Our netball teams took part in the Mary Mills Cup today and the boys team were the winners! Congratulations to all the players for a great effort!

Last week we launched our collaborative work with The Queensland University of Technology’s WONDER OF SCIENCE program to promote STEM education. We welcomed Anne, a PhD student in Polymer Chemistry, and Tim who is completing a Physics PhD. These wonderfully enthusiastic scientists shared resources for all our students and led the practical activities detailed in […]

Monday, 8th August we celebrate the feast day of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Not only is Mary MacKillop the patron of our College but she serves as an inspiration to us all. The first Australian Saint, she gave her life in service to others. Together with Fr Julian Tennyson-Woods she founded the Sisters […]

As our College grows there is a constant need to continue providing first class facilities. This year we have seen the completion of additional facilities across the College. The design phase is complete for our next building stage and our College is progressing with the next stage of the process. Stage 5 will provide additional […]

We look forward to the Athletics Carnival and MacKillop Games next week. Our students have been practising their House team war cries! We will also celebrate NAIDOC Week this week, with each class contributing to the construction of a ‘deadly fence’ panel, as well as participating in some traditional dancing with Uncle Greg Fourmile, and […]

We have many students involved in clubs, competitions and activities at present. In addition to the long list of Performing Arts groups and sporting teams/ events, some of our Year 5/6 students are preparing for the Readers’ Cup Competition, and we have 4 groups who have also joined the Optiminds Competition. During lunchtime, several of […]

Classes have been visiting the Book Fair set up in Penola Common. The love of reading was obvious as I spoke to students; some students showed me quite long ‘wishlists’. Parents – you may need to apply a price limit and help your children narrow down their list! Parents are invited to visit the Book Fair […]

This week MacKillop Catholic College will be sending offers to those families who have sought enrolment for their child in 2023. Demand for places continues to grow each year. Should any family be seeking a place for their child in any grade, it is very important to lodge an application as quickly as possible. There […]

This term we have had the opportunity to recognise both our sporting and academic successes. We officially presented the College Sporting Academies for Semester 1 sports, and recognised the academic success and growth of our students across Semester 2, 2021.  Finally, we commissioned our student leaders for the 2022 school year. Student Ambassadors A Student […]

CELEBRATIONS FOR OUR HOUSE GROUPS: – On Wednesday February 16, we celebrated a scaled back House Day, due to the fact that our scheduled House Day was Covid effected. The House is core to students’ experience in secondary school, as all Pastoral Care and Wellbeing is organised around the House. By coming together in our […]