St John Paul II College welcomes all new staff members to the College and looks forward to having them in the JPC community.

Many blessings to you all for the year ahead.

Last week in Year 7 Food Technology the students learned how to use knives safely. The students were taught different knife techniques and they used this information to create fruit and vegetable faces.

These faces were created by Alanna Smyth.

Regards

Vicki Murphy

This week in the Mentor period the Year 7 students spent some time getting to know one another outside of their house and class groups. This was a great opportunity for them to meet new people, interact with their Year 11 House Captains, and learn more about how they fit into our Year 7 cohort at JPC.

We thank all of the Year 7 students for their enthusiastic participation in this day, and look forward to spending more time with them in Week 5!

JPC Wellbeing

JPC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their mentors attended a “get-to-know-you” lunch on Wednesday the 16^th of February. This event was a wonderful opportunity to initiate conversations between mentors and students about their individual cultural journeys and for students to begin to consider their cultural goals for 2022. Our 2021 Indigenous Leader, Mackenzie Lane, spoke to the group about her own personal journey and the goals that she has achieved, giving our younger students insight into setting achievable goals. Chaydin Reid, our new casual teacher, who has a wealth of knowledge about mentoring Aboriginal and Tosses Strait Islander students also shared his story with the group, encouraging the students to consider their own cultural journeys and links to their community.

Carly Conlan
Acting Contact Teacher for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Students

Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 of February is the Yr 11 Conference at JPC.

This is an opportunity for students to reflect, learn and spark motivation regarding studying and wellbeing in Yr 11 and  Yr12.

All Y11 students are required to attend and be in full College uniform.

Lunch for Yr 11’s is being supplied on both days.

Yr 12 classes will continue as per the normal College timetable.

Kelly Candy

Moderation Day is an important day for teachers across the ACT to review and moderate the work of senior students. Moderation Day is a requirement for teachers to ensure grade comparability across the senior secondary sector. Moderation Day is a pupil free day (Yr 7-10 only) and no classes will be running.

Students from Years 7-10 are encouraged to use the day productively to work on learning tasks, assignments and general study. Students are discouraged from visiting 7-10 High Schools or Primary Schools, as their presence can prove very disruptive to the learning of these students.

All Y11 and 12 students completing a tertiary package will have an AST practise at JPC. Students involved in this are asked to arrive at 8:45 am for a 9am start in the College Hall.

All Y11/12 tertiary students are required to attend as these practice tests will be marked and feedback for improvement will be given to the students. This process is vital for experience and improving our AST results as a College and to set our students on a strong path to achieve their best ATAR results possible. Students are to be in full College uniform on the day and are able to make their way home after the trial is completed (1:45 pm). Please bring lunch/ snacks for the day and a bottle of water.

Students will need to bring a pen, highlighter, calculator and pencil.

Free Parent Webinar: “How parents can help their child get motivated”

Hosted by Elevate Education - 23rd February at 7pm (AEDT), you will learn: 

• What impact does praise and reassurance have on your child's motivation?
• What are the best type of goals to be setting with your child? 
• How can you help your child create meaningful and lasting motivation?

Register: https://get.elevatecoaching.info/au/register?hsLang=en

Courage Leaders

Hey JPC! We are Derick and Gaby, your 2022 Courage Leaders. One of our roles this year is to help look after the sporting culture here at school. This year we want to enhance community spirit through extracurricular activities and sporting events.

We look forward to working with you guys and making JPC sport the best it’s ever been!!!

Derick and Gaby

SSACT Swimming nominations

As we aren’t able to run our College Swimming carnival this term, therefore we will nominate students for the SSACT gala due to take place in week 2 of Term 2. If you are a club or competition swimmer please email danni.jewell@cg.catholic.edu.au  with your name, date of birth, the event that you compete in, and where we can find your most up to date performances and times (e.g Swimming ACT meet results, Swimming Australia National Database etc). If you are not currently competing there are opportunities for you to record verifiable times at Tuggeranong Vikings Swim Club or the AIS - more details can be found on the SSACT website https://schoolsportact.org.au/sports/swimming/ or if you have any questions please get in touch.

Deadline for submissions 1 March 2022

Calling all Athletes

if you are interested in representing JPC at the ASC Athletics carnival next term please either email me or come and see me ASAP. You could be a star club athlete or have never competed before, everyone is welcome. The event takes place on DAY 1 of Term 2 – Tuesday 26^th April so we need to start to gather our team together ASAP.

We had a number of students head to Coffs Habour to represent the ACT Cougars in the Junior Aussie Championships for Oz Tag last week.

Luka Paunovic, Rok van Dalen, Harry Greenwood, Yuri Hromow, Darby Veitch in the U15 boys, they had a fantastic tournament all playing extremely well but unfortunately didn’t make the finals.

Cooper Jenner in the U14 Boys team, who scored 4 tries and the team came 5th overall.

Olivia Sharp, Reese Paunovic, and Alina Roberts all represented the U14 Girls and Frankie Capello in the U13 Girls (absent on the day of the photo)

Oscar Kelly & Mikey Gerstenberg (both Year 7) are currently representing ACT Baseball in the Sydney Cup competition in preparation for the Australian Little League Baseball Championships later in the year. Mikey is captain of the team and starting pitcher and shortstop, with Oscar the starting catcher, so the boys form the key combination for the team. Good luck to both of you.

We want to celebrate all of our sporting heroes and their achievements – if you have been selected, are competing, are winning, or achieving please let me know and we can share that with our community.

Many thanks

Mrs Danni Jewell
Sports Coordinator

THANK YOU!

To all those who attended the careers virtual information sessions this week. It was so great to see a large JPC turnout!

• Don’t forget that we have amazing resources on our JPC Careers website https://jpc-careers.com/
• Also follow us on our social pages to get more up to date information - @JPCcareers on Instagram and Facebook.
• You can contact Ms Zorzi at careers.jpc@cg.catholic.edu.au
• The latest careers newsletter is available here.

The Girls Leadership Network is back in 2022!

Aimed at enterprising female-identifying people who are in year 11 and 12, keen to expand their network, meet some amazing people and be introduced to cutting edge leadership concepts.

The core program consists of five monthly workshops featuring inspiring speakers and innovative leadership techniques. Past participants really valued the benefit of developing a cohort of like minded peers and getting the opportunity to think deeply about and practice leadership principles.   

There is no cost to attend the once a month series of sessions, which will be held on the third or fourth Wednesday of each month at ThinkPlace’s custom built studio in Barton (transport solutions can be arranged if required). This program is great for existing leaders as well as those emerging.

Applications are due by 06 March with the first session on held 23 March 2022.  More information and the registration form can be found at www.thegirlsleadershipnetwork.org.

Uni of Canberra H Courses closing soon – Y11 students

Applications for the UC Accelerated Pathways Program are currently open and will close on the 9 March 2022 (Wednesday Week 6). Please see the flyer below and visit their website for more information https://www.canberra.edu.au/campaign/accelerated-pathways-program

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

Dear Parents/Guardians and Students,

We are excited to offer new opportunities in our Co-Curricular/Instrumental Music Programs at St John Paul II College in 2021. Our thriving program has grown to include over 200 students who are passionate about music, it’s now your turn to get involved! Our band programs include:

• Rock Band
• Unplugged Band
• Concert Band
• Jazz Band
• Vocal group
• Ukulele club
• Piano club

We also have our fantastic Production Crew. These students manage the sound and lighting at all St John Paul II College performing arts events. They learn the technical ‘ins and outs’ of how to manage live sound, setup, pack down and lighting. We have both a senior and junior crew who meet weekly for classes.

Instrumental music lessons

As a part of our extensive music program, we also offer individual Instrumental Music lessons with some of the best music tutors in the ACT. Our music tutors offer weekly private lessons at St John Paul II College in:

• Vocals
• Guitar
• Bass Guitar
• Strings – Violin/Cello
• Drums
• Piano
• Brass – Trumpet/Trombone
• Woodwind – Saxophone/Clarinet

We have something for everyone! There are no prerequisites for any of these groups. If you are interested, just sign up and get involved.

If you have any questions, please contact our music staff:

Aron Lyon at aronlyon@hotmail.com

Sharon Robinson at sharon.robinson@cg.catholic.edu.au

Or admin at jpc.music@cg.catholic.edu.au

Academy School Photography will be coming in for students who missed photo day in week 2.

Photos will be taken on Wednesday 2 March in the morning only.

Thank you

Tuesday 26 April will be a Pupil Free day for all students. Teachers will be doing professional learning on this day.

All students will commence Term 2 on Wednesday 27 April.

Thank you

Dear Parents/Carers.

For any financial/school fee matters, please address your email directly to our Finance Office at  JPC.Finance@cg.catholic.edu.au  

All other enquiries should be directed to the Front Office at Office.JPC@cg.catholic.edu.au

Kind regards

Finance Office

Parish Newsletter

For the latest news Click here or you can view it on the Parish App or visit the website below.

The Art in Butt Out competition which is open to students in year 8 whether in ACT public or private school or home schooled, the competition is conducted by the AMA ACT’s Tobacco Force.

Please find below the “2022 Art in Butt Out” competition guidelines of entry, entry form, and parent/guardian declaration form.

All entries must be received at the AMA ACT’s office, Level 1, 39 Brisbane Ave, Barton ACT or mailed to AMA ACT, PO Box 560, Curtin ACT 2605 by C.O.B. Friday 20^th May 2022.