The 2018 Timor team has been selected and representing the St Mary MacKillop College community in Timor next year will be:
Diwan Ackerman, Sarah Court, Ethan Durrant, Tayla Jackson, Ned McMinigal, Ross Rann, Lili Renfrey, Sam Tolley, Sophie Wilmot
They have begun their fundraising efforts with flair and colour, setting up a face painting stall at the recent Hannay Lane Street Party in Dunsborough which became a runaway success.
St Mary MacKillop College’s Annual Secondary Presentation Night was held on Thursday evening, 16 November, in the College gymnasium. This formal evening recognised the efforts of the College’s finest academic and performing arts students for the year, and also showcased a few of the highlights from 2017.
All Subject Awards for Years 7-12 were presented, as well as a number of Special Awards sponsored by various organisations and businesses.
The 2017 MacKillop Art Exhibition was officially opened by Principal Frank Norton on Thursday 2 November in the College Gymnasium. Guest judges were this year’s Artist in Residence at the College, Aidan Lee-Smith, and Rochelle Ritchie from Jackson’s Art Supplies in Busselton.
Australian International athletes, visited the College last week as part of the Champions 2 Country 2017 South West regional tour.
The aim of the tour has been to motivate students and aspiring athletes to reach for goals which were out there and targets they could aim for.
Students in Years 3 and 4 participated last week in a disaster resilience education program known as The Pillowcase Project.
During Hurricane Katrina, students of a local university used pillowcases to carry their cherished and basic possessions while evacuating campus.
The Design & Technology Project Exhibition was held in the Gymnasium foyer from Wednesday 25 to Friday 27 October. The exhibition displayed student work from the subject areas of Design and Technology, Home Economics and Digital Technology and included displays in photography, robotics, coding, 3D printing, metal, acrylic, wood and furniture design.
Mrs Pusey and Mrs Christie’s Year 1 class were very excited to be presenting their first ever assembly in front of the school and were dressed up in an array of different animals and character costumes thanks to the wonderful efforts of their dedicated parents.
This assembly related to topics we had been looking at in class, including learning how to bounce back from tricky situations with Mrs Power. We all sang well, we danced, we introduced and addressed our assembly and we also ran the computers and the whole assembly by ourselves.
The Primary Athletics team went to Bunbury on Thursday 19 October to compete in the SWPSA Athletics Carnival at Hay Park. Forty-one students represented our College in their year level for a range of track events as well as jumps and throws. The College competed against five other Catholic and Independent schools in Group 2, with a total of twelve schools from the South-West region attending this year’s carnival.
Lisa Weston joins the College community this term to work with all students, particularly our Aboriginal students, in promoting Aboriginal culture and providing a critical link to the community.
Having lived in the South West all her life, Lisa loves anything to do with the beach and summer, including swimming, fishing and BBQs. She also has a real passion for education, with four children of her own, and joins our student support team from a similar role at Busselton Senior High School.