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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
Since its launch, StartUp has inspired students to think creatively about coming up with business ideas. Where are those ideas now? …
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…
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.
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 –…
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 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…
