SWAN LAKE LEAD | On Friday, 4 August the Merrigong stage was alive with dancing cattle, and our Year 7 Music classes were lapping up Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake….but with Cows”, an interpretation of this classic ballet as fresh as South Coast milk. Our musical aim was to experience a full live orchestra and they produced a beautiful rich sound to enhance the dancing (the timpani’s were lent by St Mary’s and they pounded with much lactic thunder). The highlight, however, was that the lead dancer, the poor heroine under a spell to spend half her life as a cow, was Avelia Bushell, a talented Year 7 student from St Mary’s. Two hundred of her peers clapped and cheered as she danced magically and with expert poise and skill in this demanding and famous ballet role. #SwanLakeWithCows #MerrigongMagic #Yr7MusicDelight #TchaikovskyTwist #FreshInterpretation #DancingCattle #BalletWonder #AveliaTheStar

CAREERS | Applications are now open for a range of temporary and ongoing positions at the College. Find your next opportunity at St Mary's and choose to make a difference! Apply now through our careers page: https://www.stmarys.nsw.edu.au/our-college/careers/

COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES | Some exciting news from St Marys. Chelsy Wayne, Year 10 student is currently representing Australia at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Chelsy competed in the Discus competition with Chelsy throwing a huge 49.39m, falling only 14cm short of the South African athlete who won gold with a throw of 49.53. Below is the livestream event of Chelsy winning her SILVER MEDAL. 06:00 AEST Time Wednesday: Discus Female Final - Chelsy Wayne https://www.youtube.com/@TrinidadTobagoOlympicCommittee/streams What a fantastic achievement!