2022 School Magazine

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Yuxin (Delancey) Jing, Year 10 Art Acrylic on Canvas

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

This year, we have once again cherished opportunities to be ‘live’ at School events. The sense of School spirit has been tangible. The spirit of belonging, the spirit of community, the spirit of family.

Following the pandemic lockdowns endured over 2020-2021, schools were quick to return to campus in 2022. We knew it was best for young minds to be surrounded by a culture rich in learning that is visible, tangible, lived. We know it is the people within our School community who breathe life into our Campus – Sherren House, the Mary Davis Café, The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre, the Edna Holmes Centre for Science, the Nicholas Library and our much-loved Clocktower – a mostly ‘normal life’ has prevailed inside the Heyington Gates.

Throughout this year, I have relished the opportunity to once again hear our School filled with student laughter, chatter, and activity. Some of my most memorable days have included sharing the appreciation of spirited occasions brought about from the return of the Performing Arts and Music concerts, performed live in our newly opened Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. The colourful re-creation of House competitions including Swimming, Debating and Athletics, and importantly the reigniting of the much-loved Outdoor Education program are also highlights.

One of my favourite days this year was rising from the comforts of my five-star swag, surrounded by bright eyed and bushy tailed Year 9s, and later that day, snorkelling with the girls on Ningaloo Reef. Of course, the abundance of snow at Mt Buller ensured for a successful Snowsports season and the jubilance of applauding the First VIII Rowing Crew for their tremendous win at the Henley Royal Regatta, a crew now recognised as the fastest schoolgirl crew in the world, has provided much to celebrate.

This year, we have continued to enrich all students’ lives through implementing our Towards 2025 School Strategy. The hallmark of this plan is our Thinking Agenda, designed to re-shape learning in every classroom.

St Catherine’s teachers commenced a rigorous professional learning journey in partnership with the University of Queensland to implement a ‘Teaching for Thinking’ agenda some three years ago. This has raised the bar on our teaching mastery and pedagogical expertise. The ‘Thinking Classroom’ intersects subject syllabus content with student thinking and tailored feedback to ensure girls ‘use’ their knowledge, not just ‘rote’ learn it.

By way of example, our Year 9 students embarked on a new Harkness-inspired learning model in their Humanities Program, Critical Conversations. The Program places the onus on students to be independent and critical thinkers, active listeners, empathetic contributors and unashamedly intellectual.

As we prepare our students for the ever-changing world awaiting them we continue to monitor the future of employment culture, particularly following on from the impacts of COVID. The quality of face-to-face conversations, the language we use, and the messages we convey are critical to the process in which young women engage, shape, and reshape their view of the world and of themselves. As an educator I ponder what effect the loss of these organic interactions will have on our graduates?

It brings to the forefront the importance of schools in society today – not only as a place to learn but a place to provide opportunities to be present, to connect, to contribute and be a part of shaping culture.

This edition of the School Magazine provides an insight into the education of St Catherine’s students in 2022, visibly capturing our St Catherine’s culture that will best prepare them for their futures.

Michelle Carroll Principal

FROM THE SCHOOL CAPTAINS

What was the year 2022? A set interval of time between two arbitrarily assigned days, a stream of smiles and tears that blur within each other as time passes… but from within this concoction, we have ‘plucked the day,’ taken the risk, and harvested some truly inspiring lessons and achievements.

This year, we climbed onto the stage, knees a bit shaky, and we said, ‘Emerge.’ We wanted to focus on the process of things. In our minds, we had bears coming out of hibernation, turtles emerging from their shells, and phoenixes rising from the ashes. Just like the word, it’s hard to grasp. It’s ephemeral. Yet, it’s our determination to emerge that manifests hope. It draws out hope from the darkest corners. From the disorienting abyss of the past few years, we had to crawl out on hands and knees if we had to. But we didn’t. We flew.

The co-curriculars this year, in all areas, have unfolded themselves in even more extensive and collaborative ways,

being able to continue completely uninterrupted. The awards glitter in our collective memory, puffing our chests with pride, but it is the girls who sign up for everything, try everything, who make these co-curriculars buzz with activity. We are also proud to confirm that we have taken student run assemblies to the next level. From our first dance performance with an awesome audience chorus to an inspiring line-up of guest speakers and enlightening quizzes, the Student Executive powerhouse has had a good run with Mr Brown’s vital support.

Intertwined with the days at School is our sharing of music, and we have taken it literally this year. Every Friday, we hope that you have sung or danced your way out of School with the bell, because over our time here, music has connected so many of us. Whether it’s Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas in Year 8 Music class, and periodically every December when we were rehearsing our Christmas classics for the Church Service, or

any and every song for hours as we drove around the Northern Territory, singing any lyrics we could remember (often stemming from the Pitch Perfect soundtrack)… or even after the first assembly this year, giving our collective, rousing rendition of Natasha Bedingfield’s Unwritten. These songs have filled our lives with such elevating joy.

Even watching a video of the students singing Shake It Off by Taylor Swift on the bus from Music Camp this year takes us back. The soundtrack of our School life reminds us of the brilliance, the strength, the enthusiasm, and the determination that defines us, and that will lead us beyond, to our passions, our purpose, and our people. This playlist of songs is so different for everyone, but its feeling of belonging and community binds us to the history of St Catherine’s, and ties us to every St Cath’s girl, past and present, along the ‘thread of gold and blue.’ The Ode, of course, is the title track.

How do we begin to end the year that was 2022? To dig into our pockets, rummage for that piece of fabric, and tie it all off with an impeccable blue ribbon?

Well, it was so iconic that it will live on in our recollections. Like the remixes of The Ode, it will echo in the halls, in the future generations’ conversations, and maybe reappear in spirit with the lotuses in the Fountain one day.

We both feel very grateful and honoured to have been your Co-Captains for 2022. Thank you for laughing at our jokes, and… peace out.

Angela Yu and Madeline (Maddie) Powell 2022 School Co-Captains

Sophie Abbott 10

Clementine Abbott 5

Camilla Aberdeen 6

Jiarun (Karen) Ai 10

May Aiello 8

Shamsa Aljneibi 8

Shama Aljneibi 3

Latifa Aljneibi 0

Hind Aljneibi ELC

Maya Anagnostopoulos 7

Harper Anderson 9

Jessica Anderson 12

Kathrina Ang 8

Fleur Angenent 7

Natalie Apos 11

Ziabella (Zia) Armstrong 7

Giselle (Gigi) Armstrong 5

Amelie Arnold 9

Annabel Arnold 7

Alba Arrow ELC

Georgiana Ashby ELC

Haneen Ashmeel 12

Alaa Ashmeel 9

Seeren Ashmeel 1

Diya Asthana 8

Charlotte Aston 12

Sophia Atkins 10

Alexandra (Alex) Aumann 8

Heidi Axup 9

Bridget (Brigitte) Axup 6

Isabella Ayre 8

Isabelle Kaixuan Cao 8

Jinglin (Kitty) Cao 10

Violetta Capanni 8

Portia Carosa-Koziora 5

Katharine (Kate) Carter 11 Rachel Carton 9

Yi Deng 11 Ella Derbyshire 9

Sara Dewani 7

Amy Ding 10

Talia Grace Dissanayake 9 Zoe Dixon 4

Elsie Dixon ELC

Jessica Dobbin 11

Alice Dobbin 8

Kristin Dodd 8

Caitlin Dooley 10

Willow Douglas 4

Sophie Dreaver 10

Carys Dreaver 5

Claudia Driver 7

Maggie Dryden 12

Asha D’Souza 9

Flora Du 11

Lucy Dunlop 11

Megan Duong 12 Bella Eason 7

Indy Edmondson ELC Minnie Egan ELC Macquarie (Mac) Egan ELC

(Monica)

(Cindy)

(Vivian)

Lara Elbilly 12 Lily Eliau 10 Jessica Elshaug 8 Hannah Engelbrecht 1 Amelia (Millie) Esposito 9 Scarlett Evans 8

Georgina (Georgie)

Ayres 5

Lucy Bainbridge 12

Summer Balla-Kellett 12

Sienna Bamford 10

Chloe Barber 9

Lilla Barrington 10

Clara Barry 6

Catherine Barry 3

Olivia Batt 6

Alie Belan 6

Charlotte Bell 7

Scarlett Bertalli 5

Isabella (Bella) Bez 12

Sasha Bindley 9

Olivia Bingham 5

Matea Bjazevic 2

Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan 12

Abbie Bond 12

Zara Bongiorno 12

Sarin Boonsaranapon 10

Amelia (Milly) Brackin 8

Adeline Branch ELC

Tara Browne 11

Imogen Brownjohn 4

Camille Brownjohn 8

Claudia Bryant 12

Allegra Buchler 10

Mia Buchler 7

Isabel (Issie) Buckley 4

Ellyse Buckley 5

Madisson Buckley 7

Emma Budhwar ELC

Eloise Burdett-Moore 11

Chloe (Coco) Butterfield 10

Phoebe Butterfield 7

Isabelle Byrne 5

Katie Cacopardo 12

Anqi (Angel) Cai 8

Annabel Calvert 9

Clara Calvert 7

Nina Calvert 4

Emily Cameron 9

Freya Cantwell 11

Sienna Darcy 11 Zara Datta 1 Shiv Datta ELC Aimee Davenport 4

Maeli Davenport 10 Jessica Davies 5 Scarlett Davis 12 Sophie Davis 11 Victoria Davis ELC Olivia Davis 11

Madeleine de FinaNash 7

Sibella Deague 7 Chloe Deane-Freeman 5

Mattea Demetriou 10

Keyue (Karen) Deng 11 Keke Deng 10

Yu (Lorena) Fang 11 Sarah Fanning 10 Madeleine (Maddie) Farrer 12 Sophie Farrer 9 Holly Farrer 6 Miya Fei 5 Angela Feng 8 Bianca Ferguson P Olivia Fidogiannis 6 Rose Fidogiannis 4 Ruby Figiel 5 Sophie Filgate 12 Lilly Fogarty 9 Rose Fogarty 7 Arabella Foote 6 Mia Foreman 12

Imogen Forster 7 Isla Forsyth 11 Kenzie Forsyth 9 Olivia Fortey 12

Emma Froomes 12

Callista Galanopoulos 9

Jixuan (Jennifer) Gao 10 Paloma Gattino 8 Ivana Gattino 5

Allegra GavilanBongiorno 4 Mali Gelbart 9 Jack Gibson ELC Cameron Gilbert ELC Annika Gill 6 Jasmine Glass 12

Penelope (Poppy) Glenning 12

Teegan Gobel 5 Zachary (Zach) Gonzalez ELC Camilla (Millie) Goodfellow ELC

Edward (Ed) Goorjian-Taft ELC Sienna Gordon 10 Katherine Graham 11 Anoushka Graham 8 Olivia Grasso 7

Student

William Liu ELC

Yau Yin (Nicola) Liu 9

Ashley Liu ELC

Danning (Rachel) Liu 10

Arabella Llewelyn 12

Phoebe Lock 9

Sienna Lonetti 10

Ellie Loupasakis 10

Samantha Love 11

Joy Lovegrove 5

Sophie Lovell 9

Zara Lovett 10

Xiyuan (Cici) Lu 7

Rong (Joanna) Lu 11

Tianqi (Jenny) Lu 10

Yunchen (Amy) Luo 8

Coco Lutz 6

Wenxuan (Wendy) Lyu 10

Serena Ma 5

Yuqi (Rita) Ma 10

Millicent (Millie) Mailer 9

Grace Mann 5

Alexia Markin 10

India Marner 12

Sarah Marriott 12

Ruby Marshall 9

Bianca Marteau 12

Yasmin Martin 10

Carla Martuccio 6

Evie Mason P

Finn McCarthy 8

Zoe McComas P

Clementine (Cleo) McComas ELC

Millie McIntosh 10

Skye McIntosh 8

Sophia McKinnon 5

Jemima McLennan 11

Ella McMahon 9

Chloe McMahon 5

Lily McNeill 12

Alexander Merlo ELC

Olivia Merlo ELC

Phoebe Messum 9

Jack Michelmore ELC

Oliver Michelmore ELC

Manda Milicevic P

Harvey Milne ELC

Alexandra Mirabella 8

Olivia Nigido-Scott 12

Millie Nilsen 10 Stephanie Norton 9 Rose (Rosie) O’Brien 2 Martha Officer 9

Harper Roberts 8 Berry Roberts 6 Skye Roche ELC Clover Roche 7 Charlotte Rodgers 11 Ellie Rodski 6 Charlotte Roe 6

Anna Roosenburg 5 Audrey (Scarlett) Rose 12

Isla Rosenberg 6

Sienna Rosham 11 Catherine Ross 9 Charlotte Rowe 11

Eloise Rudge 12 Scarlet Russell 10 Phoebe Russell 11 Saffron Scheele 10 Opal Scheele 8 Ava Schofield 7 Mia Scillio 11

Elodie Scott-Elliott 8 Emilia Searby 12 Annie Seymour 10 Anya Shah 6 Margaret Shao 5 Anna Shears 7 Scarlett Shelton 10 Zoe Shen 10 Tiffany Shen 7 Qiyao (Grace) Shen 8 Amanda Shen 11

Chiu Mei (Anka) Tam 10 James Tan ELC Chantelle Tan 3 Ingrid (Ingrid He) Tan 3 Xinglu (Yuki) Tang 11 Yifei (Angela) Tang 11 Zhiheng (Kitty) Tang 5 Bella Tarrant P Lily Taylor 11 Annabel Taylor 9 Ariya Taylor ELC Coco Thomas 5 Camilla Thomas 5 Mirabelle Thomson 7 Lara Thorn 12 Gemma Thorn 9 Jiayi (Lucia) Tian 9 Xiaoxi (Maddie) Tian 5 Mingrui (Carol) Tian 6 Mia Tien 2 Emma Tien P Andrea Ting 11 Shan Ni Ting 10 Jia Ni Ting 8

Angelique Pereira 11

Isabella (Bella) Perry 8

Isabelle Peter 8 Elise Pham 7

Tavia Anh Pham 6

Charlotte PhippsParsons 10

Jasmine Pierides 12

James Pitney ELC Alexandra Pitt 5 Val Plastow 12 Eve Plummer 8

Emmy (Emmy) Ponting 8 Nina Portnoy 7

Mitchell 12

Adelaide (Addie)

Grace Mitsikas 7

Nadia Mohamed 10

Polly Moir 7

Roselyn (Rosie) Mokyiu 3

Alice Molnar 10

Amelia (Millie) Monahan 7

Isabelle (Issy) Monahan 9

Olivia Monkman-Straub 10

Willobella (Willow) Moore ELC

Georgina Moreton 11

Missy Morley 6

Charlotte Morris 5

Amity Morris 8

Isla Morris 7

Missy Mort ELC

Ava Murray 8

Charlotte Myer 12

Chloe Nash 7

Chloe Nevins 11

Stella Yin Hui (Stella) Ng 4

Gia (Sue) Nguyen 11

Aria Nguyen P

Madeline (Maddie) Powell 12 Sophie Powell 9 Daisy Pratley ELC Sarah Pratt 12

Alison Prendergast 9

Kari Prendergast 8 Scarlett Pringle 10

Hollie Pringle 8 Sage Prior 8 Summer Pui 5 Piper Pui ELC Changyi (Alyssa) Qian 2

Changhua (Alva) Qian ELC Yuzi (Miranda) Qin 3

Pippa (Pippi) Shergold 12 Chloe Shergold 11 Xinrui (Rhiannon) Shi 11 Lissette Shu 7 Isabella Shum ELC Yumi Sibbison ELC Jessica Sibly 9 Sophie Simons 12 Natasha Sims 7 Sofia Sinclair 8 Ashley Siswanto 3 Indira Smith 7 Amelie Snell-Bliss 10 Yang (Doris) Song 10 Scarlett Song 11 Katharine Soutter 10 Isabella Soutter 8 Alexa Sowerby 7

William (Billy) Speer ELC Sophie Sprott 3 Matisse Stafford 11

Chamonix Stafford 9 Chloe Stansfield 11 Claire Stanway 9 Nina Steedman 3 Violet Stephens 8 Lily-Belle Stephens 7 Maya Stokes 8 Saya Stokes 5

Chui Iu Yoyo (Yoyo) To 11 Rafael (Rafi) Toscano ELC Charlotte Triolo 5 Camilla Tulloch 7 Emily (Milly) Tulloch 9 Charlotte Upton 10 Mia Upton 8 Giselle Upton 8 Lily Uthmeyer 4 Lily Van der Venne 8 Pippa Van der Venne 6 Magnolia (Maggie) Vial ELC Hugo Voltz ELC Hazel Vujovich 8 Ruby Wake 12 Georgiana Walsh 11 Caitlin Wang 11 Natalie Wang 9 Ziqi Wang 9 Xiaoshan (Anny) Wang 12

Jiayi (Emma) Wang 11 Yueyi (Selina) Wang 7 Melinda Wang 7 Hailu (Lucy) Wang 12 Jingrui (Grace) Wang 8 Kehan (Cassie) Wang 3

Isabella Wang 8 Meihan (Amy) Wang 5

Celina Wang 9 Sophie Wang 7

Yifei (Sophie) Wang 4 Chloe Wang 4

Yuetong (Elsa) Wang 7

Miranda Ware 11

Scarlett Webster ELC

Toby Webster ELC

Xin Yan (Vita) Wei 5

Nguyen Thu (Anna)

Nguyen Diep 10

Minqian (Isabel) Qin 8 Yoyo Qiu 9 Vinuki Thiseka (Vinuki) Ranatunga 9 Violet Rayfield 7 Brydie Read 11 Lila Read 6 Isabelle Reichman 4 Kerry Ren 7 Kaige (Julie) Ren 11 Yingying Ren 7 Olivia Ren 5 Jack Renshaw ELC Arabella Richardson 9 Sienna Rigg 10

Georgia Stoupas 12 Yidan (Chloe) Su 11 Yuyi (Elsa) Su 6 Coco Sullivan 6 Bella Sullivan 5 May Sutton 8 Alice Sutton 8 Elizabeth Switkowski 3

Henrietta (Henri) Switkowski 1

Harriet Syme 9 Georgia Szer 11 Lucia Tabbagh 11

Henrietta (Phoebe) Talbot 9 Matilda Talbot-Gibson 9

Xiaoying (Selina) Weng 11

Rhea Werner 10

Scarlet Westaway 10

Jasmine Westaway 5

Eliza White 12

Jemima Wilcox 11

Camilla (Millie) Wilkins 1

Isabella Wilkins 5

Chloe (Coco) Williams 5

Pia Wilson 11

Clementine Wilson 10 Hazel Wilson 7

Lola Wilson 7

Agnes Winzar-Sdraulig 11

Yui Hay (Hazel) Wong 12

ELC

HEAD OF ELC

It is always a privilege to observe the children’s growth and learning unfold during their educational journey in the Early Learning Centre. There are several key aspects of this learning and growth which are supported, encouraged and nurtured throughout the year.

Relationships are fundamental to everything we do in Campbell House. It is essential that young children develop secure connections with peers and educators to provide a sense of belonging to the group. When the children feel secure in their relationships within the learning community their growth and learning thrive. This year the children have formed connections with peers and learnt what it means to belong to a community.

Kindness and respect are integral to all interactions within our learning community. The children are encouraged to demonstrate these values through actively listening to one another, taking into consideration other points of view, being inclusive in their play and supporting their friends. Respect also extends to taking responsibility for, and care of, the equipment and materials in our learning environment. Similarly, respect for the natural environment is promoted as the children learn to take care of the living plants and creatures in the outdoors.

Developing connection to community is something we value highly within our ELC Programs. The children have formed relationships with the broader St Catherine’s community through our Four-Leaf Clover and 3LC Friendship Programs. These Programs provide opportunities for ELC and Barbreck students

to connect and develop relationships across the year and beyond. Connections with the Indigenous community have also been formed through our ongoing relationship with Indigenous educator, Emmy Webbers. Opportunities have been provided for the children to deepen their understanding of Indigenous culture and history. This year the children participated in ‘Wear it Yellow’ Day in support of the charity Children’s Ground during Reconciliation Week.

The children have been provided with many opportunities to explore, investigate, imagine, and wonder throughout the year. Through the classroom programs, the children’s interests and inquiries were explored using the ‘hundred languages.’ They were provided with a range of materials, equipment, and resources to explore and experience many different ‘languages’ and take their learning to a deeper level over time. When children are provided with intelligent materials, an inspiring environment, and many opportunities to express themselves, we observe young children as capable learners who think in more complex and abstract ways.

We acknowledge and celebrate the wonderful learning and growth that has taken place in Campbell House this year. It has been a privilege to share the learning journey with the children and their families.

Ms Sarah Bethune Head of ELC

“It takes a village to raise a child.”

AFRICAN PROVERB

BLUE GUM ROOM

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The Blue Gum Room children began the year with great anticipation, excitement, and curiosity. They ventured on a learning journey filled with many opportunities to explore, investigate, discover, and play.

Our focus began with developing children’s independence and extending their understanding of what it means to be a community of learners who respect and care for each other. Paramount to this is the importance of establishing positive relationships with their educators and their peers. This provided a strong sense of belonging and connection to our Blue Gum Room community.

Through their play, the children were encouraged to take risks, problem solve, make mistakes, face challenges, and learn to share their thoughts and ideas with each other.

We began the year looking closely at families and the powerful influence that they play in our lives. The children also enjoyed taking home the ‘Me Bag,’ providing an avenue for the children to learn about each other and foster connections within the Blue Gum Room community.

The children also showed interest in learning about growth and change through sharing their baby photos. Embedding sustainable practices in the ELC became a long-term commitment over the year in which all children were actively involved. They also took part in establishing an ELC community garden and exploring Indigenous perspectives within the Program.

A variety of dramatic play areas were set up in the classroom throughout the year, such as a ‘Home,’ a ‘Hospital,’ and a ‘Market.’ These proved to be such a great source of enjoyment and learning for the children. These play spaces also encouraged children to learn how to share ideas, use their imagination, and take on many different roles.

Our Blue Gum learners have experienced opportunities to inquire and explore through the ‘Hundred Languages’ including clay, drawing, painting, sewing, collage, construction, block building, music, literacy, and numeracy and much, much more.

They are ready to embrace the next stage of their learning journey, and we wish them all the very best.

Mrs Helen Nicolaou Blue Gum Room

The Waratah Room children’s curiosities and interests have seen them assume the roles of carers for Country, botanists, researchers, engineers, problem solvers, technology users and creative artists, as they have played and learned alongside one another throughout the year.

The palpable enthusiasm the children shared as explorers and inquirers led to engaging conversations and investigations in both the indoor setting and the outdoor learning environment. As the children have begun to explore and celebrate their identities, they have also begun to forge meaningful connections with their peers whilst engaging in learning experiences.

In partnership with their teachers and their families, the children have discussed and learnt about a range of different aspects relating to themselves, others, and the world that we share. Informed by their individual experiences, the children were provided with opportunities to reflect upon precious and meaningful moments recalled both in Melbourne and further afield. They were eager to share the highlights of their varied adventures, which prompted many informal and formal discussions about travel, people, and places.

WARATAH ROOM

The children expanded upon their interest in world travel to explore cultural and linguistic diversity. They recognised that Early Learning Centre families are from many different cultures and embrace their heritage. It was also deemed important that we recognise and respect the traditional owners of the land on which we play and learn. Increased sensitivity, understanding, appreciation and consideration for others, both for similarities and differences, has been promoted with great love and great respect. Throughout this process, the Waratah Room learners have gained insight and understanding with regard to the interconnectivity between all things; there is just one thing and we are all it.

The children have extended upon their innate love of learning with an evolving sense of self-awareness, play, wonder, resilience and an understanding of the fundamental importance of mutual respect, connection and belonging, experiencing a deep and compelling sense of community.

Miss Kristina Schrader Waratah Room

BANKSIA ROOM

Armed with a set of looking glasses, a pair of respectful listening ears, a thinking cap, an imagination backpack, and a set of adventure gumboots, the Banksia Room children embarked on a learning journey that bolstered their creativity and imagination and fostered their knowledge through curiosity, investigation, and a great sense of wonder.

The year began with a strong focus on classroom community and strengthening of wellbeing as the children became connected to one another as a class. From the beginning, the Banksia Room children were empowered to be coconstructors of their learning. The children contributed to decisions that augmented their learning space and effected positive change in their learning environment. When the children were asked to share their ideas on what they would like to learn and do that was new and different, a common theme of nature and community emerged.

As the leaves changed colours and fell, autumn became the springboard for the children to immerse themselves into the joys of nature pedagogy. Our learning environment embraced nature, and became intertwined with nature, inside, outside, and beyond.

Their imagination and creativity dreamed up a landscape to transform their learning environment into a rainforest, filled with different elements created from recycled materials and a drawing plan. From a tree that housed an owl and a squirrel, to a waterfall that leads into a rock pool, a crocodile, tiger, cheetah, snake, rhinoceros, and zebra that roam free in the rainforest. These elements were created with the ‘languages’ toolkit the children amassed over the year.

The children developed positive dispositions for learning as they immersed themselves into their learning journey. Through representations of their creative expression, the children demonstrated their connectedness to the natural world and to the environments and habitats they have grown curious about beyond the walls of our classroom. Through the construction of the rainforest, the children claimed a world of their own size, magnifying their presence in the larger world…

Ms Melissa Chen Banksia Room

This year the children in the Wattle Room have engaged in a learning journey of inquiry, discovery, and growth. Throughout the year the outdoor learning environment has been a key feature of the children’s inquiry. The children have been searching for insects which has resulted in learning about minibeasts. We have closely observed the lifecycle of a butterfly and documented this through the languages of drawing and painting. We have also used different languages to represent insects, such as the language of sewing, wire, and clay.

The Wattle Room children have also been interested in the ELC vegetable garden and engaged in a gardening project. This involved researching what vegetables, fruits, herbs, and edible flowers we could grow, then planting them with children from the other ELC rooms. The children have represented their learning of the plant lifecycle through the language of drawing and painting.

The children explored Indigenous perspectives within the curriculum taking turns saying the Acknowledgement of

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Country, as well as participating in various Indigenous workshops. The children used the language of mosaics to represent some First Nations symbols of their choosing and worked on creating their own representation of a possum skin cloak using the language of drawing and sewing on fabric.

The children also developed a strong sense of identity through the creation of self-portraits using different languages. This involved the children exploring different media to represent their face. They have used the language of drawing, collage, clay, and printing. Exploring the ‘self’ through different languages deepens the children’s understanding of who they are and fosters a strong sense of identity.

It has been a privilege to be involved in the children’s learning journey this year and see their confidence grow, their inquisitive minds develop, and their sense of wonder expand.

Ms Zoe Swindells Wattle Room Teacher

JUNIOR SCHOOL

HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

After two years of COVID-affected schooling, with periods of learning at home, it was wonderful to step back into normal school life in 2022.

The spirits of staff, students and parents lifted at the start of the year, as we dared to dream we would be back full time and these continued to stay high as we progressed throughout the year. This good feeling was reflected in a Resilience Survey undertaken by our Years 3 to 6 students, where our girls scored well above national averages, especially in the areas of hope, life satisfaction, having teachers who care for them, feeling good about themselves and being ready to learn. It was also reflected in the results from our Student, Staff and Parent Survey earlier in the year.

This year saw the move to online NAPLAN, with our girls in both Years 3 and 5 continuing to score high across all subject areas, particularly in the area of reading where our average score for Year 3 was well beyond the expected achievement level for Year 3 across the nation. These results are testament to the teaching expertise of our Barbreck staff who invest considerable time and effort into creating engaging lessons, tracking student performance, targeting areas of need for support and extension, and knowing our girls well, both as a learner and person. Our girls respond positively to our staff and, as a result, they are happy and successful learners.

To provide a greater level of feedback to students and their parents, we trialled Continuous Reporting in Years 4 to 6 during Semester Two. A feature of this reporting practice is to report more regularly and provide feedback on areas of strength, areas for improvement and advice moving forward. This initiative was well received by both students and parents and, as such, we will continue to report in this manner next year.

The development of the Junior School Portal, centralised information for our Barbreck parents and gave the opportunity to unify the vast co-curricular program on offer for our Barbreck girls across areas of Sport, the Arts, and many clubs. It is pleasing to report that dance is once again part of this program and to note that girls, after two years of lockdown, were eager to reengage with these activities.

The atmosphere in Barbreck is very special. Visiting teachers and guests often comment on this and those who are looking for a school for their daughters say, “You can just feel it!” It is one of warmth, friendliness, and care for each other that exists across staff, students, and parents. We all play a part in creating and sustaining this atmosphere and I thank everyone for their contributions to making Barbreck such an incredibly special school.

Ms Karen McArdle Head of Junior School

JUNIOR SCHOOL

“Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.”

MARGARET PETERS

JUNIOR SCHOOL

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JUNIOR SCHOOL LEADERS

The theme we chose for 2022 was Courage. We wanted to inspire Barbreck girls to be brave enough to have a go at new things and to build a supportive culture where we recognised and supported courage in others.

As we look back on 2022, we can safely say we have seen girls display courage every day. From the classroom to the sports field, as well as participating in co-curricular activities, we have seen girls realise that the first step is always the biggest.

One of the biggest steps for 2022 was the return of School camps. This was the first time in almost two years we packed our bags, said goodbye to our families and challenged ourselves in new settings.

Throughout the year, the whole Barbreck community joined together to send off students representing our School in District Sport competitions. ‘Spirit Tunnels’ have become a new Barbreck tradition.

House spirit has never been stronger, with new opportunities to display leadership through regular House meetings run by our House Co-Captains. These meetings have also encouraged cross-age friendships.

This year Barbreck girls have shown the courage to face new situations with perseverance and patience knowing they had the support of the Barbreck community.

Clara Barry and Holly Farrer Barbreck Co-Captains

Back Row: Tara Pattison, Missy Morley, Ru Xuan (Chiara) Chiang, Mingrui (Carol) Tian, Yuyi (Elsa) Su, Lila Read, Jiajun (Jessica) Huang, Carla Martuccio

Second Row: Brielle Lee, Jessica Kemp, Olivia Fidogiannis, Holly Farrer, Xiner (Cindy) Chen, Alie Belan, Jemima Gray, Mrs Jodie Bacon

Front Row: Parnian Hosseini, Charlotte Roe, Simone Yazbek, Berry Roberts, Bridget (Brigitte) Axup, Chong I (Cheryl) Li, Olivia Batt, Alexia Chatfield

Absent: Xirui (Ella) Zhang

Front row: Alexia Chatfield (Library), Liana Lam (Music), Pippa Van der Venne (Cross Country), Charlotte Roe (Cross Country)

Back: Olivia Batt (Library), Xiner (Cindy) Chen (Athletics), Jiajun (Jessica) Huang (Athletics), Camilla Aberdeen (Snowsports), Coco Lutz (Swimming), Arabella Foote (Swimming), Annika Gill (Music and Snowsports)

Berry Roberts (Davis), Jemima Gray (Holmes Kilbride), Amelia Hyams (Holmes Kilbride), Arabella Foote (Beaulieu Blair), Ellie Rodski (Beaulieu Blair), Camilla Aberdeen (Langley Templeton), Tara Pattison (Beaulieu Blair), Carla Martuccio (Davis)

Back Row: Mia’Chanel Kelly, Ellie Rodski, Annika Gill, Isabella Jamieson, Isla Rosenberg, Arabella Foote, Xinyi (Isabel) Yang Second Row: Camilla Aberdeen, Hemin (Michelle) Zhang, Frankie Lasky, Coco Lutz, Sin Wai (Agness) Huang, Elise Crosbie-Gould, Shuao (Mia) Li, Amelia Hyams, Ms Sandra Ching

Front Row: Genevieve Le, Liana Lam, Pippa Van der Venne, Clara Barry, Jiali (Erena) Zhu, Coco Sullivan, Tavia Anh Pham

Absent: Emmanuella Christov and Anya Shah

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This year has been the year of Beaulieu Blair. It has been exciting to see all Beaulieu Blair girls willingly giving their best effort. Regular House meetings created this House spirit. Every girl gave 100% across all activities. The enthusiasm and encouragement of the whole House resulted in wins in Tee-ball, Volley Stars, Netball, Soccer, Athletics and Handball. We would like to thank Mrs O’Brien, Ms Dhono Isworo, Miss Johansen, and Mrs Requin for their support. What an amazing year it has been for Beaulieu Blair!

We wish the best of luck to the House Captains that follow us. GO Beaulieu!!

Ellie Rodski and Arabelle Foote

2022 Beaulieu Blair House Captains

Go Holmes! Bring it home

Go Holmes Kilbride!

As House Captains, we aimed to build strong teamwork and have fun. Although we were not always successful at Sport Carnivals, we made up for that in House spirit and cheered every Holmes Kilbride girl across the finish line. It was fantastic to see all Holmes girls give their best effort, regardless of the result.

It really is true that it is not always about winning but having the most fun, especially at House meetings. Thank you to Mrs Thompson, Mrs Guest, and Ms Ching for always being there.

To the Captains for 2023, Holmes Kilbride is a fantastic House, good luck!

Amelia Hyams and Jemima Grey

2022 Holmes Kilbride House Captains

Beaulieu, Beaulieu, Beaulieu

We do it with flair We do it with care Beat us if you dare! Beaulieu, Beaulieu, Beaulieu Blair!

As Captains, we want to thank all the Davis girls for their efforts and attitude. We are proud of them for their House spirit and involvement in every event. It was so exciting to see the stands at Duncan Mackinnon and the Marigold Southey Sports and Aquatic Centre filled with red. The talent and determination of every Davis girl contributed to us winning Cross Country and Flags. Thank you to Ms Stride, Mr Russell, Mr Tainsh and Mrs Bacon for everything they have done to support us this year. We have experienced a fantastic 2022 and hope that the 2023 Captains have as much fun as we did in competitions and House meetings. GO Davis!

Berry Roberts and Carla Martuccio 2022 Davis House Captains

This year we had regular House meetings and as the Langley Templeton Captains for 2022, we learnt about the talents within our House. One of our highlights was Snowsports. The Langley girls blitzed the slopes coming first in House Snowsports. Although we did not win any other Sport Carnivals this year, this did not affect the enthusiasm and efforts of the Langley girls. There is amazing House spirit amongst the Langley girls. Their teamwork and encouragement of each other made us very proud. Thank you to Miss Taylor, Miss Wardlaw, Mr Gold, and Ms Twomey for their advice all year.

To the Captains who come after us, GO Langley!

2022 Langley Templeton House Captains

Green, green, green machine Green means we are going to lead this show, let’s go! We’re brave, we’re tough and we never give up!

GOOOO LANGLEY!

Tara Pattison and Camilla Aberdeen

Davis, Davis we are the best

We win against all the rest Red’s our name and we came to win the game Davis, Davis we are the best!

The Barbreck Art Program has been abuzz in 2022 with lots of art making in the Art Studio. Lunchtime Art Clubs for students in Years 2 to 6 work with Ms Georgina Stride and Mrs Guest making textiles, ceramics, paper sculpture and posters. It is a great opportunity to meet students from other Year levels and learn new skills.

This year we had the inaugural Lower, Middle and Upper Primary Art Exhibitions in the Neilma Gantner Gallery Walk. All students participated alongside their peers showcasing what they made in Art class.

The Lower Primary Exhibition, Under the Sea showcased ceramics, 2D mixed media and textiles. In Art class, the Prep, Years 1 & 2 classes explored the natural world under the sea. In Term 2, our Years 3 & 4 ceramics and painting classes observed birds and animals of Australia, in their Exhibition Feathers, Fur and Scales. Our Years 5 & 6 girls exhibited their artwork in our new glass showcases and museum quality display boards during Term 4.

Working collaboratively, incorporating a range of subject areas and sharing art making outcomes was evident in so many of the 2022 Barbreck Art Room projects. Aspects such as passionate self-expression, problem solving and working in groups underpinned projects undertaken.

It has been a very exciting year for us all. Art making is so much more rewarding when working and sharing with others.

Mrs Virginia Guest Barbreck Art Teacher

1. Francesca Zappone and Sophie Sprott 2. Jemima Grinsell 3. Henrietta (Henri) Switkowski 4. Miya Fei 5. Chenxian (Alina) Zhu 6. Zoe McComas 7. Elizabeth Switkowski 8. Sienna Yu 9. Allegra Gavilan-Bongiorno 10. Hannah Engelbrecht 11. Scarlett Bertalli, Junya Jiang, and Serena Ma 12. Charlotte Roe 13. Meihan (Amy) Wang 14. Ellie Rodski

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Ms Kristen Dhono Isworo, Mrs Virginia Guest and Ms Lucy Mason 6. Scarlett Bertalli, Taylor Lee, Yuehan (Daisy) Yang, Aleka Hronopoulos, Grace Hoffmann and Meihan (Amy) Wang

Chong I (Cheryl) Li, Carla Martuccio, Bridget (Brigitte) Axup, Clara Barry and Charlotte Roe 8. Ashley Siswanto and Miranda Jie

Samara Grinsell and Charlotte Parfit

Coco Lutz and Amelia Hyams

Manda Milicevic and Emma Tien

Camilla Koidl

Anna Roosenburg

Clara Barry, Hemin (Michelle) Zhang and Imogen Brownjohn

Barbreck Arts Week was a wonderful collaborative effort at the end of Term 3. Students used the concept of travel to link their performances and create wearable artworks inspired by the country they travelled to.

During the Week, students learnt from our Artist-in-Residence Ms Lucy Mason. Our Preps and Year 1 girls were inspired by France. The Year 2 girls focused on the United States, Year 3 toured through India, and the Year 4s went to China. Year 5 ventured to the Masai Mara in Kenya, and the Year 6 girls explored their own backyards here in Australia.

Ms Mason created performances for the girls inspired by the countries above. They rehearsed their songs, dances, and lines in a series of Performing Arts Workshops throughout the week.

The big finale, held in the School Hall, was a rousing rendition of We Are Australian, and included Auslan signing for the chorus. The finale also included a mix of colour, as students were dressed in their t-shirts, created using a variety of printmaking techniques they learnt during the week.

Barbreck was buzzing with creative energy during Arts Week. It was a magnificent way to end the term.

Performing Arts Coordinator

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1. Charlotte Morris, Bella Sullivan and Isabella Wilkins 2. Isla Rosenberg, Camilla Aberdeen, Missy Morley and Isabella Jamieson

FRENCH

1. Year 2 students Elizabeth Woodruff and Matea Bjazevic engaged in directed play, acting out the character of ‘le roi’ in the studied class story le chat et la lune’

2. Camilla (Millie) Wilkins plays the character ‘le garçon’ and Henrietta (Henri) Switkowski plays ‘le chat’ or cat as they tell the story Le petit chat cherche une famille

3. Year 4 students Gemma Jurcevic, Alexandra (Alexi) Kusumah ‘pass the message’ to Zoe Dixon, who writes it down correctly

4. ‘Early Birds’ French students Audrey Crosbie-Goold and Amber Jiang play the fun French game ‘Frappes les mots’ (hit the words)

5. Year 2 students showing their moves whilst learning the dance for the song Kulikitaki

In 2022 we welcomed students back to the Languages Lab for a full year of in-class learning. Students from Prep to Year 6 enjoyed speaking, reading, listening, and writing in French. Students once again became part of the classroom routines, conversations, theatre, writing and creative writing activities which comprise the essence of the AIM French program.

Many students new to French involved themselves passionately in the weekly foundation French group, Early Birds French, via fun games and activities, focused on movement and laughter. The conversation group ‘L’Equipe’ provided an opportunity for students to try more advanced speaking techniques. French home learning was also introduced in 2022 via the exciting DoulAugust Challenge. The month of August was dedicated to learning French at home via the Duolingo app.

Students in Prep enjoyed forming sentences about, La Poule Maboule, through puppet performances, narrative songs and reading activities. Year 1 enjoyed expanding their French vocabulary and understanding whilst learning the story Le petit chat cherche une famille, whilst Year 2 engaged in more complex vocabulary through the children’s story Le chat et la lune. Year 3 enjoyed performing the class play Les Trois Petits Cochons in Term 2, whilst Years 4 & 5 were encouraged to expand their French knowledge through the more challenging text Comment Y aller? Year 6 continued their studies in creative writing as part of their studied story Salut, mon ami!

Andrew Gold Barbreck French Teacher

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We feel honoured to have been Library Co-Captains. We were privileged to be a part of the incredible Barbreck Library team. This commitment has provided us with many opportunities and responsibilities including our weekly Library Updates during Assembly and helping students with their book queries. It was very rewarding encouraging others to embrace and develop their love of reading. An enjoyable aspect of being a Library Captain is working with the new Library Monitors to learn the role. We loved supporting Mrs Requin and ensuring the Library runs well, remains tidy, and is an exciting place to visit. Wearing our Library Captaincy badges is something we both hold with pride.

Chatfield and

Batt Barbreck Library Co-Captains, 2022

The major event of the year for our Barbreck Library is the CBCA Book Week. It was celebrated in Term 3 with the theme: “Dreaming With Eyes Open...” The students were excited as the Library hosted Lamont Book Fair for the first time in three years. The Fair was a great community event allowing families to visit the Library, check out new books and share a love of reading. During Book Week students also participated in the interactive performance of Story Quest, showcasing books featured from this year’s CBCA Shortlist. Story Quest was an engaging, original narrative filled with music, adventure, and intrigue. We finished the week with a parade of Book Week costumes and everyone enjoying the colour, enthusiasm, and creativity.

Mrs Cindy Requin Barbreck Teacher-Librarian

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PERFORMING ARTS

Our Music Recitals are filled with sensational performances that include a variety of instrumental and vocal performances. School Assemblies are student-led, featuring upper Primary students playing the National Anthem, and have provided the opportunity for weekly solo performances. All choirs and musical ensembles perform at our Music Assemblies.

In Term 1, the Barbreck community gathered at St. John’s Anglican Church to celebrate Easter through singing, prayers, and instrumental music. The Service was brought to life by contributions from the Epstein Singers and Year 6 String Trio.

The Special Visitors’ Day in Term 2 was a highlight, providing our Prep to Year 3 students the opportunity to perform to an audience. The Concert opened with Petit and Year 2 Strings, followed by a special solo item. The lower Primary girls loved singing Peace Like a River, which involved special visitor participation, The Barrier Reef, and Welcome the Day (Year 3).

In Term 3, the Gala Concert featured performances from the Epstein Singers and Barbreck Choir, accompanied by the Junior School Percussion Ensemble. These choirs participated in a Combined Choral item singing Out There with the Senior School girls. Our string players played Wildfire, in the Massed String item.

Music is an essential part of our School culture. Each girl has contributed to this magical experience. Thank you to all students for being so inspiring and sharing your music with us in 2022. All of our ensembles shined at the Barbreck Concert in Term 4. It was a beautiful way to end the year.

Ms Kristen Dhono Isworo Junior School Performing Arts Coordinator

1. Taylor Lee playing cello in the Massed String item at the Gala Concert 2. Junior School Music Captains Liana Lam and Annika Gill

Tara Pattison, Arabella Foote, Saya Stokes, Tania Hay, Grace Mann, Yuehan (Daisy) Yang and Meihan (Amy) Wang singing Sisi Ni Moja in the Barbreck Choir

Sienna Xu, Isabella Hampson and Sienna Yu playing Wildfire at the Gala Concert 5. Aimee Davenport on the djembe with the Junior School Percussion Ensemble accompanying the Barbreck Years 5 & 6 Choir

Alexandra (Alexi) Kusumah playing violin with Senior Strings

Hemin (Michelle) Zhang, Holly Farrer, Olivia Batt, Frankie Lasky, Berry Roberts, Clara Barry singing Sisi Ni Moja in the Barbreck Choir

Sunny Xu and Pearl Lee playing Wildfire at the Gala Concert 9. Nina Calvert, Samara Grinsell, Sienna Yu, Salina Zhang, Isabel (Issie) Buckley and Bella Sullivan singing Out There in the Combined Choir item at the Gala Concert 10. Zoe McComas, Emily Wu, Latifa Aljneibi and Ellie Guo singing at the 100 Days of Prep Assembly 11. Jiali (Erena) Zhu playing Advance Australia Fair at the Junior School Assembly

FRENCH

1. Year 5 students Stavroula (Voula) Hronopoulos and Georgina (Georgie) Ayres, exploring light and shadows 2. Year 5 students Sophia McKinnon and Ivana Gattino, learning to make interactive posters using Makey Makey and the coding program Scratch 3. Prep students Bella Tarrant, Zoe McComas and Bianca Ferguson, earning to write and debug algorithms using Bee-Bots 4. Year 1 students Henrietta (Henri) Switkowski, Hannah Engelbrecht and Seeren Ashmeel, investigating the difference between building towers with cooked and uncooked spaghetti 5. Year 3 students Nina Steedman and Sylvanas Zhu designing an insulated water bottle 6. Year 4 students Yifei (Sophie) Wang and Elva Zhang, creating a website on the Daintree rainforest 7. Year 2 students Jemima Grinsell, Mia Tien and Matea Bjazevic, mixing and separating different sized materials 8. Year 5 students Charlotte Morris, Camilla Thomas and Anna Roosenburg, carrying out their design experiment 9. Year 3 students Ingrid (Ingrid He) Tan and Amelia Wood, enjoying a STEM club ‘Lego challenge’ 10. Year 6 students Charlotte Roe, Carla Martuccio and Simone Yazbek, enjoying making a density column using food dye and sugar 11. Year 3 students Elizabeth Switkowski, Sienna Xu and Catherine (Cate) Barry, enjoying designing and building a chariot to be pulled by the robot Sphero 12. Year 4 students Aimee Davenport and Samara Grinsell, challenging themselves with coding the robot DASH into action 13. Prep students Ellie Guo, Aria Nguyen, Emily Wu, Chloe Gu, Latifa Aljneibi and Evie Mason, showing us how they measure the wind

What STEM stands for in Barbreck

S is for super fun! Our Barbreck girls love the fun they experience within their STEM classroom. This year, the girls have had fun learning about why chocolate melts, how worms breathe and the reason light bends. They are learning how to write algorithms, make a web page or stop motion film, and learning how to model the size of the solar system, clean up an oil spill and build chariots for the robot Sphero.

T is for terrific students! This year our Barbreck girls have shown their resilience and strength of character in so many ways. They have impressed me with their ability to roll with the feeling of uncertainty when they try new things. The effort they put into every task they attempt is commendable. They always start their STEM classes with a warm smile and a ‘can do’ attitude.

E is for engaging in learning! Learning is hard and so is trying and trying again in the face of what feels like failure. However, through asking questions, collaboration, and time to reflect, the girls persist and eventually enjoy the feeling of success, knowing they CAN achieve. They have learnt what it means to truly tinker, how to design experiments, program with Scratch and model different aspects of the world around us.

M is for more please! Bring on 2023!

Miss Tori Shaw Junior School STEM Specialist

SPORT

Nipper board races in the pool: Hannah Engelbrecht and Zara Datta

District Swimming success: Imogen Brownjohn, Samara Grinsell, Avalon Pascoe and Evie Joseph

Year 6 District Hockey Team

Charlotte Roe (Year 6) State Cross Country Representative winner

12/13 years District divers: Arabella Foote, Liana Lam, Jessica Kemp and Clara Barry

District Tennis, Alie Belan and Arabella Foote

Year 6 District Netball Team members, Clara Barry and Charlotte Roe

Arabella Foote, State Representative Shot Put

Coco Lutz in action during District Netball

2022 has been a busy year in Sport. After a two-year COVID break Snowsports was the standout. With convincing wins in the Junior Girls category at both the Victorian Interschools and the Nationals competition at Perisher. A big thanks to our Snowsports parents who made the effort to get the girls to the National Championship.

Swimming

During Term 1 the Armadale District Swimming Sports were held. After individual events, St Catherine’s was equal second with relays to follow. Relays are always a test of depth, and where the larger schools shine through. St Catherine’s finished second with our 10 Years Relay Team progressing to the Beachside Division Carnival. In the Population Trophy, St Catherine’s were victorious.

Diving

The Armadale District Diving Carnival held at St Catherine’s in early Term 2 was a highlight for our keen divers. The standard of diving was high and our high performing divers in each age group were:

Year 6 (12/13 years): A Division – Lila Read (third), B Division – Clara Barry (first), Jessica Kemp (second), Liana Lam (third) and Arabella Foote (fourth).

Year 5 (11 years): B Division – Imogen Herron (third), Chloe Deane-Freeman (fourth), with Olivia Bingham and Anna Roosenburg placed not far behind.

Year 4 (10 years): In their first competition our divers, Nina Calvert, Samara Grinsell, Imogen Brownjohn and Gemma Jurcevic, performed all their jumps and dives to the best of their ability. Although they missed placing, they were proud of their efforts in their first dive carnival.

Tennis

Arabella Foote and Alie Belan represented St Catherine’s at the Armadale District Competition. Both girls finished midfield in a competitive tournament.

District Netball and Basketball

Our Year 6 students proved to be very enthusiastic at our District competitions. In Soccer we finished third, Netball fifth, AFL fifth and Basketball fifth. Being part of the District Team and travelling to a venue for a day of round robin action is a huge thrill for our students who love representing St Catherine’s.

Cross Country

House Cross Country was held in Term 1 in preparation for the Armadale District Competition. Davis were the overall winners. Forty students were chosen to represent St Catherine’s at District Cross Country. From District, Emma Hessell finished fifth in the 11 Years age group and Carla Martuccio sixth in the 12/13 Years. Charlotte Roe (first in 12/13 Years) had an excellent Cross Country season and her results continued to improve culminating in an excellent 35th place at the State Championship.

Snowsports

Snowsports was a welcome return with St Catherine’s winning the Overall Girls Primary School Championships at both Victorian and National competitions.

The Victorian Interschools for Cross Country and the Alpine events were held in August and as always St Catherine’s was well represented in every event and division. It is a credit to our community that we have great depth at Barbreck and many teams placed on the podium and qualified for Nationals at Perisher.

On an individual level Camilla Aberdeen (Division 4) and Avalon Pascoe (Division 5) were victorious in the Cross Country Classic.

At Nationals, the Division 4 XC Relay Team (Camilla Aberdeen, Coco Thomas, and Isabella Wilkins) took out first place with a spirited performance.

A special mention to all Div 4+5 girls who all made the trip to Perisher to gain valuable points for St Catherine’s School.

Athletics

Thirty-five Barbreck athletes competed in the Armadale District Athletics. Our Team was affected by illness but combined to finish third overall. Congratulations to Imogen Brownjohn, who qualified in many events but chose to continue in the 100m and Triple Jump at Division level, then progressing to Regional level in both. Taylor Lee jumped a personal best of 1.20m in the High Jump and the 100m to also progress to Division level, along with Carys Dreaver (Shot Put) and Jessica Kemp (Long Jump) who also progressed to Division level. The 10 Years Relay Team (Imogen Brownjohn, Taylor Lee, Allegra Gavilan-Bongiorno and Sienna Yu) also won their event to progress to Division level.

Arabella Foote was a standout of the season, progressing to the State Championship in the Shot Put with a convincing win at Regional level.

House Sport

At Barbreck all Years 3 to 6 students compete for their House in Swimming, Cross Country, and Athletics. The Years 5 & 6 students tackle many sports in their after school sport time. Soccer, Netball, Handball, Tee-Ball and flags are all played for House points, with students competing with tremendous House spirit. In 2022, Beaulieu Blair took out the overall honours.

Mr Tom Crebbin

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Coordinator of Sport

Mrs Jenny De Nardis

Barbreck

Physical Education Teacher

1. Year 4 House 800m

2. Avalon Pascoe Division 5 Cross Country Champion

3. Coco Thomas, Camilla Aberdeen and Isabella Wilkins Division 4 Champions

4. 10 Years 4X100m Relay Team. Allegra Gavilan-Bongiorno, Imogen Brownjohn, Sienna Yu and Taylor Lee

5. Imogen Brownjohn, (Year 4) competed in both Triple Jump (pictured) and the 100m at Regional level

6. Pippa Van der Venne fires for goal in House Handball

7. District Cross Country at Kooyong Park 8. Beaulieu Blair House Soccer Champions

9. Snowsports: Coco Thomas, Annika Gill and Camilla Aberdeen

10. Year 6 District Soccer Team

11. Camilla Aberdeen, Victorian Interschools Division 4 Cross Country Champion

BEYOND BOUNDARIES CAMPS

The St Catherine’s Beyond Boundaries Program was back in full swing in 2022. Students from Year 1 through to Year 6 took part in unique outdoor learning experiences with opportunities to build social relationships, develop confidence and foster independence. The outdoor adventures offered in the Junior School were, for many students, the first overnight camp experience after two years of cancelled programs.

The Years 5 & 6 students travelled to Camp Jungai in Rubicon. Throughout the four days, the girls completed a variety of initiative activities and challenged themselves with canoeing, raft building, bush walking, balancing on the low ropes course and flying high on the Possum Pull. A key part of the program was the first camp-out experience in tents.

Gundiwindi Lodge in Wandin was the site for the Years 3 & 4 program. Archery, flying fox, damper cooking and the giant swing were just some of the exciting activities they participated in over three fun-filled days.

The Years 1 & 2 students started their first camp experience with a sports and teamwork session followed by a BBQ dinner at School. The Year 2 students enjoyed a sleepover in the Music Room in their personal slumber tents. This was a momentous moment for many, as it was their first time sleeping away from home.

Throughout the Beyond Boundaries Program, it has been impressive to witness the girls’ strength of character and willingness to take on challenges presented to them. The memories, friendships and learning experiences of this year’s outdoor adventures certainly support the idea that ‘not all classrooms have four walls.’

Miss Kirrilly Wootton Camp Coordinator

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1. Teamwork was the key to conquering the low ropes at Camp Jungai for Charlotte Triolo, Sunny Xu, Junya Jiang and Teegan Gobel

2. Amelia Hyams and Pippa Van der Venne setting up their tent for their first ‘sleepout’ experience at Camp Jungai 3. Mia Tien, Emma Li, and Alleria Zhu enjoying their first camp experience at the Year 2 sleepover 4. Jessica Davies, Coco Thomas, and Charlotte Morris exploring the low ropes course at Camp Jungai

5. Siqi (Nancy) Xu, Hannah Englebrecht, Elizabeth Woodruff, Rose (Rosey) O’Brien and Matea Bjazevic working as a team at the Years 1 & 2 Beyond Boundaries experience 6. Jemima Grinsell and Elizabeth Woodruff were all smiles inside their cosy tents at the Year 2 sleepover 7. Amelia Wood and Shama Aljneibi wearing their harnesses and helmets ready for the giant swing at Gundiwindi

8. Olivia Bingham, Isabella Wilkins, and Isabelle Byrne were proud to complete the challenge of sleeping in a tent at Camp Jungai

9. Chloe Deane-Freeman, Genevieve Le and Emmanuella Christov sharing their boomerang artwork created in the cultural sessions at Camp Jungai

10. Alicia Lai, Joy Lovegrove, Tania Hay, Olivia Ren, Bella Sullivan, Grace Hoffman, Chloe Deane-Freeman, Xin Yan (Vita) Wei, Alexandra Pitt, and Ellyse Buckley proud of their teamwork and raft design at Camp Jungai

11. Samara Grinsell, Nina Calvert, Sophie Sprott, Avalon Pascoe, and Ashley Siswanto putting their cooking skills to the test, making damper at Gundiwindi

12. Elaine Li trying her best to hit the target during archery at Gundiwindi.

13. Alexandra Pitt excited for her turn on the Possum Pull at Camp Jungai

14. Imogen Brownjohn flying on the giant swing at Gundiwindi

15. Charlotte Rowe, Carla Martuccio, and Simone Yazbek exploring on a bush walk at Camp Jungai

2022 was the first year all Health lessons were face-to-face instead of being online. This allowed for more fluid conversations and discussions. Many students were able to reflect and share their feelings on the impact COVID lockdowns had on their wellbeing and mental health.

Prep students showed great enjoyment in discovering so much about themselves, including being active, looking at their growth and changes, and how to keep themselves safe.

Some of the highlights in Health this year included being able to work collaboratively with a classmate to research and present in front of their class. The Year 5 girls in particular looked at ways we celebrate and value diversity. This also allowed them to look at whether this has always been the case and if not, how are things now changing.

Recognising and exploring safety and emotions are always fun topics to delve into in Health. There is a video all students love to watch, The ABC’s of Safety. It is an animated video spelling out how to always be alert and have a plan for keeping yourself safe.

Our dedicated Health classroom allows students to be able to look at books and posters on our various Health topics, as well as feel they can ask questions and share stories in a trusting environment.

Mrs Jenny De Nardis Barbreck Physical Education Teacher and Health Specialist

After two years online, what a delight it was to conduct debates in person! Coached by a dedicated group of Year 10s, our Barbreck debaters rapidly developed their skills in a supportive team environment. Propositions argued in the 2022 season included: ‘That Australia should have a new flag’ and ‘That parents should give their children pocket money.’

During Term 1, School Co-Captains and Senior debaters, Madeline (Maddie) Powell and Angela Yu were guest speakers during one of our Barbreck debating sessions. Our Junior School Captains and Year 6 debaters, Holly Farrer and Clara Barry interviewed Maddie and Angela, sharing why they enjoy Debating and what they have learnt.

In Term 2, Debating and Public Speaking Captains, Eloise Rudge and Lan-Tien Yen West, were guest adjudicators for a Barbreck debate. The Year 6 debaters learnt much from their feedback which stood them in good stead in subsequent debates.

Senior School students sharing their skills and knowledge is such a distinguishing feature of Barbreck Debating. As a result, all teams demonstrated great debating skills. Debaters put in tremendous work to showcase their hidden talents and display confidence in presenting their arguments before a ‘live’ audience. Although debates have a winner and an award for the best speaker, the debates in Barbreck always conclude on a joyous note. Congratulations to all students for another year well-argued.

Mrs Susan Duffy Barbreck Debating Coordinator

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WRITERS’ CLUB

2. Tania Hay and Olivia Ren proud of their collaborative writing progress

3. Chong I (Cheryl) Li, Charlotte Roe and Brielle Lee used a picture stimulus to inspire their writing

4. Xinyi (Isabel) Yang, Sin Wai (Agness) Huang, Olivia Batt, Shuao (Mia) Li and Ru Xuan (Chiara) Chiang sharing Dreamtime Stories

5. Stavroula (Voula) Hronopoulos and Taylor Lee working as productive and motivated authors

6. Parnian Hosseini, Alexia Chatfield and Yuyi (Elsa) Su working on their final presentation

The aim of our Writers’ Club is to build on the wonderful teaching and learning that happens in class as we support our girls to become confident and independent writers.

Each week, we focus on refining and extending the students’ writing skills as they compose texts and use a variety of language features and literary devices to engage their audience. The Writers’ Club is the perfect opportunity for the Years 5 & 6 girls to celebrate being authors and explore creative ways of writing. The tasks vary each week, and the students always amaze us with their abilities to generate and organise ideas, and work with productivity, effort, and motivation as they produce engaging writing pieces. At the conclusion of each Writers’ Club session, there are always opportunities to share and celebrate their successes.

For the students who attend Writers’ Club, the main highlights are how they can have fun while learning and collaborating with others. The students have shared how they really enjoy being given a topic to write about using their own unique style and voice. Studying Dreamtime Stories and creating collaborative pieces in a small group were some of the tasks they enjoyed the most.

Mrs Jodie Bacon and Ms Auveen Twomey Writers’ Club Coordinators

Chloe Deane-Freeman and Joy Lovegrove creating a story as a dynamic duo

ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

This year, the aim of the Environment Committee was to help the Barbreck girls form a genuine interest in helping their environment, both at a School level and within the wider community. How did we do that? We sparked a love of nature, an interest in plants, a desire to problem solve about waste, and to work as a team.

Each term the Committee engaged with nature in different ways. Our wonderful video about composting saw the Barbreck girls placing their unwanted fruit and veggie scraps into the compost bin, creating nutrient rich soil that we look forward to using in our 2023 garden.

We ‘greened up’ the Barbreck classrooms using clippings from established plants to bring a little nature into each room. The vegetable patch produced some much-enjoyed harvests and we problem solved how to keep slugs at bay using natural products like covers and coffee grinds.

By the end of the year our Committee grew from Years 4 to 6 girls, to include Prep to Year 6, highlighting the love of nature our youngest students hold. The Environment Committee are excited to be building connections and partnerships with both the ELC and Senior School, something we will continue to nurture in 2023.

Thank you to all the girls who came together during their lunchtimes to be part of the Committee. Thank you for your ideas and enthusiasm.

Miss Annie Taylor Barbreck Environment Committee Coordinator

CHESS

After two years, it was wonderful to welcome the girls back to Chess Club, held every Monday at lunchtime.

Girls from Years 2 to 6 enjoyed the opportunity to play games face-to-face against their friends and peers and learn new skills from our external Chess Coach.

The inaugural Barbreck Chess Tournament was created this year as a new initiative to introduce the girls to chess competitions. The event was a huge success with many girls experiencing their first chess competition. We will endeavour to make the event a permanent fixture.

In Term 4, a team of four girls represented St Catherine’s in the Victorian Girls’ Chess Finals at Glen Eira College. The girls were excellent ambassadors for St Catherine’s School.

Chess continues to be a popular co-curricular activity. It is open to all Year levels and develops the girls’ strategic thinking skills in a fun and engaging environment.

Mr Tim Tainsh and Mrs Louise Thompson Barbreck Chess Coordinators

DRAMA

This year has been a wonderful opportunity for our Barbreck girls to explore their drama skills. Our large co-curricular groups were both very excited to present their works in our new performing arts space, The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. The Year 4 Perform Program staged their self-devised Spooky Musical at the end of Term 2, which highlighted the power of friendship to overcome ‘monsters’ in your life. In Term 3, the Year 3 Stage Skills performers presented the tale of Peter Rabbit to an appreciative audience, complete with virtual backgrounds, costumes and narrators.

Speech and Drama students in Years 5 & 6 relished the opportunity to compete in both the Eisteddfod by the Bay and the SDTAV Eisteddfod this year, with some exceptional results. Speech and Drama lessons are a weekly co-curricular offering that follow the Trinity College London Syllabus to prepare for graded exams at the end of each year. Performing in these Eisteddfods assisted students with their confidence and expressive skills by engaging with a variety of forms including poetry, prose and play extracts in a range of styles from different periods.

There have been some wonderful performances this year, and we look forward to staging our Years 5 & 6 Musical in 2023.

Ms Lucy Mason Speech and Drama Tutor

Jiali (Erena) Zhu, Alexia Chatfield, Xiner (Cindy) Chen, Speech and Drama Teachers’ Association Victoria Eisteddfod

Jiali (Erena) Zhu, SDTAV Eisteddfod placing second in the Speech and Drama Championship Division

PREP

Schools are about more than academics. They are communities where we learn to interact with one another. Prep 2022 reminded us that we are all part of a community and that our values help shape who we are, and how we approach school and life.

After the past two years, our Preps were happy to engage in social play with one another, one of our major focuses. The girls embraced having their peers to interact with, as well as their Year 5 buddies. Empathy was shown as the girls helped one another create magical fairy lands, dream up many a craft activity into reality, build towers and villages with blocks, engage in acting and much more.

The girls demonstrated their perseverance, and it was heart-warming to witness the support they provided one another. Members of the class, without prompting, often shared a word of encouragement with one another.

Through The Resilience Project, the girls explored gratitude. The Preps were so grateful to be able to have so many occasions to dress up for this year. Engaging in the Easter Bonnet Parade, 100 Days of Prep, a Touch of Red day, and Book Week, to name but a few.

How lucky we are to have Preps so ready to engage with their School. I know their curiosity and love of learning will continue for years to come.

Miss Annie Taylor Prep Teacher

Spinning tops have been found on every continent, except Antarctica! Clay tops were found in the ancient city of Ur dating from 3500BC. As part of our History Unit, the girls designed and made their own cardboard spinning tops. The joy on their faces as the colours blended is a testament to why spinning tops have lasted the test of time.

I could not help but look upon this activity as a reflection of our year together. It has been colourful, sometimes slow to start, sometimes time flies by, and sometimes we slow down to enjoy the multitude of colours. Just like learning to use a spinning top, being together in a learning community takes time, patience, practice, and perseverance.

These skills were further developed during the launch of The Resilience Project in Barbreck. In Year 1, we particularly enjoyed the lessons on gratitude, mindfulness, being thankful, and friendships. We grew a garden of gratitude in the specially made Student Journals and relished the time to colour mindfully.

It will be wonderful for the girls to further develop these integral life skills as they travel through Barbreck.

Mrs Courtney O’Brien Year 1 Teacher

The Year 2s were enthusiastic and eager to embrace learning onsite at Barbreck. The year started with fingers and toes crossed, hoping that Learn@home was a thing of the past. To the girls’ relief, it has been a seamless year. The girls have grown personally, socially, and academically throughout 2022. They excitedly reconnected with their friends and peers across the Junior School. Mindful of the importance of the girls’ health and wellbeing, after the disruption of COVID, this year The Resilience Project was introduced to build positive mental health and assist the girls in becoming happier and more resilient.

There were many highlights throughout 2022. In Term 1, the History Unit was a high point. The girls embraced the opportunity to explore the St Catherine’s Campus. Sherren House and Illawarra were among the girls’ favourite sites. Term 2 came and went in a blink of an eye. The girls were busy learning the nuances of persuasive writing and creating a PowerPoint presentation on a significant place. Semester 2 was action packed. The girls embraced the opportunity to dress up for Book Week and watched the theatre production Story Quest. Term 3 finished on a high with Arts Week. The girls relished the opportunity to engage in a range of stimulating activities. The standout focal point for Term 4 was the Year 2 sleepover; the anticipated event did not disappoint.

Mrs Louise Thompson Year 2 Teacher

Elizabeth Switkowski enjoying reading to Aria Nguyen in Prep

Nina Steedman, Sylvanas Zhu and Catherine (Cate) Barry share a bean bag

Grace Chatfield and Ella Pattison create a list of adjectives to describe tomatoes

Miranda Jie, Ashley Siswanto and Chantelle Tan practise their ball skills with Year 9 coaches

Georgia Ktenavos and Bianca Ferguson (Prep) share a book together

Amelia Wood, Yolanda Gu, Elizabeth Switkowski and Shama Aljneibi balance a 1kg weight and a collection of books

Yuzi (Miranda) Qin and Ashley Siswanto problem solving in Maths

Miranda Jie, Ashley Siswanto and Sophie Sprott enjoy reading in the sun

Francesca Zappone, Roselyn (Rosie) Mokyiu, Sophia Hindhaugh coached by Year 9 PE students

Grace Chatfield, Ella Pattison, Amelia Wood and Nina Steedman line up after a successful finish of House Cross Country

Shama Aljneibi, Kehan (Cassie) Wang and Yolanda Gu balance the beam with a 1kg weight and a litre of water

Catherine (Cate) Barry and Kate (Katie) Kemp reading to Ellie Guo (Prep) in the Library

Sienna Xu and Ingrid He Tan enjoying DEAR time on a beanbag together

Miranda Jie, Catherine (Cate) Barry, Sienna Xu and Grace Chatfield ready for the House Relay

2022 has been a fun-filled year with the overarching theme of gratitude constantly flowing through the classroom. Being back on campus for the entire year, Year 3 students were able to embrace all the opportunities that School can offer.

Students engaged in Stage Skills, strings groups, ukulele strumming, Chess Club, STEM Club, Early Bird French, sports, dancing, swimming, and reading books. Participation in House competitions for the first time was also a highlight.

Special Visitors’ Morning was a time for the Year 3 students to share their learning and perform musical items to entertain our guests.

The Year 9 Sport Coaching program provided fabulous skill building opportunities for our Year 3 students. They were coached in small groups by enthusiastic Year 9 students.

In Term 3, the ELC Friendship Program provided the Year 3 girls with the opportunity to be leaders. They were proud to plan a literacy activity to share with younger students. Many recalled their memories of being in the ELC and meeting the older students. New friendships were built, and fun was had by all.

Year 3 girls have become passionate readers. Book Week was a highlight and the opportunity to dress up as a book character was a thrill.

The Term 4 Outdoor Education Camp was something the girls looked forward to all year. A fabulous time was had by all that attended.

Ms Georgina Stride and Mr Luke Russell Year 3 Teachers

1. Isabella Yang, Salina Zhang, Jiayi (Kitty) Huang and Samara Grinsell rehearsing for the Gala Concert

2. Nina Calvert, Evie Joseph, Aimee Davenport, and Avalon Pascoe raising money for the RCH. They worked beautifully to organise and set up this event

3. Isabelle Reichman enjoying The Dog Runner

4. Gemma Jurcevic, Amber Jiang, Chloe Wong, Yifei (Sophie) Wang, Audrey Crosbie-Goold and Sienna Yu enjoying the creative process as part of our Easter craft making

5. Chloe Wang, Allegra Gavilan-Bongiorno, Stella Yin Hui (Stella) Ng, Amelie Lane, Isabel (Issie) Buckley and Elaine Li rehearsing for the Gala Concert

6. Amelie Lane and Rose Fidogiannis at their Wax Museum exhibit all about the explorer Rose de Freycinet

7. Lily Uthmeyer, Ziwen Yu and Willow Douglas carrying out a Mathematics investigation

8. Evie Joseph and Avalon Pascoe in costume as Abel Tasman as part of the Year 4 Wax Museum

9. Imogen Brownjohn, Gemma Jurcevic, Charlotte Chew and Nina Calvert our House Cross Country winners

10. Amber Jiang and Amelia Guo presenting their James Cook exhibition

11. Alexandra (Alexi) Kusumah, Imogen Brownjohn, Isabella Hampson and Elva Zhang creating their Easter bonnets

12. Audrey Crosbie-Goold, Abigail Chan, Zoe Dixon and Ziwen Yu conducting a science experiment – Walking Water

13. Gemma Jurcevic, Rose Fidogiannis and Willow Douglas learning about ancient Egypt

14. Salina Zhang and Chloe Wang sharing what they have learnt about the explorer Zheng He

Year 4 have enjoyed an exciting and varied year of learning, ‘bouncing back’ from the challenges of the past two years.

Wellbeing is at the heart of learning in the Year 4 classroom. Reconnecting with peers and establishing friendships has been a key goal for the students. This has been supported by the introduction of The Resilience Project, providing the students with opportunities to develop their emotional awareness and wellbeing through activities targeting gratitude, empathy, mindfulness, and social skills. In addition to this, the students have met with their ELC friends as part of the Four-Leaf Clover Program, sharing stories, playing games, and developing leadership skills.

The Explorer Wax Museum was a highlight for the students. This immersive experience provided a rich and authentic inquiry task that enabled them to showcase their learning. It provided a wonderful opportunity to present their work to our community with all being amazed by the depth of their knowledge and attention to detail in their exhibits.

Our girls can be proud of what they have achieved in Year 4. We are sure they will take with them many fond memories.

Mr Tim Tainsh and Ms Twomey Year 4 Teachers

1. Isabella Wilkins and Anna Roosenburg ready for a day of learning at the Wesleyan School 2. Xiaoxi (Maddie) Tian, Junya Jiang, Olivia Ren, Xin Yan (Vita) Wei, Alicia Lai, Serena Ma, Teegan Gobel, Grace Mann, Charlotte Triolo and Margaret Shao enjoying lunch at their favourite table 3. Isabelle Byrne and Bella Sullivan playing with wooden toys during the morning break at Sovereign Hill 4. Sophia McKinnon, Jasmine Westaway and Portia Carosa-Koziora enjoying their time at the Sovereign Hill playground 5. Grace Hoffman, Jasmine Westaway, Joy Lovegrove, Isabella Byrne, Alexandra Pitt, Isabella Wilkins, Imogen Herron and Olivia Bingham relaxing at lunchtime in the playground 6. Chloe Deane-Freeman, Miya Fei, Ivana Gattino and Teegan Gobel reading and discussing the Year 5 novel, The Garden of Empress Cassia 7. Emma Hessell, Charlotte Parfit and Summer Pui researching and writing information reports on their laptops 8. Georgina (Georgie) Ayres, Chloe McMahon and Alexandra Pitt all smiles at the end of school at Sovereign Hill 9. Anna Roosenburg, Charlotte Morris, Coco Thomas and Camilla Thomas exploring the wooden playground 10. Carys Dreaver, Giselle (Gigi) Armstrong, Scarlett Bertalli, Serena Ma, Ellyse Buckley and Siena Lane all smiles on casual clothes day 11. Pearl Lee, Meihan (Amy) Wang and Yuehan (Daisy) Yang playing chess in the Barbreck Library 12. Tania Hay, Clementine Abbott, Saya Stokes, Pearl Lee, Georgina (Georgie) Ayres, Stavroula (Voula) Hronopoulos, Taylor Lee and Aleka Hronopoulos enjoying lunchtime on the bean bags 13. The red steps are a fabulous place to catch up with friends; Bella Sullivan, Chloe McMahon, Margaret Shao and Sunny Xu

Grace Hoffman, Scarlett Bertalli and Carys Dreaver in the Barbreck playground

2022 has been full of new and exciting learning adventures for the girls in Year 5. Relishing being back onsite for the full school year, the girls have grown in their independence, persistence, and resilience. They have made the most of consistent learning time in the classroom.

This year The Resilience Project was rolled out across the Junior School. In Year 5, we explored the importance of GEM – Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness. The girls expanded their emotional literacy to better articulate and express different feelings and emotions. The lessons were aimed at developing each girl’s understanding of their own wellbeing and how GEM practices can be used to build resilience and coping strategies at School. The girls used personal reflection time, shared discussions, and role-play to express their understanding of each area of GEM, and how they can incorporate the values in The Resilience Project into their daily lives.

The girls have embraced various learning opportunities this year. Across the curriculum, they have developed thinking skills, strategies to solve problems, collaborative thinking and shared decision making, and grown into resilient and independent learners.

Many new girls were welcomed into the Year 5 Cohort this year. The new friendships made, and the exciting learning experiences have certainly given all the girls many fond memories of their time in Year 5.

Miss Kirrilly Wootton, Miss Ilse Johansen, and Miss Fiona Wardlaw Year 5 Teachers

YEAR 6

The girls of Year 6 have been an inspiration to all the students in Barbreck. They have relished the opportunity to assume and provide leadership for the Junior School. From taking responsibility for running weekly assemblies to inspiring House spirit, they have shown enthusiasm and a willingness to model inclusiveness, bringing the School community together as one.

This year, our Year 6 leaders have been able to participate in camps and study tours, which they have embraced with enthusiasm, resilience, and responsibility. Canberra was a highlight of the year. The girls had the opportunity to witness one of the first sittings of the new Parliament and partake in activities such as a role play of passing a bill, visiting Government House, and viewing the treasures at the Australian National Gallery. The nation’s capital was a perfect setting to immerse and deepen their understandings of the role government plays in our democratic society.

At School, there have been opportunities to participate in interschool sporting fixtures, the Easter Bonnet Parade, Book Week activities, the Gala Concert, and many other exciting activities. Throughout these events, they have displayed empathy, perseverance, and gratitude for all the opportunities at St Catherine’s School.

Ms Sandra Ching and Mrs Jodie Bacon Year 6 Teachers

1. Pippa Van der Venne, Lila Read, Ellie Rodski and Isabella Jamieson relaxing outdoors

2. Parnian Hosseini, Genevieve Le, Missy Morley, Jessica Kemp and Amelia Hyams in the playground 3. Jessica Kemp, Frankie Lasky, Isla Rosenberg and Camilla Aberdeen at the bowling alley in the ACT 4. Yuyi (Elsa) Su, Mingrui (Carol) Tian, Holly Farrer, Tavia Anh Pham and Hemin (Michelle) Zhang on the Village Green

5. Coco Sullivan, Jiali (Erena) Zhu, Bridget (Brigitte) Axup, Simone Yazbek and Sin Wai (Agness) Huang in the Junior School playground

6. Ru Xuan (Chiara) Chiang, Shuao (Mia) Li, Xinyi (Isabel) Yang, Xiner (Cindy) Chen, Pippa Van der Venne and Brielle Lee in Barbreck 7. Elise Crosbie-Goold, Mia’Chanel Kelly, Olivia Batt and Olivia Fidogiannis enjoying some time together 8. Jiajun (Jessica) Huang, Lila Read and Annika Gill 9. Shuao (Mia) Li, Clara Barry, Liana Lam and Coco Sullivan after sport 11. Anya Shah, Tara Pattison, Arabella Foote, Coco Lutz, Emmanuella Christov, Berry Roberts, Charlotte Roe and Zirui (Ella) Zhang during Term 4 10. Holly Farrer, Alexia Chatfield, Mia’Chanel Kelly and Olivia Batt enjoying interschool sports 12. Jiajun (Jessica) Huang, Carla Martuccio, Chong I (Cheryl) Li and Clara Barry engaging in group work 13. Alie Belan, Missy Morley, Isabella Jamieson and Jemima Gray bowling in Canberra

SENIOR SCHOOL

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL –STRATEGY & CULTURE

If there is a word to describe St Catherine’s for 2002 it would have to be gratitude. After two very demanding and complicated years of extended lockdowns and the accompanying learning from home, where a multitude of programs normally conducted were either modified beyond recognition or were not able to run at all. This year we were back in full force. It has been so apparent the sheer joy that students, parents, and staff expressed upon a return to life as we remembered it prior to the pandemic. Everyone was so grateful to be able to resume normal school operations

The year commenced with deep satisfaction and more than a little pride upon the release of the Class of 2021 VCE results which saw St Catherine’s ranked as the Number One girls school in Victoria. These results were achieved through the dedicated work of teachers in the education strategies pursued over the last few years and of course, the dedication and hard work of the students themselves. The achievement of such stellar results was merely the launch pad for a year of exceptional achievement. Whether it be the quite extraordinary efforts of the rowers, the resumption and successful return of snow sports, the notable successes of many other sports such as Hockey, the resumption of the camps program which enabled students to journey far and wide, and the marvellous music and drama performances we have been privileged to see in the stunning new facility The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre, St Catherine’s has been achieving at such a high level it belies our relatively small size.

While gratitude is the operative word for 2022, it has been the kind and caring environment which personifies our culture that has shone through over the last few years. Students can only succeed when they feel safe, connected, and supported by the community around them. St Catherine’s is a wonderful community and 2022 and all that has been achieved, reflects the strength of everyone who is part of St Catherine’s.

Mr Robert Marshall Deputy Principal – Strategy and Culture

DIRECTOR OF TEACHING & LEARNING

2022 has been a year of connection and engagement. This year St Catherine’s embarked on a shift in our teaching and learning pedagogy commencing with aligning our Teaching and Learning Framework 2022 to our model of Academic Care and Strategic Plan. Central to this model is the firm belief, supported by research, that persistence and intellectual curiosity are determinants of academic success as well as the direct relationship between students’ wellbeing and skills. This framework has embedded key character dispositions for every learner, being bold, independent, resilient, and creative

We have developed innovative programs that are student led and reviewed, allowing teachers and students to work in partnership to cultivate these dispositions. Our Year 9 Signature Programs led by our Harkness-inspired Program in Humanities has embedded critical conversations focusing on student inquiry and thinking. This is intertwined with our focus on student agency, giving every learner the opportunity to find their voice.

The implementation of the Senior Years Learning Model further showcases our innovative programs. Our hybrid model of learning was recognised with an Excellence Award at the 2022 Australian Educator Awards: Innovation in Learning Environment Design

Our Culture of Thinking Model has emerged through targeted strategies in every Faculty and subject area. A key focus for all teachers’ professional learning has been enhancing thinking in their classrooms through their strategies and programs. This model has led to outstanding academic achievements and equipped students with a suite of skills and strategies. I am proud of the innovation and creativity in our teaching practice and learning programs and I look forward to implementing more initiatives in 2023.

Mrs Ceri Lloyd Director of Teaching and Learning

“Hardships don’t define us. It’s the fact we emerge from them and help each other emerge, that does.”

ANGELA YU, 2022 CO-CAPTAIN

Galvanised by their experiences in continuous lockdowns, students emerged this year seeking the simplest of pleasures: reading, writing, and connecting with their peers.

The exciting emergence of a strong student voice in the new student newspaper, The Stentorian, reflected the overwhelming need of students to be heard through the power, humour, and nuance of the written word. With articles ranging from film and book reviews to wellbeing and politics, Senior students demonstrated the breadth of their interests. In addition, the return to the much-loved Write a Book in a Day by our Years 7 & 8 Honours students saw them collaborate intensively to write, illustrate, and publish a book in one day.

If students were not writing, they were reading. The launch of The Game of Loans saw all Years 7 & 8 students return to a love of reading. Students were encouraged to reconnect with

the silence and solace of reading, and to share their reading choices with each other. The ongoing invitations from the Nicholas Library from Valentine’s Day to Halloween beckoned to students throughout the year to maintain their interest in reading even as 2022 returned to pre-COVID busyness.

Visits by authors this year provided inspiration and reminded students of the importance of articulating their views of the world through the creativity and empowerment that writing brings. A rare treat for our Year 12 students, who were addressed by Rosalie Ham, author of The Dressmaker, and Robyn Cadwallader, author of The Anchoress, which are set texts in our Year 12 English and Literature courses, respectively. Reminded that students can make a career of writing, students were also addressed by one of their own in Old Girl, Katie Jones (Bartley ’00), as she enlightened them about the development of her novel, Storybook House.

2022 was characterised by a shared love of the written word, and the importance of social connection and collaboration in bringing it to life.

Ms Mary-Anne Keratiotis Head of English

NICHOLAS LIBRARY

In 2022, a new co-curricular offering, Coffee and Culture, allowed students from Years 10 to 12, who are interested in contemporary issues, books, films, and theatre to gather, discuss ideas, and build connections and friendships based on intellectual interests in the Nicholas Library.

The weekly Book Club for students in Years 7 to 9 offered books as well as audiobooks and podcasts to offer timepoor students the opportunity to hear great stories. This year the Nicholas Library launched the Game of Loans for Years 7 & 8: a class-based reading competition fostering a love of reading traditional novels, non-fiction as well as audiobooks.

Book Week is the highlight of the Nicholas Library calendar. It is a week where we collectively share our love of reading, storytelling, and the many benefits that books bring to our lives. This year’s activities commenced with the girls decorating the

Nicholas Library windows with their best-loved book titles, sparking conversations about shared book loves and many ideas for new reads.

Throughout Book Week the girls participated in a range of literary themed activities and competitions. Many girls participated in the spine poetry competition and produced some wonderfully creative short poems using only the words on book spines from our Library collection.

The literary themed escape room proved to be extremely popular, with all sessions booked out before the end of the week. This was designed to challenge students’ problem-solving skills, lateral thinking, deductive reasoning, and decoding skills as well as their literary knowledge. Teams of three worked their way through coded messages, riddles, hidden clues, and calculations to escape the room in 15 minutes or less. Congratulations to the four teams who cracked the final code within the time limit.

For the Book Week finale, we were honoured to have St Catherine’s Old Girl, Katie Jones (Bartley ’00), speak to our Year 7 Cohort about her first book Storybook House.

Ms Anita Dammery Head of Nicholas Library

HUMANITIES

It is always a busy year for students and classes in Humanities. So much of what is studied in subjects relates to the real world and 2022 has seen Australia and the world experiencing significant changes.

Around the world, and even in Australia there are alternative names for the Humanities, including ‘social sciences’ or ‘studies of society and the environment.’ These alternative names reflect the fact that the Humanities encourage students to think about their place in society and understand the forces and events that change it.

The framework for Humanities subjects are well planned by teachers, who reflect and carefully develop curriculum. However, all these subjects can pivot towards current events in the real world to capture student interest and increase their awareness of real-world issues.

In 2022, students again had many opportunities to experience the world outside of School in various excursions and camps directly related to their studies. Our Year 9 Humanities students have been part of our innovative Harkness-inspired teaching and learning model, Critical Conversations. The Program has not only increased their confidence and ability to discuss challenging concepts, but also opened their eyes to alternative actions to improve the world (as pictured with students experiencing alternative food sources made from, of all things, insects!).

Thank you to all our Humanities students and the staff for making 2022 another wonderful year of learning and discovery.

Mr Paul Gilby Head of Humanities

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION

This year the Health and Physical Education Faculty has continued to provide a curriculum that is relevant, engaging and designed to meet individual needs.

After the last two years, the Years 7 to 9 core Health and Physical Education classes have revelled in participating at School. They have participated in Units of Work such as football codes, hitting and striking and invasion games. In Health, a focus has been on respectful relationships and consent, with other areas explored such as cyber-safety, bullying, body image and changing risk factors such as vaping and the prevalence of mental health problems.

We have integrated Rowing into our Year 8 Core Physical Education curriculum with students learning the basic sequence of rowing through time spent on ergos and the swingulator and were taught how to use oars correctly. This Program has resulted in an increase in Rowing uptake leading into the 2023 season.

In the Year 9 Advanced Physical Education elective, students explored data analysis in relation to performance, specificity of player positions and roles, and injury prevention within the Collingwood AFL Football Club. Students engaged in data collection and analysis during training sessions to track ‘work to rest ratios’ and ‘heat-mapping’ of a player. Students were interested to note the focus on regular monitoring of wellbeing through player feedback throughout the football season.

Our VCE students worked hard this year and have enjoyed excellent presentations including exploring biomechanical principles to consolidate their learning. We have been very proud of their achievements.

Ms Debra Thompson Head of Health and Physical Education

LANGUAGES

In 2022 it was great to see students gathering for a range of activities to celebrate languages and culture. The dedicated teachers of our Languages Faculty organised events to enhance students’ intercultural understanding and develop their language skills, including:

• Japanese Speech Competition

• Chinese New Year

• Alliance Française Berthe Mouchette Competition

• Melbourne International Film Festival

• NGV: The Picasso Century

• Chinese Dumpling Workshop

• Japanese Kyaraben Workshop

• French Immersion Exchange

Year 11 student, Yifei (Angela) Tang won third place in the Japanese Speaking Competition this year. In her award-winning speech Angela highlighted the difference between the Australian and Chinese education systems. She shared her pride and skill in her proficiency in the Gu Zheng, the traditional Chinese instrument.

Lan-Tian Yen-West, from Year 12, took part in an Immersion Exchange to France. She was one of the few students in Australia to leave the country, and she made it possible by dint of her drive and passion for the language.

Alliance Française Berthe Mouchette Competition. Five Year 12 students reached the finals in this state wide competition. Congratulations to Charlotte Myer, who gained a Mention Honourable du Jury.

Japanese Kyaraben Workshops. “Kyara-ben” is an abbreviation for “character bento” and it features food decorated to look like people or characters from popular media or flora and fauna. This Workshop was a prime example of how our Years 8 and 9 students could apply their cultural understanding of Japanese society with a practical, hands-on experience.

Ms Anna Pianezze Head of Languages

MATHEMATICS

How wonderful has it been to experience a year without a single lockdown! It has been an absolute joy to have all our students learning, deliberating, and collaborating with one another in 2022.

There is no doubt that our students have relished the opportunity to work in a supportive learning environment that continues to encourage exploration, creativity and one that challenges them to be open to adopting new ideas.

St Catherine’s students continue to impress and achieve wonderful results. We have witnessed an increased number of students being acknowledged with High Distinction and Distinction awards in external Mathematics competitions. Competitions included the Maths Olympiad run by the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad as well as Kangourou sans Frontières, Computational Algorithmic Thinking and the Australian Mathematics Competition all administered by the Australian Mathematics Trust. All these opportunities intend to stimulate and encourage our girls to become more creative problem solvers.

This is further supported by our exceptional VCE results which have seen an upward trend for outstanding results in Mathematics for a number of years now. This is testament to not only the hard work of our students but also the encouragement of our Mathematics Faculty who work in partnership with our students.

Mrs Angela Klancic Head of Mathematics

SCIENCE

In 2022, VCE Biologists participated in a Biology Workshop held by the School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, whilst the VCE physicists attended the Australian Institute of Physics Day at Luna Park.

Monash PhD student, Rowina Nathan enabled Year 11 physicists to gain a close perspective of celestial bodies using VR headsets. Year 10 Biology students were challenged by the ‘Assessing the Credibility of Scientific Evidence’ Project with Professor Paul Wood AO.

VCE chemists completed the International Chemistry Quiz and selected students completed the Olympiad Examination also with Year 10 students. Years 8 and 9 students completed the Big Science Competition. Year 8 Science Honours students constructed a hydraulic arm and Year 7 Science Honours students completed the ASTA Spectra Award.

Science Week Assembly showcased student successes. Students shared their Santos Science Experience, competition winners were acknowledged, and the new 3D-printing centre was announced. The Keynote Speaker for Assembly was Echo Wang, a PhD candidate focusing on utilising waste glass for a more sustainable construction industry. Years 7 & 8 students participated in the Professor Bunsen Show and Year 9 students participated in The Bad Science Show. An online breakfast event with NASA engineer Elizabeth Blome, Australian Jet Propulsion Lab Engineer, Dr Elizabeth Jenns and Stellar Astrophysics PhD Candidate Giulia Cinquegrana was also held.

Thank you to our collaborative Science Faculty; Ms Kelly Brady, Mr Stephen Brown, Mrs Anita Fernando, Ms Clare Haysom, Ms Sue Macgeorge, Ms Virginia Midgley, Ms Madeleine Pasznyk and Ms Megan Vu encouraged students to embrace the wonders of science.

Ms Vanessa Jackson-McRae Head of Science

CAREERS

We have had an exciting year in the Careers Department. Returning to universities for Open Days, as well as hosting guest speakers and university representatives has helped our students make real world connections.

There are many post-school pathways to choose from. This year, we have run lunchtime sessions on Early Entry Schemes, Tailoring your Personal Statements, UK and USA applications, ANU Early Offer Scheme, as well as presentations from tertiary institutions. These sessions have been well attended by Years 11 & 12 alike.

Our Careers Education Program now includes dynamic workshops with Years 7, 8 & 9 students. Discussing values and the importance of personal motivators as keys to help recognise their strengths and talents, has assisted students to develop knowledge that will help them recognise future study and career paths.

As part of the Year 10 Career Exploration Unit, the Virtual Work Experience initiative allowed students to attain both soft and transferable skills. Students received a Certificate of Completion for their Careers ePortfolio and Curriculum Vitae.

The Careers Breakfast, the first since 2019, held on Tuesday 30 August provided students with the opportunity to meet and learn from an impressive array of Old Girl mentors from a variety of professions.

As a key component of personalised academic care, Careers Counselling sessions continue to be a valuable experience for all our students.

Ms Kristy Tine and Ms Zoe Poulson Careers Practitioners

VISUAL ARTS

1 Scarlett Davis (Art Co-Captain 2022), Unit 4 Studio Arts, Oil on Canvas 2 Yau Yin (Nicola) Liu, Year 9 Media, Digital photograph 3 Claudia Driver, Year 7 Art, Oil Pastel on Paper 4 Zahra Hoban, Year 9 Art, Acrylic Paint on Canvas 5 Jo-Jo Patterson, Unit 1 Media, Digital Photograph 6 Holly Landrigan, Unit 4 Studio Arts, Embroided lino print 7 Harper Anderson, Year 9 Visual Communication Design, Isometric Drawing 8 Wenxuan (Wendy) Lyu, Unit 1 Studio Arts, Oil on Board 9 Yuxin (Delancey) Jing, Year 10 Art, Acrylic on Canvas 10 Andrea Ting, Unit 1 Studio Arts, Etching 11 Ciara Jenkins, Unit 4 Studio Arts, Oil Paint on Board 12 Claudia Bryant (Art Co-Captain 2022), Unit 4 Visual Communication Design, Album Cover 13 Catherine Karas, Unit 2 Studio Arts, Digital Photograph 14 Emma Hoban, Year 10 Visual Communication Design, Gurnsey Design copy 15 Clarence (Clara) Houle-O’Connor Unit 4 Studio Arts, Oil Paint on Board 16 Pia Wilson, Unit 1 Media, Digital Photograph

Brazilian Artist, Romero Britto said, “Art is too important not to share.”

In 2022, the Visual Arts Department continued to find ways to exhibit student work. Motivated by Barbreck Art Teacher, Mrs Virginia Guest, our Selina Yao Gallery now has museum standard displays, filled on rotation, with products of creative and critical thinking. Our @IntheStudio Instagram platform continues to exhibit work digitally and a large selection of our Senior School students’ work was exhibited at the ISV Art Exhibition.

Year 8 students were privileged to learn from contemporary Indigenous weaver Kathy Glass, proud Gurindi, Dagoman and Wardaman Woman, and proud mother of our Year 12 Boarding Captain, Jasmine. Kathy was generous with her skills, time, and her stories. The Year 9 Signature Program welcomed textile designer Miss Sophie Yencken (’15) to share her industry experiences, Mr Stuart Parry shared the creative practice of an inventor and Year 9 Media created an awareness campaign film for the organisation RU OK?

Art and Design Captains, Claudia Bryant and Scarlett Davis also created a community in Art and Design Club, providing a creative space for those wanting to sustain a practice outside of the curriculum.

Our 2022 VCE Art Show was particularly exhilarating as we celebrated students’ artistic voice and achievements together, for the first time since 2019. The exceptional VCE work on display showcased refinement and resolution and is a credit to the creativity and agency of our students.

Mrs Vicki Marinelli Head of Arts

VISUAL ARTS

1 Qiyue (Carol) Chen, Unit 2 Visual Communication Design, Packaging Design 2 Yunqi (Lily) Hu, Year 7 Art, Lino Print 3 Lilla Barrington, Year 10 Media, Digital Photograph 4 Eliza White, Unit 4 Visual Communication Design, Architectural Maquette 5 Scarlet Westaway, Year 10 Media, Digital Photograph 6 Lily Zhang, Year 9 Visual Communication Design, Digital Render 7 Zara Bongiorno, Unit 4 Visual Communication Design, Poster 8 Year 7 Art, Ceramics 9 Saskia Coleman, Year 9 Art, Ceramics 10 Sarah Pratt Unit 4 Studio Arts Pencil and Watercolour on Paper 11 Valerie Chau, Year 9 Media, Digital Photograph 12 Year 8 Art, Acrylic Paint on Paper 13 Jessica Anderson, Unit 4 Studio Arts, Oil on Canvas 14 Megan Duong, Unit 4 Studio Arts, Sculpture 15 Ruiyi (Rose) Li, Unit 4 Visual Communication Design, Architectural Presentation

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL – STUDENT WELLBEING & LEADERSHIP

Given our commitment to a holistic approach to academic care and continued best practice, the Wellbeing Team has established key focus areas in keeping with the School’s Towards 2025 Strategy and the newly developed Learning Framework. The planning process confirmed the impressive commitment the School community has to the personal, social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of our students and the intrinsic link between a strong sense of wellbeing and academic engagement and purpose.

Our weThrive:Wellbeing St Catherine’s Program, which spans from the Early Learning Centre to Year 12, is based on the social, emotional, and cognitive continuum and is a key component of the School’s Academic Care Model. The Program seeks to foster the key dispositions of a St Catherine’s graduate, to be Bold, Independent, Resilient and Creative. The Years 7 & 8 Program is framed around developing Independence, the Years 9 & 10 Program focuses on Resilience and Years 11 & 12 students consider the attributes of courage and striving under the banner of being Bold.

Our key dispositions align well with the prioritisation of student voice as part of our Strategic Intent to empower our students to be confident and courageous contributors at School and beyond. Our V.O.I.C.E.S Program has gone from

strength to strength this year, from the buzz of ideas in the Student Representative Council as they designed a Student Commitment to Online Safety, to the expert leadership of the Student Executive in a range of initiatives, including student led assemblies and the professionalism of the aptly named student monthly magazine, The Stentorian. The title means ‘loud’ and ‘powerful,’ and the success of this student led initiative is the stamp of bold, creative, independent, and resilient students.

Student voice has been central to other aspects of our School Strategy this year, with the introduction of the new Child Safe Standards. Along with staff and parents, the students formed an important part of the consultation process undertaken regarding the Child Safety Policy creation and review. In addition to contributing via the Student Representative Council, the student survey and in Year Level sessions, a group of Year 12 students comprised the Child Safety Focus Group. These groups have been instrumental in ensuring accessibility and relevance of new policies, including the creation of child friendly versions. The inclusion of students in such discussions emphasises their empowerment regarding their rights, as well as their responsibilities.

Ms Merran O’Connor Deputy Principal – Student Wellbeing and Leadership

BOARDING

At the start of the boarding year, we celebrated the return of our international boarders, who had left the Boarding House in March 2020 at the start of the COVID pandemic and had been unable to return to St Catherine’s until 2022. We also welcomed several of our other boarders who had commenced their studies online. It was a wonderful afternoon and really highlighted the value of relationships and the importance of staying connected.

The theme for our Year 12 boarding leaders in 2022 has been one of inclusion. We have welcomed new boarders this year from country Victoria, metropolitan Melbourne, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, and China. In Term 4 we also welcomed an exchange student from Belgium. Activities in early Term 1 encouraged our boarders to get to know each other during events like the Closed Weekend and the Charity Dress Up Night.

Boarding teaches many life skills including resilience, time management, appreciation of diverse cultures, the skills of sharing and helping, and learning to be responsible for both yourself and your belongings. Our boarders from Year 7 develop study skills though the nightly homework program and by the time they reach their VCE years they are working towards being independent and organised learners. Together, with the assistance of the boarding staff it is a pleasure and privilege to support our boarders through their secondary years of schooling.

Mrs Sue Collister Head of Boarding Services

This year as the Boarding House Captains of 2022, we have had the privilege of living with a friendly and charismatic group of girls.

Emerging from two years of COVID, where we were separated from each other and the Boarding House, it has been our aim this year to facilitate the return of the warm and welcoming culture that Illawarra is known for.

During the year we have joined together for many activities including the Closed Weekend at the beginning of the year, which is a chance for girls to get to know one another whilst settling in, and consisted of cooking yummy Nutella pizzas, a movie night, a fashion runway show, and much more.

With such a diverse group of girls, we have had the privilege to honour multiple cultural celebrations, including a festive Easter egg hunt, Chinese New Year, and NAIDOC Week. Through these events, we were able to learn about, and embrace, the many backgrounds that make Illawarra so unique.

The organisation of these events and our day-to-day lives would not be possible without the support and generosity of the devoted Boarding House staff and Mrs Collister. After both of us living at Illawarra for over five years we are sad to leave but know that the sisterhood we have gained will continue to support us on our journeys beyond Illawarra.

Jasmine Glass and Annabelle Green 2022 Boarding Captains

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What a great year we have had as Captains of Beaulieu Blair. Thank you to everyone in this magnificent House for being so enthusiastic and involved.

We kicked off the season in the pool. No matter where you were in the Aquatics Centre, your eyes were blinded with talent, and eardrums shattered with cheers of “GO BEAULIEU.” We knew we were in for a big year.

House Arts set the scene for an amazing year ahead. With the dedicated and enthusiastic Year 12 Beaulieu Blair Team, and the hard work of the entire House, Beaulieu Blair got the win. Alongside the choreographing, singing, and acting, was the creation of the new BB motto, Bite the Bullet. This encapsulates the understanding that sometimes in life we may face challenges that seem insurmountable, but with cooperation and selflessness, we can do great things.

Then we had House Athletics. The whole athletics part was fun but Beaulieu, of course, was victorious in our House Chant. House Cross Country was similarly splendid and a great opportunity to see the girls interacting with other Year levels and organising themselves.

We have found hidden talents and strengths in Beaulieu girls across all Year groups – it has been thrilling to collaborate and thrive together. Our House meetings have been a blast – often a bit impromptu and always fun. From the moment we met the Year 7s on Induction Day, we have connected with the girls across the House and feel proud of the incredible comradery within the BB tribe.

To our Beaulieu teachers – thank you for your contributions and support. Our Head of House, Mr Racina, provided us with humour and guidance. He has been a pleasure to work with. Beaulieu girls, our champions, with your yellow ribbons, you are the sunshine on a cloudy day. It has been a privilege.

#BitetheBulletforBeaulieu

Summer Balla-Kellett and Emma Froomes 2022 Beaulieu Blair House Captains

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2022 has been an unforgettable year for all girls in Davis!

As Captains, we were inspired by the passion and enthusiasm everyone had towards the multiple House events this year. Their eagerness helped create such a warm and inclusive House culture, making House meetings and events so enjoyable for everyone.

House Arts was an amazing week with every Year level joining together to sing and perform. I think we can all agree Davis became a big family, with each Davis girl helping to contribute towards making it such a fun week for everyone involved!

Davis performed exceptionally well with high participation in House Cross Country Running and House Athletics, placing second in both events! A major highlight was all the Davis girls lining the final 100m track at House Athletics to support our relay teams!

We are tremendously proud of each and every Davis girl for their sensational efforts and achievements. A huge thank you to our amazing Head of House, Ms Curnow, for helping and supporting us every step of the way. We are so grateful to everyone in Davis for making our year as leaders so special. We wish you well and cannot wait to see what the Davis Family does next!

GO DAVIS!!

Madeleine (Maddie) Farrer and Sarah Marriott 2022 Davis House Captains

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We could not be prouder of the efforts of Holmes Kilbride this year. It’s a credit to all members of HK how consistently enthusiastic, spirited and unified they have been from the start. The slogan ‘It’s not a House, it’s a Holmes’ has shaped the culture in Holmes Kilbride.

We started off strong with a win in House Swimming. Without fail every girl has put in their best effort, and their unfaltering dedication has paid off in success for Holmes. Participation has been our strongest asset, and the greatest testament to the culture that we have been building this year. HK girls stepped up for events no matter the challenge or personal difficulty.

There was no shortage of blue war stripes and costumes as every member of Holmes cheered their House over the House Cross Country finish line. House Athletics reinforced this attitude, as the grit and determination to occupy every single event reflected the depth of commitment all the way from Years 7 to 12. The success, taking first place in both House Cross Country and House Athletics, could not have been carried out without the comradery between Year groups.

Beyond the sporting field, the girls showcased their diverse range of talents in House Arts, House Debating, House Chess and House Public Speaking. House Arts allowed an opportunity to display collaboration and creativity, proving a defining event. House Debating showed the competitive drive and intellect of the House.

Thank you to our brilliant Head of House, Ms Esther Latimour, for her leadership and support. Best of luck to future years, and we hope you enjoy the opportunity to be part of such a wonderful group. Thanks again girls. It’s been a privilege.

Maggie Dryden and Ciara Jenkins

2022 Holmes Kilbride House Captains

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What a great year for Langley in 2022! We have loved being reconnected this year after two years with an interrupted calendar. The culture in Langley this year has boosted more than ever and the results in the House Cup certainly do not reflect the effort, passion and fun enjoyed by all. While our wins mainly lay in participation, we were thrilled to take out House Snowsports in 2022.

A major highlight of our year as Captains and as a House was by far House Arts, where we took out second place. It was a great opportunity to see the House combine and emerge in one of the strongest performances we have seen in our five years competing in House Arts.

Another highlight of our jam-packed year in Langley was the annual Easter Raffle where we raised money for the Good Friday Appeal. We had a record-breaking number of tickets purchased, which could not have been done without the help of the SRC Reps and LT donations of chocolate eggs.

As always, we would like to give a massive shout out to Mr Brown as our Head of House. Without Mr Brown we would not have been able to function. His support this year certainly has not gone unrecognised.

We wish Langley Templeton the best of luck for future years, and another great year in 2023, led by the fabulous Lily Taylor and Lucia Tabbagh. We will miss you all!

Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan and Olivia Cunningham 2022 Langley Templeton House Captains

DIRECTOR OF STUDENT PROGRAMS

At St Catherine’s there is a deep commitment to support, nurture and empower students through the depth and richness of our co-curricular opportunities.

This journey offers a springboard for students to expand and discover their potential. To be curious and to push through their comfort zones and take positive risks.

When girls dare to step into the co-curricular opportunities available at St Catherine’s, they are supported to be courageous and to be bold. For every different environment, there is the possibility to flourish, to thrive and to grow.

To be open to the capacity for growth our girls become independent and globally responsive young women who approach all endeavours with empathy, integrity, commitment, and determination.

In 2022 our co-curricular programs returned after two years of disruption due to the COVID pandemic. Our musicians, drama and performing arts students, athletes, public speakers, and debaters were back with enthusiasm, and they were great!

This year our students also enjoyed our new performing arts space, The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. Watching the Senior School production, Urinetown, our Years 7 & 8

production Curious Comedies, and the Concerto Concert in the professional space has been enjoyed by all. We also returned to the Melbourne Recital Centre once again for our 2022 Gala Concert, Journeys. The event was a wonderful opportunity to showcase the skills and determination of our musicians.

Across Sport, St Catherine’s has been outstanding. 2022 will go down as our most successful in history. An incredible 12 teams progressed to GSV Finals, with 10 of these in A grade competitions. Additionally, our Snowsports and Rowing Teams have achieved success at the state, national and international levels, providing much to celebrate and be proud of.

Our Debating and Public Speaking students also had great success with A Grade Team 2 reaching the Quarter Finals of the DAV Schools’ Competition.

Our girls dare to be bold, adventurous, and fearless. The moment a student walks through the Heyington Gates, there is the possibility to prosper; behind every door, through every program resides the potential to explore.

It truly has been a wonderful year to once again immerse our girls in the benefits of learning through doing.

Mrs Gina Peele Deputy Principal School Operations

“The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.”

– ROBERT GREENE

SPORT

As Sport Co-Captains of 2022, we are amazed by the level of dedication and participation across all Year levels. Once again, St Catherine’s School has excelled in all sporting fields, showing their commitment and skill throughout this year.

One of the outstanding results this year was our Senior First VIII Rowing Crew. The Crew not only won the Head of Schoolgirls’ Regatta but also won the Henley Royal Regatta for the title of world’s fastest schoolgirl crew. The Senior Second VIII made the B Final at Nationals and achieved a personal best result for a St Catherine’s Second VIII.

We also want to congratulate our Senior Softball players on an incredible season and making it to the grand final despite being short players. Also, our Junior Softball Team took out the win in the grand final scoring 18 to 9. Our Senior Hockey Team won the flag in the grand final scoring 11 to 0. Finally, our St Catherine’s Snowsports Team, that participated in the Victorian Interschools Championships at Mt Buller with both the Primary and Secondary School winning Overall Champions.

We would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the Sports Program. You have displayed high levels of resilience, commitment, dedication, and perseverance throughout this year. We hope 2023 is inspiring and we encourage everyone to continue their efforts for the new year.

Lilli Holmes and Adelaide (Addie) Mitchell 2022 Sport Captains

SPORT

MUSIC

We write this 2022 reflection with great pride and awe at the musical passion and prowess demonstrated by so many St Catherine’s girls this year.

After two years spent in lockdown, it has been a joy to return to in-person rehearsals, performances, and concerts, with everyone genuinely excited to be back and sharing a common love for music.

There have been so many fantastic musical events across the year, kicking off with the annual Concerto Concert that took place in March. This event was highly anticipated after two years of lockdown rehearsals and performances, and was the perfect debut for our new, purpose-built performing arts space –The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre.

Our Senior Recital was held in the Sherren House Ballroom in May. This Recital is always a personal favourite of the students, and we enjoyed hearing students from Years 7 to 12 perform flute, violin duets, piano, guitar and guzheng from a range of genres, including Classical Chinese (originating from Japan) and J.S. Bach to modern day pop music like Olivia Rodrigo’s Jealousy Jealousy

Our Senior School choirs the Sherren Singers and Viva Voci, and our Flute and Clarinet ensembles, among others, have continued to amaze audiences at Jazz Night, the Years 7 & 8 Concert, and of course, our showstopping Gala Concert, held once more in the Melbourne Recital Centre.

This year was a truly fantastic return to live performances, and we cannot wait to see the girls continue to shine in years to come.

Catherine Chen and Charlotte Myer 2022 Music Captains

DRAMA

I have loved every second of my year as Drama Captain.

I think the most rewarding thing for me has been the friendships I have made within Drama Club. With almost 15 kids every session, I have students from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10, making for a super eclectic and unique bunch of girls. The energy is always high, and their excitement and bubbly personalities brighten up my day every time I see them.

Having the opportunity to meet all these girls, means when I walk around the School, I always have someone to say hello and chat to, and they have a Year 12 they can go to for anything and everything. This honestly has built such a special sense of community for me as a student and makes me feel like I have made a positive impact as a Captain.

I have also loved running Drama Club for its culture. I really wanted to create a space free of judgement or fear. A space where girls (theatre kid or not) can do what they love, have fun, get creative, gain the confidence to perform, but most importantly be unapologetically w.

Together as a Club, we brainstormed, wrote, rehearsed, and performed a mini play for the opening of The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. For some Year 7s it was their first time performing and for the whole Club, a chance to put our weekly rehearsals into action.

I have loved promoting and commemorating the School’s performances, including Curious Comedies and the Senior Musical Urinetown, which included a flash mob presentation in assembly involving the whole cast.

Charlotte Aston 2022 Drama Captain

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“While being away from friends and family, and understanding the different accents was challenging, Shawnigan School made up for it with its welcoming environment, beautiful school grounds and hundreds of after school activities.”

Ella Derbyshire, Shawnigan Lake School, Canada

“I had a unique and unforgettable experience at Shawnigan Lake, experiencing what a co-ed school would be like. I felt incredibly lucky to be able to attend school in one of the most beautiful areas in Canada.”

Matilda Talbot-Gibson, Shawnigan Lake School, Canada

“Ascham School was an incredible experience. On our first day, we put on the Ascham uniform, and exchanged our blue ribbons for red ones. It was an experience we will never forget. We are so grateful.”

Rachel Carton and Sophie Farrer, Ascham School, Sydney

“At NEGS we attended Agriculture class, we herded sheep and planted canola, as well as horse riding. At NEGS, girls bring their horses from all around New South Wales and Queensland, they feed them daily and can leave for a riding lesson whenever they please.”

Milly Tulloch and Jessica Sibly, New England Grammar School Armidale, NSW

“Each day we endured 10-hour hikes. It was all worth it for the incredible views. That is what I loved about this Camp – we pushed ourselves, whilst still having fun and making memories.”

Kari Prendergast, 3 Capes, Tasmania

DEBATING & PUBLIC SPEAKING

This year we had many students across all Year levels participating in the program, embracing opportunities to extend their knowledge beyond the classroom.

On the Debating front, we have had amazing results, with students involved in the DAV Schools Competition (Years 9 to 12) and the Junior Secondary Program (Years 7 & 8). Special recognition is extended to our C Grade Team 1, who made it to the playoffs, and A Grade Team 2: Madeline (Maddie) Powell, Ciara Jenkins, Haneen Ashmeel, Annabelle Green, and Eloise Rudge, who reached the quarter finals, placing them in the top eight teams in the state.

We have had a similarly successful year in Public Speaking. Competitions included the DAV Public Speaking Competition, Rotary Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award, VCAA: Plain English-Speaking Award and Rostrum: Voice of Youth. Congratulations to Minnie Chen (Year 8) who was a finalist in her competition and Harper Roberts and Ava Colosimo who were Regional Runners Up.

This year, students have been involved in British Parliamentary Debating, DAV Women’s Competition, and the Bond University Virtual High School Mooting Competition. These events extended our orating skills beyond the typical competitions.

We encourage all students to become involved in Debating and Public Speaking. It is a great way to develop new skills, become more confident, and most importantly, make connections with other students.

Eloise Rudge and Lan-Tian Yen-West 2022 Debating and Public Speaking Captains

ART & DESIGN

Throughout our entire School careers, we had always looked up to our Year 12 leaders and it is beyond us how fast time flies. With the past two years spent in and out of lockdowns, it was still up in the air whether we could fulfil our captaincy responsibilities. It has been the greatest pleasure being your 2022 Art and Design Captains.

To start off, we took it upon ourselves to boss everyone and everything around during arguably the most important event of your schooling career – House Arts. We also had the pleasure of judging the Junior School ruby slipper competition, making posters for the amazing St Catherine’s rowers, the occasional assembly announcement from us – which we are immensely proud of for not stuttering and making adequate eye contact.

Finally, our greatest honour of all… hosting Art Club. We wanted to make art inclusive for all Year levels and all skill levels. We had the most fun listening to Taylor Swift, designing vinyl ‘emerge’ stickers, pinching pots, and getting to meet and make new friends.

We had an absolute blast this year and all this wouldn’t have been possible without Mrs Marinelli, Ms West, Mrs Cassidy and Mr Blomley. Thank you so much for having us as your 2022 Art and Design Captains. We leave you regretfully, but in the best of hands.

Scarlett Davis and Claudia Bryant 2022 Art and Design Captains

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Approaching the end of yet another amazing year of outstanding participation in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, the courage and daring nature of the girls could not be more marked.

During the Easter holidays, we had a successful Duke of Ed Adventurous Journey, canoeing on Lake Eildon, Victoria. Carrying all they needed onboard their boats, the group of 15 girls journeyed to a new campsite each day while learning valuable outdoor skills and enjoying the amazing scenery. Supported by our intrepid Award Leader and physicist – Mr Stephen Brown, the girls pushed through eight days of freezing weather, emerging as brave, accomplished adventurers.

In support of this, over the past two years, the newly established Outdoor Education Club has sought to provide a foundation of wilderness skills and knowledge, equipping younger girls with the ability to thrive in the conditions and developing a love for the great outdoors. Each week, the Club outfits the girls with skills including setting up a tent, cooking with a trangia and map reading.

It is with great pride that I see so many girls displaying great resilience in exploring and actualising their passions through the Duke of Ed Award. I cannot wait to see where their adventures take them in the future.

Mikayla Lee 2022 Duke of Edinburgh Captain

COMMUNITY SERVICE

I have absolutely loved being a part of community service initiatives that helps make a difference within our School, as well as our wider community.

The Year 12 Cohort helped to knit blankets to assist people affected by the fires in Australia. It was amazing to get our entire Year working together on something important to many people’s lives.

As a part of our Church Services, I selected charities to forward donations to. I strived to pick charities that were fitting for the areas of our community that needed the most help. As a result, I chose Mission Australia for our Christmas Church Service as they specifically help homeless children and families during Christmas. For our Easter service, Save the Children was selected, as they focus on helping support families in Ukraine with food, shelter, and medicine. We ended up raising $518 dollars for Mission Australia and $656 dollars for Save the Children, which is an amazing achievement.

I also organised the 40-hr Famine within our School. I encouraged as many people as possible to sign up for this meaningful cause to help fight world hunger. Our annual netball game against St Kevin’s Year 12s was also organised to raise funds for the Cancer Council.

I am so grateful for the opportunity to make a difference through the St Catherine’s community because of my role as Community Service Captain.

Sarah Pratt 2022 Community Service Captain

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

It has been an honour and a pleasure for me to lead in my final year at St Catherine’s School as the Cultural Diversity Captain for 2022. Together with Ms Okumura, I have organised and run regular Club meetings as part of my responsibilities, giving all in the School community access to a joyful and safe space to socialise.

In doing so, I have been guided by the inclusion principle, which I have consistently emphasised throughout the year. In more than three assemblies, I have eagerly presented Club updates and the value of inclusivity in special occasions like the nationally observed Harmony Day. The popular Scottish dancing led by Mr Brown at the Cultural Diversity Assembly was one of the cultural dance performances by teachers and students as part of our Club’s varied activities.

Moreover, we have conducted a survey to gauge the many backgrounds present in our School and highlight the diversity and unique dynamic we have.

Without a question, it has been an incredible year, and it has been wonderful to witness the development of new connections within the Club as we concentrate on raising cultural awareness through entertaining events. I have grown in my sense of duty to ensure everyone feels included, as of my personal experience relocating to Australia in 2019.

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been selected as the Cultural Diversity Captain.

Haneen Ashmeel 2022 Cultural Diversity Captain

HUMAN RIGHTS

2022 has seen immense progression surrounding the Human Rights Club’s influence on our wider School community. My aim this year was to instigate the improvement of how students respond to real-life, global issues by ensuring everyone is ‘part of the conversation.’

The ability to raise awareness and spark passion within all students, to broaden their perspectives beyond our immediate community, is something that proved to be of great vitality to the Club. At the commencement of the year, I made a promise to students that although we may not have the capacity at our disposal to bring about total change in the vast majority of world-issues, we will always possess the great ability to build an educated, civilly conscious community.

To cultivate an environment in which everyone can develop an awareness of world issues, the student-led newspaper The Stentorian, was established in early Term 2. The introduction of this digital newspaper paved the way for the Human Rights Club to raise awareness in the Human Rights – Right Now, articles.

I am immensely proud of how far the Human Rights Club has come in shining a light upon current civil rights issues. My hope is that this group of educated, young women will both sustain and act upon this newly found motivation for promulgating necessary, tangible change beyond our School community.

Lara Thorn 2022 Human Rights Captain

GENDER SEXUALITY ALLIANCE

Everyone has an identity that is different and worth respecting. Together, we can all assist in creating equality for every identity.

Our School’s GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) has been spreading this message through sessions which brought different Year levels together to discuss various topics surrounding the LGBTQI+ community. The sessions have varied throughout the year from quizzes to discussions, to presentations. Many students have shared their perspectives and enthusiasm within these sessions.

Some important events for GSA this year were IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia) in May and Wear It Purple Day in August, when students were able to wear a touch of rainbow or purple with their School uniform. Students wore a combination of colourful socks, rainbow badges and other accessories to celebrate these days and spread awareness and acceptance for the LGBTQI+ community. It was especially amazing to see the number of purple ribbons worn for Wear It Purple Day!

Some of the most popular sessions this year involved Kahoot! quizzes and other games when students were able to express their knowledge of aspects of the LGBTQI+ community. Some other important sessions involved topics such as pronouns, history and coming out, which students in GSA listened to presentations about and discussed together.

Overall, 2022 has been a great year for GSA. It has involved more education, more students and provided St Catherine’s students with a space to discuss issues surrounding identities relating to gender and sexuality. Thank you to everyone for creating such a fun year for GSA!

Val Plastow 2022 GSA Captain

SPIRIT & WELLBEING

Being the Spirit and Wellbeing Captain this year was a fantastic opportunity to bring students from across the Year levels together again, after years of being apart due to COVID. I have loved being able to get to know the young girls and support them as they find their way in the Senior School.

This captaincy has allowed me to increase School spirit with some fun and inclusive activities such as giant musical chairs around the Fountain, and working with the Year 8s to organise a Kindness Kweens group whose primary focus is to encourage kindness. I also worked alongside the Year 9s to decorate their Year level area with messages of gratitude and hopes for the future, organised a giant skipping rope for students and teachers to enjoy and made the Heyington Shield Banner with the Football Team as a fun way to bring the girls together before the big game!

I hope this year I have inspired girls across the Year levels to get to know people they may not typically hang out with. I hope I have been a positive role model for the younger students, displaying kindness, courage, approachability, and friendship.

Thank you to Mr Brown for all his support in making my ideas come to life and being a role model of confidence for me to back myself and my ideas.

Holly Landrigan 2022 Spirit and Wellbeing Captain

ENVIRONMENT CLUB

I was so excited to be elected as Environment Captain for 2022. It gave me a platform to voice my passion for the environment and organise fun and engaging initiatives to capture the School’s attention and direct it to the environmental crisis.

The Sustainable Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Haigh’s and Koko Black, was organised to promote the importance of ethical and sustainable consumption of chocolate and the effects of chocolate production on the environment. I asked these two chocolate brands for any donations they could provide, as they are two local businesses that have environmentally friendly practices.

The Recycling Market hoped to inspire conscious consumerism. The concept of four fashion seasons is no longer a strategy in the fashion industry, which is detrimental to our environment as clothing’s life cycle decreases and consumer’s desire to purchase increases. Providing an opportunity to sell unwanted belongings at the Market decreases our contributions to landfill and we generated $300 from everything purchased, which was donated to Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots Program.

Throughout the year the Environment Club endeavoured to change the School’s environmental rating by composting, implementing soft plastic bins, working with CERES to increase our rating, having the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sally Capp, speak of the environmental endeavours in the city, and offering a Tip of the Week each assembly to demonstrate the importance of leading environmentally aware lives.

Arabella Llewelyn 2022 Environment Captain

THE STENTORIAN –STUDENT NEWSPAPER

When we first endeavoured to create St Catherine’s first student-led publication, we could never have dreamed of the level of eloquence, intelligence, wit, humour, and empathy that our student writers, artists and photographers would bring to the task. Our vision for this paper has been carefully planned and executed between the three of us (CIANGARA – Ciara, Angela, and Lara), and it is still being developed with each passing Issue.

A student-led voice was our priority. We wanted a paper for the students, by the students in Years 10 to 12. We could not be prouder of what has been accomplished over the course of just one short year.

Beyond providing a platform for our student community to learn about issues outside their own perspectives, The Stentorian, provides a forum for the students to express their creativity and opinions with agency and confidence. In our five monthly issues published thus far, we have covered everything from School news and world issues to opinion pieces, horoscopes, recommendations, creative writing excerpts, and much more.

It has been such a privilege to lead the newspaper as co-editors this year, and we are so honoured to have had a group of students who have sacrificed their time to work together and produce something we love so much. Thank you to each of these students – your contributions exceeded all expectations, and it has been so much fun getting to know you all.

Thank you also to Mr Brown. Without JB’s dedication and unwavering support, The Stentorian would never have been able to grow into what it has become.

Ciara Jenkins, Lara Thorn and Angela Yu 2022 The Stentorian Co-Editors

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Director-General of UNESCO and Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women delivered a joint message: “We must put the principle of equality into action so that science works for women, because it works against us all too often – for example, when algorithms perpetuate the biases of their programmers.”

STEM has always been a male-dominated field, but this must change. Although the disproportion of men and women in science and mathematics has improved over the years, there is still a low percentage of women working in technology or engineering. Therefore, I wish to inspire more St Catherine’s girls into these fields, as well as provide help to them.

Being STEM Captain in the first full school year without lockdown since 2019, I started this year’s STEM Club with much excitement. I dedicated myself to introducing new skills and software, such as 3D modelling using Tinkercad. While they are not in-depth tutorials, they have covered the basic operations, which could expose students to new areas and prepare them for their future explorations.

One of the best parts of being STEM Captain was meeting younger students dedicated to STEM careers. Their enthusiasm for STEM never fails to impress me. I hope STEM Club in the coming years encourages more girls to become interested in STEM and pursue a STEM career.

Wing Man (Cecilia) Lau 2022 STEM Captain

ROWING

St Catherine’s School’s First VIII Rowing Crew are now the best Schoolgirl 8+ in the world after taking out the Prince Philip Challenge Trophy at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta in the UK.

The 2022 St Catherine’s School Rowing season will go down in history as the School’s most successful season. St Catherine’s First VIII Crew (MMXXI) are now reigning international champions, Australian Champions, and back-to-back Head of Schoolgirls Champions.

The Henley Royal Regatta is one of the most prestigious and historic rowing events on the world rowing calendar. After delivering impressive races throughout their Heats and Semi Finals, the MMXXI Crew competed against the ‘best of the best’ from the USA – the Winter Park Crew, Florida in the Final.

To make a Final at the Henley Royal Regatta is an incredible achievement. However, the MMXXI was determined to ensure that their last race together would be the best. The Crew took the lead early blasting out of the start, although it remained close through the middle of the race, the MMXXI had control finishing with an epic win to cross the line two-thirds of a length in front of the USA Winter Park Crew.

Much of the Crew’s pre-season training was conducted via online sessions in their own homes throughout Melbourne’s COVID lockdowns. The results throughout their 2021/22 season are testament to the girls’ tenacious approach to training, all whilst balancing their VCE study commitments,and their extraordinary determination and grit.

Miss Brigette Carlile Head Rowing Coach

The St Catherine’s First VIII 2022:

Cox: Summer Balla-Kellett

Stroke: Bronte Cullen

Seven: Sienna Darcy

Six: Sarah Marriott

Five: Chloe Nevins

Four: Zara Bongiorno

Three: Lucy Green

Two: Jemima Wilcox

Bow: Zara Peele

Coaches: John Saunders and Brigette Carlile

SNOWSPORTS

St Catherine’s School had an incredible return to the mountains after two years off the snow.

Over the season our Snowsports Team achieved: Victorian Interschools Championships

Champions – Primary Girls School

Champions – Secondary Girls School

Champions – Primary Girls Cross Country Third Place – Secondary Girls Cross Country Australian Interschools Championships

Champions – Primary Female Champions – Primary Female Cross Country Runners Up – Secondary Female Runners Up – Secondary Female Cross Country

Commencing the 2022 season was House Snowsports which was an exciting weekend full of action-packed Moguls, Alpine and Cross Country. Congratulations to Langley Templeton for winning the 2022 House Snowsports.

The Snowsports Team then competed in the Victorian Cross Country Interschools at Mt Buller. There were some incredible performances across each division and event. St Catherine’s Junior School won the Overall Championship, and our Senior School finished a close third place.

The 48-strong Team then competed at the Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships across Alpine, Moguls, Ski Cross, Snowboard GS, Snowboard Cross, and Ski Slopestyle disciplines. All students participated and performed with resilience, at times competing in some challenging conditions. St Catherine’s had an incredible 15 podiums for team performances and 11 individual podiums.

Congratulations to each member of the Team. Every member contributed to the success of both our Junior and Senior Schools, becoming State Champions in Victoria! Our Senior School has held onto the overall Secondary School Championship since 2014. This is an extremely impressive return to the slopes, after two years away due to COVID.

Our Team of 24 students made their way to Perisher, NSW for the Australian Interschools Championships. Congratulations to our Junior School who are the Australian Primary Female Overall Champions and to our Senior School, who despite not having any Year 11s or 12s competing, were able to finish runners up for the overall Championship.

Thank you to all members of the St Catherine’s Snowsports community. We are looking forward to Snowsports Season 2023.

Miss Olivia Cody Snowsports Coordinator

Developing Independence

The transition from Year 6 to Year 7 was a big jump. Being new at St Catherine’s, we were nervous and excited through the first couple of days of Year 7. This year has taught us many things, including being courageous and determined. From camps, sporting events, co-curricular activities, GSV Sport, Public Speaking and Snowsports, our teachers, friends, and parents have supported and cheered us on. We are so excited to see what Year 8 has in store for us.

Imogen Forster and Sara Dewani

weBelong Camp – Phillip Island

Throughout Year 7 there have been so many wonderful events, experiences, and opportunities, but Camp at Phillip Island was by far one of my favourites.

We visited Maru Animal Park on the drive to Camp, where I was able to feed a kangaroo by hand. Once at CYC Camp we enjoyed lots of fun activities including the giant swing, low ropes, frisbee golf, the pinnacle and archery, and free time by the pool. We also got to observe penguins in their natural environment, paddle board, surf, participate in a sand sculpture competition and enjoy an 80s dance competition where we all got dressed up for an 80s disco.

Exhausted, but filled with happy memories, this Camp was one of the most wonderful experiences I had this year.

Milla Cohen

Years 7 & 8 Play – Curious Comedies

The highlight of Year 7 for me was the Years 7 & 8 Play. We were able to step outside our comfort zones, have fun and make new friends who had similar interests. We rehearsed through all Term 3 and when opening night arrived, we were extremely excited and nervous, but everyone was amazing, and all the acts were hilarious. The final performance was even better than the first and we were all sad to finally pack up The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. I thoroughly enjoyed this activity and am looking forward to the plays to come!

Samantha (Sam) Kudnig

Bush Camp, Eildon

During Bush Camp we learnt collaboration and resilience when challenged with raft building. We learnt independence and cooking skills preparing our dinners each night. We learnt about each other when we reflected on the day’s activities –what we were proud of and our highlights.

Hiking at Mallet’s Track was amazing! It taught us the power of encouragement as we cheered each other on through the high ropes course. The mountain bike ride taught us that pushing past our comfort zone can be good, showing us, we are capable of more than we think.

It was sad saying goodbye to our group leaders, but they taught us a valuable lesson – never give up, collaborate with each other, and push past our comfort zone.

Indira Smith

YEAR 8

Year 8 Camp

Year 8 Camp gave me an opportunity to connect with girls in my Year that I had not had the chance to since lockdown. I especially enjoyed the last night when we watched the sunset over Uluru. I also enjoyed stopping at Alice Springs and the National Park.

Poppy Cashmore

My favourite part of Camp was Uluru. We got to bike ride around the base of Uluru which was an amazing experience. We also, to our delight, had an evening snack while we watched the spectacular colours of Uluru and the sun setting right before us. It was dreamlike..

Lily Van der Venne

This year all Year 8 students went to Central Australia. While on camp we took a 20-kilometre hike up King’s Canyon. From the top of the beehive-like domes, I could see the entire landscape. The sky was the bluest I’ve ever seen, and the view of the sloping dunes and vegetation was entirely new. I feel like camp made me more resilient because I had to step out of my comfort zone and learn to bounce back. Overall, this year’s camp has improved me as a person, and I have gained many life-changing experiences.

Ava Murray

Three Capes Camp, Tasmania

Three Capes Camp was unlike any other I have been on before, with three different Year levels participating. All the girls from Years 7 to 9 interacted and included each other and are still friends now. Each day we endured 10-hour hikes. It was all worth it for the incredible views. That is what I loved about this Camp – we pushed ourselves, whilst still having fun and making memories. We were all grateful for the tour guides and instructors. They were extremely passionate, and it was great to learn from them. If any girls are looking at participating in 2023, I highly recommend it!

Kari Prendergast

Music Camp

Music Camp in Term 3 was my first experience journeying with such a wide range of Year levels. It was great to see the musical groups rehearsing together and socialising with each other during free sessions. My highlight was the dress-up night, where we all (teachers included) dressed up as our favourite music era. It was very entertaining seeing everyone costumed in bright 80s outfits and rapper hats. This was a unique experience and I look forward to next time.

Returning to School in 2022 was strange yet exciting. There were so many new things for us to look forward to and we were all eager to start Year 9. Personally, I always look forward to the different sports. This year we have participated in GSV Tennis, Softball, Hockey, Netball, Soccer, Badminton, Cricket, Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Athletics and Cross Country.

Additionally, there were 30 Year 9s who took part in St Catherine’s Rowing Program. At the start of 2022, rowers competed in the Head of Schoolgirls Regatta with amazing results from every crew. We now look forward to commencing a new season of Rowing.

Annabel Taylor

House events are always a highlight for me as spirits are always high. The first House event was Cross-Country with Holmes Kilbride winning overall. Next was Athletics in Term 2, and after many jumps, sprints and throws Holmes was able to take the win. Another major House event was House Debating, Holmes Kilbride was also able to win this event but not without a fight from all the other Houses.

In Term 3 we also had RUOK Day. As a Year level we completed questionnaires with each other. It was a good activity to get everyone socialising and allowed us to reflect and focus on our wellbeing.

Natalie Wang

This was my first year at St Catherines’ School. I could not have asked for anything better than what the St Catherines’ welcoming community has provided. Term 3 was especially exciting as I went to Music Camp where I got to know girls from other Year levels and improve my musical skills for the Gala Concert. The Concert was amazing, with many Year 9s involved in the Senior Concert Band, Viva Voci and Chamber Ensemble performances.

Vinuki Thiseka (Vinuki) Ranatunga

This year was my first year at St Catherine’s, although it feels like I have been here forever. I participated in DAV Debating which was a completely new experience for me. I learnt new skills including public speaking and writing persuasively. Although it was challenging at first, I soon gained some practice and even tried out third speaker in House Debating.

Hethushi Hapuarachchi

YEAR 10

The first full year out of lockdown since Year 7 has not only marked our official transition to the senior years, but moreover has seen girls assuming leadership within co-curricular activities.

From being part of DAV Debating playoffs, participating in the GSV Hockey Grand Final, rowing at the Head of Schoolgirls Regatta, performing in Urinetown, leading the Year 10 Quartet, attending the International Women’s Day Breakfast at Parliament House, or writing for The Stentorian student-led newspaper, as a Cohort, Year 10 has truly been able to seize the opportunities we have been afforded and make the most out of our learning outside the classroom.

Rhea Werner – Co-curricular

I can vividly recall the excitement amongst the Year 10s as we met for our final Year level session before we headed off on our long-awaited adventure to Far North Queensland in May this year.

Term 2 was honestly such a packed schedule that some of us needed some time to rest and connect as a Year level. Therefore, our Wellbeing Camp in Cairns could not have been placed anywhere better.

The various activities undertaken on the Camp, including snorkelling, hiking, cooking, and engaging in community service, or perhaps taking amusement of our friends tripping during rollerblading have brought our Cohort closer than ever!

This camp has a significant place within our hearts, especially after a prolonged period of isolation in COVID.

Nguyen Thu (Anna) Nguyen Diep – Wellbeing Camp

YEAR 11

Beaulieu-Blair

The teeming talent and creativity within the Year 11 Cohort ensured that our year was filled with a plethora of joyous activities and memories to cherish. From strenuous Zumba routines to relaxing meditation sessions and the challenging VCE workload, there was no time for dull moments. For those undertaking Units 3 & 4 subjects, we identified that the only way to subdue the stressful year was through the skill of organisation, which was consequential in allowing us to balance our education as well as massive sporting achievements. Our Cohort has risen above setbacks, persistently following the St Catherine’s 2022 theme of ‘emerge’ to overcome the challenges experienced and to surface as fearless, determined individuals.

Diya Kayick and Anise Imam Davis

Our first year back from remote learning and it has gone off without a hitch. From House events, inspiring chats with our House Tutor, Mrs Waters, and thorough preparation for House Arts, we have had an incredible year. There is no doubt Year 11 has been a big jump for us all, but the Davis girls have developed a sense of comradery that has carried us through the year. We are excited to be leading House Arts, which has been enjoyable, and rewarding so far. Despite our collective apprehension for a challenging yet incredibly exciting year ahead, we are sure the Davis girls will come together and make it out the other side even stronger than ever. GO DAVIS!

Brydie Read and Emma Gregory Holmes-Kilbride

Kicking off the year with the highlight of receiving our House Arts prompts, we collectively realised it was our turn to lead. We have been working collaboratively as a House group, excitedly forming a production we will all be proud of. The girls have experienced their first taste of Year 12, as many undertook Units 3 & 4 studies, studying for SACs and upcoming exams. Additionally, we enjoyed our Year 11 Formal, as well as the process of working towards leadership positions. Year 11 has been a brilliant year, and we emerge from 2022, ready and prepared to face our final year of school. The camaraderie and friendship within our House are stronger than ever.

Mia Krongold and Zara Peele

Langley-Templeton

Wow, what a year 2022 has been! After two years of lockdowns, we finally got to experience a “normal” school year, filled with heaps of fun and new experiences. We began the year signing up for House Arts, giving us a taste of captaincy roles and teamwork, we had our Formal, which was one of the most unforgettable nights of the year, and participated in Athletics and Cross Country once again! Year 11 has also been our first taste of VCE, with many of us undertaking Units 3 & 4 subjects. There is no doubt that Year 11 has been a new, sometimes daunting experience. We can say with certainty that we have all grown and matured along the way.

Kaitlin Chan and Flora Du

YEAR 12

I am humbled and so proud to be Head of Year for this remarkable Year 12 Cohort. Every moment of our journey together was an absolute joy. I would like to think that in moving through this chapter of our lives and indeed through this most extraordinary chapter in human history, together we have learnt.

We have learnt about inner strength and discovered boundless resilience, we have learnt about the power of perspective and the need to show empathy and compassion. We have appreciated the power and wisdom that hindsight offers and the need for forgiveness as nobody is perfect, and we have learnt about the importance of our voice and the absolute imperative of inclusion, acceptance, and service to others.

Our Year 12s have emerged so beautifully in 2022. They are a force to be reckoned with in the most positive sense. As they move into the next chapter of their lives, I encourage them to continue their passionate advocacy for issues that remain close to their hearts.

From the get-go they were ready for action. Ready to learn, ready to participate and make a difference to the world around them. Whether it was mobilising their efforts to support the victims of the 2022 NSW floods, or raising awareness of women’s issues, such as the inequities that exist in girls’ education through One Girl, or supporting local organisations like IMPACT to assist families and communities to live, prosper and grow, or deciding to launch the first student driven St Catherine’s School publication, The Stentorian, they have all quietly persisted, pushing themselves and making their dreams come true! Our Class of 2022 are proof of the power and strength that girls, young women, are capable of when belief and purposeful action merge.

So, to our Class of 2022, as you embark upon the life that lies ahead, I simply say – be your beautiful self that defines you and is so inspiring to those of us who love you. Be kind in everything you do, and you will enjoy yourselves more than you could ever possibly imagine.

Ms Vasiliki Spanos Head of Year 12

12

CLAUDIA CROSSING CROSSING

“My

JESSICA ANDERSON JESS

Irusacana (I can't be bothered explaining).

ISABELLA (BELLA) BEZ BELS

I'm late the train was delayed.”

OLIVIA (ROSIE) BOGDAN Langley Templeton Captain / Leader of the Orchestra BOGGAS

peaked in Year 6.

ABBIE BOND Netball Captain “Here for a good time not a long time.”

ZARA BONGIORNO Rowing Captain BONGE “Redbull gives you wings.”

PAULA CHEN PCHEN

life is in chaos.” – Mr Wang

AMY COOPER

“If at first you don't succeed, pack your bags.”

BRONTE CULLEN Rowing Captain

YEAR

“I wouldn't say that Year 12 wasn't crazy, lit or a movie. But I did in fact cut a significant amount of my hair off.”

HANEEN ASHMEEL

Cultural Diversity Captain H.ASH

CHARLOTTE ASTON Drama Captain CHASTOS

“See kids, your mum was hot.”

LUCY BAINBRIDGE LUCE “Oh

well.”

SUMMER BALLA-KELLETT Beaulieu Blair Captain SUMS

“I'm

just going

to take a quick nap in the common room.”

CLAUDIA BRYANT Art & Design Captain BEV

KATIE CACOPARDO

MEGAN CHANG MEEGS

“If you believe, you can achieve.”

CATHERINE CHEN Music Captain (Instrumental) / School Pianist CATH

“Life is soup. I am fork.”

OLIVIA CUNNINGHAM

Langley Templeton Captain LIV

SCARLETT DAVIS

Art & Design / Hockey Captain SCAZ

“What are you doing Monday night? Wanna play hockey?”

(CLARA)

ZEYU (EDITH) HUANG

“You win some, you lose some.”

MAGGIE DRYDEN Holmes Kilbride Captain MAGGS

“Fine you can have a bite... not a big one!”

FOREMAN

OLIVIA FORTEY

EMMA FROOMES

Beaulieu Blair Captain FROOMES

stop it, you're not funny at all.”

A Caring Teacher

JASMINE GLASS

Boarding House Captain JAZ

will have tomato sauce with that.”

LILLI HOLMES Sport Captain LIL

ELLA JAKOBOVITS JAKO

“I don't know what I learned, but I know I'm done learning."

YEAR 12

MEGAN DUONG MEG “Huh?”

LARA ELBILLY

“No, I'm not American.”

MADELEINE (MADDIE) FARRER Davis Captain MADS

“I'm doing a PhD on idiots and you guys are my data.” – Dr Barry

SOPHIE FILGATE

DR.

PHIL

“I don't see how that's a party.” – Natasha Romanoff

PENELOPE (POPPY) GLENNING POP

“Sorry... I've got ballet.”

ANNABELLE GREEN Boarding House Captain GREENOS “Countess of Albury.”

ARABELLA (BELLA) HALL Snowsports Captain B-HALL

“You win some, you lose some, you cant win them all.”

GRACE HAYNE

“Well, I tried :/”

YASMIN JAYASEKERA YAS

“It matters not what you've done, but what you do with what you've done for others.”

CIARA JENKINS

Holmes Kilbride Captain JENKS

“Guys, the Formal

video

is almost done, I promise.”

MARY KELLIS MEZ

CASSANDRA (CASSY) LIE LIE

ARABELLA LLEWELYN Environment Captain

INDIA MARNER Netball Captain INDI

SARAH MARRIOTT

/ Track & Field Captain SMAZ

IKA O'HALLORAN

JASMINE PIERIDES JAS

VAL PLASTOW GSA Captain VAL

HOLLY LANDRIGAN Spirit & Wellbeing Captain “Next SAC, I'll actually start trying.”

WING MAN (CECILIA) LAU STEM Captain CECILIA

“The quote is trivial and is left as an exercise for the reader.”

MIKAYLA LEE Duke of Edinburgh / Cross Country Captain MICAKES

RUIYI (ROSE) LI RO

LILY MCNEILL Water Polo Captain LIL

ADELAIDE (ADDIE) MITCHELL Sport Captain ADDS

CHARLOTTE MYER Music Captain (Choral) LOTTIE

OLIVIA NIGIDO-SCOTT Track & Field / Softball Captain LIVVY

la vie.”

MADELINE (MADDIE) POWELL School Co-Captain MP

SARAH PRATT Community Service Captain PRATTY

AUDREY (SCARLETT) ROSE

overcome with emotion.” – Daria Morgendorffer GEORGIA STOUPAS

RUBY WAKE

Captain RUBES

XIAOSHAN (ANNY) WANG NN

LAN-TIAN YEN-WEST

& Public Speaking / Aquatics Captain

ANGELA YU School Co-Captain ANGELO

Renaissance woman.”

ELOISE RUDGE

Debating & Public Speaking Captain / Leader of the Concert Band RUDGEY

“Usually blonde – Urban Dictionary definition of Eloise.”

EMILIA SEARBY

PIPPA (PIPPI) SHERGOLD Snowsports Captain PIP

SOPHIE SIMONS SOPH

“Future dictator of the Sophiet Union.”

HAILU (LUCY) WANG VAN ELIZA WHITE LIZE “YIKES."

YUI HAY (HAZEL) WONG HAYHAY

“Now let's build a rocket, fight a mummy and climb up the Eiffel Tower.”

HAO (BELLA) YANG BELL “Don't wake me up.”

PIA ZAYONTZ

ZIHAN (JESSICA) ZHOU JESS

“The torrent of time sweeps me forward.”

Performance in Softball

Maggie Dryden Jasmine Glass

Olivia Nigido-Scott Sarah Pratt

Performance in General Sport

Sarah Marriott (Snowsports, Rowing, Water Polo, Track & Field, Cross Country)

Adelaide Mitchell (Rowing, Softball, Hockey)

Performance in Drama

Charlotte Aston

Emma Froomes

Ciara Jenkins

CO-CURRICULAR AWARDS

The Margaret Woodlock Award for Outstanding Sporting Achievement

Sarah Marriott

The Sports Auxiliary Sports Citizenship Award

Adelaide Mitchell

The Catherine-Nellijke

Verstoep-Hilford Drama Prize

Charlotte Aston

The Bertha Jorgensen Prize for Leader of the Orchestra Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan

Music Citizenship Award

Emma Froomes

Sofya Vainer Award Catherine Chen

St Catherine’s School Debating Award Ciara Jenkins

Sophie Borland Memorial Award for Public Speaking

Eloise Rudge

Duke of Edinburgh Award

Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan Sarah Marriott Sarah Pratt

The Langley Family Memorial Award for a Boarder

Jasmine Glass

Annabelle Green

The Margaret Mulder Award for International Citizenship Haneen Ashmeel

The Jeanie Hood Prize

Charlotte Myer

The Parents’ and Friends’ Association Citizenship Award

Emma Froomes

CO-CURRICULAR COLOURS

Debating Full Colours

Haneen Ashmeel

Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan

Paula Chen

Annabelle Green

Ciara Jenkins

Madeline Powell

Eloise Rudge

Lan-Tian Yen-West Angela Yu

Debating Half Colours

Emilia Searby

Debating Contribution Colours

Haneen Ashmeel

Annabelle Green

Ciara Jenkins

Mikayla Lee

Madeline Powell

Eloise Rudge

Emilia Searby Angela Yu

Drama Performance Full Colours

Charlotte Aston Ciara Jenkins

Drama Performance Half Colours

Emma Froomes

Drama Performance

Contribution Colours

Charlotte Aston Emma Froomes

Ciara Jenkins

Drama Production Half Colours

Adelaide Mitchell

Drama Production Contribution Colours

Sarah Marriott

Music Full Colours

Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan Megan Chang

Catherine Chen

Charlotte Myer

Eloise Rudge Angela Yu

Music Contribution Colours

Megan Chang

Emma Froomes

Sarah Pratt

Eloise Rudge Angela Yu

Public Speaking Full Colours

Ciara Jenkins

Eloise Rudge

Public Speaking Half Colours

Annabelle Green

Angela Yu

Public Speaking Contribution

Colours

Annabelle Green

Ciara Jenkins

Eloise Rudge Angela Yu Service Colours

Haneen Ashmeel

Annabelle Green

Ciara Jenkins

Mikayla Lee

Sarah Marriott

Madeline Powell

Sarah Pratt

Ruby Wake Angela Yu

Sports Full Colours

Summer Balla-Kellett – Rowing

Zara Bongiorno – Rowing

Bronte Cullen – Rowing

Arabella Hall – Rowing

Sarah Marriott – Rowing

Catherine Chen – Snowsports

Arabella Hall – Snowsports

Sarah Marriott – Snowsports

Scarlett Davis – Hockey

Adelaide Mitchell – Hockey

Sarah Pratt – Hockey

Maggie Dryden – Softball

Jasmine Glass – Softball

Adelaide Mitchell – Softball

Olivia Nigido-Scott – Softball

Sarah Pratt – Softball

Emma Froomes – Triathlon

Lily McNeill – Water Polo

Georgia Stoupas – Water Polo

Olivia Nigido-Scott – Track & Field

Sports Half Colours

Lucy Bainbridge – Water Polo

Isabella Bez – Water Polo

Jasmine Glass – Water Polo

Annabelle Green – Water Polo

Ciara Jenkins – Water Polo

Sarah Marriott – Water Polo

Madeline Powell – Water Polo

Ruby Wake – Water Polo

Olivia Cunningham – Snowsports

Mia Foreman – Snowsports

Pippa Shergold – Snowsports

Lily McNeill – Swimming

Emma Froomes – Track & Field

Sarah Marriott – Track & Field

Sarah Marriott – Cross Country

Rosie Osborn – Cross Country

Sports Contribution Colours

Emma Froomes

Mikayla Lee

Sarah Marriott

Madeline Powell

Sarah Pratt

Eloise Rudge

Ruby Wake School Colours

Emma Froomes

Annabelle Green

Ciara Jenkins

Mikayla Lee

Sarah Marriott

Madeline Powell

Sarah Pratt

Eloise Rudge

Angela Yu

House

Colours

Haneen Ashmeel

Charlotte Aston

Summer Balla-Kellett

Abbie Bond

Claudia Bryant

Catherine Chen

Bronte Cullen

Scarlett Davis

Maggie Dryden

Megan Duong

Madeleine Farrer

Emma Froomes

Penelope Glenning

Lilli Holmes

Ciara Jenkins

Holly Landrigan

Wing Man (Cecilia) Lau

Mikayla Lee

Arabella Llewelyn

India Marner

Sarah Marriott

Adelaide Mitchell

Rosie Osborn

Valerie Plastow

Madeline Powell

Sarah Pratt

Audrey (Scarlett) Rose

Emilia Searby

Sophie Simons

Georgia Stoupas

Lara Thorn

Ruby Wake

Eliza White

Lan-Tian Yen-West

Angela Yu

Pia Zayontz

Clementine Abbott Anna Nieuwenhuysen (’91)

Sophie Abbott Anna Nieuwenhuysen (’91)

Camilla Aberdeen Nina Kirby (’94)

Maya Anagnostopoulos Melissa MeredithSmith (’85)

Fleur Angenent Emma Stanley (’97) Susan Connor (’61)

Giselle Armstrong Lachlan Armstrong (Old Boy ’95) Toni Pierce (’67)

Ziabella Armstrong Lachlan Armstrong (Old Boy ’95) Toni Pierce (’67)

Summer Balla-Kellett Mandy Balla (’86)

Charlotte Bell Sue Catchlove (’59)

Zara Bongiorno Felicity Miller (’87)

Katie Cacopardo Christina Smith (’88) Prudence Whitehead (’61)

Annabel Calvert Fleur McKay (’94) Sarah Baillieu (’68) Margaret Cox (’35)

Clara Calvert Fleur McKay (’94) Sarah Baillieu (’68) Margaret Cox (’35)

Nina Calvert Fleur McKay (’94) Sarah Baillieu (’68) Margaret Cox (’35)

Violetta Capanni Anna Foley (’92)

Poppy Cashmore Lucy Olsen (’97)

Annabelle Christensen Marion Carlisle (’28)

Milla Cohen Susan Adamson (’90)

Pernilla Coleman Kirsty Gilmour (’86)

Saskia Coleman Kirsty Gilmour (’86)

Hugo Collins Olivia Thompson (’00)

Scarlett Davis Briely Trollope (’89) Helen Crankshaw (’59)

Madeleine de Fina-Nash Geraldine de Fina (’89)

Sibella Deague William Deague (Old Boy ’95)

Alice Dobbin Fiona Goldstraw (‘90)

Jessica Dobbin Fiona Goldstraw (‘90)

Willow Douglas Elizabeth Gillon (’67)

Maggie Dryden Victoria Krauss (’92) Prudence Spinney (’68) Margaret Spinney (’42)

Jessica Elshaug Sarah Moffatt (’93)

Amelia Esposito Suzanne Davies (’91)

Sarah Fanning Samantha St Hill (’87)

Holly Farrer Susie Cook (’93)

Madeleine Farrer Susie Cook (’93)

Sophie Farrer Susie Cook (’93)

Arabella Foote Sarah Scambler (’93) Margaret Drummond (’62)

Olivia Fortey Lucy King (’90) Pamela Rome (’63)

Ed Goorjian-Taft Gemma Goorjian (’02)

Anoushka Graham Sophie McSweeney (’93)

Lucy Green Isabella Stokes OAM (’58)

Eliza Grey Georgina McConnell (’88) Margaret Lemmon (’61)

Madison Grey Georgina McConnell (’88) Margaret Lemmon (’61)

Chloe Handbury Georgina Seccull (’86)

Tania Hay Sophia Canet (’00)

Imogen Herron Prue Lording (’96)

Emma Hessell Amy Lawford (’01) Sarah Wilson (’73) Ethne Hartnett (’49)

Emma Hoban Minnie Law (’83)

Zahra Hoban Minnie Law (’83)

Olivia Howitt Michaela Grogan (’86)

Amelia Hyams Ann Pisterman (’64)

Isabella Jamieson Emily StephenDaly (’98)

Lily Jamieson Emily StephenDaly (’98)

Evie Joseph Jonathan Joseph (Old Boy ’95) Louise Strauss (’62) Shirley Ellinson (’42)

Alex Kimpton Xenia Hammon (’01)

Charlotte Krumins Elizabeth Fry (’02)

Holly Landrigan Margaret Guy (’89)

Amelie Lane Lisa Tarasio (95)

Timothy Lane Lisa Tarasio (95)

Adelaide Lempriere Diana Dougall (’57)

Cassandra Lie Kelly Clemenger (’80)

Sophie Lovell Sarah Leahey (’82)

Coco Lutz Rebecca Paranthoiene (’97)

Robin Richards (’74) Jill Sargood (’48)

Zoe McComas Phoebe Hammon (’04) Barbara Boynton (’73) Jill Warnock (’46)

Millie McIntosh Kate Correll (87) Brenda Pulling (’49) Phyllis Rowell (’31)

Skye McIntosh Kate Correll (87) Brenda Pulling (’49) Phyllis Rowell (’31)

Sophia McKinnon Anna Tracy (’87)

Chloe McMahon Caroline Morgan (’95)

Phoebe Messum Catherine Stoney (’97)

Alexandra Mirabella Sophie Panopoulos (’86)

Adelaide Mitchell Katie Krauss (’90) Prudence Krauss (’68) Margaret Spinney (’42)

Nadia Mohamed Farah Pasha (’91)

Willow Moore Camilla Fox (’11)

Missy Morley Bonnie Morris (’93) Joan Spooner (’61)

Charlotte Morris Claire Simm (’97)

Charlotte Myer Annabel Plummer (’82)

Chloe Nevins Simone Willis (’91)

Aria Nguyen Amy Burr (’03)

Martha Officer Clara Officer (’80)

Jessica Paterson Sophie Nicholas (’89)

Emma Peele Elizabeth Gillon (’67)

Zara Peele Elizabeth Gillon (’67)

Alexandra Pitt Fleur Forsyth (’99) Patricia Loveless (’66)

Nina Portnoy Jane Davis (’85)

Child Mother Grandmother Great Grandmother

Child Mother Grandmother Great Grandmother

CURRENT STUDENTS OF OLD GIRLS

Sarah Pratt Jill Cannon (’66)

Scarlett Pringle Marnie Ross (’92) Victoria Jacobson (’65)

Clover Roche Nicholas Roche (Old Boy ’93)

Charlotte Rodgers Marion Teare (’50)

Ellie Rodski Maggie Harrison (‘99) Jane Morris (’71) Julie Davey (’51)

Eloise Rudge Rowena Williams (’87) Pamela Granowski (’51)

Scarlet Russell Bianca Russell (’95)

Anna Shears Penny Roysmith (’81) Betty Shields (’51)

Scarlett Shelton Letitia Cole (’58) Maroa Molesworth (’25)

Pippa Shergold Holly Tinsley (’89) Margaret James (’61)

Jessica Sibly Lucinda Langdon (’88) Janet James (’58)

Isabella Soutter James Soutter (Old Boy ’92) Prue Macnaughtan (’62)

Katharine Soutter James Soutter (Old Boy ’92) Prue Macnaughtan (’62)

Billy Speer Camilla Deague (’02)

Chloe Stansfield Meredith Dwyer (’88)

Violet Stephens Emma Millis (’89)

Lily-Belle Stephens Emma Millis (’89)

Elizabeth Switkowski Georgina Hinton (’99)

Henri Switkowski Georgina Hinton (’99)

Harriet Syme Angela Tait (’59)

SALVETE

Clementine Abbott

Hind Aljneibi

Maya Anagnostopoulos

Harper Anderson

Kathrina Ang

Georgiana Ashby

Scarlett Bertalli

Olivia Bingham

Sarin Boonsaranapon

Imogen Brownjohn

Camille Brownjohn

Isabel (Issie) Buckley

Phoebe Butterfield

Emily Cameron

Violetta Capanni

Katharine (Kate) Carter

Grace Champion de Crespigny

Elora Chan

Abigail Chan

Kaitlin Chan

Karis Chan

Charlotte Chew

Ru Xuan (Chiara) Chiang

Emmanuella Christov

Chloe Coelho

Hugo Collins

Stella Cooley

Claudia Corley

Louis Cramond

Elise Crosbie-Goold

Audrey Crosbie-Goold

Indi Cunningham

Amelia Dadon

Shiv Datta

Jessica Davies

Madeleine de Fina-Nash

Sibella Deague

Chloe Deane-Freeman

Sara Dewani

Talia Grace Dissanayake

Elsie Dixon

Caitlin Dooley

Willow Douglas Indy Edmondson

Macquarie (Mac) Egan

Olivia Fidogiannis Rose Fidogiannis

Rose Fogarty

Imogen Forster

Allegra GavilanBongiorno Jack Gibson

Camilla (Millie)

Goodfellow Madison Grey George Gu Victoria Guan

Ellie Guo

Hethushi Hapuarachchi

Sophie Hawker

Ziling (Ivy )He

Emma Hessell

Sophia Hindhaugh

Grace Hoffmann

Parnian Hosseini Annabelle Hou

Aleka Hronopoulos Stravroula (Voula) Hronopoulos Yunqi (Lily) Hu

Sin Wai (Agness) Huang

Giselle Huang Jingqi (Jenny) Huang

Ella Ingram

Zichen (Anny) Jia Amber Jiang Junya Jiang

Elva Jiang Qiu (Yoyo) Jin Gemma Jurcevic

Kate (Katie) Kemp

Alexander (Alex) Kimpton

Frederick (Freddie) Kings

Stella Kiriakidis

Zahra Knott

Charlotte Krumins

Samantha (Sam) Kudnig

Alexandra (Alexi)

Kusumah

Tsz Yu (Cadence) Law

Genevieve Le Pearl Lee

Taylor Lee Eva Yinuo (Eva) Li

Chong I (Cheryl) Li

Annabel Taylor Melissa Sweetland (’86)

Lily Taylor Melissa Sweetland (’86)

Camilla Thomas Julia Hammon (’00) Barbara Boynton (’73) Jill Warnock (’46)

Coco Thomas Ineke Hay (’98)

Mirabelle Thomson Rebecca Jockel (’98)

Camilla Tulloch Jacki Palmer (’97) Mary Calvert (’38), Beth Paxton (’34)

Charlotte Upton Lisa Hinrichsen (’83) Jill Smith (’55)

Giselle Upton Lisa Hinrichsen (’83) Jill Smith (’55)

Mia Upton Lisa Hinrichsen (’83) Jill Smith (’55)

Lily Van der Venne Susannah Guy (’96) Suzanne Holden (’50)

Pippa Van der Venne Suzanne Holden (’50)

Georgiana Walsh Fiona Kittson (’82)

Scarlett Webster Jonathan Webster (Old Boy ’97)

Toby Webster Shea Miller (’00), Alexander Webster (Old Boy ’01)

Clementine Wilson Annabelle McSweeney (’92)

Pia Zayontz Anna Davis (’87)

Elaine Li Emma Li Qiaochu (Ava) Li Isabella Li Ashley Liu Sophie Lovell Tianqi (Jenny) Lu Yuqi (Rita) Ma Alexia Markin Clementine (Cleo) McComas

Alexander Merlo Olivia Merlo Oliver Michelmore Roselyn (Rosie) Mokyiu Amelia (Millie) Monahan Isabelle (Issy) Monahan Missy Mort Stella Yin Hui (Stella) Ng Aria Nguyen Jin Li (Emma) Ow Sophia Parkin Sybella Payne Madeline Pease Nell (Nelly) Peat Olive Pellicano Sahara Pender Elise Pham James Pitney Daisy Pratley Summer Pui Piper Pui

Vinuki Thiseka (Vinuki) Ranatunga Violet Rayfield Olivia Ren Clover Roche Charlotte Roe Ava Schofield Anya Shah Isabella Shum Yumi Sibbison Natasha Sims Amelie Snell-Bliss Lily-Belle Stephens Maya Stokes Saya Stokes Coco Sullivan Bella Sullivan

Henrietta (Phoebe) Talbot Chiu Mei (Anka) Tam Chantelle Tan Ingrid He Tan Zhiheng (Kitty) Tang Mingrui (Carol) Tian Camilla Tulloch Lily Uthmeyer Magnolia (Maggie) Vial Hugo Voltz

Georgiana Walsh Melinda Wang Isabella Wang Sophie Wang Yifei (Sophie) Wang

Chloe Wang Scarlett Webster Toby Webster

Xiaoying (Selina) Weng Chloe (Coco) Williams Chloe Wong Annabel Wood Clementine (Minty) Wright William Wright Adele Wu Sunny Xu Sienna Xu Max Yan Yuehan (Daisy) Yang

Yuhan (Andy) Yang Xinyi (Isabel) Yang Isabella Yang Amy Yao Kayleigh Yap Sienna Yu Aurora Zagame Anacapri Zagame

Francesca Zappone

Xiaoran (Dora) Zhang Elva Zhang Wenxuan (Elsa) Zhou Chenxian (Alina) Zhu Chloe Zhu

Child Mother Grandmother Great Grandmother

Child Mother Grandmother Great Grandmother

ST CATHERINE’S COMMUNITY GROUPS

ST CATHERINE’S OLD GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION

2022 started with a bang with calendars full of events and programs, starting the year with reunions, the Leavers’ Panel, and Year group cocktail parties. A fabulous way to begin the year, we had much to celebrate, reflect on and look forward to.

Whilst the year was in full swing, we continued with our annual Fellowship Program. We look forward to presenting our recipient of the SCOGA Fellowship 2022 to the entire St Catherine’s School community in the near future.

This year has been the first year of my Presidency. I had the absolute pleasure to participate as a mentor in the Mentor Program and attend our 2022 reunions program. As always, these events have been filled with many stories, a lot of laughter and reminiscing. I look forward to our 2023 programs which will be advised in coming months and look forward to seeing more familiar faces.

To the SCOGA Committee Members who have volunteered their precious time for the benefit of all St Catherine’s Old Girls, thank you for all you have done and continue to do for the entire community.

To St Catherine’s Principal, Michelle Carroll and St Catherine’s staff, School Council, Advancement Office, Marketing Department, Business Office, and Community Engagement Committee, thank you for your time and commitment to making the Old Girls’ community as strong as possible for our alumnae.

Lastly, to the Old Girls community, I hope all who attended our events enjoyed their time together and look forward to seeing many more of you next year. Thank you for your engagement, donating your time, your money, your enthusiasm, your feedback, your stories, and your memories. We encourage you all to continue to share updates and information and, if you wish to do so, please visit our social media platforms or connect via email.

Ms Sarah O'Brien (’02) President, St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association

PAST PARENTS' AND FAMILIES' NETWORK

This year, we saw the return of our much-loved biennial Cranlana all Year levels social evening on 27 October. This event was due to be held in the glorious gardens of Cranlana which has become a much loved and anticipated event.

However, with Melbourne’s La Niña and over a week of rain and sudden huge downpour on the day, the event was moved in a matter of hours from Cranlana to St Catherine’s new Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre, which was an amazing logistical achievement.

The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre holds 200 guests for cocktail events, and we welcomed 150 on the night. This year, we again held a joint event with SCOGA and had an even split of guests. We had a good range of past parents attending going back about 30 years. Through holding a joint event with SCOGA, we had attendees who are both Old Girls and past parents which is always a special category of guest.

Despite the rain and last-minute change of plans, everyone enjoyed the catch up. While everyone was disappointed not to have been to the wonderful Cranlana Gardens, as it happened, it did provide us all with the opportunity to see and experience the wonderful new theatre.

The Past Parents’ and Families’ Network is planning the return of a full calendar of Year level events in 2023. With a particular focus on the first 10 years out, we will be working with families to help hold a reunion during the year with the past parent tradition of bringing a ‘plate and a bottle’ format for the night’s get together.

If you would like to hold an event, update your contact details, or if you are interested in joining the Past Parent Committee, please contact us via St Catherine’s School’s Advancement Executive, Ms Meredith Taylor at mtaylor@stcatherines.net.au

Mr Scott Reinke Chair, Past Parents’ and Friends’ Network

ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION

I am continually encouraged by the warmth and philanthropic generosity of our community. At its core, the St Catherine’s School Foundation strives to build strong relationships to support the purpose of the School’s Scholarship, Building and Endowment Funds.

After a very successful fundraising campaign, we celebrated the official opening of The Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre in May. The wonderful new theatre space was opened by the Honourable Julie Bishop. In her opening speech she talked about the impact of giving and the longstanding dedication and generosity of Jamie and Rebecca Gray. It was a truly memorable evening where we thanked those generous donors who supported the project.

The next phase of redeveloping the Dorothy Pizzey Centre, the ‘She is STRONG’ capital campaign, is now in progress. Our goal is to change the sporting landscape at St Catherine’s by offering a contemporary indoor sports court, a dedicated High-Performance Training Studio, and a Little Gym for our younger students. Over the next 12 months, our aim is to raise $1M towards the total cost of $2.4M for the re-imagined Sports Centre. We look forward to working with our supportive community to achieve this exciting new space for the girls.

Earlier this year we welcomed Ms Kathy Hines to St Catherine’s School as Advancement Manager. Congratulations go to Kathy and the Advancement Team for their important work supporting the Foundation, and the successful delivery of events and fundraising initiatives during 2022.

The St Catherine’s School Foundation Board comprises a group of remarkable volunteers. I would like to personally thank and acknowledge their collective contributions during this year. This year we farewell Fiona Menzies (’87) whose contributions over the past few years have been invaluable. We welcome new Foundation Board Member, Chrissy Ryan (Graham ’79) and look forward to working with Chrissy to help grow and develop our community connections.

Recognising philanthropic generosity is important and can be the catalyst to inspire others to make similar commitments, an Impact of Giving report was distributed this year to our Foundation Members and loyal donor families. This report celebrates and acknowledges the incredible support received from our St Catherine’s community.

On behalf of the St Catherine’s Foundation Board, I extend our most sincere thanks and gratitude to the extraordinary support from our valued philanthropic community.

Mrs Sally Joubert Chair,

St Catherine’s School Foundation

PARENTS’ AND FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION

The PFA’s Charter and primary objective is to build and maintain a sense of community spirit amongst students, staff, parents and our wider School community, and support St Catherine’s philosophy to build strong, resilient, and independent women through fundraising.

Despite the ongoing challenges presented by COVID, the PFA hosted a range of community events, providing opportunities for families, both past and present, to enjoy and share in the St Catherine’s community spirit.

Our annual welcome event for all parents from the ELC, Junior and Senior Schools at the commencement of the year provided a relaxed environment for families to reconnect. Year-level social events, held in March, were extremely successful with above average attendance. The Twilight Picnic for all Junior School and ELC 4YO families was also held in March on the Village Green, with strong attendance once again reinstating a much-loved annual event.

In association with the Past Parents’ and Families’ Network, the PFA held a Father’s Night in April at the Toorak RSL, with an incredible attendance and the request to have this as an annual event for fathers. We were extremely excited to hold our Mother’s Day Stall and Breakfast once again with Keynote Speaker, Miss Georgia Beattie (‘04), CEO of Bulla Park. Our Father’s Day event was equally successful with Mr Kevin Sheedy, OAM entertaining dads and their daughters with reflections on his exciting career.

The Ruth Langley Luncheon was held at Zinc at Federation Square this year, with the Honourable Julie Bishop as Keynote Speaker. In a Q&A style format past parent, alumnae and St Catherine’s Foundation Board Member, Ms Fiona Menzies (‘87) interviewed Ms Bishop on the challenges of politics and her career defining moments liaising with some of the world’s most powerful leaders.

With overwhelming enthusiasm and excitement, the PFA held our annual Christmas Fair with various stalls, food trucks, live entertainment and Santa making a special appearance all the way from the North Pole.

A key aspect of our fundraising is the PFA Second Hand Uniform Shop. Now in its sixth year of operation, it continues to provide an exceptional service for our community and a welcoming window to the School for new parents.

To all parents, please consider volunteering in the Uniform Shop, becoming a Class Representative or joining an Auxiliary. It is not just an opportunity to be an integral part of your daughter’s life at St Catherine’s, but also an incredible opportunity to meet new parents and build lifelong relationships. I am grateful to have served as PFA President this year and would like to thank each member of the PFA Committee, as well as all the PFA Class Representatives, for their dedication, enthusiasm, and hard work.

Mr

Kevin D’Souza President, Parents’ and Friends’ Association

HEYINGTON CLUB

The 2022 season of Rowing has gone down in history as the most successful ever. With the First VIII winning back-toback Head of the Schoolgirls, Nationals, and the Prince Philip Challenge Trophy at the Henley Royal Regatta in the UK.

The season commenced in late November, with 65 girls including six Junior Crews, three Intermediate Crews, two single scullers and two Senior VIII boats. For a small school this is a mighty program. Our Captains of Boats, Zara Bongiorno and Bronte Cullen, presented all squads with a named kit bag including drink bottle, socks and towel.

In January, the new Empacher boat, generously donated by eight families arrived. It was named the MMXXI (Maxi) to reflect the wonderful season of 2021.The official boat christening and the naming of the crews was a superb night. The Heyington Club presented all the Senior Squad girls with visors.

When regattas commenced, merchandise was available for fundraising which allowed us to purchase the best equipment for the girls. St Catherine’s families became the envy of many on the riverbanks of Geelong, Ballarat and Nagambie with Heyington Club spray jackets, chairs, and umbrellas.

The Head of Schoolgirls weekend provided a gorgeous riverside marquee for some serious race viewing. All squads competed, and the Year 10 Gunn crew and Year 10 single sculler gained Bronze, the 2nd VIII, The Fearless Girl, getting Silver and 1st VIII, Maxi, claiming victory and defending the title from 2021. The dinner was also successful, raising a record amount and the Heyington Cup was launched. Parents learned to row and at the end of May raced in the ‘Heyington Cup.’ We hope this tradition continues.

The Crew Presentation Award night in March at Kooyong, was a season highlight with all crews presenting stories of the season and their coaches.

At Nationals, our 1st VIII remained undefeated all season and went on to claim this title. Training continued until June, then the MMXXI travelled to the UK where for the first time in history St Catherine’s became the “best schoolgirl VIII in the world,” winning the Prince Philip Challenge Trophy at the Henley Royal Regatta.

New boats have been ordered for the 2022/2023 season with four new single sculls and a new quad to further develop our talent in the Junior Programs.

I am signing off and welcome our new President, Tom Shelton. Over my four years, The Heyington Club has provided a wonderful environment for my family. We have forged many strong friendships. I would not have been able to do this without VPs Symone Demetriou, Kate Nielsen, Secretary Emma Green and Treasurer Charlie Howitt and the rest of the Committee.

Wishing you all another incredible rowing season. Go St Cath’s!!!!

Mrs Felicity Bongiorno President, Heyington Club

CREATIVE ARTS AUXILARY

The Creative Arts Auxiliary (CAA) recognises the importance of creative arts education and the benefits of sustained involvement in the arts.

The CAA exists to support the students, the Music, Art, Drama and Performing Arts Departments in both the Senior and Junior Schools, and all creative arts staff by supporting their performances and exhibition events and raising funds. The CAA also promotes the development of whole School community friendships by drawing on parents, past parents, and Old Girls to assist in our activities.

Transitioning to face-to-face from unprecedented times which moved everyone globally, has been received with great hesitation and exuberance, but the spirit of the St Catherine’s community has been benevolent. This has been validated with the audience responses from the many events hosted during 2022.

The Senior School production of Urinetown, was a performance like no other. The show was the epitome of a Broadway production, as the atmosphere fostered a sense of belonging, the family-school unity, honour, admiration, and infectious energy. The lighting console donated by the CAA Auxiliary, captured, and emphasised many cinematic episodes with its ability to intensify dramatic moments. Known as intelligent lighting it was instrumental in audience direction, setting the tone and dramatising emotions.

Following that, Jazz Night made its maiden appearance in the prestigious Jamie and Rebecca Gray Theatre. The elegant black with bling evening was immersed in hypnotic jazz passion, flawless performances from the musicians, professional direction from Mr Nick Grunden and his team, with the collaboration of pianist Rory Clark and his ensemble. A special thank you to Ms Olive Morgan (grandmother of Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan, Year 12) and Dr Vanessa Morgan (parent), who bequeathed the black tablecloths that were befitting for all future events. In addition to the CAA members who hosted the Crémant champagne bar.

The dedication and commitment from CAA members with the collaboration of Mrs Vicki Marinelli, enabled us to purchase pe-requisite equipment, and as such a second kiln was donated in 2021 for the Art Department. This qualifies all student ceramicists to have their work fired immediately, with consideration to time, environment, cost, and staffmanagement.

Furthermore, I thank every CAA member’s contribution through donations, assisting with stalls, event settings and promoting and fostering the St Catherine’s community spirit which has been instrumental to our existence and the importance of creative arts education.

I look forward to celebrating the creative arts in 2023.

Mrs Irene Karas President, Creative Arts Auxiliary

We welcome new members by contacting Meredith Taylor on mtaylor@stcatherines.net.au

SNOWSPORTS AUXILIARY

Our season got off to a fantastic start with 84 girls signing up for our season opening ice skating event. Still shaking off COVID we re-scheduled the event, and it was fantastic to see so many attend! Our thanks to Tiffany Pascoe for organising. With parents in mind, our next event was the season opening drinks and information evening hosted by Tamsin Greig and Cameron Hall.

Our Snowsports Swap continues to get bigger and better. Our thanks to all families who contributed their pre-loved snow gear – we could not do this without you. This year, our list of suppliers included Molony's Ski Shop, and we also introduced a coffee cart – a must-have for those families who lined up hours before opening! The event is a major logistical challenge with over 20, St Catherine’s families volunteering over a two-week period. We thank all of those involved, especially Tamsin Greig.

Our attention then turned to the snow; lots, and lots of snow! A record-breaking early snowfall suggested this could be one of the best seasons ever. Participation in our June/July holiday Cross Country Skiing Program was high. This was closely followed by the House Snowsports weekend, where our junior schoolgirls took full advantage of an additional day on the mountain with Snowboarding, Cross Country, and Alpine Race Skiing events organised with expert instruction. Thank you to Mr Tainsh, Ms Cody, and Mr Crebbin for their on-mountain support.

Shaking things up a bit this year, we trialled our on-mountain House Snowsports function at the Whitt on a Friday and moved to the Enzian for our Cross-Country social evening for the Victorian Interschools Cross Country event. Our thanks to Felicity Wilkins and Emma Cunningham for organising.

After two years being unable to compete, our girls took overall first place at the Victorian Interschools in both the Primary and Secondary categories, with some exceptional individual and team performances across Divisions. We would like to thank Ms Richards and Mr Russell for their on-mountain support.

Travelling to Perisher for the Nationals our Senior girls took second place in the Australian Overall Female Championships with our junior girls winning the competition, to be crowned the Overall Primary School – Female, in Australia! Team podiums were achieved in Cross Country Division 4 Classic and Relay and Division 3 Classic, with Camilla Aberdeen winning third place in the Division 3 Classic. A fantastic achievement.

We would like to thank the Committee for all their support this year. We say farewell to Holly Shergold and Kristine Lempriere and welcome Felicity Wilkins, Ineke Thomas, and Georgina Switkowski.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2023!

Mr Adam Gill and Mrs Julia Soutter Co-chairs, Snowsports Auxiliary

SPORTS AUXILIARY

The St Catherine’s Sports Auxiliary recognises and acknowledges effort, participation, and excellence in the sporting achievements of our girls. With our efforts hampered the past two years we really rolled up our sleeves and celebrated the girls’ sporting endeavours with gusto in 2022!

The Auxiliary celebrates sport and aims to bring parents and students together in a fun community environment. This year, we provided a combination of fun, healthy breakfasts at end of season training sessions and House Carnivals, icy poles at sporting finish lines and drink stations at running events with our Committee Members thoroughly enjoying the appreciation the girls showed.

This year we focused on three large key events, the Father Daughter Dinner, Huntingtower-Heyington Cup, and the Celebration of Sport Breakfast.

The Father Daughter Dinner, held in the Long Room at the MCC, saw St Catherine’s fathers and daughters enjoy the privilege of listening to the humble success of Dr Richard Harris, a pivotal member of the global recovery effort in 2018, saving 12 Thai junior soccer players and their coach from a Thai cave after monsoonal flooding. Auxiliary Member, Mr Andrew Demetriou, as Master of Ceremonies, created a wonderful environment for the evening as he reflected on his own sporting journeys in the MCC Long Room. The event raised over $4,500, all of which is dedicated to supporting St Catherine’s sporting events, with Senior School Head of Sport, Mr Nick Racina excited that we “might be able to afford Cornetto’s rather than Icy Poles for the girls moving forward!”

Once again, the Sports Auxiliary was thrilled to assist the Sports Department in running the Huntingtower-Heyington Cup, otherwise known as the Senior School St Catherine’s verses Lauriston AFL match. This event demonstrated terrific camaraderie amongst students, staff and parents and was hosted at St Kevin's College.

The 2022 Celebration of Sport Breakfast acknowledges the achievements of all our girls throughout the 2021-2022 GSV calendar. Tokyo Olympics, Track and Field Olympian Bendere Oboya, an Ethiopian refugee, was Guest Speaker at the Breakfast and spoke to the girls about her sporting journey and the importance of having sport in her life.

As I depart the Sports Auxiliary after a glorious seven years across a range of roles, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all my current and previous Auxiliary Members and our Head of Sport, Mr Nick Racina for their shared commitment to girls sport.

I invite all parents to consider joining the St Catherine’s Sports Auxiliary, a wonderful group of sporting and not so sporting parents, who thoroughly enjoy supporting and cheering from the sidelines and observing the joy that sport brings to young people.

Mrs Lee Holmes President, Sports Auxiliary

SCHOOL COUNCIL OFFICE BEARERS 2022

Chair

Ms Jane Hodder, BA (Hons), LLB, GAICD

Hon. Treasurer

Mr Peter Marriott, BEc (Hons) Monash, FCA Council Members (in addition to Office Bearers)

Ms Kate Barber (’96), BA/LLB (Hons), LLM GAICD

Mr Patrick Cody, B.Bus (Banking & Finance)

Rev Dr Peter French, BA, BTheol, PhD (St John's Anglican Church Nominee) Mr James Gray

Ms Noelene Horton AM, BA Dip Ed, FACE, FACEA, GAICD (Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Appointee)

Ms Becky Hyde, BA

Mrs Sally Joubert, BA (Hons), MA (Applied Psychology) University of Melbourne

Mr John Steven, LLB (Hons), BEc, Grad Dip Com Law (Mon)

Ms Melissa Sweetland, BComm, CA, GAICD (Old Girls’ Nominee)

Assoc Professor Melinda Truesdale, (’81), MBBS FACEM AFACAsM Grad Dip Health Services Management Grad Dip Health & Medical Law

GAICD MACLM (Old Girls’ Nominee)

Dr Anne Waterhouse, MBBS, FACRRM, GAICD

Rev Peter Whitaker, BA, BD, MA, Dip Ed. (Toorak Uniting Church Nominee)

Michelle Carroll, MEd, BEd, GradDipHlth, MACEL, AFAIM (Principal, St Catherine’s School)

Mr Mike Zammit, M.Sc, B.Ec, CPA (Company Secretary/Director of Business, St Catherine’s School)

AUXILIARY PRESIDENTS 2022

Creative Arts Auxiliary Mrs Irene Karas

Heyington Club President Mrs Felicity Bongiorno (Miller ’87) 2021-2022 season

Parents’ & Friends’ Association Mr Kevin D’Souza

Second Hand Uniform Shop Mrs Crisoula Imam

Snowsports Co Presidents Mr Adam Gill Mrs Julia Soutter

Sports

Mrs Lee Naylor

St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association (SCOGA) Ms Sarah O’Brien (‘02)

Past Parents’ and Families’ Network Mr Scott Reinke

PFA CLASS REPS 2022

ELC – 3 Year Old Mrs Helen Michelmore Mrs Camilla Moore (Fox ’11)

ELC – 4 Year Old Mrs Caroline Davis Ms Gemma Goorjian (’02) Mrs Elizabeth Renshaw Ms Angela Yang

Prep Mrs Maggie Lee Year 1 Mrs Georgina Switkowski (Hinton ’99)

Year 2 Ms Tanya Margetts Year 3 Mrs Toula Chatfield Mrs Georgina Switkowski (Hinton ’99)

Year 4 Mrs Tiffany Pascoe Mrs Lia Dixon Year 5 Mrs Katy Gobel Mrs Natalie Lane

Year 6 Mrs Susie Farrer (Cook ’93) Mrs Holly Gray Mrs Sara Hyams Mrs Dominique Kemp

Year 7 Mrs Fleur Calvert (McKay ’94) Ms Michelle Campbell Dr Paula Moir

Year 8 Ms Janine Baird Mrs Maryann Jesudason Mrs Julia Soutter

Year 9 Mrs Suzie Jakobovits Ms Annabel Talbot Year 10 Mrs Simone Shelton Year 11 Mrs Kate Oxley Ms Melissa Sweetland (’86) Mrs Natalie Tabbagh Year 12 Mr Joe Powell Mrs Rachael Powell Ms Gillian Ruan

SENIOR SCHOOL STUDENT

OFFICE BEARERS 2022

Co-Captains

Madeline (Maddie) Powell Angela Yu Student Executive Summer Balla-Kellett Ciara Jenkins Arabella Llewelyn Madeline (Maddie) Powell Eloise Rudge Angela Yu

Art and Design

Scarlett Davis Claudia Bryant Boarding Jasmine Glass Annabelle Green Community Service Sarah Pratt

Cultural Diversity Haneen Ashmeel

Debating and Public Speaking Eloise Rudge Lan Tian Yen-West

Drama Charlotte Aston Duke of Edinburgh Mikayla Lee

Environment Arabella Llewelyn GSA Val Plastow

House Co-Captains Beaulieu Blair Summer Balla-Kellett Emma Froomes Davis

Madeleine (Maddie) Farrer Sarah Marriott Holmes Kilbride Maggie Dryden Ciara Jenkins Langley Templeton

Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan Olivia Cunningham Human Rights

Lara Thorn

Music – Choral Charlotte Myer

Music – Instrumental Catherine Chen Music – Leader of the Orchestra Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan Music – Leader of the Concert Band

Eloise Rudge School Pianist Catherine Chen Spirit and Wellbeing Holly Landrigan STEM

Wing Man (Cecilia) Lau Sport Lilli Holmes Adelaide (Addie) Mitchell AFL Ruby Wake Aquatics Lan-Tian Yen-West Cross Country Mikayla Lee

Hockey Scarlett Davis Netball India Marner Abbie Bond Rowing Zara Bongiorno Bronte Cullen

Snowsports Arabella (Bella) Hall Pippa (Pippi) Shergold Softball Olivia Nigido-Scott Track and Field Sarah Marriott Olivia Nigido-Scott Waterpolo Goergia Stoupas Lily McNeill

JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENT OFFICE BEARERS 2022

Co-Captains Clara Barry Holly Farer House Co-Captains Beaulieu Blair Ellie Rodski Arabella Foote House: Davis Berry Roberts Carla Martuccio Holmes Kilbride Amelia Hyams Jemima Gray Langley Templeton Tara Pattison Camilla Aberdeen Library Tara Pattison Camilla Aberdeen Music Annika Gill Liana Lam Snowsports Camilla Aberdeen Annika Gill Swimming Coco Lutz Arabella Foote

TEACHING AND GENERAL STAFF

Mrs Sonam Agarwal, BComm Kanpur MBus (Bank&Fin) Monash CA

Miss Tamara Andrews, BAppSc GradDipEd (Sec) Foots

Mr Arnold Arun Nehemiah, CertIVCyberSec Box Hill Inst., DipHumHotelMan AHLA

Mr Daniel Aubert, DipNetEng Swinburne, DipNetSec Chisholm

Mrs Jodie Bacon, BTeach Griffith DipTeach UC Ms Jessica Basa, BachEd QUT

Ms Samantha Basford, BAppSc (HumMove) GDipEd VU

Ms Sarah Bethune, BEd (EC) DipTeach (EC) Melb

Mr Hugo Blomley, BFA VCA, BFineArts(Hons) Monash Mrs Jeanette Boehm Mrs Kelly Brady, BScPsych, GDipEd

Ms Sarah Bravo, BA Monash, BTeach(Prim) Melb, CertIV Bus Adm STJO

Ms Shonnet Brittaine, BA(film) Deakin Cert 3&4 Business Chisholm

Mr James Brown, BA GDipEd (Sec) Melb

Mr Stephen Brown, BSc (Hons) Edinburgh PGCertEd (Sec) Northern College BSc (Astrn) (Hons) Uclan FRAS MInstP

Ms Jennifer Burgess, BA EngPsych MU Cert Fash RMIT FashJourn LonCollFash MagWrit Aust Writers Centre, DigMark Gen Assembly

Ms Melissa Campbell, BA (Fine Art) GDipInfoSys RMIT GDipMuseumSt Deakin MA Monash

Mrs Penny Campbell, DipTeach(EC) IECD

Miss Brigette Carlile, BSptExSc Deakin GDipEd Monash

Ms Michelle Carroll, BEd UB GrDipHealth QUT MEd UQ AFAIM

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