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PLC Perth

Locality: Peppermint Grove, Western Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 8 9424 6444

Address: 14 McNeil Street 6011 Peppermint Grove, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.plc.wa.edu.au

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23.01.2022 Yesterday's netball fixtures had some great displays of athleticism and team spirit. For all the results, download the IGSSA WA app on android or iphone

22.01.2022 Yesterday during Year 9 Chinese, students had a very engaging class where they used the Virtual Reality goggles. The current topic of ‘travelling’ saw the students able to ‘travel’ to different landscapes and tourist attractions in China. They were able to experience local Chinese culture and learn Chinese writing symbols. Students thoroughly enjoyed their VR experience

22.01.2022 Our Gorna Liyarn dancers Tianna Bin Jacob, Latifah Shar, Jai’Lysa Ockerby and Amelie Brierly danced in the Welcome to Country delivered by Professor Simon Forrest ahead of the Eagles game on the weekend. It was a great opportunity for the students to dance on the oval in front of a huge audience.

20.01.2022 Did you know that after reading about the Smith Family, Anika (Year 5) decided she would collect gifts and toys for those who would normally go without at Christmas. Over 5 days, she approached friends and family to donate and managed to collect 54 toys and gifts. In 2021, Anika hopes to coordinate a larger-scale effort with her Year 5 cohort. Well done Anika! What do you hope to do bigger and better in 2021?

18.01.2022 A Music Scholarship at PLC provides students with free instrument/vocal tuition and up to a 50% reduction of the academic tuition fees! Find out more and visit https://www.plc.wa.edu.au//enrolli/scholarships-bursaries/

17.01.2022 Last night's Conversations at PLC with Class of 1988 graduate and acting sensation, Caroline Brazier was outstanding. Caroline spoke about how her passion for acting ignited during her time at PLC thanks to her then Drama Teacher, Jenny Hetherington. She described how the #metoo movement had changed her industry for the better and how resilience was an important character trait for all actors who faced regular knock-backs before getting their big break.

17.01.2022 With the release of the International Baccalaureate scores this week, we sat down with three PLC students who received outstanding marks of ATAR equivalents of 98 and above to pick their brains on all things IB, exams, and what the future might hold https://www.plc.wa.edu.au/top-performing-ib-students-ready/

17.01.2022 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at PLC. Thanks to our Year 3 students for helping to decorate the school Christmas tree this year.

16.01.2022 Today we remember Joan Deaman (Baty 1938), who was one of premature twin girls born to Charles and Idarene ‘Renie’ Baty at Nurse Loveland’s Hospital in Perth Street, Cottesloe. Weighing just two pounds at birth, both were so tiny Renie carried them around on pillows for the first months of their life. Sadly Joan’s twin, Yvonne, died at three months in March 1922. Joan however, had a strong fighting spirit and thrived. In 1928, when Miss Janet Phemister was in her first year a...Continue reading

16.01.2022 It's Time Travel Tuesday! Today we take you back to October 1917 when Marion *Jean* Cooke came to PLC with her sister Ada, just a few months after our Cottesloe campus opened. In April 1920 she was one of those who decided to form the Old Collegians' Association (OCA), and was our inaugural Secretary and Treasurer until 1923. She nurtured the OCA through its infancy, until it was firmly established.... Jean rowed, played tennis and bridge, and was active with the Girl Guides; but horses were her real passion. She started pony clubbing and formed a large and very successful show jumping team, taking out many prizes in the The Royal Agricultural Show of Perth. In 1935 she married Justin Walsh, of Egoline, Northam, Western Australia, and, in time, raised their two daughters. She also established Walsh’s Horses, a riding school, and began to breed horses, many of which were champions. In 1954 when HRH Queen Elizabeth came to Perth, one of Jean’s horses - Cotton Tail - was chosen for her to ride. Polio meant the Queen never rode him, but the Governor did! Soon came ‘the Educated Horse’, which led to Dressage, Jumping, and Equestrian Federation Australia, in all of which Jean was heavily involved. Jean was one of WA’s best known horsewomen but when not working with her horses, she was impeccably dressed, and she loved, in particular, hats. During shopping trips to Perth she always stopped by Belle Gladstone’s to try on the many beautiful hats on display, but despite her usual glamorous style, there are very few photos of Jean, as she hated having her photo taken. Jean was still riding at 70 when, in September 1971, she suffered a massive stroke from which she died, in March 1972. Without Jean’s dedication in those early years, the OCA is unlikely to have become what it is today We have deemed Jean to be one of our OCA's 'Black Diamonds'. Tougher than any other form of natural diamond, they are more difficult to cut, and they don’t shine in the traditional sense because they absorb, rather than reflect light. Largely unrecognised, they are the less obvious choice, but we wanted to acknowledge some of our Black Diamonds and their extraordinary contribution to the Old Collegians’ Association. More to come! Equestrian Australia Show Jumping International #dressage #equestrian #showjumping #showjumpinghorse

15.01.2022 Yesterday, the Year 11 Chinese Studies students hosted a lunch and made delicious Chinese food for the visiting Year 12 Chinese WACE and IB Diploma students who have just completed their exams. The students enjoyed chatting about future plans and discussed helpful study tips

13.01.2022 Need some good holiday reading? Check out the latest edition of Blackwatch! https://www.plc.wa.edu.au/latest-blackwatch-is-out/

13.01.2022 The talented students at PLC never cease to amaze! Last night, Senior School students wowed the audience during the Performing Arts Showcase displaying the best of dance, drama, vocals and more

12.01.2022 At PLC, the term ‘Lifer’ refers to a student who has spent her entire schooling from Year 1 (or prior) at PLC. Giorgia Chin, one of our most recent graduates, is a Lifer and has achieved an outstanding score in the recent ATAR results release. Giorgia scored a remarkable 97.65 and received a Subject Excellence Award in English! Read more: https://www.plc.wa.edu.au/lifers-at-plc-are-set-for-life/

10.01.2022 At lunchtime on the Quad today, our Gorna Liyarn dancers performed a moving performance to the song ‘I Am Australian’ by Yabu Band as part of Reconciliation Week.

08.01.2022 It’s Time Travel Tuesday! Today we take you back to 1983 and have a little look at some of the tour jackets, jumpers and windcheaters worn on some of our Pipe Band’s nine national and international tours. Tour jackets were not only a must-have accessory for any tour group but a safety necessity, so travelling students were easily identified. ... The PLC Pipe Band’s first tour, in 1983, was to tropical Townsville and Alice Springs, with its desert climate for which, incredibly, a tour windcheater was made! Kathy Bonus (Lefroy 1983) recently donated hers to PLC Archives, remembering it was probably only worn on the plane. This tour put the Pipe Band on a national stage. The next tour, to Scotland in 1988, put the Pipe Band on an international stage. That tour jumper was also a blue windcheater and practical for the variable Scottish weather. We even have a photo in our Archives of Miss Barr (1949; Principal 1968-1989) and her assistant, Jan Hedemann (Principal’s Assistant 1950-1992) wearing their tour jumpers! Other Pipe Band tours include those to Tasmania in 1999 (part of a Music Department tour), Melbourne in 2001, the UK in 2005, Singapore twice in 2007 and 2010, and twice also to the Virginia Tattoo in 2013 and 2016. For Singapore, tour t-shirts were chosen in place of the usual jacket or windcheater. Kerry Jones (Drum tutor 1982-2017) recalled she always involved Band members when designing tour jackets over the years. Tours (and tour jumpers) are just some of the many stories being compiled for a history book to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the PLC Pipe Band later this year. Historian Lucy Hair (Williams 1989) is currently a frequent visitor to PLC Archives as she works on it, and we can’t wait to see the end result! Research compiled by Lucy Hair as part of the PLC Pipe Band history project. May 2021

07.01.2022 When you’re in Year 6, transitioning from Junior School to Senior School might seem scary - but not at PLC! Today our Year 9 students took small groups of excitable Year 6s on a guided tour of the Senior School before the Year 6s were able to have lunch with the 2021 Student Leaders on the Quad

06.01.2022 The inaugural Chamber in the Chapel impressed the audience tonight with brilliant performances of classical and contemporary pieces

05.01.2022 E M I L I A March 2021

05.01.2022 In the Junior School today, students held their annual Kidpreneur Market and used their savvy business skills to market and sell their homemade products.

04.01.2022 The Year 6 Final Assembly had laughter and it had tears! They put on a great show with skits and a song before being presented with their certificates. A PLC pipe band member then piped the girls from the Junior School, through a guard of honour, and into the Senior School where they were presented their Senior School ties. Emotional times for all!

04.01.2022 Aye aye, Captain! Congratulations to seafaring students Libby, Calley, Lexie, and Kate who achieved their Skipper’s Ticket yesterday

03.01.2022 The Pre-Primary girls showed us how talented and confident they are this morning, at the annual PLC Nativity. The parents were so proud, the teachers even prouder! Rev Manie was especially impressed!

02.01.2022 We are now accepting Scholarship Applications for Year 7 in 2022. Head to www.plc.wa.edu.au//enrolling-at-plc/scholarships-bursaries/ for all the info. Share or tag your friends considering a PLC education for their daughter

02.01.2022 On Saturday, the PLC combined choral delivered a stellar performance at Optus Stadium for the Happy Ever After Gala 2020! 77 PLC students performed We’ll Rise Above as a surprise for the 600+ attendees of the event. All the students were gifted Di Wilcox’s book The Magic Coat by Di Wilcox herself as a thank you for singing on the night. ... Thank you to Vision Inspired Photography for the images used in this video.

02.01.2022 PLC has won The Educator's Innovative Schools award for the second year in a row! Read all about how the Year 9 Innovation Project is making a real difference in the world https://www.plc.wa.edu.au/plc-abuzz-with-innovation/

02.01.2022 This morning, the Year 4s had the opportunity to further revise their self-propelled boat design from the Festival of Science in the new STEM Room