T1 Issue 2 2025

In this issue

From our Principal From the Deputy Principal From our Head of Early Learning Centre Teaching and Learning Wellbeing Whole School News Senior School News Junior School News Upcoming Events

Upcoming dates

 

Week 5 Term 1
Friday 7 March 2025 JS SSV Division Swimming Carnival
Saturday 8 March 2025 Year 11&12 Rowing Training
International Women’s Day
Sunday 9 March 2025 Year 11&12 Rowing Training
Week 6 Term 1
Monday 10 March 2025 Labour Day – Public Holiday (Mid-Term break)
Tuesday 11 March 2025 9.30am-11.00am Year 7 Parents – Meet the Principal
Wednesday 12 March 2025 Year 3, 5, 7 & 9 NAPLAN
8.50am-12.30pm VCE Theatre Studies Top Class excursion
SS Year 7 Orientation Camp
Thursday 13 March 2025 Year 3, 5, 7 & 9 NAPLAN
SS Year 7 Orientation Camp
Year 11&12 Rowers Depart for HOSG
Friday 14 March 2025 Year 3, 5, 7 & 9 NAPLAN
SS Year 7 Orientation Camp
Head of the School Girls
4.00pm-6.00pm ELC and Barbreck Twilight Teddy Bear Picnic
Saturday 15 March 2025 Head of the School Girls
7pm Heyington Club Dinner
Sunday 16 March 2025 Head of the School Girls
Week 7 Term 1
Monday 17 March 2025 ELC Parent Teacher Interviews
Year 7 NAPLAN
Tuesday 18 March ELC Parent Teacher Interviews
Year 7 & 9 NAPLAN
11.30am-4.00pm GSV Div 2 Championships
Wednesday 19 March ELC Parent Teacher Interviews
Year 7 & 9 NAPLAN
Year 7-12 Finish at Lunchtime
3.00pm-7.00pm SS Parent Teacher Student Conferences
Thursday 20 March ELC Parent Teacher Interviews
Year 7 & 9 NAPLAN Catch Up
Year 11 Parents Social Evening
Year 2 Parents Social Evening
Year 3 Parents Social Evening
3.20pm-4.50pm Senior DAV Debating Training

From our Principal

The Heartbeat Beneath the Hustle

What might have been a slow and gentle 'reveal' over these last four weeks, has been more like the opening of James Bond film where Bond is invariably dropped into the middle of a Marrakech market (in a tuxedo of course!), and the action is non-stop.

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From the Deputy Principal

Greatness Defined

The 2025 school year is in full swing and there have been a number of highlights for me even though we are only a month into the year.

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From our Head of Early Learning Centre

Teaching and Learning

Wellbeing

Whole School News

2025 Snowsports Season

As we start the new year, we welcome all new families to St Catherine’s and invite students to join the Snowsports program, starting in Term 2.

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Senior School News

Junior School News

House Cross Country

In prime conditions at Kooyong Park, students from Year 3 to Year 6 took to the course for a fantastic day of racing, energy, and house spirit.

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Tennis Triumph

On Monday 10 February, two of our talented Year 6 students, Pearl and Katie, proudly represented St Catherine’s at the Armadale District Tennis Competition, held at Melbourne Girls Grammar.

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Upcoming Events

2025 SCOGA Reunion Weekend

Over the weekend, St Catherine’s Old Girls Association (SCOGA) welcomed over 300 Old Girls back through the Heyington Gates, providing them with the perfect opportunity to reconnect, reminisce, and create new memories together.

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