Joeys Year 9 2018

Lenten Cake Stall

Last week, with the help of the Year 9 Parent Reps, the school held a cake staff to raise money for our Lenten appeal in aid of the Marist School in Bangladesh. The boys made a donation in return for some delicious cakes at recess. Particular thanks to all the families that donated cakes and…

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Sacrament of Confirmation

Last week Bishop Terence Brady gave the Sacrament of Confirmation to a number of boys here at the College including from Year 9: Hamish Alston, Dylan Connaghan, William Gahan, Joe Hogan, James Makris, Dylan McCann, Oscar Ortolani, Sebastian Salaberry.

Sport for Saturday 2 June

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)

Congratulations to the winners of Synapse 2018

ANNOUNCING THE WINNING TEAM: TEAM HARRY HOUDINI DECLAN HOURIGAN DAVID TALIFERO HENRY WORRELL LUCA MANFREDI DYLAN MCCANN XAVIER LEE ALEX CHOI Well done to all teams for your excellent participation and collaboration on the day. It certainly was inspiring to watch you all in action. The winners will receive the certificates at a Headmaster’s Assembly,…

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Multiple point scorers for 26 May

Under 14’s Rugby 14A’s Oscar Ortolani – 2 tries Under 15’s Rugby 15A’s Paddy Burns – 2 tries 15B’s Ronan Carroll – 3 tries Hamish Alston – 2 tries Archie Gallagher – 5 conversions 15F’s Thomas McConville – 2 tries

Sport results 26 May

                         

Vivid Sydney

Last Saturday night the boarders who were staying in took a trip to Vivid Sydney. We travelled to North Sydney and parked the bus at the Shore school then walked across the Harbour Bridge. For many of the boys it was the first time they had ever walked across the Harbour Bridge. There were great…

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Colo 9.2

The Colo bulletin and a selection of photos from Colo group 9.2. If you would like more photos or high resolution photos, please bring a USB and see Mr Blair.

Da Vinci Decathlon

Last week the following boys attending the Da Vinci Decathlon at Knox Grammar School. Attending were: Noah Fogarty, Henry Worrell, Bernard Lund, Nick Baksa, Henri Mead, Damian Ryan, Declan Hourigan, Luca Manfredi.

Sport for Saturday 26 May

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)

School photos this Friday

School photos will be taken this Friday 25 May. A reminder, particularly for parents of day students, that this Friday the boys must wear blues pants and blazer to school. Also: Hair neatly cut and combed, clean shaven Shoes cleaned and polished Black belt and black socks to be worn At the end of last…

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Books & Blokes with Adam Spencer

“With my book, I’m excited to know I’m feeding the Geek in others” For our Term 2 Books & Blokes Breakfast we celebrated Maths week by inviting self-proclaimed maths geek, Adam Spencer, as our guest speaker. Adam was thoroughly entertaining and spoke of his life-long love of numbers, and his belief that maths is at…

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Multiple Scorers for 19 May

Rugby 15A’s Henry Roberts – 3 tries Paddy Burns – 3 tries Ned Dalton – 2 tries Toby Landers – 2 tries Samuel Taber – 2 tries James Hendren – 7 conversions 15B’s Jordan Lancaster – 2 tries 15E’s Jesse Cheung – 2 tries 15G’s Charlie Kelso – 2 tries William O’Connell – 2 tries…

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Father son camp – save the date

The weekend of 25th and 26th of August 2018 is the Year 9 Colo Father Son weekend. There is some general information below and more detailed information including booking form is here. I highly recommend that your son and his father (or father figure) attend this weekend if at all possible. It is a great…

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‘Navigating your teen’s mental health’ webinar by Blackdog Institute

FROM THE COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGISTS ‘Navigating your teen’s mental health’ webinar by Blackdog Institute Monday 28 May 2018 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm AEST Whether your teen is experiencing issues now, or if you want to be prepared for the future, this webinar will benefit any parent or carer of a young person. Delivered by a…

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Info for young people and parents for the launch of 13 Reasons Why, Season 2

FROM THE COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGISTS 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 premiered on the popular streaming website, Netflix, last Friday the 18th of May. In time for its launch the mental health organisation, Headspace, released discussion guides for parents and young people. These discussion guides provide helpful information to viewers and the wider community about the shows…

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Literacy and numeracy challenge

In recent weeks Year 9 have been involved in an online literacy and numeracy challenge. Competition has been between individuals as well as classes. Below are the Top 16 Year 9 boys in each. Well done boys!

Year 9 at Mass last Sunday

Last Sunday evening Year 9 did the readings and offertory at Mass. Families are welcome to join us for this Mass starting 8:15pm each Sunday night (except Sundays where there is a Sunday morning Family Mass).

Multiple point scorers 5 and 12 May

Under 15’s 5 May – Rugby 15A’s Paddy Burns – 2 tries 15B’s Hamish Alston – 4 tries Ned Shortis – 2 tries Archie Gallagher – 9 conversions 15D’s Xavier Horton – 2 tries 15H’s Christian Angelucci – 3 tries 12 May – Rugby 15A’s Henry Roberts – 2 tries James Hendren – 1 try…

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FINAL TICKET SALES FOR THE WHITE PARTY

It will be ALL WHITE ON THE NIGHT.  Final tickets on sale now, don’t miss out. Follow the link. http://shop.joeys.org/events/p-f-major-whtie.html

Year 9 Drama

Some of the drama performances and performers in class this morning.

Sport for Saturday 19 May

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)

NAPLAN

The boys have commenced their NAPLAN testing this morning.

Info from the P&F association

FRIDAY 18 MAY 10.40AM-11.00AM         LENTEN APPEAL – RECESS CAKE STALL SJC Mission Office, in conjunction with the P&F, is running a cake stall at recess. Your Year Reps are asking families to bake or buy cakes, biscuits and slices and send them in (drop items to your sons’ ref – Year 7 to the…

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Academic application awards for Term 1

  Congratulations to the following boys who received an Academic Application Award for their studies during Term 1: Joshua Barlow Patrick Burns William Gahan Bernard Lund Luca Manfredi Dylan McCann Harry Parnaby Henry Roberts Edward Scarf Benjamin Scott Fletcher Youens

Sport for Saturday 12 May

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)

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