Month: February 2018

Buddy Programme

Saturday March 10 – final day of Summer sport followed by the Summer Sport Rally in the Br Emilian Hall starting at 6.30pm

Monday March 12 – Winter sports trials commence

Monday March 12 – Thursday March 15 – year 7 group 2 at Colo

Saturday March 17 – AAGPS Head of the River Regatta followed by theRowing Rally in the Br Emilian Hall starting at 4.30pm

The Reflection Day was a huge success and on that the boys thoroughly enjoyed. They learnt about the Marist Community to which they are all members of now, some aspects of the history of St Joseph’s College, engaged in prayer and finished the day with a mass where they were all blessed, welcomed to the College community and presented their bibles. It was a great way to start our religious and spiritual journey together.

Today Dr. Chris Hayes talked to the boys about a number of things but there were a couple of very important messages that I would like to share with you. I will also be reiterating these messages with the boys over the coming days.

1. Struggles are good and they make us stronger – Clearly struggles are high on the agenda for the boys in Year 7 at the minute. It is important that we encourage the boys to persevere here and to push through these struggles and challenging times. By being patient and resilient they will be able to navigate their way through difficult periods and become stronger men in the process
2. Put in the effort – The boys have heard this a lot. No one else can do this for them. They need to work hard and never give up. I often use quotes on the screens up here in the dorms as daily reminders for the boys to focus on this. The quote for the last two days has been “you only fail when you stop trying”. It also important that we encourage the boys to never give up, to set goals and to celebrate when they achieve these goals.

Dr. Hayes spoke brilliantly to the boys and also used the quote “the only person who is just average is the person who doesn’t try”. It is crucial that we encourage these young men to try new things, be resilient in the process and to always strive for better things. Joeys is renowned for producing fine young men of character. Let’s aim to instill this in the Year 7 group of 2018 nice and early.

Congratulations to Daniel on receiving his award for scoring more than 20 points against Scots College in the 13A’s basketball

Liam turned 12 on Tuesday

One of the great features of St Joseph’s College is the fact that Boarders and Day Boys interact regularly each and every day. Both parents and boys are starting to enquire about this and yes it is something that we do encourage. In order for this to happen, parents from both families need to provide consent. This can be done by getting the boys to exchange your phone numbers and going from there. Once the Social Contact List is finalised this process becomes much easier. The leave then needs to be uploaded to boardingware by the parents of the son who is a boarder.

Here at St Joseph’s College we have a wonderful team of counsellors who often provide excellent and thorough information for us all to use. Please see below some information that may be useful in discussing with your son. As always if you have any concerns please get in touch with myself or the counselling department.

For the last two weeks, Year 7 boys have been partaking in Collaborative Learning during the second session of study. This involves group work and peer discussion. While it is a learning curve and there is plenty of room for improvement, the boys are working wonderfully at this and are really enjoying learning in the process. They are ‘learning how to learn’ and are already guiding each other into deep conversations. They have learnt some new strategies and are starting to implement these across a range of subject areas. It has brilliant to see and hear the boys solve problems together and help one another in the completion of school work. The image below is what we have been using to introduce the concept to the boys.

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Lunch Leaves – the boys have the ability to do this now through boardingware so once they have organised a lunch leave with you they just need to simply apply for this. All students who are on a lunch leave need to do this individually.

Sick leave, medical appointments and so on also need to be communicated via boardingware. I have attached again for you the summary of this.

Leave requests where you son will be absent from the College during term time for events such as Holidays, needs to be approved by the Headmaster. For all matters such as this please email Dr. Chris Hayes at headmaster@joeys.org

Please note that the bookings for this close on Friday February 16. If you are wanting to make a last minute booking for this please see below the steps on how to do so:

1. Go to Joeys Travel booking link https://forms.joeys.org/InfinitiPRD/Produce/Form/Parents/Country Boarders Travel Bookings/
2. Enter your (ie parents) Joeys ID: eg 12345@joeys.org
3. Enter your password. If you have forgotten your password please go to www.joeys.org select JOEYS ONLINE and choose Get password then RESET PASSWORD
4. Note: Parents can change existing bookings by clicking on same link and adjusting their reservation (must be done by 4pm 16 February).

Any questions, please direct these to travel@joeys.org

From the Parent Reps:

Welcome year 7 Parents,

I hope that your son/s have had a fantastic start to their time at Joeys.

As I am sure you have all found at your previous schools, and as we have found at Joeys it is extremely beneficial for all the parents to be able to contact one another.

In order for us to be able to do this we ask you to take a moment of your time and fill out the following link, so that we can all communicate and bond the class of 2023.

Many thanks for prompt response by Friday 23rd February.

Warm Regards,

Caroline McGinley (0409 935 993)
Year 7 Parent Coordinator

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDYN8BH

As previously mentioned, there is a Year 7 Instagram page highlighting many of the events and daily activities that the boys encounter. If you have applied to follow this account but your name isn’t recognisable in the account ID can you please email me? If I don’t know who you are then I won’t accept the request!

The page can be found at year7joeys2018

The structure for evening study has somewhat changed this week with the boys now being given the opportunity to engage in collaborative work in the Resource Centre. This is a wonderful space and one in which the boys are certainly enjoying. The boys are given the option to do collaborative/group work to problem solve and challenge one another or to continue with their individual work. This remains a work in progress and this will certainly be the case for some time but the Year 7 boys are relishing the opportunity to work together in a nice open productive space.

Oliver and Rohan both turned 12 on Thursday

Billy turned 12 on Saturday

Alec turned 12 on Monday

Alex turned 12 on Saturday and James 13 on Sunday