Technology and Commerce Day
Photography competition winners and runner up from L to R: Harriet Noske, Gemma Smart, Sumaya Northcott, Emily Wilkinson, Abigail Marra. …
Pre-Service Teachers Contribute To Our Professional Culture
Each year the College hosts pre-service teachers from various universities. In the process of guiding new teachers our professional culture is further developed.
Strive9: Year 9s Having An Impact
Our Year 9s have been introduced to the Enhanced Learning Project, Strive9. Students are working in Homeroom groups to explore issues of social justice.
Health Services Take Centre Stage
Members of our Health Services Team addressed staff today about protecting the wellbeing of students and staff, as part of our College Mental Health Strategy.
Our Year 8s Are Social Innovators
Explore8 is based on a people-centred design process. It is a chance for students to work on an innovation and create change. We share here three students’ projects.
Using Values To Drive Our Culture – Jennifer Oaten
Principal Jen Oaten discusses the way our shared values create community and guide us as a school and as individuals.
Mentoring Through Explore8
During Explore8, each Year 8 student has an adult mentor. They are a sounding board, a guide and so much more.
Our Year 11s Are Getting Work Ready!
In preparation for Workplace Learning in Week 6, our Year 11 ACCESS girls enjoyed a WorkReady Day on Monday.
Explore8 – The Human Library
For Explore8 we have gathered a library of generous, interesting humans to share their stories about innovation. Meet our guest speakers…
Innovative Social-Emotional Curriculum On Its Way
Santa Maria College is currently creating a scoped and sequenced social and emotional learning curriculum, equivalent in rigour to any academic program.
Myths of Boarding School
Boarding has been poorly represented in popular culture. Let’s bust some myths about the boarding school experience.
Year 10s Reflect On The Experiences That Form Them
The Year 10 Reflection Day was an opportunity to reflect on their experiences from the past and their hopes for the future.
Why Is My Teenager Paralysed by Other People’s Opinions?
Adolescents are heavily influenced by other people’s opinions. How can we encourage them to be more critical of the opinions they listen to?
Connected Girls, Creating Brighter Futures: Girls in ICT Day 2021
Happy Girls in ICT Day! Today, April 22, is a great day to celebrate how women have changed the world using technology.
Launching into Learning: Seek7 and Explore8
Week 1 sees the launch of two Enhanced Learning Programs: Seek7 and Explore8
Creating Healthy Friendships in Years 5 and 6
As part of our College Mental Health Strategy, our Years 5 and 6 students complete a friendship curriculum to give them skills they need now and in life beyond school.
Teachers Teaching Teachers
Our innovative and creative teachers shared their experiences of teaching collaboration at a professional learning afternoon this week.
A-Z of Positive Mental Health
At Santa Maria we promote strategies for maintaining positive mental health. You can read about, and download, the strategies here.
Madonna King Talks About Our 10-Year-Olds
Madonna King has spent the last 18 months digging deep into the lives of 10-year-old girls for her book Ten-ager. She shared some of the information she learnt with the Santa Maria community via a webinar for parents.
Teaching Issues of Consent and Child Safety
It is important parents know that at Santa Maria College we are addressing consent and respectful relationships in developmentally appropriate ways all the way through the school.
Say Sorry
Saying sorry not only makes those we have wronged feel better, it heals us and our relationship with God.
Student Voices Add to Election Coverage
Our Year 12 Political & Legal Studies students had the chance to share their thoughts on the eve of the WA election on ABC radio.
Boarding School and Homesickness
Homesickness is one of the greatest concerns for parents of boarding students. Tracy Webster shares her experience and advice in this interview.
Ella’s Rare Remote Health Experience
In the January holidays, Year 12 student Ella Lydeamore completed a work placement in Broome as part of her Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
Mercy Value 2021 – Act Justly
Justice is our focus Mercy value for 2021. What does it mean to act justly?
Gold Standard Mathematics at Santa Maria
Santa Maria College has been recognised as a Gold standard Mathematics Active School for work above and beyond the curriculum.
Safer on Screen
A new report shows some teens are getting better at dealing with unwanted online attention. Here are 10 tips to make sure your child is one of them.
Olivia Is A Tuckwell Scholar!
2020 graduate, Olivia Bertouch has been awarded a prestigious Tuckwell Scholarship to study at ANU.
How To Help Your Child Make New Friends
Transitions are often daunting for kids. The thing they worry about most is making friends. How can you help in a way that is effective and empowering?
Top 5 Reads of 2020
Thanks for sharing time with us this year. Here are the five most popular Knowing Girls blog posts of 2020. Merry Christmas!