Trinity Represents Western Australia!
Congratulations to Clarkson student Trinity Miller for being selected to represent Western Australia in the 2015 State Touch Rugby Team!
Spirit of Anzac values planted in youth
Article courtesy of Lucy Jarvis, North Coast Times
Clarkson Community High School received two ‘Spirit of Anzac’ grevilleas from veterans recently.
Returned Services League WA president Graham Edwards and Quinns Rocks RSL president Peter Lofdahl joined school representatives for a commemorative breakfast this month.
Beauty Students Trade Up
Article courtesy of Lucy Jarvis, North Coast Times
Adding beauty training to the school curriculum has boosted students' attendance, skills and confidence, a Clarkson teacher says. Clarkson Community High School's vocational education and training head Anne-Marie Ellery said the school started investigating a beauty training facility in 2014, and introduced the course this year in a custom-built salon.
The Amazing Things You Can Do With Drones
Despite the hysterical press that drones have been getting recently caused by irresponsible amateur pilots, they do have many positive professional uses, especially for aerial surveying or real estate applications.
Below are two panorama images taken from between 70m and 120m above our school using a DJI Inspire 1. The drone takes 20 images in a 360 degree pattern, then special software is used to "stitch" them together. The results are astounding!
Click on the images to view these interactive panoramas. Once the images have loaded you can click and drag your mouse to move around the image.
Pretty amazing stuff!
Students Driven To Restore Classic Australian Car (North Coast Times 18/08/15)
Teenagers will swap their uniforms for overalls and get their hands greasy this year working on a rusty old ute that is more than 50 years old. Clarkson Community High School has invested in a 1964 EH Holden ute for its Year 12 automotive students to repair and refurbish. Principal John Young said the school bought the ute off Gumtree for about $5000, including delivery, and he hoped the students would enjoy working on an iconic Australian vehicle.
NAIDOC Week at Clarkson
CCHS celebrated NAIDOC today with a range of hands on cultural activities. Embracing this years theme of "We all stand on sacred ground" students did charcoal drawing, rock painting and learned some Noongar words through a storytelling session with Vanessa our AIEO. The highlight of the morning was a dance performance by some of our awesome Aboriginal students. We finished off the morning with a kangaroo sausage sizzle in our Nature Space.
2015 CCHS Drama Production: The Wiz
CCHS drama production "The Wiz", Thursday 6 August, Friday 7 August and Saturday 8 August. Doors open 6.30pm. Tickets available from reception, $10 adults / $5 concession. Hope to see you there!
Let Project EH Commence!
As you may already know, Clarkson Community High School is all about Invitational Education - inviting students to learn through innovation, motivating projects and creating a safe and welcoming learning environment.
Our Year 11 and 12 Automotive students needed a car to work on for their course so we thought why not give them a project to be proud of. A long hard look through Gumtree found this little beauty, a 1964 EH Holden ute. All the bits are there, they just need some serious TLC and our boys and girls will certainly be learning a great deal about welding, panel beating, spray painting, upholstery repair and chrome restoration.
