This event is for prospective families who may be interested in LJBC. We only have a handful of Kindy places available for 2021 and 2022, so please share this info and invite any friends or neighbours who may be interested to come along to tour our Kindergarten and meet the teachers.

Last week our Secondary Football Academy students competed in the West Coast State Futsal Titles and completed a clean sweep as Champions in all Boys and Girls categories they entered, winning the Perth Metro Competition in each age group from Year 7-10. We were really pleased with the technical ability on display throughout the competitions, as well as the hard work, intensity and humility demonstrated by our teams. Congratulations to all age groups who competed throughout the week and represented the College admirably: This is an outstanding achievement in the first year of the LJBC Football Academy.

The results were as follows:

Year 7 Boys (U13s) – Champions, defeating Ashdale Secondary College in the final

MVP in Final: Sonny

Year 7/8 Girls (U13/14) – Champions, defeating International School of WA in the final

MVP in Final: Millie

Year 8 Boys (U14) – Champions, defeating Ocean Reef SHS in the final

MVP in Final: James

Year 9 Boys (U15) – Champions, Both LJBC teams reached the final, with ‘LJBC Green’ defeating ‘LJBC Pink’

MVP in Final: Daniel

Year 9/10 Girls (U15/16) – Champions, defeating Dianella Secondary College in the final

MVP in Final: Amelie

Year 10 Boys (U16) – Champions, defeating Darling Range Sports College in the final

MVP in Final: Manolo

Over the course of this year, 30 of our highest achieving Year 5 and 6 students in Mathematics, have been participating in the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad. The students completed five rounds of competition papers. Between competitions they analysed their errors, identified efficient problem solving methods and learnt new mathematics through problem solving.

In previous years, students across Australia and New Zealand competed against each other. This year however, due to Covid, the Olympiad became an intra-school competition in which each individual student’s performance was only measured against other students from within their own school. The highest achieving students from LJBC are:

First Place: Isaac 16 points

Second Place: Lucas 14 points

Third Place: Lucas 13 points

Fourth Place: Tayte 12 points

Special mention goes to Alessio who won the Working Mathematically Award for his positive approach to learning and problem solving.

Congratulations to the winners and to all the students who participated in this very challenging competition.

Narelle Rice

Primary School Learning Enhancement (Mathematics)

This year, we had 203 talented Mathematics students compete in the 2020 Australian Mathematics Competition. Our students performed creditably with two Year 8 students achieving high distinctions, placing them in the top 3% of the country in their age group. There were 22 distinctions awarded and 75 credit certificates. Well done to all those students who took part, and in particular, to the following high achieving certificate winners:

High Distinction Awards (achieving in the top 3% of the country)

Year 8

Curran who also received the Best in School award scoring in the 99^th percentile.

Jess (98^th percentile)

Distinction Awards (achieving in the top 20-25% of the country)

Awarded to 22 students

Credit Awards (achieving in the top 55% of the country)

Awarded to 65 students

We are very proud of every student who took part in this competition and congratulate them on their efforts and successes.

Leigh-Anne Hopkins
Head of Mathematics

The Have Sum Fun Competition is an exciting mathematics initiative that uses a quiz night format. Teams of six students race against the clock to solve four intense rounds of eight challenging problems. Teams can only have a maximum of three students in the team.

This year, the Junior and Intermediate competitions were held on Friday 23 October at Woodvale Secondary College (Year 9 and 10 team) and at Aranmore Catholic College (Year 7 and 8 team). We had 12 enthusiastic maths students partake in the annual. Our students displayed excellent team spirit and were very keen to compete against the best schools in the North Metro area. They employed some excellent strategies and their problem-solving skills were in top form. Although our teams did not place they finished the evening in very creditable positions.

The Year 9 and 10 team consisted if:

Year 10 – Jacques, Jake, Dylan

Year 9 – Nicole, Gabrielle, Daniel

The Year 7 and 8 Team consisted of:

Year 8 – Jess , Jordan, Benjamin

Year 7 – Emma, Lachlan, Sean

Prior to the 'Have Sum Fun' evening competition, past questions were worked on by the teams at school in preparation for the event.

Thanks to Mrs van Leen and Mr Nguyen who so graciously gave up their time to not only train these students for the competition, but also for supervising them on the night. Thanks also to all team members for their contributions.

One of our Year 7 team members, Emma, had the following to say about the competition: “It was really fun, actually. I'm glad I went!” which goes to show that learning Maths can be fun.

We will celebrate the teams’ efforts with Krispy Kreme donuts and we look forward to next year’s competition.

Leigh-Anne Hopkins
Head of Mathematics

Creative Edge Thinking Challenge

We are very proud of all our Creative Edge Thinking Challenge (former Opti-MINDS) students who did extremely well in this year’s State competition. They worked very hard on their challenges for 6 weeks and put in extra hours before and after school as well as giving up many of their lunch times to produce their solution performances.

Congratulations to the following teams:

Our Year 9.4 team won the state title for the Society and Environment division. This team took a very serious approach and portrayed the inner turmoil in someone’s mind when they contemplate the meaning of life. This team also won the Creativity Award for the entire competition. Congratulations to Gabrielle, Riley, Jared, Zac, Layla and Lillian on their achievement.

The Year 9.3 team consisting of Edie, Jason, Kaitlin, Brock, Mia and Emma won the Science and Engineering state title with an outstanding humorous performance. Part of their solution performance was to design and launch a trebuchet successfully towards a target which was symbolic of the battle between good and evil.

Our Year 8 team placed third in the state in the Science and Engineering division with an interesting Monopoly battle symbolising poor decisions we make in life. Well done to Katie, London, Lucy, Jess, Rosie, Aliyah Sian.

Our Year 7 team did not place in the top 3, but they presented a flawless performance addressing the battle between peace vs violence. Congratulations to Emma, Lachlan, Thomas, Logan, Hannah and Matthew on their hard work and perseverance.

Future Problem Solving National Competition

Our Future Problem Solving students did exceptionally well this year and 5 of our teams were selected to represent Western Australia and the College at the Future Problem Solving National competition which was held at St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School due to travel restrictions.

For the actual competition teams received a hypothetical, futuristic scenario on the topic of Poverty and used their research to generate solutions on what can be done globally to assist those suffering from extreme poverty and decrease the adverse impact of it on future generations. Students were graded on their correct application of the Future Problem Solving process, their use of cited research and their creative originality. After completing the six-step process in two hours, students then immediately began to work on a second competition called "Presentation of Action Plan" in which they illustrated their final solution by preparing and performing a skit.

Our teams did an excellent job at the Nationals and we are incredibly proud of them for reaching this stage of the competitive program with their high level of global and futuristic thinking.

Our students who qualified for the Nationals were:

Year 9: Nicole, Gabrielle, Eshika, Chelsea, Arwen, Caitlyn S, Nicolette, Layla and Lillian.

Year 10: Toby, Trent, Joshua B, Xanthe, Taya, Chamudi, Isabel, Harry, Caitlyn L, Jake, Emily, Shakira and Esther.

Sonja van Aswegen

Head of Secondary Learning Enhancement

This year in Cadets we have had a lot of fun learning, team building and stretching with many Cadets stepping up into a higher level of leadership and confidence.

Our camp to Moore River went well and the weather played its part with beautiful blue skies which enabled us to make the most of our time on the water. The activities kept us busy which included kayaking, motor boating, swimming and having fun playing beach games with friends.

Our end of year excursion to Darklight Laser was a wonderful way to end the year. Although the competition was fierce, I think that everyone came out winners from a successful afternoon and year.

Many Cadets are to be congratulated for obtaining their CPR certificate. This is a wonderful life skill and the Cadets who participated displayed a great level of maturity.

Please keep an eye out for the 2021 enrolment form which will be sent out prior to the end of the year.

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

During the October holidays, I had the privilege of attending Camp Hero which is a leadership camp run by the youth mental health charity Zero2Hero along with 39 other teenagers from all over WA at Nanga Bush Camp.

During the course of the five-day program I learnt so much about myself and how I can help those around me. It was an exciting program with everyday brining its own physical and mental challenges. I met the most wonderful people who will forever be in my network of friends and had the most incredible mentors and camp facilitators. We were also able to participate in a suicide prevention course called Safe Talk which teaches everyone how to be suicide aware.

The camp was by far one of the best experiences of my life and I would highly recommend anyone between the ages of 14 to 18 to apply for it. With mental health issues on the increase it is important for us young people to be aware of our peers experiencing challenges as it may be us in time to come. I would like to say a massive thank you to Zero2Hero for providing me with this amazing opportunity and to the individuals who lead me and allowed me to take part in this camp. You can find out more about Zero2Hero and the amazing work they do at https://www.zero2hero.com.au. I strongly encourage anybody to apply for this camp as it was an amazing experience and I think everyone would benefit from it in some way.

Amelia 

Chaplaincy Captain 2020

We spoke to LJBC’s 'CSI' forensic investigator Annabelle Rylands from Class of 2010

To find out more about Annabelle’s story click here

PCA Outstanding Collegian Award

A good number of applications for the PCA Outstanding Collegian Award have been received, representing Collegians from across the years. The standard of applications is exceptionally high. The winner of the prestigious award will be announced at the annual Awards evening on December 4 2020.

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Thank you

The PCA would like to take this opportunity to thank each PCA Volunteer and Member of Staff for their involvement and support of the PCA this year. In 2021 we look forward to continuing our work to support and creating opportunities for the wider LJBC community. We have a number of new events and initiatives planned to reach more members of our wider community.

Chaleen Botha

President of the Parents & Collegians Auxiliary

Regular Uniform Shop hours during school term and by appointment only

Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 4pm

(closed 11.30am to 12.30pm)

The Shop will be closed for Stocktake from the 30 November 2020

Appointment times (15 minutes) are available for uniform fittings, for new students entering LJBC in 2021.  Please contact College Reception on 9300 7444 for all bookings.  LJBC offers an online service so you have the option to size your uniform, and then place your order through www.flexischools.com.au. Flexischools requires you to register as a New Student before commencing with the ordering of uniforms.  All Blazer Orders for 2021 (Year 7 to Year 12) – Compulsory. Any orders placed online will be available for pick up as per our collection days and times mentioned below.  Please refer to the College Website for all the links to the online shop, price lists and sizing charts.

Appointment Days (All Bookings to be made through College Reception on 9300 7444)

Saturday 7 November 2020                      8am to 12pm

Monday 9 November 2020                        7.30 to 9am and 1.30pm to 3pm

Wednesday 11 November 2020                7.30 to 9am

Monday 16 November 2020                      7.30 to 9am and 1.30 to 3pm

Wednesday 18 November 2020                7.30 to 9am

Saturday 21 November 2020                    8am to 12pm

Monday 23 November 2020                      1.30 to 3pm

January 2021 holiday hours  (No appointments necessary)

Thursday 21 January 2021                       8.30am to 12pm and 1 to 3.30pm

Friday 22 January 2021                            8.30am to 1pm

Wednesday 27 January 2021                    8.30am to 12pm and 1 to 3.30pm

Thursday 28 January 2021                       8.30am to 12pm and 1 to 3.30pm

Friday 29 January 2021                            8.30am to 1pm

Monday 1 February 2021                          8 to 11am     

Online Order Collection Days

Friday 22 January 2021                            1 to 2.30pm  

Wednesday 27 January 2021                    8.30 to 10am

Thursday 28 January 2021                       8.30 to 10am

Friday 29 January 2021                            8.30 to 10am

Monday 1 February 2021                          2 to 4pm

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