From left to right: St Bernadette’s Secretary Frances Murphy, YCW Rafael Tordilla, Liam Culican and YCW Fono Taefu.
In March 2016 St Bernadette’s Primary, Castle Hill donated 45 IBM/Lenovo laptops and computers, along with monitors, keyboards and mice to the Parramatta Young Christian Workers (YCW) organisation.
Catholic Education’s ICT Trainee Liam Culican said he was inspired to participate after reading an article in a previous edition of Catholic Outlook calling on parishes, schools and organisations to donate older or unwanted computers and laptops for re-use.
'After reading the article we promptly got in touch,' Liam said. 'Hopefully an article like this will encourage more schools to join in, as I know there would be many schools in our situation.'
Every Saturday, young volunteers gather at 25 Union Street, Granville, the Parramatta YCW House to refurbish refurbishing old computers.
Refurbished computers are donated to young people in the local community and to East Timor, where 60% of the population is under 25 years of age.
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24 Dec 2025
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Wishing all our St Bernadette's Community a blessed Christmas filled with joy.
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The joy of holidays... There was joy on our whole school reward, congratulations to all the students who enjoyed 7 fun activities that took the whole day- including the inflatable obstacle course. Thank you to the P&F who provided a sausage sizzle and Zooper Dooper for each child. Even the teachers enjoyed a session on the obstacle course! Congrats to Miss Piperata from Kindy who remained unbeatable!
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Wishing all our St Bernadette's Community a blessed Christmas filled with joy.
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The joy of holidays... There was joy on our whole school reward, congratulations to all the students who enjoyed 7 fun activities that took the whole day- including the inflatable obstacle course. Thank you to the P&F who provided a sausage sizzle and Zooper Dooper for each child. Even the teachers enjoyed a session on the obstacle course! Congrats to Miss Piperata from Kindy who remained unbeatable!
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This term, Year 3 explored Mosaic Art, learning how artists decorate surfaces using small, coloured materials such as tiles and glass placed closely together. With plenty of creativity and care, our students transformed pieces of plywood into beautiful Christmas wreaths, ready to brighten their homes and spread festive cheer. A huge thank you to our Parent Helpers, Teacher Aides and friends who helped make this special “Crafternoon” such a wonderful success! Year 3 would like to wish the St Bernadette’s community a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Father Menard kindly accepted over 300 Christmas Cards that our students have written to residents in over 10 aged care facilities in the area. Spreading Christmas cheer!
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Christmas cheer from the choir 🎄🎅 Some members of our choir performed at the Epping Club on Wednedsday. The club also gave our school a donation to buy some more resources for our school's music department- very generous! Thank you to the parents and grandparents for always bringing the children early to rehearsals each week.
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We officially announced our 2026 School Captains, Vice Captains and Sports Captains at our Thanksgiving Mass. Congratulations to all elected. To all our nominees, well done on presenting yourselves for election, you have all represented yourselves so well. It was a pleasure to see so many students rise to the occasion.
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Today, the families who sold the most raffle tickets for our school fun fair were treated to an amazing day out! The fun kicked off with a movie and bowling, and wrapped up with some delicious pizza for lunch. A huge thank-you to our wonderful P&F for organising such a special day, and to all the families who supported the raffle. We appreciate you! 🍿 🎥 🎳 🍕
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