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Year 9 self-portraits

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Year 9 have been so focussed and disciplined in the studio with their painting practice. Look at the incredible work they are producing. All can be viewed in the Student Art Exhibition, Opening Friday 12th August, 6.30pm in the Farrell Auditorium, to be opened by Luise Guest, Director of Education and Research, White Rabbit Collection.

Please join us for the Exhibition Opening.

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Karate practice in Mr Curran’s PDHPE class

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Learning Karate/practicing for a career acting in action films.

College Musical 2017 – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

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MusicalBoys who would like the opportunity to sing, dance, work back stage and act in a professional venue are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity in their time here at the College.

 

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at

The Concourse Theatre Chatswood

Boys audition: Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th October 2016 (1st week back) 6-8pm in the Drama Room

Rehearsals: Thursday 6-8pm , Saturdays 2.30-5.30pm commencing  Week 2 Term 4 until show.

 

Performance dates: Sunday 7th May – Friday 12th May 2017

Musical Camp : last week of the April holidays dates TBC

 

All of Year 9 Lunch Leave

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13590421_10155000173721040_1367551304440509798_nStudent Lunch on the lawn with parents and carers Friday  12 August (next Friday).

Where: BBQ Area near pool

Time: 12.48pm – 1.30pm

Cost: All Parents attending on the day are welcome to make a Donation of $10

Walk On for parents: All parents welcome to walk on to Woolwich Pier afterwards for lunch and refreshments – we have booked a Joeys area.

The details for the lunch are as follows:

  • Lunch will commence at 12.48pm and finish at 1.30 to ensure boys have time to get to their next class.
  • All parents/carers are invited to join your sons for a “whole year lunch” on the lawn.
  • No need to bring a thing…..Parent Reps will be providing lunch for the boys – we are going to do a sausage sizzle, chicken skewers, salads, ice creams, cakes, fruit and drinks.
  • NB the Year 9 REF (kitchen) will be closed so ALL BOYS are to attend even if their parents aren’t able to make it.
  • We would love it if some parents can make/bake cakes/slices to be served  after lunch.
  • We ask that all parents attending donate $10 to the kitty to help cover the cost of lunch – we will be passing around the hat on the day.
  • When the boys head back to class all parents are warmly invited to “Walk On” to the Woolwich Pier for a catch up.
  • We will have a few spare sausages on the BBQ for any parents unable to join us at the Woolwich Pier afterwards.

Look forward to catching up ………………if its wet we will still go ahead but maybe not on the lawn , we will update the location on the day.

Cakes / Slices :  Parents bringing cakes on the day please bring to the BBQ area.  A table will be available to place them on. Please ensure that the cakes are cut and ready to serve. If you need to drop them at school the day before please drop off to Mr Mick Blair.

Thanks Year 9 Parent Reps

 

Sport for Saturday 6 August

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Below are the sports fixtures for Saturday 6 August (Version 2). Please note that there are many changes, many games that were at Scots have now been moved back to Joeys.

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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.

(You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page)

Sport results for Saturday 30 July

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All games:

Played:                 40

Won:                     37

Lost:                       3 (2nd XV, 10th XV and 13H)

vs King’s:

Played:                 27

Won:                     25

Lost:                       2 (2nd XV and 13H)

Points for:           1,195     Points against:                 430

An average of 29.9 points in attack and 10.8 points in defence.

Best performed age group was the 16s who won all their matches – they amassed 311 points while only conceding 54 points – a differential of 257 points.  They pipped the 15s and 14s age groups who also won all their matches – their points differentials were 188 and 96 points respectively.

Highest scoring team was the 16Gs who racked up 80 points against King’s 16E in an 80-5 win.

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Academic awards at assembly

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IMG_2390Year 9 were recognised for their academic excellence and academic application in Semester 1 at assembly this morning.

Boys who received awards:

Academic Excellence and Academic Application:

Rhys Barrow, Nicholas Davies, Nicholas Rath, Oliver Sidgreaves

Academic Excellence:

Ruestam Bhangal, Nicholas Chan, Angus Dermody, Daniel Gibbons, Duncan James, Nicholas Jones, Jack Lewis, James Moore, Kobi Russell, Ben Tuite

Academic Application:

Patrick Bingham, Thomas Creighton, Ned Denton, Lucas Easton, Joshua Hewitt, Kaylam Hogan, Samuel Kanaan, Harrison Marr, Cian McCann, Daniel O’Brien, Matthew O’Malley, Dominic Sestanovic, Francis Stackpool, Edward Sykes.

 

Friday French social night

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French Dance NIghtOn Friday night the Year 9 French students attended a French dance night. It was a great night with plenty of beaming faces and positive comments as we left the venue, having made new friends and enjoyed the music and atmosphere.  It is possible that some of the joy came from the fact that they pretty quickly realised they were the only boys’ school there and that the ratio of boys to girls was about 1:5.

 

Sport results for Saturday 23 July

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All games:

Played:                 41

Won:                    37

Lost:                       4 (including 1 internal)

vs Shore:

Played:                 20

Won:                     19

Lost:                        1 (6th XV)

Points for:           1,262     Points against:                 350

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Hunters Hill-Le Vesinet Exchange students

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Year 9 French with our three Hunters Hill-Le Vesinet Exchange students working together.

The Hunters Hill-Le Vesinet Exchange is in its 27th year and Students in Years 9-11 who study French can participate by going to France to stay with a French family in the outer Parisian suburb of Le Vesinet, a sister municipality to Hunters Hill  for 6 weeks in December/January, before reciprocating and receiving their French host brother in June/July.

It was the French students’ first day at school after 3 weeks of holiday time with their host families (Each of these students have been hosted by a current Year 11 student studying French), exploring places far and wide such as Thredbo, Hamilton Island and Byron Bay. Although wearing a uniform was a complete novelty for them, they easily slipped into their roles as honorary “Joe Boys” for the 3 weeks ahead.

Y9 French working in small group with the three students from France asking about film and cinema popularity in France

Y9 French working in small group with the three students from France asking about film and cinema popularity in France.

Julian Doyle, Robbie Matchett, Will Dyster, Zac Lawler with Le Vesinet exchange student Oscar Beriot learning about popular movie genres in France

Julian Doyle, Robbie Matchett, Will Dyster, Zac Lawler with Le Vesinet exchange student Oscar Beriot learning about popular movie genres in France.

Sam Kanaan, Jordan Olivieri, Martin Floch (From Le Vesinet) , Matthew Smith, Rhys Barrow and Ed Benjamin discussing TV shows in French.

Sam Kanaan, Jordan Olivieri, Martin Floch (From Le Vesinet) , Matthew Smith, Rhys Barrow and Ed Benjamin discussing TV shows in French.

Le Vesinet student Gaetan Klocpocki with Nic Rath and James Moore, noting the most popular TV genres for French teenagers

Le Vesinet student Gaetan Klocpocki with Nic Rath and James Moore, noting the most popular TV genres for French teenagers