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Sydney Catholic Schools

Music teaching hits the right note

The first tentative thoughts that a career as a music teacher could be for Meaghan Brady came when she forged a strong connection to her ‘amazing’ music teacher during her high school days in Ireland.

Now, a specialist music teacher role at Sydney Catholic Schools is hitting all the right notes for the expat, who has taught at St Therese Catholic Primary School Mascot since January.

“I always knew it was music that I wanted to teach,” Ms Brady said.

“I really connected with my music teacher throughout secondary school. I wanted to be as amazing as she was and to be the same inspiration that she was to me.”

Amadeus Music Education Program classroom teacher Meaghan Brady.The 40-minute lessons Ms Brady delivers for students from Kindergarten to Year 6 allow her to get to know and to teach every student in the school while sharing her enduring love for music.

This and a key part in music-filled school events including masses and graduations, place her at the heart of the St Therese community.

“As a music teacher you always have the opportunity to truly engage with a school and its community,” she said.

“It doesn’t matter if I’m walking down the Kindy corridor or across the school and past Year 6 students, they all know me and I know them. 

“There’s a special connection. They want to talk to you about a band or a song that they really like, or a piano performance they heard on the weekend.”

“As a music teacher you always have the opportunity to truly engage with a school and its community,” – Meaghan Brady

Meaghan’s music lessons cover concepts such as beat, …

July 25, 2024|
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Sky’s the limit for Willow

St Therese Catholic Primary School Mascot student Willow Skene has been awarded a sports medallion at the 2021 Primary Sports Awards.

Willow received the medallion for her selection into the NSW Primary Schools Sports Association (NSWPSSA) State Merit Team for Australian Football.

The sport medallion is awarded to Sydney Catholic School students who have represented MacKillop on three or more occasions and/or were selected into a NSWPSSA State Merit Team during the school year.

Willow was one of seven students to receive a medallion during a virtual ceremony, held in December 2021.

In case you missed it, you can watch – or re-watch – Willow receiving her medallion by clicking on the live link below.

A humble student who excels both in the classroom and on the field, Willow said the medallion came as a surprise. 

“When I heard I was receiving a sports medallion It was kind of weird because I wasn’t expecting one!” Willow said. 

“Making the state team is probably my greatest accomplishment because that’s the first state team I ever made.”

Known as someone who is extremely self-motivated, Willow comes to school every morning having already done some form of training. 

It’s the kind of dedication that has the youngster eyeing off a place on the big stage. 

“I’d really like to become a professional AFL player in the AFLW” – Willow Skene

Willow is one day hoping to play professionally in the AFLW.

“My sporting idol is probably Dustin Martin because I really like the way he plays and he also seems really friendly and nice,” Willow said.

As a big believer in the power of community sport, Willow said …

January 10, 2022|
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Celebrating 80 years in pictures

New history picture book Discovering Our Past tells the story of St Therese Catholic Primary School Mascot in its 80th year.

Historical records show the blessing of the infants’ school and the inauguration of a magnificent Church dedicated to St Therese took place on Sunday 28 January 1940.

The school was expanded in 1951 to include a new presbytery and convent to accommodate an increase in post-war enrolments of local and immigrant families.

St Therese 80 years celebrations, 2 families with 3 generations L-R: Robert Bell, Joshua, Rosemary and Sierra Pavicevic, Liz Bowring, Teresa Di Bartolo, Scarlett Magee, Alfina and Will Braiding.

It was during this building period that St Therese’s infamous “tent story” took place.

Discovering Our Past, by author and illustrator Liz Bowring, tells of Sister Hyacinth using a choir loft and then a large marquee as a temporary classroom for her students while construction was taking place at the school.

“This setup would work well until one stormy afternoon, gale-force winds would blow the marquee away causing Sister Hyacinth to rush the heavily rained-on children to the safety of the church,” Ms Bowring writes.

Back to the future

Current teacher Sarah Lennard has been making her own memories at St Therese Catholic Primary School Mascot for 40 years.

She first taught at St Therese in November 1980, acting as a relief teacher for a religious sister taking her final vows.

Back then, Malcolm Frasier was the Prime Minister and Sunnyboy ice blocks were all the rage at the canteen.

“I have taught every grade – some several times,” Ms Lennard said.

“I was also a teacher librarian for several years and I was one of the first teachers to be able to job share.”

“People whom I first met …

December 22, 2020|
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