Two of our high-achieving IB Diploma 2022 graduates, Ella Fleming and Jamie Sullivan, are taking full advantage of being able to travel to other countries and have decided to undertake the next stage of their education overseas. Here, they provide some highlights of their journey at St Andrew’s Cathedral School…
Our 2022 IB Diploma students achieved the best results in the school’s history. We spoke to two passionate Maths and Physics students – Nick Langford and Sofia Brassington – who scored 44 (out of 45), to discover what their highlights of School were, their thoughts on the IB Diploma and…
Year 11 music scholar Jade Park recently returned home from the USA, where she won two highly prized international trumpet/brass competitions. Jade Park at the International Women’s Brass Conference in Denton, Texas, with her trumpet teacher Dr Carole Reinhart and her husband, Manfred Stoppaucher (also a trumpet player) from Austria. …
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…
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 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.
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.
For Remembrance Day 2020, one talented Year 4 student put his incredibly intricate display of a World War 1 battefield diorama on display in the St Andrew’s Cathedral School foyer. Mahé developed a passion for war history after a visit to the Western Front in France and Belgium in 2019…
Year 12 (2021) student Amy Diaz has put the design thinking skills taught in the school’s StartUp entrepreneurial program to real-life use, winning a UNSW high school Hackathon competition. Amy Diaz Working as part of a small team of students from all over Sydney, Amy developed an app which she…
2020 has been a whirlwind year for our senior students. Earlier this term we welcomed our new student leadership team to lead the student body over the next four terms. Anthony Segaert chatted with 2020-21 school captains Jessica Duncan and Dylan Nguyen to learn about their experiences of the year, and…
Year 11 student Trystan Go, who stars in the SBS TV series The Family Law, recently returned to school after six weeks away, filming Season 3. Anthony Segaert caught up with Trystan to discover how he balances an acting career with schoolwork. Trystan Go stars in The Family Law on…
