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.

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”. […]

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 […]

MacKillop Concert Band hits high note with 3rd place! On Monday night, our Concert Band proudly secured 3rd place at the Cairns Eisteddfod! We are thrilled to be among the top performers, with Cairns High taking 1st place and Trinity Bay in 2nd. Congratulations to our fabulous Concert Band team! They performed with “excitement and […]

The Works of Mercy – Faith in Action following in the Footsteps of St Mary MacKillop. This term, the Year 6s have been learning about the Works of Mercy and put this knowledge and understanding into action by collecting donations for Rosies. On Friday, the Year 6s presented Rosies with 102 emergency packs for the […]

This week, we officially opened and blessed our newest building and facilities – Winsbury. Winsbury offers twelve classrooms and areas for students to gather. Winsbury is named after the third house of Providence that Mary MacKillop opened in the Rocks, Sydney in the late 1800s. Thank you Hon Curtis Pitt MP, Fr Kerry Crowley and Mr […]

Year 11 students had an amazing time on their trip to Frankland Island this week, diving deep into their aquatic practices subject and collecting valuable data! Check out the college Facebook page for more great photos >>

Last week MacKillop Catholic College came together for our 𝑨𝑵𝒁𝑨𝑪 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒚 to commemorate those who lost their lives in war and to acknowledge the sacrifice and service to the men and women currently serving.

Life within the Careers and Vocational sector is a buzz with work experience preparations, off campus certificate experiences in electrotechnology, construction and school@TAFE, school-based apprenticeships/traineeships sign-ups, CQU and Unity College initiatives in Fitness and Crime and Justice, the aromatic musing of Hospitality and the first whiff of senior assessment swirling around ISMG’s.  All of this […]

In March, MacKillop had the pleasure of hosting the inaugural 𝑫𝒊𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑽𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎. Ten schools from across the Diocese engaged in deep listening and dialogue to allow students to share some of the topics that are important to them such as Climate Change, Social Justice and Education. What a wonderful and inspiring day it […]