The following article was written by Year 10 student Gabriella Ward on work experience at the Busselton Dunsborough Times, and was published on 28 October:
Busselton residents may have noticed teenagers popping up in businesses all over town this week.
The College celebrated World Teachers Day on Friday 28 October with an afternoon tea served to all staff. Chris Wallace recognised those staff members who have been long term employees in our College community with certificates recognising their years of service.
This semester senior students took on a Service Learning challenge to make dolls for children in need. In purchasing a Uthando doll kit, attending workshops and spending time at home creating a doll, around 80 MacKillop students have ensured children living in Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa have a gorgeous doll to love and learn from.
Our Week 3 Assembly was co-ordinated by Mrs Kane and the Year 3 students from Room 11, who began by sharing some of their class artwork. These included drawings of the Busselton Jetty scratched out of black paint over oil pastels; a collaged map of Australia; spooky owls painted over a moonlit night created with oil pastels; watercolour pencil masterpieces using masking with glue and black paint.
The incoming Student Council this year had the opportunity to spend their annual camp at St Thomas More College in Perth, where they participated in leadership development sessions run by the Head of College Tom Mitchell.
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.