On Thursday 13 October, the NRL and Building Kinnections Group along with Disability Support providers jointly hosted the Disability League Tag Day at Caltex Park. This was a fun filled day of competition in mixed gender teams of 12 with 8 players per team. St Johns entered two teams for the day. Players were Lachlan
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Last week Isaah Yeo (Year 12 2012) returned to the College to help with a Gym session that some of our footballers do in the off season. Isaah had a stellar year playing for the Penrith Panthers NRL side, and has now over 50 1st grade games, and only just turning 22. He also was
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Last week the College Community spent some time raising funds for Catholic Mission –Socktober – “Sock it to Poverty. Next Newsletter I will have an amount raised $ amount. Thank you to everybody for your generosity.
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Congratulations to Mr Ben Toll and the College Livestock Exhibition Team for winning the Champion Middle Weight Steer at the Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza last week. A special congratulation to Gemma Lydford of Year 9 who was awarded Grand Champion Handler at the Bonanza with approximately 780 students competing. A great effort!
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Year 11 Visual Arts students recently presented an exhibition of portraits of St Johns College staff. The talent of these students is impressive and the winner of the Peoples Choice Award for her portrait was Minnie Harvey. The portrait was of Mr Chris Fahy, a Groundsman at the College.
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Socktober is an initiative of Catholic Mission and one way which your school can fundraise and engage in advocacy and formation activities for Catholic Mission during World Mission Month in October. The sock it to something concept is an Australian expression that means to fight, punch or strike out at. For example, each year Socktober will sock it to social issues
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Bronze Medal – National World Skills, Hospitality A huge congratulation to Year 12 student Samantha Conte who competed in the National World Skills in Hospitality in Melbourne during the last week of the break. Samantha was awarded the Bronze Medal. This is an outstanding achievement for Samantha and the Hospitality Faculty. Congratulations also to Mrs Lee O’Leary, Mrs Nicole
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