From the Principal – Creativity Takes Courage
This week, we celebrated our annual Arts Faculty in the Senior School Assembly with Visual Arts Captains, Lara Nattrass and Isabel Simons, providing a synopsis of being a…
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Issue 395 23 October W3T4
From the Principal
Music Notes
Celebration of Music
The Music Department and Creative Arts Auxiliary invite all St Catherine's musicians and their families to join us for the annual Celebration of Music Event, held online via MS…
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Music Update – Developing Each Musicians Per...
The core value of music education is to develop the personal voice of each young musician entrusted to our care. This personal growth requires students to broaden their mastery and expertise through experience.
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ELC Update – Managing transitions
It is the time of year when the children are beginning to prepare for the next step in their educational journeys. For some children this means moving on to the next year level, for others it means the commencement of Prep.
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Barbreck Spoonville
Spoonville is a way for communities to share their art and watch their Spoonville village grow. In Art we made our own Spoonville characters, for our own Spoonville village at the front of Barbreck.
Year 3 – The Awe of Nature
This year, we have all had to learn to be flexible and adapt to change. A feature of the Year 3 curriculum has been focusing on the positive aspects of our experiences while also acknowledging there have been many disappointments.
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Barbreck – Developing a Growth Mindset
The aim of every teacher is to teach students – to unpack, explain, model and support students at every level of their development.
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Health and Physical Education Update
We gladly welcome students back for on-site Health and Physical Education lessons for Term 4. When walking the school grounds, it has been wonderful to hear the energy and excitement that accompanies a class of students involved in physical activity.
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Mathematics – A Student Reflection
Throughout my years at St Catherine’s I have found a great love for mathematics. Ever since my days at the School in Year 5, up through to the Senior School, my teachers have encouraged me to participate in all the available Mathematics competitions.
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Celebration of Music
The Music Department and Creative Arts Auxiliary invite all St Catherine's musicians and their families to join us for the annual Celebration of Music Event, held online via MS…
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Debating Update – Silver Linings
The ups and downs of a COVID-19 season have yielded silver linings for our Debating program with three of our Senior teams making it through to the Finals.
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Music Update – Developing Each Musicians Per...
The core value of music education is to develop the personal voice of each young musician entrusted to our care. This personal growth requires students to broaden their mastery and expertise through experience.
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Creative Arts Auxiliary Annual General Meeting
The challenges of 2020 have shown that creativity is more important now than ever before. Having a creative mindset in these uncertain times places our students on a path to success in all their activities.
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