Month: August 2018

Award recipients at our year meeting this week

Oscar turned 13 last Friday

Ashton turned 13 on Sunday

Harrison turned 13 on Tuesday

Reuben turned 13 on Wednesday

Please contact the individuals listed below if you have specific sport related questions. Please also refer to the College website and the Twitter page for updates in the event of wet weather on the weekend.

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I recently posted some information about gaming and the potential impacts of this on young men. In Year 7, the team are taking a bit of a stance here to try and limit the boys exposure to computer games, namely Fortnite. Fortnite is a very popular game and also an addictive on but like most things if managed in moderation it can be ok. The boarders now have limited access to their laptops over the weekends as these are collected on both Friday and Saturday nights. We are also asking the boys to get off their laptops in the dorms by 8.30pm. This is to ensure that they are having one hour without technological equipment before they go to bed (also published earlier). The aim here is to ensure the boys get a solid and unbroken nights sleep (information on this can be found in the earlier post titled the Benefits of Sleep).

On the news over the weekend, the were a number of segments focusing on Fortnite and what parents can do to limit their child’s exposure to the game. Being available in app form and also on PC it makes game incredibly accessible. One such segment referred to cyber safety platforms and internet filters with a particular focus on one called Family Zone https://www.familyzone.com/au/ Family Zone runs via the cloud which means you can block your sons access to the game even on their phone. Other examples to look at Net Nanny and Qustodio. Below is an article on Fortnite that I think you might find useful.

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With a number of assessment tasks due over the next two weeks it might be worthwhile touching base with your son and checking his progress on these tasks. Below are the assessment tasks for the term for Year 7.

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A fortnight ago, I published some information on the Year 7 Blog about the benefits of sleep. We also focused on this in our year meeting and pastoral care lessons. Below is a link to a number of good resources that I think are very important for us to discuss with our young men. I will be passing this onto the pastoral care teachers and would really appreciate if you could support this by discussing some of the topics or watching some of the short video clips with your son.

http://schooltv.me/newsletter/sleep

Under 13’s

Rugby

13A’s
Oscar Jorgensen – 3 tries
Daniel Zubani – 3 tries
Hwi Sharples – 5 conversions

13E’s
Tom Santamaria – 2 tries

13F’s
Luke Alam – 4 tries

Football

13A’s
Oliver Burnett – 3 goals

Jack turned 13 today

Noah turned 13 yesterday

Darcy was 13 on Saturday

Harvey was also 13 on Saturday

Happy birthday boys!

Dear Parents of Year 7 Day Students,

You may already be aware of the availability of the trial boarding program for Day Students here at Joeys and quite a number of boys have already taken it up with more already booked in. However being the start of Semester 2 I thought it might be a good idea to remind you in case you are interested in a trial during Terms 3 or 4.

Current day students that would like to experience boarding life at the College are able to do so for 3 weeks, free of boarding fees. During this time the boy and his family will be able to assess if boarding is the right option for them.

Full details are available on the College website here: http://www.joeys.org/boarding/trial-boarding/ or let me know if you have any questions. To apply, please email the Head of Boarding, Mr John Reading: jreading@joeys.org.

Just a last minute reminder about this event.

Starts at 6.30pm and finishes at 7.30pm. Dress is Full Blues.

It is recommended that the boys shower and get changed here after the Rugby vs Riverview but you do have the option to take your son home after the First XV and return him prior to the 6.30pm start time.

Just a reminder that the Winter Sports Rally is a compulsory event.