Dear All Joeys Parent/Carers,

You may remember that over the last two years, we have been collecting second hand basketball shoes to send to the Philippines and Rugby boots to South Africa. For those of you who are new or have a poor memory ,for the last two years we have collected second hand basketball shoes to send to the Philippines and second hand rugby boots to South Africa.

We have sent over 300 pairs of footwear on the flying Kangaroo, since we started and have placed smiles on many faces with something we usually place in the bin. Now that the Basketball season has finished, we are hoping we can add to this number.

This year we are spreading the love. We spun the world globe and our finger stopped on ‘Smokey Mountain’ – a community of 60,000 who live on one of the biggest rubbish tips in SE Asia, just outside Manilla

So if you have any secondhand Basketball shoes AND/OR Runners/Joggers/Sneakers, Sandshoes in good-fair condition, could you please send them to your nearest Friendly Boarding Coordinator.

Regards

Darren Junee

Joey’s boys attend the 2018 Sydney Writers Festival

We had the great privilege of escorting 30 enthusiastic readers and writers from Year 7 – 11 to attend the 2018 Sydney writers Festival at Carriage works.
According to Robbie Matchett in Year 11 “All the boys who were able to attend thoroughly enjoyed the Sydney Writers’ Festival. We were able to listen to and interact with various authors both local and abroad in this unique experience. The highlight of the day was most definitely getting to hear the different approaches, ideas and perspectives of the speakers and the way in which this broadened our horizons as writers. My personal favourite author was most likely Patrick Ness for his wit and approach to his career and role as a young adult author. I most feel inspired to read “Me, Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews after having heard him speak today.”
Authors presenting included: Jesse Andrews , Alison Croggon, Patrick Ness and Kirsty Eagar