Friday 18 March is the National Day of action against bullying and violence. The College Resources Centre has a display and and some books which deal with the subject. In the Year 9 dorms there are a large number of posters profiling Year 12 students who are taking a stand against bullying and staff will talk to the boys about this throughout the day.
More information and resources on the day are available here:
http://www.bullyingnoway.gov.au/
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Below are the sports fixtures for Saturday 19 March.
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Sport cancellations will be posted to this webpage: http://www.twitter.com/JoeysSport
(You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page)
Today the boys heard from Ms Clare Martin, the College psychologist about some strategies for developing a resilient mind. Luckily from all of the brain dissections which occurred in Science earlier in the term the boys knew all about the different parts of the brain. We learnt about the effects that long term stress can have on the brain and also the body. We discussed how the way we think about things can affect the way that we feel.
Year 9 will continue to learn skills to develop resilient minds throughout the year.
Some images from the Head of the River at Penrith.
Below is information from the Year 9 Parent Representatives:
YEAR 9 PARENTS & CARERS SOCIAL NIGHT
When : Saturday 19 March 2016
Where: The Bayview Hotel
166 Victoria Road, Gladesville
Cost: $35 per person
Includes substantial nger food and a drink on
arrival. Additional drinks at bar prices.
Please RSVP by 14 March at the Joeys online shop
shop.joeys.org
For more information contact Rylee Page
t: 0438 191 544 e: ryleepage@bigpond.com
Below is information from the Year 9 Parent Representatives
DADS & Carers Drinks
When: Friday March 11 (night before the Head of the River)
Where: Republic Hotel City, Taylor’s Rooftop Bar
69 – 73 Pitt St, CITY
Time: 6pm onwards
Arrangements for the Head of the River at Penrith this Saturday:
7:45am: Buses depart from Mary St for Year 9. All boys travel together on the buses to and from Penrith. Dress is full blues
At the conclusion of the rowing all boys return to the College together on the buses. Boys will eat a late lunch and have some free time on College grounds.
4:30pm: Rowing Rally in the hall, all boys attend. Dress is full blues.
5:30pm (approx.): Rally concludes, boys can depart with parents and carers.
Just a reminder that the St Joseph’s Day activities are on next Monday. All of Year 9 are heading to Jamberoo recreation park for the day.
Boys need to assemble on College C at 7:45am. Dress for the day is casual clothes. Boys can travel to and from school in casual clothes. Boys need to bring towels and a bag. It is recommended that they leave their phones and any valuables at home or in the dorms.
The buses will return at approximately 4:45pm so the boys can depart at 5:00pm.
Day students: I will assume all day students will depart at 5pm regardless of the portal times. If you are happy with this, no need to reply. If you would still like your son to stay later please let me know.
Just a reminder that all clothes need to be labelled whether a day student or a boarder. Tonight was laundry night and here is the un-labelled and uncollected clothes just from this week. Without names this cannot be returned to its owners. Most will not be claimed by anyone so it ends up donated to charity or in the Joeys second hand clothing store. This is just from this week.
Tonight was the first dance of the year with Loreto Normanhurst. The dance was held here at the College in the hall. There was a lot of shoe cleaning done, deodorant and cologne applied, and a large amount of time spent fixing up hair in front of the mirror – that all happened in the Year 9 dorms before the girls arrived.
The boys and girls danced a number of different steps including the cha-cha and the traditional barn dance. The boys hosted the girls for supper with fresh fruit platters. A great night was had by all.
Miss Berriman’s French class spent the evening at a French restaurant and the cinema.
Mr O’Shea’s drama class had to create their own scene and act it out with masks on using only their movements and without facial expressions, which made it very difficult.
Below is (L-R) George Davis (coach), Elliot Simpson, Patrick Bingham, Charlie Lawler, Nic Rath, Lucas Easton at the Junior Head of the river.
Jack Lewis (Year 9) coxed the 2nd Year 10 VIII to a win.
News and photos from Colo group 9.4. If you would like more photos please bring a USB and see Mr Blair.
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This morning at assembly a number of Year 9 boys received awards and two Year 9 boys were part of the musical performance.
Zac Dadich (5/4 in cricket against Trinity) and Oliver Sidgreaves (6-0, 6-0 in tennis against Trinity)
Tom Creighton: 3rd in Athletics u15 age group, 61 points.
George Johnson: 2nd in Athletics u15 age group, 63 points.
Jayden Riley (Year 10): 1st in Athletics u15 age group, 96 points.
Daniel Gibbons and Max Klapdor performing at assembly.
Images are from Year 9 Visual Arts working on their self portraits
Below are the sports fixtures for Saturday 5 March. A reminder that the summer sport rally is on in the Hall at 6:30pm which all boys are expected to attend. Dress for the boys is blues.
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Sport cancellations will be posted to this webpage: http://www.twitter.com/JoeysSport
(You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page)
This evening during study David and myself ran a session for the Year 9 boys on how to set SMART goals. SMART is an acronym used to set goals which are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely.
We provided the boys with a booklet which allowed them to set some short, medium and long-term goals in academic and also non-academic areas. They also started to write down steps which they must undertake to work towards achieving their goals. While they are private to each boy, we encouraged them to share them with their parents and carers, and David and I will also work with the boys on achieving their goals.
It was great to see that almost all day students were present this evening. If your son was not and would like some help with goal setting, David and I are happy to help.
This afternoon all of Year 9 heard from an organisation called Batyr (batyr.com.au) who talked about resilience and mental health.
Batyr discussed the perceptions that people have of mental health and resilience and how those perceptions were not always positive. It was great to see that by the end of the incursion the Year 9 boys had a very different and positive perception of mental health and resilience.
The five key steps outlined for looking after mental health and resilience were:
- Look Out
- Get talking
- Listen up
- Reach out
- Take charge
Two of the presenters were young men who spoke about challenges they had with their own mental health and how they overcame it by getting professional help and using support of those around them.
We spoke to the boys about options for getting help from the College psychologists which can be arranged through myself or David.
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