Secondary

The Angelico Exhibition

The Angelico Exhibition for is a prestigious annual event on the Catholic Arts calendar. The exhibition provides a broad public forum through which students throughout Western Australia are able to exhibit their dynamic artistic talent.

This year John XXIII College has four talented Year 11 students exhibiting work at the Angelico Art Exhibition. The exhibition is open to the public until Friday 26 August at the Forrest Centre 221 St Georges Terrace, Perth. 

Congratulations to the follow students on their participation in the exhibition:

Coco Boshard, Year 11

We Dare to be What Nature Meant Us

Oil on Canvas

Sarah Hackett, Year 11 

Self Portrait

Watercolour, pen and acrylic on board

Jasmine Slatter, Year 11

Outlier

Oil and mica gold on canvas

Elizabeth Newton, Year 11

Djilba: Time Of Transitions

Oil on Board

Kiri Moore

Teacher - Design and Technology

Years 8 and 9 Study Skills - Digital Organisation 

On Monday 15 August, students in Years 8 and 9 are invited to attend a digital organisation study skills workshop. They will be given guidance about managing their electronic documents, how to send emails and how to use SEQTA and OneNote more effectively. For the remainder of the session, they will have the opportunity to practice their study skills learned, or to complete homework. 

The session will take place from 3:30pm-4:30pm in the library. Afternoon tea will be provided.

This session is the second in a series of after-school workshops tackling organisation and study skills, aimed at complementing the existing wellbeing program. Due to the large number of participants in the last session, we will be limiting the session to 30 students. This will allow us to provide direct assistance to the students attending. If students are  unable to attend next week, or there are no spaces left, the session will be repeated later in the year. To book onto this free session here: www.trybooking.com/937801

Morgan Ball

Assistant Deputy Principal - Year 8

Ward House Week

A wonderful celebration of all things Ward this past week. Homeroom Staff joined to deliver our House prayer Monday morning to all staff. Preparations from students began last week with our Ward Year 11’s sharing a ‘Just Dance’ link for Homeroom’s to work on, in the hope of delivering a flash mob performance to surprise the College community. 

The week culminated with Ward House Day on Thursday where we all gathered in the gym for Homeroom to have our final practice run before performing our flash mob at recess in the pavilion. The throng of onlookers gathered in anticipation of the spectacle and Ward House delivered a great show to the tune of One Directions’ hit 'You don’t know you’re beautiful'. House assemblies were next and we were able to celebrate our Spirit Award winning efforts from the Interhouse Athletics Carnival two weeks prior, along with acknowledging individual efforts on the day. Our Year 12 representatives performed a rap to tell the story of Mary Ward which all found to be very entertaining. Pizzas for lunch on the chapel lawn bathed in sunshine, while listening to student band Static Marsh was a highlight. To finish off the day, Shop Front cooking with Mindy Toleman and Mei for the needy saw volunteers from Year 11 and 12 assist to provide a very tasty chicken cacciatore. To round out the week, our Homeroom leaders assisted with Community Mass on Friday morning, presenting the Ward House banner and delivering readings of wisdom. Thank you to all Wardees and assistants for helping to make this week an enjoyable celebration of our Venerable Mary Ward, founder of the Loreto to Sisters.

Darren Kowal

House Coordinator

Book Week 2022 23 – 26 August 

It is Book Week in Week 6 this term and the theme this year is ‘Dreaming with Eyes Open’.

There will be lots of fun activities and creative competitions with plenty of prizes to be won! 

Get ready for the ‘Book Week Bake Off’ cake decorating competition on Tuesday 23 August. Get creative and decorate a cake to a theme, object or character from your favourite book. Cakes to be brought to the library by 9am, please label with your name and homeroom. Cakes need to be collected by 3:30pm. Please see flyer attached for further details.

Students will be able to meet alumni author in residence Michael Burrows who will be talking about his latest book Where The Line Breaks on Wednesday 24 August in the library.

You won’t want to miss the ‘Book Week Fashion Parade’ on Friday 26 August at lunchtime in the library courtyard. Dress up in a costume inspired by a book character or book. You may like to grab some friends and all dress up together as characters from a book. Students who would like to be part of the Fashion Parade need to fill out an entry form here https://forms.office.com/r/RDbsL4spWH

SPORT

We have had another very busy week with sport at the College and it is so great to see so many students involved. Australian Rules Football, Soccer, Athletics and more. A big thank you to all the students who attended their sport photos on time and correctly dressed, both days ran very smoothly. See below for a look back on the week.

ACC Championship Soccer 

The Seniors Boys Soccer are through to the last game, the Grand Final of the Championship for the first time. The boys have a long history as a team having played together at JTC since Year 8. The game saw some fantastic performances with Judd Macdougall scoring two goals, Anthony Nedelkos (1), Lachlan Fuller (1) Jamie Floyd (1) Kevin Whiston (1) and some great plays and assists from Mark Bauersachs and the team. We can’t wait to see what they can do next week. Come on down to support the boys in what will be the final game they play as a team for JTC. One more to go!

Kick Off – 4:00pm 

Venue – Litis Stadium, Floreat Athena

NAS Athletics Team 

Congratulations to all our Years 7-10 students who have been selected to represent the College in the 2022 NAS Athletics Carnival. This day will provide students with the opportunity to improve their times, jumps and throws from the Interhouse Carnival and help secure their selection on the ACC Athletics team. The team is posted on the sport notice board in the Pavilion. 

Our NAS Carnival will take place on Tuesday 23 August. Selected students will attend Period 1 on the day and then travel by bus to the HBF Athletics stadium. 

Please find the NAS Athletics program below.

A special mention to Sasha Pallis who also broke a record at the Interhouse Athletics Carnival. Setting a new time in the Year 8 girls 1500m 5.08.00. Congratulations Sasha.

Training will continue to take place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:00-8:00am in the lead up to the ACC A Division Athletics Carnival on Wednesday 14 September. Thank you to all the students showing a passion for athletics and making it down to our morning training sessions. All students are welcome to attend the College morning training sessions to improve their athletics skills. 

Please find the full schedule below:

Year 8/9 Boys Eagles Cup 

Congratulations to the Years 8/9 Eagles Cup team who are through to the Grand Final! The boys had a tough competition ahead of them in Mater Dei College but they were ready for the contest and came away with a convincing win in the rain. The JTC boys played so well as a team, each and everyone of them played for each other. This leaves them in a great position heading into the big game. As always a big thank you and congratulations to coaches Mr Jordan Sell and Mr Bill Quartermaine for dedicating lots of time and effort into the team.

Year 10 AFL Carnivals 

We had some great results at the Year 10 AFL Carnivals on Wednesday this week. The weather came out which set the scene for a great day of play. 

• Year 9/10 Girls coached by Miss Ella Brindley finished second in their pool to Mundaring. They showed great enthusiasm and spirit all day. Well done girls
   
• Year 9/10 Boys coached my Mr Jordan Sell were undefeated all day coming home with the shield for the day. 

The future of AFL is looking bright at John XXIII.

Western Force Rugby Schools Cup

Our Western Force Rugby Cup Tournament is well underway. For some students it’s their first experience playing Rugby, they have been training for the last three weeks and it was great to see the boys in action. We look forward to seeing their improvements and success in the coming weeks. 

Next week our Year 7/8 team are playing at UWA Sports Park on Wednesday 17 August.

Congratulations 

Congratulations to the following boys who has been selected for the WA Under 13 State Hockey Team. The boys will get the wonderful opportunity to travel to Hobart in September to compete against other states. All the best boys.

• Eli Zuvela 
• Taj Dorrington
• Josh McGlew

Fr Kevin King Cup Athletics Carnival

Jess Pillera

Head of Sport