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St Mary's College

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8216 5700

Address: 253 Franklin St 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: https://www.stmarys.sa.edu.au

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23.01.2022 Senior Art, Design and Photography Exhibition 2020 On Friday 6 November, St Mary’s College Stage 1 and 2 Art, Design and Photography students celebrated their end of year exhibition, which showcased their creative talents in a broad range of mediums and styles. This event is always a great way to end a year of planning and creating art and design works. Families, friends and students enjoyed refreshments as they gathered to admire the great selection of creative work from our talented students, while listening to the music provided by our Small Jazz Ensemble.

22.01.2022 Our Year 3s, STEM Club and STEM Coordinator, Chloe, welcomed Emily and Georgia from Blackwoods to the College to check out their work. STEM Club students thanked the team at Blackwoods, who have equipped the club with glasses, gloves and coveralls; all essential for up and coming projects STEM-stars will need! Watch this space for our building of the Frog Pond Viewing Platform in our Convent Gardens area. The construction will be from recycled materials donated by our friend...s at Bunnings Mile End. Year 3s and 11s were busy jigsawing, sanding and varnishing, ready to allow students to get up close to our tadpoles in early 2021! Catholic Education South Australia

21.01.2022 Our Year 9 Art students who have been working with Art Therapist Jane Smeets on the Leaf Project, have now finished creating their artworks. These creative pieces were based around the concepts of the cycle of life and death, transition and change. Artworks will be displayed in the Susan Sullivan Library early next year.

17.01.2022 Year 11 student and Justice Representative student Nicole C, visited the Campbelltown Council Chambers to deliver a speech to the elderly in their community about our Justice program here at St Mary’s College. She spoke about different initiatives as well as the many activities that run throughout the year to help numerous local charities. Nicola also shared how our students participate in our Immersion programs, by supporting selected orphanages and schools in Vietnam and Cambodia. She also answered questions in the discussion that followed. We appreciate Nicole’s passion for the Justice program, for sharing her experience and for being a wonderful ambassador for St Mary’s College. Thank you, Nicole!

16.01.2022 National Fairy Bread Day. This week, our Reception class integrated literacy and numeracy lessons, and wrote a procedure about how to make fairy bread. Students then made and tasted their yummy fairy bread! I am sure we all have fond memories of fairy bread!

16.01.2022 During Term 4, our Junior School students have been out and about around Adelaide! Our Year 1s have enjoyed several excursions over the last few weeks. Students have had a lot of fun exploring nature at Morialta Conservation Park, seeing the 5-day old giraffe at Monarto Safari Park, Snow play at IceArenA, learning about the stars and constellations at the Adelaide Planetarium, Mega Courts Inflatables as well as a day at Glenelg! What a great way to learn, explore and have fun!

14.01.2022 In Digital Technology, our Year 7s have been working hard on designing and coding a game with a sustainable focus. Some of our students explored the split bin system used at the College, and created a game that promotes awareness for our younger year levels. Other students explored the impacts of landfill and plastic pollution in our oceans.

13.01.2022 St Mary's College current Year 5s along with our new Year 6 students for 2021, came together for Transition Day. They enjoyed a day of STEM activities that focused on teamwork, problem-solving and of course lots of fun! We welcome our new students to the St Mary's College community!

12.01.2022 Thank you KIT International for sharing. Our St Mary's College students were honoured to be involved with Zonta Club of Mt Barker. Our College community is also very proud of the commitment our students have when collaborating with such an inspiring organisation, as KIT International. #empoweringyoungwomen... #studentgoals #volunteer #friends #community #sisterhood See more

10.01.2022 Each year since 2005, selected Year 11 students and staff embarked on a journey to Vietnam. Year 11 student Lily reflects on our journey in 2019: "When reflecting on our trip to Vietnam, I see it as an indescribable experience filled with so many moments of joy and appreciation. For me, the highlight of the trip was our time spent at Phu My Orphanage in Saigon caring, feeding and playing with the children there. We also visited many Vietnamese restaurants, learnt how to bar...ter in the markets and cruised down the Mekong River. Other highlights of the trip included working in a food kitchen that provided meals for the families of cancer patients and teaching English in a convent that brings children out of poverty to receive an education. We travelled five hours to Ba Loc where we spent two days working on a coffee bean plantation with past residents of Phu My Orphanage, who now live and work on the plantation. The immersion experience opened my eyes to how much love and happiness comes from relationships and experiences. We all walked away with a sense of purpose and gratitude as these children have touched our lives forever". The experience is so enriching not only for our students, staff and the College community, but also for those we support in Vietnam. This year, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, we could not proceed with this trip. However, our links remain strong, and we hope that we can recommence our journey soon. Nguyen Nhanh Phuc Xuan Tran MyHien MaiDang Irene Duarte #phumyorhanage #socialjusticeinaction #frontlinekindness #volunteers #immersion #empoweringyoungwomen

07.01.2022 As part of the Junior School Out And About Program during Term 4, our Year 4s participated in a workshop on creating stop motion animation. Our students worked with Cam from GooRoo Animation. Cam presented many of his own animations including a short film entitled Animal Instincts that took six months to complete. He also shared many useful tips in creating stop motion animation and provided resources for the students to create their own. Check out some of the Year 4s creations!

06.01.2022 Last week our 'Little Sprouts' discovered magic milk in an experiment and played with Domino blocks. Adults and toddlers finished the morning by singing 'Jack and Jill' and 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. Last week, was also our final Playgroup for 2020, but will recommence early Term 1 next year. Thank you to our Playgroup Coordinator Angela for creating wonderful play spaces each week, and to all our families who have joined in! If you would like to attend our St Mary's College L...ittle Sprouts Playgroup - please register via our website or click on the link below. https://bit.ly/LittleSproutsPlaygroup

06.01.2022 Did you have a chance to watch our recent Digital Arts Festival or want to watch it again? Click on the link below. The Digital Arts Festival is a celebration of Visual Arts, Drama, Music and Dance performed by our St Mary's College students. So, before restrictions are lifted this weekend, sit back with your family and enjoy this entertaining creative arts production!... https://bit.ly/STMCDIGITALARTSFESTIVAL2020

05.01.2022 Congratulations to our Year 12 students on completing their creative works for 2020. Students shared their installations at the recent Senior Art, Design and Photography Exhibition with family and friends, which showcased their creative talents in a broad range of mediums and styles.

05.01.2022 Anyone for Roast Lamb? Our Year 11 Food & Hospitality students have been busy creating roast lamb with roasted Hasselback potatoes, green bean almondine and honey garlic carrots! Watch our master chefs share their delicious recipe; then gather your ingredients, head to the kitchen and recreate this dish! ... Weekend dinner sorted!

05.01.2022 Our Year 6s had two great days out last week, for their Glenelg Beach Safety Day and Kayaking with Paddle SA. Students learnt life skills about beach safety and were able to feel more confident around water. Students showed persistence with kayaking, and enjoyed the challenge of staying afloat in very windy conditions!

04.01.2022 This week our Reception class had assistance from Ms Schwarz and her Year 9 class writing a special letter to Santa. Reception students love having their 'big sisters' come and visit!

02.01.2022 During Term 4, our Year 10s welcomed guests from a range of small, local businesses for our Entrepreneurial Panel discussion. These are all amazing, inspiring women who are making change in their fields through the aims of profit, planet and people. They included Elisa from Acacia Henley Beach; Brydie from Byrdie Lane- a preloved fashion store; Claire from The Lotus Project - a disability support provider and Alix The Celebrant $20Boss was a project in PLP that is an innovati...ve way to teach students about entrepreneurship and business while enabling them to explore their passions and career pathway that may be of interest. Presenters shared their journeys as women in business, exploring the challenges of business ownership as well as their greatest successes. Our Year 10 cohort appreciated their warmth, humour and passion. Congratulations to our Year 10 student award winners for 2020: Product Design: Life on Canvas Sustainability: Zip and Tie Marketing: Urban Mugs Profit: Stitch in Time Innovation: JMT Succulents Teamwork: Soleil Outstanding Entrepreneur 2020: Madison Knighton Thank you to Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) who sponsored the program with funding, and made it possible for us to participate. #FoundationsofYoungAustralians #futureentrepreneurs