Creative & Performing Arts
Creative and Performing Arts
Thank you to all of our CAPA students who have worked so hard during Term 3 on so many CAPA projects, including Dance Spectacular, HSC CAPA Evening, Year 11 CAPA Evening and HSC Practical Examinations. The CAPA Faculty are so proud of you all!
What an unforgettable night celebrating the incredible talents of our HSC Creative and Performing Arts students during Public Education Week. From captivating music and dance performances to a stunning Visual Arts Gallery, every element of the evening showcased the hard work, passion, and creativity of our emerging artists, they were definitely "igniting their potential". A heartfelt thank you to the students, staff, and families who brought this vibrant event to life. Your dedication and artistry made it truly extraordinary. Bravo!
We hope you enjoy viewing some of the photos from the evening, taken by Mason from Year 11 Visual Arts.
Congratulations to our amazing Year 11 CAPA students! What an incredible evening filled with outstanding music performances and a stunning visual arts display. The talent, creativity, and dedication of the students was truly inspiring. A huge thank you to our staff and families for supporting these young artists as they continue to grow and shine in their creative journeys.
50th Anniversary Musical 2026
Next year Elderslie High School will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary. So our 22nd Musical will include many of our CAPA Alumni in the cast, crew, music ensemble and as choreographers and directors. Last week we had an Alumni Meeting with more than 60 Alumni attending the meeting in person or on Zoom. Our current students will also be signing up this week as well, via a Google Form. So, what Musical will be doing in 2026?”. Stay tuned!!
Dance and Drama
Well Done to Elderslie High School Dance Students for putting on a wonderful Dance Spectacular! The show is a highlight of the year and the dancers did not disappoint. The performers from Dance Ensemble, Transition Dance Ensemble, Ballroom Dance Ensemble and the HSC Dance students entertained the audience along with our feeder primary school students from Cobbitty Public School, Spring Farm Public School and Elderslie Public School. Thank you to the CAPA staff, P&C, Mason Pan from the Student Media Team, Alysah Bliss for compering the night and all of the Parents who came to watch and supported the students along the way.
A HUGE congratulations to HSC Dance students Lilly Ockers, Ella Smith and Kimberley Smith on their Nominations for CALLBACK!
CALLBACK is a showcase of exemplary HSC Dance works and if selected the girls will perform these works at The Seymour Theatre in February 2026. In total Elderslie High School had five nominations. Lilly was nominated for her Core Performance. Ella and Kimberley were nominated for both their Core Performance and Core Composition. This is a fantastic achievement and we are very proud of these talented dance students.
Schools Spectacular 2026 “Remarkable” Schools Spectacular rehearsals are about to begin in early Term 3. The following students are part of our Combined Dance Team, performing in the segment “You Never Know” Year 8 students Claire Dodd, Charlize Samillan, Maddux Shearer and Chloe Young. Year 9 students Alysah Bliss, Phoebe Lee and Ella Santa Maria. Year 10 students Scarlett Bowser, Kirra Douglas and Emily Radisic. Along with our featured dancers Ella Smith, Kimberley Smith and Kaliska Nenadic we are very excited to get started with the Schools Spectacular performances on Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th November.
Ella and Kimberley Smith have been rehearsing with the NSW Public Schools Aboriginal Dance Company this term to create a work for the State Dance Festival and they performed with the company during Week 9 at The Seymour Theatre. They will also be performing as part of the Company in Schools Spectacular. The dancers are enjoying their last year with this group and Elderslie High School is very proud of their involvement over so many years. You are leading the way for other Aboriginal Dancers at our school!
Congratulations to the Year 9 Drama students on their performance at In The Spotlight Drama Festival 2025. They performed on Wednesday 6th August at Campbelltown Arts Centre and represented Elderslie High School admirably. Congratulations to Alysah Bliss Year 9, for her excellent work as one of the comperes for the event. Congratulations to Alysah Bliss Year 9, for her fabulous hosting of the evening performance.
Music and Entertainment
This term, Year 9 Music students have been learning about Film Music as their topic of study. They have been examining various film composers and how all elements of music, foley and dialogue come together in films. Over the last few weeks Year 9 have been working diligently on their assessment task; recording and arranging sound effects and musical phrases that suit a chase scene from the film Ratatouille.
Year 11 Music performed at their CAPA Evening in week 7 featuring a wide variety of instrumentation and musical styles. CAPA Night featured Electric Guitars, Drum Kits, Congas, Vocalists and even a Vietnamese Zither. Students performed many songs by various artists such as Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Radiohead, Simple Plan and many more. Congratulations Year 11 Music class for presenting an amazing show!
Congratulations to Kaylee and Ella, from Year 12 Music Distance Education class, on completing your HSC Music Practical Examinations.
The Year 12 Entertainment class have been working tirelessly behind the scenes at various events throughout the term such as Dance Spectacular, Year 11 CAPA Night and Year 12 CAPA Night. These students assisted with lighting, vision and sound during bump in, operation and bump out. These shows are officially the last shows the Year 12 class will assist with before graduating. Congratulations Year 12 and amazing work over the last few years.
Visual Arts
We're thrilled to showcase the incredible artwork of our Year 7 students! For Assessment Task One, they explored the vibrant world of Albert Namatjira, creating their own stunning watercolour interpretations and enhancing them with unique collage elements. These talented young artists, Emily, Georgia, Isla, Charlie, Latifa, Danica, Jessica and Ceylin, have truly brought their imagination to life, blending traditional techniques with modern creativity. Swipe through to see their masterpieces and join us in applauding their hard work and artistic vision! Year 7 have spent this term learning about the environmental issues facing the Great Barrier Reef, making and painting their ceramic reef tiles and studying the ground breaking artist Jason deCaires Taylor.
So far this term Year 8 have been exploring Pop Art through the works of Roy Lichtenstein, that they have used to inspire their appropriated still life artworks that reflect their own world and interest. The students are moving on to create a collaborative project of Pop Art inspired food sculptures using recycled materials to problem solve their way through the process. Year 8 have had a fantastic year in Visual Arts and have an amazing collection of artworks to display next term at CAPA Evening.
All of the work of our Year 7 & 8 artists will be on display at the Year 7 & 8 CAPA Evening on Monday, 8th December 2025 from 6.30 pm in the School Hall. Put this date in your diaries!!!
Year 10 have been working so hard on their Flora and Fauna inspired linoprints which have been entered into the Fishers Ghost Art Exhibition as their collaborative project that came together in a highly resolved way. This term we have begun exploring our Landscape unit of work. Both Year 10 and Year 11 went into the city to the Museum of Contemporary Art and around the harbour for the students to take their stimulus photos for their new artworks. The students have worked exceptionally well this year in creating artworks inspired by their world as a source of inspiration and we look forward to seeing their final landscapes next term. A number of the students' Still Life artworks from Term One were selected and entered into the Fisher's Ghost Art Award and will be on exhibition from Saturday 27 September – Friday 21 November at the Campbelltown Arts Centre. This is so exciting for the students to see their artworks in a gallery space.
Congratulations to Year 11 on finishing their Preliminary Course in Visual Arts and moving forward into their HSC course next term. We had an exceptional CAPA Evening where the students curated and displayed their artworks for an audience. The students have been working really well this year to develop their ideas into artworks and practice the technical skills that they will be developing into their HSC Body of Works starting next term.
Year 12 worked so hard this year to put together an exceptional display of technical development and refinement in the creation of their artworks. Congratulations to the students on the monumental effort that they have put into creating their artworks that were a testament to their commitment to the course. We are so proud of them for all their hard work and commitment to learning new skills, resolving old ones and pushing themselves to be uncomfortable in their artmaking to feel success and grow in ways that they did not think were possible last year. Congratulations to Year 12 on submitting their HSC Bodies of Work. Study hard and all the best in your HSC Exam!
This term the students in Visual Arts Club have been making their artworks for the Calendar for Cultural Diversity. The students worked within their preferred mediums to create individual artworks that have come together to create our entry for the calendar, much like diversity. Some students also created an artwork for the Threatened Species Competition for the Local Government Area. This term the students have been planning and starting their artworks for the Young Archies and the Easter Show for 2026.
