OUR NEW REFLECTION ROOM:  The MacKillop Way is our ‘way of being together’ as a community. We are like a big family – we give each other positive, caring and kind experiences every day. We learn to share, to get along with others, to ask questions, to stand up for ourselves, and when necessary be […]

BOOK WEEK:  This term we celebrate Book Week. The aim is to create a community that celebrates quality Australian Literature for young people. At MacKillop we embrace a love of reading by sharing quality literature. During term 3 our teachers will be sharing the short listed books with their classes and on Wednesday 15th September […]

ST MARY OF THE CROSS FEAST DAY:   This Tuesday 10th August, the College community is looking forward to celebrating the feast day of Saint Mary MacKillop and her inspirational dedication to serving the needs of the community, in her time. Some people seem to pack an extraordinary number of achievements in their lifetime, and Mary […]

P&F NEWS & INFORMATION:Throughout Term 2, your P&F rolled out our annual Mother’s Day Stall and Breakfast. The Primary Fluoro Free Dress Day and Disco was also held.  This event may not have taken place had we not received such a fantastic and collaborative effort from our College Leadership and Staff. THANK YOU! As always, […]

READERS CUP TEAM:  Thank you so much to our wonderful Year 7 and 8 Readers Cup team who competed in the Regional Final held at Cairns State High School on Wednesday, 9 June 2021. It was a very successful day, and it was great to see the enjoyment and enthusiasm on our students’ faces. We […]

NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME – NSS is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, childcare centres,family home and many other places around Australia The aims of NSS are to: promote the value of […]

IT’S ALL ABOUT RESPECT AND KINDNESS –  The Secondary students took time to understand the impact of both bullying and respect and kindness when they dressed in blue for Do It For Dolly Day on Friday. Key messages learned included how to reduce the risk of being bullied online, what to do if online bullying […]

Congratulations to all our students for the success that was the opening Academic Assembly for the 2021 school year. We welcomed our newest members to the Sacred Heart Community, and commissioned our Year 8 Ambassadors. We also recognised the outstanding achievements of our Year 8 students from Semester 2, 2020. Student Ambassadors A Student Ambassador […]

MacKillop is an Innovative Teaching & Learning Environment. MacKillop is an Agile and Flexible Learning Environment. MacKillop is a purpose built school for these reasons; large shared spaces, shared teachers, large class groupings of students who can be smaller group targeted, and learning to live and collaborate in 21st Century inspired working environment. Students in […]

Wonderful opportunities are on offer in the Performing Arts at MacKillop Catholic College! There are two main areas to be involved in: Group Lessons: This opportunity provides weekly small group lessons for brass, woodwind, percussion, strings, piano and vocal lessons. Extra Curricular Opportunities: Here, students can join many of our college bands, choirs, dance troupes or our […]