Our talented Pre Kindy to Year 6 students put on an unforgettable Christmas Concert this week. It was a fantastic performance from every student, showcasing weeks of rehearsals. Parents, friends, family and staff enjoyed singing and dancing performances from every age group. A very special thank you to all of their teachers too!

Seeing so many families fill our Auditorium to enjoy this special LJBC community event was exciting. Well done students!

Thank you to everyone for an outstanding result at our recent Lap-a-thon.

LJBC raised a total of $10,308 – Another outstanding effort!

Michael, co-founder of House of Hope Africa, will use the generous LJBC donations to build a new classroom at the school in Zambia.

Thank you everyone for your amazing generosity.

Jeremy Chappell

Primary Chaplain and Coordinator of Christian Education

SSWA: State Futsal Champions (Boys and Girls)

This term has been a busy one for the Football Academy players, with all Primary and Secondary teams playing in both the SSWA Northern Futsal Championships and State Futsal Championships. Friday 25^th November was the final day of competitions for 2022 and saw both the Primary Boys and Primary Girls Futsal teams become State Champions at the SSWA Futsal Championships in Cockburn, defeating South Coast Baptist College in both finals.

Across this term we have had all age groups competing in the SSWA State Futsal Championships, with the teams becoming Northern Champions in every age division to qualify for the State Championships: Across the seven age categories (male and female), the teams have finished as State Champions in three and runners up in four, showcasing a high level of technical ability, sportsmanship, and mentality. They have represented the College superbly throughout.

This was a fantastic way to end the year for the Football Academy: The final standings across all age groups for both Futsal and Football in the SSWA competitions are below.

Term 4 - Futsal

SSWA State Futsal Championships Results

Senior Girls (Y10-12): State Champions, defeated Lynwood Senior High School 3-2 in the final

Senior Boys (Y11-12): State Runners Up, lost to Joseph Banks Secondary College 4-2 in the final

Intermediate Boys (Y9-10): State Runners Up, lost to South Coast Baptist College 4-2 in the final

Junior Girls (Y7-9): State Runners Up, lost to John Curtin C.O.A. 5-2 in the final

Junior Boys (Y7-8): State Runners Up, drew 4-4 with Lynwood Senior High School, lost 3-1 on penalties

Primary Boys (Y5-6): State Champions, defeated South Coast Baptist College 3-2 in the final

Primary Girls (Y5-6): State Champions, drew 2-2 with South Coast Baptist College, won 3-2 on penalties

 

Across Term 2 (group stage) and Term 3 (knockout stage) - Football

SSWA Champion Schools Results

Senior Girls (Y10-12): Quarter Finalists, drew 1-1 with South Coast Baptist College, lost 5-4 on penalties

Senior Boys (Y11-12): Semi Finalists, drew 2-2 with Joseph Banks Secondary College, lost 5-4 on penalties

Intermediate Boys (Y9-10): State Champions, won the final 3-1 against South Coast Baptist College

Junior Girls (Y7-9): Semi Finalists, lost 3-2 to Lynwood Senior High School

Junior Boys (Y7-8): Quarter Finalists, lost 1-0 to Lynwood Senior High School

Primary Boys (Y5-6): State Champions, won the final against Yanchep Primary School

Primary Girls (Y5-6): State Champions, won the final against Phoenix Primary School

Congratulations to all members of the Football Academy on these results: A reward for your hard work, dedication and consistency of approach throughout the year.

John Walmsley and Brad Hassell

Football Academy Coaches

 

The Flute Choir has a tradition of welcoming Primary students and parents to school with the sounds of Christmas carols during the Flute Choir’s last rehearsal of the year.

This year, the ensemble had the addition of a cello and violin for their Christmas performances in the Primary School. The melodies of Deck the Halls, Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing and We Wish You a Merry Christmas rang out and soon the group had an enthusiastic audience cheering them on. Well done, Secondary Music students, for bringing the Christmas cheer! (And thank you for agreeing to wear the Christmas hats!)

Tammy van der Nest
Director of Music PK-12

Recently, the Special Interest Visual Arts Club had a monotype printmaking workshop with the Visual Arts Technician, Megan Shaw, who is also a practicing and exhibiting multi-disciplinary artist. The Art Club had some amazing responses to the new process and had the opportunity to apply their developed personal drawing styles. Printmaking is usually done in a series, producing multiple identical prints. Monotype printmaking is an experimental process where one unique print is made. The students used cross-hatching and mark-making to recreate celebrity portraits.

Jo Burke
Visual Arts teacher

Roll up! Roll up! On Friday 2 December, the circus came to Founders Hall! Clint from Circus Challenge, otherwise known as ‘the circus man,’ visited our Year 7 and 8 Drama students for a specialist incursion. We spent two hours learning circus tricks, including plate spinning, juggling, ‘fire’ twirling, diabolo throwing and balancing. The students had so much fun!

Eileen Devereux
Drama teacher

Sports I have participated in:

Jujitsu – 1 year

Soccer – 2 years

Tennis – 3 years holiday programs

Netball – 1 year

Swimming – 12.5 years

Competitive swimming – 6 years

Sports I take part in now:

Swimming

Achievements (school and other):

Running

• 2017 Runner up           Cross Country - Albany Primary School
• 2018 Champion Girl   Cross Country - Albany Primary School
• 2018 Champion Girl    Cross Country - (GSPPSSA) Great Southern Interschool
• 2019 Runner up           Cross Country - Albany Primary School
• 2019 Runner up           Athletics - Albany Primary School
• 2020 Runner up           Cross Country - Albany Primary School
• 2020 4^th                           Cross Country - (GSPPSSA) Great Southern Interschool
• 2020 Runner up           Athletics - Albany Primary School
• 2021 Champion Girl    Cross Country - Albany Primary School
• 2021 4^th                           Cross Country - (GSPPSSA) Great Southern Interschool
• 2022 Champion Girl   Cross Country – LJBC
• 2022 3^rd                           1500m   - ACC Athletics Interschool

Swimming

School

• 2019 Champion Girl    Swimming Carnival - Albany Primary School
• 2019 Champion Girl   Swimming Carnival - (GSPPSSA) Great Southern Interschool A division
• 2020 Champion Girl    Swimming Carnival - Albany Primary School
• 2020 No event happened due to COVID
• 2021 Champion Girl    Swimming Carnival - Albany Primary School
• 2021 Champion Girl   Swimming Carnival - (GSPPSSA) Great Southern Interschool A division
• 2022 Champion Girl    Swimming Carnival - LJBC
• 2022 1^st                           50m Breaststroke  - ACC Swimming Interschool

Records

2020 – 10 yr girl – (LC) 50m Breaststroke – Country Pennants – Geraldton (Albany club record)

2021 – 11 yr girl – (LC) 50m Breaststroke – Hancock Prospect Junior LC Championships (Albany club record)

2021 – 11 yr girl – (SC) 50m Breaststroke – SWA Junior SC Championships (Albany Club record)

2022 – 12 yr – (LC) 50m Breaststroke – Pinjarra Summer Carnival (Albany Club record)

2022 – 50m Breaststroke – Year 7 girls – LJBC

Regional

• 2019 Aqua Technics Regional Rising Star Award – Awarded through Swimming WA
• 2020 Aqua Technics Regional Rising Star Award – Awarded through Swimming WA
• 2019, 2020, 2021 Selected and represented Albany Swim Club at Country Pennants (various medals)
• Country Championships 2020
  • 1^st – 100m Breaststroke
  • 3^rd – 50m Breaststroke
  • 2^nd – 200 Individual Medley
  • 2^nd – 100m Backstroke
• Country Championships 2021
  • 1^st – 50m Breaststroke
  • 2^nd – 100m Breaststroke
• Country Championships 2022
  • 2^nd – 50m Breaststroke
  • 2^nd – 100m Breaststroke
  • 1^st – 200 Individual Medley

City

• 2022 – Represented Arena Swim Club at Club Premierships B division
  • 4^th – 9-13 yrs 100 Breastroke,
  • 2^nd – 9-12yrs old Medley Relay Team,
  • 9-15yr 100 Breaststroke - reserve,
  • 9-14yrs 200 Medley Relay Team - reserve.

State Championships

Short Course 2022

• 2nd - 100m Breaststroke
• 3^rd – 200m Breaststroke
• 3^rd – 200 Medley Relay Team

Long Course 2022

• 2^nd – 50m Breaststroke
• 3^rd – 100m Breaststroke

National

National Junior Challenge rankings (virtual):

• 7th in Australia 50m Breaststroke 12 yrs (Gold level)
• 21^st in Australia 100m Breaststroke 12 yrs (Silver level)

Qualified to compete nationally so far this year:

• 50 Breaststroke 13yr old

 

About me

Ever since I was young, I have been drawn to all kinds of sports. So far sport has taken me regionally in planes and buses to compete, next year I will be flying interstate to compete at a National level.

One of the aspects that has motivated me in swimming is to achieve times, first state and now national and eventually my end goal is to achieve Olympic level in swimming.

Next year I am hoping to get involved in other sports that our school has to offer such as netball and athletics. Hopefully one day I will be able to achieve Sport Captain too.

Click on the link below to register

https://events.humanitix.com/ljbc-rugby-camp-11-13-january-2023-9am-to-3pm-daily

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https://events.humanitix.com/ljbc-afl-camp-11-13-january-2023

The Year 6 girls have been transitioning into high school through our Chips and Chat program. Games, chips and lots of chatting has been happening over the past few weeks. It has been lovely getting to know some of our delightful Year 6 students before they move into the Secondary College next year.

Looking forward to many Chips and Chat in Year 7 and beyond!

Catherine Da Silva

Secondary Chaplain

Congratulations to the year 5 and 6 students who competed in the 2022 Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad, Junior Division. The students completed five challenging contests throughout the year and I commend them all for their effort. Special mention to Jennifer (Year 6) and Eric (Year 5) who achieved scores in the top 10% of overall scores, as well as Ezra (Year 6), Kingsley (Year 5), Lily (year 6) and Alexander (year 6) who achieved scores in the top 25% of overall scores. Well done! 

Jaime Lovell

Primary Library Teacher

 

Thank you to English Teacher Mrs Christine Paul for drawing the final tickets of the year from the thousands of tickets students earned for their reading in Semester 2.

The following four students have won a $20 voucher to Dymocks:

Year 7 - George

Year 8 - Elijah

Year 9 – Matthew

Advanced Award winner – Talin.

Well done to all our students and their amazing reading throughout this year!

And remember:
“The more you read, the more things you will know.
The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
Dr Seuss

Kate Di Florio
Teacher Librarian

Regular Uniform Shop hours during school term

Open to Parents and students Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 4pm closed between 11.30 and 12.30.

The Shop will be closed for Stocktake from the 2 December 2022

LJBC also 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 before commencing with ordering uniforms.  The online service provides you with the necessary sizing chart to place your orders.  Any orders placed online will be available for pick up as per the date you have requested online.  Primary items will be delivered to classrooms after 2pm on a Tuesday and Thursday during school term.

Blazer orders are Compulsory for Year 7 to Year 12 students and need to be placed in the 1^st week of Term 1 2023.

January 2023 holiday hours (No appointments necessary)

Thursday 19 January 2023                            8am to 12.30pm

Friday 20 January 2023                                  8am to 12.30pm

Monday 23 January 2023                             8am to 12pm and 1 to 3.30pm

Tuesday 24 January 2023                              8am to 12pm and 1 to 3.30pm

Wednesday 25 January 2023                       8am to 12pm and 1 to 3.30pm

Monday 30 January 2023                             8 to 12pm

 

Online Order Collection Days

Monday 23 January 2023                             3.30 to 4pm       

Tuesday 24 January 2023                              3.30 to 4pm

Wednesday 25 January 2023                       3.30 to 4pm

Monday 30 January 2023                             8 to 12pm

 

Other Important Information

A few bays have been made available for parking outside the Uniform Shop during open times only.  Please be mindful as this is allocated for customers only.