ST HILDA’S COUNCIL STAFF AWARDS

EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020

AWARDED TO SANDRA NAUDE

Sandra Naude is the longest serving member of St Hilda’s staff. She has been Head of Library and Information Services for 38 years. Currently she is also Head of De Grey House and has worked tirelessly in the interests of the girls in that House. During her time at St Hilda’s, Library and Information Services has changed significantly in response to emerging technologies. Sandra has embraced the changing technologies in ways which have enhanced teaching and learning and ensured that the School’s history is preserved and available to the whole community. In 1983, under Sandra’s watch, St Hilda’s was the first school library to be fully automated. Sandra has devoted herself to cataloguing and archiving the School’s history and to building a database of visual information that forms the backbone of the School’s archives and provides current students , parents and community members with access to a wealth of historical data and information. With the establishment of the Heritage Centre Project this year and the 125th Anniversary celebrations next year, this archival material assumes even greater significance as does Sandra’s knowledge of the history of the School and its traditions. Sandra has been instrumental in supporting the initial concepts behind the Heritage Centre and the information and items which she has catalogued and preserved will undoubtedly form a significant part of the collection and contents of the Centre. She has catalogued all photos and publications, historical documents, artefacts and oral histories, including when they were donated and by whom. This data base which is searchable by name and subject area was the first of its type in a school setting. Sandra is an unrivalled source of information, advice and historical record. She always makes herself readily available to students, staff and members of the whole community. Her contribution to the School community not only spans her 38 year term as Head of Library and Information Services but the historical records she has established and maintained preserve for posterity the history of St Hilda’s School community since its founding and continue to do so for all present members of the school community as it will for those of future years. The ongoing value of her service to the School community is immeasurable.

EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING 2020

AWARDED TO LARA CLARKE

Lara Clarke has been a member of St Hilda’s teaching staff in the Junior School for ten years. During this time, she has been a classroom teacher of various Year groups, currently Year 6, and a Junior Primary Physical Education teacher. Most recently she has had a wider whole-of-school involvement through her membership of the Pedagogy and Innovation team, the ‘Great Place to Work’ committee and the Enterprising Bargaining Committee. Lara’s contribution to excellence in teaching and learning is exceptional. She has worked with her Year 6 team to create units of work incorporating skills and evidence strategies that are leading edge in contemporary educational practice. This year, with the new demands placed on curriculum delivery by COVID-19, she has worked with teachers across the whole school to help them to build online units of work informed by the latest educational research and also to become confident users of SEQTA. This year too she has set up the School’s online filing system, Edonline. Lara has taken the initiative to become an expert in the delivery of blended learning using St Hilda’s systems. Her expertise in this area is valued across the whole school. She is always keen to share her knowledge and skills with colleagues. Along with her pro-active commitment to her personal professional learning, Lara conducts regular workshops for teachers both before and after school and frequently hosts others in her classroom. Lara is always seeking new ways to improve teaching and learning opportunities for her students and colleagues. Through her work, she has developed her students as independent, reflective learners who are able to use critical and creative thinking to solve complex problems. She has also encouraged and enabled them to develop effective collaboration skills and to become confident speakers. Amongst her cocurricular initiatives and commitments are the annual Year 6 Canberra tour and the Feeding the Homeless WA program, each structured to widen the perspectives of the students. In addition to these specific programs are the many regular School arts and sporting events which she always supports and attends with great enthusiasm. Lara Clarke’s commitment to enriching teaching and learning at St Hilda’s is inspirational.

ATTRIBUTES OF A ST HILDA’S TEACHER