School Houses
The school is divided into six houses:
- Roebourne House - named after Roe's ship
- Sandleford House - named after Roe's former property back in England
- Durham House - named after Roe's home in England
- Kelmscott House - named after the ship in which Roe came to Australia
- Parmelia House - named after Roe's ship
- Newbury House - named after Roe's birthplace
Roebourne is associated with the colour red and mascot of dragons, Sandleford with yellow and sharks (previously stags), Durham with blue and knights, Kelmscott with green and cougars, Parmelia with black and eagles and Newbury with purple and Lions. The two houses, Parmelia and Newbury were officially introduced on Wednesday 21 April 2010. The mascot, colour and emblem were decided by new members of the house by a popular vote.
In the middle/secondary school, each house contains one pastoral care group (PCG) per year group, and this group is assigned at PCG tutor, who remains with them throughout their high school journey (This excludes Year 7). In Year 7, students are educated in the purpose built Year 7 Suite, at the South-Eastern edge of the campus, overlooking the Primary school oval. The new system introduced in 2010 has 6 classes of year 7's, representing each of the houses.
At JSR there are many Inter-House competitions, the most notable being the Swimming, Cross-Country and Athletics Carnivals. There are also minor competitions including chalk-drawing, music festivals, theatresports, interhouse signing and hymn singing. Points earned from competitions go towards the annual Ivan Jordanoff Interhouse Shield.
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