College News

Welcome to the new St John's Mobile App

The new St John’s Regional College Mobile App is now available free on the App store (for both iOS and Android phones).

This App ensures that students, parents and staff stay up to date with the latest school information via their smartphones.

Notifications via our App

One of the key features of the App is the ability to receive notifications from St John’s on your smartphone in real time. It may be a reminder of an event that is on at the school, an update on an excursion/camp that your child is attending or a message from the Principal.

Families select the level of notifications they wish to receive by simply going in to the settings function and opting in or opting out of different year levels.

For example if your family has current students in Year 7 and 10 you should ‘opt in’ to notifications for Year 7 and 10 and whole school only and opt out for other year levels.

College Tuition Fees 2017

Families will be receiving their College Fee Statement during the holidays.  This is a reminder all College fees need to be paid by the end of November, unless other arrangements have previously been made with the College. 

For any enquiries regarding family accounts, please call the Finance Office on 9791 3366.  Payment methods include Direct Debit, Bpay, EFT, and Cash/Cheque which can be paid over the holidays, as the Administration Office is open both weeks.

Please contact the Office if any students are not returning in 2018.

Janet Stefancik, Finance Manager

Cambodia Immersion Trivia Night

On Friday 8 September, the annual Cambodia Immersion Trivia Night was held in the new Contemporary Learning Centre.

The 16 members travelling to Cambodia in November and December rounded up their teams to contest to become Trivia Champions. Also joining us on the night was a staff table and a table of our 2016 Cambodia Immersion participants.

The night consisted of six rounds; Pop Culture, Sport, Music, Movies, Famous Faces/Logos and School Subjects. The movie round was conducted as a Kahoot which was a new way of presenting.

We successfully raised $1900 on the night, this came through ticket sales, games such as heads or tails and our silent auction. This money goes directly to the School in which the students will spend six days teaching English to the local children. It helps to get quality teacher training for the staff and assists with the general running costs of a school.

We would like to recognise the following business and companies who so kindly donated prizes and money to our Silent Auction; Lamont Books, Images of India, Cadbury, Mars, Arctic Foods, AMP Elite and Shinners Plumbing.

We would also like to recognise the support of Ms Janine Misso who so kindly coordinates many of these donations and Mr Quentin Smith for being such a humorous and spirited host!

Congratulations to Adrianna Grech and her table who were crowned 2017 Trivia Champions!

Ashleigh Holly, Learning Area Leader - Health and Physical Education 

Cubing Competition

This weekend is the annual Australian Nationals for Cubing in which Andrei Kabigting​ ​and​ ​I​ ​will​ ​be​ ​competing​. ​​Andrei​ ​will​ ​be​ ​competing​ ​in​ ​the​ ​traditional 3x3,​ ​2x2,​ ​3x3​ ​one​ ​handed​ ​and​ ​Pyraminx.​ ​I​ ​will​ ​be​ ​competing​ ​in​ ​3x3,​ ​2x2,​ ​4x4,​ ​3x3​ ​one​ ​handed, Skewb​ ​and​ ​Pyraminx.​ ​We​ ​both​ ​average​ ​approximately​ ​20​ ​seconds​ ​on​ ​the​ ​3x3.​

​We​ ​both​ ​started​ ​speedcubing around​ ​April​ ​this​ ​year,​ ​although​ ​we​ ​knew​ ​how​ ​to​ ​solve​ ​the​ ​cube​ ​at​ ​the​ ​age​ ​of​ ​9.​ ​My cousin​ ​had​ ​bought​ ​some​ ​speedcubes​ ​and​ ​I​ ​decided​ ​to​ ​try​ ​it​ ​out.​ ​Andrei​ ​on​ ​the​ ​other​ ​hand,​ ​saw​ ​a video​ ​of​ ​Feliks​ ​Zemdegs,​ ​a​ ​professional​ ​speedcuber​ ​who​ ​lives​ ​in​ ​Melbourne. ​This​ ​persuaded​ ​us to​ ​get​ ​into​ ​speedcubing​ ​and​ ​has​ ​brought​ ​us​ ​to​ ​where​ ​we​ ​are​ ​now.​ ​

​We’re​ ​both extremely​ ​excited​ ​for​ ​the​ ​competition​ ​and​ ​what​ ​is​ ​to​ ​come​ ​in​ ​the​ ​future.​ ​We​ ​hope​ ​this​ ​can​ ​inspire others​ ​to​ ​live​ ​up​ ​to​ ​their​ ​full​ ​potential​ ​and​ ​do​ ​the​ ​best​ ​they​ ​can.

Lennon​ ​Hughes (CO6)​ ​and​ ​Andrei​ ​Kabigting (PH 7)

Medieval Castle Creation

Year 8 History students were given an assignment to create their own Medieval Castle. Students had to consider what parts to include in the castle and answers topical questions.

The goal was to present a poster and castle model to the ‘King’ to persuade him we were worthy of creating his next castle. In the castle model students included sources of defence and protection, living areas and battle grounds. Groups merged two different structures and made it one. This was done as it highlighted the most effective and safe elements of a castle.

The making process included a lot of  trial and error, but in the end it turned out how we planned. There was a lot of hard work and effort put into it but we were all very proud of ourselves.

Throughout this experience, we learnt that it takes a lot of effort, hard work and creativity to pull off something like this.

Donita Lacomel (AQ8), Samantha Mohun (PH4), Rita Kazona (MO8)

Ecocomp 2017

During Term 3, a number of Year 10 students participated in the 2017 ECOCOMP. During this six week competition, students learnt fundamental Economics concepts in a collaborative and enjoyable space, using modern e-learning techniques.

The final week consisted of a 25 multiple-choice question quiz, with the winners receiving gift cards of their choice. First prize this year was shared by Renee Taylor and Monica Opiew with the highest score and Kathaleeya Ros obtained the second highest score and was awarded third place. All three girls can be seen in the photo below.

All students who participated showed enormous commitment to their learning, choosing to stay back after school and participate in this program. Many showed excellent time-management skills, having to juggle family, work and College Musical commitments to participate and should be congratulated for their enthusiasm to learn and effort.

Participating students were: Ace Mehegan, Anthony Phillips, Dylan Morris, Ishmeet Singh, Izabel Nalbandian, Kathaleeya Ros, Lucy Doherty, Michael Almeida, Monica Opiew, Roni Wani, Renee Taylor, Robert Adam, Ryan Owen and Selina Lee.

David Graham, Learning Area Leader - Humanities