John XXIII College Newsletter

Magis

Next Tuesday 19 March, sees the  commencement  of  the WA Debating League competition with teams from John XXIII competing at Christchurch colleges.  Debates begin at 6:30pm, 7:20pm or 8:15pm and  teams must be present 15 minutes prior to the debating commencing.  Students must wear school uniform. Good luck to all eleven  teams and warmest thanks to coaches/managers Ms Kirralee Dawson,  Aaron Peters, Bonita Devanand, Debra Needham and Mary-Anne Lumley. Parents are invited to attend all debates. Full details are found in the John XXIII Debating handbook, but all teams are reminded that they must check the WADL website regularly as some changes to fixtures are likely to occur.

 

The Da Vinci Decathlon is just two weeks away and team members have now received the initial parent information and permission form.  Years 7 and 8 teams compete on Tuesday 2 April and Years 9,10 an 11 on Wednesday 3 April. Preparation sessions have been taking placed with generally very good attendances, and  special thanks  to Ms O’Loughlin and Ms Devanand (Mathematics), Mr Cotter (Science),  Mrs Davies (coding) and Ms Ball (Cartography) for their excellent work with team members specialising in these areas. Teams will travel by bus to and from Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia for this prestigious event.

 

The  Year 12 Mock Trial team had an impressive win over a strong Leeming Senior High School team on Wednesday night at the Supreme Court.  It was pleasing to see a large contingent of Year 11 future team members supporting this excellent Year 12 team.  Special thanks to Ms Farley and Ms Morgan for their great work with the team.

 

 

There were some exceptional performances in the Magis Academic Spelling Challenge including Natalie Ong’s perfect score.  The top places in each age group were:

Year 12

  1. Rory Hewson 
  2. Cullen Binet 
  3. Sam Falzun    

    Year  11

  1. Shaun Raj 
  2. Ben Linsten
  3. Lorian Marshall

     Year 10

=1. Grace Barbour 

       McKenzie  Richardson

=3. Oscar Hegge 

       Isabella Pether 

       Gabriel Kaye 

Year 9

  1. Natalie Ong 
  2. Noemhi  Boehl 

     =3.  Alice O’Sullivan

             Sophie Chew

   Year 8

  1. Rob Brigg
  2. Tiffany Cesare 

     =3.   James Mitchell

               Ann Cullity 

     Year 7

  1. Jonathan  Hie    
  2. Gemma Bailey  
  3. Massimo Torre 

Jim Miller

Gifted and Talented Coordinator

Magis & Altiora Calendar

Term One

  • March 15-16 - Creative Writing Camp
  • March 30 - Creative Edge at Curtin Uni
  • April 2-3 - Da Vinci Decathlon at UWA
  • April 9  - Short Story Entries due

Term Two

  • May 1 - Magis Public Speaking Breakfast
  • May 6 - Magis Public Speaking Heats
  • May 10 - Julie Arliss G/T at St Hilda’s
  • May 14 - Magis Public Speaking Final (GBLT)
  • May 17-18 - World Scholar’s Cup Camp
  • May 23 - Mental Maths Challenge
  • May 31 - J1 World Scholar’s regionals SHC
  • June 12 - Magis Academic Knowledge
  • June 26 - Magis Awards & Personal Project Breakfast
Magis Calendar Semester One.pdf