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Penola Catholic College Emu Plains is a Catholic co-educational school for students from Years 7 to 12. We incorporate a traditional HSC pathway for Years 11 and 12. Our learning environment focuses on providing students the opportunity to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills, in order for them to become passionate and resilient lifelong learners.

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13 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿƒ PDSSSC ATHLETICS CARNIVAL ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Congratulations to all our students who competed at the PDSSSC Athletics Carnival, we had some amazing results: Year 7 Jude D placed 3rd in 100m Dash ๐Ÿฅ‰ Year 7 Madison E placed 1st in 800m Run and 2nd in 400m Dash ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅˆ Year 7 Lincoln M placed 2nd in 1500m Walk ๐Ÿฅˆ Year 7 Devrim T placed 1st in High Jump ๐Ÿฅ‡ Year 8 Lillian B placed 2nd in Shot Put ๐Ÿฅˆ Year 8 William J placed 3rd in High Jump ๐Ÿฅ‰ Year 9 Kai C placed 1st in 1500m Run, 1st in 800m Run and 1st in 400m Dash ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ Year 11 Ethan C placed 3rd in Shot Put and 3rd in Discus ๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿฅ‰ Year 11 Breha P placed 3rd in 200m Dash, 3rd in Shot Put and 2nd in 100m Dash ๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿฅˆ Thank you to our Teachers Mr Pathius, Mrs Schubert and Miss Wickenden, who attended and supported our students. ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅ‰๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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12 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿ€ BASKETBALL SUCCESS AT PENOLA ๐Ÿ€ Both our Junior and Intermediate Boys' and Girls' Basketball teams recently participated in the PDSSSC Gala Days, with three out of four teams making it to the semi-finals, an outstanding achievement! Well done to all the students, and a big thank you to our dedicated coaches Mr Bryant, Mr Drake and Miss Schreurs. Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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12 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿญ MARKET DAY ๐Ÿฌ We are pleased to report that the Year 9 Commerce and Year 11 Business Studies Market Day was a huge success! Thank you to our Penola Catholic College community for being such great customers and supporting our students' businesses. Together, we have raised over $870 to contribute to the St Vincent de Paul Society Christmas Appeal. Congratulations to our hardworking students, and a big thank you to Mrs Vella and Mr Pajaron for organising this wonderful event! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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11 Sep 2024

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โญ FATHERโ€™S DAY LITURGY โญ A heartfelt thank you to all the fathers, grandfathers and father figures who joined us for our Father's Day Liturgy this term. Your presence made the day truly special, and we are so grateful for the love and support you show to our students. We hope you all had a blessed and joyful Fatherโ€™s Day! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ™ Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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11 Sep 2024

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โญ 2025 STUDENT LEADERS โญ We are excited to introduce our 2025 Student Leaders, announced at last weekโ€™s Student Assembly. Our 2025 College Captains are Tye McCabe and Madison O'Leary and our 2025 College Vice Captains are Jack Healey and Scarlett Coey. On Monday 23 September 2024 these students will be presented with their Leadership Badges, which will be blessed by our Parish Priest at the Final Assembly of our Graduating class of 2024 and Student Leader 2024/2025 Commissioning Ceremony. Congratulations to these students and their families, this is an excellent opportunity. We are looking forward to seeing our new leaders grow in these roles. @catholicschoolsparra
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11 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿ™‚ R U OK? DAY ๐Ÿ™‚ This Thursday 12 September is R U OK? Day. While we encourage students to ask "R U OK?" every day, this special day will feature activities to promote staying connected and having meaningful conversations that could help others through difficult times. The day's activities include: Homeroom: R U OK? Slideshow with class discussion. Break 1: Volleyball on the oval (CAPA side): Teachers vs Seniors and Students vs Students Netball on the Basketball/Netball court: Teachers vs Students Yoga/mindfulness in the CAPA space Break 2: Handball on the handball courts Creative time in the Library R U OK? is calling on everyone to Ask R U OK? Any Day because life happens every day. Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese R U OK?
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06 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿ™ COMMEMORATION MASS & BLESSING OF ST MARY MACKILLOP SCULPTURE ๐Ÿ™ Today we welcomed Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv to lead us in a very special commemoration mass and bless our newly installed sculpture of St Mary MacKillop. It was a wonderful morning and we would like to thank Bishop Vincent, Father Michael, Councillor Todd Carney Mayor of Penrith, our past Principals Mr Fanning and Mrs Cairns, Sister Clare Conaglen of the Josephites Sisters, Mrs Clarke our retired and former Executive Assistant to the Principals, parents/carers, students and staff. The statue reminds each of us every day to work hard, love God and to โ€œnever see a need without doing something about it.โ€ Thank you to Mr Fanning, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Gardiner, Mr Nekic, Ms Keogh, Mrs Camilleri and Mr Sutton for working with Terrance Plowright to bring our vision of St Mary Mackillop to life. Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Mayor Clr Todd Carney Diocese of Parramatta Terrance Plowright Our Lady of the Way Parish
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06 Sep 2024

Bishop of Parramatta recognises student excellence

Each year, one Year 12 student in every Catholic secondary school in the Diocese of Parramatta is awarded the Bishop of Parramatta Award for Student Excellence. This prestigious award is nominated by the school principal and recognises a studentโ€™s witness to their Catholic faith and outstanding contribution to the school community in areas such as academic excellence, sporting achievement, creative and performing arts, social justice, vocational education and community involvement.
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05 Sep 2024

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โ˜€๏ธ SUN SAFETY โ˜€๏ธ Tomorrow at 11:30am, students will be attending the Commemoration Mass & Blessing of the St Mary MacKillop Sculpture. This event will be held at the front of our College and will last for approximately 1 hour. Students are encouraged to bring and wear their Penola Catholic College hats and have their water bottle with them. Penola Catholic College hats, available in both cap and bucket hat styles and can be purchased from Lowes Penrith.
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04 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ PENOLA ALUMNI ๐Ÿ’ช We love hearing about the journeys our past students take in their careers. Former College Captain Adrian J has been featured in Nepean News leading much needed exercise programs for seniors, a wonderful way to give back to the community. Well done, Adrian! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese St Marys Rugby League Club Nepean News
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04 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿฉฐ SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY EXCURSION ๐Ÿ’ƒ Year 9 Students Teneille O, Izabel B and Carla D have written about their experience visiting Sydney Dance Company. Please read on below. On Friday the 9th of August, a small group of lucky students, ranging from Year 7-9 went to Sydney Coliseum Theatre in Rooty Hill, to watch the Sydney Dance Company perform a contemporary dance called โ€˜Momenta.โ€™ We began the day by walking to Emu Plains train station and caught a train to Rooty Hill Station. Once the peaceful train ride had come to an end, we walked for 15 minutes to the Sydney Coliseum Theatre. Once we arrived there we sat in the auditorium and had the opportunity to listen to the choreographerโ€™s creative process, how he incorporated some of the ideas from the dancers into the dance, how the music added to the dance and how everything even down to the lighting helped create the atmosphere in the performance. After the conversation about their creative processes and seeing a glimpse into how the dancers train and warm up for a big performance, the curtains dropped, the lights dimmed, and the dancers walked on stage. We watched the 70 minute performance performed by 20 amazing dancers who had been practising and choreographing this performance since January. This performance was full of incredible choreography, with the help of moving lighting and dynamic music changes. We all enjoyed the performance for the entire 70 minutes and were lucky enough to stay around once the performance had ended and listen to the Q&A. During the Q&A, we listened to 2 of the inspiring dancers as they told us about the training and answered any questions we had for them. We concluded the day by walking back to Rooty Hill station and catching the train back to Emu Plains. We loved this experience of being able to watch the performance, and are extremely grateful and appreciative for the Dance teachers who organised this day. Thank you to these students for writing this piece! Photo shows our own Penola Dance class. These classes are open to any students in Years 7-11 who are interested in dance and are held on Monday mornings from 8am in CAPA. Please meet Mrs Smith this coming Monday 9th September in CAPA at 8am. Remember to bring appropriate clothing to dance in. This opportunity is open to all students of all dance levels! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Sydney Coliseum Theatre Sydney Dance Company
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03 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿ“ฐ WESTERN WEEKENDER ๐Ÿ“ฐ Very proud of our Year 8 student Lachlan P who featured in the Western Weekender. The Western Weekender Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
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03 Sep 2024

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๐Ÿ† PENRITH SHOWThis is some text SUCCESS ๐Ÿ† We are thrilled to share some fantastic news from the Penrith Show! A huge thank you to the TAS department and our Leardership team for supporting our incredible group of 40 students who represented us at the show. After weeks of hard work and preparation, weโ€™re excited to announce that our students brought home the Perpetual Trophy, winning first place out of all the 20+ schools that participated! Here are a few highlights from the show: Beau Odgers won Grand Champion Novice Cattle Showman and his heifer also took out the Grand Champion Heifer Class! ๐Ÿ„๐ŸŒŸ Tiana Feliz and Isabella Horne secured 2nd place in Sheep Judging, marking a strong debut for these first-timers. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Jett Mataiapo, Chloe Riley, and Marshal Pereira placed 3rd in the Heifer Fitting Competition. ๐Ÿฅ‰ Sophie Heidtmann earned 2nd place in Sheep Showing. ๐Ÿฅˆ Elyssa Greentree was selected as the chief judge in the Young Farmers Challenge competition. ๐ŸŒพ It was also wonderful to see our 2022 College Captain Samantha Rowe announced as the 2024 Penrith Show Young Woman. ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ’ We are so proud of all our students and their achievements. Your support of the Penola Ag Show Team makes all the difference. Hereโ€™s to many more successes in the future! Special thanks to our dedicated teachers Mr Potts, Mrs Paul, Mrs Murphy, Mr Elston and Mr Sullivan who went above and beyond showing up early and staying late to ensure everything ran smoothly. We would also like to thank the Parents and Carers for all their support. Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Penrith Show
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01 Sep 2024

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โญ WELCOME TO TERM 3 WEEK 7A & 8B โญ
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01 Sep 2024

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โญ HAPPY FATHERโ€™S DAY โญ Just a reminder that our Fatherโ€™s Day Liturgy will be held tomorrow, Monday 2 September 2024 at 9:00 am. Please note: Ticketing has closed for catering purposes. If you would still like to attend but have not yet booked a ticket, please call our office on 4728 8100 from 8:30am.

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