Literacy Enrichment - Get Involved!
What is ‘Literacy Enrichment’ at SJRC?
It’s opportunities in and out of SJRC that enrich students’ understanding of and experience with media, film, reading, writing, and language in general. It’s excursions, festivals, writing, debating and public speaking competitions, and live performance.
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HAPPENING IN TERM 3...
Debating
2020 St Joseph's Regional College v MacKillop College Debating and Public Speaking Competition: Thursday, 27th August. Week 6 of Term 3.
Coaching has resumed for Year 7-10 debaters and teams will be announced around Week 4.
It’s very exciting for our debating coaches Mrs Bell, Mrs McKee, Mrs Mooney and Mr McMillan to witness students embrace the challenge of research, teamwork and argument. And there’s been lots of current topics to discuss and debate of late.
Public Speaking
Coaching for Public Speaking will commence this term. Students who are interested will need to email Mrs McKee to be put onto the SJRC Public Speaking mailing list.
In the SJRC Literacy Enrichment Spotlight
Books That Have Changed Me
This term, we are sharing stories about the stories that have changed us. These might be books from our childhood, our youth or simply last week!
Thank you to the following staff who have contributed to the first part of our series.
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Brigitte Rieger T.S. Eliot Poems 1909-1925  |
T.S. Eliot was one of the poets I studied for my HSC way back in 1982. It was through my study of T.S. Eliot’s poetry that I came to understand the importance of always being alert to language; the appreciation that every word has its own properties - its own weight, texture, even odour. Dissecting and digesting The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was incredibly seminal for me as I so readily related to the persona’s feelings of awkwardness, isolation and personal doubt. Allowing its words to touch and seep into a hidden part of me helped to awaken an enduring appreciation of the power of literature to comfort, provoke and liberate. |
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Nikki Williams Everything to live for by Turia Pitt  |
She was a 25 year old girl working her dream job as a mining engineer in W.A. She entered an ultra marathon in the remote Kimberly that changed her life forever. Caught in a bushfire and suffering burns to 65% of her body, Turia’s resilience, determination and support from her partner allowed her to move forward in an outwardly different body. I found her story to be inspirational and reminded me that we can overcome tough times. |
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Claire Gerke The History of Bees by Maja Lunde  |
This was an interesting narrative in which three stories ran simultaneously without a clear link in the beginning. As the novel unfolded the three stories came together in the present. This narrative illustrated the connectedness of the world and how choices we make have long term effects. |
HSC Study Tips
Year 12 students will find support from a range of sources as they prepare for their Trial HSC. Just this week The Sydney Morning Herald released its HSC Study Guide with valuable tips from past students, and the NESA website is another source of good tips.
https://www.smh.com.au/hsc-study-guide-2020
Good luck to all our Year 12 students in your Trial HSC Exams!
‘Believe you can and you’re halfway there’
The SJRC Literacy Enrichment Team