St John the Evangelist Catholic High School Nowra eNewsletter

ASSORTED NEWS

UGANDA REFUGEE ORGANISATION - KWETA

Last Friday 23 June Kweta, a Ugandan refugee organisation visited St John's as part of Refugee Week. They informed students and staff through story, music and dance about their journey to Australia as refugees. St John's and CCCHS donated a number of IT items which will be used by refugee students in Sydney and also by students at a Catholic High School in Uganda. The St John's students that attended engaged with respect and enthusiasm and are to be commended on their participation.

SRC MEETING - WHAT DOES A GRADUATE OF ST JOHN'S LOOK LIKE?

The SRC Meeting was held on Thursday 29 June where the students brainstormed 'What does a graduate of St John's look like?'.

UNO COMPETITION

Congratulations to the students who took part in our very relaxed UNO competition held on Thursday 29 June at school. I think some of us are more “competitive” than we think we are!

Competitors who took part were:

Annabelle Woelk, Bridie Glover, Grace Stevens, Emily Grasso, Josh Evans, Orlando Alvarez, Alexander Levesque, Jack Dove, Hannah Phillips, Aurora Boatswain, Keyaan Perkins, Mr Leishman, Michael Finsden, Mark Hodges, Georgia Syzmoniczek, Matilda Sutton, Addison Nicholls, Matilda Briggs, Sia Kapetanos, Ashley Fuller

The results were as follows:

3rd Place: Grace Stevens and Emily Grasso

2nd Place: Matilda Briggs and Addison Nicholls

1st Place: Ashley Fuller and Sia Kapetanos

YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY

The 8.K Geography class conducted fieldwork testing the water quality of Browns Creek which runs through the school grounds, and Nowra Creek, under the highway. The general quality was found to be good but it was decided more education about the waterways for locals would help further improve it.

YEAR 9 - SEMESTER ONE WRAP UP

Year 9 2023 - Semester 1

YEARS 9, 10 & 11 DEBATING TEAMS - J.A THOMPSON HISTORY DEBATING CHALLENGE

St John's had three teams compete in the J.A Thompson History Debating Challenge against schools from across NSW. On Wednesday 14 June the year 9 team travelled to St Charbels at Punchbowl to debate topics such as "Violence was necessary to progress the civil rights movement". Then on Friday 16 June Year 10 and year 11 had their debates. Year 10 travelled to Roseville College and topics included "That the United Nations was established as a toothless tiger in 1945". Year 11 travelled to Sefton High and debated topics such as "That it was worse to be a slave in ancient Rome than in ancient Greece". The students had to research and demonstrate a high level of historical research.

Congratulations to the year 9 team for a successful win. Year 11 have one debate remaining. Outstanding teamwork, communication and critical thinking skills!!

YEAR 10 PASS STUDENTS - BRONZE MEDALLION

Congratulations to the following Year 10 PASS students who received their Bronze Medallion qualification during the Aquatics unit:

Cody Baff, Kayen Bannon-Harrison, Dustin Cook, Chloe Daniel, Nicholas Ferreira, Tristan Goff, Elijah Guyatt, Noah Hinkley, Jack Jirgens, Sophia Leavesley, Alisha Mustapic, Charlie Norman, Arana Palmer, Jemima Quin, Nicholas Rayes, Brady Sinclair, Denzel Atkinson, Leilani Bagley, Marley Batchelor, Molly Crowley, Oliver Driscoll, Chelsea Edgerton, Mitchell Exton, Hayden Fuller, Jye Gasnier, Kaitlin Halls, Ava Kaszonyi, Nathan Kidd, Zane Klaasen, Ella Mansfield, Nicholas McGill, Isac Norton, Jalen Rees, Chay Richards, Cooper Whalan.

Terrific achievement!

YEAR 10 PASS STUDENTS - THANK YOU

On Thursday 29 June, Year 10 PASS students were involved in running events for the junior students at the St Michael's athletics carnival. They were amazing role models for our school and are to be commended on doing such a terrific job!

YEAR 11 & 12 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY & CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY VISITS

Last Thursday 22 June, Year 11 Industrial Technology and Construction and Year 12 Industrial Technology classes visited three different industry workplaces including Pentarch Forestry Sawmill BTU Road, New Image Kitchens and South Coast Frames and Trusses.

Seeing Industry is an important part of student learning which contextualises areas of learning and development. Construction students got the chance to visit workplace examples which will assist in the their choices for Mandatory Work placement.

YEAR 12 - CAITLIN FAIRS

Congratulations to Caitlin Fairs of Year 12 for winning a 'Helen Handbury Leadership Award' on behalf of the Future Leaders Program. This is a very fine achievement for St John The Evangelist Catholic High School and an outstanding accomplishment for Caitlin herself.

The Award provides Caitlin money towards an international trip (during a university undergraduate degree) to participate in voluntary work.

YEAR 12 - SHOALHAVEN EXCELLENCE IN VET AWARDS

On Wednesday 28 June St John's attended the Shoalhaven- Excellence in VET Awards, which honours the hard work and dedication that all the students across the Shoalhaven put into their VET courses and Work Placements.

St Johns was once again represented with pride and honour by the following students, who should all be congratulated:

Madison Doosey- Human Services Nursing (SBAT)
Madison Doosey- Hospitality
Jessica Munro- Human Services Aged Care
Logan Marsh- Fitness
Harry McAlister- Construction
Bradley Church- Construction

A special mention and acknowledgement needs to go to Jess Munro and Logan Marsh, who successfully achieved "VET Student of the Year" in their given framework.

Jessica Munro "Shoalhaven VET Student of the Year"-Human Service

Logan Marsh "Shoalhaven VET Student of the Year" -Fitness

YEAR 12 CHEMISTRY - NSW SCHOOLS TITRATION COMPETITION

The NSW Schools Titration Competition is a quantitative analytical competition open to HSC Chemistry students. Students complete a set of acid-base titrations to determine the unknown concentration of a weak acid. The team's score will depend on the accuracy of the work of its members. This is a great opportunity for our students to extend their knowledge and skills. St John’s entered two teams in the 2023 competition. Our students performed superbly and we placed 2nd overall out of all of the schools competing at our venue.

Congratulations to all the year 12 students involved!

YEAR 12 GEOGRAPHY - JERVIS BAY

Last week the Year 12 Geography students spent an awesome day at Jervis Bay undertaking fieldwork related to both their Economic Enterprise case study, Wobegone Freedive, and their Ecosystem at Risk case study, the Great Southern Reef. Students had the opportunity to take part in a freedive session with Woebegone and those that did thoroughly enjoyed it. The weather was glorious and visibility in the water was amazing.

MEL STAUNTON - EX STUDENT

Congratulations to ex St John's student ( Year 12 2022 ), Melanie Staunton for being named best afield for the AFL Academy in their tight loss against the U23 All-Stars in their recent match!

She had an excellent game across half-forward and through the midfield, while gathering 17 disposals and 3 clearances. You are a star Mel!