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IT’S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK AT JOHN THERRY

The incredibly sad news that we received on Monday morning of the passing of a student on Sunday afternoon sent waves of sadness across the school community. This popular young man from Yr 8 has an equally popular sister in Yr 11 and both year groups were hugely affected, as were so many Staff.

As I explained to the students at Assembly, I do not know why things like this happen. I am perplexed and dismayed. I, like all, have no idea the destiny that God has for us. But as a Catholic I stand firm in the belief that Travis will be held safe and will one day be reunited with his family.

We also had the passing of the mother of a student in Yr 12 and her brother in Yr 9. We keep both of these families and particularly our students in our prayers.

CHAMPAGNAT DAY

On the 2nd January 2017, we celebrated 200 years, the bicentenary of the founding of the Marist Brothers’ by St Marcellin Champagnat and the commencement of Marist schools across the world. He was a man for his times, he got in and did the hard work, rolled up his sleeves. He was criticized for doing work that was not seen as fit for a Priest, but it made a difference to others.

His spirituality was based on Mary, the mother of Jesus. We celebrated Champagnat Day on Wednesday this week (although the day is actually Thursday 6th June). This day reminds us of the work of this vital French Priest and his life in changing the lives of the poor French and educating children to release them from poverty and improve their lives. The French Revolution promoted living by reason and not faith and this drove his passion to spread the message of Jesus and to make Jesus known and loved.

My congratulations go to all Champagnat Day award winners and especially to the winners of the new award – The Three Violets Award. The Marist’s use the three violets to represent humility, honesty and simplicity.

PENTECOST SUNDAY

This Sunday Christians worldwide will celebrate the feast of Pentecost. This commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit on the early followers of Jesus. At this stage there was no movement that could be called a ‘church’ but that changed with the Spirit in them.

We cannot live as God would have us by our own efforts, gifts and determination. We need the life and power of the Spirit. The English word ‘Pentecost’ is a trasnslation of the Greek work pentekostos, which means fifty. It comes from the ancient Christian expression pentecoste hemera, which means fiftieth day. So as we approach this special Catholic event I reflect upon the early followers of Jesus who had just seen their leader murdered, and then witnessed him risen. They went out and took up the challenge of proclaiming the Good News. I hope and pray that at some time in our lives we also experience the power of the spirit.

The three virtues of humility, simplicity, and modesty come to us from Marcellin Champagnat. These virtues give a quality of authenticity and kindness to our relationships with all the people we meet.  These virtues are likened to three violets hidden in the garden, you can’t always see them however you know they are there through their beautiful perfume.

Humility  ​

Calls us to be humble before God and others, to be grounded in the real world, using our gifts and talents in the service of others with a sense of self-forgetfulness not looking for praise or success or recognition.

Simplicity ​

Calls us to be honest and genuine relationships with others, lacking pretence.

Modesty

Calls us to be polite toward others not seeking to impose our views or be ‘in the face’ of another. It calls us to be humble when successful or victorious and gracious when defeated.  ​

Student - Terry Gilmour

Teacher - Ms Ashley Hume

Support Officer - Ms Katrina Willingham

Congratulations to Year 9 Student Jack O'Toole who was one of the big winners at the 2019 Campbelltown Rotary Youth Excellence Awards on Monday 3rd June.

Jack was named runner-up Campbelltown's Youth Ambassador for 2019 and also recieved the special Roy Boal Award for his long list of achievements in martial arts.

The Stage 5 Music Performance Night was held on Monday 13 May in F block at the school from 6.30-8.00pm. It is essential that students gain experience in performance to enhance their skills for the Music course. The Stage 5 Music students performed a piece from their current topics, Australian Music for Year 9 and Film Music for Year 10. 

For this first concert experience students were asked to bring a peer, friend or family member to support them on the evening. This supportive audience assisted these students in gaining invaluable performance experience with their new repertoire on the evening. The performance component of the elective course is a crucial one, which all students need to experience. Listening and Composing components make up the three strands of the elective Music course. 

Students who performed on the night were:

Year 10: Jarnika Anthony, Jordja Anthony, Ben Cooper, Joel Coskerie, Chris Hall, Natasha Kosztka, Damien Kovac and Damien Thomas

Year 9: Karen Attard, Corey Broughton, Megan Cain, Shane Cathro, Grace Diaz, Cameron Donaldson, Michael Fernandes, Chantel Gill, Liam Harber-Kerr, Adam Heaton, Riley Helm, Mani Jacob, Lachlan Jenart, Eli Matic and Imogen Rashleigh.

Thank you to all the parents, family members and friends who attended the evening. Special thanks to Mrs. Morton for her organization of this event, and to her fellow Music teachers Mrs. Blunden and Mrs. Curtis who gave valuable feedback to the students after the event.

Mr. Stephen Peters

Creative Arts Coordinator

On Wednesday May 15th, the four Year 8 Visual Arts classes with Mrs. Fenessy, Mrs. O’Brien, Mr. Barton and Mr. Peters visited the Campbelltown Arts Centre. All up 90 students took part in this excursion. All students had their Critical Study Assessment Tasks on this excursion, using them as a basis for an in class task at school. In addition, students viewed the sculpture garden outside; examining three-dimensional form, which they are creating in their Artmaking at school. Student introduced to the gallery by the education officer initially, then allowed to viewed the different exhibition spaces in the gallery. One of the works of main focus was the sculptural work was called ‘Between Two Rivers’, referencing the local indigenous links in our community. Thank you to Mrs. Fenessy for organizing this excursion for Year 8.

Mr. Stephen Peters

Creative Arts Coordinator

This is the induction programme for staff who are new to Marist schools. It introduces participants to the story and the spirituality of St Marcellin Champagnat and its expression in the contemporary Catholic school.

Thanks to Mrs Dadd, Mr Fifita, Ms Sharma, Mr Webb and Mrs Carroll for attending this afternoon.

SPORT REPORT TERM 2 - 2019 Round 5 vs St PATS/St. Benedicts

This week our school is in mourning as we pray for Travis Southby and the Southby family. Travis and his sister Olivia have been ever present in our MISA and Diocese teams, both are remarkable athletes and ambassadors of the John Therry community. Our sporting family will keep Travis and his family in our prayers at this difficult time.

MISA NEWS

This week at MISA we had our first wash out round of the competition, which meant that only the indoor sports could be played. Standing are below before round 5 games. Please not BYE rounds do not receive points.

Current standings:

CCC SOCCER

Patrick Picot, Baxter Sparks and Olivia Sloan competed in the Wollongong squad for the Opens Diocese soccer tournament at Valentine Sports park this week. With some great performances from our students, Olivia’s team were unlucky to lose the grand final in a penalty shootout. In more great news Olivia was selected in the CCC teams for the upcoming All Schools trials.  Well done Olivia.

JENNA STEELE- AFL NEWS

Congratulations to Jenna Steele who was selected in the Under 16 AFL NSW/ ACT Rams Youth girls side. The team was selected following the recent Under-16 Academy Series played in Blacktown between the Swans and GIANTS regions. The Swans took out the Series with two wins, though the GIANTS were competitive in both matches.

The Rams will head to Melbourne this Friday for their match against Vic Metro on Saturday, with a venue to be confirmed.

http://aflnswact.com.au/2019-under-16-rams-youth-girls-announcement/

MISA. Open Golf Championship 2019

The 5th MISA Open Golf Championship will be held on Wednesday 11th September, 2019 at Camden Lakeside Golf Club. On behalf of Macarthur Independent Schools Association.

This year, there will again be two competitions.

The MISA Cup Event, for those students who have a Golf Link handicap. This event will be played off Scratch and Net scores, with winners in age groups and gender.

Players will follow normal golf rules with a 30cm-preferred lie on the fairways only. Schools can nominate up to 3 students for each division, Juniors Boys (7-9) and Seniors Boys (10-12) and Open Girls (7-12). Student nominations will determine the overall structure of the competition.

The MISA Plate Event, for those students who do not have a handicap. This event will be played off scratch score only, with winners in age groups and gender.

Players will follow normal golf rules with a 30cm-preferred lie on the fairways only. Players who take more than 7 shots for a hole will write a score of +7 on their scorecard, pick up their ball and move to the next hole with their group.

Schools can nominate up to four (4) seniors (10-12) and four (4) juniors (7-9) of mixed gender. A maximum of eight students from each school. Student nominations will determine the overall structure of the competition.

• All student players are required to have their own golf clubs, are aware of some basic rules and etiquette and have had some golfing experience.
• Students, where possible, will play in groups of four.
• Students will be responsible for their own scoring and that of one other player in their group.
• In the event of tied scores, a count back system will be used to determine the winner.
• It is expected that all players follow normal golfing etiquette. School sports uniform to be worn if golf attire is unavailable.
• Poor behaviour on the course will result in the student being disqualified from the event and will be asked to ‘retire’ from their round.

Students need to arrive by 8am sign up for an 8:30 start. The day is expected to finish around 2:00pm

There will be 2 staff in attendance throughout the day to monitor the event. A detailed event outline will be sent out to schools confirming their entry.

Students’ entries can be done via a google form that will be shared with the coordinating staff member, including names, age and handicap by Wednesday 28th August, 2019.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Bill Turner Round 3 game TBA

Week 7 - Wednesday 12th June Dio CCC Football Playoffs (Intermediate and Senior Boys teams)

Week 8 - Thursday 20th June Dio CCC Basketball Playoffs – Jnr + Int

Week 9 - Thursday 27th June JT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

NSWCCC SPORT REGISTRATIONS 2019

Registrations for the following sports are now open on the NSW CCC website. (https://www.csss.nsw.edu.au/nswccc-home.aspx).

NSW CCC can be followed on the Google calendars. (https://www.csss.nsw.edu.au/nswccc-calendar.aspx )

Instructions on how to create a NSW CCC account, can be on the JT SPORTS PAGE, under the NSW CCC tab.

Please note that some sports are selected by individual trials, and these can be held throughout NSW.

Selection in the following sports: Swimming, Cross Country, Athletics, Touch Football and Football are done through the Wollongong Diocese carnivals by way of representing John Therry at these respective carnivals.

Selection in the following sports: AFL, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket – Girls,  Golf, Hockey, Netball, Rugby League, Rugby, Softball, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball will need to be done via individual nomination and selections.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

This term we also have our athletics carnival in on Thursday in Week 9. Three weeks to go. Currently Conolly house hold a strong lead in the sporting house championship, can anybody catch them? If you did not bring back your swimming/ athletics note you are required to do so. Spare notes can be collected and handed in at the Sports Office, reminder there is now a permission note mailbox if the office is unattended.

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

As a Marist school, we have been asked to support two schools in Vanuatu this year by Marist Solidarity:

• St Anne’s Port Orly Santo Vanuatu
• St Michel’s Technical College Santo Vanuatu

Three John Therry Staff (Mr Martyn, Mr Forshaw, his wife Bernadette  and Mr Strojny) will be visiting these schools in the July 2019 holidays.

In Term 3 we will continue to fund-raise for Marist Solidarity.

In Term 4, Year 10 students will commence the process to apply to go on an Immersion to Vanuatu in July 2020 to these schools.

The eight students selected from this application/interview process will accompany six JTCHS staff in 2020

Come along to our movie night and show your support.  Tickets on sale for three weeks in the SCHOOL OFFICE at lunch (card or cash)

Venue:  Event Cinemas Macarthur Square – Tuesday 25th June at 6.30pm

There are two packages available:

• $20.00 includes the Toy Story 4 Movie, drink, popcorn and donation
• $10 includes the Toy Story 4 Movie and donation.

Dear parents/carers of our Year 10 students,

This is a gentle reminder that the Course Preference (Subject Selection) Information Evening for Year 11 students 2020 will be held on Wednesday evening, 12th June from 6.30 pm-8:15 pm.

The night will commence with you and the students visiting KLA displays in A block (6:30 pm to 7:25 pm) followed by a presentation in the Hall (7:30 pm to 8:15 pm).

The visit to the classrooms will give you and the students an opportunity to meet with KLA coordinators and teachers to clarify and ask questions about courses.

The presentation in the Hall will give you and the students an overview of the demands and requirements of Stage 6 study as well as ways and means we, as a school, can support you and the students.

Looking forward to seeing you on the night.

Kind regards,

Mrs Ramchandra

Dear parents/carers of our Year 8 students,

This is a gentle reminder that the Course Preference (Subject Selection) Information Evening for Year 9 students 2020 will be held on Wednesday evening, 12th June from 7:00 pm-8:15 pm.

The night will commence with a presentation in the Hall (7:00 pm to 7:25 pm) followed by you and the students visiting KLA displays in A block (7:30 pm to 8:15 pm).

The presentation in the Hall will give you and the students an overview of the demands and requirements of Stage 5 study as well as ways and means we, as a school, can support you and the students.

The visit to the classrooms will give you and the students an opportunity to meet with KLA coordinators and teachers to clarify and ask questions about courses, particularly the Electives available for Stage 5 study.

Looking forward to seeing you on the night.

Kind regards,

Mrs Ramchandra