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On Sunday, we celebrate mother's day and the great gifts that our mothers bring to our lives. We also remember the mother's no longer with us and acknoweldge those who have played a maternal role in our lives. I hope you are each spoiled on Sunday!

Year 11 & 12 Parent Teacher Interviews

The Compass App is ready for parents to begin booking in for the year 11 and 12 parent-teacher interviews on Monday 17th May. There will be two sessions on the evening with a break in between, when our Hospitality students will be completing an assessment task providing dinner for the staff. The first session will run from 3:30-5:00pm and the second session from 6:00-7:30pm. We hope to see you there for this important opportunity to support students achieve their potential.

Westpac Rescue Helicopter visit

We have been very fortunate to be selected for a Westpac Rescue Helicotper visit to John Therry on Thursday 20th May. They visit a very small number of schools each year and will provide our students with an opportunity to see the helicopter land. They will run an education session with our Year 9 & 10 students as part of the visit. We will conduct an emergency evacuation drill beforehand and this will have all students on the courts for the helicopter landing. We look forward to sharing photos and information about the visit in the week 5 newsletter.

Leadership Forum - Tanya Plibersek, Mike Freelander, Chris Hayes

On Friday 21st May, we have organised a visit from some current politicians to talk with our student leadership team, and other students interested in leadership and politics. Our guests will take part in a Q & A forum with our students, exploring leadership and some of the challenges and opportunities that leadership can provide. We hope the visit will encourage our students to consider leadership opportunties and their potential as future community leaders. Students can complete a form to express interest in attending and this will be sent via email on Monday.

COVID Intensive Learning Support Program

John Therry has secured funding as part of a Government initiative to support students who have fallen behind due to the impact of COVID-19. This support will be provided to a wide range of students whose grades and academic performance went backwards last year. This will include students across all class groupings and ability levels. We have employed a number of teachers who will act as tutors to small groups of students (2-5). This support will be provided in class and focus on developing literacy and numeracy skills to ensure the students achieve to their potential.  Letters will be sent out next week to students who will be offered support in the first round that will run for up to 12 weeks. Further information will be provided in the letter on the structure of the program and the support provided.

A reminder that after a short delay, students will be required to wear full winter uniform including long pants, blazer and tie for boys and winter skirt, blazer and stockings for girls from the beginning of week 4 (Monday 10th May).

All uniform items are available for purchase from Lowes Macarthur Square. We do have a large number of good quality second hand blazers and sports jackets that have been donated. We also have a small number of most other items of uniform available. 

If you are in need of any uniform items and would be interested in the donated stock, please make contact with the Pastoral care team:
dunstonk01@dow.catholic.edu.au
humblesb01@dow.catholic.edu.au
or contact the relevant Year Coordinator.

All students in Years 11 & 12 will receive their Progress/Half Yearly report on Thursday, 13th May 2021. This report is a record of the progress your child has made in each course, in Term 1, 2021.

For each subject/course there is a course Achievement Grade (Year 11)/Rank (Year 12) which is an overall judgement on the progress of your child in that subject/course. 

The Personal Attributes and Learning Attributes sections outline how well your child has applied himself/herself to their studies and should provide an indication of their commitment to learning in the early stages of each subject/course.

The Yr 11 & 12 Parent-Teacher interviews being held on Monday 17th May, 2021 (3:30 pm to 7:30 pm with a dinner break from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm) are an ideal opportunity to discuss your child’s progress in each course and discuss ways of helping your child prepare for the rest of their course. It is our request that you attend the evening and meet with your child’s teachers.

Interview bookings can be made online. You can access the parent portal on the school webpage, use your email address as your username and enter your password to gain access to the portal. You can reset your password if you have forgotten it.  However, if you have any issues with the overall process then please feel free to contact the College office on 4645 8100.

If you have any questions about the report, feel free to contact your child’s Year Coordinator or Subject Teacher. 

Mrs Ramchandra (Curriculum Co-ordinator)

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MISA Round 2 - vs. MAG

Rugby League vs. FCC 

Once again we have had to cancel due to weather, this time rain causing cancellations, which was disappointing for athletes and coaches. Indoor cricket and basketball were able to go ahead indoors and our three teams started the term 2 competition with a bang. 

Southern Country Rugby League 

Last week we had 5 students travel to Wagga Wagga for the Southern Country Rugby League trials. Emmanuel Fatialofa, Zac Morheb, Filemu Logai-Lusiano (Opens) and Zac Dittavong, Noah McKenzie, Riley Oitmann, Levi McGuinness (U15).  The trials were to select an U15 and Opens Southern Country team to compete in the NSWCCC Selections Trial. This is a pathway for talented Rugby League players to gain selection in the NSW All School Boys Rugby League Teams. John Therry is thrilled to announce that the following students were successfully selected in the U15 team:

• Zac Dittavong 
• Riley Oitmann 
• Noah McKenzie 

JTCC Athletics Carnival 

This year we went into the Athletics Carnival with Chisholm, Conolly and Murray all having a carnival win each. Will Ryan be able to finally claim victory in the final carnival for the 2021 rotation?

Once again participation will be key to age champion titles and final points with a number of ages being very close. As such, a number of valuable points are still unallocated as specialty events such as the 400m and Javelin (still to be completed at school) will be pivotal when assigning Age champions. A tip for 2022 captains is to ensure all events have maximum competitors. 

The day dawned with an ominous cloud of smoke hanging over Campbelltown. With the Air Quality expected to improve throughout the day, the decision was made for the carnival to go ahead. The 200m events were the first event scheduled for the day, but these were postponed until the smoke cleared.. The turn out and enthusiasm from all the students were great, and especially  from the year 12 cohort, which was fantastic.  The students smashed some records; 6 records, 1 record equaliser and two new establishment records in the 'Intermediate Triple Jump' - see table below for our new record holders. Garang Bol in the 14 year boys high jump actually broke our Sport Captain Pat Picot's 2017 record. Will he continue to up the ante over the next few years and wipe Pat out of the record books?

The High Jump was a spectacle as always with two student breaking records, Noah McKenzie equaling the 15 years boys records and  Patrick Picot falling just short of clearing 1.91m to break the 17 + years record. 

Throughout the day students would rotate between the Track and Field events in their respective age groups, with Conolly and Murray House having the highest participation points for the day.

The Annual Yr 12 House Challenge has upped the ante this year to give more students an opportunity to be involved. Students had to dig their house coloured wooden egg out of the sand pit before walking the wooden egg across to the target challenge (Students had to knock the egg off the ledge before completing 4 legs of the egg relay (hopping, passing, kicking the egg from end to end). The students finished the challenge in a human pyramid where the egg was thrown to the competitor on top, and then a whole track run with the house team to signify the end of the race. The race was chaotic and Mr. Williamson ended up disqualifying the majority of the teams, with all four houses being declared equal winners. 

Throughout the day Murray developed a strong overall lead but with 400m events, Javelin and age champions still to be calculated these final positions could change.

Overall house champion and age champions will be announced in a few weeks time. Once the final events have been completed the Diocesan team will be announced to compete at the Diocesan Athletics Carnival in Term 3. 

General Reminders

• Please make sure you read the run sheet on Tuesday morning posted on Compass
• Socks need to be white or JTCC socks, and visible at or above the ankle. 
• The new MISA/Representative shorts can be purchased for $20 from the Finance Office, and picked up from the Sports Office. There are Rugby/AFL, OzTag and Multi shorts.
   

UPCOMING Sport Events 

• Year 11/12 South West Sydney Regional Oztag Championships - Wednesday 12th May 

• 400m & Javelin events - postponed to Week 4 

CCC Sport

Remember that there is a new way to nominate individual sports for NSWCCC. This information can be found if you search CSNSW Sport on Google. It is very important that you keep track of closing dates for registration to avoid disappointment of missing out.

https://csnsw.sport/ 

If you have any questions, feedback or your child has a successful sporting achievement to share  please get in contact via the school number 4645 8100 or via my email address: 

leachg01@dow.catholic.edu.au

bodeker01@dow.catholic.edu.au  (In charge year 7+8 Sport)

Yours in Sport,

Ms Leach