JOEYS CLASS OF 2023
Debating
Benji Sestanovic (Y12) and Will McCarthy (Y11) attended the Plain English Speaking Competition local final at Hunters Hill High School. This is the first time that we have entered students into this...
Federal Budget Dinner
On the 16 May, after the Federal Budget was handed down in Canberra, our Economics students hosted girls from 7 other schools in the Hall. On the agenda was a review the headline data and specific...
Cross Country Barker
20 May saw the first race of the GPS/CAS Cross Country competition season hosted by Barker College. The race was held on a challenging course at St. Ives Showground, which featured a mixture of...
1st XV Rugby v Scots
There were plenty of unknowns heading into the 3:15pm match. Both teams were full of new faces and were eager to start off the double-round season with a win. The atmosphere and spectacle did not...
2nd XV Rugby v Scots
After a tough final trial game against the St Augustine’s 1st XV last week, our 2nd XV showed their class against the Scots boys. Both teams put together some good patches of play in the first half,...
Assembly
Today at Assembly the 1st XV Rugby were presented with their jerseys ahead of the first competition game against Scots. The 2nd XV was also announced. The 1st Cross Country team received their...
HSC Masterclasses
The Year 12 HSC Masterclass series kicked off with Mathematics tonight. Boys separated in to the Standard and Advanced courses to get tips on getting extra marks in examinations and specificially in...
Acolytes at Sunday Mass
Each Sunday one of the group of Acolytes serve at the Boarders’ Mass.
Joebots
We previously posted about the preparation that the boys were doing for the robotics competition and how they were presented at the Headmaster's Assembly. The team travelled to Wollongong on 11 May...
Representative Tennis
Congratulations to Vitorio who was recently selected to represent NSW in the Pizzey Cup tennis team. He has also been selected as NSW Team Captain and will represent NSW at the National...
11th XV Rugby
The 11th XV rugby after their 39 - 7 victory over Shore 8th XV yesterday. This comes after a 42 - 0 win over Shore 7th XV last week. Thanks to Belinda for the photo.
Pippin Opening night
The students and staff of the College Musical "Pippin" put in countless hours of rehearsals to prepare for their opening night at the Chatswood Concourse on 2 May. The show was a great success and...
Geography Excursion
The Year 12 Geography students yesterday travelled to Pyrmont for their Urban Dynamics excursion. The day was run by the Observatory Hill Education Centre. The boys developed an understanding of...
Dinner Tonight
Chicken kebabs for dinner tonight!
Marist Brother’s Visit
Mackai, Lachlan and Josh taking some time to go across Mark St to visit some of the retired Marist Brothers who live in Champagnat House (next door to the Country Club). All the Brothers greatly...
CIS Swimmers
Congratulations to the boys who have been selected to compete at the CIS Swimming Championships on 1st and 2nd May: Gordon Durie Oscar Jorgensen Rohan Martinus Joshua Mitchell Patrick...
Athletics Carnival
The College Athletics Carnival was held at the Park and each boy competed in the 100m and 200m at a minimum. However it was great to see plenty of Year 12's voluntarily choosing to compete in many...
ANZAC Assembly
The first Assembly for the term was our ANZAC assembly. Colonel Dr Michael J Campion (SJC Old boy 1970) addressed the boys and he and the Headmaster unveiled new honour boards which acknowledge and...
French Excursion
The Senior French students went on excursion to the French Film Festival and Le Coq Rotisserie restaurant. The film, “Sugar & Stars” (A la belle étoile) was a great hit and all of the students...
Drama Workshop
The Positivity Project, a program led by SJC Old Boy James Cummins, conducted a workshop for the drama students tonight. The workshop focused on how to cope with the stress and nervousness that come...
Acolytes at Mass
Head of the River
The College travelled to the Sydney International Regatta Centre to support our rowers in the AAGPS Head of the River. The regatta has been held since 1983 and is the pinnacle event of the rowing...
Rowers Send Off
Sending off the 1st VIII after school before the Head of the River. https://youtu.be/9wGnRerR29s
Headmaster’s Assembly
Today the students and staff who are heading on the Tanzania Immersion were commissioned at assembly. A number of students were presented with academic awards for their efforts in 2022 including...
Short and Sweet Drama
Tonight was the Short and Sweet Drama Festival, a showcase of monodramas by Year 10 and 12 Drama students. The students performed their work in progress pieces for outside assessors and our...
St Joseph’s Day
19 March is the feast of St Joseph, so on Monday 20th March we marked the occasion with a Mass in the Hall. College Old Boy Father Tom Stevens and our College Chaplain Father Gavin Foster...
Summer Sport Rally
Tonight was the Summer Sport Rally where the College recognised the efforts of the GPS representative teams in Water Polo, Basketball, Cricket and Tennis. A highlight was the presentation of the...
Sunday Mass
Year 12 did the readings at the weekly boarder's Sunday Mass tonight. All families are welcome to join us for Mass in the College Chapel each Sunday evening from a little after 8:00pm.
Tennis premiers
St Joseph’s College First Tennis team has achieved a historic feat by winning the GPS Premiership for the first time ever. The team dominated the competition, winning 13 out of 14 games, and...
Beyond the gates
This week in mentoring Year 12 started the ‘Beyond the Gates’ program. The Beyond the Gates program is a 6 part series of workshops aimed at preparing the boys for life after Joeys. Each session...