Just a quick note about weekend leave. We are on fire with this and if we could continue to have these uploaded and approved (if needed) by Friday afternoon that would be greatly appreciated. The boys have been asked to upload these asap just so that we can plan the weekend in advance. It will make the last couple of weekends of the term very smooth if we continue in this manner.

Also, a big thank you to the parents of Day students. Your prompt submission of departures times is certainly appreciated.

This week we said thank you and good bye to our two wonderful Dorm Seniors; Cody and Aidan. Both boys have been incredibly supportive to the Year 7 cohort and have helped to make their transition much smoother. We cant thank you enough for your efforts throughout the year. Congratulations on finishing the HSC and all the best for the future.

 

1. Colo Group 7 Monday November 6 to Thursday November 9
2. Farewell Drinks – Friday November 10 7pm at the Hunters Hill Hotel
3. Family Mass – Sunday November 12 at 10am COMPULSORY EVENT
4. Spring Fair – Sunday November 12 from 11am COMPULSORY EVENT
5. Swimming Carnival – Wednesday November 15

The forecast is for a sunny spring day on Sunday 12 November for the always fabulous SJC SPRING FAIR.

In an exciting new development, Year 11 have organised a Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course on College A, B and C for students aged over 11 years of age. Replacing the Fashion Parade, participants will face challenges such as obstacles, high leaps, steep climbs, slides, balancing on wipe-out balls and a final plunge onto a stunt bag. Also testing the boys’ skills is the Great Basketball Shoot Out, down at the outdoor courts. Players must register before the Fair by contacting michmcd@tpg.com.au. Let’s not forget the carnival rides either – all your tickets can be pre-purchased from the Joeys Online Shop.

 

Kindifarm and the Happy Days Café at Kids Corner, featuring Elsa the Fairy, will enchant the little ones.

 

The popular Chocolate Wheel, organized by Year 10, has some amazing prizes: iPad Pro, iPhone 7, the yet-to-be released Xbox, signed 2017 Wallabies jersey, Bose headphones, a Dubbo zoo weekend, a Paddock to Plate package and lots, lots more. The Country Stall has wonderful produce from our rural and regional families across NSW, but would love more. There are jars in SJC Development Office if you would like to try some pickling!

Everything is set for a wonderful day – your Christmas shopping is taken care of with 53 stalls, your family can eat their way around the world at the food stalls and relax over High Tea. Battle of the Bands will entertain you – we just need more volunteers to put their hand up to help man a stall. Please get involved and meet your fellow parents, with whom you are sharing your Joeys journey.

STALL	% of slots filled	CLICK TO VOLUNTEER	ASSIST	CLICK TO CONTACT
ASIAN FOOD STALL	6%	Volunteer Asian Stall	This stall has an amazing history with the Joeys PNG community	Kerrie Chan
NIJIA WARRIOR (Y11)	20%	Volunteer Ninja Warrior	More volunteers required – late to the game!! Get your ticket here	Kate Melrose
BIKE & BLEND		Volunteer Bike & Blend	Make your own pedal powered smoothies	Matt Stuart-Brookes
COUNTRY STALL	91%	Volunteer Country Stall	Homemade please – jars from SJC Development Office (level 1)	Kate Bokenham
CHOCOLATE WHEEL (Y10)	80%	Volunteer Chocolate Wheel	Prizes please	Denise Saar
WHITE ELEPHANT (Y7)	80%	Volunteer White Elephant	Last drop Fri 10 Nov – 3.30-5.00pm	Sonya Spooner
CLOTHING POOL	70%	Volunteer Uniform shop	Second-hand uniforms please	Maz Creagh
BOTTLE TOMBOLA (Y11)	60%	Volunteer Bottle Tombola	Wine & spirits to Y11 Boarding Office please	Justine Nicholls
ROWERS BBQ	80%	Volunteer Rowers BBQ	Help in the last shift please	Andrew Watts
ITALIAN PIZZA	30%	Volunteer Pizza Stall	More volunteers please	Kirsten Castorina
LEBANESE GRILL	80%	Volunteer Lebanese Stall	More volunteers please	Carol Barakat
HIGH TEA (LADIES AUX)	40%	Volunteer Ladies Auxiliary – High Tea	Scones, cakes, biscuits	Ladies Auxiliary
CAKES (Y9)	60%	Volunteer Cake Stall	Volunteers nearly there – baking please	Nick Byrne
HARD ROCK CAFÉ & KIDS CORNER (Y8)	10%	Volunteer Kids Corner	Wow – great effort with volunteers – thank you	Jacinta Anderson
SJC FOUNDATION	11%	Volunteer SJC Foundation	Don’t go home without the cookbooks	Susan Glenn
KINDIFARM	20%	Volunteer Kindifarm	This stall will suit those with small children	Renee D’Aspromonte
RIDES		Volunteer Rides Tent	Buy your ride band HERE!	Anthony Harper
COFFEE	7%	Volunteer – Coffee Van	Thank you Vittoria	Kirsten Castorina
END OF FAIR CLEAN-UP	0%	Volunteer Clean-up	Please help clean-up, then head to Jacks’	Liz Phillips
OBU JACKS’ BAR		Contact John Devlin	Catch up with friends	John Devlin

 

THANK YOU TO THE AMAZING SPRING FAIR COMMITTEE, REPRESENTED BY ALL YEAR GROUPS, PAST PARENTS AND OLD BOYS.

SJC PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION 2017

 

Rides – extreme activity to be had – tickets on sale now on line – please go to the joeys shop.joeys.org

Tickets can be bought for current students, younger siblings and friends coming to the fair.

Tickets can be collected on the day of the fair.

Cheaper if bought before the day.

Details

Spring Fair Ride Bands

Pre-purchase $30 (sold on the day for $35)  

Ride bands cover all rides, all day.

Individual tickets will be sold on the day at $5 each.

Pre-purchased ride bands can be collected at the Ticket stand on the day of the Spring Fair.  Students must have their receipt number to collect their ride bands.

One last plug for the White Elephant Stall.

There are still a few places available to help out so if you can assist here please do so. We desperately need some courageous volunteers to assist with the pack up of the stall. More hands make light work!!!!!

If you can assist it would be greatly appreciated.

SPRING FAIR – SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2017 – 11am to 4pm 3 WEEKS TO GO! VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED

The much loved Joey’s Spring Fair is just around the corner! This year the Spring Fair will be held on Sunday 12 November and commence at 11am after the Family Mass.

As we all know, our Spring Fair would not be a success without our enormous contingent of amazing volunteers so please see below our Volunteer requirements and once again we thank you and appreciate your on-going support.   See below the links to the Volunteer requirements.

VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS

Country Stall – Volunteer Country Stall – 73% filled Bottle Tombola – Volunteer Bottle Tombola – VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED Lebanese Stall – Volunteer Lebanese Stall – 33% filled Rowers BBQ – Volunteer Rowers BBQ – 75% filled Foundation – Volunteer Foundation – 11% filled Asian Stall – Volunteer Asian Stall – only 3% filled –VOLUNTEERS PLSE Ladies Auxiliary – High Tea – Volunteer Ladies Auxiliary – High Tea – 12% filled – VOLUNTEERS PLSE Rides – Main Tent – Volunteer Rides Tent – 50% filled Rides – Kids Corner – Volunteer Rides Tent Kids Corner – 10% filled Uniform Shop – Volunteer Uniform shop – VOLUNTEERS PLSE   Pizza Stall – Volunteer Pizza Stall – 4% filled – VOLUNTEERS PLSE Chocolate Wheel – Year 10 – Volunteer Chocolate Wheel– 37% filled Cake Stall – Year 9 – Volunteer Cake Stall – 38.7% filled Kids Corner – Year 8 – Volunteer Kids Corner – 58% filled White Elephant – Year 7 – Volunteer White Elephant – 68% filled Kindifarm – Volunteer Kindifarm – VOLUNTEERS PLSE Coffee van – Volunteer – Coffee Van – VOLUNTEERS PLSE Clean-up /Pack down– Volunteer Cleanup – VOLUNTEERS PLSE

BASKETBALL COMPETITION!!!

We are looking for prizes for both competitions, so anything you can donate, large or small, is greatly appreciated.  This can include both prizes for the competitions (in the past there has been signed basketballs, game tickets, sports store vouchers) and also giveaways for the boys (again in the past there has also been drinks, yoghurts, key rungs hats).

We are looking for volunteers on the day – general crowd control, competition organisation, scorers and referees. Any help on either front is greatly appreciated! Please email Michelle if you are available to assist  Michelle McDowell michmcd@tpg.com.au.

And also, could you remind your boys that nominations for the 3 on 3 comp are NOT taken on the day – they can only enter by emailing me, and if they could do that ASAP that would be great! Contact: Michelle McDowell michmcd@tpg.com.au.

 

BOTTLE TOMBOLA Donations required Everyone’s a winner! Buy a ticket, win a bottle!

Items required

Wine, champagne and spirits

We require items for which you would happily pay $10 or more.

 

Drop off point

Year 11 Boarding Coordinator office or at College Reception if Year 11 office is unattended.

 

Contact

Justine Nicholls – justinenicholls49@gmail.com

CAKE STALL – CAKE COMPETITION – Year 9

Liken yourself to Buddy Valastro!! Well here is your chance. Enter the amazing cake competition at the Spring Fair. Year 9 who are organising the cake stall are running the cake competition. There are two categories: Adults– 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes and Kids– 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes Large and medium cake boxes available at School Reception from tomorrow 24 October. The competition will be drawn by Lorna Tarlington on Fair Day at 12pm. The top three categories will then go into a Silent Auction.

All cakes to be delivered on the Fair day to the Cake Stall outside Farrell Auditorium

Contact: Nick Byrne – nick@opsec.com.au

 

NINJA WARRIOR– YEAR 11

This year the year 11 group will be running the Nijia Warrior course !!!   GET READY for extreme fun for all ages!!

Watch this space more details to come.

LADIES AUXILARY – HIGH TEA For one day, the Farrell Auditorium is transformed into the London Savoy as the Ladies Auxiliary host an elegant High Tea. Indulge in delicious sandwiches and sweet treats with a relaxing cup of tea or coffee.

Donations/items required:

• Home-baked items such as scones, cupcakes, small tarts and pies, sandwich fillings, jams, etc.
• Serving items including pretty teapots, cup and saucer sets, tiered serving trays.

Contact

Please contact Hilary Bokeyar on M: 0416 155 843 or E: sjclaux@joeys.org if you have any queries or are able to donate.

COUNTRY STALL The Spring Fair Country Stall is a wonderful showcase of the goods and produce from our rural families. The association with the country is a fundamental part of the Joeys community and this stall offers the opportunity to support our country boys and their families. Anything which showcases our country heritage that could be displayed or sold will be gratefully accepted and of course donations from our city families and friends are very welcome also.

Items required

• Farm-grown produce including fruit, vegetables, grains, meat, chicken, eggs, cheese, coffee
• Relishes, pickles, cordials, chutneys, olive oils, honey
• Home-made jams and preserves, fruitcake, biscuits using Aussie-grown produce
• Wine or liquor
• Crafts and handmade decorative items of timber, metal or wire
• Donations are also welcome from any city families and friends.

Contact Kate Bokenham M: 0488 682 922  E: katebokenham@bigpond.com 

RIDES Tickets on sale now!

Get in quick and buy your arm bands NOW available at the Joeys online shop

Pre-purchase your ride bands online for $30 or (purchase on the day for $35). Or Individual ride tickets sold on the day for $5.00 each

Pre-purchased ride bands can be collected at the Ticket stand on the day of the Spring Fair.  Students must have their receipt number to collect their ride bands.

WHITE ELEPHANT Time to clean & clear! Bring all your goodies down.

PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING:

• textbooks, magazines, encyclopaedias •         soft toys •         knives •         electrical goods

White Elephant drop off will be next to the Joeys Uniform shop (which is opposite the music centre).

WHITE ELEPHANT DONATION DROP OFF TIMES

Term 4

Date	Time	Note
Friday 10 Nov	3.30-5pm	Open for collection of large furniture items

Contacts:

Sonya Spooner – E: sonya.spooner44@gmail.com Anthea Gilmore – E: gutsy@iprimus.com.au

CHOCOLATE WHEEL (YR 10) The ever-popular Chocolate Wheel will once again offer a myriad of fabulous prizes to tempt all Fairgoers. A big draw-card is always the chance to win a major prize and we seek offers from anyone who can help. Do you own a holiday house or boat? Do you know someone who could donate a major prize?

Items required

• Major prize such as a trip, holiday house, boat use or hire, smartphone, GoPro, iPad or tablet, Bluetooth device • Tickets to sport, arts or entertainment events •          Sporting goods •          Subscriptions such as streaming services or magazines •          Memberships to sporting clubs, galleries, museums, etc.

Donations can also be made on the Joeys online shop. These will be used to purchase prizes and hampers.

Contacts Suzanne Davies – M: 0400 396 792   E: suzanne.davies8@bigpond.com Maree Sutton – M: 0417 481 073 E: maree777@bigpond.net.au Denise Saar – M: 0438 609 282   E: denisesaar@icloud.com

Donations can also be made via Joeys online shop. We will then purchase the hampers, prizes.

OBU Joeys Bar Donations are also being requested for the OBU Joeys Bar; wine, beer, soft drink.  If you would like to donate items please contact John Devlin – jdevlin@awedwards.com.au.

Spring Fair Committee Contact Details

Liz Phillips	lizphillips.au@gmail.com	0403 339 292
Anthony Harper	harperspharmacy@hotmail.com	0415 952 369
Renee Daspromonte	reneed966@gmail.com	0431 795 936
Donna Digby	donna.digby@bigpond.com	0418 649 349
Kath Walton	craigandkath@mac.com	0407 276 439
Julie Moriarty	julieandmartin@optusnet.com	0431 272 234
Justin Burgess	justinfiredoors@icloud.com
Kirsten Castorina	kcastorina555@gmail.com
Jacinta Anderson	jacintaanderson1@bigpond.com
Maureen Knox	maureenk@knoxadv.com.au
Julie Walker	julianne@walker.net
Michelle Deece	deeceleworthyfamily@gmail.com

 

SCIENCE EXCURSION

When: TUESDAY 24^th October

Where: Walkabout Park, Calga.

Buses depart at: 8am ( don’t be late )

Return at: 3.30pm

Clothing: Neat casual, weather appropriate, hat.

There are still a few places available for those willing and able to assist at the White Elephant Stall at the Spring Fair. If you are able to do so please sign up on the link below.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d49a8ac29a4ff2-white