Student modelling garments

Creative

Extra-curricular opportunities

Our school is committed to nurturing the creative potential of our students through a range of enriching extracurricular activities. Our programs aim to inspire imaginative thinking beyond the classroom, fostering originality, flexibility, and expressive skills. These opportunities encourage students to explore diverse ideas, develop their passions, and cultivate lifelong creative habits.

Creative domain
Our activities encourage students to take educational risks and think flexibly. We help students make unusual associations, express themselves uniquely, and develop novel ideas across disciplines. These opportunities foster creativity, original thinking, and multiple solutions to challenges beyond the classroom.
Learning characteristics
  • educational risk-taking
  • tolerance for ambiguity
  • makes unusual associations between different ideas
  • demonstrates creative thinking across domain areas and in the different disciplines
  • demonstrates novel thinking in written and oral expression
  • flexibility and divergence in thinking
  • unusual ability for expressing self through art, dance, drama, music
  • creates several solutions to a given problem
  • synthesises a variety of ideas in original ways
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Student triptych

Highlights

We offer a variety of creative opportunities and programs designed to inspire educational risk-taking, foster flexible and divergent thinking and encourage tolerance for ambiguity so that students feel confident to express themselves uniquely.

A student of Ryde Secondary College
"Being part of so many creative activities at school has been amazing. They helped me discover new talents, make great friends, and express myself in ways I never thought possible. The school really encourages us to explore our passions and be confident in who we are."
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Our staff provide mentoring and tailored support to nurture each student’s creative potential, meeting their unique needs and challenges. Through specialist tuition, product showcasing, and routine workshops, we encourage imaginative thinking and original expression. This approach empowers students to develop confidence, flexibility, and resilience as they explore and expand their creative abilities. View some of our creative extra-curricular highlights below.

Students performing dance ensemble
Dance ensemble
Student playing guitar
Granny Smith Festival
Student self-portrait
Visual Arts Club
Students playing guitar
Sydney Eisteddfod
Student drumming with teacher
Studio 212
Student modelling garments
Fashion Show
Support unit student performing
Day of Ability
Students at Opera House
Jazz, concert and rock bands
Student artworks
Art Competitions
Drama performance with students
Drama Club
String ensemble students performing
Vocal, string and guitar ensembles
Student drumming
RSC Creative
Students at Da Vinci Decathlon
Da Vinci Decathlon
Students in marching band
NSW Millenium Marching Band
Students singing
Choir
Students singig with lighting
Sound and Lighting Crew
Students watching short film
Film Club

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