Mrs Pusey and Mrs Christie’s Year 1 class were very excited to be presenting their first ever assembly in front of the school and were dressed up in an array of different animals and character costumes thanks to the wonderful efforts of their dedicated parents.

This assembly related to topics we had been looking at in class, including learning how to bounce back from tricky situations with Mrs Power. We all sang well, we danced, we introduced and addressed our assembly and we also ran the computers and the whole assembly by ourselves.

The Primary Athletics team went to Bunbury on Thursday 19 October to compete in the SWPSA Athletics Carnival at Hay Park.  Forty-one students represented our College in their year level for a range of track events as well as jumps and throws.  The College competed against five other Catholic and Independent schools in Group 2, with a total of twelve schools from the South-West region attending this year’s carnival.

Lisa Weston joins the College community this term to work with all students, particularly our Aboriginal students, in promoting Aboriginal culture and providing a critical link to the community.

Having lived in the South West all her life, Lisa loves anything to do with the beach and summer, including swimming, fishing and BBQs. She also has a real passion for education, with four children of her own, and joins our student support team from a similar role at Busselton Senior High School.

The last day of Term 3 is always an emotional day. For our Year 12 students, the day marks the end of their journey as students of St Mary MacKillop College. They also hand the mantle of leaders in our College community to our Year 11 students.

The morning commenced for the Year 12s with the Graduation Breakfast in the Multi-Purpose Room.

Last term the Year 6 students spent their last week of school on camp at Woodman Point in Munster. They were kept entertained with all the fun activities in and around the campsite, including the rock-climbing wall, beach and orienteering. The children enjoyed all the activities provided, but the favourite for most was definitely the Flying Fox.

You will likely have heard the saying ‘children are like sponges’ - soaking up all that they see and hear. But according to respected psychologist and author, Karen Young, children are also like mirrors. “Beautiful mirrors in fleshy skin suits with uncensored actions and uncensored words that they learned from watching and listening to us.

The benefits of mindful behaviour are many and according to respected psychologist and author, Karen Young, the sooner we can practice mindful behaviour with our children, “the greater their capacity for mindful presence will be”. In this blog, Karen gives us 11 practical steps for building mindfulness in our children.

Research has revealed that one of the biggest predictors of a child’s health, wealth and success as an adult is the level of self-control they have as a five-year old. According to respected psychologist and author, Karen Young , self-control is the ability to manage behaviours and emotions to get to a longer term goal.

All parents have moments when they are unsure about limit setting and its impact on their relationship with their children. Respected psychologist and author, Karen Young, reassures us that this is not only possible, it’s preferable as we help our children to fulfil their potential.