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The Tempest

Years 9-12 Drama, and friends, including Mrs Fazio and Mrs Gillespie, Mr Howe, and Laurence Coy...

Twilight touch footy

Touch footy: dorm v dorm

Off to the movies

Year 10 having a night off after a few weeks of hard study. There should be enough time to clean...

Last exam

The last exam (Science) is almost finished!

LATEST NEWS

Digital usage

Digital usage

In Week 3 I introduced the boys to the Edquire service which monitors what the boys are doing on their laptops during classes and during evening study if they are here on-site at the College....

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Visual Arts Excursion

Visual Arts Excursion

On 25 May all Visual Arts students went on an excursion to the Biennale of Sydney where they had the opportunity to view a large range of different art work at a number of different exhibition sites.

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Da Vinci Decathlon

Da Vinci Decathlon

On the 24 May a group of Year 10 stuents competed in the da Vinci Decathlon. It is named after artist, scholar and thinker Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519). The competition requires students to work in...

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Careers Expo

Careers Expo

A few weeks ago Year 10 had the opportunity to join Year 11 and Year 12 at the Careers Expo which was held in the Hall. There were a large number of Universities and Tertiary education providers on...

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Royal North Shore Hospital

Royal North Shore Hospital

This year Royal North Shore Hospital has unfortunately been a regular destination for Joeys Year 10 students, often accompanied by their Boarding Coordinator. A big shout out to all the staff that...

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The Year 10 Fox

The Year 10 Fox

The boys wouldn't believe me when I told them that there is a fox which lives around Year 10. Finally, some photographic proof captured late at night:

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Raffle winner

Raffle winner

Harper was the winner of the massive block of chocolate which was the prize for the raffle conducted in Mentor groups.

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Flu Vaccinations

Flu Vaccinations

It is that time of the year when the Year 10 bravado disappears, yes it is time for a scary scary (very big) needle!

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Careers testing

Careers testing

Year 10 undertook online careers testing during Term 1 which was followed up by individual career advice to the boys and their parents via Zoom. The testing was conducted by Career Avenues and you...

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International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day

At the Headmaster's Assembly for International Women's Day, the College was fortunate to have Mrs Michaela Browning, a member of the College Advisory Committee and a Year 10 mother, give the keynote...

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Academic Application Awards Term 1

Academic Application Awards Term 1

Congratulations to the following boys who received Academic Application Awards for Term 1. These awards are voted on by teachers based on the effort that the boys apply to their studies. Zachary J...

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National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week

Last week was National Reconciliation Week. It was a big week for our indigenous boys including our annual Reconcilation Week Assembly. Unfortunately a number of the Year 10 indigenous boys were...

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A Big Weekend

A Big Weekend

This weekend was a busy one for the boys with compulsory events on both Saturday and Sunday. It was great that the vast majority of boys attended and contributed to both. It is this attendance and...

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Friday Night BBQ

Friday Night BBQ

As usual, we had a BBQ dinner on Friday night, despite the cold. A few of the cooks needed some lessons on turning sausages but they ended up cooking a great dinner.

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Week 4

Week 4

The end of Week 4 had everything; an impressive sunset outside the Year 10 dorms, plenty of Year 10 participation in the cheering during the game against Scots, a rainbow while Year 10 were picking...

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College Athletics Carnival

College Athletics Carnival

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...

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Tower

Tower

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.

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Grok Cyber Live

Grok Cyber Live

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...

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Year 7 Peer Support

Year 7 Peer Support

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...

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