Just Be Yourself: Hale St Mary's Concert Band 2006

Last three years HALE ST MARY'S School from Perth,Australia did a Singapore Malaysia Tour 2006. One of their list program in the tour was Hale ST MARY'S Concert Band which was organised by the Rotary International Club of Melaka with the help of Ian,which help the most to make this event a successful one.It was held in Pay Fong High School and we got quite a big respond from the locals.

Well,let me brief you alittle about the background of this two schools:

Hale School
Hale School is the oldest independent boys’ school in Western Australia. It was founded in 1858 by the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Dr Mathew Blagden Hale, a clergyman, educator and social pioneer. The School, which was then known as ‘The Bishop’s Collegiate School’, opened its doors on 28 June 1858, with an initial enrolment of 22 students.

First campus was established at The Cloisters, St George’s Terrace. In 1914 the School (which was called ‘The High School’ between 1878 and 1929), moved to a bigger site at Havelock Street, West Perth. In 1961, having acquired the name Hale School in 1929, it moved to Wembley Downs, where it is currently situated on a magnificent 48 hectare site, approximately 13 kilometres to the north-west of Perth and two kilometres from the coast.

Hale School is an Anglican day and boarding school, offering primary and secondary education through to Tertiary Entrance Examination level. Whilst day scholars are enrolled from Year 1 to Year 12, boarders are normally accepted from Year 7 to Year 12.
Current enrolment numbers total 1,300, comprising 300 students in the Primary School (Years 1 to 7) and 1,000 in the Senior School (Years 8 to 12). Of this total there are 202 boarders, from various parts of Western Australia and other countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Dubai.

St Mary's Anglican Girl's School

St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School was founded when two private girls’ schools operating in West Perth amalgamated. The school opened on 14 September 1921 with the Rev C L Riley as Acting Principal. Later two other schools joined them.

Miss E Dannatt, Headmistress from 1923-1937, greatly influenced the early development of St Mary’s, and today she is remembered in the naming of Dannatt Hall and the Dannatt Bursary. Following Miss Dannatt’s resignation, St Mary’s had a succession of Headmistresses: Miss K Carter (1938-1941), Miss B Hamilton (1942-1944), Mrs E Myles (1945-1956) and Mrs T Macdonald (1957-1965). It was during Mrs Macdonald’s period as Headmistress that the decision was made to move St Mary’s from West Perth to Karrinyup.

In 1964 a building appeal was launched to develop the present site in Karrinyup. Under the guidance of Mrs A Symington (1965-1982) St Mary’s operated in both West Perth and Karrinyup until 1970 when the whole school was finally situated in Karrinyup. Mrs Audrey Jackson was appointed as Principal in 1983 (1983-1997) and continued the development of facilities with the establishment of the Education Support Unit, the development of the Drama and Music and Art Centres, and the completion of the Bedbrook Redenbach Science Laboratories. The new Junior School was opened in 1993 and the renovations to the Mathematics Teaching Centre were completed for the 1994 school year. The Audrey Jackson Learning Technologies Centre, including the refurbished library and new computer laboratories, was opened during 1996. In April 1997 Mrs Lynne Thomson became the eighth Principal of the school. In 1998, Anne Symington House underwent refurbishment and renovation to convert St Mary's boarding facilities into first class accommodation. In September 1998, construction commenced on the Performing Arts Centre and on 17 March 2000 The Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre was officially opened.

Below are some of the photos of the ~Good Old Time~

Miss you guys and girls~i will visit all of you again in Perth,Australia!