Month: May 2016
Reconcilation Week assembly
This morning at assembly the start of Reconciliation Week was marked by some of our indigenous boys. They also created a video which can be downloaded from http://tbf.me/a/CQUeUC.
Tomas Fleming
Books & Blokes Breakfast with Tomas Fleming
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Edmund Burke
And so began a very confronting, poignant and moving presentation by Holocaust survivor and Joeys grandfather, Tom Fleming (formerly Fleischmann). It is hard to fathom that this dark part of our history actually occurred and such incredible evil was able to flourish; hearing the stories firsthand from a survivor was a powerful and overwhelming experience.
Tomas began his story with the family’s capture by the Gestapo after they lived in hiding while assisted by the Catholic Church. He spoke movingly of the final time he saw his father alive, and evoked the atmosphere of fear, horror and uncertainty during transportation across Slovakia and the Czech Republic in a putrid, stench-filled and overcrowded train. In the final years of World War II, Tomas and his pregnant mother Lolli survived arrest, internment at Szered Camp, transportation to Auschwitz and internment at Terezin where Lolli gave birth to another son Peter. Many times he came close to being killed but the incredible fighting spirit of his mother Lolli managed to keep both he and his baby brother alive in Terezin concentration camp against all odds. Tomas is one of only 123 survivors of 16,000 children who went through Terezin Concentration Camp during WWII.
What stood out from his story was Tomas’s incredible resilience, positive attitude, witty sense of humour and ability to adapt. His parting words of wisdom were: “You can’t stay bitter. You only have one bash at life, so try to make something of yourself and have a wonderful life.”
A truly incredible man and a remarkable story.
Our next Books & Blokes Breakfast will be on Monday 22 August, where Stan Grant will talk about his seminal book Talking to my Country. To RSVP click here.
Sport results for Saturday 28 May
All games: Played: 41
Won: 32
Drew: 1
Lost: 8 (including 2 internal games)
vs Scots: Played 19
Won: 14
Drew: 1
Lost: 4
vs High: Played: 9
Won: 8
Drew: 0
Lost: 1
Points for: 1,370 Points against: 463
Best performed age group was the 15s who did not lose a game.
15B Rugby v High
A close loss for the debaters last night
1st XI Football Presentation
Industrial Technology Timber
The boys are currently making stools with Mr Ross in Industrial Technology Timber.
Year 9 Drama – Mr O’Shea
Sport for Saturday 28 May
Below are the sports fixtures for Saturday 21 May.
Sport cancellations will be posted to this webpage: http://www.twitter.com/JoeysSport
(You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page)
Da Vinci Decathalon
Da Vinci Decathlon is an academic gala day. Students compete in ten disciplines that connect to this year’s concept, Exploration, and are inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. The disciplines are:
- Mathematics and Chess
- English
- Science
- Code Breaking
- Engineering
- Philosophy
- Creative Producers
- Art and Poetry
- Cartography
- General Knowledge
Boys from Year 9 competing were: Daniel Gibbons, Angus Dermody, Rhys Barrow, Tom Haddad, Jack Lewis, Oliver Sidgreaves, Robbie Matchett, Shae Beynon.
Year 9 Drama – Ms Tate
Sport Results for Saturday 21 May
All games: Played: 42
Won: 30
Drew: 0
Lost 12 (1 was an internal game)
vs Kings: Played: 16
Won: 10
Drew: 0
Lost 6
vs Scots: Played: 12
Won: 9
Drew: 0
Lost 3
Points for: 1,555 Points against: 486
15F Rugby
Synapse competition
First photos from the Synapse competition today. More photos and details to come.
Year 9 boys involved:
Rhys Barrow
Shae Beynon
Ruestam Bhangal
Oliver Sidgreaves
William Sidgreaves
Daniel Gibbons
Nick Davies
Emmanuel Rimagmos
Thomas Haddad
Jack Lewis
Angus Dermody
Robbie Matchett
Sport for Saturday 21 May
Below are the sports fixtures for Saturday 21 May.
Sport cancellations will be posted to this webpage: http://www.twitter.com/JoeysSport
(You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page)
Study Skills
Assessment Term II
Sport results for Saturday 14 May
Below are the sports results for Saturday 7 May.
All games: Played: 41 Games v Shore: Played 30
Won: 34 Won: 28
Drew: 5 Drew: 2
Lost 2 Lost: 0
Losses were 16E v Reddam House 16A and 15G v Waverley 15E. Both teams playing higher graded teams in their age group.
Points for: 1,355 Points against: 408