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Creating authentic courageous, faith-filled people with a passion for Strive for Excellence learning, respect for relationships and an ability to contribute to a global community. Sunday 3 rd September 22 nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Father’s Day Literacy and Numeracy week continues Monday 4 th September Day 6 ISRA Islamic speakers – Years 11 and 12 Studies of Religion 1 unit HSC Spanish Oral Exam HSC Music major works due Tuesday 5 th September Day 7 Board of Jewish Education – Years 11 and 12 Studies of Religion 2 unit Hip Hop Poet in the Theatre from 1.30p.m. for Year 9 students MacKillop College Parent Social Group meeting in the Library on the Junior campus from 6.00p.m. Wednesday 6 th September Day 8 7/8 All Schools’ Touch Football in Taree Thursday 7 th September Day 9 Year 12 Hospitality RSA Course “Away” production in the Lochinvar Centre: 7.00p.m. (see over) Friday 8 th September Day 10 International Literacy Day HSC Textiles and Design practical marking “Away” production in the Lochinvar Centre: 7.00p.m. (see over) Sunday 10 th September 23 rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Tournament of Minds – State final at UNSW Sydney Monday 11 th September Day 1 Year 11 Preliminary Exams commence Tuesday 12 th September Day 2 HSC Music marking Wednesday 13 th September Day 3 Duke of Edinburgh – Silver expedition for the remainder of the week HSC Design and Technology marking Parent morning tea and talk in the Theatre from 9.00a.m. Refer to flyer in the Parent Connection section. Thursday 14 th September Day 4 Software Design and Development workshop for Year 11 and 12 students in the senior Library Totally Thrashing Thursday on the senior campus Friday 15 th September Day 5 CCC Athletics Championships at Homebush MacKillop College What’s On – Week 8 Term 3 Principal Evangelisation Office News Year 7 Year 8 Year 11 Year 12 Subject News Sport Music Canteen Roster Maths Tutorials Homework Club Parent Connections Community News Direct Links Coming Up – Week 9 Term 3 Website Quick Links Assessment Calendars Parent Connections Past Newsletters Community News Parent Calendar

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Page 1: MacKillop College · “Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists, author of 10 books, broadcaster and a specialist in parenting, children, adolescents

Creating authentic courageous, faith-filled people with a passion for Strive for Excellence

learning, respect for relationships and an ability to contribute to a global community.

Sunday 3rd September 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Father’s Day

Literacy and Numeracy week continues

Monday 4th September Day 6 ISRA Islamic speakers – Years 11 and 12 Studies of Religion

1 unit

HSC Spanish Oral Exam

HSC Music major works due

Tuesday 5th September Day 7 Board of Jewish Education – Years 11 and 12 Studies of

Religion 2 unit

Hip Hop Poet in the Theatre from 1.30p.m. for Year 9 students

MacKillop College Parent Social Group meeting in the Library

on the Junior campus from 6.00p.m.

Wednesday 6th September Day 8 7/8 All Schools’ Touch Football in Taree

Thursday 7th September Day 9 Year 12 Hospitality RSA Course

“Away” production in the Lochinvar Centre: 7.00p.m. (see

over)

Friday 8th September Day 10 International Literacy Day

HSC Textiles and Design practical marking

“Away” production in the Lochinvar Centre: 7.00p.m. (see

over)

Sunday 10th September 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Tournament of Minds – State final at UNSW Sydney

Monday 11th September Day 1 Year 11 Preliminary Exams commence

Tuesday 12th September Day 2 HSC Music marking

Wednesday 13th September Day 3 Duke of Edinburgh – Silver expedition for the remainder of the week

HSC Design and Technology marking

Parent morning tea and talk in the Theatre from 9.00a.m. Refer to flyer in the Parent

Connection section.

Thursday 14th September Day 4 Software Design and Development workshop for Year 11 and 12 students in the senior

Library

Totally Thrashing Thursday on the senior campus

Friday 15th September Day 5 CCC Athletics Championships at Homebush

MacKillop College

What’s On – Week 8 Term 3

Principal

Evangelisation

Office News

Year 7

Year 8

Year 11

Year 12

Subject News

Sport

Music

Canteen Roster

Maths Tutorials

Homework Club

Parent Connections

Community News

Direct Links

Coming Up – Week 9 Term 3

Website Quick Links

Assessment

Calendars Parent

Connections

Past

Newsletters

Community

News

Parent

Calendar

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“To love and be loved,

And for those we love To know they are loved” Bishop Greg Homeming

This week I attended the Lismore Diocese Priest and Principal conference in Coffs Harbour. One of the most inspiring sessions

of the conference was the opportunity to listen to Bishop Greg speak about his vision for the Diocese and Catholic education in

the Diocese of Lismore. The key message he gave, which I have highlighted above, was his vision for all of us to be people of

love. Bishop Greg also spoke about being people of service, humility, living the gospel and being there for others. It seemed fitting

therefore for me to share with you below some wonderful examples of how I witness teachers at MacKillop College doing just

that.

A TEACHER’S WEEKEND Over the weekend I had the opportunity to witness the service that Bishop Greg spoke about being lived out by

teachers of MacKillop College and wanted to share an insight into how lucky your sons and daughters are to

attend such a great school.

Last Friday night seven staff from MacKillop College gave students the opportunity to experience what it was

like to be homeless at the annual Vinnies’ Sleepout. Students and staff braved the cold and wet Friday night to sleep on, or in,

cardboard boxes with nothing more than a pillow and a sleeping bag. Not only did the staff sleep in uncomfortable conditions but

they also had to leave their families for the evening, not getting home to 9.00a.m. Saturday morning since starting work on Friday,

some even cooking up large pots of soup for the students’ dinner.

On Sunday morning I then had the pleasure of watching one of the Tournament of Minds teams competing at the regional

tournament. Thank you to Mrs Palin who gave up her Sunday to allow students this opportunity. From there I headed out to school

where teachers were working with HSC classes preparing for their upcoming exams. We had the Year 11 Drama class rehearsing

for their “AWAY” production. There were teachers at school marking HSC work, teachers coaching sporting teams for upcoming

competitions and I have little doubt a large number of teachers at home marking or preparing meaningful and engaging lessons

for students.

We are truly blessed to have these wonderful people working at MacKillop College. They certainly live out the Bishop’s vision.

TOURNAMENT OF MINDS VICTORY Congratulations to Mrs Mandy Palin and the winning Science and Engineering Team from last weekend’s regional tournament.

Our team now goes on to compete at the state finals in Sydney. All three teams represented the College with distinction.

Acting Principal’s Report

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SAVE-THE-DATE Monday, 16th October - St Agnes’ Parish Secondary Schools have been lucky enough to secure a visit from

Dr Michael Carr Gregg. Dr Carr Gregg will be presenting a parent seminar in the MacKillop College

Junior Theatre on the topic of cyber well-being. He will provide practical advice to parents re navigating the

difficult realm of parenting in a digital age. Lock the date in your diary... more information to follow.

“Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists, author of 10 books, broadcaster and a specialist in

parenting, children, adolescents and the use of technology for mental health. He sits on the Board of the Australian Psychological

Society, and The Family Peace Foundation. He is a Community Ambassador for Smiling Mind; Big Brother Big Sister; is a

member of the APS committee for the Special Interest group in ePsychology;and a columnist for a number of publications

including the Huffington Post. Michael is the resident parenting expert on Channel 7's Sunrise and psychologist for Channel 9's

Today Extra as well as the top rating Morning Show with Neil Mitchell on Fairfax Radio 3AW. Michael works in private practice

at Corporate and Personal Consulting in Melbourne.”

“Peace and Blessings”

Cath Eichmann

Acting Principal

[email protected]

Last Friday, 25th August, 77 students from MacKillop College and St Joseph’s Regional College, attended the annual St Vincent

de Paul School Sleepout. The night reflected the poverty experienced by people of today focusing particularly on Homelessness.

Port Macquarie is home to those continually searching for help to get them off the streets.

Through the assistance and planning of the College staff, we put on an event that provided the students with the opportunity to

learn more about Homelessness, and how close to home it really is. There were a lot of fun and games bringing to mind a visual

thought of each aspect of Homelessness including: shelter, food, water, warmth, things we often take for granted without thinking.

From Fort building with cardboard boxes, to eating soup and bread to finishing with an amazing presentation from the local refuge

centre McCosker House. We hope the students who attended have been inspired and motivated to do something in their community

and in their schools.

Nights like this don’t just happen as you are well aware, and we would like to thank everyone who came, a special thanks to the

parents who supported their child’s involvement. A big thank you to Growers Market, Bels Bakery, Kenny Littles, and to the staff

and students who provided us with plenty of bread, soup and fruit. On behalf of the leaders, I think it’s safe to say how much fun

we had with all these amazing students, it was a blast and we look forward to seeing all of you getting involved.

Hope to see you all there next year with a +1, more the merrier I say.

Daniel Underhill Youth Ministry Officer

[email protected]

Evangelisation News

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Acting Principal’s Report

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WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

All students are encouraged to collect the stickers, bring them in and place in box provided in student entry of

College Office. Your support would be appreciated.

SUBJECT & ELECTIVE STATEMENT – REMINDERS

Reminder statements were mailed last week. Thank you to those families who have regular payments well established. Year 9

& 8 Camp payments should be finalised well before departure. Payments should be maintained (and if necessary increased) to

ensure a nil balance at the beginning of December. Please contact the College office if you have any queries relating to amounts

on your statement.

YEAR 12 GRADUATION BOOKINGS/SEATING

Students have been eagerly organising their tables for their Graduation Dinner scheduled for Saturday, 18th November. Bookings

are taken each Monday and Tuesday at lunchtime only. The cost of $210 – (this includes one student ticket, two parent tickets, a

Year Book and access to Photo disc of evening), has been billed to Subject & Elective Statements earlier this Term. Bookings

cannot be secured until payment is received for the Graduation. Any additional amounts relating to the Year 12 students also

needs to be cleared. Additional tickets ($55) must be paid at the time of booking.

NAPLAN - TEST THE TEST

Students received a letter last week to inform parents and carers of the NAPLAN testing trial that will

begin on Tuesday. A reminder to all that while students are encouraged to undertake these tests to the best

of their ability, the main reasoning for these tests is to trial the viability and success of taking these tests

online in the future.

Students are reminded of the need to have a fully charged device, headphones and the NAPLAN "App" on their devices each day

during the trial.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to the following students who have received a Pastoral Co-ordinator’s Award:

Alexander Goldie, Jamie Laing, Joshua Petrie, Isobel Pares and Dane Young.

Ellen McKell

Year 7 Leader of Pastoral Care

[email protected]

Year 8 have been very busy with assessment preparation in English and Geography with these tasks due in Week 8. On Tuesday

of Week 9 students need to bring in their tents they are using for Year 8 Camp to do a practise setup prior to camp itself.

I actively encourage students to be mindful and careful of their iPads as in recent weeks we have had a

couple of damaged iPads because of silliness, mischief and not enough care being taken. As we all know

these are expensive items and impact on families and education when being replaced and/or out of action.

Congratulations to the following students who have received a Silver Principal’s Award: Sophie Evans,

Bethany Hosking, Cameron Martin and Hugh Robertson.

Congratulations to the following students who have received a Pastoral Co-ordinator’s Award: James

Brumby, Sophie Evans, Bethany Hosking (x2), Cameron Martin, Kashia McGrath, Noah Noonan,

Hugh Robertson, Breanna Smedley (x2) and Liana Williams.

Have a great weekend.

Dom Ashe

Year 8 Leader of Pastoral Care

[email protected]

Office News

Year 7 News

Year 8 News

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CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to the Year 11 boys who were members of the MacKillop Boys Soccer team who

were recognised at assembly this week for finishing 3rd in the State at the NSW Football

Championships. Most importantly the boys were praised by their coach Mr Pugh as being

outstanding representatives of their College and of themselves.

Congratulations to Molly Dezius who was recently named as a finalist in a National design competition called “Wool4School”

This is an annual school student design competition to give budding fashion designers an opportunity to express their talent and

passion for design. The competition run by The Woolmark Company is open to students all across the country from Years 7-12,

originating in 2012, involving over 40,000 students. This year’s theme invited students to design an outfit for their favourite

musician to wear on stage. The outfit had to be made using a minimum of 80% Merino wool, must have contained a minimum of

one garment and a maximum of 4 pieces along with an accessory constructed from wool. Requirements of the competition vary

for each age group but Year 11 and 12 contestants were expected to deliver an annotated illustration of their design, a mood board

(inspiration), a creative statement explaining their design and technical sketches of the garments. To meet the criteria, designs had

to be innovative and creative, reference the theme, have a cohesive look, reference the qualities of Merino wool and demonstrate

the properties of Merino wool and express the meaning behind the Woolmark logo.

“I chose to design an outfit for British band member Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine. Her eccentric, free-spirited

persona inspired the alternant theme of my design along with referencing the beauty and wonder of the natural world, a common

concept explored in the artists’ music.” Molly Dezius Year 11.

RETREAT NOTES

Please return retreat notes so that the administrative processes of preparing such an event can be completed.

If any parent has questions or concerns about the retreat please contact me by email or by phoning the

College.

JERSEYS

A final Jersey design has been chosen for our 2018 Year 12 students. The ordering process

will begin this week with students ordering and paying for their jersey’s online. Students

received full details this week.

Andrea Huxley Year 11 Leader of Pastoral Care

[email protected]

Year 11 News

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GRADUATION DINNER

This special event is scheduled for Saturday, 18th November at Panthers Auditorium. Bookings

opened on Monday, 21st August at lunchtime at the College office. Payment is required to

secure seats and parents are reminded that all other outstanding Subject & Elective fees must

be cleared at this time. Bookings can only be made at lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays. In the

next week a further note will be issued to students outlining the process to sign out of school

as well as a request for any dietary requirements regarding the Graduation Dinner.

COLLEGE REFERENCES

Year 12 students requiring a College reference need to complete the issued form and pass on to their Pastoral Care teacher by

Friday, 15th September.

ATTITUDE, WORK ETHIC AND ATTENDANCE IN THE LEAD UP TO HSC EXAMS

Further to my item last week, our Assistant Principal spoke at length during our most recent Year Meeting regarding the

importance of this. Although the HSC subject assessment ranks have now been determined, the actual assessment mark

achieved is moderated by the HSC exam mark – this means that if the students do well in the actual HSC exam, then all

assessment marks will be boosted.

HSC MARKING OF MAJOR WORKS

Best wishes and congratulations to those students who have either had their major works recently marked

(Ashlee Mangold and Majella Starr in Dance) or are due to be marked. The following subject areas and dates

are related to their individual major works, ITT-Timber (Thursday, 31st August), Drama (Friday, 1st

September), Music (Tuesday, 12th September) and D & T (Wednesday, 13th September). Hopefully their

dedication and efforts will be suitably rewarded. Their achievements would not have been possible without

the mentoring of their subject teachers and support from home.

CLOSING DATES – BE ON TIME!

The following Early Entry schemes will close within the next few weeks. Southern Cross

University’s STAR program will close to student applications on Friday, 8th September, these

offers cannot be deferred. University of New England’s Early Entry program will close to

student applications on Friday, 29th September, as does the Schools Recommendation

Scheme through UAC. Once an Early Entry application has been submitted it cannot be

changed or altered in any way. University of Sydney E12 program for the financially

disadvantaged closes 5.00p.m. Friday, 1st September (today).

Michael Kelly Year 12 Leader of Pastoral Care

[email protected]

Year 12 News

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SENIOR GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS EXCEL IN AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY COMPETITION

66 Year 10, 11 and 12 Geography students tested their geographical skills and knowledge against students

from all around Australia in the 2017 Australian Geography Competition.

We had a significant number of student geographers at our school perform to a very high level in the

competition this year. Lachlan Myers of Year 12 gained a mark that placed him in the Top 1% of all

competitors. This is an outstanding result and displays Lachlan’s geographical versatility and exceptional

skill. Overall 10 students achieved high distinctions, 7 distinctions and 12 credits.

Over 70 000 students from 743 schools across Australia entered the Australian Geography Competition so the results give us an

external benchmark as to how are students are going in certain aspects of geography.

Bernard Fitzpatrick, the competition’s national coordinator, said; “The competition played a role in promoting geography to

students and the wider school community.”

“Geography is an important subject which develops a student’s understanding of the spatial and temporal relationships of people

and place. It helps students appreciate the complex nature of local, regional and global social, economic and environmental

interactions”, said Mr Fitzpatrick.

Congratulations all of the students who participated in the competition and they are commended on their outstanding results. The

award recipients are as follows:

Year 12

Top 1% - Lachlan Myers.

High Distinction - Blake Hugo and Amelia Humphreys.

Distinction - Charleigh Houston, Samuel Magennis and Sophie Richmond.

Credit - Scott Irving, Elijah Mayes and Mackenzie Mullan.

Year 11

High Distinction - Thomas Berryman, Benjamin Chapman, Daniel Johnson and Ronan Metz.

Distinction – Samara Bridge and Ella-Jayne Wehlow.

Credit - Tommy Brennan, William Chappell, Griffin Goodman, Cameron Higham, Sophie Jaggers, Caitlin Rich, Jack Sheaves

and Ronan Wallace.

Year 10

High Distinction - Matt Halliwell, Theo Last, Bayley McCully and James Robertson.

Distinction - Nathan Francis and Elise Smith

Credit - Nicola Di Bona and Georgia Marino

Lachlan Myers Year 12 Top 1% Year 12 Award recipients Year 11 Award recipients

Katrina Hayes Geography Teacher

[email protected]

Geography News

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YEAR 11 DRAMA PRODUCTION OF “AWAY” OPENS NEXT

WEEK

Don't miss your chance to see the 21st anniversary production of “Away” by

Michael Gow! Tickets are selling well and are available each lunchtime

(concession $5, adult $10). They will also be available at the door each night.

The cast and crew have been working hard to ensure it is a fun night. We

would love to see you there to share this experience with us. A beach kiosk

will be selling lots of food and drink – reminiscent of the 60s.

This is your chance to dress up in your best 60’s outfit and enjoy a night out with friends and family.

Fun fact Friday:

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu were married in Las Vegas in 1967

Mardi Borg

Year 11 Drama

Drama News

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Drama News

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YEARS 7–10 TERM 3 SPORT

YEAR 7

Day & Date The Ark Tennis – Westport The Stadium

Week 8

Monday Periods 5 & 6 Mrs Ellison Mr Coelho Mr Adams

Friday Periods 1 & 2 Mrs Denham Mrs Marino Mrs Huxley

Friday Periods 3 & 4 Mr Lorger Mrs Bewicke Mr Littler

YEAR 8

Week Rec Walking Tennis -

Westport The Stadium

Slide Hockey & Lacrosse

(School)

Week 8

O1, O2, & O3 F1 & F2 I1 & I2 M1 & M2

EDE, LiG TB, LR LCUD, DA P2:CC, RM, MHU, MV

P3: BLO, DMC, DS, NG, NL

YEARS 9 AND 10

Same as previous weeks.

YEAR 9 AND 10 TERM 4 SPORT SELECTIONS

The online Sport selections for Years 9 and 10, Term 4 will open on Thursday, 7th September at 9.00a.m. and close on Friday,

8th September at 3.00p.m.

Please note that the permission form is now in a digital format - parents have been emailed this form to complete.

Students have been emailed the sport selection information to be able to discuss with their parents before going online to make

their sport selection on the sport survey via student links on Moodle.

REPRESENTATIVE SPORT

Australia celebrates National Health Day next week and I thought it would be a great opportunity at assembly this week to highlight

the many different sports that our students have been involved with over the past six weeks and what is coming up in the world

of sport at MacKillop College.

Playing a sport requires dedication, sacrifice and commitment and it is not always about winning. Sport provides great benefits

to our social, emotional and mental wellbeing whilst providing the obvious physical benefits. Our sporting pursuits of late...

Ella Heeney represented NSW All Schools at the School Sport Australia Cross Country Championships in Hobart. Ella

capped off an amazing couple of months finishing 7th in Australia which means Ella is now the first reserve for the Australian

Team to tour France in 2018. An outstanding achievement.

Petrea Spencer represented NSWCCC at the NSW All Schools Touch Football Championships.

Diocesan Basketball saw our 9/10 Boys win the competition in a nail biting final. Both our 9/10 Boys and Girls’ teams now

travel to Sydney next term to contest the NSWCCC Junior State Basketball Championships.

Netball where our 9/10 netballers have been preparing for the NSW Schools Cup State Final they will contest in the last

week of Term. Our junior, intermediate and senior teams travelled to Casino this week to contest the Diocesan Netball

Championships.

Special mention to our students who competed at Diocesan Athletics recently. Overall MacKillop finished in second place

on 928 points with our closest rival on 686 points.

Sport News

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Congratulations to the following students who finished in first or second place for their event - Jacqueline Palmer,

Kimberley Palmer, Francesca Plentinger, Isabella Ryan, Keely Sinclair, Shanyse Stobbe, Annika Toohey, Liana

Williams, Lachlan Bailey, Ryan Binskin, James Brumby, Lachlan Clacher, Jed Clarke, Dylan De Domizio, Kyle De

Domizio, Samuel Edmonds, Alexander Horder, Charlie Keys, Corey Lewis, Alex Lister, Max Milligan, Tahj Thrower,

Luke Townsend, Lleyton Wall, our 12/13 Year girls’ relay team and our 12/13 and 14/15 Year boys’ relay teams.

Special mention to Dylan De Domizio who broke the 200m record in 24.95s and to these students who were Diocesan Age

Champions: Tahj Thrower, Dylan De Domizio, Kyle De Domizio and Keely Sinclair.

Diocesan Runners Up: Isabella Ryan and Annika Toohey.

Football or affectionately known as Soccer – we were all lucky enough to witness a thrilling game of soccer when our boys

played on home soil against Parramatta Marist Brothers in the quarter final of the NSWCCC Knockout competition. This

meant the boys went on to play in the State semi-final this week in Sydney against Maitland. The boys took a handy lead in

the first half but unfortunately the game finished with the score line 2-1 in Maitland’s favour. The boys were in the game right

to the end and gave it their all – they should be extremely proud of their efforts as being crowned the third best soccer team in

NSW for their division which is no easy feat and a fantastic achievement. Thank you to Super Coach - Mr Pugh for coaching

our boys over the past two terms and to Mr Irving for driving the bus.

UP AND COMING EVENTS

Many of our students have been training for Volleyball, Touch Football, Netball and Basketball to contest their respective

competitions coming up.

Students are currently signing up for or trialling for:

Cricket

Water Polo

Surf Life Saving

Golf

Surfing

Sport Event Date

Touch Football 7/8 All Schools’ Touch Football at Taree 6th September

Athletics NSWCCC Athletics Championships at Homebush 15th September

Netball 9/10 NSW State Finals at Sydney 19th September

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COMMUNITY SPORT

Congratulations to Tom Connolly and Jared Humphreys who recently represented the North Coast Under 15's cricket team

against the NSW Lend Lease Breakers at Leisure Park, Coffs Harbour. This was a great opportunity for the boys to play against

some of the best Australian female cricketers including Alyssa Healey and Alex Blackwell.

Tom scored 35 and Jared scored 50. They won on Saturday and lost on Sunday. Jared snared the wicket of Alex Blackwell.

"We both thought it was a great experience playing against professionals and learning from the way they play and approach the

game, it was good fun and cool to play against Alyssa Healy and the other girls” (Tom Connolly)

If your child has achieved outstanding sporting results in their community sport, we would love to hear about it. Please email

myself or your child’s respective Leader of Pastoral Care so we can acknowledge these achievements.

If you have any questions regarding sport at MacKillop College, please do not hesitate to contact me either by email or phone at

the College.

Erin Denham Leader of Sport

[email protected]

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“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one

of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.”- Martin Luther

HSC MUSIC PRACTICAL EXAMINATION This examination will be taking place in the theatre on Tuesday, 12th September from 9.00a.m. to

4.00p.m. All students from the co-curricular music program have been notified of the times that

they are required to be present to accompany HSC students. Please be aware of this schedule and

contact Mr Denham if you have any questions or concerns.

REHEARSALS IN WEEK 8

MONDAY Senior Stage Band – 7.45a.m. – 8.45a.m; Theatre

TUESDAY Senior Percussion Ensemble – 7.45a.m. – 8.45a.m; J16 Music Room

WEDNESDAY Senior Vocal Ensemble – 8.00a.m. – 8.45a.m; Theatre

Choir – Lunchtime, Theatre

SAPSS Drumline – 4.00p.m. – 5.00p.m; St Joseph’s Regional College

THURSDAY Concert Band – 7.45a.m. – 8.45a.m; J16 Music Room

Junior Vocal Ensemble – 8.00a.m. – 8.45a.m; J14 Music Room

FRIDAY Little Big Band – 7.45a.m. – 8.45a.m; J16 Music Room

Big Band – 7.45a.m. – 8.45a.m; Theatre

Junior Stage Band – Lunchtime, J16 +J14 Music Rooms

UPCOMING EVENTS

ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE Wednesday, 13th September, Period 1, College Hall, Junior Vocal Ensemble.

YEAR 12 GRADUATION MASS & ASSEMBLY Friday, 22nd September, Period 1, College Hall, Praise Band and Singers, Concert Band and

Choir

YOUTH MASS Sunday, 22nd October, 4.00p.m. – 6.00p.m; St Agnes Parish Church, Praise Band and Singers

YEAR 12 GRADUATION Saturday, 18th November, time to be confirmed, Panthers Auditorium, Senior Stage Band

YOUTH MASS Sunday, 19th November, 4.00p.m. – 6.00p.m; St Agnes Parish Church, Praise Band and Singers

MUSIC WORKSHOP DAY Thursday, 30th November, 9.00a.m. – 3.00p.m; College Hall, all co-curricular music ensembles and invited students from

Year 6 programs

MUSIC SHOWCASE AND AWARDS NIGHT Thursday, 30th November, 6.00p.m. – 8.30p.m; College Hall, all co-curricular music ensembles and invited students from

Year 6 programs

Please contact Mr Denham with any questions relating to the co-curricular music program at MacKillop College or visit the

College website and click on the Creative Arts tab.

Robert Denham

Leader of Co-Curricular Music

[email protected]

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The canteen is looking for helpers. If you are available to help, even if you can’t do sandwiches, please contact the office on

65832632 option 4 or Maxine direct on 0432179365.

Maxine Stone

Junior Campus Canteen Co-Ordinator

Junior Tutorial is held in Room 12 on the junior campus

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7.45a.m. – 8.30a.m.

Senior General Maths Tutorial is held in Room 12 on the senior campus

Mondays, 7.45a.m. to 8.30a.m.

Junior Library: Monday to Thursday 3.20p.m. – 4.00p.m.

Senior Library: Monday to Thursday 3.15p.m. – 5.00p.m.

Day Names Start Time

Monday Lyn Gallagher, Belinda Fisher and Raelene Wagner 10.40a.m.

Tuesday Robyn Hunt HELP PLEASE 11.00a.m.

Wednesday Kris Ann Johnson, Karen Cooper and Emily Duffy 11.00a.m.

Thursday Rowena Beukers and Kelly Dingle 10.40a.m.

Friday Jackie Jovanic and Kelly Mooney 10.40a.m.

Canteen News

Maths Tutorial

Homework Club

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Are Your

feet Ready ?

Do you need to book in a pedicure?

Get those winter feet ready to be seen

and

Join us for some bare foot fun on the bowling green.

Lucky door prizes up for grabs as well as these hotly contested categories:

Craziest Hat Prettiest Toes

Ugliest Feet Best Dressed Team

Best Themed Team Toes

Parent Connections

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Parent Connections

Community News

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COASTAL TRACK AND TRAIL RUNNERS

Coastal track and trail runners are holding Midcoast Windows XC Cross Country

Race 6 at Burrawan Forrest Drive this Saturday. They are a family friendly

running club, and are affiliated with Athletics NSW. The new season opened on

the 1st August (132months + 2 months free), you can sign up on the day.

Sign on this Saturday at 1.45p.m. for a 2.00p.m. start. They have a 2km for

juniors, 6km and 10km this week.

For more information, call into Coastal Sports and Fitness 5/40 Acacia Avenue,

Port Macquarie or see our club page COASTAL TRACK AND TRAIL

RUNNERS.

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CRICKET REGISTRATION

The 2017/18 Hastings Senior Cricket Season commences on Saturday, 7th October so the oldest and most successful club in

HRDCA History, the Port City Leagues Magpies, is calling on all past, present and new players to join us for our first official

Registration and Training Day this Sunday. Further sessions will be held on 10th, 17th and 24th September between 10.00a.m. and

midday at the Oxley Oval Nets. If the weather is unsuitable registration will be held inside the Port City Bowling Club. No matter

what your experience, gender or skill level everyone is welcome to attend.

The "Magpies" are one of five Hastings based sides to join three more from the Manning-Great Lakes area and another two from

the Macleay to play in the inaugural Mid North Coast Premier League Competition which will raise the standard of the region's

First Grade players. Lower Grades will continue to play in the local competition. For more details on the Port City Rego Days

please contact Club Secretary Nik James on 0402 988 075.

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