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22 Feb 2022
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12 Dec 2021
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01 Dec 2021
ARTiculate
To showcase the artistic achievement of our 2021 HSC Visual Art students, CEDP has developed the Articulate Online Gallery as a way to celebrate and capture the works of our year 12 students from across the diocese.
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17 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
A special shout out to some exceptional athletes in our Diocese. Zara Djamirze from Marian Catholic College Kenthurst is only in Year 7 but amazingly won the Australian Women’s Sabre Fencing Circuit 1 of the year and is the youngest competitor to win a gold medal at an open women’s event in Australia!🥇🤩 Nikki O from Santa Sophia Catholic College was recently selected for the Female AFL Multicultural State Team. Leilani Taufa from St John XXIII Catholic College was the only student from the Parramatta Diocese selected in the NSWCCC 7s rugby team.🏉 Also from St John XXIII, Elisha Kumar won double gold at the Central Coast and Townsville boxing tournaments. 🥊🏅🏅 Amazing achievements from all these young women!😇👏👏👏
18 May 2022
From CEDP Instagram
A special shout out to some exceptional athletes in our Diocese. 🤩👏 Year 7 Marian Catholic College Kenthurst student Zara Djamirze won the Australian Women’s Sabre Fencing Circuit 1 of the year and is the youngest competitor to win a gold medal at an open women’s event in Australia! 😲🥇 Nikki O from Santa Sophia Catholic College Gables was recently selected for the Female AFL Multicultural State Team. Leilani Taufa from St John XXIII Catholic College Stanhope Gardens was the only student from the Parramatta Diocese selected in the NSWCCC 7s rugby team.🏉 And Elisha Kumar, also from St John XXIII, won double gold at the Central Coast and Townsville boxing tournaments. 🥊🏅🏅 Wow! Congratulations on these amazing achievements! 👏👏👏 #CEDP2022 #parracatholic #westernsydney #bluemountainsnsw #hawkesbury #penrith #parramatta #kenthurst #gables #boxhill #stanhopegardens @mariancatholiccollege @santasophiacc @stjohnxxiiicatholiccollege #studentsport #studentsports
17 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
What an exciting excursion for Ancient History🎫🏺 students from Delany College, Granville as they visited the impressive Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney. Students explored🤠🕵️♀️ artefacts from a range of civilisations and gained a greater appreciation of the significance of what the artefacts revealed about life in the ancient societies.🤓😃👍 Find out more about this great local school here: https://www.delanygranville.catholic.edu.au/About-Us
16 May 2022
Super excited for St Bernadette's CH Open Days
The entire school community👩🏫 at St Bernadette's Primary, Castle Hill are super excited to welcome new families👨👩👧👦 to their upcoming Open Days➡ (May 18, 27) and wanted to re-share this sweet video where some students interview parents about what makes their school so nice.😄😇🥰 Register and find out more about their Open Days here:🏫🏫 https://www.stbernadetteschill.catholic.edu.au/Enrol-Now/Tours-and-Events
17 May 2022
From CEDP Instagram
St Bernadette's Primary Castle Hill staff and students are super excited to welcome new families to their upcoming Open Days on 18 & 27 May). 👨👩👧👦 In this sweet video, some students interview parents about what makes their school so nice.😄😇🥰 Register and find out more about their Open Days at the link in our bio 👉 #CEDP2022 #parracatholic #westernsydney #bluemountainsnsw #hawkesbury #parramatta #castlehill #opendays #schoolopendays #schoolopendaysydney
16 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
We hope students👩💻👨💻 enjoyed a nice break over the weekend after doing so well with the 2022 NAPLAN assessments (and perhaps enjoyed a kitkat too like those from Our Lady of the Rosary, St Marys).😎👏🍫 We hope students had a good experience😄😇🥰 and good luck to those completing their assessments this week.🤞👍 St Patrick's Guildford Christ the King Primary School Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Primary School Rouse Hill
15 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
Despite some topsy-turvy weather this term🌤🌧🌬🍁, it's been awesome seeing so many students able to get out on excursions and expand their minds and learning🕵️♀️ such as Santa Sophia Catholic College students visiting Muru Mittigar in Rouse Hill to learn about Aboriginal art, artefacts, bush tucker and ochre painting.❤️🖤💛 With the election just around the corner, it was fitting that students from St Michael's Blacktown South and Bethany Catholic Primary School ventured to Canberra to visit Parliament House along with Questacon and the Australian Institute of Sport while St Nicholas of Myra Primary Penrith students got up close with some cute furry friends at a farm while those from @Holy Family Primary School, East Granville explored plants and flowers at the Auburn Botanical Gardens.🥰😇
16 May 2022
From CEDP Instagram
Well, doesn't this make you feel old?!! 👩🦳👨🦳🤣 Cassette tapes, rotary telephones, camcorders and typewriters were just some of the 'artefacts from the past' the Year 1 students from St Angela's Primary Castle Hill had great fun exploring as part of their History learning this week. 📼☎️📹😍 #CEDP2022 #parracatholic #westernsydney #bluemountainsnsw #hawkesbury #castlehill
15 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
FAMILY is everything...👨👩👧👦🥰😇 and today being United Nations International Day of Families, we hope everyone gets to spend some quality time with their loved ones.😍 Families are at the heart of our school communities so after the difficulties of the past few years, it's been so exciting and so heartwarming to see parents, grandparents, carers, brother and sisters able to return to school and enjoy the school experience with our students.💞💕💗 Take a look at some lovely pics from special events involving families so far this year or take a listen to these parents from St Monica's North Parramatta explaining why they've loved being able to go to open days again. https://www.facebook.com/CatholicEdParra/videos/718587869499837/ St Canice's Primary School Holy Spirit St Clair Holy Family Primary School, East Granville Trinity C.P.S Kemps Creek St Finbar's Primary, Glenbrook St Monica's Primary School Richmond St Oliver's Primary Harris Park
15 May 2022
From CEDP Instagram
Families are at the heart of our school communities so after the difficulties of the past few years, it's been so exciting and heartwarming to see parents, grandparents, carers, brothers and sisters able to return to school and enjoy the school experience with our students.💞💕💗 Today is the United Nations International Day of Families and we hope everyone gets to spend some quality time with their loved ones.😍👨👩👧👦 We're taking the opportunity to look back at some lovely pics from special events involving families so far this year. 🥰😇 #CEDP2022 #parracatholic #westernsydney #bluemountainsnsw #hawkesbury #penrith #parramatta #internationaldayoffamilies #internationaldayoffamilies2022 @unitednations
14 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
St Thomas Aquinas Celebrates give their school camp a double thumbs up👍👍 Despite the rain, students have been facing fears, testing their limits and achieving goals with a whole lot of fun along the way! 😁🎯❤️ Explore more about this incredible community and take a virtual tour here👉https://www.staspringwood.catholic.edu.au/Enrol-Now/Tours-and-Events
15 May 2022
From CEDP Instagram
Bede Polding College South Windsor and St Columba's Catholic College Springwood have some very cute new students! 🤩 Two adorable calves and a 330kg Murray Gray Steer. 🐮💞🤣 In the coming months, students studying Agriculture and Primary Industries will be responsible for caring for, feeding and training them up for the upcoming Penrith Show and the Greater Sydney Schools Cattle Competition. 🐄🏆 #CEDP2022 #parracatholic #westernsydney #bluemountainsnsw #hawkesbury #windsor #southwindsor #penrith #springwood @bedepoldingsouthwindsor @columbasdoves #agriculturestudent #agriculturestudents #agricultureatschool
14 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
Impeccable food presentation😍😍 from our Year 9 and 10 Food Technology students🧑🍳🍽 Emmaus Catholic College did an outstanding job in their first practical assessment, applying their learnings of food nutrition to create a healthy meal plan. 🥗🥕Students at Bede Polding College also baked some delicious creations, hosting a beautiful High Tea with all proceeds going to Hawkesbury's Helping Hands. 🤝🧁
14 May 2022
From CEDP Instagram
St John Paul II Catholic College Schofields & Nirimba students got to enjoy a fun day of learning at Luna Park Sydney. 🎡😝🎢 Year 11 and 12 Physics students applied their knowledge of force, motion and gravity to amusement rides at the park. 🧑🏫💫⚖️ Some students were even brave enough to tackle free-fall and speeds of 75km/h on the Sledgehammer and the Big Dipper! 😲😱 #CEDP2022 #parracatholic #westernsydney #bluemountainsnsw #hawkesbury #schofields #nirimba @stjpiicc
13 May 2022
From CEDP Facebook
Besides admiring the spectacular view of Sydney Harbour🌇, St John Paul II Catholic College, Schofields & Nirimba students got to enjoy a fun day of learning at Luna Park Sydney. 🎡😝🎢 Years 11 and 12 Physics applied their knowledge of force, motion and gravity to amusement rides at the park, experiencing concepts that Einstein and Newton could only have dreamed about! 🧑🏫💫⚖️ Some students were even brave enough to tackle free-fall and speeds of 75km/h on the Sledgehammer and the Big Dipper😲😱