College News

Uniform Changes for 2019

The proposal for uniform changes for 2019 has been approved through the College Board. These changes have been made to allow the Sports Uniform to be used for both House events and whole College events to achieve a consistent look. The following recommendations have gone through:

• New navy blue polo with a House coloured stripe (RRP $40) to replace old coloured polo (RRP $50)
• Navy blue Shell Jacket (RRP $67) to replace current Rugby Top (RRP $75-$79). The Shell jacket will be a more functional garment and should get more use than the rugby top.
• Tracksuit Pants become a compulsory item available with no zip (RRP $43), with the idea being that no zip meant pants could be taken up if too long or allowed for the purchase of larger sizes for extended use.

These changes will be compulsory for new students coming to the College in 2019. Current students are welcome to change to new uniform if they wished or students looking to replace worn out pieces or pieces that are too small would need to replace with any new items. We would look to transition all students into any new uniform pieces by 2021 through normal replacement requirements of wearing out or becoming too small.

Any uniform pieces must be purchased through Academy Uniform any pieces of uniform purchased from other stores would not meet College requirements and students would be asked to replace them with correct pieces.

Greg Van Es, Deputy Principal - Student Wellbeing

Rubik's Cube Club

About a month ago, with the help of Ms Pinto, I started a Rubik’s Cube Club in the CLC. The Rubik’s Cube was huge in the 80’s and has recently made a comeback with competitions being hosted all around the world to find the quickest speed cuber. 

I began speed cubing over a year ago and competed in my first Australian Nationals in September 2017. Since then I’ve competed in many comps, including one in New York and Nationals in Canberra. 

The Cube Club is intended for those who want to learn to solve the cube or improve their speed. My current solve time is roughly ten seconds. We currently have around ten members in the club and just last month, six St John’s students competed in a local competition. 

The Cube Club is open every Monday at lunch in the CLC - See you there

Lennon Hughes, CO6

Port of Melbourne

On Wednesday 24 October, the two Year 10 Commerce classes had an excursion to the Port of Melbourne. During class, students have been studying the port as a part of our unit in economics. The Port of Melbourne is located near the city so began the long bus ride. As a group, we worked through a series of activities that enabled us to discover the many different and unique aspects of the port. A history of the port was discussed as well as its importance to Melbourne. We discovered the layout of the port such as where they hold the liquid cargo and where all the imported cars are stored. We also used spreadsheets to find the volume and items we import and export to other countries.

We then headed back towards the bus to have a tour around the Port of Melbourne. We saw the massive cranes and trucks that go around delivering their cargo and saw the processes that each truck must go through. Port of Melbourne was an insightful excursion that shows the powerhouse and the engine of Melbourne and Australia. Highly recommended that the school does this for the next years’ classes.

Shenal Amarasekara, PH4