Month: July 2018

With only 4 weeks of Winter Sport remaining it is now time to start discussing with your son his Summer Sport option. Trials for this will start at the beginning of Week 5 so your son will need his equipment for this sport. The boys need to make their Summer Sport selection by Tuesday next week and complete an this online. Many have done this already and I will send instructions to the boys on how to do this.

Congratulations boys on receiving your award for Academic Application throughout Term Two. Keep up the good work.

Welcome to Term Three everyone. As discussed earlier this will be a big term. 10 weeks, two rallies, the GPS Athletics Carnival and a Family Mass. I have attached the dates for these events just in case you missed this in the earlier emails. Before we know it, your son(s) will be in their final weeks of Year 7. How time flies.

It has been great to have the boys back and to see all their happy smiley faces. It has also been wonderful to hear about the many adventures over the holiday period. All the boys have settled in nicely and have made a positive start to the term. Peter Ross and I met with the boys on Tuesday morning and stressed the importance for a positive start to the term. It is important that the boys set high standards and maintain these over the course of this long, busy term. In starting well, Peter and I encouraged the boys to focus on their standard of dress, their greetings and interactions with one another and their teachers and to strive for academic success. This tied in nicely with Peter’s session on goal setting. More to follow on this.

I have also encouraged the boys to now display some leadership skills. They have been here long enough to know the drill and we are encouraging the boys to lead by example. It has been pleasing to see various examples of this on display particularly on the playground.

This term, Resilience will be the focus during Pastoral Care time. This will kick off with activities during Pastoral Care lessons next week and we will look at addressing aspects such as gratitude, emotions and empathy (ongoing from the last two terms).

Thanks for a smooth start to the term and I look forward to seeing you all out and about.

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Books & Blokes Breakfast with Darren Longbottom and Tim Rushby-Smith.

How a freak accident turned an Australian surfer’s dream into a nightmare.
Beyond the Break is a compelling story of mateship, resilience, and coming to terms with the life-changing consequences of riding a single wave.

When: THURSDAY 16 August 2018
Time: 7:30am
Where: Resources Centre
RSVP https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BooksNBlokesLongbottom

We would like to invite you to attend our Term 3 Books & Blokes Breakfast, to listen to the incredible life story of pro surfer Darren Longbottom and his biographer Tim Rushby-Smith.
Darren ‘Daz’ Longbottom’s love of surfing was instilled in him from day one. As the son of surfing pioneer and board-maker Rossco and older brother to legendary big-wave specialist Dylan, Daz grew up in Cronulla and paddled out with the world champions of the era from a young age.

Fast-forward to Daz’s adult life, and the remote Mentawai Islands was pretty much the last spot in Indonesia he hadn’t surfed. After Daz’s daughter turned one, he knew it was his time to take on the West Sumatran waves. Never could he have imagined, as he kissed his wife and child goodbye, how difficult the road back to them would be, or how his life would be so irreversibly and profoundly changed.

We would love to see you at this event.

Regards,

Linda Roden | Head of Library
St Joseph’s College | Mark Street, Hunters Hill, NSW 2110 | Locked Bag 5009, Gladesville, NSW 1675
T +61 2 9816 0854 | F +61 2 9817 1208 | E lroden@joeys.org| W www.joeys.org
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