Secondary

Year 12 Manresa

The Year 12s have had to learn how to wait this year, and after a term’s delay, the Year 12 Manresa Retreat took place this week. The retreat started on Sunday evening with a Mass and a communal 'Christmas in July' feast. This enabled the theme, 'he called me by name' to be established and for the students to meet their groups and break the ice for the next two days. On Monday morning the students traveled to the Swan Valley Adventure Camp and engaged in a range of activities including physical challenges, mask making, and a reflection on their 'road to life' thus far. Mr Henderson visited on Monday night and candidly shared his family story with the 12s. Throughout the retreat, the students reflected on their relationship with themselves, their family, and God. 

The Year 12s had a wonderful experience and Manresa gave them a chance to pause and reflect at a critical time of Year 12 and build a great sense of community and cohesion within the group. A big thanks goes out to all the staff who volunteered their time to make the experience possible for the Year 12s. 

Luke Bostelman

Assistant Deputy Principal  - Year 12

Year 11 Politics & Law 

Year 11 Politics & Law students finished the week reinforcing their knowledge of preferential voting by casting a vote in a Mock Election. Students demonstrated their understanding of how to fill in a ballot for the House of Representatives; distinguished between formal and informal votes; calculated the quota; and distributed preferences. As was the case for many electorates in the 2022 federal election, no-one reached the quota on primary votes, so that meant distributing ballots according to second and third preferences. Was a lot of fun!

Daisy Farley

Magis Coordinator – Gifted and Talented

Campion LifeLink Fundraiser

It has been a busy couple of weeks for Campion students as they worked hard to fundraise for LifeLink! The money raised will be greatly appreciated by the Church organisation, LifeLink which supports running professional services and caring support for people in need across Western Australia.

On Thursday 23 June, students took part in the event, ‘Around the World’. Campion students were encouraged to run or walk as many laps of the school colonnades, around the chapel and library courtyard as possible in 30 minutes, while completing the challenges on route, such as football, soccer and many more. There were six challenges, representing different countries, which students could raise extra money for by competing in. They were sponsored by family and friends for every lap then ran or challenge they completed.

Thank you so much to all Campion families for your generous efforts, it has been very much appreciated in this trying year. We have raised over $2000, which has been a great achievement and effort as its helping those less fortunate than ourselves. This is a huge credit to those in campion, so well done and a massive thankyou to all campion supporters and members! 

Jemima Broderick and Jack Chapman

Campion House Captains

SPORT

Congratulations 

The 2022 NAB AFLW Draft  for the upcoming AFLW season was held last night.  Lots of young hopefuls waited in anticipation for their name to be called. Year 12 student Emily Elkington was pick number 43 to The West Coast Eagles. A big congratulations to Emily on this amazing achievement. She has had a very busy year balancing her ATAR studies along with the high demands of football. This is a wonderful reward for all her hard work. The College is thrilled for Emily and we look forward to watching her journey closely over the coming years. 

Senior NAS One Day Carnivals

This week our Year 11 and 12 students took to the courts and fields to shine in the ACC Winter NAS One Day Carnival. All players are to be commended on their incredible talent and sportsmanship displayed on the day.

Congratulations to all teams on their impressive results and thank you to all our wonderful coaches for supporting our students on the day.

1st          Champions League Boys Soccer – Coached by Mr Ciaran Gallagher

2nd         Champions League Soccer – Coached my My Daniel Platts

2nd         First XVIII AFL – Coached by Mr Darren Kowal

2nd         Champions League Netball A – Coached by Miss Jodi Power

2nd         Champions League Netball B – Coached by Mis Kirralee Dawson

2nd         Champions League Girls Volleyball – Coached by Miss Sara Kononen

3rd          Champions League Boys Volleyball – Coached by Miss Jessica Pillera

2nd         Champions League Girls Badminton – Coached by Mr Joshua Bowen

4th          Champions League Boys Badminton – Coached by Mr Joshua Bowen

All the Winter Year 7-12 NAS results can be accessed via the link below:

NAS Fixtures, Results & Ladders | Associated & Catholic Colleges of WA (accsport.asn.au)

ACC Soccer and Netball Championships

As a result of their incredible results, the teams below will progress into the next elimination round of the ACC Championship. These games will take place after school early next term.

• Champions League Boys Soccer
• Champions League Girls Soccer
• Champions League Netball A

Athletics Pre-Carnival Events

All Years 7-12 pre carnival events for athletics finished this week. Individual results will be displayed up in the pavilion for students to view in week 1 of next term. After this, there will be an update on the current standings for the Fr Kevin King Cup early next term.

Year 7 Pre-Carnival Events

Well done to all Year 7’s today who participated in a number of events in preparation for the Interhouse Athletics Carnival. It was wonderful to see the team spirit, camaraderie and participation from all students. This day is a fantastic opportunity for students to explore different track and field events. Athletics training will continue next term, I encourage all students who want some expert tips to come down and have a go.

Athletics Training

Athletics training is well under way. It would be great to see as many students as possible at training in this last week to get in some final sessions before the Interhouse Athletics Carnival Friday 29 July.

Thank you again to our specialist athletics coaches for this year:

Please find the training schedule attached below. We are very lucky to have both indoor and outdoor venues available, so training will take place rain, hail or shine. If there are any changes to the schedule this will be communicated in the notices and newsletter.

Junior Surfing 

On Thursday, a selection of students from Years 7-9 attended the inaugural John XXIII Interhouse Surfing competition at Trigg Beach in the hope to qualify for the Surfing Schools State competition in Term three. A huge thanks to the staff who attended the day Mr James McLaughlin and Miss Jade Mickle and a big thanks to Surfing WA and the parents who came to support the students. We look forward to building this competition further in the years to come. All results from the day can be accessed below.

Senior Surfing Trials – Information 

All senior students Years 10-12 interested in trialling for the WA Surfing Schools competition next term that missed the meeting at recess on Thursday please register your interest with Miss Pillera. There will be a morning trial run at Trigg beach Week 2 Tuesday 26 July. Students must attend the trial to be considered for the team. Email jessica.pillera@cewa.edu.au. 

The 2022 UWA Western Force Schools Cup 

All Years 7-10 Boys who were interested in playing Rugby for John XXIII this year met with Mr Gleghorn and Miss Pillera to register their interest. Anyone who missed the meeting and would like to be involved please email Miss Pillera before the end of term. Games will be played on a Wednesday afternoon. Email jessica.pillera@cewa.edu.au. 

State Sporting Representation

In preparation for our Sports Awards Night later this year, we are looking to acknowledge our state and national sporting representatives. 

To register a student for either representation please complete the form below:

Jess Pillera

Head of Sport