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Set in our historic sandstone campus, St Columba’s is a dynamic and high-performing college for students from Year 7-12. We offer quality Catholic secondary education that combines the pursuit of excellence with our commitment to faith.

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15 May 2025

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The Inaugural PDSSSC Girls U16 Rugby League Team was fortunate enough to have Geoff Daniela - The Female Development Trainer from St Marys Saints Rugby League Club come today to our training to coach the girls. The girls had a great time and appreciated the guidance and advice. A special mention to our Year 12 assistant coach Alexis Hodge for helping organise this session. St Marys Saint Leagues Club Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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13 May 2025

The St Columba's Art Prize

The grounds of St Columba's Catholic College have been transformed into a fully-fledged exhibition for the first St Columba's Art Prize, The competition welcomes young and old artists alike from across the country to submit their finest works for exhibition at the Springwood school.
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13 May 2025

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Our Years 7 and 8 students took part in a fantastic 'Innovation' workshop conducted by Questacon today. They were challenged to design and build a rollercoaster!
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13 May 2025

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Congratulations to the six incredible St Columba's students who competed at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Perth recently. Annalise (Y11) Under 18 400 metres - Finalist, 8th place Kael (Y10) Under 17 400 metre hurdles - Finalist, PB, 7th place James (Y7) Under 14 90 metre hurdles - 19th place Douglas (Y9) Under 15 100 metre hurdles -16th place Tyson (Y10) Under 16 Triple Jump - PB, 6th place Under 16 Long Jump - 12th place Maximis (Y12) Under 18 400 metre hurdles - 20th place These students competed against the best junior athletes in Australia and represented their state and our College tremendously. Congratulations!
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12 May 2025

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Last Friday a number of our students competed in the PDSSSC Cross Country. Everyone gave of their best and many of our students placed. Congratulations to everyone involved and a special shout out to the students who placed first in their division: Annalise Blattman, Josh Simone, Keeden Harrison, Lulu Green and Alex Simpson!
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11 May 2025

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Happy Mother's Day! On Friday, we were thrilled to host our Mother's Day Breakfast to celebrate the incredible women who nurture, guide, and support our students every day. 💐 From mums and grandmothers to aunties, carers, and all the strong female figures in our school community — thank you for everything you do. Your love, strength, and presence make a lasting difference in the lives of our young people. 💖 Swipe through some beautiful moments from the morning 💫 #MothersDay #ThankYou #SchoolCommunity #CelebratingWomen #mothersdaybreakfast Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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10 May 2025

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Taylah and Evah (both Year 12) participated in their first Evatt preliminary round today, representing Greece 🇬🇷 The Evatt Model United Nations Competition (Evatt) immerses young people into the world of peace and security on the international stage. Simulating a session in the UN Security Council, delegates (participants) work in teams of two to represent one of the fifteen member states in negotiations to settle threats to global peace. 🇺🇳 Fantastic effort girls! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese United Nations
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10 May 2025

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Earlier this week, art students participated in a brilliant workshop conducted by artist and St Columba's Art Prize finalist, Peter Rush. Thanks so much to Peter for so generously sharing your time to teach our studentsts some fantastic new skills! #somuchfun #drawonboxes You can follow Peter’s work on his Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/peter_rush_drawings?igsh=ODZra2ZjZXB6bTRz
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10 May 2025

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A great result for our young judges yesterday at the Hawkesbury Show. - Tilly placed 4th in 15-17 age junior judging - Eva placed 2nd in 15-17 age junior judging and reserve champion 15-17 age group Congratulations girls! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Hawkesbury Show
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10 May 2025

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07 May 2025

From Facebook

Great to see coverage of the St Columba's Art Prize in the Blue Mountains Gazette today. We have been overwhelmed with positive feedback and incredible support from artists from near and far, and from art lovers who have come to take in this wonderful exhibition. Thanks to everyone who has contributed in any way, shape or form and congratulations to all the finalists in the Inaugural Prize. Who's ready for next year?? Susan Templeman MP Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Trish Doyle MP Blue Mountains Gazette Blue Mountains City Council
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06 May 2025

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Another absolutely fabulous artist workshop for our students today! We welcomed Michael Herron to the College to work with students from Years 7 - 12. Michael is an established artist and finalist in the Inaugural St Columba’s Art Prize. We are so grateful you could share your time time and expertise with our art students, Michael - thank you! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese St Columba's Art Prize
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06 May 2025

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We were absolutely delighted to welcome some special visitors to the St Columba's Art Prize Finalist Exhibition today. This morning we had Year 6 from St Thomas Aquinas in to take a look at the artwork. This afternoon we welcomed well-known artists Jeannette Siebols and Tony Costa into the exhibition. Jeannette and Tony were enormously impressed with the Youth Prize entries (and the Open Prize exhibition as well!). Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese St Columba's Art Prize Australian Catholic University (ACU)
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05 May 2025

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This afternoon some lucky art students at St Columba’s enjoyed a fantastic workshop with Western Sydney University’s Dr Leo Robba, Associate Dean Engagement School of Humanities, Communication and Arts. Leo shared some valuable insights into painting, looking at composition, shadows and brush techniques. Thanks to Leo for so generously sharing his time and expertise - our students loved learning from you! St Columba's Art Prize Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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29 Apr 2025

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Kicking off Term 2 a day earlier than all their classmates are Eleanor, Shyla, Kirin, Charlotte and Claire. These five students are participating in a four day program called "You should be a cop" with police officers Angus and Ben from the Nepean Youth Command. Good luck and have fun crew - we can't wait to hear all about it. Nepean Police Area Command PCYC NSW Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese

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20 May

Term 2 - Week 4

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Term 2 - Week 4

at 2345-Public College

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20 May

DRAMA WORKSHOPS AND CAREERS TALK - NOOC, ELLJ

20 May 2025 09:00 AM - 20 May 2025 11:30 AM

DRAMA WORKSHOPS AND CAREERS TALK - NOOC, ELLJ

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20 May

Year 8 Retreat - 8.2, 8.4, 8.6,BROK, ELLA, NOLR, POPR, WATG

20 May 2025 09:00 AM - 20 May 2025 03:05 PM

Year 8 Retreat - 8.2, 8.4, 8.6,BROK, ELLA, NOLR, POPR, WATG

at Edmund Rice Retreat and Conference Centre, 1315 Mulgoa Rd, Mulgoa NSW 2745, Australia

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21 May

Term 2 - Week 4

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Term 2 - Week 4

at 2345-Public College

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21 May

Year 8 Retreat - 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7 - BROK, BURD, WATS, NOLR, SILA

21 May 2025 09:00 AM - 21 May 2025 03:05 PM

Year 8 Retreat - 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7 - BROK, BURD, WATS, NOLR, SILA

at Edmund Rice Retreat and Conference Centre, 1315 Mulgoa Rd, Mulgoa NSW 2745, Australia

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22 May

Term 2 - Week 4

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Term 2 - Week 4

at 2345-Public College

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22 May

Visual Art BOW - RUSM & ODOD

22 May 2025 03:00 PM - 22 May 2025 04:30 PM

Visual Art BOW - RUSM & ODOD

at St Columba's Catholic College, 168 Hawkesbury Rd, Springwood NSW 2777, Australia AR1 & AR2

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As part of our commitment to keeping students safe, all volunteers and contractors are required to complete the building child safe communities undertaking form and child protection training module.

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Students are required to wear their full uniform, especially when representing the school at sport or for any other purpose. Parents and carers are encouraged to learn about our school uniform guidelines.

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