February | 2018 | Joeys Year 9 2018

Video of Year 9 1st and 2nd rowing crews from last weekend

Video courtesy of Mr Paul Cividin

Message from parent reps

Dear Year 9 Families, A reminder that if you want your details included on the Year 9 Social Contact List we need your contact details ASAP, we will be closing the link on Wednesday night. We have to re ask for the information every year, so please make sure you fill it out if you…

Glen Gerreyn

Today Year 9 had a guest speaker, Glen Gerreyn, who ran a seminar called “Brilliant Young Mind” during Periods 2 and 3. Glen spoke to the boys about how to approach their studies, sport and life. He discussed why we procrastinate and how to avoid it (“chunk not lump”) and the importance of setting goals…

15F Basketball

15G Basketball

15C Basketball

The 15C’s played in the SJC gym this morning and had a good win against Kings.

15D Basketball

The boys had a strong game against Kings in the SJC gym.

Y9 French

Working on grammar and vocabulary reinforcement

Sport awards

Yesterday at the school assembly a number of sports awards were presented. Two year 9 boys received awards for cricket. Hugh Ridley was recognised for his 126 runs not out in Cricket against Scots. Congratulations to Archie Gallagher who took 5/7 off 5 overs against Scots.

Programming ozobots

An Ozobot is a little toy robot that can identify lines, colors, and codes on both digital surfaces, such as an iPad, and physical surfaces, such as paper.

Year 9 Debaters

Boys doing in debating this year are currently involved in trials to organise teams for the upcoming debating season.

Memory and Mnemonics

Thursday night Year 9 attended a memory and mnemonics session presented by Elevate Education. Elevate’s study skills seminars are designed to achieve behavioural change amongst students. It isn’t enough that students simply understand what they need to do in their study. The challenge in any study skills program is getting students to use and apply…

Sport for Saturday 24 February

Below are the sport fixtures for this weekend. Any sport cancellations will be posted to this webpage: http://www.twitter.com/JoeysSport. Games are on unless indicated otherwise on this page. (You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page)

Thursday night is clean up night

Each Thursday night the laundry returns and the boys remake their beds and tidy up the dorms. They always tell me how much they enjoy it and wish they could do it more often at home.

Sleep for teenagers

Did you know that experts recommend that teenagers should have 8-10 hours of sleep per night to function best? This week in pastoral groups (what is a pastoral group?) the boys have been discussing the importance of sleep. They discussed the impact that sleep has on academic and sporting performance. They also discussed how teenagers…

What is a pastoral group?

Each morning before Period 1 of school (except for Tuesday) the boys meet in their pastoral group for 15-20 minutes. The groups consist of 14-15 students and they have the same pastoral teacher throughout the whole year. The time is computer free and the boys discuss a range of topics and undertake various activities throughout…

Study skills tonight

The boys have Elevate education here tonight learning various study skills.

Volunteers needed for Exams

Can you assist with reading, scribing or supervising students who qualify for examination provisions? The College is very fortunate to currently have a faithful group of parent/grandparent volunteers who provide assistance with reading, writing or supervision of boys who qualify for examination provisions; there is always a need for more, as volunteers’ availability changes.

Working on mime skills in drama

The Sunday activity last weekend

Resources from the Counselling department

The College Counsellors have provided below are a range of course, seminars, books and online resources which may be of interest.

Mouthguards

Dr Sam Martin and Mobile Dental Services will be available at the College on the afternoons of Wednesday 28 February and Monday 12 March to fit students for a professional student custom built mouthguard. If you would like your son to be fitted for a mouthguard by Mobile Dental Services, please complete and return the…

Sort of, dunno, nothing

The song below has been around for a while but for some parents it may sound familiar when talking with your sons. If so, you aren’t the only ones!

Year 9 Rowing crews on ergs

This video from a few weeks ago shows the rowers on the ergs. It is great to see how hard they are working.

Boarders at Flip out indoor trampolines

On Sunday the boarders who were at school went to Flip Out indoor trampolines. There were some mixed results! See the video links below:

Information Software Technology students programming Ozobots.

Celebrating Chinese New Year

Red envelopes is also known as 压岁钱 (yā suì qián). Literally, it is “money to anchor the year(s).” It is also known as “lucky money” or “New Year’s money.”

Collaboration in evening study

This evening Year 9 moved from the classrooms to the Resources Centre for evening study. The purpose was to provide a better environment to allow the boys to undertake more collaborative learning. Some of the boys were working together on the upcoming History assessment while others were assisting each other with Maths. During the year…

Evening study grades

Grades are given for each boy’s effort in evening study. Both parents and boys receive a weekly summary. Grades are only allocated for boys who are present in study so there may be blanks for day students who left at 5pm, or boys who were at tutoring or other commitments during study. There is also…