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Rugby 7s Academy Camp uncovers ‘diamond in the rough’
Could Samara Leven be the diamond in the rough NSW Rugby is looking for? After her performance at the 2022 NSW Rugby 7s Academy Camp, both Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) and NSW Rugby are excited about Samara Leven’s promising future in the sport. “She looks as though she has the right passion and talent equilibrium,” Damien Kerr, the Manager of Sport at SCS, said. Senior Manager of NSW Rugby, Michael Doyle, further remarked that he was currently looking for “that diamond in the rough.” Pathway to success Leven, who is in Year 11 student, was sponsored by...
Adding fun and opportunities to primary Maths
A challenge program at Patrician Brothers’ College Fairfield is giving gifted Mathematics primary school students a chance to expand their problem-solving and number skills. It is the second year that the college has run its Maths Challenge. Sixteen students from the following three College feeder primary schools took part in the 2022 program: Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Fairfield St Gertrude’s Catholic Primary School Smithfield Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Villawood “The purpose of the program is to both excite and challenge the students’ knowledge about what it means to apply and use mathematics,” said Patrician...
First sod turned at St Joseph’s Rosebery
New south-eastern Sydney primary St Joseph's Rosebery turned the first sod of dirt at the site of the new school ahead of its opening in 2023.
