On Wednesday 14 June a team comprising of Year 9 and Year 10 boys competed in the ACC Schoolboys Cup at Hay Park in Bunbury. The annual football carnival saw our boys compete against teams from Bunbury Catholic College, Mandurah Baptist College, Mandurah Catholic College, and Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School.
Year 12 Human Biology students from St Mary MacKillop College visited the Lotterywest Biodiscovery Centre this week at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth.
Research scientists at the new QEII Medical Centre in Nedlands provided the students with opportunities to work with real DNA in a Level 2 Laboratory and to better understand methods of identifying DNA mutations.
On Thursday, 22nd June the St Mary MacKillop College girls and boys hockey teams travelled to Bunbury to play against three other schools in the ACC Hockey competition for the South West.
Our boys’ team knew they would be facing a challenging day, with half the team made up of Year 7 and Year 8 students.
The Timor 2017 fundraising total is now $52,000. The difference this money will make to the lives of the children we support in Timor is immeasurable. This year's fundraising equates to:
3 Kindergarten classrooms
6 classrooms accessing electricity for the first time
7 students accessing tertiary education
13 computers for schools in two areas
61 families being given a clutch of three chickens to ensure protein in children's diets
Shelving for the local library in a Baguia
Repairs to a school chapel and a kindergarten in Haekoni
Many more school children accessing education who could otherwise not afford it.
When the salmon were biting around Busselton during April, little Ember Jensz was in amongst it, breaking a national game fishing record in her wake.
Confirmation has recently come in that the Pre Primary student at St Mary MacKillop College now holds both the state and national Australian Small Fry Female Record for Salmon caught off a 3kg line.
Senior Visual Arts students enjoyed some opportunities recently to experience the works and techniques of contemporary artists both locally and in Perth. This included exploring both finished artworks and the art making process itself, giving students an idea of artists’ different intentions and methods in making art.
Year 12 students at St Mary MacKillop College ended Refugee Week in Australia on Friday 23 June by participating in a Circle of Silence to highlight and raise awareness of the difficulties faced by refugees.
Standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity and leadership, many wore placards they had handwritten in response to the ‘voiceless-ness’ of many people seeking asylum and being displaced from their homelands around the world.
Ms Barnard’s Year 5 class began their assembly this week by describing Genius Hour, where the students have been devoting an hour each week to researching topics that they felt passionate about, before presenting the information using their chrome books.
Last Friday 16 June, Years 3-6 competed in cross country races, while students from Kindy to Year 2 participated in a Fun Run to raise money for the College P&F.
The Year 6 House Leaders took the whole campus through a warm-up, and a little ‘YMCA’ got the children moving and in the mood to run.
When the weather turns cold and wet, sometimes you just want somewhere warm and dry… and quiet.
Mindful Mondays in the library has been operating since August last year, providing a space for primary students to sit and read or do mindful colouring in - with no talking.