Pilbara immersion

During the recent school holidays a number of Year 9 travelled to the community of Warralong in the Pilbara for an indigenous immersion.

Lesley Maher, Director of Mission writes:

The boys were all excellent. They represented the school well and all were taken far out of their comfort zone. They made strong connections with the community and worked hard to achieve those connections. They coped with difficult conditions and were upbeat and great company. They also gave of themselves in situations that even adults would struggle with. They spent two mornings washing hair and combing out head lice, they painted, played, danced and shared cooked kangaroo tails under the stars. They collected rubbish from the never ending piles blown against the fences and coped with dust and heat and in some cases sickness. I was exceptionally proud of them all.

 

Sport for Saturday 15 October

Below are the sports fixtures for Saturday 15 October, complete with bus times. Don’t forget that most boys have changed to the Under 16 age group ready for next year.

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Sport cancellations will be posted to this webpage: http://www.twitter.com/JoeysSport. Games are on unless indicated otherwise on this page.

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Return to school Term 4

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope that you are having a great school holiday with your son and that he is ready to return for the final 9 weeks of the year.

Return to school
Boarders are due back by 8:00pm on Monday 10 October. Dorms will be open from around lunch time on that day.
Day students are due back by 8:00am on Tuesday 11 October.

Day student departure times
A reminder to enter your son’s departure times for next week into the portal please. I would greatly appreciate this as it will avoid me having to enter them manually into the portal for you next week.

Haircuts
Please ensure that your son returns to school with a haircut which is neat and tidy and of a style which meets College guidelines.

New leave system – Boardingware
This term we will use the Boardingware system for all medical appointments (all students), all dinner leave and overnight leave (boarding students). For dinner leave and overnight leave, the boys can enter all the details themselves in the system, you just need to approve the request when you get an email notification. For those parents who haven’t already started using the system, I will re-send the email which will come from “Boardingware” later today which will allow you to very quickly set up your account.

Year 9 Dinner
The Year 9 Dinner is being held on Saturday 22 October.  RSVP date is 11 October (next week). Bookings for the dinner can be made through the Joeys online shop or by completing and returning the booking form on the invitation you would have received from Rose Unwin last term. Attendance for the boys is compulsory but it would be great to see you all there.

I look forward to seeing your sons back next week, and hopefully many of you at the Year 9 dinner the following week.

Regards,

Mick

Drama performance for Villa Maria primary school

Joeys welcomed a  group of Kindy kids from Villa Maria Primary school as part of our Book Week celebrations. Their visit began in the drama theatre where a very talented group of Year 9 drama students entertained them with a play about Odysseus. The kids absolutely loved this performance.