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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

Year 10 Music Concert

Year 10 Music Concert

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...

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Respectful Relationships

Respectful Relationships

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...

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Australian Age Swimming Championships

Australian Age Swimming Championships

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...

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Sunday night Mass

Sunday night Mass

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...

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ANZAC Day Assembly

ANZAC Day Assembly

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...

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Debating

Debating

In debating the Year 10 FED team has done extremely well to make it into the semi finals. Zach, Harry, Jamie and James will compete this Friday night against Trinity Grammar School at Summer Hill....

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Australian Track and Field Championships

Australian Track and Field Championships

Billy Blair from Year 10 recently represented NSW at the Australian Track and Field Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. He performed impressively throughout the meet. Billy...

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Supper

Supper

Evening supper in the dorms is a variety of different foods. Tonight the boys cooked themselves ham and cheese toasties.

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Head of the River

Head of the River

On Saturday, the 125th Head of the River was held at Iron Cove for the first time, due to the flooding at SIRC in Penrith. It was very tough conditions with heavy rain and winds when the first race...

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Headmaster’s Assembly 17 March

Headmaster’s Assembly 17 March

At the Headmaster's Assembly on 17 March the 1st VIII rowing crew was presented to the school in the lead up to the Head of the River. Notably, this included Tomas Moloney from Year 10 who was...

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Year 10 Academic Information

Year 10 Academic Information

Mr Matt Bookallil, Mr Mick Blair, and Mr David Hill delivered a Year 10 Academic Information Session via ZOOM last week to parents (March 15, 2022). Unfortunately, the recording was unsuccessful. A...

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PDHPE Incursion

PDHPE Incursion

Year 10 had a full day PDHPE incursion on how develop power. The day involved multiple stations where the boys learnt about developing power and put what they learnt into practice. The boys were...

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Friday night BBQ

Friday night BBQ

Most Friday nights (weather permitting) dinner for boarders and day students is out the back of the Year 10 dorms. The boys cook up a BBQ and it is finished off with some ice creams for dessert.

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Family Mass

Family Mass

Although slightly delayed due to COVID, it was great to welcome the College community for the Commissioning Family Mass on site in the Hall.

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Sunday night Mass

Sunday night Mass

Year 10 was recently involved in doing the reading and offertery for the weekly Sunday night Mass in the Chapel. Since then, masks are thankfully no longer required, singing is back in full, and...

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Ash Wednesday Liturgy

Ash Wednesday Liturgy

Ash Wednesday was marked by a liturgy in the Hall. This year the boys are raising money during Lent for Mary's House, which operates non-residential domestic violence services for women.

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Music at assembly

Music at assembly

At each Headmaster's Assembly there is usually a musical item. Usually it is one of the ensembles and occasionally a rock band. However, at the second assembly of the year Lucas Choi from Year 10...

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Academic Application Awards

Academic Application Awards

Academic Application Awards for Term 4, 2021 were presented to the boys at assembly on 17 February. These awards are based on effort and application (not marks) and are voted on by the teachers....

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Lunch in the dining room

Lunch in the dining room

Each day Year 10 eat lunch in the Year 12 dining room which is the biggest dining room at the College. It is directly below the Chapel and used to be the school hall. Chicken and mashed potato on...

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Assembly Week 1

Assembly Week 1

On Thursday of Week 1 we had a Headmaster's Assembly where Atticus Heaven (Year 12) spoke about what it means to be a Joeys boy. Also during the assembly the GPS competition Basketball, Cricket,...

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First day of classes

First day of classes

Year 10 started their first day of classes with a Headmaster's Assembly in the Hall where Mr Blake and Mr Chase welcomed the boys back for the new school year. Later Year 10 had a Division Meeting...

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College Musical

College Musical

The College Musical "Strictly Ballroom" is finally getting closer after a number of postponements due to COVID. Details below. All boarding students in Year 10 will be attending on 1 March 2022....

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