We would like to announce that LJBC has partnered with Perth Glory Football Club to become one of only three Perth Glory Academy Schools in Western Australia. This link provides alignment with a learning pathway to A-League Football for our Football Academy, while remaining distinctly Lake Joondalup Baptist College with its priority of a character-based, academic-focused, Christian education.

This working relationship will allow our coaches to create player development systems that are holistic in nature, which will benefit all students in the High-Performance Sport Football Academy. On-pitch Football and Goalkeeper sessions will continue in the current format. LJBC coaches will structure the Leadership and Strength and Conditioning classes with access to the expertise of Perth Glory staff, where appropriate in the areas of Athletic Development, Nutrition, Injury Prevention and Sports Psychology in order to create individualised training plans for players and monitor training loads.

This partnership will benefit individual players in the High-Performance Sport Football Academy irrespective of which club they play for. Our aim at LJBC is to complement and add value, enabling the LJBC Football Academy to maximize the potential of each player’s development. In approaching this partnership, we seek to align with direct pathways to the highest levels of football and continue building on our relationships with local clubs.

For current Academy players with aspirations of moving into a Perth Glory playing pathway, this relationship allows us to continue to develop you as a player and support that choice. For those who want to continue their development with their current club, this relationship doesn’t change how the LJBC Football Academy works and will complement their clubs training sessions, while developing the whole player.

We look forward to the Football Academy and our students continuing to develop further through this partnership.

SSWA Champion Schools Update

Week 2 saw the commencement of the School Sport WA Champion Schools Competition, with our Junior Girls and Junior Boys Teams winning their first games. The Junior Girls won 3-1 against Woodvale, and the Junior Boys won 9-0 against Woodvale: These are two fantastic results against strong opposition, but more importantly the process and consistency of approach was of a high standard throughout. The intensity, organisation and structure of the playing style was impressive in both games. This is a great start to the competition, and we are looking forward to building on these performances through the year.

Helen Del Frate

Dean of Students

Lake Joondalup Baptist College is pleased to present the 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner + Book Launch event on Thursday 20 May at Joondalup Resort. This event is open to our LJBC Community, 18 years and over.

The decline in reading engagement is a problem that teachers, parents, publishers, librarians and booksellers alike are working to tackle; but we’re competing with more and more distractions for young reader’s attention all the time. Video games and Netflix are just two popular examples. It’s not about these being ‘bad’ things. It’s about recognising that children have more streams of entertainment available to them than ever before.

So, how can we keep books on the radar and ensure that they are entertaining too?

Have a look at the practical ideas below and try to incorporate some of them into your family routines.

1. Listen to storytelling podcasts and play audiobooks in the car. Retell folktales and fairy tales. Whenever you’re telling or reading a story, keep your child engaged by asking them open-ended questions about the characters or plot, questions your child can’t answer with a yes or no.
2. If your child doesn’t like to read, don’t give up. You haven’t found the right book yet. Explore different kinds of fiction, poetry, graphic novels, books of world records and weird facts, profiles of presidents and sports heroes, gross-out science books. Get suggestions from a librarian. If your child just isn’t into reading on their own, read aloud to them. (Don’t forget about audiobooks)
3. You can’t go wrong with funny books. Students love joke books and the comedy genre. Look out for these genre stickers when you are looking for a book.
4. For younger kids, rhyming books are great; they can guess at each rhyme, so there’s built-in suspense. Have no shame when you read aloud: Do accents. Take dramatic pauses. Modulate your voice, raising and lowering it to build narrative momentum.
5. Dedicate time to reading. Make it a ritual. Make it part of your day. If your child is not a sit-still child, even 15 minutes of reading a day is better than nothing.
6. Get your child into series books. They create anticipation and identification with recurring characters. You can always mindlessly borrow or buy the next one in the series.
7. Model the behaviour you want to see. Invite your child to sit next to you on the couch as you both read. Keep books out — in baskets, on shelves, and on coffee tables. Next time you’re riding the bus or train together or sitting in the doctor’s waiting room, pull out a book to read with your child. It’s an interactive and sociable way to pass the time.
8. Give books as gifts: Books are keepsakes that never age.

May is the Scholastic National Family Reading Month. This is a great way to encourage families to read more together. To sign up and for more information see the Scholastic website.

Carmen Hawkey

Primary Teacher Librarian

Performing Arts Perspectives Excursion

The Year 11 and 12 Drama and Music students attended the Performing Arts Perspectives at the Perth Concert Hall. The event highlighted the highest standard of student performance from 2020 and provided benchmarks of excellence in Dance, Drama and Music for students and teachers from the Public, Independent and Catholic education systems.

The evening was enjoyed by all and inspired our students for their future studies!

Year 11 and 12 Drama Incursion

The Year 11 and Year 12 Drama students took part in a performance incursion at the end of Term 1. The event was a great opportunity for students to view each other’s work and engage as both actors and audience members. Students worked in teams to create their own sets, costumes, lighting and sound design.

The Year 11 ATAR and Year 12 General students performed selected scenes from Jasper Jones in the style of realism.

The Year 12 ATAR class performed selected scenes from Zen Zen Zo’s The Tempest using physical theatre approaches. 

It was wonderful for the performers to have a live audience and to share their experiences of creating theatrical works with their peers.

Madelaine Jones
Director of Drama

When students were asked to imagine they were a town planner and design a town that would cater mainly for families, Chantal in Year 7 exceeded all expectations. As part of a ‘Liveability study’, students would then assess the conditions of their town and determine how desirable it is to live there. Thank you Chantal, this looks like a very liveable city!

Sports I have previously participated in:

I have always had an interest in sports from training in taekwondo and swimming to team sports like basketball. Since 2016 my focus has been on track and field athletics, at school as well at club and state level.

Sports I now take part in:

Track and Field Athletics

Achievements (school and other):

Field and Track Athletics

• U/15 1500M Gold medal and National Champion (2021)
• U/15 800M Silver medal National Championships (2021)
• U/14 800M Little Athletics Gold medal (2021)
• U/14 1500M Little Athletics Gold medal (2021)
• U/15 800M Gold medal State Champion and national qualifier (2021)
• U/15 1500M Gold medal State Champion and national qualifier (2021)
• U/14 800M Gold medal in WA All School Athletics Championships (2020)
• U/14 1500M Silver medal in WA All School Athletics Championships (2020)
• U/14 State All Schools Team (2020)
• Year 8 Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC) – 3^rd overall (2020)
• Year 8 Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC) 1500M 2^nd state-wide and All-Star Team selection (2020)
• Year 8 LJBC 800M and 1500M – set new records (2020)
• Year 8 Champion Boy – LJBC Athletics Carnival (2020)
• U/13 Little Athletics Cross-Country Silver medal (2020) and State Team selection (2020)
• U/13 Athletics West Cross-Country Stateside Championship – Bronze medal and State Team selection (2020)
• U/13 Little Athletics 4x400M bronze medal (2019)
• U/13 Joondalup Little Athletics 800M record (2019)
• Year 7 LJBC Inter-house Cross Country winner (2019)
• Year 7 LJBC 1500M – set new record (2019)
• Year 7 Champion Boy – LJBC Athletics Carnival (2019)

Note – COVID19 meant that I couldn’t represent the State at National athletics competitions or the LJBC Inter House Cross Country competition in 2020

What sport means to me and my future goals:

I want to keep improving, aiming to break more records and continue competing to represent the State as well as Australia at National and International events. I love being part of a community of people who are driven, committed and focused.

I want to support and mentor others to do the best they can in their chosen sports.

Luke 

LJBC Student

Dear Parents/Legal Guardians

In this edition of SchoolTV, you will attain a clearer picture of what your daughters are wanting from you and how best to support them through adolescence. I hope you can take the time to reflect on the information that is offered, and as usual, I welcome your feedback.

Raising girls in today’s modern world can be a difficult path for parents and carers to navigate. These days, girls are transitioning to puberty a lot earlier than they used to and the physical, psychological and emotional changes they experience are challenging. As a result, by mid-adolescence, girls are twice as likely to develop mood disorders more so than boys.

Some parents/legal guardians and carers may feel uncertain about how best to support their daughter through the ups and downs of adolescence and how to keep the lines of communication open. With the rise of social media and technology, mental health difficulties in girls are increasing as often they are faced with online images that make it difficult to see themselves as acceptable. Ensuring a daughter’s opinions are heard and her views listened to, will go a long way towards making her feel loved and supported as she tries to establish her own identity.

If you do have any concerns about the wellbeing of your child, please contact your child’s Head of House for further information or seek medical or professional help.

Here is the link to this month's edition 

Helen Del Frate

Dean of Students

On Tuesday 23March a selected group of LJBC students were chosen to compete at the 2021 ACC (Associated and Catholic Colleges) Inter School Swimming Carnival. This year our school competed in the C division; in previous years our team has given C division a nudge by placing top 3 in 2018 and 2019, but unfortunately due to Covid-19 we were unable to compete in 2020.

After many early morning training sessions consisting of technique improvement and confidence building, our dedicated athletes smashed out their races to win the Carnival, which is the first time in 16 years! Everyone on the day did a fantastic job and you should all be very proud of the amazing effort and dedication you put into your training and racing to represent our school with pride.

Not only did we win the Carnival, but we also took out the Senior Girls, Senior Boys and Overall Boys’ shield, which is an amazing accomplishment by our senior swimmers. On the day we had some outstanding swimmers who really stood out;

U/19 Tiana, U/17 Tom, U/15 Ethan, U/14 Finn took out champion girl and boys of the carnival. Our runner up champion girl and boy were U/16 Georgia and U/13 Michael. Other students that placed were; U/19 Jake (3^rd place), U/15 Leigh (4^th place) and U/13 Mackenzie (4^th place). These swimmers should be extremely proud of themselves as their hard work has paid off to achieve this incredible accomplishment.

Next year our school will take on B division which will be a challenge, but as long as our swimmers put in the effort and dedication they did this year, anything is possible. As a Year 12 student, this is my last year competing for the school, so I wish our swimmers the best of luck for the upcoming years. I would also like to thank all the teachers and student helpers who put in the effort to help us achieve our goal, it wouldn’t be possible without you.

Tiana

LJBC Student

I have recently moved to the acting role of Head of Mathematics, and have been reflecting on the question why should we study Mathematics? There are several great reasons to do so. One major reason is that mathematical skills, thinking and literacy are required to solve problems across other subject areas. The Western Australian Curriculum Rationale for Mathematics states that

Mathematics ensures that the links between the various components of mathematics, as well as the relationship between mathematics and other disciplines, are made clear. Mathematics is composed of multiple but interrelated and interdependent concepts and systems which students apply beyond the mathematics classroom.

Consider what Physics or Accounting would look like without any mathematics. The scope is not limited to those subjects with clear mathematical formulae – but to practical subjects with measurements and Visual Art with spatial awareness, not to mention the concepts in many ways in Music.

This past week we have remembered ANZAC Day and several Mathematics classes considered the mathematics and the landing on the shores of Gallipoli. Students used their mathematical skills in interpreting maps, scale, 24-hour time, brigade sizes and the magnitude of the wounded and killed in Gallipoli.

Education is not composed of islands studied in one-hour blocks, but is a rich tapestry entwined together. Mathematics is one of the key elements that knits the whole production together.

Lyndon Rice

Acting Head of Mathematics

Secondary Impact Syndrome : The Importance of recognising a concussion and acting appropriately: React and Remove.

This is the guidance given to us by medical professionals here in Australia but if we don’t know what to look for, or the reasons for its importance, it is futile advice.

Participating in sport whilst a person potentially has a concussion can be catastrophic.

Secondary Impact Syndrome (SIS) is where a second head trauma occurs to a person who has still not recovered from their first impact.  The damage here to an already swollen brain can be fatal.  In Both Canada and the USA laws are in place to prevent this but are still not well practiced.  These laws have been around since 2009 following investigations into juvenile fatalities, laws in the UK are due to change in the coming year. Australia and much of the world has been slow to adopt such advice.

In the US alone 50 deaths per year are attributed to SIS: this is why we need to be aware of the implications so that we can protect our children. Here at LJBC we are always seeking best practice advice and so wanted to share with you the following message. We do not want to stop our children playing sport, however we can minimize the risk of the initial concussion by wearing the appropriate protective equipment and playing in controlled environments.  We will never eliminate concussion, but SIS can be greatly reduced by following some simple rules.

If you or your child receives a concussion or a suspected concussion you should do the following;

-Immediately stop the activity you are doing

-Seek medical advice on the injury

-Not return to activity for 14 days post impact or until you have medical approval

You need to notify us here at school, especially your sports teacher of the initial injury (especially if it happened outside of school time) so they are aware and enable us to follow these suggestions.  This initial injury does not have to have occurred whilst playing sport it could be from any head trauma however you need to notify us and any club or place where they may be doing physical activity.  They need to be kept away from activity for 14 days or until they have been medically cleared to return. Even gentle exercise can trigger secondary swelling of the brain. 

Please don’t make this a reason to stop you or your children being active, but please take on board the message and pass it on to anyone in your local sports club or area as it is just not well understood. Together through knowledge these unnecessary fatalities can be reduced.

Below is a reminder of the symptoms of concussion: 

• Headaches or a feeling of pressure in the head.
• Temporary loss of consciousness.
• Confusion or feeling as if in a fog.
• Amnesia surrounding the traumatic event.
• Dizziness or "seeing stars"
• Ringing in the ears.
• Nausea.
• Vomiting.

Ben Allsop

Head of Health & Physical Education 

The Music Department would like to extend huge congratulations to the band 'Breaking the Chains' for winning the Joondalup Defeat the Beat 2021 competition. Students involved were:

Vocals - Zac 

Guitar - Jake 

Bass - Mitchell 

Drums - William 

Well done boys!

Tammy van der Nest

Director of Music PK-12

Photographs for LJBC students will take place in Week 10 and 11 of this term (Wednesday 23 June, Thursday 24 June, and Friday 25 June). All Year 12 students and any students who are absent for the main photo days will have their photos taken on Wednesday 30 June.

All students will have an individual photograph taken and class photographs will also be taken of every Primary Class and Secondary Connect Group. Photographs from these sessions will be available for purchase by families in the usual way – order envelopes will be distributed to students prior to Week 8 (each student will receive a personalised envelope).

The full schedule for photo days will be available in the newsletter published on 11 June.

Sibling photographs will once again be taken before school from 7.30am to 8.30am on both Thursday 24 and Friday 25 June in the Auditorium.

If you have any questions regarding the photo days, you are most welcome to email me at Brooke.Howard@ljbc.wa.edu.au

Brooke Howard

Enrolment Events Coordinator

If there is a possibility that you may withdraw your child from the College during or at the end of 2021, 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