Enrolments for Year 7 2023
About the College
Principal’s Message
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to St Clare’s College Waverley.
The College
Founded in 1884 by the Poor Clare Sisters, St Clare’s College provides a Catholic education for young women in the Franciscan tradition.
Wellbeing
The wellbeing of every St Clare’s girl is our highest priority.
Curriculum
St Clare’s College offers a wide range of subjects that provides students with the opportunity to gain confidence and engage in experiences that promote life long learning. Students are challenged to develop their academic and social skills in nurturing surroundings.
News and Events
Year 9 Visual Arts Excursion
On Monday 31 May, Year 9 Elective Visual Arts visited the Chinese Garden of Friendship and attended a wheel-thrown pottery workshop at the National Art School. The Chinese Garden of Friendship was very serene and beautiful. The exploration of Chinese architecture and the harmony of man-made structures, natural ponds, and trees was very therapeutic. The natural environment in the Garden was breathtaking and calming. The gardens are based off the Ming Dynasty and contain recognisable traditional Chinese elements, architecture, and patterns such as the pointed hard hill roofs (yìngshāndǐng) and lanterns. The… Read More
Charingcross Nursing Home Visits
Our Year 12 Studies in Catholic Thought students have been involved in a series of ‘Good Works’ projects as part of their course. One of the projects involved spending time with residents of the Charingfield Aged Care facility assisting with their arts and craft session. As a result of the project, the students have established some great connections with the residents and went back this week to participate in this week’s art and craft session. Covid-19 permitting, we will be there each Tuesday to help bring a little fun and laughter into… Read More
Celebrating 200 Years of Catholic Education
On Monday 24 May, the Archdiocese of Sydney celebrated a Mass marking 200 years of learning in Catholic Schools in Australia. The bicentenary of Catholic education has the national theme of ‘Faith in the future’. The theme reflects the core purpose of Catholic education to form students in their faith, and to provide an education that enables their graduates to make a meaningful contribution to the world. At St Clare’s we are also reminded of the great commitment made by the Poor Clare Sisters in establishing St Clare’s College in 1884. We… Read More
Autonomous vehicles hit the road!
After 6 weeks of hard work, the iSTEM class completed their robotics assessment today. They were tasked with coding their robots to represent autonomous vehicles that had to drive through a city and collect a passenger at a “Driverless Uber Pickup Zone”. The city included school zones where their robot had to slow down, pedestrian crossings, roundabouts, and one-way streets. The students had 90 minutes to inspect the city design and then code and test their robot. Throughout this term, students have been learning about autonomous vehicles and the future of driverless… Read More