Dear College Community,

Since my last communication, we have shared a number of significant events with you as a community, including the fun and food at the Primary School Fathers Day Breakfast. The weather allowed our Dads to spend fun times with their children on the basketball court, in classrooms, eating breakfast and generally out and about. The atmosphere of activity and fun was very evident and appreciated by all in attendance.

This week we once again enjoyed your company through the hosting of the Vision 2020 event, with familiar themes of activity, entertainment, food and catching up with good friends proving to be a winning combination. Of course, the perfect weather added to the occasion, which also provided the opportunity for me to share some of the exciting initiatives and developments planned by the College for 2020. For those of you who missed this presentation, further updates will be made over the coming weeks and months, so feel free to make enquiries as you are able.

On 12 September many of you attended the opening of the Create Arts Showcase, which will continue over the coming week. As promised, the opening performances were most entertaining, enabling students to demonstrate their talent, passion and dedication through the high-quality performances, which were packed with energy and ‘sprinkled’ with humour. A walk through the Visual Arts Exhibition also proved to be most delightful, with students’ talent once again on display.

With the Secondary Drama performances planned for next week, followed by the major Primary Learning Journey event, there is more to come. I understand very well if you are suffering from ‘Festive Fatigue’ at this stage. Of course, it is impossible to attend all events, however we are so grateful and appreciative of continued strong parent and friends support at each of these events and hope that you have enjoyed the insights gained and the opportunities to celebrate learning, growth and achievement with our students. The energy you have witnessed through each of these opportunities is a sample of what we get to experience everyday and it is an absolute delight to be able to invite you into the College and catch a glimpse of student learning and achievement.

I encourage you to visit our website, drop into Reception and communicate with your teacher contacts at the College, to continue to be updated on opportunities, developments and initiatives at the College, as we are willing to help you out in any way we can.

From the College Management Team and Board perspective, I will be keeping you informed on the major initiatives, with particular focus on the opportunities for parents, students and staff to provide feedback and to have input to the continued improvement of the College. More will come on this later.

For now, let me finish by expressing our absolute delight in meeting up with you at these events, as we continue to be so grateful for the high level of parent involvement and support at LJBC, which is a major factor in facilitating the high levels of participation, growth and outcomes for each of our students.

I am looking forward to chatting with you personally as we have the opportunity.

Daryl Pollard

College Principal

It was all fun and laughter at the Fathers Day Breakfast.

Dads, ably assisted by their children, were able to have a 'hit' of golf, attempt portrait drawing, pose for a fun photo, play games and enjoy a bacon 'n' egg roll and a hot coffee at our action packed and fun filled event.

A big thank you to the Primary Staff who came early and ran the various activities. Thank you to all the dads for taking the time to enjoy the morning with their children.

We trust the dads left feeling blessed!

Jeremy Chappell

Primary Chaplain & Coordinator of Christian Education

During term 3 the Year 12 General Drama students have been working hard rehearsing for their upcoming production The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon! The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Fishergirl and The Girl Without Hands. Come along and support these students in their final performance at LJBC, performing for 2 nights only, 19 and 20 September 6.30 pm at the LJBC Auditorium. Tickets are free and available now through https://www.trybooking.com/BFFTD We look forward to seeing you there!

Eileen Devereux
Drama Teacher

Well done to all the dancers who entered and performed for their house in the Inter House So You Think You Can Dance competition held on Thursday 22 August. It was fantastic to see the talent of the dancers and we hope it will be even bigger and better next year. All our participants received certificates at House Assemblies with feedback from the adjudicators. Congratulations to the winners who received a voucher and certificate during College assembly.

Category 1 – Solo winners
First place - tie between Rachel Fonseca and Mya Thorby
Second place - tie between Zac Anstey and Chanell Botha

Category 2- Duo winners
First place - Rachel Fonseca and Natalia Rodrigues
Second place - Isabelle Thorby and Mya Thorby

Category 3 – Group winners
First place - Aria Ruparelia, Isabella Thorby and Mya Thorby
Second place - Piper Cameron-Stone, Mackenzie Chitarra and Kayley Howells

In 6^th place Windsor
in 5^th place Arcadia
In 4^th place Batavia
In 3^rd place James
In 2^nd place Cumberland
The winning house is Lancier

Well done to all who entered and the winning house.

Elzette Schroeder and Eileen Devereux
Event Organisers

Congratulations to our Year 5 and Year 6 OptiMinds teams who participated in the Regional Finals of OptiMinds on 31 August. OptiMinds is a creative problem solving programme that empowers students to think, create and communicate.
Both teams chose to work on the Language Literature problem which saw them coming up with a ten minute solution based on a group of great story tellers coming together to tell a story that would change people’s minds about an issue that was dear to their hearts. Each group came up with very creative and different solutions.

The students worked incredibly hard over the six week challenge period and are to be congratulated for their resilience and the learning that occurred through the process. The Year 5 team will be competing in the state finals on Saturday 21 September and are excited about the possibility of heading to the Nationals in Brisbane.

Congratulations to Tayte Kimber, Justin Tan, Samuel Read, Austin Thornhill, Charlene Lau, Amiya Williams, Alessio Astengo, Emma Botha, Evie Sanderson, Logan Jarvis, Richard Scott, Siobhan Atkinson and Toby Payne.

Amber Thornhill                                      

Primary Years Team Leader

Director of Football Stephen Posthuma, shares information about the LJBC Football Academy which commences in 2020. Trials will take place shortly.

Thank you to the amazing LJBC Staff for making our Vision Launch 2020 a huge success! 

As a part of our Book Week celebrations, two teams of students participated in the Write a Book in a Day challenge. Each team was given a set of parameters – two human characters, one non-human character, a setting and an issue on which they had to write their stories. The students worked brilliantly together to plan, write, edit, illustrate and publish their two books by 5pm on the day.

The Year 5 team wrote ‘Jake and the Mysterious Box’, based on a ballet dancer, a tailor, and a turtle in a café with a mysterious gift. The Year 6 team wrote ‘Doll-anator’, based on a botanist, a soldier, and a doll in the sand dunes with a missing backpack. The stories were very creative and well written!

Congratulations to Charlie Ellard, Sadie Clarke, Xavier Brooks, Lucas Nguyen, Rosy Zhang, Calista Anamourlis, Jaryd Kroonstuiver, Hannah Mazidi, Phoebe Durham, Jake Battersby, Matthew Payton, Paige McKenzie, Moesha Dube and Jamie Weatherill.

Amber Thornhill

Primary Years Team Leader

On 28 August the Christian group Endless Praise, attended LJBC in to complete a presentation. The presentation focussed on how everyone has their own story and that personal struggles are only temporary. The Endless Praise team shared their own team’s teenage struggles and provided some insight of how to deal with them.

Year 7, 10 and 11 students enjoyed this presentation and was able to sing along and hear from the The Endless Praise team regarding delicate issues such as addiction, loss, hurt, betrayal, insecurity, fear, stereotypes, loneliness, reputation and guilt. They offered students a fresh hope for the future and renewed motivation to reach the next chapter of their lives. 

Talita Butchart

Head of Christian Education

I currently play football for Floreat Athena Football Club

School

• 2016 Cross country U14 male runner up
• 2017 Cross country U15 male runner up
• 2018 Cross country U16 male winner
• 2018 MVP senior boys soccer
• 2019 Cross country U17 male winner

Football

• 2014 Gold Coast Champions cup runners up
• 2014 U12 Perth Glory youth academy
• 2014 Bunbury cup winners
• 2014 EPS cup winners
• 2015 U13 NPL league winners
• 2015 U13 Perth Glory youth academy
• 2016 U14 league winners
• 2017 Futsal winners
• 2017 Best player award
• 2017 League runner up
• 2018 Futsal winners
• 2019 Futsal runner up
• 2019 U20 debut

What sport means to me
For me sport means everything, it is a way to have fun, meet new people, express yourself and keep fit. I have been playing sport for over 12 years and I have enjoyed every moment of it, I cant remember a time where I wasn’t playing sport. For those 12 years I have been purely dedicated to football (soccer), a sport that I treasure and love to play and in which I intend to play for my whole life. My future goal for football is to hopefully play professionally in England or at a semi-professional level.

Ryan 

Student

Dear parents and students, my name is Matthew Harris and I am a Secondary Chaplain at LJBC. I recently had the opportunity to attend a counselling training course in relation to video game addiction. I was excited to attend the seminar and learn about the topic as gaming is something that I am personally interested in and passionate about.

The seminar started with an overview of gaming in our culture today. They talked about; how the industry has grown, how viewership of eSports tournaments is actually higher than most regular sports these days and how the percentage of young boys and girls involved in the gaming community has grown immensely.

There are many reasons why young people take up gaming as a hobby, some of these being; a clear purpose and set goals within the game, a belonging and community, a sense of identity, freedom and escape, and a sense of achievement.

However just like everything else, too much of something is often quite negative. Video games are designed to stimulate our brains in a way not dissimilar to flashy TV advertisements and as alluring as social media. So how do we know when enough is enough? The presenter identified three key concerns, which when observed could indicate a potential risk of addiction.

These concerns are;

Impaired control – a young person is having trouble limiting their time spent playing video games.

Increased priority for gaming - They prioritise gaming over important social aspects of life or real-life commitments.

Escalation of gaming time despite negative affects – A young person will continue to increase their time spent gaming, despite clearly negative physical, social or psychological effects.

It is important to realize that games play an important part in our culture today, and that part is only growing larger. Many young people use games to socialize and there is much data to indicate that gamers have improved problem solving abilities, reflexes and cognition. The average time spent gaming per day across the population is 1.5hours. However, if we feel that we are playing for an above normal time per week or that one of the above concerns is applicable to us, its time to take a step back and reevaluate.

Some further valuable resources for both gamers and parents can be found at the following sites:

Netaddiction.co.nz and Olganon.org

Matthew Harris

Secondary Chaplain and Science Teacher

On 20 August, a group of Year 10 Student Councillors took part in the Joondalup Youth Forum at the Joondalup Civic Chambers. We were treated to a generous morning tea before a workshop on ‘place making’.  

We were asked to come up with innovative ideas to use community spaces and places in our local areas to benefit and attract people. We were given photos of community spaces and brainstormed ideas of how we could improve these spaces. Ideas ranged from outdoor cinemas to local markets. Afterwards, we had an amazing lunch provided for us and we got to socialise with Councillors from other schools in the area.

Finally, we all had the privilege of sitting in on a real Council meeting. During the meeting, students and members of the public were invited to pose questions to the Council. After all questions were answered by various Councillors, we observed discussions of proposals put forward by the community in support of Joondalup City, making it a better place to live in.

We also had the opportunity to meet and exchange a few words with Mayor, Albert Jacob after the Council meeting. The whole day was a fantastic experience, not only did we leave with great knowledge of a local Council meeting, but we also received a goodie bag filled with useful gifts.

Emma Sabatini

Y10 Councillor

During the Year 9 The Rite Journey class, students were treated to single gender workshops with the Endless Praise team. In the girl’s workshops students were encouraged to think about the women they wish to become. The team discussed the topics of body image, positive friendships and stress. Students participated in engaging activities and had the opportunity to write themselves an encouraging letter.

The boy’s workshop focussed on fear and courage through interactive discussions, games and a Q & A. The workshop provided skills that will enable them to the courage to face their fears and overcome social pressures. They explored ways of applying their strengths and communicating their inner battles.

Talita Butchart

Head of Christian Education

One of our Batavia students, Ian in Year 10, recently competed in the School Sport Australia Golf Championship at The Cut Golf Course in Mandurah. The WA boys team performed admirably over the 5 days of competition, sharing first place and the gold medals with NSW in the match play competition and taking out bronze in the boy’s team event. Congratulations Ian – we wish you further success in your sporting endeavours!

I would love to hear more of what our students are doing outside of school – please let me know of any achievements so I can celebrate them in a future newsletter.

Reuben Farr

Head of House Batavia

Term 3 has seen many events happening around the College. I was very impressed at the outstanding efforts from some of our Cumberland girls who took part in the So You Think You Can Dance competition. The girls placed Cumberland in a very strong second position, only 6 points below the winning team. Well done to Rachel, Aria and Mackenzie for winning places in their dance categories.

It was a delight for me to see our musical Cumberland students performing in the Secondary Eisteddfod. Congratulations to our first-place winners, Ruby, Venetia, Jordan and Elizabeth. Congratulations are also due to our third place winners, Catherine, and Leo. I am appreciative to all those who shared their talent with us and participated in this event. On a side note, Ruby was invited to attend and sing at the Joondalup Business Association’s International Women’s Day breakfast earlier this year. Her performance was well received and appreciated.

Special acknowledgement goes to Isaac who competed in the Pontianak International Lion Dance Championship 2019. Isaac flew to Singapore earlier this year to compete in this event.

Another big thankyou to our Cumberland students who represented us at the Wii Inter House Competition. The Year 7s did us proud by winning their division.  I hope to see this trophy in the Cumberland House soon!

Although the weather looked a little bleak on the day of the Inter House Athletics Carnival, it was great to see our Cumberland students brave the elements and participate enthusiastically throughout the day. A big thank you for all those who competed in events. I look forward to hearing the results!

The end of term is rapidly approaching so I wish all our Cumberland families a great spring break and look forward to seeing you in Term 4.

Nola Hebiton

Head of House Cumberland

Graduate from 2004, Karl Klemm’s favourite quote “We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” Confucius

Karl’s words caught me by surprise – “If you had told me when I was 20 that I would start my university journey at 26 and have a Masters degree at 32 I’d have laughed at you. If I had started Uni at 20 I would probably have dropped out so it’s just as well!”

PCA Outstanding Collegian Award

The 2019 #PCA Outstanding Collegian Award is here again! Applications for the $2 500 award is now open. All past students (collegians) can apply for the award.
Amy Frost, the winner of the 2018 award, explains in this short video how easy it is to apply for the award… https://bit.ly/2lysllu

Calling all volunteers - volunteering time counts towards PPP hours

The PCA has various opportunities for volunteering and mentoring that benefits the wider LJBC community. Please register your interest to volunteer at PCA@ljbc.wa.edu.au

Share your story

Friendships, marriages and business partnerships have been forged at LJBC. Who did you meet at the College? If you would like to share your story please email PCA@ljbc.wa.edu.au

If you are a past student and have changed your name, email or postal address, please email me at PCA@ljbc.wa.edu.au

To find out more and hear interesting stories about our Collegians, information about job opportunities, follow the PCA Facebook Page https://www.facebook/PCAatLJBC/ and to join the conversation, go to https://www.facebook/groups/PCAmembergroup/

Chaleen Botha

President of the Parents & Collegians Auxiliary

Recently four members of Roots & Shoots attended the annual conference at the Perth Zoo on a chilly but sunny day. They heard from vet nurse Kate about the diversity of her job. She explained everything from dealing with very small animals such as frogs to extremely large animals like the elephants. Kate told us about her onsite and offsite responsibilities and how she helped with a recent dolphin tangled in fishing line and a leopard seal resting on a Perth beach. She also said that to be a vet nurse you must love cleaning because she has to do a lot of that.

They heard from Katie who is a zoo keeper in the primate section. She told us that her role is more than just cuddling animals. Cleaning, feeding and enrichment activities take up most of her days. Katie also explained the importance of observation.

The students listened to talks at the orangutan enclosure and the male elephant enclosure, had a self-guided tour of the zoo, and heard about the activities other schools are doing to improve sustainability in their school.

Natalia Adams

Roots & Shoots Coordinator 

Join our Principal for a tour of the College each month during term time.

If there is a possibility that you may withdraw your child from the College during or at the end of 2019, please be reminded that College Policy states families are required to give ten school weeks’ written notice addressed to College Registrar. Registrar@ljbc.wa.edu.au

Sally Yeomans
College Registrar