From the Assistant Principal

Year 12 Trial Examinations

All students in Year 12 will sit their HSC Trial Examinations from Monday 1 August – Monday 15 August. These important assessments are the culmination of considerable work and effort over the senior years and provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Our thoughts and prayers go with Year 12 as they undertake this challenge.

Census Data Collection- August 

Please find below the Parent Privacy Notice regarding the August Census, data collected by the Commonwealth Government.

The notice provides information regarding what data is shared with the Commonwealth in the census & measures to protect privacy.

2022 Census Privacy Notice

SCS Standard Collection Notice

College Winter Uniform

COMPASS Student Card

It is a College expectation that all students have their COMPASS student ID card with them everyday. The card is used in particular for students to tap in and out of the College for late arrival or early departure. I ask for the support of parents in ensuring that your daughter/s have this with them everyday.  If students have misplaced or lost their student ID card it is a requirement that the card is replaced. Please see below for how to order a new card online.

COVID Update – Term 3

Guidelines for close/household contacts

Close contacts attending school will need to adhere to the following:

• Notify the school;
• Conduct a daily RAT and return a negative result each morning before attending school for 5 school days;
• Wear a mask indoors except when eating or exercising (mandatory staff and secondary students);
• Not permitted to participate in overnight excursions, including school camps;
• Not permitted to attend settings identified as high risk by NSW Health (healthcare, aged care, disability care or correctional facilities); and
• Any visitor (who is a close contact) is required to advise the school & the ‘visit’ will be conducted virtually.

Reducing risk of illness in winter

• Stay home if unwell.
• Keep up to date with vaccinations – including the flu vaccine, which is available from your local GP, pharmacy or Aboriginal Medical Service. Flu vaccines are free for all aged 6 months and older.
• Consider wearing a mask indoors except when eating or exercising (NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant has asked all residents across NSW to start wearing masks again in indoor spaces such as shops, public transport and aged care facilities).
• Have your booster vaccines as advised by NSW Health (including a fourth dose for those over 30 & for those who are medically vulnerable). NSW Health Vaccine FAQs link.
• Get tested immediately for COVID-19 if you become symptomatic and isolate until you receive a negative result.
• If you receive a positive result follow NSW Health isolation instructions.
• Practice good hand hygiene by washing regularly with soap and water.
• Take a RAT before visiting vulnerable loved ones or going to large gatherings and events.
• Practice physical distancing wherever possible.

Additional RATs are available from the College student Administration Office.

If your daughter is COVID positive they are not to return to school until they have completed their full seven days isolation. The medical clearance letter received from NSW Health when a case is reported via the Service NSW app or if the PCR test is positive, indicates the isolation period dates. Students can return the day after the end date for the isolation period and no sooner as long as they are not presenting with symptoms.  

Please send through medical clearance letter received from NSW health to mscw-attendance@syd.catholic.edu.au.

This article on College life meets The Archbishop’s Charter for Catholic Schools – Charter #2, #6 & #8