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Watts taking SACS from strength to strength

Watts taking SACS from strength to strength

Athlete Development Manager Chris Watts is combining insights from his time at SACS with his experience working with senior rugby league players in order to create programs that develop physically strong and mature athletes. In this interview, Chris speaks about his passion for physical development and what SACS is doing to develop students’ physical abilities.

From SACS to Cambridge and back again

From SACS to Cambridge and back again

Year 10 student Anais Williamson has been honing her creative writing skills with the help of tutors from Cambridge University. Thanks to Immerse Education, she’s done it all from the comfort of her own home. In this article, Anais shares her experience. Anais Williamson The last thing Anais Williamson was thinking about at…

Year 12 IB Visual Arts Virtual Exhibition

Year 12 IB Visual Arts Virtual Exhibition

The IBDP Visual Arts Virtual Exhibition 2021 is the culmination of two years of studio practice and theoretical investigations by students who have undertaken the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme course in Visual Arts at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in 2020 – 2021.

What I’ve learnt as Head of an Indigenous school

What I’ve learnt as Head of an Indigenous school

In this piece, Dr John Collier reflects on his past 12 years as Head of Gawura School and shares 10 of his key learnings in light of his departure from St Andrew’s Cathedral School and Gawura at the end of 2021. This talk was delivered at the National Indigenous Education Summit in October…

Price finds his place in University mathematics

Price finds his place in University mathematics

Year 12 student Samuel Price attended Macquarie University earlier this year to complete a university level mathematics subject. He achieved a high distinction and received an early offer to study at the University next year. In this interview, Samuel reflects on his experience and his plans for future study. Firstly, how…

Nguyen’s invention attracting attention

Nguyen’s invention attracting attention

  St Andrew’s Cathedral School’s 20-day expedition typically begins at Mt Kosciuszko and ends at the Victorian coast. But the 2019 bushfires made Dylan Nguyen’s experience a little different and resulted in his development of an award-winning app. Dylan experienced the consequences of New South Wales’ infamous 2019 summer of bushfires firsthand. He was…

Brownlie qualifies for nationals

Brownlie qualifies for nationals

Year 12 student Lucy Brownlie competed in the State Final of the Rostrum Public Speaking competition earlier this term. In this interview she speaks about the competition and the challenge of dealing with public speaking jitters. Lucy Brownlie What did the competition involve? It firstly involved writing an original speech on a broad topic.

New 2021-22 Student Leadership Team announced

New 2021-22 Student Leadership Team announced

Our incoming Student Leadership team for 2021-22 was announced on Thursday morning. These Year 11 students will officially be commissioned into their roles at a special assembly next term. Congratulations to: 2022 House captains School Captains: Joshua Ralph, Saffron Little School Vice Captains: Oliver Millar, Miriam Sholl House Captains: Canterbury –…

Students find their voice in OnCampus

Students find their voice in OnCampus

Every term a small group of budding young writers get together to produce a school-wide student newsletter which seeks to keep students up-to-date with news from within the school community and address some of the current global issues. They’ve called it On Campus, which is a fitting name for a…

SACS Factor rocks the Cathedral

SACS Factor rocks the Cathedral

SACS Factor rocked the school today as students from Years 7 to 12 danced, strummed, drummed, sung and even rapped in front of a packed Cathedral and Chapter House.   An enthusiastic audience was treated to a smorgasbord of songs from across the decades on Tuesday morning. The annual house-based competition is…

Success for SACS in Da Vinci Decathlon

Success for SACS in Da Vinci Decathlon

Students from across the school competed in the NSW Da Vinci Decathlon earlier this month and achieved outstanding results with our Year 8 team taking out first place in the Art & Poetry discipline.  The Da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge and stimulate the…