Friday, March 18, 2022
CathEd Parra
Congratulations to our winners and all who entered the 2021/22 Executive Director's Summer Reading Challenge (EDSRC), it has been an incredible competition this year with a large number of entries.
Monday, August 23, 2021
CathEd Parra
While eagerly awaiting the day when school returns to ‘normal’, new St Oliver’s Primary Harris Park Principal Pascale Joseph has been busy finding the positives in starting a new job during a major COVID-19 lockdown, developing strong connections with staff and the limited number of students at school for supervision. Read more...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
CathEd Parra
With NAPLAN returning this week for the first time since COVID-19, local schools are preparing to support students in the Nation-wide assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. For many schools, this is the first time that NAPLAN will be conducted online. Read more...
Friday, October 30, 2020
Catholic Outlook
In August 2020, the world was shocked by the devastation caused by an explosion in Beirut. Catholic Out of School Hours Care (COSHC) St Oliver’s, Harris Park, wanted to show Beirut families they were in their prayers. Read more...
Friday, August 9, 2019
CathEd Parra
Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta (CEDP) teachers were given the chance to see how the Positive Behaviour Support for Learning (PBS4L) framework is making a difference at Holy Cross Primary Glenwood. The school hosted up to 120 CEDP teachers and staff along with the Executive Director Greg Whitby and Director of Learning Sue Walsh, as they shared their PBS4L journey so far. Read more...
Monday, March 4, 2019
CathEd Parra
Year 5 and 6 students recently questioned Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta Executive Director Greg Whitby about some of the big issues in education. Homework, bullying and school shoes were hot topics when Holy Family Primary, Emerton hosted the second ever Chatterbox Live. Read more...
Friday, February 22, 2019
Mary Brazell
There was singing, dancing, screaming and sharing aplenty as 762 primary school students from Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains put their faith into action at the second LIFTED Live Jnr event. Read more...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
St Oliver's Primary
On Wednesday, 9 students from St Oliver’s competed at the Cumberland Zone swimming carnival at Mount Druitt pool. Students competed in various events and congratulations to Alexa who finished 3rd overall in the Junior Girls Butterfly. Well done too, to Erik, Aiko, Mathieu, Lili, Erin, Alexa, Manrangi, Galadriel and Olivier who showed great team spirit representing St Oliver's. Read more...