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19 Jan 2025
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👀 Looking for some inspiration for school holiday craft? Check out these tie-dye masterpieces created by the Year 6 students at St Michael's Baulkham Hills as part of their end-of-year celebrations! From swirling colours to bold patterns, the students were able to express their personalities in style. A perfect boredom buster, even on a rainy day. ☔👕🌀 📣 Interested in finding out more about St Michael's Primary? Check out their website! ==>stmichaelsbhills.catholic.edu.au/
19 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
We love 😍to see our students being inspired to pursue their passions. 👏 Year 9-11 students from St Andrews College, Marayong (Official) immersed themselves in an inspiring celebration of women in STEM 👩🔬at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Girls in Tech Day. 👩🔧🔬 The event included hands-on activities from coding 💻to VR , motivational talks from incredible women thriving in tech 🚀📡🧪, and career exploration that ignited the students' curosity and showcased the diverse opportunities within the technology industry. 🦺☣️🔭 The students walked away feeling empowered to dream big 🙌, embrace creativity and confidently pursue their passions. 🤩
17 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
🕵️♀️🔎ADDICTED TO TRUE CRIME PODCASTS? You’ll be wishing you were a Xavier College student! In Term 4, Year 10 students wrapped up their Forensic Science module in style. 🩸🧪🧬 From investigating the crime scene to packaging evidence, conducting presumptive blood and drug tests, analysing fingerprints, and even performing a mock autopsy, the students learned how to piece together clues like pros! Xavier College Llandilo's teachers are experts in helping students to love learning. In 2024, the College achieved its best HSC results EVER! Visit their website to learn more about what they have to offer: xavierllandilo.catholic.edu.au
12 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
🌊What could be cooler than SURF SCHOOL 🏄♀️🏄to get our students summer ready?! 😎We think it's fantastic that many of our secondary schools take their students for a practical learning experience at a Surf School. The fun excursion is an excellent opportunity for students to develop new skills, such as how to identify safe and dangerous surf zones, as well as the identification of rips and what to do if caught in one. In 2024, Catherine McAuley Westmead students went to Dee Why, while Penola Catholic College Emu Plains and Marian Catholic College Kenthurst students visited Manly. 🏖 Innovative learning experiences are the norm in our schools - learn more by visiting our website! ==> parra.catholic.edu.au/learning
11 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
What a brilliant achievement for St Patrick's Marist College Dundas' Joshua Khouri who was selected for the Musicology🎶 section of the Encore showcase of outstanding major works by HSC Music students.🎤🎹🎸🎻 Students major works were considered for Musicology or Performance with Joshua earning selection to perform his work at the Encore showcase at the Sydney Opera House in February.🎉👏 Special mention also to the following students who had their works nominated for Encore:🔊 Caroline Chisholm College: Grace Rowan (Performance) Emmaus Catholic College: Eloise Polkamp (Performance) Marian Catholic College Kenthurst: Ari Theodoridis (Performance), Ethan Petersen (Composition) St Columba's Catholic College, Springwood: Gabriel Valle (Performance) St John XXIII Catholic College: Cameron Yates (Performance) St Patrick's Marist College: Ryan Sutidjan (Performance) Many of these students were supported by CAPTIVATE, our creative and performing arts program: https://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/learning/specialised-learning/creative-and-performing-arts
09 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
Sun, beaches 🌅or pools, and a floatie or two are a big part of summer ☀life for many Australians. 🏊🏖️ Swimming carnivals 🥽were a common activity for our schools, like St John's Primary, Riverstone, 🩳🩱 in Term 4 as the weather heated up. Such great fun! 😆 Along with sunscreen, the main way to stay safe out there in the water is to know how to swim properly. 🏊🏻🏊🏻♀️ Year 7 students atEmmaus Catholic College Kemps Creek completed the Learn2Swim program during sport last term, building their confidence in the water, practising water safety, 🛟and mastering life-saving techniques 🤓to ensure they were ready for the school break. 👍 Have a great time out in the water 💧💦this school holidays everyone and remember to always swim between the flags. 🙌
08 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
What's a little mud when you're having a great time?! 🪢🤣 These Year 9 students from St Patrick's Marist College Dundas had an amazing 🙌3 days at the Great Aussie Bush Camp 🌏 last term. Abseiling 🧗🧗♂️, archery 🏹and even taking a spin on a homemade raft 🚣♀️🚣♂️- who could ask for a better way to learn new things, test your confidence and strengthen your friendships with your schoolmates? 💧☀️🤩
06 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
There were cute baby animals 🥰galore at our schools in 2024 - and we ooh'd and ahh'd over them all! 😍❤️ There's the beautiful resident peacock 🦚 and family at St Columba's Catholic College, Springwood. Ducks 🦆at Sacred Heart Primary School Mount Druitt, St Canice's Primary Katoomba, Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School Kellyville, St Angela's Primary School Castle Hill, 🦆 Bede Polding College South Windsor and even some visiting ones at St Michael's Baulkham Hills. 🦆 Baby's super cute twin lambs Fluffy and Puffy 🐑at Marian Catholic College Kenthurst, new lambs 🐑at Bede Polding, chickens 🐥🐤 including Honeycomb, Vanilla and Goldie at St Canice's and baby chicks at St Michael's.🐣 Students at Marian also found time to make some braided toys for rescue dogs 🐶🐾and puppies like the adorable Pippa while at Bede Polding there was the strange sighting of a chicken sitting on a sheep! 🐓🐑🤣
05 Jan 2025
From CSPD Facebook
What a privilege😊 for the entire Bede Polding College South Windsor community to have the Penrith Panthers four-time🏆🏆🏆🏆 NRL Premiership Coach Ivan Cleary visit the school recently. Ivan gave fantastic advice to parents, student and teachers about achieving excllence, in any walk of life. His main message is "how you train is how you perform". 🏃♀️😓🚴♀️🏋️♀️🏊♀️🌟 Ivan was also very impressed and grateful to receive a beautiful painting of the NRL Premiership trophy, with details of the four Premierships, created by talented Year 12 student Nate Gubler.🎨👨🏻🎨🖌 Find out more about this outstanding school here: https://www.bedepoldingwindsor.catholic.edu.au/why-us