With many soloists, duets and small group performances last Wednesday, there was no shortage of musical talent on show in the jam-packed school hall! The students impressed friends and family with their dedication to practice and their coming together as one in ensembles! A selection of photos are below.

We are thrilled that an American touring anthroposophically based theatre duo, known as the Third Wheel Collective, will be conducting performances and workshops with the entire school (including College) this Thursday Aug 23rd and Friday Aug 24th - working with curriculum themes appropriate to each year and focusing on speech, movement and drama.

What great athletes we have at Chrysalis and Casuarina! It was so wonderful at the Athletics Carnival last Friday to see the students really striving to do their best and to see the Chrysalis and Casuarina students mixing and participating together. A big thank you to Class 8 for running the carnival so efficiently and to all the parent helpers for coming. Your efforts were greatly appreciated.

Chrysalis would like to acknowledge the Australian Government funding provided by the Parliaments and Civics Education Rebate (PACER) to assist our Class 6 students to visit the Australian War Memorial tour, Museum of Australian Democracy, and Parliament house on their recent trip to Canberra. Students from the class undertook an education tour of the national capital, as well as visiting Mt Stromlo Observatory and Questacon. They were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as…

After the unexpected changes at the beginning of the year now, with Suzane’s Polaris’s leadership, our PITTER PATTER AND CIRCLE SONG PLAYGROUPS Are up and running!! Our Friday group, PITTER PATTER group is full to capacity with a healthy waiting list. We are now looking at how we can offer more to those families who are on this list with children who are over three years old. Now our CIRCLE SONG group is up and running again, after a slightly delayed beginning. We have revamped the programme to meet the changing needs of the families attending with children who are…

You are invited to join in the celebration of the longest night of the year with our upcoming reverent Winter Festivals. See below for dates and times.

Yesterday saw Maam Gamambiya (our School Hall) fill with the ​beautiful sounds of the string ensemble, C​lass 4 violins, Class 1 and 2 singing, our senior quartet and an impressive array of solo and duo performances (as seen below) at our fist Music Assembly of the year. We thank friends and families for coming out to the Thora Valley and supporting the children with their efforts. And, as Jacquie Gill, one of our fabulous strings teachers pointed out - thank you for supporting your children with the continued excellence and dedication to instrument practice. Without that, the sounds would not have been…

Sharing in a Celebration at the completion of Rome – with grape juice (in place of wine) and selection of Roman era snacks Dear Parents and Friends of Class 6, I would like to begin by congratulating the children on a wonderful performance of ‘Tribute To The Light’ at the Founder’s Shelter Ceremony on Friday afternoon. They were even (relatively) gracious when their lunchtime was cut short due to a sound-check and final run through at the maypole. Following a shorter-than-ideal playtime, they were able to hold themselves with the utmost respect throughout this very lengthy program of tributes! I…