Children from The Catherine Sullivan Centre, Mary Bailey House and Kindergarten were treated to their own Babies Proms concert, given by the Santa Sabina Orchestra. There was great delight as children were introduced to the many varied instruments of the orchestra. Some had the chance to try their hand at conducting and all enjoyed
6 December 2012
The absence of the School Certificate Examinations for Year 10 has provided the opportunity to implement an innovative Project-based learning experience for our Year 10 students. This two week program offers the girls further opportunities to enhance their critical thinking and communication skills on a collaborative project with real life
29 November 2012
The culmination and celebration of 2 weeks of daily swimming has occurred with the ‘Splash & Dash Carnival for Kindergarten – Year 2 children. The 10 day swimming program saw the children develop confidence in the water and improve their swimming skills. The children participated with enthusiasm and a spirit of fun in
29 November 2012
Drama has offered Year 4 students a new challenge as the boys and girls prepared a surprise Flash Mob for the Del Monte Assembly. Having invited their parents to attend the assembly using a range of pretexts: (receiving an award; an important announcement) student leaders stunned the Assembly when
29 November 2012
The new high ropes course and the flying fox were just 2 of the highlights for the many Dads and their children who attended the ever-popular Tallong Father/Family weekend hosted by the P&F and SSC Tallong staff. An email from one of the Dads sums up what a fantastic experience
29 November 2012
The Chapel overflowed and the roof could well have lifted as 150 students from Kindergarten to Year 11 led our community in a celebration of Christmas. Red ribbons decked hair, wrists and instruments as the joyful singing and orchestral harmonies rang out with Silent Night, the First Noel, and our
29 November 2012
The long anticipated SSC community cook book, ‘Gathering Around the Table’ has arrived from the printer and is being enjoyed to wide acclaim. It was launched at the P&F meeting with champagne and canapes cooked from the recipes in the book. Indeed it is more than a simple
29 November 2012
Santa Sabina’s famed Year 11 Debaters have won the senior division of the CSDA State Debating Championship for the 3rd time.Emilia, Olivia, Katie Garsia and Anna, who this year won the Catholic Schools’ Debating Association’s metropolitan competition for the 5th consecutive year in Term 3, debated against Mackillop College
19 November 2012
Children from St Lucy’s School in Wahroonga have joined us at SSC for a reunion with their Yr 11 camp leaders. The students reminisced about the experiences shared during their 3 days at Tallong, shared pizza, games and dancing. The children also delighted in recognising St Dominic on the Plot,.
15 November 2012
Kindergarten students have led the Primary School community in a moving ceremony to mark Remembrance Day 2013.The students laid wreaths as the flags were raised and the National Anthem was sung. The community paused for a minute’s silence and candles were lit in remembrance of all who have lost their
13 November 2012
Year 11 student Katie was chosen as the Community Guest Speaker at the recent Strathfield Council Citizenship ceremony. As well as welcoming new citizens to Australia Katie delivered a powerful speech on the privileges of being an Australian. She reflected on her work with Sudanese Refugees and her recent immersion
13 November 2012
Year 6 Music classes have joined with students across Australia to perform Different People(Stand Together) as part of Music Count Us In, a national initiative to encourage music participation in schools. Our singers and instrumentalists demonstrated great talent and enthusiasm as they performed in this exciting event which
1 November 2012