Carmina Lucem

Thanks to the generosity of the Old Girls Union Funding Initiative, I am very proud to say that the inaugural edition of Carmina Lucem is now in the hands of our girls, teachers and librarians, doing the good work of spreading the message about the ingenuity and creativity of our students. It is 62 pages long and bound in woven hardback with a beautiful silver foiled dust jacket, designed by Old Girl Eve Banyer (2025 Visual Arts Captain) and Old Girl Cassia Davies (2025 Design Captain). In addition to a beautiful foreword from Old Girl Sophia Bucci (2025 Literary Captain), the edition contains 15 student works from students from Year 6 to Year 12, covering such forms and genres as short contemporary fiction, poetry, dramatic monologue and science fiction. The works encompass widely diverse voices and interests.

I encourage you to indulge in reading some of the beautiful writing that our students put together this year. Either grab a copy from the Senior School library, or access the digital version here.

Submissions for the 2026 edition will open soon. Look out for posters and QR codes around the school!

I look forward to reading another year of all the imaginative, fantastical worlds you have to offer. Happy writing.

– Joseph Pfeffer
English Teacher