From the Principal

Congratulations to Fr Kevin Bates sm on his Golden Jubilee – 50 years since his ordination into the priesthood. We thank Fr Kevin for his extraordinary service and nurturing care of our MSCW community during this time.

Year 7 Camp

A sunny Stanwell Tops was the beautiful setting for the recent Year 7 Camp. The staff and I enjoyed our time continuing to get to know the students, learn more names and see first-hand their Marist Compass in action.

The Year 7 Camp Cup was a competitive focus, as the students earnt ‘paper clip’ points for actively living the four dimensions of the Marist Compass by showing ‘courage’, encouraging ’empowerment’, being ‘sisters’ and sharing their ‘gifts’ with each other.

A big THANK YOU to Ms Grace Spurr and Mrs Kath Della Vedova for their coordination of the getaway, as well as the staff who attended as group leaders: Ms Angela Bowland, Ms Monique Shippen, Ms Lili Negrine, Mr Steve Saliba, Ms Rachael Colreavy, Ms Kate Sinclair, Mr Ryan Leonard, Ms Janine Stitt and Ms Stephanie MacMillan.

I’ve included an image of one of our Year 7 groups supporting their mates. See the full report, a personal recap from student Analisa Hernandez and more photos later in this Newsletter.

Welcome to MSCW!

Next week we welcome to our staff Ms Kylie Hinkley, English teacher. Kylie is replacing Ms Shannon Graham. 

We also welcome Ms Louise Volpato as TAS Assistant.

We wish Kylie and Louise well as they both join our Marist community. 

MSCW shines in recent competitions – Congratulations!

SCS Eisteddfod

Congratulations to our students who have performed well at the recent SCS Eisteddfod. 

SCS Cross Country

Congratulations to our Junior, Intermediate and Open Cross Country runners who were all champions on the day.

Debating

Well done to all teams for their regular commitment to Debating. Their confidence, determination and improvement in skills is very evident. Thanks to Mrs Rachael Colreavy and Mr Galen Neubronner for their continued coordination.

Chess

Our Chess Competition continues to provide the opportunity for our students to improve in skills and confidence. Special thanks to Mr Angus Bray and Mr Jean-Marc Kleber who facilitate the competition.

All results are provided in following sections of this Newsletter.

Balmoral Burn

Marist Sisters’ College Woolwich has conquered the Balmoral Burn Hill. Our two x ‘Head of the Hill’ Senior Teams were fantastic. They showed great determination and enthusiasm to meet their goal to run Sydney’s steepest hill and support the Humpty Dumpty Foundation for sick kids in hospitals. 

Other individual students also entered across a number of other races. A big congrats to Andy D’Archy for competing in the Men’s Open event. The photos below capture some of the Woolwich highlights from a great community day.