Two hours drive south of the South African capital city of Pretoria lies the tiny town of Klerksdorp. Until today, it was unknown to most of us in SCEA. That all changes today. Lize (pronounced LEE-za) Janse Van Rensburg, SCEA’s newest employee (TASS Application Support Officer) hails from this remote part of South Africa, and […]
Our commitment to air quality in SCEA has gone to new lengths this week, with SCEA schools being supplied with one air quality meter each from the SCEA Office. By providing the same type of machine for each school, the goal of reaching objective conclusions about the data should be quite straightforward. Or so you
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Our schools become vibrant communities when they are filled with students. On Thursday, 27 January 2022 our SCEA students began their schooling year at the eight campuses across Perth. Here are a few photos from that first day.
Forty years ago, the first SCEA school opened in West Midland with 55 students. The uniforms were homemade, the demountable buildings were discarded from the local hospital and most importantly – there was no air-conditioning! Recently, a reunion was held for the very first families who had set up this SCEA school during 1981 and
Plans for the SCEA Celebration Day (scheduled for Friday 4 March 2022) are well underway with workshop coordinators preparing their Equipping Sessions and keynote speakers are planning their presentations for the event. However, the latest developments around the COVID 19 outbreaks in schools and across Western Australia are compelling school leaders to consider all options
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There are a lot of attributes that could label Ellenbrook’s Sarah Berhanu. Ethiopian-Australian. Former Head Girl of Mercedes College. Qualified Biomedical scientist. While all of these are true reflections of Sarah, she sees herself differently from these labels. “I want my identity to be found in Christ,” says Sarah as she attends to primary school
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You may remember that in our last SCEA News (21 January 2022), we highlighted the WA Premier Mark McGowan’s press conference comments made on December 23. He introduced another vaccination mandate – a third ‘booster’ shot to complement the two vaccinations. Based on the WA Government Health directions, as of 31 January 2022, all Western
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Christian Schools Australia (CSA) is offering postgraduate study options to staff in Christian schools after the successful trial of the Graduate Certificate course in 2021. A number of SCEA staff took the brave step last year and enrolled in the ‘Graduate Certificate’ course being offered by Christian Heritage College (CHC) as part of a Christian
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A recent article in The West Australian newspaper (below) highlighted the need for teachers to maintain professional boundaries at all times with students in their care. Teachers (and all operational staff) have an obligation to protect children and young people in their care. Our conduct needs to be above reproach in order to model Christian
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Yesterday saw the return of staff from their Christmas breaks across SCEA with many schools beginning their day with praise, communion and a time of dedication for the new year. Staff were spotted in Professional Development (PD) sessions, setting up classrooms and speaking about ambitions for 2022 with their line managers and colleagues. See if
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