St Catherine's is in Toorak and is the girls equivalent of Scotch/St Kev's. I reckon check the schools out before you start putting names down as the schools described previously are all quite different! It is worth noting the difference between the 'private' Catholic schools and the rest - cost is a big difference there. Most of the private schools have bus lines from all over Melb too may be worth considering.
Thank you all so much for your replies. It seems ridiculous to be worrying about this at such an early age, but I know that spaces fill early. I am currently realising I totally dropped the ball on a 3 year old kinder place and it isn't looking good!
I will look into the schools you have all mentioned. Some were already on my list, like Sacre Coeur, Genazzano and Siena (does anyone have any opinions on Siena?). Also, I don't think St Kevin's is too far from Carnegie, especially on the train. Even driving it isn't too bad.
When I was at a playgroup the mothers were talking about what you can do to help secure scholarships in Year 5. Their children were only in kinder and prep and they were talking about what extra curricular activities would help secure a scholarship as well as getting extra tutoring. It seemed really sad to me that these little children were not just doing an activity for fun but because it reflected well on their 'well-rounded-ness'. I felt so panicked when I left. Needless to say, I have not gone back to that playgroup!
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