Welcome to our New Year 7’s

A big Mary MacKillop Catholic College Welcome to our new Year 7 students who had the special opportunity to spend their first day on their own before the rest of the school came back to start the year. Our College community is very happy to welcome you and we hope the next six years are full of life long learning as you journey into becoming “young women called to life to make a difference in the world”.

 

Important Reminders to Begin the Year

Our whole College community began the year with an Administration based day ensuring students were presented with very important aspects of their expectations before they started their classes. The presentations were centred around:

• Attendance: ensuring all students are clear on the expectations of attendance for academic success.
• Learning Management: All students were reminded of their rights and responsibilities of being a member of the Mary MacKillop Catholic College Community.
• Uniform: Clear guidelines regarding grooming, jewellery and expectations with their sports uniform as well.
• Diary: Clear understanding of the importance of the diary being the central form of communication and organisation between school and home.

A huge thank you to the CLC teachers who have worked very closely with your daughters in ensuring they began the year well informed and ready for learning.

Swimming Carnival

Our great start to the year continued with our Swimming Carnival. Students were involved in a whole new range of activities and showed house spirit throughout the day. Our Year 12’s got into the spirit of the day by dressing up to represent their House. Below, are our McCormack “MMCC Life Guards”. A great deal of effort went into getting these costumes organised. Well done ladies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

College Diary Enhancements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your daughter’s diary has been improved once again.  All enhancements were the product of student feedback.

 

The daily organisation page has been updated to student specifications and allows students to have a list of asks to complete for the week.

As always, parents are asked to check their daughter’s diary page above each week on top of the weekly Commendations and Matters of Concern page located in the communications section (as seen below):

 

 

 

 

Commendations and Matters of Concern

The College is committed to communicating with parents on a constant basis. Parents have faster access to information on how your daughters are progressing on a week-by-week basis. Teachers will be giving students Commendations or Matters of Concern and recording these at the back of the diary (Communications TAB) at the back of the diary. Parents are required to sign this page on a weekly basis.

Commendations: Students can earn a commendation at any time both in and out of class according to the listed criteria. Based on the number of commendations received at the end of the term, CLC teachers will nominate students to receive specific College merits.

Matters of Concern: Students can receive these at any time, in and out of class and indicate that a change of behaviour or attitude is required. When students receive 5 matters of concern, a phone call will be made to the parent by the CoL (Year) or CoL (KLA) to alert you of the fact that any further matters of concern received will result in a Thursday Afternoon RAP detention.

6 Commendations = 1 Merit Card

6 Matters of Concern = Thursday Afternoon RAP – 3:00pm – 4:00pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday Bell Times

As of Thursday 8^th February, bell times for Thursday have changed. Students exit the College at 3:00pm. Please see below:

Thursday	Time
CLC	8:50am -9:00am
Pd 1	9:00am – 9:45am
Pd 2	9:45am – 10:30am
R	10:30am – 10:50am
Pd 3	10:50am – 11:35am
Pd 4*	11:35am – 12:20pm**
L	12:20pm – 1:00pm
Sport	1:00pm – 3:00pm

** SCC Students leave class at 12.10pm

 

Mobile Phone Policy Update

After careful review of our updated 2017 mobile phone policy, we have made one further amendment to ensure continued safety for students in regards to mobile phones during the school day. We also remind parents and students that the purpose of this policy is to promote appropriate and safe use of mobile phones within College grounds and encourage interaction and communication without distractions.

The amendment is as follows:

• The use of portable speakers also constitutes the use of a mobile phone and both the speaker and mobile phone whether seen or unseen will be confiscated immediately.

 

College Dress Code

To continue our commitment to high standards in presentation, updates to our College Dress Code are below:

• The College Jumper cannot be worn during Terms 1 and 4. If the weather is cool, students wear the College Blazer.

I remind parents of our uniform and grooming policy: At all times if your daughter has a variation to our uniform or grooming policy a note from a parent must be provided.

 

School Shoes

It came to my attention that some students are wearing the incorrect school shoes. Please note the following. Anyone that has the incorrect shoes has been asked to replace them immediately with the correct ones.

Correct Shoe	Incorrect Shoe
Black, leather, low heeled and lace up school shoes.	Open top (Mary Jane style) shoes that present a WHS risk. Black leather converse casual sneaker/shoes that present a WHS risk.

 

 

Perfect Attendance – Term 4 2017

Congratulations to the following students who received perfect attendance for Term 4 2017. Their 2018 year groups have been displayed. Students will receive their certificates in Year Meeting this term.

Surname	First Name	Year
Alzamora	Lauren	8
Awad	Lynn	8
Beira	Lourdes	8
Gilyana	Marla	8
Inthavong	Janeleena	8
Jajo	Alison	8
Leav	Anna	8
Nguyen	Nhu	8
Nguyen Thach	Jessica	8
Rafooqa	Anjila	8
Thea Khun	Emily	8
Vea	Emma	8
Vo	Kristy	8
Doan	Tram	9
Huynh	Trista	9
Ibrahim	Daniella	9
Nguyen	Fiona	9
Qaqos	Sarah	9
Toma	Angelina	9
Tran	Thi Cam Tien	9
Tran	Thi To Quyen	9
Hankinson	Jessica	10
Leav	Jenny	10
Qaqos	Marena	10
Rafooqa	Rita	10
Thai	Tracey	10
Tong	Narellie	10
Yowanis	Ornina	10
Al-Faris	Marla	11
Dascolias	Isabella	11
Heng	Charlotte Kimguech	11
Pham	Kimmy	11
Aboui	Sandra	12
Al-shorachi	Istella	12
Inthavong	Junenaree	12
Karmazian	Marie	12
Nguyen	Annie	12
Pham	Duong	12
Phanith-Gao	Jasmine	12

 

Traffic Safety in and Around the College

Each year it is crucial that we remind all parents regarding traffic safety in and around the College.

As a result please read below some very important reminders regarding traffic safety to ensure your daughter and all members of our community are kept safe:

 

 

Speed Limit – A reminder that during the times listed on the school zone signs, 40km/h speed limits apply.   We ask all parents to ensure you are vigilant with your speed and stick to the speed limit within our school zone all times.

 

 

 

Safe drop off – Please observe the road and parking rules to ensure you are dropping off or picking up your daughter in the correctly marked zones. Parents are not permitted to park or stop at any time in a No Stopping Zone, particularly in Carnarvon Street as this blocks buses from entering of an afternoon preventing our students from getting home at a reasonable time.

 

 

 

 

Pickup and Drop Off Zones – A reminder that these zones can only be used for a quick pick up or drop off only. The following applies:

• maximum stop time is two (2) minutes
• driver must remain in or within a vehicle
• vehicle must not be left unattended
• zone applies only during hours of operation

 

 

 

Morning Drop Off inside the College – We ask parents to move their car to the furthest point of the drop off zone to ensure as many cars as possible can come into the College ensuring traffic flow is not stopped or interrupted. When parents park their cars close to the gates this causes traffic jams on Hamilton and Bulls roads. Please also check your mirrors when leaving to prevent any collisions and stick to the 10km/h speed limit within College grounds.

Police and Council Rangers regularly patrol the area around our College. Please ensure you observe all road and parking rules. These reminders are in place to ensure the safety of all members of our College community. We thank all parents for your continued support and care of our students. Please contact the College if you have any questions or concerns.

 

Vaccinations Messages from NSW Health

 

 

 Growth Mindset Reminder

All students at MMCC are working on the Orange side of the graphic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pope Francis’ Words

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May we continue in our partnership of “Forming young women called to life to make a difference in the world”.

Mr Pablo Grana, Assistant Principal