On Wednesday the 30th March the children in Kindergarten 1B were very excited to see an excavator working across the road from their classroom. We investigated what “diggers” look like and what they do and then, guided by the children's interest, we decided to make our own excavators using box construction.
Over the last few weeks our Year 10 Outdoor Education students have been learning the fundamental skills of mountain-bike riding and bicycle maintenance. On the 31st March both classes headed to a trail called ‘Secret Whicher’ in heavily bushed area off Sues Road, about 25 minutes away from the College, to put their skills to the test.
St Mary MacKillop College Swim Team will advance for the second year in a row after winning back to back overall aggregate shields in the ACC Swimming Carnival in Perth. Following on from their D-Division win in 2015, our swim team produced another mighty effort this year, surprising the likes of La Salle College and Ursula Frayne to take out C-Division on debut.
Last Friday, Year 3 students led a prayer service for students in the Primary Campus to celebrate St Joseph’s Day and 150 years of service by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. We welcomed Sister Bernadette to join us as we focused on how we can live our lives in the same tradition as Mary MacKillop, patron of our College, who founded the order in 1866 with Fr Julian Tennison-Woods in Penola, South Australia.
Students from the College returned from the Surf Lifesaving Country Championships at Secret Harbour recently with a number of medals for their respective clubs.
For Busselton SLSC, Maddison Johnston-Walker won silver medals in the under 14s Surf Race, Ironman and Tube Rescue, while her brother Angus picked up a silver in the Ironman and bronze in both the Surf and Board races.
St Mary MacKillop College 1st XI played commendably in this year’s Kim Hughes Shield South West competition, defeating Bunbury Senior High School and Manea, but struggling against Dalyellup and Bunbury Catholic College in the middle rounds.
Fraser Oates was one of our standout performers, scoring 202 runs across four innings, with a highest score of 75 not out.
Year 10 student Courtland Wood travelled to Perth recently to compete in the CycleSport WA 2016 State Criterium Championships which was held at Technology Park. Courtland came in second in the Under 15 Criterium cycling race, winning a silver medal.
On Friday the 18 March the College held its first ever Literature Festival. In conjunction with Dymocks Busselton, 11 authors, illustrators and artists and 270 students from other schools around the region joined 750 of our own students on the grounds of our beautiful College to enjoy a day of lectures, workshops and meet the author sessions.
Year 12 student Demi Liddle has been selected for the under 18 WA Country Women’s Basketball team and will travel to Adelaide in April to compete in the National Championships. Demi has also been offered a contract with the SW Slammers Women’s Basketball team for this season.
Three girls from St Mary MacKillop College braved the World’s Greatest Shave for the first time this year, and raised almost $8,000 between them for the Leukaemia Foundation.