Dominican Education Australia (DEA) held their annual general meeting at Siena College on Thursday, 6 June. DEA Chair, Ms Eileen Young acknowledged the work of retiring Board Chair Mr Sean McGing, who has also served on various Board Committees of the College since 2008 including the Finance Committee and Risk Management Committee. Photo captions: Ms Eileen Young (DEA Chair) and Mr Sean McGing (re...

“The best tools we can give our students for their wellbeing are the skills they need to pull themselves out of troughs." Minna Denholm, Leader of Wellbeing Programs Siena College's Minna Denholm featured in The Weekly Review's Education and Innovation section today (Wednesday, 12 June). Please click on the image below to read the article.

SRC Week Last week, the Student Representative Council (SRC) held our annual SRC week to raise money for the St Vinnies Winter Appeal, which was our fundraising focus of the term. Throughout the week, various activities were held. On Monday, the Cassia house bake sale provided sweet treats made by Cassia students. On Tuesday, there was the Year 12 Students vs Teachers Dodgeball Tournament which se...

On Friday, 31 May, the Year 9 Semester 1 Geography classes travelled to Toolangi State Forest. The purpose of the field trip was to participate in data gathering to support our unit on Biomes and Food Security. The girls worked in two groups and each group conducted field work data collection at two different sites. The first site was an area that had been recently clear-felled, the second was an ...

On Friday, 24 May, Sr Sheila Flynn OP and our Year 11 South African Immersion participants visited St Dominic’s Primary School to thank students and staff for their generous donation to the Kopanang Project. Funds raised were used to provide uniforms for school children in the Tsakane township where Kopanang is located. A video created by Ella Gurry captivated the St Dominic’s students...

On Friday, 17 May, ten Year 11 Philosophy students represented Siena College at the inaugural Australian Senior School Ethics Olympiad, held at Scotch College. The participants were Adrienne Duray, Kayla Gadaleta, Sophie Gurney, Teagan Matthews, Sofia Mueller, Jessica Ovens, Serena Potter, Olivia Redford, Annie Walsh and Natasha Walsh. Our girls made up two teams of five students and both teams co...