Mount Barker Community College

25/08/2026

Our M Block students were so lucky today to work with the amazing Diane Wolfer as a part of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (WA)’s Book Week. We thank the Shire of Plantagenet and Mount Barker Library & Community Resource Centre for their support.

She was so generous with her time, suggestions and guidance - we have many, many fantastic budding authors in our College! So amazing to see this happening in real time!

25/08/2026

These Year 9 students are learning about sheep production this term, with a focus on both prime lamb and wool production. As part of their learning about pasture management, they took advantage of today’s weather before the rain arrives tomorrow to conduct a pasture assessment.

Students completed transects across the paddock, estimating the amount of clover and ryegrass available. They will use their results to explore how Feed on Offer (FOO) relates to stocking levels and how farmers use pasture information to make decisions about rotational grazing.

24/08/2026

Please Note: Book Club Issue 6 will be closing on TUESDAY 1 September (Week 7), so there is just over one week to place your orders. We should get the orders in before the end of term.
The magazines were handed out to classes today along with the books ordered from last issue. Please contact the library if you have any questions about Book Club.

24/08/2026

📚🎶 It’s Book Week!

This year’s theme is “Symphony of Stories”, and we’re celebrating all things books and reading throughout the week.

Don’t forget to get your costumes ready for our Book Week Parade this Friday at 9am! 🎭📖

We can’t wait to see everyone’s creative costumes and celebrate the wonderful world of stories together! 📚🎶

24/08/2026

🌱🧪 The library is still in lab mode! Check out the progress on our seed germination and flowers soaking up coloured water and changing colour. Some great science happening! 🌸🔬

23/08/2026

Edit - we have got our volunteers! 🙌🙌🙌
Is this the real life, or is this just fantasy? Either way, we need a volunteer (or two) today! 👑🎤

Edit: Filled.
Thank you so much to our incredible community for stepping up and filling the spot.

Have you got a couple of hours to spare TODAY?

We need another set of hands to help with the running of the canteen at the MBCC production of We Will Rock You.

The details;

🗓️Today, Sunday 23 August
🕐1:30pm arrival at the Town Hall
🤲 Your hands will be required for about 2 hours.

If you can help and up for some fun in the kitchen, please comment on this post or send a message to this page.

21/08/2026

Ms Reynolds has managed to work out how to squeeze 10 more seats into the Plantagenet Hall, so there are 10 new tickets for each performance up for sale - get in ASAP because once these are gone, that's it - we pinky-promise!! 😊🫶💝

https://www.trybooking.com/DNBCO

20/08/2026

The market garden is starting to deliver the goods! 🥦🌱 We’ve harvested our first broccoli, with plenty more to come, as well as cabbage, garlic and cauliflower.

Today, the Year 10s got stuck into some essential w**d management, while Ben kept busy on the lawnmower. It’s great to see all the hard work in the garden starting to pay off.

Great job, team! 🌱🚜

20/08/2026

These House Captains were excited to unpack some new sporting equipment! 🙌
A huge thank you to our P&C (and everyone who supports them) for supporting our students and helping us keep them active, playing and having fun. We really appreciate it! 💪👏

Mount Barker Community College P&C

20/08/2026

What a special time we had on the farm today! The Pre-primary students came down and buddied up with our Year 8s, who did a fantastic job showing them around and introducing them to some of our animal friends.

They loved checking for eggs, patting the lambs, meeting our three-week-old chicks and saying hello to the cattle. It was lovely to see the Year 8s sharing their knowledge and helping our younger students experience the farm.

Thanks for coming to visit us – we loved having you! 🐑🐥🐄🥚