Each Thursday we commence our day with our Pastoral Program, focusing on a range of specific year level priorities set up by the planning committee at the beginning of the year. YEAR 12The Year 12 cohort have been focusing on motivation and thinking for peak performance this term. The students heard from 2017 College Captain, Sinead Hickey and another high performing student, Livia Frattaroli, wh...

On Tuesday 22 May, the Siena Chess club attended the Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC) Chess Tournament, facilitated by Chess Victoria. In addition to our Siena girls, the competition for secondary schools included teams from PLC, MacRobertson High School, and Balwyn High School. There were 115 students competing in both the primary and secondary school divisions. The Siena participants were: Jas...

The majority of GSV netball, hockey, water polo and AFL have finished for the season, with a mixed season for Siena teams. All teams had good periods and showed strong character and effort, with our AFL teams having a mixed but competitive season, led by the Senior A team, which finished second in the Zone 1 ladder, as well as the Siena 1 AFL 9s team, which finished first in its zone ladder. Our w...

Attending the Justice Education in Catholic Schools Student Social Justice Day at Australian Catholic University (ACU) provided three of our student leaders with the opportunity to learn about the principles of Catholic Social Teaching and to consider how they could apply these principles to their roles as Justice Leaders at Siena. FIRE Carriers Captain Rebecca Klavc, Social Justice Captain Madele...

Last Friday the Year 12s were visited by a series of guest speakers from a variety of Tertiary Institutions during their Study Block. The University of Melbourne, RMIT, La Trobe University and Box Hill, Kangan and JMC Institutes and Lattitude GAP Year programs were all present. Students heard about courses in Media and Communications, Design, Business, Music, Film and TV, Health Sciences, Nursing ...

Our Year 11 students participate in the Eckhart program as part of the Religious Education course. This program is one of enrichment, offering our students three seminars across the year that are delivered by renowned and highly accomplished presenters who challenge them to think differently and creatively. On Friday, 1 June, Dr Frances Baker RSM ran a workshop based on Christian anthropology tha...