open day program 2015

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St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School

7 MARCH I 2015

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Aspiring Students, Inspiring Teachers

Who We AreOur Vision St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School nurtures each student’s personal aspirations within a vibrant learner-centred community.

Our Competitive Difference St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School is a unique school. The pursuit of personal best in education drives our strong academic success and our culture of excellence focusing on the pastoral care of each student within our community. We are intentionally small, allowing students the opportunity to represent their school in sport, cultural and service activities and for each student to be known for her individual talents and abilities. We promote leadership opportunities for all students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

Our Values Our focus is to develop and promote authentic, caring, confident, creative and connected women who value reason, imagination, truth, compassion and responsibility.

Our Mission St Aidan’s strives to provide excellence in education in a caring, friendly environment, where each individual is nurtured and shaped by the values of the Christian faith and has the opportunity to achieve her full potential and to develop a passion for life and learning.


Meet Our Educational Leadership Team

Mrs Karen SpillerPRINCIPALMBA, MEdAdmin, BA, BEdSt, FACE, FAIM, FACEL, FAHRI, FAICD, FCEOIFellow of Bond University

Mrs Toni RiordonDEPUTY PRINCIPALMEd Le, BEd, MACEL, MACE

Rev Gillian MosesCHAPLAINBA, LLB (Hons), BTh (Hons)

Mrs Kim WickhamDEAN OF STUDIESAMusA, BA (Mus), GradDipT(Sec), BEdSt, MEdSt, MACEL

Ms Karen GorrieDEAN OF STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC WELFARE (7-9)BA, GradDipT (Sec) MEd, MACEL

Ms Louise McGuireHEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOLBEd, DipT, MACEL

Ms Jennifer RobinsonSCHOOL COUNSELLORDip T, BEd, MEd (Guidance and Counselling)Aspiring Students, Inspiring Teachers


refreshmentsOur School Tuckshop will be operating throughout the day, with our Interact group selling a range of home-made sweet delicacies with the funds raised to go to the group’s sponsor child in East Timor.

Baristas from the Goodness Gracious Cafe will be serving coffee in the Café Precinct under Le Fanu along with a range of hot beverages, from espressos to specialty teas and hot chocolates.

Dippin’ Dots can be found in the Café Precinct under Le Fanu - try an “ice cream of the future”.

Our Music Support Group will be offering a sausage sizzle and breakfast rolls, and selling cold drinks near the Christine

Hartland Centre (CHC).

all day highlightsFind the Enrolments Tent on the Chapel lawn – Join a student-led tour and chat with our Registrar and Senior Staff.

Our Junior School Enrolments Tent is located at the entrance to the Junior School.

Learn about St Aidan’s 86 year history including displays of archival video footage at our Alumni and Archives display near the Pool. Also your chance to learn about and speak to some of St Aidan’s amazing Old Girls.

Our restful Chapel is open throughout the day - be sure to drop in and stay a while and take in the beautiful stained glass windows designed by Father Binns.

Have a look through the Ron Archer Gymnasium on the ground floor of the CHC which is utilised by all sports and physical education classes.

The P&F Shop welcomes visitors - pick up St Aidan’s

memorabilia and gifts as well as supporter gear and uniforms.


On display from the English Faculty will be a selection of student work across various year levels as well as the English faculty’s resources, and programs in the Senior Library, Le Fanu.

Individual, small group music performances will be encountered around the grounds.

Workplace Practices Enterprise students can be found beside Le Fanu, outside the Principal’s office, where they are undertaking a number of fundraising activities for their chosen charity.

Learn about our recent redevelopment of the Science and Technology Centre by picking up the details of our self-guided tour from the Apron, Science and Technology Centre.

View the work of our student photographers from both Junior and Senior Schools and vote on your favourite in the Geography Photography Competition L124, Le Fanu.

Our Robotics Team ‘Aidan’s Automatons’ display this season’s robot and the challenge ‘Cascade Effect’ in SG02, Science and Technology Centre.

Join our Junior School Earth Angels in the kitchen garden as they plant and tend to our vegetables. Learn all about our Earth Angels program and plant a tiny flower seed to take home with you and remind you of your day at St Aidan’s Kitchen Garden, Charma Place.

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Learn some maths magic from our Roving Mathemagicians performing Mathematics magic tricks around the campus.

A Mathematics Orienteering course has been set up around the school using QR codes. The girls will be using the compasses on their phones to navigate their way to each station, and then answer the mathematical riddle included. Find QR codes across the school.

Check answers with any Maths teacher on Level 2 of Le Fanu.



highlights - Senior School ART

Visual Art - Exhibitions of student art work Library & Arts Precinct

Student Selfies Competition LG1, Le Fanu

Dotty Spotty Interactive Activity Arts Precinct Entrance LG5

Students from different levels will be working on current tasks in art rooms throughout the morning. Library, Art rooms & Art Precinct

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highlights - Senior School

9.00 STROKE LAB Pool & Gymnasium Ever wondered what your stroke looks like in the water? Fine tune your technique with the assistance of technology.

EVIDENCE IN THE GARBAGE CG06, CHC This hands-on learning experience asks you to examine the evidence and develop conclusions about the household which has produced the remains. Through participation in the analysis of the sources, you will come to understand why historical evidence is highly problematic.

READY SET DESIGN - A Guerrilla Innovation Experience L111, Le Fanu Everyone is invited to participate in a rapid design challenge using everyday materials to brainstorm, design and prototype an innovative solution to an open-ended problem. Fun, fast and furious design!

SYMPHONY STRINGS Stage CHC Hear the wonderful music from our strings students.

ENGINEERING DISPLAY SG05, Science and Technology Centre Statis models demonstrating properties of engineering. This will include displays of bridges and chairs able to sustain large masses and egg protectors.

TWO FACES OF THEATRE C204, CHC Situational comedies interspersed with excerpts from Greek Tragedy play text.



INVESTIGATING MATHS L210, Le Fanu Hands on investigations and problem-solving games. Please bring along something to write with and your creative brains. This builds the skills for our first Maths assignment. 9.30 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION – SCIENCE SG04, Science and Technology Centre Senior students investigating impact of changing environmental conditions on growth of tomato plants.

COOKING DEMONSTRATION Food Technology room, L101, Le Fanu Students demonstrating the skills required to bake perfect scones.

SCIENCE SHOW S101, Science and Technology Centre Demonstration of science phenomena through hands-on activities.

CONCERT BAND Stage, CHC

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10.00 CHORALE Auditorium, Science and Technology Centre Enjoy the magnificent music from our Chorale while observing the learning process in a large choir setting. BOOK QUIZ Senior Library, Le Fanu INTERHOUSE INDOOR ERGO CHAMPIONSHIPS Floor, CHC Who will dominate in this year’s Interhouse Ergo competition? Cheer on your favourite House and watch their progress on the big screen.

HISTORY QUEST CG06/CG07, CHC Game show-esque ‘History Quest’ delving into the very depths of a civilisation on this planet. Come show off your historical skills - can you complete the History Quest?

ENGLISH Senior Library, Le Fanu Students present their unique interpretations of dramatic monologues from The Importance of Being Earnest. The monologues will be performed in character with all the wit and flair of Oscar Wilde himself. DEBATING Senior Library, Le Fanu Learn What’s What about Debating.

10:30 PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS Auditorium, Science and Technology Centre Welcome and Presentation by Principal, Karen Spiller


Senior School

Senior School

10.30 ALL STRING CHAMBER GROUPS Stage, CHC READY SET DESIGN - A Guerrilla Innovation Experience L111, Le Fanu Everyone is invited to participate in a rapid design challenge using everyday materials to brainstorm, design and prototype an innovative solution to an open-ended problem. Fun, fast and furious design!

STAGE DANCE REHEARSAL Dance Room, Le Fanu See our award winning STAGE Dance girls rehearsing.

EVIDENCE IN THE GARBAGE CG06, CHC This hands-on learning experience asks you to examine the evidence and develop conclusions about the household which has produced the remains. Through participation in the analysis of the sources, you will come to understand why historical evidence is highly problematic.

10.45 HARP PERFORMANCE Foyer, Science and Technology Centre Hear the heavenly sounds from our harpists.

11.00 STAGE DANCE PERFORMANCE Stage, CHC See our award winning STAGE Dance girls rehearsing and performing.

BOOK QUIZ Senior Library, Le Fanu

SCIENCE SHOW S101, Science and Technology Centre Demonstration of science phenomena through hands-on activities.

STROKE LAB Gymnasium Ever wondered what your stroke looks like in the water? Fine tune your technique with the assistance of technology.



11.00 THE MATHEMATICS OF DANCING L209, Le Fanu Come and investigate the mathematical properties of Square Dancing.

MATHEMATICS TRIVIA EXTRAVAGANZA L210, Le Fanu Fun session of problem-solving and numeracy trivia played in groups.

11.15 PIANO MASTERCLASS Auditorium, Science and Technology Centre

International guest performer, Gilbert de Greeve, will be working with student pianists. A rare opportunity to see a veteran of the world performance stage working with developing students.

11.30 ROWING Pool Watch our First Eight rowers go through their paces with a range of drills and exercises with an actual rowing eight in the pool! VIVALDI STRINGS Stage, CHC Hear the wonderful music from our strings students.


highlights - Junior School

ALL MORNING

A typical day in Kindergarten Kindergarten, Junior School

Our kindergarten is ready to demonstrate some of the typical activities in which some of our youngest students engage. Come and play in our outdoor recycled home corner, get messy in the digging pit, or perhaps you would like to plan and build a dinosaur den in our amazing outdoor natural play space. Inside our room you are invited to engage in rolling and sliding activities, making your name with magnetic letters and measuring them in scales using teddies, building a castle with our giant building blocks or experiment with different textures on the light box. We are waiting for you to come and play!



9.00 EVERY DAY SCIENCE - Year 6 SG03, Science and Technology Centre The Science of Ice-cream making... you could even make this when camping!

ARTEFACT STUDY (HISTORY) – Year 5 J101, Junior School

ART - Year 5 J105, Junior School Examine the concepts used in the Art Movement Expressionism - students will create a small cardboard mask which will portray a particular emotion or expression.

ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE – Year 4/5 J107, Junior School INTERACTIVE LITERACY ROTATIONS – Year 4 J103, Junior School Students will complete a variety of literacy activities using their laptops and other resources. SCIENCE – Year 3 SG01, Science and Technology Building Classification of animals and invertebrates.

MATHS GAMES – Year 2 JG05, Junior School

EVERY DAY MUSIC - Prep/Year 1 JG04/JG07, Junior School In this session, students will be involved in a standard Every Day Music lesson. Girls will sing and chant, move to music in a range of ways, practice beat and rhythm, and listen to music. Visitors will see the variety of experience which characterise this approach to music learning, and may even get the chance to participate!


9.30 LIBRARY ACTIVITY - Year 6 Junior School Library, Charma Place A range of activities including ‘MakerSpace’ Zone, Geography Challenge and Library Skills.

MATHEMATICAL MADNESS – Year 5 J101/J102, Junior School Join students as they stretch their brains and work in teams to solve a variety of problems. Using computers, hands on activities and calculators, students will demonstrate their developing maths skills.

MUSIC - Years 2 & 5 JG05/JG07, Junior School Students will sing, chant and play applying their learned music knowledge in various contexts.

CLASSIFYING IN SCIENCE - Year 4 SG01, Science and Technology Science mini-lesson based on the benefits of classification.

THE DREAMING – Year 3 Meeting Room , Charma Place How the Birds Got Their Colours - this story has a message about how we should treat each other in times of need.

LITERACY - Year 1 JG04, Junior School

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES - Prep JG07, Junior School


10.00 HISTORY – Year 4/5 J107, Junior School History Presentations - Life in the Colony; Indigenous Tools and Technology ART – Year 4 J105, Junior School Students will be working on their individual art journey tasks where they have been exploring the different elements of art and will be expressing these in their own unique way. EVERY DAY MUSIC – Year 3 Meeting Room, Charma Place In this session, students will be involved in a standard Every Day Music lesson. Girls will sing and chant, move to music in a range of ways, practice beat and rhythm, and listen to music. Visitors will see the variety of experience which characterise this approach to music learning, and may even get the chance to participate!

SCIENCE – Years 1 & 2 SG01, Science and Technology Centre Invertebrate and Habitat Activity - Science mini-lesson where students examine invertebrates in their habitat.

10:30 JUNIOR SCHOOL LANGUAGES Courtyard, Junior School Join us to see our Junior School Languages classes perform a range of entertaining traditional songs.



11:30 JUNIOR SINGERS REHEARSAL Courtyard, Junior School Listen to our Junior Singers in an open rehearsal. ENGLISH - Year 6 J110, Junior School Unsolved Mysteries.

ART - Year 2 JG05, Junior School MATHS - Year 1 JG04, Junior School A range of engaging and hands-on math activities for all ages!

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES - Prep JG07, Junior School


ambiwerra sports fieldsExtra-curricularExtra-curricular and Support Groups can be found on the Science

and Technology Lawn - where you can learn about the some of the

15 sports and 39+ extra-curricular activities we have on offer,

meet our captains and chat to school parents.

Learn about our High Performance Tennis Program St Aidan’s

offers in partnership with Lifetime Tennis. Have a hit on our

mini-tennis court.

Chat to our highly successful Athletics coach, Jayden Russ about our

High Performance Athletics Program and the Ambiwerra Athletics

Academy. Check out the swag of recent trophies our athletes have

brought home!

Find Rowing beside the pool where you can try out rowing on

the ergometer, check out a rowing scull up close and chat to our

successful rowers.

Learn about our extensive Music program on the Science and

Technology Lawn - beside the old gates.

Chat to our award winning STAGE Dance team and parents in the

Café Precinct under Le Fanu.

Debating is on display in the Senior Library, Le Fanu - come and

see footage of last year’s ‘Great Debate’ against BBC and chat to

members of our successful debating teams.


Learn about the School’s Global Connections in the Senior Library,


ambiwerra sports fields

The key is to keep company

with people who uplift you

whose presence calls forth your bestEpictetus - Greek Philosopher


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1. Reception

2. Library - Senior School

3. Year 6 Precinct

4. Art Precinct

5. Swimming Pool

6. Chapel

7. Library - Junior School

8. Reception - Junior School

9. Supply Shop

10. Tuckshop

11. Dance Studio

12. P&F Office

13. Finance

14. Registrar (Enrolments)

15. Chaplain’s Residence

16. Reception - Staffroom

17. Information Technology Services

18. Year Level Co-ordinators

19. Student Services

20. Text Hire

21. Gymnasium

22. Archives

23. Recording Studio

24. Junior School Courtyard

25. Chapel Lawn

26. S&T Lawn

27. S&T Apron

28. Auditorium

29. Kindergarten INFORMATION

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1. Reception

2. Library - Senior School

3. Year 6 Precinct

4. Art Precinct

5. Swimming Pool

6. Chapel

7. Library - Junior School

8. Reception - Junior School

9. Supply Shop

10. Tuckshop

11. Dance Studio

12. P&F Office

13. Finance

14. Registrar (Enrolments)

15. Chaplain’s Residence

16. Reception - Staffroom

17. Information Technology Services

18. Year Level Co-ordinators

19. Student Services

20. Text Hire

21. Gymnasium

22. Archives

23. Recording Studio

24. Junior School Courtyard

25. Chapel Lawn

26. S&T Lawn

27. S&T Apron

28. Auditorium

29. Kindergarten INFORMATION

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St Aidan’s Sporting Fields -

AmbiwerraCentral to St Aidan’s sport is Ambiwerra,

our 10 hectare sports ground only

5 minutes from the school.


St Aidan’sAspiring Students, Inspiring Teachers

THANK YOU FOR VISITING US

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ Schoolconfidence and success11 Ruthven Street Corinda Qld 4075

T: 61 7 3373 5999 E: [email protected]

www.staidans.qld.edu.au

A School of the Society of the Sacred Advent


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