Principal’s Message

Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of St Joseph’s College,

Two very important feast days on our Catholic calendar occur this week. Sunday just passed saw the celebration of the Ascension of our Lord. This marks the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven following His death and resurrection at Easter. The Gospels document the visitations of Christ during the period between the Easter triumph and the Ascension. It was during this time that the Apostles gained strength and courage in the purpose for which they were chosen by Christ; go forth and make disciples of all nations (Mt 28:19). May we find strength in our daily lives like the Apostles did during this time. This Sunday coming then sees the feast of Pentecost celebrated. This marks the time the still trepidatious Apostles, having seen their leader ascend to heaven, filled with the Holy Spirit and fulfil the words of Mt 28:19. They are gifted with the power of tongues and spread the word of Christ throughout the world. It is a feast day to celebrate overcoming adversity and displays powerfully the ability of the Holy Spirit. May we all be filled with the Spirit in all we do and say through this ensuing fortnight.

WELCOME TO THE PARISH I had the pleasure of meeting Fr Shabas Crasta who is a Carmelite priest, the same order as Bishop Gregory, and arrives with us from the region of Karnataka. For those who follow the IPL, the Royal Challengers Bangalore are the team from this region. He will be with us for at least a month at this stage until a permanent Assistant Priest is appointed. Please welcome Fr Shabas if you see him around.

STAFFING ANNOUNCEMENT AND UPDATE It is my great pleasure to announce that Mr Eamon Brown has been appointed to the role of Acting Leader of Pastoral Care and Student Welfare. Mr Brown commenced at SJC from the start of this year having arrived from Good Samaritan Catholic College, Hinchinbrook. At GSCC, he was the Year 11 Coordinator and Leader of Merici House. Mr Brown has worked in welfare for a substantial number of years and has a passion for working with students to help them achieve their greatest potential. He has been a leader on a number of recent World Youth Days and was part of the planning committee for the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. We wish Eamon all the best. I was informed last week by Mrs Vicki Cox, who job shares with Ms Amie Nugent, that she will no longer be able to fulfil her position due to personal reasons. Mrs Cox has worked for many years on and off at SJC. We thank her for her commitment to the College and wish her all the best. Since the departure of Mr Adam Barron, we have had Mr Dick McLaren filling his position as we work toward a new timetable to accommodate the number of staffing changes that have recently occurred. As more permanent appointments are made, I will be sure to inform families. We must also wish Mr John Besgrove and Mrs Colleen Waide all the best as they continue to recover from surgery and illness respectively. We thank Mr Nick O’Reilly and Mrs Lucy De Giorgio for taking on their roles during the absences.

St Joseph’s College Doyle Drive (PO Box 246) Banora Point NSW 2486

(07) 5524 9002 | Email: sjcbanora@lism.catholic.edu.au | Website: www.sjcbanora.catholic.edu.au

Week 6, TERM 2 @ sjc

DAY 6 ~ MONDAY 3 JUNE

Staff Development Day (pupil-free day)

DAY 7 ~ TUESDAY 4 JUNE

Proclaim Lismore Staff (pupil-free day)

DAY 8 ~ WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE

DAY 9 ~ THURSDAY 6 JUNE

Country Cup 13s & 15s (selected students)

DAY 10 ~ FRIDAY 7 JUNE

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Week 7, term 2 @ SJC

DAY 1 ~ MONDAY 10 JUNE

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

DAY 2 ~ TUESDAY 11 JUNE

DAY 3 ~ WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE

Year 11 Leadership Camp (12-14 Jun)

(whole year group event)

‘The Temperament Factor’, A Free Parent Workshop by the Catholic Schools Parent Assembly

(Mt St Patrick College, Murwillumbah, 6:00 pm refreshments for 6.30pm start) (Register at http://bit.ly/2UYFtwk)

DAY 4 ~ THURSDAY 13 JUNE

DAY 5 ~ FRIDAY 14 JUNE

Practice for Tweed Hospital Memorial (selected students)

From ‘Opus Justitae Pax’ [Peace is the Fruit of Justice]

Pope Pius XII

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The School Newsletter and School Calendar are both available online @ www.sjcbanora.catholic.edu.au. The School Calendar contains year group events, assessment schedules and term dates.

Term 2 Coming events

WEEK 8

Monday 17 June UQ Biology Excursion

Tuesday 18 June Tweed Hospital Memorial Service

Country Cup Rugby League

Subject Information Evening

Wednesday 19 June Northern Rivers Science & Engineering Challenge

Thursday 20 June Year 11 Street Retreat

(20-21 June)

Diocesan Junior Football Gala Day

Friday 21 June College Athletics Carnival (*wet weather alternative 28 June)

WEEK 9

Monday 24 June Year 11 Construction Work Placement

(24-28 Jun)

Year 11 Physics Field Trip

Friday 28 June Murwillumbah Festival of Performing Arts

(*Alternate day for Athletics Carnival - weather)

WEEK 10

Monday 1 July Year 11 Electrotechnology Work Placement

(1-5 Jul)

Year 11 Biology Field Trip

Tuesday 2 July Year 9 Kinda Party

Thursday 4 July School Talent Quest Final

Friday 5 July Last day of Term 2

This is a normal school day

‘Catch the Wave’ Excursion

SEAAR Cycle Four (Term 2, Cycle 2)

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STAFF LEARNING DAYS As was outlined in the previous newsletter, the College will be involved in two learning days on June 3 and 4. We thank families for their understanding in organising care during this period where staff will experience learning and faith renewal.

CHANGES TO DOYLE DRIVE You may have noticed that council has removed a section of the middle median strip along Doyle Drive. This now allows vehicles departing the western carpark to turn right, instead of looping through the College bus area. I ask that people are patient and exercise caution during busy times please.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SURVEY Thank you to all families and students who completed the DOLSIS (Diocese of Lismore School Improvement Survey) for 2019. The results will help drive the school improvement agenda for the 2019/20 years.

UNIFORM FEEDBACK Thank you to all parents and carers who have taken the time to provide feedback on the uniform. We have commissioned a number of samples to be produced in response to some of the reasonable requests. The majority of families appreciate the formal nature of the uniform and some minor suggestions were suggested. When samples have been delivered, I will share these with the community. Our next step will be to provide staff and students the chance to respond.

CONGRATULATIONS Well done to Blake Forder (Year 9) who has been selected in the NSWCCC State Rugby League team. This is a great achievement. Blake was one of the only non-metropolitan players selected in the U/15 or Open teams. We also must congratulate Liam Townsend (Year 12) and Max Liles (Year 9) for making it to the selection trials in Sydney. Kind regards Mr Scott Thomson Principal (scott.thomson@lism.catholic.edu.au)

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Messages to Students: Office staff cannot disrupt teaching in order to deliver messages that are not of an urgent nature. Student’s afternoon home travel plans should be made prior to the student leaving home in the morning.

LEADER OF PASTORAL CARE / STUDENT WELFARE

CONGRATULATIONS A special mention to Isis Fry and Zach Carrodus both from Year 10, as well as Scarlett Magnus and Jacob Wilson both from Year 11. Isis Fry was nominated to attend the recent Rotary Youth Leadership and Enrichment program at Bornhoffen camp site. The program aims to gather like-minded young people from the local Rotary districts for three days to develop their leadership potential. Isis was also selected to give a presentation to Rotary members on her experience from the camp at the monthly Rotary dinner. Zach Carrodus applied and was selected to attend the Tweed Council Environmental Leadership camp which is coordinated by the Outward Bound organisation. Zach will spend the last week of term educating himself on various environmental issues both locally and globally. Zach hopes to bring some of the knowledge learnt back to the school environment group.

Scarlett Magnus and Jacob Wilson were invited to speak at the Murwillumbah Rotary Breakfast meeting last month. Each monthly event carries a theme, last month’s being ‘Youth’. Jacob and Scarlett spoke to Rotary members about their roles on the Tweed Youth Council. Mr Peter Serone Leader of Pastoral Care / Student Welfare

PEDAGOGY

Improving Typing and Handwriting Skills

So you don’t have much homework tonight? Assignments and study notes up to date?

Have you ever thought about spending a bit of time each night learning touch typing?

Touch Typing is when you can type without looking at the keys while you type. This means you can type much faster than if you had to look and see where each key is, and it means you can keep looking at whatever it is you are typing instead of the keys. This is an incredibly useful skill to develop – it will help you at school and later in life as well, improving your efficiency and speeding up work on assignments and essays. Once you learn touch typing, you will know where the keys are located on the keyboard through your sense of touch and you will be able to look at the screen or whatever you are typing rather than the keyboard. On www.studyskillshandbook.com.au there is a section to get you started on your journey of learning touch typing. Click on unit Technology Tools and on the Learning Touch Typing page you will find links to lots of free software to help you develop your touch typing skills as well as some great tips to get you started. There is also a discount voucher to the professional TypeQuick course. Being able to touch type will definitely make life easier for the students in the senior years and beyond. 10 minutes practice a day could end up making a big difference. But don’t neglect your handwriting skills either. As long as you have to submit handwritten work or handwrite for tests and exams it is also important to improve the legibility and speed of your handwriting. Go to www.studyskills handbook.com.au and visit the Writing Skills unit and click on the Improving Handwriting section. You’ll find some excellent strategies for improving your handwriting as well as some special pens that can assist you with this such as the RingPen shown here.

Should students type or handwrite their study notes? Short answer, they are better off doing whatever the exam or test will be. So if the exam is handwritten, it is better to handwrite notes. This creates muscle memory; it sets up a pattern in the brain of what they will be doing in the exam. If they do not have exams, then it does not really matter, they can choose to either type or handwrite their notes. For students who do have written exams, they are better off getting used to writing as much as possible, especially as students do less and less pen to paper and more and more on the keyboard. It is also argued that by writing the information, you set up pathways of familiarity and recognition in your brain that will kick in when you are in an examination situation. On the other hand, some subjects have so much content that to try and wade through it with handwritten study notes would take forever. A good compromise for students who would prefer to type is to start making initial notes on the computer as this allows you to cut and paste, group information and rearrange it with ease. Once you have a core set of notes completed, you may like to further summarise some sections on paper using a more graphical or visual form of note-taking such as mind-mapping. And when you are learning the notes, read a section, then see what you can write without looking, this way you will be testing if the information is in long-term memory and practicing your handwriting at the same time! Given that students now have to be masters of both the pen and the keyboard it is important to develop both legible handwriting and touch typing skills. When exams all go to typing at some stage, which they will inevitably do, everything will change. Our school’s subscription details are:

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Mr Carlo Trimboli Leader of Pedagogy

CURRICULUM

The following text is a repeat of advice sent out to families this week via the Skoolbag app: YEAR 11 REPORTS 2019 (AND REPORTS FOR

YEAR 10 ACCELERATED COURSES) The College would like to provide you with some information regarding changes to our reporting practices for Year 11 courses. In 2018 NESA (NSW Educational Standards Authority) introduced new school-based assessment requirements based on “Stronger HSC Standards”. These reforms were designed to help motivate and challenge students to achieve at their highest possible level and reduce excessive student stress. The changes to school-based assessment requirements in each course include:

● mandatory components and weightings for both Year 11 and Year 12 courses.

● capping the maximum number of formal assessment tasks to three in Year 11 and four in Year 12.

● capping the number of formal written examination tasks that mimic the HSC examination to one per course, with a maximum weighting of 30% for the Year 12 course.

As there are now only three formal assessment tasks in Year 11, most courses at this point in time have only completed one formal task. This differs from previous years where multiple assessment tasks may have been completed at a similar point in time. Also, as there is only one formal written examination permitted as part of these three formal assessment tasks, this will be completed at the end of the course in the last two weeks of Term 3. For these reasons mid-course reports will not be distributed to Year 11. St Joseph’s College attempts to ensure that parents and carers are kept well informed of student progress throughout each term. Student Engagement and Application Reports (SEAAR) are completed each five weeks indicating the work ethic of each student in each course. Our Parent/Student/Teacher Interview evenings in Term 1 also afforded teachers the opportunity to provide feedback on the progress of each student in attendance. Teachers will contact parents of any student who is not working towards achieving the outcomes of each course. Parents are also encouraged to attend the next Parent/Student/Teacher interviews which will be held in Week 1 and Week 2 of Term 3 to discuss their child’s progress individually with each teacher. Mrs Kathy McAlister Leader of Curriculum

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College Procedures: Unsure of College Procedures or Policies? The student planner contains information. If you don’t find the answer, contact the relevant Homeroom Teacher or Year Coordinator (Leader of Pastoral Care).

HUMAN SOCIETY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT (HSIE)

On Monday 13 May, the SJC Environment Group attended the 2019 Sustainability Symposium, an initiative of the Sustainable Schools Network in partnership with Somerset College and City of Gold Coast.

The students attended several workshops and heard from young environmental activists including Melati Wijsen who founded the “Bye Bye Plastic Bags” initiative in Bali and Molly Steer from the “Straw No More” project. Students also heard from Holley Sommerville Knott, founder of “Tell Someone Who Cares”, a social enterprise that helps to raise awareness and save rainforests from palm oil destruction, protect endangered wildlife and empower Indigenous peoples.

The students had the opportunity to discuss their own environmental initiatives and get ideas from students from other schools. They also participated in a workshop where they made their own reusable bag from a recycled t-shirt. The students found the Symposium inspiring and said they learned a lot, including ideas for initiatives they could implement at the College. Ms Amy Pascoe HSIE Teacher

CAREERS

Please see me about the following or about any careers concerns you may have. Ms Frances Stegeman Leader of Careers / EVET

On Friday 16 August, Southern Cross University will be hosting a Music Careers Symposium at the Lismore campus. This free event would be suitable for Year 11/12 music students, music teachers, career advisors, musicians, music industry personnel, current and potential tertiary music students and academics.

What: Music Careers Symposium

When: 9am – 3pm, Friday 16 August 2019

Where: Southern Cross University, Lismore campus – D Block

Cost: Free (bookings essential – booking information will be released soon)

At the Symposium there will be a series of sessions on the following topics: Running a music festival or starting your

own venue What is needed from a musician: artist,

agent and booker perspectives Learning the language - what is the

future of music education? Producing your track to stand out from

the pack Income streams and income rivers:

funding sources, grants and publishing Making social media work for you and/or

other ways to build an audience in the 2020s

Changing the landscape: getting more women into the music industry

Literacy ‘Students of the Week’

Congratulations Joshua McCaffery and Coen Marr for your enthusiasm, being on time, and scoring below one minute for your 120 flashcards!

ON-CAMPUS UNIFORM SHOP (MANAGED BY LOWES)

Just follow the covered walkway towards the College and then look out for the sign

directing you to the On-Campus Shop

07 5523 9300 only during shop hours

Tuesdays: 12:00pm to 3:30pm Thursdays: 8:00am to 12:00pm

Payments: Cash and EFTPOS Only NO CHEQUES ACCEPTED

Link to the Lowes Uniform shop for SJC https://www.lowes.com.au/schools-online/st-

joseph-s-college-tweed-heads

On Tuesday 15 May, three Year 11 Visual Arts students participated in an enrichment day at the Tweed Regional Art Gallery.

Guest Australian Artist - Educator Leith Walton a local artist from Murwillumbah worked with students exploring and experimenting with a range of techniques to create their own artist books and zines. These artworks incorporated drawing, collage and written text. Ella McDermott, Danielle Tait and Ke Xiao spent the day working with Leith. He generously demonstrated a range of techniques and approaches to the students before they were able to create their own artist books and zines. Students gained an insight into the current exhibition “Self-made: zines and artist books” which provided them with inspiration for their own artmaking.

We would like to thank the Tweed Regional Gallery for providing our students with this wonderful experience.

Mrs Nicole Taylor, Visual Arts Teacher

St Joseph’s College would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Ke Xiao from Year 11 who is studying Visual Arts and Visual Design, for being accepted into the National Art School in Sydney to complete an Intensive Studio Practice Course over the winter and spring holidays.

We wish her all the best for this exciting opportunity and look forward to seeing her portfolio of work when she returns.

Work Readiness

Pathway (WRP)

Employability

Program

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them

Year 12 WRP students participate in five Employability Program lessons every fortnight alongside their regular HSC pattern of study. This program has been designed to provide students with valuable transferable skills, qualifications and credentials to make a successful transition into the workplace. Last term, students were given the opportunity to complete a Bronze Medallion certificate and update their resuscitation qualifications as part of this program. Congratulations go to the following students who successfully completed the theoretical and practical components and received their Bronze Medallion: Liam Begg, Ryan Brownlie, Remy Davey, Jack Dillon, Charles Evans, Joshua Field, Ella Friend, Sarah Goodman, Neve Griffiths, Darcy Hedge, Jye Sinclair, Benjamin Staff, Jade Taylor, Harrison Vidler, Cameron Walsh and Mikayla Willoughby. This term, students are preparing for Work Experience which will take place in Term 3 while working on further developing their personal and social skills through regular physical activity at a local crossfit gym and yoga/pilates studio. Ms Hannah Lindschau Work Readiness Pathway Teacher

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Planner: The student planner should be signed by parents/caregivers each week. Any concerns? Contact the relevant Homeroom Teacher or Year Coordinator (Leader of Pastoral Care).

School Captains Zoe Nethery and Lucas Parker, together with Mr Damien Quinn (Leader of Pastoral Care–Year 12), attended NSW Parliament and met the Governor of NSW on the student leadership experience in Sydney last week. Our Local Member, Geoff Provest, took them on a guided tour of his and the Nationals’ offices.

On Saturday 25 May, eleven students, accompanied by Danny, Grace and myself, attended Movie World for this year’s Ignite Launch. Everyone enjoyed a day out together and finished the day with Emmanuel Worship music and some inspirational speakers. Students are now looking forward to the Ignite Conference in September. This conference is a four-day event for our young people to explore topics related to faith, meet other likeminded young people and experience Mass and Reconciliation. It is always a highlight on the Evangelisation calendar. Mrs Hannah Ardrey Leader of School Evangelisation

Far North Coast Surfing Titles

On Friday 17 May, Oscar O’Neil, Tobey Carpenter, Kai Barrett, Corey Hunter & Zane Hall competed in the FNC Surfing School titles, held at Lennox Head. Our best result was Tobey Carpenter reaching the semi-final in the Boys Under 19 division. The boys all had a great day and represented the College in an exceptional way.

Congratulations also to Tobey and Zane who competed in the Far North Coast Regionals on 18 and 19 May. Zane Hall qualified for State in 6th place in FNC Under 14 boys.

Tobey Carpenter qualified for State in 4th place in FNC Under 18 Boys. Well done boys!

Mrs Shannon Parker Leader of Sport

Monday 27 May marked the beginning of Reconciliation Week. What better way to raise awareness of this significant week than with a friendly game of touch football!

Our SJC Indigenous All Stars were victorious over our Non-Indigenous All Star team in a close and exciting game held on the school ovals during lunch. It was so fantastic to see such a huge turn out from our staff and student body to support both teams.

All Stars Touch Football

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