Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning

Year 11 2025 Subject Selection Evening

The Year 11 2025 Subject Selection evening was held this week for parents and students in the Siena Centre. It was a hive of activity as each faculty showcased subjects they offer for both the HSC and the IB. For the first time this year we invited Southern Cross Catholic College at Burwood to showcase the VET courses that they offer. They will be able to support students who do not want to do a single VET course through a TAFE but through a school while completing their other HSC subjects at Santa Sabina. The Year 10 students sat a careers test with Morisby last term. In Week 5, Emma Goodsir, an educational psychologist from Morisby, ran a session with Year 10 parents and students on how to unpack their individual career profile and explained how this would further support students and their future pathway. 

Churros and Chats

This week, Year 10 students were invited to a lunch session to discuss all subjects in the IB Diploma program. Based on a Spanish theme the girls tasted Churro while listening to students dispel the myths around the IB. We were pleased to invite our alumni from the 2023 IB Diploma course and a large panel of students in Years 11 and 12 to answer questions from the Year 10 cohort. 

Holiday workshops for Year 12

Teachers of Year 12 have now planned their holiday workshops for the July break. This is a wonderful opportunity for the students to consolidate their learning prior to the Trials in early Term 3. These workshops will be listed for the students on the Year 12 VO page. 

Data

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about support provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019). I have attached a fact sheet outlining the NCCD.

Jacqueline Pugh
Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning