Dr Roza Sage Member for Blue Mountains, Sergio Rosato Principal at St Thomas Aquinas Primary, Paul Ryan Principal at St Columba's College, Education Minister Adrian Piccoli MP and St Columba's students James Freeman and Jordan Hallam
Education Minister Adrian Piccoli MP and Member for Blue Mountains Dr Roza Sage paid a special visit to students from St Thomas Aquinas Primary and St Columba’s College in Springwood.
On Tuesday 11 March, Minister Piccoli met with students who were directly affected by the bushfires of October 2013.
Students spoke openly and movingly of how their lives have changed since their home-life and community were devastated by the fires. Several students acknowledged how much closer the experience has brought them as families and as a community. Year 11 St Columbus student James gave special thanks for his teachers who ‘were always there for him’.
Minister Piccoli said he was privileged to hear their stories and hoped, like the grass and trees were growing again, that they were beginning to move on with help from each other.
Dr Sage reassured students that grieving was a normal part of life sharing her own story and inspiring students with hope for the future.
Following the meeting, Minister Piccoli and Dr Sage joined students and teachers for a morning tea.
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20 Jan 2025
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Kyoto! SCCC students were sightseeing titans yesterday, walking about 20000 steps! First stop was the beautiful town of Arashiyama. A walk across the river and a visit to the bamboo grove was followed by a delicious lunch. There were many sweet treats to be tasted including honey bear cakes and strawberry mochi. Next up was a visit to Kinkaku-ji (the golden Buddhist temple and then the magnificent Kyoto Imperial Palace, where both the architecture and the gardens were equally impressive. Last stop was Kiyomizu-dera temple which is part of the UNESCO world heritage site. Here students walked the many steps to the wide viewing platform and could drink from the falls to promote longevity, good health and success in studies. 💙💛🤍🇯🇵![1079941253928892_1098351395421211-1]()
19 Jan 2025
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Saturday was an absolutely glorious day in Osaka for SCCC students. Beautiful sunshine was the order of the day for the visit to USJ. 💙💛🤍🇯🇵
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20 Jan 2025
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Kyoto! SCCC students were sightseeing titans yesterday, walking about 20000 steps! First stop was the beautiful town of Arashiyama. A walk across the river and a visit to the bamboo grove was followed by a delicious lunch. There were many sweet treats to be tasted including honey bear cakes and strawberry mochi. Next up was a visit to Kinkaku-ji (the golden Buddhist temple and then the magnificent Kyoto Imperial Palace, where both the architecture and the gardens were equally impressive. Last stop was Kiyomizu-dera temple which is part of the UNESCO world heritage site. Here students walked the many steps to the wide viewing platform and could drink from the falls to promote longevity, good health and success in studies. 💙💛🤍🇯🇵
19 Jan 2025
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Saturday was an absolutely glorious day in Osaka for SCCC students. Beautiful sunshine was the order of the day for the visit to USJ. 💙💛🤍🇯🇵
18 Jan 2025
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The last full day at Hokusan saw SCCC students spend the day in class with their host sibling. At the end of the day Hokusan Tea Club students prepared a special tea and sweet treat as part of the farewell party for SCCC. Students were formally farewelled by the Hokusan Assistant Principal. 💙💛🤍🇯🇵
17 Jan 2025
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Thursday was the first day SCCC students followed a full Hokusan timetable - seven fifty minute lessons followed by ikebana club! The club activities for our students included card games and flower arranging. 💙💛🤍🇯🇵
16 Jan 2025
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Wednesday was a wonderful day of laughter and collaboration at Hokusan for our SCCC students. Students started the day with a Geography lesson from the school Principal (who gifted SCCC students with the Japanese sweet “Koala’s March”), followed by Level 3 (Year 12) students teaching how to make Makizushi! A beautiful Calligraphy lesson was followed by a fun-filled Music lesson on the koto. The day ended with some more presentations from both schools, culminating in the Nutbush and planning for the USJ visit on Saturday 💙💛🤍🇯🇵
15 Jan 2025
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Yesterday was a full and busy day at Hokusan for our SCCC students. The day began with a whole school welcome assembly in the gym where Larissa, Brodie and James spoke in Japanese. A school tour, a Japanese lesson, lunch in the school cafeteria was followed by students from both SCCC and Hokusan doing presentations. SCCC students taught Hokusan students about Australian places and idioms, and Australian food. Hokusan students got to make mini Harbour Bridges and taste Vegemite for the first time! Hokusan students then taught SCCC students about Japanese school life. 💙💛🤍🇯🇵
13 Jan 2025
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💙💛🤍 🇯🇵 The 2025 Japan Trip has begun and we arrived safely in Tokyo last night. An early morning flight today took us over Mt Fuji. Students were warmly welcomed at Hokusetsu Sanda Senior High school, and Perran, our SCCC student currently on 12 month exchange, was farewelled before she leaves on Friday. Students now get to stay with their host families for 6 nights!
05 Jan 2025
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Did you spot Amelia in the Blue Mountains Gazette this week? She was hard to miss - gracing the front page! Congrats Amelia - such an awesome achievement! #defygravity Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - keep an eye out for Amelia in the future!
20 Dec 2024
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We're thrilled to see St Columba's and our fantastic English staff recognised in The Sydney Morning Herald's story on the top schools for HSC English!
18 Dec 2024
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We are so excited to share some of the wonderful HSC results achieved by the Class of 2024. Congratulations to all our students! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
18 Dec 2024
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St Columba's Catholic College is celebrating so many wonderful HSC results! Congratulations to the six students who achieved an ATAR above 97: Abbey Flanagan (Dux of the College) Grace Costigan Larraine Santos Arlo Legaspi Kenta Marsh Hannah Moss
18 Dec 2024
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Congratulations to the 16 students from St Columba's Catholic College who achieved an ATAR above 90! What an outstanding achievement! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese