Junior School Dip Their Toes Into IGSSA Swimming
We had the privilege of hosting students for the Year 5 JIGSSA Swimming Carnival on Tuesday 14 March, with Year 6 students visiting St Hilda’s on Thursday 16 March for their carnival.
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Art Represents the Holy Spirit
The Year 5 classes have been creating artworks that represents the Holy Spirit. They’ve come up with some amazing stuff!
Girls Enter Spelling Bee
Students from Santa Maria, along with students from five other schools participated in the 2019 Regional Interschool Spelling Bee held earlier this month.
Primary Classes Open Their Doors
It’s been a very busy week for Years 5 & 6 this week, with Open Night and Grandparents’ Morning. The girls have loved showing off their classrooms and their work.
Santa Chefs – Year 5 Students Learn About Nutrition
Year 5 students have been researching the topic of nutrition and using their new knowledge to create iMovies for their families.
Oh The Places You Will Go: VR in the Classroom
Want to swim with sharks, or visit the Louvre in Paris, spend an hour in Venice? What about a visit to the jungle to see wild animals up close? Well, these are all things our girls can do without leaving the College.
Year 9 Marine Science
In recent weeks, the Year 9 Marine Science elective class have been working hard on biodiversity showcases and lessons.
What “Like a Girl” Means to Me
Inspired by Tayla Harris (AFLW), “Kick Like a Girl” we recently asked our Year 5 girls what the term “Like a Girl” means to them. #KickLikeaGirl
Years 5 & 6 Twilight Carnival
Last night, a selected group of our Years 5 and 6 girls competed in the annual JIGSSA Twilight Swimming Carnival at HBF Stadium.
Learning from the Early Settlers
Our Year 5s are currently learning about the first settlers of the Swan River Colony. The girls visited Peninsula Farm and the East Perth Cemetery to learn first hand what the settlers went through.
Year 5s Reflect on what it means to be a Santa Girl
The Year 5 Reflection day is a day for the girls to reflect on what it means to be a Santa Maria student.
Year 5 Students Learn About the Design Thinking Process
In Year 5 Design Technologies, the girls are learning about the Design Thinking Process as a way to plan out and develop new and innovative ways to do and make things
Spaghetti Tower Challenge: It’s Not All About Money
Year 5 students at Santa Maria, have been working on an economics task – a Spaghetti Tower Challenge. Students were asked to build towers using spaghetti and marshmallows. To make it more challenging, each group were allocated a different monetary budget to buy their materials.
Prickly Classmates for Year 5
The Year 5 students have some strange visitors in their classrooms over the next few weeks! The Science Department has generously allowed Year 5 to care for their four Thorny Stick Insects while the students are learning about adaptations.
Around The World with Food
Today the Year 11s took the Year 5s for a cooking lesson.
Year 5 Take a Trip Back in Time
In the Year 5 Humanities & Social Sciences course, the girls are studying the Swan River Colony. As part of their studies, the girls headed off on an excursion to visit Peninsula Farm and the East Perth cemetery this week.
Year 5 Reflection Day
While the ‘big kids’ were away at the Years 7 – 12 Interhouse Swimming Carnival, the Year 5 girls enjoyed their Reflection Day.
Santa Maria – Throughout The Years
Our Year 5.5 Class have been studying “Santa Maria throughout the years” in Geography class. The girls have had the opportunity to view historic images of the College from 1939 to 2016. Their project was to observe and note down any visible changes.
Dolphin Watch
Dolphin Watch 2017 has well and truly started at Santa Maria College. Joselyn Juraszek from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Visitor Attractions was invited to the College on Tuesday evening to chat to our ever-growing group of Mini Ladies in Lab Coats.
Students Teach Students
Our Year 12 Outdoor Education class had a great time teaching Mrs Ryan’s Year 5 class about some environmental issues in our world today.