2025 Presentation Ceremonies

We warmly invite you to join us online for the 2025 End of Year Awards Presentation ceremonies for Year 7-11 students. Below is the formal invitation and links for viewing each year group's ceremony online. The link(s) will be activated on the day of the presentation.

We look forward to sharing in this celebration of excellence with you.

2026 Booklists and Stationery

Information on ordering 2026 booklists and stationery for each year level has been sent out via the Stella App today.

1000 Worms Find a New Home at Stella

by David Ford and Violet Warner

Mission prefects, Bronte S and Eleni H have taken on a composting initiative that they hope will inspire a generation of Stella students. Our school maintenance leader, Arthur, built two enclosed outdoor compost containers that the prefects are using to break down materials that would normally be thrown into rubbish bins.

“We are starting small using the maintenance team's green waste, and Canteen food scraps. Once we get into the full swing of composting, we hope to get every Stella student separating their food waste and using the right materials to add to the worms,” Eleni said.

Both Bronte and Eleni introduced the worms to their new Stella home and are hopeful they will love their surrounds and hungrily consume Stella’s food and garden waste.

Bronte added, “we are hoping to create a compost club next year with students that are keen to get involved in this project. We will be asking all year levels to get involved in this if they are keen."

Both Eleni and Bronte are happy the Northern Beaches Council are trialling food composting bins and will be researching how best to recycle waste at their school. Well done Bronte and Eleni, alongside the other student leaders, for introducing this great initiative.

Visual Arts Department

by Marisa Quick

This Monday our Year 9 Visual Arts class was very fortunate to have a full morning of acrylic painting here in our new art rooms. Meredith Rasdall, who is a Northern Beaches Artist and Educator, guided our students through the processes of landscape painting using images of the Northern Beaches to provide inspiration for the students' paintings.

Meredith guided our students through a range of techniques, including exploring colour mixing on different backgrounds, experimenting with credit card painting as a palette knife, chalking over blackboard surfaces, and painting around shapes to create striking black outlines in their landscapes. The paintings created by our students were outstanding.

It was such a great opportunity to create and spend some extended time experimenting and creating. Our lovely Year 9 students were fully engaged in the process and were both encouraging and complimentary toward their peers. Meredith was very impressed with the girls' talents, their concentration and even with their clean up!

Fig Day Out

Fig Day Out delivered a warm, lively celebration of student talent in a relaxed outdoor setting. With performers from Years 7–11, the night showcased an impressive range of confidence and creativity.

The festival-style atmosphere—complete with open-air staging and an enthusiastic crowd—made the evening feel welcoming and vibrant.

Overall, Fig Day Out was a joyful showcase of emerging talent and teamwork, leaving families and friends proud and eager for next year’s event.

A Celebration of Dance

A Celebration of Dance lived up to its name, offering an inspiring evening of movement, creativity, and confidence from students in Years 7–11. The show blended expressive solo pieces with dynamic group performances, highlighting a wide range of styles and skill levels.

As always, A Celebration of Dance was a vibrant and uplifting showcase of young talent— an evening that left the audience truly impressed.

Ensembles Evening

Ensembles Evening offered a polished and memorable night of music in the theatre, showcasing College ensembles alongside select soloists from Years 7–11.

The performances were tight, expressive, and beautifully coordinated, revealing strong musicianship and teamwork across the groups. Interspersed throughout the program, the solo items added a personal touch, highlighting individual skill and confidence.

Vinnies Hamper Appeal: A Generosity That Overflowed

As we wrap up the year, it’s impossible not to be moved by the extraordinary generosity of the Stella community during the Vinnies Christmas Hamper Appeal. What began as a request for support quickly grew into something remarkable: a room transformed into a stuffed Aladdin’s Cave of kindness, filled to the brim with essential items, treats, and thoughtful gifts.

Thanks to the overwhelming response from students, families, and staff, we were able to prepare 10 additional boxes for refugee families in our local community. These people face a double disadvantage due to their citizenship status and are unable to access even the most basic services, including concession transport. These hampers will offer not only practical support, but a message of dignity, solidarity, and hope at a time when it is most deeply needed.

Thank you, Stella, for once again showing what compassion in action truly looks like.

A big shout out of thanks to Ms Abbott and Mrs Hausmanns and their junior Religion classes for doing the collating and packing of the hampers throughout the week.

Thank you and Merry Christmas

As we wrap up another busy year, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our incredible Canteen volunteers. It is no small task keeping more than 1000 girls well nourished—and yet you have turned up, willing, generous, and always with a smile. Your energy, kindness and reliability have made an enormous difference to our community.

To those who joined us for just a few shifts and to those who were here week after week—thank you. Your contribution lightens the load, supports our students, and embodies the spirit of Stella.

As we look ahead to 2026, we would love to welcome new faces to the volunteering team. If you are interested in volunteering, even just a little, please reach out to me via canteen@stellamaris.nsw.edu.au

Wishing you and your families a joyful, restful and very Merry Christmas (with plenty of delicious food).

During term, the Uniform Shop is open Tuesdays to Thursdays from 8.00am to 4.30pm and can be emailed on uniform_books@stellamaris.nsw.edu.au

The Uniform Shop closed for the year on Wednesday 19 November at 2.00pm.

January 2026 Opening Times

• 20, 21, 22 January (9.00am - 2.00pm)
• 28 - 29 January (9.00am – 2.00pm)
• 30 January - first day of school (8.00am – 2.00pm)

Online purchases placed after November 19 can be collected in January on the days listed above.

2026 Booklists

These are now available via: https://order.campion.com.au?s...

When using the website to order, the code 6RQR is required. Orders need to be placed by 19 December 2025.

Please follow this link to the Uniform Shop Online Store https://uniformshoponline.stel...

Second Hand Uniforms

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