Principal's Message
This week I would like to pay special appreciation to thirty-one Year 11 students who delivered speeches as a part of the Year 12, 2021 Leadership program. Not only was I impressed by the number of students who were prepared to put themselves forward for roles in the College next year, I was also proud of their level of preparation and engagement with the process.
Congratulations to the following candidates:
| Nicola Abi-Saab Neal Aupy-Pollock Maddison Baxter Phoebe Bentley Alexander Byrne Chloe Cooper Brianna Ducker Chloe Eichmann Hannah Freeman Matthew Gleeson |
Bianca Green Connor Hallum Ella Handley Chloe Howarth Sarah Jennings Riley Johnston Timothy Kobelke Joseph Lewis Demi Magnus Luka Marshall |
Nicholas Murray Quinn Pares Gianluca Polacci Byrnes Piper Seale Ella Smith Jorjia-Rose Styles Jay Toogood Matthew Walsh Connor Warneken Mia Watts Elanor Williams |
Principal Awards
Congratulations to the following students who were announced as Principal Award recipients at this week's ZOOM assembly. Students will receive their awards in House assemblies.
| Charlie Ackerman Jayde Attkins Lilly-Rose Bajt Alex Burg Tomas Bush Kieran Copeland Zoe Copeland |
Rhiannon Dutlow Chelsea Frater Jack Friend Blake Haywood Heo Ignacio Alexis Lambert Keatin Nowak |
Anabelle Paynting Rocco Polacci Byrnes McKeeley Quayle Aydin Rae Liam Ross Ellyra Squires Jorjia-Rose Styles |
Zoom Assembly
This week the College ran its second Zoom Assembly for the term. The following articles were presented in good fun and humour. Thank you to the many students and staff involved in making the assembly possible. Please enjoy the following videos.
SJRC Environmental Club
The SJRC Environmental Club has been making Bees Wax Wraps. In the following short clip, club members, Lauren Johnston, Cora Puttick, Brock Holliday, Maisy Taylor and Zoe Copel explain how they are made.
The idea behind the making of the video is to share the need for all students to assist in reducing soft plastic wastes not only at our College but also within their own homes. It is now time for our College community to get involved and the SJRC Environmental Club is here to help kick start that involvement
At our next College assembly, Mrs Mooney, the Environmental Club Coordinator, will draw out, one Pastoral Care group. All Pastoral Care members including the PC teacher will be the lucky recipients of the first batch of Bees Wax Wraps... and the first to make a difference in reducing our plastic waste.
My thanks and congratulations to Mrs Mooney and the Environmental Club for this great incentive.
Science with Mr Bennie - Wash your Hands
Thank you to Mr Damien Bennie for making this fun video explaining what is a virus, what it looks like and our best defence against a virus.
Metal Medial Madness
Thank you to Mr Colin Makay and Jacob Gaskill for putting this valuable video together, highlighting some of the varied skills and fun that our students are able to experience in the Industrial Technology- METAL classroom.
Harry Amon & Mark Spence
We have some amazing talent at St Joseph's Regional College, this week we would like to showcase the very talented Year 12 student, Harry Amon.
In this piece, Harry is performing "Paper Iron" written by our very own Mark Spence, SAPSS Drumline Leader. This piece was specifically written by Mark to showcase Harry's considerable musical talents. Harry is performing on the biggest instrument which is the marimba, in addition to the bass drum and concert toms. He uses a wide variety of sticks and mallets as well as different performance techniques, many of which are quite advanced. Mark is playing the vibraphone, concert toms, and cymbals.
The piece was originally written for a soloist with a percussion trio for accompaniment but due to COVID-19, Mark was able to condense them into one single part.
Mark who has been Harry's music tutor since he was in Year 4, says "Harry should be very proud of his abilities after many years of practice & study".
Staff Development Day - Friday, 28th August 2020
On Friday, 28th August 2020 (Week 6) all staff at St Joseph’s Regional College will participate in a Staff Development Day. Students are not required to attend school on this day.
Each year, a number of new initiatives and programs are introduced by NESA, our own Catholic Schools Office, and various other bodies who govern aspects of education, and it is essential for all staff to be kept up to date with these latest initiatives. On this particular day, staff will be involved in activities encompassing curriculum development, spiritualty and school improvement. Involvement in these activities will contribute to our ongoing goal of giving each of our students the best possible education.
God Bless
Jim Dempsey
Principal