Junior School News
- From the Head of the Junior School
- Junior School Sport
- From the Junior Resource Centre
From the Head of the Junior School
PRAYER
Gratitude
Thank you, Father, for having created us
and given us to each other in the human family.
Thank you for being with us in all our joys and sorrows,
for your comfort in our sadness, your companionship in our loneliness.
Thank you for yesterday, today, tomorrow and for the whole of our lives.
Thank you for friends, for health and for grace.
May we live this and every day conscious of all that has been given to us.
St Pius X, Pray for Us
Blessed Edmund Rice, Pray for Us
Live Jesus in our Hearts, Forever
This week
Please note that Thursday is a screen free day. On Saturday we will be having our Orientation for new students in an online format. Next Monday, the boys will return. I know Year 12 were very excited to return this week as was my daughter in Kindergarten. It will be good for the boys to see their friends. We will be aiming to get the boys back into a routine. They will be tired after being back at school so earlier bedtimes will be required. Remember to check their uniform and get them used to wearing school shoes again. If they wear their shoes every day for a period of time, they will get used to them. Don’t forget the haircuts.
For the first time in my time at the College I managed to go a whole term (Term 3) without running a detention. Just ignore the fact we were online! It would be great if there could be two terms without a detention. It would be a record! The aim is no detentions this semester!
On our return
Please note that the rules in general society and the rules at school are different. I assume the government has done this to improve the safety of the unvaccinated - the children. Please don’t assume because the rules are relaxed in society that the rules at school are relaxed. We aren’t allowed to have Junior School Assemblies so they will remain online during Period 6 on Fridays. COVID-19 updates come out every day so this may change as the term progresses. The boys and staff are required to wear masks inside. We also won’t be using our air conditioners.
We continue to have a day cleaner at the school and a different timetable which allows us to have breaks at a different time to the rest of the school.
Boys require a crunch and sip every day except Thursdays.
On Thursdays we will leave for Oxford Falls at the beginning of Recess so please ensure your son doesn’t have a 10.30 am music lesson. He will need to bring his recess, lunch and a water bottle. Please remember that a mask will need to be worn on the bus.
Timetable on our return to school from 25 October
We will be running a different timetable to allow the Junior School to be out in the playground when the remainder of the school are in class and vice versa. It means that the boys will have three periods in a row in the morning with a crunch and sip time sometime in Periods 2 and 3. Please ensure you pack a snack that is easy for the boys to eat in class.
( No roast dinners allowed! It has to be quick and easy and preferable not messy.)
ADMINISTRATION: 8:42 am - 8:57 am
Allow a crunch and sip for 5 minutes in Period 2 or 3.
Period 1 8:57 am – 9:50 am
Period 2 9:50 am - 10:43 am
Period 3 10:43 am - 11:36 am
Recess 11:36 am - 11:56 am
Period 4 11:56 am – 12:49 pm
Period 5 12:49 pm - 1:42 pm
Lunch 1:42 pm - 2:22 pm
Period 6 2:22 pm - 3:00 pm
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MERIT AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to the following boys for being awarded a Merit Award last Friday. Keep up the good work.
Tom Onslow, Lachlan Giles, Oliver Reiner,Isaac Sharpe, Jack Costa, Joshua Yu, Oliver Sly, Marcus Cicero, Callum Basili, Jacob Laface, Noah Safarian, Oscar Roberts, Zac Troughton, Nate Ho, Kalan McNeilly, Jack Carruthers, Farid Chammaa, Antonio Calcarao, Antonio Castorina, Alexander Chua, Alexander Moores, Antonio Zofrea, Darcy Horstead, Maxwell Bourke, Paolo Mirenzi, Nate Riley, James Hocking, Welton Ang, Noah Beauchat, Cooper Hill, Austin Judd, Matthew Castorina, Senna Mena Barreto, Daniel Papastamatas, Alex Burke, Callum Koruga and Aren Mamigonian, James Hocking, Adrian Yip, Joshua Lee and Dexter Hurley.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT WINNERS.
A special congratulations to Samuel Worthington, Darcy Horstead and Ollie Sudbury who have achieved 5 Merit Awards and will be receiving a Certificate of Achievement.
A THOUGHT TO PONDER
“Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday”
Thanking you for your support.
Mr Tim Long - Head of the Junior School
Junior School Sport
Junior School Sport News: IPSHA have cancelled Saturday Sport for the remainder of Term 4. Cricket and Tennis will take direction from their governing bodies. More info to come.
Thursday Sport:
For the remainder of the term for Thursday Sport those not playing Cricket or Tennis will train and compete in internal matches. This is a great chance to reconnect with each other and have some much-needed fun.
Pick-up Information: For boys doing Cricket, Softball, Tennis and Touch Football at Oxford Falls parent pick-up will be at at 2.10 pm. It will be via the emergency vehicle access gate (near the tennis courts) on Dreadnought Rd. For those boys returning to school after sport, normal dismissal/ pick-up will be at 3.00 pm.
For boys doing Basketball and Multi-Sport at Beauchamp Oval, normal school dismissal/ pick-up will be at 3.00 pm at Chatswood Campus.
Mr Benn McBrearty - Junior School Sports Coordinator
From the Junior Resource Centre
This week's highlights:
‘A hug is a love poem written on the skin that breaks all your fears and isolates all of your sorrows. It may seen like a small gesture, but in any case it has a great healing power on an emotional level.’ exploringyourmind.com
International School Library Day! 19 October 2021. GROWING GLOBAL CITIZENS #SLD2021
Celebrating and recognising the impact school libraries have on student learning and well being. A well resourced school library like the JRC, with qualified staff, is crucial to nurturing a passion for lifelong learning, research and information literacy skills and an enjoyment of reading. School libraries are the support structure at the centre of the school, there as a welcoming space and a place to find the answers to, well, just about everything! #internationalSchoolLibraryDay2021.
Check out the following link for more information.
New Books have Arrived and are Waiting for Students to start borrowing in person next Monday, 25 October
Calling all Budding Writers! - Unleash Your Creative Monster By Olaf Falafel, Andy Jones.
A funny and accessible guide to creative writing. It is packed with practical advice particularly for our Year 5 and 6 students. It has exciting story prompts and a cast of creative monsters. It is a great teacher resource!
‘In the pages of Unleash Your Creative Monster, budding writers will sink their teeth into story basics, essential writing tools and the hidden secrets of the wordsmith. Including top tips on finding inspiration, how to keep a story moving and beating writer’s block, this essential guide has everything you need to unleash your creative monster’.
Name that villain! – Competition continues.
In preparation for our spooktakular festivities, the students are invited to enter the Name that Villain competition!
Fill out a guessing sheet with the name of the book that each villain can be found in. For an extra bonus, name the character. Drop you answers into Mrs Martin when we return to school for a CHANCE to win a prize! Remember to keep the answers TOP SECRET.
Mrs Martin’s Book Trail: There’s a Ghost in this House by Oliver Jeffers.
This is the new picture book by Oliver Jeffers. It is funny, clever, beautifully illustrated and the book has transparent pages which is amazing! This will be a very popular book to be borrowed in the library with the upcoming spooktacular celebrations.
‘A young girl lives in a haunted house but has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are they hard to see? She’d love to know! Step inside and turn the transparent pages to help her on an entertaining ghost hunt, from behind the sofa, right up to the attic. With lots of friendly ghost surprises and incredible mixed media illustrations, this unique and funny book will entertain young readers over and over again!’
#mrsmartinsbooktrail2020
Mrs Elena Martin – Teacher Librarian