Author: mblair

Consumer choice in Commerce

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As part of our topic on Consumer Choice, Ms Clark’s and Mr Capelin’s Commerce classes are looking at factors that influence consumers including the role that brands play and how they can affect consumers perceptions of quality and value. Boys got the chance to ‘blind taste’ three different brands of different chips and biscuits and rate their preference. We then ‘revealed’ the brands and price of each.

Boys really enjoyed it, learnt something and might not have eaten all their dinner as a result.

Leave and boardingware

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Thank you for your patience and perseverance with our new leave software “Boardingware”. Many of you have let me know how easy and effective you find it. Don’t forget it can be used for:

  • If your son is sick at home
  • Medical appointments
  • Overnights
  • Dinner leaves

Your son may also enter a leave which requires your approval. Once you have registered with Boardingware, you will receive an email notification if this occurs, and you can very quickly approve or decline the leave.

To connect, you need to click on the link in an email invitation from Boardingware. I have re-sent this email tonight to everyone who has not yet connected. Please be aware that the email does not come from me, it comes from Boardingware, so you may need to check your junk email. Below are some instructions on its use.

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Mouthguards for winter sport

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Dental Lounge and Mobile Dental Services will be available at the College on the afternoons of Wednesday 1 March and Wednesday 15 March to fit students for a professional sports custom built mouthguard.

If you would like your son to be fitted for a mouthguard by Dental Lounge and Mobile Dental Services, please complete and return the form below along with payment to Mobile Dental Services by Tuesday 28 February.

The details of fitting times for your son will be communicated by his Boarding Coordinator.

If you have any questions regarding the Mouthguard fittings, please contact Mobile Dental Services on 1800 637 637 or the College, Rose Unwin on 9816 0921.

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Goal setting

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I wrote to all the parents at the start of the Year about discussing goals with their sons before the start of the year. In pastoral groups this week Year 9 have been talking about the benefits of goal setting and effective ways to set goals. Early next week the boys will write down some goals and we will revisit them during the year.

You may wish to discuss some goals with your son over the weekend before he writes them next week. I will ask the boys to set goals in academic, sporting and relationship areas.

The boys in pastoral group

Use of Mobile Phones at Joeys

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Your son’s communication with you while he is not in your care is very important, both for you and him. For the boarders, having a chat to you on the phone regularly is very important.

It is important for you to understand that while we are happy for boys to have their phone at school, it is their responsibility and we have some strong guidelines in place regarding their use which the boys must follow.

 Mobile Phones

Boys are allowed to have mobile phones at the College and use them under the following conditions.

 Mobile phones are not to be carried or used;

  • on campus from 8.30am until 3.30pm.
  • in dining rooms
  • at sport
  • during evening study
  • after lights out

During these times boys are required to store mobile phones securely in their boarding lockers.

Mobile phones brought to school by boys are the responsibility of the owner. The school does not take responsibility for the loss or damage of mobile phones.

Boys are also reminded that transmission of inappropriate communication is unacceptable at any time.

Students are permitted to make and receive calls, send and receive SMS messages, on their personal mobile phones DURING THEIR FREE TIME as designated by their Boarding Coordinator.

NOTE:

Each mobile phone must be switched to the SILENT MODE at all times. Each mobile phone must be SWITCHED OFF outside the times listed above. 

Students who are unable to follow these directions above will have their phone confiscated for 24 hours and will be handed to the students Board Coordinator or Academic Coordinator.

Students are required to register their mobile phone with their Boarding Coordinator. This means giving him the phone number, serial number and the model of their mobile phone.

Please note that in Year 9, boarders’ phones are away by 9:30pm and locked in a safe area overnight. Boys can collect them again the next day after school.

There is certainly a time and a place for mobile phone use and the College rules attempt to educate the boys in this. Parents can support these guidelines by not calling or texting boys during times when they should not be using their phones. Your support on this would be very much appreciated.

For further information you may wish to look at this study which found that students who were not using their mobile phones wrote down 62% more information in their notes, took more detailed notes, were able to recall more detailed information from a lecture, and scored a grade and a half higher on a multiple choice test than those students who were actively using their mobile phones.

Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff & Scott Titsworth (2013) The Impact of Mobile
Phone Usage on Student Learning, Communication Education, 62:3, 233-252, DOI:
10.1080/03634523.2013.767917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2013.767917

 

Musical item at Assembly

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School assembly is each Thursday morning during Period 2 where the is often a musical item. This morning Brendan Zenere represented Year 9 on stage together with strings players from other year groups.

Academic Prize Giving night

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Last Friday Dr Brendan Nelson addressed the Academic Prize Giving night. Congratulations to the following Year 9 boys who won awards for their efforts in Year 8, 2016.

Harrison Bentley Academic Excellence Award,
Barnabas Buffier Academic Excellence Award,
Barnabas Buffier First Place in Latin,
Thomas Chaplin Academic Excellence Award,
William Coffey Academic Excellence Award,
Darcy Creagh Academic Excellence Award,
Darcy Creagh First Place in English,
Angus Davidson Academic Excellence Award,
Adrian Dawson Academic Excellence Award,
Zac Hallinan Academic Excellence Award,
Zac Hallinan First Place in Visual Arts,
Kit Hartley Outstanding Achievement in Outdoor Education,
Matthew Jarjoura Academic Excellence Award,
Matthew Jarjoura First Place in Mathematics,
Jake Jorgensen Academic Excellence Award,
Aidan Kearns Academic Excellence Award,
Aidan Kearns First Place in Religious Education,
Aidan Kearns First Place in Geography,
Aidan Kearns First Place (Equal) in Science,
Aidan Kearns First Place in Technology,
Jordan Lancaster First Place in Personal Development, Health and Physical Education,
William Maffey Academic Excellence Award,
William Maffey First Place (Equal) in Science,
George Martin Academic Excellence Award,
Jed McKelvey Academic Excellence Award,
Aymeric Moloney Academic Excellence Award,
Aymeric Moloney First Place in French,
Thomas Newton Consistent Academic Application Award,
Jeremy Redwin First Place in Japanese,
Jonathon Ryan Academic Excellence Award,
Harrison Snell First Place (Equal) in Music,
Claude Walton Academic Excellence Award,
Brendan Zenere First Place (Equal) in Music.

Award winners at assembly

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Congratulations to the boys who received Academic Application awards for Term 4 2016 at assembly today.

Harry Bentley, Harry Curtin, Archie Curtis, Joshua D’Agostino, Gianluca Della Picca, Henry Hyde, Orson Jolliffe, Jerome Kandalaft, Jack Larkin, Michael Murphy, Thomas Newton and Jon Ryan.

Invitation to Parents and Carers Tennis Day: Sunday 12th February

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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. There will be 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 7th May 1911 (pictured), with 6 courts then being placed within the main College campus in 1972. As the program 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.

Books and blokes – Yoni Bashan

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Families and friends of SJC are warmly invited to the first SJC Books and Blokes event of 2017

Inside the world of MEOCS (Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad)

Meet author and journalist Yoni Bashan and former detective (current Joeys teacher) Andrew Mitchell

When: Tuesday 7 March 2017

Where: Resources Centre

Time: 7.30am

RSVP: Click here

Yoni Bashan is an award-winning crime writer who works as a state political reporter at News Corp Australia, regularly writing for the The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.

Yoni’s recently published book, The Squad, was nominated for the Walkley Book Awards longlist category in 2016. It is a gritty and compelling account of an elite police squad called MEOCS (Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad) which was set up in response to the Cronulla riots in 2005. The Squad trails a core group of MEOCS detectives on their journey into the Sydney’s Middle Eastern organised crime fraternity and takes readers inside the inner-workings of their biggest investigations – the wired-up informants, the undercover agents, the ingenious tactics and electrifying near-misses.

In amongst the profiling of this group of brave and formidable detectives is SJC’s very own Andrew Mitchell, who has returned to teaching after working as a private detective in the MEOCS team. This book dedicates a chapter to Mr Mitchell and highlights his bravery and tenacity in getting the job done. During his time with the police force, Andrew received a number of commendations including bravery awards and Commissioner’s citations for his work.

This novel is described as gritty, compelling and “unputdownable”.

Join us for what is sure to be a compelling event. To RSVP, click on the link above and be sure to click on ‘Done’ at the bottom of the online form (underneath the photo).