Sculpture collaboration makes stewards of the ocean
Five Sydney Catholic primary schools have shown creativity and care for the environment with a visual arts collaboration for Sculpture by the Schools.
Five Sydney Catholic primary schools have shown creativity and care for the environment with a visual arts collaboration for Sculpture by the Schools.
A record 14 Sydney Catholic Schools graduates have earned a place in HSC visual arts showcase ARTEXPRESS this year, with another eight nominated for the prestigious exhibition.
The selected artworks embrace mediums including …
No matter if your child is academically gifted or a talented athlete, there are things all parents should look for when choosing a school.
The conversations are happening in backyard barbecues, in local parks, and late at night between tired parents who want to do the right …
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School North Ryde has cemented its place as one of the highest-achieving schools locally, after attaining well above average results in double the number of NAPLAN assessment areas.
The most rece …
Whether you are pondering how to stay sun and heat safe this summer, help injured wildlife, or alleviate shoulder pain, these STEM MAD National
A free tutoring program at Marist College Kogarah is embracing the talent of past HSC students to help their younger peers grow and shine academically.
The college invites new graduates who have done well in specific subject …
St Ursula’s College Kingsgrove’s Class of 2023 graduate not just with impressive HSC results
Discovering a box of her parents’ home movies from the 1980s and 90s led Olivia Tsigaropoulos to the remarkable achievement of her second National History Challenge win in two years. …
A mentoring program for early career teachers is nurturing a new and diverse generation of educators at Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich.
Ryan Leonard was an academic and research scientist with a PhD on honey bee cognition before he joined the coll …
St John Bosco College Engadine students won first prize in The Orbispace Initiative’s 2023 Pitch For the Planet
Three Year 12 graduates from Sydney Catholic Schools received seed funding through education initiative UpRising to develop their 2023 HSC Design and Technology major works.
The strategic partnership with the NSW Government, …
A creative approach to wellbeing has placed 39 choir and dance students and one violinist from St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School Central Bankstown centre stage at the 2023 Positive Schools Wellbeing in Action Conference.
…
One Sydney Catholic Schools student’s work takes the 2023 Mental Health Month theme, We all have a role to play, to heart.
When it comes to promoting positive mental health, Archie Kingham is ahead of the curve.
Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) students have received a hat-trick of NSW Youth Community Service Awards for the second year in a row.
Three SCS students were among only 26 in the state presented with the 2023 awards, which re …
Sydney Catholic Schools alumna Abigail Adriano gives a masterful lead performance in Opera Australia’s current production of Miss Saigon.
Not many people have to choose between two dream career opportunities just two years after graduati …
People, food, and seeing fare migrate from paddock to plate – Charlize Ashby has a passion for all things hospitality and the award to prove it.
The Brigidine College Randwick Year 12 student was named ‘
Students at St John Bosco Catholic Primary School Engadine have stretched their creative muscles in their first performance of much-loved production Matilda Jnr, The Musical.
Based on Roald Dahl’s classic novel, it sees an exceptional five-year old triump …
The benefits of learning a musical instrument begin well before your child is playing sweet melodies with ease and enjoyment.
The health benefits of sport for young people are so often expressed it’s easy to forget just how profound their impact.
Here are five reasons why sport is a first-rate way to encourage healthy bodies, minds, and skills for …
The latest offering in Sydney Catholic Schools’ comprehensive sport program is set to blow school holiday boredom out of the water.
Opportunities to try dragon boating, water polo, orienteering and fencing will be provided a …
Of all the milestones in early life, starting kindergarten can be one of the most exciting – and nerve-wracking – for parent and child alike.
Below are four factors to consider for a smooth transition from daycare and home t …
Marina Eldahr is one of the first to land a graduate teaching role at Sydney Catholic Schools through the organisation’s newest pathway to teaching.
She shares how two years of …
Close to 800 Sydney Catholic Schools students have gained new technology skills thanks to a coding challenge geared towards filling a critical cyber security skills shortage in Australia.
Marist College Eastwood accounted fo …
A group of 33 Sydney Catholic Schools’ students are poised for early entry into engineering and information technology (IT) degrees through The University of Technology Sydney’s Wanago Program.
Year 11 and 12 students who c …
Winning her age category in Sydney Catholic Schools’ inaugural Portrait Prize was just the beginning for Tatum O’Connor.
Seven demountable classrooms have made the 761 kilometre journey from St Patrick’s College Sutherland to flood-devastated Trinity Catholic College Lismore, where they will help get students’ learning back on track.
Principal …
Leading one of Sydney Catholic Schools’ 150 diverse primary and secondary school communities is a highly rewarding experience, as the system’s newest principals can attest.
Here four principals share how they embrace leadership with focus, empathy and a deep love and respect for the professio …
From next year, Champagnat Catholic College Pagewood will take a new name – Corpus Christi College Maroubra – as part of its transformation to a co-educational years 7-12 college.
The college will welcome its first girls to …
Our Lady of Mercy College (OLMC) Burraneer has welcomed a new high profile mentor for students as part of a strengthened future-focused learning approach.
SBS and BBC World News journalist, Tanya Dendrinos, spoke to the coll …
A ‘Healthy Kids Pitch’ has kick-started a renewed wellbeing and fitness focus at St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School – and their passion for health has not gone unnoticed.
Four Champagnat Catholic College Pagewood staff have received 2022 Teacher’s Guild of NSW Awards in recognition of their outstanding work in Mathematics, English and Human Society and its Environment (HSIE).
From digital publishing opportunities for students to givin …
A dynamic education master plan for Catholic schools in Matraville and Pagewood has been fast-tracked, with the new Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Matraville to open a year ahead of schedule in January 2023.
The school is an amalgamation of the current St Agnes’ Catholic Primary School …
To mark the beginning of their careers and acknowledge a positive start to the 2022 school year, Sydney Catholic Schools held a Commissioning Mass for all its beginner teachers at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.
The Mass, held …
Students at McAuley Catholic Primary School Rose Bay showed that their sense of social justice runs deep by assembling emergency water filters for use in central African refugee camps.
The year 5 and 6 students drew on the s …
Joining the junior school of St Mary’s Cathedral College Sydney marks the beginning of an enriching experience with a specialist music and academic education that is highly rewarding.
The St Mary’s Cathedral Junior Sc …
With memorable goals and help from water polo’s elite, Sydney Catholic Schools’ (SCS) first inter-school water polo competition is already making a splash.
Zenn Pemberton scored the first-ever boys’ water polo goal in the Sy …
The St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Georges Hall community has held true to the famous words of their patron, Saint Mary-Mackillop, to support flood relief efforts in NSW.
New Youth Ministry Coordinators have been inducted into their roles including Sydney Catholic Schools’ first primary school-based Youth Ministry Coordinator.
All 16 Youth Ministry Coordinators (YMCs) were formally inducted during an Archdioc …
Three Sydney Catholic Schools graduates have earned a place in prestigious HSC visual arts showcase ARTEXPRESS this year.
From sculpture to hyper-real drawings, the artists share the ideas and challenges behind their dynamic …
Maria Soliman is ahead of the curve after achieving phenomenal results in two HSC mathematics exams a year before graduating high school.
The Bethlehem College Ashfield accelerated mathematics student achieved marks of 99% and 98% in Mathematics Advanced …
Mary MacKillop Catholic College Wakeley has welcomed six – yes, SIX! – sets of Year 7 twins this school term.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it is the first time in the college’s 30-year history that there have been so many twins in the one year group.
…
A sector-blind education initiative to help Year 12 students give their HSC Design and Technology major projects a life beyond the classroom is gaining momentum across NSW.
UpRising is the brainchild of Sydney Catholic Scho …
John Coppola planned to use his piano and songwriting skills in a music career, before following his heart into teaching and then a Religious Education Coordinator role at Trinity Catholic College Auburn.
“In my early 20’s I …
Bethlehem College Ashfield Year 8 students – Nia, Emma, Caitlin, Lucia and Benedicta – have imagined an information campaign to protect West Papua’s critically endangered leatherback turtles.
Their ‘pitch for the planet’, at The Orbispace In …
Featuring a Biology superlab, balcony rainforest and woodlands ecosystems, St Patrick’s College Sutherland’s new Alpha Crucis building is a game-changer for the sciences and applied studies.
The innovative building design is the result of a collaboration …
Sydney Catholic school students have presented a reflective and vibrant take on Christmas scripture for the 2021 Christmas Story Art Exhibition and Competition.
Close to 600 students in Year 5 and 6 from schools in the Archd …
A holiday musing when travelling across San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge has turned into a STANSW Young Scientist Award for Year 11 student Hayden Westwood.
The Science Teachers’ Association of NSW (STANSW) Rowe Sci …
What can a group of long-dead philosophers teach a student today? The answer is plenty.
Amid the more prescriptive elements of the NSW curriculum, two Sydney Catholic schools have created imaginative and intelligent courses to develop their students’ crit …
From resilience to a powerful ‘brain boost’, parents, students and teachers are seeing the many benefits of learning an orchestral instrument as part of the groundbreaking Amadeus Music Education Program.
Nidal Abou Arrage remembers the February day in 20 …
Auslan meets Yawuru language in St Mary – St Joseph Catholic Primary School Maroubra’s virtual choir rendition of ‘I Am Australian’. Watch it here:
A group of 50 students in Years 3 to 6 at the school lent their voices to the virtual choir, singing Bruc …