Today Australia celebrates World Teachers’ Day’. As a community, we know the impact one teacher can have on the life of a child. The importance of surrounding our children with people that care not only for their education but also for their wellbeing. The Australian Teacher Workforce Data 2021 Report into Teacher workforce characteristics ‘reported teachers worked an average of 140-150% of their paid hours’. Our teachers are not exempt from this, and on this day, we take our ‘hats off’ to our teachers who especially over the past two years have demonstrated dedication, hard work and resilience. To the teachers in our community and those who support them, we say thank you.  

We have had a busy time as a community raising funds for those in need. At the JPC Feast Day students raised over $2000. This week at school students have been busy fundraising for Socktober. Socktober is a nation-wide Catholic Mission fundraiser, held in October, which supports families and young people in developing countries with basic needs. Thank you to everyone who has gotten involved.  As a College, we have raised $1200 over the past two weeks. The next focus for our College will be the St Vincent de Paul Christmas appeal, where we will be asking for donations of food, gifts and other Christmas items, to support those who live in Gungahlin and other areas of Canberra, for whom Christmas is a difficult time. Students are asked to keep an eye on Sentral messages for when this collection will begin. 

Soon our Year 10-12 students will be starting their exams. For some, this will be their first experience of sitting an exam and for others, it will be their last at the College. It is important to remember that no matter what stage you are at, that you continue to develop your study techniques and try your best. Some tips that may help students include: Start studying early (small repeated chunks of study can help move information to the long term memory, as opposed to one big session); don’t underestimate the importance of a good breakfast/lunch, to give your brain energy to work; if you need help or don’t understand a concept, come and see you teacher before your exams; the power of prayer when you are nervous or anxious about how your exam is going to go (as we see in today’s Gospel reading). We wish all students well as we enter a busy time in the term.

Mrs Kathleen Garvie
Assistant Principal

JPC’s 2023 musical production is Disney’s High School Musical. The production will run Term 3, Week 4 Thursday 10^th August – Saturday 12^TH August 2023. There will be opportunities for students to perform, create sets and be part of the backstage or tech crew.

This week, the first round of auditions was held with great success! The students who have auditions this year will be offered a role that caters to their best abilities, to let their talents shine. The energy was high and students have already demonstrated their growth mindset

We are extremely excited to present next year’s musical production and look forward to seeing our community come together to be part of the WILDCATS team!

Mrs Sarah Smith

Our annual Staff V Students sporting events continue to thrive this year. Our Courage Captains Derick and Gaby have worked really hard to ensure this end-of-year fun is competed as hard as possible, for as long as possible, with as much fun as possible! Last week saw us play Futsal to raise over $200 for Socktober, this week we decided to play a sport that no one really had much experience in on either the Staff or students team.

As it turned out the staff dominated this week taking the win in all 3 games. A huge thank you to the staff who donned their runners to form a sporting allegiance against our most senior students.

Next week will see the teams compete in both Netball and Basketball (because we couldn’t decide between them!) Netball on Wednesday and Basketball on Friday to finish off the week.

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Congratulations to Year 12 students Addison Atkinson, Drexel and Harrison Elsom, Maathai who have been accepted into the Federal Public Service Career Starter program. They have had to undergo testing and interviews to secure a position in a Government Department of their preference for 2023. Here they will obtain a full-time permanent APS 1 job and will complete a Certificate IV in Government.

We wish them all the best!

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

(Week 16 – 15-17 November)

Year 10 Exams will be held during week 16, from 15 November through to and including 17 November 2022.

It is an expectation that all students attend these exams, unless unwell on the day (you must also contact your teacher on the day if unwell) or leave has been applied for in advance. Practising exam techniques will support students in their preparation for Years 11 and 12.

All students eligible for special provisions have been contacted to confirm the provisions they are eligible for.

(Week 15/16 – 9-15 November)

Senior Exams will be held during weeks 15 and 16, from 9 November through to and including 15 November 2022.

Exam timetables and exam information will be emailed to students by Monday 24 October. Students are to please keep an eye on your emails.

Any issues with exam scheduling need to be addressed with Mrs Garvie by 3 November.

All students eligible for special provisions will be emailed separately to confirm the timing of exams with additional time conditions. If you have not received an email by the end of Monday 24 October and believe you are eligible, please contact Mrs Garvie.

Next Tuesday 1^st November from 7-9 pm, the JPC bands will be performing a wide repertoire of pieces from the 70’s to now from rock, pop, indie, and alternative at Smith’s Alternative in the city.

There will be a combination of groups on stage from duos to whole band songs and students will be switching instruments as well so come along to see how many different songs they can play on a variety of instruments.

We would love to see you there to support these amazing students.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the venue.

Sharon Robinson
Music teacher

Auscycling 2022 BMX

A fantastic weekend at the Auscycling 2022 BMX Territory Championships for 4 of our JPC students - Ben Parkes, Yr 11 Mathieu, Matthew Parkes, Yr 9 Mathieu, Luke Hewitt, Yr 11 Drexel and Noah Hewitt, Yr 9 Drexel. 

• Matthew was 1st in U14 boys,
• Luke was 4th in the 17-24s
• Ben was 5th in the 17-24s
• Noah was in the U15 boys but unfortunately had an accident in the second race and did not finish.

Good luck to Ben and Matt who will be travelling to Launceston at the end of the month to compete at the BMX Nations!!

Off to Barcelona

Cooper Minion will be travelling to Barcelona to represent Australia in Futsal. 

We wish Cooper and his team all the best and we look forward to hearing all the news.

Good Luck Cooper!

Are you Leaving JPC at the end of 2022? 

At JPC, we are passionate about caring for our students as whole people through supporting their development as learners, as unique individuals and as members of a broader community. 

We invite all parents and carers who would like to learn more about wellbeing and mental health to attend our upcoming ‘Wellbeing Workshop’, on Wednesday 16^th November at 6:00 PM.

This Workshop will focus on the topic of ‘Building Resilient Young People’. 

We will explore some practical ways you can provide opportunities for young people to build resilience on their journey towards becoming capable and confident adults.

This has been a highly requested topic by our JPC families and we hope you can join us. Please save the date for this event and register through Trybooking (https://www.trybooking.com/CDRYZ) to receive the TEAMs Link for this event. 

https://www.trybooking.com/CDRYZ

Dear Parents and Carers,

The Sentral Parent Portal is the schools' primary form of communicating with parents including providing parents with access to key information regarding their student.

Parents will have access to their student’s Timetables, attendance, school reports, assessment results and more through the portal.

Full instructions on how to use Sentral are on the website here - https://jpc.act.edu.au/key-jpc-links or download below.

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