Tickets are still available for the Mother’s Weekend Away in Wagga Wagga, 13-15 September 2019.  For details and bookings please visit https://shop.joeys.org/events/wagga-2019.html

Exclusive discount of 15% off our best available rates for family & friends of St Joseph’s College. This discount will be available for all hotel room types (Queen, Deluxe Queen, Twin & Family Rooms). 

 

Guests will be able to access this discount by visiting our booking site https://www.thebookingbutton.com.au/properties/METROINNRYDEDIRECT and entering the Promo Code JOEYS2019. 

 

 

 

 

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Agriculture excursion
On the 2/8/2019 the Agriculture boys were off on an excursion / assessment task with Mr Forsberg to the Moore’s dairy out at Camden. Whilst we were there, we learnt another vital aspect of the agricultural industry as none of the boys in the class have not had any previous insight to the life of a dairy farmer or a dairy operation. Mr Gavin Moore went through the daily routine of a dairy worker which entails waking up at 3:00 am to milk two hundred and fifty cows which takes roughly two hours, they then continue their day feeding the cows the appropriate proteins and pastures, washing out the actual dairy facility, feeding the baby calves which are taken off their mothers so that milk can be provided for the likes of us. All these daily activities take up most of the day until the cows are milked again at 4:00 pm and put back in their paddock ready for the same process the next morning.
This excursion again was very different to the industries that the agriculture boys participate in on their own places or businesses. The assessment entailed asking various questions ranging from climate, to pasture, to milk production etc. We were then presented a booklet that had to be filled out with all the appropriate answers relevant to the excursion. A very productive day had by all.

Primary Industries excursion
On the 9/8/2019 the boys from primary industries headed to the school property Colo with Mr Forsberg. In primary industries at the moment the boys are learning about the characteristics and welfare of livestock. So it was very fitting that we used the cows from Colo to asses the various areas. The assessment of the cattle consisted of mouthing the cows which is a practice to allow the farmer to have an understanding of the age of the cow which effects. The boys also learnt how to fat score a cow this entails feeling for the 12th and 13th rib and assessing it on how millimetres of fat the cow is. For the older cows they required an NLIS (National Live stock Identification System) button which has to be installed in their ear so that they can be sold at a public auction. We also had to condition score the cow’s. The condition scoring ranges from 1 which is a very light and poor cow to a 5 which is a very large framed and fat cow. The cows at Colo were scored 3’s and 4’s. This excursion was very beneficial and relative to the topic we are doing at the moment it again allows us to better understand livestock and the way that they are assessed.

Yesterday the boys were very fortunate to have a guest speaker by the name of Melissa McGuiness who spoke to the boys about Road Safety. Below is an account from one of the boys. It was a presentation that was truly inspiring and remarkable and I would strongly encourage you to speak with your son this weekend about it.

Student Account

Car safety talk

 

the talk year 11 had on Wednesday was a daunting one to say the least, it consisted of a mum talking about the death of her son Jordan. His death was the cause of drinking and drug driving, taking his life and five others, leaving a 15-month-old little girl orphaned. Her son was unfortunately the cause of the accident, she spoke about the affect this had on Jordan’s two sisters and most of his family.  Jordan was a great kid and had a bright future ahead but this one mistake is what costed him his life and many others. All of us boys were confronted by the story and many of us couldn’t hold back the tears, but there were some seriously important messages to take note of. As we come into our adult years we need to take more responsibility for our actions because one mistake is all it takes to ruin your life and someone else’s. we are all defined by the decisions we make this is the most important message Jordan’s tragic story gave me and I’m sure almost all of year 11 as well. I thought it was one of the most heart-breaking things a mother would have to go through, out living her own child, but she also displays great courage and strength to tell such a personal story, being a role model for many young men and women, while promoting an important message.

 

 

1.   Ch 7 News GC Ormeau and Pimpama High School students have had a shock lesson about the risks of reckless driving. They were confronted by the deadly impact of speeding and texting behind the wheel.

https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSGoldCoast/videos/523578488177118/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARDeNbVU1toupXUfRoh1T7r34To3-jG9c-PsqdO9ExCevYkizQChPS48goYRJM1bmruhRiIk0LxcHZFG

 

2.   Ch 9 News GC The mother of a young driver who died in an accident on the M1 has shared her heartbreak with high school students, begging them to be safe behind the wheel.

https://www.facebook.com/9NewsGoldCoast/videos/430624094337294/

 

https://9now.nine.com.au/today/mother-whose-son-killed-himself-and-four-others-while-drink-driving-shares-her-grief/badbba2b-1c60-45bf-8ad1-04064927bdd0

 

https://www.facebook.com/youchooseYRS/

 

 

Following the Family Mass on Sunday 11 August, the Friends of Joeys Music is hosting the annual Jazz in August. This free concert on the lawn features great music from the Big Band, Stage Band, Jazz Improvisation Ensemble, tutor band and featured soloists. Food and drinks are available for purchase.

The Friends of Joeys Music would be very grateful if you could support this event by cooking Chocolate Brownies for sale.

To ensure consistency, we ask all cooks to use the recipe below. Please wrap in foil or disposable containers if possible. FJM will cut on the day.
Food can be dropped off before 10.00am to the Br Emilian Hall kitchen at the rear of the hall.

Brownies
(Yr12 Boarding Coordinator’s Brownie recipe from Contende p188)
This recipe contains no nuts
185g butter
185g dark chocolate
3 eggs
1.5 cups caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1.5 cups plain flour
3 tablespoons self-raising flour

Preheat oven to 180 C.
Lightly grease and line a 20cm square cake pan.
Combine butter and chocolate in a saucepan and melt over a low heat till smooth.
In a separate bowl beat eggs, sugar and vanilla together till mixture is pale and thick.
Gently fold chocolate mixture and sifted flours through the egg mixture — do not over beat.
Pour mixture into the pan.
Bake for 20-30 mins until cooked — test with a skewer.
Cool in the pan — the top should crack.
Transport in an airtight container or wrapped. We will cut brownies on the day.

Thanks very much for your support!

The Friends of Joeys Music
FJM2014@hotmail.com