Congratulation to the following boys who received a Distinction in the Australian Mathematics competition.

Daniel Jessup

William Qiu

Thomas Haddad

Rhys Barrow

Ben Tuite

Duncan James

Today at Assembly the First Tennis were presented to the school ahead of their first competition match this weekend. Congratulations to Will Sidgreaves from Year 9 who is in the team.

The following Year 9 boys were recognised at assembly this morning for their swimming at the recent College swimming carnival.

u14 Points Champion: Dominic Sestanovic

u15 Points Champion: Ben Brooks

u15 Points Third Place: Ben Wood

Tonight was the debut performance of the Year 9 drama classes. They performed a hilarious adaption of the three kings, “Bethlehem or Bust”. It is likened to Monty Python’s legendary film “Life of Brian”.

The boys got plenty of laughs (and they were all intentional).

After working up a ravenous hunger at the College Swimming Carnival, the Y9 French class indulged in delicious delicacies from North Western France – crêpes – and their savoury cousins galette – at one of Sydney’s three traditional Breton Crêperies ‘The Four Frogs’.

In anticipation of the finals of the Linguafest on November 25, the group took some time to enjoy a dinner together at the Mosman restaurant to acknowledge their achievements thus far.

The owners and chefs as well as the serving team are all French, and the boys eagerly used their Language skills to order and interact with the staff, who paid very high compliments to the entire group on their ability to communicate very effectively in French.

We hope to share more good news soon as this wonderful adventure comes to a conclusion!

This morning at Assembly Coedie Anderson and Daniel Gibbons gave a report to the school about the Pilbara immersion that some Year 9 boys attended earlier this year. After the report, the boys who attended were presented with Solidarity pins by Mr Tarlinton in recognition of the contribution to the immersion.

Coedie and Daniel’s report is included below.

Loading...

Taking too long?

Reload document

| Open in new tab

Nick Davies representing Year 9 in the Jazz Ensemble which performed at assembly this morning.

The boys listed below were recognised for their performance in the Australian Geography competition which was held earlier this year. These boys achieved High Distinctions in the competition. Joeys was the 5th ranked school overall, Australia wide, beating many selective schools.

Rhys Barrow
Thomas Haddad
Nicholas Jones
Jack Lewis
James Moore
William Qiu
Nic Rath
Oliver Sidgreaves
Ben Tuite

This morning at assembly two Year 9 boys received sport awards. Ben Wood for scoring 4 goals against Scots in the 16A Waterpolo. Zac Dadich for bowling 4/33 against Newington in cricket.

The year 9 Agriculture class headed off up the Bell’s Line of Road towards the apple district of Bilpin, some 100kms from Joeys and around 600 metres above sea-level. The class was heading to Bilpin Springs Orchard, predominantly an apple orchard but also growing peaches, pears and nectarines.

None of these boys would have experienced this type of Agriculture before and the visit was organised to show the boys that the management of an orchard is a very complex operation. The proprietor, Mr. Cedric Lethbridge, is a very “switched-on” farmer who is a wonderful communicator as well as a user of the latest digital technology, which he utilises in order to run his orchard very productively.

The boys were able to fix irrigation systems, pick fruit for St. Annes Nursing home, Gladesville, drive “cherry-pickers” and release beneficial insects into the orchard that play a major role in the control of pests and diseases through the process called Integrated Pest Management.

R.M.Forsberg,

Agriculture Teacher.

Congratulations to the following Year 9 boys who received Academic Application awards at assembly this morning.

Kane Almanci, Rhys Barrow, Hugh Bokenham, Lachlan Burgess, Thomas Creighton, Zachary Dadich, Angus Dermody, Samuel Dobb, Thomas Haddad, Matthew Neilson, Nicholas Rath, Dominic Sestanovic, Oliver Sidgreaves, Francis Stackpool, Nicholas Stapleton, Bede Turnbull, Max Voulgaris, Joshua Whineray.

This morning at assembly the 1st Waterpolo were presented to the school ahead of their first competition game this weekend. In the team from Year 9 were Jackson Brown and Ben Tuite.

This morning the 1st XI cricket were presented with their caps ahead of their first competition game this weekend. Nick Chan represented Year 9 in the team.

The Year 9 entry in the 2016 NSW Modern Language Teachers Association Film Competition, Linguafest​, has been selected for showing as a finalist on November 25 at Event Cinemas in the City.

I am sure you have followed updates on the work your sons completed in Terms 2 and 3 to create this film via the Year 9 Blog and will know that this is an amazing achievement.

A huge congratulations to the boys and we look forward to the awards ceremony next month!

Ms Courtney Berriman

Some Year 9 boys this morning helped to deliver some oranges which were picked by Mr Rob Forsberg to Villa Maria Before and After School care. The oranges were much appreciated by the Villa Maria students and parents.

At the opening of the Young in Art exhibition at Hunter’s Hill Town Hall the work of several Year 9 Visual Arts and Photography and Digital Media students was proudly displayed alongside the artwork from other local schools.

Robbie Matchett, James Flett, Frankie Stackpool, Jack Morgan and Dan O’Brien all attended the opening with three students receiving awards. Congratulations to Jack Morgan  whose digital photographic work was Commended for its strong colour and composition, Dan O’Brien’s photograph was highly Commended for a tonal study and Pop Art reference and Frankie Stackpool who was awarded the Prize for all Secondary entries for his impressive self-portrait study using impasto and palette knife technique. Frankie’s work will by displayed at the Council’s Town Hall for the next 12 months.