A student’s life should be balanced. To enrich a boy’s educational journey at the College, both sport and/or co-curricular involvement is important. We endeavour to educate the whole person, therefore, a genuine participation in the Sport and Co-curricular Program is an integral element of a boy's schooling.
We offer an exciting, successful and extensive range of Sport and Co-curricular programs across most age groups.
Sport is an essential part of a boy’s education and is integral in the development of balanced and well-rounded young men. Playing sport, in particular team sport, is a proven part of healthy development.
Sport teaches students to organise their time, enhances friendships and builds relationships with other students and adults. We offer sport at the College because it teaches valuable lessons about resilience, respect, challenge, courage, failure and success.
We have an extensive basketball program where students in Years 5 to Year 12 enjoy the opportunity to participate if they so choose. The College currently has teams in two competitions; the local Manly Warringah midweek basketball competition where players are encouraged to participate for basketball pleasure and in the Independent Sports Association (ISA) Saturday competition.
The College basketball program boasts excellent coaching staff including former and current Manly Warringah representative players, representative coaches, former Saints 1st V players and College staff.
Cricket continues to grow at the St Augustine’s Cricket Club, which plays in the Manly Warringah Junior Cricket competition. The College is currently playing in the 2017/18 season. A highlight to this cricket year was the College winning ‘Big Three’ cricket trophies – the Mark Taylor Shield, the Manly Cup and the Downie Trophy.
Football (soccer) enjoys a high level of participation and boys develop their skills in an enjoyable environment under the guidance of dedicated coaches. St Augustine’s Football Club plays football in the Manly Warringah Association Saturday Competition. The 2017 year was exciting and rewarding for the U18/1 team who won their major Premiership, the Grand Final and made the Semi Finals of the NSW Champion of Champions.
Our rowing program was founded in 2004 and has reached successes at the highest School Boy levels in Australia including the 1st IV Crew winning the ACT and NSW State Championships, followed by coming second at the National Rowing Championships after winning numerous other medals throughout the season. Three members of the same crew won gold rowing in a coxless quad and from this same crew Daniel Samus achieved selection to represent Australia.
The program maintains an international class fleet for our boys and excellent coaching staff. Recent individual successes have included Sean Murphy (Class of 2014) and Zac von Appen (Class of 2015) who are double Australian Representatives in Rowing, starting their rowing careers at the College in Year 8. The College rowers and coxswains enjoy the sport immensely boating out of Mosman Rowing Club sheds.
We have been successful in rugby union for many years. Accomplishments include winning the State-wide Waratah Shield Knockout Competition ten times, with five wins in a row.
The College rugby teams participate in the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Rugby Competition for students 13 years to Open age groups. The 11 and 12 years age group play in the Independent Primary School Heads Association – IPSHA. The College is currently the ISA champion school.
The Athletics team competes at the Independent Sports Association (ISA) Carnival across all athletic disciplines. Selections are made to represent the ISA at the Combined Independent Schools Carnival. During the Athletics season in Term 3, the team trains twice a week with expert coaches across all areas.
The College Boxing Fitness program is a non-competitive sport with the focus on fitness and fun. Sessions run on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 7am - 8am throughout the year and students are paired up with other students from similar age groups or ability. One student is on the focus mitts and the other with the boxing gloves, in which they to swap throughout the session.
Students will learn; correct technique, how to defend themselves, foot work and various boxing combinations. In the process, they will gain many physical attributes that will also assist in their other sports such as increased; fitness, core stability and upper body strength.
St Augustine’s College participates in the Northern Beaches Futsal Association (NBFA) midweek summer competition. There isn’t an expectation to train and students are encouraged to play with school friends in a competitive, though friendly competition.
The College Running Club introduces middle and long distance running to all students from Years 5 to Year 12. The emphasis of the Running Club is to focus on students who have a genuine interest in keeping fit and improving their running technique as well as training for the College Cross Country and Independent Sports Association (ISA) Cross Country Carnival.
St Augustine’s College swim team is well renowned for it’s outstanding success at Independent Sporting Association (ISA), Combined Independent Schools (CIS) and All Schools competitions. The College runs a successful developmental training squad two mornings a week in Terms 1 and 4. The program aims to develop stroke technique for competitive swimming at school and regional level.
The College Martial Arts Programme is run through Walsh Martial Arts Australia off campus in Beacon Hill. Walsh Martial Arts Australia is a specialist teaching school dedicated to the quality instruction of the techniques, traditions and philosophy of Tae Kwon Do & Hapkido. Walsh Martial Arts Australia teach highly effective self-defence techniques to children and adults of all ages.
The College Tennis program is designed for all students to enjoy all year round. Our program, run by Wakehurst Tennis Club, is based on skill development for varying abilities. Following recent growth in participation, the College will further enhance the tennis program with two competition streams in 2018. Teams will compete in the Winter Saturday Independent Sporting Associations (ISA) Competition and in the local Tennis Northern Beaches competition.
Water Polo is a vibrant part of the St Augustine's summer sporting program. It teaches the boys about teamwork and good sportsmanship, encompassing and strengthening the ideals of community in the Augustinian community.
Cultural pursuits are a vital part of College life at St Augustine's and provide opportunities for our boys to pursue their creative talents as well as adding to community experiences within the school.
With an extensive suite of specialty spaces our Lecceto Arts Centre provides even greater opportunities for the students to perform and enhance their skills in music and drama.
Furthermore students have the opportunity to experience various activities that extends their critical thinking and creative flair.
We are proud to have graduates who have attended renowned Austraian tertiary creative arts establishments such as the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and the Conservatorium of Music, or pursued careers as artists, designers and authors.
We offer a diverse, inclusive and consistently successful program, accepting and catering for all needs.
Junior Coding Club is for Year 5 and 6 students. The Club provides opportunities for the boys to learn and create animations, computer games, and moving m-bots. The boys will build their programming skills as they move through the projects and challenges, demonstrating and applying their skills. Projects cover Scratch, M-bots and Python.
Senior Coding Club is for Years 7 to 12 students providing opportunities to learn plain English computer languages that will enable you to participate in online lessons/competitions, as well as work in teams to create solutions to problems.
We participate in several debating competitions throughout the year, including the Independent Schools Debating Association (ISDA) Competition, staff verse students, with our Augustinian brother school Villanova College, Qld debate (Year 12), internal debate and House Group competitions. With training and expert advice, students refine their debating skills
This co-curricular activity is an internationally recognised program created for young people aged 13 years and 9 months to 25 years. The program commences with the Bronze award in Term 4 of Year 8 and sees participants work through Year 9 towards individual goals in the areas of skill, physical recreation, volunteering and adventurous journeys. As the Silver & Gold award levels continue into Years 10, 11 & 12, participants continue to take on more challenges and responsibilities that are not only rewarding, but bring great opportunity for personal and social development.
Co-curricular Music at St Augustine’s College provides a rich program built around a strong Concert Band and Choir core. Students can extend their playing through Stage Bands, Jazz Ensembles and Liturgy Choirs. We also provide smaller ensembles for several instrument groups.
The English Faculty runs a ‘Scribbly Nibsters’ writing club each term and is open to all students. Students will undertake a variety of composition projects to improve and develop their personal style.
We offer an after school Art Club each semester. Classes are held over a 10 week period, one afternoon per week for Primary and Middle School students. The dynamic workshops provide an opportunity for fun whilst exploring a variety of forms, materials and techniques to create mini masterpieces.
Chess is the best sport to exercise the most important organ in our bodies; the brain. As well as training both sides of the brain, Chess can also have a positive impact on increasing a student’s creativity and problem-solving skills. The College participates in the New South Wales Junior Chess League and teams from our Primary, Middle and Secondary Schools enter in the Metropolitan Region zone competition.
Mock Trial competitions are conducted by the Events Management Department of the Law Society and are partly funded by the Law Foundation of NSW. The competitions are a practical means of introducing Year 10 and 11 students to law, and to give them an understanding of the legal system that governs the society in which they live. Mock Trial competitions provide an exciting opportunity for students to develop their speaking and arguing skills.
Individual Private Tuition is available for students who wish to study an instrument privately through the private tuition programme. Highly qualified specialist tutors provide tuition in woodwind, brass, percussion, piano, guitar, voice and bass.
Our Production Crew students are trained in the technical aspects of live performance and technical support, such as stage lighting and sound production. Supported by a qualified staff member, the Production Crew will set up and run several key College events throughout the year.
Public Speaking is offered to help students increase their confidence and self-esteem by helping them to enhance their oral communication and by promoting research skills. Students develop the ability to communicate their ideas to an audience in an informative, entertaining, or persuasive manner, depending on the purpose of the speech and the occasion.
Our Drama programs continue to grow and thrive here at the St Augustine’s College. Opportunities exist each year for boys to audition for roles in major theatrical and musical theatre productions. In addition, Theatresports is a popular co-curricular offering that challenges the boys with improvisation skill development and team-work. St Augustine’s ‘Interschools Theatresports’ teams regularly feature in state and regional semi-finals and provide the students with an opportunity to compete with likeminded students from across the state.
In most years the College produces two major theatrical productions – one for the Senior boys in Years 9 to 12 and one for the Middle School, Years 5 to 9. The College also shares a productive dramatic relationship with the girls from Stella Maris College Manly. Both Colleges often produce theatre in collaboration, providing valuable opportunities for social and theatrical development.