Casimir Catholic College Marrickville

The College would like to congratulate Noemi Turchi in Year 12 who was acknowledged at the Archbishop of Sydney Awards for Student Excellence 2024 at St Mary’s Cathedral Hall today!

Awards of this nature are significant and reflects Noemi’s character and commitment to her faith. 💙🙏❤️

LIVE STREAM: Get those game faces ready as the Pre to Post Sydney Athletics Championship is just around the corner! 😎🥳 Tune in on Friday 30 August to catch all the track events from both arenas at Sydney Olympic Park. Bookmark our page here: https://ow.ly/hftG50SYVQj

❗WARNING: Viewers may experience heart-stopping finishes, record-breaking performances, and unforgettable moments that will have them on the edge of their seat...

📢 Bullying No Way: National Week of Action 📢

A bullying prevention initiative, connecting Casimir and communities to find workable solutions to bullying and violence. For the first time, the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (or NDA) has expanded into a week-long initiative!

The new hero colour purple symbolises peace, strength and standing up against bullying in a bold way. This year’s theme is Everyone belongs. Belonging keeps us connected and is a powerful protection against bullying.

🏀🌟 Make the most of the school break with our Sport Holiday programs for students in Years 4 to 9! From rugby to volleyball, table tennis and martial arts, there's something for everyone. 🌟⚽ Registrations close Tuesday 10 September. For more information visit: https://ow.ly/FeKS50SRJhT

Shiawasena Shokuji! Our talented hospitality students have yet again been cooking up a storm in the TAS department for our Japanese visitors and their Casimir buddies. Students enjoyed each others company after another full day of activities! 🥘🇦🇺🍜🍣🇯🇵🧁🍉

Monday was a day packed with fun, creation, cooking, learning and making new friends for our students and visitors from Japan. 🇦🇺 🇯🇵

Youkoso! Today at Casimir we welcome our sister school JOSHO Gakuen High School from Japan! 🇦🇺 🇯🇵

We wish our Year 12 students good luck as they commence their HSC trials today. These students have already shown such resilience, strength, and positivity! 💙👩‍🎓📓👨‍🎓✒️🎒📚📘❤️

🏅⚽ Did you know that your child can reap significant benefits from everyday sport activities? Uncover key reasons why making sport part of your child's daily routine is a winning idea. Dive into our latest insights: https://ow.ly/asui50SCTou

Today our parish priest, Fr Giltus, Mrs Eussen our College principal and Mrs Mazzucco principal at St Brigid's Primary School attended the Pastor Principal Day at Waterview Homebush. The purpose of the day was to explore the importance of Liberal Arts in education and look at local approaches to RCIA.

On Tuesday the 22nd July, Year 10 went to Pyrmont/Barangaroo as part of their Changing Places unit. What started as a brisk Winter morning turned into a beautiful sunny day for Year 10 to explore the impact of urbanisation in Sydney.

Students enjoyed the sights of Sydney harbour via the ferry and conducted a geographic investigation by measuring building heights, wind speed and noise level using specialised equipment. Overall, Year 10 had an exciting and educational day out!

⚽ Calling all sport fans! 🏀 Catch the Winter Championships LIVE next week on Wednesday 31 July and Thursday 1 August via our live stream! Whether you're interested in football, netball, rugby league, or all abilities oztag, tune in for the action and stay for the sportsmanship. To watch the live streams next week and for more info visit: https://ow.ly/ZBpB50SHR6X

Develop your child's ability to bounce back from challenges. Read our latest blog to learn how resilience can make a difference both within the classroom and beyond, and how we can nurture this vital skill together: https://ow.ly/Oeb650SCTfJ

That's a wrap! What a wonderful Founders' Day 2024! Here is a snapshot into the smiles, fun, dance, good times and love of a wonderful community and an even fantastic College! From all your friends at Casimir Catholic College, Happy Founders' Day from us to you. ❤️💙

St John Baptist de La Salle /Pray for us.
John Bede Polding /Pray for us.
St Paul of the Cross /Pray for us.
Live Jesus in our Hearts, Forever!

Today we bid our Italian visitors farewell. Students have spent the last couple of days with their Casimir buddies attending classes and participating in many fun activities. We wish them Viaggi Sicuri as they head back to Milano, Italy ✈️🇮🇹

🦠Genes, enzymes, disease treatment and glowing bacteria🦠 Yr 12 Biology students dove into the world of biotechnology to discover how insulin is made and how we can create bacteria that glows.

We thank Sydney University for all their help in making our AMGEN experience one to remember

On Friday 21st June, the College Year 10 Volleyball Team competed in the NSW Schools Volleyball Championship at Olympic Park competing outside of their age group and were up against year 11 students from across the state! 🏐

The boys competed with enthusiasm and grit, winning key points throughout the day and emerging as strong competitors.

Casimir welcomes our Italian visitors all the way from Milano Italy who will be experiencing life at Casimir.
Our visitors will be buddied up with our students participating in classess and fun activities. 💙 🇦🇺 🏫 🇮🇹 ❤️

Congratulations to Casimir College's Swim Team Captain Tiana Silva! Who swam an extremely successful race at this year's National Championships.

Tiana finished 4th (a second behind those ahead of her) in the U15 Girls 50m Breaststroke. Well done! 🏊‍♀️ 🏆⭐️

On Friday 14th of June, Casimir Band students participated in the 2024 Music Eisteddfod.

The students performed excellently in three categories and received the following trophies:

🎸 Intermediate Rock Band - First place! 🥇 🏆
🎸 Open/Senior Rock Band - Second Place! 🥈🏆
🎺 Contemporary Ensemble - Third Place! 🥉🏆

After four years of attending the Eisteddfod, we received our best results in the band/ensemble categories, taking out the most trophies from any school on the day!

It is a credit to the students' hard work, giving up their Tuesday afternoons every week to rehearse.

We welcomed the The Carroll family to the College to view their Fathers original De La Salle Marrickville Cadets Uniform which they kindly donated, highlighting the history of yesteryear as it was on the shoulders of these pioneers which the College was formed.

Mr. Barry Carroll was a student of the College in the 1950's.
On behalf of the College, we offer our sincere thanks to the Carroll family for sharing these items with our community and helping keep the history of our past alive.

Our Casimir College Leaders, Emma & Oliver and selected Year 12 leaders from 20 different Colleges enjoyed an exclusive luncheon with Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP earlier this Term. 🙏

📷 Photo Credit: Sydney Catholic Schools, Mission & Identity Team.

Casimir Catholic College would like to wish Bram Robertson of year 8 the best of luck as he travels to the Gold Coast this weekend to compete in the National Judo Championships.
Bram has earned himself a place in the competition after finishing in the top 3 Judokas in NSW.
Best of luck Bram, we can't wait to hear about your success

❄️Winter Sleepout 2024❄️
160 students along with teachers braved the cold and the hardwood floor of the passionist hall at the annual Winter Sleepout. Over $3000 was raised and will go towards items for the Winter appeal for the St Vincent de Paul society.❄️

Our Annual Careers Market was buzzing with eager faces and multiple questions from our year 10-12 students.
Post secondary instutions were onsite offering advice and material for our students to consider. Whether it was the Australian Defence Force, Universities, TAFE or Apprenticeships students and parents where able to consider and discuss future pathways beyond the gates of Casimir.

Today at Casimir Catholic College, we observe Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week. This year's theme, "Now More Than Ever," calls for ongoing justice and rights for Indigenous communities. Together, we commit to reconciliation through respect, action, and change.

Congratulations to Gabriel Tentomas and Ryan Nicolas who played a great tournament receiving a bronze medal representing NSW in the National Senior League Baseball Championships.
Well done boys, we are extremly proud of you.

Congratulations to our Casimir Dance Troupe for their outstanding performance in, Jazz, Hip Hop and Lyrical sections at this weeks SCS Eisteddfod.

A special mention to Year 12 students Makayla and Christiana who did an amazing job choreographing these routine’s.

We are immensely proud of each one of our students, your commitment and efforts are truly commendable.

It was our honour to welcome Bishop Richard Umbers, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, and Mr. Dominic Smith from Caritas Australia to our College assembly.

We presented our Project Compassion donation, badged our 2024 Debating teams and heard a reflection from Bishop Umbers on this year's College theme: ‘Know the Way, Go the Way, Show the Way,’ inspired by the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

Congratulations to Year 9 student Athena Nikou on being a finalist in the 2024 Portrait Prize Exhibition.

The theme of the exhibition was to complete a portrait of a person who is special and plays a significant role in the life of the entrant. Athena’s beautiful portrait is of her Grandfather George Panteli.

Congratulations Athena on your beautiful artwork.