Our visit from HSC author Drusilla Modjeska To complement our study of the genre “Life Writing”, our Year 12 Extension 1 English cohort engaged in an interview-style session with two experts in the field. The session consisted of a conversation between Drusilla Modjeska, the author of our prescribed text The
18 May 2017
Booked Out We invite all Girls currently studying in Year 4 to our Try Year 5 day on Tuesday 23 May 2017, for a taste of Year 5 at Santa Sabina College. Please register for Year 5 day at www.ssc.nsw.edu.au/enrolment/try-year-5 Now is the perfect time for her to
12 May 2017
Santa girls are making their mark musically around the world. Former College Leader Michelle Mutyora (Class of 2016) is currently a contestant on The Voice, one of the highest rating shows on commercial television. You can view her singing a dazzling rendition of Beyonce’s Listen. At her blind audition she
11 May 2017
One of our goals at Santa Sabina College is about making our students scientifically literate. Scientific literacy enables us to understand the way our world works and to interact with our environment. “I don’t need to have answers to everything, I want to have answers to find.”
9 May 2017
It should come as no surprise that someone who loves continual learning just as much as teaching is running Santa Sabina’s Department of English. A born academic who always knew she would teach, Elizabeth Phipps recently completed her Master’s degree, also receiving one of Macquarie University’s highest acclamations – a
4 May 2017
Mathematics challenges take many forms at Santa Sabina College. Read on to learn about recognition from the State’s peak body of maths teachers and an insight into a maths lesson from the Year 7s. Mathematical Association of New South Wales (MANSW) Santa Sabina College has been recognised for our approach
27 April 2017
A games room, free food, scooters and a nap room. What could possibly be better than a whole day dedicated to STEM and amazing workplaces such as Google and Adobe? On Wednesday 29 March, the Year 9 IST class, along with Mrs Sukar and Mrs Perry, explored our skillset, future
26 April 2017
New Head of Religious Education Mrs McDonald has come home. Educated at Australia’s first Dominican school, St Mary’s Maitland, and living the Dominican charism ever since, Mrs McDonald also taught Religious Education (RE) here in the 1980s. “I’ve worked with a number of religious congregational schools but it’s lovely to be
12 April 2017
Santa Sabina College was honoured to host the Sydney launch of Madonna King’s new book Being 14 on Tuesday night. Parents were given an insight into the minds of their 14-year-old daughter as well as an understanding of how she may be feeling, what she’s thinking and what they can do to help
5 April 2017
Ms Kate Ayoub is our new Kindergarten teacher, joining Mrs Kent, Miss Farrugia and Miss Moore and the 71 delightful boys and girls aged four to six years old in the Del Monte Kindergarten. Ms Ayoub is responsible for 17 Kindergarteners who are already well settled in to the International
5 April 2017
Congratulations Bella Merlino of Year 7 who has won Best Junior Film at the REELise Film Festival over the weekend. Bella’s film, Dear Brother… is the story of a loving sister whose family is torn apart when her brother becomes the victim of cyberbullying. As part of her prize
3 April 2017
Year 11 helps address Wikipedia’s gender imbalance Wikipedia has a diversity problem. Women make up just 12% of Wikipedia contributors and only 16% of individuals profiled. But it is a problem that can be fixed. On 28 March, five students from Year 11 Legal Studies were given the opportunity to
3 April 2017