Towards 2025 – Chair of Council

Story from St Catherine’s News Autumn 2022 edition:

As a School we continue to celebrate the remarkable achievements of our students. 

In 2021, we had much to celebrate with the outstanding VCE results of our Class of 2021, placing St Catherine’s as the number one girls school in Victoria. 

These results are testament to the strength of a St Catherine’s education, and the deliberate and considered approach St Catherine’s applies to educating, nurturing and empowering young women for their futures, from the moment they step through the Heyington Gates. 

In our Early Learning Centre our youngest learners build lifelong thinking routines and social skills, connecting them to their learning and the world around them, developing a solid foundation to move into our Junior School, Barbreck, where our young girls discover their passions and talents, immersed in our Thinking Classrooms.  

This year, our Year 6 students will extend their knowledge in Mathematics, Science, and English in preparation for the step into the Senior School, with our academic transition program. 

In our Senior School, students begin to sharpen their skills, extend their capabilities, and challenge themselves through intellectual endeavour and experiential learning. In 2022, our Year 9 students commence a new Humanities program that lifts their leadership, independence, and critical thinking skills through a yearlong Critical Conversations program. This Program forms a platform for students to move into St Catherine’s innovative Senior Years Learning Model in Years 10 and 11, empowering students in their learning and preparing them for school, through self-paced Independent Learning Tutorials and subject Masterclasses. 

Across the spectrum of a St Catherine’s education – a St Catherine’s girl has experienced 15 years of purposeful and deliberate learning. Building her unique capacities to reach her individual goals. 

When she graduates, she is known well by her peers and her teachers, but most importantly, she knows herself. She is equipped with a comprehensive tool kit of transferable thinking skills, fully prepared for her future. 

We have much to celebrate as St Catherine’s continues to deliver its vision of graduating well rounded, intellectually, and emotionally agile young women. 

Ms Jane Hodder, Chair of Council