Weekly Wrap Up: Term 1, Week 4, 2023
This week, we had Year 7 Camp and Alternative Learning Days, Ash Wednesday, a Year 10 Geography Excursion, Year 11 Drama Day, and more!
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Navigating Life’s Challenges: Alternative Learning Days
Along with camp, our Year 7s participated in the Alternative Learning Days, an extension of the Year 7 transition to high school program.
Achievers’ Club: Recognising Academic Excellence
148 girls from Years 8-12 gathered for Achievers’ Club lunches to celebrate and acknowledge their outstanding efforts in Semester 2, 2022.
Weekly Wrap Up: Term 4, Week 8, 2022
In our last wrap up of the year, you’ll see photos from the Awards Night, Future10, Reptile Incursion, Year 9 Camp, and more!
Happy Campers
Year 9 Camp gives students the opportunity to work with different people, widen their circle of friends and work through their fears.
Transitioning into a New Chapter
The Year 9 transition program, Reason for Being, is a three-day journey of exploring our unique purpose and reason for being in life.
Weekly Wrap Up: Term 4, Week 7, 2022
This week was a big one for our Year 9 students, with their Reflection Day, Transition Program, and Camp down in Margaret River!
STEngineering: All Things Forces, Friction & Gravity
Year 7 STEngineering students were tasked with designing a mini golf course, which needed to include at least two obstacles.
IGNITING Their Passion
IGNITE is our Gifted and Talented program which focuses on developing skills rather than just content knowledge.
Biotechnology: Driving Medical Progress
Year 10 BrainSTEM students visited the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, as part of their study about Biotechnology and its role in medical research.
Marianne Adds Social Value to WAs Mining Sector
To put it simply, Marianne and her team focus on commercial partnerships through both a communities and innovation lens for BHP.
Weekly Wrap Up: Term 4, Week 3, 2022
This week, we had the Music Tribute Night, Seeds of Justice conference, SLC inaugural dinner and meeting, House Drama rehearsals, and more!
Introducing… The Santa Maria College Podcast
Once a month, we’ll be sitting down with members of our community, who are contributing to making the world a better place.
Young Physicists Win Gold & Silver
Congratulations to Year 10 students Annika, Mackenzie, Emily, Grace and Sanjana, who recently competed in the Junior Young Physicist Tournament.
Weekly Wrap Up: Term 4, Week 2, 2022
This week was a big one! We said goodbye to our Year 12s, hosted a Charging Around Australia incursion, and more.
ACCESS: The Key to Success
Our Year 12 ACCESS students gathered to celebrate their successes throughout the year, including the completion of their TAFE Certificate.
Professional Learning: Stimulating Thinking & Generating Ideas
Before the return of students, our staff engaged in a day of professional learning, in which they further developed their expertise.
BrainSTEM Students’ Focus on Neuroscience
BrainSTEm students have been focussing on neuroscience. This week they enjoyed a hands-on workshop with guests from Murdoch University.
Speaking For Their House
The Public Speaking competition saw students vie for points for their House, which will go towards the 2022 McAuley Shield results.
Year 5s Step Back In Time
As part of their HASS studies this term, Year 5 students enjoyed some hands on learning at Woodbridge in Guildford this week.
Robocup 2022
Thirteen students from Years 6 – 8 entered the 2022 Western Australian State RoboCup competition at Curtin University last weekend.
Year 10s Complete Keys4Life Program
Our Year 10 students recently completed the Keys4Life Program as part of the Health curriculum, which aims to help them become safer drivers.
What’s Been Happening in Science?
There is always a lot happening in Science, so we thought we’d highlight some of what’s been happening in Years 7 – 10.
Year 7 Students Get Nearer to Nature
Year 7 students headed to Point Walter this week to bring their learning to life, conducting fieldwork as part of the Seek7 Learning Program.
Extending Our Maths Students
Maths Enrichment Club is a program giving talented maths students opportunities to extend their knowledge through competition and exploration.
Understanding the Solar System
Students in Year 5 have been studying Earth and Space Sciences, through a collaboration between Science, Design & Technologies, and English.
Year 7 Students Win UWA Emerging Engineers Competition
A group of five Year 7 STEngineers students have achieved first place in the 2021 UWA Emerging Engineers Competition.
What Makes a Good Debater?
Interschool Debating is a vibrant competition involving state and private schools in WA. Four of our students tell us about their experience.
Year 8 Science: Learning About Forensics
In Year 8 ScienceQuest students are studying Forensic Science; the art of using scientific inquiry skills to collect and analyse evidence found at crime scenes.
Seek7: Students Get Hands-On at Point Walter
The Seek7 girls headed to Point Walter to enjoy some hands-on work with the staff from the Nearer to Nature program this week.