Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich

Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich
Latin: Virtus Super Omnia
("Goodness Above All")
Location
Woolwich, New South Wales, Australia
Information
Type Independent, Single-sex, Secondary, Day school
Denomination Roman Catholic, Marist Sisters
Established 1908
Founder Fr. Huault
Principal Christina Trimble
Staff ~74[1]
Enrolment ~900 (7-12)[1]
Colour(s) Blue & White
Website

Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls', located in Woolwich, a Lower North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1908 by the Marist Sisters, the college has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 900 students from years 7 to 12.[1]

Contents

House system

There are six houses, all of which are named after famous Marists:

Curriculum

The curriculum at Marist Sisters' College is broken up into Religious Education and 8 Key Learning Areas (KLA's). The Key Learning Areas are:

English, Mathematics, Science, HSIE (Human Society and its Environment), Creative Arts, Languages, TAS (Technical and Applied Science) and PD/H/PE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education).

Marist Sisters' College also offers courses in VET (Vocational Education Training).

Outlined below are the specific courses for the Junior and Senior years. Syllabuses for all these courses can be found at the Board of Studies website.

Junior Courses: Year 7 – 10

Religious Education, Agriculture, Computing Studies, Commerce, Dance, Design and Technology, Drama, English, Food Technology, Geography, History, Languages French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Mathematics, Music, PD/H/PE, Philosophy, Science, Sport, Textiles and Design, Visual Arts

Senior Courses: Years 11 – 12

Religious Education, Ancient History, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Community and Family Studies, Dance, Design and Technology, Drama, Earth and Environmental Studies, Economics, English, Entertainment, Food Technology, Geography, Information Processing and Technology, Languages, Legal Studies, Life Management, Mathematics, Music, Modern History, PDHPE, Physics, Senior Science, Software Design and Development, Studies of Religion, Textiles and Design, Visual Arts, Office Skills

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