At this time of year many of the universities and other tertiary institutions hold events to introduce secondary students to the world of tertiary study and what courses and careers are available. In this week’s Siena Career News you will find all the upcoming dates for the My Melbourne Future series of course information presentations. These are great to attend and perhaps not as overwhelmi...

Mt Scopus Smorgon Outreach program Each year, as part of the comparative component of Religion and Society Unit 1, our Year 11 students engage in Interfaith Dialogue with our neighbouring Jewish school, Mount Scopus College. We participate in a peer-to-peer run program designed to encourage and support the students from both schools to explain their faith tradition to the other. An experience of ...

On Wednesday, 2 May, four students from Year 9 travelled to Kingswood College to compete in the Academic Challenge Day that consisted of tasks in eight categories: General Knowledge, English, Engineering, Science, Public Speaking, Art, Poetry, Maths, and Code Breaking. Students took part in activities such as answering general knowledge questions about Australia and the wider world, "off the cuff"...

A warm welcome is extended to the following new staff: Dr Sarah Russo has joined the College Counselling teamAlex Morris has commenced as an Administration Officer - Sport and will provide much needed support to the Cocurricular Sport programGemma Tomlinson (Cello) and Daniel Sheehan (Piano) have added their skills to the Instrumental Music DepartmentRegina Li will support our Chinese students in ...

Just before school returned for Term 2, a number of Year 12 students visited Canberra. The inspiration for the trip came from one of our students, Jess Broderick, who argued that students studying Australian and Global Politics and Legal Studies should find out first hand how laws impact on society and how government operates. Mr Petrie organised the trip and joining him and the students were Ms W...

Generations in Jazz Each year Siena College takes two bands to Generations in Jazz who perform at an incredibly high standard. This year was no exception. In each division, students perform a test piece, a ballad and an own selection. Our girls did exceptionally well with the Stage Band finishing 5th in Division Three out of 29 bands, and the Sisters of Swing came 14th out of 26 bands, many of wh...