Term 2, Week 8, 17 June

Principal's Update

Walk the Walk Out of Uniform Day

Our Legal Studies students are hosting a fundraising day next Friday, 24 June with all proceeds going to support local victims of domestic violence. All students are asked to wear white on Friday, purchase morning tea from the cake stall and participate in a walk against violence during Lunch 2. The Legal Studies class of 2022 thank you for your support of this important cause.

Semester 1 Awards

On Friday 1 July the College will host our Semester 1 Academic Award Ceremonies. The ceremonies will be held in Year groups at the following times. All parents and carers are warmly invited to attend the ceremonies. 

9.15am: Year 10 Academic Award Ceremony - Lochinvar Centre, Senior Campus

9.15am: Year 9 Academic Award Ceremony - College Hall

10.30am: Year 8 Academic Award Ceremony - College Hall

10.30am: Year 7 Academic Award Ceremony - Lochinvar Centre, Senior Campus

1.45pm: Year 11 Academic Award Ceremony - Lochinvar Centre, Senior Campus

All students are to wear their full formal school uniform. 

Students are welcome to leave at the conclusion of the Award Ceremony.  To ensure our attendance records are correct, all students leaving are to provide a written note signed by parent/carer, as to their intention to leave early. This note is to be provided to the PC teacher during PC.   

Tutoring 

Year 11 & 12 Advanced Mathematics and English student available for Monday or Tuesday afternoon tutoring in the College Homework Hub (College Library) 3.30 - 4.30pm. 

COST: $25 per hour

For further details contact:  Tess McWilliams tmcwilliams.11@lism.catholic.edu.au 

100 Life skills to teach teens 

Every so often I read an article where I think “that would be great to share with parents.” Having young adults, all in recent years entering university, the workforce or moving away from home has been a great insight into what skills we as parents may have overlooked or missed in preparing F1, M1 and F2 for, as F2 calls it “this adulting game.” 

I thought it might be an interesting family exercise for MacKillop parents to do with your young person(s) to see how many of the 100 they have or perhaps don’t yet have. Have a read below.

Student Success

Congratulations to Year 12 student Emma Highlands who has been awarded the Roma Liggins Scholarship at the Taree and District Eisteddfod. 

Congratulations also to Year 12 student Ryan Binskin who won the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Cross Country.

Both students are wonderful examples to their peers and younger students of commitment to their chosen fields. 

Coffs Harbour Dance Eisteddfod

Last Friday, 10 June, selected MacKillop College students performed beautifully at the Coffs Harbour Eisteddfod. It was a very tough competition with Palm Beach Currumbin dominating the event with their 80 plus dance excellence team.

Our Year 8-11 group took out 3rd place which was an absolutely fantastic result. Especially when some students don't practise dance outside of school. The Year 7 group performed with energy and had a great time. Well done to all involved and thank you to Jamanda Eggert for facilitating the attendance of our students. 

Cath Eichmann
Principal

Assistant Principal Mission

Face of Jesus

The first two hours of the staff Development Day last Friday were dedicated to Leading Formation for Mission. The process led staff to a recognition of their role as being both professional and a vocation.

Profession: A person competent or skilled in a particular activity, which is their main paid occupation.

Vocation: Your vocation is the way God invites you to love and give yourself to others.

86% of staff responded that they viewed their role in the school as both profession and vocation.

Additionally, staff were asked to consider a number of focus questions:

What does it mean to be a staff member in a Catholic School?

Tell us about a value you see as important in a Catholic school community?

Who is someone in the school who you see as the face of Jesus?

How would staff and students know that your actions are guided by faith?

This assisted many staff members in being able to recognise their individual and collective importance in acting as witness. In witnessing to their faith, each member of staff is called upon to be the face of Jesus to all in the school community

Your vocation is the way God invites you to love and give yourself to others. It is not simply the giving of your skills, services and expertise, but the giving of your whole self as a path to holiness.

We also gave consideration to the values that staff believed were most important to impart to student.

This image shows both the range and proportion of the responses from staff.

In table groups of five or six, staff then discussed the values and attempted to create a top six values list in priority order. We will collate this data and use it at our term three professional development day to determine the six prime values promoted at MacKillop College.

Corpus Christi

Thursday, 16 June saw the celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi (The Body and Blood of Christ).

Michael Fallon, a Missionary of the Sacred Heart (msc) Priest has written a truly inspiring and inviting reflection on the Body and Blood of Christ. May it nourish your spirit, heart, mind and hands… to be the body of Christ in our world today.

God bless

Peter Murphy
Assistant Principal Mission

Year 7

Semester 1 Awards
Parents and carers are invited to celebrate the achievements of Year 7 students at our Semester 1 Awards.
The Awards will be held as follows:
Time:      10.30am
Date:       Friday, 1 July 2022
Venue:    Lochinvar Centre, Senior Campus
Year 7 students are to wear their formal school uniform on this day.
Students are welcome to leave at the conclusion of the Award Ceremony. To ensure our attendance records are correct all students leaving are to provide a written note signed by parent/carer as to their intention to leave early (this includes students departing with another family). This note is to be provided to the PC teacher during PC.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the following students who have received a Leader of Pastoral Care Award: Isaac Archer, Ethan Carey, Toreno Crepaz, Philippa Eakin, Leah Hanson, Dylan Keane, Jake Keegan, Charlotte McEntyre, Lucas Morris and Jack Shuttleworth.

Nicole O’Connell
Year 7 Leader of Pastoral Care

Year 8

Semester 1 Awards
Parents and carers are invited to celebrate the achievements of Year 8 students at our Semester 1 Awards.
The Awards will be held as follows:
Time:          10.30am
Date:           Friday, 1 July 2022
Venue:        College Hall

Students are required to wear formal school uniform on this day.
Students are welcome to leave at the conclusion of the Award Ceremony. To ensure our attendance records are correct all students leaving are to provide a written note signed by parent/carer as to their intention to leave early (this includes students departing with another family). This note is to be provided to the PC teacher during PC.

Connect and Belong Day

Thursday of this week Year 8 students came together to celebrate in the Connect and Belong Day.
The Connect and Belong day is designed to offer students the opportunity to explore what it means to belong, and endeavours to help all students access the messages of connection, faith, belonging, gratitude, scripture, forgiveness, fun and relationship in an authentic way. Sessions involved topic such as:

Connect with others

- Connect with others and show love.
- Love your neighbour as yourself.
- Forgiveness.

Connect with God

- Reflect on where and who God is in our lives personally.
- Mindfully taking time to slow down.
- Building our Relationship Bank Accounts.
- Considering ways to increase our connection, peace and love

Belonging - many parts of the same world

- Consider our relationship to the world around us, and how we can connect to something bigger.
- Sharing our gratitude with others and our gratitude for others.
- Exploring a sense of belonging and how we are all connected.

This was such a great day and it was great to see students connecting in such a positive way.

Congratulations
Congratulations to Abbie Brennan who has received a Leader of Pastoral Care Award.

Greg Finney
Year 8 Leader of Pastoral Care

Year 9

Semester 1 Awards

Parents and carers are invited to celebrate the achievements of Year 9 students at our Semester 1 Awards. The Awards will be held as follows:

Time:     9.15am

Date:     Friday, 1 July 2022

Venue:   College Hall

Students are required to wear formal school uniform on this day.

Students are welcome to leave at the conclusion of the Award Ceremony. To ensure our attendance records are correct all students leaving are to provide a written note signed by parent/carer as to their intention to leave early (this includes students departing with another family). This note is to be provided to the PC teacher during PC.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Alexander Toth who has received a Leader of Pastoral Care Award.

SRC Activity - Musical Chairs

The Year 9 Student Representative Council (consisting of Adam Bryant, Miya Freeman, Milly McGrath, and Tyler Morris) approached me wanting to run a whole Year 9 activity during our Week 7 Extended PC. They decided on musical chairs. I must admit, I was nervous at the thought of 225, 14-15 year olds playing musical chairs, but I was very glad to be proven wrong. The entire year group enjoyed the activity and got completely involved. The SRC took charge and ran the whole activity without a hitch.

Each PC had their own small game running and the winners of each game came together and battled it out for the overall musical chairs champion. Congratulations to Miliana Grieve who won the final game (with an injured ankle) and acquired a large bag of chocolates for her PC, 9 Oxley 3.

Daniel O’Dell
Year 9 Leader of Pastoral Care

Year 10

Semester 1 Awards
Parents and carers are invited to celebrate the achievements of Year 10 students at our Semester 1 Awards.
The Awards will be held as follows:
Time:        9.15am
Date:         Friday, 1 July 2022
Venue:      Lochinvar Centre

Students are required to wear formal school uniform on this day.
Students are welcome to leave at the conclusion of the Award Ceremony. To ensure our attendance records are correct all students leaving are to provide a written note signed by parent/carer as to their intention to leave early (this includes students departing with another family). This note is to be provided to the PC teacher during PC.

Year 11, 2023
After a busy and challenging assessment period, Year 10 will now focus on their pathways and subject selections for 2023 and beyond. On Wednesday they were given a hardcopy of their MacKillop Subject Selection Handbook and were spoken to by Mrs Harmer who explained the process of subject selections to them in detail.

Upcoming Events
Please also be aware of the following upcoming events, as well as those mentioned in the timeline that was emailed to you last week. 

Week 9, Term 2
- Year 10 RESPECT Day and AMOW (Monday, 20 June)
- Year 10 Mid Coast Careers (11.30am-1.30pm on Tuesday 21 June)

Week 1, Term 3
- Athletics Carnival (Friday, 22 July)

Week 3, Term 3
- Year 11 2023 Subject Information Day (Monday, 1 August)

If you would like any further information, please let me know.

Have a great week.

David Kennedy
Year 10 Leader of Pastoral Care

Year 11

Semester 1 Awards

Parents and carers are invited to celebrate the achievements of Year 11 students at our Semester 1 Awards. The Awards will be held as follows:

Time:     1.45pm

Date:     Friday, 1 July 2022

Venue:   Lochinvar Centre

Students are required to wear formal school uniform on this day.

Students are welcome to leave at the conclusion of the Award Ceremony. To ensure our attendance records are correct all students leaving are to provide a written note signed by parent/carer as to their intention to leave early (this includes students departing with another family). This note is to be provided to the PC teacher during PC.

You Choose - Youth Road Safety Presentation

Back in Week 6, Year 11 and 12 students took part in the You Choose Youth Road Safety, Australia's youth-led mission to change driving culture led by Melissa McGuinness. The presentation was a powerful, hard hitting and emotional reminder to our young people about the dangers of reckless driving on our roads.

The program challenged students to consider how they will personally seek leadership in road safety, live life to its fullest, protect their loved ones; and be truly accountable in situations where they need to place their safety and wellbeing at the forefront of decision making.  

The feedback from students, staff and parents was overwhelmingly positive and I encourage you to spend some time talking to your young person about their driving habits and driving culture if you have not already done so.

Push Up Challenge

The mental health of your young people is extremely important and at MacKillop we are currently taking part in the Push Up Challenge, raising awareness for this crucial cause. Students in all Year 11 PC classes are participating in the challenge, doing their push ups every morning in class. Last week Year 11 and 12 students took part in a breakfast during Extended PC which was designed to create unity and culture among the senior students. Students were encouraged to spend some time ‘checking in” with their peers in order to promote positive mental health. Posters were made by the students in PC highlighting the importance of positive mental health and relationships. The students then made their way to the senior oval for some push up challenges and fun activities. 

Art Walk

Some of our talented Year 11 Music students took part in the Art Walk last Friday night as part of the MacKillop College Saxophone Ensemble. Situated near the Northpoint Thai Restaurant, the group played a variety of tunes entertaining the crowd of people who had stopped to watch and listen. Congratulations to Ewan Hughes, Callum Pender-Buchan, Zac Tay and Wilson Minogue who showcased their musical talents on the night.

Tracey Bewicke
Year 11 Leader of Pastoral Care 

Wellbeing

Push Up Challenge

MacKillop College is for the second year in a row participating in the Push Up Challenge. Our seniors started the tradition in 2021 and this year we have asked all PCs and staff to join us. Olivia Nichols, our Push Up Challenge Ambassador, launched the initiative at assembly and then also promoted it through a Seven News interview (if you would like to view please see attached), supported by Hugh Turnbull, Lucy Kay, Katie Duffy and Year 12 PDHPE. The Push Up Challenge has participants completing 3,139 push ups in 24 days - all in the name of mental health. This task we have embarked upon is testing and developing our perseverance, which is our signature Character Strength focus for this term. It is the perfect activity to physically embody persisting past our previous physical limits, and pushing through the barriers, both mental and physical, we place upon ourselves when things are difficult.

At MacKillop we are committed to using our strengths to raise awareness about mental health and the importance of wellbeing. We are all working hard to achieve our main goal - which is to make mental health conversations seen as normal conversations with no stigma attached. Every morning in the notices there is a mental health fact and a push up target for the day; at the time of writing our MacKillop Push Up Community had completed in excess of 40,000 push ups. Pretty amazing!! Looking after the wellbeing of our young people is paramount, as is working together to support our wider community, and if doing a push up for each of the 3,139 people that committed suicide in 2020 gets one person to ask someone if they are okay, or gets one person to reach out for help then it's a job well done.

Usually I sign off with 'have a great weekend' (which I absolutely want for you) but this time I would like my parting words to be a challenge. This weekend I challenge you to have at least one conversation with a friend, loved one, neighbour or whoever and ask them how they are going, not in that Australian way where the answer is always good, but take the time to ask them how they are really going. Who knows it could be just what they needed.

Lisa Kable
Leader of Wellbeing - Social and Emotional Support
Visit www.thepushupchallenge.com.au  for more information and please remember that if you are experiencing a personal crisis or mental health issue, reach out for help - www.beyondblue.org.au   or  www.lifeline.org.au     

Music News

“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

Artwalk

Well done to students in the Senior Band and Drumline who performed at Artwalk on Friday, 10 June.

Links & Forms

Music Ensemble Sign Up Form

Music Tuition Request Form

Co curricular Music Google Classroom

Senior Band STILE PAGE

Junior Band STILE PAGE

The Collective Pop & Rock Praise Band STILE PAGE

Saxophone Ensemble Google Classroom

Musical Theatre Company Google Classroom

Upcoming Events

Youth Mass (Collective)

• Week 8 - Sunday, 19 June 4:15pm - 6:00pm, St Agnes' Catholic Church, Collective Pop and Rock Praise Band.

Assembly Performance (Musical Theatre Company)

• Week 9 - Wednesday, 22 June Period 1, College Hall, Musical Theatre Company

Ride the Wave Festival (Drumline)

• Week 9 - Saturday, 25 June 22 June, 11:00am, Town Beach, Drumline

Please contact Rob Denham with any questions relating to the Co-curricular Music program at MacKillop College.

Robert Denham
Leader of Co-Curricular Music

Sport News

PRE-EVENTS MACKILLOP COLLEGE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 2022

The schedule for the pre-events for the Athletics Carnival is below:

If you have signed up please ensure that you attend the event as per the program.

Week 1 – Tuesday 19 July

PERIOD 1 and 2 - 400m

PERIOD 3 and 4 -  800m

Week 2 - Tuesday 26 July

PERIOD 1 & 2 - 1500m

9:00am 16, 17, 18 Girls

9:30am 16, 17, 18 Boys

10:00am 12, 13, 14, 15 Girls

10:30am 12, 13, 14, 15 Boys

PERIOD 3, 4 and 5 – High Jump

11:35am 12-13 Boys

12:00pm   12-13 Girls

12:30pm 14-15 Boys

1:00pm 14-15 Girls

1:30pm 16-18 Boys

2:00pm 16-18 Girls

High Jump

If students wish to do the Fosbury Flop in the HIGH JUMP parents MUST fill out the parental permission form (found at the Sports notice boards) and hand it back to Erin Denham.

TERM 2 SPORT 2022

Please refer to the College website for the Sport Programs for Year 7-10 Term 2 Sport.

Representative Sport

U13 Country Cup

The U13 boys competed in the Country Cup Rugby League competition on Tuesday, 31 May led by their captains, Mason White and Arthur Schmude. The boys started the day with a convincing 22-0 win over Hastings Secondary College. Stirling Wickham and Jack McGrath both scored their first of three tries for the day during this opening game.

A strong St Joseph’s Regional side then handed the boys their only loss despite some solid defensive efforts by Darcy Middleton, Jackson Hollis and Quinn Hancock.

The boys regrouped for their last game, defeating Camden Haven High School 26-16 following tries from Mason White and Blaze Colthorpe. All the boys are to be commended on their efforts and displays of sportsmanship throughout the entire day.

 MVP: Sterling Wickham

Blake Jamieson

Coach

U15 Country Cup

A successful day for the team finishing undefeated and winners of their division after games against Camden Haven High School, St Joseph's Regional College and St Paul’s College, Kempsey. The team showed great effort and cohesion despite limited preparation and the mix of rugby and rugby league players. 

All boys gave 100% with special mention to Tim Broderick who was our most outstanding player on the day. He was supported well by Jake Morgan, Jack Randall and Hunter Mayes. Lucas Scott and Cooper Lorger showed great control and leadership in each match. 

Warren Lorger

Coach

Country Cup – U18

The Under 18 Boys' Rugby League team continued their impressive form at the Country Cup qualifying round held in Port Macquarie two weeks ago.

While we lost a couple of key forwards the day prior due to injury and illness, the boys put on a solid performance finishing the day undefeated. They now progress to the Country Cup Regional Finals to be held in Port Macquarie next week. Congratulations to Ethan Clarke who was named Best and Fairest.

Erin Denham

Coach

U14 Cochrane Cup

Game 1: The boys had a hard fought loss to St Joseph's Regional College defending 90% of the game, losing 10-0.

Game 2: MacKillop was able to get the victory with Sam Howard scoring twice, Koby Atkins and Lewis Shipway all getting points.

Game 3: MacKillop put 20 points on St Paul's College, Kempsey with Sam Young, Hudson McNeil, Max Clifton and Cruz Lewis all going under the posts.

Well done to the player of the day Hudson McNeill. All up MacKillop winning two out of three games. 

Mackenzie Murray

Coach

Netball Schools Cup

7/8 Girls' A Team

Congratulations to the Year 7 and 8 girls who managed to convincingly win all four games in their pool.  Unfortunately they lost by five goals to St Columba Anglican School in the playoff.  The game was very competitive and beyond a few unfortunate turnovers, it could have gone either way.

All girls played exceptionally well and supported each other during the day.  I was impressed with the sportsmanship and commitment shown by all.  

MVP: Lane Jordan

Nicole Thompson

Coach

7/8 Boys' Team

Congratulations to all the boys who played in the 7/8 boys Netball Schools Cup.

The 7/8 Gold Team went through the day undefeated with new recruit and youngster Noah Pociask stealing the show with his precision goal shooting. Notable mentions go to birthday boy and key player Jesse Andrews along with Jack Merrick who brought the ball up the court with ease. Flynn Burrage kept our ‘Against’ points low with his incredible agility down the defensive end. Overall, all the boys showed great teamwork and sportsmanship representing MacKillop College. The team consisted of Noah Pociask, Cruz Lews, Sam Ramke, Jesse Andrews, Jack Merrick, Harley Cottom, Flynn Burrage, Jack Ryan and Riley Bates.

Congratulations to the boys in the 7/8 Black Team who also made it through to the Regionals Finals. All students had a fantastic day with every player improving throughout the four games played. The team consisted of Alex Jordan, Bailey Rowlatt, Lewis Shipway, Sam Ayton, Cooper Dekker, Patrick Green, Koby Atkins, Alex Slavin, Jack McGrath and Chase Thompson. A special mention to Alex, Lewis, Patrick, Koby and Chase who joined the team the day before the competition due to original team members being unavailable. 

Well done to all of the boys and to Jack McGrath who was the Best and Fairest on the day. 

Both teams had a very successful day and have made it through to the North Coast Regional Finals in August. Congratulations 7/8 Boys!

Tahnee Johnston and Amber Mann

Coaches

9/10 Girls' Team

What a super Team! We had such a great day despite the cold.

Our toughest game was definitely against St Colulmba Anglican School. A few nervous jitters, but like in every game once the girls settled in they just meshed beautifully.

Outstanding shooting from both Tallara Duck and Piper Wilson all day with a whopping 141 goals scored during the day. Both Tallara and Piper showed such a calm and consistent shooting style that left players and opponents in awe!

A very hard decision to choose only one girl for the player of the match, but it would have to go to Emma Burge for her consistent approach and unwavering commitment to any position you give her. Emma had a few tough opponents on the day and always played her absolute best.

Undefeated on the day, we look forward to round two in August!

Amy Ryals

Coach

9/10 Boys' Team

Thank you to all boys who trialled for the 9/10 boys team this year. It was a hard selection but our team certainly did a great job representing the school at the local carnival.

Despite having minimal training before the carnival, our team had a successful day and will go through to the North Coast Regional Finals, to be held in Term 3. The boys were faced with personal challenges this year with a few of our players having a very busy schedule with other sporting and work commitments. Despite this they played hard and rallied as a team, responding very well to the coaching and feedback that was given to them.  All boys were fine ambassadors for MacKillop, playing with determination and displaying good teamwork and sportsmanship. 

The boys in the 9/10 team are Tom Ryan, Joshua Bell, Tobias Toohey, Riley Harmer, Cooper Lorger, Joseph Post, Tana Marino, Toby Harper and Xavier Proud.

Best and Fairest for the day was Riley Harmer.

A special thank you always goes to our umpires who did a fantastic job all day. Without them we cannot attend these events. Our umpires were Grace Dawson, Toni Stone, Makayla Mott, Makya Carney, Lara Inman, Lane Jordan, Meredith Davies, Brianna Moloney and Charlotte Weatherley.

Finally, a shout out and thank you to Noel Stevenson for meeting us at the ground and assisting with shade shelters. It’s greatly appreciated.

Michelle Marino

Coach

Bill Turner Boys - Round 3

The Bill Turner Boys' team travelled to St Columba Anglican School to play the third round. We started positively and had two good chances to open the scoring. However, St Columba took control of the game and dominated possession. They converted their chances and went in at halftime with a three goal lead. 

We came out second half looking to attack but St Columba were too good for us on the day and ran out 7-0 winners.

Credit to our boys as they never gave up and kept trying to the very end. We wish St Colomba all the best in the next round 

David Pugh

Coach

Bill Turner Girls Round v St Columba Anglican School

Our girls went into the third round of the state wide Bill Turner Knock Out competition against St Columba Anglican School slightly nervous knowing that the opposition had several representative players.

This did not deter the girls from sticking to our game plan of possession and pressing hard in defence. Off the back of solid defence our girls had a lot of freedom in attack with Zora Boskovski scoring in the first 2 minutes closely followed by a great solo goal from Arliah Morris. Zora scored a goal going into half time to put us in a convincing position.

St Columba had some opportunities, however our backline and goal keepers were cool under pressure. Zora scored two goals alongside Charlee Bailey finding the net twice to well and truly seal a 7-0 win for the girls. Congratulations to Zora Boskovski on being named Best and Fairest – such a dominating performance.

I am so proud of the girls and how well they are playing together as a team.

NSWCCC Touch Football

Congratulations to Tana Marino who made the possible probables at the recent NSWCCC Open’s Touch Football trials. This is not an easy trial in the format that the trial was played in – Tana we are proud of your achievement.

NSWCCC Hockey Schools Championships – Junior and Open Boys

MacKillop College has a proud and decorated history of participating in the Combined Catholic Colleges Hockey Tournament. This year's event was hosted over two days in Bathurst. Having such a strong hockey community presence at Mackillop College, we were fortunate to field a Junior and Open Boys' team. 

Well before the tournament, recruitment and team selection started. Early morning training sessions enabled teams to hone fundamentals skills and formulate player positions.  In a fashion of ‘iron sharpening iron’, a friendly yet competitive rivalry developed between the Open and Junior Boys. James Ferguson and Tom Moreton, two exceptional goalkeepers, proved to be impenetrable fortresses of defence during our training games.

Junior Boys 

Fielding a Junior Boys' team proved difficult for many schools, as only students in Year 7 to 9 are eligible. Red Bend College (RBC) from Forbes was the only other school to register a Junior team. As such, the Junior Boys were required to play in the Open Boys' division. Captained by Tobias and James, the MacKillop Junior Boys were ready for this opportunity. 

Galeforce rain with a minus five degree wind chill greeted the boys for their first game. A grand final medal match showdown with Red Bend College. With encouragement from assistant coach George Worner, in a tightly contested game, Mackillop came away with the silver CCC medal. 

The boys would go on to play in the open division and finals. Taking out 5th position overall. A loss against the ‘Mountain Men’ from Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn and convincing wins against St Francis Xavier College, Hamilton and McAuley College, Grafton.

Ethan Maher, normally a forward, slotted well into defence, issuing a commanding presence. New recruits to the game, Mitchell Yates and Jarvis Lineham worked the ball effortlessly around the backline, turning defence into attack opportunities. 

Tobias Toohey juggled the ball seamlessly through defenders' sticks, dispatching passes with accuracy. Ajay Sen Gupta, always ready to pounce, inserted himself into the game poking holes in the defence and pressuring the goal line. 

Chase Thompson and Ashton Newton proved to be a force to be reckoned with on the wings. Agility and speed catching the opposition out, time and time again. This created opportunities to weave the ball into the goal line area for some fantastic team ‘shots on goal’.

Oliver and Henry Wootton, the ‘Bash Brothers’ showed versatility as defenders and forwards, switching up positions when the need arised. The only problem was Mr Jones’ confusion of who was Oliver and who was Henry when coaching from the sideline. 

The G.O.A.T Goal Keeper, James Ferguson turned heads with remarkable skills. Eligible to play juniors, James ‘stepped up’ to play with the boys. Cool under pressure, he was able to defend countless salvos into the goal area. This gave our Junior Boys reassurance in defence. 

Congratulations on the Silver CCC Medal - Junior Boys.

Open Boys

Playing hockey on a grass field is difficult at the best of times. Due to the draw, Open Boys played on a frost covered, bumpy grass field for their first games. This was against the defending champs, Red Bend College. The first ball of play saw Charlie Ford catch a rogue defected ball to his face, splitting his cheek open. After a quick repair, he was back in action. The first game resulted in a loss, but the Open Boys were determined to make it their last. 

Resounding wins against St Edward's College, Gosford and McAuley College, Grafton placed the MacKillop College Open Boys second in their pool. A semi-final game against Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn was drawn. In a nail biting game, the Open Boys were narrowly defeated.  

A bronze medal match was now the last opportunity; this was against the Red Bend College Junior team (winners against our Junior Boys team). Early goals saw MacKillop take the lead and victory was imminent. A controversial penalty conceded saw Red Bend level the game. At full time, in a stalemate, both teams were awarded the bronze CCC medal. 

Captained by Year 12 students Jared Waters and Tom Moreton, the senior team was in capable hands. As elder statesmen of the team, this was their last opportunity to bring a CCC Hockey medal home for the College. Peter Farrugia was called in, out of recent retirement, to coach the Open Boys through the Championship. 

Seasoned veterans of the game Ross Aird and Fynn Slade showed masterful class in attacking and controlling the ball around the field, maintaining possession and controlling the pace of the game. Cody Mills' foresight in reading the opposition provided instincts in making great tackles, turning over the ball to our favour. 

Charlie Ford, persevering with a patched up cheek, turned the opposition inside-out with his dazzling stick work. Tobias Toohey, doubling up games, injected his youthfulness and energy into the game. Running the ball strongly and linking the ball up to our attacking wingers. 

Andrew Yates and Elliot Worner, new recruits to the game yet you wouldn't have noticed that. A tenacious grit and determination saw the two make their impact on the game. The boys' clean trapping and meticulous passing allowed open and free flowing play to happen. 

The backs, defensively, were juggernauts. Goalkeeper Tom Moreton rallied his defensive line consisting of Riley Harmer and Josh Bell. The opposition were no match for a charging and sliding Tom in goals and Josh and Riley, working the ball out of danger.

Jared Waters continued to rally and inspire the Open Boys. Brilliant ball control and wonderful 3D work on the stick saw Jared net many goals. 

Well done Open Boys on the Bronze CCC medal. 

Rhys Jones

Coach

NSWCCC Hockey Schools Championships – Girls

A chilly Bathurst welcomed our teams for the 2022 CCC Tournament. All teams were prepared and the girls packed many layers to ensure that all weather options were covered. We had two strong wins on the first day, 5-1 and 2-0 but knew that our early morning Wednesday game against Trinity College, Lismore would be tough. We went down 0-1 in a passionate game of hockey. This meant that in our knockout quarter final we would face off against McCarthy College, Tamworth - the team we played three years ago as juniors in the grand final! The girls fought hard but were unfortunate to concede two goals in a tough match and our tournament was over. We rugged up and made as much noise as possible supporting the boys to their medal wins throughout the rest of the day. 

Congratulations go to the whole team for working together so well and having a great tournament. Thank You to Gretel Worner for helping me manage and support the team. 

Farewell to our Year 12s Domi, Sam, Lacee and Liv, thank you for all you have done for MacKillop Hockey in your time here at the college. 

Congratulations to Dominica Toohey, Samanatha Thresher and Zara Ferguson on their selection to the CCC Open Girls Team for 2022. 

Tournament Awards:

Players’ Player:  Dominica Toohey

Coaches Award: Tehya Nash

Commitment Award: Amy Hatherly

Ali Montgomery

Coach

NSWCCC Cross Country – First in the State.

We sent a very strong team of runners to the NSWCCC Cross Country Championships held at Eastern Creek last Tuesday as part of the Lismore Diocesan Cross Country team. Our students were great ambassadors for our school and Diocese.

The following students raced in their respective age divisions:

Congratulations to all of our runners who ran so well and special mention to Ryan Binksin – 1^st in the State. WOW - we know how hard you have been training over the years to take out first place. Ryan you are such a talented athlete and a humble one at that. You should be so very proud of yourself and deserve every accolade. You are setting a fine example for other runners to aspire to.

Congratulations to Kiana Osmond-Dreyer, Dominica Toohey, Freycin Hostettler and Preston Davis who all finished in great positions and will accompany Ryan as part of the NSWCCC team when they compete at the upcoming NSW All Schools Cross Country. Well done everyone.

All Schools' Diving

Congratulations to Bronte McAllister and Riley Judd who both ranked 5^th at the recent All Schools' Diving.

Their efforts were outstanding in a tough competition against athletes who train every day and have amazing diving facilities. 

Riley did well at beating his scores from last year and moving a bit further up the rankings! 

Erin Denham

Leader of Sport

REPRESENTATIVE SPORT, UPCOMING EVENTS:

All registrations for MacKillop College sport teams will be completed by students via logging into the school Moodle page. Go to the Student Links tab on the left hand side and click on the Representative Sports Registrations link. Click on the relevant sport and fill out the google form.

Students will be notified through the morning notices of when to sign up, and when trials will occur.

Click on this link to register.

LISMORE DIOCESAN EVENTS AND REGISTRATION

Please note that the following sports are currently open for students to be able to sign up to or register their interest to trial. These sports have been advertised to students through morning notices over the past week.

Please click on this link below to register for the sports.

NSWCCC EVENTS AND REGISTRATION

Students MUST be registered for the event with parent and Principal approval (or Principal delegate).

Registration is through the CSNSW Sport portal. Details on how to register:    csnsw.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/article/198901765?src=584134009

Registrations are via the CSNSW.sport portal. For instructions on how to register go to:  Guide For Parents – Sport Registrations >>

Please note that the NSWCCC Sport registrations for individual nominations for 2022 selections are open for the following trials:

For further information, go to the CSNSW Sport website Sport pages. https://csnsw.sport/

NSW ALL SCHOOLS – EVENTS

The selection for these events are a result of the NSWCCC events.

COMMUNITY SPORT

U13 GIRLS PORT MACQUARIE HASTINGS HOCKEY

Congratulations to Daisy Pees who made the representative team heading away to Bathurst in July.

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

Creative Arts

Canteen Update

To order from the canteen:

1. Orders can be written out at the canteen (bags supplied free of charge).

2. Orders can be written out at home and handed in at the canteen.

3. Download the Qkr! app and order on line.

All orders to be in by 8:00am please.

Please remind your child/children if you have ordered for them, and what their order is. 

If your child is sick and you have ordered, please phone the canteen (6583 2632) to arrange a credit. 

Please note to change your child's year group when using the QKR! app to order lunch for 2022.

Now available: Gluten free pies $5.00 and gluten free sausage rolls $4.00; these items must be ordered.

Monday 20 June
Chris Pees, Amanda Lorger and Mayo Brumby

Tuesday 21 June
Vanessa Wilson, Sandy Green and Louise Moore

Wednesday 22 June
Jaci Zimmerman and Amelia Brown

Thursday 23 June
Stacey Hyde, Sue Ryan and Tracey Reddie

Friday 24 June
Mel Collins, Cathy Chandler, Priscilla Turnbull and Jen Wickham

Monday 27 June
Paul Atkins and Patrick Corr

Tuesday 28 June
Katrina Bates, Anthea Romer and Elizabeth Jardine

Wednesday 29 June
HELP PLEASE

Thursday 30 June
Chris Jourdant and Heather Sheers

Friday 1 July
No helpers needed

Canteen Help Needed

We are in need of some parent assistance for canteen. For more information and requirements on volunteering in the Canteen, or if you are able to volunteer, please follow this link. 

Homework Hubs

Maths Tutorials

Tuesday 7.45am-8.30am and  Friday 7.45am-8.30am

Room 12 Main College with Elizabeth Robertson