Year 6 students at ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ»ÆƬ recently premiered their production of ‘Say It Loud!’ The annual show featured three original one act plays devised, scripted and presented by the students. Now in its fourth year at ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ»ÆƬ, ‘Say It Loud!’ is the culmination of the College’s primary drama curriculum
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All three Year 6 classes have been busily preparing for the annual ‘Say it Loud’ performances on Tuesday 4 July. ‘Say it Loud’ is a playbuilding program unique to ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ»ÆƬ. Over the course of 15 weeks Year 6 students create self-devised documentary drama. Documentary drama is theatre that wholly or in part uses pre-existing documentary material (such as newspapers, government reports, interviews, etc.) as source material to develop into a performance script, where possible, using verbatim material mixed with the interpretation of the student. Our Year
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The good news is the building schedule is on track for completion during Term 4. With the site in such a prominent position in the school, the build has been highly visible, and although outward signs of progress appear to have been slow, there has been constant activity, drilling into rock and preparing the footings and configuring the complex design. In the past few weeks, progress has been more evident with the beginnings of the outer brick walls and installation of the concrete panels. The finished building will be a sta
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​What a great night on Thursday night, 25 May with our music students! Two choirs, a rock band, ten individual solos and a duet. The Oratory Space has never hosted a finer set of Disney songs! For a significant number of students this wa
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​​Arts Profile: Ellie Newland Which Creative Arts subjects have you taken at ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ»ÆƬ? Three, including Drama, Music and Visual Art. Although I thoroughly enjoyed Music and Drama, I continued Visual Art due to my stronger passion for sculpting, painting and drawing. What are you currently working on in visual art? This term we ar
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Year 7 student, Laura Ackerley auditioned successfully to join Jenina’s Dance Workshop (JDW) on their USA tour in April 2017. She was the youngest member of the team. Not only did Laura attend classes with the world’s best teachers, she also took part in one of America’s top 3 Dance Conventions. Jenina was overwhelmed
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An annual event that is beginning to be a rite of passage for Dance students at Dominic is the much anticipated visit to Miss Jenina’s JDW Dance Workshop Studios situated near the school in Bosco Drive. This week, both the Year 8 Dance class and the Senior Dance class visited the studios for a workshop and orientation at the fully equipped dance facility. Guest instructor, Kate, delivered a dem
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The 2017 NAIDOC poster competition is on and entries are open to all talented artists over the age of 13 across Australia. This year’s theme for the poster Competition is ‘Our Languages Matter.’ The artwork created in the winning entry will be used as the basis for the official poster for Naidoc week and100,0
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The Creative Arts Project is off to a great start in Term 1, on the journey to transform the ground floor of the old Middle School Art and Craft Electives Block. This level once housed the metalwork rooms, and most recently The Anzac Buffet space and Uniform Shop​. The project will provide the College with two new fine arts classrooms, two new sound proof music classrooms and a new area for media studies. There will be seven new practice rooms with an adjoining recording room, a crea
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Music is now underway and the symphony of offerings will have students humming along. Private instrumental lessons have started for the year, and 89 students have taken up this valuable opportunity. Excellent work! Six professional tutors are employed by the College to teach students privately in Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Guitar, Ukulele, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Voice and Drums. Students from Prep
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