semester one assembly was held yesterday with Subject Awards and Believe, Aspire, Pride certificates presented to our students. Congratulations to all of our award winners! 2020 House Leaders were presented with their badges Wishing all our Year 7 & 8 students a safe and relaxing break and looking forward to seeing you all next Term (Tuesday 21st July)

06.01.2022 Lest we forget Remembrance Day November 11 marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. To solemnly remember all the fallen men and women, who have lost their lives in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping efforts, we will hold a 1-minute silence at 11.00am.

05.01.2022 The results are in and some of our teams escaped the Stile Escape Room while others remained trapped! Congratulations to the top 10 fastest teams!

04.01.2022 Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th of August saw selected Ridge View students attend our first annual Winter carnival in Basketball, Soccer, Netball and Touch Rugby. Students represented our college with pride, displayed outstanding sportmanship and played hard but fair throughout the day. All students behaved amazingly and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Many of the games were won and lost by tight margains. Below is a summary of results. Well done Raptors, great first Car...nival that we hope to build on in future years. Touch Rugby - won 2/5 games, finished 5th overall. Netball A - won 3/6 games, finished 4th overall Netball B - won 4/6 games, finished 3rd overall Soccer A - won 4, drew 1, lost 1 - finished 3rd overall Soccer B - finished 4th overall Soccer Girls - battled all day in the boys B division, won their final game to finish 5th overall Basketball A - won 1/5 games - finished 5th overall Basketball B - won 4/6 games - finished 3rd overall Basketball Girls - finished 4th overall

04.01.2022 Ms Dargues Yr 7.4 Maths class were busy today solving a challenge. They had to use an A4 piece of paper and needed to create the largest box with the highest volume, to be the winner of the maximum volume task. They needed to measure the box and using the volume formulas, calculate their boxs volume, was great to see so many different ideas.

03.01.2022 Congratulations to this weeks Good Standing Lotto winner. Nicola hope you enjoy your voucher.

03.01.2022 This week is Science Week and the 2020 theme is Deep Blue: innovations for the future of our oceans. Ridge View Secondary College has a partnership with Svitzer and OSM Maritime, called the Oceans Project. The partnership aims to help students develop local pathways, build awareness of the maritime industry and the broader global issues of ocean sustainability. We are very grateful to both Svitzer and OSM Maritime, our Oceans Project partners, for setting up amazing displays in the college Library to celebrate Science Week and for our students to enjoy and learn more about this local industry. The display includes two model tug boats which students (and staff) have been excited to see. Students also enjoyed trying on hats, safety helmets and life jackets! Svitzer Australia and OSM Maritime Group

03.01.2022 To finish off the Civics and Citizenship course in Humanities and Social Sciences, the Year 7s this week have been participating in Legal Mock Trials. The main case that the students completed saw the State of Western Australia, along with the three bears, as the prosecution, against the defendant Goldilocks.

02.01.2022 Wonderful to see after school study club Booming today

02.01.2022 Our Student Leaders were invited to join Mr Longworth, Mrs Single, Mrs Hughes, Mr Olver and Mr Brown for lunch in the conference room today. They discussed their ideas in regards to the house focus that they each represent. KITES: Sustainability, HAWKS: Peer Support, FALCONS: Student Activities, HARRIERS: Fundraising. Mr Longworth was very impressed with their ideas, we are very excited to watch these ideas develop and make a difference to our college community.

01.01.2022 NETBALL STAFF VS STUDENTS Im not sure who had more fun!