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St Mary's Anglican Girls' School

Locality: Karrinyup, Western Australia

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25.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK WRAP A great end to NAIDOC Week with a special didgeridoo performance by Year 9 student Ellys Dad, Joe, during Maps Assembly today. It topped off a great week of celebration of Indigenous culture from the beautiful sand mural, dot painting river stones, damper making to EGIncursion - a virtual reality session on Aboriginal History. Our Year 1s, Pre-Primary and Kindy students loved painting boomerangs, making animal keyrings and doing scratch art to dreamtime... stories with our Indigenous girls, and many of the Junior School girls, as well as the Senior girls, enjoyed the chance to taste crocodile, buffalo, kangaroo and emu on offer today! Thanks to Miss Garnett for her great coordination of these events this week. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #naidocweek2020 #NAIDOC

25.01.2022 PROTECTING OUR LOCAL SPECIES This year the Friends of Trigg Bushland Reserve were fortunate enough to secure a government grant to build seven bird boxes and six bat boxes in our neighbouring Trigg Reserve. Today, our Year 4 classes were excited to be involved in not only the constructing and placement of the bird boxes, but also to learn from renowned expert, Simon Cherriman from Insight Ornithology. Simon is a vibrant and passionate environmental educator and qualified b...iologist who shared his wealth of knowledge with our budding young scientists. The girls took full advantage of this awesome real learning opportunity were inspired by every step of the process. After helping with the boxes today, they will now wait in anticipation to see our endangered species attracted back to our School and surrounding bushland. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #trigg_bushland

25.01.2022 KINDY OLYMPICS A glorious morning for the Kindy Mini Heptathlon-Olympics! This is exciting annual event produced some outstanding athletic feats from the girls, their parents, older siblings...and even some of our Junior School staff. ... Thanks to our Year 3 helpers for your support today and a special thanks to Mrs Jo Burnfield, our wonderful PE teacher who is leaving St Mary's at the end of this year. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

25.01.2022 DANCE SHOWCASE Our Year 9 to 12s are excited present their dance works to a live audience on Monday 7 September. All class works will be performed, including some smaller group work ensembles. Our Dance Companies will also take the stage with Juniors performing a lyrical item and Seniors performing a contemporary work. The girls are looking forward to showcasing their work and cant wait to see you at the Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre. ... Bookings: https://www.stmarys.wa.edu.au/online-bookings #stmarys #discoveringherbest

25.01.2022 2021 PREMIER'S ANZAC STUDENT TOUR We are excited to announce that three St Mary’s girls will be part of a group of 14 WA students on the 2021 Premier’s Anzac Student Tour next April, to travel our State in commemoration of the Anzac legacy. Congratulations to Alana (Year 9), Grace (Year 10) and Lucy (Year 11). The 2020 and 2021 Premier’s Anzac Student Tours have been combined, with Grace originally being awarded a place for the 2020 tour, but is now excited to join Lucy and... Alana next year. The girls enjoyed discovering war items from the Riley Collection, housed in the Marlene Carter Heritage Centre at St Mary’s. Alana held a ‘swagger stick’ or officer’s stick, owned by Archbishop Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Chaplain General WWI. Grace was proud to wear a tin hat, or ‘Brodie helmet, Mk II’, worn at the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 and Lucy admired a General’s cap - both owned by Bishop Charles Lawrence Riley, Chaplain General WWII. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

24.01.2022 CAREERS EXPO Students in Years 10 to 12 are invited to attend this years exciting Hale / St Marys Careers Expo on Monday 24 August at 5pm Hale School. Dont miss the opportunity to talk to a broad range of exhibitors and institutions as you consider your career path.... Bookings are essential via https://bit.ly/3kx3GHT (please note only one parent per student may attend). #stmarys #discoveringherbest #careers

24.01.2022 EATING UP SCIENCE At St Mary’s we are privileged to welcome our Old Girls back to school to pass on their knowledge and inspire our students. The popular Junior School program, 'Eating Up Science', gives the girls great opportunity to hear from scientists renowned in their professional fields. They have enjoyed guest speakers such as environmental scientists, emergency doctors, radiologists, subsea professional divers and engineers. They embrace the opportunity to learn abo...ut the diverse nature of STEM careers. Recently paramedic and Old Girl Bronté Pember ('09) spoke to the girls about her job and what to do in an emergency. There was great excitement when the girls got to check out the ambulance! #stmarys #discoveringherbest

24.01.2022 MADALAH YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Congratulations to Brooklyn (Year 8) for being selected as one of the leaders at the Leadership Summit for Madalah last weekend. She joined 20 other emerging leaders who experienced cultural engagement activities and connected with elders and leaders within the community. Brooklyn was successful due to her written application about the importance of family and culture. Great work Brooklyn. ... For more information about the experience - https://www.facebook.com/madalahltd/posts/3810770245623888 #stmarys #discoveringherbest #madalah #leadership

23.01.2022 HAPPY FATHERS DAY Its that time of the year again when our Kindy to Year 2 girls get down and boogie with their Dads to celebrate Fathers Day. Our girls and Dads raised the roof of Dannat Hall with their energy during Fridays Jungle Zumba session and enjoyed the special breakfast that followed.... Wishing all our Dads, Grandads and Guardians a wonderful Fathers Daywe hope you take some time today to rest your dancing feet! #stmarys #discoveringherbest #fathersday

21.01.2022 YEAR 5 CAMP ADVENTURE Our Year 5 girls enjoyed spectacular winter weather and outdoor adventure this week at our schools amazing outdoor education facility, St Marys at Metricup. They started the week learning about the history of Cape Naturalist Lighthouse and joined an interactive cultural experience with @koomaldreaming. On Tuesday they worked with Western Shield and @NearertoNatureWA experts and learnt about the biodiversity hot spots in our magnificent south west. Th...e girls discovered the importance of control burning and the impact of fires on fauna and flora. The local Margaret River Fire Brigade also paid a visit and the girls thoroughly enjoyed clambering over the local fire truck! Along with building bush shelters and guided bush tucker walks, our budding young conservationists also worked hard to plant 150 trees on the schools boundary fence and will eagerly check on the progress of the trees during their future visits to the property. On Wednesday, they conquered a 7km coastal hike from Grace Town to Ellensbrook Homestead. Our staff were extremely impressed by our girls enthusiasm and resilience during this long walk. The camp allowed students to connect with nature, communicate and collaborate as a cohort and develop community service skillsand most importantly it was a lot of fun! #stmarys #discoveringherbest #metricup

21.01.2022 CELEBRATING ST MARY, OUR PATRON Our School community celebrated our patron, St Mary, with a Eucharist for Years 6-12 today. The Right Reverend Kate Wilmot presided and preached and the service was enriched by the music of the Senior Concert Band, the singing of the Hi Fidelity and Magnificats choirs, the performance of the Liturgical Dance Ensemble, and the support of the Reverends. Bishop Kate reminded us of Marys courage and self-assurance, qualities that we affirm in t...he girls being educated at the school named in her honour. It is very special to come together as a community every year and celebrate in this traditional Anglican way. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

20.01.2022 WORLD KINDNESS DAY Today is World Kindness Day, a day to highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness which binds us. We’ve been celebrating Kindness Week at St Mary’s with the theme of ‘choose kindness’. Dressed in hot pink, love-heart branded shirts, our ‘Kindness Crew’ have been out and about spreading random acts of kindness! ... They surprised our Junior School girls on Wednesday, visiting the girls in costumesthere were smiles, giggles and high fives galore! Our Kindness Crew have spread the word during assembly, had the Year 11s dancing though lunchtime and encouraged coloured clothing in Senior School. Forget the Academy Awards, there have been awards of ‘Big Hearts’ to students and staff throughout the week. Our wonderful SMafé staff have capped off the week with Kindness cupcakes. Let’s keep spreading the kindness and make kindness the norm. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #worldkindnessday #makekindnessthenorm

18.01.2022 YEAR ONE GIRLS WELCOME HALE SCHOOL Our Junior School playground was buzzing with energy yesterday as our Year 1 friends from Hale School, our Brother School, joined our Year 1 girls for a special playdate. The girls and boys listened to an informative talk from Melanie, Friends of Trigg Bushland, about the wildlife in our neighbouring bushland. ... They were excited to head out along the bush path and to spot the newly installed nest boxes, used to attract birdlife to the area. They were surprised to find that some of the weed varieties on the bushland had the most beautiful flowers! Thanks for the great catch up Hale School. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #trigg_bushland #haleschool

17.01.2022 YEAR 11 LEADERSHIP WEEK From abseiling and rock climbing at Statham Quarry, hiking along the Bibbulumn Track, canoeing along the Swan River and team building at the Swan Adventure Centre our Year 11s experienced an action-packed Leadership Week! Leadership Week emphasises personal and team development, whilst having fun and enjoying surroundings different from the normal school environment. Our Year 11 girls learnt the importance of trust, perseverance, goal setting and h...ow having the right support around them will help them achieve their goals. Were glad you enjoyed the adventure last week girls! #stmarys #discoveringherbest

17.01.2022 SCIENCE WEEK BEACH CLEAN UP St Marys girls participated in an early morning beach clean-up today, braving wet and windy weather to collect marine debris along the shoreline at Mettams Pool, Trigg. The girls the sorted the waste during their weekly HOPE (Help Our Planet Earth) meeting. In a joint initiative with Tangaroa Blue, a foundation which is committed to removing marine debris from the coast and oceans, the types of marine debris were counted and data shared with ...the wider environmental community. Thanks to all students who participated, planet earth thanks you! #stmarys #discoveringherbest

16.01.2022 SHARK TANK SUCCESS! Congratulations to the Hale School and St Mary's combined team who have won their category in Shark Tank National Finals! Well done Rhiannon and Vivian! Yet another great initiative with our Brother School.... #stmarys #discoveringherbest

16.01.2022 A LOOK INSIDE DAY It was a pleasure to welcome future boarding students to campus last Saturday for a 'A Look Inside Day'. The girls experienced St Mary’s school life with fun activities and made new friends with their fellow future boarders. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #ABSA

16.01.2022 CHRISTMAS JOY IN JUNIOR SCHOOL It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Our Pre-Primary to Year 2s wowed the audience in the PAC yesterday with their beautiful Nativity Concert. ... We hope you enjoyed your special performance girls as much as your parents and teachers did. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

15.01.2022 HAPPY 99TH BIRTHDAY ST MARYS There was excitement for our Year 3s today as they celebrated our Schools 99th birthday! The daughters of St Marys Old Girls, Ashleigh, Kenze, Zoe and Willow, shared the honour of cutting the cake to mark this special day. Our history is important to us at St Marys and our Year 3 girls have been exploring 99 years of memories and facts about our schools heritage. Working alongside our Archivist, Ms Neille, the girls have been learning about... St Marys origins. They recently visited the original St Marys site in West Perth and it has been the highlight of their history studies so far. The girls enjoyed meeting boarders from the 1950s - Dot Merito (Lukis 57), Madeline Bell (Forrest 57) and Ruth Johnson (Burnett 57). The day included a picnic on the lawn and playing old fashion games, which the girls loved. We look forward to celebrating our Schools centenary next year!

15.01.2022 YEAR 8 STEM DAY FUN It was action stations for 48 of our Year 8 girls who enjoyed the challenge of STEM Day yesterday. In teams of four they tackled seven activities including making a rainbow of colours to study the density of liquids, coding a Sphero to drive through a course and constructing a creative racetrack for a race car to successfully negotiate. All M&Ms were accounted for as they completed measuring activities with the chocolate delights! They also cracked cod...es and ciphers to discover a Murder Mystery at school and a highlight of the day was making and firing paper rockets after solving Maths problems! Thanks to our guest speakers from The University of Western Australia's ‘Girls in Engineering’ department who visited to discuss university degrees and career choices and for inspiring some of our Year 8 girls to investigate study in the STEM areas. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #STEM #GirlsinSTEM

13.01.2022 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MINI-BEAST KIND A morning of wonder and investigation as the Kindy, Year 1s and Year 6 helpers got up close to the largest group of visible living creatures the Arthropods or mini-beasts. Mini-beasts play vital roles in our environment as cleaners, pollinators, recyclers, sources of food, prey and predators. Invertebrates are central to the functioning of ecosystems, yet they are underappreciated and understudied.... David from Spineless Wonders introduced the girls to the biodiversity in invertebrates to help them learn respect for these wonders of the ecosystem. The girls will follow up their discoveries this morning as part of their Biological Sciences in the classroom. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #spinelesswonders

12.01.2022 RILEY HOUSE JUNIOR SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS! Congratulations Riley Bears for winning the Junior School Cross Country competition today! Today proved that our Junior School girls and staff are made of tough stuff as they braved the wet conditions and many still competed with smiles on their faces! Thanks for your wonderful team cheering today girls.... #stmarys #discoveringherbest #perthschool

12.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK 2020 Today our School gathered for the NAIDOC Week Assembly around a beautiful sand mural created around the theme for NAIDOC 2020, Always Was, Always Will Be - about the first-born people of this land. Our Indigenous students explained during assembly that the mural is about the different paths taken in their lives and represents the knowledge they have learnt from Elders, from school teachers and from reading.... The girls worked tirelessly this morning to create the mural despite the rain. They created it to represent their Spiritual connection to the land and each other. The Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group received a warm welcome as they entertained students and staff with their music, storytelling, dance and incredible energy! Thank you to Miss Garnett for your coordination and Future Footprints and MADALAH for your support today. St Marys Anglican Girls School acknowledges that the land upon which we learn, create and grow is the traditional land of the Whadjuk Boodjar people. #stmary #discoveringherbest #NAIDOC #NAIDOC2020 #naidocweek2020

12.01.2022 REMEMBRANCE DAY Our Senior School gathered today for Remembrance Day, to honour the service men and women who laid down their lives for freedom. The Dannatt Hall stage was adorned with a three-metre high cross, made for Holy Week, which became the focal point of wreath and rosemary laying throughout the service.... Our 2021 Student Leadership team led the speeches, readings and prayers after a 'Welcome to Country' by Makayla, Year 10. The Voices Choir sang a beautiful arrangement of John McRae’s famous poem ‘In Flanders Field’. Thanks to everyone who helped to make Remembrance Day assembly so moving and to our Year 10 Anglicare Ambassadors for helping to raise money for Ex-Service Men and Women and their dependants by selling poppies. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #remembranceday #lestweforget2020

11.01.2022 BONDS AND BRIDGES During our most recent Junior School Bonds and Bridges Coffee Morning we were delighted to hear from Di Wilcox and Mel Knight from Magic Coat for Kids and Karalee Katsambanis who spoke about step parenting. The Magic Coat program helps children learn to take control and responsibility for their own world and to create positive relationships with adults and children around them. Di explained The Magic Coat tool to help create confident, calm and caring kids ...who know how to problem solve, feel safe and manage their emotions appropriately so that they have good mental health and well-being. Using her first-hand knowledge, Karalee Katsambanis provided a valuable insight to step parenting and shared information from her book Step Parenting with Purpose everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask. Were excited to share the news that her book has been shortlisted in the 2020 Australian Business Book awards! The next Bonds and Bridges session will be held on Wednesday 28 October from 6.30pm-8.00pm. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

10.01.2022 App, App and Away at St Marys! We invite our parents to download the new St Marys Parent App...in readiness to read todays edition of NewsLink! The app is available for free download from the App Store and Google Play...just search for St Marys AGS and enjoy a single time log-in to access School news, notices, activities and events. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

10.01.2022 CAPAF CAKE DELIGHTS There was a sweet waft of sugar in the air at St Marys this morning that lead us to the Polson Room for the annual CAPAF Baking competition, organised by our Design Technologies Department! There were three categories this year - celebration cakes with a Step Back in Time theme, Chocolate Indulgence and Biscuits and Slices.... There were such incredible entries it would make every nan proud. There was even a surprise appearance by Elvis! Well done girls, an incredible level of creativity and expertise displayed today. Watch this space next week for more arts action from what was a fantastic CAPAF day. #stmarys #discoveringbest #baking #cakes #creativity

10.01.2022 Thank you to Hale School for hosting this mornings student leadership meeting. It provided another great opportunity to catch up, exchange ideas and to continue our valued relationship with our brother school. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #haleschool #collaboration

09.01.2022 BEWARE...'SAVAGES' THIS WEEK! People are never quite what you think they are. What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? Our secret superpower as humans is our ability to co-operate. Are we selfish creatures? Is there hope for mankind? Join us at 7pm this Thursday or Friday night, at The Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre, to find out! ... Bookings are essential for this year's Senior School, Lower School Production - https://www.stmarys.wa.edu.au/online-bookings #stmarys #discoveringherbest

09.01.2022 YEAR 12 FATHER-DAUGHTER BREAKFAST It was a special start to the day for some of our Year 12s and their fathers, as they shared breakfast together to celebrate the girls final year of school. They listened intently to our guest speaker, UWA Professor Bruce Robinson, founder of @thefatheringproject and Western Australian of the Year 2013.... Professor Robinson, who is doctor, teacher, scientist, author and father, discussed the importance of fathers and father-figures in their daughters lives, and the lifelong benefits of spending one-on-one time together from a young age. Many dads also took the opportunity to grab a copy of Prof Robinsons new book Daughters and Dads. We look forward to welcoming back Prof Robinson tomorrow, along with more of our Yr 12s and their Dads, for another memorable Father-Daughter Breakfast. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

09.01.2022 LANGUAGE WEEK IS FINITO! Language Week finished today and what a week its been! Today our Senior School girls were inspired by French singing workshops by Geraldine Rey (G*Rey), French-Australian songwriter and producer.... From pasta making, Tarantella dancing, Japanese Calligraphy, Japanese drumming by the amazing Taiko On Perth to a lunchtime game of bocce/boules this week has offered a cultural experience for everyone. A special merci to our Language teachers and all staff involved. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #the_little_italianschool

09.01.2022 'SAVAGES' SUCCESS Congratulations to the cast and crew of 'Savages', this year's Lower School Production. The stage of the Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre was transformed into a desert island for this devised drama based on William Golding’s 'Lord of The Flies', except it was about girls marooned, not boys! ... Great work girls...you demonstrated incredible performance skills and thanks to our two audiences for your support. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

08.01.2022 R U OK? Its Mental Heath Week and R U OK? day today - a reminder to check in with those around you and yourself. You dont have to have all the answers or solve anything, a genuine heart felt check in goes much further than you think. Its the felt experience of truly being heard and held with care in that space that makes others feel ok even when they are not. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #RUOKday #Theresmoretosay

08.01.2022 A MUSICAL OPENING NIGHT MAGIC Congratulations to the cast and crew of A Musical on a successful opening night last night. There are still tickets available for the remaining three performances - tonight at 7pm, tomorrows matinee at 2.30pm and tomorrow evening at 7pm. Dont miss this great show! ... Tickets are free but must be booked in advance via https://www.stmarys.wa.edu.au/online-bookings We look forward to seeing you. #stmarys #discoveringherbest

08.01.2022 CURIOUS CREATURES, WILD MINDS IN JUNIOR SCHOOL There were some curious and wonderful creatures spotted in the Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre today, gathered to celebrate Book Week 2020! The Junior School Book Week Parade is the highlight of the girls social calendar and the girls took to the stage to display their creative and colourful costumes. ... The Book Week theme for 2020 is Curious Creatures, Wild Minds and our Junior School teachers joined the action by entertaining the girls with their humorous play Charlie Cooks Favourite Book (by Julia Donaldson). The stage was filled with pirates, aliens, ghosts, birds and some of our favourite childrens book characters such as Goldilocks and the three bearsmuch to the girls delight. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #bookweek2020

08.01.2022 IGSAA ATHLETICS CARNIVAL The sun shone brightly on a great Senior School IGSAA Athletics Carnival today. Congratulations to Iona Presentation College for winning the carnival, Santa Maria for second place and our girls in third place. Well done to Athletics Captains Poppy and Amy for their leadership this year and our Physical Education teachers and coaches for their coordination for this event. ... Great work everyone! #stmarys #discoveringherbest

07.01.2022 YEAR 10 WEEDING WONDERS Our Year 10 girls worked tirelessly in trying heat at Chittering Landcare Centre in Muchea yesterday removing approximately 12m3 of Cape Tulip weed. The girls fast developed amazing camaraderie and a sense of purpose as they competed to create the biggest piles of weeds possible! Each year our girls are slowly making a huge difference to the landscape at the Landcare Centre. This was the Year 10s second community service exercise this year for the ...Chittering Landcare Group, the first involving the planting of 18,500 seeds on a wet rainy day in July. The girls have fully embraced the opportunity to give back to our community and the environment in which we live. Thanks to Fr Richard for lending a hand with the weeding yesterday! #stmarys #discoveringherbest #chitteringlandcarecentre

07.01.2022 CAPAF CREATIVITY AT ITS BEST Our St Marys Creative and Performing Arts Festival (CAPAF) last Friday was a visual feastfrom delectable and decorative cakes, concert performances, inspiring artwork, clothing design and photography displays, to the incredible Wearable Art parade. This years Wearable Art theme was the Changing Shape of the Female Form, exploring the history of womens fashion from Ladies at Court (Tudors/French revolution), Empire (Victorian/Edwardi...an era) The Great Gatsby (1920s flapper), The New Look (Post World War 2) and Liberation (Swinging 60s to modern day). The Empire to Me parade provided a strong visual statement because of the suffragette movement and womens right to vote being granted. The day offered something for every student with spelling bees, speakers corner, media production displays, language performances and the ever-popular House Singing. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #perthschool #perthschools

07.01.2022 DAZZLING DANCE SHOWCASE Our Year 9 to 12s presented their dance works to a live audience on Monday night in spectacular form! All class works were performed, including some smaller group work ensembles. Our Dance Companies took to the stage with Juniors performing a lyrical item and Seniors performing a contemporary work. ... Congratulations girls! #stmarys #discoveringherbest

06.01.2022 Some of our wonderful Year 11 and 12 students have gone to incredible lengths to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia Three Year 12 girls shaved their heads, while another 33 students cut off their locks for the Worlds Greatest Shave and Ponytail Chop this afternoon, raising just over $28,000 to help Aussie families beat blood cancer. Junior School girls also joined in the spirit of the day, wearing wigs, colourful ribbons and other crazy hair creatio...ns. Year 5 student, Chloe, and her mum, Sharon, spoke at the event, describing Chloes journey with Leukaemia and recovery to now be cancer free. Well done to everyone involved and a big thank you to Boarding Chapel Prefect, Pip and the Respect Committee, who organised the event. A special thanks also to our volunteer St Marys mums who helped chop the girls hair, including Diana Szelid, Karen Roux and Lara Hart. If you would like to donate, theres still time visit https://secure.leukaemiafoundation.org.au//TeamFundraising #stmarys #discoveringherbest #leukaemiafoundationwa #worldsgreatestshave

05.01.2022 CONNECTING AND CREATING AT METRICUP Last weekend some of our Year 4 Mothers and Daughters enjoyed a weekend of connecting and creating with each other and nature at St Marys at Metricup, The Lady Treatt Centre for Learning and Leadership. The girls and their mothers embraced the quiet time spent enjoying each others company and with their environment. The weekend gave our Year 4 girls the opportunity to experience our schools wonderful outdoor education facility bef...ore returning for their first overnight camp at Year 5s next year. They learnt about the facility, the food and the sleeping arrangements and well as exploring the beautiful bushland, creeks and dams on our 100-acre facility. While the weather provided some challenges, everyone rose to the occasion and embraced the experience. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #metricup

05.01.2022 SEPTEMBER CONCERT SPLENDOUR Celebrating the joy of making music together, the September Concert 2020 will showcase Senior School performances by students in all stages of their musical journey. From the St Marys Year 7 Beginner Band, who only started learning their instrument in February 2020, to Hale St Marys Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the premier Wind Ensemble of both schools. Choirs, bands and orchestras from Years 7-12 will be featured, with a special performance by th...e newly formed St Marys Baroque Ensemble. Join us for a beautiful evening of music. Bookings: https://www.stmarys.wa.edu.au/online-bookings #stmarys #discoveringherbest #haleschool

04.01.2022 BUSH TUCKER GARDEN The new Senior School bush tucker garden has sprung to life! Our Indigenous girls worked tirelessly on creating the garden this week, with help from Tucker Bush Schools Program and local artist and actor Rubeun Yorkshire. ... Mark and Julianne, from Tucker Bush, taught our girls about the variety of native Australian plants with edible fruits, nuts, seeds and leaves and gave them a hand planting. Rubeun guided the girls with designing and painting artwork on six Jarrah and Tuart poles to reflect the Six Seasons -Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Djilba, Kambarang and Makaru. During the development of the garden the girls learned about local Aboriginal culture and the traditional use of plants in a native bush tucker garden in the years to come. Our Year 6 visitors from the Wickham and Tambrey enjoyed trying out some of the edible plants, with the Chocolate Lily plant a big hit! We appreciate the support from our Parents’ Society and the Partnership, Acceptance, Learning and Sharing (PALS) program for helping us create this beautiful garden. Thanks to Miss Garnett for coordinating this invaluable project. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #tuckerbushplants ##pollyfarmerfoundation

04.01.2022 JUNIOR SCHOOL STRINGS FESTIVAL The Junior School Strings Festival was held over two afternoons on 16 and 17 September with wonderful performances. The festival is a positive and inclusive space for string players to perform for family and friends. Thanks to our adjudicator this year, Ms Zoe Van Drunen from Hale School, our Brother School. She provided our girls with supportive and encouraging written feedback, with the standard of performance incredibly high across all year... levels. Congratulations to all performers! #stmarys #discoveringherbest

03.01.2022 As the sun set over the city skyline, our Year 12s and their Mums shared a memorable time at their Mother-Daughter Sunset Soiree at Frasers Kings Park, to celebrate the girls final year of school. Our Principal, Mrs Tudball, joined Head of Year 12, Mrs Payne and the Chair of the Board of Governors, Ms Elizabeth Carr AM, to congratulate the girls on how well they have managed this year and how proud we are of their spirit, tenacity and positivity, and of the extraordinary y...oung women they are. The warmth and excitement in the room was palatable and the vibrant energy and engagement between the girls, their mums and each other was just what everyone needed after such an unusual year. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #perthschool

03.01.2022 SENIOR SCHOOL BOOK WEEK 2020 It was the Senior School girls turn to dress up today to celebrate Book Week and another chance to demonstrate their imagination and creativity during Term 3. The Book Week parade was a highlight of the day and provide many laughs and cheers as our characters took to the library catwalk.... Congratulations to the daunting Wicked Witch of the West (aka Stefanie, Year 11). This is was Stefanies consecutive year in taking out the top Toblerone prize! Well done to Louisa, Year 9, for the convincing portrayal of Demi Bourbon from Identity V and Riley, Year 7, as The Magic Pudding. The Best Runway performance was awarded to Dumbo (Grace, Year 7) and Creative Creature Frankensteins Daughter (Irini, Year 7). Everyones sentimental favourite The Lion King took out the Best Group prize. Great teamwork from our Year 8s - Bridie, Molly, Isabel, Grace, Annabel, Kate and Susannah. There were many cheers for our Staff Winner the Mad Hatter (Mr Smith). Sleep well everyone, another big creative day ahead with CAPAF festivities tomorrow. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #bookweek2020

02.01.2022 YEAR 10 SKILLS-SHARE FUN WITH HALE Our Year 10 girls enjoyed the first of several joint co-curricular activities this week as part of our brother/sister school relationship with Hale School. The skills-share involved Hale boys cooking up a storm with our girls at St Marys, with another group of our girls heading to Hale to use woodwork machinery with the Hale boys. It was a positive and uplifting experience for both groups, with many giggles along the way. ... The Year 10s can look forward to other co-curricular activities such as sailing and a try dive with our Marine science staff planned for 2020. #stmarys #discoveringherbest #perthschool

02.01.2022 BONJOUR, CIAO, KONNICHIWA! Its Language Week in Senior School and it kicked off today with a special lunchtime calligraphy session. The fun continues tomorrow with a pasta making demonstration, a Japanese Taiko drumming performance and workshop on Wednesday, Italian folk dancing on Thursday and bocce/boules on Friday. Also on Friday there will be French singing and workshops throughout the day with special guest Geraldine Rey.... Girls are encouraged to drop by the SMaf during the week to see beautiful images from Italy, Japan and France as part of the Language Week photo exhibition. If you would like to try your hand at the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy there will be another lunchtime session on Wednesday. Grazie! #stmarys #discoveringherbest

01.01.2022 SCIENCE WEEK 2020 ACTION This week there was plenty of action, experiments, displays and colour as we marked Science Week 2020 at St Marys. Our Year 7 girls got creative using chemical sprays to make coloured flames, using the same chemical elements in fireworks used to create firework displays. Both the Year 7 girls and teachers had fun investigating the use of detergent to create forces of attraction between water particles, in order to make bigger bubbles and even cool...er shapes! Those girls who have always wanted to fly a drone got their chance todaybut underwater! They used the Schools FiFish underwater remote operated drone to navigate an obstacle course in the pooland gave the underwater drone quite the workout. The Kindy girls were excited by experiments each day. Their favourite was watching the reaction when detergent was added to drops of colour in a plate of milk. They also loved adding coloured vinegar to a plate of bicarbonate of soda. Its exploding! they exclaimed! #stmarys #discoveringherbest #scienceweek2020 #girlsinstem

01.01.2022 SMILE! ITS WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY World Photography Day is an annual, worldwide celebration of the art, craft, science and history of photography. During Language Week, SMaf played host to an inspiring exhibition of photos from Japan, Italy and France submitted by our Senior School girls, for the Language Week Photo competition.... We are pleased announce the winners - Kathleen D (Year 12), Jessica D (Year 7) and Emma I (Year 8). The runners up are Alex M (Year 10) and Sophie T (Year 7). Beautiful work girls, its a pleasure to share your images. Senior School girls will have another opportunity to submit striking images like these for the CAPAF Photography Competition organised by the Media Department. Please see the Daily Newsletter for more details. So get snapping and support your House! #stmarys #discoveringherbest #worldphotographyday

01.01.2022 A MUSICAL A SUCCESS! A loud applause for A Musical, with its Year 10-12 cast delivering an incredible performance. A Musical presented the opportunity for the girls to perform selected pieces from some of their favourite shows with all the signing, dancing and acting elements of a traditional musical. Well done to our Year 12s for your outstanding performance and for continuously setting a fantastic example for our younger students.... Thanks to the creative team, crew, musicians and all St Marys Drama, Dance and Music staff for their support with this production. #stmarys #discoveringherbest