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!
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02 Nov 2026
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Year 1 Liturgy Yesterday Year 1 celebrated a beautiful Liturgy of the Word with Fr Rojan. The theme of this liturgy was Baptism and Fr Rojan reminded all the students that they: Are a child of God. Gods loves them; and they love others. Year 1 prayed, sang, listened and participated with such enthusiasm and love for God.26 Oct 2026
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🪩✨ Get ready INFANTS - its your time to shine! ✨🪩 Our amazing St Mary MacKillop P&F, South Penrith are hosting our INFANTS ONLY DISCO (Kindy - Yr2) on Thursday 12th November at 5pm All tickets must be pre-purchased through QKR! ⚠️ Ticket Sales close at 3pm on Wednesday 11th November ⚠️
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02 Nov 2026
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Year 1 Liturgy Yesterday Year 1 celebrated a beautiful Liturgy of the Word with Fr Rojan. The theme of this liturgy was Baptism and Fr Rojan reminded all the students that they: Are a child of God. Gods loves them; and they love others. Year 1 prayed, sang, listened and participated with such enthusiasm and love for God.
26 Oct 2026
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🪩✨ Get ready INFANTS - its your time to shine! ✨🪩 Our amazing St Mary MacKillop P&F, South Penrith are hosting our INFANTS ONLY DISCO (Kindy - Yr2) on Thursday 12th November at 5pm All tickets must be pre-purchased through QKR! ⚠️ Ticket Sales close at 3pm on Wednesday 11th November ⚠️
23 Oct 2026
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Have you heard the news? 📢 Our new playground is open and ready for business 🛝 There's ropes to climb, slides to sail down, wobbly bridges and play panels to keep those brains and bodies moving and growing! It's a great day to be a student of St Mary MacKillop 🌟
22 Oct 2026
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Year 5 have been having a wonderful day! We have had dinner, found our rooms and we are now going on a night walk and having a camp fire!
22 Oct 2026
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22 Oct 2026
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World Mission Month – Putting Our Faith Into Action through supporting Socktober October is World Mission Month - a time for really putting our ‘Faith Into Action!' During World Mission month we remember that Jesus called us to love and care for our neighbour and we all share this very important responsibility to care for the needs of others. It is a time to think and act on how we can show our concern for those around us. Catholic Mission is the official international mission agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. Their focus is on creating change and building a more just world for people everywhere. Each year Catholic Mission holds a fundraising initiative called Socktober. Through participating in Socktober we put our faith into action by raising money that allows Catholic Mission to enact Jesus’ teachings of love and care for our neighbour. Yesterday, our playground was awash with colour wore our ‘crazy socks’ to help raise much needed funds for Catholic Mission. Thank you to everyone who put their faith into action to create a fairer world for everyone.
22 Oct 2026
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Students in Years 3 and 5 participated in their first of three aussie hoops sessions this week ⛹🏼🏀 Designed to compliment their PE lessons this term, students enjoyed developing their dribbling and passing skills guided by coaches from Penrith Basketball. In the coming weeks students will further develop these skills as well as shooting, and offensive and defensive strategies. Watch out NBA, we have some superstars in the making ✨
20 Oct 2026
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⚽🔔 Goalball for All 🔔⚽ Students in Years 4 and 6 enjoyed taking part in a Goalball 4 Schools incursion this week. This unique experience provided an environment for our students to try something new and from a different perspective. Students were challenged to utilise other senses such as hearing, touch and balance to participate. Whats goalball you ask? This sport is designed for those with vision impairments or are blind. Players need to defend their goals by listening out for the ball which has a bell inside it. Thank you to our coach from Bring It On Sports for delivering these sessions for our students.
17 Oct 2026
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Congratulations to Lucas B who competed in the 2026 NSWPSSA Football at Gateshead last month. What an achievement! This photo has been provided by the family and shared on social media with their permission.
16 Oct 2026
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On Wednesday our Year 1 students stepped back in time with an exciting excursion to the Australiana Pioneer Village in Wilberforce! They travelled back to an era before computers, television and air conditioners, when bread was freshly baked at home and milk came straight from the cow in the paddock. Our students explored what everyday life was like in the 1800s and discovered what it would have been like to attend a school during this time. From learning about old-fashioned school life to experiencing how people lived long ago, it was a wonderful opportunity to bring history to life and connect their classroom learning with the past!
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!!