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IMPROVING OUR STUDY SKILLS…

We are all aware that a major contributor to student success in the HSC is skills development and content knowledge and understanding in the courses chosen for study. We are also aware that knowing how to study well- having a successful timetable of study, having a growth mindset, setting goals and finding the right balance are some of the big contributors to this success. 

To enable our students to do their best, John Therry has a rigorous teaching and learning program led by efficient and diligent educators. In addition, we have employed the services of Elevate Education, an organisation that supports 1050 schools across Australia with effective study skills workshops to facilitate more effective learning, improve learning outcomes and increase overall student performance.

Elevate education team members have been working with staff, students and parents since last year and, this week, they were back at John Therry to deliver 2 workshops to our Year 12, 2020 students- Student Elevation and Memory Mnemonics.

In addition, an Elevate Education team member also presented to the parents of our Year 12 students at the Year 12 2020 Information evening.

CELEBRATING YEAR 11 SUCCESS…

On Tuesday, 19th November, we celebrated the success of our Year 11 students in various areas of school life:

Academic Excellence- Olivia Mesa & Morgan McPhee

Outstanding Sporting Achievement- Olivia Southby

School Life Encouragement Award- Anthony Dellis & Hollie Cunningham 

Social  Cultural Award- Jessica Soh & Jayden Diaz

Spiritual Award- Riley Tonna & Amith Jacob Kavoor

The Victor Chang School Science Award- Riley Tonna

Gold Academic Excellence Award- Morgan McPhee & Olivia Mesa

Silver Academic Excellence Award- Aaron Crispino, Cameron Ible, Amith Jacob-Kovoor, Kyle Kalabric, Chloe Kerswell, Jessica Soh, Mohit Subedi & Sophia Wolczak

We are very proud of all our students and wish them every success in their HSC year.

On the 15th of November, four John Therry Students attended the CDF Wollongong sport awards. Our sport Captain Olivia Southby was on hand as our ambassador and was in charge of reading student citations for a number of different schools. The sport awards recognise those students who have been victorious at the CCC tournament as a representative for the Diocese of Wollongong and at John Therry we are very proud of our recipients.

Olivia Southby  -  John Therry (Reader) and Sport Captain
	Olivia has been ever present on the John Therry sporting field and has excelled in a number of pursuits during her time at John Therry. Her sporting passion is in the field of athletics and cross country, but her skill set is not limited to those two pursuits. Olivia is a strong swimmer and this year has also been involved in MISA volleyball and cricket teams. We are privileged to have Olivia as our Sport Captain, she will do a fantastic job leading the house captains at sport throughout the next twelve months.
Nathan Doggett  -  NSW CCC Swimming squad
	Nathan competed at the Special Olympics Australian Winter Games in Perisher.  He came 4th in the first division of advance male ski category and still managed to improve on his times from last year. Nathan also represented NSW at the All School Swimming tournament, held at Homebush. Nathan competed in the 100m freestyle and placed 5th in the ‘Boys 16 and over 100m Freestyle - Multiclass. Nathan has been ever present at Diocese Carnivals over the past six years. Nathan has a bright personality and always gives his best in all pursuits at John Therry. Congratulations Nathan all the best in your future endeavours.
Patrick Picot  -  NSW CCC Athletics – Gold Medal High Jump
	Patrick Picot is a talented young sports person. Whilst his passion lies with Soccer, Patrick has also excelled at Athletics and Basketball. This year Patrick gained selection into the Open Boys CCC Soccer team as a year 10 student and won CCC High Jump with a jump of 1.81m. Patrick has a bright future in sport and is one to watch.
Olivia Sloan  -  NSW CCC Soccer team
	Olivia Sloan is a talented and determined young sportsperson. She is very humble student, and is always the first to volunteer and assist at school and primary carnivals. A talented soccer player, Olivia was selected in the Open Girls Diocese team as well as the CCC soccer team despite still being in year 10. With hard work and commitment, a bright future in sport awaits Olivia.

Well done to our outstanding athletes.

Mr Goodhew

SPORT REPORT TERM 4  - Round 5 Week 6 VS MCCC

After some sweltering weather on Tuesday the 19th, Sport was again cancelled for a number of teams and recreation sports. We were fortunate to be able to play our Indoor Cricket games as well as our Volleyball game indoors at MCCC. The forecast for next week is again looking hot. Hoping a cool change does come through so students are able to engage in sporting competitions.

This week Natalie Van Coevorden (class of 2010), has agreed to attend the sport assembly as our guest speaker. We are very excited to welcome back Natalie as she has a very busy schedule preparing and training in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games trials. Our sport captain Olivia Southby will be in charge of preparing and asking Natalie some questions as part of the assembly. A reminder that parents are welcome to attend. Of course the sport assembly is one of my favourite days on the school calendar.

Our Annual Sports assembly is coming up later this term, where we celebrate the sporting achievements of our students throughout 2019. More details to follow throughout the term. Location: William E Murray Hall Date: Tuesday 10th December Time 1:00- 2:30 Guest speaker: Natalie Van Coevorden (Class of 2010- Australian Triathlete).

Jack Crawford Games:

Jack Crawford games is a unique school carnival held in memory of the late Jack Crawford who was a founding and influential member of the John Therry community. Our school ovals and the carnival are both named after Jack Crawford.

John Therry will be hosting its annual “Jack Crawford Games” on the Monday 16th December, Week 10. The students will be involved in a number of activities that will promote teamwork, house spirit and flashes of individual brilliance. The Carnival is always a student favourite and involves a rotation of a number of different sports and activities. Student compete in house based matches in year groups to collect points to become the Jack Crawford winner. More details will follow shortly from your house captains.

To find out more information, click on the Carnival Tab on the JT Sport Page or speak to one of our Sport Captains.

For more sporting information, please visit the John Therry Sport Page

https://sites.google.com/dow.catholic.edu.au/johntherrysport/home

Regards

Mr Daniel Goodhew