'Harder than I expected': Students sit first Catholic schools selective test

By Pallavi Singhal
Updated October 12 2017 - 9:44am, first published September 12 2017 - 5:54pm
SMH. 12th of September 2017. Students (L-R) Taj Beesley and Blake Bilderbeck who just finished the Newman Higher Ability Assessment.  Catholic schools recently announced the introduction of selective streams, and 131 students are sitting the inaugural test on Tuesday. Photograph taken at our Lady of Mercy College in Cronulla. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SMH. 12th of September 2017. Students (L-R) Taj Beesley and Blake Bilderbeck who just finished the Newman Higher Ability Assessment. Catholic schools recently announced the introduction of selective streams, and 131 students are sitting the inaugural test on Tuesday. Photograph taken at our Lady of Mercy College in Cronulla. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Isabelle De Gioia, 12, is among the first group of year 6 students to sit the test to get into newly created selective streams at Sydney's Catholic high schools.

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