ACADEMIC CARE

Mentor time

Your daughter will join a mentor group when she starts at St Catherine’s, which will become  a significant part of her school life. Our academic care program, delivered through the mentor groups is a vital part of our approach to teaching and learning. Your daughter will feel she belongs, and develop stronger connections with her peers. Your daughter will be part of a house-based mentor group as soon as she starts in the senior school. 

In these small groups, she will be with girls her own age and a teacher. The groups meet twice a week and share their experiences and insights. Authentic relationships and rapport are formed in these groups.

House activities are one of the best ways for students to feel connected to their peers and the school. Students benefit from working collaboratively with each other across year groups. Our older students step up to lead their house and our younger students learn from their role models.

The academic care program also looks at financial literacy, goal setting, safe partying, consent, digital citizenship, mental health awareness, nutrition and healthy habits.

If you have a concern about your daughter, her year mentor would be the first person to contact at school. Or, you may want to pass on some feedback? Again the year mentor is the person to contact.

Sport and cocurricular

With so many sports and cocurricular activities to choose from, St Catherine’s caters to every student’s specific interests and goals. Our programs are designed to supplement school studies and foster positive physical and mental wellbeing for a well-rounded student experience. St Catherine’s sport offers premium facilities and coaching to assist its athletes through their journey.

COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Cadets
• Cardio fitness
• Chess club
• Coding and Robotics clubs
• Dance (ballet, hip hop, contemporary, jazz, tap)
•  Duke of Edinburgh (international youth development program)
• Fencing
• Artistic and Rhythmic gymnastics
• Robotics
• STEM club (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)
• Visual Art
• Yoga

SPORT

• Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Football (Soccer)
• Golf
• Hockey
• Netball
• Rowing
• Snowsports
• Swimming and Diving
• Softball
• Table Tennis
• Tennis 
• Touch Football
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
• Water Polo

Music

St Catherine’s has a vibrant and innovative music program that fosters the musical development of each student. With a choice of up to 30 ensembles, school musicals, international tours, an extensive classroom program and lessons available for all major orchestral instruments – numerous opportunities exist for our music students to achieve their absolute best. Private music tuition takes place with dedicated rehearsal rooms, practice studios, band room, computer lab, recording studio and fully interactive teaching areas.

PRIVATE LESSONS

Instrumental tuition is available on all major orchestral and contemporary instruments including:

• Bassoon               
• Cello
• Clarinet
• Composition and songwriting
• Classical and Electric Guitar
• Double Bass and Electric Bass
• Flute
• French Horn
• Musicianship and Theory
• Oboe
• Percussion and Drum Kit
• Piano
• Saxophone
• Trombone
• Trumpet
• Tuba
• Viola
• Violin
• Voice

Global enrichment

When your daughter attends St Catherine’s she will have the opportunity to take up immersive language exchanges, service and cultural tours.
Through our global enrichment program, we give students the opportunity to gain an understanding of international issues and to discover diverse cultures. Studying language and culture at school and then boosting this with an exchange or course-specific tour prepares your daughter for a global future. 

2024 EXCHANGES: 

• Year 7: Adelaide 
• Year 9: Argentina and USA
• Year 10: Switzerland and France
• Year 11: France

2024 TOURS:

• Cambodia Service Tour
• USA Dance Tour 
• European Classics Tour
• New Caledonia Language Tour 
• USA Sports Tour 
• Vietnam Battlefield Study Tour 
• Cape York Cultural Immersion 
• USA STEM Tour