PUBLIC SPEAKING AT ST JOHN'S 2019

On Tuesday 20 August, 6 students from St John’s travelled to Holy Spirit College Bellambi for the 2019 South Coast Public Speaking competition. Each student spoke with passion and commitment to their topics. This year there has been a marked improvement in our performance with six students representing years 8, 9, 10 and 11. In addition to this Kayleigh Sleath was placed first in her group. Kayleigh spoke about “her legacy” and to do this she told an intriguing story about an experience she had with a lockdown at a former school

Prior to the competition the students involved had prepared and rehearsed their speeches in a very thorough manner. I would like to commend each student on their dedication and passion for their topic and for the way they went about preparing to speak.

The students involved were;

Year 8. Arabici Talty. His topic was “we want it now.”

Year 9. Bandria McLeod with “we want it now.” Kirra Dale with “make it count.”

Year 10. JD Talty. His topic was “you do meet some interesting people.”

Year 11. Gabrielle Levick spoke philosophically about the interesting people she has met while working and Kayliegh Sleath.

These students have talents that they share with others and in doing so bring joy to those who are fortunate enough to listen. Next year we are hoping for more students to be willing to share their talents and participate in Public Speaking at St John’s.

A special thanks to the families of the contestants who travelled on the night and gave such solid support.

Mr David McLean

DEBATING TEAMS

Our debating teams are working hard to improve for next term's Year 7-10 competition.
Well done to Bridget, Serena and Jane (Year 7) & Grace, Kane and Arabici (Year 8) challenging each other on Wednesday debating the topic of "Freedom of Speech means we have total freedom to say what we want".

 

SJENN LEADING THE WAY WITH TECHNOLOGY

Congratulations to our SJENN crew, leading the way with technology. Year 8 students Ella Aulsebrook, Kate Drinkwalter, Grace Hartigan, Annabelle Morison and Abbey Paton performed a live cross interview to the Campbelltown Catholic Club on Monday 19 August for a conference with Catholic Education Technology staff from across Australia!

 

CHESS TEAM INTO ROUND 6 OF STATE KNOCKOUT

Congratulations to our Chess Team! 

On Thursday 22 August, J.D Talty, Nicholas Roberts (Year 10), Lachlan Sleath (Year 9) and Arabici Talty (Year 8) travelled to the Intensive English Centre of Warrawong High School to compete in round 5 of the NSW State Chess Knockout competition, coming home with another victory! 

Achieving victory in the previous round 4, playing remotely using online games, the boys were pleased to enjoy a face-to-face game, saying they found it much easier.

Well done! We wish you the best of luck in round 6!

 

YEAR 7 COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN GEOGRAPHY

Miss Lloyd’s & Mr Summers’ Year 7 Geography classes combined for a Geography skills trivia, including collaborative learning, team work and putting their skills to practice in map work! Great job 7J & 7I, making learning fun! 

MAKING LEARNING FUN!
On Wednesday Mr McLoughlin's Year 7 Maths class enjoyed the group problem solving challenge to  calculate ‘How much paint would be required to paint a netball court?’.

Students collaborated in small groups using tape measures and calculators to provide a solution.