Open Afternoon
The next opportunity to tour the College will take place on Tuesday 28th August from 2-3:30pm.
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
2018 NCSS Challenge Update
We currently have forty-nine students across Years 7 to 10 involved in the National Computer Science Schools Challenge. This is a five week coding challenge for students across the nation. Each week students are issued with new challenges to work through and in doing so learn how to code using the Python language. At present two of our students are at the top of the leaderboard at the halfway point in the Challenge. Janice Nyoto from Year 10 is competing at the Intermediate level and has achieved the maximum 150 points available,… Read More
Sphero Devices and Discovering Newton’s Laws — Authentic Learning at St Clare’s
Our 10.1 Science class spent the first three weeks of the term investigating Newton’s three Laws of Motion. They were provided with some background information and time to research and discuss Newton’s Laws of Motion. The students were grouped and then given a Sphero device from which they were to create a “Sphero chariot”. The chariots […] via Sphero Devices and Discovering Newton’s Laws — Authentic Learning at St Clare’s
Dresses For Drought Pop-Up Shop
Over the past few weeks the plight of our farmers has been front and centre of our hearts and minds as images of our rural regions in absolute despair have filled our screens. The St Clare’s community has decided to do something we hope will make a small difference to the lives of those doing it tough out west. Initially the call went out to support the ‘Dresses for Drought’ initiative, however, due to the overwhelming response from around the nation there is no longer a need for dresses to be donated…. Read More
Maths and Bees — Authentic Learning at St Clare’s
Following an amazing workshop yesterday with Elke Haege our 7.1 girls were back in the thick of it spending two hours with Maths guru, Stuart Palmer. Stuart is the author of the Mathematics text we are currently using and he has been immersed in the world of bees of late as part of his work […] via Maths and Bees — Authentic Learning at St Clare’s
