The care and safety of our students is paramount. Many students are arriving at school very early in the morning before formal supervision by staff commences at 8.20am. Although many members of staff are at school before this time they are engaged in class preparation or scheduled cocurricular activities. Once your daughter is at school, it is important that she remain on the premises and not leav...

Students in Year 8 were challenged by participating in a workshop called 'Just Society' facilitated by High Resolves. Definitions of justice, equity and equality were discussed as students, working in groups, examined issues pertaining to the distribution of wealth, resources and opportunity. Students examined where, throughout the world, resources are distributed and challenged to consider where ...

Why is sleep so important? Sleep is vital for children’s and adolescent's wellbeing. Sleep supports healthy development of the body and mind. Evidence shows that children and adolescents who do not get enough sleep have more trouble learning. They are less attentive and motivated, have poor problem solving, more confusion, increased irritability, reduced memory, impaired communication, slowe...

The importance of education as a means to changing one’s opportunities is generally widely valued in society. It is sometimes difficult for our students at Siena College to value their education and understand that it is a privilege as much as it is their right. It is at times uncomfortable to acknowledge the class stratification that clearly exists in Australia, but we live in a world that ...

As the Learning Centre prepares to celebrate Book Week 2019, it is timely to reflect on the importance of literacy in the lives of our students and at the same time acknowledge that illiteracy is a major issue facing Indigenous Communities. While Siena’s Learning Centre is stacked with shelves of contemporary fiction and non fiction texts and junior English classes enjoy the opportunity to ...