Year 7 The 2015 Year 7 Cohort have embraced the challenges associated with adjusting to secondary school. While many cannot believe how quickly their first year of secondary school has gone, it is the huge variety of activities and functions that contribute to life at St Joseph’s College that makes it feel like time has flown. The year 7 student leaders have reflected on some of the opportunities that have contributed to their successful transition from primary school to secondary school. Simon Piasente – Year 7 Coordinator CYBER CATS At the start of Term 3 the Year 7 class captains attended the Cyber Cats Centre at Simonds Stadium to learn about cyber bullying. Cyber Cats put on some great activities to show you what it feels like and looks like to be cyber bullied. We also had a guest speaker and the opportunity to make short movies with Geelong Cats back man Jake Kolodjashnij. These movies showed different ways that people can become a victim of cyber bullying and how to stop it or how to get assistance. We also learned from policeman Robbie Noggler about different dangers of online communication. On returning to school we had the opportunity to share what we had learnt with the rest of the year level. - Tanner Bruhn and Frederick Dripps SILVER COIN TRAIL The Silver Coin Trail challenge was to collect as many silver coins as possible to create a trail. The money was for Caritas’ Project Compassion. The theme this year was food of life; to end hunger and to give the poorest people the nutrition they deserve. The Year 7s did a fantastic job in making this dream closer to becoming a reality; altogether they raised a total sum of $1291. This is a massive achievement because the boys only had three weeks to round up the money. Once all the money was collected, each Homeroom placed their coins into a line to see how long their trail would be.The longest line was the homeroom 7F. Their line was a whopping 41.9m. All donators should be proud, knowing that they’re giving people the food they need to live a healthy and happy life. - Cormac Lynch
BEACH BONANZA At the start of the year, all of the year sevens were new and didn’t know many people in our homerooms. So St Joseph’s worked as hard as they could to change that. One of the many opportunities we had to get to know each other was the Beach Bonanza Day. During the second and third week of T1, 2 or 3 homerooms travelled to Bancoora Beach or Cosy Corner in Torquay, mixing in different beach and water activities. Some of the beach activities included Soccer, Football, Frisbee and beach walks. The main highlight of the beach activities was most definitely the sand castle competition.There were some very inventive creations, from sand-made unicorns with sea weed manes to full out forts built with planning and strategy, every creation was a tough competitor. Then all of the homerooms at the beach came together for lunch and sunscreen. After that, the homerooms swapped activities, and started surfing or building sand castles once again. The surfing was very fun, as all of us learnt the safety procedures, paddling and kicking. Some of us even got a wave, but others unfortunately weren’t so lucky. After the last activity, everyone had a snack, a quick shower and got changed. The beach day was a trip to remember as everyone made new friends and became a better friend themselves. Tom Newnham CAMP In the coldest part of the year we travelled down to Myrnigyong. To stay at the YMCA Recreational Centre. Everyone was very eager to hop off their bus and find out their roommates. After we finished setting up and talking with the owners of the park, we finally got into the activities, some of the activities included bike riding, raft building, the flying fox and many more. The majority of the people enjoyed the flying fox and the bike riding. All the teachers were very proud of us boys because we all had a go at all the activities and tried our best. The reason we went to camp was to meet new friends and try new experiences. We all enjoyed ourselves and looking forward to next camp. Noah Gribble
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