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Over the course of the year three students from Canning Vale College have been taking part in an Aboriginal School Based Traineeship, in conjunction with students from Atwell College. As part of their qualification students had to complete a project and they chose to...

Our Year 11 Drama students had the audience in fits of laughter on Tuesday night with their performance of 'Othello - A Tragic Comedy in way too many Acts.' The script, written by Christine Harvey and Anna Kidd is an adaptation but definitely not Shakespeare's...

Last Friday 10th September our Year 11 Earth and Environmental Science students went on a field trip out to John Forest National Park and Boya Quarry to view igneous rocks. The field trip complimented their studies from back in the classroom, where they have been...

Congratulations to our Year 12 Dance students who performed on stage at CVC for the last time. The show, on Wednesday 8th September was presented by our Year 12 General dance class. Some of these students have been dancing on the CVC stage for the last six years! This...

A warm welcome to our new Chaplain, Mr Boyd Hall. Mr Hall will be working at CVC every Wednesday to Friday. Here is a little bit Mr Hall has to say about himself – “I am new to chaplaincy as a general, but have had 15 years’ experience working with youth in both a...

This week we recognised R U OK? Day with activities around mental health.  The message for R U OK? Day 2021 is: “ARE THEY REALLY OK? Ask them today” This awareness is all about inspiring everyone to ask that simple but important question “Are you OK?”...

Last Friday CVC hosted its annual athletics carnival for Year 7 and 8 students, with a select number of students in Year 9-12 also being invited to participate. Coming down to the difference between 1 relay event, the final results of the day were:1st Place - Terra...

Last Wednesday September 1st, four of our Year 10 and 11 Student Councillors (Tia Martin-Peterson, Jessica Birrell, Audrey Keenan, and Paul Price), along with Student Council Coordinator Mr Richards, attended the Zero2Hero annual 'In Your Head' forum. The 'In Your...

Congratulations to all students who took part in our lower school Mario Kart 8 Tournament in Week 5, 6 and 7. Over the three weeks, teams of two went head to head in three rounds. Congratulations to our winners, Year 7 students Keaton Kearney and Adam Marlow,...

We are so excited to announce that Canning Vale College has been announced as one of four finalists for Secondary School of the Year in the 2021 WA Education Awards! But that's not all...Year 7 Coordinator Mrs Varina Earle has also been announced as a finalist for WA...

WE APPR-EA-CIATE YOU! Thank you to all our Education Assistants at CVC for your hard work and dedication to our students. Your work makes a difference. Take the opportunity to acknowledge and thank our EAs this week for Australian Teacher Aide Appreciation Week 2021.

Over the weekend the WA Public Schools' Contemporary Music Ensemble Festival was hosted by Canning Vale College. The WA Public Schools' Contemporary Music Ensemble Festival is open to public school ensembles. The aim of the festival is to give bands an opportunity to...

Whilst we didn’t host any whole school celebrations for Book Week last week, our Year 7 English classes (during their weekly visits to the library) were tasked with choosing a Book Week World from this year’s theme (Old Worlds, New Worlds and Other Worlds) and writing...

Congratulations to our Year 8, 9 and 10 students who participated in the Junior Volleyball Schools Cup Tournament last Friday 27th August. Our girls Year 9 B grade team finished second in their pool but lost in the semi final, finishing fourth overall. We had two...

On Saturday morning the CVC Ravens took flight into the first foray of the Tournament of Minds competition at ECU Joondalup. 7 brave students across our Year 7, 9 and 10 STEM and Engineering classes volunteered to take part in a super secretive spontaneous challenge...

During Languages Week, students and staff celebrated the many languages we speak and learn through a variety of activities.  We started the week with a quiz for students about World Languages. Our Pasta versus Noodle Eating Competition was a hit with Year 11...

Congratulations to three of our Year 9 Visual Art students who have been accepted to exhibit at this year's Young Originals Exhibition, a showcase of artworks produced by WA students.  Year 9 students Olivia Plant, Si Lin Chen and Claire Haye were all accepted...

Today is Wear It Purple Day, a day where the simple act of wearing purple signifies support and recognition for young LGBTIQA+/rainbow people. CVC students were today encouraged to accessorise with purple (scarfs, tutus, ribbons, hair accessories, socks, hats etc)....

On Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th August our Year 12 Drama students performed “The Murder at the Murder Mystery” by Brian D Taylor, to a crowd of friends, family and staff. The script follows the players at The Murder Mystery Playhouse who are rehearsing a new show,...

Last Friday evening our Student Councillors came together for their annual 'Student Council Pow Wow.' Our Councillors took part in team building activities, they discussed what worked for Student Council and what didn’t, had dinner and played games. It was a great...