On Wednesday morning we celebrated the induction of our College Leaders for 2021. As in previous years this celebration was one of great significance for our College. The induction of student leaders and the passing of the symbols of student leadership from the current leaders to the new leadership group strengthens and inspires the Year 11 leaders for the challenges of leadership, both individually and communally.

The challenge of ‘Serving Him in Others’, being selfless, community minded, welcoming and caring is one that all leaders face each day and it is now the turn of our current Year 11 students. It with great pleasure that I would like to announce that our College Leaders for 2021 are;

College Captains – Jemma Bradshaw and Mitchell Berg

 

Mission Captains – Prue Gardner and Danicka Humphries

 

Academic Captains – Claire Pretorius and Saxon McGregor

 

Cultural Captains – Jordan McLaughlan and Darby Carroll

 

Sport Captains – Emily Duggan and Daniel Robinson

 

Brennan House Captains – Emma Schuh and Miriama Tini

 

McAuley House Captains – Tahni Davies and Matthew Fuller

 

Murphy House Captains – Emily Lewis and Xander Jackwitz

 

Rice House Captains – Keely Geiger and Nicholas Sheedy

 

We wish this wonderful group of young people all the best for their tenure as the Captains of St Joseph’s College and we look forward to working with them as we engage with ‘The Joeys Way’ over the next year.

Finally, I would like to thank our Year 12 cohort who have done a wonderful job in leading our community during the most challenging of times this year. We thank them so very much for their efforts. We wish them all the best for the remainder of their exam preparation period and their upcoming external exams.

End of Year Events

This year our end of year events will be different to previous years due to the continuing uncertain times that we are living in. Unfortunately, due to COVID limitations, parents and the general public are unable to attend most events, however, we will be live streaming the events that we can and providing recordings so that our wider community can celebrate our student’s achievements with us. Outlined below are the dates of our events and further information regarding the details of the events, attendance and live streaming.

I want to highlight that this format is for 2020 only and it is our intention to return to full community celebrations in 2021. We strongly believe that full community events where parents, carers and students come together to celebrate the achievements of the St Joseph’s College community is an essential part of building and nourishing College life.

As a College we thank you for your understanding and your commitment to supporting the St Joseph’s College community as we endeavour to provide the best possible experiences for our students over the remainder of the year.

Parent Engagement

Mid last month, Federal Education Minister the Honorable Dan Tehan launched the recently developed Parent Engagement Case Studies. These case studies have been added to the Catholic School Parents Australia (CSPA) Gearing up for parent engagement website. The Case Studies, consisting of twenty-five videos and eighteen vignettes, have been compiled from interviews in Government, Independent and Catholic schools and are aimed at educating parents to allow for better parent engagement in schooling.

In his launch Minister Tehan reiterated how the government “is committed to improving parent engagement in schools through initiatives such as these, which provide practical ways for parents, carers and school leaders to support each other to achieve better learning outcomes.”

Minister Tehan encouraged parents, teachers and school leaders, from all sectors, “to visit this website and access the new Case Studies that effectively bring CSPA’s research and resources to life.”

The Gearing up for parent engagement website can be accessed at www.parentengagementcspa.edu.au

Kort Goodman

Principal

Over the break, a number of our Year 12 students participated in the External Examination Preparation Program (EEPP) run in collaboration with other Diocese of Toowoomba Catholic Secondary Schools. It was an opportunity for the students to engage in subject-specific masterclasses. This concentrated program was established so that students may learn, engage, receive feedback and, ultimately, perform higher in their external assessments that will take place later this term. Over 110 students joined into the program from Roma, Dalby, Warwick, Stanthorpe and Toowoomba secondary schools. A special thanks to Mrs Nicole Davies (Biology), Mrs Gabrielle O’Reilly (Chemistry) and Mrs Tegan Davidson (General English) for presenting in this program.

During Assembly last week we acknowledged the achievement of our Yr 12 School Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship Program students. Congratulations to all the students involved in this program. Special thanks and recognition to our employers who have provided our students with a wonderful opportunity to expand their skills and provide possible future employment. We thank our Vocational Education Coordinator, Ms Angela Masters, and SBA Coordinators from the Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office, Mrs Karen Coulston and Mrs Karen White.

 

Justice and Solidarity

One of our Edmund Rice Touchstones, “Justice and Solidarity”, calls us to strive for peace and justice for all, and to stand in solidarity with those marginalised. Recently I was considering what may stop people from hearing this call when I watched a TED clip by bestselling author, Daniel Goleman on “Why Aren’t We More Compassionate?” As expected, during this talk, Goleman explored factors that influence our call for a more compassionate world. In his own words, below is mention one study he touched on.

“There was a very important study done a while ago at Princeton Theological Seminary that speaks to why it is that when all of us have so many opportunities to help, we do sometimes, and we don’t other times. A group of divinity students at the Princeton Theological Seminary were told that they were going to give a practice sermon and they were each given a sermon topic. Half of those students were given as a topic the parable of the Good Samaritan, the man who stopped to help the stranger in need by the side of the road. Half were given random Bible topics. Then one by one, they were told they had to go to another building and give their sermon. As they went from the first building to the second, each of them passed a man who was bent over and moaning, clearly in need. The question is did they stop to help? The more interesting question is, did it matter they were contemplating the parable of the Good Samaritan? Answer – no, not at all. What turned out to determine whether someone would stop and help a stranger in need was how much of a hurry they thought they were in. Were they feeling they were late?”

In the busyness of our modern-day lives, the call to Justice and Solidarity is often drowned out by other activities competing for our attention. Some of these activities take up our time but add little value to our lives. Is it really vital to watch the latest reality show, or start a new Netflix series that will run for 75 episodes? Perhaps a rethinking of priorities will allow time to invest in activities that lead to a better world and help others in need. Extensive research shows that not only will those you help benefit, but your wellbeing will also benefit. Something for us to think about.

https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_goleman_why_aren_t_we_more_compassionate?language=en

TED Talk – Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence,” asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time.

 

Upcoming Events

Brendon Willocks

Deputy Principal

bwillocks@sjc.qld.edu.au

2020 has been a difficult year for many of us, but it’s important we finish the year with momentum for what promises to be a very promising 2021. The days of limping to the finish of the year with lowered expectations of ourselves and others are absolutely not part of the Joey’s Way.

You will, I hope, be ware of our College values of Respect, Endeavour, Compassion and Dignity. In their speech on Wednesday, our 2021 College Captains Mitchell Berg and Jemma Bradshaw said that the Joey’s Way is a “way of being” that is “not just words on a sign”. It’s not school rules for students, it’s for everyone all of the time. Even when we’re tired, even when it’s hot, even when it’s the end of a very challenging year, it’s our job to live out the Joey’s Way.

The Joey’s Way is made up of four values– Respect, Endeavour, Compassion and Dignity. Each value has three imperatives– these are things we must do to live out the Joey’s Way. Each one of these values will form the basis for some rich discussion for the remainder of 2020 and certainly from 2021.

 

As we look to finish the year strongly, I make the following request of all our community members:

1. Look at each of these imperatives, if you are doing these, you are absolutely living out the Joey’s Way.
2. If you are challenged or unsure about some of these expectations, I encourage you to contact a member of the Senior Leadership Team or the Student Engagement Team (your child’s house leader) to discuss them further.

Together, we can ensure that the bright future of St Joseph’s College starts now.

Year 12 External Examinations

All year 12’s have received information from the College and QCAA about the upcoming External Examinations.

QCAA recently created a new “External Assessment Guide for students”.   This is found on the website https://myqce.qcaa.qld.edu.au/external-assessment.html  and has been downloaded and emailed to students.

How can I prepare?

Senior syllabuses

General senior syllabuses provide information about external assessment for each subject.

Sample papers

View the sample papers for the subjects you study, to get an idea of what external assessment will be like. You can find them in the Assessment tab on each General syllabus page on the QCAA website.

Equipment

Each syllabus details the equipment you will need for the external assessment. It may include:

• Blue or black pens
• Pencils (2B)
• A sharpener
• A clear plastic ruler
• An eraser
• Approved calculator
• Specific equipment

On the day, students may bring your equipment in a clear container or zip-lock bag.  Students may also bring water in a clear unlabeled bottle.

Mobile phones, smart watches and/or other electronic devices will not be permitted in the examination room.

The External assessment equipment list (PDF, 175.3 KB) contains information about the approved equipment for all assessments, including calculators, student devices, subject-specific equipment and prohibited items.

Publications

New Videos are available to help Year 12 students prepare for external assessment.

New External assessment — a guide for Year 12 students (PDF, 1.5 MB) — all the information you need to know about external assessment, including timetables, equipment and calculator lists and details of what will be tested in each subject.

Fact sheets to help Year 11 and 12 students prepare for assessments.

External assessment timetable

The 2020 external assessments will be held from Monday 26 October to Tuesday 17 November.

The 2020 external assessment timetable has been designed to:

• minimise clashes for students across the 17 days of external assessments. Where there is a clash within a morning or afternoon session, students will be allocated to the alternative session on the same day
• ensure students sit no more than two external assessments on one day
• provide sufficient breaks between external assessments for popular courses and frequently combined courses
• enable all external assessments to be marked in time for students to receive their final Year 12 results.

The timetable is available as a PDF to download and has been provided to students and parents previously.

• External assessment timetable 2020 (PDF, 140.2 KB)

Directions for students

External assessments are administered by schools in line with the QCAA’s requirements. Students must also follow the requirements outlined in the Directions for students (PDF, 243.1 KB).

 

Information already emailed to parents and students last term about the upcoming Year 12 External Examinations are also loaded on the Intrant (Under Student Links) https://twbcso.sharepoint.com/sites/sjc/SitePages/Student%20Links.aspx

And on our College Website (Under Senior Years) https://www.sjc.qld.edu.au/learning-journey/senior-years/ for your reference.

 

 

Mrs Kerrie-Anne Fellenberg

Assistant Principal Curriculum

E kfellenberg@sjc.qld.edu.au

 

 

The Man in the Arena

Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 spoke about a man in an Arena and the amount of effort he puts in when fighting in this Arena; Roosevelt states even if the man fails at least he fails while daring greatly. This speech is a great reminder for all students and in particular the Year 12 students who are about to undertake external examinations and step into future endeavours. As Roosevelt stated, if we fail, at least we will fail while daring greatly. We have all overcome many challenges throughout 2020 – COVID, ATAR and the fear of the unknown – but what we do know is that we can control the future and how we look to the future. After returning from our 3-day Retreat at the Sunshine Coast it has united many more people together than we imagined. The ‘daring greatly’ attitude thrived at Retreat with people going out of their comfort zone in the mud pit challenge and opening themselves up more. The thanks our cohort gives to everyone that has supported us at Retreat and during these challenging times is larger than we can ever imagine. They have helped us to dare greatly. Good luck fellow Year 12 students on the upcoming exams and final assessments, and the leap outside our comfort zones.

“It is not the critic who counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt “Citizenship in a Republic,” at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

 

 

 

Thank you to: firefighters and emergency services personnel

Every year I take the time to listen to the acceptance speech given by the Australian of the Year. This year, Dr James Mueke was a worthy recipient for his work in raising awareness of type 2 diabetes and its links to blindness. He gave an outstanding address, but there was one component that really struck a chord with me. He paid tribute to firefighters and emergency services personnel: “The uncompromising bushfires that have swept through our country have left widespread disruption and heartbreak in their wake, and few of us remain untouched. These are the real heroes!”

He went on to say – “Too many people have lost their lives, and the devastation of our landscape and iconic wildlife is beyond belief. And all of this on the back of the unprecedented droughts and floods that have tortured our beloved country and farming communities over the past few years.”

 

How do you learn?

My experience in education and how I excelled as a learner was when taken outside my comfort zone by inspirational teachers. For me, two such teachers were a Mr Tom Denham and Mr Paul Butler-White.  In my opinion, highly effective teachers must provide engaging lessons and enrichment activities. They must make their intentions clear, set the bar high and tell their students constantly that it is their role to jump over it.

Essentially: “it is better to do the things that have the greatest reward; things that are hard, not easy.”

 

The gift and power of emotional courage

Last week a Ted Talk popped up in my inbox from psychologist, Dr Susan David, titled ‘The gift and power of emotional courage.’ Dr David says several quite profound things in the talk, but one sentence again stuck out for me. She said, “discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life.” This made me think again and ponder the applicability of this idea to the Humanities Department. From this talk, it was easy to gather that teachers have a responsibility to help students understand that discomfort is useful and “normal”. (“Normal” is Dr David’s term, which suggests that most people view discomfort as a negatively invasive and detrimental force.) I hope all students keep this in mind as they chose subjects going in to 2021. On the flipside, I also hope students choose subjects they enjoy and find challenging and rewarding.

So how should you make your decision? Why choose what? Here are my top 5 reasons for choosing a subject:

1. You need to enjoy it
2. You’re good at it
3. It suits your interests and career plans
4. You need it to enter a university, college, TAFE course after school
5. It helps to give you a balanced spread of subjects

Mr. Andrew Fellenberg

Middle Leader – Humanities

E: afellenbergl@sjc.qld.edu.au

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Junior students were immersed in the Arts on the last day of term three. They had the opportunity to participate in visual art workshops, listen to a talented local singer Mason Watts perform, learn some moves in a hip hop dance workshop taught by another talented local, Sarah McCarthy and be entertained by our very talented drama students in a drama extravaganza.

 

The day finished with staff and students entertaining the whole College with Battle of the Bands.  It was a wonderful day full of laughter, colour and fun. A huge thanks to our amazing Arts team for all their hard work, before and on the day, and to other staff who helped on the day. St Joseph’s is very fortunate to have such creative and talented staff.

Cathie Barton

Middle Leader – The Arts

E cbarton@sjc.qld.edu.au

Exciting times ahead in the Library with next week (Week 3) being BOOK WEEK! 2020’s theme is: Curious Creatures, Wild Minds.

We are offering many activities and competitions for students to engage with, so we invite all students to bring their wild mind and come and enjoy the curious creatures of Book Week 2020!

Where: The Library.

When: Week 3- Monday 19^th October – Friday 23^rd October.

Activity schedule:

In addition to the daily activities above, students have the opportunity to participate in one of our competitions below for a chance to win a prize:

• Design a Book Cover.
• Colouring the Library with Curious Creatures Competition.
• Shelfie Competition.
• Curious Creature Model Building Challenge.
• Best Costume Competition.

 

Dress up day: On Friday 23^rd students are asked to come dressed in a Curious Creatures, Wild Minds themed costume, or as their favourite book character. Students are reminded to wear appropriate clothing and footwear (particularly closed-in shoes for practical subjects).

 

All of the competition and activity details have been emailed out to students. If they require further information, they are welcome to come and speak with the Library Staff.

 

Many students in Year 12 during Term 3 completed the following units of competency:

• HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• HLTAID002 Provide emergency life support
• HLTAID003 Provide first aid
• AHCWHS201 Participate in work health and safety processes

Students had to complete 3 online tests and a full day working with trainers on first aid. Overall the students found the experience worthwhile and enjoyable.

There are limited places available in the final session being conducted on the 5th November. Cost is $70. If you are interested, please contact me directly to enquire in enrolling.  These competencies are worth 2 credit points towards students’ QCE.

Mrs Kerrie-Anne Fellenberg
Assistant Principal – Curriculum

E kfellenberg@sjc.qld.edu.au

Parents – can you please ensure that your son/daughter brings their ‘conventional black leather lace-up school shoes’ (see photo)  to school on the days when they have Design Technology subjects.

It is very frustrating when students ‘forget’ to bring their shoes to school when they have their YNWA days. If students do not have the correct footwear, then they are unable to complete practical work for that lesson.

Mr Cantwell

Middle Leader – Design Technology.

e – bcantwell@sjc.qld.edu.au

 

 

We have been working hard to revive and reinvigorate the College’s social media, in particular through our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date with what is happening at St Joseph’s College.

CBSQ Basketball

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the last week of Term 3, two teams traveled to Brisbane to play in the annual CBSQ basketball competition. This is a Queensland competition with schools travelling from all over to compete.

Things were not as normal with the COVID -19 plans firmly in place, but it didn’t change the competition or the competitiveness of any of the teams. We just washed our hands a lot more and the formal handshake went out the window.

The boys had a good first two days of competition.

On Thursday we played Mabel Park College who we defeated 67 to 41, then we went onto play Stephens College who we defeated 71 to 48.

Friday was Northside Christian College who we defeated 69 to 55 and finally, in the round game St John Paul College 46 to 29.

This saw us top our pool ready for the crossovers on the Saturday in the first of the quarter finals. This is where we came a little unstuck. Not sure if it was the pressure or the strong will to win but we just couldn’t get ourselves ahead on the scoreboard. St Patrick’s Mackay had a sharpshooter who hit the 3 points relatively easily and this didn’t help our changes much. We lost that game 62 to 66. This team ironically was coached by an old boy from St Joseph’s College.

We were now struggling with a few injuries as well. We lost Rei Owen on Friday morning, Jeremy Dagg had a slight roll on his ankle and Deng Makauch had hurt two fingers on his shooting hand. We were Struggling with injuries.

The semi final was late on Saturday night where we met Somerset College. With our injuries and a bit broken from the defeat in the earlier game we had our first really hard loss of 52 to 72. Somerset did play well and deserved the win.

This left us playing off for 7^th or 8^th on Sunday morning. We had now also lost Captain Roche to an ankle injury. Sheldon College was our opposition and it seemed like the game was all but gone but somehow, we found that fighting St Joseph’s spirit and almost pulled off a remarkable comeback. Unfortunately we lost the game 53 to 57.

No matter how we ended up at the end of the competition all boys played in the spirit of the game, took defeat in their stride and will now move on to the AAG Positive Choices Cup on October 18 and November 1 where hopefully we can reach the final and play Grammar to see if we would have taken out the Friday Night Competition against them.

The girls were probably in the wrong division after a couple of our players had to withdraw because of other commitments. We had a young side, but this didn’t let them stop from trying and learning from each round game. We improved each time we played and learnt a lot to hopefully come back again next year and demonstrate our improvement.

On Thursday we played Somerset College and lost 38 to 74 and then Dakabin State High School 25 to 59.

On the Friday we met Somerville House where we were defeated 21 to 61 and then Capalaba State College 25 to 67. Our final round game was the closest match all carnival where we only lot 36 to 49.

Our semi-final was against St Peters Lutheran College who beat us 62 to 42 which allowed us to play off for 11^th or 12^th place on the Sunday. Our game was against Good Sheppard Lutheran College who were too strong for us and defeated us 42 to 18.

The girls kept smiling all the way through even though we were being beaten each game. They showed huge improvement from the first game to the last game and that is what sport is about. Not whether you win or lose but how you play the game. I couldn’t have been prouder of their efforts over the four days.

Many thanks go to Jason Krienke for his coaching of these two teams over the four days. They were long days and many hours of waiting around as staying inside watching other games was not permitted by the COVID plan. At least the carnival went ahead, and the students were able to play something for 2020.

To Mr Tom Moore, Mr Bruce Cook and Mr Luke Logan for travelling down on the buses with us to enable the teams to play, your efforts were greatly appreciated. To the parents, thank you for your support and taking time off work to provide accommodation for the students to stay in Brisbane and to watch the play. Your support in the grandstands was also appreciated.

All Schools Touch – 2020

The 15 years girls and boys touch team traveled down to Whites Hill Brisbane on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday first week of this term for the All Schools Touch Carnival. The conditions were very warm again this year and the fields reflected the dry weather we have been having.

This did not deter the young teams from trying their best and diving on the dusty fields we had to play on.

The 15 years girls’ team was a young team and bottom age in the competition. They improved as the tournament went on and got used to each other and how everyone played.

Our results for the tournament were:

Wednesday

Stretton State College lost 2 – 1 (they scored right on the buzzer)

St Columban’s College won 2 – 0

Palm Beach Currumbin lost 5 – 0 (but our best game of the carnival)

Thursday

Faith Lutheran won 6 – 1

Emmaus Jimboomba won 4 – 0

Friday

The Rocky Grammar 3 all draw.

The 15 years boys team had a very successful carnival coming home as runner ups in the competition. This was a terrific result and they should be very proud of themselves. There passage to the finals went like this:

Wednesday

Laidley State High School won 12 – 2

Trinity Beenleigh won 12 – 1

Thursday

Ormeau Woods State High School won 9 – 3

St Eugene College won 11 – 0

Chancellor State College won 5 – 4 (we scored 30 secs before the siren)

Friday

Pacific Pines State High School – won on forfeit from them

The Rocky Grammar won 9 – 2

Saturday – 9.00am

Final 16 – Miami State High (same school as this time last year) victory was ours this year with a 5 -4 win and a passage onto the quarter finals.

Quarter Final – 11.00am

Shalom College won 5 – 3

Semi-final – 12.30pm

Coombabah won 6 – 5

Grand final – 2.30pm

Emmaus College Rockhampton – an extremely good game. Very close but Emmaus just had the fresh legs on us and ran out winners 8 – 5.

The boys who made up this team were: Blaise Prendergast, Tiege Ryan, Kaden Willmot, Bailey and Mason Deakin, Patrick Muir, Darby Reid, Hugh Howard and Zac Lucido.

The Open Girls came down on Friday to start their competition to see if we could do as well as we did last year. Unfortunately, this was not to be as we just had one to many losses.

Their carnival went like this:

Friday

Beaudesert State High School won 12 – 0

Keebra Park State High (best game of carnival) won 6 – 3

Redcliffe State High School won 5 – 0

Saturday

St Aidan’s lost 4 – 2

Sienna College won 5 – 1

The Rocky Grammar lost 2 – 0

Mansfield State High School won 4 – 0

The Open boys had a terrific carnival. There were only 16 boys’ teams in the competition, so we had to finish first or second in our pool to go onto the final 16. We had two loses and this put us out. We had to win the last game against Coombabah to stay in the competition, but we fell just short. This was their best game of the carnival.

Their program was:

Friday

Iona College Lost 3 – 9

Brisbane Adventist College won 3 – 1

Trinity Beenleigh won 9 – 1

Saturday

Mansfield State High School won 4 – 3

Sienna Catholic College won 6 – 0

Wellington Point won 5 – 1

Coombabah State High School (best game of carnival) lost 5 – 7.

Many thanks must go to Mr Paul Canning who drove the students to the carnival over the four days of competition. The students were extremely grateful of your commitment to them.

To Mr Rafter and Mr Luke McKenzie, many thanks for helping to coach the 15 girls and boys as well as the open boys. We appreciate your time and commitment to the students.

To Mrs Pengilly and Harrison Pengilly for coaching the open girls, who for most of them have been coached by Mrs Pengilly over the past five or so years. This was their very last carnival for the College, and we say thank you for your contribution to touch in your time here.

A huge thank you also goes to past student Riley Prendergast who nominated himself as our referee for the weekend. We cannot thank him enough for his efforts and contributing to our total for the week. We owe him big time.

Semi-final SSI Red Lions Boys

Wednesday afternoon we travelled to Highlands to play the semi-final of this competition. We were down a few of the boys through work and just not wanting to play.

The first half saw us dominate the play and we controlled the ball down our end of the field for most of the half. Highlands went to their end just at the end of the half and managed to score. Our heads went down pretty quickly as it really was against the run of play.

Half time was over and away we went with Jase trying to get their spirits up. Highlands managed to score again and now we were in a pickle. We lost our goal-keeper Patrick to an Achilles injury, up stepped Andrew Uprichard-Green for us. Then suddenly something just snapped, and we scored a goal. Heads went up a little, we were back in the game. Then another goal – 2 all, we could still advance to the final.

The full-time whistle went – five minutes extra time each way. We both had our chances to score but it was not to be. The final would be decided on an individual basis through the shootout system. Poor Andrew. He had been thrown into the goalie position and now he had to be the goalie in a shootout. It went goal for goal for the first five shots, with Andrew managing to get his fingers to a lot of the shots but just couldn’t deflect them enough. Unfortunately, our sixth shot found the goal keepers hands and he deflected the goal and their last shot went in, so we went down 6 – 5 in the shot out.

The boys played well, and many thanks must go to Jase Sampson who coached the boys for the term. He himself wanted to be part of this tam and to have played but broke his leg early last term and did not recover in time to finish year 12 on the field. A very disappointing year for him but he will certainly make a great coach if he wants to take that profession on.

To Mr Holdsworth, Mr Nugent and Mrs Wright for coming as my support staff for the games that we played, it was really appreciated. Even Mr Murtagh attend two games to watch the boys.

Congratulations

A couple of weeks ago Bridie Nicol and Addyson Jones competed in the Under 14 softball carnival in Ipswich. Both girls have been selected in a squad to go away and compete for Queensland selection to travel to Canberra to play. They finished third in the competition, so this is quite an achievement to get two girls selected to continue. We wish them both the best of luck.

 

 

 

 

 

QTAC Update

QTAC applications are still open & will continue to be open.

Some programs will require more than just an application.  For exqmple:

• Creative arts programs – book yourself in for an audition, portfolio, interview
• Education programs  – 2 x 500 word statements
• Nursing Programs – ANMAC English Proficiency form

USQ Update

Creative arts interviews are very relaxed (not like Aust’s Got Talent!). USQ have offered to come to our College to conduct the interviews/auditions in a more relaxed setting. If interested, please contact USQ.

Pathway Options for Year 12 Students

If you didn’t get the year 12 results you hoped for…

• There are alternative pathways to take
• Call the institution you want to attend and ask if there are interviews or work experience that you can complete to gain entry
• Enrol in a bridging or preparatory course
• Enrol in a certificate or diploma course
• Get entry level work in the field you are interested in (build transferable skills)

If University is your Goal – The traditional entry pathway from school to university is just 1 option for students

Consider Accelerated Entry TPP

• 7 weeks – it’s accelerated so you can start uni in February!
• School leavers only
• Free
• Complete 2 Units: Transition to University & Applied academic literacies
• Perfect if you do not get the ATAR required (you need to improve your rank) or the English subject prerequisite

Other Considerations

• Less competitive degrees
• Different campuses of the same institution
• Regional institution
• Diploma pathway (improve rank & gain credit)
• Bridging programs
• Preparatory programs
• Improve your rank (Cert III, Cert IV, diploma)

Regarding the Accelerated Entry Tertiary Preparation Program!

Please note the following:

• There are 2 starting dates: 30 November t 11 December 2020 or 11 January to 22 January 2021
• There is no option to include AEPP as a QTAC preference

There are 2 types of St Joseph’s students who should seriously consider applying to USQ for the Accelerated Entry Preparation Program:

• Students who already know they won’t meet the entry requirements ie won’t get the required minimal rank and/or meet the English subject prerequisite
• Students who are not certain if they will meet the entry requirements

Students who this information applies to should apply for the AETPP directly to USQ online before the end of November. NOW is a perfect time.

https://www.usq.edu.au/study/degrees/accelerated-entry-pathway-program

It is free and you can decline the offer if you don’t need to do it.

Any questions, please contact me.

Cert 3 Guarantee FAQs – free certificate 3 courses for Year 12 school leavers, worth looking into

https://desbt.qld.gov.au/training/training-careers/incentives/certificate3/faq

 

Ms Fabiana Wilson

Career Development Practitioner

E fwilson@sjc.qld.edu.au

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Hospitality.

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Hospitality.

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Business.

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Business Administration.

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Business Administration.

 

Goldmark are looking for Casual and Christmas casual positions for any interested students.To apply please go in store directly to Goldmark with Resume at Toowoomba Grand Central and ask for Ruth (Store Manager).

QBuild

Click here to view the apprenticeships on offer.

 

Click here to view the apprenticeships on offer.

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert II in Early Childhood Education and Care.

 

DGT would like to invite students to their TRY A TRADE DAY scheduled for 3^Rd November @ 3.30pm with a sausage sizzle @ 4.30pm.

They would also like to encourage year 12 school leavers to attend to discuss our current apprentice/traineeships and their aspirations post school.

The students will have the opportunity to:

• Speak to skilled / quailed staff members about various trades and try a variety of hands on experiences.
• Discuss with the trainers what skills / experiences necessary to get into a particular trade.
• What employers are looking for etc…
• Discuss current vacancies with  GTO staff and future programs coming up post school.
• Discuss further training needs ie White cards / First Aid – CPR / Forklift tickets, etc…

DGT Employment & Training

Head Office is located at

56 Duhig St, Toowoomba.

Please RSVP to Ms Masters ASAP as they have limited placements available due to COVID19 restrictions.

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Painting and Decorating.

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Bakery.

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert II in Business Administration.

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert III in Hospitality. 

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert II in Business.

 

Click here if you are interested in becoming an Accountant.

 

Click here is you are interested in Engineering.

 

Click here if you are interested in a Cert II in Hospitality.

 

For more information from GenR8, CLICK HERE.

For more information from AllevE8 CLICK HERE.

 

 

Ms Angela Masters

Vocational Education Coordinator

E amasters@sjc.qld.edu.au

 

Congratulations Daniel Burness

New School Based Apprentice for BBC QLD Pty Ltd

Certificate III in Carpentry

Congratulations Harrison Ott

New School Based Apprentice with Golden West Apprenticeships – Host: Swift Energy Group

Certificate III in Electrotechonology.

 

Applications closing soon.

SchoolTransport.com.au

 

Click here for more details.

 

Murphy Hats are now available.  All ordered hats are on hold and will be held until the 23^rd Oct.  They are $18 each and can be ordered online.

Reminder – EFTPOS – only

Due to health concerns the Uniform Shop will only be accepting EFTPOS payments until further notice.  Online ordering and payment over the phone are also available.  ph:  4531 8514

www.midford.com.au

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TRADING HOURS

TUES & THURS        –        8AM TO 12PM

WED                            –         8AM TO 4PM

Maximum 4 people in the store at once.

Midford Retail COID – 19 03 2020

 

College Uniform Price List 2020

https://www.sjc.qld.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/College-Uniform-price-list-2019-2020.pdf

 

Second hand uniforms are also available at the Uniform Shop.

If you have used uniform items that would like to donate, please drop off to the Uniform Shop during opening hours.  Donations are greatly appreciated.

If you have used uniform items that you would like us to sell for you, please call into the uniform shop and collect a “Used Clothing” form. Used uniforms items MUST be in good condition, hems intact, no holes, stains or missing buttons. They also need to washed, ironed and be the current uniform.

If you have any questions, please call us on 4631 8514 during opening hours.

Term 4 Roster

No one required just yet.

Tuckshop menu Term 2 2020

DAILY SPECIALS AVAILABLE –
SEE BOARD OR ONLINE VIA QKR

Next meeting …  Includes AGM

10 November – 7pm – Library

Hope to see you there.

 

 

 

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