Mary MacKillop Primary School, Narre Warren North, is one of three Catholic primary schools for the children of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Parish, Narre Warren, in the Diocese of Sale. Our school opened in 1995, the year Blessed Mary MacKillop was made a Saint for Australia. Our school community embraces the call to God's mission in the spiritual tradition of the Sisters of St Joseph with Mary MacKillop as their founder. Therefore, with trust in the providence of God, the school endeavours to nurture in students the capacity and desire to respond to the needs of our time with faith and courage. In the words of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop we strive to "Never see a need without doing something about it." Our school, inspired by the person of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop is: a Catholic community, where God's love is experienced, shared and celebrated; a supportive community where quality relationships are nurtured, strong partnerships are valued, achievements celebrated and challenges embraced; - a learning community growing together, where all are engaged, empowered and encouraged to develop a love of learning. Our school is committed to developing a learning community for all of its members. The school undertakes to develop in the students their cognitive, emotional, physical and spiritual skills, to enable them to find God in all things, to enable them to live out their vocation in life according to the variety of their gifts. We place particular importance on student's literacy and numeracy development. The well being of all members of our community is of primary importance to staff and so great importance is placed on pastoral care. We have a strong, supportive parent community and strive to link our students and their families to their local community. The school consists of modern facilities and offers 25 permanent classrooms, a gymnasium, a multi-purpose hall, extensive ICT facilities, a large multi-purpose artificial turf sports oval, a large multi-purpose artificial turf athletics track, a..