We are delighted to announce that Dr Kirsten Macaulay, Deputy Head Quality Teaching K – 12, has been named one of Australia’s best educators, with her inclusion on the Educator’s Hot List 2024. The Educator’s Hot List recognises the ‘movers and shakers’ in Australia’s education industry, their achievements spanning the…
St Andrew’s Cathedral School is thrilled to announce our excellent HSC results for the 2024 cohort. Asher Camejo-Hart and Joshua Mitchell are joint HSC Duxes, with ATARs of 98.5. Asher achieved an outstanding 95/100 in Mathematics Extension 2. Joshua achieved an outstanding 92/100 in Economics, 95/100 in both Software Design and Development and…
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) results for our 2024 cohort were released this morning. We are thrilled that our students achieved excellent marks, with the largest number of IBDP students the School has ever had, achieving above 95 and 90 ATAR, and above 40 and 42…
On Thursday 16 May, the following students from Years 5 and 6 participated in the NSW da Vinci Decathlon at Knox Grammar School. They worked together to do so well. Year 5 – Patrick Bloxsom, Idelia Cao, Elliot Fok, Winnie Hong, Ben McDonald, Bill Pan, Jonathan Wood and Tom Xue…
On Saturday 18 May, Charlie Swan (Year 8) was under the bright spotlights at the Sydney Opera House as he sang a leading part in Mendelssohn’s Elijah. It’s been an exciting journey for this St Andrew’s chorister who first joined a choir when he was in primary school and became…
What an engaging way to encourage students to love reading than putting them in front of some of the best children’s authors on the block. On Thursday 23 May, selected students from Years 3 to 6 attended the Sydney Writer’s Festival: Primary School Days program at Sydney Town Hall. The…
Today St Andrew’s Cathedral School celebrated International Women’s Day with an inspiring School Assembly. The students and staff strongly affirmed the School’s theme of Stronger Together, with the Assembly showcasing our long-standing tradition of taking action for a world where women and men live and work together in strong, equal,…
At the end of Term 2, a selection of passionate, engaged Senior School students took part in organizing and running a Model United Nations activity for Secondary School Students, which proved to be a deeply insightful and enriching experience for all involved. Taking place over a full day,…
A new coaching and mentoring programme has been developed at St Andrew’s Cathedral School, designed to maximise the experience of our new teaching staff. The flexible program acknowledges and celebrates that regardless of experience, all our teachers possess teaching expertise and creativity, and that with the right support and empowerment,…
At the beginning of this year, students Anais Williamson (Year 12), Andrew Medellin (Year 11) and Connor Nelson (Year 10) won scholarships to participate in the Immerse Education Summer Holiday Programme hosted at the University of Sydney. In order to be selected for the programme, students were asked to submit…
This year, we will be raising funds to refresh our iconic rooftop recreation area. We asked our archivist Kelton Jarvis to share the history of our School’s various rooftop playgrounds which students have enjoyed across the decades. The concept of playgrounds as an essential educational element in a child’s development…
Old Andrean Andrew Smythe is back after leaving St Andrew’s Cathedral School over 30 years ago. In this interview, Andrew speaks about his experience as a student and what he’s learning now as a teacher-in-training. Andrew Smythe: the student becomes the teacher Why did you decide to come back to…
