Year 11 student Courtland Wood has been selected in the under 17s State Squad. He recently placed a very close third in the Pemberton Classic U/17 Road Race title. Courtland narrowly missed second place in a photo finish sprint across the line. Courtland is working towards representing WA at Nationals in Devonport Tasmania at the end of August.
The College gathered on the first day of term, Monday 24 April, to remember those who served Australia through the many conflicts that have occurred around the world. We were very fortunate to welcome Mr Robert Wood, President of the Busselton RSL, to speak to our students and lead us in the Ode to ANZACS. We prayed for the men and women of our armed services who gave of themselves to protect our country and to strive for world peace.
After a period of just six weeks on the Accelerated Reading program, we have already seen outstanding results with the majority of students on the program increasing their reading level.
Accelerated Reading (AR) is an online reading program that was introduced to our Year 4-6 classrooms this year.
On behalf of the P&F Executive, I would like to thank our wonderful community of parents, staff and students who have attended and/or helped out at our events this Term.
Friday 10 March saw the St Mary MacKillop College community come together once again for our annual Welcome Sundowner.
Cricket Kim Hughes Shield Finals against Newman and Belridge SHS
The 1st XI cricket team beat Newman College in a very tight game on Wednesday 22 March to advance to the Kim Hughes Shield Grand Final at Murdoch University in Perth. Jarmon Smith took five wickets and Shay Thackrah made 40 runs in this match, with a great effort all round against a much fancied team.
Mr Thompson’s Room 9 assembly was based on themes covered by the Year 3 students in the Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum.
The assembly commenced with the Welcome to Country acknowledging the Noongar people’s connection to this country.
On Wednesday 29 March, students participated in the annual Inter-House Cross Country event. All female runners completed a new single lap 3km course, whilst the male runners completed the extended 4km course. An additional walking course ensured that all students of the College participated in the day.
Our Year 11 MIS students recently completed the Chubb Fire and Awareness course, where they learnt about fires and fire hazards that occur in the workplace and domestic environments. The highlight of the course for students was putting the theory into practice, as they used a number of different fire extinguishers to extinguish some real fires.
Over 250 visiting students from schools around the south west, as well as MacKillop students from Years 1 to 11 attended the Between the Lines Literature Festival last week. This two day event is organised annually by St Mary MacKillop College, in partnership with Dymocks Busselton.
A selection of our best swimmers in Years 4-6 competed in the SWPSA Interschool Carnival at the South West Leisure Centre in Bunbury on Thursday 23 March. All students participated brilliantly and were proud to represent the College against nine other schools from Australind to Albany.