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…
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…
School Historian Victor Branson has discovered a collection of items belonging to Old Andrean and WWI soldier, Captain John Francis Piggott. Branson found the items while conducting research in the school’s archives. They offer a fascinating window into Piggott’s world: his schooling, family life and untimely death during…
NSW President of the Australian College of Educators Lila Mularczyk surprised our Acting Deputy Head of School Kirsten Macaulay when she slipped into last Monday’s Professional Development Day to break some exciting news in front of school staff. Ms Mularczyk announced: I’d like to say good…
Former school captain Trystan Go (OA 2019) has spent the past two years balancing university studies with a busy professional acting career in blockbuster films. Ethan Crosweller caught up with Trystan to discover what he has planned for 2021 and beyond. Trystan in Occupation: Rainfall What…
The fully restored and updated Chapter House – the beautiful gothic building adjacent to St Andrew’s Cathedral – was officially opened by the Most Reverend Dr Glenn Davies, Archbishop of Sydney, on Thursday, 11 March 2021. The stunning restored Chapter House. The project was jointly managed by St Andrew’s Cathedral…
Your Choicez presenter Over the past two weeks, students in Years 8 and 10 have attended a series of seminars produced by YourChoicez – an organisation that seeks to educate students about developing healthy relationships. Students already benefit from a Personal Development syllabus that provides excellent grounding in these areas and a Pastoral…
In 2021, St Andrew’s Cathedral School has welcomed back two interns, and has introduced two new interns from Alphacrucis College as part of a program that seeks to give trainee teachers first-hand experience in the classroom. The program is part of The Teaching School Alliance – Sydney (TSAS) – a unique…
Congratulations to the following Year 9 students who have been commissioned as Middle School leaders and ambassadors for 2021. The students were presented with their badges at our Middle School Assembly on Monday 1 February. Middle School Leaders Lois ArthursonChloe BadgerBrendan BennettDaniel BottRama Chadda-HarmerCallista ChristabelCleo GavagnaDaniel GowJack LesnieLewis O’SullivanBronte ParkinGrace Patching…
The Cathedral, Chapter House and school foyer were transformed as part of the Big City Make Off today in order to raise funds for Rough edges, a community organisation that seeks to support people experiencing homelessness and marginalisation. Students from each of the eight house groups created their own lolly…
To read the IB Diploma results snapshot, click here. St Andrew’s Cathedral School is celebrating its best ever IB Diploma results. Deputy Head of School (Secondary) Mr Brad Swibel wrote to the school community to announce the stunning results: We are delighted with the 2020 IB Diploma results,…
Olivia Hayes’ exceptional HSC results came as a shock for the talented sportswoman, whose major work in Design and Technology was selected among the final works to be displayed in the HSC Shape 2020 exhibition. She is now thinking of changing her university preferences to include a design element.
