Secondary

STEM Drone Club

STEM drone club students have been working since the start of the year towards earning their STEM Drone Club badge. To attain this the students had to demonstrate that they could control the drone in a series of manoeuvres in a very safe fashion. 

Congratulations to the following students:

• Adam Biddle
• Henry Gooch
• Lucas Hughes
• Stavro Karafilakis
• Jacob King
• Cameron Loader
• Luke Poland
• Lucas O’Hern

Damien Connellan

Teacher

Homeroom Art Challenge 2020

The winners of the 2020 Homeroom Art Challenge were announced at the Virtual Assembly on Thursday. Many of the entries were of a very high standard; the final selection came down to creativity, collaboration and those who addressed the criteria most effectively. 

This year our theme focused on celebrating the 2010’s and the iconic moments, events, inventions and achievements that have shaped the past decade. Students were encouraged to celebrate the past decade from a global perspective or alternatively to celebrate the wonderful things that have defined JTC in the 2010’s. The theme was addressed very well by all Homerooms with many creative entries that showcased the wonderful things that have happened in the world over the past 10 years.

With the high standard of the entries, two Homerooms were awarded ‘high commendations’ for their effort: 

• Loreto 10
• St Louis 12

Third place was awarded to Ward 11

Second place was awarded to Ward 9

First place was awarded to Loreto 7

House points were awarded to our winners, as well as all Homerooms that participated in the challenge. This has enabled us to rank the Houses overall to determine a winning house, highlighting the importance of Homeroom participation. 

Congratulations to Loreto House for winning the 2020 Homeroom Art Challenge! 

Many thanks to all staff and students who were involved and well done to our Visual Arts Captain, Alana Caruso, for coordinating the challenge. 

Louise Hoy

Visual Arts Coordinator  

Cross-Country Results

Congratulations to all students who participated in our ten Interhouse Cross-Country Carnival races this year. It was very different to previous years, however this did not break our students’ spirit or competitiveness to represent their houses. The final Year 12 race was especially unique with our Year 7 students’ lining up along the finish line to cheer our senior students home.

The competition for the Spirit Award has really escalated over the past few years and the participation from each House was at an all-time high. With points awarded for each student that completed the course under the allotted cut-off times, it was a closely fought competition between all Houses. Congratulations to Ward House who were the winners of the Spirit Award.

The contest for the Father Gaetan Perreira Shield was also very close. On the back of some very impressive individual results it was Campion House who have held onto their title to win with the lowest overall total score.

Congratulations to our individual champions.

Year 7  

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

The top six runners from each division will now compete in the ACC NAS Cross-Country Competition which will take place at John XXIII College on Friday 21 August. The competition will be very close against the top runners of Servite, Chisholm, Sacred Heart and Newman College.

Sara Kononen

Head of Sport

La Chandeleur celebration

Madame Leckey’s Year 7 French classes concluded the semester with a celebration of La Chandeleur. Traditionally celebrated on 2 February, la Chandeleur is a French holiday on which people traditionally eat crêpes. Our French students enjoyed exploring the origins of the celebration, testing their crêpe flipping abilities, and eating crêpes with a range of toppings.

Merci beaucoup to Madame Leckey for engaging our students in such fun, relevant and exciting French activities.

Shane Glass

Head of Learning Area - Languages

Comfy Day

Today the College community celebrated the annual ‘Comfy Day’ – where students are invited to bring in a gold coin donation in order to wear comfy clothes to school, recognising that not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the level of comfort that we sometimes take for granted.  All donations received go towards Lifelink. 

Lifelink was established by the Archdiocese of Perth to provide financial and promotional support of agencies that deliver professional services and caring support to thousands of people in need throughout Western Australia each year. The work is a demonstration of ‘faith in action’ with LifeLink funded agencies such as Shopfront, Identity WA, Emmaus Community, Centrecare and Djooraminda reaching out to those in need within our community. These agencies provide a variety of services including employment and training, support to remote Aboriginal communities, support groups for families and those living with disabilities or mental health issues and other services persons facing marginalisation or other challenges. Most importantly, these agencies take people ‘as they are’. Everyone is offered a non-judgemental welcome and made to feel ‘at home’ and cared for.

Jack Court & Ashleigh Smith 

2020 Faith & Mission Captains

Year 7 - A taste of Italy

Year 7 Italian students enjoyed a taste of Italy in class. They had to correctly request the correct flavour of ice-cream in Italian before receiving their reward. Grazie mille to Prof. Lucas and Prof Galati for all co-coordinating such a delicious and engaging activity.

Shane Glass

Head of Learning Area - Languages

We pause to acknowledge the traditional owners…

The College community will be familiar with this statement at the beginning of assemblies and liturgical celebrations. Students and Homeroom teachers appreciated a recent student-led initiative to deepen our understanding and appreciation of how and why we acknowledge the First Nation peoples.

“Before we begin, we pause to acknowledge the traditional owners 

and custodians of this Country, the Whadjuk Noongars.

We pay our respects to the elders – past, present and emerging.

We honour the ongoing spiritual connection of the Noongar people 

to this land – where we are gathered this morning."

This year, the Student Representative Council have been discussing and brainstorming ways in which we can raise awareness about the importance of the acknowledgment of country and the recognition of our first people, specifically the Whadjuck people whose land the College is situated on. A small group of us decided that one way to start conversation and raise awareness would be to talk to each of the Homerooms and present a speech on the importance of the Acknowledgement of, and Welcome to, Country. 

We formed a team of around 12 Year 12 students, all of whom had experience with Indigenous culture either through the 2019 John XXIII College Pilgrimage Program to the Northern Territory, or other unique opportunities throughout their time at the school. Each member was extremely passionate about the topic; the main goal to raise awareness and try to show and explain to the community the significance of such a ritual. Through the presentation of pilgrimage and personal experiences, every Homeroom of the school was shown just a glimpse of the amazing connection between the Indigenous people and the land, and as such, the immense importance of the Acknowledgment of Country we feature in every assembly.

Many younger students showed great interest in the Pilgrimage Program and the topic at hand, like us, wanting to know how they can help. Society today calls for a greater understanding and acknowledgement of what we can do to assist in the journey towards reconciliation, and through these speeches, although simple, we are taking a step in the right direction.

Sophie Manners & Roux Korczynskj

2020 Head Girl & Head Boy

Year 9 French Defile de mode 

The Year 9 students of French celebrated the end of term with a fashion parade putting the skills they have gained this term to use and describing the models outfits in French.

Merci Mme. Lucas for organising it.

Shane Glass

Head of Learning Area - Languages