News & Updates

Welcome to our new website. We're sure you will find it informative and easy to use. Digital technologies continue to transform teaching and learning at SIDE, and this site is yet another step on our 21^st Century journey.

SIDE has extended the range of ASDAN courses available to Year 11 and 12 students in 2018.

ASDAN is an international non-profit organisation that develops curriculum and provides a range of courses covering preparation for life and work. These courses are targeted at students pursuing a Foundations or Preliminary pathway in their senior secondary studies.

Year 12 student Mariah Prunster is a recipient of the Western Australian Secondary School Executives Association Leeuwin Scholarship. She was prompted to apply after hearing about the Leeuwin Sail Training Ship from family and friends, and joined a seven day voyage of a lifetime from Fremantle in September.

September 14 is R U OK Day.

Check in on a friend or family member. Take some time to have a conversation with someone you care about.

Each year, National Reconciliation Week celebrates and builds on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

Scitech staff Shelley Turnbull and Laura Pitts visited SIDE in the last week of term one and performed their magic for our cameras. The performance helped finish the term with some fun science.

SIDE is proud to have an Olympic athlete as one of our Year 12 students. Swimmer Tamsin Cook has been selected to represent Australia in Rio in the 400m and 800m freestyle events. Tamsin's achievement is made even more remarkable by being the youngest member of the swimming team.

The Department for Child Protection and Family Support, Western Australia Police and Edith Cowan University are providing free parent and carer Cyber Safe - Cyber Smart seminars on 16, 17 and 18 November. Information on the seminars is at www.childrenwa.org.au.

In support of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), SIDE staff participated in the Great Book Swap on Indigenous Literacy Day, Wednesday 2 September. The Great Book Swap was hosted by the teacher librarians, in conjunction with the Whole School Literacy and Numeracy Committee. A wonderful display of books by Indigenous authors was also created in the SIDE Library Resource Centre. 

As part of National Science Week, SIDE is partnering with Scitech to present two free webcasts using Saba Classroom (Centra).