Wirreanda Secondary School in Morphett Vale, South Australia | High School

Wirreanda Secondary School

Locality: Morphett Vale, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8329 7200

Address: 105 Richards Drive 5162 Morphett Vale, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.wirreandasecondary.sa.edu.au

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24.01.2022 Two fantastic staff members are retiring at the end of the year, Christine Jenkinson and Heather Lee. We invite past staff to RSVP by Friday 27 November via [email protected] to attend their farewell on Friday 11 December.

24.01.2022 A COVID-19 update from our Principal, Caroline Fishpool, has now been sent to parents & caregivers. Please check your email. Stay safe.

21.01.2022 There will be two fee paying days for families to pay school fees, set up instalment plans, fill in and submit school card forms and purchase school uniforms before school returns.

21.01.2022 As a school community, we are looking forward to celebrating at our Year 12 Graduation tonight. We have planned the event according to COVID guidelines and will take every precaution to ensure we can safely celebrate another fantastic cohort of young people. We look forward to seeing you all at 6:30pm to acknowledge the wonderful efforts of the Class of 2020. #WSSGrad2020

19.01.2022 Congratulations to both of our fantastic athletes! #WSSProud

17.01.2022 We are seeking a new member to join the WSS team! We have an ASETO position currently advertised to commence 20/01/21 (closes Sunday 15 November 2020) #WSSProud https://jobs.education.sa.gov.au/page.php

17.01.2022 Correspondence has been emailed to families this afternoon regarding our Year 7-11 Presentation Evening scheduled for next week. Year 10 and 11 students have finished school for the year, these parents will be notified via email if their student will be receiving an award https://wirreandasecondary.sa.edu.au//2020-Presentation-Ev

17.01.2022 We are seeking an innovative B1 Leader to join our Wirreanda Secondary School community. Applications for the STEM SCIENCE/MATHS position close 26/11/2020. #WSSProud jobs.education.sa.gov.au/page.php?pageI

15.01.2022 We are excited to welcome our 2021 new students on site later this week for their Transition Day. We have reviewed the program and put all precautionary COVID measures in place to ensure the event can proceed. We know how important this event is for young people and their families. We ask these parents/caregivers to check their email regarding drop off and pick-up protocols. #WSSProud

14.01.2022 Wirreanda Secondary School will be closed from Friday 18 December to Monday 4 January. Have a safe and happy holiday break!

12.01.2022 Dear Year 12 Parents, Families and Students, It saddens me to communicate something like this but feel I need to due to the response we have had in regard to the Year 12 Formal being cancelled. The strength of the Wirreanda Secondary School continues to be the support that we provide each other, and our continued understanding of these challenges and our shared resilience. With the SA lockdown now coming to an end, we have been bombarded with emails and social media message...s- some polite and some not so polite. There have been a range of emails and messages coming through, and contact made with the Stamford Grand etc, with many assumptions being stated about what we can and should be doing as a school. As a school, our staff have worked tirelessly this year to ensure that all events can occur when the COVID restrictions have allowed. COVID has presented many challenges to us in 2020, and many school events have been impacted on as a result of this. Please appreciate that the decision to cancel Yr 12 Formal was an absolute last resort, and not something that any school wants to do, especially in that we had already postponed it from Term 2 due to COVID. The restrictions that were in place when the formal was cancelled are still in place (remember that Formal was cancelled before the lockdown was announced- we have had a large number of messages late yesterday implying that formal could now be back on because the lockdown had ended). Unfortunately there seems to be a misconception that the SA Health rules and restrictions in the community don’t apply in schools- they do. We have worked relentlessly this year to ensure all year levels are provided with their correct right of passage- including year 12’s. Please know that the decision to cancel the Year 12 Formal was out of our hands and not an easy one at all- and if we could offer an alternative we would have, however in current COVID restrictions and the school year coming to an end unfortunately we won’t be. I continue to be incredibly proud of our community during this time, and ask for your continued understanding and for the emails and messages to stop, as we all continue to see 2020 out together. Please Stay Safe- and continue to be kind, including to the school staff who continue to work tirelessly for the last few weeks of this challenging school year. Regards, Caroline #WSSproud

08.01.2022 The wait is almost over! Stage 2 SACE results will be available in Students Online on Tuesday 15 December from 8:30am. Watch this space on Tuesday when we announce our top 10 students for 2020! To access your results, make sure you have your SACE registration and password ready. Further information is available on the SACE website: https://www.sace.sa.edu.au/studying/results/end-of-year

08.01.2022 Dear Wirreanda Secondary School Parents, Families and Caregivers, The Premier today announced that schools and preschools will reopen to all students on Monday 23 November. As a result our school will be open and operating as normal. ... We will not be offering an alternative home-based learning program. As the Chief Public Health Officer said, just because the hard lockdown is being lifted does not mean that the risks associated with COVID-19 have passed. As a result we will minimise the number of people coming and going from our site. Wherever possible, please drop and collect your child at your preferred drop off/pick off area of the school and maintain the appropriate physical distance from other adults. More information on excursions, events and sporting activities, and use of masks will be available soon. Thank you very much for your support over the last couple of days. We look forward to having your child back at school on Monday. Warm Regards, Caroline Fishpool Principal

05.01.2022 On behalf of the Wirreanda Secondary School Community, we would like to congratulate all of our Year 12 students on their results this morning, with a particularly special congratulations to our Dux: Georgia U with an ATAR of 96.50 (including bonus points). Our top ten students based on ATAR for 2020 are: 1. Georgia U 2. Jacob R... 3. Tyler W 4. Mitchell S 5. Gypsy S 6. Max J 7. Aurora C 8. Sara W 9. Colt S 10. Kaitlyn M **We remind all students that they may have received bonus points for specific universities or courses; this information can be checked with the relevant university directly. #wssproud

05.01.2022 Dear Parents and Families, Thank you for your continued support during 2020- a year of many unexpected twists and turns. Our community has heeded the call to stay home. Staff, students and our parents/ families/ caregivers please stay safe during this time. We will continue to get through this together albeit from afar. ... Stay Safe. Regards, Caroline #wssproud

03.01.2022 To our Year 12 community, We regret to inform that the 2020 Year 12 Formal will now unfortunately not proceed. We understand that this will be disappointing news for many as it is for us. Several limitations have been set by SA Health for businesses such as The Stamford Grand, in the last 24 hours, that make it impossible for large groups to gather in particular spaces. A more detailed email & letter from our senior team will be sent out tomorrow. This letter will inform you of the next steps with the financial refund process. If you have any questions, please contact the school directly. We are extremely disappointed to announce this, but we are also grateful to have had the opportunity to celebrate Year 12 Graduation together last night.

03.01.2022 WALO WEEK - Year 7, 8 & 9 - Week 9 Great news, all WALO Week excursions are going ahead as planned! Please return all consent forms and make any payments required by this Friday 27 November.

01.01.2022 Today our Year 7 students have had the exciting opportunity to sail on the renowned Tall Ship: the One & All. Head over to our Instagram page to see some images of their voyage! https://www.instagram.com/wirreandasecondary/