The Sub Tuum is one of the most ancient and significant prayers for all Marists. The Year 7 cohort are studying this prayer and are learning to pray and sing it during class and at important spiritual events here at the College.

 

Year 7 will be focusing on bullying and anti-social behavior in their Pastoral Care groups this week. The focus is to bring about awareness and develop an understanding of bullying and the impacts it causes. This will also be addressed in our Division Meeting on Thursday morning and the boys will be encouraged to stop, think and consider their actions. The concept of the by stander will be addressed and the boys will be encouraged not to take on this role. They will be encouraged to do the right thing and take on a sense of responsibility.

The National day of action against Bullying and Violence will be held on Friday 17 March, 2017. This is a day that encourages awareness which will hopefully bring about change. Leading up to this day, the Year 7 boys will address bullying and will routinely be asked to think about their actions and the potential consequences. Bullying will continually be addressed throughout the year in Pastoral Care time and in Division meetings.

The Readers Cup is a reading competition in which your team of 3 is required to read 3 novels. (These novels are listed below)

We then hold a trivia competition in week 10, with questions based on these novels.

There are lots of great prizes and it is a fun afternoon for all.

What do we need to do if we want to enter?

•   Get together a team of three players
•   Come up with a team name.
•   Email Mrs Roden and register you team, including the names of all team members
•   Come to the library to collect your books
•   Start reading

At the end of the term all teams will come to library for the Readers Cup Competition.

The top scoring team will be crowned the Readers Cup Champions.

Books to read for Readers Cup

The Escape – Robert Muchamore

Call Number: F MUC

Summer, 1940. Hitler’s army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents. British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan. The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war. For official purposes, these children do not exist.

Hatchet – Gary Paulsen

Call Number: F PAU

There was a wild crashing sound, a ripping of metal, and the plane blew through the trees, out over the water and down, down to slam into the lake . . . Brian is a city boy. Not used to living rough. Until his plane crash-lands in the Canadian wilderness. All he has is a hatchet – and a desperate will to survive. Now Brian must learn to live the hard way – or die.

 

Skulduggery Pleasant – Derek Landy

Call Number: F LAN

Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there’s his sidekick, Stephanie. She’s… well, she’s a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out…

 

 

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Please see attached an invite to the upcoming social gathering.

Vietnamese chicken rolls for lunch

Stir fried beef in a chilli mint sauce and chocolate banana sponge cake with custard for dessert

Just a reminder that the 7.1 Tech class will be attending Colo next Monday. The boys are to come to school dressed in casual clothes and wearing suitable footwear for hiking. They are to sign in at the office as per usual before they depart. You would have received emails with documentation but just in case please see below.

On Tuesday, the boys braved the rain to partake in various athletic activities at the park. These include high jump, long jump, shot put and short and middle distance running. Their behaviour was excellent and the PDHPE department were very impressed with the boys application and effort.

The Mobile Dental van has been booked for Wednesday 1 March for impressions and the mouthguards will be delivered to the College by Friday 10 March.

The Mobile Dental van will return on Wednesday 15 March for adjustments and further fittings if required.

 

Dear Year 7 Parents, 

On behalf of the Spring Fair Committee we wish to extend a warm welcome to St Joseph’s!! We hope that you have a wonderful time at the college. 

If you are not aware, in November each year we host a wonderful school fair. It is primarily a fun family community day where we work together to put on stalls and entertainment for the community. We do raise some funds but it is not the sole fundraising activity of the year.   

We would like to extend an invitation to any Year 7 parent who might like to become involved in helping us to produce the fair. We have a philosophy of ‘Many hands make light work’ and as such we would like to run a large committee so that the tasks at hand are manageable and enjoyable. We meet roughly a couple of times a term with frequency increasing at the later half of the year. 

We are relaxed committee and would gladly welcome new members. It is also an excellent way to meet new parents and get an inside view of the working of the P&F. 

Our first meeting is on 8 March will be held in the College Staff Room (1st Floor Main college building) at 6.30pm for approximately 1 hour. 

Please come along if you would like to find out more. Or alternatively feel free to contact myself, Renee Daspromonte or Kath Walton if you have any question. 

We look forward to seeing you. 

Cheers Liz

(Jackson – Year 11, Xander – Year 8) 

Liz Phillips

E: lizphillips.au@gmail.com
M: +61 403 339 292

Skype: lizphillips.au

Twitter: @busylizzy88

LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/in/lizphillips88

A message from the Tennis Convenor, Mr. Andy Gilvary

 

As you may know the College recently laid 8 brand new tennis courts at lower park over the summer break. The work was completed last week and on Sunday we will be celebrating this exciting development for the tennis programme with a parents and carers day / tournament at the courts from 10am – 1pm. I’d welcome anyone from the staff who would like to come down and have a look at the new courts and or if you would like to have a hit please let me know. We’ll be putting on some breakfast from 9.30am, Father Gavin will bless the courts at 10am after which we’ll warm up and play some matches in what should be a great day.

Joeys opened its first tennis court on the 7^th May 1911, with 6 courts then being placed within the main College campus in 1972. As the programme grew, and with the introduction of the GPS competition, the courts relocated to Lower Park in 1992 where the curriculum has remained since. Today, we cater for approximately 100 boys in summer, who head to use the courts around 10’000 times annually. Hopefully Sunday will be an excellent way to recognise the future of tennis at Joeys.

Have a great day and I hope to see you at the weekend,

 

 

 

 

On Monday February 13, the Year 7 boys have their Reflection Day and Mass. Parents are very welcome to attend the Mass where the boys will receive their new bibles. It starts at 2.15pm and will be in the Farrell Auditorium. The boys are to wear their PE shorts, closed in shoes and coloured house shirt. They do not need their blazers for the day. As there wont be classes, homework will be limited so you may wish to sign your son out at 5pm. Please ensure that this goes on the Parent Portal.

On Tuesday February 14, the boys have their PE Incursion (Periods 3 and 4) and will need to come to school dressed in their PE uniform. Classes as normal for Periods 1, 2, 5 and 6.

 

Please see attached the Sport Fixtures for the weekend with travel times included. It is forecast to be very hot this Saturday so please make sure that your son has a hat, is wearing sun cream and has a water bottle with him. They have been reminded countless times today and we will continue to do this tomorrow.

Year 7 completing still life drawings of flowers today in Visual Arts

The Year 7 Science 2 class using the Bunsen Burners for the first time. Some serious excitement.

Please refer to the key contacts listed here to help address some of your questions. Please feel free to email me but you might receive a more timely and accurate response particularly with matters relating to specific sports or subjects.

The dates for the Colo camps throughout the year are listed below. They are based on your sons Technology class. Further information related to Colo can be found on the Outdoor Education ilearn page https://ilearn.joeys.org/homepage/8660

 

Just so that you are all aware, the bell times this year have changed slightly. This is due to the implementation of the Pastoral Care Program and the Pastoral Period before Period One. Please refer to these times when booking lunch leaves through Boardingware.