Issue 490 | 12 May 23 | W3T2

In this issue

From the Principal Early Learning Centre Junior School Towards 2025 Student VOICES Senior School School News Community News Uniform Centre News

Upcoming dates

Key dates for Term 2. To access the full calendar please click here.

Date Event
Friday, 12 May 2023 ELC Waratah Room Mother’s Day Celebration
Friday, 12 May 2023 PFA Mother’s Day Breakfast
Wednesday, 17 May 2023 Senior School Careers Expo
Thursday, 18 May 2023 Class of 2022 Past Parents’ Social Evening
Thursday, 18 May 2023 Principal’s Tour
Thursday, 18 May 2023 Senior Play Performance
Friday, 19 May 2023 Prep to Year 3 Special Visitors’ Morning
Friday, 19 May 2023 SCOGA 40 Year Reunion ’83
Friday, 19 May 2023 SCOGA 40 Year Reunion ’93
Friday, 19 May 2023 Senior Play Performance
Saturday, 20 May 2023 Senior Play Performance
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 Principal’s Breakfast with Year 5 Parents
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 Jazz Night
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 PFA Father’s Night
Thursday, 25 May 2023 Junior School Cyber Safety Parent Webinar
Friday, 26 May 2023 National Sorry Day
Saturday, 27 May 2023 Year 11 Formal
Sunday, 28 May 2023 Snowsports Swap
Wednesday, 31 May 2023 Paul Dillon Presentation
Wednesday, 31 May 2023 Junior School Musical Performance
Thursday, 1 June 2023 Junior School Careers Day
Thursday, 1 June 2023 Junior School Musical Performance
Friday, 2 June 2023 Junior School Musical Performance
Friday, 2 June 2023 Huntingtower-Heyington Shield GSV AFL Match
Sunday, 4 June 2023 Snowsports Auxiliary -Warren Miller Film
Tuesday, 6 June 2023 Years 7 & 8 Concert
Thursday, 8 June 2023 Principal’s Tour
Friday, 9 June 2023 Lunch – MND Big Freeze
Friday, 9 June 2023 Year 7 (2024) Orientation
Friday, 16 June 2023 Ruth Langley Luncheon
Thursday, 22 June 2023 End of Term 2

From the Principal

If You See It, You Can Be It

I enjoyed an opportunity this week to hear Belinda Clark, former Australian Women’s Cricket Captain speak on the topic of sport and leadership. Belinda emphasised the concept of "if you can see it, you can be." when it comes to girls in sport.

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Early Learning Centre

Junior School

There is no ‘I’ in Team

Our Junior School House Athletics Carnival is a special day for our girls. It is a day where every girl is striving for their House with fellow teammates and experiencing that special feeling of being part of something bigger than yourself.  

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Towards 2025

The Power of Positivity

When students approach the VCE with a positive attitude, they are less likely to feel overwhelmed. They are more likely to approach challenges with a growth mindset, viewing setbacks as opportunities for growth and learning.

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Student VOICES

Pursuing Their Passions

St Catherine’s girls become bold, independent, resilient, and creative when opportunities to explore their individual pursuits are encouraged. Three of our current students share their stories on pursuing their passions in this week's Blue Ribbon.

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Big Freeze 2023

Pencil it in your diaries, Friday 9 June a selection of brave teachers and students will take part in St Catherine's third annual Big Freeze Ice Bath Challenge! Show your support and donate today!!

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Senior School

The Benefits of Morrisby Assessments

To best support our students in considering career pathways St Catherine’s School utilises a range of resources and tools. One such tool is the Morrisby Assessment undertaken by our Year 10 students each year. 

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Delivering Hope

Last week, our Year 10 students assembled birthing kits containing items such as a plastic sheet, sterile scalpel, gloves, gauze and string, to help reduce the number of preventable deaths during pregnancy or childbirth in developing countries.

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School News

Community News

Senior School Play

Join our Senior School students as they recreate Children of the Black Skirt a gothic fairytale for young people, in The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre from 18 May to 20 May.

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Jazz Night

St Catherine's Jazz Night returns on Tuesday 23 May in The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. Enjoy a night of scintillating night of jazz, swing and bling!

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PFA Father’s Night

St Catherine's School's Parents' and Friends' Association warmly invites fathers and significant male role models in our School community to attend its Father's Night to be held at the Toorak 'Heroes' RSL on Wednesday 24 May from 6.30pm.

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Junior School Production

Staged in The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre, St Catherine's Junior School Production of Seussical Jnr. will showcase the talents of our students as they explore the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community. Book your tickets now!!

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Snowsports Movie Night

St Catherine's Snowsports Auxiliary proudly offers our School community the opportunity to attend an exclusive screening of Warren Miller's 73rd annual ski and snowboard film 'Daymaker'.

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Uniform Centre News