Historical Fiction and Cryptography among others. Co-curricular activities Students are able to join a number of co-curricular activities including debating & public speaking, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and a variety of performing arts programs in Music, Dance and Film. A number of students at the school have had successes in co-curricular areas, including Marta Santos-Mariz' sculpture, entitled Decline being included in Art Express 2011. Musical Students and staff at the college produce a musical once every 2 years. These have included "Footloose the Musical" in 2010, "Little Shop of Horrors" in 2012 , "The Wedding Singer" in 2014, " The Adams Family " in 2016 and "Legally Blonde" in 2018". V-Fest The college coordinates V-Fest, a festival for films created by secondary students. The festival has been run since 1999 (at which point it was coordinated by Vaucluse High School). Entrants are sought from public and private secondary schools across the Sydney Metropolitan area in two divisions, a Junior Division (for years 7-10) and a Senior Division (for years 11-12). Noteworthy entrants are shown at the Chauvel Cinema in nearby Paddington. Entries are judged by a panel of experts and prizes are awarded to winners and second and third runners-up in each division as well as to the most popular film on the night as judged by the audience. In 2010, Burwood Girls High School won the Junior Division. In 2017 many films including The Struggle entered the junior division. Music A subcommittee of the P&C oversees a Music Ensemble Program which consists of a number of music groups, including a senior and junior concert bands, junior and senior stage bands, jazz bands, a rock choir, a vocal ensemble, a string ensemble, a percussion ensemble, and multiple rock bands. The music programs have received a number of accolades, including Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for various groups at the School Band Festival. Life saving and surf awareness As many of its students are from the beachside Eastern suburbs of Sydney, the college coordinates a Surf Awareness program with one of Bondi Beach's Surf Life Saving Clubs, the North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club. The goal of the week-long program is to provide Year 7 students with an opportunity to develop their skills and awareness regarding swimming at the beach. The students are separated into different groups according to their swimming ability and familiarity with beach swimming. At the culmination