Year 12 students Eloise Middlemas, Dimity Andrews, Anna van Heerden and Monet Edwards with Roxy Bin Swani and Tamika Johnson.
Waddi coffee now on menu As the smell of freshly ground coffee fills the Quad, the simple pleasure of a coffee is surpassed only by the knowledge that this coffee is Waddi coffee – the only 100 per cent indigenous and female-owned and operated coffee supplier in Australia. PLC’s Bev’s Cafe made the transition to Waddi in March and not only is the coffee tasty, but it is such a terrific opportunity to support a 100 per cent indigenous and female company, owned and operated in Perth. Waddi is owned by Tomika Johnson, a Goreng Goreng woman, and Shakira Grasso, a traditional owner
An interesting first day on the job The first day on the job for PLC’s new Director of Boarding, Susie Edwards, was certainly one she will never forget. Ms Edwards said she was thrown in the deep-end on her first weekend when the WA COVID-19 lockdown was announced the same day and time students were being welcomed to the Boarding House for the start of term. “We had just had a really lovely orientation with all the new students, and I was getting ready to meet all the students and parents when the news hit about lockdown,” Ms Edwards said. “I felt so lucky that we have such amazing parents at the School
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and resilient girls who just took it in their stride and headed home, or to guardians’ homes for the week. “There was many a joke about ‘getting sick of the job on day one and kicking the kids out’ but everyone was so supportive and in positive spirits given the stress of the day,” she said. Ms Edwards comes to PLC from St Mark’s Anglican Community School where she held the position of Deputy Head of Senior School (Pastoral Care). She has an outstanding work history and experience in schools at very senior levels. Prior to her role at St Mark’s, Ms Edwards was Head of Year and Mathematics teacher at Trinity College, Science Teacher at John Willcock College in Geraldton and Boarding House Recreation Officer at MLC, Claremont. Ms Edwards said she was so thankful to all the staff, students and parents who had welcomed her and her family to PLC.
from the Pilbara region with family connections through the Nyiyaparli and Palyku aboriginal groups as well as links to Kariyarra and Ngarluma people. We are so pleased to be able to support this business and urge everyone to try their fabulous coffee.
“My nine-month-old daughter, Sammi, comes to school with me on Wednesday nights so that I can be at Boarding House Notices and the Prefect meeting and that has been my main opportunity to get to know the girls this term,” Ms Edwards said. “Sammi gets handed from student to student and I get to hear about how things are going with them and the girls have been fantastic. “Already I can feel that this school has a very supportive community with a strong heart and good values, and I look forward to being in the Boarding House full-time.”
