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Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day It is always with pride and reverence that students embrace the opportunity to participate in Remembrance Day activities. This year, carrying the honour of supporting the 2/43rd Battalion, for whom SAC is custodian of over 200 remembrance crosses and their ceremonial flag, were students of 7NW. The students placed the crosses on the […]
Student Leaders for 2023
Student Leaders for 2023 We are very pleased to announce the following Student Leaders for 2023. We are very proud of all students who applied and showed a willingness to involve themselves in students’ leadership at SAC. Ms Jacqui McilroyDeputy Principal (Pastoral Care) Sports Captains 2023
A Brilliant Year 10 Drama Night!
It was a full house last Tuesday night where almost 50 students took to the stage performing their own self-written plays. Their plays explored serious social issues and highlighted things they wish to see change in the world. The plays were (in order of appearance) ‘Too Late’, ‘Aminah’, ‘A Step Out of Order’, ‘Hidden’, ‘What […]
Virtual Reality (VR) Experience for Students
Virtual Reality (VR) Experience for Students Year 10 and Stage 1 Digital Technology students went to Lumination Lab to be immersed in VR. They stepped into the shoes of an astronaut and experienced what it might feel like to navigate through the stars and into the future. They investigated the challenges and exciting possibilities that […]
UN Voice of Youth Competition
UN Voice of Youth Competition We are very proud of Year 8 student, Mariya, who ranked third in the Junior Finals of the UN Youth SA’s Voice Competition last weekend. Mariya impressed the judges with her presentation on the topic of ‘Incentivising Migration to Regional Australia’. The Voice Competition is considered Australia’s most prestigious public […]
Visitors with Tales of Success
Visitors with Tales of Success Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia, approximately one hour’s flight away from Darwin. The country has a population of 1.3 million people and it has the highest rate of poverty in Southeast Asia. Before the pandemic began, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said that, “one in five […]
Continuing the Storytelling of our History
Continuing the Storytelling of our History Boarders’ High Jinks The routine and discipline of the boarding house in the 1920s was strict with early mornings and rules of silence but mischief and pranks abounded. Midnight feasts and pillow fights were part of boarding house culture, but it was the arrival of the daughters of the […]
Chemical Reactions in Year 9
Chemical Reactions in Year 9 Whenever we study a Chemistry topic, students ask “Can we make something blow up?”, so last week we did exactly that. In our study of Chemical Reactions, we have recently been learning about different properties of acids and bases and where these are found around the home. In an adaptation […]
The National History Challenge
The National History Challenge Causes and Consequences The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for Australian students from Year 1-12. It gives students a chance to be historians, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. The theme of the 2022 National History Challenge was “Causes and Consequences”, with […]
