Our Senior Girls Football team were successful at the ACC Championship Lightning Carnival earlier this term. They defeated all teams in the northern zone to make the Grand Final and played Seton Catholic College who won the southern zone.

Our team, consisting of Year 7-11 girls played really well at the day Carnival with guidance from Captain Gracie-May and our Senior Football Academy Girls. The LJBC team were on point from the kick-off, pressuring the Seton defense and kicking 3 unanswered goals in the first half.

Our defense were outstanding and held off Seton in the second half to win the match 5 nil. Most Valuable Player for the match Hannah kicked 4 goals and her fancy footwork had the Seton defense baffled.

Congratulations to all girls who contributed to the day Carnival and to our girls who represented the College with pride in the Final. We are looking forward to seeing this team excel in future years.

Kim Clift 

Director of Sport

Congratulations to 16 players from LJBC (14 boys and 2 girls) named in the U14 and U15 WA Junior State Football Team squads.

Gold Fields State Squads

Gold Fields Boys State U14s

Luca, Ryan, Sonny, Cillian, Daniel, Ethan, GJ, Dilan, Taylor, Jack

Gold Fields Boys State U15s

Fabiano, Jay, Michael, Morne

Gold Fields Girls State U15s

Amelie, Hannah

Congratulations to all who were involved in our Production of The Little Mermaid last week. The cast, crew and those who gave up personal time to volunteer and support - a huge thank you. In supporting this wonderful production, you have shown the quality and soul of LJBC to the students themselves and to the community at large. If you have a minute, please take the time to read this review. https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/schools/disneys-little-mermaid

On Friday 21 August the students in the Primary School celebrated Book Week with a parade in the auditorium. Each year, schools and public libraries across Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. The Book Week theme 'Curious Creatures, Wild Minds' was explored during library lessons. Students also decorated the library by filling in creature paw prints once they had finished reading a book. The paw prints roam across the library walls and ceiling, creating a great visual celebrating how many books students have enjoyed. Many wonderful books about fantasy creatures in line with the theme were read and enjoyed. The series 'Wings of Fire' by Tui Sutherland has been very popular amongst the students.

It was wonderful to see many book characters and curious creatures come to life as the students in the Primary School paraded their costumes for us all to see.

Carmen Hawkey and Jaime Lovell

Primary Teacher Librarian

As part of their second semester project, Year 12 Visual Art General students, together with Jerome from ‘Blank Walls’, have designed and created a mural based on Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. The students were asked to create designs based on an intelligence and explore differences in the way each of us learn and process information. Inspired by muralist Bradly Eastman, elements of the students’ artworks were then combined into the final design, which was gridded and painted onto the Student Services wall near the House Centre. It was a great experience for the students to see the design process. Students involved include Kohl, Josie, Tineka, Alexander, Danika and Montgomery.

Visual Art teachers

Rachael Ramsay and Liz Gray

A very happy Fathers day goes out from the Lake Joondalup Baptist Chaplaincy Department today! We were not able to have a legendary breakfast cook up due to continued social distancing precautions however, we would still like to bless the community with a fun video. We interviewed some of our College siblings to find out what they really think about Dad...

We are excited to have been able to hold our first camp for the year at Bickley Outdoor Recreation Campsite with 40 cadets attending, and doing an amazing job. The weather held up for the most part, giving the cadets the opportunity to learn some new skills and practice some old skills. Fun was had canoeing on the dam, building catapults, climbing ropes and ladders, as well as searching for clues of the missing soldier. Singing songs around the campfire while roasting marshmallows is also a great way to end any day. The Cadets who attended should be congratulated for the way they came together and worked as a team unpacking and packing up tents as well unloading the trailer so efficiently.

This term has also seen many Cadets earn their CPR qualification, which is a credit to them, as well as having the opportunity to participate in our local SES training evening. We also have our Fire Extinguisher course to look forward to later this term.

Watch out early next term for details of our next camp when we will be heading to Moore River on 6 November.

If you have any queries relating to the Cadet program, please contact Mrs Jenny Pontarelli on 9300 744 or via email Jenny.Pontarelli@ljbc.wa.edu.au.

Jenny Pontarelli

Unit Leader

Excellence Certificates

Academic Excellence is awarded to students who achieve outstanding results across a range of subjects in a semester. It was my pleasure to award Semester One 2020 Certificates of Excellence to 9 students in Year Seven, 11 students in Year Eight and 18 students in Year Nine.

In Upper School, Certificates of Excellence were awarded to 12 students in Year Ten, 6 students in Year Eleven and 2 students in Year Twelve.

Diana Kelly

Acting Secondary Curriculum Manager

During Week 9, our Primary School presented the finals of our public speaking competition - LJ Speaks. On both mornings we watched incredibly talented public speakers from Years 1-6 present on topics ranging from ‘How to Look After a Puppy’ to ‘William Tell’ to ‘The Brain’. Once again, we were so impressed with the confidence and professionalism shown by our young students. Each year, the quality of our students’ public speaking improves, making the job of the judges extremely hard. In many cases, there was a matter of one or two points between first and third places. Thank you to our judges across both mornings – Mrs Roodt, Mrs de Jong, Mrs Hawkey, Mr Gaudin, Mrs Jarvis and Mr Young.

This year’s finalists were:

Year 1

First place – Yehezkiel (Gravity)

Second place – Mireille (My Countries of Origin)

Third place – Piper (The Most Dangerous Bird in the World)

Fourth place –  Emily (My Trip to China)

Year 2

First place – Hunter (The Brain)

Second place – Makayla (Rainbows)

Third place – Georgia (Guinea Pigs)

Fourth place – Harper (How to Look After a Puppy)

Year 3

First place – Amy (Chocolate is Poison to Dogs)

Second place – Hannah (Space)

Third place –  Daniel (Aeroplanes)

Year 4

First place – Summer (Screen Time)

Second place – William (The Apple and the Arrow)

Third place – Sophie (Sea Animals)

Year 5

First place – Caitlyn (The Top Conspiracies ‘The Simpsons’ Has Predicted)

Second place – Taya (What Sport Best Suits You?)

Third place – Jacob (Best of Barcelona)

Year 6

First place – Chantal (Lawrence Anthony)

Second place – Sophie (The Life Cycle of a Star)

Third place – Austin (Fantastic Faeces)

Well done to all the dancers who performed for their House in the annual Inter House So You Think You Can Dance competition held on Tuesday 11 August. It was fantastic to see the range of talent and dance styles on the day. We hope the event will be even bigger and better next year! All of our participants will receive certificates at House Assemblies with feedback from the adjudicators. Congratulations to the winners who received a voucher and certificate at the recent College Assembly.

Category 1 – Solo winners
First place - tie between Chanell and Corey 
Runner up - Rachel 

Category 2- Duo/Group winners
First place - Aria and Isabella 
Runner up - Isabel , Isabelle and Eva

Honourable Mentions
Solo Senior - Emilia 
Solo Junior - Natalia 

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

Well done to all who entered and to the winning house!

Eileen Devereux
Event Organiser

Thursday 10 September is the national ‘RU OK’ Day. To highlight this, we held a pikelet 'cook-up' for all Secondary students outside the Chaplaincy Office, asking ‘RU OK’ and handing out Lifeline cards.

'RU OK' Day is a good time to reflect on how you are travelling, and also asking those around you. Looking out for a friend, or even someone you might not know so well, and asking them the question ‘RU OK’, can be life-changing.

Some basic tips from the ‘RU OK’ website are below:

https://www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask

1. Ask – take the time to ask someone how they are really going.
2. Listen – be open to listening non-judgementally.
3. Encourage action – encourage them to take the next step, ie contacting a psychologist, visiting a website like Lifeline, visiting the doctor for a free mental health plan etc.
4. Check-in – check back with them again to see how they are going.

Have a great fortnight, and pray that you and yours are ‘OK’.

Catherine da Silva

Secondary Chaplain

Author in Residence week provides our students with a framework upon which to develop writing principles, narrative techniques, and the aesthetics of storytelling. During weeks 3 and 4 we were joined by West Australian author, Mark Greenwood.  Mark writes books that explore little known slices of history from the intersection of personal experiences.

During classroom workshop sessions, he aligned student-centred activities to the themes and texts currently being studied in class.  Valuable lessons were learned when addressing elements such as plot, tone, and dialogue. Mark reiterated the value of picture books and visual images that speak to readers. His workshops taught us that, like music, language has resonance - a presence, evoked by words, that conjure up images, memories, and emotions.  

Mark’s ‘top tips’ are - read with a writer’s eye, remain passionate, curious, determined and embrace the solitude of literature.

The author’s website may be accessed via URL
https://markgreenwood.com.au/

David Scott

Teach Librarian, Literature Services

Riley Turner graduated in 2012 with a classmate called Taylah. Little did they know that they will only find each other after school. Today Riley and Taylah are married, and recently returned from London with their baby daughter Evie.

To find out more about their story click here

UPCOMING EVENTS

PCA Networking Event:

Are you looking for business connections, work experience opportunities or a job? Then join us at the PCA NETWORKING EVENT on Friday 18 September 2020, 7.15 to 8.25am

Book your tickets by clicking here

Mobilefarmshop will have a stall at the event and has offered a door prize valued at $75 comprising Certified Organic prime steaks.

Parent David McClelland has a start-up online food delivery business with a website designed by a Class of 2019 graduate Isla McClelland. Mobilefarmshop.com.au Apply coupon Code LJBC12 for 12% off.

Tickets for this event is $10 and students are free. Please bring your ticket (paper or electronic copies) with you to the event.
The event ends at 8:25am for students, other guests may continue until 9am

PLEASE NOTE THE Location - Joondalup Sports Club - HBF Arena (to the left of the main building)

PCA LinkedIn Workshop:

Book one of the limited tickets here:   https://www.trybooking.com/BLKML

When? 24 October, 9.30am to 1pm at the LJBC Sports Centre Conference Room

WORKSHOP OUTCOMES:

• CREATE your LinkedIn profile WITH step by step GUIDANCE
• PROFESSIONAL LinkedIn profile PHOTO
  
  

Further details regarding this event may be found here

PCA Outstanding Collegian Award – Closing date 31 October 2020

All past students (collegians) who completed their schooling at the College can apply for the award. Applications for the award can be downloaded here

Amy Frost, the winner of the 2018 award, explains in this short video how easy it is to apply for the award, click here https://bit.ly/2lysllu

To find out more about the PCA:

Watch our short video here PCA Networking - March 2020

Follow the PCA Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/PCAatLJBC/

Join the conversation https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCAmembergroup/

#communitysupportingcommunity initiative: Who are our LJBC business owners?

Chaleen Botha

President of the Parents & Collegians Auxiliary

Ziggies Educational Supplies has been chosen as our Colleges’ new preferred supplier for the 2021 Booklists. Ziggies are a WA owned and operated business and have a wide range of educational resources available for school and home use. They are open 6 days a week, all year round.

All orders placed through Ziggies for the booklist program help raise valuable funds for our school community. Last year, Ziggies helped raise over $400,000 for WA schools through the Booklist program.

Lee Krug

Executive Business Manager

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to encourage you to please use our online ordering through Flexischools during this time. Any orders will be available for pick up from the Uniform Shop during school term on a Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8  to 8.30am or in the afternoon from 2.45 to 3.30pm.   

You will receive a Direqt Message via SEQTA when your order is ready for collection.  Alternatively, parents can contact College Reception on 9300 7444 to book an appointment. Students are welcome to visit the Uniform Shop during recess or lunch on a Tuesday or Thursday to make any necessary changes to their order.

Annette Haskins 

Uniform Shop Manager

If there is a possibility that you may withdraw your child from the College during or at the end of 2020, 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