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WELCOME BACK TO ALL
I hope that all have had a well-earned rest over the Christmas period and spent time with family and friends. We look forward with great hope to 2022 being a most wonderful year at John Therry. The challenges of the pandemic are ever present and we will take every precaution to keep students and Staff safe.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW YEAR 7
With the restrictions that were in place last year we were unable to hold an Orientation Day for the incoming Year 7 students. This took place on the first day of this year. The students had a wonderful program that saw them rotate through activities in their House or Learning Group. I thank Mr Tran and Ms Schniebli for the organisation.
EXCELLENT HSC RESULTS
John Therry Catholic College would like to congratulate the HSC group of 2021 on their outstanding efforts. A total Year group of 123 students with 65 seeking University admission and an ATAR, achieved a total of 57 Band 6's. 27 students achieved a Distinguished Achievers listing.
This also included 10 students with scores over 90.00 – or 15.4% of the ATAR students. The school ranking improved from 455 in 2019 to 195 this year. This makes John Therry the most improved school in New South Wales from 2019 – 2021, moving up 260 places. Across all examinations 10.1% were converted to Band 6 results, up from 1.9% in 2019.
We celebrate our College Dux, Damian Pattinson who achieved a personal score of 98.75. An outstanding effort. John Therry had four students over 97.00 ATAR – Damian Pattinson, Lauren Marsh, Toby Harland and Anthony Ceroni. Another outstanding effort.
We also recognise Toby Harland who achieved a First place in the state in his Visual Arts course. We also celebrate Lauren Marsh, who attained second place in the state in Visual Arts.
We congratulate Tasmyn Reynolds on being awarded a Catholic Education Office teaching scholarship to the value of $20000 ($5000 per year). Tasmyn obtained an ATAR of 89.50 in the HSC.
In a year where we had incredible covid interruptions the resilience of this group of young people has been amazing. I need to also recognise the Staff that taught these students in their journey through education at John Therry.
NEW STAFF TO JOHN THERRY
It is a normal and positive function of schools to have some turnover of Staff each year. In 2022 welcome back from Maternity Leave Mrs Rueda. We also welcome Jessica Coventry (Science), Ben Joy (TAS), Michael Griffin (TAS), Toby Winter (TAS), Jason Miszczyszyn (Eng), Reese Scarcella (Eng), Briana Screpis (Eng), Antonia Baretto (Eng), Haylee Abela (CAPA).
2022 COLLEGE GOALS.
As we process the difficulties and successes of 2021, particularly our strong HSC results, we also evaluate and set goals for the coming year. For 2022 the goals are :-
- To improve the College learning culture.
- To improve student performance and achievement.
Mr Tran (Year 7 Coordinator) and Mr Marshall welcoming Year 7 to the John Therry community. They have made a wonderful start to their High School journey.
Dear Parents, Caregivers and Students,
Welcome to what is going to be another great year of learning at John Therry Catholic College. I hope everyone had a happy holiday and that all of us are looking forward to a settled start to the College year.
Term 1 is always a unique one- a blend of familiar and new.
Old friends as well as new ones! I take this opportunity to welcome all our Year 7 students as well as students who have enrolled in Years 8-11, this year. I hope you have a smooth start to the year and enjoy every minute of your learning experience. Don’t hesitate to ask for help, if you need it.
Old classrooms as well as new ones! As students walk around the school, you will notice improvements to the school environment. You will notice your classrooms are neat and clean with additional posters directing you to classroom procedures for your lessons. We hope this will help you stay focussed and find relevance in what you learn.
By week 3, all students will receive, via Compass and the Google classroom page, an Assessment Handbook, Assessment Calendar and Assessment Schedule (HSC students will receive the Assessment dates for tasks in Terms 1, 2 & 3). This information will also be available via email and on the school website (printed copies will be available on request). While teachers will draw students’ attention to various sections of these documents from time to time, I suggest you read the Handbook and make a note of the Assessment dates/weeks so everyone is well- prepared for these tasks and a true measure of learning is made possible.
On the 24th February, we will celebrate the achievements of our HSC 2021 students and what a celebration it will be! After a year of such uncertainty and multiple changes to dates, our HSC students were finally able to sit their long-awaited HSC exams. I would like to thank each and every HSC student for their patience and commitment to getting HSC completed as successfully as possible.
We are so proud of all our students and the following in particular:
- Damien Pattinson for his outstanding achievement as DUX of the College with an ATAR of 98.75
- Toby Harland for ranking FIRST in the State in Visual Arts
- Lauren Marsh for ranking SECOND in the State in Visual Arts
- Damien Pattinson for ranking SIXTH in the State in English Standard
In addition:
- Toby Harland for his nomination in ARTEXPRESS (Visual Arts)
- Shelby Brown for her nomination in OnSTAGE (Drama)
- Joseph Prestia for his nomination in OnSTAGE (Drama)
- Natasha Kosztka for her nomination in ENCORE (Music)
We congratulate Tasmyn Reynolds for being accepted into the Step into Teaching Scholarship Program for 2022, Jayde Peranara for winning a scholarship to study the ‘Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance) and Shontay McClymont Lucas for winning the Eileen O’Connor Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Scholarship.
Not only have our students had great success in their chosen courses but 27 of them had outstanding achievements in specific courses and are on NESA’s Distinguished Achievers list.
I would like to congratulate all our HSC students on their success and am looking forward to a grand celebration in a few weeks’ time.
In 2021, our School assemblies (the few we could have) highlighted the great work being done in the different faculties and we will continue to do so this year. I look forward to having the Hall stage overflowing with students who will be recognised for their hard work and success in learning.
Once again, I welcome you to an exciting year of learning at JT. We are always available to answer any queries you may have.
Mrs Lorraine Ramchandra
Curriculum Coordinator
The link below provides a simple overview of compass for parents, and all parents who have not logged in yet should have received an email from the school today with their login details.
https://www.compass.education/guide
Please contact the school if you are having any difficulty accessing compass. Once set up I am sure you will find it very beneficial.
Anybody who has attempted to pick up or drop off their child at school would know that the roads around our school become very congested at this time. We have our feeder Primary School, Our Lady Help of Christians on site and other local schools close by. We recommend where possible to slightly delay the pick up time in the afternoon as the congestion eases quite quickly after 3:25pm. There is also the option to have your child walk out to Anthony Drive, and avoid having to enter and exit the school site.
We ask that parents take care in the drop off bay out the front as this is a busy place with multiple lanes and the safety of our students is a priority.