During the second week of this term, our Year 6 students attend Camp Patterson, where they participated in leadership and team building activities such as; Plugga, canoeing, obstacle courses, building survival shelters, trivia, damper making and self-reflecting during a liturgy around the fire. The Year 6 camp was an eventful experience for our students.
Archives for August 2024
MacKillop – Leading Educational Reform
The Australian newspaper published an article last week stating that the New South Wales Department of Education is returning to the old school method of teaching children, vital facts, in sequence. This change is based on recent “research that proves children learn best when they are explicitly taught facts and given practice to embed them in long-term memory”. […]
Feast Day Celebrations
This week, we honour the Feast Day of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Mary was the co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, who fought for the poor and marginalised in colonial Australia. At MacKillop, we try to live our lives in the way of Mary MacKillop – our MacKillop Way. We […]
