Last week our senior students were able to connect with our fantastic Catholic High Schools from around the district. It was an absolute pleasure to work with each of these school communities.
On Monday 25 February, we had the team from Xavier College come and visit to talk about the great opportunities at high school.
On Wednesday, Mrs Rowan and I had the chance to visit McCarthy College and tour the great new learning spaces there. We then hosted Mrs Cairns, Mrs Sparks and two students to talk with our children about the transformation that is happening at their school.
On Thursday we had our boys meet with Mr Ronchetti and Mr Walsh from St Dominic’s College to find out about the traditions of the school as well as the way quality learning creates opportunities for their graduates.
Also at this time, Mr Elliot and a team of students from Caroline Chisholm met with our girls. There are exciting developments happening to the facilities at present and this will translate to a better learning environment for their students in 2020.
If you have a child in Year 6 but especially if you have a child in Year 5, I implore you to take up the opportunity to visit our high schools during their Open Days and make an informed parent decision for your child’s schooling.
St Mary MacKillop Primary Penrith South
www.mackilloppenrith.catholic.edu.au
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12 Oct 2026
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As a part of our learning today our staff planted some flowers as a new beginning for Term 4. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!!12 Oct 2026
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Good luck to Kayla R competing at the interschools equestrian competition this week in Tamworth!
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12 Oct 2026
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As a part of our learning today our staff planted some flowers as a new beginning for Term 4. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!!
12 Oct 2026
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Good luck to Kayla R competing at the interschools equestrian competition this week in Tamworth!
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
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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 ☺️
25 Sep 2026
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🚀 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
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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
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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 ✝️🙏🏼