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Maker Day

Maker Day

Year 6 students participated energetically in our Maker Day on Monday. The focus of the day was to provide the students with the opportunity to make, tinker and engineer with digital technologies. Students worked with soft circuits electronic textiles, “MaKey MaKey” hardware invention kits or software programming with Scratch or

18 November 2013

Alliance of Girls’ Schools Dinner

Alliance of Girls’ Schools Dinner

Santa Sabina College welcomed over 60 members from the Alliance of Girls’ Schools to the College last week. Special guest speaker, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick spoke on the need for both men and women to address gender inequality.

13 November 2013

Primary Sports Awards

Primary Sports Awards

Congratulations to Hannah (Year 6) who was awarded with a Primary Sports Award by the Sydney Archdiocesan Catholic Primary Schools Sports Council in recognition of her high level of sporting achievement throughout the year. Well Done Hannah.

11 November 2013

Mufti Day Bushfire Appeal

Mufti Day Bushfire Appeal

Students from Kindergarten to Year 11 ditched their uniforms for a mufti day last Thursday to raise money for school students directly affected by the recent NSW Bushfires. Over $5500.00 was raised for families in greatest need from St Thomas Aquinas Primary School and St Columba’s High School in Springwood.

11 November 2013

Principal’s Update No.5

Principal’s Update No.5

SANTA SABINA COLLEGE GOVERNMENT FUNDING TASKFORCE POST ELECTION REPORT It is timely in this period after the federal election to bring you up to date on the ‘state of play’ in our endeavours to bring some justice to the school funding anomalies which continue to be suffered by the Santa

4 November 2013

Principal’s Update N0.4

Principal’s Update N0.4

This Thursday 31 October Santa Sabina will hold a mufti day to raise funds for families in greatest need from St Thomas Aquinas Primary School and St Columba’s High School in Springwood. We are asking all of our students to bring a gold coin donation, and to wear mufti to

28 October 2013

National Mathematics Talent Quest Awards

National Mathematics Talent Quest Awards

5 excited students and their parents and teachers flew to Melbourne last week to receive their first place awards for the National Mathematics Talent Quest. Our students in Years 2, 3 and 5 were awarded with three first places for group projects. The competition brought together the winners of state

28 October 2013

Coalition of Knowledge Building Schools Visit

Coalition of Knowledge Building Schools Visit

Santa Sabina hosted students from Condell Park High School on Friday as part of our participation in the Coalition of Knowledge Building Schools. Coalition schools work with academic partners and friends to design, implement and act upon research which seeks to incorporate student voice and those of other members of

28 October 2013

World Teachers’ Day

World Teachers’ Day

Today is World Teachers’ Day, an international day of recognition and celebration of teachers and the teaching profession. Staff on both the Santa Sabina and Del Monte Campuses enjoyed a morning treat of coffee and muffins as a way of recognising and showing appreciation for our teachers who inspire and

25 October 2013

National Computer Science School Challenge

National Computer Science School Challenge

Year 9 IST students achieve outstanding results in the National Computer Science School Challenge The students in the Year 9 IST class participated in the National Computer Science School Challenge, which is run by the School of Information Technologies at the University of Sydney. The NCSS Challenge  is unlike any

24 October 2013

Principal’s update No.3

Principal’s update No.3

Dear Families Our prayers are offered for all those people affected by the current bushfires, particularly for any families or staff who have been directly impacted. The staff and student College Leadership teams will meet this week to decide how best we can support, financially and otherwise, communities affected. My

21 October 2013

Doey Choi representing Australia in Golf

Doey Choi representing Australia in Golf

Congratulations to Doey Choi Year 8 who has been selected to represent Australia in Singha Thailand at the Junior World Golf Championships in November. This honour has come for Doey as a result of her hard work and dedication and is testament to her exceptional golfing skill. We wish Doey the

17 October 2013