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Welcome to a new school year in 2022

Welcome to a new school year in 2022

The start of this new year brought with it a new Head of School – Dr Julie McGonigle, who is already well known and highly regarded by the St Andrew’s Cathedral School and Gawura communities. Here, she explains what sets our schools apart: “Honest and integrous”, “grounded, with a rare…

Three musicians hit HSC high notes

Three musicians hit HSC high notes

Justin Chen, Timothy Moore and Jarrod Choi received the top three HSC ATARs for their year group. They also happen to be close friends, having played music together in a chamber ensemble over the past three years. In this interview, Justin speaks about his success and the power of camaraderie.

Strong all-rounders a highlight of 2021 HSC cohort

Strong all-rounders a highlight of 2021 HSC cohort

The HSC results are in and we have so much to celebrate! Our students have achieved some excellent results and personal achievements. Considering the challenges all students, staff (and their families) faced during both 2020 and 2021, this is an extremely satisfying outcome for students, parents and teachers. Some of…

Best ever results by 2021 IB Diploma cohort

Best ever results by 2021 IB Diploma cohort

Another exceptional year for IB Diploma graduates We are delighted to announce the outstanding results of our International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) 2021 cohort. They are the best IB Diploma results in the school’s history. An outstanding 14 per cent (out of a cohort of 44 students) achieved an ATAR…

Staff feature in Australian Education Awards 2021

Staff feature in Australian Education Awards 2021

Three St Andrew’s Cathedral School staff members were shortlisted for the Australian Education Awards held in early December, with Rhonda Robson winning the prized Primary School Principal of the Year award. Rhonda Robson – Winner of Primary School Principal of the Year (non-Government schools) Rhonda is a Deputy Head of St…

Prefects prepare to support First Nations students

Prefects prepare to support First Nations students

Meet our “Bridging Schools” prefects! The newest role within our Student Leadership Team is dedicated to using our school programs to benefit First Nations students in rural Australia. Here, we chat with Oscar and Jeremy to find out more about the project. Prefects Oscar Pain & Jeremy Tran What is the Bridging Schools Project? The Bridging Schools…

Music students receive early offer to attend the ‘Con’

Music students receive early offer to attend the ‘Con’

All of our Year 12 students who applied for early entry to attend Sydney University’s Conservatorium of Music in 2022 have been offered a place! Maddie Olney at Showcase There are eight students completing Music 2 as part of the HSC this year. Five of the eight have been offered early entry into the…

Pastor Minniecon attends UN’s COP26 climate conference

Pastor Minniecon attends UN’s COP26 climate conference

Pastor Ray Minniecon, co-founder of Gawura School and a St Andrew’s Cathedral School Council member, has travelled to Glasgow to attend the United Nation’s 26th Climate Change Conference (also known as COP 26) on behalf of Australia’s First Nations’ community.   Pastor Ray Minniecon at Showcase 2021…

Violet’s ‘Hope’ recognised with literary award

Violet’s ‘Hope’ recognised with literary award

Year 4 student Violet Bloxsom has been awarded second place in the Year K-6 Prose Category of the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature. This highly esteemed competition is for primary and secondary students across the state. We caught up with Violet to hear about what she wrote. The Mosman Youth Awards in Literature…

StartUp Finale: winners announced

StartUp Finale: winners announced

The StartUp Finale last night was a fabulous celebration of entrepreneurship by all involved. Just as many ideas and products of participating teams were reimagined along this year’s StartUp journey, so too, the Finale organisers needed to pivot and adjust to accommodate the various COVID restrictions. The resulting online Finale…

Students opt for rough night over soft beds

Students opt for rough night over soft beds

A group of Year 11 students have decided to spend a night outside, forsaking the comforts of a warm bed and shelter. It’s all part of ‘Roughtober’, a community sleepout event raising money for people experiencing homelessness and marginalisation. Students experience ‘sleeping rough’ for Roughtober. On Friday 15 October, a group of Year 11…

Meet our 2021-22 school captains

Meet our 2021-22 school captains

Our incoming school captains for 2021-22 were announced at the end of Term 2. An official induction ceremony of the Senior Leadership Team will now take place in Term 4. In the meantime, we thought it was time our community met school captains Saffron Little and Joshua Ralph (pictured below in the…