St Mary MacKillop College has once again brought home the trophy for Champion School at the Busselton IronKids event this year, with more than 35 students from the College participating in the annual triathlon festival for ages 7-13.
College staff member, Mrs Vanessa Philp, who was also volunteering at the event, accepted the trophy and cheque for $1,000 on behalf of the College.
Year 8 student Darcy Bailey has earned an outstanding achievement of High Distinction in the 2018 ICAS Mathematics Competition that was held in August. This result places him in the top 1% of Year 8 students across Australia.
Five more of our students also achieved Distinction Certificates, which placed them in the national top 10% of students in their year group: Jarrad Tutt (Year 7), Finn Barrett-Lennard (Year 8), as well as Henrietta Hodel and James Miles in Year 9 and Flynn Hembroff in Year 10.
Congratulations to all of our high achieving Mathematics students who participated in what is a very high standard of national competition.
Students from Kindy to Year 6 were highly entertained recently, when Mick Doyle from Science Alive spent two days with the College to share his passion for all things Science.
Years 4-6 enjoyed an overview of Earth and Space Sciences, as they learned about our earth’s ever-changing landscape, and how shifting tectonic plates cause earthquakes and tsunamis.
This year’s Presentation Night was another successful showcase of the College, celebrating the very best in talent, ability and hard work from students across all learning areas.
Congratulations to all subject and course award winners, and to all Special Awards and Scholarships.
After winning the South West basketball competition in September at Eaton Recreation Centre, our Year 6 girls’ basketball team were invited to play in the Champions Cup basketball competition at the Bendat Basketball Centre in Perth on Wednesday 21 November.
Congratulations to all the budding artists who had work in this year’s annual St Mary MacKillop College Art Exhibition. There were many impressive works on display, with the following students being presented with awards on opening night.
Mrs Thomas’ Room 5 class performed a delightful and entertaining rendition of their favourite narrative, Little Red Riding Hood, for the Assembly on October 19.
Complete with a ring of colourful fairies, squirrels, rabbits and a big, bad wolf ‘gang’, the Year 1 students confidently sang and danced their way through a charming version of this well-known classic fairytale.
On Wednesday 17 October, a group of eight students from Years 8 to 11 travelled up to Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School to compete in the annual Philosothon - a community of inquiry concerned with the big questions at the edge of science and reason. A Philosothon is a competition designed to promote critical and creative thinking and collaboration skills.
The College’s commitment to nurturing a lifetime love of learning is not just for our students, as our staff are encouraged to develop new skills and seek new challenges.
Following on from woodworking sessions last term, a group of aspiring artists from among our staff has been coming together on a Thursday after school this term to express their creative side through oil painting.
Chris Elliot from Busselton Water visited the College last Wednesday to present prize packs to the winners of this year’s Water Week Art competition. Year 6 students Millie Jasper and Sabella Banks were two of the four winners from more than 250 entries of all ages.