As we conclude week 4 of term 4, our Year 11 and 12 students have been back at school (after the recent lockdown) for 3-4 weeks and our year 9 and 10s have started to settle back into a new ‘normal’ at JPC.

As the focus for Drexel House, this week, we decided to speak to some of our Year 12 Drexel students and gain an insight into how their transition back to on-site learning is going.

Elise Causer and Isabel Redman had many praises to sing about one of our Drexel teachers, Annie Daley. ‘Ms Daley is amazing!’, said Elise. The girls spoke about how Ms Daley supported them through lockdown by making Pastoral lessons fun and having daily guessing competitions. Isabel explained that the Drexel team have supported her return to campus and she is really enjoying being able to not only study in person but to add some social interaction to her day as well.

Another Year 12 Drexel student, Audrey Listler, said that "It has been nice to have the corridors a bit quieter these past few weeks but I look forward to having the juniors back on the campus as well". Audrey spoke about how she is really appreciative of having time with the Year 12 cohort and JPC staff and to re-connect prior to exams and end of year formalities.

Through talking to these students, it is clear they are happy to be back at JPC and to be able to ask their teachers and classmates questions "in real life" and get an answer back a bit quicker than in the online learning world.

As a leader within the Drexel House, I am very grateful to hear the noise of students and staff in the learning street and classrooms. I wish all students at JPC a happy return to school based learning and this experience has helped us all cherish the importance of being a strong community, not just in Drexel but throughout all of St John Paul II College.

Mrs Kelly Candy
Leader of Learning and Wellbeing (Kennedy and Drexel houses)

We are delighted to introduce the 2022 College Leadership Team:

• Addison Atkinson
• Albert David
• Gabriel Jordan
• Aidan Monteleone
• Ivy Keating
• Braidee Purton
• Jordan Skerritt
• Derick Tongu

We are very proud of the calibre of the entire group of students who nominated in the election – it was inspiring to see so many of our senior students willing to be of service to our College at a leadership level and we thank them all for their commitment.

The pairing for the roles of College Captains, Justice, Peace and Courage portfolios will be announced at the Year 12 Farewell Assembly in Week 16, and the team will be formally inducted at the Opening Assembly next year.

Jennifer Tually
Leader of Learning and Wellbeing – Mission and Ministry, Ferré House

Congratulations

Congratulations to Zali Hoare, Yr 7 Kennedy who entered the Anti Poverty Week (APW) Art Competition which was advertised in Key Messages Week 2, term 4.

Zali won an $80 gift voucher at Eckersley’s for her piece titled "Hopes and Dreams" which Zali used Procreate (a drawing app with her apple pencil).

Well Done Zali!

JPC Careers Updates

FREE holiday program for students interested in Electrical apprenticeships

ACTI Presentation (Wednesday 3^rd November)

Are you interested in a career in beauty therapy? The ACTI is an ACT company that supports students to complete an apprenticeship while at school. Hear more about their courses on Wednesday afternoon at 4.30pm. The link to the teams meeting is here https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3acJ4...

Read more about them in their flyer!

Calling any Year 12's looking for a casual or full-time role

St Vincent de Paul Warehouse in Mitchell are looking for donation sorters. This does have a physical aspect. Click this link to apply. https://www.vinnies.org.au/page/Get_Involved/Join_...

Ms Teena Zorzi
Leader of Learning (Careers) and Wellbeing (Drexel House)

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BRAINways Education, in conjunction with Australian Catholic University, is pleased to offer the BRAINways Summer Camps – program for gifted and talented students of Canberra.

The following topics will be offered to students years 2-4 and 5-8:

Stream 1

• Planning for the Unpredictable: Trigonometry in Architecture
• We've Been Here Before: The Medicine of Past Pandemics
• The Science of Resilience
• The Ultimate Guide to Black Holes

Stream 2

• There is no such thing as a free lunch: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• Panic in a Pandemic: The Psychology of Collective Fear
• The History (and the Mathematics) behind Board Games
• Creating Fictional Worlds: The Details that Matter

If you have a student in year's 7 or 8 who would be interested, please contact the JPC College office as soon as possible so a nomination form can be completed and we can send you the registration pack.

Please note that, as limited places are available in the programs, the registration will be accepted on a first come, first served basis, and no reservations are possible.

Further information is available here:

BRAINways EDUCATION
0433995067
info@brainways.com.au

www.brainways.com.au