Senior School

Year 12 Legacy Mural

The Arts branch of the Year 12 Legacy program have embarked on painting a mural with indigenous symbolism which represents the local Peramangk people and the Cornerstone culture. They are painting the mural next to cibo bello. The class invited Cedric Varcoe, a Ngarrindjeri artist, to teach them about aboriginal culture and to assist them with this honourable project. The goal for the mural was to include all of the Houses, various buildings and areas of the College, and different aspects of our Cornerstone and the Peramangk culture. The class also opted to include some references to a few Dreamtime stories with the help of Cedric. Thank you to Cedric for his ongoing work with the students, Jacinta Smart for her passion and expertise in the Arts and for aboriginal culture, the Maintenance Team for their preparatory work on the wall space, Almir Djemailovic from Higgins Coatings for their generous donations, and to Craig Fielke and Kerryn Simpfendorfer for their financial support. We are incredibly excited about this legacy for the College. Morgan Brookes Senior Science Teacher | Naturi House Leader

Take the Stage − Drama Day at the Adelaide Festival Centre for Year 11s and 12s

The Drama curriculum has changed significantly over the past two years, so CentrEd has hosted its inaugural Drama Day to try to assist senior Drama students in their investigations within the course. This immersive experience for Stage 1 and 2 students has been developed to give the emerging actors and theatre technicians hands-on experience in some of the fundamental staging and devising techniques used within Drama. Our 30 students spent the day in workshops in Physical Theatre and Clowning, Devising Theatre as well as Directing Theatre. The Year 12s remained later for a deeper dive into some of the course specifics of Stage 2 which resulted in some really interesting discussions in relation to a day spent well. Kristen Doherty Drama Teacher

Woodside Cheese Wrights

Mitch Lloyd, a master cheesemaker from Woodside Cheese Wrights came to the College on Tuesday, 15 March to speak to our Year 11 Biology students and our students had the chance to make cheese. Our students had been learning about microorganisms as part of our Topic – Cells & Microorganisms. It was a really worthwhile experience connecting with local Adelaide Hills business. This was a fabulous learning opportunity for our students and we enjoyed having this information session with him. Colleen Bradfield Teacher: Science, Nutrition & Mathematics

Year 12 Art & Design Excursion

Every year the Year 12 Art & Design students make the journey into the city to view several galleries to inspire and guide their own creative journey for the year and beyond College. We began the day at the Art Gallery of South Australia, viewing the Biennale “Free State”, where contemporary artworks challenged and encouraged diversity in our thinking and understanding of the concept of ‘Art’. Many of the artworks throughout the gallery surprised us, particularly Yayoi Kusama’s installation. The SACE Art Show consisting of practical works and folios of students from 2021. ‘Viewing the SACE Art Show put into perspective how diverse art is amongst students our age and how incredible it was to see everybody’s development of style.’ − Ella The Jam Factory was our final venue, which is not a jam factory (it used to be) but an exhibition space for exceptional contemporary arts and crafts, including glass, which we were able to view in the glassblowing studio. ‘The whole day was amazing but my favourite part was definitely the Art Gallery as there was so much beautiful art to look at, and I was able to gain inspiration for my upcoming Folio.’ − Jasmine Carola Kennedy Visual Arts teacher