The Catherineian 2018

The Catherineian 2018

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Ms Alison Windmill

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Ms Deborah Branch

Ms Mairin Gibbes

Editorial Committee

Dr Julie Townsend

Ms Sarah Guy

Mrs Kylie McCullah

Mrs Deborah Clancy

Mrs Evangeline Galettis oam

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A balanced education and a balanced life

We have spent another year doing what we do best – delivering a classic education in a comprehensive environment. It was one of my colleagues who used the term ‘classic education’ recently when he was telling me what he feels sets us apart from other schools: our breadth and balance. A strong focus on the basics, but with 14 elective subjects, including five languages, to give girls choice: Latin in Year 7, to develop an understanding of classical civilisation, grammar and etymology; 20 music ensembles; 20 sports; drama, dance and musicals; service opportunities at home and abroad; overseas tours, exchanges and immersion opportunities; a focus on character development; and a focus on developing strong, enduring relationships. Because, we want our girls to have a balanced education and a balanced life – to be their best intellectually, to be accomplished, to be secure in their character, to be anchored by values that give them strength and hope, to be compassionate, and to live well with others.

Our balanced education works well. Last year 90 per cent of our Year 12 girls went straight to university. Of them, 27 per cent are studying STEM subjects; 25 per cent the arts – but they have

chosen a wide range of degrees: design, commerce, health, communications and media; international studies; fine arts; criminology; animal and vet bioscience; music; law. Of the 10 percent of girls who didn’t go straight to university, half went into the workforce and half took a gap year, an increasingly attractive option after the demands of the HSC.

Here are a few examples of what formed part of our girls’ education this year: Our Year 9 design and technology classes worked with FINCH production company to develop their STEM creativity. Over 50 performers, musicians and backstage crew took part in the musical The Secret Garden at NIDA. Years 8–9 girls undertook new cultural exchanges to Massachusetts, Switzerland, New Zealand and Adelaide adding to our established exchange network. Our St Cathodes robotics team entered their robot Rex into the FIRST Robotics Competition. Our Year 9 debating team came second in the Archdale Debating Competition, with the combined team performances placing them fourth and winning them the ‘Most Improved’ shield. Years 10–11 students took part in the ‘Entrepreneurship in STEM program’, where they pitched their business solution in response to The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. 550 girls played sport. Our senior firsts netball team played in IGSSA Division 1 for the second time ever, reaching the semi-finals. Our Tildesley Shield tennis team finished fourth out of 27 schools in the 100 th anniversary of Tildesley Shield tennis. Our dance students entered the DanceLife Unite nationals in Melbourne, with the junior company coming first in the lyrical section, our senior company coming second in the contemporary section and the combined team coming first in the jazz and hip hop section. In The Hills Dance Spectacular, our senior company came second, receiving the ’Most Entertaining’ trophy. Our Year 10 girls spent a week working with various charity and community organisations around Australia for their service ‘Project STC’. Over 180 students performed in the dance showcase Gravity at NIDA. Our senior first water polo team won the IGSSA premiership for the fifth time in seven years. When the NSW Law Reform Commission asked for submissions to their review of the  Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), our Year 11 legal studies students made a submission. It was

Dr Julie Townsend, Headmistress

Catherine’s

Waverley

We want our girls to have a balanced education and a balanced life – to be their best intellectually, to be accomplished, to be secure in their character, to be anchored by values that give them strength and hope, to be compassionate, and to live well with others.

The Catherineian

Next year, our Faith Patterson Scholarship will be awarded for the first time to a student undertaking Years 11–12. Miss Patterson served as headmistress of St Catherine’s for 33 years, and was dedicated to girls’ education.

the only submission from their age group, and was published in the Commission’s Consultation Paper 21, entitled Consent in relation to sexual offences. And throughout the year, girls supported over 20 charities and raised $30,000. I’d say that was a pretty balanced education.

An education is only as good as the staff delivering it, and I am so grateful for our excellent team. They are unstinting in their dedication to the girls, and just as busy. After the bell rings at 3.20pm each day, they move on to their co-curricular responsibilities, meetings, marking, lesson planning and reporting. One of our visiting Old Girls recently remarked that it was only after she left school that it twigged that lesson plans didn’t just appear by magic on a teacher’s desk each morning. And, just like the girls, staff have much happening in their lives alongside their school work. There have been weddings planned and performed, babies born, homes bought and sold, children finishing preschool, school, and university, jazz performances and CD sales, City to Surf and marathon competitions run, further education courses completed, television appearances made, conference presentations performed, and interviews in journals and bulletins. Staff have still had time to plan for next year. In 2019 girls will have more curriculum time in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science, which provide the deep learning that underpins all other disciplines. Year 8 will be offered drama as an elective subject so that, along with music and visual arts, they will have plenty of opportunity to develop the creativity, collaboration and presentation skills that are so important to an all-round education. And, our drama department will produce our first Years 10–12 play in many years, which will alternate annually with our musical. The 2019 production will be Girl Asleep, an Australian coming-ofage story. There will be a dance tour to the USA, a classics tour to Italy and Greece, and a service education trip to Cambodia. And, we will move to BYOD computers for Years 10–12, to give our senior students a choice of devices.

Next year, our Faith Patterson Scholarship will be awarded for the first time to a student undertaking Years 11–12. Miss Patterson served as headmistress of St Catherine’s for 33 years, and was dedicated to girls’ education. At Speech Day in 1984 she spoke

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to the girls about the importance of relationships and character, telling them: “show mutual respect and a positive concern; know yourself; accept yourself and set about the adventure of living as yourself”. Her generous bequest of $230,000, alongside donations from past and present members of our community, has made the Faith Patterson Scholarship possible, and her legacy lives on through it.

I had a specific insight into the dedication of our staff earlier this year. I had a phone call from a representative from the NCCD, an acronym for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data. The purpose of the NCCD is to collect information about students with disability across Australia in a consistent, reliable and systematic way. About three per cent of our students require some level of educational adjustment in the classroom, so are part of the data collection process. Our teachers know exactly who needs adjustments, make them as necessary, record and collate the information, and inform the NCCD. It is a time-consuming process, but ensures each student is known and appropriately supported. The NCCD representative told me that we were one of 16 schools across Australia who had the best practice in data collection, and they wanted to film us and use our practice as a role model for other schools. It’s an unglamorous, but incredibly important, example of the care and commitment our staff take behind the scenes to make sure that the educational process runs smoothly for all students, and they get the challenge and support they need. I can give you many more examples of work that takes

place behind the scenes, the ‘magic’ that happens when no one is looking, so we can do our best for every student.

As we look to 2019, we will continue to give our girls the best possible classic, holistic education in our comprehensive environment. We will continue to teach them to “show mutual respect and a positive concern; to know themselves; accept themselves and set about the adventure of living as themselves”. And, as a community, we will continue to develop and cherish the relationships that give our school its strength. Because, as Mark Twain noted in a letter to his close friend, Clara Spaulding, “there isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that”.

Dr Julie Townsend Headmistress

As we look to 2019, we will continue to give our girls the best possible classic, holistic education in our comprehensive environment.

Chaplain’s report

Another exciting year was had in 2018, where girls at St Catherine’s learned more about themselves and the world around them. Not only were they reminded that God made each of them in his image and infinitely precious, but that God loves them, regardless of who they are or what they have done.

A highlight in the junior school was Good News Week, where girls were reminded that the good news about Jesus is so good, it’s worth celebrating! Mrs Roslyn Ghazal and the fantastic Year 6 Cru leaders organised a wide range of fun activities including a photo hunt, where girls needed to capture a snapshot of a variety of weird and wonderful things around the school.

This year’s senior school Faith Week theme was ‘The Best Bargain Ever’, where we explored the idea that God’s love for us is an unbelievably good deal: His love, his forgiveness and the hope of eternal life are all ours for free. This isn’t because these things aren’t costly, but because the cost has been paid by Jesus. The week was full of fun and celebration – and perhaps most beloved by the girls was the free cookie they each received, baked by students from Adelphe.

Lots of students attended and enjoyed the many Christian groups (Cru groups) across the school: MiniCru, JuniorCru, SeniorCru and Adelphe. They grew in their understanding of what it means to follow Jesus in a fun and relaxed environment. This year we say farewell to the Year 12 Adelphe leaders, led by chapel prefect Georgia Ireland. We are very thankful for their hard work in

serving and leading the younger girls and pray that God continues to bless them in all their future endeavours.

In an ever-changing world, it is good to remember God’s wisdom on what is important in life. While high marks, career success or enjoying the finer things are good in life, it is important to keep them in perspective and remember they are not ultimate things. Jesus reminded us of the importance of relationships, both with him and with those around us. Jesus gave up his life in the service of others, to bring them peace, forgiveness and hope. Not only can we be the beneficiaries of his great service, we look to follow him in it, realising that it is far better to give than to receive. Having a school community that has received so much, it is our hope and prayer that each one of us can look to serve others in any way we can.

Rev Alex Koch Chaplain

Junior school Easter chapel service

Adelphe Escape

Farewell to Year 12 Adelphe girls: Georgia Ireland, Jia Jiun (Pearl) Ha, Kristina Boulton, Antonia Boulton, Jolie (Jessica) Cheung, Madison Booth

Ashleigh Doran and Georgia Ireland at Adelphe Escape

Rev Alex Koch

MEMBERS OF ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL COUNCIL

School Council

President

The Most Reverend Dr Glenn Davies, Archbishop of Sydney Chairman

Rev Simon Roberts

Deputy Chair

Mrs Danusia Cameron

Council Members

Mrs Janice Dalton

Dr Jennifer Matthei

Rev Joshua Ng

Mrs Kim Parish

Rev Martin Robinson

Rev Dani Treweek

Mr Gilbert van der Jagt

Mr John Ward

Mr Ian Wong

Mr Mark Woodley

2018 marked the second year of our current five year strategic plan. Under Dr Townsend’s leadership, a wide range of initiatives has been introduced over the last 12 months, and others that commenced in 2017 have continued to bear fruit and be further refined. These include a significant increase in the focus on STEM and innovation across both junior and senior schools, use of the principles of positive psychology to underpin staff and student wellbeing, introduction of new service learning opportunities, and development of a Community Charter to foster strong working relationships between staff, parents and students. We are very grateful to Dr Townsend for her unrelenting commitment to St Catherine’s.

I would like to particularly thank Mrs Kim Millar, Mr Mark Woodley and Dr Jennifer Matthei who resigned from the Council during the course of 2018. I am very grateful for the valuable contribution each has made to the good governance of the school.

At the end of the year we also farewelled Ms Sarah Guy. As head of junior school and deputy head of the school Ms Guy has made an invaluable contribution to St Catherine’s over the last eight years. Under her leadership I have always found the junior school to be a place where girls are challenged to learn and grow academically and as young women. It is a place of warmth, care, nurture and fun. Ms Guy has been a great blessing to the whole school community and we wish her all the best for the future.

Rev Simon Roberts Chairman

FRONT ROW: Dr Jennifer Matthei, Mrs Kim Parish, Mr John Ward, Rev Dani Treweek, Mrs Janice Dalton

SECOND ROW: Mr Ian Wong, Mr Gilbert van der Jagt, Rev Joshua Ng, Mrs Danusia Cameron, Rev Simon Roberts

ABSENT: Rev Martin Robinson, Mr Mark Woodley, Mrs Kim Millar

Junior school

JuniorCru

Maddison Soulos

The women of the future

The women of the future learn and play at St Catherine’s each day. In a safe, enchanting environment, their teachers masterfully capture their curiosity and build on their eagerness to learn. Together, the staff create a warm, wonder-filled place where each girl is known and valued, so that our girls love school; where strong relationships are a natural part of each day, so that our girls embrace life; and where love of learning is nourished and creative potential unleashed, so that our girls enrich the world.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published the Learning Framework for 2030, which states “students will need to develop curiosity, imagination, resilience and self-regulation; they will need to respect and appreciate the ideas, perspectives and values of others.” The report also states, “They will need to be responsible and empowered, placing collaboration above division, and sustainability above short-term gain.” By holding true to our purpose, to develop young women of character and intellect, we are on track in preparing our girls for this future.

Our ongoing commitment to character education has seen the girls harnessing and treasuring their character strengths in how they live and learn. The magic of these strengths is that they can be developed by everyone. And, when children discover and use their natural strengths, they develop into respectful adults

who are respected for who they truly are. Along with character education, the deliberate blend of explicit instruction and inquirybased learning provides a firm foundation from which our girls can explore their world.

In preparing students for 2030 and beyond, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company recommend that educators “collaborate with other educators to create or pilot programs that explicitly address social-emotional skills.” Our Year 5 teachers put this into action by collaborating with teachers from Newington College and International Grammar School. This resulted in a technology-

And, when children discover and use their natural strengths, they develop into respectful adults who are respected for who they truly are.

Ms Sarah Guy Deputy Headmistress | Head of Junior School

Sarah Guy and Evangeline Galettis OAM

Coco Matthews and Clementine Jenkins

JUNIOR SCHOOL PREFECTS

FRONT ROW: Scarlett Edyvean, Jazz Wilson, Lauren Griffiths, Bobbie Lee DeBuse, Chiara Hammond

JUNIOR SCHOOL HOUSE CAPTAINS

FRONT ROW: Emily Logan, Claudia Cawley, Alva Humphreys, Lola Scotts, Willow Smith, Anika Bradford, Isabella Walley, Zara Messis

Phonniwat-Funge,

based, social program which promoted student collaboration and respectful relationships. Student collaboration in studio learning resulted in the remarkable ‘Skip the Straw’ initiative, ably and determinedly led by Stage 1 students. Similarly, Year 6 students wholeheartedly embraced the Solar Buddy project and took ownership of the fundraising required to finance this initiative. These are shining examples of leadership, a commitment to sustainability and the power of student voice.

Research shows that when teachers regularly observe others’ lessons and take part in collaborative teaching and professional development, they are more satisfied with their careers and feel more effective in their teaching. Therefore, teachers have continued to meet weekly for rigorous and reflective planning sessions, and they now visit one another’s classrooms as part of our appraisal system. In 2019, our STEM specialist will team teach science with class teachers to enable further collaboration and enhance learning for all.

Highlights in 2018’s treasure chest of memories include: the ‘Beelieve in yourself spelling bee’, Write a Book in a Day (with Year 6 girls raising over $5000 through sponsorship for The Kids’ Cancer Project), creating and playing mini-golf courses in the library, a trip to Central Australia, writing ‘letters to the troops’, watching NED’s Kindness Adventure, winning second place in the interschool

GATEway 8 challenge, performing in the magnificent production of The Lion King Jr’, winning gold at the Engadine Eisteddfod, coding Sphero balls, using QR codes on Identity Evening, winning the innovative solutions award at the FIRST Lego League robotics competition, representation at IPSHA, CIS and NSWPSSA carnivals (including a silver medal for the senior relay team), performing in the delightful nativity musical Hey Ewe!, service learning at Clomama – St Luke’s, Clovelly, and making ‘Bike n’ Blend’ smoothies on Wellbeing Day.

It has been an honour to lead and work alongside such an outstanding team of teachers and support staff. I have treasured their professional passion and unfailing commitment to nourishing young minds and young hearts.

In my treasure chest of memories, our girls are resplendent gems. Each one is a precious creation with a unique combination of gifts and characteristics. I am so proud of the growth each girl has demonstrated in her learning and the countless examples of courage, kindness and inclusion that have come to characterise our school. The gems of St Catherine’s will continue to shine brightly.

Deputy

In my treasure chest of memories, our girls are resplendent gems. Each one is a precious creation with a unique combination of gifts and characteristics.

SECOND ROW: Miss Y. Howard, Victoria

Francesca Betts, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Ella Gaden, Gemma Allen, Willow Pratley, Ms S. Guy

SECOND ROW: Miss Y. Howard, Claudia McIntosh, Lucie Brealey, Phoebe Strachan, Ms S. Guy

Ms Sarah Guy

Headmistress | Head of Junior School

Matilda Reitz, Gabriella Mata Rohe, Kate Pellegrini

Catherine’s

Waverley

Kindergarten

On their first day, Kindergarten was asked: What are you most excited about starting school?

“I am excited to meet my teacher and to be at the same school as my big sister Meera.”

NANDINI ARORA

“I am excited to play sport in PE.” MATILDA BALL

“I will make lots of friends and play lots of games.”

KRISTINA BRAY

“I get to wear my uniform all the time.”

LUCY BROWN

“I get to be at the same school that my mummy works at and I can make friends.”

SIENNA CAIRNS

“I will get to make new friends that I don’t have yet.”

SOPHIE CHALMERS

“I am excited to have my own teacher Miss Smith.” RUBY CORNWALL

First day of Kindergarten for Blayke Mangakahia and Katherine Hill

Sienna Cairns and Charlotte Guo

Kindergarten

What are you most excited about starting school?

“I am excited to be learning all the things my big sisters have learned.” INDIGO FRASER

“I am excited to meet all my teachers.” CHARLOTTE GUO

Alicia Ng

Amy McCrory Blayke Mangakahia

Charlotte Guo

Emerald Pardi

Georgina Hathorn-Jarman

Indigo Fraser

Juliette Mina Katherine Hill

Kristina Bray

Lucy Brown Matilda Ball

Mika Nelson Phoebe Ruane

Ruby Cornwall

Sienna Cairns

Alannah Morris

Emma Heng

Nandini Arora

Sophie Chalmers

Sarah Smit on Grandparents Day

Anouk Wirasinha

Evelette Tjandra

Sarah Smit

St Catherine’s School Waverley

What are you most excited about starting school?

“I am excited to learn how to read and write because I don’t know how yet.”

GEORGINA HATHORN-JARMAN

“I am excited to be friends with my teacher and to do mathematics.”

EMMA HENG

“I am excited to get a deli order and see my sister at school.”

KATHERINE HILL

“I like to go to the library whenever I want to.”

BLAYKE MANGAKAHIA

“I am excited to have a nice teacher who looks after me.”

AMY MCCRORY

“I am excited to have Miss Smith teach me just like my sister did.”

JULIETTE MINA

“I am excited to be a big girl at big school.”

ALANNAH MORRIS

“I am excited to meet my Friday Friend.”

MIKA NELSON

“I like school.” ALICIA NG

“I am excited to see Miss Smith and this is the best school ever.”

EMERALD PARDI

“I am excited to do lots of drawing.”

PHOEBE RUANE

“I am excited to make some friends.”

SARAH SMIT

“I am excited to talk to new people.”

EVELETTE TJANDRA

“I am excited to see what art is like.”

ANOUK WIRASINHA

Kristina Bray and Blayke Mangakahia

Ms Guy with Evellete Tjandra and her family

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At the end of the year, Kindergarten was asked: Now that you have finished Kindergarten, what was your favourite memory?

“My favourite thing about school has been my teachers because they always help me.”

NANDINI ARORA

“My favourite memory was learning the THRASS rap because it helped me sound out words.” MATILDA BALL

“I liked writing because it is fun.”

RUBY CORNWALL

“I liked being in KS because we all learned things together.” INDIGO FRASER

“I liked biblical studies because I like doing role plays.” CHARLOTTE GUO

KRISTINA BRAY

“I liked doing the spelling bee because it was fun watching the big girls do it.”

“I liked all my writing lessons with Miss Smith because she helped me write amazing things.”

LUCY BROWN

“I liked being a part of KS because we always worked together as a team.”

SIENNA CAIRNS

“My favourite thing was my teacher – because it meant I got to meet you.”

SOPHIE CHALMERS

“I liked this year because I learned how to do new things every day.” GEORGINA HATHORN-JARMAN

“My favourite memory was doing Kahoot! because the music was fun and if I made a mistake we could learn from it.” EMMA HENG

“I liked playing Circle Champion in mathematics because it is fun to play with your friends.”

KATHERINE HILL

Alicia Ng and Matilda Ball on the first day of school

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“I liked my art lessons because we drew lots of things.” BLAYKE MANGAKAHIA

“I liked library because I got to read books.”

AMY MCCRORY

“My favourite memory was my Friday Friends performance because I loved being on stage and acting.” JULIETTE MINA

“I liked biblical studies because I liked acting and watching plays.” ALANNAH MORRIS

“My favourite memory was of my teacher Miss Smith, because she taught me new things.”

MIKA NELSON

“My favourite thing was developmental play and drawing.” ALICIA NG

“My favourite memory was all the fun times I had with Miss Smith.” EMERALD PARDI

“My favourite memory was in French learning new words.” PHOEBE RUANE

“My favourite was Miss Smith because she always helped look after me.” SARAH SMIT

“My favourite memory was developmental play because I had fun with my friends and built cool things.” EVELETTE TJANDRA

“I liked doing art because I could be creative.”

ANOUK WIRASINHA

Phoebe Ruane

Ms Guy, Charlotte Guo and her mum

Ruby Cornwall and her dad

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Year 1

A time to shine

Lights, camera, action! Our Friday Friends assembly was an opportunity to have our moment in the spotlight and display our character strengths. Kate explained, “I loved our Friday Friends assembly because I felt famous and I got to read my poem to the whole school.”

During rehearsals we practised the character strengths of teamwork and creativity. We shared our creative ideas and these were used in the show. Juliet thought “everyone had amazing costumes”. These were lovingly created at home with the help of our parents. Finally, we were transformed into African animals –singing and dancing African animals, that is.

On the big day we dramatised the inspiring story, Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. Gerald the giraffe was told he couldn’t dance by the other animals. Through perseverance and bravery, Gerald set out to prove the animals wrong. We finished with a stirring dance to Can’t Stop The Feeling! which we all performed with bravery and zest. Gabrielle and Elyse cried, “We loved doing the Rock’n’Roll dancing together”.  Lucia exclaimed, “It was so much fun to dance for everyone and my mum came to watch”.

Professor Maths fun with Edie McCrodden, Georgia Smirl, Holly Hancock, Elyse Rae and Juliet Drape

Daisy Sewell

Fun in and out of the classroom

Our character strengths of curiosity, perseverance and teamwork were used in so many of our classes. “Mathematics is a bit tricky but always exciting”, explained Emma, and Sofia “loves it when her teacher reads stories to the class”.

Year 1 was such a great learning adventure and every day was fun packed.

A highlight for Lucia is music “because we get to play the instruments”.

PE has been popular too. Sarah loves gymnastics, especially “doing flips and jumping on the trampoline”. Georgia is a fan of swimming “because I am a swimming person” and Olivia enjoyed “running and playing banana tag”.

Gabrielle and Amelia W particularly enjoyed biblical studies “because the plays are so much fun and we learn the Bible at the same time”.

Anoushka Shaw and Olivia Steed testing the wind during studio learning

Emma Bickford-Smith

Kate Fairhall Georgia Smirl

Lucia Gordon and Gabrielle Subrata

Juliet Drape and Emily Noble

Days to remember

There were many special events this year that were exciting and fun. These are the days we will never forget.

Isabella exclaimed, “Book Week is the best because we get to celebrate books”. Willow explained “I love library because the books take me into another world. I loved Book Week because we dressed up as our favourite book character and persuaded other people to read that book.” Even the teachers dressed up as crayons from the book, The Day The Crayons Quit.

We all went to Queens Park for the cross country carnival and our parents came along to cheer us on. It was the furthest we had ever run but no one gave up, we persevered to the finish line. Daisy decided “I loved the cross country carnival because I could run fast.”

There were many dress up days to raise money for charities. One of our favourites was dressing up as farmers, to help Australian farmers who are battling the drought. Jade said “Farmers Day was great – we got to appreciate the wool, fruit and vegetables that we get from farms”.

Anoushka thought, “I loved the Celebration of Learning because our parents came to our classroom and we made a time capsule.” We wrote a letter to our future self and our parents wrote a secret message. We sealed it in an envelope and look forward to opening it when we grow up.

We were all asked what we liked most about Year 1, Elizabeth said “I love my teachers and my friends.” It has been a fantastic year.

Willow Garcia, Cleo Parker and Elizabeth Parker

Year 2

All about our year

Year 2 was a wonderful year filled with learning, friendship, fun, curiosity and adventure. There were so many things that we could tell you about. Some of our favourites were Studio Learning, the exciting excursions and taking part in our sports carnivals.

In Studio Learning, Years 1–2 came together to learn about our families and local area. We changed the way we thought about rubbish and even made boats and parachutes. Some of us went to the senior school to present in assembly – we were pretty nervous but it was fun.

To help our learning we went on interesting excursions to Bronte House, the St Catherine’s School Museum, Reverse Garbage and Queens Park Playground. In sport, we worked hard to improve our skills and prepare for carnivals. In cross country we ran around Queens Park, with flags to direct us so we didn’t go the wrong way. We also had a special K–2 sports carnival where we raced our friends and played fun team games. We all got a special ribbon because we did so well.

Eliza-Ann Ajaka, Pearl Cornwall and Elsie Ruane

Library Lovers Day 20 St Catherine’s School Waverley

Author visits

Three authors came to talk with us to help us with our writing and reading. One author was Libby Hathorn (who is also Harriet’s grandma). Libby read her books Incredibilia and Outside, encouraging us to use our ‘ideas antenna’ to help us with writing our own stories. We also had a visit from Elliot Perlman who wrote The Adventures of Catvinkle. We liked the book because the dog and the cat were showing kindness, friendship and helpfulness. Tim Harris came for Book Week and read his book Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables – he even brought a drone! We were so lucky to have such special guests visit us this year.

Leonor Aguilar Contente, Gabrielle Mina and Nikoletta Veneti

Elsie Ruane, Amelie Boss, Gabrielle Mina and Nikoletta Veneti

A visit to Bronte House

Elliot Perlman

Year 2 is unique

Did you know there are lots of special things that only Year 2 can do? It was important for us to be really good role models because we were the oldest in the K–2 playground. Shed duty was one special job where we were responsible for handing out the equipment to everyone in K–2. We loved being leaders.

We also enjoyed being part of the string instrument program, just for Year 2, where we chose to play a violin, viola or cello. We liked playing our instruments because we learned fun songs to play with our friends and teachers.

K–2 lunchtime was also fun with lots of different activities. On Wednesdays we loved to go to Tech Girls where we did coding, drawing, building, experiments and much, much more.

Selina Xuan, Cleo Nelson and Alyssa Savva

Reading Hour

Cleo Nelson

Saffron Charles

Maribel Goumenis

Year 2, 2018

Studio Learning experiments

An excursion to Reverse Garbage

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Year 3

Australian National Maritime Museum visit

In Studio Learning, as part of our study of explorers, we visited the Australian National Maritime Museum. The main part of our visit was to have a tour of the HMB Endeavour, a tall ship that is an exact copy of the one Captain Cook and his crew used to sail around the world discovering new countries. We went below deck to learn about life on board for the crew and the officers. We learned about a disease called scurvy. We even saw where Captain Cook slept and worked. It would have been very cramped for the 96 people on board.

Bondi Beach excursion

On a sunny wintery afternoon, Years 3–4 ventured off to Bondi Beach to explore the natural environment with local expert Professor Tom. Our first stop was the lifeguard tower to meet some of the Bondi Rescue lifesavers and to make sure that we were safe on our visit. We started our adventure walking south towards Tamarama. Professor Tom showed us examples of sandstone and honeycomb rock that had weathered over the years. He showed us how human activity changes the Earth’s surface and the impact it has had along the coastline. After our excursion we saw Bondi Beach as being more than just a nice place to have a swim.

Jasmine Zhang

Professor Maths

During STEM week, Year 3 took part in mathematics activities with Professor Maths. He was very funny but made sure that we were learning at the same time. We completed the activities in groups, where we had to work together to solve problems. Some of them were very challenging. We had to really listen to our friends and work together, otherwise they were impossible to solve. We put on wigs, glasses and safety vests as we got the problems correct so that we could look just like the professor. It was good to learn while having lots of fun.

Ruby Colin

Sashi Mason Abigail Fisher

Edie Molesworth, Alannah Betts, Sarah Rupnik Williams and Emily Canning-Smith on the Bondi Beach Studio Learning excursion

Jasmine Zhang on Harmony Day

Watsons Bay

As part of Studio Learning, Year 3 went to Watsons Bay to learn about traditional Indigenous customs and ways of life.

Our first experience was using ochre, the Aboriginal body paint, which felt very cool on our skin. Secondly, we tried eating a specific grass found on beaches and ate some wattle seeds that tasted like coffee! We put a boomerang on a wire and spun it around to make a noise to attract whales. We saw tools that Aboriginal people used in their daily lives and learned how to make a fire. We found specific leaves and rubbed them in our hands with water to make soap. We then had delicious wattle seed pancakes with jam and cream. Eventually we went on a long walk to the top of the stairs to see the beautiful view over Watsons Bay.

Stage 2 Christmas chapel

On Tuesday 20 November, Stage 2 held their annual Christmas chapel service. All the girls in Years 3–4 were involved, either playing an instrument, singing in the choir, ushering guests, reading from the Bible, reciting a prayer or being involved in the address or nativity play. This year we focused on the fact that the true meaning of Christmas is love and although there may be many celebrations and distractions over the festive season, the birth of Jesus is the reason why we all come together.

Darcy Alp and Mia Caredes

Georgie Smit and Ivy Kodomichalos

Lara Wong

Amelie Fletcher

Bronte House art excursion

Library sleepover

Year 3 rushed excitedly to school for the library sleepover on Friday 21 September.

One activity was the Amazing Race where we had to race to complete a series of challenges and activities. Then we had fun craft and culinary activities, including biscuit decorating, sing-offs, making dragon eggs and pom-poms.

We had a delicious dinner of sushi, pizza and ice cream, then it was time to watch a movie in the library. We watched Paper Planes while lying on our sleeping bags until 9pm when it was time to sleep. In the morning we had a delicious breakfast of Coco Pops, toast and cereal. We then played in the playground until our parents came to pick us up.

Eva Steed and Edie Molesworth

Hunter Mangakahia, Gabriella Mata Rohe and Matilda Reitz

Eva Steed

Rediva Chan

Year 4

Creativity, zest, teamwork and love of learning are the key character strengths we learned in Year 4. We learned to be brave like Nim from Nim’s Island and creative like Roald Dahl. We used deductive reasoning like Detective ‘Shelby’ Holmes from The Great Shelby Holmes: Girl Detective and finally, we learned humility like Hugo from The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Really, we have been stepping into books and learning from the characters we have studied all year.

Term 1 took us on an adventure into the novel Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr. We learned about Nim and her character strengths of bravery, resilience and independence. We used these character strengths at camp by showing courage when rock climbing, resilience on the 2.4km Charles Darwin walk, and independence when we made durable nests and homes for all types of Australian animals. Overall, camp was an enjoyable and new experience for all of us. Our ‘survival skills’ were also put to the test on our excursion to Watsons Bay where we studied the animals and plants, then figured out how they added value to our environment.

In Term 2, we unpacked linguistic tools, as we studied The BFG by Roald Dahl. We learned about spoonerisms, made by swapping sounds at the start of two words, for example ‘skipping and jumping’ becomes ‘jipping and skumping’, portmanteau and alliteration. We used these tools to help us understand the language of the BFG, invented by Roald Dahl called ‘Gobblefunk’. We learned about the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which helps with pronunciation, and used this along with our

On the Charles Darwin walk

Amalie Gomez and Skye Treanor in Studio Learning

THRASS chart when spelling and sounding out difficult words. We used creativity to make up our own words and thought about the history of where they came from. Did you know that peri means around and meter means to measure, so perimeter means to measure all the way around the outside?

We channelled our inner detective in Term 3 when studying the mysterious book, The Great Shelby Holmes: Girl Detective by Elizabeth Eulberg, about a dognapper. We used our deductive reasoning in Studio Learning to categorise rocks into igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. This came in handy at Bondi Beach when we learned about history and honeycomb weathering with Professor Thom.

Pictures are more powerful than we think. In Term 4 we read The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, which has 284 drawings in it, and learned about visual literacy devices such as vectors, gaze, dominance and juxtaposition. Everyone did a speech on an advertisement of their choice and had to unpack it using visual literacy terms.

Year 4 was like a learning train – when you jump on, you can be a successful and independent learner. However, we all realised through humility and teamwork that not one person can power this on their own. It takes everyone’s strength to power our learning train. It’s not our final destination that counts, it’s the journey. With our teachers and our friends by our side, what a wonderful journey it has been!

Grace Walley, Tessa Allen and Beatrice Lefebvre

On the Charles Darwin Walk

Mia Te Wani, mathematics champion

Grace Walley

Enjoying the sunshine at Bondi Beach

Koko Rikard-Bell, Sienna Rae and Emme Eshuys cooling off at camp

Where is the possum?

Great friends in Year 4

Chimp champions Beatrice Lefebvre and Genevieve Vanderplank

Caption Caption CaptionRoxie Smart and Ellie Bliss on Wellbeing Day

Angelique Elfes

Dinnertime at Blue Gum Lodge

Kate Wu

Artwork by Amalie Gomez

Summer Jedlicka-Trennery and Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi at Bondi Beach

Beatrice Lefebvre and Grace Walley at Bondi Beach

Alice Aitken, Lucinda Connell and Mia Te Wani on the low ropes

Bush craft time for Ruby Hughes

Year 5

Biomimicry

I am mimicking a chameleon’s eyes. I am going to design glasses that have mirrors angled, so you can see behind you. This will help with driving, preventing pickpockets and help with overall safety. This invention will help parents keep an eye on toddlers, and help teachers watch their class.

Camp

Year 5 students and teachers had a wonderful time at camp. We went sailing, fishing, climbed ropes, went on a boat trip to explore the mangroves, shot arrows at a bullseye in archery, had a campfire, built billy carts and tested ourselves in the teacher’s trivia.

I really enjoyed fishing and sailing because we were near the water. I liked archery because I enjoyed shooting arrows; teacher’s trivia because it was challenging; and the campfire because we got marshmallows after we performed.

Mission to Mars

I really enjoyed the Mars mission video conference because I learned so much and am looking forward to the challenge of driving the rover.

Bella Blair

I really enjoyed using VR headsets to explore Mars because I previously had no idea what Mars looked like and I got to see real images. I learned a lot.

Zoe Tinellis with a toddler friend at Clomama playgroup

Ruby Doyle

Mackenzie Hansen

Tilly Shorter

Caption Caption Caption

Tilly Burgess-Hoar and Tess Burgess

Aimee Garcia

History

Year 5 enjoyed a video conference with the State Library of NSW where we interacted with other schools around Sydney and looked at a range of sources from the 1800s. Students learned about the importance of preserving primary sources so that we can learn about the past. We looked at diary entries, paintings, ship tickets, photos and ship log books and students learned how much things have changed over time. Students had to be detectives to discover a mystery person from a school badge on a blazer pocket, a poster from the Tokyo Olympics and a scrapbook entry.

Ms Nicola Logan Stage 3 Leader

Engineering

Year 5 participated in a workshop with Mr Steven Vermey, a lecturer and engineer who helped rebuild roads, schools and buildings after natural disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq and East Timor. We used this greater knowledge to design and build our own bridges.

It was a fun way to learn about being an engineer. We made a bridge out of newspaper, a school and bridge out of straws, and used hoses to make an aqueduct. I loved it!

Lara Karlovsky

I really enjoyed the science incursion because we did fun things and learned a lot. I loved building the bridges using straws. My group built a pedestrian bridge with a roof, which didn’t even bend when we put most of our weight on it.

Ruby Congdon

Halle Cantelo, Tilly Burgess-Hoar, Maike Morris and Aria Evans serving a meal at camp

Tilley Edwards Hill, Josie Khoo, Allegra Strickland and Ava Chavez-Cornelius bridge building

Haikus

Rocky blue surface

Mountains home to Three Sisters

Found, 1813

I am the Blue Mountains

Alexandra Coffey

Busy spice markets

Apple tea in carpet shops

Graceful ancient place

I am Istanbul

Anouk Smith

My ode to colours (an extract)

Calm, peaceful ocean

In time with the motion

Swimming in the bay

Not caring which way

Sailing through the sea

Relaxing’s the key

Look up at the sky

Watching birds fly by Blue, not just a colour

Clarissa Ling

5L dressed as their favourite characters for Book Week

Mika Selden

Eva Griffiths

Sofia Ignatenko Remembrance Day poem

Mika Selden Shape Poem

Clarissa Ling

Service Learning reflection

Our Service Learning unit is a good chance to give back to those who give so much to us. Many people in the Waverley community support our school by coming to our fête and other special events. Therefore, it’s important to help others in our community by going to organisations like Clomama. It is a nice and generous act to do for other people.

Molly Stening

Newington / IGS / St Catherine’s collaboration

Year 5 students collaborated with either Newington College or International Grammar School with the aim of developing respectful relationships and essential skills for teamwork.

We initially met through a mystery Skype and collaborated through Google Docs. One group travelled to Newington College and two groups remained at St Catherine’s to welcome a group from Newington College and a group from International Grammar School.

“I liked planning the rap with the boys because by then I was more familiar with them and it went really well.”

Kimmi Bilmon

“We loved meeting the boys because they were very different to what we thought and they were kind.”

Daniela Comino, Lara Karlovsky and Sophia Davies

On 6 November, we again collaborated with Newington College and International Grammar School to face many challenging tasks and test our social skills and teamwork. We had fun building a marshmallow tower using spaghetti, marshmallows, string and sticky tape. We went to Swain Gardens to record our raps about the importance of respectful relationships. We enjoyed making an artefact to match the storyline of our rap using various materials including clay, glue, paint and fabric. We had a great time working with the Year 5 boys from Newington College and seeing the different school environments. The collaboration experience was a lot of fun and we enjoyed interacting with new students.

Chelsea Baker and Jemima Hall

Alice Steed, Savannah Moar, Jessica Kluck and Maike Morris Kimberley Magrin

Collaborating with Newington College and International Grammar School

Year 5 sailing at camp

Georgia Parkes

Year 6

Year 6 camp

Year 6 camp was run by The Crusaders Union of Australia and held at Galston Gorge. It was full of fun and adventure, despite all the rain. We enjoyed activities including BMX riding, indoor rock climbing, team initiative challenges and the hilarious Jacob’s ladder. A highlight of the camp was our talent night where we had a special dance by the teachers and a poetry recital by Mr Yeow. We absolutely loved our time on camp and made lots of new friends and cherished memories.

Emma Hartwig

Victoria Phonniwat-Funge, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Sabrina Kuklik, Scarlett Edyvean, Ruby Norgard

Sophia Markovic, Freya Jensen, Isobel Killcross, Sienna Julian, Bethany Rodriguez and Isabel Hathorn

Ongeline Oborn, Ariel Vivian and Chloe Grant

Canberra

This year, 75 courageous young ladies giggled with excitement as they journeyed to our nation’s capital. We visited Parliament and took a ‘selfie’ with the then Prime Minister, Malcom Turnbull. We visited the War Memorial to learn about the brave soldiers who fought for our rights and freedom, and enjoyed the fun activities that Questacon and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) had to offer. The Canberra trip was a memorable experience and we came away with an appreciation of Australia’s democratic values.

Cranbrook School dance

The night we had been waiting for all year finally arrived and everyone was filled with nervous excitement and expectation. It was nerve-racking at the beginning because we had to dance with boys, which was new for all of us, but we soon became comfortable and realised the boys felt the same way.

The Cranbrook School dance was fun and exciting because we socialised with people who we normally wouldn’t. It was a new and exciting experience that we all enjoyed.

Meg Wotherspoon and Niamh Morris having fun at Year 6 camp

Victoria Phonniwat-Funge and Chiara Hammond

Emily Logan and Claudia Cawley

Year 6 in Canberra with the then Prime Minister, Malcom Turnbull

Lucie Brealey

Marni Beville

Francesca Betts

Melanie Kang

yLead reflection

Stage 3 really enjoyed the yLead leadership program in Term 1. We learned how to become great leaders and what we can do to help our school and the community. Whether in the playground, during sport, in the classroom or with our friends, we learned that we can be positive examples to others.

Mia (Mac) Freeman and Scarlett Edyvean

Identity Evening

The Identity Evening was about showing people who we are. We dressed up as our ‘future selves’ and performed group metaphor poems about our strengths and future lives to an audience of our family and friends. The Jane Barker Hall was filled with our creative autobiographies, time lines and interactive identity videos on display. The Identity Evening was a truly special and very memorable event.

Phoebe Strachan and Madylin Dato

Write a Book in a Day (WABIAD)

In Term 3, Year 6 embarked on a glorious and challenging adventure to write a book in 12 hours. Each group used teamwork, courage and perseverance to create a masterpiece that was displayed downstairs in the junior school. Each student had a separate role, including illustrator, and the responsibility of writing and editing their own chapter. The money we raised went to The Kids’ Cancer Project and it was the first time that all of Year 6 had the chance to participate in this competition.

Victoria Phonniwat-Funge, Chiara Hammond, Bobbie Lee DeBuse and Jasmine Spira.

Ariel Vivian and Mia Freeman at Identity Evening

Isobel Killcross, Scarlett Edyvean and Ariel Vivian

Lauren Griffiths, Emily Smethills, Gemma Allen, Scarlett Edyvean and Anika Bradford at WABIAD

Solar Buddy Markets

Year 6 held the Solar Buddy Markets fundraising event that helped raise over $2000 to go toward making renewable light sources for children in Uganda. We spent many weeks learning about energy poverty and its effects on children in third world countries. We then invested our time and creative talents in coming up with interactive activities and products. This was an amazing learning opportunity and we hope the school enjoyed it as much as we did.

Anika Bradford

The Solar Buddy Markets

Amelie Vella, Kloe Dato and customers

Hayley Paddock, Victoria Phonniwat-Funge, Tilly Clark-Jago and Nadia Somtua

KS

FRONT ROW: Nandini Arora, Emerald Pardi, Emma Heng, Sophie Chalmers, Matilda Ball, Blayke Mangakahia, Ruby Cornwall, Alannah Morris

SECOND ROW: Mika Nelson, Indigo Fraser, Katherine Hill, Sarah Smit, Alicia Ng, Kristina Bray, Charlotte Guo, Evelette Tjandra

THIRD ROW: Miss K Smith, Juliette Mina, Lucy Brown, Georgina Hathorn-Jarman, Sienna Cairns, Phoebe Ruane, Amy McCrory, Anouk Wirasinha

1G

FRONT ROW: Theodora Mikhiel, Gabrielle Subrata, Emily Noble, Elyse Rae, Edie McCrodden, Rose Tan, Isabelle Morris, Kate Fairhall

SECOND ROW: Ms M Goto, Olivia Steed, Juliet Drape, Ella Herbst, Georgia Smirl, Amelia Williams, Holly Hancock

ABSENT: Rayna Du

1M

FRONT ROW: Thien Lan Sarah (Sarah) Nguyen Duy, Willow Garcia, Airlea Baker, Kaylee Guo, Lillian Trennery, Isabella Todd, Daisy Sewell

SECOND ROW:

Mrs J McClean, Mikhaela Milios, Jade Sheridan, Sofia Dunkley, Amelia Geha, Emma Bickford-Smith

ABSENT:

Lucia Gordon, Cleo Parker, Elizabeth Parker, Anoushka Shaw

St Catherine’s School Waverley

FRONT ROW:

Evangeline Jazzini, Sophia Chen, Amelie Boss, Isabella Fisher, Cleo Nelson, Zara Ashley, Maddison Soulos

SECOND ROW:

Elsie Ruane, Olive Smart, Olivia Rooke, Maribel Goumenis, Gabrielle Mina, Saffron Charles

THIRD ROW:

Miss L Rowe, Billie Kenna, Chloe Hill, Nikoletta Veneti, Matilda Vermey

ABSENT:

Eliza-Ann Ajaka, Lucinda Eastwood 2N

FRONT ROW: Sophia Oliver, Ella McDonald, Isabella Legge, Alannah Banks, Savana Shine, Pearl Cornwall, Selina Xuan

SECOND ROW:

Ava Dewar, Leonor Aguilar Contente, Mia Loiacono, Willow Vanderplank, Gabrielle Brown, Zara Todd

THIRD ROW:

Miss N Russell, Alyssa Savva, Harriet Hathorn-Jarman, Georgia Love, Charlotte Taylor

ABSENT:

Jemima Bowie Wilson, Josefine Pisano 3C

FRONT ROW:

Lara Wong, Hunter Mangakahia, Claudia Lynam, Mia Caredes, Tara Williams, Pepper Mooney, Safira Sutarto, Karyn Ling, Rediva Chan

SECOND ROW:

Ophelia Heywood, Lola Bayot, Mackenzie Harris, Edie Molesworth, Amelie Fletcher, Darcy Alp, Alannah Betts, Ivy Kodomichalos

THIRD ROW:

Ms K Cameron, India Bloom, Florence Vinnell, Annelise Beville, Sarah Rupnik Williams, Kate Pellegrini, Eva Steed, Jasmine Mathieson, Ginger Campbell

3S

FRONT ROW: Jasmine Zhang, Abigail Fisher, Leila Clark, Sienna Galanis-Sinai, Bo Leppinus, Sashi Mason, Dominique Cullen Feng, Coco Matthews, Abigail Yeung

SECOND ROW: Ruby Colin, Lillian Oranje, Gracie Ireland, Clementine Jenkins, Evie Lloyd, Emily Canning-Smith, Isabella van den Brink, Elvy Liston

THIRD ROW: Mrs A Serhon, Ada van der Gardner, Matilda Reitz, Jamie Meyerson, Gabriella Mata Rohe, Luella Lekias, Arya Bradford, Sara Alp, Georgie Smit

4M

FRONT ROW: Isabel Thompson, Georgina Percy, Harriett Kendall, Summer Jedlicka-Trennery, Ava Lennon, Annabelle Guo, Mia Te Wani, Olivia Zhang

SECOND ROW: Antonia Lin, Frankie Johnston, Emme Eshuys, Grace Verco, Talia Tizzone, Ruby Hughes, Roxie Smart, Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi

THIRD ROW: Miss C Meijer, Genevieve Vanderplank, London Matthews, Sienna Rae, Christabella Chow, Alice Aitken, Kate Wu, Katherine Budden

ABSENT: Zoe Baldwin, Indiana Deicke, Chuming (Cherry) Yang

4R

FRONT ROW: Phoebe Garcia, Zoe Sweeney, Ziying (Elise) He, Bianca Wong, Caroline Lin, Eliza Cook, Blayke Piggins-Massaad, Beatrice Lefebvre

SECOND ROW: Han Ya (Hanya) Yang, Piper Pratley, Lucinda Connell, Skye Treanor, Cerise Platt, Grace Walley, Koko Rikard-Bell, Mia Hinchliffe

THIRD ROW: Ms K Reid, Ava George, Amalie Gomez, Abigail Brealey, Viva Coyle-Beeche, Angelique Elfes, Tessa Allen, Ellie Bliss

ABSENT:

Codie Rigby, Bailey Villeneuve

FRONT ROW: Tilley Edwards Hill, Anita Jazzini, Clarissa Ling, Shoshana Rigler, Georgina Fox, Bianca Kelley, Mika Selden, Halle Cantelo

SECOND ROW:

Josie Khoo, Margot Ruffa, Saskia Tsen, Maike Morris, Amanda Ng, Clementine Hutchinson, Allegra Strickland

THIRD ROW:

Mr L Curd, Savannah Moar, Aasha Causley, Phoebe Lyon, Ava Chavez-Cornelius, Alice Steed, Jessica Kluck

ABSENT: Mia Jonson

FRONT ROW: Sahara Price, Ruby Doyle, Isabella Allison, Georgia Parkes, Emily Jackson, Ariana Fermanis, Luca Hill

SECOND ROW:

Poppy Littlewood, Isabella Luu, Melanie Poulos, Samantha Debelle, Lucinda Sheridan, Ruby Fry, Evie Bayot

THIRD ROW:

Miss J Lee, Sydney Smith, Eva Griffiths, Eva Todd, Weaver Klumper-Madden, Jessie Miller, Kimberley Magrin

ABSENT: Molly Stening, Annie Zaumeyer

FRONT ROW:

Daniela Comino, Sienna Dole, Lara Karlovsky, Holly Negas, Aimee Garcia, Olivia Udler, Aria Evans

SECOND ROW:

Sofia Ignatenko, Sienna Durante, Aida Lloyd, Kimmi Bilmon, Matilda Canning-Smith, Ruby Congdon, Eve Tsakissiris

THIRD ROW:

Ms N Chu, Sophia Davies, Georgia Middleton, Sophie Jasczyk, Claudia Henderson, Eva Johnston, Saskia Sassano

ABSENT:

Sofia Ivakhov, Shuyao (Nina) Yu

FRONT ROW: Tilly Burgess-Hoar, Betty-Rose Burcham, Erin Jackson, Tara Bliss, Jemima (Grace) Hall, Tess Burgess, Isla Mazor, Juliette Strickland

SECOND ROW: Phoebe Ruffa, Cate Darling, Alexandra Coffey, Zoe Yu, Tilly Shorter, Mackenzie Hansen, Anouk Smith

THIRD ROW: Ms N Logan, Arkie O’Halloran, Darcy Connell, Pip Wotherspoon, QiongYu (Vera) Fan, Chelsea Baker, Bella Blair

ABSENT: Robyn-Jane Rigby

FRONT ROW: Jasmine Abela, Isabella Walley, Jasmine Bence, Ariel Vivian, Sophia Martin, Scarlett Edyvean, Claudia Cawley, Emily Logan

SECOND ROW: Mrs N Lee, Lola Scotts, Ongeline Oborn, Madylin Dato, Scarlett Sewell, Marni Beville, Claudia McIntosh, Sophia Markovic, Alva Humphreys

THIRD ROW: Gemma Allen, Sophie Morgan, Sienna Julian, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Sabrina Kuklik, Chloe Grant, Phoebe Strachan

ABSENT: Isobel Killcross

Semester 1 prefects Scarlett Edyvean, Lauren Griffiths, Phoebe Strachan, Chiara Hammond

FRONT ROW: Bethany Rodriguez, Zara Messis, Isabella McIntosh, Holly Bowes, Sienna Springett, Lucinda Evans, Tilly Clark-Jago, Melanie Kang, Nadia Somtua

SECOND ROW: Mrs L Robinson, Chiara Hammond, Charlotte Gibbs, Amelia Kim, Ashley Sassine, Bobbie Lee DeBuse, Julia Mallam, Eliza Watt, Jasmine Spira

THIRD ROW: Ruby Marshall, Isabel Hathorn, Francesca Howarth, Francesca Betts, Victoria Phonniwat-Funge, Hayley Paddock, Zoe Tinellis

ABSENT:

Meera Arora

FRONT ROW: Chloe Fraser, Mia (Mac) Freeman, Willow Smith, Gina Schubach, Emily Smethills, Sofia Bray, Anika Bradford, Ruby Norgard, Abby Libbis

SECOND ROW:

Libei (Lisa) Wang, Freya Jensen, Willow Pratley, Kloe Dato, Mia Freeman, Juliet Brooker, Holly Lewis, Jazz Wilson

THIRD ROW:

Mr J Yeow, Lauren Griffiths, Ella Gaden, Jade Leslie, Lucie Brealey, Caitlin James, Mila Sheridan, Emma Hartwig, Amelie Vella

Semester 2 prefects Claudia McIntosh, Bobbie Lee DeBuse, Jazz Wilson, Lucie Brealey

Junior school prize winners

Kindergarten

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Emerald Pardi

MERIT

Sophie Chalmers

Indigo Fraser

Juliette Mina

Mika Nelson

SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP

Nandini Arora

Phoebe Ruane

Year 1

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Mikhaela Milios

Amelia Williams

MERIT

Sofia Dunkley

Nguyen Duy

Kate Fairhall

Kaylee Guo

Thien Lan Sarah (Sarah)

Georgia Smirl

Gabrielle Subrata

SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP

Cleo Parker

Olivia Steed

Year 2

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Zara Ashley

Sophia Oliver

MERIT

Amelie Boss

Gabrielle Brown

Saffron Charles

Harriet Hathorn-Jarman

Isabella Legge

Elsie Ruane

SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP

Evangeline Jazzini

Alyssa Savva

Year 3

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Karyn Ling

Isabella van den Brink

MERIT

Elvy Liston

Evie Lloyd

Claudia Lynam

Sarah Rupnik Williams

Georgie Smit

Lara Wong

ACHIEVEMENT

Ginger Campbell

Dominque Cullen Feng

Amelie Fletcher

Gracie Ireland

Sashi Mason

Eva Steed

SPECIAL PRIZES

SANTIFORT FAMILY PRIZE FOR MOST IMPROVED

Pepper Mooney

Jasmine Zhang

SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP

Edie Molesworth

Year 4

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi

Han Ya (Hanya) Yang

MERIT

Alice Aitken

Cerise Platt

Piper Pratley

Zoe Sweeney

Mia Te Wani

Talia Tizzone

ACHIEVEMENT

Tessa Allen

Abigail Brealey

Christabella Chow

Bianca Wong

Kate Wu

Olivia Zhang

SPECIAL PRIZES

SANTIFORT FAMILY PRIZE FOR MOST IMPROVED

Ziying (Elise) He

Grace Verco

SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP

Grace Walley

Year 5

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Sophie Jasczyk

Anita Jazzini

Isabella Luu

Juliette Strickland

MERIT

Betty-Rose Burcham

Cate Darling

Sienna Durante

Ruby Fry

Claudia Henderson

Clementine Hutchinson

Emily Jackson

Georgia Middleton

Savannah Moar

Maike Morris

Lucinda Sheridan

Tilly Shorter ACHIEVEMENT

Ava Chavez-Cornelius

Samantha Debelle

QiongYu (Vera) Fan

Eva Griffiths

Mackenzie Hansen

Sofia Ignatenko

Aida Lloyd

Kimberley Magrin

Holly Negas

Mika Selden

Alice Steed

Zoe Yu

SPECIAL PRIZES

SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP

Clarissa Ling

CREATIVE WRITING AWARD

Chelsea Baker

Year 6

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Amelia Kim

Sophia Markovic

Libei (Lisa) Wang

MERIT

Sofia Bray

Claudia Cawley

Mia (Mac) Freeman

Chiara Hammond

Emma Hartwig

Sienna Julian

Victoria Phonniwat-Funge

Zoe Tinellis

Isabella Walley

ACHIEVEMENT

Holly Bowes

Lucie Brealey

Bobbie Lee DeBuse

Scarlett Edyvean

Lauren Griffiths

Julia Mallam

Claudia McIntosh

Scarlett Sewell

Jazz Wilson

SPECIAL PRIZES

SCHOOL CITIZENSHIP

Melanie Kang

CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING AWARD

Gemma Allen

THE FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR THE BEST ALL-ROUNDER

Anika Bradford

THE ANNE ROBINSON PRIZE FOR SERVICE WITH GRACE

Alva Humphreys

PRIMARY SCHOOL

HOUSE CUP

Patterson

Primary School House Cup – Patterson

KINDERGARTEN

Nandini Arora

Matilda Ball

Kristina Bray

Lucy Brown

Sienna Cairns

Sophie Chalmers

Ruby Cornwall

Indigo Fraser

Charlotte Guo

Georgina Hathorn-Jarman

Emma Heng

Katherine Hill

Blayke Mangakahia

Amy McCrory

Juliette Mina

Alannah Morris

Mika Nelson

Alicia Ng

Emerald Pardi

Phoebe Ruane

Sarah Smit

Evelette Tjandra

Anouk Wirasinha

YEAR 1

Airlea Baker

Emma Bickford-Smith

Juliet Drape

Rayna Du

Sofia Dunkley

Kate Fairhall

Willow Garcia

Amelia Geha

Lucia Gordon

Kaylee Guo

Holly Hancock

Ella Herbst

Edie McCrodden

Theodora Mikhiel

Mikhaela Milios

Isabelle Morris

Thien Lan Sarah (Sarah)

Nguyen Duy

Emily Noble

Elizabeth Parker

Cleo Parker

Elyse Rae

Daisy Sewell

Anoushka Shaw

Jade Sheridan

Georgia Smirl

Olivia Steed

Gabrielle Subrata

Rose Tan

Isabella Todd

Lillian Trennery

Amelia Williams

YEAR 2

Leonor Aguilar Contente

Eliza-Ann Ajaka

Zara Ashley

Junior school class rolls

Alannah Banks

Amelie Boss

Jemima Bowie Wilson

Gabrielle Brown

Saffron Charles

Sophia Chen

Pearl Cornwall

Ava Dewar

Lucinda Eastwood

Isabella Fisher

Maribel Goumenis

Harriet Hathorn-Jarman

Chloe Hill

Evangeline Jazzini

Billie Kenna

Isabella Legge

Mia Loiacono

Georgia Love

Ella McDonald

Gabrielle Mina

Cleo Nelson

Sophia Oliver

Josefine Pisano

Olivia Rooke

Elsie Ruane

Alyssa Savva

Savana Shine

Olive Smart

Maddison Soulos

Charlotte Taylor

Zara Todd

Willow Vanderplank

Nikoletta Veneti

Matilda Vermey

Selina Xuan

Zoe Zaumeyer

YEAR 3

Darcy Alp

Sara Alp

Lola Bayot

Alannah Betts

Annelise Beville

India Bloom

Arya Bradford

Ginger Campbell

Emily Canning-Smith

Mia Caredes

Rediva Chan

Leila Clark

Ruby Colin

Dominique Cullen Feng

Abigail Fisher

Amelie Fletcher

Sienna Galanis-Sinai

Mackenzie Harris

Ophelia Heywood

Gracie Ireland

Clementine Jenkins

Ivy Kodomichalos

Luella Lekias

Bo Leppinus

Karyn Ling

Elvy Liston

Evie Lloyd

Claudia Lynam

Hunter Mangakahia

Sashi Mason

Gabriella Mata Rohe

Jasmine Mathieson

Coco Matthews

Jamie Meyerson

Edie Molesworth

Pepper Mooney

Lillian Oranje

Kate Pellegrini

Matilda Reitz

Sarah Rupnik Williams

Georgie Smit

Eva Steed

Safira Sutarto

Isabella van den Brink

Ada van der Gardner

Florence Vinnell

Tara Williams

Lara Wong

Abigail Yeung

Jasmine Zhang

YEAR 4

Alice Aitken

Tessa Allen

Zoe Baldwin

Ellie Bliss

Abigail Brealey

Katherine Budden

Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi

Christabella Chow

Lucinda Connell

Eliza Cook

Viva Coyle-Beeche

Indiana Deicke

Angelique Elfes

Emme Eshuys

Phoebe Garcia

Ava George

Amalie Gomez

Annabelle Guo

Ziying (Elise) He

Mia Hinchliffe

Ruby Hughes

Summer Jedlicka-Trennery

Frankie Johnston

Harriett Kendall

Beatrice Lefebvre

Ava Lennon

Antonia Lin

Caroline Lin

London Matthews

Georgina Percy

Blayke Piggins-Massaad

Cerise Platt

Piper Pratley

Sienna Rae

Codie Rigby

Koko Rikard-Bell

Roxie Smart

Zoe Sweeney

Mia Te Wani

Isabel Thompson

Talia Tizzone

Skye Treanor

Genevieve Vanderplank

Grace Verco

Bailey Villeneuve

Grace Walley

Bianca Wong

Kate Wu

Chuming (Cherry) Yang

Han Ya (Hanya) Yang

Olivia Zhang

Gracie Ireland and Leila Clark

Junior school class rolls

Madylin Dato

Bobbie Lee DeBuse

Scarlett Edyvean

Lucinda Evans

Chloe Fraser

Mia (Mac) Freeman

Mia Freeman

Ella Gaden

Charlotte Gibbs

Chloe Grant

Lauren Griffiths

Chiara Hammond

Emma Hartwig

Isabel Hathorn

Francesca Howarth

Alva Humphreys

Caitlin James

Freya Jensen

Sienna Julian

Melanie Kang

Isobel Killcross

Amelia Kim

Sabrina Kuklik

Jade Leslie

Holly Lewis

Abby Libbis

YEAR 5

Isabella Allison

Chelsea Baker

Evie Bayot

Kimmi Bilmon

Bella Blair

Tara Bliss

Betty-Rose Burcham

Tess Burgess

Tilly Burgess-Hoar

Matilda Canning-Smith

Halle Cantelo

Aasha Causley

Ava Chavez-Cornelius

Alexandra Coffey

Daniela Comino

Ruby Congdon

Darcy Connell

Cate Darling

Sophia Davies

Samantha Debelle

Sienna Dole

Ruby Doyle

Sienna Durante

Tilley Edwards Hill

Aria Evans

QiongYu (Vera) Fan

Ariana Fermanis

Georgina Fox

Ruby Fry

Aimee Garcia

Eva Griffiths

Jemima (Grace) Hall

Mackenzie Hansen

Claudia Henderson

Luca Hill

Clementine Hutchinson

Sofia Ignatenko

Sofia Ivakhov

Erin Jackson

Emily Jackson

Sophie Jasczyk

Anita Jazzini

Eva Johnston

Mia Jonson

Lara Karlovsky

Bianca Kelley

Josie Khoo

Jessica Kluck

Weaver Klumper-Madden

Clarissa Ling

Poppy Littlewood

Aida Lloyd

Isabella Luu

Phoebe Lyon

Kimberley Magrin

Isla Mazor

Georgia Middleton

Jessie Miller

Savannah Moar

Maike Morris

Holly Negas

Amanda Ng

Arkie O’Halloran

Georgia Parkes

Melanie Poulos

Sahara Price

Robyn-Jane Rigby

Shoshana Rigler

Phoebe Ruffa

Margot Ruffa

Saskia Sassano

Mika Selden

Lucinda Sheridan

Tilly Shorter

Anouk Smith

Sydney Smith

Alice Steed

Molly Stening

Juliette Strickland

Allegra Strickland

Eva Todd

Eve Tsakissiris

Saskia Tsen

Olivia Udler

Pip Wotherspoon

Zoe Yu

Shuyao (Nina) Yu

Annie Zaumeyer

YEAR 6

Jasmine Abela

Gemma Allen

Meera Arora

Jasmine Bence

Francesca Betts

Marni Beville

Holly Bowes

Anika Bradford

Sofia Bray

Lucie Brealey

Juliet Brooker

Claudia Cawley

Tilly Clark-Jago

Kloe Dato

Emily Logan

Julia Mallam

Sophia Markovic

Ruby Marshall

Sophia Martin

Isabella McIntosh

Claudia McIntosh

Zara Messis

Sophie Morgan

Ruby Norgard

Ongeline Oborn

Hayley Paddock

Victoria Phonniwat-Funge

Willow Pratley

Bethany Rodriguez

Bianca Rupnik Williams

Ashley Sassine

Gina Schubach

Lola Scotts

Scarlett Sewell

Mila Sheridan

Emily Smethills

Willow Smith

Nadia Somtua

Jasmine Spira

Sienna Springett

Phoebe Strachan

Zoe Tinellis

Amelie Vella

Ariel Vivian

Isabella Walley

Libei (Lisa) Wang

Eliza Watt

Jazz Wilson

Piper Pratley, Blayke Piggins-Massaad, Lucinda Connell, Lillian Trennery and Angelique Elfes

Chapel services

Easter

Stage 3 hosted this year’s Easter chapel service where they presented the Mystery of Jesus. Year 5 headlined the performance, which began with a group of young children from Jerusalem, excitedly describing the many miracles and acts of love that Jesus performed throughout his life. The children were devastated and shocked at news of Jesus’ arrest, unfair trial and ultimate punishment on the cross. However, the performance concluded with an announcement that Jesus is actually alive, having miraculously risen from the dead. The service was led by Year 6 who did an outstanding job introducing musical items, reading Bible passages and delivering prayers for the school, local and global community and people in need.

Christmas

Stage 2 hosted the annual Christmas chapel service on Tuesday 20 November. During the service we asked the congregation to remember the true meaning of Christmas. We were aware that although Christmas may have evolved to include glitz, decorations and Santa, the true meaning of Christmas is Jesus and love. Many special guests and visitors came to help us celebrate on the day.

Mia Caredes and Florence Vinnell

Mr Jonathan Yeow Year 6 Teacher and Ms Nicola Logan Stage 3 Leader

Stage 2 hosting Christmas chapel

Skye Treanor and Ruby Colin

Stage 3 musicians – Easter chapel service

Cru groups

MiniCru met on Mondays at lunchtime with Rev Koch, Rev Wilson and Miss Rowe, and enjoyed Bible stories, games and small group discussions. A particular highlight was when SeniorCru helped with leadership, presenting Bible stories using skits and creative dramas.

Years 3–5 students in JuniorCru gathered in the Nan Hind Centre with Rev Koch, Mr Yeow and Miss Matthei. Playing games such as Family Serious, reading Bible stories and prayer times were all enjoyed.

Year 6 girls in SeniorCru enjoyed meeting every Tuesday at lunchtime in the library with Rev Wilson and Mrs Ghazal, to get to know God better through the Bible. We attended two leadership workshops run by The Crusaders Union of Australia, one at

Claremont College and the other at The Scots College, to learn about Christian leadership and how we can share God’s word with others. We applied this when we helped lead MiniCru in Term 3 and helped organise and lead Good News Week. During this week there was a photo scavenger hunt, a dance celebration and question panel, all great opportunities to celebrate the good news of Jesus.

SeniorCru made our last year in the junior school exciting and joyful. We are looking forward to joining Adelphe in the senior school to continue this wonderful journey.

Libei (Lisa) Wang and Freya Jensen

JuniorCru

SeniorCru MiniCru

Book Week

During Book Week, I dressed up as the great, one and only Captain Underpants. So, instead of using my putter when playing the Treasure Island mini-golf, I used my handy plunger! Thanks to Miss Martin and Miss Cundy, this was the best Book Week I’ve had and I’m looking forward to the next one. I’m already planning my costume, though it’s going to be difficult to top wearing giant underpants to school.

MARIBEL GOUMENIS

Tim Harris visited our school and I bought two of his books. I was so excited because he signed them for me. Tim also came to our classrooms to talk about being an author and how to be a great writer.

CLAUDIA LYNAM

We played book-themed mini golf, designed by Years 5–6. The theme for one hole was ‘Harry Potter’, one of our favourite books, and we scored a hole in one!

GRACE VERCO AND EMME ESHUYS

Each girl in the junior school created a piece of bunting decorated with pictures of a book they treasure. On my bunting, I drew The Magic Faraway Tree , by Enid Blyton. I treasure this book because my mum read it to me when I was little and I really love the magical story. The Book Week bunting is one of the many creative ways we celebrate reading at St Catherine’s and it fills the hallways with colour, imagination and love.

GEMMA ALLEN

As part of Book Week we had a pop-up bookshop. It was so much fun because we could look at lots of books and buy some of our favourites. I was so excited to buy one of the WeirDo books.

GINGER CAMPBELL

Maribel Goumenis playing our Stage 3 mini golf in costume as Captain Underpants

Ginger Campbell excited with her Book Week pop-up bookshop purchase

Claudia Lynam very happy with her signed Tim Harris books after his Stage 2 writing workshop

Beautiful Book Week bunting created by Gemma Allen

Debating

IPSHA Debating

The IPSHA debaters had a brilliant year with lots of wins and losses, with fun and difficult topics, against different schools. Our highlight of IPSHA debating was the gala day at Kambala. We all enjoyed watching and participating in the debates and it was a great way to end the year with both our teams winning. IPSHA debating has been a fantastic experience for all of us.

Holly Negas and Alice Steed

ISDA Debating

The ISDA debating teams participated in debates at schools all across Sydney, including Kambala, Ascham School, The Kings School and Cranbrook School. We learned how to work together to create meaningful points with excellent structure and how to present arguments and rebuttals from the affirmative and negative sides of the debate.

We had coaching early Friday mornings to learn techniques to improve our skills for writing and presenting debates. The coaches supported us through our debates, showing us how to write the best debates we could, how to add detail and increase our confidence in all our rebuttals.

Two topics we debated were: ‘ that we should stop using water bottles’ and ‘ that we should not have homework’.

Each team worked cooperatively and we all improved our public speaking and debating.

Sophie Morgan and Meera Arora

Sophie Jasczyk, Alexandra Coffey, Jessica Kluck and Alice Steed

Cate Darling, Phoebe Ruffa, Ruby Congdon and Aimee Garcia

Melanie Kang, Sophie Morgan, Meera Arora and Sofia Bray

Amelia Kim, Eliza Watt and Ashley Sassine

Good causes

As the junior school student representative council (SRC), we took on the responsibility of organising school fundraisers for important causes. This year, we supported many charities. In Term 1, we hosted a ‘Crazy Hat Day’ to raise money for the Sydney Children’s Hospital and put scrapbooks together for sick children. In Term 2, we collected toiletries for Poppy Littlewood’s charity Little Care Packs. This helped raise awareness of homelessness in Australia. Students also wore their World Cup team’s colours to highlight unity throughout the world. In Term 3, we held a ‘Pyjama Day’ to help fundraise for the Year 6 SolarBuddy charity. In Term 4, we celebrated the end of the year by holding the SRC Market Day. Other fundraisers included ‘Fiver for a Farmer’ and ‘Jenes for Genes’ day. Being an SRC member was a great experience with important responsibilities and we appreciated the opportunity to lead the junior school students.

Hayley Paddock, Isabel Hathorn, Melanie Kang and Ashley Sassine

Maribel Goumenis and Olivia Rooke

Blayke Mangakahia

Delivering the Little Care Packs to Orange Sky

Filling the Little Care Packs

Grandparents’ Morning

Kindergarten had a morning filled with magical memories this Grandparent’s Day. To begin the event, the girls dazzled as they performed Les Petites Marionettes in French, as well as Goldilocks and The Three Bears and Skinnamarink in English for their guests. They also showed off their THRASS skills by performing the consonant and vowel phoneme raps before delving into past memories by completing a questionnaire with their grandparents and special guests.

The girls learned more about their family heritage and the past was brought to life as their guests shared stories of their own schooling. Everyone traced each other’s hands, to help preserve the moment, then enjoyed a special morning tea in the Nan Hind Centre, where many more cuddles and stories were shared.

Miss Kirsty Smith Kindergarten teacher

Amelia Geha

Singing to the Grandparents

Indigo Fraser Emerald Pardi

Katherine Hill

STEM science, technology, engineering and mathematics

The momentum of STEM continued in the junior school, with teachers and students embracing real-world applications and promoting interest in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Science and Mathematics Week provided opportunities to celebrate our love of learning. Professor Maths joined us in the junior school and each grade worked in teams to solve mathematics problems and learn about the beauty of mathematics in our world. Years 3–4 were lucky enough to schedule a Skype chat with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM and ask him their burning scientific questions. During Tech Girls and Create and Innovate lessons, students learned about the density of oil and sugar, through dazzling rainbows and mesmerising lava lamps. Year 5 had a fun chemistry lesson learning how rockets take off, 6R learned how to code their own computer game and Year 2 dedicated a day to push and pull problem solving, rescuing Rapunzel from her tower.

Create and Innovate continued to be a popular new subject for students in Years 4–6. Activities included creating light trails with Sphero balls, web and app design through various platforms, 3D printing, EV3 robotics, Pro-Bot programming and engineering

challenges. These ensured that opportunities to problem solve, communicate and engage with technology creatively are experienced.

STEM Club students learned about solar and wind energy, and completed engineering challenges using K’NEX tools and a variety of coding challenges using Scratch programming.

Two teams in the junior school participated in FIRST LEGO League, a team based robotics competition that utilises a broad range of skills to challenge students in different ways. As well as robot engineering and programming, the girls develop 21st century skills needed for the future. Teamwork, time management, creative thinking, research and presentation skills are all vital parts of the program as students work together to solve complex problems in innovative ways. Our Year 6 Curiosities team won the Innovative Solution award for their prototype of a machine to convert human waste into a nutritional paste.

Stage 3 tackled real-world problems with STEM in Semester 2. Year 5 participated in an inter-school STEM collaboration with International Grammar School and Newington College, Lindfield. The collaboration was to engage with people respectfully, and students explored social justice issues and participated in team building exercises online and face-to-face. As part of the Year 6 science topic exploring energy, students raised money to purchase solar powered lights through the Australian charity, SolarBuddy. Year 6 girls assembled the lights and wrote a letter to the recipient of the light, which were sent to the School for Life Foundation for distribution to students in Uganda.

Ms Amanda Dodson Coordinator of STEM and Stage 1 Leader

Alexandra Coffey, Ruby Marshall, and Clarissa Ling at FIRST LEGO League.

Lola Scotts and Alva Humphreys experimenting with density using oil and sugar to make a ‘lava lamp’ in a cup

Central Australia trip

Day One

We all met at the airport for the flight to Alice Springs and everyone was so excited to go Central Australia. Our first stop was the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which was started by John Flynn and we learned that every two minutes a Royal Flying Doctor Service plane is helping someone. We visited The Alice Springs School of the Air to find out how they teach children in remote areas, and saw the Aboriginal light show Parrtjima – A Festival in Light.

Day Two

We started our six-hour trip to Uluru and stopped on the way for some camel rides. We rode in pairs on two camels, Curly and Gizmo, which was scary and fun. We also stopped at Kings Canyon for a walk along the creek bed.

Day Three

We returned to Kings Canyon for a four-hour walk up the canyon, and our guide told us the Aboriginal names of plants growing on the rocks. We then went to the Ayres Rock Resort for a swim before watching the sunset and the changing colours of Uluru.

Day Four

After breakfast, we went to Uluru for our 10km walk. We only had a few breaks in the hot sun, but we saw amazing things and heard great stories. It was definitely one of the highlights. After that we went to Kata Tjuta, which was bumpy, extremely rocky, and so hot that we had to cut the walk short. We didn’t mind, because we could swim and relax.

Day Five

We woke up at 4:45am to see the Field of Light with thousands of lights in front of Uluru. After watching the sun rise over Uluru, we had our last breakfast in the Northern Territory, then headed back to Sydney. It was the best trip I have done with school.

Jasmine Abela and Sophia Martin

Parrtjima festival

Samantha exploring Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park

IPSHA Public Speakers Challenge 2018

Year 6 students Scarlett Edyvean, Bobbie Lee DeBuse and Jazz Wilson represented St Catherine’s at the 2018 IPSHA Public Speakers Challenge. There were 140 students in the competition, who were all of an extremely high standard. The girls individually prepared amazing speeches on the theme ‘Missing’ and their presentations were excellent. Congratulations to the girls for their efforts and representing St Catherine’s with such skill and grace.

Mr Jonathan Yeow

Bobbie Lee DeBuse, Scarlett Edyvean, Jazz Wilson at the 2018 IPSHA Public Speakers Challenge

Senior school

PREFECTS

SECOND ROW:

THIRD ROW:

ABSENT: Isabella Sandy

Prefects’ report

It was an honour to be one of the 21 girls in the prefect body of 2017-2018. A wide range of talents and strengths were bound together with enthusiasm, as we embodied the theme ‘NOW: No Opportunity Wasted’. Our aim was to encourage the St Catherine’s community to challenge themselves by engaging with new, exciting and even daunting experiences. The core of NOW was the belief that seizing every opportunity, with an open-minded approach, develops us to ultimately reach our full potential.

We worked to support the charity PROJECT FUTURES which educates and empowers individuals to take action against modern slavery and human trafficking. Our main fundraising event was the annual St Cath’s Got Talent show, a showcase of the unbelievable talent of St Catherine’s girls. In total, $4500 was raised for PROJECT FUTURES in 2018.

Some highlights were the inaugural ‘Hat Census’ in Term 2, where prefects checked for girls’ correctly labelled hats, and the Prefect

Afternoon Tea, where over 40 prefects from 11 schools across Sydney joined us to unite in leadership and form new friendships.

Throughout the year, the prefects cherished the opportunity to regularly visit our allocated junior school classes. We truly appreciated the enthusiasm and warmth shown to us by the girls during every visit, and we will miss them greatly.

I am so grateful for the amazing prefects I had the privilege of working with who managed the overwhelming task of juggling leadership with studies and various co-curricular activities and duties. We also thank the many staff and girls who provided their support and guidance for another great year as a St Catherine’s community.

Joon Hee (Julia) Lim Head Girl 2017-2018

FRONT ROW: Maree Nikitopoulos, Liu (Bonnie) Suen, Joon Hee (Julia) Lim, Ms S Guy, Dr J Townsend, Ms D Turnbull Brown, Meg Brudenell-Woods, Isabella Sedley, Stephanie Cheung

Xun (Teddy) Zuo, Christina Stavroulakis, Alexandra Bradley, Emma Lesmond, Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo, Evelyn Balleine, Madison Lampton

Natasha Gallant, Sienna White, Georgia Ireland, Madeline Stewart, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Breznik, Zoe Welborn

Year 7 mentor group

Academic Care

We began Academic Care with the topic ‘Who Am I?’, and participated in the VIA Character Survey, which asked several questions to determine our personal character strengths. This helped identify our strengths and focus on areas we needed to develop further. We learned how to utilise our character strengths to make a positive impact and gained insight to who we are and how we should act around others. We also discovered other people’s qualities, which emphasised that everyone is unique and special.

During our first semester we learned about gratitude and ‘Hunting the Good Stuff’. We learned the importance of making this a continued practice for our mental health and wellbeing. We wrote in our Hunt the Good Stuff journals, where we would practice gratitude and document the different activities we completed throughout the year.

We put together our very own time capsules, which are envelopes filled with letters, awards and mementos of our time in Year 7. They are kept safe by our school archivist, Mrs Galettis oam, until we will open them in Year 12. We had lots of fun putting them together and look forward to seeing all that will change over our years in high school.

In the lead up to yearly exam time, we worked on different activities to help us develop our study skills. We looked at the different ways of studying, how to use a study schedule and the importance of planning time to make sure we have a balanced life. Ms Halls, our senior school counsellor, spoke to us about how to identify stress and how to manage it by acknowledging our symptoms.

Overall, Academic Care was a fun way to help discover our identities, build on them, and improve ourselves.

Elenor Craven and Erini Kiousis

Sienna Price and Ashana Mason

Jade Bliss and Cameron Fatouris

Big Sister Little Sister

At the start of 2018, Year 7 students received a letter from their ‘Big Sister’ in Year 10. Our ‘Big Sister’ met with us regularly to help and offer guidance throughout the year. At our first meeting, we got to know each other and talk about what to expect from Year 7 and any challenges we were concerned about. I found it particularly helpful to get an insight on yearly exams and how to prepare for them.

We participated in a house lip-sync battle with our ‘Big Sisters’. We worked in house groups to produce a routine to a song of our choice, which we performed in the last week of term. We enjoyed seeing the different ideas and how much fun everyone was having. This was a great way to get to know our ‘Big Sisters’ better and work as a house team to create an entertaining performance.

To emphasise the importance of self-confidence and creating the best version of ourselves, we worked with our ‘Big Sisters’ about who to connect with if we were having trouble. This activity related to R U OK? Day, a day for ensuring that we are OK and helping others feel the same. Having someone to talk to during difficult times is important and working with others helped ensure we knew when and how to talk to someone if we had a problem.

Having a ‘Big Sister’ was an enjoyable experience and made some aspects of Year 7 more exciting and entertaining. It was great having someone to talk to who knew about senior school and how to make the most of our year. The year could be stressful at times but seeing our Year 10 ‘Big Sisters’ always made us feel happy and will be a positive memory to look back on.

Charley Hearne with her ‘big sister’ Chloe Faddy

Sophia Kelley with her ‘Big Sister’ Milla Ippindo

Year 7 mentor group

FRONT ROW: Seraphine Cullen Feng, Daisy Brenac, Isabella Needle, Kayla Heng, Pati Harbilas, Araminta Scott, Aylin Barry, Miss E Togher, Olivia Schey, Abbey Lissenden, Amelie Blondin-Bayly, Lily Wood, Jenny Kaing, Mia Williams, Alicia French

SECOND ROW: Olivia Finn, Sophia Kelley, Ashana Mason, Alice Lee, Emma Johnson, Caitlin Hobbs, Jessa Ballard, Charlotte Wadds, Elizabeth Branighan, Olivia Doble, Matilda Brownie, Sienna Price, Bethany Ling, Holly Palmer

THIRD ROW: Zara Scholten, Heidi Unger, Lucia Parker, Chloe Clark, Vanessa Li, Jasmine Ruffa, Madison Clifton, Charley Hearne, Charlotte Skeffington, Valerie Wu, Madeleine Chambiras, Ada Saydam, Lara Webber, Jade Perica, Erini Kiousis, Olivia Giuffrida, Sarah Teitler

FOURTH ROW: Amelie Cointrel, Elenor Craven, Alessi Fletcher, Meg Wotherspoon, Mackenzie Lee, Ashleigh Doran, Emma McDonald, Jade Bliss, Alice Uhd, Sophie Burgess, Acacia Ngu, Sophia Rikard-Bell, Lies den Hollander, Ellie Cooper, Elena Caredes, Orlanda Golfin, Janna Martin-Cooley

FIFTH ROW: Summer Sarin-Hall, Madeleine Griffiths, Charlotte Pitt, Sky Cohen, Isobel Eshuys, Mackenzie Wiseman, Priscilla Chia, Emily Dingle, Siennah Morgan, Skye McDonald, Madeleine Parshall, Annaliese Freeman, Maya Ivison, Arabella Amirian, Ava Langenbach, Jamie O’Sullivan, Emmanuelle Cushway

SIXTH ROW: Lola d’Orlan de Polignac, Cameron Fatouris, Annabel Penny, Millie Moar, Emily Allton, Annabel Beckett, Sarah Sassine, Dimitra Mavrocordatos, Camilla Kowaleczko, Niamh Morris, Scarlett Smart, Evie Cook, Isabella Morgan, Cintra Maldonado, Natasha Chryssafis

SEVENTH ROW: Samarah Issa, Leila Carr, Missy Callaghan, Sophia Jones, Yathima Jennings, Samantha Pollett, Solange Fadel, Lucy Haydon, Madeleine Vanderplank, Luna Coyle-Beeche, Paige Kluck, Helena Irmer, Isla King, Jordan Alp, Erin Kara

ABSENT: Courtese Charlie

Annabel Penny and Lily Wood at camp

Camp

We journeyed to Lake Macquarie for our three-day camp and had a warm welcome from our camp leaders. The cohort was split into two groups: one did land activities and the other did water activities, before swapping on the second day.

The land activities consisted of abseiling, rock climbing, mission impossible and archery. Mission impossible was, frankly, impossible! We had a series of ‘missions’ to complete, with all of them challenging different skills, such as teamwork, concentration and balance. Rock climbing was scary for many, but everyone conquered their fears and made it to the top of the climbing wall and abseiled down the mountain. The abseiling stairs were famous around the camp for being so steep and tall. But, it was worth the hard work because abseiling down the wall was a thrilling experience.

The water activities were raft building, sailing, canoeing and log rolling. There was fierce competition to see who could build the best raft and perform the best log rolling. This was in contrast to canoeing and sailing, which were rather relaxing. We learned the ropes of sailing while taking in the beautiful landscape. We occasionally leaned back into the water to feel the water brush

through our hair. In canoeing, we paddled in pairs around Lake Macquarie and tested our skills in a race. Though some of us capsized, everyone enjoyed canoeing.

After our long day filled with exciting activities, we were treated to lovely meals. Every night, the camp leaders would put on night activities, including dancing and ‘minute-to-win’ games.

All the activities developed skills we will use throughout our lives. We learned problem solving and teamwork, and made friendships and bonds that will last a lifetime.

Year 7 was very enjoyable and we were fortunate to have these wonderful opportunities and new experiences. So much knowledge has been gained and fun times enjoyed. We overcame stress in Academic Care, formed strong relationships at camp and made connections with our Year 10 ‘Big Sisters’, through our senior school adventures. Thank you to our teachers for preparing us for the years to come.

Lily Wood, Evie Cook and Elenor Craven

Mr Peter Fellows, Alessi Fletcher, Jade Perica, Emily Dingle and Sarah Sassine

Building rafts in teams

Charlotte Pitt amd Matilda Brownie

Year 8 mentor group

Academic care, peer support, and house events

‘Hope’ was the theme for Clubs and Choirs and the night combined choral splendour, public speaking and instrumental accompaniment. From Year 8, Eleni Cole accompanied Bronte and Amelia Jacobson, Annabelle Strachan and Rhianna Jones represented their houses in the public speaking junior category. We also participated in the athletics and swimming carnivals, and each event was filled with lots of house spirit.

Academic Care promoted a positive learning space to brainstorm study skills and learn about the impact of a growth mindset. We focussed on kindness and drafted up a list of ‘12 Random Acts of Kindness’ to carry out each day; and learned about digital citizenship and how to be safe online. Peer Support connected us with girls in Year 11 as part of Academic Care, so we could ask advice on school, friendships, study and future opportunities.

Rhianna Jones

Claudia Horrell, Hannah Ricci, Jemima Melki, Yasmine Fadel, Charli Karsay and Gemma Proctor

Sarah Myatt was a state winner for Year 8 in the National History Challenge. The challenge is a research-based competition where students are given the opportunity to choose their own topic of study and develop a research question in connection to a specific theme. In 2018 the theme was ‘turning points’. Sarah’s essay examined the Polish Solidarity Movement as a turning point for Eastern European Communism. Sarah, along with the other state winners, was celebrated at an awards ceremony at NSW Parliament House on 23 October. Her award was presented to her by Hon Bruce Notley-Smith, Member for Coogee.

Alicia Kim, Jasmine Ong, and Caitlin Wong

Camp

Year 8 camp at Galston Gorge was a fun, challenging journey, filled with laughter, sweat and many activities. These included high ropes, rock climbing, abseiling, BMX riding, orienteering, archery and bushwalking.

We arrived on Monday and split into two groups. One group went on a bushwalk and set up tents at a campsite. The other group stayed in cabins at the main site and participated in team building activities. These were fun and included football, a dinosaur game, competitive chess and ping-pong. We had a dance party and singing battle, then went to our cabins after supper.

Tuesday held a big challenge for the cabin group because it was time to prepare mentally and physically for our eight kilometre, five hour bushwalk. We persevered, brushed off leeches, steered clear of snakes and tested each other for our upcoming history exam. At the campsite, we chose our tents and got ready for dinner. We made spaghetti bolognese with our mess kits and used all of our effort to keep the bush turkeys away.

On Wednesday, we caught a bus back to the main site to meet the other group, before having lunch and returning to school. It was exciting to see our parents again. Year 8 camp was an amazing adventure. It helped me make new friends and opened my eyes to new experiences.

Neve D’Arcy

Lily Galea, Ruby Langenbach, Jessica Meagher, Sophie Ulm, Zidan Santos-Dwyer, Imogen Glozier, Emma Pellegrini, Eleanor Arthur and Chloe Davis at camp

Claudia Horrell on a geography excursion

The Catherineian

Year 8 mentor group

YEAR 8

FRONT ROW: Freya Freeman, Holly Liggins, Alison Zaczek, Miranda Myles, Lily Xuereb, Violetta Dawes, Bella McGeechan, Emily Hinwood, Ms D Hubbard, Grace Spinks, Jasmine Buchanan, Annette Ong, Gemma Proctor, Charlotte Williams, Isha Lewis, Rhianna Jones, Jasmine Ong

SECOND ROW: Jemima Hall, Catherine Tioupikov, Zidan Santos-Dwyer, Sarah Myatt, Alicia Kim, Grace Gay, Paris Natoli, Sophia Voigt, India Potter, Molly Macneal, Amelia Jacobson, Chelsea Harris, India Badran, Annabelle Strachan, Sophie Ulm, Imogen Glozier, Vanessa Kimpton

THIRD ROW: Helen Sansom-Maris, Ivy McGrath, Paula Schubach, Laura Tran, Matilda Jensen, Zoe Henningham, Annalin Kidd, Emily Buchanan, Emily Beckley, Taylor Galea, Stella Brooks, Phillippa Steel, Ellie Mallett, Patricia Hardas, Amy Clark, Hayley Baroni, Lily Gillatt

FOURTH ROW: Lily Galea, Zara Hill, Lucy Booth, Isabella Reed, Ainsley Taylor, Phoebe Treweeke, Madeleine Baker, Eleni Andrews, Chloe Davis, Scarlett Miller, Maggie Kalaf, Emma Pellegrini, Poppy Ries, Sophie Lennon, Deanna Koumi, Calla Maier, Lucy Millar

FIFTH ROW: Jessica Gross, Clementine Hambour, Sabaha de Waligorski, Yasmine Fadel, Hannah Ricci, Jemima Melki, Giorgi Parkes, Hannah McMillan, Lilly Diskin, Claudia Horrell, Julia Mitnovetski, Wilhelmina Urquhart, Ruby Madden, Eleanor Arthur, Lily Dougan, Gabrielle Betts, Ruby Langenbach

SIXTH ROW: Kinsey Samuels, Eleanor Hodnett, Delphi Hinchcliffe, Hannah Cozens, Emily Jones, Isobel Cawley, Eliza Gerahty, Olivia Aloi, Ruby Hathorn, Aliya Rahman, Evelyn Rock, Anna Yang, Sofie Gartner, Luella Beaumont, Olivia Debelle, Julia McCluskey, Neve D’Arcy

SEVENTH ROW: Aleksia Wiener, Eleni Cole, Tanasia Kazonis, Olivia Southall, Charlotte Le Poer Trench, Harper Pollard, Ella Johnston, Madeline Bird, Jada Crawshaw, Lily Graham, Giorgia Borrello, Charli Karsay, Jessica Meagher, Caitlin Lamb, Alisha Rawal, Molly Griffiths, Caitlin Wong

ABSENT: Celeste Beville, Lola Fordham, Piper Freeman

Trip for Life Uganda students: Phoebe Treweeke, Charlotte Le Poer Trench, Charlotte Williams, Bella McGeechan

Geography excursions

We embarked on two geography excursions to apply our knowledge, conduct field work and collect and analyse data. A day trip to Camp Kedron in the northern beaches helped us understand the way landscapes develop over time due to a combination of natural and human influences. We also learned about fire management and how we might reduce the threat of damage to land and property from bushfires.

We went to Barangaroo to highlight the factors of liveability and what can influence our desire to live in a certain area. We used different techniques to determine the liveability of the area, then went to multiple sites around the harbour and walked across the Harbour Bridge to Lavender Bay. We then chose the place we would most like to live. The geography excursions were a rewarding experience that assisted with our class work.

Annabelle Strachan

St Cath’s Got Talent

The annual St Cath’s Got Talent featured several girls from Year 8, and highlighted the diverse range of skills from all year groups. Students wanting to participate went to the trials to perform for the judges, where only a few were selected to go on to the final stage. It was enjoyable for the audience, with some acts filling the room with laughter, and others so engaging that there was not a single sound at the end. Vanessa Kimpton, Scarlett Miller and Grace Gay from Year 8 performed, along with our entertaining boarders.

Annabelle Strachan

English creative response

Quote:

“Spears could not contend against guns and we were mastered, but there are things that they could not plunder and destroy.”

Representation:

Why did you represent the quote in that particular way?

The picture of the eye with fire and dancing silhouettes depicts the ‘things’ that the Europeans couldn’t ‘plunder and destroy’ which are the memories and culture of the Aboriginals. The jagged line running through the eye is a scar to represent the conflict between the Europeans and Aboriginals when they fought with spears and guns. The quote says that the Aboriginals lost against the Europeans, so the red, bloody scar is there to represent the pain of the Aboriginals. The dark background represents death and sorrow, but also helps the reflection in the eye to stand out even more. Since the reflection of an eye is unable to be destroyed, I chose to represent the quote in this particular way.

Caitlin Wong

Laura Tran

Jessica Gross Wilhelmina Urquhart

Year 9 mentor group

Our Year 9 camp started off nice and early, as a five-day experience at Toukley. It allowed us to bond with the new girls while enjoying such a beautiful location. We swam at the pristine cove nearby and experienced yet another hike, which was luckily only half-day. We did BMX riding, archery and high ropes, which pushed all of us out of our comfort zones. We played so many fun games at night, allowing us as a year group to become closer.

In Academic Care, we touched on the relevance of stress in our lives and the need to be able to manage it. We also looked at the essential benefits of spreading kindness, in our ‘Random Acts of Kindness’, where each group was given a year group to display a random act of kindness, for example distributing food.

Year 9 included many incursions and excursions. For history, we had an incursion from an actor, who spoke from the experience of a veteran in a repatriation hospital. The performance was extremely intriguing and sad, and allowed us to truly understand the horrendous effect of war on soldiers. For science, we had

a fascinating incursion with an Australian marine biologist and photographer. He showed us his unique and enthralling images, which connected to our topic ‘Shark Attack’. We had an excursion to the Opera House to see Romeo and Juliet, our text for Term 3 English. It gave us a visual representation of the play and a different perspective to the story, which opened our eyes to the many interpretations of Shakespeare’s play written so long ago. Another highlight was the Year 9 commerce stalls, where a term of hard work and deadlines allowed us to enjoy a day that featured our creations. These included Krispy Kreme doughnuts, ice cream sandwiches and brownies, and a surprisingly popular booth to throw wet sponges at teachers!

Year 9 was a memorable year, filled with countless stories we will carry with us forever.

Eliza Morgan, Year 9

Year 9 students and their commerce stall

Year 9 visual arts class – various artworks

Olivia Martin review - Myriad

Amelia Tsimos Costantoura drawing – Myriad

Year 9 mentor group

YEAR 9

FRONT ROW: Jessica Nearn, Georgia Vogt, Olivia Cambouris, Constance Rochios, Lauren Pulley, Sonja Luland, Yunqi (Tara) Dai, Mr J Compton, Isabella Rajek, Lily Wong, Arieta Varvaressos, Olivia Martin, Helena Comino, Kelly-Ann Kwan, Alicia Elliott

SECOND ROW: Charlotte Davidson, Katherine Dovolis, Alexandra Webster, Eden Timbery, Natasha Pollett, Sofia Avramides, Phoebe Moore, Sophie Bell, Emily Shorthouse, Sophie Scaffidi, Sarah Kelly, Lynette Zhang, Claudia Roussel, Sydney Hure, Zara Sheldrick-Aboud

THIRD ROW: Chilee Roland, Margaret Bolas, Nicole Chong, Constance Skeffington, Charlotte Sork, Isabella Meyrick, Semi Kim, Emily Lim, Amelia Tsimos Costantoura, Scarlett Pike, Ava Edwards, Harriet Amos, Rosa Mollica, Olivia Tajer, Alice Mourant

FOURTH ROW: Sophia Zhang, Isabella El-Haddad, Zoe Wotherspoon, Hannah Cheung, Chloe Sassine, Hailey Vincent, Lucy Giuffrida, Lily Foxall, Daisy Strike, Sophia Pinter, Mia Rogers, Eloise Bolton, Emma Higgins, Aarya Kaul

FIFTH ROW: Jiaxuan (Stella) Dong, Ruoyun (Yolanda) Li, Ya (Priscilla) Gao, Sarah Anastasiou, Lux Strugar, Julia France, Felicity Taylor, Hannah McDonald, Scarlett Pellegrini, Eliza Morgan, Tamsyn Taylor, Madison Souvlis, Alicia Vaughan, Harriette Gardiner, Connie Li

SIXTH ROW: Dominique Leeming, Chloe Brooker, Eeshani Parameswaran, Georgia Shearer, Mia Bennett, Catherine Aulia, Alexandra Cairncross, Amelia Boyle, Michaela Dyson, Amelia Cooper, Alydiira Price, Zoe Sullivan, Zarlie Brewis, Bella Taper

SEVENTH ROW: Isabelle Hooker, Lucinda Parshall, Olivia Kinnaird, Lucinda Edwards, Georgia Griffen-White, Morgan Gaden, Lara Sciberras, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Bridget Kluck, Imogen Spence, Phoebe Ryan, Fiona Yu, Isabella Davison, Elena McEwan

ABSENT: Amelia Dunkley, Adela Eshuys, Elyse Hovenden, Bronte Howarth, Patricia Kapsalis, Sophie Kay, Eliza Kwek, Kayla Muir, Chloe Munro, Chawanya (Quantum) Charoensawad, Yunrong (Sarah) Ye

$100 Chocolate Box

As I step off the train with suitcase in hand, a creature attacks me much like the way a child attacks a present on Christmas Day. Ice azure eyes stare up at me, and pearly white teeth break into a grin.

“Nattie!” Molly, my younger sister by 12 years embraces me tightly, and I think my heart actually bursts, from joy, and also from how hard she is squeezing me. Finally, she releases, and I take in my surroundings. The scent of the sea washes over me; a salty sensation fills my nostrils. Giggling children whip past, playing tag, with their frazzled, frustrated parents rushing after them, calling for them to come back. I glimpse Sallie’s Sweet Shop, neatly tucked away in a corner. Unbeknown to visitors to this town, that sweet shop sells some of the best cinnamon doughnuts that I have ever tasted. Immediately, that craving enters my stomach and I know it won’t go away until the demand has been satisfied. I can already taste the sugary-spicy cinnamon and hear the crunch of fried dough that melts into soft clouds of fluffiness on my tongue, and…

“Oh, Natalie, I’ve missed you so much!” Mum croons, running out from the car. Dad follows close behind. Upon seeing them, I am hit with a wave of nostalgia. This was my home for 18 years and I haven’t been back for six years. It sure has been a while.

As I walk into Sallie’s Sweet Shop, a giddy feeling overcomes me. It’s not the ‘falling in love’ kind of giddy, nor is it the ‘I got full marks on an exam’ giddy. It is a childhood feeling, when you rush into a place that has something you can never have. The excitement I once had as a child has returned. But as I glance at one of the workers, I freeze. A childhood memory invades my mind. And it’s not a good one.

I was around four years old, by myself, in this very sweet shop, with an assortment of coins that added up to $10 gripped in my chubby fist. Determined to buy a box of chocolates for my mum’s birthday, as a surprise. I also had a $100 note sticking out from my pocket, which Daddy said was ‘only for very extra special emergencies’. I was determined not to use it. This purchase was to be all on my own merits.

I marched up to the counter, proudly placed down my carefully saved coins, and recited the speech I had been practising in secret for days.

“One assorted chocolate box, please.” I announced. The lady at the till did not even move. Her beady eyes stared me down; I felt like an ant about to be squashed by some ruthless human’s heel. Internally, I had panicked. Questions exploded in my brain. What did I do? Did I say something wrong? Did I say ‘assorted’ right? But I plucked up my courage and repeated my sentence. The lady’s eyes grew even beadier. Finally, she replied.

“That will be $100.”

$100 dollars? It couldn’t be. I had planned this for ages. I passed this shop every day, on my walk to school, and the price in the window said $10.

“Don’t you mean $10?” I had sweetly asked, genuinely believing that she had simply made a mistake.

“No, the price is $100. If you don’t have the money, you can leave.” She croaked, thin lips forming into a smug smirk.

Now, this was the moment everything got a little blurry. I recall screaming like a banshee, crying louder than when dealing with a break up, and throwing a tantrum such that I nearly hit my mother when she walked in, aghast at what her little girl was doing. My plan was ruined. I had left all my money sitting on that counter and that $100 was gone from my pocket.

I remember this experience clearly and as Molly and I walk out of the shop, I glimpse a little boy, on tiptoe to reach the counter, placing a shiny $2 down for a lollipop. The same lady, at her most weathered and wrinkled, still manages to say, “Sorry, that lollipop is actually $20. Why don’t you run along to ask mummy for more money?”

As the little boy’s face falls in dismay, I strut back into the shop, look her in the eye and reply, “Actually, I think you’re mistaken. That sign says $2, doesn’t it?” I make sure the sass stays in my tone. ‘Witch-woman’ simply narrows her eyes at me and hobbles away, taking the $2 with a swift swipe. I hand the lollipop to the young boy, who beams back. Sometimes, ignorance truly is bliss.

Emily Lim

Well Wishes to Year 12 before their assessments

Year 10 mentor group

Year 10 had many interesting activities, opportunities and new responsibilities to prepare us for Stage 6. We began Academic Care working with our Year 7 ‘Little Sisters’, sharing our knowledge and helping them settle in. This prepared us for the upcoming house official roles and developed leadership and peer-support qualities. We also developed new skills to build resilience, cope with stress, and prepare us for our later lives, for example creating a resume and developing our digital citizenship.

We spent the new STC time problem solving and developing skills for the future. A highlight was the Money Confidence program, where we learned essential life skills for budgeting and managing income. We had an Elevate Education seminar, which focused on managing our studies and developing organisational skills that will be beneficial for our HSC studies.

For service, some girls took trips to Nepal and Cape York, we collected money for The Salvation Army, baked cookies for Our Big Kitchen and volunteered at Sydney Children’s Hospital, much of which also contributed to our Silver Duke of Edinburgh certificates.

We had two geography excursions. The first was to Collaroy Beach, where we learned about the effects of climate change on our coastal regions. The second was to Barangaroo and The Rocks, where we learned about urbanisation and the effects of globalisation in Sydney.

Overall, it was a busy year, which we all thoroughly enjoyed. Nevertheless, we are excited to start Year 11 and our final years at St Catherine’s.

Aisling Bligh

Project STC

Instead of going away to camp, Year 10 completed Project STC, a week of service in an organisation such as Beehive Industries, Sunnyfield disAbility Services, Samaritan’s Purse Australia, The Exodus Foundation, Thread Together, Wayside Chapel and Our Big Kitchen.

Sunnyfield disAbility Services

Sunnyfield disAbility Services is an organisation that employs people with learning disabilities and gives them purpose, structure and daily routine. We volunteered for one week and learned about the reality of adults living with disabilities. At first we were very nervous and hesitant about what to expect. We quickly realised how positive and happy the employees were to be working with volunteers. This made us feel much more welcome and comfortable. We worked with the employees to help complete their usual jobs, for example, making sure there were seven screws in one plastic bag. As some of the employees could not count, this job was much more stimulating than it sounds. Through forming relationships with the workers during the week, we felt more confident that we had made a positive difference to their days. Overall, our time at Sunnyfield disAbility Services was an eye-opening experience and very beneficial. We all learned a lot about patience and a side of disability we had not considered. Seeing how happy the supported employees were made this whole week worthwhile.

Rosamunde Hood

Eia Hickey Berry Elizabeth Diakatos

Phillips, the winners of the Lip-Sync Battle

Claire Millhouse

Year 10 geography on an excursion to experience the effects of urbanisation and globalisation in Sydney

The Catherineian

Year 10 mentor group

YEAR 10

FRONT ROW: Sarah Zhu-Wilson, Jessica Marshall, Brooke Jones, Cecile Jin, Meghan Palmer, Edwina Rice, Sijia (Kylian) Chen, Issey Morris, Ms T McLean, Ashley Buchanan, Sophie Lui, Hannah Farrow, Flora Feng, Sienna Elmowy, Paige Natoli, Elizabeth Diakatos, Sally Williams

SECOND ROW: Eleni Sen, Yujing (Jing) Luo, Scout King, Catherine Xu, Lucy Tate, Elaine Koumi, Vivienne Lee, Chloe Ng, Melanie Chan, Xinyi (Olivia) Wu, Ella Berckelman, Caitlin Morris, Tiger Christensen, Jessica Shelley, Jemima Dunsmore

THIRD ROW: Jessica Best, Isabella Jacobson, Zhouheng (Nala) Hong, Taylah Milne, Abby Spencer, Rebecca Matthei, Wing Yan (Angel) Lai, Chenyi (Seline) Zheng, Jade Showniruk, Aysia d’Anthes, Asha Raghav, Judy Mansell, Elizabeth Tabbash, Tiana Vincent, Zoe Millar, Rowjana Bori

FOURTH ROW: Isabella Powell, Chloe Faddy, Izabella Fadel, Antonia Golfin, Gia Frost, Mia Warren, Ruby Kilbane, Charlie Barry, Hira Khan, Jessica Norman, Elena Schai, Macushla Flanagan, Jessica Lamb, Jamilla Ledet, Hally Baker, Alicia Bornor

FIFTH ROW: Isabella Southall, Brittany Duff, Grace Porter, Georgia Wilson, Eliza Twomey, Milla Ippindo, Jasmine Betts, Sacha Brown, Issey Cotton, Zuni Mendez, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Georgia Pellegrini, Tara Hercz, Ella Swan, Tooske den Hollander, Georgia Slade

SIXTH ROW: Aisling Bligh, Summer Leury, Charlotte Stewart, Kiera Rosen, Ava O’Brien, Aspen Henderson, Hannah Collins, Mattison Ball, Jade Julian, McKenzie Ball, Lailah Prince, Saskia Ferster, Emily Nolan, Claire Smith, Allegra Slovitt, Eia Hickey Berry, Willamina Burke

SEVENTH ROW: Aimee Tainsh, Anna Simms, Ava Vaughan, Zahlia Baker, Hannah Johnston, Samantha Gately, Bianca Horrell, Olivia Revell-Reade, Katarina Saravanos, Amelia Staines, Madeline Hendrie, Claire Millhouse, Alice Yang, Jaimie Harrigan, Zoe Hall, Rosamunde Hood

ABSENT: Naomi Burgess, Chanel Golden-Petratos, Isabella Harvey, Imogen Hicks, Nico Jaffers, Gina Johnson, Xuan (Rosalind) Lu, Piper Macneall, Rebecca Marzol, Maya Munro, Lucinda Peace, Lana Reiter, Kate Ruming, Charlotte Saunders, Lydia Stevenage,

Year 7 ‘Little Sisters’ activity

Girl-on-girl hate

We girls need to stop hating each other and being hateable by hating each other. What I mean by this is to stop being against other girls or judging ourselves against other girls. Pulling a girl down to make yourself feel better or even pulling another girl down for no apparent reason other than to see them fail. Comparing our body with someone else’s – even if it’s a total stranger you see on the bus or walking down the street. Taking one look at someone you haven’t even met and judging their life. You don’t know what they’re going through.

We compare ourselves to others, and both subconsciously and out loud, criticise each other. Making what seems like a nice remark, when actually you’re mocking them.

Why are we like this? Is it even our fault?

In schools and in movies, it’s seen as normal for girls to be nasty and gossip, telling friends that this girl did that and that girl did this. Judging someone’s amount of sexual activity when you have no business doing so. In other words, ‘slut-shaming’.

Telling each other why you hate this girl and why you hate that girl, when really, you don’t hate them, you probably just hate the idea of them having something you don’t. Since when was it cool to criticise other girls, to mock other girls or passive-aggressively give them ‘compliments’?

Girl-on-girl hate is built on jealousy. That little green monster that eats you up inside and tells you that you can’t control it. When really, you are that monster. You are in charge of your own emotions and thoughts. Jealously isn’t something you can’t control – you can. You need to turn that jealously and envy into admiration and confidence.

But how do we stop being jealous? “It’s human nature” you might be thinking. Well, let’s get to the root of our girl-on-girl hate issues.

We’re all self-conscious: of a part of our body, our physical image. Or maybe you’re self-conscious of a certain aspect of your character. I don’t know. All I know is that we’re not happy with ourselves. Don’t worry, it’s not just you. Statistics from a worldwide survey showed that only 30 per cent of girls and women are content with themselves. Only 30 per cent! That is not OK. This statistic is horrible. Over half the female population hates themselves and compares themselves to another girl passively, that girl does the same, and the cycle continues.

Another horrible statistic: Girls aged 12 – 19 have the worst selfesteem. Most of it is from girl-on-girl hate. So let’s stop it.

Stop being so hard on yourself. Ourselves. Stop judging yourself. Stop looking in the mirror and picking out your flaws, rather, embrace what you love. In the great words of Lilly Singh on YouTube, who I admire dearly, “promote what you love, don’t bash what you hate.” It’s difficult; it’s hard. I’m not saying it’s easy. Basically, to summarise; be kind, passionate and supportive to other females. Don’t let others bring you down, and do not bring others down. Love yourself because you are worth it. Let’s stand together, not as individuals, but as girls, as a whole. We’ve got a load of issues we need to solve, so let’s get our act together. Promote girl love, not girl hate.

Flora Feng

Race Car Red

When I was young − I knew this boy, His legs were always bruised, I often heard his screams and shouts, His eyes a race car rouge.

I’d see the boy across the road, Though barren were his feet, His mother running ‘round the yard, A game of ‘hide and seek’.

I never saw the sticks and stones, His knees would fall upon, but with a smile on his face, I guessed the games were fun.

I ceased to see the boy that day, nor did he haunt the dusk, I asked his mother where he went, her cheeks a race car rust,

I crossed the yard − went down the stairs, The boy still ‘hide and seeking’, She took a rag and held my mouth, The game induced nay peeking.

My fingers counted up to ten, Then slowly curled back down, The numbers jumbled in my head, Each breath another pound.

Soon but sure enough, My head fluttered to the floor, I saw the boy now fast asleep, His seeking sought no more.

What started as a blissful nap, Zoomed, round and round my head, As the wooden tracks around me, now were drenched in race car red.

Aysia d’Anthes

Ella Berckelman

Year 11 mentor group

Year 11 is a year for new starts – new subjects, new teachers and a preliminary HSC. Despite the academic intensity, we found great unity, determination, perseverance and a whole lot of fun. We became key leaders within the school after attending the Women in Leadership conference, and a Year 11 leadership training day. We also had a driver safety day and some sporting prowess on the table tennis court.

Leadership day

In Term 3, we participated in a leadership training day, ahead of becoming both official and non-official leaders of the school. We started the day with an African drumming session that helped us connect and celebrate the bond we have as a cohort. We were visited by The Posify Group, who spoke about the benefits of developing meaning and purpose to achieving our academic, social and leadership dreams. Their slogan, ‘Find Your Why’ got us thinking about what can motivate us to reach our potential. A highlight was discussing fond memories of school and our ideas for the future, as we stepped into the shoes of our Year 7 selves to understand the role of senior students in supporting the younger years. Mrs Clancy, Dr Townsend and Rev Koch also talked about leadership in the Bible, the school and the community, reminding us that the heart of leading is serving. With all this in mind, we left the workshop feeling inspired, touched and ready to make an impact as the new leaders of the school.

Isabella Plaisted

Creativity

This year saw the introduction of the new literary magazine, Myriad. An initiative of Year 11 students, the wonderful magazine is full of short stories, poetry, artworks and more. Here is an artwork from Leena Song.

Katerina (Kitty) Ardouin in the field on a geography excursion

Drumming workshop during leadership training day

Leena Song

Retreat

Week 3 of Term 4 saw us at the traditional St Catherine’s retreat. We enthusiastically boarded the bus and ventured out of the eastern suburbs to the serene beaches of Collaroy. As soon as we arrived we enjoyed engaging seminars on nutrition, how to utilise our food for maximum energy, and the importance of sleep –particularly useful for our looming Year 12 exams. We participated in a range of team building and critical thinking activities that were challenging and thoroughly enjoyable. We then competed against the teachers in a game of bull rush, which was hilarious and boosted morale and positivity. We retreated to the grand

hall for an intense trivia competition, where things got a bit heated, then finished the day with a memorable dance to ABBA’s Dancing Queen. The next day was more heartfelt and captivating, with the motivational speaker Glen Gerreyn providing enough inspiration to last our entire Year 12 journey. Glen asked girls to stand up and share their personal dreams, which was highly emotional and moving. A visit from St Catherine’s Old Girls followed, providing their wisdom and advice on how to approach and tackle the looming HSC.

Katrice Sippel

RYDA Driver Survivor

RYDA Driver Survivor

Jiyuan (Nikky) Liu

Our girls in

Jade Eassey, Ava Carmont and Aisliing Harrison

Amber Hayes and Moyao (Michelle) Li

Year 11 mentor group

YEAR 11

FRONT ROW: Leena Song, Moyao (Michelle) Li, Tamzin Heywood, Rachel Li, Jiyuan (Nikky) Liu, Qinghua (Jennifer) Tan, Emily Griffin, Ms S Charles, Mariah Issa, Indiana Brenac, Angela Wei, Kei Ci Casey Yu, Madeleine Hagerman, Tsz Kiu (Percy) Chan, Tiffany Kwan

SECOND ROW: Lou Wille (exchange student), Stephanie Augoustis, Maya Rusli, Lauren Kacanas, Jasmin Yip, Asia Rogers, Sophia Elliott, Olivia Rochios, Georgina Rafferty, Katherine Petsoglou, Ellen Zhang, Alexandra Hickey, Yilin (Elaine) Xu, Shinae Schuller, Lena Schaeffer

THIRD ROW: Ashlee Miller, Isabella Plaisted, Eleanor Birkhold, Brianna Milne, Scarlett Craig, Audrey Lincon, Zandile Chivizhe, Molly Cheney, Leyla Barry, Loretta Maksimovich, Zoe Hayes, Cleo Baldwin, Amber Hayes, Aisling Harrison, Junias Tjanaria, Katia Geha

FOURTH ROW: Mary Boutsalis, Jade Eassey, Mia Clark, Han (Klarissa) Liu, Luyao (Lucretia) Liu, Zara Bennett, Lauren Roberts, Saranya Agar, April O›Neill, Jasmin Sardi, Sophie West, Mackenzi Burdekin, Abby Rosenthal, Mia d’Orlan de Polignac, Jasmin Deep, Emma Tyrrell, Lucinda Uhd

FIFTH ROW: Nicola Pitt, Amelia Strike, Sophie Parry Okeden, Nicolette Walker, Antonia Sasvary, Madeleine Fairlie, Felicity Hedger, Charlotte Prentice, Chelsea Kinnaird, Izabella Deale, Isabella Pinter, Elisabeth Cola, Mathilde Hinchcliffe, Renee Stavroulakis, Maisy Lam-Po-Tang, Eva Nicolaou

SIXTH ROW: Maya Rawal, Ella Steyn, Margot Shorrocks, Charlotte Williams Swinnen, Darcie Urquhart, Ellena Little, Samantha Corry, Jessica Edser, Nicola Kery, Grace Hill, Georgina Ullman, Laura Heath, Katrice Sippel, Rebecca Rosenberg, Kahlia Copland

SEVENTH ROW: Dominique Polesy, Mary Sassine, Emma Doyle, Julia Perkins, Grace Howarth, Indiana Ippindo, Xuanzi (Grace) Liu, Lauren Nikas, Inez Glass Hawken, Erin Finnimore, May Pinnegar, Ava Carmont, Abbey Gibbs, Arabella Hambour, Rachel Salem

ABSENT: Miah Madden, Jaime Norman, Ruby Swadling, Jade Yeomans

Women in Leadership seminar

Year 12 mentor group

Year 12 mentor group

Everyone says Year 12 is ‘the best, most emotional and hectic year’, often comparing it to a roller coaster or a marathon. It is safe to say, in 2018, the year certainly did not disappoint.

Among our stated highlights in the yearbook was singing Life is a Highwa y in the annual Clubs and Choirs competition. Although not much practice went into this performance, the smiles, memories and happiness of this song are things none of us will forget, and we thank Alexandra Bradley for creating and conducting this masterpiece.

There were many other ‘lasts’ throughout the year, to conclude our amazing high school experience. These included our interhouse swimming carnival and the athletics carnival later in the year. We also contributed to the community through service activities including the Wayside Chapel’s ‘Nothing says I love you like a clean pair of undies’ drive and putting together bags of toiletries for Share the Dignity.

We would like to sincerely thank the P&F Association for supporting us throughout the year. This included the newly covered couches in the common room, which provided a physical and emotional space to relax and escape the never-ending train

of the HSC. The bottomless bowls of fruit, snacks, Milo, tea and coffee provided during our final exam block also did not go unnoticed or uneaten.

During Term 3, we had many unforgettable events that we will cherish. These included the Valedictory Assembly; the highly anticipated revue, and we thank Sienna White for organising this, along with our hilarious video, amid HSC study; and the Valedictory Dinner, held at Doltone House. The dinner was celebrated with parents, family members, teachers and staff, with a fantastic feeling of joy and celebration. Thank you to the community relations team and the parent committee who put countless hours into this event, to make it such a special night.

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to the parents and staff who taught us, not only the HSC syllabus, but countless life lessons; and the many hours you dedicated to assisting us achieve our personal best through the HSC. Thank you also to the house mentors and Ms Herbert, who was our ‘second mum’ for the year. We could not have done it without any of you.

Meg Brudenell-Woods Class of 2018 Year 12

Final assembly

Time capsule opening

Year 12 revue

Pyjama morning tea

The Class of 2018 received signet rings

Year 12 guard of honour

Pyjama morning tea

Year 12 mentor group

YEAR 12

FRONT ROW: Kristina Boulton, Paris Francis, Bronte Rosen, Stephanie Cheung, Eloise Reddy, Ming Wai (Natalie) Chow, Eleanor Ellis, Tanaya Williams, Ms R Herbert, Clodagh Maclean-Milne, Maree Nikitopoulos, Natasha Tejani, Joon Hee (Julia) Lim, Isabella Sedley, Jordan Bremer, Antonia Boulton, Tida Prasert

SECOND ROW: Charley Hirst, Sarah Scaffidi, Madison Lampton, Summer-Sky Dann, Kaleena Braddick, Ting (Judy) Zhao, Angela Chen, Li (Lily) Li, Georgia Appleton, Changyu (Cherry) Li, Liu (Bonnie) Suen, Alysha Rae, Rebecca Eisho, Ashleigh Lawson, Isobella Nilsson, Jung-An (Aurelia) King, Wen Xi (Wendy) Yan

THIRD ROW: Madison Wiltshire, Jia Jiun (Pearl) Ha, Annabelle Taylor, Lucy Vertes, Alura Leddie, Eliza Shipway, Erin Mylonas, Annabel Staines, Georgia Gower-Brown, Meg Brudenell-Woods, Ursula Thomas, Katerina Ardouin, Caitlin Harris, Kiara Schuller, Jolie (Jessica) Cheung, Fan (Angela) Bu, Isobel Eagle

FOURTH ROW: Zoe Welborn, Lucinda Miller, Ottilie Mallett, Konstandina Dimitriadis, Stephanie Karam, Georgia Dyson, Alexis Pollard, Xun (Teddy) Zuo, Suwaphat (Charlotte) Janwangprong, Hannah Pillinger, Evelyn Balleine, Kara Nour, Isabella Dunstan, Isabella McCulloch, Gabrielle Polesy, Sophia Hardwick

FIFTH ROW: Juliette Martin, Christina Stavroulakis, Eun Ji (Maria) Yoon, Madison Booth, Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo, Aria Cameron, Natasha Gallant, Fairuz Roslan, Mia Wood, Bridget Bromley, Kameel Baldeo, Alexandra Bradley, Sarah Waterford, Bethany Guy, Qing (Sunny) Yan, Zarissa Punnakris

SIXTH ROW: Matilda Borthwick, Luka Bensted-Buttery, Kalinda Campbell-Govender, Danielle Vassallo, Zoe Haydon, Agnes Dawes, Honey Christensen, Sienna White, Olivia Hilton, Gemma Harding, Emily Grant, Sophie Breznik, Emma Lesmond, Milena Marjanovic, Sasha Lavender, Olivia Strickland

SEVENTH ROW: Isabella Watt, Nina Deal, Catherine Johnson, Madeline Stewart, Chenxuan (Jackling) Ma, Tayla Vincent, Millicent McEvoy, Amber Haase, Scarlett Byrnes, Mary Kalantzis, Eleanor Thornton, Abigail Vaughan, Zoe Scheinberg, Indivi Bacon, Eloise Wilson, Georgia Ireland

ABSENT: Qinnan (Nancy) Li, Isabella Sandy

Opening time capsules made in Year 7

Valedictory dinner – Class of 2018

Year 12 mentor group

Georgia Appleton Day Student 2006 - 2018 Bronte

Luka Bensted-Buttery Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Kaleena Braddick Boarder 2015 - 2018 Patterson

Meg Brudenell-Woods Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Katerina Ardouin Day Student 2013 - 2018 Barker

Madison Booth Day Student 2006 - 2018 Barker

Alexandra Bradley Day Student 2014 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Scarlett Byrnes Day Student 2014 - 2018 Casterton

Indivi Bacon Day Student 2016 - 2018 Phillips

Matilda Borthwick Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Jordan Bremer Day Student 2016 - 2018 Casterton

Aria Cameron Day Student 2009 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Kameel Baldeo Day Student 2006 - 2018 Casterton

Antonia Boulton Day Student 2013 - 2018 Casterton

Sophie Breznik Day Student 2013 - 2018 Barker

Kalinda Campbell-Govender Day Student 2016 - 2018 Phillips

Evelyn Balleine Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Kristina Boulton Day Student 2013 - 2018 Casterton

Bridget Bromley Day Student 2016 - 2018 Bronte

Fan (Angela) Bu Boarder 2016 - 2018 Phillips

Angela Chen Day Student 2006 - 2018 Phillips

Jolie (Jessica) Cheung Day Student 2016 - 2018 Patterson

Agnes Dawes Day Student 2008 - 2018 Phillips

Isobel Eagle Day Student 2016 - 2018 Sutherland

Georgia Gower-Brown Day Student 2011 - 2018 Sutherland

Stephanie Cheung Day Student 2013 - 2018 Patterson

Nina Deal Day Student 2013 - 2018 Barker

Rebecca Eisho Day Student 2013 - 2018 Casterton

Emily Grant Day Student 2013 - 2018 Patterson

Ming Wai (Natalie) Chow Day Student 2013 - 2018 Casterton

Konstandina Dimitriadis Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Eleanor Ellis Day Student 2013 - 2018 Patterson

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo Day Student 2007 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Honey Christensen Day Student 2013 - 2018 Phillips

Isabella Dunstan Day Student 2013 - 2018 Barker

Paris Francis Day Student 2012 - 2018 Phillips

Summer-Sky Dann Boarder 2017 - 2018 Bronte

Georgia Dyson Day Student 2010 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Natasha Gallant Day Student 2011 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Bethany Guy Day Student 2014 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Year 12 mentor group

Amber Haase Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Olivia Hilton Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Stephanie Karam Day Student 2015 - 2018 Patterson

Alura Leddie Day Student 2006 - 2018 Barker

Gemma Harding Day Student 2015 - 2018 Phillips

Charley Hirst Day Student 2013 - 2018 Sutherland

Jung-An (Aurelia) King Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Emma Lesmond Day Student 2013 - 2018 Barker

Sophia Hardwick Day Student 2007 - 2018 Bronte

Georgia Ireland Day Student 2013 - 2018 Sutherland

Madison Lampton Boarder 2014 - 2018 Sutherland

Changyu (Cherry) Li Boarder 2016 - 2018 Phillips

Caitlin Harris Day Student 2007 - 2018 Sutherland

Catherine Johnson Day Student 2009 - 2018 Bronte

Sasha Lavender Day Student 2016 - 2018 Patterson

Zoe Haydon Day Student 2010 - 2018 Patterson

Mary Kalantzis Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Ashleigh Lawson Day Student 2011 - 2018 Casterton

Jia Jiun (Pearl) Ha Day Student 2017 - 2018 Patterson

Suwaphat (Charlotte) Janwangprong Boarder 2015 - 2018 Patterson

Joon Hee (Julia) Lim Day Student 2013 - 2018 Barker

Juliette Martin Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Maree Nikitopoulos Day Student 2013 - 2018 Patterson

Alexis Pollard Boarder 2016 - 2018 Phillips

Chenxuan (Jackling) Ma Boarder 2016 - 2018 Sutherland

Isabella McCulloch Day Student 2015 - 2018 Casterton

Isobella Nilsson Day Student 2011 - 2018 Sutherland

Tida Prasert Boarder 2015 - 2018 Phillips

Clodagh Maclean-Milne Day Student 2013 - 2018 Casterton

Millicent McEvoy Day Student 2017 - 2018 Sutherland

Kara Nour Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Zarissa Punnakris Day Student 2006 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Ottilie Mallett Day Student 2010 - 2018 Sutherland

Lucinda Miller Day Student 2011 - 2018 Barker

Hannah Pillinger Day Student 2006 - 2018 Barker

Alysha Rae Day Student 2006 - 2018 Phillips

Milena Marjanovic Day Student 2006 - 2018 Phillips

Erin Mylonas Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Gabrielle Polesy Day Student 2011 - 2018 Barker

Li (Lily) Li Boarder 2016 - 2018 Casterton

Year 12 mentor group

Bronte Rosen Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Kiara Schuller Day Student 2006 - 2018 Barker

Madeline Stewart Day Student 2013 - 2018 Casterton

Natasha Tejani Day Student 2013 - 2018 Patterson

Fairuz Roslan Day Student 2016 - 2018 Sutherland

Isabella Sedley Day Student 2013 - 2018 Sutherland

Olivia Strickland Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Eleanor Thornton Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Isabella Sandy Day Student 2016 - 2018 Phillips

Eliza Shipway Day Student 2006 - 2018 Barker

Liu (Bonnie) Suen Boarder 2014 - 2018 Casterton

Danielle Vassallo Day Student 2013 - 2018 Barker

Sarah Scaffidi Day Student 2006 - 2018 Sutherland

Annabel Staines Day Student 2006 - 2018 Bronte

Annabelle Taylor Day Student 2006 - 2018 Barker

Abigail Vaughan Day Student 2013 - 2018 Casterton

Zoe Scheinberg Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Christina Stavroulakis Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Ursula Thomas Day Student 2011 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Eloise Reddy Day Student 2006 - 2018 Patterson

Lucy Vertes Day Student 2016 - 2018 Patterson

Tayla Vincent Day Student 2013 - 2018 Bronte

Tanaya Williams Boarder 2015 - 2018 Patterson

Wen Xi (Wendy) Yan Boarder 2015 - 2018 Patterson

Sarah Waterford Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Eloise Wilson Day Student 2006 - 2018 Casterton

Eun Ji (Maria) Yoon Day Student 2013 - 2018 Hulme-Moir

Isabella Watt Day Student 2011 - 2018 Sutherland

Madison Wiltshire Day Student 2006 - 2018 Sutherland

Ting (Judy) Zhao Boarder 2016 - 2018 Phillips

Zoe Welborn Day Student 2006 - 2018 Bronte

Mia Wood Day Student 2013 - 2018 Sutherland

Xun (Teddy) Zuo Boarder 2015 - 2018 Phillips

Sienna White Day Student 2006 - 2018 Barker

Qing (Sunny) Yan Boarder 2015 - 2018 Phillips

HSC visual art

Congratulations to Catherine Johnson whose work The Future Wonderment of the Industrial Revolution was selected for the annual ARTEXPRESS exhibition, and to Nina Deal and Eloise Reddy who were nominated. The exhibition features a selection of outstanding artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts in NSW.

4 Generations. Memory. Place. Meaning

Katerina Ardouin Life Lines

Indivi Bacon

Alura Leddie Elsewhere

Isabella Dunstan Innocence Prevails

Eloise Reddy Humane

Ming Wai (Natalie) Chow Obsession of Modernist Landscape Traditions

Georgia Gower-Brown Themselves Identified

Jung-An (Aurelia) King Emergence

Gemma Harding Spectrum of Perception

Nina Deal Artificial Affliction

Alexis Pollard Halting Time

Eleanor Thornton Lives Intertwined

Kaleena Braddick Black Dog Friendship

Zarissa Punnakris Fish Out of Water

Matilda Borthwick The Origins of Beauty

Catherine Johnson The Future Wonderment of the Industrial Revolution

Tanaya Williams Culture Connections

Millicent McEvoy Beyond the Line

Isabella Watt Therianthropy

Olivia Strickland Connection

Annabelle Taylor Studies of the Inevitable

HSC design and technology

For my major work, I designed a portable playground that could be set up in refugee camps to help children escape boredom and stress from their ever-changing circumstances. The playground was designed as a fold-out shipping container. Once it arrives in the refugee camp, the sides and door of the container would be opened, revealing the activities within and keeping the amount of assembling required to a minimum.

I enjoyed the process of developing the idea, which grew and changed as I investigated the refugee crisis, how kids play and playground materials. There were many obstacles that I needed to work through but the hardest part was to not over design and complicate the model. It was very rewarding after months of research and documentation to finally laser print my creation and view the animated video of the computer model. Design and technology was my favourite and most rewarding subject and I have decided to pursue a career in the design industry.

Gabrielle Polesy, Year 12

Completing a major project in any of the arts or technologies is a process that provides students with an opportunity to learn about themselves, and important life skills that challenge you so that you can reap the rewards.

Congratulations to Kara Nour who was nominated for SHAPE, the showcase of outstanding NSW HSC technology projects.

Kameel Baldeo

A family-friendly board game for three players that is not only fun, but educates players about the threats to some endangered animal species.

Madison Booth

A personal blog describing and reviewing food I have eaten at restaurants and cafes in Sydney and beyond.

Scarlett Byrnes

A virtual design and 3D model that represents changes at Clovelly Beach to benefit safety and convenience.

An enjoyable, informative and reliable travel app to meet the specific needs of young students, with limited knowledge, outside of high school.

An inclusive community centre that provides people facing food insecurity or homelessness with a place to access free food and shelter.

A removable motorbike storage compartment specifically designed to appeal to females in a male dominant market.

An adjustable compression vest with an integrated scent diffuser to reduce anxiety levels of pet dogs.

A fashion garment that incorporates

3D printing to show how innovative technologies can be used in fashion, a field that relies heavily on traditional construction methods.

A shipping container with a fold-out playground for children living in refugee camps, to encourage creative play and distract from the stresses that could lead to mental illness.

Amber Haase

Olivia Hilton

Mary Kalantzis

Sasha Lavender

Kara Nour

Gabrielle Polesy

HSC design and technology

An online game to educate the player about cultural appropriation in the fashion industry and to make better style choices without causing cultural offence.

An online cookbook for teens with reading difficulties, allowing them to engage with recipes confidently and independently.

A sustainable mobile education centre, which also acts as a multipurpose facility designed to travel on water, providing education to remote floating villages in developing nations.

A sustainable mobile health facility to travel to rural and remote areas in Australia that suffer from a lack of access to medical services.

A contemporary design for a veterinary and rehabilitation centre for sick and injured koalas.

collection made from beach rubbish, to showcase and raise awareness of ocean pollution.

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Kiara Schuller

Liu (Bonnie) Suen

Annabelle Taylor

Eleanor Thornton

Danielle Vassallo

jewellery

Zarissa Punnakris

Sarah Waterford

An app for school students that offers guidance and advice on what to do if they experience or witness bullying.

Sienna White

An in-pool training device for elite water polo players that enables the user to warm up and exercise multiple muscle groups.

Eun Ji (Maria) Yoon

A fashion garment incorporating sustainable fabrics and vegan leather, to demonstrate how the textile industry can make more sustainable designs in the manufacturing process.

A sustainable, mobile education centre

Jewellery made from objects found on the beach

HSC drama

Congratulations to Georgia Appleton who was nominated for OnSTAGE, the HSC drama showcase with her monologue Living with the Enemy.

The 2018 HSC drama class approached their studies with energy, commitment and imagination and the resulting work was thoroughly engaging for their audiences and, ultimately, for their examiners. The students’ understanding of theatre-making grew enormously across the year, with one of the highlights involving working with actor/director Anthony Gooley, in our burgeoning partnership with the Australian Theatre for Young People. Anthony was our artist-in-residence for two weeks in Term 2 and he brought great knowledge, skills and humour to the complex processes of play-building. The students selected a topic from the NESA list and then used this idea as a springboard into their work. They employed performance styles and theatrical techniques that best served the intention of their work and this collaboration required agility, critical thinking skills and a dedication to the group. The original possibilities were endless and the final choices made were distinct in their voice and form and reflective of their hard work and grit. The showcase of monologues were also impressive in their maturity and variety. Students researched and ultimately identified the script that they felt allowed them the opportunities to connect and engage with their project. As they moved the words from the page to the floor, students found the rigour of the process energising and challenging, as they endeavoured to make meaning of every moment. They sought to sustain their character with conviction and complexity, shape action that was truthful and engaging, and tackle the nerves of a performance exam – no mean feat. There were laughs and some tears along the way, but the Class of 2018 proved themselves to be dedicated and resilient in their pursuit of performances of which they could be proud.

Ms Joanne Martin Head of Drama

Ming Wai (Natalie) Chow, Hannah Pillinger, Annabel Staines, Lucy Vertes Are We There Yet

Honey Christensen, Agnes Dawes, Georgia Ireland, Eloise Wilson Bonsoir Papa

Isobella Nilsson Accidents Happen

Anthony Gooley ATYP Artist-in-Residence

Honey Christensen Songs for Nobodies

Georgia Ireland Giving Notes

Catherine Johnson Experty Tadpoleous

Lucinda Miller Flaming Tree Grove

Ursula Thomas Food Baby

Juliette Martin Mother

Bethany Guy, Juliette Martin, Isobella Nilsson, Bronte Rosen Broken

Agnes Dawes Ghosts

Georgia Dyson Mary O’Donnell Hannah Pillinger The Chosen

Luka Bensted-Buttery The Barmaid

Eloise Wilson Love, Marilyn

Georgia Appleton Living with the Enemy

Annabel Staines Gwendolyn

Bronte Rosen Lady Macbeth

Georgia Appleton, Luka Bensted-Buttery, Georgia Dyson, Catherine Johnson The Revengers

Lucy Vertes Mind Your Language Ming Wai (Natalie) Chow The Curious Incident

Aria Cameron The Weir

Aria Cameron, Charley Hirst, Stephanie Karam, Lucinda Miller, Ursula Thomas Sweep It Under the Carpet

HSC results 2018

From the headmistress

I often say that not everyone can be the best, but everyone can do their best, a truism that characterises this year’s HSC results. Almost 60 per cent of our girls gained at least one Band 6 or E4 in a set of results that showed strength of performance across the board. 46 per cent of the cohort achieved an ATAR of 90 or above, placing them in the top 10 per cent of the state. Our median ATAR was 89. While I am delighted for our top achievers, I am also delighted to see so many girls achieve results that reflect their unwavering commitment all year.

Thank you to our fabulous team of teachers and support staff, who go well beyond the expectations of their roles to engage, challenge and support every girl. And thank you to our parents, who live the HSC alongside their daughters, supporting them through the ups and downs of a demanding year.

As much as I dislike the Sydney Morning Herald rank, it is gratifying to see our staff’s commitment to academic excellence and students’ commitment to their studies result in a rank of 28, which I feel reflects our purpose; to deliver a classic education in a comprehensive environment.

Dr Julie Townsend

Congratulations to our top state performers

Dux and All-Rounders

Congratulations to our dux, Stephanie Cheung, who gained an outstanding ATAR of 99.7.

Congratulations also to our 10 All-Rounders, who achieved 90 or above in at least 10 units of study.

Distinguished achievers

St Catherine’s had 187 mentions on the NESA Distinguished Achievers list for receiving 90 or more in one or more of their HSC subjects. The students are:

Georgia Appleton, Evelyn Balleine, Matilda Borthwick, Antonia Boulton, Kristina Boulton, Alexandra Bradley, Jordan Bremer, Sophie Breznik, Bridget Bromley, Meg Brudenell-Woods, Fan (Angela) Bu, Aria Cameron, Kalinda Campbell-Govender, Stephanie Cheung, Honey Christensen, Agnes Dawes, Nina Deal, Isabella Dunstan, Isobel Eagle, Rebecca Eisho, Eleanor Ellis, Paris Francis, Natasha Gallant, Emily Grant, Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo, Jia Jiun (Pearl) Ha, Amber Haase, Caitlin Harris, Zoe Haydon, Olivia Hilton, Georgia Ireland, Catherine Johnson, Jung-An (Aurelia) King, Alura Leddie, Emma Lesmond, Changyu (Cherry) Li, Li (Lily) Li, Joon Hee (Julia) Lim, Ottilie Mallett, Milena Marjanovic, Juliette Martin, Isabella McCulloch, Lucinda Miller, Maree Nikitopoulos, Isobella Nilsson, Kara Nour, Gabrielle Polesy, Alexis Pollard, Alysha Rae, Eloise Reddy, Isabella Sandy, Sarah Scaffidi, Zoe Scheinberg, Isabella Sedley, Eliza Shipway, Annabel Staines, Christina Stavroulakis, Liu (Bonnie) Suen, Natasha Tejani, Sarah Waterford, Zoe Welborn, Madison Wiltshire, Mia Wood, Ting (Judy) Zhao and Xun (Teddy) Zuo.

Stephanie Cheung

Fan (Angela) Bu ranked 7th in the state for English as a second language.

Amber Haase ranked 7th in business studies.

Mia Wood ranked 14th in business studies.

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo ranked 20th in legal studies.

All smiles at the Class of 2018 morning tea

Course performance results

Congratulations All-Rounder Achievers

Fan (Angela) Bu Stephanie Cheung

Ellis Natasha Gallant Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo

Jung-An (Aurelia) King Li (Lily) Li Isabella Sandy Natasha Tejani Mia Wood

Senior school prize winners

Year 7

Biblical Studies

Sophia Kelley, Lily Wood

Academic Merit

Emily Dingle, Ashleigh Doran, Alicia French, Abbey Lissenden, Dimitra Mavrocordatos

General Achievement

Evie Cook, Elenor Craven, Sophia Kelley, Isla King, Isabella Morgan

Best General Achievement

Lily Wood

Year 8

Biblical Studies

Annabelle Strachan

Academic Merit

Luella Beaumont, Lily Galea, Annette Ong, Jasmine Ong, Caitlin Wong, Alison Zaczek

General Achievement

Olivia Debelle, Delphi

Hinchcliffe, Rhianna Jones, Sarah Myatt, Annabelle Strachan

Best General Achievement

Patricia Hardas

Creative Thinking Award

Rhianna Jones

The John Williams Prize for Biblical Studies

Anna Yang

Year 9

Biblical Studies

Alicia Elliott, Zoe Sullivan, Eden Timbery

Academic Merit

Olivia Kinnaird, Bridget Kluck, Dominique Leeming, Elena McEwan, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Sophia Zhang

General Achievement

Alexandra Cairncross, Semi Kim, Emily Lim, Eliza Morgan, Zoe Sullivan

Best General Achievement

Alicia Elliott

Year 10

Biblical Studies

Claire Millhouse

Academic Merit

Hally Baker, Sijia (Kylian) Chen, Cecile Jin, Asha Raghav, Abby Spencer, Mia Warren

General Achievement

Aisling Bligh, Ashley Buchanan, Zhouheng (Nala) Hong, Rebecca Matthei, Tiana Vincent

Best General Achievement, The Una Fielding Memorial Prize

Claire Millhouse

ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award Year 10

Tara Hercz

The Belinda Goldman Memorial Prize for Improvement

Francesca Heyko-Porebski

The Mettina Pavlakis Languages

Prize Gift of Mettina Pavlakis

Claire Millhouse

The Parents and Friends’

Prize for Participation and Leadership in Year 10

Tara Hercz

The University of Sydney Year 10 Academic Excellence Award

Claire Millhouse

Year 11

Biblical Studies

Scarlett Craig, Isabella Plaisted, Lauren Roberts

General Achievement

Elisabeth Cola, Scarlett Craig, Maisy Lam-Po-Tang, Rachel Li, Maya Rusli

Best General Achievement

Isabella Plaisted

The Jessica Bloom Prize for Debating

Elisabeth Cola

The University of New South Wales School of Economics

Prize for Year 11 Student

Elisabeth Cola

The Carolie Ziade Generosity of Spirit Award

Nicolette Walker

ACTIVITIES

The Athletics Prize Gift of Carolyn Martin

Ruby Madden

The Barry Rodgers Award for Aquatic Athlete of the Year

Ruby Swadling

The Dame Joan Sutherland Memorial Prize for Excellence in Music Gift of the Old Girls’ Union

Isabella Pinter

The Drama Prize Gift of Electra Manikakis and Ilia Poulos

Cleo Baldwin

The Gymnastics Prize Gift of Anne Tsolakis

Charlotte Davidson

The Lenthall Cup for Sports

Most outstanding Year 12

Sportsperson

Evelyn Balleine

The Public Speaking Prize

Gift of Patricia Skinner

Rachel Salem

The Swimming Prize Gift of Mr V J Gay

Charlotte Sork

The Secondary House

Sports Cup

BARKER

The House Cup

HULME-MOIR

Year 12

General Achievement

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo, Jung-An (Aurelia) King, Eloise Reddy, Isabella Sandy, Natasha Tejani

ACADEMIC PRIZES

Ancient History

Milena Marjanovic

Biblical Studies

Georgia Ireland

Biology

Isabella Sandy

Business Studies

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo

Chemistry

Jung-An (Aurelia) King

Chinese Continuers

Lucinda Miller

Design and Technology

Olivia Hilton

Drama

Agnes Dawes

Economics

Fan (Angela) Bu

Engineering Studies

Liu (Bonnie) Suen

The Frances Ebsworth Prize for English

Natasha Tejani

English Standard

Isabella Watt

English Extension 1

Stephanie Cheung

The Hulme-Moir Prize for English Expression English

Extension 2

Natasha Tejani

English as a Second Language

Li (Lily) Li

Food Technology

Kara Nour

French Continuers

Honey Christensen

French Extension

Honey Christensen

Geography

Eloise Reddy

History Extension

Natasha Gallant

Japanese Beginners

Xun (Teddy) Zuo

Latin Continuers

Honey Christensen

Legal Studies

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo

Mathematics

Zoe Scheinberg

Mathematics General 2

Bridget Bromley

Mathematics Extension 1

Li (Lily) Li

Mathematics Extension 2

Fan (Angela) Bu

Excellence in Mathematical Thinking

Xun (Teddy) Zuo

The Grace Overy Prize for Modern History

Natasha Tejani

Music 1

Alexandra Bradley

Music 2

Joon Hee (Julia) Lim

Music Extension

Paris Francis

PDHPE

Meg Brudenell-Woods, Mia Wood

Physics

Zoe Scheinberg

Spanish Continuers

Eloise Reddy

Studies of Religion 1

Jordan Bremer

Studies of Religion II

Georgia Ireland

Visual Arts

Jung-An (Aurelia) King

SPECIAL PRIZES YEAR 12

The Waverley Council Prize

Natasha Gallant

The Boarding House Prize

Liu (Bonnie) Suen

ADF Leadership and Teamwork Award

Meg Brudenell-Woods

The Parents and Friends’ Prize for Participation and Leadership in Year 12

Zoe Scheinberg

Leadership Prize Gift of the Old Girls’ Union

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo, Madison

Lampton, Maree Nikitopoulos, Isabella Sandy, Madeline

Stewart, Zoe Welborn, Sienna White

The Eirene Mort Prize for Art Performance

Nina Deal

The Keith E Sapsford Prize for Music Performance

Joon Hee (Julia) Lim

The Peter Sculthorpe Prize for Music Composition

Paris Francis

The Carolyn Snowden Prize for Outstanding Involvement in Creative Endeavours

Eloise Reddy

The Condren Prize for Geographic Excellence

Eloise Reddy

The Thomas Holt Memorial Prize for Science

Jung-An (Aurelia) King

The University of New South Wales Prize for Best Year 12 Student in Mathematics Fan (Angela) Bu

Nyree French Prize for Care, Courage and Compassion

Mary Kalantzis

The Archdeacon Charlton Memorial Prize for Biblical Studies

Antonia Boulton

The Lance Shilton Prize for Christian Leadership

Georgia Ireland

The Dorothy Hulme-Moir Memorial Prize for Service with Grace

Zoe Scheinberg

The Nan Hind Award for Improvement Gift of the Class of 1989

Olivia Hilton

The Barbara Croft Award for The Spirit of Year 12

Gift of the Class of 1990

Sienna White

School Citizenship Prize

Gift of the Class of 1983

Meg Brudenell-Woods

The Grace Lindsay Memorial Prize for Friendship

Antonia Boulton, Kristina Boulton

The Foundation Prize for the Best All-Rounder in Year 12

Christina Stavroulakis

The Suzanne Russell Prize for Academic Achievement in The Humanities

Natasha Tejani

The Joan Hall Prize for Attitude, Manner and Bearing

Changyu (Cherry) Li

The Ruth Morphew Prize for Leadership and Influence in the School

Joon Hee (Julia) Lim

The Margaret Ashton Prize for Outstanding Achievement Throughout Her School Career Joon Hee (Julia) Lim

The Canon Cakebread Memorial Prize for Dux of the School

Stephanie Cheung

Senior school class rolls

Year 7

Emily Allton

Jordan Alp

Arabella Amirian

Jessa Ballard

Aylin Barry

Annabel Beckett

Jade Bliss

Amelie Blondin-Bayly

Elizabeth Branighan

Daisy Brenac

Matilda Brownie

Sophie Burgess

Missy Callaghan

Elena Caredes

Leila Carr

Madeleine Chambiras

Courtese Charlie

Priscilla Chia

Natasha Chryssafis

Chloe Clark

Madison Clifton

Sky Cohen

Amelie Cointrel

Evie Cook

Ellie Cooper

Luna Coyle-Beeche

Elenor Craven

Seraphine Cullen Feng

Emmanuelle Cushway

Lola d’Orlan de Polignac

Lies den Hollander

Emily Dingle

Olivia Doble

Ashleigh Doran

Isobel Eshuys

Solange Fadel

Cameron Fatouris

Olivia Finn

Alessi Fletcher

Annaliese Freeman

Alicia French

Olivia Giuffrida

Orlanda Golfin

Madeleine Griffiths

Pati Harbilas

Lucy Haydon

Charley Hearne

Kayla Heng

Caitlin Hobbs

Helena Irmer

Samarah Issa

Maya Ivison

Yathima Jennings

Emma Johnson

Sophia Jones

Jenny Kaing

Erin Kara

Sophia Kelley

Isla King

Erini Kiousis

Paige Kluck

Camilla Kowaleczko

Ava Langenbach

Alice Lee

Mackenzie Lee

Vanessa Li

Bethany Ling

Abbey Lissenden

Cintra Maldonado

Janna Martin-Cooley

Ashana Mason

Dimitra

Mavrocordatos

Emma McDonald

Skye McDonald

Millie Moar

Isabella Morgan

Siennah Morgan

Niamh Morris

Isabella Needle

Acacia Ngu

Jamie O’Sullivan

Holly Palmer

Lucia Parker

Madeleine Parshall

Annabel Penny

Jade Perica

Charlotte Pitt

Samantha Pollett

Sienna Price

Sophia Rikard-Bell

Jasmine Ruffa

Summer Sarin-Hall

Sarah Sassine

Ada Saydam

Olivia Schey

Zara Scholten

Araminta Scott

Charlotte Skeffington

Scarlett Smart

Sarah Teitler

Alice Uhd

Heidi Unger

Madeleine Vanderplank

Charlotte Wadds

Lara Webber

Mia Williams

Mackenzie Wiseman

Lily Wood

Meg Wotherspoon

Valerie Wu

Year 8

Olivia Aloi

Eleni Andrews

Eleanor Arthur

India Badran

Madeleine Baker

Hayley Baroni

Luella Beaumont

Emily Beckley

Gabrielle Betts

Celeste Beville

Madeline Bird

Lucy Booth

Giorgia Borrello

Stella Brooks

Jasmine Buchanan

Emily Buchanan

Isobel Cawley

Salome Charignon

Amy Clark

Eleni Cole

Hannah Cozens

Jada Crawshaw

Neve D’Arcy

Chloe Davis

Violetta Dawes

Sabaha de Waligorski

Olivia Debelle

Lilly Diskin

Lily Dougan

Yasmine Fadel

Lola Fordham

Freya Freeman

Piper Freeman

Lily Galea

Taylor Galea

Sofie Gartner

Grace Gay

Eliza Gerahty

Lily Gillatt

Imogen Glozier

Lily Graham

Molly Griffiths

Jessica Gross

Jemima Hall

Clementine Hambour

Patricia Hardas

Chelsea Harris

Ruby Hathorn

Zoe Henningham

Zara Hill

Delphi Hinchcliffe

Emily Hinwood

Eleanor Hodnett

Claudia Horrell

Amelia Jacobson

Matilda Jensen

Ella Johnston

Emily Jones

Rhianna Jones

Maggie Kalaf

Charli Karsay

Tanasia Kazonis

Annalin Kidd

Alicia Kim

Vanessa Kimpton

Deanna Koumi

Caitlin Lamb

Ruby Langenbach

Charlotte Le Poer

Trench

Sophie Lennon

Isha Lewis

Holly Liggins

Molly Macneal

Ruby Madden

Calla Maier

Ellie Mallett

Julia McCluskey

Bella McGeechan

Ivy McGrath

Hannah McMillan

Jessica Meagher

Jemima Melki

Lucy Millar

Scarlett Miller

Julia Mitnovetski

Sarah Myatt

Miranda Myles

Paris Natoli

Annette Ong

Jasmine Ong

Giorgi Parkes

Emma Pellegrini

Harper Pollard

India Potter

Gemma Proctor

Aliya Rahman

Alisha Rawal

Isabella Reed

Hannah Ricci

Poppy Ries

Evelyn Rock

Kinsey Samuels

Helen Sansom-Maris

Zidan Santos-Dwyer

Paula Schubach

Olivia Southall

Grace Spinks

Phillippa Steel

Annabelle Strachan

Ainsley Taylor

Catherine Tioupikov

Laura Tran

Phoebe Treweeke

Sophie Ulm

Wilhelmina Urquhart

Sophia Voigt

Aleksia Wiener

Charlotte Williams

Caitlin Wong

Lily Xuereb

Anna Yang

Alison Zaczek

Year 9

Harriet Amos

Sarah Anastasiou

Catherine Aulia

Sofia Avramides

Sophie Bell

Mia Bennett

Margaret Bolas

Eloise Bolton

Amelia Boyle

Zarlie Brewis

Chloe Brooker

Alexandra Cairncross

Olivia Cambouris

Chawanya (Quantum)

Charoensawad

Hannah Cheung

Nicole Chong

Helena Comino

Amelia Cooper

Yunqi (Tara) Dai

Charlotte Davidson

Isabella Davison

Jiaxuan (Stella) Dong

Katherine Dovolis

Amelia Dunkley

Michaela Dyson

Lucinda Edwards

Ava Edwards

Isabella El-Haddad

Alicia Elliott

Adela Eshuys

Lily Foxall

Julia France

Morgan Gaden

Ya (Priscilla) Gao

Harriette Gardiner

Lucy Giuffrida

Georgia Griffen-White

Emma Higgins

Isabelle Hooker

Elyse Hovenden

Bronte Howarth

Sydney Hure

Patricia Kapsalis

Aarya Kaul

Sophie Kay

Sarah Kelly

Semi Kim

Olivia Kinnaird

Emelie Kirstein

Bridget Kluck

Kelly-Ann Kwan

Eliza Kwek

Dominique Leeming

Connie Li

Ruoyun (Yolanda) Li

Emily Lim

Sonja Luland

Olivia Martin

Hannah McDonald

Elena McEwan

Isabella Meyrick

Rosa Mollica

Phoebe Moore

Eliza Morgan

Alice Mourant

Kayla Muir

Chloe Munro

Jessica Nearn

Eeshani Parameswaran

Lucinda Parshall

Scarlett Pellegrini

Scarlett Pike

Sophia Pinter

Jamie Podmore Taylor

Natasha Pollett

Alydiira Price

Lauren Pulley

Isabella Rajek

Constance Rochios

Mia Rogers

Chilee Roland

Claudia Roussel

Phoebe Ryan

Chloe Sassine

Sophie Scaffidi

Lara Sciberras

Georgia Shearer

Zara Sheldrick-Aboud

Emily Shorthouse

Constance Skeffington

Charlotte Sork

Madison Souvlis

Imogen Spence

Daisy Strike

Lux Strugar

Zoe Sullivan

Olivia Tajer

Bella Taper

Felicity Taylor

Tamsyn Taylor

Eden Timbery

Amelia Tsimos

Costantoura

Arieta Varvaressos

Alicia Vaughan

Hailey Vincent

Georgia Vogt

Alexandra Webster

Lily Wong

Zoe Wotherspoon

Yunrong (Sarah) Ye

Fiona Yu

Lynette Zhang

Sophia Zhang

Year 10

Hally Baker

Zahlia Baker

Mattison Ball

McKenzie Ball

Charlie Barry

Ella Berckelman

Jessica Best

Jasmine Betts

Aisling Bligh

Rowjana Bori

Alicia Bornor

Sacha Brown

Ashley Buchanan

Naomi Burgess

Willamina Burke

Melanie Chan

Sijia (Kylian) Chen

Tiger Christensen

Hannah Collins

Issey Cotton

Aysia d’Anthes

Tooske den Hollander

Elizabeth Diakatos

Brittany Duff

Jemima Dunsmore

Bo Dymock

Sienna Elmowy

Chloe Faddy

Izabella Fadel

Hannah Farrow

Flora Feng

Saskia Ferster

Macushla Flanagan

Gia Frost

Samantha Gately

Chanel

Golden-Petratos

Antonia Golfin

Zoe Hall

Jaimie Harrigan

Isabella Harvey

Aspen Henderson

Madeline Hendrie

Tara Hercz

Francesc

Heyko-Porebski

Eia Hickey Berry

Imogen Hicks

Zhouheng (Nala) Hong

Rosamunde Hood

Bianca Horrell

Milla Ippindo

Isabella Jacobson

Nico Jaffers

Cecile Jin

Brooke Jones

Gina Johnson

Hannah Johnston

Jade Julian

Sonja Keitel

Hira Khan

Ruby Kilbane

Scout King

Elaine Koumi

Wing Yan (Angel) Lai

Jessica Lamb

Jamilla Ledet

Vivienne Lee

Summer Leury

Xuan (Rosalind) Lu

Sophie Lui

Yujing (Jing) Luo

Piper Macneall

Judy Mansell

Jessica Marshall

Rebecca Marzol

Rebecca Matthei

Zuni Mendez

Zoe Millar

Claire Millhouse

Taylah Milne

Caitlin Morris

Issey Morris

Maya Munro

Paige Natoli

Chloe Ng

Emily Nolan

Jessica Norman

Ava O’Brien

Meghan Palmer

Lucinda Peace

Georgia Pellegrini

Grace Porter

Isabella Powell

Lailah Prince

Asha Raghav

Lana Reiter

Olivia Revell-Reade

Edwina Rice

Kiera Rosen

Kate Ruming

Katarina Saravanos

Charlotte Saunders

Elena Schai

Eleni Sen

Jessica Shelley

Jade Showniruk

Anna Simms

Georgia Slade

Allegra Slovitt

Claire Smith

Isabella Southall

Abby Spencer

Amelia Staines

Lydia Stevenage

Charlotte Stewart

Ella Swan

Elizabeth Tabbash

Aimee Tainsh

Lucy Tate

Eliza Twomey

Ava Vaughan

Tiana Vincent

Mia Warren

Sally Williams

Georgia Wilson

Xinyi (Olivia) Wu

Catherine Xu

Alice Yang

Chenyi (Seline) Zheng

Sarah Zhu-Wilson

Year 11

Saranya Agar

Stephanie Augoustis

Cleo Baldwin

Leyla Barry

Zara Bennett

Eleanor Birkhold

Mary Boutsalis

Indiana Brenac

Mackenzi Burdekin

Ava Carmont

Tsz Kiu (Percy) Chan

Molly Cheney

Zandile Chivizhe

Mia Clark

Elisabeth Cola

Kahlia Copland

Samantha Corry

Scarlett Craig

Mia d’Orlan de Polignac

Izabella Deale

Jasmin Deep

Emma Doyle

Jade Eassey

Jessica Edser

Sophia Elliott

Madeleine Fairlie

Erin Finnimore

Katia Geha

Abbey Gibbs

Inez Glass Hawken

Emily Griffin

Madeleine Hagerman

Arabella Hambour

Aisling Harrison

Amber Hayes

Zoe Hayes

Laura Heath

Felicity Hedger

Tamzin Heywood

Alexandra Hickey

Grace Hill

Mathilde Hinchcliffe

Grace Howarth

Indiana Ippindo

Mariah Issa

Lauren Kacanas

Nicola Kery

Chelsea Kinnaird

Tiffany Kwan

Maisy Lam-Po-Tang

Moyao (Michelle) Li

Rachel Li

Audrey Lincon

Ellena Little

Han (Klarissa) Liu

Jiyuan (Nikky) Liu

Luyao (Lucretia) Liu

Xuanzi (Grace) Liu

Miah Madden

Loretta Maksimovich

Ashlee Miller

Brianna Milne

Eva Nicolaou

Lauren Nikas

Jaime Norman

April O’Neill

Sophie Parry Okeden

Julia Perkins

Katherine Petsoglou

May Pinnegar

Isabella Pinter

Nicola Pitt

Isabella Plaisted

Dominique Polesy

Charlotte Prentice

Georgina Rafferty

Maya Rawal

Lauren Roberts

Olivia Rochios

Asia Rogers

Rebecca Rosenberg

Abby Rosenthal

Maya Rusli

Rachel Salem

Jasmin Sardi

Mary Sassine

Antonia Sasvary

Lena Schaeffer

Shinae Schuller

Margot Shorrocks

Katrice Sippel

Leena Song

Renee Stavroulakis

Ella Steyn

Amelia Strike

Ruby Swadling

Qinghua (Jennifer) Tan

Junias Tjanaria

Emma Tyrrell

Lucinda Uhd

Georgina Ullman

Darcie Urquhart

Nicolette Walker

Angela Wei

Sophie West

Lou Willie

Charlotte Williams

Swinnen

Yilin (Elaine) Xu

Jade Yeomans

Jasmin Yip

Kei Ci Casey Yu

Ellen Zhang

Year 12

Georgia Appleton

Katerina Ardouin

Indivi Bacon

Kameel Baldeo

Evelyn Balleine

Luka Bensted-Buttery

Madison Booth

Matilda Borthwick

Antonia Boulton

Kristina Boulton

Kaleena Braddick

Alexandra Bradley

Jordan Bremer

Sophie Breznik

Bridget Bromley

Meg Brudenell-Woods

Fan (Angela) Bu

Scarlett Byrnes

Aria Cameron

Kalinda CampbellGovender

Angela Chen

Jolie (Jessica) Cheung

Stephanie Cheung

Ming Wai (Natalie)

Chow

Honey Christensen

Summer-Sky Dann

Agnes Dawes

Nina Deal

Konstandina Dimitriadis

Isabella Dunstan

Georgia Dyson

Isobel Eagle

Rebecca Eisho

Eleanor Ellis

Paris Francis

Natasha Gallant

Georgia Gower-Brown

Emily Grant

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo

Bethany Guy

Jia Jiun (Pearl) Ha

Amber Haase

Gemma Harding

Sophia Hardwick

Caitlin Harris

Zoe Haydon

Olivia Hilton

Charley Hirst

Georgia Ireland

Suwaphat (Charlotte)

Janwangprong

Catherine Johnson

Mary Kalantzis

Stephanie Karam

Jung-An (Aurelia) King

Madison Lampton

Sasha Lavender

Ashleigh Lawson

Alura Leddie

Emma Lesmond

Changyu (Cherry) Li

Li (Lily) Li

Qinnan (Nancy) Li

Joon Hee (Julia) Lim

Chenxuan (Jackling) Ma

Clodagh Maclean-Milne

Ottilie Mallett

Milena Marjanovic

Juliette Martin

Isabella McCulloch

Millicent McEvoy

Lucinda Miller

Erin Mylonas

Maree Nikitopoulos

Isobella Nilsson

Kara Nour

Hannah Pillinger

Gabrielle Polesy

Alexis Pollard

Tida Prasert

Zarissa Punnakris

Alysha Rae

Eloise Reddy

Bronte Rosen

Fairuz Roslan

Isabella Sandy

Sarah Scaffidi

Zoe Scheinberg

Kiara Schuller

Isabella Sedley

Eliza Shipway

Annabel Staines

Christina Stavroulakis

Madeline Stewart

Olivia Strickland

Liu (Bonnie) Suen

Annabelle Taylor

Natasha Tejani

Ursula Thomas

Eleanor Thornton

Danielle Vassallo

Abigail Vaughan

Lucy Vertes

Tayla Vincent

Sarah Waterford

Isabella Watt

Zoe Welborn

Sienna White

Tanaya Williams

Eloise Wilson

Madison Wiltshire

Mia Wood

Qing (Sunny) Yan

Wen Xi (Wendy) Yan

Eun Ji (Maria) Yoon

Ting (Judy) Zhao

Xun (Teddy) Zuo

Boarding house

BOARDERS

FRONT ROW Tida Prasert, Leena Song, Moyao (Michelle) Li, Lui (Bonnie) Suen, Mrs D Clancy, Ms C Wood, Ting (Judy) Zhao, Yujing (Jing) Luo, Tsz Kiu (Percy) Chan, Vanessa Kimpton, Jemima Hall

SECOND ROW: Xinyi (Olivia) Wu, Changyu (Cherry) Li, Qinghua (Jennifer) Tan, Eden Timbery, Li (Lily) Li, Skye McDonald, Kaleena Braddick, Summer-Sky Dann, Catherine Xu, Kei Ci (Casey) Yu, Jiyuan (Nikky) Liu

THIRD ROW: Yilin (Elaine) Xu, Hally Baker, Tanaya Williams, Suwaphat (Charlotte) Janwangprong, Han (Klarissa) Liu, Qing (Sunny) Yan, Fan (Angela) Bu, Connie Li, Madeleine Baker, Ruoyun (Yolanda) Li

FOURTH ROW: Xun (Teddy) Zuo, Jiaxuan (Stella) Dong, Wilhelmina Urquhart, Madison Lampton, Georgia Wilson, Nicolette Walker, Bella Taper, Hannah McDonald, Luyao (Lucretia) Liu, Ya (Priscilla) Gao

FIFTH ROW Felicity Hedger, Alexis Pollard, Lailah Prince, Willamina Burke, Chenxuan (Jackling) Ma, Xuanzi (Grace) Liu, Jada Crawshaw, Darcie Urquhart, Zoe Hall

The St Catherine’s boarding house experienced many positive changes this year, including renovations and new traditions.

We began the year with the welcome weekend, where girls competed on the Friday night in fun games, aimed at getting to know one another. The following day we explored different parts of Sydney, with activities ranging from ice-skating to trampolining, and a delicious lunch. We ended the weekend watching a movie in the blue room.

In Term 1, the boarders saw the musical Mamma Mia! which was a great opportunity to build new relationships. We hosted our own boarders’ dance, inviting boarding students from a range of schools for socialising and dancing. We also performed for the first time as a group in St Cath’s Got Talent, dancing to a mashup of songs in a polished performance, and ending the item singing.

The first Boarders’ Week was introduced, which highlighted the life of boarders in the senior school. The week began with a ‘Boarders’ themed assembly, showcasing a montage of videos from the girls’ hometowns, giving the day students and teachers some insight into our diverse backgrounds. Our boarding house doors were opened to curious staff and students to tour around,

allowing them to see another side of the school. There was a bed-making competition between the boarders, teachers and day students. Unfortunately, the boarders crumbled under pressure and the day students took first place. To end the week, the boarders served bacon and eggs to the school community and raised $4,376 for A Fiver for a Farmer, to assist families affected by the widespread drought.

In a beautifully decorated Valedictory Dinner, our Year 12 boarders were farewelled. Boarding students delivered cards and heart-warming speeches, and boarding staff performed a personalised version of Footloose that highlighted the personalities of each Year 12 student. It was an emotional and fun night that allowed us to say our goodbyes and wish good luck to the future Year 12.

We had a dinner at Bondi Pizza in Bondi Junction in our last term, thanks to the P&F Association, and finished with our annual boarders Christmas dinner, with dancing and singing performances, which was the perfect way to end the year.

Felicity Hedger Boarding Prefect

Xuan (Rosalind) Lu, Ruoyun (Yolanda) Li, Chawanya (Quantum) Charoensawad, Qinghua (Jennifer) Tan, Yilin (Elaine) Xu, Moyao (Michelle) Li, Han (Klarissa) Liu, Leena Song, Catherine Xu and Jiaxuan (Stella) Dong are some boarders from overseas

Boarders’ Week bed making competition

Team games at the Boarders’ Welcome Weekend

Alexis Pollard and Liu (Bonnie) Suen

Yilin (Elaine) Xu

Hally Baker and Jiaxuan (Stella) Dong

Georgia Wilson and Jada Crawshaw

Indigenous program

This year, we attempted to raise awareness of the Indigenous education program within the wider school community, to show how it continues to grow and strengthen. The seven boarding Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) scholarship students and five day students, embraced the many different aspects of school life and demonstrated a determination and resilience to pursue their education.

Reconciliation Week (Sorry Day)

The theme for Reconciliation Week was ‘Don’t Keep History a Mystery’, and our speakers entertained with stories from their own lives and of their ancestors. The guest speaker at the senior school was Phillipa McDermott, an alumni of St Catherine’s and the Head of Indigenous Employment and Diversity at the ABC. Phillipa remarked on the huge changes to the school and kept everyone amused with her anecdotes of being the only Indigenous student back in the 1970s.

“Reconciliation Week is an extremely important and significant week for the St Catherine’s community as it encourages all students and staff, to come together and learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history. This year, I had the privilege to talk at the junior school Reconciliation Week assembly. I shared the story of my grandfather Charles Perkins and the influence he had on the 1967 referendum in conjunction with the importance of Indigenous culture and diversity. Although we celebrate Reconciliation Week, I believe we should strive for reconciliation among Aboriginal and nonAboriginal people everyday to further strengthen our community and educate about Indigenous culture.”

Miah Madden, Year 11

Miah Madden addressing assembly

NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC festivities at St Catherine’s are always fun and exciting, and this year’s was definitely one to remember. All K–12 students came together in recognition and celebration of both the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, swapping their usual navy blue for the colours of the symbolic cultural flags. Famous singer and actress Christine Anu visited to provide everyone with some insight on her culture, as well as getting everybody on their feet and raising their voices to her most popular hits.

Eden Timbery, Year 9

Cape York

My experience at the service education trip to Cape York in Term 4, taught me to count my blessings and not take everything for granted. It taught me to really appreciate what I have. The people I met I will never forget. Overall I enjoyed my experience because it showed me the value and importance of education and how it can change lives.

Lailah Prince, Year 10

Year 12 success

Three Year 12 students from the south coast, Summer-Sky Dann, Tanaya Williams and Kaleena Braddick completed their HSC this year. Their road to the HSC had not been easy but in September, under the lights of Luna Park, they celebrated their Year 12 graduation with the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF).

“Graduating from St Catherine’s, and potentially going to university, has given me more opportunities than I could have imagined. It has inspired me to be a role model for my younger siblings, as I have shown there is more to life than what they know. I hope I have created a pathway for them to follow, so they can become successful and good leaders for the community.”

Kaleena Braddick, Year 12

John Moriaty and Courtese Charlie

Lailah Prince in Cape York

Dr Townsend, Summer-Sky Dann, Tanaya WIlliams and Kaleena Braddick

Adelphe

Adelphe is the St Catherine’s Christian group (Cru Group) in the senior school. It is a place where everyone is welcome to join and learn more about Jesus and the Bible over lunch.

This year’s Faith Week theme was ‘The Best Bargain Ever’, and Adelphe girls had lots of fun organising activities to suit. There were plenty of bargains to be found around the school, and even a surprise appearance from the Walmart yodelling kid. The theme reminded us that God’s love is in fact the best bargain ever: his love and blessings are worth more than we could ever imagine, and are ours for free.

Apart from weekly Adelphe meetings, there were some big events during the year. Adelphe girls attended and hosted InterCru events, meeting with students from Christian groups at SCEGGS, Cranbrook School, The Scots College, St Andrew’s Cathedral School and Kambala to pray for each other and encourage one another to live for Jesus.

Adelphe Escape, a three-day camp, was held at the end of Term 1 at beautiful Elanora Heights. It was a wonderful time away with interesting talks by guest speaker Miss Renee Smith, discussion groups, games, craft and a ‘Childhood Character’ theme night. It was a great weekend with the chance to grow in fellowship with each other.

We are very thankful to God for our fantastic year at Adelphe.

Georgia Ireland Chapel Prefect

Adelphe girls cooking the Faith Week BBQ lunch

Adelphe 2018

Book Week

We are here again to take part in the joy of Book Week, an annual event us bookworms have been preparing for all year. With this year’s theme, ‘Find Your Treasure’, it gave students and the staff an opportunity to connect with books that were really meaningful to them and to re-discover those that may have impacted them in earlier years.

The members of our book club were fortunate to have Gabrielle Tozer, an internationally published author and journalist, visit them in the library to discuss all things ‘bookish’ and relating to literature in general. Over the course of lunch, Gabrielle shared her journey of becoming a writer and where her inspiration to begin came from. We really appreciated meeting someone who has come from where we are as students and has followed their dream of becoming an author in the world after school.

A much-loved event of Book Week celebrations is the Literary Lunch, where staff and students gather to share in the delight of celebrating literature. From party pies to an insight into the writing of an English Extension 2 student, the event was a phenomenal success and is something everyone looks forward to.

At our Literary Lunch, the school’s very own magazine, MYRIAD, was launched with works from different creative outlets including photography, writing and artwork. The magazine gave the girls an opportunity to celebrate their talent. Despite students being hesitant to display their work in a portfolio that could be viewed by the entire school community, we are incredibly proud of those who put themselves out there and showcased some spectacularly unique pieces.

It is wonderful to watch students and teachers connect over literature and Book Week gives us a safe space to speak our opinions and thoughts. We would like to thank the research centre staff and teachers who made sure the week was full of exciting activities to celebrate the joy of books and reading.

Being in Year 10, I have experienced several Book Weeks and memories of each one brings me joy. It helps to reiterate the importance of literature and encourage the students to not be afraid to release their creative potential.

Brooke

Jones, Year 10

Alexandra Bradley, Joon Hee (Julia) Lim, Xun (Teddy) Zuo and Clodagh Maclean-Milne

Entrance to the research centre in Book Week

Debating

St Catherine’s competed in the ISDA Debating and the Archdale Debating (AHIGS) competitions against a range of independent boys and girls schools. Our teams performed exceptionally well and congratulations to those who progressed to the finals in the Archdale Debating, with the Year 9 team narrowly missing out on the championship title. Year 11 students Elisabeth Cola, Isabella Plaisted and Mathilde Hinchliffe also competed in the debating segment of the 100 th anniversary AHIGS festival of speech, bowing out in the quarter-finals.

Girls from Years 7–12 saw their presenting and analytical skills improve throughout the competitions, learning to tackle each new issue with a fresh perspective. The challenging topics encouraged students to think innovatively and collaboratively within their teams, to finish the season with a more comprehensive understanding of current affairs, and invaluable friendships.

These opportunities were made possible by our coaches and the humanities department, whose guidance and support helped us approach each round with confidence and excitement. A special thank you to Mr Compton our debating coordinator, whose hard work and organisation ensured we were given the best opportunities to excel.

Scarlett Craig Public Speaking and Debating Prefect

Duke of Edinburgh

This year I finished my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award, bringing to an end my Duke of Edinburgh journey. The journey from Bronze through to Gold has helped refine and challenge my leadership, resilience and interpersonal skills in various situations and conditions.

Through my Duke of Edinburgh experiences, I feel that I have grown both in terms of quantifiable skills like map reading, and personal qualities like leadership, cooperation and determination. It was a rewarding experience that I will carry with me throughout my life.

Despite all the challenges, the Duke of Edinburgh experience provided me with opportunities that I would never have otherwise had. These included working with the elderly to help them maintain a somewhat independent lifestyle and learning about native bush regeneration to give me a new perspective on life.

The different levels of camps were often challenging and difficult, however they gave me an opportunity to meet new people and improve my resilience and teamwork.

I would like to thank Mr Athas, whose constant encouragement helped push me to complete my Gold Award.

Christina Stavroulakis, Year 12

Tent challenge at the preparation and training day

Global enrichment

Osaka

From 14 December 2017 to 4 January 2018, I went to Osaka, Japan for a homestay. Despite my initial nervousness, I found it to be one of the best experiences of my life. Not only did my Japanese language improve substantially, I also became more independent and made lifelong friends. My hosts were incredibly generous and treated me as family.

I attended Ohtani Girls Senior High School, where my host sister was in Year 10. The teachers gave me a warm welcome, and the students made me feel at home.

Other highlights were going to Universal Studios Japan, spending my birthday, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve in another country, and taking day trips to Kyoto, Kobe and Nara.

Learning about Japanese culture was interesting, especially their schooling and transport systems, and it was nice to see their New Year and Christmas traditions.

Maya Rusli, Year 11

Bonjour!

In the last week of Term 2, 10 girls from Lycée Notre-Dame-DeSainte-Croix in Paris arrived to meet their excited St Catherine’s exchange sisters. Many fought jetlag to see Vivid Sydney, a concert and Incredibles 2 (or in French, Les Indestructibles Deux). The girls were introduced to St Catherine’s life: wearing their first ever school uniform, attending assembly and helping Year 11 improve their French.

The girls had an action-packed month in Sydney with an excursion to the Blue Mountains, with many going on to see other parts of Australia, including the Northern Territory, Noosa and the Gold Coast.

During the Christmas break, the St Catherine’s girls will reunite with their host sisters in Paris to attend school in Neuilly-surSeine and experience Christmas and New Year French-style.

Cleo Baldwin, Year 11

Afternoon tea

The St Catherine’s international exchange program hosted an Australian afternoon tea in Term 2, to give the exchange girls an opportunity to meet one another. Excitement was high as we shared our valuable experience of being an exchange sister, over lamingtons, pavlova and Anzac biscuits. Stories ranged from climbing the Eiffel tower to swimming at Bondi Beach, and the room was abuzz with many different languages. Everyone there knew they had made a friend for life, and learned that education not only comes through traditional means but also through friends, other countries and languages.

Rachel

Salem, Year 11

Exchange students on tour in the Blue Mountains

Osaka Japan French tour

Afternoon tea

Catherine’s

Japan tour

For two weeks during the April school holidays, 10 girls travelled to Japan. We had a great time touring and seeing highlights in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Hiroshima. We ended our time with a homestay and attended our sister school in Osaka.

Japan has a beautiful culture and was a wonderful place to visit. Everyone and everything was amazing, though rush hour was a truly different experience for us! I can’t wait to experience the culture again.

Noumea

During the first week of the July school holidays, 22 students from Years 7–10 travelled to New Caledonia for a cultural language tour. We were on the move the whole week, sightseeing and immersing ourselves in the culture. The Tchou Tchou Train was a great way to see the city of Nouméa and relax after our flight. The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre taught us the significance of Jean-Marie’s impact on New Caledonian history.

Going to school for daily immersion lessons, then using our new vocabulary in shops and markets was a fun way to meet and talk to locals and purchase goods from the stalls. We spent a day at Amédée Island and climbed the lighthouse, swam with sea life, watched turtles through the glass-bottom boat, learned how to tie sarongs and enjoyed a feast with music and native dancing. Our nightly dinner outings were a nice way to discuss the events of the day and our MasterChef cooking night was a fun bonding experience. This trip was an amazing journey where we made so many close friendships.

Annalin Kidd, Year 8

Olivia Cambouris, Year 9

Japan tour

Noumea tour

Japan tour

Languages Week

The theme for Languages Week was ‘Fête des Talents’, a celebration of skills. In our increasingly globalised world it is more and more important to recognise, embrace and showcase the many cultures and languages of our global community. Languages offer us common ground where we can come together to explore and understand the perspectives of our neighbours. There is so much to explore beyond the Englishspeaking world.

Year 8 took a ‘trip around the world’ with their St Catherine’s passports. Classrooms were transformed into different countries where students explored the cities and embraced different tourist activities in China, France, Japan, Spain and even Ancient Rome. Anna Jahjah, multilingual actor and director visited Year 9 to discuss creative journeys that can be taken with languages.

Students discovered Japanese sumo wrestling, showcased singing talents in the Mundo Vision foreign song contest, visited the junior school language classes, became Roman gladiators, learned Chinese calligraphy and competed with teachers in a World Cup soccer match.

Thank you to the P&F Association for their support.

Ms Candace Robertson Head of Languages

We went to the research centre during Languages Week for Latin, and wrote the school motto on special paper using quills and ink. We made Roman helmets and swords from paper and learned games that were played in ancient times. One game involved throwing coins into a hole to receive points, and another was a memory game with Greek and Roman Gods. It was so much fun and a great experience.

Mackenzie Lee, Year 7

你好！我爱中文! Ni hao! Wo ai zhonhwen! Hello! I love Chinese! The Year 7 Chinese class had a wonderful time learning traditional Chinese calligraphy. Ms Guo expertly led us in the art of calligraphy and showed us how to delicately and carefully paint the characters so they looked like the ones real calligraphers painted. We made bookmarks decorated with our calligraphy skills, and the results were great.

Bethany Ling, Year 7

Pétanque Lucy Giuffrida, Morgan Gaden, Amelia Tsimos Constantoura, Elena McEwan, Julia France, Alexandra Webster, Phoebe Ryan, Sarah Anastasiou, Aarya Kaul and Daisy Strike

Emily Buchanan, Olivia Debelle and Patricia Hardas

Aylin Barry and Isabella Needle

Mathematics Week

During Mathematics Week, the girls participated in several activities including: an interhouse mathematics relay for Year 7, Year 8 and Year 10; ‘Escape Room’ problem solving for Year 9; a ‘solve a problem for a cookie’ challenge run by Year 12 mathematics extension 1 students; guest speaker Lily Serna at senior school assembly; and daily brain-teasers and KenKens.

Some students have shared their impressions of the week.

Lily Serna

Lily Serna, an Australian mathematician and television presenter, visited St Catherine’s during Mathematics Week to share her story with mathematics. Lily enlightened us with entertaining anecdotes and provided us with key insights to the importance of mathematics and reasons to love it. One memory Lily shared was how bewildered she was when her grandfather introduced her to the concept of infinity at an incredibly young age, and why that was a reason for her love of mathematics. Lily is a true role model, as she eloquently addressed her passion for equality and diversity in the field of mathematics and explained reasons why many women were reluctant to follow careers relating to STEM, and how we could change that. Her advice was to begin at home, to eliminate any existing bias and to create a prejudice-free environment. Lily’s captivating presentation was relatable and informative, and I learned a lot about the rate of participation of women in STEM industries, and what needs to be done to change that.

Alice Yang, Year 10

Escape Room

The ‘Escape Room’ was an interhouse activity where we solved visual and word problems in order to escape. Each of the questions catered to different skills, so everyone in the house worked collaboratively. The process of answering questions and moving up levels was very gratifying and gave everyone a drive to work hard, especially as the winning house received bragging rights. The ‘Escape Room’ was an entertaining and rewarding experience.

Zara Sheldrick-Aboud, Year 9

Solve a problem for a cookie

After our STEM focused speech by guest speaker Lily Serna, girls were eager to have a mathematics-based lunch and earn a treat in return. Year 12 mathematics extension 1 students made all types of baked goods, varying in size to reward students for their answers, according to difficulty.

We had three tables; easier, medium and hard, covered in mathematical riddles and the occasional Year 12 question that even we found challenging. A heave of students surrounded the tables all lunchtime, working together. It was great to see such enthusiasm and excitement in one of our best Mathematics Weeks yet.

Meg Brudenell-Woods, Year 12

A number of mathematical brain-teasers were available during the week including a KenKen, a Japanese numerical logic puzzle.  Congratulations to Yunqi (Tara) Dai of Year 9, Xun (Teddy) Zuo of Year 12, Aisling Harrison of Year 11 and Hannah Cheung of Year 9, who submitted the most correct solutions over the week.

Mr Mark Smith Assistant Head of Mathematics

Claudia Roussel, Madison Souvlis and Sonja Luland of Year 9

Elenor Craven, Emily Allton and Jade Bliss of Year 7

Headmistress Dr Julie Townsend, guest speaker Lily Serna and head of mathematics Dr Shantha Bose

2018 was the first year running the new Stage 6 science curriculum in Year 11 and Year 12 science extension course, which started in Term 4.

The science showcase for the year was National Science Week, which we began with our annual liquid nitrogen ice cream extravaganza. Students watched as science teachers, hidden behind clouds of condensation, made delicious chocolate ice cream for everyone to enjoy. The theme ‘Game Changers and Change Makers’ was celebrated in assembly as Mia Maric OG2014 shared her journey from St Catherine’s student to studying materials science and engineering at UNSW, and the many doors she walked through before pursuing a PhD.

We were also honoured to have Dr Noushin Nasiri visit to give an inspiring talk about how her childhood curiosity led to her becoming a research scientist. Dr Nasiri is using nanotechnology to engineer a tiny breathalyser to detect minute chemical changes that indicate various diseases,

including types of cancer. This device could become a powerful diagnostic tool, which would save money and unnecessary invasive procedures. The girls were fascinated to learn about her work and the tiny size of the sensor chip.

In class, the girls enjoyed various games and other activities to celebrate Science Week. Highlights included a look at microscopy for Year 7, and exploring new places through virtual reality for Year 8. Years 9–10 played science trivia and other science and engineering-based challenges. We hope the guest speakers inspired the girls to consider pursuing exciting careers in STEM after school.

Elisabeth Cola and Junias Tjanaria made impressive achievements in The Australian Science Olympiads competition, a national program for secondary science students that culminates in the International Science Olympiads.

Ms Sera Hurley Head of Science

Mr Parkin at Science Week

Year 9 science

Liquid nitrogen ice cream

Service

Service is an essential feature of the school community, where the students participate in volunteering, fundraising and learning about different organisations. Our annual fundraisers, fortnightly Bread of Life commitment and Project STC service week were maintained. Here is an overview of our trip to Nepal and new initiative with the Prince of Wales Hospital and the World Vision Youth Conference.

World Vision Youth Conference

Each year, St Catherine’s girls attend the World Vision Youth Conference, where they take part in global discussions, skillbuilding workshops and activities to empower student leaders to tackle the biggest issues facing humanity.

Representatives from Years 11–12 attended, along with over 1000 high school students from across Sydney, to network with like-minded student leaders and discuss the impending refugee crisis in Syria. The day began with a mock United Nations and St Catherine’s was assigned the country, Vietnam. We were put in complex scenarios and shared our opinions over a microphone, at one stage receiving a round of applause for our thoughtful and diplomatic response to a question about foreign aid. One of the three keynote speakers was Simon Shahin, a 25-year-old electrical engineering/medical science student at the University of Technology Sydney. Simon fled war in Syria and resettled in Australia in 2015. He discussed his passion for youth engagement and refugee rights, and encouraged us to use our education to do the same. Simon was very inspiring, and we learned from Simon’s courage of conviction and positive outlook on life.

The day concluded with a session to brainstorm ideas to lead the 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge in Term 3, 2018. The conference was a great way to develop a more lucid understanding of global issues, and develop the skills required to face them as a high school student. It was an amazing experience and resulted in approximately $18,000 being fundraised for World Vision.

Brianna Milne, Year 11 Nepal

During the April school holidays, 11 girls from Year 10 and two teachers travelled to Nepal for a life-changing trip. The sights, smells and sounds were overwhelming. In the first week, we trekked about 15km each day through the Himalayas, stopping in towns including Phakding and Monjo, and arrived at Namche Bazaar. We caught a glimpse of Mt Everest and it was one of the highlights of the trip. We also met some amazing people, including our Sherpa guide Kami.

In the second week, we went to Asha Nepal as part of the service component of the trip. Asha Nepal is a UK operated charity, which rescues girls who have been victims of human trafficking. We taught the girls some positive psychology methods to cope with their feelings and how to look forward to the future. Our visit to Asha Nepal provided the girls, and ourselves, with a new perspective. We saw their resilience, and how grateful and happy the girls are, considering the atrocities they have been through.

We also spent a day at the Down Syndrome Society of Nepal, where we danced with some children and saw smiling faces everywhere. It was so rewarding to see how our small action had such a positive impact. The end of each day was spent playing cards, writing in our journals and reading.

After two weeks of new experiences, we returned home with amazing memories.

Tara Hercz, Year 10

Prince of Wales cookie delivery

As part of a new initiative, St Catherine’s girls went to Our Big Kitchen in Bondi, to volunteer and package 4,000 honey biscuits, to be delivered to the wards at the Prince of Wales Hospital. We spent four hours packaging the biscuits and writing encouraging notes for the hospital staff and patients, such as “keep smiling, have a great day!” and “be brave, enjoy these cookies made with love”. The following day, coincidentally International Kindness Day, we went to the hospital and wore bumblebee costumes to deliver the biscuits. We started with the spinal unit, then made our way around the transplant, cardiovascular, aged care, and surgery units. We also visited the adult emergency room where the staff were incredibly busy, but grateful to receive a cookie package. The idea was to show kindness and support to people in our community who work long hours to help other people, and to encourage positivity for patients. The St Catherine’s girls were enthusiastic to hand out biscuits to as many patients and staff as possible. The chance to brighten someone’s day with some biscuits, or seeing staff in the middle of a long shift smile as they read a handwritten note, or to sing You are my Sunshine to a patient going through a hard time, was an amazing experience.

Hannah Farrow, Year 10

Big hugs with the local children in Monjo, a Nepalese town

Music

Musicals

The Secret Garden was an enchanting musical produced by St Catherine’s students and The Scots College, based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The talents of our singers, dancers, orchestral musicians and backstage crew were showcased over four performances at NIDA’s Parade Theatre, with over 1400 in attendance. The story follows young Mary, Jessica Nearn of Year 9, who loses her father and mother, Ava Carmont of Year 11, to cholera in colonial India and is sent to live with her uncle in a haunted manor. Mary, determined to restore happiness to the house for the first time since her aunt Lily’s, Lucinda Edwards of Year 9, death, revives her aunt’s garden and brings joy back to Misselthwaite Manor, with the help of cousin Colin, housemaid Martha, Isabella Meyrick of Year 9, and her brother Dicken.

In September, Stage 3 girls impressed audiences with their production of The Lion King Jr. We saw some great performances from lionesses, hyenas, wildebeest and other animals of the Pride Lands, as well as grasslands, flowers and stars. All students confidently worked together to achieve a wonderful performance, and the principal roles portrayed their characters with skill beyond their years.

The story of Christmas was brought to life by K–2 girls in the nativity musical, Hey Ewe! The tale is told from the perspective of two curious sheep, Alyssa Savva and Sophia Oliver, who witnessed some extraordinary events while the other sheep were sleeping. Kindergarten performed enthusiastically as stars; Year 1 grooved as angels and townspeople; and Year 2 took the roles of narrator, the Emperor, Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men, shepherds and sheep.

Showcasing our musical talents

Choral Showcase

Our annual Choral Showcase was held in May. Students from Years 1–12 sang across four choirs, and a cappella, along with our fantastic soloist Paris Francis of Year 12. We heard some great songs including Shoo Fly!, performed by our Stage 1 choir, and our combined choir sang How Can I Keep From Singing? It was a successful evening, which would not have been possible without the support of the music department.

String Showcase with the ACO

On 22 May, the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) visited St Catherine’s for the String Showcase. This workshop was an amazing opportunity for our string students, where the ACO helped our musicians and added to their performances. All the string groups performed, beginning with the string quartet, prelude, camerata and sinfonietta strings. Then, the combined orchestra of St Catherine’s, Newington College and the ACO played Mendelssohn’s Grave and Allegro from Sinfonia No. 9 in C major, and the Romanian Folk Dances by Bartok. To finish, the four ACO members played three stunning pieces, leaving the audience in awe.

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without”

–

Band Showcase

2018 was a year of much music -making, with our students excelling both within the school and in the broader community.

Music

Band Showcase

The St Catherine’s Band Showcase demonstrated the musical talents of over 100 girls across Years 3–12, and included performances from our concert bands, jazz bands, rock band and a wide range of chamber ensembles. We welcomed back Dr John Lynch, leading USA conductor, Associate Professor and Conductor of the Conservatorium Wind Symphony at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. The symphonic winds were delighted to take part in a one-hour workshop with Dr Lynch and perform with him in the showcase. Another highlight was the first performance by our rock band, playing Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis, and the newly formed double reed ensemble performing Walking Tune, arranged by David Bussick. Katia Geha and music prefect Alexandra Bradley were master of ceremonies for the evening, and special thanks to Ms Lisa McCowage, our head of wind, brass and percussion.

Performing with the wider community

St Catherine’s has a partnership with the Australian Chamber Orchestra as part of their National Education Program. This partnership established a cultural exchange program between St Catherine’s and St Marys North Primary School, providing opportunities for music and friendship activities between the schools and complementing the music education program established at St Marys North Primary School in 2015. Students from both schools participated in concerts and workshops, and the students from St Marys North Primary School visited us this year.

In the classroom

Salaka Drumming

Year 7 experienced the music of Africa through drumming and singing when Salaka Drumming visited our school to support the curriculum focus on ‘Music of a Culture’, in Term 1. All the girls were able to perform on djembes and build rhythmic compositions that were then intertwined with dances. The girls had an enjoyable session, led by two talented presenters.

Salaka Drumming

Choral Showcase

The Secret Garden

St Catherine’s School Waverley

Jersey Boys

Years 8–10 music and Year 9 drama students attended the musical Jersey Boys at the Capitol Theatre. Students and staff were entertained by the catchy tunes of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, including Walk Like a Man, Sherry and Bye Bye Baby. It was an enjoyable night for all.

Voyage of Musical Discovery

Senior school musicians attended a series of three concerts with the late Richard Gill and the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra. Music from both the past and present was performed, with explanations provided by Mr Gill, one of Australia’s pre-eminent music educators, who sadly passed away in late October.

Engadine Band Festival

Our wind band and junior band headed to Kogarah for the Engadine Band Festival at the end of Term 2. Both ensembles performed exceptionally well and were awarded gold in their respective categories by adjudicator Cathy Chan.

Essentially Ellington

As part of the Essentially Ellington program, the St Catherine’s big band travelled to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to perform for Jerome Jennings, a clinician from Jazz at Lincoln Centre, New York. The big band performed three pieces: An Ellington Tribute, Lady of the Lavender Mist and Cubano Chant. Jerome has a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School in Manhattan, New York and in 2017, became resident director of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. Performing, listening to other school big bands and the private workshop with Jerome were highly inspiring experiences.

St Marys North Primary School

Engadine Band Festival

Hey Ewe!

Graduating musicians

The end of Term 3 marked the time to farewell our departing Year 12 students. These musicians put in countless hours performing with the choirs, orchestra, bands and string orchestras, as well as touring to Europe and performing at NIDA in musicals.

Antonia Boulton – Symphonic winds; big band; silver badge

Kristina Boulton – Symphonic winds; silver badge

Alexandra Bradley – Symphonic winds; senior orchestra; bronze badge

Jolie (Jessica) Cheung – Symphonic winds; chapel band; bronze badge

Paris Francis – Senior orchestra; string orchestra; senior choir; a cappella; platinum badge

Joon Hee (Julia) Lim – Senior orchestra; string orchestra; gold badge

Eloise Reddy – Senior orchestra; string orchestra; senior choir; platinum badge

Xun (Teddy) Zuo – Senior orchestra; percussion ensemble; bronze badge

Music awards

SENIOR SCHOOL BADGES

Platinum – Katia Geha (oboe); Aisling Harrison (violin); Sophie Lui (oboe); Jasmin Yip (violin)

Gold – Saranya Agar (flute); Elisabeth Cola (double bass); Joon Hee (Julia) Lim (violin); Katherine Petsoglou (violin); Isabella Pinter (flute); Georgina Rafferty (bassoon); Rebecca Rosenberg (french horn); Junias Tjanaria (viola)

Silver – Antonia Boulton (clarinet); Kristina Boulton (saxophone); Eleni Cole (cello); Elena McEwan (french horn); Renee Stavroulakis (clarinet); Ellen Zhang (violin)

Bronze – Cleo Baldwin (percussion); Luella Beaumont (clarinet); Emily Hinwood (bassoon); Dominique Leeming (saxophone); Annette Ong (violin); Eeshani Parameswaran (trumpet); Sophia Pinter (percussion); Grace Porter (clarinet); Lauren Roberts (violin); Sophia Zhang (oboe); Xun (Teddy) Zuo (percussion)

JUNIOR SCHOOL AWARDS

Stage 3 music excellence

Platinum – Melanie Kang; Amelia Kim; Julia Mallam; Sophia Markovic; Zoe Tinellis

Gold – Charlotte Gibbs; Isobel Killcross

Silver – Ruby Marshall; Bethany Rodriguez

Bronze – Anika Bradford; Lucinda Evans; Chloe Grant; Isabel Hathorn; Isabella McIntosh; Ariel Vivian; Jazz Wilson

Stage 2 music excellence

Platinum – Christabella Chow; Eliza Cook; Cerise Platt; Olivia Zhang

Gold – Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi

Silver – Antonia Lin; Summer Jedlicka-Trennery; Isabel Thompson; Han Ya (Hanya) Yang

Bronze – Ava George; Caroline Lin

Stage 1 music excellence

Silver – Sophia Chen

Bronze – Isabella Legge; Zara Todd

Junior school winning house: Patterson

MUSIC COMMITTEE

Mr D Gresham, Katia Geha (Year 11) Band Captain, Alexandria Bradley (Year 12) 2018 Music Prefect, Eleni Cole (Year 9) String Captain, Isabella Pinter (Year 11) Orchestra Captain and Georgina Rafferty (Year 11) Choir Captain

Choral Showcase

The Lion King Jr

Essentailly Ellington Festival

The Secret Garden

Band Showcase

Junior band won gold at Engadine

Hey Ewe!

CONCERT BAND

FRONT ROW: Mackenzie Hansen, Alice Lee, Jasmine Ong, Emily Dingle, Sophia Rikard-Bell, Bella McGeechan, Ashleigh Doran, Madeleine Griffiths, Alicia Kim, Bethany Ling, Isobel Killcross

SECOND ROW: Ms L. McCowage (Conductor), Zoe Tinellis, Sophia Voigt, Acacia Ngu, Molly Macneal, Semi Kim, Sarah Teitler, Elenor Craven, Patricia Hardas, Pati Harbilas, Julia Mallam

THIRD ROW: Eden Timbery, Sophia Zhang, Eeshani Parameswaran, Ya (Priscilla) Gao, Ella Johnston, Grace Porter, Anna Yang, Evelyn Rock, Ella Berckelman, Emily Lim

SENIOR CHOIR

FRONT ROW: Annette Ong, Emily Hinwood, Sarah Myatt, Taylor Galea, Patricia Hardas, Sophie Lui, Emily Beckley, Alicia Kim, Sophia Voigt, Jasmine Ong

SECOND ROW: Dr H. Belling, Georgina Rafferty, Asha Raghav, Luella Beaumont, Melanie Chan, Isabella Meyrick, Caitlin Wong, Julia Mitnovetski, Scarlett Miller, Katia Geha

THIRD ROW: Aisling Harrison, Nicolette Walker, Saranya Agar, Isabella Pinter, Elena McEwan, Eleni Cole, Rebecca Rosenberg, Sacha Brown, Junias Tjanaria, Isabella Plaisted

SENIOR SCHOOL ORCHESTRA

FRONT ROW: Katia Geha, Annette Ong, Ellen Zhang, Jasmin Yip, Katherine Petsoglou, Eloise Reddy, Paris Francis, Sophie Lui

SECOND ROW: Mr D. Gresham, Emily Hinwood, Aisling Harrison, Junias Tjanaria, Melanie Chan, Georgina Rafferty, Sophia Voigt, Elisabeth Cola

THIRD ROW: Renee Stavroulakis, Alexandra Bradley, Isabella Pinter, Olivia Kinnaird, Elena McEwan, Sophia Pinter, Eleni Cole

SINFONIETTA STRINGS

FRONT ROW: Jenny Kaing, Charlotte Wadds, Annette Ong, Caitlin Wong, Hannah Cheung, Emily Allton, Erini Kiousis, Sophia Kelley

SECOND ROW: Ms H. Cush, Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi, Molly Stening, Constance Skeffington, Charlotte Skeffington, Melanie Kang, Amelia Kim

THIRD ROW: Nicolette Walker, Evie Cook, Tara Hercz, Eleni Cole, Junias Tjanaria, Sarah Myatt, Jamie Podmore Taylor

STRING ORCHESTRA

FRONT ROW: Jasmin Yip, Katherine Petsoglou, Lauren Roberts, Aisling Harrison, Paris Francis

SECOND ROW: Ms H. Cush, Melanie Chan, Eleni Cole, Junias Tjanaria

SYMPHONIC WINDS

FRONT ROW: Sophie Lui, Eden Timbery, Jolie (Jessica) Cheung, Alexandra Bradley, Kristina Boulton, Renee Stavroulakis, Saranya Agar, Eva Nicolaou, Yunqi (Tara) Dai, Katia Geha

SECOND ROW: Ms L. McCowage (Conductor), Cleo Baldwin, Emily Hinwood, Luella Beaumont, Rebecca Rosenberg, Aisling Harrison, Eeshani Parameswaran, Georgina Rafferty, Antonia Boulton, Elisabeth Cola

THIRD ROW: Anna Yang, Sophia Pinter, Isabella Pinter, Grace Porter, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Olivia Kinnaird, Elena McEwan, Junias Tjanaria, Sophia Zhang

CAMERATA STRING ENSEMBLE

FRONT ROW: Eliza Cook, Chloe Grant, Mika Selden, Aida Lloyd, Bianca Kelley, Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi, Isabel Thompson

SECOND ROW: Ms H. Cush, Cate Darling, Sophia Markovic, Holly Negas, Josie Khoo, Melanie Kang, Isabella McIntosh, Amelia Kim

THIRD ROW: Clementine Hutchinson, Julia Mallam, Molly Stening, Willow Pratley, Samantha Debelle, Kimmi Bilmon, Clarissa Ling

JUNIOR BAND

FRONT ROW: Tara Williams, Ophelia Heywood, Lillian Oranje, Olivia Zhang, Bianca Wong, Phoebe Garcia, Sashi Mason, Karyn Ling

SECOND ROW: Emily Canning-Smith, Blayke Piggins-Massaad, Piper Pratley, Grace Walley, Evie Lloyd, Koko Rikard-Bell, Annabelle Guo

THIRD ROW: Ms L. McCowage, Summer Jedlicka-Trennery, Christabella Chow, Viva Coyle-Beeche, Phoebe Ruffa, Evie Bayot, Antonia Lin, Ruby Hughes

JUNIOR CHOIR

FRONT ROW: Karyn Ling, Claudia Lynam, Mia Caredes, Ruby Colin, Ophelia Heywood, Olivia Zhang, Anita Jazzini, Isabella van den Brink, Isobel Killcross, Sashi Mason, Safira Sutarto, Jasmine Zhang, Lara Wong

SECOND ROW: Mrs V. Gilmour, Eliza Cook, Bianca Wong, Han Ya (Hanya) Yang, Antonia Lin, Clementine Jenkins, Koko Rikard-Bell, Summer Jedlicka-Trennery, Caroline Lin, Melanie Kang, Florence Vinnell, Codie Rigby, Miss T. Chung

THIRD ROW: Emily Jackson, Cerise Platt, Margot Ruffa, Alice Aitken, Kate Wu, Angelique Elfes, Gabriella Mata Rohe, Tessa Allen, Lucinda Connell, Jamie Meyerson, Sienna Dole

FOURTH ROW: Amelia Kim, Kimmi Bilmon, Sophia Markovic, Zoe Tinellis, Isabel Hathorn, Jazz Wilson, Christabella Chow, Julia Mallam, Lucinda Evans, Phoebe Ruffa

ABSENT: Katherine Budden, Ruby Congdon, Charlotte Gibbs, Annabelle Guo, Bethany Rodriguez

PRELUDE STRINGS

FRONT ROW: Dominique Cullen Feng, Rediva Chan, Edie Molesworth, Florence Vinnell, Eliza Cook, Amelie Fletcher, Ophelia Heywood

SECOND ROW: Ms H. Cush, Blayke Piggins-Massaad, Shen Liang (Mandy) Chi, Abigail Brealey, Ava George, Cerise Platt, Miss T. Chung

ABSENT: Isabella Legge

FRONT ROW: Gabrielle Subrata, Lillian Trennery, Zara Todd, Sophia Chen, Mikhaela Milios, Ava Dewar, Zara Ashley, Evangeline Jazzini

SECOND ROW: Mrs V. Gilmour, Gabrielle Brown, Nikoletta Veneti, Harriet Hathorn-Jarman, Alyssa Savva, Leonor Aguilar Contente, Ella McDonald, Miss T. Chung

WIND BAND

FRONT ROW: Ariana Fermanis, Tilly Shorter, Eliza Watt, Ariel Vivian, Anita Jazzini, Isla Mazor, Isobel Killcross

SECOND ROW: Mackenzie Hansen, Kimmi Bilmon, Eva Johnston, Zoe Yu, Ruby Doyle, Amelia Kim

THIRD ROW: Ruby Marshall, Melanie Poulos, Darcy Connell, Zoe Tinellis, Georgia Middleton

ABSENT: Mr D. Gresham, Anika Bradford, Charlotte Gibbs, Julia Mallam

STAGE 1 CHOIR

Learning enrichment

Our students experienced an exciting range of enrichment experiences. Gifted and talented programs are established across both the junior school and senior school to encourage participation in creative and challenging activities. Many of our high potential learners enjoy being creative through literature and narratives; and to engage students to think critically about the issues we face in today’s world, we offer a variety of programs to encourage these skills. Enrichment opportunities are a chance for the girls to extend themselves and compete against a strong cohort of other high potential students.

Ms Natalie Miller Director of Learning Enrichment K–12

Evatt UN Competition

St Catherine’s competed in the Evatt Model United Nations competition over several weeks and venues across Sydney. We had an enlightening and enjoyable experience as we learned more about how the UN Security Council is run, and how to negotiate and debate with other ‘Nation’ teams. We discussed issues including fake news, lethal autonomous weapons and protection of common water resources, which were topics we had heard about but not fully explored. Meeting other interested people was exciting as we became more engaged with current news and the other teams. Overall, it was a great experience as we learned so much more about the world around us.

da Vinci Decathlon

I loved the da Vinci Decathlon because we went to Knox Grammar School and met a lot of other students. There were 10 different tasks we had to try and complete; art and poetry, cartography, code breaking, creative producers, engineering, English, general knowledge, ideation, mathematics and science. We had the opportunity to try new things and helped each other to figure out the problem.

Future Problem Solving

Rhianna Jones, Annabelle Strachan, Emily Beckley and Sarah Myatt competed in the National Finals of Future Problem Solving at Monash University. We analysed a cloud storage problem and developed creative solutions. This rewarding experience developed our critical thinking and teamwork and we were thrilled to be part of such an exciting weekend in Melbourne.

Mackenzie Hansen, Year 5

Mathilde Hinchcliffe and Elisabeth Cola, Year 11

Annabelle Strachan, Year 8

da Vinci Decathlon

da Vinci Decathlon

Evatt UN

Future Problem Solving

GATEway8

Year 6 girls Juliet Brooker, Lucie Brealey, Jazz Wilson, Meera Arora, Melanie Kang, Libei (Lisa) Wang, Freya Jensen and Ariel Vivian, attended GATEway8. We competed in six tasks in mathematics, English, science, humanities, visual arts and music. We placed third in English, first in science and second overall, out of 25 schools. It was lots of fun.

Lucie Brealey, Year 6

Interschool chess challenge

On 10 April students from the junior and senior school competed in the St Catherine’s Interschool Chess competition in the Jane Barker Hall. We were the only girls’ team competing against Bellevue Hill Public School, St Spyridon College and Woollahra Public School. It was a tough competition but a lot of fun. Both our teams made the semi-finals and St Catherine’s came third overall.

Eva Steed, Year 3

Girls Write Up

A group of 11 students travelled to Customs House for the Girls Write Up workshop. We heard from a wide range of female authors, playwrights, directors, opinion piece writers and poets, who discussed various issues and areas of inspiration. We also attended seminars of our choice, which included pitching ideas to magazines and comic strip composition. The day was highly engaging and powerful and everyone found something unique to take away from the experience.

Rebecca Rosenberg, Year 11

Kirby Cup

Maisy Lam-Po-Tang, Scarlett Craig, Claire Smith and Charlie Barry attended the Kirby Cup Moot Court Competition at Western Sydney University, Parramatta in November. The competition consisted of knockout rounds, where two barristers, a solicitor and a court officer worked against other schools in a case regarding the falsification of immigration documents. Each team would either defend the applicant or represent the Minister for Home Affairs. Overall, it was an extremely beneficial experience allowing us to think on our feet and experience the emotions of a court case. Our team placed second on the day out of 12 schools. Consequently, all four students received conditional offers to study Law at Western Sydney University.

Charlie Barry, Year 10

Kirby Cup

Kirby Cup

GATEway8

Girls Write Up

Learning enrichment

Maths Cup

Year 6 girls Lauren Griffiths, Anika Bradford, Scarlett Edyvean, Scarlett Sewell, Gemma Allen and Libei (Lisa) Wang represented the school in the Maths Cup competition at Amity College in September. The competition was split into three sections, completed both individually and as a team. Each section was challenging, interactive and extremely enjoyable.

Lauren Griffiths, Year 6

Mock Trial

Students in Years 10 and 11 participated in the Mock Trial competition which is held in a simulated courtroom setting. We took on the roles of barristers, solicitors, witnesses and court clerks and were given a variety of civil and criminal cases to work on and develop arguments around, to test our teamwork and analytical skills. Successful in three of four of our preliminary rounds, we only marginally missed out on qualification for the semi-finals.

Participating in Mock Trial was a wonderful experience that furthered our skills in public speaking, problem solving and creative thinking, as well as being a great way to work with different year groups.

Maisy Lam-Po-Tang

NSW State CC

I attended a student convention at NSW Parliament House at the end of October. The convention was about Section 44(i) of the Constitution, and the dismissal of members of parliament with dual citizenship. Professor Anne Twomey spoke, students discussed the matter, then held a referendum to reappeal the section, of which the majority voted in favour. The day was an enjoyable and highly educational insight into constitutional law.

Charlotte Prentice, Year 12

Tournament of Minds

The junior school Tournament of Minds team consisted of Chelsea Baker, Bobbie-Lee DeBuse, Ashley Sassine, Betty-Rose Burcham and Ruby Congdon. We chose the ‘language literature’ challenge and created a pitch to convince the judges to make a movie about our book. We made props and masks during rehearsals, and learned our lines ready for competition day. The experience allowed us to think creatively and work as a group.

Chelsea Baker, Year 5

Write a Book in a Day

Students in Years 5–10 experienced what it was like to be a professional writer. We used our writing, editing, creative and illustrating skills to write a whole book in a single day. There were certain parameters, for example ‘soldier’, ‘dungeon’ and ‘witch’ were some of the words we had to entwine into our story. It was a fun day of frantic editing and we published a brilliant piece of work. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day and it was a great experience for all.

Bianca Kelley, Year 5

NSW State Parliament

Tournament of Minds

Mock Trial

Maths Cup

Research centre

It was a fun year at the research centre, with activities, games and of course, reviewing new books at book club while eating snacks. I most enjoyed the ‘Frankenstein’ party, to celebrate 200 years since the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I can’t wait to see what book club has in store for next year.

Yunqi (Tara) Dai, Year 9

Book club comes first. This is our gathering of book lovers to discuss books around chocolate biscuits. Library Lovers’ Day on 14 February saw love letters to libraries arrive, and the hilarious staff versus Year 12 quiz, where the teachers claimed victory. Then there are the books, with new books piled up on the front desk every day. The library would not be the same without the library staff, who encourage us to extend ourselves in the variety of books we read. The community that is fostered within the library makes me feel supported by many lovely friends across all grades, who share a mutual passion for reading and a love of books.

Hally Baker, Year 10

Where do you come to learn everything about books and technology? The librarians know it all…

During STC time, we learned about efficient research, and by using slashes, dashes and dots, we found easier ways to find information. We created a mnemonic for effective researching. Ms Lamour helped us understand how computers work and taught us what keywords to use for the best results.

Alice Lee, Year 7

A major highlight in the research centre for Year 8 was Medieval Day. The fun activities included tasting medieval food, working together to create a castle and launching jelly babies from a model catapult. There was a costume contest, and the most popular costume was a rat with the bubonic plague. The red carpet was also lots fun, especially because I was one of the winners for my castle costume.

Grace Gay, Year 8

We had quizzes on books, movies and general pop culture. Sarah Ayoub, the author of Hate is Such a Strong Word and The Yearbook Committee, visited to provide an insight on writing narratives and shared her story of becoming a writer. As a member of book club, I’m always overwhelmed by the amount of effort the library staff put in to make the research centre as fun as possible. Their effort was not wasted this year, and I am happy to call the library my home.

Zara Sheldrick-Aboud, Year 9

Staff love letters to libraries

Solange Fadel and Samarah Issa entering STC time

Mr McMurdo, Mr Vancers, Mr Caputo, Ms Turnbull Brown, Mrs Doyle, Mrs Clancy and Mr Parkin

Beyond the Curriculum

Girls across the junior and senior school extend their learning beyond the end of the school day in the many activities on offer. I am delighted to share some highlights.

Dance

Our competitive dance teams travelled to Melbourne to compete in DanceLife Unite, where the junior company placed first in contemporary, senior company placed second in contemporary and our combined company placed first in jazz. At The Hills Dance Spectacular, senior company placed second and received ‘most entertaining’ for their contemporary routine Sand. Our junior and intermediate dance teams culminated at the DanceLife Unite Nationals at Luna Park, where the junior dance team placed first with Danger Zone and the intermediate dance team placed third with Toy Story. The annual BTC dance showcase GRAVITY was held at the NIDA Parade Theatre. It was a spectacular display of talent, creativity and professionalism from our girls and staff, and a fitting end to a successful year in dance.

Cleo Parker, Emily Noble and Elizabeth Parker OSHC

Years 3-4 Jazz Showcase

Owl by Gemma Allen

Jellyfish by Melanie Kang

Gymnastics

In rhythmic gymnastics Charlotte Davidson was selected on the NSW state team and competed at the 2018 Australian Championships. Charlotte performed a personal best in ribbon and assisted NSW to secure bronze in the team event. St Catherine’s was a stand-out at the 2018 RG Multiples State Championships – Gymnastics NSW and AGG Championships in June, securing the state championship title in three of the six divisions entered: Category 1 Trio – Josie Khoo, Delilah Sharafutdinova, Elizabeth Hillier ; Category 1 Pair –Delilah Sharafutdinova, Elizabeth Hillier ; and Category 3 Group – Scarlett Pellegrini, Harriette Gardiner, Alexandra Webster and Maya Bauer. Special mention goes to Harriette Gardiner who received the inaugural ‘sparkle and shine’ award for her captivating free hand routine and our ball group of Harriette Gardiner, Scarlett Pellegrini, Alexandra Webster and Maya Bauer who were runner up national champions at the National Clubs Gymnastics Carnival on the Gold Coast.

Tennis

At the Australian Schools Tennis Challenge in Albury, Catherine Aulia, Piper Freeman, Isabella Meyrick, Chilee Roland, Hannah Collins and Allegra Slovitt competed strongly. They finished sixth overall and were awarded the John Newcombe Sportmanship Award, a four-week scholarship to the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in Texas.

Mrs Kate Barrell Head of BTC (Extra-Curricular)

Cleo Parker at Pee Wee Tennis

Catherine Aulia, Isabella Meyrick, Piper Freeman, Allegra Slovitt, Hannah Collins and Chilee Roland at the Australian Schools Tennis Championship

Eva Nicolaou, Harriette Gardiner, Maya Bauer, Alexandra Webster and Caitlin Morris at the National Clubs Carnival

Snowsports group

House activities in the senior school

Each year, the seven houses compete in many competitions and events. These events all contribute to the house cup, presented at Speech Night.

Clubs and Choirs and Physical Culture (PC) are two house events that deserve special mention, as they involve every senior school girl.

Term 1 begins by welcoming our new Year 7 girls into their house group at the Clubs and Choirs event. Every girl participates either in the choir, as a soloist or an accompanist. The audience for this event rivals that of Speech Night, it is so popular and entertaining.

Term 4 ends with PC, and just like Clubs and Choirs, every girl from Years 7–11 participates. With themed dance performances, the Years 5–6 girls get a glimpse of senior school life as they watch this spectacular event. The Year 6 girls are then welcomed to their new house ‘family’ by the Year 10 house officials.

One cannot underestimate the excitement and passion that the girls have for their houses. House spirit is undeniable, and it is wonderful to see the support given to all houses in their performances – a true reflection of the respect and relationships that have been built across the school.

Mrs Deb Clancy Head of Boarding and Academic Care

Aisling Harrison Joon Hee (Julia) Lim Annabella Strachan

Renee Stavroulakis

Salem Winner Jemima Melki

Nikas Amelia Jacobson

Rebecca Rosenberg Scarlett Craig Nicole Chong

Mariah Issa Georgia Ireland Eliza Morgan

Clubs and Choirs

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Barker

BARKER HOUSE

FRONT ROW: Araminta Scott, Heidi Unger, Emmanuelle Cushway, Vanessa Kimpton, Sophia Rikard-Bell, Miss S Chapman, Miss L Christian, Ms C Lamour, Mr M Vincent, Mrs T Shea, Madeleine Griffiths, Madeleine Chambiras, Bella McGeechan, Annabelle Strachan, Emma Johnson

SECOND ROW: Matilda Brownie, Alicia Kim, Isobel Eshuys, Olivia Cambouris, Hayley Baroni, Patricia Hardas, Sophie Burgess, Emma McDonald, Zoe Henningham, Flora Feng, Laura Tran, Ivy McGrath, Mackenzie Wiseman, Lara Webber, Georgia Vogt

THIRD ROW: Asha Raghav, Scarlett Miller, Jessica Gross, Sophie Bell, Joan Hee (Julia) Lim, Tamzin Heywood, Eliza Gerahty, Elizabeth Tabbash, Shinae Schuller, Chilee Roland, Olivia Tajer, Eleni Andrews, Annabel Penny, Jessica Norman

FOURTH ROW: Felicity Taylor, Kiara Schuller, Delphi Hinchcliffe, Hannah Cozens, Hannah Pillinger, Jiaxuan (Stella) Dong, Olivia Aloi, Missy Callaghan, Edwina Rice, Sophia Zhang, Wing Yan (Angel) Lai, Lily Dougan, Annabelle Taylor, Tamsyn Taylor

FIFTH ROW: Abby Rosenthal, Elena Schai, Maya Rusli, Eleanor Birkhold, Alura Leddie, Aisling Harrison, Amelia Cooper, Mathilde Hinchcliffe, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Georgia Wilson, Ashlee Miller, Lauren Roberts, Ruby Kilbane, Isabella El-Haddad, Isabella Dunstan

SIXTH ROW: Saskia Ferster, Katerina Ardouin, Eliza Shipway, Sienna White, Georgina Ullman, Bronte Howarth, Adela Eshuys, Lailah Prince, Nina Deal, Emma Lesmond, Sophie Breznik, Madison Booth, Gabrielle Polesy, Lucinda Miller

SEVENTH ROW: Aspen Henderson, Danielle Vassallo, Dominique Polesy, Emma Doyle, Grace Howarth, Erin Finnimore, Ruby Swadling, Abbey Gibbs, Jessica Edser, May Pinnegar, Ava Carmont, Madeline Hendrie, India Potter, Ava O’Brien

This was a year of great triumph for Barker, with incredible house spirit shown in all house events and some great results.

Barker showed off their moves in PC with the theme ‘Boot Camp’, where we successfully kicked and punched our way through the routine, earning third place.

We started 2018 with the swimming carnival, and swam our way to a spectacular first place. Our senior relay team broke the relay record and won that event, and the girls demonstrated house spirit and sportsmanship throughout the day, cheering each other on. Congratulations to all the girls who swam on the day and to Ruby Swadling, the senior champion.

We placed second in Clubs and Choirs with our performance of Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson. The girls showed great vocal and instrumental ability and gave the audience a dynamic and uplifting performance. We were so proud of the girls and the outcome of the night. Our conductor, Aisling Harrison of Year 11, also helped with the score, and our two public speakers, Annabelle Strachan of Year 8 and Julia Lim of Year 12 spoke beautifully and insightfully about the theme ‘Hope’.

In Term 2, Barker placed first in cross country, continuing to show the athletic abilities of the house. This was further demonstrated in the athletics carnival, where Barker girls ran, jumped, threw and cheered their way to third place. The day was filled with sportsmanship and fun.

To finish off the year, Barker packed their bags, headed to the airport and had a vacation for PC in Term 4.

We’d like to thank our fabulous house vice-captain, Hannah Pillinger, and house captain, Sienna White for their support and contribution throughout the year. We wouldn’t have had these amazing achievements without their constant house spirit and leadership. We’d also like to thank Ms Lamour for organising us for these events and for her motivation and encouragement. We were honoured to be house officials for Barker this year and wish the new house officials all the best for the year ahead. Congratulations Barker girls.

Ava Carmont, May Pinnegar and Georgina Ullman House

officials

Barker house leaders: Ms C Lamour, Hannah Pillinger, Sienna White, May Pinnegar, Ava Carmont, Georgina Ullman

Bronte

BRONTE HOUSE

FRONT ROW: Isabella Needle, Pati Harbilas, Emily Hinwood, Jade Perica, Yunqi (Tara) Dai, Erin Kara, Ms S Chronis, Mrs K Walton, Ms J Krauss, Mrs R Ayad, Sophia Hardwick, Sophie Lui, Chloe Clark, Sophie Ulm, Erini Kiousis, Lily Wood

SECOND ROW: Olivia Finn, Charley Hearne, Jemima Melki, Skye McDonald, Evie Cook, Paige Kluck, Emily Buchanan, Clementine Hambour, Helena Irmer, Summer-Sky Dann, Georgia Appleton, Molly Macneal, Madison Clifton, Sophia Kelley

THIRD ROW: Ellen Zhang, Emily Jones, Eleanor Hodnett, Hannah McDonald, Ella Berckelman, Jasmin Yip, Lauren Kacanas, Chloe Ng, Hannah Farrow, Ashley Buchanan, Sophie Kay, Ruby Hathorn, Hannah Ricci, Yasmine Fadel

FOURTH ROW: Eleni Cole, Saranya Agar, Nicola Pitt, Christina Stavroulakis, Meg Brudenell-Woods, Sacha Brown, Tanasia Kazonis, Caitlin Lamb, Evelyn Balleine, Kara Nour, Annabel Staines, Renee Stavroulakis, Zara Bennett, Rowjana Bori

FIFTH ROW: Bridget Bromley, Mia Bennett, Eeshani Parameswaran, Isabella Plaisted, Chloe Faddy, Zarlie Brewis, Zoe Sullivan, Hailey Vincent, Jessica Lamb, Catherine Aulia, Matilda Borthwick, April O’Neill, Chloe Brooker, Mia Clark

SIXTH ROW: Rosamunde Hood, Charlotte Prentice, Solange Fadel, Elena McEwan, Felicity Hedger, Milla Ippindo, Mattison Ball, Kiera Rosen, Laura Heath, Isabella Davison, Lily Graham, Izabella Fadel, Olivia Strickland, Zoe Welborn

SEVENTH ROW: Indiana Ippindo, Rachel Salem, Arabella Hambour, Catherine Johnson, Eleanor Thornton, Mary Kalantzis, Tayla Vincent, Georgia Griffen-White, Morgan Gaden, Bridget Kluck, Ava Vaughan, McKenzie Ball, Amelia Staines

Our fantastic year in Bronte began with our ‘Time Warp’ routine in the annual PC competition. After many weeks of dancing, routine drills, and hard work, we travelled through time from the ancient Egyptians to Swinging Sixties to receive fifth place. The girls showed such enthusiasm rehearsing and performing, and were eager to continue the spirit into 2018.

Year 7 joined us at the beginning of the year to compete at the swimming carnival. This was a day full of cheer, smiles and chants, with three Bronte girls placing as age champions. We were very excited to place first in the junior relay and third overall.

The Clubs and Choirs theme ‘Hope’ was strong in Bronte’s incredible performance of Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac. We could not have been happier to receive first place, a true reflection of the enthusiasm, passion and talent in the house. Thank you to our conductor, Renee Stavroulakis, the band and the soloist group, who worked behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly. This hard work paid off to be recognised as the most ‘polished and well executed band of the night’. Congratulations to our brave

public speakers, Jemima Melki of Year 8 and Rachel Salem of Year 11, who spoke with wit, clarity and wisdom. Rachel’s first place in senior speaking was the icing on the cake to a fabulous night.

Later in the year, we displayed a fantastic effort in the athletics carnival, chanting and running to come in at fourth place, with strong performances across field and track events. The new team of house officials, captain and vice-captain lead the girls competently in this year’s PC. Our theme was ‘A Night at the Movies’, and we were thrilled to place third. We also participated in house trivia and peer support, which helped foster strong friendships across the year groups.

So, thank you Bronte for a great year. We had a lot of fun being your house officials, and are so proud of everything we achieved together. Best of luck to the 2019 house officials, Sophie Lui, McKenzie Ball and Sacha Brown, we can already see Bronte is in safe hands.

Rachel Salem, Saranya Agar and Isabella Plaisted

House officials

Bronte house leaders: Ms J Krauss, Isabella Plaisted, Olivia Strickland, Rachel Salem, Zoe Welborn, Saranya Agar

Rachel Salem

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Casterton

CASTERTON HOUSE

FRONT ROW: Kayla Heng, Abbey Lissenden, Alice Lee, Alison Zaczek, Catherine Tioupikov, Mr B Vancers, Ms O Smith, Ms A Duffy, Ms R Blomfield, Kelly-Ann Kwan, Olivia Giuffrida, Jessa Ballard, Rhianna Jones, Mia Williams

SECOND ROW: Valerie Wu, Antonia Boulton, Leena Song, Alice Uhd, Katherine Dovolis, Lauren Pulley, Ava Langenbach, Ashleigh Lawson, Charlotte Davidson, Helena Comino, Meg Wotherspoon, Olivia Doble, Jordan Bremer, Kristina Boulton, Celeste Beville

THIRD ROW: Luna Coyle-Beeche, Tiffany Kwan, Clodagh Maclean-Milne, Jessica Shelley, Isabella Rajek, Taylor Galea, Lily Galea, Lucy Booth, Stella Brooks, Emily Beckley, Yujing (Jing) Luo, Moyao (Michelle) Li, Brooke Jones, Sky Cohen, Summer Sarin-Hall

FOURTH ROW: Isabella Meyrick, Sarah Kelly, Katherine Petsoglou, Georgina Rafferty, Ruby Langenbach, Qinghua (Jennifer) Tan, Lucinda Uhd, Ming Wai (Natalie) Chow, Sabaha de Waligorski, Chloe Davis, Liu (Bonnie) Suen, Li (Lily) Li, Annaliese Freeman, Scarlett Pike, Sophia Jones

FIFTH ROW: Julia Mitnovetski, Neve D’Arcy, Luella Beaumont, Wilhelmina Urquhart, Jamilla Ledet, Zoe Wotherspoon, Ruoyun (Yolanda) Li, Madison Souvlis, Isabella Powell, Jade Showniruk, Molly Griffiths, Molly Cheney, Loretta Maksimovich, Caitlin Wong

SIXTH ROW: Alicia Vaughan, Lucy Giuffrida, Luyao (Lucretia) Liu, Ella Johnston, Charlotte Stewart, Claire Smith, Olivia Revell-Reade, Ella Steyn, Emily Nolan, Allegra Slovitt, Jaimie Harrigan, Elisabeth Cola, Eva Nicolaou, Rebecca Eisho

SEVENTH ROW: Kameel Baldeo, Darcie Urquhart, Hannah Collins, Hannah Johnston, Eloise Wilson, Madeline Stewart, Scarlett Byrnes, Abigail Vaughan, Lara Sciberras, Zahlia Baker, Isabella McCulloch, Grace Hill, Sophie West

Casterton girls cheered and participated throughout the year in an array of activities, including PC, Clubs and Choirs, sports, trivia and charity events.

The year started out with the swimming carnival, where girls from every year swam and cheered. Despite coming seventh overall, our participation was outstanding, with many girls reaching their personal bests and some making it to the finals. Casterton had a strong team in the cross country and came fourth overall, showcasing our dedication and strong house spirit. Abbey Lissenden came third and Madison Souvlis came first in their age divisions, helping the house to succeed.

Our girls excelled in Clubs and Choirs with the theme ‘Hope’. We sang a mash up of If You’re Out There by John Legend and One Love by Bob Marley, conducted by Eva Nicolaou. Our two speakers Katherine Petsoglou, senior, and Rhianna Jones, junior, were fantastic, with Rhianna taking out first prize for the junior speakers. The night was a great success, with our hard work paying off, to place fourth.

Casterton was awarded second place at the senior athletics carnival, where our house spirit and participation was through the roof. The girls were encouraged to give everything a go and nearly everyone competed in at least one event. Many of the girls won ribbons in their individual events, which showed the immense spirit and hard work as we came a close second place.

This year’s PC theme took us ‘Back to the 2000s’ with music from Brittney Spears and Beyoncé, and included a double zero, iPod and graffiti formation. The girls worked incredibly hard during lunchtime rehearsals to perfect the routine.

Casterton raised money and awareness for Australian Red Cross, for its dedication and support to vulnerable people and communities. We organised a bake sale of cakes and cookies made by Casterton girls and house mentors.

After a successful year, we are proud of every girl’s hard work, amazing house spirit and smiling face at every event. Thank you to our house leader Ms Smith and our house officials, Georgina Rafferty, Elisabeth Cola, Darcie Urquhart and vice-captain Abigail Vaughan.

Madeline Stewart

House Captain

Casterton house leaders: Ms O Smith, Darcie Urquhart, Abigail Vaughan, Madeline Stewart, Elisabeth Cola, Georgina Rafferty

Rhianna Jones

Hulme-Moir

HULME-MOIR HOUSE

FRONT ROW: Amelie Blondin-Bayly, Olivia Schey, Charlotte Wadds, Charlotte Williams, Lily Xuereb, Mr P Parkin, Ms S Clare, Mr P McMurdo, Mrs R Lobo, Mrs D Clancy, Isha Lewis, Holly Liggins, Aylin Barry, Jenny Kaing, Caitlin Hobbs

SECOND ROW: Annette Ong, Zara Scholten, Ada Saydam, Amelie Cointrel, Ellie Cooper, Natasha Chryssafis, Isabella Reed, Arabella Amirian, Sophia Voigt, Sarah Myatt, Elena Caredes, Vanessa Li, Imogen Glozier, Miranda Myles, Holly Palmer

THIRD ROW: Jemima Dunsmore, Arieta Varvaressos, Rosa Mollica, Margaret Bolas, Angela Wei, Annalin Kidd, Natasha Pollett, Jordan Alp, Julia McCluskey, Olivia Debelle, Charlotte Sork, Semi Kim, Rachel Li, Elizabeth Diakatos, Zara Sheldrick-Aboud, Constance Rochios, Emma Pellegrini

FOURTH ROW: Sofia Avramides, Jung-An (Aurelia) King, Taylah Milne, Abby Spencer, Rebecca Matthei, Meghan Palmer, Kinsey Samuels, Lily Foxall, Scout King, Scarlett Pellegrini, Olivia Rochios, Stephanie Augoustis, Judy Mansell, Olivia Southall, Sofie Gartner

FIFTH ROW: Amber Hayes, Zoe Hayes, Ursula Thomas, Georgia Dyson, Zarissa Punnakris, Luka Bensted-Buttery, Erin Mylonas, Bethany Guy, Juliette Martin, Sarah Waterford, Konstandina Dimitriadis, Emma Tyrrell, Leyla Barry, Brianna Milne

SIXTH ROW: Eun Ji (Maria) Yoon, Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo, Aria Cameron, Natasha Gallant, Julia France, Alydiira Price, Charlotte Williams Swinnen, Georgia Slade, Katrice Sippel, Madeleine Fairlie, Antonia Sasvary, Olivia Hilton, Alexandra Bradley, Harper Pollard

SEVENTH ROW: Georgia Pellegrini, Michaela Dyson, Issey Cotton, Willamina Burke, Phoebe Ryan, Jade Julian, Amber Haase, Lucinda Edwards, Zoe Scheinberg, Anna Simms, Tara Hercz, Samantha Pollett, Isabella Southall

Hulme-Moir 2018 had another fantastic year as the reigning house cup winners.

We started our defence with a strong showing at the swimming carnival with both Charlotte Sork and Madeleine Fairlie leading the charge for the mighty purple clan.

Clubs and Choirs was a spectacular performance of Matisyahu’s One Day involving everything from three part harmonies to a surprise drum reveal from our house captain Lisa Guo, good enough to secure us a third place finish. Our speakers Alexandra Bradley and Arietta Varvaressos conveyed ideas about hope, that made us think about our heros and how they change. They asked us to put our hope in each in other and ourselves, to lead the world forward in a more positive way.

The cross country carnival saw incredible participation from all age groups and a special mention to Year 7 who returned from camp then headed to the park to race. Our house spirit was on show as we cheered our fellow house members into second place overall.

The athletics carnival was filled with fun and frivolity as the girls charged up and down the track, Stephanie Augoustis surged home in the 100m relay which was a particular highlight.

Without a doubt, Hulme-Moir’s zenith was PC. After a few false starts with our theme, we settled on ‘Rock and Roll’. The girls put in 100 per cent effort throughout rehearsals, and the classic 70s, 80s and 90s rock hits gave us the impetus to rock out hard on the day. Our final shape, a Flying V guitar in homage to Brian May from Queen, culminated in our back-to-back victory.

We can’t thank the girls enough for their enthusiasm and their house spirit and we were rewarded by winning the house cup again. Three out of the last five years. We know the incoming house officials will do a fantastic job. Go Hulme-Moir!

Amber Hayes House official

Hulme-Moir house leaders: Mr P McMurdo, Brianna Milne, Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo, Aria Cameron, Leyla Barry, Amber Hayes

PATTERSON HOUSE

FRONT ROW: Alicia French, Janna Martin-Cooley, Paris Natoli, Alicia Elliott, Jemima Hall, Ms A Highfield, Mr R Mercer, Ms F Yeoum, Ms E Glover, Mrs K Wilkins, Ms D Turnbull Brown, Amelia Jacobson, Zidan Santos-Dwyer, Lucia Parker, Jasmine Ong, Daisy Brenac

SECOND ROW: Elizabeth Branighan, Elenor Craven, Jade Bliss, Sophie Lennon, Lucy Millar, Sijia (Kylian) Chen, Eleni Sen, Paige Natoli, Zara Hill, Eloise Reddy, Amy Clark, Acacia Ngu, Natasha Tejani

THIRD ROW: Emily Lim, Aarya Kaul, Wen Xi (Wendy) Yan, Asia Rogers, Eleanor Ellis, Lynette Zhang, Emily Shorthouse, Amelia Tsimos Costantoura, Maree Nikitopoulos, Lucy Vertes, Lena Schaeffer, Indiana Brenac, Stephanie Cheung, India Badran

FOURTH ROW: Ruby Madden, Siennah Morgan, Emily Allton, Isla King, Aysia d’Anthes, Jia Jiun (Pearl)s Ha, Eleanor Arthur, Suwaphat (Charlotte) Janwangprong, Mia Rogers, Alice Mourant, Phoebe Moore, Scarlett Smart, Harriette Gardiner, Dimitra Mavrocordatos

FIFTH ROW: Tanaya Williams, Kaleena Braddick, Jessica Best, Zhouheng (Nala) Hong, Zoe Millar, Audrey Lincon, Sophia Elliott, Jasmin Deep, Isabella Jacobson, Jolie (Jessica) Cheung, Macushla Flanagan, Hira Khan, Sarah Anastasiou, Stephanie Karam

SIXTH ROW: Hannah Cheung, Anna Yang, Evelyn Rock, Maisy Lam-Po-Tang, Nicolette Walker, Isabella Pinter, Sasha Lavender, Eia Hickey Berry, Ellena Little, Lucy Haydon, Izabella Deale, Junias Tjanaria, Sophia Pinter, Jade Eassey

SEVENTH ROW: Zoe Haydon, Summer Leury, Alice Yang, Zoe Hall, Jada Crawshaw, Katarina Saravanos, Lauren Nikas, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Imogen Spence, Claire Millhouse, Kahlia Copland, Emily Grant, Aisling Bligh

Patterson encourages all girls to do their best, and this year we had an amazing amount of participation and enthusiasm for every event. Everyone supported and worked together and we are so proud of our house.

Across the sporting events, Patterson had huge participation and each girl brought enthusiasm and passion. At the beginning of the year was the swimming carnival, where we came sixth. We then had the cross country, where we also came sixth. We reached our peak at the athletics carnival, placing first. Congratulations to Ruby Madden for being the individual champion in the junior division in both cross country and athletics.

Patterson sang Sun Comes Up by Rudimental for Clubs and Choirs, with the theme ‘Home’. We demonstrated great harmony, with an array of instruments, and conductor Junias Tjanaria, to place fifth. Our junior speaker, Amelia Jacobson, and senior speaker, Lauren Nikas, presented their speeches with eloquence and humour.

Patterson also excelled academically, placing first in the mathematics competition and second in the interhouse trivia quiz. Both events showcased our amazing academic talent and excellent teamwork.

Patterson raised money to support the Pink Ribbon Foundation, a charity that raises awareness for breast and gynaecological cancers and supports prevention programs. Many girls from Years 7–11 baked goods for our bake stall and girls from Years 8–12 helped to sell baked goods, badges and give out ribbons to raise over $700.

For PC, our theme was ‘Disco’ and Patterson channelled their inner groove. The catchy music and new moves blew the judges away, and Patterson placed fifth. The girls worked extremely hard in rehearsals and created new relationships.

We are so proud of the Patterson girls and their participation and enthusiasm in all the events this year. We would like to thank our house leader Ms Yeoum, house captain Maree Nikitopoulos, vice-captain Emily Grant, and house officials Maisy Lam-Po-Tang, Nicolette Walker and Junias Tjanaria. We hope Patterson can continue with their passion for the house.

Junias Tjanaria and Lauren Nikas House Captain and Vice-captain

Lauren Nikas

Patterson house leaders: Ms F Yeoum, Junias Tjanaria, Maisy Lam-Po-Tang, Emily Grant, Nicolette Walker, Maree Nikitopoulos

FRONT ROW: Jessica Nearn, Olivia Martin, Tida Prasert, Jasmine Buchanan, Orlanda Golfin, Mrs M Blasco, Mr D Santos Alvarez, Ms J Cartwright, Mr J Dialektakis, Miss S Centner, Mr W Griffiths, Mackenzie Lee, Helen Sansom-Maris, Violetta Dawes, Paris Francis, Ashana Mason

SECOND ROW: Paula Schubach, Lily Wong, Sienna Elmowy, Tiger Christensen, Maya Ivison, Calla Maier, Madeleine Parshall, Lola d’Orlan de Polignac, Claudia Roussel, Charlotte Pitt, Cecile Jin, Sonja Luland, Lies den Hollander, Lily Gillatt

THIRD ROW: Madeleine Hagerman, Cameron Fatouris, Camilla Kowaleczko, Catherine Xu, Hannah McMillan, Leila Carr, Lucinda Parshall, Madeleine Vanderplank, Annabel Beckett, Claudia Horrell, Matilda Jensen, Emily Dingle, Cintra Maldonado

FOURTH ROW: Giorgi Parkes, Ava Edwards, Eloise Bolton, Emma Higgins, Gia Frost, Alysha Rae, Angela Chen, Ting (Judy) Zhao, Antonia Golfin, Isobel Cawley, Daisy Strike, Elyse Hovenden, Harriet Amos, Nicole Chong

FIFTH ROW: Qing (Sunny) Yan, Scarlett Craig, Dominique Leeming, Zandile Chivizhe, Jasmin Sardi, Rebecca Rosenberg, Tooske den Hollander, Fan (Angela) Bu, Mia Warren, Mia d’Orlan de Polignac, Samantha Corry, Lux Strugar, Yilin (Elaine) Xu, Cleo Baldwin, Changyu (Cherry) Li

SIXTH ROW: Alicia Bornor, Margot Shorrocks, Mackenzi Burdekin, Sophie Parry Okeden, Amelia Strike, Gemma Harding, Indivi Bacon, Alexis Pollard, Jessica Meagher, Charli Karsay, Alisha Rawal, Lilly Diskin, Xun (Teddy) Zuo, Connie Li

SEVENTH ROW: Maya Rawal, Charlie Barry, Ella Swan, Olivia Kinnaird, Milena Marjanovic, Honey Christensen, Chelsea Kinnaird, Xuanzi (Grace) Liu, Agnes Dawes, Kalinda Campbell-Govender, Bianca Horrell, Grace Porter, Madeline Bird, Aimee Tainsh

Phillips continues to grow and expand its horizons. The year started with the swimming carnival where we placed fifth overall, but placed first in the war cries, which really shows that “P-H-I-L-L-I-P-S is the best”.

Next came Clubs and Choirs, where we sang the Australian classic Don’t Dream It’s Over by Crowded House. Thanks to conductor Rebecca Rosenberg, soloists Emily Dingle, Agnes Dawes, Honey Christensen, Samantha Corry and Lily Wong, and our talented and hard working instrumentalists Cleo Baldwin, Xun (Teddy) Zuo and Indivi Bacon. Nicole Chong and Scarlett Craig eloquently represented the public speaking category and all the girls gave their best, to earn sixth place.

Later in the year, Phillips brought their spirit to the cross country and placed fifth overall. The athletics carnival followed, where our brightly painted faces won the war cries, to place sixth overall. Congratulations to the junior relay team, Giorgia Parkes, Jasmine Buchanan, Claudia Roussel and Violetta Dawes, placing first in the 4x100m relay.

One of our proudest moments was seeing the Phillips girls stand united with thousands of other Australians to lead global change by raising funds for the 40 Hour Famine. We are extremely proud of the commitment and dedication shown by our girls to make a positive change to the world.

For PC, Phillips danced their way to the magical world of Disney and took out second place. The girls were incredible and the performance showed their hard work and dedication.

Finally, thank you to the encouraging and supportive Phillips leadership team, head of house, Ms Cartwright, house captain, Isabella Sandy, vice-captain, Indivi Bacon and house officials, Scarlett Craig, Cleo Baldwin and Sophie Parry Okeden.

Scarlett Craig, Cleo Baldwin and Sophie Parry Okeden House officials

PHILLIPS HOUSE

Phillips house leaders: Ms J Cartwright, Scarlett Craig, Indivi Bacon, Sophie Parry Okeden, Cleo Baldwin

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Sutherland

SUTHERLAND HOUSE

FRONT ROW: Seraphine Cullen Feng, Freya Freeman, Gemma Proctor, Jamie O’Sullivan, Grace Spinks, Ms E Read, Ms G Hampton, Mr P Fellows, Ms L McCowage, Ms M Avramovski, Mr K Caputo, Alessi Fletcher, Charlotte Skeffington, Sarah Teitler, Grace Gay, Bethany Ling

SECOND ROW: Priscilla Chia, Isabella Morgan, Millie Moar, Alexandra Webster, Mariah Issa, Alexandra Hickey, Niamh Morris, Samarah Issa, Sarah Sassine, Mary Boutsalis, Katia Geha, Emily Griffin, Sophie Scaffidi, Ellie Mallett, Phillippa Steel, Sydney Hure, Sienna Price

THIRD ROW: Deanna Koumi, Phoebe Treweeke, Gabrielle Betts, Sarah Zhu-Wilson, Han (Klarissa) Liu, Jiyuan (Nikky) Liu, Kei Ci Casey Yu, Madeleine Baker, Hally Baker, Eden Timbery, Tsz Kiu (Percy) Chan, Xinyi (Olivia) Wu, Sally Williams, Jessica Marshall, Maggie Kalaf, Ainsley Taylor, Ashleigh Doran

FOURTH ROW: Poppy Ries, Yathima Jennings, Isobella Nilsson, Charley Hirst, Vivienne Lee, Madison Wiltshire, Constance Skeffington, Aleksia Wiener, Giorgia Borrello, Charlotte Le Poer Trench, Chloe Sassine, Aliya Rahman, Issey Morris, Caitlin Morris, Melanie Chan, Isabella Sedley, Chelsea Harris

FIFTH ROW: Lucy Tate, Elaine Koumi, Georgia Shearer, Caitlin Harris, Fairuz Roslan, Amelia Boyle, Isabelle Hooker, Jasmine Betts, Zuni Mendez, Alexandra Cairncross, Ya (Priscilla) Gao, Madison Lampton, Georgia Gower-Brown, Brittany Duff, Bella Taper, Sarah Scaffidi

SIXTH ROW: Eliza Morgan, Julia Perkins, Isobel Eagle, Nicola Kery, Isabella Watt, Fiona Yu, Chenxuan (Jackling) Ma, Inez Glass Hawken, Millicent McEvoy, Samantha Gately, Georgia Ireland, Mary Sassine, Mia Wood, Ottilie Mallett, Eliza Twomey, Tiana Vincent

For Sutherland, 2018 was a year marked by immense enthusiasm and vitality. Under the energetic leadership of house captain Madison Lampton, vice-captain Sarah Scaffidi, and house officials, Mary Sassine, Mary Boutsalis and Mariah Issa, the girls of Sutherland united in many events. Our motto, Success through unity and courage, could not have been better exemplified with our diverse talents and eagerness to participate and have fun.

Sutherland’s PC theme was ‘Carnival’ and it was an exhilarating time for the house. Our routine consisted of several formations including a rollercoaster, a Ferris wheel and a clown face. The girls were so enthusiastic towards the theme, rehearsals and the final performance and we were incredibly proud of what we achieved together as a house.

Sutherland greeted the annual swimming and athletics carnivals with excitement, displaying high levels of participation and enormous support throughout the day. A great atmosphere of cheering and energetic war cries boosted the morale of

competitors. Overall, Sutherland’s enthusiasm resulted in second place in the swimming carnival, and seventh place in the athletics carnival.

The theme for Clubs and Choirs was ‘Hope’ and the Sutherland choir dazzled the audience with our rendition of Rise Up by Andra Day. The powerful, relevant and hard-hitting themes of this song resonated with each Sutherland girl, making the song all the more personal and inspirational. This passion was not only visible at each rehearsal, but also seen by the audience and judges during our performance.

Our chosen house charity was Jeans for Genes, and we held a mufti jeans day and sold merchandise to raise money in Term 3. The overwhelming number of girls who volunteered demonstrated the commitment and enthusiasm of Sutherland girls and over $360 was raised.

Mary Sassine, Mary Boutsalis and Mariah Issa House officials

Sutherland house leaders: Mr P Fellows, Madison Lampton, Mary Sassine, Mary Boutsalis, Mariah Issa, Sarah Scaffidi

Sport

Sienna Durante

Sport senior school

Our student athletes showcased their talents across 22 different sports. Accompanied by our passionate and experienced team of coaches and staff 550 students ran, hit, jumped, swam, rowed, shot, caught, rode, kicked, passed, threw or scored while representing St Catherine’s.

Mr Andrew Yanitsas Director of Sport and BTC

Sports Bars

Sports Bars are awarded to girls in Years 10–12 for four years’ service to a sport. Girls must have satisfied specific criteria including sportsmanship, application and team spirit.

Athletics

Zahlia Baker

McKenzie Ball

Emily Grant

Zoe Hall

Francesca

Heyko-Porebski

Jade Julian

Zuni Mendez

Alice Yang

Badminton

Hannah Collins

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo

Felicity Hedger

Maya Rusli

Kei Ci Casey Yu

Lydia Stevenage

Basketball

Zhalia Baker

Alicia Bornor

Issey Cotton

Sienna Elmowy

Georgia Gower

Brown

Elizabeth (Lisa) Guo

Laura Heath

Madeline Hendrie

Tara Hercz

Kara Nour

Dominique Polesly

Isabella Southall

Charlotte Stewart

Aimee Tainsh

Darcie Urquhart

Alice Yang

Kei Ci Casey Yu

Cross Country

Mattison Ball

McKenzie Ball

Aisling Bligh

Issey Morris

Abby Spencer

Ursula Thomas

Mia Warren

Diving

Ava Carmont

Football

Jessica Best

Hannah Collins

Hannah Farrow

Macushla Flanagan

Cecile Jin

Scout King

Issey Morris

Meghan Palmer

Dominique Polesy

Allegra Slovitt

Gymnatics

Saskia Ferster

Jade Showniruk

Amelia Staines

Hockey

Ella Berckelman

Tooske den

Hollander

Natasha Gallant

Ashleigh Lawson

Alura Leddie

Ottilie Mallett

Indoor/ 5-a-side

Soccer

Zahlia Baker

Jessica Best

Hannah Collins

Cecile Jin

Scout King

Lucinda Miller

Issey Morris

Netball

Hally Baker

Zahlia Baker

Mattison Ball

McKenzie Ball

Eia Hickey Berry

Alicia Bornor

Issey Cotton

Jemima Dunsmore

Eleanor Ellis

Sienna Elmowy

Gia Frost

Samantha Gately

Antonia Golfin

Zoe Hall

Madeline Hendrie

Tara Hercz

Zhouheng (Nala)

Hong

Nico Jaffers

Jade Julian

Ruby Kilbane

Ashleigh Lawson

Lauren Nikas

Maree Nikitopoulos

Grace Porter

Kiera Rosen

Kiara Schuller

Isabella Southall

Charlotte Stewart

Amelia Strike

Aimee Tainsh

Eleanor Thornton

Georgia Ullman

Danielle Vassallo

Tiana Vincent

Mia Warren

Eun Ji (Maria) Yoon

Rowing

Abbey Gibbs

Aisling Harrison

Tamzin Heywood

May Pinnegar

Isabella Plaisted

Rebecca Rosenberg

Snowsports

Saskia Ferster

Softball

Grace Hill

Charlotte Prentice

Swimming

Jade Julian

Zoe Welborn

Tennis

Hannah Collins

Macushla Flanagan

Isabella Jacobson

Paige Natoli

Elena Schai

Isabella Sedley

Allegra Slovitt

Eleanor Thornton

Tidesley Tennis

Hannah Collins

Macushla Flanagan

Isabella Jacobson

Elena Schai

Allegra Slovitt

Primary House Cup Patterson

Secondary House Cup Barker

House Cup Hulme-Moir

Sports Blues

Sports Blues are awarded to Year 12 students who have completed five years’ service to a sport.

Touch Football

Ella Berckelman

Mary Boutsalis

Indiana Brenac

Issey Cotton

Emma Doyle

Sienna Elmowy

Gia Frost

Isabella Harvey

Madeline Hendrie

Francesca

Heyko-Porebski

Indiana Ippindo

Nicola Kery

Ruby Kilbane

Madison Lampton

Lauren Nikas

April O’Neill

Emily Nolan

Jessica Norman

Renee Stavroulakis

Charlotte Stewart

Ella Swan

Mia Warren

Volleyball

Cleo Baldwin

Scarlett Craig

Zoe Hall

Amber Hayes

Zoe Hayes

Hira Khan

Rebecca Rosenberg

Darcie Urquhart

Tiana Vincent

Charlotte Williams

Swinnen

Kei Ci Casey Yu

Water Polo

Jasmine Betts

Hannah Farrow

Antonia Golfin

Milla Ippindo

Hannah Johnston

Jade Julian

Jasmin Sardi

Jessica Lamb

Ava O’Brien

Eliza Twomey

Athletics

Evelyn Balleine

Meg BrudenellWoods

Isabella Dunstan

Ashleigh Lawson

Zoe Welborn

Badminton

Liu (Bonnie) Suen

Basketball

Meg BrudenellWoods

Natasha Gallant

Amber Haase

Catherine Johnson

Zoe Scheinberg

Isabella Sedley

Gabrielle Polesy

Cross Country

Evelyn Balleine

Meg BrudenellWoods

Lucinda Miller

Gabrielle Polsey

Zoe Scheinberg

Zoe Welborn

Football

Ashleigh Lawson

Lucinda Miller

Bronte Rosen

Zoe Scheinberg

Christina Stavroulakis

Ursula Thomas

Hockey

Evelyn Balleine

Isabella Dunstan

Isobella Nilsson

Kara Nour

Eliza Shipway

Indoor Soccer

Antonia Boulton

Kristina Boulton

Rebecca Eisho

Jung-An (Aurelia) King

Ashleigh Lawson

Gabrielle Polesy

Zoe Scheinberg

Isabella Sedley

Netball

Katerina Ardouin

Meg BrudenellWoods

Stephanie Cheung

Emily Grant

Amber Haase

Caitlin Harris

Zoe Haydon

Mary Kalantzis

Emma Lesmond

Erin Mylonas

Gabrielle Polesy

Sarah Scaffidi

Annabel Staines

Madeline Stewart

Tayla Vincent

Mia Wood

Rowing

Matilda Borthwick

Sophie Breznik

Catherine Johnson

Eloise Wilson

Softball

Antonia Boulton

Kristina Boulton

Ashleigh Lawson

Emma Lesmond

Swimming

Georgia Dyson

Gemma Harding

Sarah Scaffidi

Sienna White

Tennis

Sophia Hardwick

Charley Hirst

Tildesley Tennis

Sophia Hardwick

Touch Football

Emily Grant

Ashleigh Lawson

Kiara Schuller

Sarah Waterford

Water Polo

Evelyn Balleine

Meg BrudenellWoods

Ming Wai (Natalie)

Chow

Isabella Dunstan

Georgia Dyson

Natasha Gallant

Georgia

Gower-Brown

Gemma Harding

Georgia Ireland

Mary Kalantzis

Lucinda Miller

Erin Mylonas

Maree Nikitopoulos

Kara Nour

Bronte Rosen

Sarah Scaffidi

Eliza Shipway

Madeline Stewart

Tayla Vincent

Sienna White

Sports statistics – senior school

Sport junior school

Junior girls played in a variety of sports on Saturday mornings, both in local competitions and in IPSHA sport. IPSHA is a non-competitive association to encourage fun, participation and teamwork, where no point scores are recorded and no finals are played. The girls took part in the following sports:

Term 1 IPSHA football (soccer), Year 6 water polo Year 3 basketball

Term 2 IPSHA minkey/hockey, Year 3 netball

Term 3 IPSHA netball, IPSHA touch football, Year 3 minkey

Term 4 Year 6 water polo, Year 5 flippa ball IPSHA tennis, IPSHA basketball, Year 3 football (soccer)

YEAR 3 SPORTS PROGRAM

FRONT ROW: Mia Caredes, Coco Matthews, Ruby Colin, Ophelia Heywood, Mackenzie Harris, Clementine Jenkins, Emily Canning-Smith, Darcy Alp, Gracie Ireland, Bo Leppinus, Karyn Ling

SECOND ROW: Alannah Betts, Sienna Galanis-Sinai, Elvy Liston, Lola Bayot, Jasmine Mathieson, India Bloom, Lillian Oranje, Tara Williams, Sashi Mason, Leila Clark, Lara Wong

THIRD ROW: Evie Lloyd, Georgie Smit, Arya Bradford, Sarah Rupnik Williams, Gabriella Mata Rohe, Luella Lekias, Jamie Meyerson, Eva Steed, Matilda Reitz, Florence Vinnell, Sara Alp

Elyse Rae taking part in the obstacle race

Sport AFL senior school

SENIOR SCHOOL AFL

FRONT ROW: McKenzie Ball, Hannah Collins, Amelia Staines, Hannah Farrow, Emma Higgins, Clementine Hambour

SECOND ROW: Mattison Ball, Bianca Horrell, Jada Crawshaw, Jade Julian, Madeline Hendrie, Eleanor Arthur

Sport Athletics senior school

House Winner

Patterson

Overall Age Champions

Junior Ruby Madden Patterson

Intermediate Stephanie Augoustis Hulme-Moir

Senior Evelyn Balleine Bronte

IGSSA Athletics

We came 10th overall, with our girls recording 10 top five finishes which highlights our consistency throughout the events.

Annabel Penny U13 200m 3rd

Ruby Madden  U14 800m 2nd

Jnr 1500m 3rd

Darcie Urquhart U17 100m 2nd

Evelyn Balleine U18 200m 4th U18 long jump 3rd

NSWCIS Athletics

Six girls represented IGSSA at the annual CIS Athletics Carnival.

JUNIOR RELAY TEAM – 1ST IN JUNIOR RELAY

Isabella Meyrick

Giorgi Parkes

Lili Galea

Annabel Penny

Francesca Heyko-Porebski - 2nd in U15 110m Hurdles

Nicole Chong - Discus and Javelin

Evie Cook

SENIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE ATHLETICS TEAM

FRONT ROW: Taylor Galea, Lily Galea, Annabel Beckett, Charlotte Pitt, Mia Clark, Sienna Price, Scarlett Smart, Summer Sarin-Hall, Heidi Unger

SECOND ROW: Annabel Penny, Giorgi Parkes, Madison Souvlis, Ruby Madden, Sophie Parry Okeden, Nicole Chong, Eleanor Hodnett, Isobel Eshuys

THIRD ROW: Evelyn Balleine, Isabella Meyrick, Jaimie Harrigan, Emily Grant, Lily Graham, Caitlin Lamb, Lux Strugar, Charli Karsay

FOURTH ROW: McKenzie Ball, Darcie Urquhart, Lara Sciberras, Jade Julian, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Zoe Hall, Georgia Slade

REPRESENTATIVE – ATHLETICS

FRONT ROW: Annabel Penny, Ruby Madden, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Nicole Chong

SECOND ROW: Lily Galea, Giorgi Parkes, Darcie Urquhart, Isabella Meyrick

IPSHA/NSWCIS/NSWPSSA ATHLETICS

FRONT ROW: Roxie Smart, Sienna Durante, Lola Scotts, Zoe Yu, Josie Khoo, Caroline Lin

SECOND ROW: Amelie Vella, Mila Sheridan, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Sienna Julian, Gabriella Mata Rohe

Sport Athletics junior school

House Champion

Phillips

Age Champions

10 YEARS AND UNDER

Josie Khoo 1st Patterson

Sophia Davies 2nd Phillips

Zoe Yu 3rd Bronte

11 AND 12 YEARS

Sienna Durante 1st Phillips

Sienna Julian 2nd Hulme Moir

Bianca Rupnik Williams 3rd Phillips

NEW SCHOOL RECORDS

Long jump Sienna Durante 4.15m

Discus Mila Sheridan 20.63m

NSWCIS athletics carnival

The following girls qualified to compete at the NSWPSSA athletics carnival as part of the NSWCIS team:

Sienna Durante 2nd senior 4x100m relay

Sienna Julian 2nd senior 4x100m relay

Josie Khoo 2nd junior 4x100m relay

Caroline Lin 2nd junior 4x100m relay

Bianca Rupnik Williams 2nd senior 4x100m relay

Lola Scotts 3rd 11yrs high jump

Roxie Smart 2nd junior 4x100m relay

Amelie Vella 2nd senior 4x100m relay

Zoe Yu 2nd junior 4x100m relay

NSWPSSA athletics carnival

The following girls won a silver medal as part of the NSWCIS team at the NSWPSSA carnival:

Sienna Julian 2nd Senior 4x100m relay team

Bianca Rupnik Williams

Amelie Vella

Sienna Durante

IPSHA athletics carnival

The following girls qualified to compete at the NSWCIS athletics carnival as part of the IPSHA team:

Sophia Davies 5th 10yrs high jump

Sienna Durante 1st 11yrs 200m

1st 11yrs long jump

1st senior 4x100m relay

Sienna Julian 3rd 12yrs high jump

5th 12yrs 200m

1st senior 4x100m relay

Josie Khoo 4th 10yrs long jump

1st junior 4x100m relay

Caroline Lin 2nd 9yrs 100m

1st junior 4x100m relay

Gabriella Mata Rohe 6th 9yrs 100m

Bianca Rupnik Williams 4th 12yrs 200m

1st senior 4x100m relay

Lola Scotts 1st 11yrs high jump

Mila Sheridan 6th 12yrs shot put

5th 12yrs discus

Roxie Smart 1st 9yrs 100m

1st junior 4x100m relay

Amelie Vella 2nd 12yrs 100m

3rd 12yrs 200m

4th 12yrs Long Jump

1st senior 4x100m relay

Zoe Yu 3rd 10yrs 100m

2nd 10yrs 200m

1st junior 4x100m relay

Alannah Morris runniing in the relay at the K-2 athletics carnival

JUNIOR SCHOOL ATHLETICS TEAM

FRONT ROW: Karyn Ling, Ellie Bliss, Sarah Rupnik Williams, Sienna Durante, Saskia Sassano, Eve Tsakissiris, Gabriella Mata Rohe, Ruby Fry, Jasmine Zhang

SECOND ROW: Tara Williams, Caroline Lin, Josie Khoo, Sienna Rae, Lola Scotts, Sophia Davies, Evie Bayot, Roxie Smart, Lillian Oranje

THIRD ROW: Zoe Yu, Lauren Griffiths, Ella Gaden, Mila Sheridan, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Sienna Julian, Amelie Vella, Samantha Debelle

Josie Khoo

Sienna Julian

Zoe Yu

Airlea Baker

Lola Scotts

Badminton senior school

SENIOR SCHOOL BADMINTON

FRONT ROW: Sarah Zhu-Wilson, Constance Rochios, Yujing (Jing) Luo, Alicia Kim, Chelsea Harris, Catherine Xu, Jessica Marshall, Xinyi (Olivia) Wu, Sijia (Kylian) Chen, Sally Williams, Jasmine Ong

SECOND ROW: Zara Hill, Jade Eassey, Nicola Pitt, Lucy Booth, Emily Lim, Wing Yan (Angel) Lai, Caitlin Wong, Phillippa Steel, Olivia Rochios, Katherine Petsoglou, Jasmin Yip, Annette Ong

THIRD ROW: Sophia Zhang, Alicia Bornor, Ruoyun (Yolanda) Li, Hally Baker, Felicity Hedger, Jessica Lamb, Katrice Sippel, Jiaxuan (Stella) Dong, Connie Li, Elena Schai, Annaliese Freeman

ABSENT: Aimee Tainsh, Lydia Stevenage

Basketball senior school

SENIOR SCHOOL BASKETBALL

FRONT ROW: Bethany Ling, Sienna Price, Heidi Unger, Olivia Doble, Natasha Chryssafis, Amelie Cointrel, Lucia Parker, Elenor Craven, Arabella Amirian, Charlotte Pitt, Annabel Penny, Scarlett Smart, Jade Perica, Summer Sarin-Hall, Sienna Elmowy, Matilda Brownie, Ashana Mason, Sophia Kelley

SECOND ROW: Alison Zaczek, Sarah Zhu-Wilson, Katherine Petsoglou, Chloe Clark, Lola d’Orlan de Polignac, Lucy Booth, Annaliese Freeman, Dimitra Mavrocordatos, Mary Sassine, Eleni Andrews, Alexandra Webster, Isabella Rajek, Madeleine Chambiras, Olivia Giuffrida, Constance Rochios, Georgia Vogt, Isabella Needle

THIRD ROW: Wilhelmina Urquhart, Eleni Cole, Tanasia Kazonis, Jessica Meagher, Mary Boutsalis, Wing Yan (Angel) Lai, Alicia Bornor, Hally Baker, Georgia Slade, Jessica Norman, Lynette Zhang, Sophia Pinter, Olivia Rochios, Jasmin Yip, Ruby Hathorn, Emma Pellegrini, Jessica Gross

FIFTH ROW: Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Tara Hercz, Mia Bennett, Emily Lim, Constance Skeffington, Catherine Aulia, Eliza Morgan, Bella Taper, Emma Higgins, Mia Rogers, Sophie Kay, Isabella Meyrick, Lucy Haydon, Ava Edwards, Semi Kim, Isla King, Hira Khan, Georgia Pellegrini

FIFTH ROW: Alydiira Price, Madison Souvlis, Isabella Davison, Charlie Barry, Issey Cotton, Milla Ippindo, Jasmine Betts, Madeline Bird, Jada Crawshaw, Jade Yeomans, Aimee Tainsh, McKenzie Ball, Jessica Lamb, Sophie West, Isabella El-Haddad, Lucy Giuffrida, Alexandra Cairncross

SIXTH ROW: Katrice Sippel, Indiana Ippindo, Abbey Gibbs, Bianca Horrell, Olivia Kinnaird, Lucinda Edwards, Morgan Gaden, Lara Sciberras, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Katarina Saravanos, Imogen Spence, Elena McEwan, Bridget Kluck, Madeline Hendrie, Darcie Urquhart, May Pinnegar, Nicolette Walker

Premiers Term 1

STC 1:

Jada Crawshaw, Kate Ruming, Madeline Hendrie, Jade Yeomans, Amber Haase, Catherine Johnson, Meg Brudenell-Woods, Olivia Rochios, Scarlett Byrnes

STC 7:

Alexandra Cairncross, Elena McEwan, Eliza Morgan, Isabella Davison, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Lucy Giuffrida, Morgan Gaden, Dominique Leeming, Madison Souvlis, STC 9:

Ava Edwards, Alicia Elliott, Emma Higgins, Claudia Roussel, Constance Rochios, Mia Bennet, Lara Sciberras, Natasha Pollett, Eloise Bolton

Sport Basketball junior school

JUNIOR SCHOOL BASKETBALL

FRONT ROW: Clarissa Ling, Caroline Lin, Bianca Wong, Koko Rikard-Bell, Ellie Bliss, Emily Jackson, Grace Verco, Isabella Luu, Tessa Allen, Piper Pratley, Daniela Comino, Eliza Cook, Mia Te Wani, Tilley Edwards Hill

SECOND ROW: Lucinda Connell, Skye Treanor, Ruby Norgard, Chloe Fraser, Jemima Hall, Frankie Johnston, Ava George, Mia (Mac) Freeman, Summer Jedlicka-Trennery, Olivia Udler, Georgia Parkes, Alice Aitken, Tara Bliss, Zoe Sweeney

THIRD ROW: Scarlett Edyvean, Amalie Gomez, Maike Morris, Tilly Shorter, Bella Blair, Jessica Kluck, Lola Scotts, Sienna Springett, Matilda Canning-Smith, Clementine Hutchinson, Margot Ruffa, Angelique Elfes, Harriett Kendall, Tilly Burgess-Hoar

FIFTH ROW: Jasmine Spira, Georgia Middleton, Eva Johnston, Eva Griffiths, Amelie Vella, Sydney Smith, Sophie Jasczyk, Mia Freeman, Willow Pratley, Chelsea Baker, Molly Stening, Arkie O’Halloran, Sofia Ivakhov

FIFTH ROW: Jessie Miller, Holly Lewis, Francesca Howarth, Sophie Morgan, Ella Gaden, Emma Hartwig, Caitlin James, Jade Leslie, Weaver Klumper-Madden, Alice Steed, Francesca Betts, Claudia McIntosh, Lauren Griffiths

Daniela Comino

Junior school basketball team in the ISPHA competition

Cross country senior school

SENIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE CROSS COUNTRY

FRONT ROW: Lily Wood, Abbey Lissenden, Orlanda Golfin, Isobel Eshuys, Charlotte Sork, Chilee Roland, Ashana Mason, Charlotte Pitt, Sienna Price

SECOND ROW: Heidi Unger, Ruby Madden, Evie Cook, Isabella Meyrick, Abby Spencer, Eliza Morgan, Giorgi Parkes, Jessica Gross, Helen Sansom-Maris

THIRD ROW: Madison Souvlis, Alydiira Price, Eliza Gerahty, Mia Warren, Nicolette Walker, Issey Morris, Caitlin Lamb, Lux Strugar

FOURTH ROW: McKenzie Ball, Georgia Slade, Mattison Ball, Madeline Hendrie, Lucinda Edwards, Jessica Meagher, Ruby Swadling

House Winner

Barker

Age Champions

Junior Jessica Meagher Phillips

Intermediate Ruby Madden Patterson

Senior

Lucinda Miller Barker

IGSSA Cross Country

This year we placed seventh overall – three girls achieved top 10 finishes with six girls qualifying for further representation.

Ruby Madden 14yrs

Zoe

Lucinda Miller 18yrs

Lucinda Miller

Meg Brudenell-Woods

Zoe Scheinberg 18yrs team event

NSWCIS Cross Country

Ruby Madden 14yrs

IGSSA & CIS CROSS COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE Ruby Madden

Lucinda Miller, Meg Brundell-Woods and Zoe Scheinberg

Sport

Cross country junior school

House Champion

Phillips

Age Champions

10 YEARS AND UNDER

Ellie Bliss 1st Patterson

Sahara Price 2nd Sutherland

Anouk Smith 3rd Casterton

11 AND 12 YEARS

Bianca Rupnik Williams 1st Phillips

Sienna Durante 2nd Phillips

Lauren Griffiths 3rd Casterton

IPSHA Cross Country

The following girl qualified to represent IPSHA at the NSWCIS cross country championships:

Leila Clark 6th 8/9 yrs event IPSHA REPRESENTATIVE CROSS COUNTRY

Leila Clark

JUNIOR SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

FRONT ROW: Sashi Mason, Matilda Reitz, Emily Logan, Holly Bowes, Ava George, Sarah Rupnik Williams, Sienna Durante, Ruby Fry, Ellie Bliss, Roxie Smart, Sahara Price

SECOND ROW: Leila Clark, Blayke Piggins-Massaad, Claudia Cawley, Evie Bayot, Anouk Smith, Anika Bradford, Isabella Walley, Piper Pratley, Elvy Liston, Tara Williams

THIRD ROW: Mackenzie Hansen, Sophia Davies, Zoe Yu, Sophie Morgan, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Mila Sheridan, Francesca Betts, Lauren Griffiths, Lola

Scotts

Ruby Fry at the IPSHA cross country carnival

Equestrian

Fencing

EQUESTRIAN REPRESENTATIVE

FENCING REPRESENTATIVE

Junior school cross country

Abby Spencer

Bianca Wong

Sport Football senior school

Premiers 5-a-side:

STC 9:

Stephanie Augoustis, Jessica Best, Issey Morris, Miranda Myles, Lily Galea, Taylor Galea

SENIOR SCHOOL INDOOR & OUTDOOR FOOTBALL

FRONT ROW: Sienna Price, Ashleigh Lawson, Kayla Muir, Issey Morris, Lily Galea, Stephanie Augoustis, Miranda Myles, Taylor Galea, Zarlie Brewis, Jessica Best, Olivia Finn

SECOND ROW: Sienna Elmowy, Paris Natoli, Olivia Doble, Elenor Craven, Lola d’Orlan de Polignac, Mackenzie Wiseman, Emma McDonald, Emma Johnson, Elena Caredes, Zidan Santos-Dwyer, Cecile Jin

THIRD ROW: Scarlett Miller, Charlotte Pitt, Lauren Pulley, Rosa Mollica, Sarah Sassine, Hannah Farrow, Macushla Flanagan, Isla King, Alexandra Webster, Isabella Rajek, Arabella Amirian, Jessica Gross

FOURTH ROW: Emma Pellegrini, Jemima Melki, Sofie Gartner, Lydia Stevenage, Charlotte Stewart, Samantha Pollett, Caitlin Lamb, Ella Swan, Allegra Slovitt, Giorgi Parkes, India Badran, Eleanor Hodnett

FIFTH ROW: Hannah Ricci, Tanasia Kazonis, Claire Smith, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Zahlia Baker, Hannah Collins, Mary Sassine, Katrice Sippel, Charlotte Saunders, Luella Beaumont

Football junior school

Francesca Betts of Year 6, Anika Bradford of Year 6 and Maike Morris of Year 5 represented St Catherine’s and IPSHA at the NSW CIS Primary Girls Football trials. The matches were of a high standard against girls from across NSW, and the girls gained valuable experience from the day.

JUNIOR SCHOOL FOOTBALL

FRONT ROW: Sahara Price, Ruby Doyle, Harriett Kendall, Clarissa Ling, Bianca Kelley, Summer Jedlicka-Trennery, Ava Lennon, Jemima (Grace) Hall, Emily Jackson, Emme Eshuys, Claudia Cawley, Skye Treanor, Grace Walley, Ariana Fermanis, Tilly Burgess-Hoar, Tilley Edwards Hill

SECOND ROW: Emily Smethills, Isla Mazor, Zoe Sweeney, Eliza Cook, Ruby Fry, Tilly Clark-Jago, Tara Bliss, Ellie Bliss, Frankie Johnston, Lucinda Connell, Piper Pratley, Koko Rikard-Bell, Isabella Allison, Daniela Comino, Halle Cantelo

THIRD ROW: Isabella Walley, Alice Aitken, Angelique Elfes, Holly Negas, Aida Lloyd, Lucinda Sheridan, Anika Bradford, Ruby Norgard, Sofia Ignatenko, Olivia Udler, Amalie Gomez, Jasmine Abela, Katherine Budden, Sienna Dole, Ava George

FOURTH ROW: Margot Ruffa, Tilly Shorter, Eve Tsakissiris, Eliza Watt, Bella Blair, Jasmine Spira, Arkie O’Halloran, Georgia Middleton, Sophia Davies, Sienna Springett, Kimmi Bilmon, Matilda Canning-Smith, Maike Morris, Mackenzie Hansen, Mia (Mac) Freeman

FIFTH ROW: Willow Pratley, Mia Freeman, Eva Todd, Francesca Betts, Ella Gaden, Phoebe Lyon, Emma Hartwig, Jessie Miller, Pip Wotherspoon, Sophie Morgan, Scarlett Sewell, Sophie Jasczyk, Amelie Vella, Claudia McIntosh

IPSHA REPRESENTATIVE FOOTBALL (SOCCER) Maike Morris, Francesca Betts, Anika Bradford

Francesca Betts in the IPSHA Saturday competition

Gymnastics senior school

IGSSA Gymnastics

We placed seventh overall, maintaining our top 10 ranking and keeping the mantle of the best eastern suburbs school.

Artistic Gymnastics

Fifth

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Eighth overall

Charlotte Davidson rhythmic gymnastics representative

Matilda, Isabella, Aylin, Alessi and Sienna

Jade Showniruk, Saskia Ferster and Ava O’Brien

Gymnastics junior school

Artistic Gymnastics division 1

Level 1 1st Lillian Oranje, Sabrina Kuklik, Bo Leppinus, Evangeline Jazzini, Ruby Doyle

Level 2 1st Elsie Ruane, Savana Shine, Hunter Mangakahia, Olivia Rooke, Olivia Zhang

Level 3 2nd Anita Jazzini, Amelie Fletcher, Dominique Cullen Feng, Harriett Kendall, Willow Smith, Lola Scotts

Level 4 2nd Abby Libbis, Ariel Vivian, Aimee Garcia, Jasmine Spira, Phoebe Ruffa, Anouk Smith

Rhythmic Gymnastics division 1

Level 1 5th Mackenzie Hansen, Zoe Yu, Lola Bayot, Eliza Cook

Level 2 2nd Margot Ruffa, Evie Bayot, Mia Jonson

Category 2 1st Josie Khoo, Tilley Edwards Hill, hoop group Shoshana Rigler, Kimmi Bilmon

JUNIOR SCHOOL GYMNASTICS TEAM

FRONT ROW: Evangeline Jazzini, Elsie Ruane, Ruby Doyle, Amelie Fletcher, Abby Libbis, Shoshana Rigler, Josie Khoo, Harriett Kendall, Tilley Edwards Hill, Olivia Zhang, Olivia Rooke, Savana Shine

SECOND ROW: Dominique Cullen Feng, Anita Jazzini, Bo Leppinus, Lillian Oranje, Aimee Garcia, Margot Ruffa, Evie Bayot, Eliza Cook, Lola Bayot, Mia Jonson, Hunter Mangakahia

THIRD ROW: Phoebe Ruffa, Mackenzie Hansen, Ariel Vivian, Willow Smith, Sabrina Kuklik, Zoe Yu, Jasmine Spira, Lola Scotts, Kimmi Bilmon, Anouk Smith

Shoshana Rigler at the IPSHA gymnastics competition

Sport Hockey senior school

Premiers SEHA Competition

STC 1:

Tooske den Hollander, Willamina Burke, Lucinda Peace, Cleo Baldwin, Abbey Gibbs, Jasmin Sardi, Darcie Urquhart, Emily Griffin, Evelyn Balleine, Natasha Gallant, Isobella Nilsson, Isabella Dunstan, Sasha Lavender, Wilhelmina Urquhart

SENIOR SCHOOL HOCKEY

FRONT ROW: Ella Berckelman, Cleo Baldwin, Evelyn Balleine, Jasmin Sardi, Wilhelmina Urquhart, Emily Griffin, Jessa Ballard

SECOND ROW: Sarah Myatt, Sophia Rikard-Bell, Willamina Burke, Darcie Urquhart, Tooske den Hollander, Heidi Unger, Sophia Kelley

THIRD ROW: Lucy Booth, Evie Cook, Natasha Gallant, Abbey Gibbs, Isobel Eshuys, Alice Uhd

Hockey junior school

JUNIOR SCHOOL MINKEY/HOCKEY

FRONT ROW: Ariana Fermanis, Alice Aitken, Caroline Lin, Skye Treanor, Tilly Clark-Jago, Tessa Allen, Koko Rikard-Bell, Emme Eshuys, Ava Lennon, Frankie Johnston, Sienna Rae, Ruby Doyle, Emily Jackson

SECOND ROW: Bianca Kelley, Isabella Allison, Daniela Comino, Ava George, Sienna Dole, Grace Verco, Anika Bradford, Aida Lloyd, Evie Bayot, Ellie Bliss, Eliza Cook, Isla Mazor, Sahara Price, Grace Walley

THIRD ROW: Mackenzie Hansen, Scarlett Edyvean, Amalie Gomez, Sofia Bray, Lola Scotts, Freya Jensen, Arkie O’Halloran, Bobbie Lee DeBuse, Alva Humphreys, Charlotte Gibbs, Holly Negas, Clarissa Ling

FOURTH ROW: Aasha Causley, Lauren Griffiths, Gemma Allen, Mia Freeman, Sophie Morgan, Mila Sheridan, Jade Leslie, Scarlett Sewell, Francesca Betts, Holly Lewis, Sydney Smith, Kimmi Bilmon

Sofia Bray and Lauren Griffiths of Year 6 were selected as part of the IPSHA Hockey Squad and trialled against players from across independent NSW schools at the CIS Primary Girls Hockey Championships. Gemma Allen of Year 6, Francesca Betts of Year 6, Charlotte Gibbs of Year 6 and Bianca Kelley of Year 5 were also selected to attend the trials and performed well on the day.

IPSHA REPRESENTATIVE HOCKEY Sofia Bray, Lauren Griffiths

Holly Negas in the IPSHA Saturday hockey competition

Netball senior school

SENIOR SCHOOL NETBALL - RNA CLUB

FRONT ROW: Abbey Lissenden, Alison Zaczek, Gemma Proctor, Zoe Henningham, Sophie Lennon, Lara Webber, Lies den Hollander, Ava Langenbach, Chloe Clark, Orlanda Golfin, Madeleine Griffiths, Elena Caredes, Ainsley Taylor, Lily Gillatt, Chelsea Harris, Bella McGeechan, Charlotte Williams, Elizabeth Branighan

SECOND ROW: Lucia Parker, Laura Tran, Alessi Fletcher, Emily Dingle, Skye McDonald, Elyse Hovenden, Sophie Bell, Alexandra Webster, Scarlett Pike, Mia Rogers, Olivia Tajer, Alice Mourant, Emily Shorthouse, Madeleine Parshall, Isabella Morgan, Madison Clifton, Paula Schubach, Hayley Baroni, Olivia Giuffrida, Jade Perica

THIRD ROW: Scarlett Smart, Jordan Alp, Leila Carr, Isabella Davison, Isabella Plaisted, Brianna Milne, Scarlett Craig, Taylah Milne, Ruby Langenbach, Tara Hercz, Margot Shorrocks, Abby Rosenthal, Renee Stavroulakis, Zara Bennett, Priscilla Chia, Lucy Giuffrida, Madison Souvlis, Camilla Kowaleczko, Cameron Fatouris, Emily Allton

FOURTH ROW: Eliza Morgan, Isabella El-Haddad, Sarah Anastasiou, Phoebe Treweeke, Neve D’Arcy, Alisha Rawal, Charli Karsay, Molly Griffiths, Charlotte Le Poer Trench, Hannah Cozens, Olivia Southall, Issey Cotton, Emma Lesmond, Madeleine Baker, Sophie West, Julia McCluskey, Scarlett Miller, Eleni Andrews, Poppy Ries, Felicity Taylor, Daisy Strike

FIFTH ROW: Yathima Jennings, Gabrielle Betts, Olivia Aloi, Paige Kluck, Eleni Cole, Bronte Howarth, Lily Graham, Jasmine Betts, Antonia Golfin, Ruby Kilbane, Eia Hickey Berry, Mattison Ball, Charlotte Stewart, Aimee Tainsh, McKenzie Ball, Ella Johnston, Imogen Spence, Morgan Gaden, Isabelle Hooker, Clementine Hambour, Lucy Haydon

SIXTH ROW: Rosamunde Hood, Emily Grant, Kiera Rosen, Grace Hill, Claire Millhouse, Zahlia Baker, Jada Crawshaw, Tayla Vincent, Lauren Nikas, Jade Julian, Amber Haase, Madeline Stewart, Madeline Bird, Madeline Hendrie, Grace Howarth, Amelia Staines, Zoe Hall, Zoe Haydon

Premiers Interschool Competition

STC 1:

Madeline Stewart, Tayla Vincent, Meg Brudenell-Woods, Scarlett Craig, Samantha Gately, Amber Haase, Aspen Henderson, Grace Hill, Grace Howarth, Renee Stavroulakis

STC 8:

Madison Clifton, Olivia Giuffrida, Jordan Alp, Lucia Parker, Abbey Lissendon, Paige Kluck, Jessa Ballard, Lucy Haydon

Premiers RNA Competition

INTER YELLOW:

Zahlia Baker, McKenzie Ball, Jasmine Betts, Issey Cotton, Madeleine Hendrie, Rosamunde Hood, Ruby Kilbane, Charlotte Stewart, Aimee Tainsh

14 BLUE:

Madeline Bird, Eleni Cole, Jada Crawshaw, Molly Griffiths, Clementine Hambour, Zoe Henningham, Delphi Hinchcliffe, Ella Johnston, Charli Karsay, Gemma Proctor

Premiers IGSSA

STC 3:

Emma Doyle, Amber Hayes, Zoe Hayes, Brianna Milne (Captain), Taylah Milne, April O’Neill, Georgia Pellegrini, Isabella Plaisted, Charlotte Stewart

STC 5:

Georgia Griffen-White, Isabella Davison, Aarya Kaul, Olivia Kinnaird, Bridget Kluck, Hannah McDonald, Eliza Morgan (Captain), Zara Sheldrick-Aboud

CIS NETBALL REPRESENTATIVE

Lara Sciberras

ABSENT: Jamie Podmore Taylor

SENIOR SCHOOL NETBALL IGSSA AND WEDNESDAY COMPETITION

FRONT ROW: Alicia French, Georgia Vogt, Kayla Muir, Olivia Giuffrida, Zara Sheldrick-Aboud, Sophia Rikard-Bell, Lucy Booth, Zara Hill, Chawanya (Quantum) Charoensawad, Alessi Fletcher, Lucia Parker, Lara Webber, Abbey Lissenden, Lily Wood

SECOND ROW: Madeleine Chambiras, Isabella Morgan, Annabel Penny, Emma Higgins, Aarya Kaul, Siennah Morgan, Stella Brooks, Isabella Plaisted, Scarlett Craig, Isobel Cawley, Jordan Alp, Dimitra Mavrocordatos, Taylah Milne, Alice Mourant, Leila Carr, Madison Clifton

THIRD ROW: Brianna Milne, Laura Tran, Isla King, Annaliese Freeman, Hally Baker, Tanasia Kazonis, Mia Warren, Emma Doyle, Charlotte Saunders, Hira Khan, Maggie Kalaf, Alicia Bornor, Imogen Glozier, Ashana Mason, Renee Stavroulakis

FOURTH ROW: Georgia Pellegrini, Hannah McDonald, Abby Rosenthal, Margot Shorrocks, Eloise Bolton, Isabelle Hooker, May Pinnegar, Ava Vaughan, Eliza Morgan, Madison Souvlis, Bella Taper, Sophie Parry Okeden, April O’Neill, Evelyn Rock, Aisling Harrison

FIFTH ROW: Charlotte Stewart, Lucy Giuffrida, Paige Kluck, Lucy Haydon, Grace Howarth, Lara Sciberras, Tayla Vincent, Amber Haase, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Madeline Stewart, Samantha Gately, Grace Hill, Bridget Kluck, Olivia Kinnaird, Isabella Davison

RNA Netball Premiers – 14 Blue

Netball junior school Sport

Sienna Julian, Claudia McIntosh, Mila Sheridan and Claudia Cawley of Year 6 attended the IPSHA netball trials. Congratulations to Claudia Cawley who was selected as a reserve for the IPSHA netball team.

JUNIOR SCHOOL NETBALL

FRONT ROW: Mia Te Wani, Emily Jackson, Ava Lennon, Emily Logan, Aasha Causley, Savannah Moar, Isabella Luu, Ongeline Oborn, Molly Stening, Georgina Fox, Tessa Allen, Emme Eshuys, Luca Hill

SECOND ROW: Eliza Cook, Piper Pratley, Grace Walley, Skye Treanor, Holly Bowes, Isabella Walley, Claudia Cawley, Katherine Budden, Lucinda Connell, Koko Rikard-Bell, Bianca Wong, Zoe Sweeney

THIRD ROW: Holly Negas, Chloe Fraser, Jasmine Bence, Matilda Canning-Smith, Kimmi Bilmon, Willow Smith, Lola Scotts, Bella Blair, Alexandra Coffey, Scarlett Edyvean, Mia (Mac) Freeman, Sienna Dole

FOURTH ROW: Jasmine Spira, Ashley Sassine, Jessica Kluck, Mia Freeman, Willow Pratley, Gemma Allen, Eva Todd, Sydney Smith, Francesca Howarth, Claudia McIntosh, Georgia Middleton, Eva Johnston

FIFTH ROW: Darcy Connell, Marni Beville, Sophie Morgan, Ella Gaden, Emma Hartwig, Caitlin James, Mila Sheridan, Sabrina Kuklik, Alice Steed, Holly Lewis, Scarlett Sewell

Rowing senior school

In our most successful season ever, our rowers won two gold, two silver and a bronze medal at the 2018 Head of the River. All of the girls put in great performances and 11 crews raced in A finals.

Our Year 10 VIII (Jamilla Ledet, Eia Hickey Berry, Bianca Horrell, Katarina Saravanos, Rosamunde Hood, Zoe Hall, Amelia Cooper, Aimee Tainsh, and cox Bella McGeechan) got St Catherine’s off to a great start by winning a bronze medal. This was the first time the school had ever raced an eight at Head of the River, and to take a bronze medal was incredible.

Our day got even better when two of our Year 8 crews led from start to finish to take gold in both the Year 8 single (Claudia Horrell) and Year 8 double (Eliza Gerahty, Aliya Rahman). This was quickly followed up by Lucinda Edwards and Amelia Cooper taking silver in the Year 10 double. A fantastic performance considering both girls were still in Year 9. Our Year 10 crew of Rosamunde Hood, Zoe Hall, Bianca Horrell, Aimee Tainsh, and cox Bella McGeechan finished the day with silver in the senior quad.

These results represent a massive improvement for our rowing team and a fantastic reward for the hard work of our rowers and coaches.

SENIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE ROWING TEAM

THIRD

FOURTH

Parameswaran,

FRONT ROW: Annette Ong, Hannah Cozens, Amelia Jacobson, Jemima Melki, Bella McGeechan, Constance Skeffington, Tamzin Heywood, Grace Gay, Sophia Voigt, Molly Macneal

SECOND ROW: Nicole Chong, Madeleine Baker, Claudia Horrell, Aliya Rahman, Hannah McMillan, Neve D’Arcy, Stella Brooks, Emma Pellegrini, Phillippa Steel

ROW: Eeshani

Georgia Shearer, Rebecca Rosenberg, Jamilla Ledet, Eia Hickey Berry, Lily Graham, Isabella Plaisted, Eliza Gerahty, Alydiira Price

ROW: Matilda Borthwick, Catherine Johnson, Abbey Gibbs, Rosamunde Hood, Katarina Saravanos, Lucinda Edwards, Zoe Hall, Bianca Horrell, Aimee Tainsh

Sport

Snowsports

The St Catherine’s team from Years 2–12 gave an exceptional performance at the Sydney Interschools Snowsports Championships, Frankie Johnston finished with silver and bronze; and our captain Saskia Ferster finished with bronze medals.

Five St Catherine’s girls qualified to compete at the State Championships and the team of Frankie Johnston of Year 4, Emily Logan of Year 6, Sofie Gartner of Year 8, Captain, Saskia Ferster of Year 10 and April O’Neill of Year 11, all performed exceptionally well with five top eight finishes.

Frankie Johnston, Emily Logan and Saskia Ferster qualified for the Australian Interschools Snowsports Championships at Mt Perisher and performed well competing against some of the best skiers and snowboarders in Australia.

SNOWSPORTS

FRONT ROW: Maribel Goumenis, Emily Logan, Tara Williams, Mia Williams, Saskia Tsen, Frankie Johnston, Ruby Colin SECOND ROW: Vanessa Kimpton, Mila Sheridan, Saskia Ferster, April O’Neill, Sofie Gartner

Ruby Colin and Tara Williams

Softball senior school

SENIOR SCHOOL SOFTBALL

FRONT ROW: Kristina Boulton, Ashleigh Lawson, Lauren Pulley, Elisabeth Cola, Eden Timbery, Junias Tjanaria, Antonia Boulton

SECOND ROW: Madeleine Chambiras, Lux Strugar, Stephanie Augoustis, Nicolette Walker, Wilhelmina Urquhart, Sophia Zhang, Emily Dingle

THIRD ROW: Piper Macneall, Charlotte Prentice, Jada Crawshaw, Grace Hill, Darcie Urquhart, Brianna Milne

SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE SURFING TEAM

SENIOR

Camilla Kowaleczko, Isobel Eshuys

Lauren Pulley

Madeleine Chambiras

Lee Sinderman rallies the troops

Swimming and diving senior school

SENIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE SWIMMING & DIVING

FRONT ROW: Ava Langenbach, Amelia Jacobson, Alice Uhd, Isobel Eshuys, Charlotte Williams, Abby Spencer, Madeleine Vanderplank, Isabella Morgan, Sophia Rikard-Bell, Alessi Fletcher

SECOND ROW: Sophie Scaffidi, Alice Mourant, Adela Eshuys, Madeleine Fairlie, Kinsey Samuels, Piper Macneall, Sienna White, Charlotte Sork, Imogen Glozier

THIRD ROW: Jessica Edser, Caitlin Lamb, Ruby Swadling, Saskia Ferster, Jade Julian, Amelia Staines, Aspen Henderson, Fiona Yu, Jessica Lam

REPRESENTATIVE AND CIS SWIMMING REPRESENTATIVE Charlotte Sork

IGSSA SWIMMING REPRESENTATIVES Charlotte Sork, Madeleine Fairlie

Sienna White, Ruby Swadling and Jessica Edser

Swimming Carnival

HOUSE WINNER Barker

OVERALL AGE CHAMPIONS

Junior Champion Charlotte Sork Hulme-Moir

Intermediate Madeleine Fairlie Hulme-Moir Champion

Senior Champion Ruby Swadling Barker

IGSSA Swimming and Diving

Our swimming team finished in 12th place, and our diving team placed second in division two and seventh place overall, an excellent achievement.

SWIMMING

Our swimmers were very consistent, qualifying for 20 finals out of 43 events.

Caitlin Lamb, placed fourth in the 13yrs 50m freestyle.

Ruby Swadling, Jessica Edser, Aspen Henderson and Sienna White placed fourth in the senior relay final.

DIVING

Alice Uhd placed fifth in 13yrs springboard.

NSWCIS Swimming

Charlotte Sork 3rd 14yrs 50m backstroke

3rd 14yrs 100m backstroke

Madeleine Fairlie 200m backstroke

NSW All School Swimming

Charlotte Sork 2nd 14yrs 50m backstroke

2nd 14yrs 100m backstroke

Australian Schools Swimming Championships

Charlotte Sork 3rd 14yrs 50m backstroke

3rd 14yrs 100m backstroke

Ruby Swadling Madison Clifton, Jade Bliss and Ava Langenbach

Caitlin Lamb, Kinsey Samuels and Charli Karsay

Sophie Scaffidi, Charlotte Sork and Amelia Jacobson

Kinsey Samuels

Swimming and diving junior school

JUNIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE SWIMMING & DIVING

FRONT ROW: Caroline Lin, Josie Khoo, Holly Negas, Blayke Piggins-Massaad, Eva Griffiths, Lola Scotts, Anouk Smith, Jasmine Abela, Koko Rikard-Bell

SECOND ROW: Elvy Liston, Ava George, Evie Bayot, Gabriella Mata Rohe, Alva Humphreys, Ruby Fry, Sarah Rupnik Williams, Aimee Garcia, Tara Williams

THIRD ROW: Savannah Moar, Gemma Allen, Francesca Betts, Mila Sheridan, Sienna Julian, Ella Gaden, Holly Lewis, Willow Smith, Ivy Kodomichalos

Swimming Carnival

HOUSE CHAMPION

Patterson

AGE CHAMPIONS 10 YEARS AND UNDER

1st Savannah Moar Sutherland

2nd Josie Khoo Patterson

3rd Tara Williams Patterson

AGE CHAMPIONS 11 AND 12 YEARS

Joint 1st Lola Scotts Hulme-Moir

Joint 1st Sienna Julian Hulme-Moir

3rd Gemma Allen Sutherland

IPHSA SWIMMING AND DIVING CARNIVAL

5th Koko Rikard-Bell 10yrs girls springboard division

IPSHA REPRESENTATIVE DIVING Koko Rikard-Bell

Willow Smith

Lola Scotts

Age champions Sienna Julian and Lola Scotts

Sport Table tennis Tennis senior school

The Tildesley Shield team, led by Sophia Hardwick, captain and Mathilde Hinchcliffe, vice-captain, managed to shine despite tough weather conditions. Catherine Aulia made it to the semi-final, only to be beaten in a close match by the eventual tournament winner. Isabella Meyrick and Chilee Roland, our doubles, made it through to the fifth round.

The team achieved fourth place overall in the 100 th year anniversary of this pre-eminent competition.

SENIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE

TABLE TENNIS

Alice Lee

SENIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE TILDESLEY TENNIS TEAM

FRONT ROW: Gemma Proctor, Aarya Kaul, Chilee Roland, Samarah Issa, Scarlett Craig, Sally Williams

SECOND ROW: Yunqi (Tara) Dai, Sophia Hardwick, Macushla Flanagan, Elena Schai, Zarlie Brewis, Isabella Meyrick

THIRD ROW: Isabella Jacobson, Allegra Slovitt, Hannah Collins, Catherine Aulia, Sophia Pinter

ABSENT: Piper Freeman, Delphi Hinchcliffe, Mathilde Hinchcliffe, Charlotte Williams Swinnen

Sophia Pinter in action at the Tildesley Shield

Alice Lee at the state titles

Alice Lee receiving a Youth Sports award

SENIOR SCHOOL TENNIS

FRONT ROW: Sally Williams, Olivia Finn, Abbey Lissenden, Arieta Varvaressos, Aarya Kaul, Yunqi (Tara) Dai, Lara Webber, Olivia Schey, Gemma Proctor

SECOND ROW: Sophia Hardwick, Taylah Milne, Chilee Roland, Zarlie Brewis, Elena Schai, Macushla Flanagan, Isabella Meyrick, Scarlett Craig, Paige Natoli

THIRD ROW: Isabella Jacobson, Jordan Alp, Allegra Slovitt, Catherine Aulia, Hannah Collins, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Sophia Pinter, Samarah Issa

REPRESENTATIVE TENNIS

Isabella Meyrick, Catherine Aulia, Chilee Roland

Delphi Hinchcliffe and Gemma Proctor

Allegra Slovitt and Charlotte Williams Swinnen

Sport Tennis junior school

Ruby Marshall and Phoebe Strachan attended IPSHA tennis trials in 2018. Ruby Marshall was selected as a reserve for the IPSHA tennis team.

JUNIOR SCHOOL TENNIS

FRONT ROW: Emily Logan, Kimmi Bilmon, Ruby Marshall, Sofia Bray, Georgina Fox

SECOND ROW: Phoebe Strachan, Shuyao (Nina) Yu, Eva Todd, Claudia Cawley

Touch football senior school

Premiers Touch Football IGSSA

STC 3:

Gia Frost, Issey Cotton, Isabella Harvey, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Cecile Jin, Mia Warren, Georgia Slade, Nico Jaffers, Emily Nolan, Georgia Pellegrini, Charlotte Saunders

STC 9: Lily Galea, Imogen Glozier, Yasmine Fadel, Olivia Southall, Laura Tran, Piper Freeman, Miranda Myles, Delphi Hinchcliffe, Taylor Galea, Isobel Cawley

SENIOR SCHOOL TOUCH FOOTBALL

FRONT ROW: Isabella Needle, Sienna Elmowy, Sophia Kelley, Ashana Mason, Olivia Doble, Miranda Myles, Kayla Muir, Georgia Vogt, Zoe Henningham, Lily Galea, Taylor Galea, Lola d’Orlan de Polignac, Alice Uhd, Heidi Unger, Hayley Baroni, Imogen Glozier, Sophie Ulm, Sienna Price, Chelsea Harris

SECOND ROW: Cecile Jin, Constance Rochios, Madeleine Chambiras, Elenor Craven, Emily Dingle, Laura Tran, Paula Schubach, Stella Brooks, Jessica Gross, Yasmine Fadel, Lucy Booth, Deanna Koumi, Ainsley Taylor, Sky Cohen, Lies den Hollander, Arabella Amirian, Madison Clifton, Mackenzie Wiseman, Zidan Santos-Dwyer

THIRD ROW: Charlotte Pitt, Harriette Gardiner, Daisy Strike, Isla King, Emma Pellegrini, Olivia Rochios, Indiana Brenac, Jessica Norman, Mia Warren, Jade Eassey, Nicola Pitt, Eleanor Arthur, India Badran, Isobel Eshuys, Ella Berckelman, Hannah Farrow, Clementine Hambour, Hannah Ricci

FOURTH ROW: Olivia Tajer, Wilhelmina Urquhart, Nicolette Walker, Gia Frost, Madison Souvlis, Lux Strugar, Eliza Morgan, Georgia Pellegrini, Isabella El-Haddad, Isabelle Hooker, Sophie Bell, Charlotte Saunders, Bella Taper, Eleanor Hodnett, Tanasia Kazonis, Nico Jaffers, Renee Stavroulakis, Isobel Cawley

FIFTH ROW: Brianna Milne, Adela Eshuys, Georgia Slade, Isabella Harvey, Ruby Kilbane, Charlotte Stewart, Claire Smith, Kiera Rosen, Ella Swan, Jessica Meagher, Imogen Spence, Charlie Barry, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Issey Cotton, Emily Nolan, Isabella Davison, Isabella Plaisted

SIXTH ROW: Eloise Bolton, April O’Neill, Aisling Bligh, McKenzie Ball, Katrice Sippel, Julia Perkins, Abbey Gibbs, Madeline Hendrie, Jada Crawshaw, Lauren Nikas, Indiana Ippindo, Mary Sassine, Emma Doyle, Darcie Urquhart, Amelia Staines, Mattison Ball, Abby Rosenthal

Touch football junior school

Bianca Rupnik Williams, Anika Bradford and Amelie Vella attended the NSW CIS touch football trials representing St Catherine’s and IPSHA.

JUNIOR SCHOOL TOUCH FOOTBALL TERM 3

FRONT ROW: Clarissa Ling, Tilley Edwards Hill, Ava George, Ruby Norgard, Sienna Durante, Georgia Parkes, Ruby Fry, Ellie Bliss, Tara Bliss, Daniela Comino, Ruby Doyle, Sahara Price

SECOND ROW: Tilly Burgess-Hoar, Isabella Allison, Grace Verco, Mackenzie Hansen, Lucinda Sheridan, Eve Tsakissiris, Alice Aitken, Anika Bradford, Isabella McIntosh, Evie Bayot, Harriett Kendall

THIRD ROW: Sienna Rae, Sienna Springett, Jessie Miller, Amelie Vella, Sienna Julian, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Jade Leslie, Francesca Betts, Saskia Sassano, Lauren Griffiths, Julia Mallam

IPSHA REPRESENTATIVE TOUCH FOOTBALL Amelie Vella, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Anika Bradford

Year 5 touch football team The Hurricanes

Saskia Sassano

Triathlon

SENIOR SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE TRIATHLON TEAM Amelia Jacobson, Molly Griffiths, Francesca Heyko-Porebski, Summer Leury, Jessica Meagher, Abby Spencer

Sport Volleyball

SENIOR SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

FRONT ROW: Kayla Muir, Jade Perica, Lucia Parker, Scarlett Craig, Siennah Morgan, India Badran, Dimitra Mavrocordatos, Summer Sarin-Hall, Amelia Jacobson, Imogen Glozier

SECOND ROW: Cleo Baldwin, Emma Higgins, Ava Edwards, Tamsyn Taylor, Eliza Morgan, Alisha Rawal, Rebecca Matthei, Annaliese Freeman, Taylah Milne, Jessica Gross

THIRD ROW: Bella Taper, Hira Khan, Charlotte Saunders, Tara Hercz, Tanasia Kazonis, Anna Yang, Lucy Giuffrida, Tooske den Hollander, Hannah Farrow, Isabella El-Haddad, Sophie Kay

FOURTH ROW: Jessica Meagher, Evelyn Rock, Lucy Haydon, Darcie Urquhart, Zoe Hall, McKenzie Ball, Mattison Ball, Willamina Burke, Jessica Lamb, Yathima Jennings

FIFTH ROW: Aimee Tainsh, Claire Millhouse, Anna Simms, Bianca Horrell, Amber Haase, Tayla Vincent, Madeline Stewart, Imogen Spence, Morgan Gaden, Isabella Davison

Water polo senior school

Our water polo team remained on top of the IGSSA schools with an 8-4 victory over Meriden School to win the title. It is our schools fifth title in seven years, which is a fantastic achievement.

Premiers IGSSA

STC 1

Gemma Harding, Georgia Dyson, Sienna White, Jasmin Sardi, Ruby Swadling, Ellena Little, Imogen Hicks, Aspen Henderson, Alice Mourant, Michaela Dyson

AUSTRALIAN WATER POLO REPRESENTATIVE Ruby Swadling

REPRESENTATIVE WATER POLO

Ruby Swadling, Aspen Henderson

ABSENT: Ellena Little

SENIOR SCHOOL WATER POLO

FRONT ROW: Jessa Ballard, Elizabeth Branighan, Jade Perica, Amelia Jacobson, Emma McDonald, Lies den Hollander, Millie Moar, Isabella Morgan, Madeleine Griffiths, Sophia Rikard-Bell, Ava Langenbach, Orlanda Golfin, Abbey Lissenden

SECOND ROW: Chloe Clark, Emily Griffin, Laura Tran, Skye McDonald, Siennah Morgan, Chloe Davis, Gabrielle Betts, Poppy Ries, Ruby Langenbach, Annabel Beckett, Paula Schubach, Sarah Scaffidi, Olivia Giuffrida, Acacia Ngu, Charlotte Williams

THIRD ROW: Luella Beaumont, Hannah Farrow, Leila Carr, Madeleine Vanderplank, Charlotte Le Poer Trench, Hannah McDonald, Sofie Gartner, Kinsey Samuels, Ruby Hathorn, Maggie Kalaf, Molly Griffiths, Camilla Kowaleczko, Antonia Golfin, Phoebe Treweeke

FOURTH ROW: Tanasia Kazonis, Emma Higgins, Georgia Gower-Brown, Lucinda Miller, Lauren Kacanas, Mia Clark, Georgia Dyson, Felicity Hedger, Zandile Chivizhe, Jasmin Sardi, Erin Mylonas, Maree Nikitopoulos, Hannah Ricci, Sophie Parry Okeden, Julia McCluskey

FIFTH ROW: Sophie Kay, Alice Mourant, Caitlin Lamb, Summer Leury, Jasmine Betts, Aspen Henderson, Isabelle Hooker, Adela Eshuys, Milla Ippindo, Eliza Twomey, Jessica Lamb, Madison Souvlis, Lucy Giuffrida, Eliza Shipway, Charli Karsay

SIXTH ROW: Bronte Howarth, Michaela Dyson, Ella Johnston, Madeline Stewart, Lara Sciberras, Jamie Podmore Taylor, Amber Haase, Jade Julian, Tayla Vincent, Grace Howarth, Samantha Gately, Ruby Swadling, Natasha Gallant

Water Polo junior school

JUNIOR SCHOOL WATERPOLO/FLIPPA BALL

FRONT ROW: Tilley Edwards Hill, Annie Zaumeyer, Aida Lloyd, Cate Darling, Ruby Congdon, Gina Schubach, Julia Mallam, Lucinda Evans, Isabella Walley, Isla Mazor

SECOND ROW: Betty-Rose Burcham, Emily Logan, Sofia Bray, Willow Smith, Alva Humphreys, Lola Scotts, Chiara Hammond, Alexandra Coffey, Charlotte Gibbs, Scarlett Edyvean

THIRD ROW: Lauren Griffiths, Darcy Connell, Gemma Allen, Mila Sheridan, Bianca Rupnik Williams, Caitlin James, Sienna Julian, Holly Lewis, Francesca Howarth

Congratulations to the Year 6 water polo team who won the UNSW competition in Term 4. The team played extremely well and won 8-4 in the final against the Year 7 team from Reddam House. The team consisted of Sienna Julian, Gemma Allen, Mila Sheridan, Gina Schubach, Julia Mallam, Bianca Rupnik Williams and Isabella Walley.

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Teaching staff

SENIOR SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF

FRONT ROW: Dianne Hubbard, Rebecca Herbert, Sonya Taylor, René Mercer, David Gresham, Kylie McCullah, Sarah Guy, Julie Townsend, Alex Koch, Deborah Clancy, Natalie Miller, Ryan Cameron, Daisy Turnbull Brown, Kate Sonter, Margaret Leggat

SECOND ROW: Rebecca Ayad, Candace Robertson, Carla Maxted, Glenis Israel, Elyse Read, Jake Compton, Sarah Charles, Andrew Yanitsas, Thea McLean, Emily Togher, Kylie Wilson, Sera Hurley, Brett Wilson, Shantha Bose

THIRD ROW: Katrina Wilkins, Toula Mitropoulos, Tassia August, Jade Starling, Joyce Kojevnikov, Ramona Lobo, Sarah Chapman, Stephanie Centner, Alicia Highfield, Amanda Duffy, Hayley Cush, Lorraine Silk, Jane Krauss, Samantha Clare, Sylvia Chronis, Tsui Ming Shea

FOURTH ROW: Daniel Santos Alvarez, Flora Yeoum, Gillian Hampton, Robyn Blomfield, Caitlin Lamour, Aleksandra Olenderek-Smith, Lisa McCowage, Marian Romeo, Camilla Jones-Prichard, Martina Blasco, Stephanie Fraser, Jamie-Lee Cartwright, Liza Christian, Joanne Martin, Nicky Schey

FIFTH ROW: Simone Gillett, Karen Walton, Melanie Avramovski, John Dialektakis, Tim Ulrick, Alicia Halls, Peter Fellows, Brody Vancers, Mark Smith, Kyle Caputo, Jack Baker, Peter McMurdo, Marc Vincent, Emily Glover

ABSENT: William Griffiths, Beatriz Cartlidge, Maggi Guo, Helen Watson, David Ruys, Renee Rogers, Rachel Rees, Stephen Jabaji

Ms Melanie Avramovski

Humanities teacher

BA(Dance) BEd GradCertGeo

Ms Rebecca Ayad

Humanities teacher

BEd BA

Mr Jack Baker

Science teacher

BSc BEd

Mr Teddy Bayas

Mathematics teacher

BA Science (Mathematics)

GradCertEdu

Dr Huw Belling

Composer in Residence and Choral Director

BMus MMus DPhil(Oxon)

Mrs Martina Blasco

Mathematics teacher

Master of Arts (Mathematics)

DipEdu

Mrs Emily Blomberg

Biblical Studies teacher

MTeach(Music & English) BA

DipABRSM

Ms Robyn Blomfield

Learning Enrichment teacher/ Indigenous Coordinator

BEd PgCertSpEd MIncEd

Dr Shantha Bose

Head of Mathematics

BSc(Hons) MSc PhD Pure Mathematics GradCertCogSci

Mrs Elaine Cairns

Head of Junior School Sport

BEd(Hons)

Ms Kate Cameron

Junior School teacher and Stage 2 Leader

BEd(Hons) MEd

Mr Ryan Cameron Director of Sport

BA DipEd AssocDipSocSci

DipHealthCouns

Mr Kyle Caputo

English teacher

BA MTeach

Dr Alison Cardinale

English teacher

BA GradDipComm MTeach

DPhil

Mrs Beatriz Cartlidge

Head of Humanities

BEc DipEd MEd

Ms Jamie-Lee Cartwright

PDHPE teacher

BEd

Miss Stephanie Centner

Language teacher

BA(Hons) GradDipEd

Ms Sarah Chapman Science teacher

BSc DipEd

Ms Sarah Charles

Humanities teacher

Year mentor

BA GradDipEd

Ms Liza Christian

TAS teacher

BArtEd BDes

Ms Sylvia Chronis

Humanities teacher

BA BEd(Hons)

Ms Nancy Chu

Junior school teacher

MTeach(Primary)

GradCertEdStudies(SpecNeeds)

Mrs Deborah Clancy

Head of Boarding and Academic Care

BSc DipEd CertGiftedEd

Ms Samantha Clare

Mathematics teacher

DipTeach

Mrs Kristie Collins

Biblical Studies teacher

BEd

Mr Jake Compton

Humanities teacher

Year mentor

BA DipEd

Mr Liam Curd

Junior School teacher

BSc(Hons) Psychology

PGCE(Primary)

Ms Hayley Cush

Head of Strings

BMus(Perf) Hons

GradDipTeachLearn

Mrs Jamie Davies

Junior School teacher

BEd

JUNIOR SCHOOL TEACHING STAFF

FRONT ROW: Nancy Chu, Angela MacNamara, Kate Cameron, Anastasia Nicolaou, Yvonne Howard, Sarah Guy, Natalie Miller, Nicola Logan, Amanda Dodson, Vanessa Gilmour, Kirsty Smith

SECOND ROW: Joanna Lee, Genevieve Thibaux, Rachael Whitting, Natasha Jackson, Jamie Davies, Nicole Lee, Arnna Serhon, Louisa Robinson, Silvie Falk, Tassia August

THIRD ROW: Jillian McClean, Marian Romeo, Tanya Lynch, Katharyn Reid, Madeleine Goto, Jane Ball, Kerrie Chan, Maggi Guo, Roslyn Ghazal, Joyce Kojevnikov

FOURTH ROW: Niall Martin, Elizabeth Martin, Courtney Meijer, Liam Curd, Louisa Rowe, Jonathan Yeow, Nicola Russell, Gabrielle Cundy, Kate Melhuish, Narelle Gibbs

ABSENT: Robyn Blomfield, Elaine Cairns, Jane Krauss, Emma McKinnon, Catherine Morrissey, Kerry Payne, Renee Rogers, Lorraine Silk, Renee Walt, Jacqueline Wang

Mr John Dialektakis

Mathematics teacher

BSc DipEd

Ms Amanda Dodson

Junior School STEM and K-2 Coordinator

BA DipEd

Miss Skye Donaldson

Humanities teacher

BA MTeach

Ms Amanda Duffy

Science teacher

BEd BSc

Ms Silvie Falk

Junior School teacher

DipTeach

Mr Peter Fellows

Assistant Head of Humanities

BA DipEd

Mrs Stephanie Fraser

Biblical Studies teacher

BA(English & History)

Mrs Melanie Frederiksen

Junior School teacher

BA Arts GradDip Edu

Mrs Roslyn Ghazal

Biblical Studies teacher

BSc DipEd DipBibleandMissions

Ms Narelle Gibbs

Junior School Counsellor

BSc MA GradDipPsych

Ms Simone Gillett

French teacher

BA GradDipEd MA

Mrs Vanessa Gilmour

Head of Junior School Music

BMus(MusEd), AMusA, ATCL

Ms Emily Glover

English/Drama teacher

BA BEd GradCert Ed(TESOL)

Ms Madeleine Goto

Junior School teacher

BA(Hons) MTeach

Mrs Joanna Graffen

Humanities teacher

Year mentor

BTeach(Secondary) BLaws BArts

GradDip Legal Practice

Mr David Gresham

Director of Music

BMus(MusEd) MMusTech AMusA

Mr William Griffiths

English teacher

BA DipEd

Ms Maggi Guo

Chinese teacher

BA GradDipEd MA

Ms Sarah Guy

Deputy Headmistress and Head of Junior School

BEd MEd MACE

Ms Alicia Halls

Senior School Counsellor

BPsychSc MCouns

Mrs Lisa Hammond

Learning Enrichment teacher

BEd(Human Mov’t and Health

Ed) GradCert Inclusive Ed

Ms Gillian Hampton

Art teacher

BLArch(Hons) BArtEd(Hons)

Ms Rebecca Herbert

Humanities teacher

Year mentor/Careers advisor

BA BEd

Ms Alicia Highfield

TAS teacher

BA BTeach

Miss Yvonne Howard

Deputy Head of Junior School

BEd Primary MEd(Creative Arts)

GradCertGiftedEd

Ms Dianne Hubbard

English teacher

Year mentor

BA DipEd MA

Ms Sera Hurley

Head of Science

BSc DipEd

Mrs Glenis Israel

Head of Art

BEd DipEdArt Post Grad

Curatorship

Mr Stephen Jabaji

Humanities teacher

GradDip Edu/Cert Religion

BA Comm

Mrs Camilla

Jones-Prichard

English teacher

BMedia BLaw GradDipEd

Rev Alex Koch

Chaplain

BSc BEd BDiv

Teaching staff

Miss Joyce Kojevnikov

Assistant Head of Music

BMus(MusEd) MEdLead

Ms Jane Krauss

Learning Enrichment teacher

BA DipEd GradCertSpNeeds

GradCertEdTesting

Ms Caitlin Lamour

ICT Integrator/Humanities

teacher

BA(Dance) BEd GradCertRelEd

MEd(ICT)

Miss Joanna Lee

Junior School teacher

BA MTeach

Mrs Nicole Lee

J unior School teacher

DipEd GradDipPerforming and Expressive Art

Mrs Margaret Leggat

Head of Global Enrichment

BA DipEd

Mrs Ramona Lobo

Mathematics teacher

BEng DipEd

Ms Nicola Logan

Junior School teacher and Stage 3 Leader

MA(Hons) Sociology

PGCE(Primary)

Mrs Tanya Lynch

Learning Enrichment teache r

BSSc DipEd MSpecEd

CertGiftedEd

Mrs Angela MacNamara

Learning Enrichment teacher

BEd(SpEd)

Miss Elizabeth Martin

Junior School teacher librarian

BEd GradDipInfoSci

Ms Joanne Martin

Head of Drama

BA Edu

Mr Niall Martin

Learning Enrichment teacher

BSc(Hons) MTeach

Ms Carla Maxted

Head of English

BA(Hons) MLeadMgmtLearn

PGCEEd PGCiEInnEd Erasmus

Scholar

Mrs Jillian McClean

Junior School teacher

BEd(Primary)Hons

Ms Lisa McCowage

Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion

BMus(MusEd) GradDipPerf

Ms Kylie McCullah

Head of Academic Challenge

BEd MEdLead Cert Gifted Ed

Mr James McKenzie

PDHPE teacher

BEd

Mrs Emma McKinnon

Junior School teacher

BA BEd (Primary)

Ms Thea McLean

Humanities teacher

BA GradDipEd

Dr John McMath

Science teacher

DSc Ed

Mr Peter McMurdo

English teacher

BA MTeach

Miss Courtney Meijer

Junior School teacher

MTeach BSc

Ms Kate Melhuish

Junior School teacher

BA GradDipMedia

Mr René Mercer

Director of STEM and Innovation

BSc DipEd

Ms Natalie Miller

Director of Learning

Enrichment

BEd GradCertSpEd MSpEd GradCertGiftedEd

Ms Toula Mitropoulos

English teacher

BA DipEd

Mrs Catherine Morrissey

Learning Enrichment teacher

MSpEd GradDipSpEd BEd

Mrs Anastasia Nicolaou

Coordinator of Academic Care K–6

DipTeach BEd

Mrs Rita O’Farrell

Language teacher

BA DipEd Masters of French Linguistics

Ms Aleksandra OlenderekSmith

Mathematics teacher

BIntStud GradCertMat DipEd

Mr Phil Parkin

Science teacher

BSc DipEd

Ms Melinda Pedavoli

Drama and English teacher

BEd(Sec:HumSocSci) Hons I and the University Medal

Ms Katy Perrone

Learning Enrichment teacher

Masters of Edu BA Teach and Learning

Ms Elyse Read

Head of Teacher Development

Humanities teacher

BA BEd

Ms Rachel Rees

Science teacher

BSc DipEd

Ms Katharyn Reid

Junior School teacher

BEd(Hons)

Ms Candace Robertson

Head of Languages

BA(Hons) BTeach(Sec)

Ms Louisa Robinson

Junior school teacher

BEd(Primary) MReligiousEd

Mrs Renee Rogers

PDHPE teacher

BEd

Dr Alan Rome

Humanities teacher

BA DPhil

Miss Louisa Rowe

Junior School teacher

BEd(Hons) MEd

Miss Nicola Russell

Junior School teacher

BComm MTeach

GradCertSpecEd

Dr David Ruys

Science teacher

BMatEng(Hons) PhD(Materials Science) DipEd(Sec)

Mr Daniel Santos Alvarez

Language teacher

BSc GradDipEd

Ms Nicky Schey

Head of Research Centre

BA(Hons) DipEd MAAppHist

Mrs Arnna Serhon

Junior School teacher

BA DipEd

Mrs Tsui Ming Shea

Language teacher

BA GradDip Edu Grad Dip

Japanese

Ms Lorraine Silk

Music teacher

BMusEd

Miss Kirsty Smith

Junior School teacher

BA DipEd

Mr Mark Smith

Mathematics teacher

Assistant Head of Mathematics

BSc DipEd

Ms Kate Sonter

Head of TAS

BIndDes DipEd

Miss Jade Starling

English teacher

BA BEd

Mrs Sonya Taylor

Director of Staff

Mathematics teacher

BSc(Hons) DipEd

Ms Genevieve Thibaux

Junior School Language teacher

BA DipEd

Miss Emily Togher

TAS teacher

Year mentor

BA BTeach

Dr Julie Townsend

Headmistress

BA(Hons) CertEd PhD MBA(Ed

Leadership) GAICD

Ms Daisy Turnbull Brown

Director of Positive Psychology

Humanities/Studies of Religion teacher

BA BCom GradDipSecEd

MA(Theo)

Mr Tim Ulrick

Art teacher

BFA BArtEd

Mr Brody Vancers

English teacher

BA CertTeach

Mr Marc Vincent

Science teacher

BSc DipIT PgCertSci

Mrs Renee Walt

Learning Enrichment teacher

BA DipEd DipSpEd

Mrs Karen Walton

PDHPE teacher

BPE DipEd ACPE

Ms Jacqueline Wang

Language teacher

MModLangEd MBA BSc

Ms Helen Watson

TAS teacher

BSc(Hons) BEd

Miss Rachael Whitting

PDHPE teacher

BEd

Mrs Katrina Wilkins

TAS teacher

BEd

Mr Brett Wilson

Head of PDHPE

BEd

Rev Kylie Wilson

Head of Biblical Studies/ Pastoral Chaplain

BSc BA MTeach BDiv

Ms Flora Yeoum

Mathematics teacher

BSc MTeach(Hons)

Mr Jonathan Yeow

Junior School teacher

BEd

Mr Andrew Yanitsas

BExSc DipEd DipSportCoach

Administration and support staff

ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT STAFF

FRONT ROW: Dioscora Montesco, Jack Piskorowski, James Hamilton, Rathika Suresh, Barry Madden, Gena Yeomans, Brad Newell, Vanessa Bremer, Irfan Ahmed, Alison Windmill

SECOND ROW: Anthea Mellick, Sarah Kate Barrell, Kim Carvalho, Maree Flannery, Lyndall Stewart, Aidann Stathis, Sue Atkins, Brigitte Gottwald, Louise Mahon, Narelle Cameron

THIRD ROW: Rekha Sukhavasi, Vincent Muscat, Kerry Payne, Heidi Krogh, Eduardo De Mello, Amber Wilson, Susan Glendinning, Thiago De Paula Fernando, Sandra Sonn

FOURTH ROW: Masami Noda, Alison Crawford, Melissa Cahill, Emma Laurence, Vanessa Beckett, Kylie Anderson, Sharyn Kazacos, Kerrie Chan

FIFTH ROW: Eleanor Bennetts, Anthony Bosch, Edger Martin, Richard Campbell, James McKenzie, Jeremy Brown, Raj Saba, Chloe Carr

Mr Irfan Ahmed Data Analyst BSc M Comp Sc

Mrs Maria Akle Design and Technology Assistant

Mrs Kylie Anderson Enrolments Assistant

Mr Nick Athas Netball and non-IGGSA Pathway Coordinator

Ms Sue Atkins Administrative Assistant

Mrs Tassia August Learning Enrichment Assistant Cert III Ed

Mrs Billie Bai Head of Artistic Gymnastics

Mrs Jane Ball Learning Enrichment Assistant Cert III Education Support (TA)

Mrs Kate Barrell Head of BTC BA (Human Movement Studies) Dip Ed

Mrs Asuman Barry Uniform Shop Manager/Deli Assistant

Mrs Vanessa Beckett Deli Assistant

Mrs Natalia Bootle Garcia Clerk – Accounts Payable

Mr Anthony Bosch Gardener Cert III Horticulture

Mrs Vanessa Bremer HR Manager

GradDip HR Dip Bus (HR) Dip Mgt

Mr Jeremy Brown Maintenance

Mrs Pele Burke Boarding House Supervisor

Ms Irene Burnie Technician – Audio Visual, Media and ICT

BA Music (Audio) Cert III

Entertainment

Ms Polly Butterworth Student Minister

Mrs Melissa Cahil Administrative Assistant –Community Relations

Mr Richard Campbell Head of High Performance

Mrs Kim Carvalho Risk and Compliance Officer Dip Personnel Mngt

Mrs Narelle Cameron Research Centre Technician – AV

Mrs Chloe Carr Events Coordinator

Mrs Kerrie Chan Junior School Administrative Assistant

Mr Richard Coakley Head of Rowing BA Electrical and Electronic Engineering (BE)

Administration and support staff

Mrs Lauren Coetzee

Marketing and Communications Manager

Mrs Jenny Cooper

Deli Assistant

Mrs Alison Crawford Assistant Archivist

Miss Gabrielle Cundy J unior School Library Technician

Dip (Library & Information Services)

Mrs Suzette Devendran

EA to Headmistress

Mr Eduardo De Mello Traffic Controller

Mrs Lana Edser

Sports Administrator

BEd (Physical and Health Education)

Mr Brendan Elhadi ICT Assistant

BA Science Information Tech

Ms Maree Flannery Music Administrative Assistant Cert III Business Admin

Ms Tyler Fullerton Acting Head of Dance

Mrs Evangeline Galettis OAM Archivist

Dip Teach B Ed M Ed ASAAP

Ms Brianne Gallagher

Junior Boarding House Supervisor

Ms Mairin Gibbes

Copywriter/Sub Editor BA (Comm)

Miss Katherine Gibson Events Co-Ordinator

Ms Susan Glendinning

Senior Administrative Assistant

Ms Natalie Gordon

J unior Boarding House Supervisor

Ms Brigitte Gottwald

Administrative Assistant

Mr Connor Goulding

ICT Assistant

Mr Andrew Grech

Head of Finance and Operations

B Ec (Accounting) M Com (Accounting) CA

Mrs Lisa Griffiths

Administrative Assistant

Senior Boarding House Supervisor

Miss Alicia Halls Counsellor

BA Psychological Science

Mr James Hamilton Senior Technician – Audio

Visual, Media and Data

Communications

Ms Orini Hona

Domestic Staff

Mr Kiu Hoi (Clement) Hui

Art General Assistant

Mrs Natasha Jackson PA to Head of Junior School

Mrs Sharyn Kazacos Deli Assistant

Mrs Gloria Kolaitis Administrative Assistant

Ms Petra Kovacs

Junior Boarding House Supervisor

Miss Heidi Krogh BTC Admin Assistant

Mrs Emma Laurence

Administrative Assistant

Mr Samson Leung Network Engineer Dip (Information Technology)

Mr David Lio Maintenance

Mr Barry Madden Facilities Manager

Ms Louise Mahon Research Centre Technician B Sp Sc

Mr Edger Martin Maintenance

Miss Laura Matthei Student Youth Worker

Mr James McKenzie BA Edu (Secondary) Human Movement and Health

Ms Jane McLellan

Senior Boarding House Supervisor

Mrs Anthea Mellick Payroll Officer

Mrs Abby Moar Head of Netball

Ms Dioscora Montesco Accounts Clerk

Ms Susanne Moran

Administrative Assistant

Mr Vincent Muscat Maintenance Manager

Mr Brad Newell

Finance Manager B Bus CA

Mrs Masami Noda Deli Assistant

Mrs Amybeth Owen Head of Gymnastics BEd(Primary)

Mrs Kerry Payne Junior School Administrative Assistant

Mr Jack Piskorowski

Support Services Team Leader

Mr Jean-Luc Poidevin Head of Non IGSSA Sport

Mrs Marilyn Rickard

Head of Community Relations F.EDplus

Mr Michael Rizk

Head of Tennis

Ms Marian Romeo

Learning Enrichment Assistant Cert III (Education Support)

Mr Raj Saba Senior Bookkeeper BSc (Accounting)

Ms Lindy Sardelic Uniform Shop Assistant

Mrs Yildiz Sengun Science Lab Assistant

Ms Phoebe Sewell Outside of School Hours Care Coordinator

Ms Teresa Simeone Uniform Assistant

Mrs Lee Ann Sindermann

Deli Manager

Mrs Meagan Sharpe

Alumni Relations Coordinator B Management (Events and Leisure)

Ms Chelsea Slade

Enrolments Assistant

Ms Sandra Sonn

Digital Media Coordinator

Ms Katrina Spadaro

Junior Boarding House Supervisor

Ms Aidann Stathis

Library Assistant

BLAS

Ms Lyndall Stewart

Foundation Coordinator

BA Arts and Laws

Kersten Strecker

Extra Curricular – Visual Arts teacher

Mrs Rekha Sukhavasi

ICT Support Analyst

Mrs Rathika Suresh

Director of ICT

M IT(Education) MBA MA(Ec)

Cert IV Training & Assessment

Ms Mandy Treweeke

Enrolments Manager

Miss Hope Vanny OSHC Assistant

Mr David Waggett

Second in Charge

Head of Tennis

Mrs Amber Wilson

PA to Head of Junior School

Ms Alison Windmill

Publications and Marketing Coordinator

Miss Catherine Wood Senior Boarding House Supervisor

Mrs Gena Yeomans

Director of Administration

Mrs Renee Walt Learning Enrichment Assistant

BA DipEd DipSpEd

Community relations

St Catherine’s @ play!

Once again we found ourselves wonderfully supported by our community. Parents, staff, friends and alumni all participated with enthusiasm over the year. Our thanks to the P&F Association for its innovative approach to engaging our community with an array of wonderful events. These commenced with the ever popular Welcome Cocktail Party, in partnership with the school, trivia night, the revamped Mother’s Day and Father’s Day breakfasts, the inaugural Melbourne Cup luncheon, and culminated in the fabulous twilight Christmas markets.

The foundation also increased its offerings with the inaugural State of Origin night, which was highly successful despite the torrential downpour! Proceeds from this event funded our 2018 partnership with the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP). The second Gruen-style panel was held at the Foundation cocktail party in August to resounding applause. The professional women’s networking program held four events, Women

Creatives gathered at the Ritz Cinema Randwick, and Women in STEM were joined by students and staff in the new Design and Technology Centre at the school. Women in professional services gathered together twice in the CBD. A repeat of the Year 9 and Year 10 Father Daughter Breakfast, with a focus on careers, was once again very well received.

Our Old Girls had much fun over the course of October and November for the annual reunion season, with reunions held for each of the decades commencing with the 10-year reunion. Our 5-year Old Girls also gathered and had fun reminiscing and mingling with staff in attendance.

Clementine Jenkins, Annelise Beville and India Bloom at the twilight Christmas markets

Fun at St Catherine’s playgroup

Christmas shopping in style

Community relations

Enrolments

The enrolments office toured internationally visiting China, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand. We were delighted to host dinners for our community in Shanghai and Hanoi and we look forward to ongoing international events to bring our overseas communities closer.

We held four open days over the course of the year and enjoyed welcoming prospective families to tour our school. We met our 2019 incoming families at orientation days in both the junior and senior schools and delighted in welcoming them ahead of the new school year.

Staffing

We were thrilled to welcome back our events coordinator Chloe Carr from maternity leave and bade farewell to Chelsea Slade from enrolments, as she commenced her maternity leave. Melissa Cahill and Mairin Gibbes joined our team and Ella Bahen left us for an exciting career opportunity.

Educate Plus award

The community relations office was excited to be a finalist in two categories of the 2018 Educate Plus Excellence Awards announced in September at the international conference in Auckland. Our marketing manager Lauren Coetzee and copywriter Mairin Gibbes were successful with their entry into the Admissions category for the St Catherine’s prospectus; and Lyndall Stewart, Meagan Sharpe and Marilyn Rickard in the Alumni and/or Community Campaign category for the St Catherine’s Foundation networking program. The latter was awarded Highly Commended.

Another year of productivity, camaraderie and generosity.

Marilyn Rickard Head of Community Relations

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support:

Enrolments team on tour

Lucy Steed and Marilyn Rickard

Fathers enjoying the Welcome Cocktail Party

Karissa Flecter and Nicole Williams at the Melbourne Cup luncheon

Christine Rooke, Alison Charles and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman

The St Catherine’s Foundation was established in 1983 with the objective of helping the school in two key ways:

• supporting the school’s building and endowment programs through its philanthropic endeavours; and

• bringing together and connecting our school community – parents, past parents and alumni.

The foundation continued to make great progress in these focus areas during 2018. We continued to raise funds for special projects, and our full program of foundation events brought the community together, encouraging a strong engagement with St Catherine’s and each other.

The strategic vision of the foundation is set by a board comprising representatives of the school community – current and past parents, alumni and school leadership. This vision is brought to life by the foundation’s three volunteer subcommittees. Following is a brief overview of their achievements for the year.

Endowment committee

The endowment committee encourages philanthropic support for scholarships, prizes and programs as well as bequests to the school.

In 2018, the committee was delighted to play a part in establishing the Faith Patterson Scholarship, which was named in honour of our longest serving headmistress (1955-1987). Thanks to a generous bequest received from the estate of Miss Patterson, as well as donations from our current and past community, the school will welcome the first recipient of the new, means-tested scholarship in 2019.

At the end of 2018, the school’s scholarship fund held just over $260,000, and the school had received confirmation of six bequests and two notifications of intention.

My thanks to fellow endowment committee members: Martin Smethills, Gloria Vincent and Evangeline Galettis OAM.

Capital campaign committee

The capital campaign committee develops fundraising programs to support the school with its capital works program, and for the past few years has focused on the planned Research, Performing arts and Aquatic Centre (RPAC).

To date the RPAC capital campaign has raised in excess of $3,600,000 which includes the contributions received through the Voluntary Building Fund.

My thanks to committee chair, Simon Cairncross, and committee members: Ben Bayot, Jackie Canessa, Lisa Hammond, Louise Kendall, Adam Leeming, Paul Marshall and Peter Shorthouse.

Guests watching our own ‘Gruen Panel’ at the Foundation Cocktail Party

Performance with musicians from the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Helen Deegan, Chair of the St Catherine’s Foundation

State of Origin night

Board and subcommittee membership

CATHERINE’S FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS

Ms Helen Deegan – Chair

Ms Anne-Maree Taylor – Deputy Chair

Mr Ben Bayot – commenced November 2018

Ms Georgina Byron

Mr Simon Cairncross

Mr Troy Edyvean – commenced May 2018

Ms Eugenia Kolivos

Mr Peter Shorthouse – retired September 2018

Mrs Selina Sork – retired May 2018

Mrs Evangeline Galettis OAM – OGU representative

Mrs Louise Kendall – P&F representative

Mrs Kim Millar – Council representative – retired February 2018

Rev Simon Roberts – Chair of School Council

Mr Martin Smethills – commenced August 2018

Dr Julie Townsend – Headmistress

Mrs Marilyn Rickard – Head of Community Relations and Secretary

Ms Lyndall Stewart – Foundation Coordinator and Minutes Secretary

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUBCOMMITTEE

Mr Simon Cairncross – Chair

Mr Ben Bayot

Dr Jackie Canessa – retired December 2018

Mrs Lisa Hammond – retired December 2018

Mrs Louise Kendall

Mr Adam Leeming – retired December 2018

Mr Paul Marshall – commenced February 2018, retired August 2018

Mr Peter Shorthouse – retired September 2018

Mrs Marilyn Rickard – Head of Community Relations

ENDOWMENT SUBCOMMITTEE

Mrs Selina Sork – Chair – retired May 2018

Ms Helen Deegan – Acting Chair May 2018 ongoing

Mrs Evangeline Galettis OAM

Mr Martin Smethills – commenced August 2018

Mrs Gloria Vincent

Mrs Marilyn Rickard – Head of Community Relations

Mrs Meagan Sharpe – Alumni Relations Coordinator

Ms Lyndall Stewart – Foundation Coordinator

CONNECTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE

Ms Anne-Maree Taylor – Chair

Ms Georgina Byron

Mr Troy Edyvean – commenced February 2018

Mrs Eugenia Kolivos

Mrs Marilyn Rickard – Head of Community Relations

Mrs Meagan Sharpe – Alumni Relations Coordinator

Ms Lyndall Stewart – Foundation Coordinator

Connections committee

The connections committee focuses on building positive relationships between the school and its various communities.

A key initiative of the committee is the professional women’s networking program, which connects and inspires like-minded alumni and parents. This program is going from strength to strength, increasing in both scope and participation.

The committee also continued to give fathers a special opportunity to engage with the school through the annual Father Daughter Breakfast for students in Years 9 – 10.

My thanks to committee chair Anne-Maree Taylor, as well as members Georgina Byron, Troy Edyvean and Eugenia Kolivos for their commitment to these initiatives.

Foundation events

The St Catherine’s Foundation annual cocktail party acknowledges members and parents for their philanthropic support and celebrates our unique school community. The 2018 cocktail party saw guests enjoy watching a ‘Gruen-style’ panel comprising our very own talented media parents.

We also introduced a football-themed social and fundraising event into our foundation calendar in 2018 – the State of Origin night. The event raised funds towards the Indigenous education program and a partnership with the Australian Theatre for Young People.

Foundation membership

It is pleasing to see that our foundation comprised 328 members (187 families) and 27 trustees (15 families) at the close of 2018.

Partnership program

Part of the foundation’s role is to provide a conduit between the skills and resources of our parents, wider community and students. We have forged partnerships with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Australian Theatre for Young People to benefit our music and drama students. The foundation has also helped the school source funding and mentors for special programs in STEM.

Companies associated with our parent community have also provided generous sponsorship for a number of school programs. We extend our appreciation to Pillinger and Eastcourts Tennis Club for their support of St Catherine’s tennis during 2018.

We would not be able to achieve our goals without the help of the generous parents, alumni and staff who sit on the foundation board, participate in our subcommittees, take part in our events, and donate to our programs. My heartfelt thanks to you all.

Helen Deegan, Chair

Matt Campbell, Kate Grant, Fiona Nilsson, Liz Farquarson and Tony Kendall – our ‘Gruen Panellists’

Archives

The archives department has been busy in 2018 with the beginning of numerous historical projects. In cooperation with other areas of the school, the archives section maintains, manages, and provides access to St Catherine’s records of all descriptions: visual, oral, physical, and written. These records promote understanding and appreciation of St Catherine’s history and culture, but also assist with effective decision-making for the school’s future.

We welcomed a new archives assistant in 2018, Alison Crawford who has a BA (Hons) majoring in history. Alison is an asset to the archives as she has excellent research skills and has worked tirelessly researching some unknown early history of St Catherine’s.

To these ends in 2018, the archives has researched and written historical articles and vales for The Bulletin, collated historical information, hosted groups of prospective and current students at the School Museum, helped students with history projects (such as time capsules), created historical displays for the school community and reunions.

We continued to hold Year 7 history classes and Year 8 biblical studies as well as welcoming the Year 6 enrichment class to visit and work with primary sources throughout the year.

The School Museum has been opened for various reunions. The class of 1978 and 1988 celebrated their 40 and 20 year reunions, and we prepared a booklet of their time at the school containing photos and written messages that the girls had documented in the school log books.

Earlier in 2018, the Tildesley Shield celebrated its centenary and we prepared a detailed presentation, which included research and photos of past St Catherine’s tennis players to the school and AHIGS.

In May 2018 we were asked to participate in the Waverley Historical Society history of Charing Cross. This enabled us to present a pull up time line, photos and memorabilia that were

displayed at the Waverley Library for the month of May. During that time we also held historical tours of the school for the public.

We continued to research and identify key figures in St Catherine’s history, documenting their lives and achievements, including the collection of oral histories, where possible. Documenting these, and other lives of critical significance to St Catherine’s, will continue into 2019.

We received a large collection of material from Miss Patterson’s estate comprising photographs, personal letters, school correspondence during her time as headmistress, framed gifts given on her retirement and memorabilia. This gave us great insight into Miss Patterson’s life during her time as headmistress and her life in retirement.

We were also fortunate to receive a generous collection of bookplates, books, paintings and sketches belonging to Old Girl Eirene Mort from her great nephew Tim Thelander.

The management of digitalised records continues to be a high priority, as does work with the financial operations team, to ensure appropriate retention of the school’s digital administrative information. This was highlighted by the introduction of a revised Records Retention Schedule for Non-Government Schools in April 2018. A workshop run by the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) was hosted by St Catherine’s to train other archivists in this area. The archives has achieved so much in 2018 and continued to work on the backlog of material that is continually being received.

In conclusion, we would like to acknowledge and thank Thea ToddHunter assistant archivist who left at the end of 2017, and welcome and thank Alison Crawford, who took on this role in 2018. We also thank our regular volunteers Beryl Cato, Averil Condren, Heather Christie and Susan Henderson Smart for their valuable time and commitment to the archives.

Evangeline Galettis OAM

Old Girls’ Union

Alumni

The Old Girls’ Union (OGU) began the year with their Annual General Meeting and chapel service on Saturday 3 March 2018. This year marked a special celebration as the OGU turned 120 years old. The first meeting where the ‘Past Student’s Union’ was formed, was held in November 1898, to keep past pupils in touch with each other and the school – still the main aim of the OGU today.

This year, the OGU continued with our theatre parties attending Mamma Mia! in April and Jersey Boys in November. These are now regular events for the OGU and we look forward to more in 2019, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which stars one of our Old Girls Sasha Lian OG2014.

In September we hosted afternoon tea with Year 12 as they celebrated their final week at St Catherine’s before commencing the HSC. The afternoon was full of excitement, tears and laughter as the girls opened their time capsules, which they created in Year 7. The afternoon tea was also the opportunity to connect the current Year 12 group with the OGU, where several members, including Sophie Valdeck, OGU year representative for 2013 and third generation Old Girl, spoke to the girls about life after school. The OGU welcomed Indivi Bacon and Liu (Bonnie) Suen as the year representatives for the Class of 2018.

In November, the OGU celebrated St Catherine’s Day with high tea at the Women’s Club in Sydney CBD, now a regular venue for our annual function. Over 40 Old Girls and past staff attended, and it is becoming a great opportunity for past staff to enjoy the company of their old students and also stay connected with each other and the school. In commemorating the 120 year history of the OGU, our treasurer and school archivist Evangeline Galettis OAM gave a presentation about the history of the OGU.

In 2018, we hosted a number of alumni engagement events for our Old Girls.

We began with our Generational BBQ for Old Girls and their daughters, granddaughters or nieces who attend St Catherine’s. Now in its eighth year, it is an enjoyed event on the school calendar.

We introduced our Year 12 engagement program featuring the young alumni panel, guest speaker program and career conversations lunches. These events provided opportunities for alumni to share stories on finishing the HSC and help the girls plan their final year and life after school.

In May we hosted the eighth annual Jane Barker Luncheon, celebrating our Old Girls who left St Catherine’s 50 years ago or more. Just over 40 Old Girls attended, representing year groups from 1942 to 1968. We also hosted the inaugural Careers Beyond St Catherine’s event (to be held biannually), where we invited 19 Old Girls to share their personal reflections and professional guidance with our senior students and their families. Guests were energised and motivated by the real-life experiences shared and were inspired by such confident role models.

In September, we welcomed the graduating Class of 2018 into the Old Girls community, presenting each girl with a St Catherine’s signet ring at their valedictory assembly. We hope each girl will wear their ring with pride and stay connected to the school, as they now become St Catherine’s Old Girls.

We ended the year on a high with our season of reunions, hosting the five, 10, 20, 30 and 40-year reunions over the months of October and November. We look forward to celebrating the milestone reunions in 2019 and continuing strong relationships with our many Old Girls.

Ruth Fielding

The Generational BBQ for Old Girls and their daughters, granddaughters or nieces

Parents and Friends’ Association

This year the P&F Association endeavoured to bring a sense of community and inclusivity to the association.

The year has flown by, beginning with the annual Welcome Cocktail Party, then the fabulous themed Trivia Night, hosted by the energetic Tim Shorter. The P&F Association introduced a new look senior Mothers’ Day breakfast, with a sit-down format and guest speaker Johanna Griggs. The junior Mothers’ Day breakfast activities saw the girls making all sorts of gifts for their mums. And this year’s Fathers’ Day breakfast was great fun with fathers and daughters playing laser tag.

Term 4 was busy as we introduced the successful twilight Christmas markets. It was a glorious evening, raising $37,000 for the P&F Association. This was followed by the Melbourne Cup luncheon at the Wisteria Room Centennial Park, where 100 parents enjoyed lunch and watched the race in style.

All these events were great opportunities to connect with other families and students.

Every year the school submits requests to the St Catherine’s P&F Association for funding of projects outside the curriculum and budgeted items. This has affectionately been named ‘The P&F Wish List’. Any teacher, department, staff member or parent can nominate a project that they would like funded and the P&F Association votes on these. This year’s P&F Association took the approach of ‘how do these projects benefit our community?’ We were delighted to fund projects including SchoolTV, a digital wellbeing platform, URSTRONG workshops for our junior girls and their parents, the French

language cultural immersion activity Theatre LOTE and our ongoing support of STEM programs, including purchasing Sphero Robotic Balls.

We introduced a new initiative ‘A gift to Year 12’, and our Year 12 class of 2018 asked for their common room lounges to be recovered. We also funded artist Maya Vidulich to paint the junior school bathroom doors with positive affirmations, much to the girls’ delight.

Throughout the year our dedicated Class Parents have arranged many social events for each year group and we are always grateful for their time and effort.

Finally, I’d like to thank the fabulous team on the executive:

Vice President Gayle Haydon

Treasurer Tanzim Griffiths

Secretary Sarah Ireland

Foundation Representative Louise Kendall

Uniform Committee Narelle Smethills and Jo Shipway and Nicole Hebden, who stepped in to assist Narelle

Boarders Representative Gayle Haydon

And as always, thanks to the St Catherine’s community relations team Marilyn, Chloe and Meagan for all their support over the past year.

Jacqui Parshall President

Fathers’ Day breakfast

The Welcome Cocktail Party

Johanna Griggs

Trivia Night

Mothers’ Day breakfast

FRONT ROW: Eloise Reddy, Annabelle Taylor, Alysha Rae, Zarissa Punnakris, Annabel Staines, Kiara Schuller, Sarah Scaffidi

SECOND ROW: Madison Wiltshire, Eliza Shipway, Kameel Baldeo, Eloise Wilson, Sienna White, Zoe Welborn, Hannah Pillinger

Daughters and Grand Daughters of Old Girls

Daughters and Grand Daughters of Old Girls

FRONT ROW: Lillian Trennery, Mia Loiacono, Amelie Fletcher, Zara Messis, Erin Jackson, Shoshana Rigler, Summer Jedlicka-Trennery, Annelise Beville, Blayke Piggins-Massaad, Bethany Rodriguez, Mia Caredes

SECOND ROW: Skye McDonald, Annabel Penny, Jessica Best, Hannah McDonald, Isabella El-Haddad, Tiana Vincent, Sophia Jones, Arabella Amirian, Olivia Tajer, Celeste Beville

THIRD ROW: Mackenzie Hansen, Marni Beville, Araminta Scott, Elena Caredes, Alessi Fletcher, Charlotte Williams, Isabella Needle, Sienna Springett, Tilly Clark-Jago, Jasmine Abela

FOURTH ROW: Loretta Maksimovich, Eva Nicolaou, Aliya Rahman, Eleni Cole, Madison Booth, Jessica Lamb, Caitlin Lamb, Emily Jones, Georgia Shearer

ABSENT: Sienna Galanis-Sinai, Ruby Colin, Lauren Pulley, Charlotte Sork, Helena Comino, Rowjana Bori, Kate Ruming, Ashleigh Lawson, Georgia Ireland, Matilda Borthwick, Eloise Wilson