On Wednesday 20th June St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary had our Term 2 Social Justice activity that supported the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal and Penrith Community Kitchen.
The community support of this social justice activity was amazing and I would like to thank every student and their family for their amazing generosity.
Overall your donations amounted to:
- 34 bags full of beanies, scarves, gloves, socks and blankets
- $300 for the St Vincent DePaul Winter Appeal
- 75 bags of non-perishable groceries for Penrith Community Kitchen.
This food will go towards making many meals to feed the needy and homeless this winter.
Congratulations St Mary MacKillop, every one of you helped to make this winter better for a lot of needy people.
St Mary MacKillop Primary Penrith South
www.mackilloppenrith.catholic.edu.au
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30 Sep 2026
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Looking for something to do as a family this weekend? ⛪ 🙏🏼 What a beautiful reminder to those who are anxious about bringing younger children to Church 🙏🏼 ⛪ We pray all of our families are enjoying their term break St Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Penrith NSW25 Sep 2026
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✨ Attention Year 6 parents/carers ✨ We are on the last stretch of our trip and will arrive back at school at 7pm. Please pick up any medication that you dropped off to your child’s teacher when we arrive. Thank you. See you soon ☺️
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30 Sep 2026
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Looking for something to do as a family this weekend? ⛪ 🙏🏼 What a beautiful reminder to those who are anxious about bringing younger children to Church 🙏🏼 ⛪ We pray all of our families are enjoying their term break St Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Penrith NSW
28 Sep 2026
Celebrating 40 years of Voice of Youth and the power of student voice
Six Year 6 students from 58 Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) Primary schools came together at St John XXIII Catholic College Stanhope Gardens on 22 September for the Voice of Youth Grand Final, showcasing their public speaking skills through a series of thoughtful and engaging speeches.
25 Sep 2026
From Facebook
✨ Attention Year 6 parents/carers ✨ We are on the last stretch of our trip and will arrive back at school at 7pm. Please pick up any medication that you dropped off to your child’s teacher when we arrive. Thank you. See you soon ☺️
25 Sep 2026
From Facebook
🚀 Year 3 gets hands-on with physics! ⚙️ Our Year 3 scientists had an incredible time diving into the physical world during our Forces, Friction & Movement workshop on Monday 21st September with Fizzics Education! To support our NSW Science & Technology curriculum outcome—investigating how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion (ST2-9PW-ST)—students spent the day testing, launching, spinning, and predicting how the world around us moves! 🧪✨ Here’s a peak at what our young physicists explored: 💨 Push, Pull & Friction: Tested how friction resists movement with the book pull-apart challenge, skateboard shuffles, and magnetic levitators. 🌀 Rotational Forces & Inertia: Mastered gyroscopes, space station twirls, self-siphoning inertia beads, and the iconic magic tablecloth pull! 🚀 Action & Reaction: Launched rockets, created air vortices with fog rings, and explored Newton's Laws of Motion in high-energy action. A massive thank you to Fizzics Education for such an interactive, high-energy, and memorable day of active learning! 👏
25 Sep 2026
From Facebook
The War Memorial was such a special place to visit, where we could commemorate our soldiers who fought for Australia in many different wars. We saw some of the uniforms that soldiers wore, weapons they used and aircraft and boats they travelled in. We could have spent even more hours in there, we were so engaged. Parents and friends, be prepared to have students ask to come back and visit with the family!
25 Sep 2026
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Wow! Our Year 6 students represented St Mary MacKillop beautifully at the Parliament House. We started off our tour with a yummy frozen yoghurt followed by a guided walk and saw the House of Representatives and the House of Senate. We had such insightful questions that helped us deepen our knowledge of how parts of our government work. Time for lunch now and a bit of a play at the park with our friends before a drive down Anzac Parade and our final stop.. The War Memorial!
25 Sep 2026
From Facebook
Good morning parents and MacKillop community! ☀️ We have well and truly set off on our day 2 adventures starting off at the Government House. We had some prior knowledge from our history unit to share with the guides and showcase our clever brains. Next stop… Parliament House 🇦🇺
25 Sep 2026
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What a great way to end day 1 of our Year 6 camp! We had so much fun showing off our bowling skills with some of us even getting strikes! 🎳 We’re back at our accomodation getting ready for some rest before another day of adventure! Year 6 signing off ✌🏽 Goodnight parents and MacKillop community 💤 Catch you all for updates on DAY 2!
24 Sep 2026
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Australian Institute of Sport. DONE ✅ Dinner. DONE ✅ And for the finale of Day 1 Year 6 camp… 🥁 🥁 BOWLINGGGG!!!
24 Sep 2026
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🙏🏼✝️ Our Year 2 students came together for a beautiful Liturgy today to pause and reflect on how we can be signs of God's Grace 🤍 A very special thank you to all of our families who attended and were a part of our special celebration ✝️🙏🏼
24 Sep 2026
From Facebook
Next stop was Questacon! Year 6 had so much fun exploring the different scientific rooms with their friends. We even had some face their fears on the gravity drop! We finished off going to the Questacon shop to buy some cool things, of course squishies were the most popular choice. Off to our cabins now for a quick rest stop before we are back out and about to head to the AIS! So much fun still to be had! 🧪🧬 🤩
24 Sep 2026
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Year 6 have arrived at our first attraction… The National Gallery of Australia!!! 🖼️ We are enjoying seeing all of the artworks, sculptures and unique creations that represent our land down under! 🇦🇺