Mackay Christian College

50 Days to Go - Year 12

This week, we are celebrating the Year 12s' countdown of 50 days until graduation. 🎓 The chosen theme is "Younger Self." 👶

Everyone is encouraged to find a favourite photo of themselves from when they were younger and recreate that look!

📸 Some of our staff members also joined in the celebration. We hope you all had a fun day! 🎈

Jay-Ellen Wright, the organiser of the Light Party, visited today to present MCC with a Certificate of Appreciation 🎖️ for our support of the Light Party Mackay

This event serves as an alternative to Halloween, incorporating Christian values ✝️ and games for people of all ages 👪. It takes place every year on 31 October at Blue Water Quay.

💙 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE START! THANK YOU! 💙

We kicked off the countdown to our Monty the Monstar Colour Fun Run a week ago, and our local business community has already shown our kids incredible support.

A huge thank you to:
⭐ FleetCrew — with a whopping $500 donation!
⭐ Gauci Mining Industries Pty Ltd — a wonderful MCC family who love our school and have very generously donated $300.
⭐ Fergus Builders — for their incredibly generous $250 donation.
⭐ Devine Skin & Wellness — one of our wonderful regular PA supporters and parent, with a generous $100 donation.
⭐ Jumbo's Business Supplies — for getting behind our Colour Run with a generous $100 donation.

That is an amazing $1,250 in business donations already! And to think, we only started our Colour Run countdown a week ago!
We are genuinely so grateful. Every single donation matters, no matter the amount, and every cent raised is going to be spent on MCC kids. 💙

If any other businesses would like to get behind Monty’s Colour Fun Run, we would absolutely love to have you involved. Donations can be made here:
👉 https://business.myprofilepage.com.au/page/MackayChristianCollegeProvidence

And families — please don’t forget to set up your fundraising profiles if you haven’t already!

🌈 18 September is getting closer!
We cannot wait to let the colour fly and enjoy a fantastic day of fun, colour, laughter and plenty of very colourful kids!

To Fleet Crew, Gauci Mining Industries, Fergus Builders, Devine Skin & Wellness and Jumbo’s Business Supplies - thank you for getting behind our PA, our Colour Run and, most importantly, our kids.

How lucky are we to be part of such a supportive community! 💙

MCC would like to congratulate the following students for their outstanding participation and for bringing joy to the theme during Book Week at the Senior School Dress-Up Day: 🎉📚

Year 10: Isabel D and Zylea M
Year 11: Rukert R
Year 12: Jessica R and Shylah H

Thank you for embracing the spirit of Book Week! 🌟😊

MCC would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Lachlan G 🎉 for his participation in the Interschool Debating competition. We are also proud of our senior students 🥇 who have excelled and received Gold awards for their outstanding achievements. Your hard work and dedication are truly commendable! 💪✨

Winners of the Book Week Dress-Up Competition 🎉 for Years 7-9 📚.

2026 Founders Day Notification (Secondary Students)

🤝 Next week we are celebrating Mackay Christian College (MCC) Founders Day. This is a unique occasion when our entire College comes together.

📅 Day/Date:
Wednesday, 2 September 2026

⏰ Time:
👉🏻 8:25am - Secondary students gather in Meeting Place for roll marking (bags will be secured)
🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ 8:35am - Secondary students walk to Providence Primary Campus
🏫 10:00am (approximately) - Secondary students return to King’s Park Campus

📍 Where:
From King’s Park Secondary Campus to Providence Primary Campus

🎒💧 What to wear/bring:
Timetabled uniform and hat, water bottle

Session 1 and Session 2 will be swapped as it will be held during Chapel session, so no classes are missed. This change is reflected in students’ online timetable.
As we are departing King’s Park Campus at the very start of the day, we ask that Years 7 to 12 students arrive on Secondary campus by 8:25am. Any late bus students will be escorted over. All senior students (except College Captains) are required to walk to Providence Primary Campus with the student body and not drive between the campuses.

Ps Rob Booth-Jones, MCC’s Founding Board Chair, Ps Ben Patterson, MCC Board Chair and Dr Lesley Tunnah, College Principal, will address the students. 🎓 Our College Captains and leaders from both campuses will join them in a symbolic ceremony involving the handing over of a plaque for our College Founders Day, marking another year in our College history. 🏆 Creative Academy students will entertain us and play the national anthem during this celebration. 🎶

Please note that, as this is a whole-College event, we are unable to accommodate parents/carers at the ceremony, and we appreciate your understanding and support. 🙏 All students are expected to uphold our CLEAR values and follow staff directions to ensure a safe and enjoyable event. 🛡️

🏛️ It has now been almost 43 years since Ps Rob Booth-Jones established Mackay Christian College. Mackay Christian Family Church has continued its unwavering support in its governance of the College to see it as it stands today on two campuses.

✨ We look forward to hearing the history of the College and celebrating what God has done to provide a place where students can discover Him and their God-given gifts.

📞 If you have any questions, please contact the College Office on (07) 4963 1100.

‼️ Reminder: book your Choice Chat meeting to review your Year 11 subject selections for 2027. 📚

These meetings will be taking place in Week 8 from Monday 31 August to Wednesday 2 September - available times are as follows:
👉🏻⏰ Monday 31 August: 3:30 – 5:00pm
👉🏻⏰ Tuesday 1 September: 3:30pm – 7:00pm
👉🏻⏰ Wednesday 2 September: 3:30pm – 5:00pm

If you did not receive the original email from Mr Graham on 18 August, please reply to [email protected] to request a resend. 📧

📞 To make a booking, please contact the college office on 4963 1100 as soon as possible.

ℹ️ If you have any other questions about the Choice Chats or Year 11 subject selection in general, please call Mrs. Belinda Niemann or email [email protected].