Volleyballers win Gold

Congratulations to the Santa Sabina Volleyball Under 16, Under 17 and Open Division for winning gold in the NSW Schools Cup on Friday at Sydney Olympic Park!   

24 August 2015

The Limelight Australian Composition Seminar

Santa Sabina hosted the Limelight Australian Music Day on Sunday 26 July. The College was alive with performances from four new commissioned works by young Australian composers as well as student compositions from many schools around Sydney and as far away as Cairns.  The event was led by Richard Gill

28 July 2015

“Now add Honey” film preview

Ex-student Robyn Butler is an Australian writer, actor and producer who is best known for her starring role in the television comedy series The Librarians and for producing and writing Upper Middle Bogan. She invited 12 members of the Santa Sabina community to a special screening of her soon to

22 July 2015

The Pitch – IMAGINEERING

Imagine coming up with an idea, creating and designing a model and then pitching your idea to the director of a company. This is what students from the Middle School of Santa Sabina College are doing as one of their learning projects.  The students are following the process used by

23 June 2015

Pillars Program

For 5 weeks this term, Year 10 students had the privilege to participate in the Santa Sabina Pillars course. It was a wonderful opportunity that enhanced our knowledge of the four pillars central to the Dominican tradition -Community, Learning, Service and Prayer. These pillars are crucial facets in shaping who

4 June 2015

Art History Tour

From 2-18 April 2015, students studying Art and History have been given the opportunity to travel to Italy, Belgium and France to immerse themselves in European Culture. Here are their travel reflections: Belgium On Tuesday we departed from Arras, France to drive to Belgium to gain a further understanding of

15 April 2015

Engineers Without Borders

On Wednesday 25 March our Year 7 Science class met up with a group of engineers called: ‘Engineers Without Borders’ (EWB). They are a group of engineers that work to try to fix problems in other countries. They were talking to us about the Tonlé Sap Lake in Cambodia, where

30 March 2015

Textiles students using innovative technologies

All our design students are encouraged to try new techniques and explore new technologies to enhance their creative designs. Recently our students worked with Ms Sukkar to explore the use of the Laser cutter, traditionally used with resistant materials such as wood and plastics to design and cut new fabric

11 March 2015

Women in Engineering

On Tuesday, all of Year 7 had some guest speakers come during our MDP time. These women were from Sydney University and were talking to us about women in engineering. This was raising awareness for International Women’s Day which is taking place on 8 March. During the talk with the

5 March 2015

History Accelerated

Opportunities here at Santa Sabina come and go. They are an endless outpouring of sport, drama, music, ensembles, art, design and decathlons. However, in this case it is an opportunity to expand our minds and take ourselves to the evolutions of the past. Our past, the Earth’s past and on

26 February 2015

Growing Engineers – UNSW Women in Engineering Camp

Year 12 Santa Sabina College students, Daniella, Phoebe and Alyssa recently attended the 2015 UNSW Women in Engineering Camp.  During the week long camp, students learnt about the different fields of engineering and had site tours at Qantas, the ABC studios and UNSW’s sustainable Tyree building. They had the opportunity

24 February 2015

‘Curiouser and Curiouser’ – Staff led Conference

On the first two days of this term Santa Sabina teachers led a conference entitled ‘Curiouser and Curiouser’, a line from the story ‘Alice in Wonderland’ which reflects the College’s focus on Inquiry, which is at the heart of a Dominican education. The conference was designed to bring the College’s Learning

3 February 2015