COMMUNITY SERVICE

As St Hilda’s commitment to service continues to grow. The challenges that were presented throughout the year unearthed a greater tenacity and stronger spirit as staff and students sought new and creative ways to connect and stay connected through service. New affiliations were established, and old ties reinforced.

Highlights of 2020 included the following.

• Partnering with Teach Learn Grow to educate Year 9 students on the disparity of education across rural

Western Australia in preparation for a 2021 service learning trip to Kalgoorlie. Sponsorship was secured through Saracen Minerals and HSET Global. • Anglicare – Connecting online, students logged in remotely over 6 weeks to learn about services across the state through Connect to a Cause.

Speakers represented Yes! Housing, Head Space

Pilbara, Street Connect, Y Shack and Foyer Oxford. • Reconnecting with Christ Church Grammar School in preparation for upcoming joint service tour open to

Year 11 students to Marble Bar in 2021. • Launch of the quarterly publication, Helping Hands, sharing service news and information with the broader school community. • Increased engagement of students in the Duke of

Edinburgh Award. Staff generously offering their expertise as new assessors. • Homelessness We Care WA - both Junior and

Senior service committees came together to cook and bake treats. Many families continued to provide delicious meals and staff from across both campuses gave up their evenings to serve in East

Perth. The Year 7 Quiz night raised and donated $2582.65 to support their work. • Mosman Park Primary School Breakfast Club - Junior school students from JK to Year 6 participated in the “I Gave Up” campaign to continue to support the club. Service students learned basic

AUSLAN to serve at the club each term, learning to communicate with hearing impaired staff and students. YouthCARE Chaplain, Rhonda Miller, spoke to our Junior school about the impact of our support and value of service. • Ronald McDonald House Charities – beautiful letters and pictures were sent to residents throughout the year. The Year 6 $2 project raised over $6000 to support programs run by the House including

Books on Beds and Home for Dinner, and to provide educational resources for their education centre.

Staff members cooked and served a meal at the

House, and were treated to a tour. • Fair Game – donations of pre-loved sports shoes and equipment to support underprivileged children to engage in physical activity and organised sports. • Christmas Giving once again included Variety the

Children’s Charity and the Anglicare Shoe Box

Appeal. Donations were also collected for St

Christopher’s Home Fiji, Ronald McDonald House,

Art Attack, Y Shac and Dusty Roads. • Our Early Learning Centre students raised funds for

Kalgoorlie Accommodation Services, an Anglicare branch supporting young mothers and children in their transition to formal schooling and providing housing support. • Teresa Richards (Junior School Art) trialled NEO-

Learning, a BigHART pilot. An online Indigenous culture and history learning platform created by young Indigenous children from the Pilbara. • Kindy established Grateful Mondays sharing appreciation for Junior school staff. • World’s Greatest Shave – Our first whole school event of the year. • Boarder’s Telethon Car Wash. • Anglicare Sleep Out. • Give Write donations completed 140 stationery packs in the Roebourne community. • Chidley Helpers – senior students supported

Junior School staff with preparation for lessons and classroom organisation, and end of year cleaning. • Little by Little letter writing for the elderly. • Community Service Day rounded out the year providing funds to support the St Hilda’s Indigenous

Scholarship Program.

Student focus

• Ellen Chadbund (Y6) is commended on her drive, through the Soroptimists WA, to provide dignity packs to women experiencing homelessness and displacement. • Mimi Barnaba (Y7) continued her business created through the Y6 $2 project, making and selling Mimi’s

Super Slime. MSWA contacted her to run sensory workshops, and with the help of some friends they were a huge success. Mimi has donated over $1400 to charity and countless number of hours.

FOOD FOR HOMELESSNESS WE CARE WA TELETHON CAR WASH FOR KIDS