At the College Athletics carnival all boys compete in the 100m and 200m events and then they can nominate to compete in a variety of other track and field events. As usual, it was great to see so many Year 10 boys trying a range of different events as you can see in the photos…Continue Reading College Athletics Carnival
For some boys this was their first visit to the sporting “Hall of Fame” and to the top of the tower of the main building….Continue Reading Tower
Year 10 IST students competing in a Grok Cyber Live activity. For the uninitiated, Grok is a platform which teaches computer coding. Harry finished the activity with a perfect score first (!), then Jamie, Thomas, Grant, William M, Marek and William S (all with perfect scores)….Continue Reading Grok Cyber Live
During Term 1 Year 10 were invited to apply to be peer support leaders, working with Year 7 students. They undertook some training before the holidays. This week 46 of our Year 10 boys delivered their first session to 20 Year 7 Peer Support Groups. The Year 10 boys did a great job facilitating the…Continue Reading Year 7 Peer Support
On the evening of 23 March the Year 10 musicians put on a concert, showcasing their talents. The boys did themselves proud with excellent performances displaying maturity and sophistication. Their performances are in the videos below….Continue Reading Year 10 Music Concert
Last term Year 10 attended a “Respectful Relationships” seminar. The seminar was presented by David Kobler from Your Choicez and the key focus areas were challenging societal norms regarding expectations of young men, the impact of pornography and the issue of consent. A number of students missed the presentation due to COVID and a number…Continue Reading Respectful Relationships
Year 10 IST participating in “The Marshmallow Challenge” during Term 1….Continue Reading Marshmallow challenge
During the holidays Cooper Portlock competed at the Australian Age Swimming Championships in Adelaide. This is an event for which Cooper had to qualify to attend and he was competing against the best swimmers in the country. Cooper competed in 10 events during the meet. Highlights of his events included: 6th in Boys 15 years…Continue Reading Australian Age Swimming Championships
Year 10 covered all the readings and the offertery at tonight’s boarder’s Mass. In addition, Seamus played the piano beautifully during communion. It was great to see quite a few Mum’s at Mass as well on this mother’s day. All parents and families are welcome to attend each Sunday night from 8:15pm in the College…Continue Reading Sunday night Mass
A number of Year 10 boys wore relatives’ service medals in our ANZAC Headmaster’s Assembly. The boys were addressed by Captain Jake Finane, a St Joseph’s College old boy from 2014 who spoke about the continuing relevance of ANZAC Day but also emphasised the need to remember those who fought and died in subsequent wars…Continue Reading ANZAC Day Assembly