Newsletter - Term 2 - Week 2 - Issue 83

From the Principal

Expect the best from our young people

Whilst the end of Semester might seem to be a long way off, this term will no doubt fly past like any other busy term.  We start with a series of short weeks, then move into events like the Feast of Edmund Rice Mass and Open Day.  These all can be a distraction to our core business of learning.  I encourage all families and the young people of our community especially, to work collaboratively with our highly committed staff in preparing for the end of Semester 1 so that each and every student is given the best opportunity to make the most of their talents. Hopefully very, very few students will be looking at their school report and thinking “If only I’d …”.

A very important element in helping the students to achieve is what we expect. Expectations exert a tremendous influence on what each student is able to achieve. Research urges teachers and students to set their sights high – and mean it.  The result will be improved student learning.

Just about every school, teacher and parent says they hold high expectations for their children. However, what is said may not be truly believed - and it is the belief that moves the learner.

Having high expectations is not all that is needed for students to succeed. Teaching and learning are very complex. But high expectations, from the adults in their lives, are the launching pad, the base from which students can aim for the stars and, using their own abilities and efforts, achieve their learning mission.

Hopefully, we will be able to emphasise to our young people the importance of having high expectations of themselves, especially in the ways in which we demonstrate our own expectations of ourselves.

As adults, whatever we want our young people to be, we have to demonstrate it to them and be successful role models for them, so they can see the benefits of what it is we are leading them to be. If we abdicate leadership, we deprive our young people of guidance and create opportunities for perhaps less desirable influences to enter their lives; all the more reason for us to be upfront leaders and role models.

If we are adults who lead, we can create opportunities for our young people to thrive. We should never be apologetic about demanding high standards. Our students need us to set standards and clearly define boundaries where there is freedom for them to make positive choices about their intended achievements and their social responsibilities. We assume leadership in this area, because we are more experienced, knowledgeable and wise. To be successful in this area, we need to be relaxed, warm and accepting whilst still being firm and insistent.

This week we pray for leadership as parents / carers in supporting our young people.

Kort Goodman - Principal - KGoodman@sjc.qld.edu.au

From the Deputy Principal

Welcome back to Term 2

Welcome back to Term 2! We are very much looking forward to another full and opportunistic term of learning and positive interaction with your learners. I trust that you, as parents, will encourage your son/daughter to be fully involved in the many and varied opportunities available throughout the term. These opportunities may present through academic endeavours, arts, extra-curricular activities, on the sporting fields, spiritually or socially. I believe that a busy learner with a varied and balanced life can be healthier and lead to better learning outcomes. Do encourage your son/daughter to be involved in the many and various opportunities Term 2 presents.

COVID Update

As you are aware, the Queensland Government has announced that from 6pm Thursday 28 April 2022 there will no longer be quarantine requirements for close contacts (household or household-like contacts of people with COVID-19) or unvaccinated international arrivals. Isolation requirements for people diagnosed with COVID-19 (i.e. positive cases) are unchanged.

The significant changes which impact upon our College are:

• Close contacts will continue to inform the College that they are a close contact before returning to school.
• Close contacts will be required to take a RAT test every two days for a seven-day period, ensuring they have a negative result before going out into the community. RAT tests will need to start from the day the person becomes a close contact (and then additional tests performed on days 2, 4 and 6). Currently tests are available free of charge at Queensland Health clinics for close contacts, people with symptoms or individuals complying with directives.
• Close contacts will be required to wear masks indoors at all times at school and outdoors where they can’t socially distance for the seven-day period.
• Close contacts who are symptomatic (but who are returning a negative RAT test) are advised to stay at home.
• Individuals are not considered close contacts if they have had COVID-19 in the past 12 weeks.

Reflecting on Term 1

Academic Reports were sent home at the end of last term. Yr 7, 8 and 9 students also received a report of the Standardised Testing results. When having conversations with your children I would suggest that you focus on the improvement comments and talk with them about how far they have moved forward, what they have learned and improved and what is next in the learning process. This conversation sets them up to be successful learners for the next part of their learning program and into the future.

You can use the learning behaviour (application, behaviour, participation, organisation, punctuality) ratings to strong effect. If your child has very good (VG) or good (G) learning behaviours, it is possible that they are achieving their best in the achievement rating. Similarly, if learning behaviours are lower, then there is a real chance that some simple steps and goals will aid improvement.

Over the coming weeks we will be encouraging students to set raised goals for both performance and learning for the new term. They will need to be very specific about ways to improve. Then their learning is quite targeted on improvement.

Teacher Emails

If you need to contact a staff member at SJC all of our email addresses have the same format. For example, Brendon Willocks – bwillocks@sjc.qld.edu.au.

Parent Portal and Sentral App

Parents have access to the St Joseph’s College Parent Portal and App. This Parent Portal enables parents’ access to student records, family records, student report cards and more. It will also give you the ability to provide absentee notices through the App.

If you do not have access to this App please contact the College and we can assist with troubleshooting practices.

Upcoming Events

Brendon Willocks - Deputy Principal  -  BWillocks@sjc.qld.edu.au

From the Cultural Captains

Welcome back to Term Two, we hope everyone has enjoyed their holiday and has had some much-needed rest. We are very excited to introduce ourselves as the cultural captains of 2022 and look forward to further developing the cultural aspects of our school. Music, performing arts, visual arts and community events are a part of everyday life at St Joseph’s College, and are a source of enrichment for many of the students in our community. 

Recently, our College Jazz Ensemble attended the 100th Anniversary celebration of St Vincent’s Hospital to provide entertainment for the event. The ensemble, conducted by Mrs Pietsch, performed ‘Late Night Llama’, ‘All My Loving’ and ‘Moondance’, with some additional student solos. The students had a great time and enjoyed a well-deserved barbeque afterwards! 

Last Friday the College attended our ANZAC day commemoration ceremony, and we were privileged to hear from Mr Weston Hennessey, thrice decorated former commando. Mr Hennessey spoke to us about the importance of mateship and courage, what it takes to be courageous in everyday school life and accentuates that living out the values of the ANZACs can begin right now. 

This May, the College’s Combined Choir, Boys' Choir, and Girls' Choir will be performing in the Toowoomba Choral Eisteddfod at the Empire Theatre. These talented students have been working extremely hard to prepare for this event, and we encourage members of the St Joseph’s community to come and support these students representing our College.  

Music and the arts are enriching and provide many students with enjoyment and relief from the stress and noise of school life. We hope to see many more of you engaging in the cultural side of our College, and encourage you to bring any inquiries to Ali, Joe, or the appropriate staff members. 

Ali Pedernal and Joe Watson – Cultural Captains 

From the Assistant Principal - Student Engagement

Anti-Bullying @ St Joseph’s College

Bullying and harassment, in any of their forms, have no place at St Joseph’s College. All members of our school community must be able to enjoy a safe school environment.

At St Joseph’s College, we define bullying and harassment in the following ways: 

Bullying is the utilisation of a power imbalance by one person or group of people to oppress another. That power imbalance can be on the basis of age, physical size, capability in a particular activity, perceived social status or number of people. Bullying includes, but is not limited to, physical bullying, emotional bullying, psychological bullying, racism or sexism.

Harassment is behaviour that is offensive, unwanted, repeated and that violates another person’s dignity. A power imbalance is not necessary for a situation to be deemed harassment. Harassment includes, but is not limited to, physical harassment, emotional or psychological harassment, racial harassment or sexual harassment.

If a student believes they or a peer is being bullied or harassed, they can take the following steps:

1. If it safe to do so, calmly ask the person to stop the behaviour that is making them feel threatened.
2. Report the bullying to a trusted and responsible adult, this can be a parent, guardian or a staff member.
3. Report the bullying via Stymie, an anonymous reporting platform (see section 4.7)

If bullying or harassment is reported to the college, we will take the following action:

1. Obtain permission from the victim to act. (School staff are required to act if we believe the student may be at risk of significant harm and there is no adult who is willing and able to protect them from harm).
2. Manage the situation discreetly and record it on our database.
3. Offer support to the victim of bullying
4. Investigate the incident(s) using witness testimony and surveillance cameras where applicable.
5. If necessary, utilise a formal sanction according to our Transgressing The Joey’s Way Compendium
6. If appropriate, the College may invite relevant students to partake in a Restorative Conference.

If you have any concerns about your child’s right to emotional and physical safety at St Joseph’s College, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Student Engagement Team, contact details for whom are below:

Brennan House Leader- Mr Luke Logan: llogan@sjc.qld.edu.au

McAuley House Leader- Ms Melissa Zenke: mzenke@sjc.qld.edu.au

Murphy House Leader- Ms Aleesha Degen adegen@sjc.qld.edu.au

Rice House Leader- Mr Tom Moore tmoore@sjc.qld.edu.au

Assistant Principal Student Engagement- Mr Joe Cryle jcryle@sjc.qld.edu.au

Thank you in anticipation of your partnership is we support all our students to enjoy a safe and supportive learning environment.

Joseph Cryle - Assistant Principal - Student Engagement  -  JCryle@sjc.qld.edu.au 

From the Assistant Principal - Religious Education

ANZAC Day

On Friday 22 April, we were privileged to welcome Mr Weston Hennessy to our ANZAC Day commemoration.

Wes was born in Toowoomba and lived on a small dairy farm at Southbrook through his early years before attending Secondary School in Bundaberg. At the age of 17, he joined the Army and on completion of basic training was posted to Townsville for several years; where he experienced his first operational deployment to Somalia. He then applied for Special Forces and after successfully completing the rigorous 12 months of selection and specialist training was posted to the 2nd Commando Regiment at Holsworthy Barracks.

Over the next 18 years Wes went on to see operational service in Solomon Islands, East Timor, Iraq and several combat tours of Afghanistan. Wes also has extensive experience within Australia conducting Domestic Counter Terrorism operations.

He has been decorated on three occasions including once for Valour whilst attached to a Top Secret American Special Operations unit and he was invested by the Governor General of Australia for Conspicuous Service.  Wes retired from the Army in Dec 2014.

He shared with our community his reflection on two key values of the ANZACs – mateship and courage. Wes challenged students to demonstrate these values in their own lives, by leading at every opportunity, challenging themselves and standing up for what is right.

We are very thankful for his presence at our ceremony and the important messages and mentorship he offered our students.

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Prayers of Petition

God of peace, confident of your love for us, we bring our prayers to You.

We ask that we might emulate the values of honesty, wisdom, faith, justice, hope, strength and endeavour displayed by our ANZACs.

We pray that we may be a true source of consolation and hope for those who mourn for families and friends who have died in war.

We pray that we may be a true source of consolation and hope for those who mourn for families and friends who have died in war.

We ask that those who suffer from wounds or injuries received in the service of their country find the comfort and strength they need to heal.

We pray that all men and women who gave their lives in the defence and service of their country may now rest in peace.

We ask that our political and military leaders seek justice and peace in their interactions with other peoples and nations.

We pray that the men and women serving in our armed forces, might have minds and hearts of peace and justice, so that they may treat others, including enemies, with justice and humanity.

Kellie-Marie Ford - Assistant Principal - Religious Education  -  KFord@sjc.qld.edu.au 

From the Assistant Principal - Curriculum

Endeavour Cards - Congratulations

I would like to acknowledge the number of students who achieved Endeavour Cards in Term 1.

Brennan House - 'Care for Everybody'

Murphy House - 'With Vision and Spirit'

Rice House - 'A Gentle Strength'

McAuley House - 'Resilience, Hope and Compassion'

Term 2 - Academic Support Processes

Our processes for Academic Support Referral have been updated for Term 2.

If your son or daughter is asked to attend Academic Support in the library on Thursday afternoons from 3.15 – 4.15pm you will receive a letter via email.

The letter will look like the example below.  It will have the Incident Number, Subject, Referring Staff member (classroom teacher) and the reason.  Please note that Academic Support is generally requested for students who have not met deadlines or have incomplete work. 

When you receive this letter, could you please discuss with your child and then click onto the FORM embedded in the letter and complete the online form. This is where you indicate attendance and the date of the Academic Support Session.  If you have any questions or concerns, could you please contact the referring teacher. If you wish to discuss with someone else, then the Curriculum Leader is the next person you should contact.

USQ Headstart

Congratulations to our Year 11 students who have successfully completed a university subject at USQ during Semester 3, 2021.

Headstart challenges motivated Year 10, 11 and 12 students with university-level learning, giving them the opportunity to advance their study skills and gain credit towards a USQ degree. Students can pursue a subject of interest, experience life as a uni student and enhance their academic skills as they blend high school learning with university study.

USQ Head Start is an academic extension program for high achieving Year 10, 11 or 12 students.

Students who successfully complete a course can gain entry into a related USQ degree! Remember, you’ll also need to meet the degree pre-requisites.

Each unit also contributes credit towards the student’s Queensland Certificate of Education [QCE].

• Abigayle Head – Biology 1203
• Alex Geissler – Psychology 1010
• Georgia Hansen – Marketing 1001
• Mak MacLachlan – Accounting1101
• Monique Frost – Psychology 1010
  

Interested students can see the Careers Team for more information about University HeadStart Courses.

Kerrie-Anne Fellenberg - Assistant Principal - Curriculum  -  KFellenberg@sjc.qld.edu.au 

Senior Years Learning Leader

The headline, ‘Learning by Thinking: How Reflection Improves Performance (Harvard Business School, 2014), recently caught my attention. A link in this article took me to another article that examined the connection between Grit and Reflection. I have previously written about Grit (Duckworth, 2017) and drew your attention to activities that were presented during Joey’s Way in Term 1 that centred around Grit and understanding this concept. Duckworth (2017) suggests that grit matters a great deal in all that we do, and when grit is combined with reflection, it is a powerful learning tool.

For me, reflection plays an important part in my teaching. Reflection means that you honestly think about and evaluate your past performance. It provides an opportunity to alter or change your course of action, your approach, or your habits. It is a chance to start fresh and refocus. Hopefully, students in the Senior Years have already engaged in reflection by carefully reading and thinking about their recent interim reports. Additionally, last week our parent-teacher-student interviews were conducted; these conversations help to develop a collaborative partnership in learning.

So, as we begin Term 2, I encourage all students in the Senior Years to ‘Learn by Thinking’, and spend time reflecting on their Term 1 goals, achievements across their subjects, and learning behaviours. What small changes could students make that would enhance their self-efficacy to achieve their goals in Term 2?

Karen Tobin - Senior School Learning Leader Program Leader - ktobin@sjc.qld.edu.au

Arts

The Power of the Arts and Academic Success

When I grow up I want to be… an athlete, a firefighter, an Astronaut…

   These careers may sound familiar and ones you may have heard your child say when they were little, and what was your response? Or they may have said, “I want to be an Actor/ an Artist/ a Musician,” and what was your response? Was it different? Did you show a bias towards a less creative career pathway? A typical response to this type of career is, “You don’t want to be that, there is no money in it -you will be starving.” Or something similar to that effect. However, studying the Arts exposes students to many of the desired employability skills required in the 21^st Century. RMIT notes that we live in a digital world and creativity is “a highly prized attribute in practically every industry”.

   You may remember reading the article I wrote last year about this: “The Arts delivers 21^st Century Skills required to make successful learners”. But just because a student chooses an Arts subject, doesn’t mean they are doomed. At St Joseph’s College, we encourage students to pick subjects they enjoy and are good at. Sometimes this does not suit their desired pathway, and that is fine. But don’t underestimate the power of the arts on your child’s learning (and not to mention their mental wellbeing -You can read more about that in this article here). Students who participate in the Arts show more positive academic and personal wellbeing outcomes (Australian Council, n.d.).

   Our students learn to express themselves creatively by engaging in 21^st Century Skills (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration and Communication) inspiring their imagination through enrichment opportunities such as excursions and incursion and cross-curricula experiences of making/performing and responding while developing core skills that are vital to success in school and beyond. The Australia Council for the Arts found, “Students who are involved in the arts have higher school motivation, engagement in class, self-esteem, and life satisfaction”. Don’t underestimate the power of the arts on your child’s academic achievement.

Chrissy Dwyer - Currilculm Leader - Arts - cdwyer@sjc.qld.edu.au

The Arts @ SJC are M.A.D. (Music, Art, Drama)

Highlight from DRAMA

Mime is fun! Throughout Term 1, the Year 7 and 8 students completed a unit on Mime. It was so pleasing to see the students embrace this unit and perform with such passion. As part of the unit, we explored the narrative structure as well as the components of mime. Amazingly, there was a wide variety of mimes such as the Dentist, The Fishing Trip, The Mystery Box, The Soccer Controversy, The Proposal, plus many more. This Term the Year 7 and 8 students will participate in a Myths and Legends Unit and we are excited to see the performances later in the term. It has been a true joy seeing the students develop in confidence throughout Term 1 and they have truly shone on the stage.

Mr Bruce Cook

Highlight from VISUAL ARTS

During enrichment week last term, on the 31^st of March, the Year 11 and 12 Visual Art and Visual Arts in Practice students made the journey to QAG/GOMA to visit THE 10TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT10). It is a landmark exhibition that looks to the future of art and the world we inhabit together. It’s rich with stories of how to navigate through time and space, reimagine histories and explore connections to culture and place. A mammoth exhibition includes 69 projects with new and recent work by emerging and established artists and collectives, together comprising more than 150 individuals from 30 countries. It includes works of art that are by turn highly personal, deeply political, and full of joy. Students enjoyed the day walking around the gallery, seeing the rich tapestry of art featured. They also enjoyed having lunch in the green zone on the banks of the Brisbane River. The day out in Brisbane was appreciated by all with many students who never had set foot in the gallery before. Students utilised the day as inspiration for their upcoming assessment, finding artists of inspiration and taking many photos to commemorate the occasion. The excursion is becoming an annual tradition as it builds excitement towards the vocation of Visual Art practice.

Ms Aleesha Degen

Arts Opportunities

Did you know there are a number of students at the College who partake in university courses? These count towards their QCE and ATAR points. The Head Start Program at USQ offers a number of creative arts courses online. Students who do a course work around their current class load. If you would like to see what their offer, visit the link here. For more information, speak to Mrs Maree Harman, Career Development Practitioner, mharman@sjc.qld.edu.au and Charlotte Penner, Careers Support Officer, CPenner@sjc.qld.edu.au

Film Making experience during the July holidays for Yrs 10-12 run by Griffith University in Winton. See link and flyer for details https://www.griffith.edu.au/arts-education-law/griffith-film-school/winton-experience

Art Competitions

Scared Square Publishing, “A Little Out of the Ordinary”, Yrs 10-12 are invited to enter and respond to the theme to create an artwork to be published in a Children’s Book due 18 July.

“New Beginnings”, 2022 Awards for Excellence in Art Design run by the Independent Education Union due 22 July.

Technologies

This year we have welcomed 2 new staff to our ‘Technologies Department’. Mr Ashley Steel in the Digital Technology area and Mr Chris Wills in the Design Technology area. We hope they enjoy their time here at St Joseph’s College.

Term 1 has started well for students as they are introduced to new skills and processes to build on the knowledge that they have from previous years of schooling.

It is pleasing to note that our class numbers for Yr 11 in Certificate 1 – Engineering Pathways; Certificate 1 – Construction; and Furnishing Skills are the highest they have been for quite a few years. It’s great to see so many students avail themselves to these opportunities, and I wish them well as they progress through the 2 years of these predominantly practical based subjects.

It must be remembered however, that the theory aspects of these subjects are just as important as the practical elements of the course, and students will need to complete various ‘theory based elements’  for each subject.

This year, there are a number of new subjects that have been offered to students of the Junior School. As Graphics is no longer a subject, ‘Design’ has been offered in its place as a ‘stand alone’ subject for Years 9 and 10. Design does have elements of ‘Graphics’ embedded within it, so students do not completely miss out on these important skills and processes.

New units of work have also been offered in the Design and Technology ‘Food / Textiles’ area. The reason for this is so that students have a ‘pathway’ from Year 7 / 8 all the way through to Senior School, where they can focus on the ‘Food’ aspect and/or the ‘Textiles’ aspect of the subject. Subject offerings for students in Years 11 / 12 are :

 * Fashion

* Certificate 2 – ‘Kitchen Operations’

Similarly in Digital Technology, units have been offered to students so that they can study this subject each semester as they progress through Years 9 and 10 before they go onto further study in Years 11 and 12.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many parents who attended the Parent/Student/ Teachers interviews last week. These connections with your child/children’s teachers is an important part of their education, and anything we can do to help each other for their benefit can only improve their schooling experience.

Please remember if you have anything you would like to know or discuss with your child’s teacher, please contact them.

As is our usual practice, students are ‘inducted’ into the safety aspects of our Practical based subjects. This can be done via several mechanisms which may include:

• Individual teacher instruction and demonstration
• Onguard Safety Knowledge tests
• Specific theory aspects associated with our Yr 11 & 12 course offerings.
• Safety rules ( Design Technology )

We wish all students and staff well as they continue with the educational journey throughout 2022. If we can all work together, it can only help each of us during these important times of the students education.

Brian Cantwell - Curriculum Leader - Technologies - bcantwell@sjc.qld.edu.au

Career Pathways

Welcome back!

Welcome back to Term 2, we hope you all had a productive break working your part-time jobs (or searching for one!). The Careers Pathway Team is ready for an activity-packed term and always, we are available in Murphy Block to assist with your burning career questions, provide resume assistance, build your confidence for job interviews, and much more! 

Upcoming

• Year 10 White Card course – Friday, 29 April students must bring 3 points of identification.
• Year 10 Work Experience – 9 to 13 of May
• National Careers Week – 16 to 20 May
• Year 10 Career Avenues Career Profiling Session. Payment for the Career profiling sessions are due 18 May.

Espresso Skillset Course

Aurora Training are offering a 3-day Espresso Skillset course during the July holidays (5 to 7 July 2022). The course is $220, and students receive 2 QCE points upon completion. Express your interest in the course here.

USQ Head Start Accepting applications

USQ is now accepting Head Start applications for Semester 2, 2022 commencement. This means Year 10, 11, and 12 students can study a university course before they finish high school. Year 10s can now apply for Head Start from Semester 2 and 3 each year; however, not all courses are offered for all year levels so be sure to check individual course eligibility. Please refer to the Head Start website for further information.  

Courses are available in the areas of Business & Commerce, Creative Arts & Media, Education, Engineering, Health & Community, Humanities & Communication, Information Technology, Law & Justice, and Science! Find out what courses are on offer in Semester 2 now. 

TAFE Mid-Year Intake

South West are offering the below courses for their 2022 mid-year intake. These courses will run subject to sufficient enrolment numbers.

• CHC22015 Certificate II in Community Services (Child Care Stream)
• MSL20118 Certificate II in Sampling & Measurement
• 10971NAT Certificate IV in Justice Studies

Applications open Tuesday 10th May 2022. Applications are to be submitted online via www.tafeapply.com using Application Code TQSW2202.

TAFE AGTaster Applications

TAFE currently have several places let in the TAFE Agriculture Taster course for year 10 students.

Students who complete this program will complete 6 units of competency out of the Rural Operations training package so it is fantastic for any students thinking about Certificate II in Rural Operations for Year 11 or 12 as it will provide several Credit Transfers reducing their workload in Year 11 or 12.

How to Apply

To apply for the Year 10 Taster Programs, students will need to:

1. Go to com
2. Enter the application code of TQSWTASTER (as soon as possible!)

UNE Early Entry open for Year 12s now!

Year 12 students are invited to participate in UNE's Early Entry program for admission in 2023.

The UNE Early Entry application process is fully online, it's free to apply and students can submit their applications now.

Benefits of UNE Direct Early Entry

• Open to all Year 12 students.
• Students apply directly to UNE online.
• Submit up to three course preferences.
• Free to apply.
• ATAR is not required.
• Most courses can be deferred.
• Study fully online options for most courses.
• A UNE Early Entry application does not exclude students from applying to any other university.

MedEntry Free UCAT Bootcamp

Are you interested in a career in medicine? Let the leaders in medical entry guide you through UCAT, medical interviews and the admissions process with this free two-hour information session.

MedEntry Free UCAT Bootcamp

Are you interested in a career in medicine? Let the leaders in medical entry guide you through UCAT, medical interviews and the admissions process with this free two-hour information session.

The MedEntry UCAT Bootcamp covers:

• Tips on how to secure your place in medicine
• Step-by-step breakdown of UCAT
• Strategies from students who achieved 99th percentile
• Techniques to maximise your performance on test day
• Medical interviews with example questions

You can watch the recording for free here: https://www.medentry.edu.au/resources/free-resources

Congratulations! 

To Bridie Collins for starting her School Based Traineeship over the holidays!

School-Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship opportunities through GoldenWest

• Business Administration Traineeship
• Vehicle Painting Apprenticeship

For more information or to apply, please contact the Careers Team at careers@sjc.qld.edu.au.

Part-time/ Casual work:

• Coles Supermarket Cleaning and Trolley Collection. Apply here
• Knights Commercial Laundry (334/338 Anzac Ave, Harristown QLD 4350) is hiring a Laundry Assistant.
• IGA Hooper Centre (187 Hume St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350) is hiring a Junior Shop Assistant.
• Phat Burgers (513A Ruthven St, Toowoomba City QLD 4350) are seeking casual and part-time workers. If you’re interested, please hand in your resume at Phat Burgers.
• JBHiFi are hiring a counter and customer service representative. See the Career Pathways Team for more information

Upcoming External Events:

USQ Toowoomba Discovery Day
Date: 10 May 2022
Time: 8:45am - 2:30pm
Location: USQ Toowoomba
Years 7-9 school students have the opportunity to attend the USQ Toowoomba campus to discover all that USQ has to offer via student ambassador-led taster sessions. Spots are strictly limited with students required to individually register for this event.
Find out more and register to attend

QUT Open Day is on Sunday 31 July at Gardens Point campus. Chat to staff and students from all study areas about courses, careers, and uni life. Explore our facilities and see what makes QUT the university for the real world.

A quick guide to QUT: for Year 9 -10 students and parents is on Wednesday 27 April, 5.30pm–6.45pm. This session will provide some tools to help students with course and career decisions.

Aviation Australia | Open Day 2022

• Saturday 18 June 2022, 8:30 am
• to Saturday 18 June 2022, 11:30 am
• Location: Aviation Australia, Boronia Road, Brisbane Airport QLD, Australia
• Cost: $0

Aviation Australia is opening its doors to those looking to pursue a career in Aviation.

Join them for a free guided tour of their Brisbane campus, Saturday 18 June to see what Aviation Australia can offer. Register your interest here.

Don't forget Careers has its own website! https://www.sjccareers.com.au/ 

The Career Pathways Team utilises two platforms to distribute career information, sjccareers.com.au website and Canvas. We invite to visit the sjccareers website.

For more information please contact the Careers Team

Charlotte Penner - Careers Support Officer  -  cpenner@sjc.qld.edu.au

Maree Harman - Career Development Practitioner  -  mharman@sjc.qld.edu.au

Sports

Indidividuals that play sports learn that practice is required, even when they would prefer to be spending time with friends. They learn the harder they work, the better they perform. They also discover that by never giving up, they are more likely to achieve their goals. These life lessons benefit students long after the high school years, helping them succeed in college and after.

That’s why it’s important for schools to promote and support athletes. Schools that support athletes provide a number of benefits for students to develop academically, socially, and physically. 

A person who is appreciated will always do more than is expected. Appreciating and rewarding is a great approach to celebrate hard work and success especially in a student's school life.

Motivation and success are what drive individuals in any profession. In the school setting, it is critically important that we celebrate and recognize the outstanding achievements that students accomplish, both inside and outside of the College. Watching students grow and accomplish their goals is one of the main reasons most go into education, myself included. The recognition of students fosters strong relationships among students, families, school environment and the community and creates a positive school culture where students feel valued.

The news of the following achievements, although not through the school sport system, except for Sienna Deurloo (read more) has come as a great delight to all of us here. All of their hard work, commitment and practice has paid off and we give recognition to their great achievements.

Queensland Congratulations

The Under 14 State Championships were recently held in Toowoomba. From this event an Emerging Talent Camp is being held on June 11 and 12 at Redcliffe. This will provide another selection opportunity for these players to display their talents. The squad of 33 will be trimmed to 22 and these players will be invited to attend the State Camp to be held in October before the final teams are selected to attend the 2023 under 14 National Championships in January.

We congratulate Zander Jackson on being selected in this 2022/2023 Queensland squad. This is a remarkable effort and fingers are crossed that he will be in the final team for the Nationals.

We also congratulate Evie King on being selected in the Under 14 women’s 2022/2023 Queensland squad. She will attend the same weekend in June which will narrow the Squad from 33 to 22 and if successful, Evie will attend a camp in October and the team will then be chosen officially to play in the Nationals early 2023. 

Evie’s selection came off the back of an amazing tournament at State Level. Evie played for Toowoomba, playing all 9 games from 3rd Base to Catching and even Pitching when called upon. Evie’s batting was outstanding with an average of .789 on base. Evie also hit her first, and second home run!! 

Evie’s efforts throughout the tournament were rewarded with a well-deserved selection. Evie has commenced training already in preparation for the June weekend!

In the under 16 age group, we currently have Bridie Nicol away playing in the National Competition at Blacktown, Sydney in New South Wales after she was also announced as part of the Queensland team earlier this year. Queensland made the Grand final but unfortunately went down 11 - 7 to New South Wales.

Also in the Queensland Hockey ranks is Hailey Warhurst who was selected in the Queensland Under 15 Girls Team as a goalie. Hailey was selected at the beginning of the year to be a part of the U15 Queensland Team 1, hockey team to compete at the national competition in Newcastle over 10 days. Having just completed this tournament the team was undefeated throughout the competition and only conceded 2 goals through their 7 games. The team played Western Australia in the grand final and defeated them 3-0 to win gold. Hailey played as one of two goalkeepers in the team and was also the youngest to be selected. 

Sienna Duerloo

Sienna competed in the Australian Age Swimming Nationals in April which were held in Adelaide. She qualified for 11 events from the 50m to 1500m freestyle events, backstroke and individual medley events.

She placed second in the Girls 16 years 1500m freestyle and third in the Girls 16 years 800m freestyle winning a silver and bronze national medal (both with 8 second PBs).

She also made a final in the Girls 16 years 400m freestyle placing 6th and was also a reserve finalist in the 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke events.

This has now qualified her for the Commonwealth Games Trials in 3 events being the 1500m, 800m and 400m freestyle. This competition is being held in Adelaide in May and will be a great experience to compete with Australia's best swimmers.

Sienna has also just received exciting news that she has been selected in the Queensland School Sport Swimming Team to compete at the Australian Championships being held in Brisbane in August. She will be competing in the 200m and 400m freestyle events and the 200m backstroke. She is now able to take her place on the Wall of Fame – brilliant.

If we have anyone or a company who would like to sponsor this young lady, you would be helping this family immensely.                                               

Darling Downs Cup - Hockey

The 2022 Darling Downs Cup was held on Tuesday April 20 for the boys and Wednesday April 21 for the girls at the Clyde Park Hockey facilities.

The boys turned up for the first day of term to play hockey and I commend them on their dedication to do this after two weeks of holidays.

The boys first game was against Centenary Heights SHS which they lost 1 – 3 goals. We then played Downsland where we were up one nil for most of the game when Downlands put two very quick goals on us and ended up defeating us 2 – 1 goals. We then played St Mary’s second team and had our first win of 8 – 0 goals. (I guess we had warmed up and were ready to go).

This placed us third in our pool for the cross over games to determine a placing of 5^th or 6^th against Mary MacKillop College in which we won 7 – 0 goals.

In the leading goal scoring competition Will Suey was placed 3^rd with 5 goals for the day and Will Jensen in 4^th place with 3 goals.

The team consisted of Will Suey, Hudson Hughes, Charlie and Will Jensen, Roman Madden, Jeremy Rauchle, Hamish Speed, Zander Jackson, Ethan and Liam Sullivan-Bathhurst, Sam Williams and Ethan Wilson.

We also thank very sincerely Claire Zimmerle for unpiring for the day. She was awarded the Grand final game for here efforts. Well done Claire.

On behalf of the team they would also like to thank Mr Canning and Miss Flemming for their coaching for the day and allowing them to play.

The girls had their day on the Wednesday where we started the day off playing Mary MacKillop and defeating them 3 – 0. We then played Scots College immediately after our first game and had a one all draw. We then drew Downlands defeated them 2 goals to nil.

This placed us first in our pool for a semi final match up against St Ursula’s College. In normal time of play it was two all and this meant a shoot out. Under the strong captaincy of Zoe Skuse she selected our five hitters and young Haily Warhurst took to the goal to defend against their hitters. And what a strong performance she gave. She stopped two valuable goals from them and we managed to put four goals in the back of the net to come out winners 4 to 2.

Grand final here we are for the first time ever and our opposition were Glennie. They were the raining champions from 2021 and we went in competent. But it was not to be, Glennie defeated us 2 goals to nil but the girls can hold their heads really high as they gave it their best shot and it was a first for us to be in the grand final in this tournament.

We have a very young team and except for Zoe they should all be there playing again next year to go one step further.

The team consisted of Tia Beckmann, Ava Campbell, Zahli Carroll, Isbella Dwan, Chelsea Hollist, Addyson Jones, Lacey Prior, Indiana Ranford, Zoe and Maddison Skuse, Hailey Warhurst and Claire Zimmerle.

Addyson Jone was awarded third place in the goal scoring competition with 3 strong goals for the day.

On behalf of the team, we would like to thank Heidi Zimmerle, Will Suey and Hamish Speed who did the umpiring for us for the day. Will and Heidi were awarded the grand final game and Hamish the play offs for 3^rd and 4^th game.

And again, we would like to thank Miss Flemming for her coaching on the day, it was gratefully appreciated.

DATE CLAIMER

On May 21, the college has as Polling Booth open for residents in this area. If you would like to come to the college to vote and buy a sausage from us to support the girls and boys playing in the Rugby League and Netball teams in the competition in Mackay, they would be grateful.

We are also trying to arrange some homemade cakes and slices, so bring your wallets with you to get some yummy morning or afternoon tea items.

The other fundraising adventure we are also doing is any cans or bottles that you don’t take down to the cash for change venues, we would be grateful if you donated them to us. We will even collect if we have to, or you can deliver them to us at the MacKillop Centre and we will take it from there.

Deb Newton - Program Leader - Sports  -  DNewton@sjc.qld.edu.au

Library News

Creations in the library:

Students have been getting creative in the library with our Stem Kiwi Kits. These kits are on offer to students at lunch times, as well as before and after school. 

Some parts became broken on the lamp, but Will G creatively figured out a way to fix it and restore the lamp to its full potential!

Kai was thinking of everyone when he created the automatic hand sanitiser unit!

Week 1 we started off with a building challenge for Tinker Thursdays. Students were given 16 paddle pop sticks and glue to create a strong and aesthetically appealing bridge between two desks. We tested them using different resources for weight, breaking each bridge until we had a winner! All entries did an excellent job and passed the first rounds of testing.

Community Puzzle:

The beginning of this term the library has created a Community Puzzle. The idea of this is for students to come together over the term and spend time adding piece by piece to the puzzle. By the end of the term when the puzzle is finished, we will be able to mount this artwork within in the library!

Textbooks

Just a reminder to students that they can access all of their textbooks online just by clicking the Box of Books picture on the Library Website:

SJC - Community News

Our Parent Business Directory has begun and you may see some of our parents business in our coloum beside our newsletter! We would like to include more businesses. If you would like to be featured please send through any deatils and/or business graphics to: marketing@sjc.qld.edu.au

CSPQ Parent Engagement Day Toowoomba

Catholic School Parents Queensland are holding a Parent Engagement Day on Saturday 18^th June at St Mary’s College, Toowoomba and we are encouraging as many parents and staff to attend.  

Uniform Shop

Now the weather is cooling down don’t forget your winter uniform supplies.

All winter stock is available for purchase including:

• Boys Long Sleeve Shirts
• Boys and Girls Long Trousers/Pants
• Girls Tights and Stockings
• Scarfs
• Jumper
• Tracksuit Jacket and Pants
• Hat bands for formal boys and girls hats are now available in store $12.00.

Throughout the school term our opening hours are:

Tuesday                           8.00 am - 12.00 pm

Wednesday                   8.00 am - 4.00 pm

Thursday                        8.00 am - 12.00 pm

You are welcome to purchase from the online uniform shop at your convenience and your order will be filled when the store is next open.

EFTPOS only - No Cash accepted until further notice.

Online orders can be placed anytime and will be packed and ready for collection from our store during our open hours.

During the school terms we can deliver your parcel up to student entrance on our trading days for your child to collect from there.  Home delivery is also available for online orders at a cost.

Ordering Online Process

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Second hand uniforms are also available at the Uniform Shop.

If you have used uniform items that would like to donate, please drop off to the Uniform Shop during opening hours.  Donations are greatly appreciated.

If you have used uniform items that you would like us to sell for you, please call into the uniform shop and collect a “Used Clothing” form. Used uniforms items MUST be in good condition, hems intact, no holes, stains or missing buttons. They also need to washed, ironed and be the current uniform. 

If you have any questions, please call us on 4631 8514 during opening hours.