High School
Class 8 Social
It was a beautiful evening to celebrate the culmination of a huge term of camps, classes and a series of Ballroom Dancing lessons.
This year, both the Parkerville Steiner College and the Perth Waldorf School Class 8 students came together to showcase their dancing skills taught by the wonderful instructors at Ballroom Fit Dance Academy.
The amazing staff and parents from Parkerville Steiner College hosted the event, with a lot of care and attention going into preparing for the event and decorating the venue.
Families brought shared meals and the evening was spent enjoying a range of individual and progressive partner dances like the Jive, Cha Cha and Samba. There were some classics in the mix to get the parents up and dancing, including the Nutbush and the Macarena. Some were even enticed into a quick partner lesson on the dance floor too!
It was great to see the student's shine, mingle, and make connections with each other.
A huge thank you to Siobhan and Donna for organising the evening and the instructors from Ballroom Fit for facilitating the event as well as teaching our students their routines during their PE lessons.
Wendy Belford
High School PE Teacher
Class 10B Play - Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale
Perth Waldorf Class 10B students have been working diligently and creatively on their forthcoming Drama Main Lesson play Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale, directed by Jane Diamond. The play will be performed in Williams Hall, Term 3, Week 10.
Wednesday 24 September
Performance # 1 10.40am Cast 1
Performance # 2 6.30pm Cast 2
Thursday 25 September
Performance # 3 9.00am Cast 2
Performance # 4 6.30pm Cast 1
The play follows four female undergraduates at Girton College in 1896, fighting for the right to graduate with a qualification alongside male students. It is set against the backdrop of the first wave of feminism, the suffragette movement where women were protesting in the streets demanding the right to vote, freedom for women and having to push back against a heavily armored and entrenched patriarchal system. The courage and vision of these early women paved the way for change across the western world, although much of the change came well into the 20th century.
Newly appointed head mistress at Girton, Mrs Welsh alongside her next in line staff member, Miss Blake and the girls decide to start a pioneering campaign for the girls right to graduate.
Class 10 students have worked closely together as a team of performers and musicians to bring forth an outstanding performance of Blue Stockings. In addition to the immersion and development of dramatic performance and musical skills, the Class 10 students further developed their representational theatre techniques, embodied identifiable characters and gained an insight into the social challenges and changes that took place at the turn of the 20th century in Britain.
Through the process of diving deeply into the play, we encourage our young people to learn from the past and understand human frailties to always lean into a better world that is based firmly on justice, truth, kindness, respect and equality for all people.
This production has been the collective effort of an outstanding group of young people, Class 10B and the following staff: Shanelle Schramm (Music Direction), Eva Rinaldi (Costume), Mia Horton Class 10B Assistant, Ian Lawrence (set build), Properties and Set Painting Gabriela Morales, Kirrilli Heath makeup and hair. Staff have pooled together their extraordinary and creative skills to produce this topical and relevant play - Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale.
Class 11/12 Physics Elective Projects
During the first three terms of 2025, the Class 11 and 12 Physics elective students have engaged in small group and independent projects. The aim of the Physics Project is to give students a chance to explore an individual interest on a deeper level, through applying learned knowledge and skills, in physics to a real-world endeavour. This process normally culminates with a presentation of their work at Open Day.
Students were given the briefing to use as many reused, recycled, and repurposed materials as possible. Students were encouraged to explore topics that resonated with their own interests and were given the freedom to explore their ideas. With ideas in hand, students had to plan and budget for this project, including completing a thorough risk assessment. Early in Term 2, students began sourcing and collecting their materials, then adjusted once they realised they didn’t have all the parts and/or skills they needed to complete the project. Projects were made from a collection of gathered parts, 3D printed elements and some strategic purchases.
Across the whole process, this project has required problem solving skills, resourcefulness, resilience, skill and knowledge acquisition – some required some very strict safety protocols. As with each year, this year had a wide range of ideas: an elevator, a marshmallow canon, a PVC bagpipe, a hydro-electricity machine, a MURLIN trebuchet and a high voltage generator. The photos show some of the triumphs from their work this year … with more still to come in Term 4.
Brett Kranz-Little
Physics Teacher
Class 12 Presentations Program
Class 12 Update: Looking Back, Stepping Forward
