Congratulations to the Catherine McAuley Staff and Students

An article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday, naming schools across the state that showed the highest achievement in Naplan. I am so pleased to announce that Catherine McAuley was named as the highest achieving school in Orange.

Channel 7 interviewed Mrs Flynn today and this should air on tonight's news bulletin.

Class Teachers 2026

Class	Teacher(s)
Kindergarten	Natalie deGabriel
Kindergarten	Leila Agresta
Year 1	Kim Pellow
	Rebecca Follent M-T/Grace Lee W-F
	Deb Prestwidge
Year 2	Georgie Haydon
	Prudence Williams
	Monique Dunn M-T/Lisa Griffiths W-F
Year 3	Ashleigh van Kemenade
	Annette Short M-W/Jane Dellow Th-F
	Belinda Forbes
Year 4	Kate Wright M-W/Nicole Worland Th-F
	Clare Crum M-T/Jennene Carpenter W-F
	Shannon Cain M-T/Helen Croke W-F
Year 5	Catherine Neal
	Gabby Biviano M/Jacinta Belmonte
	Rowena Livingstone/Gabby Biviano ½ F TBC
Year 6	Sharyn Fitzgerald
	Will Bishenden
	Sophia Basha

Improvement Agenda 2026

Each year Catherine McAuley School develops an Annual Improvement Plan. Areas for improvement are identified under our three pillars, Faith, Learning and Justice, and targetted for improvement.

We have identified the area of prayer as a main focus in the faith pillar for 2026. In learning we are focusing on the writing component of the English block. In Mathematics we will be looking at pedogogical practices and what is best practice. Mathematics will be a big focus for the Diocese and each school has a mathematics coach appointed to work with staff. Our other focus is the adoption of the new Creative Arts syllabus. We will be working with a new Creative Arts teacher in 2026, Miss Gabby Biviano, as Mrs Allan is retiring and Mrs Hughes will be on parental leave. As always, we will have a focus on wellbeing and continue to develop our Wellbeing space.

In the area of Justice we will have a renewed focus the effective use of data to support system priorities and drive system and to continue our school improvement journey.

2025 ICAS Assessment Results

As a school community we would like to recognise and congratulate all students who participated in the ICAS Assessment this year. ICAS provides students with an opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem solving skills.

A number of students gained exceptional results in English, Science or Mathematics as listed in the table below. All students received an ICAS certificate recognising their achievements.

English

Mathematics

Science

25 students participated in the ICAS Assessment for English and were awarded;

3 Distinction Certificates

9 Credit Certificates

3 MeritCertificates

10 Participation Certificates

25 students participated in the ICAS Assessment for English and were awarded;

2 Distinction Certificates

3 Credit Certificates

4 Merit Certificates

16 Participation Certificates

16 students participated in the ICAS Assessment for English and were awarded;

9 Credit Certificates

2 Merit Certificates

5 Participation Certificates

Distinction

Florence Basha (Year 3)

James Shortis (Year 3)

Oliver Tedeschi (Year 3)

Distinction

Oliver Apps (Year 3)

Graham Jones (Year 3)

Distinction

Credit

Edward Ronald (Year 2)

Harry Watson (Year 2)

William Jones (Year 2)

Anna Tydd (Year 3)

Graham Jones (Year 3)

Amelia Abood (Year 4)

Aidan O’Donnell (Year 4)

Audrey Hilder (Year 4)

Michael Rawsthorne (Year 6)

Credit

Edward Ronald (Year 2)

Harry Watson (Year 2)

Oliver Tedeschi (Year 3)

Credit

Harry Watson (Year 2)

Graham Jones (Year 3)

James Shortis (Year 3)

Oliver Apps (Year 3)

Oliver Tedeschi (Year 3)

Aidan O’Donnell (Year 4)

Audry Hilder (Year 4)

Joy Jones (Year 5)

Michael Rawsthorne (Year 6)

Merit

Felix West (Year 3)

Isobel Clifton (Year 3)

Oliver Apps (Year 3)

Merit

Lincoln Maley (Year 3)

Aidan O’Donnell (Year 4)

Jax Murphy (Year 5)

Michael Rawsthorne (Year 6)

Merit

Edward Ronald (Year 2)

Amelia Abood (Year 4)

Have a great fortnight,

Jo Flynn

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