Joeys Year 10 2022 blog
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Piano Recital
Year 10 have a number of talented musicians and on 25 August they played for parents and staff in a piano recital. Video of each performance is below. https://youtu.be/KXVXulg-7jo...
1st and 2nd Cricket squads
On Saturday, Cricket NSW and the NSW Breakers hosted the 1st and 2nd XI cricket squads at Blacktown International Sports Park. The 1st XI squad played the NSW Breakers (NSW Women’s team) in a...
Debating premiership
The final round of the GPS debating competition was hugely successful for the college. We debated againstRiverview and had the challenge of not being on our home ground. Fortunately, this did not...
u16 Rugby season report
The u16 Rugby season report prepared by Mr David Wiseman. It details results and point scorers for full season (11 games). The reports are based on information provided by coaches. [embeddoc...
u15 Rugby season report
The u15 Rugby season report prepared by Mr David Wiseman. It details results and point scorers for full season (11 games). The reports are based on information provided by coaches. [embeddoc...
Study collaboration rooms
One of the benefits of the evening study program at Joeys is the ability for students to collaborate when they are working on their studies. The Year 10 dorms has a number of areas where the boys...
Evening supper BBQ
The boys have been working well during evening study lately. Last night after study they had some bacon and eggs which were well cooked by our expert BBQ team.
Learning enrichment request
Dear Parents, Carers and Grandparents, At the beginning of next term we will commence the final exams for Year 12 with the HSC beginning on Wednesday 12 October. We are in need of...
Joeys Jazz Club
Cyberbullying webinar for parents
In partnership with the eSafety Commissioner, the Council of Catholic School Parents NSW/ACT (CCSP) is running a free webinar designed for parents and carers of young people aged 11 to 18 years old....
PASS Golf Excursion
Year 10 PASS classes have had their golf excursion cancelled twice this year due to golf courses being too wet to play. Last Friday it was third time lucky and the boys got plenty of swings in at...
Year 10 in the new pool and gym
The water polo players have had access to the pool for training for the last two weeks. However that changed today when Year 10 had their first opportunity to swim in the pool for recreation. It was...
Woodwork
The boys' woodwork projects are starting to come together after a lot of hard work.
Mates at the footy
Mates at the footy
Sustainable art
Congraulations to Henry Thomas who received a Highly Commended award in the SWAP Prize earlier this week. SWAP is a Sustainable Waste to Art Prize offered by Ryde Council. Henry's piece "Snagged",...
Cheering at the rugby
Year 10 watching the 1st XV at Leichhardt Oval, 7 August, 2022. https://youtu.be/qGqnPT406q4
Waiting for dinner
Some of the boys filling in time waiting for their dinner to arrive on a Saturday night after helping out at a function... https://youtu.be/DiovdsuBjL8
Maths excursion
My 5.2 Mathematics class went (not very far) on an excursion today to practice applying their trigonometry skills to some basic surveying. They estimated the height of the palms on the front lawn...
Interschools snowboarding competition
Congratulations to Cooper who represented Joeys in the Interschools Snowboarding competition at Perisher in the recent school holidays.
Poker
A few poker faces here during afternoon free time in the dorms.
Music at Sunday Mass
A number of boarders assist each week with providing the singing and music at our Sunday evening Mass. Here Seamus is playing piano during communion and helping to lead the singing last Sunday night.
New lounges
The boys are trying out some new lounges that arrived in the Year 10 dorms today.
16A Rugby v Kings
16A Rugby v Kings
16B Rugby v Kings
16B Rugby defeated Kings 36 - 7. https://youtu.be/ZIrgxXWzlmI
16C Rugby v Kings
16C Rugby defeated Kings 38 - 0.
u15 Rugby v Kings
Various u15 Rugby team photos v Kings.
16B Football v Kings
16B Football v Kings
16E Rugby v Kings
The 16E Rugby team had a big win to complete their season, defeating Kings 53 - 5.
16D Rugby v Kings
The 16D's had a good win over Kings 31 - 5.
Academic application awards Term 2
Congratulations to the following boys who received awards at assembly last week recognising their consistent application to their studies. Zachary J Boyle Shaun Calingao Angus Cornish Jimmy Ford...