House Activities

from 2020 Yearbook

Careers

House Swimming

The House Cup Competition began this year with the Middle School Swimming Carnival. It was a sunny morning as the Year 7, 8 and 9 students dressed in purple, orange, blue and green piled off the bus and into the swimming arena. The students were excited to jump in the pool and show off their swimming talents in different races including freestyle, backstroke, breastroke and butterfly to win points for their houses. Swimming wasn’t the only activity available on the day with students invited to join a range of novelty events outside of the pool such as the three-legged race and egg and spoon race ran by the VCAL students. It was tough competition throughout the whole day as the students showcased their very best swimming talents and House spirit. The day ended with each House presenting their chant as loudly and passionately as possible to win the House Spirit award. Chisholm took out first place in the House Spirit followed by MacKillop then Gibbons and Lyons. The students eagerly awaited the final swimming results with smiles on their faces showing that it was a memorable day for all. Congratulations to Lyons winning the 2020 Swimming Carnival followed by Chisholm, MacKillop and then Gibbons.

House Chalk Art Competition

Students enjoyed this year's House Chalk Art Competition in March, with chalk murals displaying the theme of environment and sustainability. The activity was a paired event bringing Year 7 and 10 together to work as buddies. Houses filled their drawing panel with imagery of nature and the harsh realities of how humans can impact it. There was a brilliant sense of achievement among those competing with all students contributing to their House mural. The event was run by the Mater Christi Arts Committee and saw Gibbons take out first place followed by Chisholm, Lyons, and MacKillop.

House Cross Country

The House Cross Country event in May took on a new look this year. It was held as a virtual event with all year levels participating in the opportunity to gain points for their Houses. All students had 20 minutes to see how far they could run or walk. Using an app to track the distance covered, evidence of the distance was then uploaded onto our school program Canvas. Both performance and participation were key to win the Cross-Country Cup. The top three athletes for each year level were awarded based on the distance covered in 20 minutes and gained extra points for their House. Congratulations to the Year level winners - Year 7 Josie Bamford (Gibbons) Year 8 Sienna Kurdian (Gibbons) Year 9 Jessica Pacevski (Chisholm) Year 10 Taylah Diedrich (MacKillop) Year 11 Hannah Hodges (Chisholm) Year 12 Sophie Ryan (Chisholm)

The overall placings for each House was a combination of participation points and points from the Year level winners. It was a very close contest between first and second place with only one point separating the two Houses. Congratulations to Chisholm for finishing in first place, Gibbons in second place, Lyons third, followed by MacKillop.

House Performing Arts Competition (HPAC)

In mid-August the school came together virtually for Mater Day and our annual House Performing Arts Competition. Ensuring that we could ‘go on with the show’ the event changed from our usual live performances in the Hall to being online! There were over 50 talent video submissions showcasing the skill at the College in areas of Dance, Drama, Singing, Music and Media. This year students were also given the opportunity to perform in mixed House groups allowing combinations of student performers. Highlights included a singing performance from our Senior International Students, a dance styles mash up from Year 9 performers and a group jazz routine from the Year 12 Dance class. The main event was broadcast live on zoom with students learning of the top ten and then the top five talent videos. In fifth place was a mixed House high energy cheer routine from Charli Heart, Sienna Aldons, Ashleigh Thompson and Sami Lane. In fourth place representing MacKillop was Maddy Brown singing a vocal solo from the musical ‘The Great Comet’ while in third place also representing MacKillop was Abbey Sammut with a technically astounding contemporary dance solo. In second place, we saw Isabelle Dowel a member of Lyons house tickle the ivory with a piano solo that was extraordinary. Finally, the winning talent video featured an original song ‘Assumptions’ written and performed by vocal powerhouse Sienna Cross with artwork by Megan Prass, proudly representing Gibbons House. MacKillop took out top spot on the day followed by Lyons, Gibbons and Chisholm. The event was truly memorable despite some changed circumstances with an excellent community feel, involvement of all year levels and wonderful House spirit.

House STEM Cup

In the week following Mater Day, the STEM Cup took place with a variety of activities such as Kahoots, daily quizzes and online challenges involving students and staff. There was strong participation throughout this week contributing to House points, with some fantastic achievements from several students outlined in the STEAM report a result of so many participating students and staff, we saw Gibbons take first place, followed by Chisholm, MacKillop and Lyons.

We would like to thank the wonderful Senior and Middle School leadership teams for their perseverance, enthusiasm and hard work in 2020. These students include Ally Smart, Tess Grandia, Stephanie Williams and Cassidy Ede representing Chisholm House; Danielle Cooke, Charli Gardiner, Ella Liebler and Jade Smith representing Lyons House; Vanessa Bateman, Ashleigh Thomson, Maddison Davis and Gabrielle Sard representing Gibbons House and Charli Petersen, Ava Zidek, Morgan Godfrey and Jess Chapman representing MacKillop House.

Eliza Johns Chisholm House Leader Rebecca Woff Gibbons House Leader

Natalie Nash Lyons House Leader Sarah Owen MacKillop House Leader