Joeys Year 9 2018

Y9 French

Working on grammar and vocabulary reinforcement

Yesterday at the school assembly a number of sports awards were presented. Two year 9 boys received awards for cricket. Hugh Ridley was recognised for his 126 runs not out in Cricket against Scots. Congratulations to Archie Gallagher who took 5/7 off 5 overs against Scots.

Programming ozobots

An Ozobot is a little toy robot that can identify lines, colors, and codes on both digital surfaces, such as an iPad, and physical surfaces, such as paper.

Year 9 Debaters

Boys doing in debating this year are currently involved in trials to organise teams for the upcoming debating season.

Memory and Mnemonics

Thursday night Year 9 attended a memory and mnemonics session presented by Elevate Education. Elevate’s study skills seminars are designed to achieve behavioural change amongst students. It isn’t enough that students simply understand what they need to do in their study. The challenge in any study skills program is getting students to use and apply…

Sport for Saturday 24 February

Below are the sport fixtures for this weekend. Any sport cancellations will be posted to this webpage: http://www.twitter.com/JoeysSport. Games are on unless indicated otherwise on this page. (You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page)

Thursday night is clean up night

Each Thursday night the laundry returns and the boys remake their beds and tidy up the dorms. They always tell me how much they enjoy it and wish they could do it more often at home.

Sleep for teenagers

Did you know that experts recommend that teenagers should have 8-10 hours of sleep per night to function best? This week in pastoral groups (what is a pastoral group?) the boys have been discussing the importance of sleep. They discussed the impact that sleep has on academic and sporting performance. They also discussed how teenagers…

What is a pastoral group?

Each morning before Period 1 of school (except for Tuesday) the boys meet in their pastoral group for 15-20 minutes. The groups consist of 14-15 students and they have the same pastoral teacher throughout the whole year. The time is computer free and the boys discuss a range of topics and undertake various activities throughout…

Study skills tonight

The boys have Elevate education here tonight learning various study skills.

Volunteers needed for Exams

Can you assist with reading, scribing or supervising students who qualify for examination provisions? The College is very fortunate to currently have a faithful group of parent/grandparent volunteers who provide assistance with reading, writing or supervision of boys who qualify for examination provisions; there is always a need for more, as volunteers’ availability changes.

Working on mime skills in drama

The Sunday activity last weekend

Resources from the Counselling department

The College Counsellors have provided below are a range of course, seminars, books and online resources which may be of interest.

Mouthguards

Dr Sam Martin and Mobile Dental Services will be available at the College on the afternoons of Wednesday 28 February and Monday 12 March to fit students for a professional student custom built mouthguard. If you would like your son to be fitted for a mouthguard by Mobile Dental Services, please complete and return the…

Sort of, dunno, nothing

The song below has been around for a while but for some parents it may sound familiar when talking with your sons. If so, you aren’t the only ones!

Year 9 Rowing crews on ergs

This video from a few weeks ago shows the rowers on the ergs. It is great to see how hard they are working.

Boarders at Flip out indoor trampolines

On Sunday the boarders who were at school went to Flip Out indoor trampolines. There were some mixed results! See the video links below:

Information Software Technology students programming Ozobots.

Celebrating Chinese New Year

Red envelopes is also known as 压岁钱 (yā suì qián). Literally, it is “money to anchor the year(s).” It is also known as “lucky money” or “New Year’s money.”

Collaboration in evening study

This evening Year 9 moved from the classrooms to the Resources Centre for evening study. The purpose was to provide a better environment to allow the boys to undertake more collaborative learning. Some of the boys were working together on the upcoming History assessment while others were assisting each other with Maths. During the year…

Evening study grades

Grades are given for each boy’s effort in evening study. Both parents and boys receive a weekly summary. Grades are only allocated for boys who are present in study so there may be blanks for day students who left at 5pm, or boys who were at tutoring or other commitments during study. There is also…

Academic Application Award at the College Assembly

On Thursday 8th of February, 17 Year 9 students were recognized for sustained application and consistency or improvement in a course. The criteria for this award is students who have sustained or significantly improved commitment and application in a course (at their ability) evidenced through classwork, homework and study.

Academic Prize Giving 2018

The Academic Prize Giving Assembly was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the boys and to bring back and acknowledge the high achievers of the Class of 2017. Congratulations to the Award winners from that night. Congratulations to all boys who achieved First Place and/or Academic Excellence. Your hard work and diligence has…

Learning through card games in Chinese

Students are learning Mandarin through playing card games such as Uno. Students learn colour recognition and counting in Mandarin.

Sport for Saturday 17 February

Academic Assessment Calendar

Lenten appeal 2018

Our school campaign for Lent 2018 focuses on the first Marist school in Bangladesh and in particular how families, as a result of the school, now see a brighter future for their children. Many families in Bangladesh are reliant on work in tea gardens. Unfortunately since the days of British rule, there are very few…

Ash Wednesday liturgy

Today the College marked the start of Lent with a liturgy for Ash Wednesday. Father Gavin led the liturgy and spoke to the boys about making a sacrifice and helping someone else. Ashes were distributed to staff and boys. The annual Lenten appeal was also launched by Year 12 boy Jet Williams (See separate post).

Singing practice

The strong participation by the boys in the singing at the various Masses and liturgies here at the College is well known. It is one of the strong traditions of St Joseph’s College. Last night at the start of study we had a quick 25 minute singing practice in the Chapel before heading off the…