Author: jmckay

The photos take place on Friday May 25 (two weeks time). The boys will need to be in BLUES for these photos so they are asked to wear their BLUES to school on this day. Your son should have brought home an ordering form for this, if he hasn’t, I have plenty of spares so please ask him to come and see me.

The boys are reminded that they need to have an appropriate hair cut for these photos (guidelines for this are on page 134 of the Student Diary) and wear clean polished shoes.

Following on from last term, we will have restricted parking within the College grounds for Winter sport home games commencing this weekend, 12 May 2018.

During the hours of 7.30am and 2.30pm:

Gladesville Road & Mark Street gates will be open for pedestrian access only. The gates will be closed to vehicular access for all except staff. Ryde Road gates will be locked and the pedestrian gates will be open for access to the College. The bollards around circular lawn will be locked.

Mr Sharpley and the football staff have organised an alternative ‘senseball’ session for Wednesday mornings. This session runs from 6.30am to 7.15am and is for 13a, 13b and 14a players. The boys are to meet at the Basketball gym with their training gear and joggers/indoor shoes.

Once the training is complete the boys are to shower, get changed and then join the boarders for breakfast in the dining hall.

Dear Yearr 7 Parent/Carers,

As most of you are new parents to Joeys, I just want to give you the heads up on something which is now in its 3rd year.
Over the last two years (with the help of the Joeys Family), we have been collecting second hand basketball shoes to send to the Philippines and Rugby boots to South Africa.
Over the next 3 weeks of this term, I am asking you, to help me stay good, on a promise I made to a mate of mine. If you are like me, you have every intention to help the less fortunate but continually put it on the back burner but my stupid mate actually went ahead and built a basketball court for the local kids in the Philippines……. What was he thinking!!!!

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

Over a cold soft drink, Chris McAlinden, dad of Aidan (2015) and I came up with the name for our drive “Joseph Jefferson Jackson Shoe Drive” ……… Why JJJSD you ask….. Google it!….. and they will come!

Anyway with the help of your current Boarding Coordinator (Sir James McKay) as a collection point, could I please ask that if you have any second hand Basketball shoes or Joggers collecting dust, could you please send them his way…… I can guarantee that by Term 4, your son’s shoes will not go close to fitting him.

Thanks for your support in advance.

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

Dear NSW Rural Parents and Carers,
Please continue reading if you wish to book a seat for your son(s) to travel home to Rural NSW with TrainLink.
Bookings are now open for boarding students wishing to travel home to Rural NSW in Term Two. To reserve a seat for the June Long Weekend and/or End of Term 2 please submit your booking by Thursday 10 May 2018.
Please follow below steps to access the Country Boarders Travel Booking site.
1. Go to Joeys Travel Booking Link: https://forms.joeys.org/InfinitiPRD/Produce/Form/Parents/Country Boarders Travel Bookings/
2. Enter your Joeys ID: eg 12345@joeys.org
3. Enter your password: If you have forgotten your password please go to www.joeys.org select JOEYS ONLINE and choose Get password then RESET PASSWORD

Bookings close Thursday 10 May 2018.
The college is required to comply with the cut-off date specified by TrainLink. 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.
Should you have any questions, please reply to travel@joeys.org

Regards
Joeys Travel Team

LENTEN APPEAL – RECESS CAKE STALL:

On Friday 18 May the SJC Mission Office, in conjunction with the P&F is running a cake stall at recess

(10.40am-11.00am). The Year Reps will be asking families to bake or buy cakes, biscuits and slices and

send them into College on the day of the sale (drop items to your sons’ ref – Year 7 & 8 to either the Year

8 Ref or Farrell Auditorium). Year Reps will also be requesting parents volunteers to help run the cake

stall. Students are asked to donate $5 (or more!) to buy a plate of delicious items.

The proceeds from this cake stall, along with each of the year groups’ Lenten contributions, will be

donated to the St Marcellin School in Giasnogor.

Could baked goods please be dropped off at the appropriate locations no later than 10am on the day

of the cake stall. Cake boxes will be available from reception on Friday 11 May 2018.

Enquiries: Kelly Oastler, SJC Mission Office T: 9816 0928 or koastler@joeys.org

Just in case you missed it in one of the earlier emails, the compulsory events for the term are below.

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The Sports Fixtures have been emailed to you and are also listed below. Just in regards to some of the ground locations:

Massie Fields – are at the Kings School on their grounds. They are towards the back of their campus and are a decent way from main entrance. There is plenty of parking on site and good signage to direct you.

The information below was sent to the boys this week and we have discussed this throughout the week during our meeting times. Good for you to know as well.

Singing Practice for Grandparents Day

Friday May 4 (week 1) Period 2
Move to the Chapel at the start of Period 2. Enter in Silence.

Saturday Sport/Compulsory Rugby Attendance

Saturday May 5 @ 2pm
Be seated in the grandstands at the Park by 2pm. Wear your Full BLUES. If your game is 1pm or later you can wear your College Tracksuit. The dorms on Saturday close at 1.30pm

Grandparents Day

Monday May 7 Periods 1-4 Wear your Full Blues
• Meeting Period 1 in the Resource Centre Theatre
• No Classes Periods 1-4
• Meet your Grandparents from 9.30am at the Circular Lawn
• Those without Grandparents attending I will give you some tasks to do
• There is a Liturgy in the Chapel from 10am. Please sit with your Grandparents. Those without Grandparents attending are to sit in the top section of the Chapel
• Tours with Grandparents at 10.45am – show them around the College
• Recess at 11.30am
• Photos taken near the Circular Lawn – be sure to get this with your Grandparents
• Musical items in the Br Emillian Hall at 12pm
• Lunch at 1pm – have lunch with your grandparents or the rest of the Year 7
• Normal classes for Periods 5 and 6

Year 7 Dinner Friday June 1 6.30pm

Wear your Full Blues
Start to think about who you want on your table – tables of 9 or 10 this includes your parents so 3 or 4 boys max per table