Mercy News
Speech Night
30 November 2020
A year of Covid-19 imposed isolation was relaxed just in time to enable parents, staff and students along with distinguished guests to celebrate the fact that despite all, it has been a great year for our College.
While students were the centre of attention, the highlights of the night included staff choir, address by our Special Guest Speaker Mayor Greg Williamson, a highly entertaining student choir and Strings Ensemble, along with nervous College Captains delivering outstanding addresses. It was great to see our Federal Member for Dawson Mr George Christensen attending this special evening. Congratulations to all of our student awardees.
Special Awardees :
- The Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award - Natan Gooch
- The P & F Cathy Quinn Award - Grace Druery
- Mercy Award - Grace Brown & Brodie Hocking
- Christian Brothers Award - Jackson Ziekenheiner
- Indigenous Achievement Award - Eva Neilson
- Caltex All-Rounder Award - Logan Watt
- College Dux - Jann Carlo Macatangay & Imogen Bennett
Future Anything: Activate
28 November 2020
Activate is an immersive, in-curriculum program designed to inspire and empower young people. The program sees students identify and explore problems that matter to them whilst using design thinking to ideate, develop and pitch their own innovative, scalable and sustainable enterprise solutions that make the world a better place. The Semester 1 Year 9 cohort of students developed and pitched a variety of inspiring and unique business solutions to some very mature social issues affecting the local and wider community.
Mercy College was well represented in the finals this year with not one but two teams making it to the pointy end of the competition! Congratulations to Peter Ford, Anna Zhang and Sophie Westcott.
Buy Smart Competition
23 November 2020
An Office of Fair Trading initiative, students were invited to create an innovative and engaging way to generate buzz about consumer issues. They were asked to think outside the box and create a resource which unpacked the concept of opportunity cost and its relevance to consumers in the marketplace.
The following teams of students were awarded Certificates of Distinction, placing them in the top 15% of the state. Meghan Connolly, Isabella Sammut, Kassidy Refalo, Madeline Pace and Hayley Sullivan designed a board game with each space requiring the player to make a decision while James Galea and Thomas Jorgensen created an entertaining animation explaining the concept by referencing donuts – yum!
Desmos Design Challenge
20 November 2020This Semester our Year 10 Methods classes extended their knowledge of graphs by graphing their names on a graphing program called Desmos. This will be a valuable skill next year at St Patrick's College. What we didn't expect was the amazing artwork that would be created. Keep in mind that every line and curve was created with an equation, graphed on a cartesian plane. These are just a small sample of the submissions.

Red Suitcase Project
12 November 2020
As a culmination of the Year 10 Love of Literature classes Red Suitcase Project, we were invited by the residents of 17 Penn Street, Rob and Lynne Robson, to visit their property during our lesson on Monday afternoon, 9 November. This was the setting chosen for the class novel that we have written and it was a wonderful opportunity for us to see the house that we have been imagining our characters interacting with.
Each of us were commissioned to write a chapter for the novel using stimulus found inside a red suitcase. The chapters explored the lives of different characters who had at some time lived or visited the house at 17 Penn Street. The stories were then woven together through a modern-day protagonist who finds the suitcase and must uncover the links between the artefacts. We all worked with enough zeal to produce 12 full-length chapters, giving our novel almost 400 pages.
The novel is currently at the publishers and we will all receive our own copy once it is ready in a couple of weeks. We would like to thank the Mr and Mrs Robson for being so gracious in allowing us to visit their home and have the opportunity to, just for the afternoon, live vicariously in the environment of our characters.
Archived News
Sports Awards
11 November 2020Justice @ Mercy
09 November 2020Beach Clean Up
01 November 2020And the Winners Are
28 October 2020Interfaith Banquet
26 October 2020Epic Readers
25 October 2020Book Week Dressup
23 October 2020Vicki Wilson Cup
20 October 2020HPV Race Weekend
12 October 2020Cultural Performances
08 October 2020Mercy in Action Award
01 October 2020Cross Country
01 October 2020Year 10 Cowboys Challenge
29 September 2020Year 9 Takes Social Action
18 September 2020Cape Hillsborough Trip
17 September 2020Junior Robotics Competition
16 September 2020Reef Trip
15 September 2020Money Challenge
14 September 2020Open Night
04 September 2020Bikeathon
02 September 2020Work Experience
01 September 2020Robotics at Mercy
29 August 2020I Shutter the Thought
21 August 2020Year 10 League
18 August 2020Homeroom Door Challenge
17 August 2020Whitsunday Futsal
16 August 2020Ready, Set, Go!
04 August 2020Congratulations Principal Ford
03 August 2020Open Night 2020
01 August 2020Pyjama Day
24 July 2020Wind Tunnel Testing
20 July 2020Naidoc Week
26 June 2020Running Club
25 June 2020The Leader in Me
22 June 2020Environmental Committee
18 June 2020SolarBuddy
10 June 2020Triton House
08 June 2020Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow
06 June 2020Oraya 6 Homeroom Winner
04 June 2020Cookies for Kindness
28 May 2020James Cook Library Display
14 May 2020Essential Services Visit
02 April 2020Term 1 Work Experience
18 March 2020BlakDance
16 March 2020Chess Competition
14 March 2020CWL Drought Appeal
13 March 2020Orchestral Showcase
10 March 2020Aquatics Carnival
06 March 2020Photography Workshop
24 February 2020Clothes Sorting
22 February 2020Market Garden
21 February 2020Human Powered Vehicles
06 February 2020Mercy Futsal League
04 February 2020Upcoming Aquatics Carnival
03 February 2020Leader in Me Binders
05 November 2019Cultural Dinner
02 November 2019Money Challenge
18 October 2019Eisteddfod
16 October 2019Dads & Lads Fishing Day
21 September 2019Cultural Showcase
21 September 2019ACTS Camp
20 September 2019Mercy Day
18 September 2019Mercy Awardees
18 September 2019CF Fundraiser
04 September 2019Environment Center
03 September 2019Cricket Heats Up
02 September 2019Australian Representative
22 August 2019Orchestra & Band Comp
21 August 2019Democracy & Media
20 August 2019Interschool Chess
20 August 2019Minecraft Edu
15 August 2019Justice @ Mercy
13 August 2019CQ Jazz Festival
08 August 2019Air Force Visit
06 August 2019Literature Festival
04 August 2019Cookies for Kindness
02 August 2019Human Powered Vehicles
01 August 2019Court House
21 July 2019Music Camp
18 July 2019Vicky Wilson Championships
15 July 2019Drum Corps & Cheer
12 July 2019QISSN Carnival
10 July 2019Justice @ Mercy
04 July 2019League Grand Finals
21 June 2019Refugee Week
16 June 2019Retreat Reflections
12 June 2019Beach Clean Up
10 June 2019Mercy Hour
05 June 2019Kindness Cookies
04 June 2019Year 9 Aged Care Visit
03 June 2019Auslan Club
29 May 2019Netball Clinic
28 May 2019Bikeathon
27 May 2019Youth Pilgrimage
21 May 2019Mums and Huns High Tea
15 May 2019Japan Tour
12 May 2019Enrolment Evening
10 May 2019Human Powered Vehicles
06 May 2019Whitsunday Futsal
02 May 2019ANZAC Ceremony
27 April 2019Interact Easter Appeal
19 April 2019Staff Leadership PD
17 April 2019Zonta Cushion Assembly Day
01 April 2019Pindar Gives Lent 100%
30 March 2019Eco-Schools Award
29 March 2019Auslan - Cutters V Capras
27 March 2019Aged Care Visit
26 March 2019Pindar Money Spell
23 March 2019Great Barrier Reef Threats
22 March 2019International Women's Day Lunch
19 March 2019World Day of Prayer
08 March 2019Gold Coast Suns Clinic
08 March 2019Ash Wednesday
07 March 2019Reading Buddies
06 March 2019Aquatics Carnival
05 March 2019Opening Mass
21 February 2019Committee Sign On
20 February 2019Staff Photography Workshop
19 February 2019Student Leadership Conference
10 February 2019Justice @ Mercy
08 February 2019After School Tutoring
07 February 2019Sports Awards Night
19 November 2018Teacher V Student Chess
16 November 2018Down to Business
16 November 2018Class Performance
12 November 2018Helping our Seafarers
07 November 2018Workshop Madness
05 November 2018Cheer Festival
04 November 2018The Deadly Ninja
01 November 2018Interact Committee
31 October 2018Eisteddfod Success
28 October 2018Shiver Me Timbers
16 October 2018
Learning is treasure, and storing treasure could prove valuable in more ways than one.
The Year 9 students are in full swing creating a treasure chest-style cabinet for their semester project. In years gone by, using Meranti, Silkwood or other expensive cabinet timbers proved redundant in terms of societal expectations. The rustic look is the way to go and aging timber to give the nostalgic look, shows students that using lesser quality timber is a more sustainable approach.
Having a coeducational woodwork class compliments the cohort. As the girls are very precise and careful when marking out. The saying ‘measure twice cut once’, I think the girls measure three or four times before committing to cutting out material. Boys. . .well they just want to get into it.