News & Updates

SIDE is excited to announce that the Australian Children’s Laureate and 2016 Children’s Book of the Year winner, author Morris Gleitzman will be visiting SIDE on Wednesday 24th July to work with students in Years 5-10 via Webex.

As part of science students’ study of Biology in Term 2, teacher Diana Tomazos invited Stephen Crane from the ‘Nearer to Nature’ team at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions to SIDE.

Are you looking for stylish, comfortable and affordable clothing for school?

SIDE students from across WA attended the History Teachers’ Association of Western Australia’s Student Seminar Day in May.

At the Open Day celebrating the Centenary of distance education in WA, the family of Mr Clarence Eakins made a surprise donation to SIDE.

Sue Taylor, from SIDE’s Learning Support team, recently attended the national conference of the Australian Association of Distance Education Schools (AADES).

Year 11 and 12 students from Mukinbudin DHS visited SIDE in Week 2 to meet with their SIDE teachers and with other SIDE students studying the same subjects.

Lauren Rowe, a Year 9 Elite student, competed at the State Interschool Equestrian championships representing SIDE at the end of April.

Our Geography Year 11 and 12 students recently had the privilege to attend an online presentation by Dr Brioni Moore as part of their study of malaria as an ecological hazard.