Support Scholarships Through Art

We are proud to present over 100 amazing artworks created by Old Girls, current and former Visual Arts staff, and friends of the SCEGGS community.

We have artworks in varying sizes, media and budgets.

By purchasing a work, you will support the Old Girls’ Union scholarship program and help girls in the future to have the benefit of a SCEGGS education.

Enquiries to Jo Whiteman. 

Click here view the website!

SCEGGS Old Girls’ Union

School Photographs

School photographs are taken and managed by Advanced Life Photography. Photo Order Envelopes have been distributed to students. The envelope will have instructions on how to order school photography packages via their website.

To order online, you will also need to enter the 9 digit SCEGGS Advanced order code, which can be found here.

Sibling Photographs

If you wish to purchase a photo of two or more siblings together, you must order online, and note that the order must be placed before 9.00am on Wednesday 5 June; sibling photographs will only be taken if an order has been placed more than 24 hours before Photograph Day.

Additional order conditions to note:

• Late fees – a late fee will be applied to each package purchased more than 7 days after photo day due to the additional cost of producing these packages separately
• Package delivery – photographic packages will be returned to school for distribution approximately six weeks after photos are taken
• Previous Years’ photos – Past years’ photographs including sports, co-curricular and representative groups are also available to order under the “previous years or group photo” tabs at your school’s advancedorder site when you click on the “Order School Photos Here” button above. You can also order past packages, portrait images and gifts from your child’s unique, individual and secure advancedyou image archive site using the unique 9 digit image code found on packages you have ordered in the past.

Please contact Advanced Life if you have any other questions.

Outdoor Classroom Day in the Primary School

On Thursday 23 May, the Primary School celebrated Outdoor Classroom Day. The Student Representatives enjoyed providing and facilitating a range of activities for all the girls to participate in, and support the initiative at lunch time, led by each year group’s representatives. The girls were involved in making necklaces, dream catchers with wool and natural materials, rock painting to be displayed in the fairy garden, painting wooden coasters, making animals out of paper rolls, and painting material bags.

Outdoor Classroom Day is an initiative supporting the evidence that learning outside of the classroom engages and excites children and is key to improving children’s health, wellbeing and happiness, and is an essential part of their development.

Some of the benefits of learning and playing outside include enhanced social and collaborative skills, better engagement with learning, and overall happiness.

Here are some images from the day 

Kate Jordan-Watt
The Primary SRC Team

Year 6 Camp

In Week 3, Year 6 set off on their Outdoor Education Camp at Attunga in the beautiful Southern Highlands. We were extremely lucky to have beautiful weather. The sunny days made the views even more spectacular, and the clear nights allowed for stargazing and even the sighting of a shooting star!

Southbound staff taught the girls the importance of always caring for the natural environment and enabled them to identify the specific trees and plants that were once used for food, healing wounds and making shelters, as they trekked on their Bushwalk.

The giant swing was a huge hit with both staff and students, with most girls and staff taking themselves 18 metres high to experience the exhilarating view. Other highlights included mountain bike riding, canoeing and a range of initiative activities. Year 6 particularly enjoyed the talk from an Indigenous Elder; his knowledge and experience of the land allowed the girls to learn the method of starting a fire using sticks, make music using leaves and embrace the land.

It was wonderful to see Year 6 being so supportive of each other, following the challenge by choice motto by providing encouragement when needed and accepting everyone’s choices.  

We were very proud of the girls and the way they conducted themselves throughout the entire camp, stepping out of their comfort zone, working as a team, and forging new friendships. There are so many positive memories that Year 6 will take away from this camp and it was a pleasure for the staff to accompany this great year group on their final Primary School camp.

Reflection from the students 

Annabelle, Ella, Elodie, Sarah and Claire have written a few words about their experience at Year 6 Camp and how they were able to take the learning dispositions from the classroom and use them at camp. Great to see a positive transfer of learning!

“During Year 6 camp we had to use our SCEGGS learning dispositions. Year 6 showed Curiosity during an indigenous education session, by asking insightful questions and expanding our knowledge about Indigenous culture.

We all displayed Courage on the giant swing. It was terrifying and exhilarating, but we had the support of our friends cheering us on which pushed us to step out of our comfort zones.

Everyone showed Persistence during our scenic bush walk by not giving up and pushing through to get a well-deserved reward, which was the beautiful view at the top.

We had to be Collaborative with our friends during our canoeing session. Working together with our partners allowed us to steer our canoe and not capsize. Fortunately, no one tipped over.

Year 6 showed that they could be Flexible, leaving the comforts of our homes and experiencing the great outdoors.

At the end of our Primary School camp journey, we were given time to sit and Reflect with our peers and camp leaders on our new experiences and friendships”.

We congratulate Year 6 on demonstrating all of these learning dispositions and more over the course of the Camp.

Melissa Joukhadar
Acting Wellbeing Programs Leader

Drama News

U.K. Drama Tour 2025

We’re heading to the UK in June/July 2025 for an exciting immersion of theatre and workshops in Stratford and London. The trip is open to all girls who will be in Years 10, 11 and 12 in 2025. They do not have to be students of the academic drama courses but should have a genuine interest in the performing arts.

An information session will be conducted via a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, June 5 at 6.30pm. Interested families should register their interest with Mr Eyers to obtain a zoom link and itinerary guide.

Nell Gwynn – Senior School Production

Bookings are now open for our next production – Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn.

Book your tickets here.

The senior ensemble will be presenting Nell Gwynn from Wednesday June 12 to Friday June 14 at 7.00pm, and Saturday June 15 at 1.00pm.

Venue is The St Peter’s Playhouse. Nell Gwynn was first performed at Shakespeare’s Globe, London in 2015.

The time is the 1600s. Charles II has ascended to the throne. Prior to his reign, women were banned from appearing on stage. “The theatre was the domain of ACT-ors not ACT– oresses!“

That was until the likes of Moll Davies, Peg Hughes and the eponymous Nell Gwynn arrived on stages;

It’s a rollicking tale performed by students from years 10-12. And it looks sumptuous as befitting the period. Don’t be put off by the historical content … it’s a comedy with a fierce feminist narrative.

The cast features Lucie McCutcheon (Year 10), Verona Floro (Year 10), Aurelia Cortese (Year 11), Camille McCarthy (Year 11), Sage Galafassi (Year 10), Madeleine Wilson (Year 10), Mia Jonson (Year 11), Magellan Kelly (Scots), Julia Piazza (Year 11), Emma Siegloff (Year 11), Marine Smith (Year 12), Mia Webster (Year 11), Lara Gavan (Year 11), Talia Barrack (Year 10), Frances O’Donnell (Year 10), Aasha Maunsell (Year 11), Cyndell McDonald Georgetown (Year 10), Scarlett Falzon (Year 10).

Peter Eyers
Head of Drama

Secondary Sport

Term 3 Activity Selection

Secondary Term 3 Activity Selection is due to be submitted by 9.30pm on Thursday 30 May (today) via Clipboard.

This includes all sporting activities available to students in Years 7-12 for Term 3.

Students may continue with the same activity throughout the year; however, parents/carers must re-enrol students every term.

Complete the Term 3 Secondary Sport Activity Selection now.

Parents/Carers must log in to Clipboard to complete Activity Selection:

1. Sign in using your existing credentials used to access to the SCEGGS parent portal as clipboard uses single sign on (sso).
2. In the left-hand menu, click on ‘Activity Selection’.
3. Complete and submit.
   • If you have more than one daughter at SCEGGS, click on their name (top right-hand corner) to submit specifically for each child.

If you are yet to access Clipboard, please click here to view the instructions.

Football

After a wet, slow start to the football season, our SCEGGS Footballs Teams have clicked into gear and are off to a flying start.

SCEGGS 1 are sitting at the top of the table following a 6-1 win against Pymble 2s at the weekend. A special thank you goes to Year 10 Bella Buckley and Ava Ertle, who travelled to Pymble after their own match and played for both SCEGGS 1 & 2 teams on the weekend.

SCEGGS 2 are currently in 3^rd place overall after defeating St Vincent’s College 4–0 on the weekend. A shout out to Claire Gyton (Year 9), Lulu Weston (Year 8), Allegra Jonson (Year 9) and Molly Andrews (Year 9) who all played for the 2’s on the weekend and then played their own junior 1^st match. Sage Galafassi (Year 10) played an excellent match in defence.

SCEGGS 3 have bounced back with a 3-0 win over Kambala after a close match against Kincoppal the week before that resulted in a 2-2 draw. Verona Floro (Year 10) was very strong in defence.

SCEGGS 4 defeated Kambala 4 with a 7-1. Playing in her first season of football, Freya McKinley-Rowe (Year 12) scored her first goals for SCEGGS. Shout out to Scarlett Sewell (Year 12) who scored a hat trick.

SCEGGS 5 have discovered their winning play after their 5 -0 win against MLC on the weekend and currently sit in 5^th place overall. After playing for the Senior 2’s, Molly Andrews (Year 9) backed up with 5 goals! There was great team play that led to many of the goals scored. 

SCEGGS 6 are currently in 3^rd place overall after their 6-0 win over St Vincent’s College on Saturday. Josie Hatherall (Year 8) scored 4 fabulous goals while Lucinda Morgan (Year 8) and Ella Moufarrige (Year 9) also scored a goal each.

SCEGGS 7 have had a tough season so far and have had some narrow loses. Up against a strong Kambala side, the girls never gave up and fought back well in the second half and were rewarded with a goal.

SCEGGS 8 are sitting in 2^nd place after a 5-1 win against Stella Maris. The team were focused on their passing skills and possessing the ball as opposed to the scoreline. They have been building their teamwork steadily throughout the season.

SCEGGS 9 had a tough game against Meriden and were defeated 6-0 after a close win against Kambala the week before. They are now 1 win and 1 loss to start the season.

Hockey

Congratulations to Maddi Soulos (Year 7) on being selected to represent Sydney East Hockey Association (SEHA) at the U14 Girls State Championships held in Wagga Wagga this past weekend. The competition was tight with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 close losses. It was a fun weekend with the girls learning a lot and developing their skills. We look forward to hearing how the team goes in Canberra on the June long weekend. 

SCEGGS Around the Grounds

We would like to share some photos and a video of our students in action over the past week.

SCEGGS at Play

Do you have any sporting news or photos to share in the Green Gate?

We love seeing our students being active and want to celebrate their passion and enjoyment amongst the SCEGGS community. Please send in any action shots from the weekend and any other interesting sporting highlights to Alison Gowan.

SCEGGS Training sessions before and after school plus Saturday Sport

Any cancellations or adjustments will be made in Clipboard and families will receive a notification or email when changes are made. Please ensure you have notifications enabled.

IGSA Fixtures, Results and Wet Weather

The IGSA website and platform for accessing wet weather, and team results can be found here.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself on 9052 2721 or 0418 491 521.

Alison Gowan
Director of Sport

Primary Sport

Round 4 of the IPSHA Netball competition took place on Saturday 25 May at Moore Park and Ravenswood. The SCEGGS teams were in fine form, coming away with six wins and two losses. The 6A team battled it out against Ascham in what was a fast-paced game, taking the win 8-7. The 6B team had one of their best performances of the season, winning convincingly against Kambala. The 5A team narrowly lost against PLC Sydney, and the 5B team were too strong for Meriden, coming away with an 8-0 win. The Year 4 teams came away with two wins, and special mention to the 4B team, who won 5-3 against Kambala, despite playing with no reserves.

Each week there is a training focus for the Netball teams, and this week timing and spatial awareness were the focus at training. It is great to see the improvements the girls are making each week.

Meet some of the IPSHA Netball coaches. We have some new faces:

IPSHA Minkey/Hockey took place across various venues in Sydney, and all teams performed well, despite being low on numbers. Special mention to Luca Tuigamala (Year 4) who filled in for the combined Year 4/5 team, helping the team come away with a 5-1 win against Loreto. The team continues their excellent form with three straight wins.

Student Achievements:

Shoutout this week goes to Emily Snow (Year 5). From May 20 – 21 May, Emily competed in a two-day carnival in Albury, representing the Metro East AFL team for the Under 12s All Schools. She came up against girls much taller than her, however that didn’t deter her from playing with a lot of courage and ‘shining her light’. Emily not only did an amazing job on the field but made some strong friendships with her teammates, and described the experience as one of the best she has been a part of. What an amazing experience and achievement. Congratulations Emily!

Primary Athletics Carnival

The Primary Athletics Carnival will be taking place in Week 8, however the 1500m races will take place in Week 6. All confident runners are invited to participate in the 1500m Athletics Carnival Event on Monday, 3rd June, 2024 at ES Marks Athletics Field, Kensington.

The bus will depart SCEGGS at 3.20pm.

Students who do not usually attend Monday Athletics training are welcome to join in for the rest of the afternoon OR may be picked up from ES Marks at approximately 4.40pm. For those wishing to participate in the whole session, it will conclude at 5.00 pm.

The bus will return any students to SCEGGS, departing ES Marks at 5:00 pm and arriving at SCEGGS at approximately 5.15 pm.

Please complete the sign-up form using this link.

Term 3 Activity Selection

Primary Term 3 Activity Selection is due to be submitted by Friday 31 May (tomorrow) via Clipboard.

This contains all sporting activities available to students in Year K-6 for Term 3, including Gymnastics and Dance.

Students may continue with the same activity throughout the year; however, parents/carers must re-enrol students every term.

Complete the Term 3 Primary Sport Activity Selection now.

Parents/Carers must log in to Clipboard to complete Activity Selection:

1. Sign in using your existing credentials used to access to the SCEGGS parent portal as clipboard uses single sign on (sso).
2. In the left-hand menu, click on ‘Activity Selection’.
3. Complete and submit.
   • If you have more than one daughter at SCEGGS, click on their name (top right-hand corner) to submit specifically for each child.

If you are yet to access Clipboard, please click here to view the instructions.

Upcoming Dates:

K- 1 Games activities have continued each Thursday afternoon. The students have been playing a range of fun games to develop their fundamental movement skills.

Primary Athletics Training has been running each Monday and Thursday afternoons. Students rotate through a range of track and field activities, working with our expert coaches to improve their skills and understanding of Athletics.

Have a wonderful week!

Mr Adrian Hammond
Primary Sports Coordinator

Debating

Congratulations to the Primary B, Primary A, Year 8 and Year 10 ISDA teams for winning their Quarter Final debates last Friday! This is such a fantastic achievement for each team, and reflects their skill, teamwork, and dedication to the ISDA season. The ISDA Debating Competition consists of 32 schools, so that means each team is in the top four of 32. SCEGGS has the equal highest number of teams through to this stage of the competition – there will be only one other school that is represented in four divisions this Friday.

The SCEGGS ISDA teams will be debating at Ascham, so it would be lovely to have a whole contingent of debaters to support each other. The bus for these debates will leave SCEGGS at 4pm. Please note that for Year 8 and Year 10 the timings of their debates are slightly adjusted: prep for Year 8 will begin at 5.00pm, and the debate will be at 5.45pm, while prep for Year 10 will begin at 6.30pm, and the debate will be at 7.15pm.

Our Archdale teams are also off to a fantastic start this season: this week we won the 7B, 8A, Year 9, Year 10, and Senior (Year 11) debates against Danebank, meaning that the 7Bs, 8As, Year 10s, and Seniors have won 2/2 debates.

Our Round 3 debates will be hosted by Loreto Kirribilli. The bus will leave straight after school. At the end of the senior debates (7.45pm) the bus will return to SCEGGS.

Best of luck to all teams for their upcoming debates!

Imogen Harper
Debating Coordinator

Secondary Music

Light Her Path Fundraising Dinner – Lux Strings & Madrigal Ensemble

Lux Strings and Madrigal Ensemble have been invited to perform at the Light Her Path Fundraising Dinner on Saturday 1 June  in the Great Hall.

Lux Strings will be providing background music as guests arrive from 6.30pm – 7.10pm.

Lux Members need to be on-site from 5.45pm – 7.15pm.

Madrigal Ensemble will be singing two songs during the evening. They will sing ‘Lanterns’, a Birds of Tokyo song along with the Bass player from Birds of Tokyo, Mr Ian Berney, Amber Jarman as soloist and our very own, Matt Moore on drums. Their second song is ‘Diamonds’, a song made famous by Rhianna, this time featuring Camille Asher as soloist.

Madrigal Ensemble Members need to be on-site from 7.30pm – 9.45pm.

We are asking performers to wear black for this occasion rather than their school uniform.

Musicale 2 with Katie Noonan

Due to a large number of performers and anticipated audience members we have decided to make this a ticketed event. Click here to book your tickets.

Week 6 – Rehearsals and Workshops with Katie Noonan

All regular secondary ensemble rehearsals will take place in Week 6, as well as these special rehearsals.

Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival

Bands (Clarion Concert Band, Holst Wind Ensemble) – Sunday 23 June

Strings (Contemporary Strings) – Sunday 28 July

Several SCEGGS ensembles have been enrolled to perform at the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival this year. The Festival is a non-competitive event and rather than being ranked, all ensembles received a Gold, Silver or Bronze rating which reflects their level of achievement for the particular event level in which they have performed. All events are adjudicated by professional musicians and music educators. ASBOF is a wonderful opportunity for our SCEGGS ensembles to perform on stage, to hear ensembles from other schools and to receive inspirational advice and performance tips from the adjudicators.

More information can be found here.

Clarion Concert Band – ASBOF Raymond Hanson Event

ASBOF Performance – Sunday 23 June, approximate arrival time 10.30am approximate end time 12.00pm, Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington.

Holst Wind Ensemble – ASBOF Graham Lloyd Event

ASBOF Performance – Sunday 23 June, arrival time 12.00pm approximate end time 1.30pm, Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington.

Contemporary Strings – ASBOF Loreta Fin Event

ASBOF Staff Day Rehearsal – Tuesday 23 July (the day before Term 3 starts) 3.15-4.45pm in the Great Hall.

ASBOF Performance – Sunday 28 July, Arrival time 9.30am Leighton Hall, University of NSW, Kensington.

Term 2 Secondary Piano Concert

Thursday 13 June at 1.10pm in the Great Hall.

All pianists are invited to perform a short, well-prepared solo. Pieces that exceed 4 minutes will be cut.

Please click here to complete the form. Entries close on Thursday 30 May.

Family and friends are most welcome to attend.

Clipboard

All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. If you haven’t set this up yet, please follow these instructions.

If you are having any issues with Clipboard set-up, please contact our Music Administration Assistant, Miss Alice Kotowicz.

Beyond the Green Gate

We are always happy to hear about the ways our secondary musicians are involved in music-making outside the school. Please send the details to Heidi Jones.

Date for Your Diary 

Term 2

Elective Music Performances

Heidi Jones
Head of Music (Co-curricular)

Primary Music

All Primary String Studio Concerts this week have been postponed due to staff illness.

These concerts will now be held in Week 9 on Monday 24, Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 June at 3.20pm in the Primary Music Room.

Please be aware that there are Sports Trials scheduled for Tuesday 25 June so please avoid this date if your child is involved.

All string players are invited to perform a short well-prepared solo. Pieces that exceed 4 minutes will be cut.

Please follow the link to complete the new form, noting that entries will close on Thursday 13 June. Late entries will not be accepted. 

Family and friends are most welcome to attend.

100 Day Practice Challenge

Lots of musicians in the Primary School have taken up the challenge of playing their instruments every day for 100 days without missing a day! The benefits of this daily practice routine are noticeable in ensemble rehearsals and the girls are enjoying the journey.

Click here to watch a video about the 100 Day Practice Challenge.

Musicale 2 – Wednesday 5 June

Due to a large number of performers and anticipated audience members we have decided to make this a ticketed event. Click here to book your tickets.

The Primary Ensembles that will be performing are Cantare, Stage 3 Choir (all students in Years 5 and 6).

Term 2 Primary Piano Concert

Thursday 13 June at 3.30pm in the Great Hall.

All pianists are invited to perform a short, well-prepared solo. Pieces that exceed 4 minutes will be cut.

Click here to complete the form. Entries close today, Thursday 30 May.

Family and friends are most welcome to attend.

Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival

Several SCEGGS ensembles have been enrolled to perform at the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival (ASBOF) this year. The Festival is a non-competitive event and rather than being ranked, all ensembles received a Gold, Silver or Bronze rating which reflects their level of achievement for the particular event level in which they have performed. All events are adjudicated by professional musicians and music educators. ASBOF is a wonderful opportunity for our SCEGGS ensembles to perform on stage, to hear ensembles from other schools and receive inspirational advice and performance tips from the adjudicators.

For more information click here.

Stringalong – ASBOF Nigel Butterly Event

Sunday 15 September, Arrival time 8.00am, Leighton Hall, University of NSW, Kensington.

Sinfonietta – ASBOF Dulcie Holland Event

Sunday 15 September, Arrival time 8.50am, Leighton Hall, University of NSW Kensington.

Bugles – ASBOF Robert McAnally Event

Sunday 15 September, Approx arrival time 9.30am approx. end time 11:00am, Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW, Kensington.

Chamber Strings – ASBOF Brett Dean Premier Event

Sunday 15 September, Arrival time: 11.00am Leighton Hall University of NSW, Kensington.

Natalia Deasy’s Annual Piano Concert

Congratulations to Gia Bhojwani, Adeline Ng, Sienna Fleming, Stasia Serafin, Ava Whiteman, Olivia Worldon and Amelia Yiu for your performance in Natalia Deasy’s Studio Concert at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. What a wonderful performance opportunity at this prestigious location.

AUSTA Strings Festival

Congratulations to Bronte Lusted, Monica Zhang from Year 3 and Alice Zhang (Year 1) who gave solo performances at the AUSTA Strings Festival held at Sydney Grammar School, St Ives Campus recently. 

Clipboard

All co-curricular music ensemble schedules are now available on Clipboard. If you haven’t set this up yet, please follow these instructions.

If you are having any issues with Clipboard set-up, please contact our Music Administration Assistant, Miss Alice Kotowicz.

Beyond the Green Gate

We are always happy to hear about the ways our primary musicians are involved in music-making outside the school. Please send the details to Heidi Jones.

Dates for your Diary

Term 2

Heidi Jones
Head of Music (Co-curricular)

Public Speaking at SCEGGS

Term 2 has started with great success for SCEGGS’ Public Speakers. Sadie Juneja (Year 10) and Jessica Gallie (Year 9) both competed in tough regional finals for the Rostrum Voice of Youth. Congratulations to Jessica Gallie who won her heat and will now compete in the State Final on June 22 at Shore School. Celia Watson (Year 11) competed in the Plain English Speaking Award, winning both her first round and the Regional Final. She will now compete in the State Semi-Final on June 14, this is an outstanding result in a tough competition. 

Trials for the Junior Secondary Public Speaking Award, formerly known as Legacy Public Speaking Award, will be held in week 7 of term and the competition will be held in early Term 3. This competition is open to students in Years 7 to 9. Students must prepare a 5 minute speech on a topic of their choice and will also be required to deliver an impromptu talk. Anyone interested in signing up for a trial should contact Ms Walsh.

Elizabeth Walsh
Speech and Public Speaking Co-ordinator

Parents’ and Friends’ Association

Class Parent Events