Desiree Crossing: 2023 Artist in Residence
Our 2023 Artist in Residence is portrait artist, Desiree Crossing. Desiree has been working with Visual Arts students for the past two weeks.
Our 2023 Artist in Residence is portrait artist, Desiree Crossing. Desiree has been working with Visual Arts students for the past two weeks.
This week saw some exciting events, including the middle school production performance, and the art and design parade and exhibition!
The 2022 theme of the Art Exhibition and Fashion Parade, ‘Out of this World’, was inspired by the ideas of …
Some of our students and staff explored inside the new Cultural Centre, through amazing virtual reality technology!
This week, we had the Music Tribute Night, Seeds of Justice conference, SLC inaugural dinner and meeting, House Drama rehearsals, and more!
The Music Tribute Night is a concert for all music students in Years 8 – 11, in which they perform songs from a soloist or group artist of their choice.
Creating innovative performances in hallways, stairwells, and verandas as part of a site-specific tour, is the latest from our Year 10 dancers.
Students attended the Seeds of Justice Conference with students and staff from other Mercy schools this week.
This week was a big one! We said goodbye to our Year 12s, hosted a Charging Around Australia incursion, and more.
Congratulations to Charlotte who is the National Junior Champion in the Scenario Writing section of the Future Problem Solving Program competition.
As part of Spark6, our Year 6s have been exploring ways they can use technology to create positive change in areas they are passionate about.
It’s been a busy term with three performances at the annual Dance Showcase, and a very successful performance at the IGSSA Dance Festival.
Over 230 Music students gathered in the McDonald Building for the annual Music Showcase performance on Friday night.
The Graduation Exhibition Refine, held last Thursday night in the Mercy Gallery, was certainly an opulent affair!
This week saw the Art & Design Graduation Show, Strive9 Implemention, JIGSSA Cross Country Carnival, R U OK? Day, and more!
As part of their Children, Family and Community course this week, the Year 12 class ran a playgroup for staff members.
Four Santa Maria students took part in the IPSHA Speakers’ Challenge at Scotch College this week against twenty-two other independent schools.
Year 10 Drama students have been focusing on the roles of set and lighting designer in preparation for choosing their Years 11 & 12 courses.
Students made the trip to the iconic museum as part of their HASS studies of migration, completing various interactive activities.
Once again, Santa Maria has produced some wonderful results in the National Computer Science Schools Challenge this Semester.
The girls used natural materials to create a piece of impermanent earth art, as a process of mindful meditation, inspired by a blessing.
The Public Speaking competition saw students vie for points for their House, which will go towards the 2022 McAuley Shield results.
In our wrap up of Week 6, you’ll find snaps of the 2023 Student Leadership Council commissioning, Book Week, Grandparents Day, and more!
The Sawle Centre has been extra busy, thanks to Book Week! Our girls explored their love of reading through various activities.
What an awesome week it was! In our wrap up video of Week 4, you’ll see snaps from Purple Bra Day, Health Week, and more!
This year’s Explore8 learning project saw students solve an everyday problem experienced by a person or group in society.
Thirteen students from Years 6 – 8 entered the 2022 Western Australian State RoboCup competition at Curtin University last weekend.
As part of their Fearless5 project, our Year 5 students looked at ways they could a create sustainable environment for our local birds.
Georgia Carlsen (Brennan, 2009), co-founded Sir Botanical, which offers wedding and event flowers, wall art and lifestyle products.
The theme of Seek7 is sustainability and looks at the importance of caring for our planet and the resources we rely on, including water.