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Catholic Education South Australia

Locality: Thebarton, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8301 6600

Address: 116 George St 5031 Thebarton, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.cesa.catholic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Next year's Reception students from St Anthonys School continued their ‘Little Ants’ transition program via Microsoft Teams during last weeks lockdown. This ensured the children could maintain their sense of connection and belonging to the school ahead of Term 1. This is just one example of the amazing resilience and flexibility that young people have displayed throughout this year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

24.01.2022 Nine Catholic school students were among those to receive commendations in 2020. Congratulations to these students and their Colleges!

23.01.2022 Exciting news for the Riverland! A site has been named for the proposed new St Francis of Assisi College, set to open at Renmark in 2022. The College will open with Year 7 and 8 in 2022 and welcome a new year level annually until it expands to Year 7 to 12 by 2026.

23.01.2022 The winning student projects have been announced in the 2020 ‘STEM XR Challenge’, a joint initiative between Catholic Education SA and Adelaide-based Lumination. One project from St Paul's College is cleaning up a local polluted creek.

23.01.2022 Catholic Schools in SA continue to participate in various activities to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2020. The Gleeson College Year 11 Sports Studies Class are hosting traditional Indigenous games (Kalq, Millim Baeyeetch, Ilye, Keentan and Battendi). There are language reading lessons and learning activities, the opportunity to explore native bushfoods in Food & Hospitality and Home Ec (Indigenous superfoods) and students are checking out authentic Aboriginal artefacts. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

23.01.2022 Three Catholic Schools will be closed tomorrow (Tuesday November 17). They are: Mt Carmel College, Rosewater Thomas More College, Salisbury Downs Holy Family Catholic School, Parafield Gardens (including the co-located Alive Catholic Early Learning Centre) ... Catholic Education SA is working closely with SA Health and the Department for Education. Parents with students at these schools have been notified. We will continue to update school families as further information becomes available.

22.01.2022 Congratulations to the talented Year 5 & 6 students from Whitefriars Catholic School who have won the national Wakakirri Story of the Year Story-Dance Video Challenge 2020 for their submission ‘Through The Smoke’. The judges loved the powerhouse performances, staging and set design! Watch their award-winning video here: https://www.wakakirri.com/2020-story-of-the-year-story-dan/

22.01.2022 Wow! Just wow!! Take a look at our newest school A second campus for Xavier College at Two Wells.

22.01.2022 Arch D Radio & Podcasting has released Episode 3 of the Living Learning Leading podcast. In this episode, James discusses the Key Capabilities Continua and visits Thomas More College. Available on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com//episode-3-discussing-the-continua-

21.01.2022 Great to see Whitefriars Catholic School getting more recognition for their win at Wakakirri - well done everyone! John Gardner MP was out at the school today to pass on his congratulations ... if you've missed the students stunning performance .. time to check it out!

21.01.2022 During 2020, through Future Anything’s ‘Activate’ program, 5 CESA schools have put secondary students in the driving seat of STEM education and entrepreneurship, challenging them to create innovative, scalable and sustainable business ideas that make their world a better place. This Wednesday, a team from each school will pitch their businesses live online to a panel of expert judges to be in with a chance of progressing to the National Finals, where they can win funding and ...support to launch their ideas into the real world! We can’t wait to see the innovative solutions to real world problems our entrepreneurs have developed! Good luck to the teams from: Cabra Dominican College Christian Brothers College, Adelaide Cardijn College Kildare College St Mark's College, Port Pirie

21.01.2022 Congratulations to Nazareth Catholic Community who has been recognised as one of the most innovative schools in the country! The college has made The Educator's 6th Annual Innovative Schools list recognised for their innovation and excellence in delivering the NazTech Future Conference. Congratulations to all involved in making this event such a success!

21.01.2022 Today we celebrated the Commissioning Mass for members of the South Australian Commission for Catholic Schools and staff of the Catholic Education Office. Archbishop Patrick O’Regan celebrated Mass at Queen of Angels Church. What a special opportunity to prayerfully bless and commission our work together!

20.01.2022 Holy Family Catholic School, Parafield Gardens (including the co-located Alive Catholic Early Learning Centre) will close at the end of today (November 16 2020) due to a student being a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19. Both the school and the Early Learning Centre will be closed until further notice. Thomas More College will also remain closed. Catholic Education SA is working closely with SA Health and the Department for Education. More information will be made available to parents and students as soon as we are able.

20.01.2022 You can now follow one of our newest schools on Facebook! Stay up-to-date with the latest developments as St Francis of Assisi comes to life in the Riverland in 2021.

20.01.2022 When posed with the question ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ some of our youngest learners shared their dreams and aspirations. Do you remember how you answered this question when you were 5 or 6 years old?

19.01.2022 The Young Family say the fee drop at Catherine McAuley School Craigmore has eased the financial pressure on their family of five. More families are set to benefit as parish primary schools reduce their fees in 2021 as part of Catholic Education SA’s initiative.

19.01.2022 Families in Adelaide’s north-west have welcomed the news that Catholic Education South Australia will form a new R-12 College.

18.01.2022 Take a look at the winning entries for the Archbishop’s Christmas card design competition by: Eloise, Yr 6, St Francis School, Lockleys Siena, Year 5, St Monica’s School, Walkerville Isabella, Year 6, St John the Baptist School, Plympton... Jonathan, Reception, St Pius X , Windsor Gardens Out of 332 entries, these artworks will be featured on Archbishop O'Regan's Christmas Cards for 2020.

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17.01.2022 Congratulations to the Year 12 'Class of 2020' on their outstanding SACE results. 3,287 Catholic school graduates from across 33 Catholic Schools have obtained their SACE.

16.01.2022 St Joseph's School, Murray Bridge is partnering with the world-renowned The Resilience Project in 2021, as part of their focus on student wellbeing. St Joseph’s is the first Catholic school to partner with the project and only the second school in South Australia.

15.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE! A virtual symposium will be held on Friday 30 October 2020 11.00am - 3.00pm AEDT in the lead up to the celebration of 200 years of Catholic Education. Full program and speakers to be announced soon. Got questions? Enquiries: [email protected] or www.ncec.catholic.edu.au

15.01.2022 We’re declaring today Thank You Day... please take time to say thanks to your principal, teacher, and all the school staff that have worked so hard to keep schools going during COVID-19. Our staff have been amazing awesome in fact in supporting the learning and wellbeing of our students. Feel free to add your thanks in the comments below.

14.01.2022 www.cesa.catholic.edu.au/news/alerts

14.01.2022 We’re thinking of all of our school families at this difficult time. This graphic provides some helpful contact information.

14.01.2022 We warmly congratulate Salvatorian priest Karol Kulczycki who was ordained a bishop for the Diocese of Port Pirie last night in Poland. The service was conducted in English and live streamed on Polish Catholic television and the Bishop was ordained by Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (Philippines prelate and Apostolic Nuncio to Australia). Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ said the Diocese welcomed with great joy its new bishop - The people of God, along with myself, have been waiting more than four years for this appointment, so you can imagine the joy at the news, he said.

13.01.2022 The Acknowledgement of Country is an opportunity to show respect for the Traditional Owners and the continuing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Country. The Year 1's at Immaculate Heart of Mary School have created a beautiful display this NAIDOC week to demonstrate their learning about the Acknowledgement of Country. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

13.01.2022 The Premier of South Australia has announced a 6-day statewide lockdown commencing midnight Wednesday 18 November 2020. For the next two days 19 and 20 November all Catholic Schools will be closed except for care of the children of essential workers. These are school closure days and, as such, no online learning will be provided.... A small number of staff will be at each school site to provide supervised care to any family who requires this essential service. Schools will remain closed in the week commencing 23 November except for the care of children of essential workers. Information about online learning will be communicated to families tomorrow. www.cesa.catholic.edu.au/news/alerts

12.01.2022 Did you participate in one of our Students with Disability Review Surveys? Summary Reports of the survey findings and interviews with students at 24 schools are now available at www.cesa.catholic.edu.au/SWD-Review. The Review is not over - we now enter the next phase of analysing the key issues and challenges and identifying the solutions and strategies that best address them in order to strengthen the inclusion, learning and wellbeing of students with disability. We thank you for your valued contribution to the Review process! Keep an eye on the webpage for further updates.

11.01.2022 Whether you're a student, teacher, parent or staff member, there's no denying that 2020 has been a strange and challenging school year. We got there in the end - and we did it together! Wishing you a safe, happy and memorable school break.

11.01.2022 These five Catholic school students have been awarded a 2020 Student Citizenship Award by the Order of Australia Association for their contribution to citizenship in South Australia. Read more at https://www.cesa.catholic.edu.au//catholic-school-students

10.01.2022 Exciting news! A founding Principal has been appointed for the Riverland’s new St Francis of Assisi College, set to open at Renmark in 2022. We extend a very warm welcome to Mr Nathan Hayes.

10.01.2022 Check out this amazing 'future' McLaren drift car designed and built by Year 3 students at St Francis School Lockleys. Their creation has been praised by the luxury car manufacturer's global Design Director.

09.01.2022 Supercar Driver (and old scholar) Nick Percat recently delighted students with a visit to School of the Nativity. Year 3-7 students asked Nick about his racing career, his car and his time at the school. Nick said he had strong memories of his education at Nativity and spoke of being positively encouraged by his teachers to follow his dream of becoming a race car driver... seems like that worked out!

06.01.2022 ! - . Please note. Under the advice of SA Health Thomas More College, Salisbury Downs remains closed. [**UPDATE**] As of 5pm on Friday November 20 - SA Health has advised that all quarantining of staff and students at the following locations is no longer required.... - Holy Family Catholic School, Parafield Gardens - Alive Catholic Early Learning Centre, Parafield Gardens - Mount Carmel College These sites will be open on Monday November 23. Please note: everyone must still comply with the Stay-at-Home direction until midnight Saturday November 21. Keep up-to-date at www.cesa.catholic.edu.au/alerts

06.01.2022 Congratulations to Charlee from St Josephs School, Port Lincoln friends who has been selected as a recipient of the O’Brien Scholarship for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. We can’t wait to see Charlee perform in the 2021 Festival. Read more at https://www.portlincolntimes.com.au//life-is-a-cabaret-fo/

06.01.2022 The National Launch for the 200 Years of Catholic education was held last week! Watch the full event https://youtu.be/n5JesV9raOU #cathedau200 #Ozcatholicschools200

06.01.2022 Congratulations to the Nazareth Catholic Community their Early Learning Centre was recently given an excellent rating. It’s the highest rating a centre can get and only 8 other centres in SA have been given this rating by the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority. Simply EXCELLENT!

05.01.2022 https://thesoutherncross.org.au///design-a-christmas-card/

04.01.2022 Earlier this year Catholic Education SA announced that it would provide school fee remissions to any family struggling to pay fees due to loss of income through the current pandemic. This offer still stands! Please contact your school principal for more information.

03.01.2022 Read about our STEM Extended Reality Challenge for 2020 and watch the video from St Paul's College - using virtual and augmented reality as part of this challenge.

03.01.2022 Students and staff of St Joseph's Memorial School Childhood Learning Community had a fun-filled morning with a visit from Sam Mac and Sunrise this morning!

03.01.2022 Great news! An inaugural ‘Head of Village’ has been appointed for the new Catholic Northern Adelaide Education & Community Services Village, set to open at Davoren Park in 2022. Kelly Bunyon will lead the school which will support the wellbeing, needs and aspirations of young people aged 17-24 and their families in the Playford area by providing new opportunities for learning, work and community participation.

02.01.2022 Seeing double?!? Yes you are! St Mary's College staff used their creativity to solve COVID-19 restrictions at their graduation ceremony at the Convention Centre last week. With no shaking hands allowed or photos with the principal they improvised and created a corflute identical twin of Principal, Clare Nocka! 10/10 for creativity!

02.01.2022 Watching the Christmas Pageant today...? Keep an eye out for Nipper, Nimble and Amira and Caleb from Our Lady of the Visitation School. These Year 1 students were both lucky enough to win separate competitions to ride the pageant horses - and they get to share in the experience together!

02.01.2022 . Read more at https://www.cesa.catholic.edu.au//rising-above-the-covid-c

02.01.2022 Isabella, a Year 2 student at St Mary's College, has been announced the winner of the 2021 Schools Poster Competition for the Adelaide Fringe! Isabella's beautiful design was one of 311 entries in the competition - that had participants from Years 1 to 10. Her artwork is inspired by the lights and colours of the Adelaide Fringe and shows a performer on stage. Isn't it amazing!?!

01.01.2022 SA Life has written a wonderful feature article about Sister Jillian Havey - a school principal for almost 50 years! A great read about a woman who has had a profound impact on many people over the years