Dancers Showcase Their Talents
The annual Dance Showcase was a tremendous day with over 120 dances showcasing their talents to family and friends.
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Apricity: Creating a Dance Film
The IGSSA Dance Festival took on a new format this year and was presented online. Dancers worked closely with staff to create this digital performance.
Year 12 Dance and Drama Graduation Performance Evening
The Year 12 Dance and Drama Graduation Performance Evening is the pinnacle of the Dance and Drama curriculum where our senior students perform their final assessment pieces.
Make Your Mark: Arts Day 2020
The theme for Arts Day 2020 was ‘Make Your Mark’. Students were given the opportunity to do this in two creative ways!
Students Win Angelico Exhibition Art Awards
Two of our Year 11 students received awards at the Angelico Art Exhibition this week. Bridgitte won the secondary prize and Taite was awarded an art scholarship.
Book Bento Boxes
Ever heard of a Book Bento Box? Our Year 5s have. It is a presentation method that encourages students to think imaginatively and in innovative ways.
Easier to Find Your Favourite Books
The Library has reorganised the Young Adult and All Ages Collection into genres. Now students can find their favourite genre of books in one place!
2020 Pubbles Photography Competition
As part of Technology Day, the Pubbles co-curricular group held their annual photography competition. Congratulations to all the winners and runners up.
Year 9 Artists Apart Together
Year 9 Visual Arts students are currently sharing their experiences of COVID-19 via an installation called Swoon.
Art Encounter Days
Each year, the Visual Arts Learning Area holds two Encounter Days for Year 12 Visual Art and Design students. These days give students the chance to work with well-known artists and designers.
Year 8s Zoom Ahead With Robots
Year 8 Robotics and Coding is a class offered by the Technology & Commerce Learning Area. The course is new in 2020 and aligns with Digital Technologies in the Australian Curriculum.
French Days of the Week
Year 7 French students have been learning the days of the week in French. To reinforce what they have learned, they were asked to create their own French rap song. Here’s one of them.
Welcome to Santa Station: Santa Maria’s New Podcast
Last week saw the launch of Santa Station, the student run podcast. We asked three presenters about this new initiative.
Learning to Juggle
In Active Adventures, the girls have been learning to juggle and make their own juggling balls.
Year 11 Outdoor Education: Team Building
The Year 11 Outdoor Education class were unable to attend their 4-day Sea Trek this Term, so instead, the girls have been making team-building skis.
Year 5 Students Make Their Own Robots
The Year 5s have been learning about 3D shapes and how to make nets. Their challenge was to create a robot from 3D shapes the girls had made themselves.
Year 10 Site-Specific Dance
After working in isolation at home in their bedrooms, hallways and gardens, the Year 10 dancers are now back and collaborating on a Site-Specific Tour of the College.
Lunedì, Martedì, Mercoledì
Year 7 Languages students have been learning the days of the week in their Language classes. The girls were given the task to write a song about the topic.
Film Music Analysis
What is your favourite piece of film music, that big orchestral sound that brings your Saturday night movie to life?
Year 12 Visual Arts Profile: Ruby Staines
This week we chat with Year 12 Visual Arts student Ruby Staines, who shares the inspiration and story behind her artwork.
Visual Arts Students Collaborate on Mural
Year 9 Visual Arts students are working on a collaborative mural project based on the style of street artist Swoon. They are producing some amazing work.
Recreating Works of Art
Inspired by a challenge set by Getty Museum, Santa Maria Visual Arts staff and students were challenged to recreate works of art using items and people from home.
Year 12 Visual Arts Profile: Isabella Rudrum
This week we chat with Year 12 Visual Arts student Isabella Rudrum, who shares the inspiration and story behind her artwork.
Mirror Mirror: Reality vs Illusion
Year 11 Visual Arts students are creating artwork to the theme ‘Mirror Mirror’. They have been exploring the concept of reality verses illusion.
A Labour of Love
Religious Education and Home Economics teacher, Andrea Dopson, recently took on a labour of love, creating four new altar cloths for the College.
IGNITE Students Explore Their Creative Side
Have you heard of the beautiful city of Zele, or maybe Os Coinne? This term, Year 7 IGNITE students have been exploring their creative side and designing their own Fantasy fiction.
A Kaleidoscope of Talent!
The Mercy Walk was transformed into a kaleidoscope of colours, textures, patterns and shapes as students proudly paraded their creations at this Year’s Art Exhibition and Fashion Parade.
A Unique Performance
Drama students from Years 9, 10 and 11 enjoyed a performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in a unique performance opportunity at the Pop-Up-Globe this week.
Year 12s Leave Their Mark
Year 12 Design students have left the College with some beautiful artwork in the way of murals hung outside the Mercy Gallery.