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Mackay West State School
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NAIDOC Week at MWSS
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2022 Student Achievement Awards
2022 End of Year Report Cards
2023 The Final Word
2024 Premiers Reading Challenge
Announcing our 2025 STUDENT LEADERS
ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONIES
Annual MWSS Christmas Concert
Annual MWSS P and C Trivia Night
Annual Preps and Year 1 EASTER HATS PARADE
ANZAC Commemorations 2022
ANZAC Commemorations 2023 MWSS Presents The Rutherford Collection
ANZAC Commemorations MWSS 2023
Assemblies in 2024
ATHLETICS (Yrs 4-6) CARNIVAL Friday June 7
Back to School Feb 7 2022
Back 2 School Term 4...Tuesday October 4
Back to School 2023 Mon Jan 23
Back to School Plan 2022
Book Drop Off
BOOK DROP OFF DAY WEDNESDAY JAN 17 2024
Book Drop-Off Session
BOOKFAIR 2023 Presented by Scholastic
BOOK WEEK PARADES Friday August 23
CBCA Book Week 2022
Celebrate NAIDOC Week with us
CENTENARY 2024 - Special Centenary Uniform Final Order Round Now Open
CENTENARY and SENIOR Shirt Collection
Changed traffic conditions on Lagoon and Holland streets
Christmas Concert
CLASSES in 2025
COLOUR EXPLOSION Friday November 18
COLOUR EXPLOSION RUN 2023
COLOUR EXPLOSION School Fun Run
CQ Shield Success
Cross Country Years 2-6 Thursday March 30
Day for Daniel
Day for Daniel Walk
Day for Daniel Walk Friday October 27
Delayed Commencement of 2022 School Year
DISCO - Pyjama Party
Easter Hat Parade 2022
EASTER HAT PARADE for Preps and Year 1. Time to Get Creative!
End of Semester 1 Report Cards
End of Term 2
End of Term 2 DISCO Friday June 16
End of Year Celebration Day
END of YEAR CELEBRATION FUN DAY
End of Year Celebration Fun Day with Water Slides, Pizzas and Ice Blocks
End of Year Messages
Enrol Now
Extreme Heat. Does Your Child Have Their Water Bottle With them Today
FIRST DAY (of school) for 2024
Free Dress Day Friday Mar 25
FREE DRESS DAY in support of our OptiMINDS Teams competing in the State Finals
Fruit Snack for Students
Give QParents a Go
HARMONY DAY 2024 Thursday March 21
Holiday Closure
HOLIDAY MESSAGE End of Term 3
ICAS Assessments OPEN NOW
ILF GREAT BOOK SWAP 2023
Infection Control and Exclusion Periods for Illnesses among Children here at School
Instrumental Music Program 2023
Instrumental Music Showcase 2023
Inter-School Touch Football
Legacy Torch Relay
Life Education presents the LETS TALK ABOUT IT Sessions
Life Education Qld Presents the Talk About It Program Surviving Puberty
MACKTOWN SHOWDOWN on again Wednesday May 24
Mayfair 2023
MAYFAIR Saturday May 25
MDSS Interschool Cricket Competition
MEET THE TEACHER - 2023 Orientation Session
MEET the TEACHER DAY
Meet the Teacher (Up Day)
MOTHERS DAY STALLS
Mr Manttan is Dancing with Heart
Multicultural Families Support from The Neighbourhood Hub
MWSS Centenary Commemorations May 24 to 26, 2024
MWSS ANNUAL SWIMMING CARNIVAL for Years 4 to 6
MWSS ANZAC COMMEMORATIONS
MWSS CENTENARY 2024
MWSS Centenary Commemorations
MWSS Cross Country for Yrs 2 to 6
MWSS Football World Cup
MWSS is making it PURPLE!
MWSS Observes Remembrance Day 2024
MWSS PandC MAYFAIR 2022
MWSS presents Carols on the Oval Christmas Concert
MWSS STUDENT COUNCIL CHRISTMAS HAMPERS Supporting Whitsunday FoodBank Mackay
MWSS Tuckshop is Open for 2022
MWSS Tuckshop Update - Term 2 2025
MWSS Yrs 4-6 Swimming Carnival
NAIDOC Week at MWSS
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NAIDOC Week Celebrations
NAPLAN Brekky
National Reconciliation Week 2022
NEW TUCKSHOP MENU for TERMS 3 and 4
OPTIMINDS 2023
OptiMINDS State Finals Sponsorship Appreciation
Orientation 2022 Meet Your Teacher
P and C MEETING - March 2025 POSTPONED
PAL 2023 Preps at the Library
P and C Fathers Day Stall
P & C Meeting
P and C Meeting 17 October
Parent Information Session - Week 4
Parent Teacher Interviews May 5 from 3.15pm
Parent Teacher Interviews - Monday March 27
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Monday September 2
Parent Teacher Interviews Term 1
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Term 3
PASSING OUT PARADE For our outgoing Year 6 Cohort
PlayGroup @ the Junior Campus
Prep in 2025
Prep Information Evening
Pre-Prep Program for Preps in 2024
Pre-Prep Transition Program for Students Enrolling for Prep in 2025
Preps and Yr 1 Easter Hat Parade Fri Mar 31
Preps in 2023
Preps in 2024 Parent Information Night
QLD DISABILITY ACTION WEEK
QLD Governor to Visit MWSS
Qld School Library Week
QLD Schools Calendar 2023
Q Parents Consent Management is Coming in Term 4
Reconciliation Action Week 2023
Remembrance Day 2022
REPORT CARDS for the END of SEMESTER 2
Resilience Matters - Community Night for The Resilience Project
Rotational Activities Transition Session for 2023 Prep Students
Safe Parking In and Around the School
Scholastic Bookfair 2022
Scholastic BOOK FAIRS in 2024
SCHOOL OFFICE CLOSURE
SCHOOL OFFICE CLOSURE DATES
School Photo Days 2022
SCHOOL PHOTO DAYS JULY 25 and 26
School Photo Packs delivered
School Photos 2024
SchoolStream App and Staying in Touch
SchoolStream coming in Term 3
SCHOOLWATCH for Christmas Break
SENIORS 2024 UNIFORM Orders Now Open
Senior (Years 4, 5, 6) Swimming Carnival
SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH Special Invitation for MWSS Students
Show your Colours State of Origin Colours Day
Snr Athletics Carnival Fri June 10
SPECIAL CENTENARY UNIFORM for students in 2024
Sports Day for Years 4 to 6 Friday June 9
Star FM presents 2024 SCHOOL OF THE YEAR
Star 101.9 FM 2023 School of the Year
STAYING in TOUCH - Communication here at Mackay West
Student Free Day Friday August 30
STUDENT FREE DAY Friday September 01
Student Leadership Ceremony
Student Leadership Induction Ceremony
Sun safety
SUPERHERO Dress-Up Day, Mar 24
Super PlayGroup May 31
Swimming Lessons for Preps to Year 3
SWIMMING PROGRAM for PREPs to Yr 3s Commencing October 16
The GREAT BOOK SWAP
The GREAT INDIGENOUS BOOK SWAP
The Resilience Project Immersion Sessions
The RUTHERFORD COLLECTION on Display 28 Mar to 1 April
The WESTIE SHOP Rewards Activities
TUCKSHOP DAY 2024
Under 8s Day at MWSS
UNDER 8s WEEK 2023
WELCOME to the 2025 SCHOOL YEAR
WHITSUNDAY VOICES 2022 Literature Festival
Whitsunday Voices Literature Festival 2023
Win a Complete 2023 Prep Book Pack
Winter Menu OUT NOW
WORLD EPILEPSY DAY TUESDAY MARCH 26
World Teachers Day
World Teachers Day 2024
Year 5 Leadership Camp
Year 6 Magnetic Island Camp 2023
Young Engineers STEM Program
Yr 5 Leadership Camp
Yr 6 Graduation and Farewell Dinner
Yr 6 TRANSITION DAY MSHS
Yr 6 Transition to High School Morning at MSHS
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NAIDOC Week at MWSS
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NAIDOC WEEK @ MWSS
Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud & Proud
Monday July 22:
9am - Opening Ceremony - Whole of School - West Wing, Senior Campus
10am - Community Morning Tea - Student Leaders, Elders - Performing Arts Centre, Sernior Campus
Tuesday July 23 & Friday July 26:
Preps - 2 Artist in Residence - Melanie Kemp
Classroom & Cohort Activities & Events throughout the week...
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Last reviewed 19 July 2024
Last updated 19 July 2024