St John the Evangelist Catholic High School Nowra eNewsletter

ASSORTED NEWS

AIRLIE STEVENS - YEAR 9

Congratulations to Airlie Stevens of Year 9 who ran at the Athletics Australia Championships in Perth this week and had some great results. She qualified for the 800m finals with a 5 second PB of 2:15.44. She ran a 2:17.52 in the final coming in 5th in the country!

EVIE SMART - YEAR 9

Congratulations to Evie Smart of Year 9 on her award as the Most Successful Exhibitor - Junior Needlework/Craft. What a clever girl to create such beautiful pieces of work.

AVA GROVES - YEAR 12

On Wednesday 9th April, Year 12 student Ava Groves competed in the Parliament of NSW Public Speaking Competition, the regional round was held at Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre. Ava's speech was based on the quote “Do not go gentle into that good night” – Dylan Thomas
Ava was awarded 1st Place, $250 in prize money and the opportunity to compete in the Grand Final, held at the Parliament of NSW’s Legislative Council Chamber in December.
Well done Ava, what a notable achievement!

EASTER EGG GUESSING COMPETITION WINNER - ANNA LILLY

Congratulations to Anna Lilly of Year 11 as the winner of the Easter Egg Guessing Competition with a guess of 173.

2025 SYDNEY SECONDARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

On Friday 14 March the Year 12 leaders spent the day at the International Convention Center in Darling Harbour with the top aspiring leaders from all over NSW at the Secondary Youth Leadership Conference. Students were treated to a range of inspiring guest speakers and were involved in developing their leadership skills.

Thank you to Ms Renshaw for organising.

YEAR 12 VET CONSTRUCTION - WORK PLACEMENT

In Week 9 Year 12 VET Construction students were fortunate enough to attend their 2nd Work Placement for their course. On all accounts all students had an amazing experience and definitely learnt some valuable skills that can only be taught in the real world/industry.
We would like to take this time to congratulate every student on the way in which they represented not only themselves but also the St Johns community as a whole, we are very proud of you all.
We would also like to express our sincerest appreciation and thanks to the following businesses in their support of our students, without their generosity our students would not have had such an amazing experience - Delahenty Building, Landscapists, CLN Landscapes, T&L Cornell Builders, Klassen Plumbing, PowerCountry, A&P Plastering, Adrian Robertson Constructions and Jaime Shaw Building.

YEAR 11 VOCATIONAL COURSE - BUSINESS SERVICES

St Johns has a new vocational course this year. The Business Services class has set up their office at the bottom of the library. The Office @ Johnnies also known as The OJ supports students in obtaining a Certificate III in Business which gives learners all the skills required to work in an office environment.

In Week 8 we visited NowChem where the Head of People and Culture Melissa Cox spoke to the class about career opportunities, administration roles, the work performed by staff such as reception, accounts receivable and accounts payable. We also had a tour of the facilities

A major component of our learning this term is Work health and Safety, Melissa talked to us about requirements, accident forms, preventing injury such as purchasing lifting equipment. We have put some of this learning into action, forming our own office WHS committee and holding WHS meetings.

A big thank you to NowChem, Ms Blades and Ms Arenas

SENIOR VISUAL ARTS - ART EXPRESS EXHIBITION

On Tuesday 8 April Senior Visual Art students had a wonderful day viewing the Art Express Exhibition at the Gallery of New South Wales. It was inspiring to view exemplary examples of HSC Body of Works from 2024. Whilst there, students also viewed the Cao Fei and Angelica Meseti exhibitions.