SMILE: 90 years of Luna Park (2025)

In 2025, our Year 11 Project has been a collaboration with Luna Park, Sydney's most iconic amusement park for the Park's 90th birthday.

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Bradfield in the Big Top for Luna Park's 90th!
Moving Image - Dream Ride
Art & Drawing - the Mural
SMILE: The Music Team
Performance: Street Theatre, Radio Play and Dance
Luna Park is turning 90 in 2025
SMILE: 90 years of Luna Park Blog
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Bradfield in the Big Top for Luna Park's 90th!

We're delighted to reveal the final chapter of our Year 11 project, 'SMILE: 90 years of Luna Park' as part of the park’s 90th birthday celebration on 4 October.

Bradfield student work featured on the big stage

The historical timeline mural – a series of collaborative paintings - displayed in Coney Island
The immersive film 'Dream Ride' screened in The Big Top throughout the day
Our Dance Team performing new choreography on the Midway
Outfits from our Fashion team worn by street performers.

We are delighted the student work from the Project is being highlighted and promoted as part of this event.

School can look like this.

Moving Image - Dream Ride

Dream Ride, the immersive installation film created as part of our SMILE project in honour of Luna Park's 90th Birthday, can be viewed on Bradfield's Youtube channel.

This film - created by the Moving Image teams - brings together art, drawing, 2D animation, 3D animation, dance, performance, cinematography, editing, photography and music. The film journeys through the history and iconic rides of Luna Park, including the Ferris Wheel, Coney Island and Big Dipper, using each as the inspiration for a film.

Dream Ride will be showcased Luna Park Sydney on Luna Park's 90th Birthday - October 4, 2025.

Moving Image - Dream Ride

Art & Drawing - the Mural

A vibrant tribute to the park's journey from the 1930s to the future, the painting team reflects on collective experiences through historic archives of photographs, artworks, and memorabilia, creating a journey through the past, present, and envisioning the future.

Each panel captures a distinct era, reflecting the collective experiences through historic archives, photographs, artworks, and memorabilia. Together, these panels create a dreamlike vision of Luna Park's enduring magic and its place in public memory.

To find out more about the Historical Timeline Mural, see our full Artist Statement.

Historical Timeline Mural

SMILE: The Music Team

SMILE the album is here - available on the Bradfield Soundcloud. 28 tracks, by the Music Skills group, with some guest appearances by our graduates. Music recorded and engineered by Wade Keighran, who has been working with the music students throughout SMILE, and has sound mixed the Dream Ride film. The music is sensational- check it out.

For more: THE MUSIC TEAM

Bradfield Senior College · SMILE (Official Soundtrack Album)

Performance: Street Theatre, Radio Play and Dance

The different projects of the Performance team included:

Clowning and Street Theatre
Verbatim Theatre Radio Play
Dance

Find out more about the work of these three teams, including our full radio play, here.

PERFORMANCE TEAM

Luna Park is turning 90 in 2025

With its rich artistic legacy, the park continues to thrive as a hub for emerging creative professionals—embracing the cross-genre nature of today’s creative industries and fostering innovation through collaboration and training.

To mark this milestone, Bradfield Year 11 students have been invited to contribute to the celebrations.

An iconic landmark on Sydney Harbour’s foreshore, Luna Park is one of the world’s most intact 1930s Art Deco fantasy amusement parks. It represents 90 years of creative practice across:

Visual arts
Performance
Design
Storytelling
Community engagement

SMILE: 90 years of Luna Park Blog

The Historical Timeline Mural

Thursday, 2 October 2025

The Painting Team: Matilda Atkin, Caddie Baker, Mahlia Baseley, Alexander Brunner, Ava Colhoun, Lara Collins, Mandisa Considine, Romy De La…

Moving Image - Dream Ride

Monday, 29 September 2025

Experience DREAM RIDE, the immersive film installation on rotation throughout the event. The film pays homage to some of Luna…

The Music Team

Friday, 26 September 2025

The Music Team: Hamish Ball, Kenya Borlotti, Sophie Bower, Ebbany Coyle, Phoebe Desmond, Arlo Gemenis, Roxanne McKenzie, Karalaini Vakatauvata, Matthew…

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Workplace Skills

The Luna Park project is the practical application of the Certificate II in Workplace Skills, undertaken by all Year 11 students at Bradfield Senior College.

Delivered through our unique Friday project model and supported by a weekly two-hour lesson, the program offers a variety of practical, collaborative experiences. It also includes a 35-hour mandatory work placement, giving students the opportunity to apply the interpersonal and employability skills they’ve developed in real-world settings.

By the end of the course, students not only earn a nationally recognised qualification but also gain valuable workplace experience, confidence, and the tools to explore future career and study pathways. They’re equipped to seek employment, prepare professional documentation, and navigate the world beyond school.

While achieving the HSC remains our priority, we also believe in preparing students for life after school. Through this program, students learn about:

Education, training, and work pathways
Job-seeking strategies
Workplace communication and conflict resolution
Resume writing and interview preparation

The project is an award-winning educational experience. In 2024 Bradfield was awarded a national award by TAFE directors Australia: The Heart of Inclusion award in Innovative Teaching.

Bradfield teachers won the TAFE NSW Teaching Team of the Year award in 2023. In 2025, Bradfield is a finalist in the Australian Training awards School Pathways to VET category to be announced in December. Bradfield is also nominated for the NSW Premier’s award for delivering world class education and training.

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Workplace Skills

Workplace Skills aims to develop the knowledge, skills, values and…