Newsletter - Term 2 - Week 10 - Issue 87

From the Principal

Dear Parents, Carer and Students

Celebrating NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It is celebrated by all Australians and is a great opportunity to recognise and learn more about the history and culture of indigenous communities.

NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced back to the Aboriginal rights movement, when on Australia Day 1938, protestors marched through the streets of Sydney to highlight the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Today, it is a week-long celebration held in July that consists of range of traditional and contemporary activities.

NAIDOC Week is an important event that helps build positive relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. It enables a deeper understanding of our differences and similarities. NAIDOC week is an opportunity for all Australians to eliminate bias and discrimination by reflecting and reconciling the wrongs of the past to facilitate hope and build a fairer future. Families are encouraged to join in and support young people in learning the significance of NAIDOC Week.

This week we began our NAIDOC Week celebrations with our assembly and performance by the Ngarrumban Arts and Cultural Experience and then follow up activities in our Joey’s Way time. I thank Kerri Turner for her organisation of the assembly and Natasha Digweed for the organisation of the activities for Joey’s Way. Upon our return after the holidays, we will take the opportunity to have a liturgical celebration for NAIDOC Week.

This Special Report offers suggestions on how families can celebrate NAIDOC Week together. We hope you take a moment to reflect on the information offered, and as always, we welcome your feedback. If this raises any concerns for you, a loved one or the wellbeing of your child, please seek medical or professional help.

Here is the link to your special report

NAIDOC Celebrations

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Assessment, Report Cards and Parent Teacher Interviews

Over the last few weeks of Term 2 the students busily completed assessment for the semester and were provided with feedback on their performance by the teachers on their assessment pieces. During this time the teachers were also finalising the compiling of report cards, which were then printed and finally checked. As I have stated previously, having this opportunity to read the student’s reports and view their progress over the semester is something that I enjoy doing. I am continually encouraged by the effort and application that our students are exhibiting. As a college we hope that each of our families take the time to reflect on the positives noted on the report cards and to discuss any areas for improvement that are identified.

A reminder for parents also that we have parent – teacher - student interviews coming up on Wednesday July 13. We would love for our parents and students to come and discuss their child’s progress with their teachers.

On behalf of our students this week we offer a prayer of thanks for the gift of education.

Staffing Term 3

At the end of Semester One we say farewell to Mr Andrew Keighran, Mrs Pamela Pedernal and Miss Kate Barron. Mr Keighran is moving to Canberra to take on a new career, Mrs Pedernal is completing helping us with a contract position and Miss Barron is moving to Charleville to start her teaching career.

During their time at our College, Andrew, Pamela and Kate, have undertaken a wide range of teaching and support positions as well as involving themselves in a number of extra-curricular activities with great enthusiasm, energy and wisdom. We wish these staff the best for their future endeavours.

At the start of Term 3 we welcome Miss Sally Gibson and Mrs Samantha Meager. Sally joins us having been educated at Catholic Schools in Toowoomba and completing four years teaching Legal Studies and Humanities at Toowoomba State High. Samantha is joining us from St Ursula’s College Yeppoon where she is currently the Curriculum Leader for Science. We are very much looking forward to these two wonderful educators joining our staff in Semester Two.

Thank you SJC Staff

 Just recently this article was brought to my attention by a colleague, and I thought that I would share it with our community. The purpose of my sharing is not to discourage our community from raising concerns that they may have, but rather to highlight and acknowledge the amazing diversity in the roles that our staff undertake. Our teaching and non-teaching staff’s commitment to teaching and care for their students is evident every day and, on your behalf, I thank them so very much.

Fed-up school principal says critics ‘have no idea’

The head of an elite private school has railed against baseless attacks and misinformed opinions about teachers by politicians “who actually have no idea what they are talking about” while calling out their remedies for complex issues, such as falling educational standards, as simplistic.

Briony Scott, the principal of Wenona School in North Sydney, said teachers were trivialised, their profession bastardised and their contribution overlooked by a generation of political decision makers who see the world in black and white and have no comprehension as to the complexity of the school “ecosystem”.

In an impassioned speech at a conference about female educational leaders, Dr Scott said everyone, having attended a school at some stage, considered themselves an expert with their opinions often misinformed and too-rarely imbued with facts or evidence.

“Every couple of years an education minister or prime minister will say something along the lines of ‘we should focus on the basics of how to read and write’. And I’m like, oh, I hadn’t thought of that one,” Dr Scott said.

“They say schools must focus on character and values and in my head I’m thinking ‘have you heard of Aristotle? What do you think we have been doing for the last 2000 years’?

“And then I think, they have no training, but they [think they] know more about my profession, what I do with my three degrees and where I have worked on the ground for decades. Tell me again, how to do my job.”

Dr Scott elaborated on the complexity of the teaching profession by detailing what is not, in theory, part of her job, but is nevertheless intrinsic to it.

“I’m not a family counsellor, but I have sat with children and held their wrists as they were bleeding, patched countless self-harm injuries, told a child that their mother has died and they just found her body,” Dr Scott said.

“I’ve ridden in far too many ambulances to count, counselled warring parents, dealt on the front line with medical issues, accidents, alcoholism, mental health, breakdowns, suicide, domestic violence, murder, bankruptcy, unemployment, homelessness, and couch-surfing primary school students. Tell me again, how to do my job.”

She went on. “I’m not a medical doctor. But I have students who are walking around with defibrillators in case their heart stops, epi pens in case their body stops, nebulisers in case their lungs stop. And yes, I confess to the crime of talking about sexuality. I have talked to my students about sex and consent, long before it became a political football or an openly discussed subject,” she said.

“I’m not a police officer, but I give students advice about where to go when they’ve been assaulted or raped. What to do if someone stalks them online or at the bus stop. I explained over and over that child pornography laws apply to them if they send a naked photo of themselves online, even if their boyfriends ask them to, or how to get out of a car when the person who wants to drive has drunk too much. Tell me again how to do my job.”

Dr Scott said she is not an extrovert, but has dressed in too many ridiculous costumes to count to raise money and awareness for various issues. Neither is she an expert in cybersecurity but has found herself helping a 14-year-old take down a porn site she created so people would like her more.

She is not a lawyer, but has spent days in courtrooms as an expert witness, prepared subpoenas, “interpreted and misinterpreted court orders, parent restraining orders, and been threatened with legal action too many times to list”.

She said she had been imperiled, trolled and “silenced by those who think I should know better”.

“Education is my profession. And despite popular but lazy stereotypes, I don’t expel students for vaping or for being obnoxious or for having dodgy parents. I don’t turn my back on the quirky, the illiterate and the children who aren’t gifted.”

“The whole purpose of education is that it is given to every child so that they have the opportunities to make informed choices about who they want to be, what they want to do and where they want to go. I appreciate that it doesn’t always work this way and that we have huge inequalities that need addressing.”

Dr Scott said politicians had in recent months accused teachers of being extremists, of indoctrinating students on gender fluidity and climate change “because of this belief that we can’t be trusted”.

She said teachers were judged by school performance in various tests, such as NAPLAN, PISA, higher school certificate and ATAR – “all interesting measures but frankly, the equivalent of a butter knife in an operating theatre”.

Julie Hare – Education editor – Financial Review

www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/fed-up-school-principal-says-critics-have-no-idea-20220613-p5ata4

Best of Luck QISSN and QISSRL Participants

Best of luck to our Open Netball and Rugby League teams who head off tonight to participate in the annual QISSRL and QISSN carnivals in Mackay. As we did last year, we have three teams participating, Open Netball, Open Girls Rugby League and Open Boys Rugby League. We look forward to hearing of your successes and challenges that come with participating in a weeklong carnival. Please ensure you are always striving to demonstrate our Joey’s Way values of Respect, Compassion, Dignity and Endeavour and their associated imperatives. Thank you to our very generous staff who have worked with the teams to prepare for this carnival and will accompany them to Mackay.

Best wishes to our community for the break. Please be safe and take appropriate breaks when travelling. We look forward to students returning on Tuesday 12 July refreshed and ready to participate fully and give their best in semester two.

Best wishes

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

From the Deputy Principal

COVID

As we all continue to live with COVID and the normalisaiton of this as part of our lives, we would like to remind all families about a few key priorities to continue to provide the safest environment for our staff and students as possible:

• Students are not to attend the College, if they display COVID-19 symptoms. Each morning it would be helpful for students to conduct a self-check in relation to their health. If students have any acute symptoms, they should not attend school for the health of the whole St Joseph’s College community. The symptoms that would be included in the self-check would include:
  • Fever, sore throat, runny nose, cough, shortness of breath, headache, fatigue, vomiting or nausea, diarrhoea loss of smell or loss of taste.
• Get tested if they display COVID-19 symptoms. If students test positive they will be asked to remain away from school until they are well or until the expiry of the designated isolation period.
• Notify the College if they test positive to COVID-19. Please continue to this this form. It is helpful for our records to also know about these isolation periods, even during the school holidays.
• Practice active hand hygiene and maintain safe social distancing.

Parent Portal

Shortly you will be receiving an EdSmart notification that Parent-Teacher-Student Interviews are open for booking. This booking process occurs via our Parent Portal. To access the Parent Portal, please use the access key and instructions that were sent previously. If you require any assistance with this initial login process, please email the College via office@sjc.qld.edu.au. 

Upcoming Events

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

From the McAuley Captains

As we conclude the second term of 2022, we are able to look back and acknowledge the many achievements accomplished by McAuley House. Everyone should be proud of the tremendous effort that has been implemented into living out the Joey’s Way every day. Although we have faced many challenges this year such as the recent floods, we have managed to come together and support one another and live out our core values of Hope, Compassion and Resilience.

We are ecstatic and blessed to be able to step into these roles for 2022, as we both see the potential of McAuley and its House spirit. Our main goal this year is to amplify our House spirit. This was evident in our swimming carnival performance, especially the younger grades cheering and encouraging our House. Although not everyone got in the water, we sure got our cheering voices out that day and went home with some sore throats. Although we didn’t win the swimming carnival, our chance to redeem ourselves comes to us with the Athletics Carnival and Cross Country.

We have also been brainstorming how to better implement the values of Catherin McAuley into the daily Joey’s life. Hence, we are working on a “Mad Hatter Tea Party” to further ensue her values of hospitality and service. This day will be dedicated to these values as we bring the College community closer around one table and further as one community filled with Hope, Compassion and Resilience.

As McAuley House captains for 2022 we aim to leave our mark and McAuley’s mark on the community for future students.  We believe this can be done through caring for one another and unifying the St Joseph’s community. We have had an amazing start to the year and are excited to see what we can achieve.

Sophie Casagrande and Brandon Bonell – McAuley Captains 

From the Assistant Principal - Student Engagement

Dear Parents and Guardians,

In Term 3 of 2022, there will be a slight adjustment to the process staff use for students who do not present in full and correct College uniform. Please note the following points:

Students Out of Uniform Without a Note: Students who do not present in full and correct formal uniform (and do not have a note) will be marked out of uniform using our Student Management System- Sentral. If a student presents out of uniform three times without a note, they will be required to sit a uniform detention. A student will then be required to complete a uniform detention for each subsequent day they are out of uniform without a note. Parents and guardians will be notified if their child will be required to complete such a detention.

Students Out of Uniform With a Note: Students who present out of uniform but do have a note will have their name recorded by their Joey’s Way teacher. Joey’s Way teachers will contact parents and guardians after three days out of uniform (with a note) to support the student to meet uniform expectations.  

Please note in the case of a student presenting to Joey’s Way in full and correct uniform but later adjusting their uniform so that it no longer meets expectations (e.g. the addition of jewellery), that behaviour will be considered and acted upon as per the processes outlined in our Transgressing the Joey’s Way Compendium.

An outline of the College Uniform policy is below:

Please also note the following points:

Travelling Home: Student must wear their full formal uniform to and from school each day. Students are not permitted to wear their sport uniform home. Students who have H.P.E in the last lesson of each day will be given sufficient time by their teacher to change back into formal uniform.

100% in uniform, or 100% out: It’s important that our students wear the uniform correctly and with pride at all times. Students should not ‘mix and match’ uniform at any time, even after school hours. At the conclusion of the school day, all students are welcome to change completely out of the College uniform and wear free dress home. 

Senior Jerseys: Senior Jerseys, worn by Year Eleven and Year Twelve students can only be worn on Fridays. Students who wear their senior jerseys on other days can expect to be challenged by staff and, in some cases, have their senior jersey privileges rescinded.

Thank you in anticipation of your partnership as we work to improve our collective uniform standards and meet the College imperative of ‘Be Proud, Be Humble’.

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

From the Assistant Principal - Religious Education

NAIDOC Opening Ceremony

On Monday 20 June, we held our NAIDOC Week Opening Ceremony, with the help of Mr David McCarthy and the Ngarrumban Arts and Cultural Experience.

Preston McIlrick, Georgie Horwood, Dani McClelland and Hayley Simmons proudly led our gathering and spoke about this year’s theme, Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

On our return in Term 3, we will again stop to reflect on the significance of the story and wisdom of our First Nations people and our role in pursuing for justice through truth-telling, treaty and reconciliation.

Grandparents’ Day Celebrations

In Term 3 Week 2 we will celebrate our annual Grandparents’ Day with a Mass and Concert. For many young people, grandparents provide guidance, wisdom and a place where they can be nurtured. We are excited to be able to invite our grandparents to celebrate the 2nd World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, as declared by Pope Francis last year.

Our Hospitality Department will provide morning tea and our performing arts students will present a concert for our grandparents to enjoy.

We would be pleased to have grandparents from our community in attendance at the event. To RSVP for the Grandparents’ Day Celebrations please complete the Try Booking form (https://www.trybooking.com/CAJHE) by Friday 15 July.

Date: Friday 22 July

Venue: St Joseph’s College, Mackillop Centre

Commencement Time: 8:30 am

Mass: 8:30-10:00am

Concert: 10:00-10:50am (Morning Tea provided)

Finish Time:  11:00am            

RSVP:  Friday 15 July via https://www.trybooking.com/CAJHE

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

McAuley House

The St. Joseph’s Values of Compassion, Respect, Endeavour and Dignity shape the culture of the College and are the basis from which to reflect and conduct ourselves in everyday life. Nurturing relationships and recognising the dignity of all people in the light of the teachings of Jesus, is paramount at St. Joseph’s. Our values are modelled by staff and community members that demonstrate how students can grow into proactive young men and women.

As an extension to this, McAuley invites students to be people of resilience, hope and compassion. Our crest is a phoenix which symbolises our ability to face new challenges and to be resilient in the face of difficulties. Just as the phoenix is rising towards the sun, we are called to bring light and hope to those in need. Our unique McAuley Prayer is a way of relating to Catherine McAuley, to ourselves and those around us. By opening our hearts and minds and souls we are challenged to grow, change and to love. Just as we make time to spend with those we love, so in making time to pray together, we are seeking to grow in our relationships.

Catherine McAuley, our foundress, was a young woman who was born in Ireland. She inherited money from a family friend and as a person, Catherine had much compassion. She used the inheritance to put into effect her plan to educate young women who were marginalised in society. Every though Catherine was criticised and ridiculed by many, her resilience enabled her dream to become a reality. The Institute of the Sisters of Mercy was established to visit the sick, to educate poor girls and to house and maintain poor young women who were in danger. Catherine McAuley brought hope to many who would otherwise have been forgotten by society.

Our Joey’s Way teachers provide support for students and facilitate the development of self-esteem, social skills and strategies to cope with stress. We value the importance of students feeling safe and valued in the school environment. An analogy that signifies the importance of a Joey’s Way teacher, is “a shepherd guards and protects his sheep, plus the shepherd feeds and helps them grow from lambs into mature sheep”. The duties of a shepherd is someone who takes the responsibility to watch, feed and care for their sheep. Without a shepherd, sheep are prone to wander away and are vulnerable to attacks from a variety of predators and enemies.

I would like to thank our student house leaders, as they are role models for all students in the house. They maintain a high level of commitment throughout the year to lead and support McAuley in various occasions and events. McAuley house encourages students to find their own voice in a supportive and nurturing way that allows students to act in the world and a willingness to lead others. We empower students so that they can develop their knowledge, skills and dispositions in the classroom, school and community.

I am eager to see what great successes await us in Term 3 with the Athletics Carnival and Cross Country.

Have a great holiday.

Melissa Zenke - Student Engagement Middle Leader - McAuley House - MZenke@sjc.qld.edu.au.

Connect with Careers

Term 2 has seen many students engage in a variety of learning opportunities and workplace experiences.  The 'Lunch and Learn' sessions have raised career awareness for the students as they continue to explore and investigate the various opportunities available to them to help inform their career decisions in the future.

We encourage the students to keep up-to-date with upcoming opportunities that are published in the weekly Career Pathways newsletter and newsfeeds on sjccareers.com.au.  We invite you to sign up for the newsletter and subscribe to the newsfeeds.

Newsfeeds 

Please click here to access the newsfeeds and to sign up to receive the newsfeeds regularly. 

Weekly Careers Newsletter 

Please click here to sign up to the weekly Careers newsletter.  To access the published weekly Careers newsletters, please click here. 

Student Voice 

We are seeking Student Voice in the planning and preparation for the Enrichment Program and the Lunch and Learn sessions for Semester Two.  Students can click on the links or the QR code to share their ideas.

Careers Avenue 

Last week, we started the interviews with the Year 10 students who participated in the Careers Avenue profiling.  It has been a wonderful opportunity to discover individual strengths and open our minds to the possibilities about your future career pathways, as you begin to consider career decisions, by starting to explore occupations. 

During these meetings with students and parents, I have been reminded of the importance of learning and acquiring knowledge.

Learning is the first essential skill to achieve any change. Learn to ask more patient questions, not only of other people and situations, but also of yourself. Learn how to seek out, hunt down and dig deeper for even better answers. There are rarely right and wrong answers to life's bigger questions, there are only ideas and solutions that are more useful and helpful than others. Always seek out more knowledge. (Unknown author)

Upcoming External Events:

For information on upcoming external events, please click the following link:

https://www.sjccareers.com.au/for-students/newsfeed

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

Sport

Junior Vicki Wilson

On one of the coldest days this year, nine girls, a coach and an umpire (Helen Henningsen) arrived at the Nell E Robinson courts on Friday morning June 10 to play netball. Boy was it cold.

Our first game was at 8.00am so we started warming up at 7.30am, not that we ever actually warmed up but went through the process anyway.

Like in past years our draw always sees us play Fairholme for our first game. We lost this first game. Scores for the day were.

Fairholme  Lost 18 to 7

Chinchilla State High School: Won 14 to 9

Our Lady of the Southern Cross: Won 14 to 13

Concordia College Won 30 to 0

St Ursula’s College Won 18 to 8

St John’s Roma  Won 21 to 5

Because of our only lose, this put us into second place to play first place in the other pool as the major semi-final, against Downlands College.

This was one terrific match. At the end of the two halves, we were equal. After 5 more minutes we were equal again. The next team to score two goals in front would be playing in the grand final and going off to the State Vicki Wilson competition in Brisbane.

Downlands centre pass, we get the ball, we score. Our centre pass, hopes are high. They get the ball; we win it back and we score the winning goal. Never seen a happier group of girls considering Downlands had beaten us on Wednesday night quite considerably.

We then had to play Fairlhome again in the final, just like last year but I think the girls gave everything they had against Downlands and had nothing much left to give in this game. Fairholme came out winners this year, but we are off to the State final on August 6 and 7.

A very big thank you to Helen Henningsen who represented us as our umpire for the day. We are so grateful to her for fulfilling this commitment on such a cold day.

AAG Positive Cup

This event took place on Sunday June 12 at the Toowooba Grammar Courts. Usually, it is a two day competition but because of all the basketball that is being played at the moment we were down to a one day competition.

It also took on a very different format as well. Win and you kept fighting, lose and you joined the teams on the other side of the draw for the plate final. After the first game, once you lost you were out of the competition, win and you kept going.

The boys played Downlands first up. I didn’t get to see any of their games as the girls were playing at exactly the same time all day.

Final score was 32 to 26 in our favour with Ashton Waters top scoring with 14 points, Dom Deng with 8 points, 6 points for David Deng. Hugh Tanks sank a 3 pointer and Exuace Muteba and Hayden Maripa put on 2 points each.

Returning at 3.00pm, the next team to play was Highlands, remembering that you lose you go home from now on. The boys were going strong and continued on the winning way with a 41 to 35 victory. Top scoring in this game was Hayden Maripa with 15 points, followed by David Deng with 10 points, Ashton Waters with 5 points. Jacob Meyer sank the 3 pointer for this game and Christian Kollin, Hugh Tanks Exuace Muteba and Dom Deng, were all successful with 2 points each.

This put us in the final against Toowoomba Grammar, a game we always look forward to, but play too strongly in our heads. At 5:00pm the boys were back on court doing battle with TGS coming out winners 59 to 27points. David Deng top scored in this game with 10 points followed closely by Hyaden Maripa with 9 points. Exuace Muteba had 6 points against his name and Dom Deng rounded out the scoring with 2 points.

The girls played Concordia in their first game. We had a very young team as well as some players who were recovering from flues. We managed to win 35 to 28 with Tiarnee Smith scoring 13 points and Tyla Salmi putting on 11 points. Rebecca Scott piled on 8 points and Thryefene Muteba scored 2points.

Our next game was Fairholme College at 3.00pm. We were able to defeat them 32 to 23 points. Tiarnee also top scored in this game with another 13 points, with Rebecca putting on 10 points Tyla and Sami Hunter putting away 4 points each. Young Kaley Markey shot a terrific 3 pointer and Libby Cooke scored two valuable points.

This took us to the finals against Centenary Heights State High School. This was a very exciting game with Centenary getting away to 12 points to 1 score at the end of the first quarter. We just couldn’t put anything in the hoop. End of half time we were down 22 to 8. All seemed lost but all of a sudden, we began to fire, and we won the third quarter 12 to 4 points. Not much in it but Centenary had too much fire power and ended up defeating us 36 to 29.

Top scorer with 12 points was Tyla Salmi, followed by Libby Cooke on 8 points, Tiarnee on 7 points and Rebecca on 2 points.

It was a long day but our basketball here at the College is strong and both of these teams can look forward to CBSQ at the end of Term 3.

Bill Turner Cup Final

Thursday of Week 9 a fantastic group of young ladies travelled with me over to Harristown to play them in the final of the Bill Turner Cup.

Words can not really express how proud I am of these young ladies in the way they played as well as representing the school.

Harristown are an academy school for football, so we were a little apprehensive about playing them. They had a Queensland player and 4 Darling Downs representatives in their team. However, don’t ever underestimate the underdog.

Harristown peppered us with goal attempts for the first 10 minutes. Some of them went sailing over the goal while others were saved very successfully by our goalie Holly Robinson, who did a fantastic job for the game.

But against the run of the game, we were the ones who scored first. It took Harristown about 5 minutes to get over the shock before they evened the score.

Half time came and we were still in with a chance and the girls were starting to believe they could do this. Second half came and they managed to score against us to make the score 2 to 1. We had a late charge at scoring and almost made the scores even as the sun sunk lower into the horizon. It was just a lucky save by a Harristown girl that kept our ball out of the goal.

Time was against us, and we couldn’t make up the score. The girls were gracious in defeat. The Harristown coach finally started to breath and relax knowing they had won. Harristown may have had the bigger score, but we had the bigger hearts.

State Of Origin Touch

Congratulations to Blaise Prendergast who has been selected int the Queensland Under 20’s State of Origin Touch side to play New South Wales in a three-game series at Coffs Harbour in August. This is an honour for Blaise, and we wish him the best of luck in the series.

Along with Blaise, four of our past students have also made teams: Ryan Ward Open Men’s team, Sam Carmody Open Mixed team, Emily Ward Women’s 20’s side and Ashleigh Kearney Open women’s team.

Well done to all and we hope they have a terrific series. Go Queensland.

2022 Athletics Track and Field Carnival  -  Friday 5 August - O'Quinn Street

The St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 5 August at O'Quinn Street Oval, O'Quinn Street, Newtown. The carnival is scheduled to run from 8.30 am to 3 pm.

Arrival

• All students should arrange transport to O'Quinn Street Oval for roll marking by no later than 8.45 am

• Buses will be provided for students who require a bus from St Joseph’s College to O’Quinn Street Oval. Students will also have access to these buses to return to the College, if required. These buses will start to leave the College at 8.15 am from MacKenzie Street and the last one to leave will be approximately 8.30 am

Departure

• Students will be dismissed from O'Quinn Street at 00 pm
• If students are leaving without their parents being physically there to pick them up they MUST HAVE a NOTE. We will not allow students to leave unless they have this evidence to support parents. No note they return to the College on the buses provided

Program Event Times: Please see attached program. Please note that times are approximate and  may change if we are running ahead of schedule.

What to Wear: Casual clothes in House colours are encouraged, however, they must be sun safe and appropriate for a school event. Students are encouraged to show their House spirit. Examples include crazy hats, coloured shoes, tutus etc.

Weather

In the case of bad weather and the carnival being cancelled.  Families will be notified and it will be advertised on the College's Facebook page. School will be on as normal if it is too wet.

What to Bring

• Hat
• Comfortable clothing fit for exercise and lace up joggers
• Enough food to be consumed throughout the day as canteen facilities are limited (Canteen organised and run by Toowoomba Little Athletics)
• Water bottle
• Sunscreen

Results

Age Champions results will be announced at the conclusion of the day and Trophies presented.

The Track and Field carnival is a compulsory school day, designed to be fun, therefore good sportsmanship must be exhibited at all times. We are aiming for high participation in all events and encourage all students to have a go, this builds house spirit and house points.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the College.

Cross Country Explosion of Colour

SAVE THE DATE

St Joseph’s College Toowoomba presents a

Colour Explosion!!!

Friday 12^th August

This fun filled day full of activities commencing with the Cross Country Event followed by the Explosion of Colour Run, market stalls, sausage sizzle, milkshakes, fundraising events then followed with Shave for A Cure.

The Colour Explosion is in conjunction with the College Cross Country.  All participants will earn House Points.  Age champions will also be recorded and presented on the day.

The College requests wearing the following:

• Sunglasses, Snorkels
• Scarves, masks, or bandanas around noses and mouths
• White shirt for colour runners
• Black shirt for asthmatic/allergy runners (won’t be coloured)
• SJC – pre-purchase a bandana and sunglasses pack for $5
• SJC Sports Uniform must be changed into after the colour run

Students should come prepared for a day full of colour and fun!

Over the holidays get organised and get your white shirt and your house colour accessories ready!

**** We ask all students to wear their sports uniform to school for the running of the cross country and then students will be asked to change into their white shirts for the running of the colour explosion.  Students will then need to change back into their sports uniform afterwards for the Shave for a Cure activities.

For any student that has allergies and does not want the colour on them, we recommend for these students to wear a different coloured t-shirt, black, that way they’ll stand out from the other students. This way all colour throwers and fellow students will know that these students are not to be touched with the colour powder.

More information will be forwarded via an EdSmart permission slip.

Debbie Newtown - Program Leader - Sport - DNewton@sjc.qld.edu.au

Junior Japanese

Year 7 and 8 Japanese students have recently been participating in inter-class competitions. Students have gone above and beyond with their revision for the upcoming semester exams.

With prizes and rewards on offer, the challenge was thrown out to students to be the Best of the Best.

Such impressive efforts have earned these students a Japanese karee raisu lunch in Week 10 and, collectively, 8A and 7B a reward lesson of their choosing.

Congratulations to all who took up the challenge!

Certificates of Merit have been issued accordingly.

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

Uniform Shop

PLEASE NOTE: The uniform shop will NOT be open during the school holidays. 

Families are able to put in online orders for collection.

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
• Blazers

New Stock:

• Football Shorts $30
• Football Socks $10
• Training Shirts $35
• Hat bands for formal boys and girls hats  $12.00.

Out of Stock:

• Girls Sport Shorts Size Large
• Senior Girls Formal Blouse Size 16
• Junior Girls Formal Blouse Size 10
• Junior Boys Formal Shirt Size 22

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.