JPC Key Messages - Week 4, Term 1 2020 No images? Click here John Paul II College & CaritasGO FURTHER TOGETHER!JPC hosts the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocesan2020 Project Compassion LaunchThis week, JPC hosted Caritas Australia and the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocesan launch of the major Lenten Catholic fundraiser, Project Compassion. The official launch by Archbishop Christopher Prowse was part of the Ash Wednesday Liturgy, where we were honoured to have Kirsty Robertson, the CEO of Caritas Australia speak of the work that Caritas does in communities around the world. The student-centred focus of this event was led by our Youth Ministry Team, in particular, our Peace Leaders, Paris Morris and Kate Jenkins, who were an integral part of the Liturgy. Campbell Ellison, Emma Bramham, Ella Colquhoun, Paige Nieuwendyk, Michael Woodman, Olivia Mugridge, Amisha Sehgal and Tia Morris also contributed to this special event by reading, distributing ashes or running IT to support the presenters. A sincere thanks also goes to Tyler Nguyen, who shared his impressive musical talents to provide the liturgy with beautiful reflective music, which enhanced the reverent atmosphere. Lent is a time of simplicity – it prepares us for the season of Easter, the most important time in the Church’s calendar. The marking of the Ashes today, as Ash Wednesday, is a public expression of our faith and repentance. It is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, and through this, we are reminded of Jesus’ death and Resurrection, and of those who do not have access to the basic necessities to live. We are asked to consider ways in which we can act in service to them. Jesus brought the promise of hope to all people so that we may “Have life and have it to the full.” (John 10:10), so that by working with our neighbours, we can fulfil the goals of this year’s campaign focus - “Go Further Together”. Through prayer, we come closer to God so that we are better able to realise our baptismal promise to live justly as Jesus teaches us. Fasting joins us in solidarity with the poor who often have no choice but to go without basic essentials. Giving to the poor or ‘almsgiving’ is a sign of our commitment to justice and our thanks for all that God has given us. The Gospel reading in the liturgy from Matthew (6:1-6, 16-18) reminds us that we must give with humility, without big-noting ourselves, as God knows what we do. As we prepare for the death and resurrection of Christ this Easter season, let us go further and give ourselves in service on this Lenten journey, together. What will JPC DO for Project Compassion?Over the 40 days of Lent, JPC aims to raise $10,000 in support of Project Compassion. Through fun activities like a coin snake and our annual Interhouse weekly tally competition, our school community will give generously to Caritas. Our Athletics Carnival has proven to be a big success in the past when collecting donations. This year we hope to encourage the act of giving amongst the students of our college. Every student in the school community only needs to bring in $12 in total so we can reach our goal. We have great confidence that we can reach this as we have many students, new and old, who can “Go Further Together”! We thank you in advance for your generosity. Kate Jenkins and Paris Morris College Peace Leaders JPC Fortnightly Community MassBegins THURSDAY 5/3/20Next Thursday our fortnightly JPC Community Mass will be held in the JPC Chapel from 8:30 AM to 8:55AM and subsequently during ODD school term weeks. All members of our JPC and the wider community are invited to join us and Father Mark Croker or Father Jiss Sunny to celebrate the Eucharist together. It’s a lovely way to start a busy day. Please bring a friend! See you there... Jennifer Tually Leader of Learning & Wellbeing (Mission and Ministry, Ferré House) Welcome to Independent Learning Time 2020Wednesday 4th March will mark the beginning of Independent Learning Time for 2020 for our students in Years 8-12. Over the past weeks, students have been preparing for a successful transition into Independent Learning Time. A key aspect of this has been the focus on the forethought phase of the cyclical model of self-regulation. This phase in the development of self-regulation focuses on the planning of tasks and self-preparation for student to complete work set for them within the ILT space. We would like to collaborate with parents/carers to enable students to work hard on this initial planning of the Independent Learning Time tasks in order to prepare them for the ILT week ahead. All Independent Learning Time tasks can be accessed on the students St John Paul II College student moodle pages. The tutorial structure has changed this year with more strategic literacy and numeracy tutorials being offered. These tutorials will be skills-based and will be beginning in Week 7. Other support for students includes organisational groups as well as encouraging regular contact with the student’s mentor teacher. Students will still be continuing to complete their planner through the ILT site, and we encourage this planning process to be completed in consultation with you at home. If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s transition into ILT, please contact your child’s mentor. We look forward to working with you and your child through Independent Learning Time. Mr Nic Whatman & Mr Rohan Duddy Year 7 and New Parents Tips and Tricks Evening Thank you to the Year 7 families that came along to the Tips & Tricks evening on 20 February. We hope you found the evening helpful. For those families were unable to attend or those who want to look at the presentations again, all the information is now available in Moodle under "Parent Information" (you will need your child's log on details). Year 7 Students will be having an ILT Skills Day on Monday 2 March and all Year 7 families have been emailed about this event. In and Around the SchoolModeration Day Tuesday 3 March – Student Free Day Moderation Day is an important day for teachers to attend venues across the ACT to review and moderate the work of senior students. Moderation Day is a requirement for teachers to ensure grade comparability across the senior secondary sector. No classes will be running on Tuesday and JPC will be a venue this year for the moderation of Technology subjects. Students from Years 7-10, 12 are encouraged to use the day productively to work on learning tasks, assignments and general study. Students are discouraged from visiting 7-10 High Schools or Primary Schools, as their presence can prove very disruptive to the learning of these students. Moderation Day – AST skills testing Year 11 (9:15 - 11:45 am) Year 11 students undertaking ANY Tertiary units of study (including students doing an Accredited package with at least 1 Tertiary subject) are required to attend school from 9:15 – 11:45am on Moderation Day (Tuesday 3 March). Students will undertake a 2 hour skills based exam, based on the ACT Skill Test. The data will be used to inform the scaling of all student results for this cohort, as well as being an introductory practice to the skills required for the AST (run in Term 3, Year 12). Students will need their pencil cases only (NO calculators can be used). Please contact Mr Nic Whatmann if there is any issue with attendance on the day. Catholic Education - Online Survey 2020 Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn (Catholic Education), will shortly release an online survey to better understand your opinion of the value Catholic schools like ours provide and what that means for you and your children. The findings of this research will be used by Catholic Education to improve the offering of Catholic schools. The survey will be sent out to parents via email in the coming week and should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Privacy and Confidentiality I encourage all parents to respond to the survey. Thank you in advance for your time and participation. Yours sincerely Stephanie O’Meara Principal On Saturday 22 February Cameron Cortes, and Isaac Nieuwendyk gave up part of their weekend to assist at the St Vincent de Paul Bushfire Appeal over at the Gungahlin Village. They were both very respectful, enthusiastic and great representatives for St John Paul II College. Vinnies would like to thank both students for supporting Vinnies, and they look forward to further opportunities where students will be able to assist. If you would like to know how to support St Vincent de Paul, speak to Mrs Zorzi Aboriginal Afternoon Tea Aboriginal students and their families were welcomed with native bush tucker – inspired afternoon tea, prepared and served by JPC hospitality students on Thursday 27th February, in the Kamberri Room. It provided a great opportunity for families and students to meet and chat with their mentor teachers, to establish goals for the year and kickstart their Personalised Learning Pathways. This is the first of many social opportunities so watch this space. Annie Daley Me and Kareem, the Australian Youth Representative for the UN My Day in Parliament House On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to join Kareem El-Ansary, the Australian Youth Representative for the United Nations at the launch event for his 2019 Australian Youth Representative Consultation Report, in which he travelled around Australia for 7 months finding out what’s important to Australia’s upcoming generations. During my time spent with him, I joined him as well as 3 other young people from various parts of Australia with varying expertise in different topics that impact youth on a panel discussion that got us answering questions that people thought were important. I spoke about how in this digital age, we are more connected than ever and that not only comes with talking to people it can bring people together for movements and creating change that we would like to see. We weren’t just directing our talk towards young people; we were also able to talk and connect with MP’s. some of the people present include Richard Colbeck, the current minister for youth, Anne Aly, as well as many other members who came in for parts of the day. It was really interesting to hear their stance and get their opinions on such pressing topics. From talking with Kareem to being asked questions about how I believe the youth of today should act, this day was an incredible learning experience. Bridget Shelley, Yr 11 Arts Up FrontYear 9 and 10 Visual Art: Pop and Print Unit This semester, students in year 9 and 10 visual art electives are working on developing sculpture and printmaking portfolios for their final tasks. These portfolios allow students to experiment with various materials and techniques and include wire sculpture, soap carvings, etching and t-shirt screen printing. For their first group project over the last week, students were tasked with making life-sized sculptures of the human body from cling-wrap and packing tape. Students thoroughly enjoyed ‘modelling’ and wrapping each other in tape to create moulds of sections of the body and reconstructing the whole body once all sections were made. Creativity was definitely shown in group designs with a variety of ‘action poses’ displayed around the school. Some of these statues included netball and basketball player, a person falling through a glass door, Mary Poppins coming down the stairs and Spiderman hanging in line at the canteen! These sculptures were the talk of the school and we can’t wait to see what these classes make next! Ms Swart Cinderella Rehearsals Begin and Family Afternoon Wednesday, 4th March, Week 5 sees the first rehearsal for Cinderella: A Pantomime. Whilst our Year 7 performers are experiencing the world of ‘camp’, the remaining cast and band members will be exploring what a Pantomime means. Families of Cast and Band are invited to join us at 4:30pm, in the Theatre. A Musical Production is a wonderful community event and we wish to share the experiences from the start. Families will be shown some workings from the rehearsal, given the opportunity to ask questions, and asked if they have any skills that could be volunteered for some Working Bees. Sample polo shirts will also be available for students – and family members! – to try prior to submitting their order. We look forward to seeing you there, Wednesday 4th March 4:30pm, JPC Theatre. Mrs Smith Indian Drumming Workshop On Tuesday 25th February, the JPC 9/10 music class were visited by a world-renowned percussionist, Gary France. Gary introduced the students to Indian drumming, not only with their hands but saying the sounds as well which is traditional in Indian culture. He bought along with him a traditional Indian percussion instrument called the Mridangam and also showed us some body percussion rhythms which really challenged their coordination which was fantastic. I would like to thank Gary for visiting JPC and delivering a wonderful workshop. Sharon Robinson Extra-Curricular Music payments/forms With music groups commencing next week, a reminder that payments for Extra-curricular music groups and Instrumental Hire can be made via the Qkr! app. Please remember to also fill in a music form to register for extra-curricular groups, so we know who the payment is for! These online forms can be found on the JPC website here SportBill Turner Cup Trials! This week we began our Bill Turner Cup under 15s Soccer Trials. Next trials will be on Monday the 2nd of March for boys and the girl's trials are TBC. If you have any further questions or queries please see Mr. Thomas or Miss Giovinazzo. 2020 ACT School Futsal Titles Expressions of interest are being taken for the under 19s boys and girls JPC futsal teams who will compete in the ACT School Futsal Titles on the 25th of March at the Lyneham Netball Centre. Please sign up on the PF5 window if you are interested. Trials will run in week 5 (if there is enough interest) so please make sure you listen to the daily notices! If you have any further questions please see Miss Giovinazzo. JPC Netball Need 3 - 4 more Year 7/8 Players JPC Netball Club is looking for 3 to 4 more Year 7 girls (Intermediate) to join the club. If you would like to join or have further questions please contact Caitlin Young jpcnetball@gmail.com. See flyer below under Community DefenceDefence Family Breakfast On Tuesday many of our Defence Families enjoyed a yummy breakfast cooked by our talented canteen team. The breakfast is a wonderful opportunity for our Defence Families to connect with each other, especially the families who posted into Canberra this year. It is also a great chance for them to meet their DSM! Emma Finch from DCO and Michelle Hoare from DFA were also there to help our families with any queries. Thank you to all our families who came to our breakfast. Wednesday saw 22 students from Year 7 and 8 attend the Swing Into Life Excursion with Defence students from Merici College, Trinity Christian School and Gold Creek High School. Two of our students have written a recount of their adventures. If you have a spouse who is currently deployed or about to deploy, please let me know we can support your child. If you have any concerns about your child feel free to contact me vicki.walsh@cg.catholic.edu.au Don’t forget to pop April 1st in your diary for our ANZAC Day Ceremony. Vicki Walsh DSM Swing Into Life - Year 7 & 8 Defence ExcursionToday was great we had so much fun. First, we started with a regular safety check and how to complete the Course without getting hurt. Then we split into teams to complete the first course. Then we sat down to eat. After eating a female arrived and we sat down to listen to a story about her not listening to her parents and snuck out while sneaking out she was hit by a car and is now in a wheel chair for a long time. Finally, we went into a mud run we had to get into pools of mud and climb over little dirt hills and hop into more pools. then we moved onto a clay run and we all got stuck SO MANY times but it was really fun.Lachlan Copeland Year 8 The swing into life excursion was really fun! The first thing we did was lane one. On lane one you had to jump through tires, then we had to climb up three walls, one small, one medium then a large one. Then we did Lane two. First was walls that we had to zigzag in and out of. Then there were three logs that we had to go under and then over. Then was the pirate swing which was ropes above water which you had to grab onto and swing across. The next obstacle was logs that you had to crawl under and there was mud under the logs, it was so dirty! Then we had some lunch. Mmm...food! After we ate, we did the big muddy track which was multiple pools of mud that you had to go through. In one of the puddles of mud there were canopies made of leaves above each track and you had to crawl to get through. In another pool of mud there was a log blocking the mud, so you had to fully submerge yourself in the mud to get under! It was sort of gross! Then when you got to the end, you had to run back and do it all over again! When you had done that two times you had to climb up to big hills of dirt. When you got to the second hill you got to jump off the top into a big pool of mud! When you got out of that pool you had to go through a long trench in the ground full of grey sticky mud. At the end of that, there was another small hill of dirt which you could climb up to jump into another pool of mud! Then there was another bit where you had to jump through some more tires and climb over some more logs and then there was another trench in the ground, but this time it had watered-down mud. After we had done that a couple of times, we got hosed off and then we went to get changed. That was the end of our excursion. We had a lot of fun! Annie Jones, Year 7 CareersWork Experience
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Mrs Teena Zorzi CanteenThe Canteen Menu for Week 5, Term 1 is available on the JPC Website - or Moodle under Canteen Menu The Canteen offers Breakfast from 8.30am to 8.50am. Toast, Cereal and Fruit are available for $1 each. From the College OfficeIf you ordered a NSW Bus Pass, they are now ready for collection from the College Office. Please come and collect your card. Thank you Community NewsWe offer a warm welcome to all to join us for St Patrick’s Day Ecumenical Service at Marist College Canberra on 14 March 2020 at 12pm. The service is a celebration of Irish Australian Culture. This year we have the wonderful Dr David Caldicott as our keynote speaker. David is an Emergency Medical Consultant at Canberra Calvary Hospital and a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at the ANU. David led the first pill testing at the Groovin the Moo festival in Canberra in 2018. David is a staunch advocate for harm reduction,
maintaining that drugs policy is an issue of public health and not political morality. Canberra Friends of Ireland Society |