25 Aug 2025
It's National Skills Week and we're excited to announce the winner's of the inaugural Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Skills Week Competition.😃🤩🏆💫
The CSPD VET team was impressed with the quality of entries as 29 teams from 15 schools submitted short videos promoting the VET subjects they're studying at school - from Hospitality👩🍳🥘 and Business Services👩💼📈 to Entertainment💡🎤, Primary Industry👨🌾🚜, Construction👷⚒, Fitness🏋️♂️, Information and Digital Technology🌐 and more.
- Winners → Catherine McAuley Westmead (Isabella, Georgia, Danijela, Ayva-Rae) → Business Services
- Winners → Caroline Chisholm College Glenmore Park (Fatima, Lily)→ Hospitality
- Runners Up → St Luke's Catholic Marsden Park → Hospitality
- Highly Commended → Marian Catholic College Kenthurst - Entertainment
- Highly Commended → Marian Catholic College Kenthurst → Primary Industry
- Highly Commended → Caroline Chisholm College Glenmore Park → Entertainment
Congratulations to all the students, as well as the teachers who helped them with their entries. Your hard work and dedication truly showcases the strength and talent within our VET community.
Gilroy Catholic College Castle Hill, St John XXIII Catholic College Stanhope Gardens, St Columba's Catholic College, Springwood, Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown, Xavier College Llandilo, St Patrick's Marist College Dundas, St Clare's Catholic High School Hassall Grove, Penola Catholic College Emu Plains, Cerdon College Merrylands, Santa Sophia Catholic College.
Find out more about the wonderful opportunities afforded by VET here:
https://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/learning/senior-school-learning-pathways/vocational-education