JPC Key Message Week 9, Term 2 2020

Made for More!

Year 8 & 9 Retreats

Year 8 and 9 RE classes have been taking part in small group retreats here at JPC, based on an Introduction to Youth Ministry program called Made for More. This initiative encourages students to take the opportunity to join our Youth Ministry Elective Course in Semester 2 through their RE lessons.

This experience has been a great start to introduce youth ministry in the classroom and the students have been amazing at understanding and being involved. A special shout out to the school’s Youth Ministry Team members Emma Bramham, Oliva Mugridge, Ella Coulquhoun, Ashish Nair, Paris Morris, Tia Morris, Campbell Ellis and Adau Kuir who took on this challenge and helped make the retreats flow so smoothly.

Together we aim to spread the love and teachings of the Gospel to all and create a safe and nurturing space for our school’s faith development.

Caitlyn D’Cruze
Youth Minister

In and Around JPC

Senior Results

As per the Senior Assessment Schedule (see the Assessment Handbook on the website), Senior Student final semester results are formally released on Wednesday, Week 10, 1 July at 10am.  At this time, students’ finalised Grades and all scores for Tertiary subjects will be available on students’ personal BSSS Profiles online.  http://www.bsss.act.edu.au/information_for_students/profiles_online

Please refer to the ‘Detail Information’ link on the above page for full details of access and explanation of available student data (score, z-score, grade, mean & standard deviation of the group, ranking). This site is managed by the BSSS.

While students may see grades populating their profiles as JPC data is entered, these are not formally approved or released until Week 10. No scores will be visible before formal publication on 1 July,
10:00 am. 

We encourage parents to view their student’s results with them online; this will provide the most comprehensive information. The JPC Semester Report will have the Grade only. Parent’s of Tertiary Package students who would like a printed copy of their student’s semester results (grades, scores) can request a copy by emailing Dr Cleary ann.cleary@cg.catholic.edu.au.

Students have 5 days after the formal release time to check with teachers (first) or lodge an appeal on their FINAL results (not individual tasks; see the Senior Assessment Handbook on the website).

Well done to all JPC Seniors on making it through such a difficult semester.

Electives – Year 9 and 10

There have been a few enquiries by students in Years 9 and 10 about changing electives for Semester 2. Given the extensive consultation process and opportunity to request a change offered at the start of the year, there is no opportunity for students to make further requests. Classes, including staffing, have been set for the year. Students will be formally advised of their Semester 2 elective when their timetables are formally released on the first day of Term 3.

Exceptional conditions would need to be evidenced for any request to be considered (e.g. undertaking a year-long elective but struggling academically to engage); having selected a second unit in the same area and deciding variety would be more conducive to study (e.g. in Law 1 and Law 2; Graphic Design 1 and Graphic Design 2). Any such requests would be made AFTER the Term 3 timetables are released (Week 1 ONLY)  and emailed to ann.cleary@cg.catholic.edu.au.  Only students with exceptional cases will be considered and they will need to select from electives that have existing capacity to take an additional student.

Hotstart Program

Archie Phillips, Skye Bradbury and Olenka Moran completed the Hotstart hospitality program this week. The program was held at Gungahlin College in collaboration with renowned chefs from around Canberra. Students learnt essential hospitality and workplace skills and contributed to the OzHarvest project by preparing nearly 200 meals.

These students celebrated their graduation for this program with a small presentation of their designed canapes and represented JPC well with their exceptional service and engagement.

Well done!

Year 9/10 Forensic Science

WHODUNNIT????

Our Forensic Investigators in Years 9 and 10 put the skills which they have developed over this semester to the test in our last lesson of the inaugural Forensic Science Elective, with Mrs Conlan and Mrs Tually.

The investigators analysed blood splatter patterns, knife wounds in real flesh, DNA electrophoresis samples, hair and clothing fibres, the life cycle of flies (love those maggots!), fingerprints, and ballistic analysis of bullet cartridges.

Some of our students have expressed a keen desire to enter the world of forensic science in the future and if their enthusiasm and interest are anything to go by, they will have great careers in this field.

Mrs Tually and Mrs Conlan
Forensic Science Teachers

Year 11 and 12 Digital Technologies

This term Year 11 and Year 12 Digital Technologies were tasked with creating a short animation that is designed to entertain, inform or promote a product. This video are the final products that they produced, we hope you enjoy their creativity - Click on the image below to watch.

Mrs Rosie Moss
Information Technology Teacher

Black Lives Matter Movement

Last week in Religious Education the Year 10s had the opportunity to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and white privilege. At the beginning of the week the students debated a number of topics such as ‘is Australia a fair country’ and ‘race is our primary identity’. At the end of the week students participated in a diversity walk. They were given a different person ranging from the wealthiest in Australia to the poorest and most marginalised. Students could physically see how far privilege can take you in life. Below are some thoughts on the week from some of the students:

I learnt that there is so much discrimination against what a person looks like as people link it to the stereotype of that specific person, of what they have seen in the media. In addition to the furious resistance of this type of discrimination in relation to the black lives matter movement which demonstrates how essential it is to reach the dream of equality as humans do more harm to others.
Mehtaab Grewal

Both the diversity walk and debates from last week were very insightful not only to what is happening in the world but also what the other people in my class are thinking about what is happening in the world. I really enjoyed the activities and hope we can do similar things in the future like this.
Nina Buckley

• Each and every debate has numerous perspectives and viewpoints that are justifiable, but they are worthless unless one is able to put them into a cohesive statement. 
• A remarkable majority of peoples fall upon the extreme left in terms of their belief on certain topics (E.g, Racism, BLM, Etc).
• As seen in our activity regarding movement based on whether a statement applies to our antecedently given characteristics, the world is very much divided into a slew of peoples that are consistently going through issues and the inherent advantages in society such as race, religion and otherwise were depicted define these issues, whether they occur at all and their severity. 
  Darshan Rajinikanth

​It was so wonderful to see everyone engage in the activities and show care and compassion to minority groups around the world!

Miss Markmann

Visitors to JPC

On Thursday we had the pleasure of showing Deepak-Raj Gupta MLA around our school and today we had a visit from Hon. Zed Seslja who also had morning tea with the staff.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation has a goal of no deaths from breast cancer by 2030. Did you know that over 100 women in Australia die each year from breast cancer and that breast cancer is the most highly diagnosed type of cancer in the country?

Funds raised go towards research that will detect tumours earlier, improve outcomes and save lives. By making my pledge to GO PINK I will be raising money that will help save lives.

I would love your support for this great cause. To donate visit my fundraising page here by the 30 June 2020.

Thank you

Maddie Heywood, Year 7

Arts Up Front

Visual Art Class

This week was our last week together with our combined year 9 and 10 visual art classes. We decided to have some fun after our sculpture unit and were inspired by Bob Ross to paint an acrylic nature scenery. These paintings were created in 1.5 lessons and students thoroughly enjoyed trying an alternative arts practice to what they have been working on this Semester. If you wish to purchase one of these beautiful pieces, we think they could sell for $1 million each.

Yolandi Swart
IMS, Science and Visual Art Teacher

Year 10 Transition Week

MONDAY and TUESDAY: All information in regards to Monday and Tuesday is on the Transition Week Moodle Page!

WEDNESDAY: All students must be at school for Senior School Information and Year 10 Reflection afternoon.

THURSDAY and FRIDAY: No classes. You only need to attend if you have a Y11/12 Subject Selection interview.

UNIFORM: Students should wear clothing that would be appropriate to attend a workplace (smart casual). Otherwise, uniform.

EQUIPMENT: Technology (ipad/laptop), headphones, a pen and your device chargers

Subject Selection Interview emails have been sent to those families who are continuing at JPC for 2021. If you did not receive the email with the link, please contact the College office.

Careers

If you missed it, click here for the Careers newsletter for this week.

From the College office

Parish News

Community News

All films need to be under five minutes and include the phrase “What’s Next”. Creativity is highly encouraged. The best films will screen at SWIFF next January during the Nextwave Youth Film Awards, and tens of thousands of dollars in prizes are up for grabs to students (and our school!).

Competition closes September 21. All competition details are available at www.nextwavefilmfest.com.au.

Register for free Nextwave Online filmmaking course

If your child isn’t sure how to make their short film, the Screenwave International Film Festival has made a step-by-step 10 episode video guide on beginner filmmaking, with episodes starting to roll out next week on the new Nextwave Online learning portal. To secure your child’s FREE access (thanks to Southern Cross University), register here before July 21: https://nextwavefilmfest.com.au/workshop/

Updated public transport timetables
from 18 July 2020

From Saturday 18 July 2020, Transport Canberra will be updating timetables for bus services.

As a new timetable is being introduced, there will be minor changes for all students travelling to and from school on public transport across Canberra from the first day of Term 3, 2020 (Monday 20 July 2020). In most cases, this will mean that students will catch the same service from the same stop, but the times that services arrive and leave may change.

In addition, Transport Canberra has made the following changes:
Adjustments to school buses for St John Paul II College

• From Term 3, there will be minor adjustments to school special services for St John Paul II College.
• School route 1001 has been more popular than expected, and there will an additional school route 1001 service each afternoon on school days to meet high demand. This means that there will be three school route 1001 services leaving the school between 3.52pm and 3.57pm each school day.
• Similarly, fewer students have been using school route 1002 than expected to travel between Gungahlin Place and the school, with many students choosing to catch route 26 services instead. For this reason, school route 1002 will be reduced to one service each morning and afternoon, instead of two services.
• All students currently catch school route 1002 will be able to continue to do so, or they will also be able to catch route 26 services instead.
• There will be no changes to services for St John Paul II College during Term 2, 2020.

All schools, parents and students can find out more about the specific changes by:

• clicking here for updated timetable 
• checking the information packs for each school, which are online at www.transport.act.gov.au
• checking timetables for each route (including school specials), which are online at www.transport.act.gov.au
• calling 13 17 10.