Earth Day 2023: Invest In Our Planet
As a community, we came together to acknowledge our planet, improve what we can do to care for it, and celebrate the progress we have already made.
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Seek7: Investigating Clean Water and Sanitation
Seek7 allows our students to take a flexible approach to their learning to do deep work developing global competencies and essential skills.
Clancy Behind COVID-19 Research
Clancy is currently working on COVID-19 samples, focussing on finding diagnostic biomarkers for long COVID and identifying unique molecular patterns that could be responsible for symptoms of long COVID.
Janine Encourages Perth Families to Give Back
Janine’s mission is to connect, inspire and advocate for the gift of giving, and develop future leaders who champion a culture of giving.
Monica (2001) Takes Action Through Service
As a trained breastfeeding councillor, Monica is passionate about providing guidance, support, and knowledge to women and families.
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.
Kendall Advocates for WAs Rural, Regional and Remote Women
Kendall Galbraith (2000) actively informs the gender equality policy, with the government, private sector, civil society and the media.
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.
Marine Biologists in the Making
Year 9 Marine Science students visited Penguin Island this week to conduct research into the impact humans are having on the marine park.
Changing Girls’ Attitudes to Technology
Though girls use a large amount of technology daily, few choose to have careers in the field. With technological advances being everywhere we look, it’s a shame that more females don’t consider pursuing this activity as a profession.
Explore8 Launches for 2022
The Year 8s have just been introduced to the Explore8 program, which is one of our exciting emPOWER Learning Projects at the College.
Year 6 Eco Warriors: Looking Out for their Local Environment
Year 6 students have taken on the role of eco-warriors in response to the question ‘How might we help living things thrive in our local environment?’
Corbett Service Initiative: Operation Sunshine
In our year of Service, Corbett House has developed a relationship with Western Australian charity Operation Sunshine WA.
All Future Generations: Project Compassion for 2022
This week saw the launch of Project Compassion 2022. The Just Leadership team attended a special Zoom launch.
Flexible Learning
Endorsed programs give students a little more flexibility in their learning and help them to gain entry to university.
Students Spread a Message of Body Kindness
Our Mental Health Ambassadors (MHAs) with the support of the Student Leadership Council have been actively promoting Body Kind Week.
Students Making A Difference
Students from Our Lady of Lourdes School were presented with 30 bags sewn by students in our Making A Difference co-curricular group.
Year 5 IGNITE: If At First You Don’t Succeed…
The Year 5 IGNITE class have been learning about the American cartoonist, Rube Goldberg before creating their own Rube Goldberg machines.
Year 6: Solving Big Problems
Spark6 is part of our Enhanced Learning Program with a technology focus that develops the 3Cs – critical thinking, creative thinking, and collaboration.
Year 5s Sprinkling Kindness All Around
Year 5 students have been spreading kindness everywhere. The girls have been taking part in a pilot program titled The Kindness Challenge.
Be like Greta – Write a Letter!
Year 7 HASS students are concerned and active citizens, with big ideas! The girls have been writing letters to their local members asking for change.
Year 9 Frayne’s Call to End Period Poverty
Imagine you are a young girl, you have your period, and you can’t afford sanitary products. Would you go to school? Year 9 Frayne is addressing Period Poverty in their Strive9 project.
Students For Change
Santa Maria students Gabi and Sascha interviewed Costa recently in the lead up to the Catholic Earthcare Summit.
Young Leaders Finding Their Voices
140 young leaders from Western Australian Catholic colleges spent a day at Iona College sharing ideas about social justice.
Seeds Of Justice: Responding to the Call
The 2021 Seeds of Justice Conference theme was “Empowered to respond to both the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor”.
Eco Sisters: The Importance of Recycling Plastic
The Eco Sisters co-curricular group, promotes a sustainable College environment and raises awareness about environmental issues including plastic recycling.
Students Plant A Few Trees, 12,888 To Be Exact!
We each have a responsibility to Mother Nature, so it was wonderful to see a group of Year 11 students heading off to plant trees at one of our Boarding family properties.
Empowering Girls – Jennifer Oaten
Being a principal brings me much joy when I see the incredible opportunities that empower our girls in and out of the classroom. This term has been no different. Our teachers provided many experiences for our students to connect learning to life, develop personal strengths and build friendships.
Fearless5 Gets Underway
In Fearless5, the girls are investigating the question, ‘How can we encourage the bird population around Attadale to visit the College?’
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Jennifer Oaten met recently with the Eco Sisters to hear what the group has been doing and to discuss stewardship and green initiatives in the Strategic Plan.