Clarkson Community High School Uniform Policy
Dear Parents/ Guardians and Students
It is important that with the cooler weather approaching that we remind students of the need to adhere to the School Uniform Policy.
Dress Requirements For Students
All students are required to adhere to the Department of Education’s Dress Requirements for Students policy.
Dress requirements for students enhance the public’s image of our school and have a positive impact on a student’s self-esteem. They also enhance a student’s sense of belonging and pride in the school community. In addition, from a safety and security aspect, dress requirements are a useful means of identifying whether an individual on school grounds has a right to be there.
In our school, the School Council has developed a school uniform, in consultation with the students and staff.
- The school colours are navy blue and teal. No jeans or hooded garments are permitted to be worn.
- Changing into the school sports uniform is compulsory when participating in Physical Education activities.
New mobile-friendly website for Clarkson CHS
At Clarkson Community High School we have always aimed to be a technology-focused school with some of the best resources in the state school system. These resources include our school laptop program, media facilities, 3D printers, laser cutter, photographic equipment and of course the school drones to name just a few, but lets not forget our web services too!
You may not know this but we have several websites in addition to our public site. These include a staff portal, our in-house learning management system for students (Moodle), online booking systems for physical resources like rooms, computer labs and school buses and online booking system for parent evenings.
All of these websites are hosted on-site and designed and maintained by our ICT staff. Recently, we undertook major server upgrades to ensure our sites are secure, current, reliable and fast.
We decided to take this opportunity to produce new versions of our public and staff websites that are optimised for mobile devices. No more zooming in and out or squinting, our websites now perform like apps on any smartphone or tablet with easy to read pages.
Year 7 Transition Prospectus
The latest Clarkson Year 7 Transition Prospectus is now available to download for prospective parents.
This document outlines everything a new student to Clarkson would need to know, including information on pastoral care, learning ideology, facilities, technology and school life in general
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file.
The Learning Journey Updated
Since the release of the first Clarkson CHS Learning Journey document in March 2011, a number of conditions have changed which impact the school. However, the overall vision that encompasses decision making processes has not changed, as it is founded on what Clarkson CHS's Senior Leadership Team believe are fundamental truths about working with people in an educational setting.
To download the latest Learning Journey 2 document please visit this link
Teach First New Zealand Alumni Retreat 2017
Maths and Science Head of Learning Area Adam Inder writes for Australian Educational Leader magazine:
"At the end of April this year, I had the privilege to attend a Teach First New Zealand (Teach First NZ) Alumni retreat in
Auckland. Teach First NZ is a partner organisation with Teach For Australia, both of which are under the umbrella of Teach For All (http://teachforall.org/en) – a global movement dedicated to tackling socioeconomic disadvantage in education through teaching and leadership.
I was joined by other guests including another Teach For Australia Alumnus, and representatives from Teach For Thailand and Teach For America (Hawaii) too. At the retreat, a variety of guests associated with Teach First NZ, the University of Auckland, and local education organisations were invited to share their wisdom and insight into education.
Following the retreat, I was able to attend Onehunga High School – a socioeconomically disadvantaged school just outside Auckland – and shadow some Teach First NZ Alumni who teach at the school. The education systems of Australia and New Zealand are similar in a lot of ways, but I found that there were striking differences too. Here are my top three reflections."
2017 WA State Budget
To find out how the education sector is affected by the new State Budget, please click this link.
Student Attendance & Uniform
Students must attend school on a regular basis to gain the maximum benefit from schooling and optimise their life opportunities. Research shows that learning is significantly affected if attendance drops below 90% as students are missing out on the opportunity to acquire and practice skills and knowledge.
Regular attendance and school uniform compliance is also an important requirement for Good Standing at our school. Loss of Good Standing may exclude students from being invited to participate in any reward or extra-curricula activities, representative sport or social events. School uniforms contribute to school culture and tone and promote a feeling of pride as one of the group.
Parent assistance with student attendance and uniforms is crucial, together we can optimise student outcomes.
Happy Science Week!
As featured in North Coast Times community newspaper
This week the Science department has been running lunchtime activities to celebrate National Science Week. There has been a great level of interest from the students with a variety of year groups attending each lunch. This week the students have taken part in making pop rockets, testing and exploring basic circuits, have built and raced cotton reel cars and mini kick start motors, taken part in the spaghetti and marshmallow challenge as well as other fun and exciting activities throughout the week. The students level of enthusiasm and interest has been great to see with many students coming back to attend multiple lunch sessions to take part in the various activities.
2017 School Photos Information
Our School Photos will be taken on Thursday 24th August 2017 and Friday 25th August 201. Please click "Read More" for further information on the ordering process.
