The Siena College Writers Club, in collaboration with the Wellbeing Team and the Learning Centre, are proud to announce that the first issue of Speak! will be available next week on Siena Central. Speak! is a student led, quarterly publication that contains pieces of writing and artworks that have each been crafted by members of the Writers Club. The magazine has also been edited and published by...

We would like to extend a warm welcome to the following new staff who will commence with the College this semester. Sarah Miller Casual Library Technician Maddie Moore Casual receptionist

The ‘Building Bridges in Schools’ (BBIS) program `is committed to promote mutual understanding, respect and ethical behaviour across the cultural and religious diversities in society to develop competent global leaders for the twenty first century’. A group of Year 10 students who applied to join the Building Bridges program has been attending rich and challenging sessions in in...

Student Reflection On Friday, 16 August, the Year 7s gathered in the auditorium to hear from two very inspiring women who work at the Sacred Heart Mission- Women’s House in St Kilda. Maria, who has been working at the Women’s House for three years, told us some information about the Women’s House. In the Women’s House there are showers, washers and dryers, and a sleeping ro...

Last week Siena students and staff enjoyed celebrating Book Week. In House Groups, students participated in an Emoji Book Challenge and a Book Week House Quiz, with Dianella taking out the challenge on Friday. Students were invited to participate in Black Out Poetry activities and in their Wide Reading English classes, students learnt about the work of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and were i...

This week our students officially concluded their sessions with Humankind Enterprises. Over the past five weeks, a group of Year 9 and 10 students have worked with Sophie and John from Humankind Enterprises as part of the Story Collector program. The students have learnt skills in active listening and interviewing, in addition to the technical skills of filming and editing their interviews. The gi...