sentences:  The sisters taught normal school subjects up to the age of 14, then trained in skills that would enable them to earn a living – mostly sewing and laundry.In 1886 the Parramatta orphanage, owned by the government but run by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, was closed and the Sisters at Manly took in additional charges.In the very early years the Sisters also conducted a small day school for neighbourhood children and a boarding school ‘for high class ladies’ on the site.