Bradfield Senior College

ENROL FOR 2025: Bradfield is still accepting students with availabilities in key courses for Year 11 2025. Whether it’s for a traditional ATAR in a more independent learning environment, or HSC / vocational subject combination that just isn’t available at your school, it isn’t too late to enrol for Year 11 or 12 at Bradfield Senior College in 2025. Call our office this week on 02 7920 4020 to arrange a tour or book an interview before Friday. Our office will be closed from COB December 20 until Monday January 6. Submit enquiries on our website during that period. Bradfield is holding a fast-track open day on Tuesday January 28 for 2025 start: https://lnkd.in/gdZUsAQB Process your application, tour the campus, have an interview with a staff member, select your subjects, and exit ready for the start of classes on Monday February 3.

Can not recommend Bradfield Senior College more highly. One of our sons who chose to go to Bradfield for 11/12 is thriving from having the choice to learn the way he wants to be industry ready. Highlights: ⭐️Getting a head start in the music industry with three qualifications before he turns 18 that will help him thrive in the competitive entertainment industry. ⭐️Completing a 2 unit HSC subject in Year 11, taking the pressure off doing 12+ units in Year 12. ⭐️Access to teachers and mentors with direct industry experience and in-depth knowledge of HSC syllabus. ⭐️Student-led and professional support creating collaborative performance opportunities with others for live audiences ⭐️Student-autonomy that builds responsibility and independence as well as growing confidence in his strengths and abilities And the best part is that he is a ⭐️happy, ⭐️centred,and ⭐️excited about shaping his own future. Thanks Bradfield Senior College and all his teachers for what you do. #studentautonomy #studentagency #inspiredtolearn #healthyteens #happyteens

EILEEN KRAMER - 1914-2024 For one of our last posts for the year, we remember the late Eileen Kramer. Eileen was a dancer, choreographer, costume designer, painter and writer who recently passed away in November at the age of 110. Bradfield Senior College was blessed with a number of opportunities to collaborate with Eileen, whose creative spirit left a mark on our students. Eileen was amongst our Industry Experts for our 2019 Project - ‘The Unknown Code’. These images and videos come from the last project Bradfield undertook with Eileen. Eileen was making a film at the age of 106, and Bradfield Fashion and Dance students collaborated create costumes and model choreography for the film. The initial workshops for Dance and Fashion took place in December 2020 (4 years ago this week) over Microsoft teams, between Sydney’s two lockdowns. In February of the following year, Eileen visited the school to see the finished costumes. We are moved by the unceasing creativity of a life well-lived, and we are thankful for the opportunity to have worked with Eileen Kramer. #eileenkramer #dance #fashion #bradfieldseniorcollege

PETER COX Award: Peter Cox taught IT with Bradfield Senior College for 25 years, and as the STEM Learning Coordinator, developed many of the learning resources that students at Bradfield use to this day. Peter was a highly inspirational teacher with an incredible passion for IT and his ability to care for, believe in, support, and deeply inspire his students left an indelible mark on everyone. Even in his absence his teachings and spirit continue to guide the school. The Peter Cox Award recognises a student who is gifted in IT and shows the dedication, hard work, and commitment to go a long way in their IT career. It was presented by STEM Learning Coordinator Felicity Saber-Hoese with Peter's family present to give the award. This is the first time we have presented this award. The award includes a financial contribution to contribute support for students’ further education in the IT area. The award will go to HSC graduating students and will be open to all current year 12’s for the 2025 HSC year. This year the Inaugural Peter Cox award goes to two of our HSC graduating students Jayden and Cooper. Jayden showed great growth and development in Software Engineering over the HSC Year. He demonstrates an excellent capacity within the coding space and his teachers believe has great potential to reach a highly developed level as a Software Engineer. Cooper showed great leadership within the College picking up and guiding the current cohort through the introduction of 3D modelling in IDT, he shows great promise in both IT and the Teaching space. Thankyou to Peter's family for supporting the giving of this award at our recent Year 11 awards ceremony, and thankyou to Peter, for your legacy. #stem #softwareengineering #idt #gamedesign #coding #bradfieldseniorcollege #teachinglegacy

FLICKERFEST SELECTION: Four Bradfield films! We’re delighted to reveal that four films by students Bradfield Senior College will be featured at this year’s Flickerfest 34th International Short Film Festival as part of the FlickerUp Youth Shorts Program. The selected films include: - FADE, from this year’s SPARK 2024 project created by our Year 11 2024 cohort - congratulations to the many students involved in this film, including Leila, Harry, Nina, Celeste, Elle, Max, Tom, Alex, Jess, Charlie, Jai, Lily, Josh, Lucas, Joey, Marx, Ariella, Lilly, Liam and Erin - MAMA GRUB - Edie Farrer-Matson’s Multimedia Major Work- a startling 2D animation set in the Australian bush - SHAPE nominated also - Deep in the Australian bush, a feral old woman collects gumnuts for her stew. A curious gecko may sacrifice everything for a taste. - ANAHERA - Kyro Russell’s Visual Arts HSC major work - An exploration of identity & childhood growing up as a mixed person away from one’s home country; a tale of Māori acceptance & heartbreak. - BUBBLE BOY - Summer Douar’s Yr 11 Multimedia project - A young boy unexpectedly finds himself trapped inside a giant bubble gum bubble. The four films will screen as part of a session devoted to school students and filmmakers 18 and under on Saturday January 25th, 4pm. Flickerfest is considered in international circles as the leading Australian competitive short film festival and increasingly filmmakers view it as one of the main festivals on the world circuit. Bradfield presents a unique opportunity for Year 11 and 12 students preparing for a career or tertiary study in film. With ATAR courses like IT Multimedia and Photography, and Board-endorsed VET courses like the Cert III in Screen and Media (Film and Radio), students can devote a significant component of their HSC to building a portfolio of work, while also securing an HSC and an ATAR. Additionally there are courses like IDT (Game Design) for students who wish to focus on animation. And we have a new Content Creation (Social Media/Journalism) course beginning in 2025! There are still places available in our Multimedia and Screen and Media courses for 2025. Call Bradfield on 02 7920 4020, or submit a query through our website to enquire about enrolment for 2025. https://lnkd.in/gXjn3CYh #flickerfest #tafensw #filmmaking #hsc #animation #shortfilm #filmfestival #multimedia

HSC DANCE: Two students in the top 10 in NSW Congratulations to our HSC Dance students Maria Wetherill and Sian Egerton for placing equal 5th in the state in HSC Dance. This is a testament to the extraordinary calibre of their work throughout their 2 years of study. Both Maria and Sian were triple nominated for Callback for their Core Performance, Core Composition and Major Study Performance; and Maria was selected to perform in the Callback show at the Seymour Centre in February 2025. (Congratulations Maria!) Congratulations also their teacher Janet Ashiabor - Bradfield's Performing Arts Learning Coordinator - and Angelique Mavromatis - for their guidance and mentoring of these students. Maria and Sian attended Bradfield as external students from Loreto Kirribilli. Photos - recent graduate Milo McDermid #bradfieldseniorcollege #hscdance #top10

FLICKERFEST SELECTION: Four Bradfield films! We’re delighted to reveal that four films by students Bradfield Senior College will be featured at this year’s Flickerfest 34th International Short Film Festival as part of the FlickerUp Youth Shorts Program. The selected films include: - FADE, from this year’s SPARK 2024 project created by our Year 11 2024 cohort - congratulations to the many students involved in this film, including Leila, Harry, Nina, Celeste, Elle, Max, Tom, Alex, Jess, Charlie, Jai, Lily, Josh, Lucas, Joey, Marx, Ariella, Lilly, Liam and Erin - MAMA GRUB - Edie Farrer-Matson’s Multimedia Major Work- a startling 2D animation set in the Australian bush - SHAPE nominated also - Deep in the Australian bush, a feral old woman collects gumnuts for her stew. A curious gecko may sacrifice everything for a taste. - ANAHERA - Kyro Russell’s Visual Arts HSC major work - An exploration of identity & childhood growing up as a mixed person away from one’s home country; a tale of Māori acceptance & heartbreak. - BUBBLE BOY - Summer Douar’s Yr 11 Multimedia project - A young boy unexpectedly finds himself trapped inside a giant bubble gum bubble. The four films will screen as part of a session devoted to school students and filmmakers 18 and under on Saturday January 25th, 4pm. Flickerfest is considered in international circles as the leading Australian competitive short film festival and increasingly filmmakers view it as one of the main festivals on the world circuit. Bradfield presents a unique opportunity for Year 11 and 12 students preparing for a career or tertiary study in film. With ATAR courses like IT Multimedia and Photography, and Board-endorsed VET courses like the Cert III in Screen and Media (Film and Radio), students can devote a significant component of their HSC to building a portfolio of work, while also securing an HSC and an ATAR. Additionally there are courses like IDT (Game Design) for students who wish to focus on animation. And we have a new Content Creation (Social Media/Journalism) course beginning in 2025! There are still places available in our Multimedia and Screen and Media courses for 2025. Call Bradfield on 02 7920 4020, or submit a query through our website to enquire about enrolment for 2025. https://lnkd.in/gXjn3CYh #flickerfest #tafensw #filmmaking #hsc #animation #shortfilm #filmfestival #multimedia

‘ALFIE’ PERFORMED BY JESS From our final year 11 2024 assembly and awards ceremony, Jess performs ‘Alfie’ by Burt Bacharach and Hal David: https://lnkd.in/gWmw_96h Jess is completing her HSC in 2025, and studies HSC Music 1 in addition to the Cert III in Music, Maths Advanced, HSC Software Engineering and English Advanced. Thanks to Merv, Devan, Emma and Alex for their work on the audio desk throughout the event. Bradfield is still enrolling for year 11 2025. Our office is open for enquiries all the coming week. #bradfieldseniorcollege #tafensw #hscmusic #cert3music #alfie #burtbacharach

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REVISITING 2024 - FASHION: Adrina talks about the Spark dress As part of this year's SPARK project, the Fashion group created concept dresses inspired by the theme words. In this video, Adrina - from the Fashion group - talks about the dress that became known as 'the Spark dress': https://lnkd.in/gUs45Dim Adrina covers where the idea came from, how she used a miniature to explore how the dress would work, and the challenge of making the garment hang off the body. Thankyou Adrina for sharing your thoughts. Adrina's mentors in the Fashion group were Jo Sykes, Eliza Jarrett and Trish Fairbairn. This video includes music from the SPARK project created by Natasha Mullins. The video was filmed and edited by Michael McLennan. Bradfield is still enrolling for Year 11 2025, where our project will again include a wearable art dimension, now with the theme of Luna Park's 90th birthday. Find out more about the Project here: https://lnkd.in/gcvhjehq Book a tour of the College via our website, and look at doing a fast-track interview you'd like to study at the school which can best prepare you for work in the creative industries. #bradfieldseniorcollege #fashion #conceptart #wearableart #tafenswskills