SHOWCASE
News from our schools
Revealed: Clancy Prize winners
Ignite your artistic side and take a tour of McGlade Gallery, where you will discover 68 mesmerising spiritual artworks by talented Sydney Catholic secondary students. Sculptures, paintings, photographs and much more form part of the 2021 Clancy Religious Art Prize and Exhibition. Sixty-eight individual and collaborative works were last year entered into the Sydney Archdiocesan competition and 14 picked up prizes on Friday 21 May. The artworks illustrate students’ understanding of this year’s exhibition theme: ‘Celebrating 200 Years of Catholic Education in Australia’. “I try to buy as much student work as I can; it’s good for me and...
World Bee Day 2021
May 20 is World Bee Day and a perfect time to reflect on the importance of pollinators in all our lives. Year 2 students Alena and Greta in front of the Bee Hive Six months after receiving their playground beehive St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Oatley is abuzz with Australian native stingless Bees – double in fact. And the school’s junior beekeepers have since become passionate bee advocates. “Bees are important because they help to pollinate,” explained Year 1 student, Alex Moroz. Luca Pirrello, also in Year 1, said: “Bees carry the pollen and some of it...
New program gives every student the gift of music
Sydney Catholic Schools’ new Amadeus Music Education Program has lifted off at a high tempo – and Trinity Catholic College Auburn/Regents Park is playing to the tunes. As part of the program, Year 7 students at the college have received orchestral instruments and are participating in small group and ensemble music lessons delivered by specialist music tutors. “The Amadeus program will provide all Year 7 students with a wonderful opportunity to learn a musical instrument and develop a whole new dimension of their brains,” Principal Daniel Delmage said. “We know that the research shows that music will boost brain power,...
