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Congratulations to all the Year 10 Specialist Music students who performed last week at Continuum, the first of our music concerts this year. We have an action packed end of Term coming up with our Year 11 and 12 Certificate III Music students, as well as our Year 8...

Every June, Pride Month celebrates the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community. It’s a time to reflect on just how far civil rights have progressed in half a century and an opportunity to protest discrimination and violence....

During the month of June CVC staff and students have been taking part in The Push-Up Challenge, challenging themselves to 3318 push-ups over 25 days to help raise awareness of mental health.  It’s a fun and unique way to engage friends, family and...

Last Friday seven of our Student Councillors Krina, Aria, Jessica, Courtney, Farah, Linta and Amritha took part in a design consultation meeting with Terry Healy MLA Southern River. The topic of the discussion was the new $2 million Southern River Youth Plaza. It was...

Last week, Year 9 Languages students were able to use their Italian and Indonesian language skills as part of an excursion to a restaurant. Italian students ate lunch together at Bistro Bellavista while their Indonesian counterparts ate at Batavia Corner. Our Italian...

Murdoch ambassador Cindy who is studying her PHD on microbiology had student build a plasticine model of an animal cell (pictured top left). Last Friday our Year 9 students experienced a 'career taster' day here at CVC. In conjunction with the Murdoch University...

Two of our Year 12 students Keegan and Mclroy, are currently pursuing a Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate II in Automotive Servicing Technology through the Motor Trades Association. We asked Keegan to share his experience: How did you get into this course?My sister told...

For the past two weeks all the Year 7 classes have been tasked with creating poems using titles from the fiction book collection in the Library. As the Year 7’s are about to start poetry in English, this activity has allowed them to be creative and introduce them to...

After exploring the concept of life beyond Earth, our Year 7 IT STEM students were introduced to Robotics and Automation with UWA prac. student Miss Greyvenstein. Students received their very own Sphero RVR license after completing their ‘driving tests’ and then...

On Thursday May 27th, our Year 9 and 10 STEM girls took part in the Wise Women Program, hosted by Murdoch University. 'Wise Women' is a series of science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and entrepreneurship showcase days run by Murdoch University, which...

This semester in the LEAP classroom, students have been learning about the Noongar Boodja Six Seasons. Students have participated in two of the Six Seasons Festival excursions to Kings Park; Bunuru which is the second summer - February & March – Wetlands and...

On Friday the 21st of May, Year 10 Science and STEM students took part in the Science and Engineering Challenge (SEC). The challenge is a whole day event, where students from eight schools compete by solving hands on engineering problems. Students were placed into...

On Thursday 13th May, our Year 10 Indonesian and Italian students spent the day at UWA. We did a tour of the campus with two knowledgeable university students who explained the sites and some different facets of uni life, including the social clubs, free breakfasts...

Our Year 7 Specialist STEM students have been working on Designing Water Filtration Systems as part of the practical component of their ‘Clean the Drink’ assignment. Students learnt about separation procedures in science and then designed and built a filter in Design...

Well done to our students who competed in the Year 8 Zone Carnival last week. We had a large number of Year 8 students represent CVC in volleyball, soccer, netball, basketball, AFL and soccer. Our A grade netball team were undefeated all day and played a very high...

Two of our Year 12 students Erfan and Jordan, are currently pursuing a Certificate III in IDMT (Cyber Security) through South Metro TAFE. Erfan spoke to staff in our VET office for assistance, which helped him to successfully apply for the opportunity. What he enjoys...

Year 12 Earth & Environmental Science students recently ventured into the heart of the Goldfields by visiting Kalgoorlie. Arriving by train, they witnessed the changes in vegetation en route, including salt lakes and saw the Kalgoorlie Pipeline. They visited the...

Recently our Year 11 Biology students went on an excursion to Bold Park to examine native plants and their ecosystems. Students identified and collected seeds from various native Australian plants and learnt what threats our native flora are facing in a changing...

Student Alyssa, has gained valuable experience working in a busy retail environment at Good Sammys.  She enjoyed working with other people and helping with sorting the products for sale. Dayne, Noah, Washma and Leahna have also enjoyed working at Good Sammys, but...

Our Education Support students have recently gained valuable experience in the workplace. Annalise, Sarah, Taneesha and Brayden were placed at ACTIV working very hard performing a variety of jobs from packing library bags to soft drink cans. The students were required...