This Friday, the Duncraig Theatre will host an evening of marvellous melodies and toe-tapping tunes presented by our Senior School musicians! The St Stephen’s School Duncraig Senior Music Concert will showcase the talents of the Concert Band, High School Orchestra, Swing band, Singers, Stellas and Fellas.
Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/2K4w80J
Year 11 and 12 Automotive Engineering and Technology students saw all the behind-the-scenes action at Barbagello Raceway last week at the WA leg of the Supercars, courtesy of the Western Australian Sporting Car Club. Students saw how the cars are set up and how much time is involved in getting everything right.
The Year 8s are learning about energy in Physics this term. Today they were observing the transfer of energy by spinning snakes with their favourite piece of lab equipment, the Bunsen burner!
Ben Nicholson
Science Teacher
Members of CATA Group thoroughly enjoyed a service learning visit from a group of Duncraig Year 11s late last term. Duncraig Year 11s Tamzen Paine, Portia Smulders and Emily Bartlett spent quality time with the adults, laughing through belly dancing and working on pottery pieces.
CATA provides innovative services and creative opportunities that promote people’s lifelong wellbeing in a safe, enjoyable and supportive environment.
Yiyili Community School is located 600km inland from Broome in the Kimberley region of WA, yet its remote location is no barrier to innovation.
Staff and students in the K-10 cohort recently enjoyed a visit from members of the St Stephen’s School Digital Learning Team who spent five days passing on digital skills in the areas of robotics, coding, augmented reality and circuitry.
The team also worked with staff in professional development, provided training resources and technical support and updated Yiyili’s devices and programs.
Anzac Day, 25 April, is one of Australia’s most important national occasions. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
Yesterday Duncraig held a Anzac Day Service on the Quad.
It was attended by the whole school.
“This is a day not of celebration but of national memory. It’s a day when we learn, and learn again, of the horror of purposeless war. It is a day for looking after your mates, cherishing your home, your neighbourhood and family. It’s a day for realising how rare this wonderful country of ours is and how precious it is.” – Unknown
Congratulations to Adam Snyman who has been selected to take part in the highly-regarded Black Swan Theatre Company’s 2018 Work Experience Program this month.
Black Swan is a theatre company of national significance, creating exceptional theatre that nurtures Western Australian audiences and artists, and promotes artists within the state, nationally and internationally. Founded in 1991, Black Swan has earned both critical and popular acclaim for its world premiere productions and highly distinctive reinterpretations of international theatre classics – all of which are infused with the unique culture of Western Australia.
Adam will spend two intensive days with the Company’s artists and staff members, see a performance and a dress rehearsal, experience a theatre tour, devise a theatre piece and more.
Before the break the Year 8 Science class investigated the structure of DNA by extracting it from a kiwi. They were amazed at what they saw!! Good job everyone.
Nicola Ross
Science Teacher
“There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.” Isaac Asimov
The ATAR Y11 Human Biology students performed a chicken wing dissection to help associate the musculoskeletal system in humans. They discovered that pulling on the tendons would flap the wings.
Nicola Ross
Science Teacher
“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” Thomas Berger
The Year 11 ATAR Human Biology class were building muscles and learning all parts of their structure.
Nicola Ross
Science Teacher
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” Immanuel Kant