Colo Update

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The 7.1 class that attended Colo last week had a blast. The boys spoke very highly of the experience and have shared this with the remainder of the year group. Attached is the Colo report and more photos will be uploaded shortly. The next group to attend Colo (7.2) leave on the 14th of March.

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TrainLink – End of Term Travel

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TrainLink bookings are now being received for boarders for:  End of Term 1 2017 / Return for Term 2 – 2017

The college is required to comply with the cut-off date specified by TrainLink.  Please note the following closing dates for booking through the College:

Travel dates 2017 Closing Dates
End of Term 1 – Return for Term 2 Bookings close :

Friday 3 March 2017
To Home: Friday 7 April 2017

To SJC: Monday 1 May 2017

 

We urge you to make your bookings for your son now through the College, even if you are not sure; bookings may be cancelled without administration fees if done so by the cancellation date noted on the booking form.

To make your bookings, please fill out the relevant form which can be found on the College website http://www.joeys.org/about-us/transport/ or by following the “About Joeys” tab – then “transport”.

Please note: The completion of this form is NOT required for students travelling on the College Northern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs and Sutherland Bus. Simply return the booking form(s) by email to travel@joeys.org (queries may also be forwarded to the same email address).  Alternatively, bookings can be faxed to (02) 9816 0861.

Sub Tuum

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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.

 

Saturday Sport

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Unfortunately we experienced another weekend where sport was interrupted due to inclement weather. The 13A Waterpolo side were one of the few teams to complete a match this weekend. They had a great win against Trinity Grammar 10-9. Well done boys. 

A summary of the first few weeks

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Luke Broughton and Keon Azzi spoke this morning at the Headmasters Assembly and shared their thoughts on the first few weeks here at Joeys. Both boys addressed the audience exceptionally well with Luke speaking from a boarding perspective and Keon from a Day Student persepective. Well done boys you should be very proud of your efforts. 

Academic Award Recipients 

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Well done to the boys below for a fantastic start to the year. These boys each received an award due to at least three positive reports from their classroom teachers. Well done boys and keep up the great work in the classroom. 

Boarding Life

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On Tuesday night the boarders participated in some domestic duties; laundry and making beds. It is safe to say that the boys now know how to make a bed hospital corners included. Parents take note and expect this at home. The competition is now on to maintain this with a McDonald’s meal for the best kept bed. 

Pastoral Care Focus

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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.

From the Resources Centre – Readers Cup

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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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