Our Week 2 Assembly was co-ordinated by Ms Thomas, Mrs Pusey and the Year 1 students from Room 5, who kicked off their first assembly performance with a re-enactment of a popular Russian folk tale, ‘The Little Red Hen’. This lovely Little Red Hen had some lazy friends who did not help! The Year Ones showed that if you want rewards, you have to contribute.
Forty five of our top performing students in athletics from Years 4-6 headed to Bunbury on Thursday to represent the College in the SWPSA 2016 Interschool Athletics Carnival at Hay Park.
The selected students had been training before school twice a week to prepare for the carnival, and they all performed extremely well on the day.
At the end of last term Mrs Marshall’s Kindy class enjoyed a dress-up day to wrap up their learning inquiry into sea life.
Students investigated what lives in the sea, their favourite sea creature and a resulting discussion on boats - and pirates, of course.
On Wednesday 19 October our Year 12 students celebrated their graduation with a Mass at Our Lady of the Bay Church, followed by supper in St Joseph’s Hall.
The Mass began with the procession of graduating students and a candle ceremony, recognizing the light from parents, College staff and executive, as well as the remaining student body passed onto our graduates to take out into the world.
Five MacKillop students qualified for the State Swimming Championships, which were held on September 9 in Perth.
Ross Rann was a finalist in the 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke, and went on to achieve silver medals in both backstroke events.
Ride2Work Day Wednesday 12 October
More than fifteen St Mary MacKillop College staff took advantage of the lovely spring weather on Wednesday 12 October to participate in the annual Ride2Work Day. While a number of College staff members regularly cycle to work, others also rode in from as far afield as Port Geographe and Vasse to join in the event.
Last week the College announced the ten students selected for Timor 2017. This was an extremely tough selection, with such a strong group of Year 11 students this year in both their interviews and their commitment to service.
The 2017 Timor Team and their families will spend the next few months organizing fundraising initiatives and events to support the school communities in and around Baguia in Timor Leste.
On Wednesday 7 September a group of Year 12 students travelled up to the Bunbury Red Cross Donation Centre to volunteer for their first ever blood donation. After a series of checks, which included finding out their height, weight and blood type, the students each donated just under half a litre of blood and then enjoyed sandwiches, juice and chocolates in the recovery room.
The St Mary MacKillop College Athletics squad left at 5am for Perth to compete in the ACC ‘D’ Division Athletics Carnival, which was held at the State Athletics Centre, Challenge Stadium on Monday 12 September.
Our Week 9 Assembly was co-ordinated by Mrs Magee and the Year 5s from Room 16, who showcased what they have been learning recently all about whales. The students had lots of fascinating facts to share about Orcas, Minkes, Sperm, Grey and Blue Whales among others.