News

We love hearing from our past students and sharing in their success after life at the College.

We recently heard from Natasha Hawkshaw who graduated at St Brigid’s in 2022.

Natasha was recently awarded a 2024 Ma & Morley Scholarship in the Ling Jun (continuing students’ category), which is the flagship scholarship at the University of Newcastle.

Natasha attended a two-day welcome program on campus where she met other scholars and found out more about the program and the journey ahead.

In further exciting news, Natasha was joined at the welcome lunch by our Founding Principal, Mrs Julie Terry.

Congratulations Natasha! We look forward to following you on your amazing journey. You are inspiring!

For more information about the Ma & Morley Scholarship please click on this link:

Thank you, Conor Ashleigh and Justin Worboys for the wonderful photos.

This week’s Friday House Challenge was one of skill and precision.  Students had to cut away slice by slice compressed flour with a ruler without having the mentos that was sitting on top roll away.

At the end of the challenge students had a dance off doing the “chicken dance”.

t was great seeing everyone get involved and having fun.

Lakes House took out the win.  Well done Lakes!

Our opening school mass is both a fitting celebration of the feast of St Brigid and the welcoming of our new staff and students.  This year we were fortunate to hold our Mass at the Church at St Brendan’s and with Father Tomy.

The Opening Mass traditionally celebrates our new students in all year groups and also our staff.  Each new member of the community receives a badge to represent the importance of each of these people in our St Brigid’s community.

This is an important symbol of community, care and support as a member of St Brigid’s.

Why do we eat Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday?

Shrove Tuesday is the last day before we enter into the time of Lent.  Lent is for fasting and purifying ourselves, so Shrove Tuesday is the last opportunity for a little indulgence.

On Tuesday 13 February our students will enjoy pancakes they have ordered, and we remember, for Lent at St Brigid’s we are not giving things up, but we are taking on the responsibility of Stewardship and focusing on keeping the Learning Spaces and Playground clear and clean.

Please register for the Open Day by completing the form here.

We are currently taking enrolments across all years for 2025.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact our administration staff on (02) 7256 2122.

Dear Parents/Carers,

In 2024 the following vaccines will be offered:

If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10 this year, you can now provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations.

In Year 7, students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV). In Year 10, students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine.

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.

How to provide consent:

To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school

Follow the steps to log in to your existing ServiceNSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver’s licence. If you don’t have a ServiceNSW account, refer to ServiceNSW to create one.

Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required.

Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:

1. a) Enter your child’s personal details
2. b) Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child
3. c) Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement
4. d) Provide consent

If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school.

The benefits of providing consent online:

• easily update your child’s details
• receive SMS and/or email notifications when vaccinations are given

faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

For more information on routine school vaccinations, please visit

www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination.

If you require information in your language, please visit:

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/…/school_vaccination…

Last week we welcomed our new Year 7 students to the College.  There were a lot of nervous excitement as the students walked through our gates.

Here are some photos from the morning.

We look forward to sharing some more Year 7 moments over the coming weeks.

Ivy R of Year 9 was recently awarded the title of International Maths Challenge Elitist!

The College would like to congratulate Ivy on such a wonderful achievement.

Students who score between 85 and 95%ile in their grade are awarded the title of Elitist while those scoring above 95%ile are awarded the title of Champion.

This is amazing news for Ivy and our school.  She is the only student on the Central Coast in her year group to compete in the second round of the International Maths Olympiad and to score such a high result too.

Congratulations!