St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls
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- For other uses of the term, see: St. Hilda'sSt. Hilda'sSt Hilda's may refer to:-Religion:* Hilda of Whitby is a Christian saint known as St. Hilda* St Hilda's Church is the name of numerous churches, including the Anglican parish church of Griffithstown in Wales.-Places:* St...
- For the school in Queensland, see St Hilda's SchoolSt Hilda's SchoolSt Hilda's School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Southport, a central suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia....
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St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls is an independent
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, non-selective, Anglican
Anglican Church of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
, day
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
and boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for girls, located in Mosman Park
Mosman Park, Western Australia
The Town of Mosman Park is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 4.3 km² in western metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia and lies about 14 km southwest of the Perth CBD and 5 km from Fremantle.-History:The Buckland Hill Road...
, a western suburb of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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Established in Claremont
Claremont, Western Australia
Claremont is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River.-History:Prior to European settlement, the Noongar people used the area as a source of water, for fishing and for catching waterfowl. In 1830, John Butler, a settler, set up an inn at Freshwater Bay to...
in 1896, the school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
currently caters for approximately 1,052 students from the Early Learning Centre
Early Learning Centre
The Early Learning Centre is a British chain of shops selling toys for very young children.-History:Originally set up as a mail order company in 1974 and was always based near Swindon; by 1980 it had ten shops; and it has grown to include 215 shops in the UK and over 80 in 19 other countries such...
(ELC) to Year 12, including 150 boarders in Years 7 to 12. Whilst predominantly an all-girls school, the St Hilda's ELC is co-educational.
St Hilda's is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
Junior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australia (AGSA), and is a member of the Independent Girls' Schools Sports Association
Independent Girls Schools Sports Association (Perth)
The Independent Girls Schools Sports Association was established in 1963 with the inaugural Athletics Carnival at Perry Lakes Stadium. This followed with the first Interschool Swimming Meet in 1965 at Beatty Park Aquatics Centre. In 1967 IGSA drew up a constitution for the Independent Girls’...
(IGSSA).
St Hilda's brother school is Christ Church Grammar School
Christ Church Grammar School
Christ Church Grammar School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys from Pre-Primary to Year 12. Located in Perth, Western Australia, the school overlooks the Swan River at Freshwater Bay in Claremont....
located in Claremont
Claremont, Western Australia
Claremont is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River.-History:Prior to European settlement, the Noongar people used the area as a source of water, for fishing and for catching waterfowl. In 1830, John Butler, a settler, set up an inn at Freshwater Bay to...
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History
St Hilda’s Anglican School for girls was originally opened as a small school on Stirling HighwayStirling Highway
Stirling Highway is, for most of its length, a four-lane single carriageway and major arterial road between Perth, Western Australia and the port city of Fremantle in Western Australia on the northern side of the Swan River. The speed limit is 60 km/h...
, Claremont
Claremont, Western Australia
Claremont is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River.-History:Prior to European settlement, the Noongar people used the area as a source of water, for fishing and for catching waterfowl. In 1830, John Butler, a settler, set up an inn at Freshwater Bay to...
. In 1898, the School was renamed Claremont Ladies’ College and moved to the Parish Hall in Claremont. The school was bought by Melina Parnell in 1904, and renamed Girls’ High School. After Parnell’s retirement in 1926, the Anglican Church, keen to found an Anglican School for girls in the Claremont, Cottesloe
Cottesloe, Western Australia
-Transport:Cottesloe is served by Swanbourne, Grant Street, Cottesloe, Mosman Park and Victoria Street railway stations on the Fremantle line. Various bus routes along Stirling Highway and through the suburb's western and eastern sections link Cottesloe to Perth and Fremantle. All services are...
or Peppermint Grove
Peppermint Grove, Western Australia
Peppermint Grove is an affluent western suburb of Perth, Western Australia on the north bank of the Swan River at Freshwater Bay. Its Local Government Area, the smallest in the country, is the Shire of Peppermint Grove. The suburb was named after its trademark "Peppermint trees" lining many streets...
areas, acquired the Girls' High School. Three years later it was transferred to the Bay View Terrace campus it now presides at.
The school was named after the Christian saint Hilda of Whitby
Hilda of Whitby
Hilda of Whitby or Hild of Whitby was a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby...
and is the name of St Hilda’s Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
School for Girls. St Hilda’s began under the direction of Catherine Small, with 54 pupils from the Girls’ High School and 45 new pupils. The School developed into a well known Western Australian girls school despite difficulties for schools during the Depression and Second World War.
Since 1980, enrolment has increased rapidly in both the Junior and Senior School to around 1,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12. A building programme was undertaken and is still continuing today. St Hilda’s has seen the development of a new Library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
and English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
Studies Centre, a new Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
Centre, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
Centre, Administration
Academic administration
An academic administration is a branch of university or college employees responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have joint responsibilities...
Centre, Staff Curriculum Centre, Dining Hall, Kitchen
Kitchen
A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation.In the West, a modern residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a...
and Health Centre, and a new Junior School as well as major renovations to the Boarding Houses.
In 1990, a Chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
Appeal was launched and a School Chapel was eventually completed. To commemorate the centenary celebration of the founding of the School, a replica of Caedmon’s Cross from Whitby was built in the Great Court
The current Principal, Mrs Joy Shepherd, was appointed in 1998 and has brought a pastoral care
Pastoral care
Pastoral care is the ministry of care and counseling provided by pastors, chaplains and other religious leaders to members of their church or congregation, or to persons of all faiths and none within institutional settings. This can range anywhere from home visitation to formal counseling provided...
programme to the School. Eventually, major plans for renovation, building and refurbishment of the school campuses were formed. However, in 1999 a fire damaged the Boarding House
Boarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
. Boarders were relocated temporarily to the newly bought Chidley Campus while a new Boarding House
Boarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
and Café
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
were built on campus. The old Boarding House
Boarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
was rebuilt to house Languages and Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
. In 2004, the School launched the ‘Spreading Our Wings’ campaign and commenced development of a new Junior School at the Chidley Campus a few kilometres up the road. A new scheme was taken on in 2006, where Year 7 officially became a part of the Senior School. The Junior School (K–6) were moved to the new campus in Fourth Term 2006. The old Junior School facilities at the Bay View Terrace campus are currently being refurbished to extend exiting facilities in the Senior School. This has provided for extra services and rooms for Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
and English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, while the old Library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
and English Centre is currently being renovated to house a Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
Centre.
Principals
| Period | Details |
|---|---|
| 1896–1898 | Miss Edith Ross |
| 1899–1904 | Miss E Allen and Miss M Allen |
| 1905–1926 | Miss M F Parnell |
| 1927–1930 | Miss M Rooney |
| 1931–1946 | Miss C Small |
| 1946–1968 | Miss Una Mitchell |
| 1969–1975 | Miss J Patman |
| 1976–1979 | Mrs Rita MacGregor |
| 1980–1997 | Mrs June Jones |
| 1998–Present | Mrs Joy Shepherd |
House system and pastoral care
St Hilda's has a Pastoral CarePastoral Care
Liber Regulae Pastoralis or Regula Pastoralis is a treatise on the responsibilities of the clergy written by Pope Gregory I around the year 590, shortly after his papal inauguration...
system in the Senior School. There are four Houses
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
all named after river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s in Western Australia:
- BlackwoodBlackwood RiverThe Blackwood River is a major river and catchment in the South West of Western Australia.The river begins at the junction of Arthur River and Balgarup River near Quelarup and travels in a south westerly direction through the town of Bridgetown then through Nannup until it discharges into the...
(Blue) - De GreyDe Grey RiverThe De Grey River is a river located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The river rises South of Callawa at the confluence of the Oakover and the Nullagine rivers and flows in a west north westerly direction eventually discharging into the Indian Ocean via Breaker Inlet about 80 km North...
(Gold) - FitzroyFitzroy River (Western Australia)The Fitzroy River is located in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia.-Discovery:The Fitzroy River was discovered by the West in 1837 by George Grey in the H.M.S. Beagle. The river was subsequently named by Lt J L Stokes on 26/2/1838 after Captain Robert FitzRoy R.N...
(Red) - GascoyneGascoyne RiverAt 760 km, the Gascoyne River is the longest river in Western Australia.The river rises below Wilgoona Hill in the Robinson Ranges west of the Gibson Desert and it flows into Shark Bay and the Indian Ocean at Carnarvon....
(Green)
In each year, girls are separated into Forms by their house, with two Forms per House per Year. These Forms consist of approximately 14 to 19 girls, and each has a teacher from the School acting as a Form Tutor. Forms meet every morning before classes for 15 minutes and for one period a week.
Student executive
The school executive consists of eleven school officials taken from the Year 12 students. These officials are elected by the student body at the end of Term 3 the year previous. The executive is made up of the Head Girl, Administration Captain, Head Boarder and Boarding Prefects, Community Service Captain, Arts Captain, Music Captain, Sports Captain, Blackwood House Captain, De Grey House Captain, Fitzroy House Captain and Gascoyne House Captain. House officials are also elected at the same time with two Arts Captains and two Sports Captains for each House. Arts Captains are responsible for organising the annual Arts Festival event while Sports Captains organise Inter-house Sports Events.In 2010, the school executives include Dora Huang as Head Girl, Zoe Krisnadi as Admin Captain, Tessa Leake as Head Border and Boarding Prefects including Megan Salmon, Simone Meyer, Amy Forrester, and Lily Owen, Gracie Forrest as Community Service Captain, Amber Tang as Arts Captain, Sarah Cranfield as Music Captain, and Elly Whitaker as Sports Captain. The House captains are Lucie Burnham for Blackwood, Nicola Bailey for Gascoyne, Sophie Nash for Fitzroy, and Julia Burvill for De Grey. The house officials for each house include, Chloe Hayes, Rosie Viner, Imogen Prevost and Katie Platt for Fitzroy, Jessie Fear, Alice Vandermeiren, Amy Manford and Goody Proctor for Gascoyne, Georgia Oliver, Eloise Foskett, Aimee Regupathy and Bronte Gorfin for Degrey and Valentina Barron, Rachel Granger,Elise Barrymore and Brittany Potter for Blackwood.
Uniform
The St Hilda’s UniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
consists of a blue short sleeve blouse
Blouse
A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that was formerly worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women and children. It is typically gathered at the waist so that it hangs loosely over the wearer's body. Today, the word most commonly refers to a woman's shirt but can also refer to a man's shirt if...
and light grey skirt
Skirt
A skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs.In the western world, skirts are usually considered women's clothing. However, there are exceptions...
in summer, worn with a light blue socks and brown leather
Leather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
shoes. Cardigans are available but are optional. A yellow straw boater
Boater (hat)
A boater is a kind of men's formal summer hat....
with a light blue band and badge is compulsory in the summer terms (Term 1 and 4) and must be worn to and from the School as well as at lunchtimes. A formal
Formal wear
Formal wear and formal dress are the general terms for clothing suitable for formal social events, such as a wedding, formal garden party or dinner, débutante cotillion, dance, or race...
uniform is also required which consists of the uniform as above with flesh coloured stockings instead of socks, a blue and yellow striped tie
Necktie
A necktie is a long piece of cloth worn for decorative purposes around the neck or shoulders, resting under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat. Variants include the ascot tie, bow tie, bolo tie, and the clip-on tie. The modern necktie, ascot, and bow tie are descended from the cravat. Neck...
for Years 7–11 or a blue tie for Year 12s and the school blazer
Blazer
A blazer is a type of jacket. The term blazer occasionally is synonymous with boating jacket and sports jacket, two different garments. A blazer resembles a suit coat cut more casually — sometimes with flap-less patch pockets and metal buttons. A blazer's cloth is usually durable , because it is an...
. In winter, girls may wear the same short sleeved blue blouse or a long sleeved blue blouse with a tie as above. A heavier, dark grey skirt is worn with grey stockings and brown leather shoes. Grey jumpers
Jumpers
Jumpers is a 1972 play by Tom Stoppard. It explores and satirises the field of academic philosophy, likening it to a less-than skilful competitive gymnastics display...
are worn for girls in Years 7–11 and dark blue ‘Leavers’ jumpers
Jumpers
Jumpers is a 1972 play by Tom Stoppard. It explores and satirises the field of academic philosophy, likening it to a less-than skilful competitive gymnastics display...
for girls in Year 12. The blue school blazer
Blazer
A blazer is a type of jacket. The term blazer occasionally is synonymous with boating jacket and sports jacket, two different garments. A blazer resembles a suit coat cut more casually — sometimes with flap-less patch pockets and metal buttons. A blazer's cloth is usually durable , because it is an...
is compulsory during winter but optional during summer except for formal occasions and must be worn to and from the school and whenever in a public place in uniform.
The school blazer
Blazer
A blazer is a type of jacket. The term blazer occasionally is synonymous with boating jacket and sports jacket, two different garments. A blazer resembles a suit coat cut more casually — sometimes with flap-less patch pockets and metal buttons. A blazer's cloth is usually durable , because it is an...
is a bright blue colour with three gold buttons and the school crest stitched in yellow on the breast pocket.
Each student is allocated a house badge
Badge
A badge is a device or fashion accessory, often containing the insignia of an organization, which is presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath , a sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple...
which they pin on their blazers. Badges are also provided for committees, officials and tutor group captains. School and House Officials get stitching on their breast pocket that detonates their position. School awards are awarded for co-curricular activities and range from a cream bar for Year 7s up to Colours of Honours for Year 12s. Each activity has its own symbol for Colours and is stitched onto the student’s breast pocket if they receive it. Along with Cream Bars, Blue Bars and Gold Bars are awarded depending on school year and level of involvement as well as one or two bands which is stitched on to the sleeves of the blazer.
Hair must not be dyed beyond natural colourings. Hair should be neat and tied back once it reaches the collar of the uniform. Hair ribbons, head bands and scrunchies must be regulation blue. Only brown/blue hair ties, alice bands, or clips are to be worn.
• Make-up and nail polish must not be worn.
• No jewellery (including earrings). Clear plastic studs may be worn.
Sport
St Hilda's is a member of the Independent Girls Schools Sports AssociationIndependent Girls Schools Sports Association (Perth)
The Independent Girls Schools Sports Association was established in 1963 with the inaugural Athletics Carnival at Perry Lakes Stadium. This followed with the first Interschool Swimming Meet in 1965 at Beatty Park Aquatics Centre. In 1967 IGSA drew up a constitution for the Independent Girls’...
(IGSSA), and partakes in competitive sports against other schools including the Presbyterian Ladies' College
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth
The Presbyterian Ladies' College , is an independent, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, situated in Peppermint Grove, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia....
, Methodist Ladies' College
Methodist Ladies' College, Perth
The Methodist Ladies' College, Perth , is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for girls, located in Claremont, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia....
, St Mary's Anglican Girls' School
St Mary's Anglican Girls' School
St Mary's Anglican Girls' School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Karrinyup, a suburb north of Perth, Western Australia....
, Iona Presentation College
Iona Presentation College, Perth
Iona Presentation College is an independent, day and boarding school for girls, located in Mosman Park, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is located in the expensive and exclusive western suburbs of Perth....
, Penrhos College
Penrhos College, Perth
Penrhos College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for girls, located in Como, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia....
, Perth College
Perth College, Western Australia
Perth College is an independent Anglican day and boarding school for girls located in Mount Lawley, an inner northern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...
and Santa Maria College
Santa Maria College, Perth
Santa Maria College is a Roman Catholic, boarding and day school for girls, situated in Attadale, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia....
. St Hilda’s offers most sports from swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
to soccer and badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
. Physical Education Classes are compulsory for all Years, twice a week for Year 7–10 and then once a week in Year 11 and 12 with Second Semester PE optional for Year 12s. PE Studies is available for Year 11 and 12 students.
Music
St Hilda’s has a MusicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
Department offering instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
and voice
Voice
Voice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
lessons and scholarships. There are co-curricular music groups available, many of which rehearse before school. Amongst these, there are a Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra
String orchestra
A string orchestra is an orchestra composed solely or primarily of instruments from the string family. These instruments are the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass , the piano, the harp, and sometimes percussion...
, Chamber Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, Chorale
Chorale
A chorale was originally a hymn sung by a Christian congregation. In certain modern usage, this term may also include classical settings of such hymns and works of a similar character....
, Barbershop
Barbershop music
Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era , is a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture...
, Animando, Jazz Band
Jazz band
A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.-Eras:SwingDuring the swing era in the mid-twentieth...
and Rock Band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
. The music department holds many concerts each year including an annual concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
concert where the best musicians from Years 11 and 12 perform a solo work with orchestral backing. Other highlights of the music calendar include a combined Arts Festival Concert with their Brother School Christ Church Grammar School
Christ Church Grammar School
Christ Church Grammar School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys from Pre-Primary to Year 12. Located in Perth, Western Australia, the school overlooks the Swan River at Freshwater Bay in Claremont....
, the St Hilda's music festival, which was held for the first time in late 2007, the annual Music Camp to Margaret River
Margaret River
Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. Although small and unremarkable, it is the eponym of the iconic town and tourist region of Margaret River, famous for its surfing, caves and wine....
and the yearly Music Breakfast.
Drama
St Hilda’s offers Drama Studies and DramaDrama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
as a subject in Years 11 and 12. Drama is compulsory for Year 8's and then optional for Years 9 to 12. The Drama department also offers individual Speech and Drama lessons for students who wish to pursue the activity further. A yearly school production is also held with students and musicians from Years 8 to 12 taking part. The productions were until recently held at the Playhouse Theatre
Playhouse Theatre
The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery...
in Perth but have since relocated to the Octagon Theatre at UWA
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
. Recent productions include Annie
Annie (musical)
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
, The Wiz
The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...
, Anything Goes
Anything Goes
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London...
and Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
.
The production for 2008 was Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
and was performed at the Playhouse Theatre
Playhouse Theatre
The Playhouse Theatre is a West End theatre in the City of Westminster, located in Northumberland Avenue, near Trafalgar Square. The Theatre was built by F. H. Fowler and Hill with a seating capacity of 1,200. It was rebuilt in 1907 and still retains its original substage machinery...
in Perth once again while the 2009 production of Sound of Music will be performed at the Octagon in August of this year.
Arts Fest
The annual Arts festival is held at the end of Term One and is run and organised by two Arts Captains from each House. The main Festival takes place on the last day of Term One, with some solo events taking place in the weeks preceding this. The Festival provides opportunities for solo and group performances which are organised by the students. Such events include House Choirs (where each House as a whole performs two songs as a choir), Group Popular Song (each House selects singers and a band and perform a popular song), Solo Popular Song, Group Classical, Solo Classical Song, Solo Instrumental, Group Spoken (each House selects a group of students and performs a short original production based on a theme), Solo Spoken, Group Dance and Solo Dance. Each event is judged by an outside adjudicatorAdjudicator
An adjudicator is someone who presides, judges and arbitrates during a formal dispute. The term adjudicator essentially means a judge, without invoking the legal term. An ombudsman is a type of adjudicator in local government in the United Kingdom....
. There is also a fancy dress parade on the morning of the Arts Festival for Year K–12 and staff, where each Year has a theme to dress to. At the end of the day, the House with the most points receives the Arts Festival Shield.
Notable alumni
- Gemma BeadsworthGemma BeadsworthGemma Beadsworth is an Australian water polo centre forward, who joined the women's national team in 2005...
(2004) – Australian Water Polo Representative - Elena Wang (2003) – SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
an actress and musical theatre personality - Adelaide KaneAdelaide KaneAdelaide Kane is an Australian actress.-Biography:She is good friends with Caitlin Stasey, Eliza Taylor-Cotter, and Sianoa Smit-McPhee, who were also on Neighbours.-Career:...
(2007) – Actress on NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems... - Jessica MaraisJessica MaraisJessica Dominique Marais is an Australian actress who hails from Perth, Western Australia. She is best known for her role as Rachel Rafter in the television series Packed to the Rafters.-Early Life:...
(2002) – Actress on Packed to the RaftersPacked to the RaftersPacked to the Rafters is an Australian family-orientated television series which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The drama series features a mix of lighthearted comedy woven through the plot. It revolves around the Rafter family facing work pressures and... - Gina RinehartGina RinehartGeorgina "Gina" Hope Rinehart is a mining heiress. She is the heiress of Hancock Prospecting and the daughter of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock and Hope Margaret Nicholas...
– Australian Businesswoman - Professor Fiona StanleyFiona StanleyFiona Stanley, AC is an Australian epidemiologist noted for her public health work, and her research into child and maternal health, and birth disorders such as cerebral palsy.-Life:...
AC – Australian Epidemiologist - Lana Krost (2007) - Participator on Australian IdolAustralian IdolAustralian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
- Sandra AngeliaSandra AngeliaSandra Angelia Hadisiswantoro is Miss Indonesia 2008. She is a representative of East Java province. Once elected as Miss Indonesia, she represent Indonesia in Miss World 2008 in South Africa and is in 19th position in the arena of fast track Miss World Talent...
(2004) - Miss Indonesia 2008 - Louisa Kusnandar (2004) - Indonesian TV presenter
See also
- Anglican Church of AustraliaAnglican Church of AustraliaThe Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
- List of schools in Perth, Western Australia
- List of boarding schools