Term 4 MindQuest Workshops - Registrations Open Now

TERM 4 Workshops - Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 November 2018

These challenging fast paced two day workshops are designed to stimulate and extend your child across a broad range of subject areas. These hands on activities include chemistry, earth sciences, lego robotics, drama, art, writing and much more. Courses focus on developing critical and creative thinking skills, problem solving and broadening your child's interests. Many of the courses for older children give them a unique opportunity to acquire advanced concepts at the high school level. 

To find out more about the 2018 courses click here.

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Big Day In - STEM and IT careers conference

Students from Stage 3 attended the the BiG Day In Junior hosted by St Ignatius' College Riverview (Regis) on Tuesday 21 August 2018.

The BiG Day In Junior is an IT careers conference designed for students in Year 5 and 6. Students had the opportunity to interact with Australia’s technology leaders and gain valuable knowledge and advice from industry professionals. St Mary’s students participated in 3 workshops: Learning to code with the ap Playgrounds, racing F1 cars and programming robots to dance.

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Congratulations to our Year 4 and 5 students who participated in the Hypatia's Challenge.

Congratulations to our Year 4 and Year 5 Team who represented St Mary’s in an exciting and enriching academic gala day for gifted girls held at Marist Sisters’ College, Woolwich. The girls participated in a number of stimulating and challenging tasks across subject disciplines.A special congratulations to our Year 4 team who one the Year 4 category.

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Outschool: Live online classes by independent teachers

You and your children may like to explore some of the thousands of online courses available through Outschool. Courses can be one off sessions or run over a period of time. 

For more information see the video below.

Outschool: Small Online Classes for K-12 Learners

To view the latest courses click here.

Please let Mrs Bassett know any of the courses that you have completed and send her a review so that we can share this information with other students.

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Gifted Challenges "Beyond intellect: Exploring the social and emotional aspects of giftedness."

Where can I find a friend? How asynchronous development affects relationships.

"Gifted children, teens and adults thrive when they understand the social, emotional and cultural impact of their giftedness, when they feel understood and accepted, when surrounded by like-minded peers, and when they are not criticized for any delays in their social-developmental trajectory. As parents, we must help them navigate the path to adulthood, seek out activities where they can develop healthy social relationships, and encourage them to accept, work with, and appreciate their unique differences."

This blog gives some insight into the challenges that asynchronous development (a discrepancy in skills or development among gifted children) can have on our students and children, along with some great strategies to support them.

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Our World Needs Maths

The Stage 3 Newman Maths group have been exploring why our world needs maths. 

Here are two movies they have created to show us how we use maths everyday.

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Experts Offer Their Top Parenting Tips for Helping Gifted Kids Thrive!

You may be interested in accessing this free ebook, written by over 27 experts in the field of Gifted Education, including Scott Barry Kaufman, Linda Silverman, James Webb, Carolyn Kottmeyer, Dan Peters, Lisa Van Gemert and MORE!

Click here to access the ebook.

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Parent Information Sessions: Anxiety in Children

Please register your interest here if you will be attending one of the sessions.

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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) Animation Challenge

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is looking for animations created by students that represent one of the following musical movements. 

Create your animation to represent one of these movements:

• Movement I: Awakening. Track Cue 1: 0.00–6.22

Introduction – Lullaby – Awakening – The Escape
 

• Movement II: Plummet. Track Cue 2: 6.22–10.27

Suspension – Slow Motion (Pixilation) – Descending to the Sea
 

• Movement III: Trash Vortex.  Track Cue 3: 10.27–14.11 or Track Cue 4: 14.12–18.14
  Surging dirge, reality, beautiful melodies intertwined with the trash vortex texture – Repeat (not literal) – Albatross circling – Ending

You may use any software to create the animation such as:

• PowerPoint
• AnimateIt for stop-motion animation
• DoInk for green screen activities
• iMovie
• Adobe Animate
• Adobe Character Animator
• Scratch and Scratch Junior
• Minecraft

How to submit your entry

Upload your animation to YouTube and email the YouTube link to education@sydneysymphony.com by Monday 21 May 2018.

(Mrs Bassett would also love to see any entries that you submit. Please share with her at meghan.bassett@syd.catholic.edu.au)

Applications must include:

• The student's name and age
• Track cue number
• A short description of what appealed to them in the music to inspire their visual representation
• Which animation tools they selected.

The SSO will advise which students' animations selected for screening in the week commencing 21 May 2018.

More information is available here.

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Be a Science TV Reporter competition - Congratulations to Orlando, Darci, Juliette and Hannah

Congratulations to our Science Reporters - Orlando, Darci, Juliette and Hannah

These students have had their video selected to be viewed on the competition gallery. 

You can view their reports here.

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