Joeys Year 7 2019

Proud of the boys

I’m very proud of the boys tonight. An excursion today meant no classes. It would be easy to say “I’ve got no homework and nothing to do”. But the boys who were in tonight didn’t do that. To their credit both day students and boarders took the opportunity to get some solid revision done. Exams…

Taronga Zoo visit

Today Year 7 visited Taronga Zoo on a Science excursion. It was a great day in a fantastic location.

A message from the Spring Fair committee

Good Afternoon, We are on the home stretch to the 2019 Joeys Spring Fair. The Spring Fair Committee would like to thank everyone for their amazing work, effort and support so far. Without this amazing support it would not be possible for us to host such an amazing event. For it to be a success…

Optional Speed and Agility training

Head of Athletics, Mr Rollo, is now running speed and agility sessions for anyone interested. It would benefit all sports. Sessions are Wednesday and Friday mornings at 6:30am on the back ovals.

Year 12 – Year 7 Buddy program

As more of the Year 12 boys finish their HSC and leave the College for the final time, it is a good time to reflect back on the strong relationship they have had with the Year 7 boys throughout the year. Courtesy of Mr Danny Sidgreaves, Year 12 Boarding Coordinator, below is a video showing…

Year 7 Exam Timetable

Halloween dinner

Tonight at dinner. Look carefully at the last photo and you might notice someone in the background “pulling the strings”.

Pumpkin donuts for recess

End of Term travel for Country Boarders

Dear NSW Rural Parents and Carers, Please continue reading if you wish to book a seat for your son(s) to travel home to Rural NSW with TrainLink (Regional School Coach & Rail Services). Bookings are now open for boarding students wishing to travel home to Rural NSW for End of Term 4 2019 & Return…

Olympian visit: Aidan Roach

Last Thursday Year 7 had a visit from Aidan Roach. Aidan competed in the London 2012 Summer Olympics as part of the Australian Men’s Waterpolo team. Aidan spoke about his journey to representing Australia. He spoke about the importance of setting goals and chasing them. He noted that he had two simple goals hanging above…

Outdoor poetry in Ms Le Febvre’s class

Nothing better than to get outside during the school day for a bit of slam poetry.

Year 7 at Sunday night Mass

Year 7 had their last duty for this year helping with Mass on Sunday night. They handed out mass booklets, did the readings and offertory procession.

Sunday at Balmoral Beach

Sunday was a great day for the boarders at Balmoral Beach with the boys spending a few hours swimming, jumping off the baths, eating some fish and chips, and burying each other in the sand!

Vaccination time

Pain levels shown in photos may not reflect reality.

From the College Counsellors: Parent Talk

The counselling service is hosting a parent talk on the 25th of November 6-7:30pm.

Good win for the u14C cricket

YourCrew App

Last term during assembly Amanda Riedel, CEO and Founder of the Harrison Riedel Foundation, spoke about the launch of the YourCrew App. YourCrew is an app for young people to let others in their lives know how they are feeling so they can be encouraged to get the support they need. Parents are encouraged to…

Bull rush

A quick game of bull rush to warm up for PDHPE this morning.

Study skills

At the end of Term 4, Year 7 will have their first formal exam period when they will be examined in each of their subjects. To prepare for this process we started with a study skills session in Period 2 today. Today the boys learnt about: Organising a good study enviroment Eliminating distractions The importance…

Colo 7.A – Term 3 Week 9

The Colo bulletin and a selection of photos from Colo group 7.A. If you would like more photos click here.

Message from Spring Fair committee: 2019 Joeys Spring Fair – Only 8 Weeks Away!

It’s hard to believe the end of Term 3 is just around the corner … and before we know it the Joeys Spring Fair will be upon us. For those who have not met me, my name is Jules Walker (Year 9 mum). I look after all the comms for the Spring Fair and I’m…

Message from Year 7 Parent Representatives

Dear Parents and Carers, This term we have made it through: The end of rugby season BBQ duty City Country mums lunch Winter Sports Rally Family Mass Jazz on the Lawn Athletics Carnival Sports Lovers lunch Ensemble Photo’s GPS Athletics Athletics Rally Wagga Wagga Joeys Joeys Mums weekend away Summer sport selections White Elephant drop…

Message from the Clothing pool

Clothing pool will be open on Monday 14th October from 3-5 pm (Just in time to drop off your sons for beginning of Term 4 and of course purchase any items still needed for Summer sport. Clothing pool will be open Year 7 Orientation day November 1 Friday afternoon from 3-5pm Clothing Pool is open Sunday November 10th…

Holiday reads

We are encouraging all boys to embrace the 20 minute reading challenge these holidays. By committing to reading for 20 minutes each day, most boys should get through a novel over the break. If you commit to this challenge over one year: 20 minutes reading a day = 1,800,000 words = 26 novels Not sure…

GPS Athletics

Some of the Year 7 boys in action at the GPS Athletics Carnival.

Junior athletes

The junior athletes being acknowledged at the Athletics Rally.

Year 11 study help

A few of the year 11 boys dropped into study to help the year 7 boys with their studies tonight and also talk about how they manage their academic workload.

Lessons on the rowing machine

Haircut time!

Trampolining

The boarders expended some energy at Skyzone Alexandria last Saturday night.

Thursday evening activity

The end of a big week when a lot of assessments were due. To their credit, the majority of the boys completed their work, so time for a bit of murder ball and tug-o-war in socks! The facial expressions in the tugowar are the best…

Ms Henderson-Wilson’s ensemble in action

Bowling

A few weeks ago the boarders went bowling on Saturday night.

Music pins awarded

This morning at Year 7 Division meeting Mr Howe, Head of Music, presented the boys with music pins. Boys who participate in one ensemble received a bronze pin, two ensembles a silver pin, 3 ensembles a gold pin.

Colo 7.M – Term 3 week 3

The Colo bulletin and a selection of photos from Colo group 7.N. If you would like more photos click here.

u13 Rugby season report

Below is the u13 Rugby season report. Thank you to Mr David Wiseman for preparing this. Please note that it is based on information supplied by the coaches. If there are any errors please advise.

Football season report

Below is the Football season report. Thank you to Mr David Wiseman for preparing this. Please note that it is based on information supplied by the coaches. If there are any errors please advise.

Year 7 R U OK? Day donuts

This morning during Pastoral groups the boys participated by R U OK? day by chatting to their mates over a yellow donut. The boys received cards with some questions and guidance about how to ask a mate if he is OK and then shared a donut while they talked with their mates.

RUOK Day

A message from the College Psychologists: Thursday 12th September R U OK? Day Pastoral Group Activity At Joeys we like to regularly remind students that if they need help, there are multiple areas of support within the school community. We also encourage boys to be there for their mates. In line with these themes, on…

Joeys Joeys Wagga Wagga

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

Book Week Event – Literary Speed Dating at the State Library of NSW

St. Joseph’s College Resources Centre and Monte Library initiated a highly successful joint literary event to celebrate Book Week 2019. Forty-five students from Years 7 to 11, who were identified as passionate readers, were selected to visit the State Library of NSW and participate in a library tour and Literary Speed Dating activity. Each student…

Rugby pennant winners

Boys in sport teams who are undefeated throughout their competition season are awarded a pennant. During the winter sport season, the 13C, 13D, 13F and 13G rugby teams were undefeated. Representatives of those respective teams, Ben, Wallace, Toby and Noah, went up on stage to collect the pennants on behalf of their teams at assembly…

Athletic carnival awards

Congratulations to the individual athletics champions at the recent College Athletics carnival. They were recognised at assembly on Thursday. u13 Championship Leon 78 points Lucas 66 points (equal second) Oliver (Year 8) 66 points (equal second)

Indoor rock climbing

The boys scaled the heights of indoor rock climbing today. A few challenged and overcame a fear of heights and a few showed that they might have careers as mountaineers…

Science project

When your Science project is nearly the same size as you… it looks good Ignatius!

Rowers

Some of the new year 7 rowers watching and learning!

Clear night in Sydney

Great views from the roof of the main building tonight.

Short story competition

Congratulations to Thomas, Luke and Thomas who all won prizes on the recent 50 word short story competition.

Joeys Boarders rugby team wins Grand Final

Congratulations to the Joeys Year 7 Boarders team who play for Hunters Hill rugby club in the Sunday competition each week during winter. Yesterday they won the grand final of their division. This is the first time since 2014 that a Joeys team has done so. Special thanks to Mr Jim Lloyd who coaches the…

Sunday night Mass

Year 7 boys doing readings at Mass.