Secondary

s a parent of a Year 7 student, NAPLAN has been a topic of conversation in the past week in our household. It’s always much easier to be the educator giving objective advice, but as a parent, with NAPLAN commencing for Year 7 and Year 9 students next week, I’ve become very conscious of the importance for us all to keep perspective and not let the experience cause excessive angst for our children. NAPLAN is just one aspect of the College’s assessment and reporting processes. It doesn’t replace ongoing assessments and judgements made by teachers about student performance, but it can provide teachers with additional information about students’ educational progress. We know that for some students, assessments such as NAPLAN generate genuine worry and fear that they won’t do well. Reassuring them that NAPLAN is part of their broader school program and is an opportunity to demonstrate their learning strengths can be helpful in normalising the experience of the next couple of weeks. Some other strategies to help reduce the ‘NAPLAN nerves’ include: 

• Ensure that students get a good night’s sleep and have a wholesome breakfast so that they have the energy to perform at their best.  
• Eliminate external stressors on the day so that students can focus on feeling organised, calm and ready. Avoid rushing in the morning, help them get to school on time and remain calm and centred yourself to minimise any nervous energy they might pick up on. 
• Encourage them to read the question carefully to avoid silly or rushed errors. 
• Focus on the important things: students’ long-term learning is more important overall than any isolated test, NAPLAN or otherwise. Remind them that whatever the outcome, their personal best and continuous improvement over time is the most important thing. 

Wishing all students and parents the very best for the coming weeks in keeping NAPLAN in check. 

Shani Andrews

Vice Principal

Year 12 art incursions

Last week, Year 12 ATAR Visual Arts Students participated in a painting incursion with Western Australian artist Desiree Crossing. Desiree is a contemporary realist painter who specialises in portraiture. Desiree shared with students valuable skills in working with oil paint focusing on tone and temperature to create a dynamic portrait painting. 

Kiri Moore

Visual Arts Coordinator 

National Schools Constitutional Convention

Congratulations to Year 12 Politics and Law students, Harry Court and Yvie Rigg, who have been selected to attend the 2023 National Schools Constitutional Convention as student delegates, representing Western Australia. This is an outstanding achievement and a wonderful opportunity for Harry and Yvie to hear from expert speakers and learn about constitutional reform. The Convention will be held in Canberra later this month - and this will be the first year Western Australian representatives will attend the event in person since the pandemic, with the last two years of delegates attending the Convention over Zoom. In 2019, Charlie Richards, then a Year 12 student at our College, attended as a WA delegate. Charlie is now in his penultimate year of a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Notre Dame University.

Last week, Charlie met for breakfast Harry and Yvie to share his experience at the Convention and to offer advice to our students prior to their departure. 

'When I attended the Convention in 2019, I was given a unique opportunity to explore the question of whether Indigenous Australians should be recognised in the preamble of the Constitution.  I hope that Harry and Yvie have an amazing time and soak everything up!'

'We are so lucky to have such an extensive community of high-achieving alumni who are willing to share their experiences with us,' said Yvie. 'Charlie’s insights into the program that Harry and I can look forward to were interesting and helpful, particularly regarding the friends he made and the special opportunities available to the attendees.'

'I’m so grateful to be given the chance along with Yvie and the other WA delegates to represent our views,' said Harry. 'In class, we have learnt about the importance of a diverse range of voices in a liberal democracy so to be able to practise this in real life is such an exciting opportunity.'

We thank Charlie for taking time out of his busy schedule – and we wish Harry and Yvie the very best at the Convention. We look forward to hearing about their experience upon their return.

Daisy Farley

Magis Coordinator – Gifted and Talented

Year 11 Café - order now for 17 March

Come and support our Year 11 Café 

• Fish Pie served with salad $5
• Poached Fish in Coconut Milk served with Penne $6
• Caramel Slice $3
• Oreo Milkshake $3

Date: Friday 17 March 2023 - Lunch

SPORTS

Northern Associated Schools (NAS)

Congratulations to all teams who played against Newman College this week.  

Next week, our teams will play against Servite College. We wish all teams the best of luck in their games.

Please note the following forfeits for Servite next week:

• All Ultimate Frisbee (Year 7-10 Girls and Boys)
• Year 7B Girls Basketball
• Year 7/8 AFLW
• Year 9/10 AFLW
• Year 9 Indoor Cricket
• Year 10 Indoor Cricket

These teams are welcome and encouraged to train on their game day. This decision will be made by each NAS Coach who will provide instructions through the SEQTA morning notices.

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

Please note the important NAS information below:

• The number one priority for all NAS games is that you have fun!
• All NAS Coaches award an MVP at the end of the term, so make sure you are displaying sportsmanship, assistance and playing your best.
• A reminder that all students travelling off site are to change during lunchtime. 
• Students must wear correct PE footwear (no crocs or slides are permitted).
• Teams travelling to Sacred Heart, Chisholm, Servite will leave at 2:50pm.
• All Indoor Cricket teams will leave at 2:50pm.
• All remaining teams will leave straight after school at 3:15pm.
• Correct College PE uniform must be worn as uniform points will be deducted.
• All games are played from 4:00-5:00pm. Students playing away games will arrive back at the College between 5:30pm and 5:45pm.

Senior NAS One Day Carnival

Congratulations to all Years 11/12 students who have made a Senior NAS Team this term. All teams have started training once a week in the lead up to the big day on Monday 3 April.

Please note that there are still a few places on all teams for more players or helpers on the day, with the exception of Basketball and Beach Volleyball . Students are encouraged to contact the appropriate Senior NAS Coach to join a team or volunteer as a helper on the day.

ACC A Division Swimming Team

Congratulations to all students selected to represent John XXIII College in the 2023 ACC A-Division Swimming Carnival. 

Important Information

• All team members must attend one swimming training per week from Week 6.
• Wednesday 15 March there will be a compulsory training at HBF Stadium at 6:30am-7:30am.
• Monday 20 March there will be a compulsory training at the College from 3:30pm-4:30pm. This will be followed by a team dinner. Please register for the ACC Swimming Team Dinner on the link below:
  https://www.trybooking.com/1028265
• Team members are encouraged and eligible to purchase an Interschool Jumper and cap from the uniform shop.
• Team members are welcome to purchase our new race bathers from the uniform shop. 

ACC A Division Swimming Team

Swimming training

Swimming training session in the College pool are taking place every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:00am-8:00am in the lead up to the ACC A-Division Swimming Carnival. 

All students are welcome at our morning training sessions, whether for fitness or training for our upcoming interschool meet.

Cross-country training

Cross-country training sessions are underway every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:00am-8:00am. These sessions will continue into Term 2 up until the ACC Cross-Country Carnival. 

Both sessions next week will be at the College. All students are welcome to join our morning training sessions. 

Gold Coast Volleyball Tour

The Australian Volleyball Schools Cup (AVSC) is the largest school-based sporting competition in Australia. The competition caters for over 150 schools, over 500 teams and more than 5000 athletes. This year the AVSC will take place in the Gold Coast in December. For the first time, John XXIII College will be entering this competition and students will have the opportunity to trial and potentially be selected for a team and represent the College. 

For more information, please refer to the Expression of Interest Form below.

Congratulations

It's been a busy month of John XXIII College students excelling in their various sporting endeavours. Congratulations to these students on their wonderful achievements.

Ciaran Doyle, Year 10, competed at the WA State Athletics Track and Field Championships on 3-5 March. He competed in the mens U16 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump and achieved some fabulous results including gold in 100m, gold in 200m, gold in 400m and silver in long jump. 

Great work Ciaran on such an impressive result at the recent Championships! 

Congratulations to Phoebe Morgan and Emilee Paterson on the recent season launch the WAFL Rogers Cup Team. 

Last night was a special night for Hugo Montgomerie, Paddy McAuliffe (Year 11) and Baxter Robertson from Year 10, as they received their Claremont Football Club Futures jumpers and attended the presentation. Congratulations on making this competitive program.

Well done to Orlando Ligovich, Year 7, who competed in the 2023 Western Australia International Optimist Dinghy Association State Championship sailing an optimist dinghy and placing third in his first open fleet State competition. Congratulations Orlando

On Saturday the Surf Life Saving (SLS) State Carnival was held. Lyla Stewart and Noah Boruff are members at North Cottlesloe SLSC and both participated in the 2km beach run for the Under 15s age group. Congratulations to Lyla for finishing first in the U/15 girls category and another great win for Noah placing first in the U/15 boys.  It is an achievement they also both shared in the 2022 U14 category and they will once again be competing in the Aussie Nationals competition later this month. Great work!

Sara Kononen

Head of Sport