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Multiple wins for our students in visual art competitions
We are proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of several students whose talent has been recognised in visual art competitions.

Alisha wins Laura Literary Award
Year 10 student Alisha has won the Young Adult Prose category of the Laura Literary Awards, a long-running national writing competition.

An exciting new chapter begins for science and innovation at St Mary’s
We are thrilled to announce that we have received development approval for our new Science, Enterprise, Technology and Innovation (SETI) Centre.

Witnessing wonder: Our Coral Bay adventure
Student reflection: At 5am on 14 July 2025, 14 students and three intrepid teachers fled the cold suburbs of Perth for Coral Bay.

NAIDOC Week 2025: Celebrating culture at St Mary’s
Our 2025 NAIDOC Week celebrations were a vibrant and engaging schedule of activities, centred around this year’s powerful theme.

Welcome to Smagstown: A town built by our Year 4s
Our Year 4 students have been learning all about local governments, and as part of that learning, they worked together to build Smagstown!

Year 9s lead environmental storytime for Year 1s
Our Year 9 Environmental Science students created storybooks about real-world environmental issues and read them Mrs Kennedy’s Year 1 class.

Year 12 design students tour Karrinyup redevelopment
Last term, our Year 12 Design Fundamentals students had an inspiring excursion to Karrinyup Shopping Centre.

#MyBraveIs…
Throughout the term, our girls were encouraged to think about what being brave really means.

Year 10 students’ wildlife research to shape local conservation plans
Our Year 10 Science students swapped the classroom for the bush, heading into the scrubland behind our school to take part in a hands-on conservation project.

Reflections on bravery from our Year 12 Prefects
Each term, we ask our students to focus on a characteristic trait. This term, we have been looking at Bravery.

St Mary’s students wow judges at the 2025 Big Ideas Challenge
Eighteen enthusiastic students from Years 7 to 10 represented our School at this year’s Big Ideas Challenge.