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Photo Gallery: 2021 Archdiocesan Swimming Carnival recap
More than 450 students competed at the Sydney Catholic Schools Archdiocesan Swimming Carnival vying for berths at the MacKillop championships in Homebush. Eighty-two Sydney Catholic schools were represented at the mammoth event, which needed to be split into two sessions due to COVID-19 regulations. After months of being locked out of carnivals due to COVID, parents were also a welcome sight in the crowd at Auburn Ruth Everuss Aquatic Centre. “By splitting the event, we reduced numbers allowing for parents to be present,” SCS’ Sport Education Office: Pre to Post, Rene Vella, said. “The atmosphere isn’t there if...
Band brings hope
Patrician Brothers’ College Fairfield has brought the sound of music to a small town in Northern Italy via a video performance. The idea came about after School Bands Australia’s executive manager, Laura Demicelli, heard of a competition to sing or play Albizzate’s town song,Gente di Albizzate. Mrs Demicelli had attended a school in Albizzate, a town in Northern Italy, and wanted to send the message to her childhood neighbours that “Music is more contagious than the virus” and “Together (even far away) we will make it.” She thought it would help raise their spirits during the COVID-19 crisis. So...
1971 St Joseph’s Kindy reunion
St Joseph’s Maroubra Kindergarten Class of 1971’s childhood recollections will have you fondly recollecting your days in the old schoolyard. Sixty Kindergarten Kangaroos and Kindergarten Koalas attended St Joseph’s Maroubra way back when, and nearly 20 came together on 6 February 2021 to celebrate 50 years since they first started school together. Some stayed for nine hours reminiscing and storytelling, and are now planning to have annual catch ups. Reunion organiser Monica Scanlon (nee Smith), a former teacher at St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Hurstville, looks back on the reunion and reflects on...
