The Arts team can assist in the development of all creative projects in your school. The team will continue their focus on supporting schools in the roll-out of the new K-6 Creative Arts and Secondary Dance, Drama and Music Syllabi throughout 2025. Teachers can access professional-learning workshops and a large selection of comprehensive teaching units aligned to curriculum reform. Teachers click here for more information.
ViVA! – Stage 6 Classes
Since its inception in 2017, the Sydney Catholic Schools ViVA! Performing Arts Program has grown exponentially. It is currently offered across multiple schools: Southern Cross Catholic College, Burwood; Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Kensington; and St Patrick’s College, Sutherland. In 2026 additional hubs include Marist Catholic College, Penshurst and Clancy Catholic College, West Hoxton.
ViVA! provides all secondary school students with a part-time option of attending hub schools in order to study HSC Dance, Drama, Music 1, Music 2 and Music Extension, whilst maintaining their enrolment at their current school.
ViVA! is delivered in weekly block face-to-face classes, with online learning modules, in a blended delivery model that allows students to explore their passion and extend their skills, with like-minded students and expert teachers.
Sydney Catholic Schools is excited to announce that ViVA! offers Dance XLR8 – an accelerated pathway for exceptional Year 10 students to complete the HSC a year early. They complete the program across Years 10 – 11, following a comprehensive selection process.
For more information, email artshq@syd.catholic.edu.au