Sometimes things just catch your eye. This was certainly the case when I walked past the Religious Education notice board last week and saw an assignment that had been posted on the board. The assignment was the work of James Neethling (Hunters Hill).

In RE, the boys have been studying “School and Church Communities” and therefore, much of their focus has been learning about Joeys and the history and traditions of the school. The assignment that the boys had to complete was to produce an “eye-cathing” and innovative poster and brochure about Joeys. Well, there is no doubt that James’ poster was “eye-catching”. I have taught the Year 7 RE course and therefore marked many posters for this topic. I can tell you that I have no doubt that James’ was the most innovative that I have seen. I think that the photo gives you a pretty good idea of the amount of time and effort that James put into the assignment. You may like to click on the photo to get a full-size view of it – you will notice that James has created his poster in the shape of a Joeys Blazer! I am sure that the work of all the other boys was of a similarly high standard!

This topic is always a great one for the boys to start on here at Joeys as there is just so much for them to learn about the place and so many stories to be told. You may have seen the photos of boys on top of the main building in our photo gallery – this “Tower Tour” is all part of the experience of Joeys and just one step along the path to learning the history and traditions of our College.

Photo 1: James Neethling (Hunters Hill) and his teacher Ms Deb Phillips holding James’ outstanding work.