Issue 529 | 17 May 24 | W5T2

In this issue

From our Principal From our Head of Early Learning Centre Senior School News Junior School News Uniform Centre News Community News Student VOICES School News

Upcoming dates

Key dates for Term 1. To access the full calendar please click here.

Friday, 17 May 2024 Prep to Year 3 – Special Visitors’ Morning
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 Jazz Night
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 Junior School District Soccer and Netball
Friday, 24 May 2024 Senior School House Cross Country
Friday, 24 May 2024 Ruth Langley Luncheon
Monday, 27 May 2024 Senior School Assembly – National Sorry Day
Tuesday, 28 May 2024 Years 7 and 8 Concert
Thursday, 30 May 2024 DAV Debating Training
Thursday, 30 May 2024 GSV Years 5 & 6 Cross Country
Friday, 31 May 2024 GSV Cross Country Championship
Friday, 31 May 2024 Year 7 2025 Orientation 1
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 Principal’s Open Morning
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 PFA Years 9 and 10 Social Evening
Wednesday, 5 June 2024 Junior School Careers Day Event
Wednesday, 5 June 2024 Senior Debating Round 3
Thursday, 6 June 2024 PFA Years 4 to 6 Social Evening
Thursday, 6 June 2024 Year 11 Study Day
Friday, 7 June 2024 GSV Cross Country (Back up)
Friday, 7 June 2024 Years 10 and 11 Examinations
Monday, 10 June 2024 Mid Term Break – King’s Birthday Holiday
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 JS District Hockey
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 Years 9,10 and 11 Examinations
Sunday, 16 June 2024 St George’s Ascot Exchange Concludes
Monday, 17 June 2024 Years 9,10 and 11 Examinations
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 GAT – Units 3 & 4
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 JS District AFL
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 Years 9, 10 and 11 Examinations
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 Junior School Wellbeing Day
Wednesday, 19 June 2024 Years 9,10 and 11 Examinations
Thursday, 20 June 2024 End of Term 2
Thursday, 20 June 2024 Boarding House Closes
Saturday, 22 June 2024 NY Performing Arts Study Tour

From our Principal

Rewiring Childhood

“Childhood is an apprenticeship for learning the skills needed for success in one’s culture,” says Jonathon Haidt, social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.

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From our Head of Early Learning Centre

Senior School News

Junior School News

Barbreck News W5T2

As girls progress through their school journey, they naturally develop their social and emotional acumen at varying paces. Consequently, encountering moments of distress, frustration, or uncertainty is not uncommon.   

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News From Year 1 W5T2

In Year 1 Maths, our girls discovered what Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star has in common with Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14, Moonlight Sonata.

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Uniform Centre News

Community News

PFA Ruth Langley Luncheon 2024 W5

St Catherine's School's PFA warmly invites our School community to its annual Ruth Langley Luncheon to be held on Friday 24 May with Guest Speaker Lisa Roet ('84) Visual Artists and St Catherine's Alumnae.

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Student VOICES

Give for the Kids

St Catherine's Year 8 students, Ellie Williams and Coco Johnson donated over $4,000 to the Royal Children's Hospital during Channel 7's live coverage of the Good Friday Appeal this April.

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School News

2024 Jazz Night W5

St Catherine's Jazz Night returns on Wednesday 22 May in The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. Enjoy an unforgettable night of Jazz.

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Years 7&8 Concert W5T2

St Catherine's School warmly invites our community to attend the annual Years 7 & 8 Concert to be held in the Dorothy Pizzey Centre on Tuesday 28 May 2024.

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