Newsletter - Term 1 - Week 6 - Issue 99

From the Principal

Dear Parents, Carers and Students

Attendance and Effort – Every Minute Counts

As part of our beginning year liturgy, four of our school leaders addressed the College community on their hopes and aspirations for 2023. These addresses by Shane, Sophie, Olivia, and Dominic were outstanding and laid the foundation for a great year. 

One aspect of the address that I was most impressed with, was their collective drive to encourage their fellow students to strive to achieve to the best of our abilities at all times and in all aspects of College life. This is a very admirable goal and certainly something that we would hope the students would have heard clearly from their leaders. 

To assist the students, achieve this goal and reach their potential, there are a few simple strategies that we can as a community employ. This first of these is by ensuring that the students attend school as much as possible. This means a few days off per year due to genuine illness – not a 9-day fortnight which accumulates to 20 days absent a year or the equivalent of 4 weeks off a year. Absences can be minimised by booking ahead and organising dental and specialised doctor’s appointments after school or during the holidays. 

Another way of achieving this goal is for the students to use the most of their time in class every day. By making a greater effort to concentrate and apply themselves in class, students can reduce the amount of time the need to spend at home revising or completing work covered during the day. 

At St Joseph’s College, we are focused on improving the educational outcomes for each of our students by being more informed about the needs of the students and planning our lessons based upon this information so that target required skills, are engaging and life related. This also has the added benefit of providing extra time for all the other activities that families are involved in.

Finally, it is vital that students are well prepared for the day having had a good night’s sleep, a nutritious breakfast and that they come to school with further nutritious food for the day and the materials they require for each class.

We look forward to working with parents/caregivers and students in building on the importance of attendance and effort throughout the year and we encourage parents/caregivers to make contact with the College at any time.

2022 NAPLAN RESULTS

Congratulations to the current St Joseph's Year 8 and 10 students and staff on their continual growth in the 2022 NAPLAN results. According to an independent analysis of newly-released 2022 NAPLAN results published in the Courier Mail, St Joseph's has achieved placing top 6 for Year 9 in Toowoomba.

Whilst it is a collaborative effort by our key leaders teaching staff, and most importantly students, it is a true reflection of the collective perseverance to strive towards the goals outlined in our strategic plan and a result which our St Joseph's College community can take pride in. We look forward to celebrating our current Year 7 and 9 students who will complete their 2023 testing in 3 weeks' time.

You can read more about our results via the Courier Mail article here: https://www.couriermail.com.au/…/566814d118fe52129e5656d8c8…

Also, please check out the ACARA My School website for more in-depth results: https://www.myschool.edu.au/

Changes to NAPLAN reporting from 2023 

The National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) provides information on how Australian students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are performing in reading, writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar and numeracy. 

As part of the National School Reform Agreement, education ministers agreed that a proficiency standard be introduced for literacy and numeracy assessed by NAPLAN. On 10 February 2023, education ministers also agreed to change the reporting of NAPLAN results in response to the online testing transition and the move to earlier NAPLAN testing in March.

The new proficiency standard has four levels of achievement for each year level and replaces the previous 10-band structure and the national minimum standard used across the four domains. The four levels of achievement are: 

• Exceeding 

• Strong 

• Developing 

• Needs additional support.

From 2023, the individual student report (ISR) will change. The ISR will be based on the four levels of achievement. It will also continue to show the national average, the range of achievement for the middle 60% of students in each year level, and a dot placement for the student comparing their achievement against these measures. 

This new standard and its benchmarks will provide information to parents/carers and teachers about what a student can do against a challenging but reasonable standard of literacy and numeracy expected for students at the time of the tests. 

This change to reporting means that a new time series and a resetting of the measurement scale will commence in 2023, allowing the full benefit of the new online adaptive testing to be reflected in student results. Any parents who require further information and have questions regarding these changes are encouraged to contact Mr Bill Whiting (Middle School Learning Leader) or Mrs Kerrie-Anne Fellenberg (Assistant Principal Curriculum).

Student Safety

Thank you to the many parents and caregivers who continue to exercise care and caution when driving around the streets near St Joseph’s College. Unfortunately, there are still some drivers who fail to demonstrate the care needed. Please, do not stop in the middle of the street to pick up your young person and do not perform U-turns in the surrounding narrow streets. I cannot stress enough that student safety is at risk. It is fair to say that there is significant unrest amongst several of our neighbours due to the unacceptable behaviour of a small number of our parent drivers. This, in turn, reflects very poorly on the College. I remind all drivers again, please do not park across driveways or on yellow lines, do not park on the grassed islands in the middle of the street, do not stop in the middle of the street to collect your young person, and avoid U-turns. I strongly urge you to support and adhere to these simple road safety rules.

Sound Fields – Thanks Parent Engagement Network

Over the last 12 months our Parent Engagement Network, in partnership with the College, have been working towards implementing Sound Fields in each of our flexible classroom spaces. So far we have been able to install 10 Sound Fields and over the next 12 to 18 months we will achieve the goal of implementing a Sound Field in each of our flexible classroom spaces. The Sound Field system ensure teacher and student voices are heard clearly throughout the classroom and they support better learning outcomes for all of our students. We are very grateful for the support of the St Joseph's College Parent Engagement Network in implementing these systems. Pictured below is Miss Taylah Waldron using the Sound Field system as part of her normal classroom practices whilst teaching her Year 9 class.

Congratulations Tahlia

On behalf of the St Joseph's College community, I wish to congratulate our 2022 College Captain Tahlia Utz on being offered a TJ Ryan Memorial Medal and Scholarship program Merit Certificate for 2023. This is a deserving recognition of Tahlia’s commitment to her learning and studies. The award also acknowledges the important role of schools and teachers in supporting students to reach their potential and I thank Tahlia’s teachers for their efforts.

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

From the Deputy Principal

Just Do It!

When we first see or hear these three words, you may instantly think of Nike, the sportswear company. This slogan has become synonymous with the tagline for a range of products and athletes. However, these three words are not just a slogan. They can be a powerful message.

For example, the alarm went off at 5am this morning and I contemplated getting up and facing my training session. I would rather have slept in. We often have that feeling to take the easy option. However, it is helpful to disregard your thoughts and just go when these feelings occur. I find that if I just get started on a task, in this case, I just get up, then I can then focus on what I am doing. What felt like a drag before I got started turned into positive feelings about what I am going to do.

It is Week 6 of the term; assignments are upon us, and exams and assessment due dates are upon us or a few weeks away. We have spent the first part of the term getting to know new teachers and classmates, identifying new ways of working, getting organised, celebrating our academic achievements and talking about how we want to improve. However, the time for talk is over. Just Do It!

How? Take a small step first. Complete all your homework, start your revision now, revise over the notes and activities you engaged in two weeks ago, attend the tutoring sessions, actively practice tasks from weeks ago, consider how confident you are with particular concepts, log your study hours in your diary, ask your teacher for assistance.

With a busy assessment period looming for all students, whatever you choose to do…. Just Do It!

Upcoming Events

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

From the Assistant Principal - Curriculum

Parent – Teacher – Student Conferences : Term 2

Date Claimer: As per the College Calendar, these interviews will occur on Wednesday 19 April from 1.50pm to 6pm. Further details will be emailed to families at the end of Term 1 with instructions on how to book appointments through the Parent Portal.

Report Cards

All Year 11 and 12 parents and carers will receive an email in Week 7 indicating that their report cards are available in the Parent Portal for viewing. For Year 12, please note that General Subjects have completed their first Internal Assessment and the result is unconfirmed and provisional until it has gone through the QCAA confirmation process in Term 2.

Years 7 – 10 will receive their Interim report cards at the end of the term.

QCAA Confirmation

Confirmation is a quality assurance process that ensures the comparability of results for summative internal assessment in General and General (Extension) subjects. QCAA-trained assessors review a selected sample of student responses to summative internal assessments to check that schools have applied the instrument-specific marking guide (ISMG) accurately and consistently. In 2023, confirmation of a school’s first summative internal assessment for Units 3 and 4 in General and General (Extension) subjects will occur from April when schools upload provisional results.

Assessment Calendars

A reminder that students and parents have received a copy of the Semester One Assessment Calendar for 2023 earlier in the term. If your child is involved in SBA’s or TAFE or other external courses, they are expected to attend school for all examinations here at the College on the day it is scheduled.

Assessment Calendars can also be located on the College Intranet (for students) and on the College Website.

If you have any questions about assessment, please contact your child's classroom teacher or Curriculum Leader.

St Joseph’s College is responsible for gathering evidence of student achievement on or before the due date for internal assessment instruments.

All students have electronic access to their assessment schedules and it is their responsibility to adhere to these due dates.

Students are responsible for planning and managing their time to meet the due dates.

Students and parents can contact teachers and Middle Leaders via Phoning or emailing to help with communication. Teachers are not able to grant extensions directly with students and parents/carers.

St Joseph’s College is required to adhere to QCAA policies about due dates accepting assignments only on or before the due date unless an extension through AARA processes has been approved. For example, a student who is absent due to family holidays will not be granted an extension for an assignment as this doesn’t meet the AARA guidelines set by QCAA.

Academic Support

Each Thursday afternoon from 3.15pm – 4.15pm Academic support occurs in the College Seminar Rooms.

Teachers may request students attend these sessions if they have not met expectations at checkpoints or drafts for assignments.

This time is an opportunity for students to complete work and receive assistance if required.  

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

From the Assistant Principal - Student Engagement

It is a legislative requirement that all non-state schools have at least two nominated staff members to whom a student can report the behaviour of another staff member that the student considers inappropriate.

We call these specially trained staff members School Student Protection Contacts, or SSPCs. Each SSPC has been nominated by the principal in recognition of their integrity, approachability and knowledge in the area of student protection.

Whilst students are encouraged to speak up to any trusted adult in the school community, it is important that they know they can access these specific staff members at any time should they have worries, queries or concerns.

You will have noticed posters throughout the school depicting our current SSPCs. The SSPCs are also published on our school website along with information about our student protection processes. In everything we do at St Joseph's College, student safety is our highest priority, therefore the SSPCs at our school are key personnel in our overall safeguarding processes.

Please see the poster below depicting our current SSPC team. 

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

From the Assistant Principal - Religious Education

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 

Colossians 3:12 

At the heart of our College is the value of compassion and we are called to live this value through head, heart and hands. To act with compassion takes three steps. Firstly, we use our reasoning to recognise the suffering of others, seeing the injustice or observing the pain of another. Our caring heart then expresses concern and motivates us to respond. Finally, we take action to help.   

For me, compassion leads us to demonstrate the agape love gifted to us by God. Agape love is a sacrificial love that voluntarily suffers inconvenience, discomfort, and even death for the benefit of another, without expecting anything in return. It is a love that knows no bounds, it is not restricted by any boundaries of race, gender, or social class. It is an unconditional love extended to all – family, neighbour or enemy.  

Compassion and agape love are very similar, but in my mind, they are an equation. Compassion applied to a situation results in a demonstration of agape love. Compassion drives the heart to unconditional love. Jesus saw those on the margins hurting, and despite having no relationship with them, he had compassion and he healed them.  

How do we develop a more compassionate heart that cares about those who are suffering and hurting? We are innately gifted with the ability to be compassionate and loving by our God. The Holy Spirit that lives within us gives us the natural capacity to extend our love outside of ourselves to those around us, the rest of God’s creation. Like many of our natural capacities, the more we exercise this ability the stronger it grows and the more our hearts open to both giving and receiving the love and compassion our God has instilled in us.  

Our hearts are designed to be outward turning, loving and kind. The more we act upon this nature, the more our hearts are fulfilled. This time of Lent is an ideal time to allow our compassion to guide our actions and to bring more of God’s unconditional love into our world.  

Prayer 

Lord, help me to have a heart filled with compassion and love for others. Guide me through the Spirit to anyone who needs your love, compassion, and encouragement. Lord, you know every heart and I need your guidance to identify people that need you. Help me to be Christ-like with my thoughts, words, and actions today. In Jesus name, Amen. 

COMPASSION CUP – Project Compassion  

As part of Lent, we are calling upon each Joey's Way group to give to Caritas.  

Around the world, people are coming together to make the world a better place. Whether it is ensuring everyone has access to clean, safe water supplies or a sustainable income source or adequate health care for their families. Please donate and help provide hope for a better future. Let's go further, together. 

Each JW group has the opportunity to gain house points. At the end of the term, you will be allocated points based on how much money you have raised. All points will then be combined in your house to find the ULTIMATE HOUSE COMPASSION CUP WINNER!  

Click on your child’s Joey's Way group to go to their donation page! Share the link with anyone you want. 

A COMMUNITY EFFORT OF COMPASSION – Pencil Case Donations 

Over the summer, St Joseph's College partnered with Darling Downs Health to help support newly arrived refugee families by collecting study supplies. 

Yesterday, Julieanne Krueger from Kobi Place collected the supplies with the help of SJC students, Sophie and Camillo. 

Thank you to the SJC community for their generosity! We are blown away with the amount of supplies we have been able to pass on to Darling Downs Health and know each item will be well used and cherished. 

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

Upcoming NAPLAN

Once again, this year, students in Years 7 and 9 will participate in a National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). NAPLAN is designed to test numeracy and literacy at the appropriate year levels. The results of these tests are released to the community on the website www.myschool.edu.au.

NAPLAN Online

Federal, state and territory education ministers agreed that NAPLAN would move online from 2017 – over a two-to-three-year period. COVID restrictions forced the cancellation of NAPLAN in 2020, but St Joseph’s College engaged with the NAPLAN Online platform from 2021 and will do so again in 2023.

Student Preparation

As a school we will continue to prepare students for the rigors of NAPLAN Online. Students have been working on a variety of Literacy & Numeracy activities and, in the coming weeks, will become familiar with the strategies in undertaking an online test. The various departments have been and will be undertaking the following preparation with the Year 7 & 9 students:

• Whole school Strategic Grammar and Punctuation Program
• Whole School Literacy focus
• Whole School Writing focus
• English Department – Writing (Persuasive and Narrative genre), Spelling, Guided Reading techniques, Grammar and Punctuation, Literacy Improvement English guided reading lessons.
• Mathematics Department – Numeracy (both with calculator and without calculator)
• Humanities Department – Literacy Improvement Humanities guided reading lessons.
• Science Department – Vocabulary

Literacy and numeracy are crucial to success, and as such are considered fundamental in education. Completion of this preparation program may assist your learner’s performance in these examinations as well as their academic studies.

Key Dates

• Wednesday 15^th – Monday 20^th March - Year 7 and 9 students will complete the NAPLAN Online Test over four days
• Tuesday 21^st – Monday 27^th March - Catch up testing window for students who were unable to complete one or more of the tests during the scheduled testing window

If you do not want your learner to undertake one or all of the NAPLAN tests, please contact the College for more information regarding withdrawal.

If you have any questions regarding the upcoming NAPLAN testing please do not hesitate to contact the College.

Bill Whiting - Middle Years Learning Leader/NAPLAN Co-Ordinator  - bwhiting@sjc.qld.edu.au

Mission Captains

Hey Joey’s community! For those of you who don’t know us, we’re Mak Maclachlan and Keely Byrne, and we’re super stoked to be the Mission Captains for 2023!

We’re sure you’ve heard all about our theme – Set Our Hearts on Fire – and are just as excited as we are about it. In addition to living out this theme as we possibly can in the community through masses and liturgies, we also have some other plans for the year as to how we can continue to nourish the Joey’s Way and further enrich faith and social justice at St. Joseph’s. So, it is our pleasure to introduce to you:

M.A.K.A.M.A.P.

               Mak And Keely’s Amazing Mission Action Plan

We presented M.A.K.A.M.A.P. to the Senior Leadership Team earlier in the term, and would like to share our goals and aspirations for the year with you:

- Increasing participation in masses and liturgies, by getting different year levels to run them.

- Awarding students who consistently commit to 'Serving Him in Others' through service Morning Teas

- Celebrating our schooling community - particularly the Year 12 cohort - as the end of the year draws nearer.

We look forward to working towards these goals and implementing them throughout the year!

In our meeting with S.L.T., we also discussed what we like to call the ‘ St. Joseph's Faith and Social Justice Pipeline’. This model, created by last year's Mission Captain, Blake Troy, is a physical representation of the rewarding aspects of social justice at Joey's.

The left of the pipeline is open, representing the many opportunities that our younger students have to contribute to the community. Student Voice, Interact, Earth Care, and Vinnies Youth welcome all students from years 7-12, and are an excellent opportunity for students to mingle with likeminded individuals and strive towards common goals. Many of these initiatives at the beginning of the pipeline filter down into the senior schooling years, showing the value of getting into service early on (but it's never too late to join either!) Just Joeys is exclusive to Year 10 students and is an amazing introduction to the senior social justice initiatives further down the pipeline. Year 11 liturgy group and brekky club represents the narrowing of the pipeline, where students are navigating their service more independently, and eventually end doing Year 12 liturgy group and Rosies.

Feel free to email us with any questions you may have about social justice at the college, we are always up for a chat. As always…

Live Jesus in Our Hearts; Forever

2023 Mission Captains - Mak MacLachlan and Keely Byrne

Brennan House

Welcome back to Brennan house for 2023 and what a year it has already been. Our college theme this year is ‘Set our hearts on fire’ and that is exactly what Brennan house has been doing this term. We started the term ably led by our 2023 captains Georgia Hansen and Abby Head who have been incredibly driven to set Brennan hearts on fire through their house meetings, minute-to-win-it challenges and efforts leading the house through the swimming carnival and war cries.

Swimming Carnival

At the swimming carnival, Brennan was setting the pool on fire with some incredible efforts by our students. I would like to acknowledge all the Brennan students who participated in the carnival and supported the house; whether it was in the water, swimming, or in the stands, chanting war cries. Special mention needs to go to all the Brennan students who received Age Champion for the carnival including

• Eloise Janke
• Emily Harch
• Riley Bryant
• Chase Deurloo
• Will Gillies
• Oscar Meara
• Sienna Deurloo
• Shane Hurlock

Year seven camp

I also had the privilege of going on the year 7 camp and was blown away by the efforts of our year 7 Brennan students. Especially on the second night when Brennan house led the way with some incredible (and incredibly loud) singing of the school song. It was great to see our year 7 students show the other houses how it is done.

Attendance

This week at house meetings we shared with students the importance of getting to school every day. 

We acknowledged that students will be sick on occasion but I challenged students to reflect on those days when they may be ‘chucking a sickie’, having a ‘lazy day’ or ‘doona day’ at home and for them to strive to be at school and be the best that they can be.

Below is information shared with students. We celebrated those students who are at 95% attendance and above while also laying down the challenge for those students in the 80 – 95% attendance to see if they could improve their attendance record and strive for 95% by the end of the term.

Brennan Average Attendance 92.4%​

38 students         

100%​

87 students         

95% - 100%​

100 students 80% - 95%​ - Challenged to improve

Luke Logan - Student Engagement Middle Leader - Brennan House  -  llogan@sjc.qld.edu.au

Sport

Friday Night Basketball Week 2 at Harristown

Year 7/8 Girls

Again, we played with only 5 girls, Charlotte, Aimee, Erin, Libbie and Lara who did a magnificent job to defeat Harristown 22 point to 10. It was very hot in their gym with only a fan at the side door. Bec used every possible time out to ensure the girls were okay.

Lara Yaxley scored 14 of our 22 points with Charlotte scoring the remaining 8 points. Erin, Libbie and Aimee were strong in defence and gave plenty of ball to our two attacking girls.

We would really appreciate anyone who could help fill in the last couple of games. If you are a netball player, we would welcome you with open arms.

Year 7/8 Boys Team 1

The boys continued their strong dominance over the opposition under the guidance of Tiarnee Smith, by defeating Harristown 53 to 12.

Scoring strongly was Kobe Guok who put 30 points on the board. Oliver Foley scored 8 points, with Lucan Byrne putting 7 up and Hunter Smith 6 points. Jarrod Hayes scoring his first 2 points for the tournament – and he was a happy young man.

The boys are working well as a team both in attack and defence.

Year 7/8 Boys Team 2

The boys had there first win this week, defeating St Mary's 19 point to 18. The smiles were still on their faces come Monday morning as they spoke about the game with me.

Great work guys.

Year 9/10 girls

Wow was a clinical game of basketball. It had speed, control and great team play during the 75 to 14 defeat of Harristown. The girls were brilliant. Bec has them playing so well together.

Top scoring for the afternoon was Sami Hunter with 14 points. She was in top form during the game. Libby Cooke was being fed well and scored 13 points with Holly Robinson and Tyla Salmi both scoring 10 points each. Kaley Markey put 8 points next to her name. Akor Bior got into the game with 6 points and Krystal Timms scored 4 points to round out our total. The only player who didn’t score on the night was Jada Guok, but she says she would rather pass off and just enjoy playing the defender in the game, which she does really well.

Year 9/10 boys

This was a tough game. Harristown had some tall timber that we had to deal with, but our defence was good enough to keep them out long enough for us to come home with at 43 to 39 win.

Kizito Oryem was strong with 14 points scored. Ryan Richardson was not far behind with 11 points, and this included 3 three pointers. Will English is improving his game every week and put 8 points on the board. Oliver Smythe scored 4 points and Darby Reid, Dean Sowry and Elvis Mgutu all scored 2 points each.

The boys work well together are starting to combine in a strong way. Mr Richardson has them playing well.

Open girls

We struggled this week to put a team on the court but managed to get five girls who could play. (Nails and spray tans were set for the formal). Then halfway through Tiarnee Smith hurt her right hand so played most of the game with her left hand.

We beat Harristown 30 to 22 points, but it was not easy. Nancy Daniel was on fire to shoot 14 points and even only using her left hand Tiarnee still managed to shoot 12 points. Hollie Nichols and Abuk Aleer rounded out the score with 2 points each.

It was a good win considering all the difficulties we had to get a team.

Open Boys Team 1

The final game of the night saw us round out the evening with six wins from six games with the open boys defeating Harristown 35 points to 15.

Blake Burrows had a good night scoring 10 points with Charlie Meyer putting on 9 points, Peter Onyayowang 7 points, Hugh Tanks 6 points and Jake Wisely scored 2 points. Jayden Campbell put one point on the board with a free throw.

Hayden Maripa is directing the boys around the court with great precision, and they are working strong for him.

Open Boys Team 2

The open boys played Downlands boys. They played really well to just lose 38 to 45. Each week they are improving, and it is great to see these close scores coming in.

Noah Brown had a good game scoring 12 points, with Tom Adams scoring 8, Oscar Meara 6, Liam Teakle 5, Dylan Stephens 4 and Oliver Gregson rounding out the score with 3 points.

Friday Night basketball Week 3 Downlands

Year 7/8 Girls

This week the 5 girls travelled over to Downlands to play St Saviours College. This was a hard game as St Saviours were physical with their play and much taller than our five little girls.

Lara Yaxley had her radar on target as she scored 26 of our 32 points with Charlotte Wiedman scoring 4 points and Libbie Everitt putting the final 2 points up.

Gee these girls are made of tough stuff so again if we have anyone who would like to join them, we would welcome you with open arms. Only one game left until the finals.

Girls will have a bye next week.

Year 7/8 Boys Team 1

The boys played Downlands in the challenge this week. Again, the boys played a good solid game and were able to win the game 40 to 22 points.

They shared the points around a bit more this week with many opportunities becoming available as they are starting to play more as a team than just individuals.

Kobe Guok dominated on the boards with 15 points. Oliver Foley had a fantastic game scoring himself 8 points and Maddox Jackson proved himself as a strong player putting up 7 points. Lucan Byrne was like a thief in the night with the number of steals he had during game and also put 4 points on the board. Rocco Feurer put his first 4 points on the board for the tournament as did Mitch Ryan who scored himself 2 points.

The final score was 40 to 22 points. Boys will have the bye next week.

Year 7/8 Boys Team 2

The boys could not back up their win from last week going down to Downlands 19 points to 10. They certainly tried very hard. Jonathan Skuse scored 4 points and Declan Denning, Tyce Fraser and the score sheet says number 11, but we didn’t have that number, all scoring two points each.

Year 9/10 Girls

Another dominating performance by this young team of girls who defeated St Saviours 57 to 24. Tyla Salmi was in good form scoring 20 points for the game. Kaley Markey was not far behind her with 15 points. Sami Hunter had a terrific game in defence but also scored 9 points. Holly Robinson and Libby Cook both put 5 points on the board with Sienna Hawkins scoring 2 and Akor Bior got one of her free throws in to round out the total. Still waiting for Jada Guok to put her first points up.

Year 9/10 Boys

This game was like a training run for the boys winning against Downlands 66 points to 3. Liam Hogan was well fed by his team scoring 17 points from a lot of fast breaks. Ryan Richardson worked hard for his 13 points scoring a lot from the paint. Darby Reid and Dean Sowry both scored 10 points each. Elvis with Mgutu 6 points and Kizito Oryem and Oliver Symthe contributed to the team score with 5 points each.

Open Girls

Again, we managed to put 5 girls onto the court, and we owe a big thank you to Charlotte Biss for helping us out.

Hopefully after the bye this week we will have our injured players back and can finish off the season with a team of 7 playing.

We were doing fine for the first 3 quarters but then we started to run out of legs. St Saviours were coming back strong. We did manage to hang on with Abang Ayuel playing a great game and scoring 13 points. Nancy Daniel was supportive in her game with 10 points and managing to stay on the court with 4 fouls beside her name. Hollie Nichols put 8 points beside her name. Rutendo Mutizigwa put 7 points up to bring us to the win of 38 to 27 points.

Open Boys Team 1

The open boys played at the same time as the open girls, so I didn’t see a lot of the game. I did however hear Hayden doing a lot of encouragement to the boys to get them over the line which went our way 40 to 33 points.

Hugh Tanks had a good game with 15 points and our new importee Sam Moore scored 10 points. Peter Onyayowang put 7 points on the board and Deng Bol Malek had 4 points Xavier Byrne and Arthur Chadambuka both put 2 points up with Arthur having an early shower with 5 personal fouls for the night. It was a good hit out as we get to the pointy end of the season and a possible semi match against Toowoomba Grammar.

Open Boys Team 2

The open boys played Toowoomba Grammar this week, knew they were not going to win so they set themselves the goal of keeping Grammar under a hundred points.

I don’t have the score sheet but I do know this goal was reached, so well done boys.

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Congratulations

Zander Jackson is riding high after being selected in the Under 14 boys Australian Softball squad to play in the 2023 Easter Classic Tournament in New Zealand. Well done young man. 

Congratulations to the following students on their selection in various Darling Downs Teams.

Open Boys Touch – Blaise Prendergast and Bailey Deakin

Open Girls Touch – Indie Kelly

Water Polo – Romey Wiemers

Swimming 12 years – Taylor Wann who on Tuesday at the DD trials qualified in all of his five swims - 50 fly, 50 back, 100 back, 50 free and 100 free. He came away with medals for first place in 50 free, second in 50 fly and 100 back and third in 50 back and 100 free.

Swimming 13 – 19 years – Sienna Deurloo, Lilly-May Krause, Lilly Wiemers and Regan Gardner all qualified for the DD team as the trials on Wednesday.

The temperature at the pool reached 40 degrees.

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

Cultural

MUSIC CAMP

Last weekend, 60 music students travelled to Alexandra Park Conference Centre on the Sunshine Coast for the College’s annual music camp. Students involved on our large ensembles were invited to attend. These ensembles included, Junior Band, Senior Band, Combined Band, Jazz Band, Junior Choir, Girls’ Choir, Boys’ Choir, and Combined Choir. Over the 3 days students spent close to 15 hours in rehearsals learning and refining new repertoire and developing the performance standard for the year ahead.

Students also had the opportunity to socialize with their music peers in between rehearsals, as well as swim at the beach or pool, go bowling and a night of games and activities organised by our 2023 Cultural Captains, Amelia Rawson and Alyssa Young.

A special thank you to staff who assisted on this camp: Miss Rebecca Bastion, Mr Luke McKenzie, Miss Deb Newton, Ms Leigh Price, Miss Megan Scott and Mr Mitchell Wheeldon alongside our music tutors Mr Jon Maskell, Miss Felicity Mohr and Mr Andrew Will.

YEAR 7 MUSIC IMMERSION

Following instrument try-outs at the beginning of Term, sixteen Year 7 students have been offered a place in the Music Immersion program for 2023. During Terms 1 and 2, beginner students receive lessons in small groups from our expert tutors to kick-start them on their music journey and pathway to joining our College instrumental ensembles down the track.

Instruments offered in the program include Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Violin and Cello. It has been exciting to see students collect their instrument and commence lessons over the past couple of weeks. Many thanks to our tutors in this program: Mr Connor Sharpe – Clarinet and Alto Saxophone; Miss Felicity Mohr – Violin and Cello and Mr Andrew Will – Trumpet and Trombone.

MUSICAL 2023 – DISNEY’S FREAKY FRIDAY

We are delighted to have now completed auditions and commenced some rehearsals for the 2023 College Musical, Disney’s Freaky Friday. The College musical provides a wonderful opportunity for students to become involved in the Arts across many platforms. As the production process continues please be on the look out for ways to be involved.

Freaky Friday will be performed at the Armitage Centre of The Empire Theatres 17 – 19 August 2023. Please save the date into your calendar, as the whole community is invited to see this great show.

MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES

SHEP 2023 (STATE HONOURS ENSEMBLE PROGRAMS)

The State Honours Ensemble Programs (SHEP) are run by the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University and provide an opportunity for students to work in an intensive environment of musical excellence with their peers, under the leadership of a team of eminent conductors.

Instrumentalists and vocalists (must have choral experience) are encouraged to apply to be nominated if you meet the criteria below:

Please see Mrs Pietsch for more information. Nominations Expressions of Interest are due to Mrs Pietsch rpietsch@sjc.qld.edu.au by Wednesday 8 March.

OPEN CONSERVATORIUM TERTIARY PREP WORKSHOP

We have received information from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music for their Tertiary Prep Workshops.

Tertiary Preparation Workshop registrations for 2023 are now open.
Get ahead of the audition process for Queensland Conservatorium this year.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about requirements for tertiary entry, skills required for auditions and interviews, tools for enhancing executant skills, and theory and aural fundamentals. There will also be sessions on overcoming stage fright, warm-up methods, practicing effectively and introductions to tertiary courses - My Life as a Musician and Exploring Music. 

Parents and caregivers will also be given the opportunity to join Queensland Conservatorium Heads of Area as they discuss the Bachelor of Music degree and the future of the working life of a musician.

 TPW 2023 includes practical sessions in the following:

Classical: Winds, Strings, Brass, Percussion, Guitar, Piano

Jazz: Winds, Strings, Brass, Percussion, Guitar, Piano

Voice: Jazz, Classical and Popular

Composition

 Important Information

Dates:       Monday 26 June to Friday 30 June 2023
Venue:      Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, 140 Grey Street, South Brisbane  
Fees:         $495 incl GST 

Contact open-conservatorium@griffith.edu.au for more information.

Rosanne Pietsch - Program Leader - Cultural - RPietsch@sjc.qld.edu.au

Connecting with Careers

Lunch and Learn

Commencing this week, we are adding year-level sessions to the Lunch and Learn program:

Monday

Year 12 focusing on post-school pathways.

Tuesday

Year 10 focusing on supporting students with Work Experience.

Year 10 Work Experience 

A reminder that Year 10 work experience forms are overdue. If you haven’t returned your work experience agreement form, please return it to the Career Pathways Office as soon as possible. 

Every Tuesday in Room 22(b), Mrs Harman and Miss Penner will be available to assist you with Work Experience. 

Each Thursday, you will be engaging in Work Experience lessons.  Please be punctual and bring a charged device to each lesson. You will be working in your House with the following teachers: 

Brennan – Mrs Harman

McAuley – Mrs Tobin 

Murphy – Mrs Fellenberg 

Rice – Miss Penner 

7 Ways To Get Fit When It Feels Like You Have No Time

You’ve probably heard that staying active is key to a healthy body and mind. Not only will it improve your physical fitness, but getting the right amount of exercise will also improve your sleep and mental health. But like most things, that’s easier said than done. There’s a good chance you’re juggling school or uni work while also grinding at your part-time job most afternoons. So we’ve put together a few tips to help you stay fit when it feels like time is getting away from you. Click here to find Year 13's suggestions for getting and keeping fit, healthy and productive! 

Learn to prioritise and focus

Grandshake have put together a micro course online that looks at how to prioritise and focus on what's important, not what's most urgent. It is a 40 minute online course and may give you some ideas to assist you to develop good study strategies for success. Check it out here.

3 Reasons Why You Should Start That Assignment Now

Finding the motivation to get started on that assignment can feel like more effort than it's worth. Don't let procrastination hold you back from doing your very best at school, uni, TAFE and later in life. Click here and read about Year 13's three reasons why starting that assignment now will help your future self.

A reminder that you can access career information from the St Joseph’s College Careers website.

School-Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship vacancies

To find a copy of all current SBA vacancies, click here: School-based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBA&Ts) 

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

SJC - Community News

Our Parent Business Directory has begun and you may see some of our parents business in our column 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

EFTPOS only - No Cash accepted until further notice.

All summer and winter stock is available for purchase.

Football/Confro shorts, socks and training shirts available in store.

Reminder formal hat bands are available for purchase.

School Shoes are also available in store in various styles.

Orders can be made online, paid for over the phone and all orders can be delivered to student entrance for your child to collect from there.

Online orders can also be delivered to your home for a fee.

Online ordering is available at all times and will only be packed during shop trading hours.

Out of stock:

Tracksuit Jackets Sizes 14, XS, S, M and L  - due in next week

Tracksuit Pants Size L

Senior Blouse Sz 10A

Female Sport Shirt XS

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.

Please contact the uniform shop on the below details:

Phone:           07 4631 8514

Email:             sjct@midford.com.au

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.