Deputy Federal Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek
Deputy Federal Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek came out to St Luke's Catholic College, Marsden Park this week to witness first hand the transformational education taking place at this much-publicised school.
The Opposition Education spokesperson visited a few of the learning spaces where students have been designing, building and coding a prototype to improve airport operations. The kindergarten children also shared the favourite things they liked to learn.
Ms Plibersek met with a number of our principals and some of our academic partners including Stephen Dinham, Stephen Heppel and Yong Zhao to talk about how we are transforming learning.
St Luke’s has captured the imagination of the community and education authorities featuring in the Daily Telegraph and Channel 10 news because it is reinventing the idea of what a contemporary Australian school can be.
It will eventually cater for 2000 students in a holistic preschool to Year 12 education program that is already operating from 6am to 6pm.
Catholic Education Diocese Parramatta Executive Director Greg Whitby said the school model hasn’t changed significantly in 50 years and St Luke’s is making that change right now.
“St Luke's is attracting the attention of senior politicians because it has become a lighthouse for schools right across Australia,” he said.
“The centre of the school will be the ‘Marketplace’ where local business people will come and work with students and share their business ideas.
“There will also be an innovation hub, with a focus on teaching 21st-century entrepreneurial skills. Students will be encouraged to discover their true passions at an early age.
“The school will educate students today for careers that haven’t been invented yet.”
Foundation Principal Greg Miller said St Luke’s extended operating hours, from 6am to 6pm, are a huge benefit for working families with younger children.
“With so many Australian families, both parents have to work and the 8.30am to 3.30pm model does not serve them best,” he said.
“Our before-and-after school ‘Activities Club’ will provide students with a learning focus as part of an extended school day.”
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08 May 2025
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Big shoutout to Cassandra and Mehwish in Year 12 for organising a 10 week Model United Nations (MUN) program, running every Tuesday after school in Term 2! n the first session, students learned more about Model United Nations and formed teams who were then assigned a country to represent. The topic for Term 2 is: "Protecting Human Rights Amid Rising Global Inequalities" (aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 16) Each week, students will represent their countries, undertake research , draft position statements, and practise diplomacy and negotiation. In Week 10, they’ll take part in a full MUN debate — simulating a real UN session.
08 May 2025
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Big shoutout to Cassandra and Mehwish in Year 12 for organising a 10 week Model United Nations (MUN) program, running after school every Tuesday. In the first session, students learned more about Model United Nations, formed teams and were assigned a country to represent. Each week, students will undertake research, represent their country, draft position statements, and practise diplomacy and negotiation. In Week 10, they’ll take part in a full MUN debate, simulating a real UN session. 🌏
08 May 2025
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08 May 2025
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08 May 2025
St Luke's Catholic College's cover photo
07 May 2025
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A great evening tonight listening to our counsellors discuss how the Brain works - and stragies for working with children who are disregulated. We know parenting doesn’t come with a handbook, and our parent learning events have been well received and will continue next term. What would you most like to learn about as a parent?
07 May 2025
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Our very first Athletics Carnival was a vibrant celebration of school spirit, determination, and teamwork! Students from Arrunga and our Secondary years showcased their skills across a range of track and field events, as well as some throwback games like captain ball and tug of war — all competing for valuable house points. They cheered each other on with enthusiasm and pride, and our house colours lit up the day with friendly competition bringing out the best in everyone. Congratulations to our House Leaders for their leadership, and of course, to all of our participants for their incredible efforts. A massive thank you to Mrs Paz for organising this fantastic event, and to Mr Wellington, along with our dedicated staff and volunteers, for helping make the day run smoothly. We’re excited to see our primary years shine in their Athletics Carnivals over the coming weeks — stay tuned for the final results!
07 May 2025
How the K-4 Brain works: A parent learning event
Only a few hours left? Remember this is in the performance hall- you can enter via the Northbourne car park. Feel free to come along
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This week, we welcomed Simon Carroll from Global School Partners, who introduced us to our new partner school, St Gavin’s Academy in Kisii County, Kenya. With around 150 students, St Gavin’s is dedicated to improving access to quality education. A group of St Luke’s students has volunteered to look after this partnership and it will be a student led initiative. Over the next few months, they’ll raise awareness at assemblies, fundraise for resources, organise a letter-writing program with younger students, and find creative ways to connect with St Gavin’s. Global School Partners believes in the power of education to break the cycle of poverty and that every small effort counts. Through this partnership, our students will connect, collaborate, and grow, expanding their global awareness while developing a deeper understanding of the world around them.
03 May 2025
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🧗♂️🎉 Year 6 Climb to New Heights! 🎉🧗♀️ Today, our Year 6 students had an exciting brain break on our new climbing structure! There were big smiles, lots of laughter, and plenty of energy as they challenged themselves and supported each other. What a fantastic way to stretch both body and brain! 🧠💪
02 May 2025
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Tickets for our Mother's Day Liturgy were snapped up faster than a Taylor Swift concert! We have revisited our plan to maximise the number of seats available and will release those at 6pm this evening via the same link. You will need to refresh the page to see those new tickets at that time: https://buff.ly/bnAigPx Please note that NO TICKET IS REQUIRED to take part in our open classrooms at 8.40am. Our liturgy will begin at 9.30am.
01 May 2025
Classroom Tours
Not long now if you wanted to do a tour of classrooms …we have some limited enrolments across the school
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