MacKillop Learning Community Year 5
Year 5 Blog

We thank you to the many parents who have already logged onto Compass and accepted the events. All Compass notifications have now been sent out.

- Excursion to The Box Show at HOTA: Wednesday, 16th September 
- Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre: Tuesday, 20th October 

Camp Student Registration
A friendly reminder that student registrations have now opened for our Year 5 Camp to Lake Ainsworth. Every student needs to be registered via the provided link. Please note that this is a separate and individual requirement from the school's permission process.

Click here to access the link. 

Thank you!

We thank the parents who have volunteered for our excursion to Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre. We had many parents volunteer and names have been drawn at random and selected parents will be notified. Thank you again for providing this opportunity for our students.

St James Spectacular

It’s that time of the year again! We are excited to share the details for our upcoming 2026 primary school musical spectacular: ST JAMES GLEE CLUB: NEW HARMONICS, presented on Thursday, September 24th, 6:30 pm, St Joseph's College, Doyle Centre.

Year 5 will be dancing to the song ‘Golden’. The criteria for their costume is: ‘Students are dressed in shimmering, gold-themed outfits.’ If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

School Expectations

As we enter the final two weeks of term, please speak with your children about maintaining respectful and appropriate behaviour in the classroom and on the playground. We encourage you to speak to your child about their day and support them through these final weeks.

HOTA Excursion

As part of the Stage 3 Creative Arts and English curriculum, Year 5 will travel to HOTA (Home of the Arts) on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 (Week 9, Term 3) to view a production titled The Box Show.

Travel & Timings: Students will travel from St James via bus, departing at 8:45 am. The production runs from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. We will depart HOTA at approximately 11:30 am and return to St James at around 12:30 pm to continue with the school day.
Requirements: Students need to bring their school bags containing recess, water, and a hat. Please note there will be no facilities available to purchase food or drinks at the venue. Recess will be eaten at HOTA following the performance.
If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact the Year 5 teachers.

Year 5 Assembly Item

On Friday, 18th September 2026, Year 5 will be presenting at assembly! We would love to invite you to come along and see what learning we have recently completed in the classroom.

Local Community Police Project. We have been gifted two surfboards to decorate as part of a local community art exhibition. If you are able to help with donations of shells, please deliver these to the school office.

Father Michael's Jubilee Celebration!

Join us at St Joseph’s church this Sunday to celebrate Fr. Michael’s Jubilee. Please refer to the flyer in the parent resource tab for more information.

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