Secondary

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

French Alliance Française 

On Tuesday 2 August, Year 10, 11 and 12 French ATAR students sat the Alliance Française examination. This is the statewide prestigious examination that is held annually that gives students the chance to measure their success against their peers. It is a valuable experience for the Year 11 and 12 French ATAR students to gain experience in a formal examination that helps them in their future ATAR and WACE examinations.

Bonne chance pour les étudiants and we look forward to receiving their results. 

Merci beaucoup to Madame Griffin-Appadoo and Madame Armand for their efforts and time preparing the students for this examination.

Melissa Polizzi

Head of Languages 

Year 12 Cafe

Come and support the Year 12 café taking place at lunchtime on Tuesday 8 August. 

• Madras chicken korma and rice - $5
• Carrot cake muffin large - $3
• Chocolate Banana Muffin large - $3
• Pineapple mocktail - $3

SPORT

Fr Kevin King Cup Athletics Carnival

Our Interhouse Athletics Carnival was a huge success last Friday the weather held out for a fantastic day. The Year 12 parades, dances and war cries were some of the best John XXIII College has ever seen and the costumes were outstanding. Congratulations to all students who represented their houses proudly on the track and in their field events.

The competition for the Father Kevin King Cup was very close throughout the day, however it was Loreto House who were victorious in the end. This year our Spirit Award was taken out by Ward House and the best dressed house, St Louis. A huge congratulations must go to all Houses, as the spirit displayed was incredible. 

The Interhouse Carnival results will be used to start the process of ACC Team selection. There will also be a NAS Athletics Carnival for Year 7-10 students held August 23rd at HBF Athletics stadium against the NAS Schools. The top 5 students in each event will be selected for this day, this will be posted in the student notices Monday next week. There will be more information to come in next weeks newsletter. 

All results for the track and field events have been up in the Pavilion this week for students to look at. If there are any issue with results, students are encouraged to email Miss Pillera at jessica.pillera@cewa.edu.au

We had five records broken on the day. Congratulations to the following students:

Congratulations also to our individual champions on the day. These students were all recognised for their achievements at our Athletics Assembly today. 

ACC Championship 

The Senior Boys Soccer Team defeated South Coast Baptist College 4-1 and are through to the semi-final next week against Kingsway Christian College. It was another very exciting game and the boys should be extremely proud of the way they represented the College. For all those wishing to attend the game, it will be held at Britannia Road Reserve, Mount Hawthorn for a 4:00pm start. It would be so wonderful to see as much support for the boys as possible. All the best to our team!!!

Eagles Schoolboys Cup

Last term the Year 8 and 9 Eagles Schoolboys Cup team finished on top of the Claremont district ladder and yesterday, won their first elimination final against John Forrest Secondary College. Congratulations to the students on an awesome game, and all best for the next fixture. Thanks to coaches Mr Bill Quartermaine and Mr Jordan Sell. 

College Sport Photos - Tuesday 9 & Wednesday 10 August

Where: Thomas More Exhibition Centre

When: Tuesday 9 & Wednesday 10 August 

Who: Students who have been selected in the following teams

Dress: Must be in correct college sport uniform with white socks, no house shirts to be worn.- Teams with playing jumpers will be given the team shirts at TMEC on arrival - Students not in correct uniform will not be allowed in the photo

Schedule: Students must arrive 5 mins before their scheduled photo to ensure all uniforms are correct.

Teams: Teams have been printed and are on the sports notice board in the Pavilion for students to refresh their memory on the teams that they were a part of. 

ACC AFL Carnivals 

Next week our Year 10 Boys and Year 10 Girls take on the ACC AFL Carnivals in what promises to be a fantastic day. 

• Boys team coached by Mr Jordan Sell will play at Lightning Park, Noranda .
• Girls team coached by Miss Ella Brindley has had a change in location and will now be played at Santich Park, Munster. 

All the best to both our teams. 

Jess Pillera

Head of Sport