Beyond the classroom

Drama ‘Cloudstreet’- excursion 14/5

Drama students and some cast members of ’The Wedding Singer’ thoroughly enjoyed the immersive five hour performance at Malthouse on Tuesday 14th May.

The show was an amazing experience, which enthralled and engaged a theatre full of secondary students over the course of a full day .

A rewarding and totally engrossing piece of theatre and possibly a once in a lifetime experience!

Darren Lowe

Drama Teacher

Castlemaine Secondary College Artist-in-Residence call for expressions-of-interest

A new art facility is under construction at the Castlemaine Secondary College Blakeley Road campus. Meanwhile, parents of the Art Support Group are repurposing the art building on the old senior campus that is retained by the school into 2020. It will furnish exclusive tenure of space for a series of artists-in-residence, worth $2,500, of five months each.

The artist-in-residence may avail themselves, from 8am to 10pm daily, of a purpose-built studio well-furnished with benches, sinks, wall-display and storage, with ample lighting from windows facing bushland, covered outdoor areas with on-site parking to the door, an office space with internet, kitchen and other facilities, and the opportunity to arrange to use a large darkroom and capacious gas-fired kiln.

A further $1,000, donated by parents, is offered for materials toward a part of the artist’s project to involve students during the College’s Learning Festival in December. Senior art students will have the opportunity to observe the progress of a significant project by a professional artist.

Expressions-of-interest are invited from visual arts professionals, emerging or established, and living in Mount Alexander with interest in space and opportunity to realise a sustained and ambitious project involving some mentorship of budding artists.

Applications close on June 17.

For more information text 0411 275 289.

Getting ready for the musical

Thank you Maldon & District Community Bank Grant Funding $4,400

Just wanted to share this lovely photo taken of the presentation to Castlemaine Secondary College for the Music Support Groups project Going Wireless with Headsets project. We will purchase our new headsets soon which will be used with our upcoming events such as the musical.

Music Recital Nights

Music Recital Nights are fast approaching. Please come and enjoy our students performing their individual and band pieces on the following evenings. All at 5:30pm on the dot!

VCE Music Performance and Investigation-Monday 13th May

Year 9/10 Music-Monday 20th May

Year 7 Music- Tuesday 28th May

Year 8 Music-Thursday 30th May

The Music Support Group Sausage Sizzle Cake Bake Sale will once again be happening on Saturday June 1st outside the newsagent on Mostyn Street. We are calling for families to donate cakes for the cause. Please drop off at the stall early on Saturday morning. All proceeds are spent on the musical needs of our students.