At Open Day, we welcome prospective and current parents and students to this day of fun and learning about the outstanding qualities of College life at Mater Maria. Prospective parents can discover the curriculum, the co-curricular and enrichment activities offered, sporting opportunities available, see students working in specialty classroom facilities, listen to the entertainment provided by the College’s music ensembles and take time to speak to teaching staff.
Drama performances and guided tours of the College’s tranquil bush setting are also provided (when COVID-19 restrictions ease) to enable visitors to see how Mater Maria meets the needs of young people in today’s society.
Our next open day will be held on Thursday 4 March, 2021. All visitors are welcome. You do not need to preregister.
Please visit matermaria.nsw.edu.au/enrolments/, contact our Enrolment Registrar on 02 99977044 or email deborah.fitzgerald@dbb.catholic.edu.au for more information.
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Mater Maria Catholic College – Warriewood
Set high in a tranquil bush location, Mater Maria Catholic College is a co-educational school for Years 7 to 12. It prides itself on providing students with an exceptional educational experience focused on learning, positive support networks and an infinite array of opportunities reflecting the College values of Community, Hospitality, Justice, Spirituality and Stewardship that are grounded in the Catholic faith.
We provide an engaging, technology-complemented learning environment where both students and teachers are challenged to increase the learning gain for each individual. Quality transformational learning is our focus and through flexible learning structures and informed by the latest professional practice our teachers guide our students to nurture curiosity, develop quality relationships and achieve their personal best.
Graduates of Mater Maria not only do well, they make a positive impact in their local communities and the world in ways that matter.
Please feel free to come and see for yourself at our next annual Open Day which is planned for Thursday 4 March, 2021.
Our curriculum is enriched by a diverse range of opportunities, to allow our students to follow their individual interests and share their talents in a more challenging and fulfilling way. Students have the opportunity to be involved in:
The College encourages its students to value and respect themselves, build positive relationships and contribute to the welcoming feel that the College is renowned for. At Mater Maria, the inclusive nature of its co-educational setting provides a wide range of natural opportunities for building positive and healthy relationships between girls and boys needed for life after school.
Unique to Mater Maria is a pastoral program for Year 7 students designed to enhance the transition to secondary school. Within the curriculum subject of Transition Skills, Year 7 students participate in Peer Counselling with Year 11 student leaders during Term 1. During the rest of the year, the class teacher delivers a program designed to equip students with skills necessary for the navigation of Year 7 such as conflict resolution, problem solving, study skills for high school and cybersafety.
Mater Maria Catholic College is situated on Forest Road at Warriewood. Mater Maria is well serviced by a network of government and private bus services which provide transport to and from the College.
For the latest College timetables, maps and School Travel Pass Application, please visit Transport for NSW.
Bishop Anthony of Broken Bay visits Mater Maria Catholic College to open new buildings
The new buildings were blessed by Most Reverend Bishop Anthony Randazzo of Broken Bay. He was joined by Father’s Pietrusewicz, Sadowski and Borg, Parish Priests of the local Catholic parishes. Also present were the Director the Director of Catholic Schools Broken Bay, Mr Danny Casey, the College Principal Mr Marc Reicher, the Assistant Principal Mrs Brenda Timp, and the representatives of Catholic Schools Broken Bay, the College staff and student body.
“It is unusual to be welcoming such a small group to such a significant event,” said Principal Reicher during the opening. “We’ve had a number of challenges. To put a new build through the middle of a school and to have it in construction for 2.5 years, was easy by comparison to reducing the invitation list to COVID-19 restriction requirements.” Mr Reicher said he was very grateful to the school community for understanding that not all could attend.
Mr Reicher also spoke of his pride in the development and augmentation of the College in recent years, stating “I’m very proud that we have been able to achieve our projected growth, allowing us to provide a Catholic education for over 1,000 students on the Northern Beaches every year. With this growth and our thoughtful financial management at the school level, the support of the Diocese and its building fund, we were able to start this project in 2017, and we have gradually moved into the spaces over the last 12 months.”
During the opening, Bishop Anthony addressed the school community personally and powerfully “My hope is that these buildings will assist the Catholic school community of Mater Maria to embrace strong, vibrant and authentic Catholic education. What we have at Mater Maria is a series of first-class buildings, well designed and beautifully constructed.”
“The blessing of these buildings is another step towards strengthening Catholic education in the community of the Church of Broken Bay” he said.
Set high in a tranquil bush location, Mater Maria Catholic College is a co-educational school for Years 7 to 12. It prides itself on providing students with an exceptional educational experience focused on learning, positive support networks and an infinite array of opportunities reflecting the College values of Community, Hospitality, Justice, Spirituality and Stewardship that are grounded in the Catholic faith.
The College opened its doors to students in 1962 when the Sisters of the Good Samaritan founded a secondary school in Narrabeen for just 38 girls. The College was subsequently given into the care of the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay in 1990.
Today the College has indoor and outdoor agile learning spaces, new administration and staff facilities, an easily accessible student welfare hub, a new café style canteen and the old parts of the school have been reconfigured into 6 new classrooms, a new junior kitchen, a purpose-built STEM lab that thrives with over 1,000 students each receiving a holistic Catholic education.
“We are very grateful for the support of Catholic Schools Broken Bay to have been able to make all of this happen, our students and families will be the richer for it,” concluded the very proud Principal, Mr Reicher.
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OPEN DAY 2021 / Thursday 4 March, 2021
We invite you to visit our NEW facilities, meet students, staff
and experience an evening at Mater Maria Catholic College.