This week is National Science Week around Australia. To celebrate, St Mary MacKillop students were invited to engage in a range of scientific activities during the week.
On Monday and Tuesday in the library, students explored how air takes up space and can create pressure, what substances mix and don’t mix, optical illusions, air dynamics and creating simple machines.
The fun continued on Wednesday lunchtime with the introduction to Coding and Robotics. Primary students got the chance to dabble in coding and test their skills. Infants grades will get the opportunity to join the coding fun on Thursday.
On Friday, all students will be invited at lunch to explore how art and science mix together.
Meanwhile, science exploration is continuing in Year 4, students were asked to find their own science experiments to share with their class. Thick and fast, students have been either recording their experiments at home, taking pictures or bringing them into school to share. We have already learnt so much! There has been excellent engagement from all the students across the school.
We definitely have some scientists in the making!
St Mary MacKillop Primary Penrith South
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24 Jul 2026
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๐๐ด๐ผ๐ต๐ผToday our clever kindy students celebrated their 100th Day of Learning! โ๏ธ ๐It was a day of fun, filled with a fashion show, future self portraits, 100's & 100's fairy bread and a lunchtime picnic in the sunshine with our families for all to enjoy! ๐โ๏ธ ๐ We are so proud of our youngest learners and how much they have achieved in 2026 so far ๐ Congratulations to the cutest 100 year olds you will ever see and a very big thank you to our families who came to celebrate with us today!
24 Jul 2026
From Facebook
What a fantastic day at the Stage 3 Touch Football Gala Day! ๐ Our boys' and girls' teams should be incredibly proud of the way they represented our school. Throughout the day they played with determination, encouraged one another, worked brilliantly as a team and demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship on and off the field. Every player gave their absolute best, showing resilience, respect and a positive attitude in every game. Congratulations to all of our players on a wonderful day of touch football. The way you represented St Mary MacKillop today makes us all winners! ๐๐
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24 Jul 2026
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๐๐ด๐ผ๐ต๐ผToday our clever kindy students celebrated their 100th Day of Learning! โ๏ธ ๐It was a day of fun, filled with a fashion show, future self portraits, 100's & 100's fairy bread and a lunchtime picnic in the sunshine with our families for all to enjoy! ๐โ๏ธ ๐ We are so proud of our youngest learners and how much they have achieved in 2026 so far ๐ Congratulations to the cutest 100 year olds you will ever see and a very big thank you to our families who came to celebrate with us today!
24 Jul 2026
From Facebook
What a fantastic day at the Stage 3 Touch Football Gala Day! ๐ Our boys' and girls' teams should be incredibly proud of the way they represented our school. Throughout the day they played with determination, encouraged one another, worked brilliantly as a team and demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship on and off the field. Every player gave their absolute best, showing resilience, respect and a positive attitude in every game. Congratulations to all of our players on a wonderful day of touch football. The way you represented St Mary MacKillop today makes us all winners! ๐๐
24 Jul 2026
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Stage 3 Touch Football Gala Day St Mary MacKillop are located behind field 19, look out for our school Gazebos.
23 Jul 2026
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Stage 3 - Touch Football Gala Day Dear Parents/Carers Please see attached Map of Kingsway Touch Fields at St Marys. We will update where we are located in the morning. Kind Regards
23 Jul 2026
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Dear Parents/Carers Just to advise that the Athletics Carnival has now finished. If you are collecting your child from the Carnival please make your way there now. Kind Regards
22 Jul 2026
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Congratulations to Spencer in Year 6!!! During the holidays I got to see Spencer perform in a production of "Stories in the Dark", by Debra Oswald. I was totally amazed at how professional and talented their performance was. I would not have expected that a year 6 student could manage such a complex role and storyline so well. Well done Spencer and thank you for your performance.
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This week, our school community celebrated NAIDOC Week. NAIDOC week is the first week of the holidays. โFifty Years of Deadlyโ (NAIDOC 2026 theme) marks a milestone. Itโs a tribute to the people who built this movement: the Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression and the communities who keep showing up, year after year. To celebrate, grades read books, completed artworks, and other activities to learn more about this special celebration. Mr Buchan even organised a special event where we were able to have a Virtual Author Talk with Corey Tutt, who read two of his books with us and shared about his journey as an author.
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