Programs – St Helena Secondary College

Anime Mange Club

Athletics Carnival

Better You, Jiu-Jitsu!

Board Games

Bonsai Club

Boys Talk

Cheerleading

Chess Club

College Production

College Play

ICT Ninja Team

Instrumental Music including bands

Interschool Sport

Junior School Play (Afflatus)

Local Artist Workshop

Minecraft Club

Prodigy (Art magazine)

Rock and Water

Science Week

Scriptwriting Club

Programs at the College

St Helena runs many programs open to all students. Examples include

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Confident Kids

Dance Club

Debutante Balls

Dr Who Club

Drama Club

Debating and Public Speaking

Expression: English Anthology

Fitness Club

Girls Talk

Great Victorian Bike Ride

Seasons Grief and Loss Program

SPACE (Art)

St Helena Feminist Collective

St Helena Sports Academy

Swimming Carnival

The Outer Edge (Duke of Edinburgh/CFA – Year 9)

Vinyl Appreciation Club

Wakakirri Challenge

College Programs

OUR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND BAND PROGRAM

The large, vibrant St Helena Music Department is responsible for honing the skill development, collaboration, musicality, character strengths and cultural and social growth of over 220 students through instrumental lessons, Band and Ensemble involvement.

If you want to make music, gain performance experience and entertain appreciative audiences locally, nationally and internationally, you can do it through the well renowned St Helena Instrumental Music program.

Ensembles

4 large Concert Bands
3 Jazz Bands
VCE Group Music
Small Ensembles

Lessons available in:

Woodwind, Brass, Bass Guitar and Percussion

Program features:

End of term Music Concerts
VCE Music Performance Nights
Junior and Intermediate Band camp
Senior Ensemble’s Tour National and Internationally
Alumni Events
Workshop With Other Schools
AMEB exam facilitation
Jazz and Concert Band workshops with guest artists
Band participation in the
Victorian Schools Music Festival- Generations in Jazz Festival, Mt Gambier
Senior Jazz Band participation in the Eltham Jazz Festival
3 Senior Jazz Band Albums recorded between 2011-2015
Annual interstate Senior Band Tour
Regular International Senior Band Tours.
Generations In Jazz
Victorian Schools Music Festival
Local Festivals

Our Talented Students on Show

School Play is a key event in our Performing Arts Calendar aimed to challenge and enhance the drama experiences each year and includes students from Year 7 through to 12.

We have a very proud tradition of performances and plays. Every second Year, the Year 12 Theatre Studies Class are be involved in the stagecraft areas of the school play. Over the last few years we have done everything from , The Crucible, through to absurdist drama The Real Inspector Hound, Medea, the hilarious Noises Off and Steven Berkoff’s Metamorphosis. In 2016 our talented students performed William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with resounding success, and in 2017 they performed ‘Cloudstreet’, followed by Chalk Circle in 2018 with Wilde being 2019 Drama Play for the College, and finally ‘Dimboola’ was performed. 2020 has seen a strange year due to COVID19, and we were to perform Ruby Moon…maybe 2021 is the year for this performance.

Ensure you keep your eyes peeled. See ‘Information/Events’ page for more details.

DIMBOOLA

2019

Wilde

2019

Chalk Circle

2018

CLOUDSTREET

2017

A Midsummerr’s

Night Dream

2016

Metamorphosis

2015

Noises Off

2014

Medea

2013

Pygmalion

2012

Inspector Hound

and PUN

2018

College Production

The annual College Production brings together the talents of actors, dancers, singers, musicians, make-up artists, set designers, producers/directors, publicity managers, backstage crews, and sound and lighting experts from across the student body.

A major community event, the Musical fosters significant learning and enormous enjoyment for all involved. 2016 cast of Xanadu played to sell out audiences to great acclaim over the fortnight-long season, as was 2017 RENT Production, and 2018 and Schools Will Rock You was outstanding!