Principal's Message
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The purpose of moving to this new format is to engage the College community more effectively and provide parents, students and the community with a content-rich newsletter format.
One of the great features of this newsletter is the quick link buttons at both the top and side menus. These links will take you directly to the latest and most up-to-date information.
2020 SJRC Trainees & Youth Ministry Officers
I would like to extend a warm welcome back to the College for Term 2. Over the past week, I have witnessed staff and students working diligently on their Blended Learning programs. It is my hope at this point in time that you feel reassured around the delivery of learning at the College over the next four weeks. You should also feel confident that I will be communicating to you future planning around moving to full attendance at the College in the not too distant future. I really appreciate your patience and support in this regard.
In this week's newsletter, I would like to pay a special tribute to our Trainees and Youth Ministry Officers. These young adults have only been out of school for a matter of months and are yet at the same time exhibiting great maturity and commitment to the College. Below you will discover some of the magnificent ways they are supporting our community in these times. My congratulations and sincere appreciation to each of them.
Dylan James
Dylan has been working hard these last few weeks not only on his practical skills supporting the College and workshop staff but on his TAFE work as he progresses with his Certificate in Engineering.
Currently, he has designed and constructed the College Hand Sanitising Stations which will keep staff and students safe as they return. Concurrently Dylan has also learnt new laser cutting skills by building new place tokens and a storage box for the Sports Department. Senior students have also gained through his assistance in the workshop as they build their Industrial Technology Timber, HSC Major Projects.
Well Done Dylan and thank you for your support thus far.
Chloe Nash and Amelia Stennett
Our Youth Ministry Officers, Chloe Nash and Amelia Stennett have worked hard over the last few weeks in order to put together digital resources for students. The result is that they have put together two resources. This will allow for the continuous sharing of content with the students while they’re at home. These are great resources which will continue to be updated once face-to-face learning returns.
You can see the results of their efforts at the following Links.
SJRC Digital Ministry Blog https://sjrcministry.wixsite.com/digitalministry
SJRC Digital Ministry Instagram Page https://www.instagram.com/sjrcdigitalministry/
Georgia Smith
Georgia quickly capitalised on the opportunities presented by Blended Learning in the College. Following the initial decrease in students, she began work on the many tedious and time-consuming tasks that are often challenging with over 1000 students on-site.
Over the past few weeks, Georgia has systematically itemised the College uniform storeroom, replacing missing jerseys, shirts and singlets. Many older items of clothing were then donated or recycled as cleaning fabric. She has also relocated teaching resources and equipment between the PDHPE/Sport storeroom and reorganised the layout of these spaces to improve functionality.
Georgia has also thoroughly cleaned, provided maintenance and taken stocktake of our College Gym equipment. All the while, assisting with writing online sport programs and completing her own Certificate III in her spare time. Over the next fortnight, Georgia will oversee the ongoing sanitisation of College sport equipment in high contact areas.
Thanks, Georgia for all you do, it's wonderful having you here at SJRC.
Julianne Byrne
Julianne has become our beautiful ‘right-hand-man’! She looks after all of the audio/ visual needs of the College and her skills improve all the time because of the Cert 3 in Live Sound Production that she is studying through TAFE NSW. Julianne sets up demonstration material, controls stock, cleans endlessly, collects digital work samples, helps students with classwork, and the list goes on. Nothing is too hard for this amazing young person, everything that is asked of her she gets done to a high standard with no fuss, I have even walked in on her learning how to use a ratchet wrench set so that she could disassemble a piece of student art for them! Now that is dedication.
Julianne is full of initiative and drive and loves working here at the College as she regularly tells us. She has quickly become an invaluable asset to students and staff alike. I know I speak for the entire Creative Arts team and all of our students when I say that we feel utterly blessed that she has joined our team.
Thanks for being fabulous Julianne!
Kaye Loma
We have been fortunate to have Kaye Loma join our Food Service team, bringing her skills and knowledge from her Hospitality background.
She has a good rapport with our students and colleagues, demonstrating great teamwork and showing confidence in leading our school canteen and coffee shop. Kaye shows great initiative and works hard at all tasks.
Her fun, happy nature is wonderful to be around, and we are excited to see where her journey will take her.
Jazmin Lindsay-Favelle
Jazmin has been kept busy creating PDF files of scanned classroom music resources. She has also created written instructions to support music video resources.
Band folders have been updated, and new pieces have been scanned and emailed out to the band students with a Youtube link to play along with at home.
Jazmin has also been researching different music programs which will help provide music accompaniment for the Year 12 HSC music performances.
I can't thank Jazmin enough for all her efforts and in particular, for attending all Music Ensembles rehearsals, coming in early and leaving late.
