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The Story of Altiora Week - The Student Leaders of Learning Recap This New Initiative | Mc Auley
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (477+ words) Competition was fierce in the Spelling Bee Grand Final as students took on teachers in a battle of words. Some traditions are handed down. Others are built by people who see something great and think: we can add to this....
Term 2 Social Justice Focus - The Parramatta Women's Shelter
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (460+ words) A Mother's Day Stall was held at lunchtime on Tuesday, 5th May as one of the many fundraisers this term for The Parramatta Women's Shelter. This term, the school's social justice focus is the Parramatta Women's Shelter. Led by Ryan and…...
Year 10 Dance and Visual Arts Collaboration
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (333+ words) Year 10 Visual Arts students sketched the Year 10 Dance students in real time. During Term 1, students from Mrs T. Flynn's Year 10 Dance class and Mrs E. Langbein-Pass's Year 10 Visual Arts class came together for a unique collaborative learning experience exploring the human form…...
Year 8 Geography Explore Manly Dam
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (340+ words) Year 8 Geography students recently headed to Manly Dam for an exciting fieldwork opportunity where they applied their classroom learning about Water in the World to a real-world environment. Students became real-life geographers for the day, conducting turbidity and water quality…...
Exploring Art and Photography at Cockatoo Island
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (372+ words) The industrial architecture, cranes, warehouses, and dock structures reflect elements of turn-of-the-century modernism, where functional design and new building technologies began shaping industrial spaces in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Observing these structures helped us understand how form, function, and…...
Meet The Catherine Mc Auley Dance Choreographers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (594+ words) The 2026 Catherine Mc Auley Dance Choregraphers "Catherine Mc Auley Dance students bring such joy and a passion for dance that is infectious," says Dance Teacher Mrs T. Flynn, as she shares her excitement about working with the Catherine Mc Auley Dance…...
High Achievers from the Class of 2025 Honoured at High Achievers Assembly
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (563+ words) High Achievers from the Class of 2025 A special High Achievers Assembly was held to recognise students from the Class of 2025 who excelled in the 2025 Higher School Certificate examinations. Twenty-two students were acknowledged, with 20 in attendance, for their determination to "strive…...
Year 10 Visual Arts Students Explore The Human Form
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) Year 10 Visual Arts students in class this month. From the very first week of term, the Yr 10 Visual Arts students have immersed themselves in an exciting and creatively challenging exploration of the Human Form in "Motion and Space. This dynamic…...
School Community Gathers Together To Celebrate The Beginning Of The New School Year
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (377+ words) The school community gathered together for the Opening School Mass on Friday, 6th February 2026. The Catherine Mc Auley Westmead Opening School Mass on Friday, 6th February 2026 marked a meaningful and uplifting start to the school year. Students, staff, parents and a wide…...
Catherine Mc Auley Westmead Welcomes New Director of Wellbeing
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (451+ words) The school welcomes Mrs Gemma Mc Dermott who joins the Catherine Mc Auley Westmead community in the role as Director of Wellbeing, a newly created leadership role at the school and one which will work closely with Ms Debbie Grigson,…...