Last week the College thanked the current 2016 Student Council for their commitment and service over the last twelve months and announced their newly elected Secondary Student Council, who will take up their positions at the beginning of Term Four. These 12 students representing Years 10-12 will join Head Girl, Delaney Wilson, and Head Boy, Riordan O’Shea, to form the student leadership team of the secondary campus.
The Cinefest Festival offers South West students the chance to see both Australian and world cinema that they wouldn't normally have access to. Year 10 and Year 11 Media Production and Year 11 English students had the opportunity to attend films, talks and workshops over the course of the festival.
On Friday 26th of August, the Year 11’s enjoyed a night of dancing and socialising at the annual Spring Fling. The highly anticipated event was met with enthusiasm and excitement, as the students arrived in their finest attire and entered the Winter Wonderland.
Earlier this month 30 students and three teachers set off for Canberra to were undertake an educational tour of the National Capital. Whilst on the tour, they participated in a variety of educational programs focused on Australian history, culture, heritage and democracy.
In collaboration with Our Lady of the Cape and St Thomas More Catholic Primary schools, St Mary MacKillop College was proud to host the inaugural Capes Curriculum Conference on Friday 19 August.
Author Deb Fitzpatrick visited the Secondary library on Monday to kick off Book Week this year, holding a writing workshop and meet-the-author sessions with Year 9 students.
During lunchtime all this week, in keeping with the Book Week theme of ‘Australia – story country’, the Primary campus library welcomed a variety of guest speakers to tell their stories about living in, or coming to, Australia.
Congratulations to Mrs Dumbrell’s Year 4 class for their efforts in returning books, earning them the honour of carrying the Olympic torch last week.
Strong winds and poor conditions at Gracetown, Cowaramup awaited the St Mary MacKillop College Surfing Team as they prepared to take on other South West schools at the 2016 SunSmart WA School Surfing Titles – South West Division.
After training with the West Australian State under 15 cycling team, Year 9 student Courtland Wood will be travelling to Bendigo, Victoria, next week to compete in the Junior Road Cycling National Championships. He will race in the 10km time trial, 31.5km road race and Criterium events over three days.