With bicycles on his socks, a smile on his face and a long and decorated career in SCEA, Peter Bolt is enjoying a new challenge in Mundaring Christian’s senior school in Parkerville. The no-nonsense, results-driven style that has built Peter a reputation as a dependable teacher, administrator and leader over the past decade comes as …
There are countless people in our world who we may never meet personally, but their work is all around us and we are forever blessed by what they do. Belinda Godfrey is one of those people. She is the Payroll Officer for SCEA. She never misses a deadline, she meticulously plans for every eventuality and, …
Teaching the subject of Media Studies in a Christian school can be tricky: part film, part photography, part storytelling. Now try to reflect all of this through a lens of faith in a world that values anything but the traditional orthodoxy that symbolize the church for so many in our SCEA communities across Perth. Thankfully, …
Shoe of the Week – Dr Owen Beck puts the ‘Doc’ in his white Dr Martens! Read More »
“For it is by grace you have been saved…” Students at Northshore’s new Middle School seem a little confused today. Despite the beautiful new classrooms, the sunshine streaming in and their highly experienced teacher enlightening them on the virtues of the Australian electoral system, these eleven year old’s seem transfixed by Mr Pivetta’s wardrobe choices. …
“Show Me The Monet!” Students who choose to study Art at Mundaring Christian’s Parkerville campus have many things to be thankful for: panoramic windows revealing rolling hills as a ready-made canvas for all of their portraits, purpose-built facilities reflecting the latest design techniques and most of all, a teacher in Franci Liebenberg who exudes class, …
“I wanted a workplace that supported my Christian values. I found it at SCEA!” Ann Porter has been a household name at SCEA for more than ten years, and her husband first worked for SCEA as early as 1998. Today she is currently the smiling face on SCEA’s Reception Desk on relief, but previously she …
With the Sock of The Week becoming more and more popular as we visit the different SCEA schools, it was time for Chief Human Resource Officer Sid Rajanayagam to up the stakes and show how socks can be a blessing to his colleagues – for an entire week! As part of the rising trend to …
Dania Woermann – Secondary Science Teacher at Ellenbrook Christian College “Europeans love scarves! I try to integrate it into my professional attire whenever I can.” Born in Switzerland to German parents and emigrating to Australia at the age of 7, Dania Woermann can be forgiven for being so forthright in her views about fashion, faith …
Gray Blattman from Swan Trade Training Centre “We do build stuff here – but the most important thing about teaching in this unique environment is the kingdom building that we get to do each day with these young people!” The fried eggs on the socks of Gray Blattman suit the construction environment of Swan’s VET …
“Socks are the newest form of expression for men!” My dashing young millennial colleague assures me as I head into Mundaring Christian’s Parkerville campus to catch up with David Elsing, the Head of Secondary and possibly the most fashionable fellow in the Hills. With his trademark beard that any bushranger from Australia’s colonial past would …
