Archives for 2020

The building for Stage 4 is scheduled to begin on 11th January, 2021. Once again, our beautiful school will be hidden behind fences for much of 2021 as we finish building our primary learning spaces and continue the development of our dynamic secondary facilities. Our Year 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 classes will be […]

When our students started the 2020 school year, no one had any idea the year would turn out like it did! Bushfires, floods and a pandemic; the universe threw a lot at us! We are exceptionally blessed to have a MacKillop Family that has tried their best to push through a challenging year by working […]

Always was, always will be:  Situated on the Yidinji Country of the Gimuy Walubara people, the College was honoured to receive a Yidinji flag from Elder Gudju Gudju, to fly in recognition of the Traditional Owners, during the NAIDOC liturgy. Thanks goes to Uncle Henry and the Yidinji Dancers who welcomed those gathered to Country […]

One of the opportunities for our young people for next year is the Ambassador Program. Students are invited to apply for roles as Student Ambassadors, serving specific missions, and the College more broadly. An ambassador is an authorised messenger or representative who will represent the diversity of MacKillop Catholic College and will serve as a liaison, spokesperson, […]

As we count down to the final weeks of Term 4, it is timely that we jump straight into the learnings of this year and begin using these insights for ensuring we are planning a true 21st century experience for our students for 2021 and in the future. There is no doubt that schools here […]

This week we have very excited children performing their class dances for our annual MacKillop Muster. Ms Tish Ford has done an outstanding job preparing all our primary students to perform their dance in front of their peers, with the Year 7 students as our special guests! We will certainly be sharing the video with […]

As we look back over Term 3, there was not one week out of the ten that at MacKillop Catholic College we could say we had “just another week”. As a foundational school, five and a half years into our pioneering journey, our MacKillop community is constantly staging new events, trying new initiatives and celebrating […]

The sun shined as brightly as our athletes did last Thursday at the MacKillop Games. A huge congratulations to all participants, young and old. For the first time at MacKillop our Prep to Year 4 students were able to compete in age group sprints on the Secondary Oval. Following from this, our teachers also got […]

Here at MacKillop we are really missing the face-to face involvement of our parents in the classrooms, at drop-off and pick-up, support at weekly assemblies and special days, like Fathers’ Day and Mothers’ Day. Even our long anticipated MacKillop Muster, Colour Run and Sports days will be so alien without our families’ direct involvement. We […]

Just the week before last, I had the pleasure of spending three days with our Year 6 group on camp at Emerald Creek’s Camp Patterson, just outside Mareeba. Students and staff alike agreed it was a marvellous experience where all of us were able to appreciate one another and our school community in a different […]