Board Report

The board met last week for our first meeting of term 4, the year seems to be flying by and lots has been happening at SCPS.  NAPLAN results have been received by the school and teachers are in the process of reviewing the data.  Comparisons with previous years are difficult given the early testing this year … Read more

Happy Holidays! Term 4 Reminders

As term 4 comes to an end we would like to wish all of our families and happy and safe holidays! School will return on Monday 9 October for all students Important Dates to put in your calendar: Hit the subscribe button to add the school calendar to your own calendar on your phone or device! Week … Read more

Board Report

Board Report: August 2023  On Tuesday 1/8, the SCPS school board met for the fifth time in 2023. Board members met both in person and via Webex.   Mrs Beard explained the Department’s ‘Connect and Respect’ campaign, aimed to reduce violence in WA public schools. Community members may see posters and communications about this. We recognise … Read more

Be You

Did you know that South Coogee PS is a Be You Learning Community? A Be You Learning Community is a school that has committed to a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.  Research shows that the most effective approach to mental health prevention and promotion is one that involves the whole learning community … Read more

Board Report – Open meeting

On Tuesday June 13th the Board held it’s annual open meeting and welcomed the attendance of special guest speakers.   Staff Board representatives provided an overview of maintenance and planned updates to facilities around the school grounds and confirmed that the new signs for our welcome to country have arrived. They advised of the upcoming performances … Read more

Friday’s Winter Lightning Carnival

ast Friday our Year 4 to 6 students participated in the Cockburn District Winter Lightning Carnival which was organised and run by Mr Gough – a massive feat! Thankyou to all our fabulous teachers who have trained the teams over the term. All of our students all demonstrated great sportsmanship which made us very proud! … Read more

Literacy at SCPS

Did you know…. At SCPS, we approach literacy in several ways to ensure students are supported in developing the necessary building blocks for learning.  These approaches are outlined below: Oral Language Oral language helps children become successful readers and strong communicators. The programs we use to teach this include: Cracking the Code                           Kindergarten. A program which teaches a broad range … Read more