Around the College
Senior Solo Night
On Wednesday 6th May the Year 11 and 12 Music students performed a concert of solo repertoire for their family and friends in the Music room.
The evening featured a range of performers, starting with Millicent Nash performing some beautiful French impressionist music on flute. Jemma Gillard entertained with some beautifully expressive jazz clarinet pieces and Amee Mann followed with some lovely classical and Latin pieces on flute.
Samantha Perryman had the audience captivated with two musical theatre songs from Bring it On and Hairspray, and Eva Yen impressed with classical piano playing.
Flynn Hutchinson performed some extremely funky Japanese acid jazz on the bass and Alex Fechner concluded the night with some beautiful and engaging jazz singing.
The audience was treated to a very high standard of performances overall. Congratulations to the students who completed their first SACE assessment for the year and thank you to Greyson Young for filming and Sharon Chng for co-marking the night.
Catherine Stanley
Music Coordinator
Poetry in Action
This week, our Year 8 students had the opportunity to attend an engaging and thought-provoking Poetry in Action performance, an experience that had strong ties to our English unit of work this term, Speak Out!
Throughout the term, students have been exploring spoken word and slam poetry, examining how poets use language to communicate ideas, challenge perspectives, and inspire audiences. Through the performance, students were able to see these concepts brought to life in a powerful and authentic way.
The performers demonstrated a range of poetic techniques including imagery, repetition, rhythm, tone, and figurative language, helping students recognise how these devices can be used purposefully to convey meaning and evoke emotional responses. Students were encouraged to think critically about the choices poets make and the impact these choices have on an audience.
Most importantly, the performance helped students make meaningful connections between the work they have been studying in class and the wider world around them. Experiences such as these remind students that poetry is more than words on a page, it is a powerful form of communication, storytelling, and self-expression.
Lucy Higgins
Coordinator of Middle Years Learning
Making It Real: Our Rough Sleep Out Experience
Year 11 Christian Living | 20 May 2026
Sometimes the most powerful lessons are the ones we live ourselves.
Recently, sixty Christian Living students spent a night sleeping on the floor as part of a Rough Sleep Out - an experience designed to make homelessness real, not just a statistic. A presenter from Baptist Care opened the evening with a sobering truth: 127,680 Australians are experiencing homelessness right now. That's more than 1,500 double-decker buses full of real people, with real stories.
Our students didn't just hear that, they felt it. One night without the comfort of home was enough to shift something. Students reflected afterwards with remarkable maturity, speaking of new empathy for those who face this reality every single night, not by choice, but by circumstance.
Our students didn't stop at empathy. They acted.
With creativity and zest students organised bake sales, barista stalls, Taco Tuesdays, sausage sizzles, food drives, and more, our students raised over $3,800. Every dollar is a testament to their compassion and desire to be the hands and feet of Jesus in our world.
To our school community, parents, and supporters we would like to say thank you.
You made this possible.
Tertia Visser
Acting Head of Christian Living