The 13C’s had a good win against Newington in the wet. Hamish Smith and Toby Williams both scored a half century and each of the bowlers got at least one wicket on a wet concrete pitch.
On Friday the boys spent periods 3 and 4 at the Park doing athletics testing as a PDHPE excursion. The were all tested in shot-put, high jump, long jump, sprinting and distance running.
The boys had a short singing practice tonight with Year 8 and 11. Although outnumbered by the other year groups, Year 7 sung strongly. Br Anthony said they were better than Year 11 when they were in Year 7.
You are warmly invited to attend our “Living Books” Breakfast with Gemma Sisia from the School of St Jude in Tanzania. This is sure to be a most remarkable breakfast and Gemma is looking forward to returning to Joeys and sharing her inspirational story. The breakfast will be held on Thursday the 14 March at…
When: FRIDAY, 8 March 2019 Time: 7:30am Where: Resources Centre RSVP Click here Please note: We would love students to attend with a parent or relative, however, students unable to bring a relative may attend on their own. About the Author: Greg Growden is a leading authority on Australian rugby. A senior sports writer for…
On Friday Year 7 had a wonderful experience engaging with their Religious Education Teachers and with the Year 12 Liturgical Leaders as they began their journey in learning about the Marist history, traditions and culture of St Joseph’s College. Year 7 worked within small groups with the Liturgical Leaders about what it means to be…
SchoolTV is an online resource which provides clear, relevant and fact-based information around raising safe, happy and resilient young people. SchoolTV currently has a special edition available on School Transitions which is especially relevant for Year 7 students. There are a number of short videos addressing a variety of topics that are useful for parents…
What is the Readers Cup? Students in Year 7 & 8 have been invited to “battle it out” in the 2019 Summer Readers Cup Championship. The Readers Cup is a reading competition in which a team of 3 students is required to read 3 novels and go into battle (trivia comp) to be crowned Readers…
In the College’s STRIVE Learning Framework. Students learn about self-managing and taking responsibility for their learning and organisation. This morning with the help of many of our pastoral care teachers we looked to further develop our organisation by reorganizing our lockers to further help students better cope with the demands of moving classroom constantly throughout…
All leave that your son takes from the College needs to be entered into Boardingware. The one exception is day student departure times (click here for more information). There is more information on Boardingware leave in the document below. Please note: Any leave of one or more school days that requires your son to be…
Dr Sam Martin and Mobile Dental Services will be available at the College on the afternoons of Wednesday 27 February and Wednesday 13 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…
Last week the library welcomed the first Year 7 classes in the library to participate in a break out room themed library orientation lesson. After a short talk from the library staff the boys embarked on a scavenger hunt and were tasked with solving a variety of challenges and puzzles; the solutions providing them with…
After the BBQ dinner it was time for Year 7 to learn some of the cheers used for sport here at Joeys. It was a bit of a shaky start as Year 7 were a bit unsure but it didn’t take long until they were trying to lift the roof off the hall. Enjoy some…
During the first week of Term 1 each of the Year 7 boys were allocated a Year 12 ‘buddy’ (some Year 7 boys actually got two buddies). All the boys shared a BBQ dinner in the Year 12 boarding area and the Year 12 boys shared their wisdom and a few tips with the Year…
During week 2 the library welcomed Mr. Tim William’s 7R and 7L History classes for a wide reading lesson. Mr. Williams spoke to the boys about the importance and joy of reading for pleasure and invited them to choose any book to read as long as it had historical content. The library staff then spoke…
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 that page. (You do not have to have a twitter account to view this page). The boys need to find what team they are in from their coach or from the…
Year 7 are currently drawing a still life on the topic of Art chef: food in art. The boys were drawing cupcakes and got to eat them at the end of the lesson.
Self Managing and taking responsibility for learning and organization is an important skill essential for all students. The STRIVE model is our learning framework that we use at the College. Learning how to correctly use your timetable and correctly use your diary is an important skill. Below are Year 7 being introduced to how to…
On four mornings a week the boys have a short class before school called Pastoral groups. This is a great opportunity to meet different boys in their Year Group that they may not necessarily have classes with. This week students were focusing on organizing their lockers and working on organizing their diaries. One group had…
Year 7 are learning to draw with Mrs Simon. Their task was to draw fruit free hand. For many of the boys the best part was after class enjoying eating the fruit.
Today in period 4, 7R completed some observational drawings of fruit still life arrangements for our first unit ‘Art Chef’. They got to eat the fruit at the end of the lesson.
Tonight is the first night of evening study. The boys are still getting used to it but already they are doing some productive work. Homework support is running with two staff to assist the boys as well as the Year 7 boarding staff, most of whom are teachers.
