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Today is the Feast Day of St Mary MacKillop, Australia's first Saint, and someone we can look to as a great model of courage, compassion, and steadfast faith. Her tireless dedication to the dignity and education of every young person, particularly those most in need, inspires the work we aim to do here and now at John Therry. Even through great hardship, her deep faith inspired her to trust in God, persevere with hope, and respond with love — reminding us in her own words to “never see a need without doing something about it.”
Our Year 12 students have just finished their first week of the Trial HSC examinations, one of the most challenging parts of the entire HSC journey. This is largely because these trials form part of their school-based assessment, while students are still completing classwork and assessments right up until the exams begin. We have been very impressed with the effort and diligence our Year 12 students have shown, and we keep them in our prayers as they strive to do their best through the challenges of the HSC.
At our most recent assembly, Dylan from Year 12 delivered a wonderful message to our student body about dedication — one of the key qualities in our JT PRIDE statement, which highlights Purpose, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Engagement. I have included his speech below and invite you to read this powerful message. I commend Dylan for both the inspiring content and the confident, heartfelt delivery of his address to our College community.
As the Higher School Certificate draws near, our students and teachers continue to work diligently in preparation for the upcoming Trial Examinations, commencing in Week 3 of Term 3.
We are incredibly proud of our students for their consistent effort and dedication, the result of years of hard work supported by families and teachers. We encourage each of you to maintain your determination and stay committed as you approach this important milestone.
As you prepare for your trials and the HSC exams ahead, keep these tips in mind:
The following article from the Sydney Morning Herald contains a Higher School Certificate study guide and information about the Higher School Certificate examinations that you may wish to access.
Nothing worthwhile comes easy, it takes hard work, dedication and effort to achieve your desired results.
Good luck in your Trials and God bless,
Who to Contact?
We encourage proactive communication to ensure that questions are answered promptly and concerns are resolved efficiently.
Academic Questions / Concerns: please contact
- Class teacher
- Subject specific Leader of Learning
These staff will escalate matters as required to the Leader of Curriculum or Leader of Teaching and Learning.
Wellbeing and/or Pastoral Concerns: please contact
- Learning Group Mentor
- Leader of Wellbeing
These staff will escalate matters as required to the Leader of Wellbeing and Pastoral Care.
Unresolved matters are communicated to the College Executive, Assistant Principal or Principal. If in doubt, please contact the College office staff, who will place you in contact with the appropriate staff member.
Wearing our College uniform with pride reflects our shared values, fosters a sense of belonging, and upholds the respect and dignity of everyone in our community. By following our uniform guidelines, we demonstrate our commitment to each other and to the high standards that define our College. At our most recent College assembly, students were given some key reminders regarding uniform infringements and winter uniform items.
Processes relating to Uniform Infringements
- Learning Group Mentors check uniform each morning, and class teachers will monitor uniforms throughout the day. Uniform infringements are be recorded on Compass.
- The first uniform infringement will result in the confiscation of any relevant non-uniform items for the duration of the school day and a notification via Compass to parents and students.
- The second uniform infringement will result in the confiscation of any relevant non-uniform items for the duration of the school day and a notification via Compass to parents and students.
- The third uniform infringement will result in a lunch detention and students being placed on a Uniform Monitoring Card for one week.
- The fourth uniform infringement will result in an after school detention and continuation of the Uniform Monitoring Card.
- The fifth uniform infringement will lead to escalated consequences of an in school withdrawal and/or parent meeting with appropriate consequences decided, as well as a uniform review meeting with the Leader of Wellbeing and Pastoral Care.
- Students who do not attend lunch detentions for uniform infringements will be issued an afternoon detention. Students who do not attend afternoon detention will be placed on an in school withdrawal.
- For extreme breaches of the uniform policy, a student will be immediately withdrawn from classes until the situation is rectified, with parent/carer notified.
- The College reserves the right to confiscate items that do not meet the policy. Items of clothing or jewellery that do not conform with regulations will be confiscated and placed in a sealed envelope (for jewellery) and kept in the Wellbeing Office.
Winter Uniform Reminders
- The College sports jacket is not to be worn with the academic uniform.
- Should additional clothing layers be required in extremely cold conditions, non-uniform items must not be visible. This includes long sleeve undershirts that become visible under a short sleeve shirt or blouse.
- The College jumper is not part of the sports uniform. If additional warmth is required, the jumper is to be worn under the tracksuit. The jumper is not to be worn as the outer layer with the sports uniform.
As part of our current unit on Aboriginal perspectives, Year 7 students were fortunate to take their learning beyond the classroom and into our Aboriginal garden. During our lesson Aunty Cherrylle, delivered a powerful and moving talk about Country, community, and culture. Her words offered deep insights into the significance of the land and the importance of respect.
The garden came alive with learning as students listened to the story of the Dharawal people and the unique connection Father John Therry had with the local land. Year 10 and 11 students enriched the experience by playing the didgeridoo, adding a musical layer to the cultural exploration.
Students also had the opportunity to share aspects of their own cultures and reflect on the common threads of respect, identity, and belonging. Many felt a strong connection to the natural surroundings which made the experience even more meaningful.
JTCC SPORT UPDATE - Term 3, Week 3
JTCC Sport Update – A Big Term of Sport and Success
Term 2 was a big for JTCC Sport, filled with participation, passion, and plenty of highlights. One of our standout moments was the JTCC Athletics Carnival, where students smashed an incredible 12 JT College records.A true testament to the talent and dedication of our athletes. Off the back of this success, we’re proud to be sending a strong team of 75 students to represent the College at the Diocesan Athletics Carnival in Week 5, Term 3. We are thrilled to be sitting in a close second in the overall MISA champion house leaderboard, and hope that strong performances in our term 3 divisions can close the gap between us and MCCC.
A huge thanks to you also to our 14 student netball umpires that attended the west region netball gala days in Week 9. Our students were excellent ambassadors for JT and did a fantastic job not only umpiring but providing coaching tips for students. This gala day hosts over 1000 students with many teachers and supporters adding to the event atmosphere at each venue, and cannot run without our netball umpire volunteers.
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MISA - Round 1 |
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TEAM |
COACH |
W/L Score |
Sport Report |
SPOW |
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10 - 12 Boys Indoor Cricket |
A.Chapman |
65-59 |
In our first match of the season, John Therry played against a strong Macarthur Anglican team. We won the toss and the boys were enthusiastic to bowl first. Macarthur Anglican started strong with their first batting pair hitting 25 runs. We fought back really well to keep them to a manageable total. Our batting innings mirrored Macarthur Anglican’s as we started with a 29 run partnership and then had a middle order collapse. When the last pair came out to bat, we needed 10 runs from 12 balls to get the win and Nick Augustine managed the game to perfection. |
Nicholas Augustine |
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10 - 12 Boys AFL |
B.Geribo |
108-0 Win |
Most of this group of boys have played together for the last few years and turned up pretty prepared after a couple of trial/training sessions (apart from a few missing mouthguards). This showed immediately in our midfield as some quality work from Cohan and Josh in the middle provided good service to our forwards, who were able to make an impact on the scoreboard. It was a pretty impressive display across the park and we aim to maintain a strong defensive record going forward. |
Cohan Timmer |
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10 - 12 Girls AFL |
T.Moon |
17-17 |
The 10-12 AFL girls played well in their first game together today. We came up against Thomas Hassall, who had reportedly defeated our girls last year. However, our team proved we were still a strong and competitive side, taking the lead early in the game. It was a team goal brilliantly finished by Chloe. Thomas Hassal managed to equalise and at one point overtook us on the score card. With Ava, one of our key players off injured, a win was seemingly slipping away however the girls held on and managed to come away with a draw. Some outstanding performances from all players, especially our debutantes. |
MVP - Chloe Donovan |
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7/8 Girls Netball - Div 1 |
N.Wagstaff |
41-5 |
Our Year 7/8 Division 1 netball team made an impressive debut together against a formidable St. Patrick's College. Despite St. Pat's shooters demonstrating exceptional accuracy, our defence was truly outstanding. Lily was a force to be reckoned with, consistently taking intercept after intercept, showcasing incredible anticipation and agility. Complementing this, Layla was our pocket rocket in the center court, providing tenacious support, driving the ball forward, and disrupting the opposition's flow. The team worked incredibly well as a cohesive unit, displaying remarkable competitive spirit throughout the game. They consistently fought hard to gain possession and demonstrated excellent teamwork in moving the ball effectively into our goal area, creating scoring opportunities. While the final score of 41-5 doesn't fully reflect the intensity and effort put in, it was a fantastic and invaluable learning experience for all the girls. Their teamwork, determination, and positive attitude were truly impressive, setting a strong foundation for the season ahead. Great work, girls! |
Lily McFadden |
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7/8 Girls Netball - Div 1 |
L. O’Regan |
Lost 48-3 |
Today, for our first game, we came up against a very strong St Pat's team. Our opposition shooters barely missed a goal. Whilst we didn't have many opportunities down our goal end, we still kept trying. The girls continued to put in effort, despite trailing the entire game. Some great defensive touches from Madden. I'm sure we can improve for next week. |
Madden Stevens |
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9/10 Girls Netball |
J.Kelleher |
L 3 - 35 |
A tricky game today against quality opposition, with Magdalene having a quality contingent of strong rep players. After being kept to 0 in the first quarter, with Magdalene scoring 11 unanswered goals - we worked on setting small chunked goals of 3 goals per quarter and trying to keep Magdalene to 6 per quarter. We struggled to score goals but did keep Magdalene’s score consistently lower than that first quarter. Looking forward to our game next week as we continue to improve and grow as a team. |
MVP: Elise Southall |
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7/8 Boys Soccer - Div 2 |
Williamson |
L 3-1 |
a reasonable first game but ultimately outclassed by the opposition. Stronger in the contest and better execution of passes. A well taken goal from Phoenix after good lead up play but we will need to show better ball movement up the field if we are going to achieve success. |
Lachlan Drake |
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7/8 Boys Soccer - Div 1 |
Bodeker |
2-2 Draw |
We faced Magdalene in a Grand Final rematch from last season with JT fighting back to have a 2-2 draw. We started strong and created several good chances but were unable to capitalise. Magdalene were able to make the most of their limited chances in the first half and scored just before half time. With only seconds left in the first half, we gave away a penalty which was missed by Magdalene. We went into half time with some confidence knowing that we could get back in the game. We started strong in the 2nd half and quickly equalised thanks to some great work from Levi and Austin Boxsell. It was back and forth for the next 10 minutes with both teams squandering good chances to take the lead. Unfortunately Magdalene were able to capitalise on a counter attack and tucked away a nice attacking move to make it 2-1. With 5 minutes left, John Therry lifted and once again Austin was able to put away a slick attacking move to make it 2-2. We had a few chances to win it but were unable to capitalise and had to settle for a 2-2 draw. Despite not playing our best, the boys were able to fight their way back into the game on multiple occasions and should be proud of their efforts. Shoutout to Xavier who made several saves to keep us in the game in the first half. Our best players on the day were Levi, Austin and Xavier with Austin getting MVP for our first game. |
Austin Boxsell |
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9/10 Boys Soccer |
J.Cook |
Won 1 - 0 V Magdalene |
Round 1 of the Term 3 competition saw us up against our rivals Magdalene Catholic College. With both teams well represented by NPL players, the game was set to be a good one. The field was green but not friendly as both teams struggled to maintain possession, but when they did, were able to create scoring opportunities, with JT having most of the scoring chances. Shout out to stand in keeper Floilan who handled the debut game with confidence and skill. Cooper Marshall and Cooper Firman were strong and were almost on the scoresheet, but we were goalless at the break. Second half into the wind was our friend as we chasnged out tactics to finding the pockets out wide, and after several chances, our goal came from a poorly executed Magdalene back pass, in which Davonne converted. We then resorted to bolstering our backline as we saw the rest of the game out. |
Cooper Marshall / Floilan Magalona |
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7 - 9 Girls Soccer |
B.Joy |
Lost 4-3 v Magdalene |
The 7-9 Soccer Girls went into our first round without much hope, having struggled to fill a team of 11 and missing so many key players from previous years, the odds were backed against us heavily. An early penalty scored by debutant Ivy Smith (Year 8) put us in the lead 1-0 before the opposition equalised with a stunning goal. They soon doubled their tally, capitalising on a mistake from our defence. The extra player and options on the bench for our opposition soon became evident as an advantage as they netted a third goal on the brink of half time to make it 3-1 their way. |
Ivy Smith |
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MISA - Round 2 |
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TEAM |
COACH |
W/L Score |
Sport Report |
SPOW |
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10 - 12 Boys Indoor Cricket |
A.Chapman |
56-44 L |
JT played against Broughton in a closely fought contest. Broughton batted first and started really slowly due to some really good bowling. We had lots of energy in the field and we were able to create lots of run out chances to keep the opposition to 56. JT was steady with the bat, but we lost regular wickets and could never quite get into a dominant position in the match. On the last ball, we had a chance to steal an unlikely victory, but fell just short. |
Deegan Houston |
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10 - 12 Boys AFL |
B.Geribo |
Washed out |
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10 - 12 Girls AFL |
T.Moon |
Washed out |
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7/8 Girls Netball - Div 1 |
N.Wagstaff |
8-30 L |
Our Year 7/8 Division 1 netball team delivered an outstanding and competitive performance against tough opposition. Our shooters worked hard, using space well, but faced a tenacious opposing defense. On the defensive end, our players were exceptional, making critical intercepts and applying strong pressure. The center court players showed significant improvement, moving the ball fluidly down the court. Their teamwork has truly improved out of sight. Overall, it was a great display of competitive spirit and growth against formidable competition. |
Lucy Gabriel |
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7/8 Girls Netball - Div 2 |
L. O’Regan |
35-7 L |
The girls put in a great team effort today. Despite the scoreline the girls continued to compete for the ball in defence. Paityn had a very strong game in C, helping to move the ball down the court in attack. We played much more cohesively, but unfortunately were no match for our opposition, going down 35-7. Special mention goes to Belle who had a great game in WD and also Katie for playing an unfamiliar position. Well done girls. |
Paityn Rebolledo |
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9/10 Girls Netball |
J.Kelleher |
6-6 Draw |
The girls played an excellent game today after a difficult loss last week. It was a low scoring game, but still a thrilling game with lots of ball seen at both ends. Both circles struggled with feeding the ball in and transition down the court. JT had a small lead for most of the game, but two quick goals in the last three minutes sealed the draw. |
Rylee Louden |
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7/8 Boys Soccer - Div 2 |
Williamson |
Washed out |
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7/8 Boys Soccer - Div 1 |
Bodeker |
Washed out |
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9/10 Boys Soccer |
J.Cook |
Washed out |
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7 - 9 Girls Soccer |
B.Joy |
Washed out |
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U15 Boys Rugby League |
M.Tran + D.Hatton |
Washed out |
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In the Week 1 Assembly we proudly celebrated our Term 2 MISA results, pathway achievements and announced our 2025 Athletics Age Champions. See below some photos from our award recipients.
2025 Athletics Age Champions
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12 Years |
Zara Griffiths - CHIS |
Bentley-JC Foti - CHIS |
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13 Years |
Zoe Hawkes - RYN |
Hayden Choice - CHIS |
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14 Years |
Willow Acreman - CHIS |
Tate O’Keefe - MUR |
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15 Years |
Jada Wagstaff -CHIS |
Bryson Da Silva - RYN |
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16 Years |
Georgina Akol - CHIS |
Jaidon Cosmidis - MUR |
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17+ Years |
Ava Hilton - MUR |
Jordan Truckle - MUR |
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Junior Multi-Class |
Sophia Wragg-Leighton - RYN |
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Senior Multi-Class |
Dominic Baker - CON |
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Congratulations again to those students. A huge congratulations also to MURRAY House – champions of the 2025 Athletics Carnival!
Well done to all houses for an amazing day of spirit, effort, and competition!
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1st Place |
Murray |
2775 |
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2nd Place |
Conolly |
2034 |
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3rd Place |
Chisholm |
2012 |
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4th Place |
Ryan |
1876 |
We will announce our 2025 Sporting House Champion at the end of the term.
Pathway Achievements
Annelise Hall - Rugby League
Annelise represented the NSWCCC U18 Girls Rugby League team at the NSW All Schools Championships during the July school holidays. The NSWCCC team performed well, making it to the semi-finals against QRSS, losing in a close match 14-8. This is a fantastic achievement and a reflection of Annelise’s hard work, talent and passion for the game.We’re proud to see her competing at this level across multiple sports.
Sophia Wragg-Leighton was selected in the New South Wales All Schools team to compete at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championship – School Sport Australia Aquatic Games in Brisbane, Queensland. Sophia is the youngest competitor in her age group as a 12 year old swimming in the 13-15yr age group, and has performed exceptionally well. See below for her results.
7th 50m freestyle
8th 100m backstroke
5th 200m freestyle
5th 50m butterfly
7th 200m IM
8th 100m breaststroke
Mixed Medley relay - Bronze
External Pathway Achievements
Emma Nortey - Netball
Emma’s reps team finished first at NSW state titles in their division and she has been talent recognised by Netball NSW and has been recommended to trial for SWSAS. Congratulations Emma!
Upcoming Events Term 3 2025:
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Term 3, Week 4 |
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Monday 11th August - MISA Golf Championships - Campbelltown Golf Club (THURSDAY 14th AUGUST) - Diocesan Tennis Teams Championship (Boys & Girls) - Beaton Park Tennis Courts |
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Term 3, Week 5 |
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Friday 22nd August - Diocesan Athletics Championships - Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Campbelltown |
Diocesan and Pathways update
2025 planning and calendar for representative pathway opportunities are below.
CEDoW WEBSITE- Event Information, Selected rep teams and Carnival Results
A reminder to visit our Secondary CEDoW Sports Web current information about events, selected teams and carnival results
Don't forget to follow the CEDOW instagram handle: @cedow.sport
Students at John Therry are given the opportunity to represent John Therry at College, Diocesan and CCC sporting events.
CLICK HERE - JTCC PATHWAY INFORMATION
Diocesan Sporting Opportunities
This is the main school sporting pathway that is offered to students at John Therry Catholic College. Some John Therry CC Diocesan teams are determined through trials, or a carnival hosted at a college level (Athletics, Cross Country, Swimming), however some teams are determined by individual trials that students must nominate and register for online. Further information can be found at: https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/sport/
NSWCCC Sporting Opportunities
NSWCCC is another school sporting pathway that is offered to students at John Therry Catholic College. Some CCC teams are determined through qualifying at a carnival hosted at a Diocesan level (Athletics, Cross Country, Football, Rugby League, Swimming, Basketball, Touch Football), however some teams are determined by individual trials that students must nominate and register for online. Students must be currently competing at a representative level in their chosen sport to be considered for CCC team trials.The sports that require online nomination and registration include:
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It is important that online registration is completed before the closing date for each sport. These are outlined on the CSNSW website: https://csnsw.sport
Online registrations are now open for 2025. Please refer to the information on the website regarding the registration process. Here is a link to assist with sports registration for parents: https://csnsw.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/2/topic/65d787c5-0d2a-4699-a63a-25d586b67ba2
A reminder to check the Compass Portal for upcoming sporting events and their respective closing dates.
You can also access the Wollongong Sport site for more information regarding Diocesan Sport throughout the year.
https://www.dow.catholic.edu.au/student-experience/sport/secondary-sport
Yours in Sport,
Georgia Roberts (RobertsG03@dow.catholic.edu.au)
Please find below a link to the latest Parish Bulletin