newsletter-2016-june - Cavendish Road State High School

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24 June 2016
THE PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have almost come to the end of Term 2,
another very successful Semester of
learning at Cav Road.
Congratulations Mrs Sarah
Hickey
Sarah Hickey has been selected in the
'Lethbridge Small Scale Art Awards' 2016. Her work is below.
Sarah is a dedicated practitioner, teacher and artist. To have a
work selected in these Awards is very impressive.
Congratulations Sarah!
Watching Sporting Teams Play
during Class Time
Under no circumstances are our teachers
to take their classes out of lesson time to
watch our sports teams compete at Cav
Rd. Learning time is too valuable and too
important to our students and their futures.
Staff Training and Professional Development
Since our last communication our staff at Cav Road have
participated in the following professional development initiatives
together:
• Student Protection Training
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07 3394 0777
Fax: 07 3394 0700
• Art and Science of Teaching (ASOT) Twilight session
with Dr Stephan Millett from Curtin University,
Western Australia. Dr Millett worked with the staff of
our school and local primary school’s involved in the
CIF initiative, and focussed on establishing an
environment to develop ‘critical and creative
thinkers.’ Dr Millett targeted the process of ‘Inquiry’
with reference to ASOT and how an inquiry mindset
supports our students to practise, deepen and test
their understanding of knowledge.
National Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is held annually from 27
May - 3 June and celebrates the rich culture and history of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. NRW coincides
with two dates in Australia’s history which are significant
milestones in the reconciliation journey – 27 May marks the
anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, and 3 June marks the
anniversary of the High Court’s judgment in the 1992 Mabo
case. The NRW 2016 theme is “Our History, Our Story, Our
Future”. Cav Road staff and students acknowledged this
special time with an Assembly led by our Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander leaders.
For more information visit the ‘Reconciliation Australia’ website:
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/
Congratulations Ms Mel Andreatta
Congrats to Ms Mel Andreatta who is off to the Rio Olympics to
support the Australian female football team. Follow this link for
the media launch
• Supporting Traumatised Students
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/mentoring
-program-for-female-coaches-kicks-off/1n13mww27o
• Cyber Safety
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QCAA Trial of the External English Examination
Congratulations and special thanks to our Senior English
students, our Head of Department – English Diana McFadzean
and our English staff for their successful implementation of the
trial QCAA External Examination in English. This group of staff
are trail blazers and have worked tirelessly to ensure that they
and their students are ready for full implementation in the future.
Congratulations and Thank You Ms Masselos
Congratulations Ms Masselos on our school’s successful bid
for the Education Queensland International (EQI) 2016
Appropriation Subsidy program. Based on our submission and
the criteria assessed by the EQI panel members, we were
awarded $52,655. The school’s total bid was $76,079 and EQI
will provide funds totalling $52,655 made up as follows:
Resources / items
Funds
allocated
10 Dell Latitude E5470 laptops with carry bag
($1190 each)
$11,900
5 x Casio Classpad FX-CP400 Colour Graphing
Calculator - $224 each
$1,120
Tambour Cupboard for housing student
uniforms used for students on Destination Day
and at other times
$ 1,107
Shelter covering for outdoor seating area
$ 38,528
This is great news and further adds to the current scope of
works.
Congrats Mr David Thompson - Entrepreneurs
of Tomorrow Grant Application
The aim of the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow program is to inform
ways in which we can develop the skills students need to
become the creators and innovators of Queensland’s future. A
selection panel consisting of representatives with educational,
industry and entrepreneurial expertise assessed all applications
to ensure they met the aim of the Entrepreneur of Tomorrow
Program. The quality of the applications was very high with
many schools planning innovative ways to provide students
with entrepreneurial learning opportunities.
An initial payment of $10,000 will occur in June 2016, and
subsequent payments of $3,300 will be made in June 2017 and
2018.
Successful applicants will be required to make their resources
available to all state schools to assist them in developing their
own entrepreneurial learning programs.
Attendance Update
Top 10 PS Classes
1
Sarah Bergamini
ROP L
97.11
2
Sarah Potter
PGE I
96.92
2
Helen McNulty
PGE L
96.92
4
Krishna Lal
HPR H
96.91
5
Kyan Lambie
JNS D
96.90
6
Marie Chappell
PGE C
96.87
7
Seb Brown
HPR B
96.83
8
Sarah Atkinson
PGE H
96.80
9
Joel Smith
JNS C
96.75
10
Adam Guest
JNS K
96.62
Visit by The Secretary General of Our
Commonwealth
Special thanks to Mr Joe Kelly MP, State Member for
Greenslopes for assisting our school to host the Secretary
General of the Commonwealth, Mr Akbar Khan. This was a
great honour for staff and students and our students studying
Humanities embraced this wonderful learning opportunity.
End Semester Reports
End Semester Reports will be emailed to parents during Week
2 of Term 3.
Acting Arrangements over the Coming Weeks
Whilst Mr Adam Kuss is on Paternity Leave and LSL,
congratulations to Mrs Lisa Williams who is acting/Director Of
Student Achievement – Years 7 and 8 and Mrs Lesley
Whittington who is acting/Year 7 Coordinator.
Whilst I am away studying at Harvard University 11-19th July,
Ms Meryl Johnston will act as Principal, Mr Paul Cox as
Associate Principal, Mr Strak Kosanovic as Deputy Principal
and Ms Claire Spruce as A/HOD – Humanities. Thank you
to each of these great staff who are providing me with this
wonderful opportunity.
Enjoy a well-deserved end Semester break. Our students have
worked tirelessly this Semester and have achieved some
outstanding results. Thank you to all parents and families for
your support.
Corrine McMillan
Principal
2016 Senior Philosothon at the University
of Queensland
Fourteen of Cav Rd’s talented philosophical thinkers took on
the best and brightest from Queensland’s Secondary
Philosophy community in the annual UQ Senior Philosothon.
With over 80 students from Queensland state and private
schools, the event was nothing shy of inspiring, and at times
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so philosophical and complex it caused a mind ache. Groups
of about 10 students from varying schools congregated in
Socratic Circles to discuss and questions some of Philosophy’s
fundamental questions in hopes of arriving at a general
consensus, an outcome rarely arrived upon when the minds
of philosophers meet. Questioning the need and/or ability to
program computers to be moral kicked off the day, with
students entering their last session to deconstruct Socrates’
very famous quote, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Driven by passion and rationality, our Cav Roadians reasoned
with charity and grace, so much so they impressed many
judges including one of the key professors in UQ’s School
of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, a well-deserved
acknowledgement for our students. Notable Thinker awards will
be delivered and we look forward to presenting them to our
winning students. All in all the students had a great day and
when asked if they would like the chance to do it again next
year there was an overwhelming response of “Yes!” Way to go
young philosophers, as always you make us proud.
Morgan Stebbings
Academic Excellence Program Director
I was really keen to attend the recent Cyber Safety parent
session last week. My two Cav Roadian boys (Yrs 7 & 9) had
talked a lot about the talk they had from Brett Lee earlier in the
day and his message had clearly had an impact on them.
The messages presented were kept really simple but we were
left in absolutely no doubt about how crucial they were. For me,
the most important messages were:
• No internet enabled devices in bedrooms after
bed-time (or set a time where they get put away)
• Keep current - know what they view online and who
they're talking to
• Be the parent - we set guidelines in all other aspects
of our kids' lives, why not their internet usage? If we
don't - their guidelines will come from who knows
where!
• Talk about cyber safety - and keep talking about it
Georgia (Student) - It was awesome to hear from Brett and he
gave us some interesting ideas about the way that we use our
laptops. It really opened my eyes about the ways that internet
providers can access our personal details now. I’ll be more
aware of this in the future, particularly on social networking and
gaming sites.
This was our first wellbeing ‘parent engagement’ session for
2016. I look forward to meeting more parents at the next
session! For further information on Internet Safety and
Cyberbullying Resources for Parents and Carers please refer to
http://www.internetsafefamilies.com
Rebecca Gardiner
Head of Department of Student Wellbeing
Cyber Safety Awareness at Cavendish
Road State High School
To maximize the effectiveness of all the internet has to offer
in a social and e-learning environment, instilling good online
behaviours in our youth is the key. Throughout our pastoral
care program, all students of Cavendish Rd SHS are exposed
to a dedicated cyber safety awareness program, which offers
a range of ideas that our students can implement to avoid
or reduce issues they may face in an online world. When our
students understand these, it encourages and empowers them
to embrace technology in a positive way and provides a
tangible reason to make sound online decisions.
On Monday 6 June, Brett Lee, a renowned undercover internet
detective, presented to all of our students about safe online
behaviours. In addition to the student cohort, Brett briefed all
teachers on the topic and then ran a parent information session
in the evening. It was fantastic to see so many parents turn
up to be informed on this important issue. The feedback we
received was very positive regarding the presentation.
What our community is sayingRosie (Parent)-
Year 10 STEM Student Representative for
Cavendish Road SHS
Recently, I was invited to participate in the "STEM Girl Power:
Discovering DNA" workshop run by SPARQ-ed at the
Translational Research Institute. Its aim was to encourage
young women to aspire towards a career in STEM (science,
technology, engineering and mathematics).
Many successful female scientists came to chat with us, to
tell us about their journey and share their insights into working
in the field of STEM. I was particularly inspired by the very
enthusiastic Natalie McKirdy, a past Cavendish Road student.
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She gave a presentation talking about the research she is
currently doing as part of her Ph.D., investigating how certain
compounds from silk could be used as a treatment for
blindness caused by retinal degeneration. She is a Young
Science Ambassador with the Wonder of Science program,
inspiring young people across regional Queensland to become
interested in a STEM career.
Part of the program was to plan activities to run back at school
during Australian National Science Week, to be held in August.
Along with the STEM prefects, I will help run activities and
science challenges for students across the school, and
hopefully we'll get some local primary schools involved too. The
program focused on a particular DNA extraction experiment
that we can repeat with these students as part of the event.
Emma Penfold
Year 10 Student
Philosophy and Ethics Gifted and
Talented Conference
We are always looking for ways to bring our Philosophy
students into the community to interact and work with others.
This year’s Academic Conferences’ Gifted and Talented event
presented a very unique way to accomplish this goal, with their
conference theme being Philosophy and Ethics. We jumped on
the opportunity to have 12 of our Philosophy students attend
and learn from influential thinkers such as Julie Arliss, a key
lecturer at King’s College, UK and fellow of Oxford University.
Students participated in 4 sessions focusing on key questions
which the world’s greatest thinkers have battled with on their
journey to discover truth and wisdom. A venture into the world
of knowledge acquisition left our students grappling with
whether they identified with the rationalist or empiricist
approach of epistemology. The day culminated in a ‘Big
Debate’ where our students argued with our keynote speakers
regarding the God Conclusion, responding to the Houses’
position that the existence of God can be known. I was so
impressed with how our students conducted themselves
throughout the whole conference, listening attentively and
providing insightful questions and comments at the end of each
session. After a full day of inquiry and thought our students
were eager to have our own Socratic Discussion to reflect
on the key questions that came up throughout the day, so
at 2:30 we sat in our own circle outside Churchie’s ERPAC
building and discussed the day’s events. It was truly a proud
moment as a philosophy teacher, to witness these students
guide themselves through a discussion that was completely
self-initiated.
Morgan Stebbings
Academic Excellence Program Director
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Dr Karl at Cav Rd
Our senior science academy classes had
the privilege of attending a 1 hr Q & A with
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki in the auditorium last
Wednesday, 15th of June. Dr Karl is a very
well-known science communicator and
populariser. You may know him from the
ABC or the Channel 10 show, The Project.
He gave up his afternoon and spent the
whole hour fielding random science related
questions from our top science students. Topics ranged from
the big bang, to evolution, to genetic engineering, to life on
mars and the science behind our gender plus many more. It
was a fantastic opportunity for our students to share his
excitement for science and I think we were all a little star struck.
Dr Karl even hand signed and donated his full authored book
collection (38 books) to the school library. To check out more
info on Dr Karl head to:
http://www.drkarl.com
Paul Batchler
Science Department
STEM Science Ambassadors
Emma Penfold and our Year 9 STEM prefects, Lily Biggs and
Sean Chaseling, assisted Dr Bartlett on Tuesday 14th June with
the Primary Science Club. Year 5 students from seven different
primary schools (Greenslopes, Holland Pk, Mount Gravatt,
Camp Hill, Gumdale, Carina, and Wishart) were engaged in fun
forensic activities that involved gathering evidence and using
Science experiments to solve a “Who Dunnit?” task. The lab
was buzzing with excitement and the help from our science
ambassadors was invaluable!
Joanne Campbell
Science Teacher
Year 8 Reader’s Cup Team
Academic Excellence Pseudoscience
Session
Over the first 5 weeks of term our Science fans embarked
on a quest to evaluate some of the many claims which fall
under the topic of Pseudoscience. Have you ever read an
advertisement that promised you eye lashes with 200% more
volume and wondered how exactly they measured that 200%
value? What about the absorbency of your household paper
towels? Is one brand really better wet than dry? Or better
than a Chex cloth? With the aid of a science teacher mentor
our groups tested some pretty wild claims including the ever
prevalent “3 Second Rule” and whether or not anti-bacterial
gel actually does kill 99.9% of all germs. Students came up
with their own hypothesis and planned the whole experiment
from start to finish. Working at a senior science level, students
carried out advanced tests including the Benedict’s test to
determine glucose presence and growing bacterial colonies
on agar plates and incubating them for further analysis and
measurement. In the final week students presented their
findings in a seminar which reflected the work of university
students rather than middle school students, especially the
question and answer sessions which followed each
presentation. The clarity with which our scientists posed their
questions and the depth of thinking and understanding that
went into them were definitely the highlights for the teacher
mentors.
The results; well let’s just say there is no such thing as the three
second rule, and that hand sanitizer is good, but not 99.9%
good!
Morgan Stebbings
Academic Excellence Program Director
On the evening of Tuesday the 14th of June, I accompanied five
excited Year 8 students to the 2016 Reader’s Cup challenge.
Over the past six weeks, these students had been busily
reading four novels and one picture book as well as having
weekly meetings to practise answering quiz questions about
all of these books. This was all in preparation for the final
challenge. The students represented both themselves and Cav
Road extremely well, displaying excellent behaviour,
sportsmanship and wearing their uniform with pride. Overall, the
Cav Road team came fifth out of seventeen teams representing
both state and private schools which was a great result that
they were very proud of.
Year 8 Reader’s Cup team 2016: Bella, Jess, Kiara, Dion and
Cooper.
Kasia Kurylewska
English and Humanities Teacher
Archaeological Dig at Toowong Cemetery
A little over a month ago we took a group of intrepid Year 7
students on a real life archaeological dig at Toowong cemetery.
These students form part of the school’s Academic Excellence
Program (AEP) and had spent 5 weeks in class with Ms Spruce
and Mr K learning that it isn’t about being Indiana Jones but
rather more like being a careful detective. We were really
impressed with the students’ capacity to problem solve the
issues facing archaeologists in terms of fragmented evidence,
the preservation and destruction of evidence and, of course,
whether a pie was better than a kebab. These activities were
designed to slow down their thinking and consider the
alternatives and best options. Our mantra was “not to give us
your first answer but your best answer” and it was great to
witness a definite pause between the question and the answer
by week 3 of the unit. Next year we`d love to build on what
we achieved with this group by introducing them to forensic
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archaeology in year 8, which involves a trip to UQ. We have
included photos from the day (special thanks to Natalie
Oldham) as well as an account from Alex Dane.
This day was the day we were going to make history—or at
least discover it. Our school’s Academy of Ideas Archaeology
students were going to Toowong Cemetery to dig and find old
headstones from the 19th century and onwards. We were also
going to explore the cemetery and solve a murder mystery.
We had heard that a group of girls last year had found the
gravestone of the first Sherriff of Queensland`s infant child and
it was put in a museum! We were very excited. Other
archaeologists had been itching to dig in our site but they gave
us a chance to excavate first. We had been training for this for
weeks and we were ready to get our hands dirty. When we got
there our instructor, Dr Jon, told us the rules and how to handle
the equipment.
I was in the first group so we got to do the digging first. We all
charged into the pit (from the ramp of course) and got straight
into it. It was so exciting and by the end of it we had found
well over 20 headstones! After our break we went off to our
next activity. For my group it was exploring the graves in the
cemetery with Mr K. We learnt all about the different types of
gravestones. We saw gravestones of soldiers and children and
we also saw the area for the people who couldn’t afford a head
stone. It was quite sad; there was just an empty area of grassy
land for them. After our second break we went with Ms Spruce
to solve the murder mystery of Elizabeth Dale. She had been
visiting the gravestones of her father and brother and was found
drowned in the dam between the graves. Long story short, we
figured it out, but I won’t spoil it for next year’s group.
Beyond the Broncos Program
The ‘Beyond the Broncos’ Program aims to provide support to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 10-12
to stay in school, complete their senior studies and prepare
for the transition into further education and employment. It
is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Indigenous
Advancement Strategy. Former Broncos, State of Origin and
Australian NRL player, Jharal Yow Yeh, works with Cav Road’s
Indigenous Year 10-12 students in his role as Community
Programs Officer for the Brisbane Broncos. Jharal visits Cav
Road weekly to meet with and mentor students, and also
delivers workshops every term on topics including culture,
lifestyle and careers.
ARTIE Academy
FOGs continue to deliver their ARTIE Academy (Achieving
Results through Indigenous Education) to our Year 7-9
students. Founded in 2010, the ARTIE Academy’s vision is
to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous students
attending Queensland State Schools by continuing the legacy
of legendary Former Origin Great, Arthur Beetson. His vision
and passion was for young Indigenous Australians to become
educated by completing school and gaining a meaningful
career. The ARTIE Academy aims to create high expectations
for effort, behaviour, achievement and commitment. Students
are encouraged, rewarded and informed of opportunities in a
concentrated effort to ‘Close the Gap’ in educational outcomes
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.
Kym Ford
Indigenous Liaison Offficer
We barely made it back to the bus in time to leave but we left
with a smile on our faces. I think I speak for everyone when I
say that it was one of the best excursions by far. Thank you Dr
Jon for giving us the opportunity of a life time.
Strachan Kosanovic
Head of Department- Humanities
Jharal Yow Yeh with Cav Road’s Year 10-12 Indigenous
students at the official Program launch.
Programs for Indigenous students
Cavendish Road SHS’s Indigenous students are fortunate to be
involved with several community programs. The Former Origin
Greats ARTIE Academy and Brisbane Broncos have united with
selected Secondary State Schools in South East Queensland
to enhance the support given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander students. The ARTIE Academy and Beyond the
Broncos Program operate with high expectations for effort,
behaviour, achievement and commitment.
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Guidance/Career News
Career Education Program Year 10
You will be aware that our students are participating in Career
Education Programs. Our year 10s kick off their program on
Fri 17 June with a presentation from the University of Southern
Queensland.
Their program will continue until Week 4 of term 3. During
this time they will learn about themselves in terms of career
development. They will also research an area of work that
currently interests them.
This program will conclude with a very important document all
schools are required to complete: SET P – Senior Education
Training Plan. This Plan identifies the student’s subject selection
for Years 11 and 12, setting them up for their post Year 12
pathway.
Parents will need to be involved and are expected to view the
plan and sign it off in agreement. In doing so we encourage
parents to be aware of:• Their son/daughter’s current plan for 2019
• Prerequisite subjects required
• Suitability of subjects based on interest and ability
• Whether their son/daughter will head for
employment, apprenticeship, university or TAFE in
2019
The following events and dates will inform your contribution to
their SET P.
Date
Event
Week 10
Term 2 –
Week 4
Term3
Career Education Program happens during
PSC classes, Fridays first period.
Monday
15 August
Subject Selection Evening Hall at Cav Road.
Heads of Department will have stalls where
families can gain information about subjects.
familiar with skills, interests strengths and values and how these
relate to possible employment opportunities and further study.
https://myfuture.edu.au/
To prepare students for entry into the paid workforce they will
be building resumes, learning how to seek out job opportunities
and discovering what to expect in a job interview. Students
are also learning that employers will often train workers in job
specific skills but they demand that their employees possess
employability skills. These skills can be developed in a myriad of
ways at school and at home. These employability skills include:
Communication, Teamwork, Problem solving, Initiative and
enterprise, Planning and organising, Self-management,
Learning, and Technology.
Families can assist students to develop their career
management skills by sharing their career journeys, by fostering
the development of employability skills, reinforcing the notion of
lifelong learning, encouraging their children to become aware
of their skills, strengths and values. Students should be
encouraged to identify deficiencies in their employability skills
and encouraged to seek out opportunities to develop them.
We look forward to working with your child,
Kate Niland & Paul Ross
Guidance Officers
Students and parents/carers are strongly
encouraged to attend. Students will be issued
with their Subject Selection Books.
Friday 29
July
Career Expo at Cav Road during first break in
Hall
Week 6
Subject selection Opens Tuesday and closed
Friday
For specific information Guidance Officers are
available by contacting the school.
Mr Morgan will be providing more information. Until then please
date claim the above events.
Career Education in the Junior School
The Years 7, 8and 9 students are just beginning their career
education programs. Career education is vital to our students
as workers in the 21st century will require career management
skills due to the rapid changes in technology and the
globalisation of the world’s economies. Fulltime jobs are on the
decrease. Workers of the future may hold multiple part time
jobs or work on a contract basis. Career management skills will
assist in transitioning from school to the workforce, into further
study and from one job opportunity to another.
Students are becoming aware of the notion of work. Work
can be paid and unpaid. Unpaid work includes study, chores,
volunteer, sport and leisure activities. Paid work can be fulltime,
part time, casual, contract and seasonal. Career management
involves managing all of these types of work. Students will be
forming accounts on the My future Website below and utilising
many of the resources on offer. This will assist in becoming
Vocational Educational and Training
For Semester 2, we will be conducting a Cert II in Logistics one
day per week over 10 weeks. This equates to 4 QCE points
which commences the first Thursday in week 1, (14 July, 2016),
Term 3. This course is delivered on site at Cavendish Road
SHS where students will work in a classroom with a teacher
from ‘Axiom College”. The course will involve workbooks, a
workshop environment and an excursion to a supervised
logistics facility. All the details with the enrolment form can
be found in the link, and please also complete the Language,
Literacy, Numeracy Screening Tool. Please have this returned
to room B10 before commencement date. Course start date is
14 July, 2016.
If you are interested in this Cert II in Logistics, you can also
apply for this valuable opportunity within the Australian Defence
Force:
The Australian Defence Force have offered to take just 15 of our
best students out of all of our schools, to give them REAL work
experience in the Logistics industry. They expect that a large
percentage may go on to be offered traineeships. The program
will run at Amberley Base over only 2 days in the 8th and 9th of
August.
Because of security issues each day the students will be
checked at the gate before entry will be permitted. During their
time on base the students will cover as a part of their work
experience:
• Customer Service
• Receipt/Despatch of goods
• Material handling/methods
• Stocktake
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• WHS
• Work in a diverse environment, in our case a
Tri-Service environment
• Security of Assets from a military perspective
• Document Control
• Prioritise operations from a Military perspective and a
careers presentation from recruiting
As this is our first program with the ADF, I have asked trainers
to identify outstanding students in each of their classes and ask
that only they apply. To apply they will need to have completed
a Certificate II in Logistics or at least be currently enrolled, and
have a student agreement attached. The student must have an
interest in potentially working for the Australian Defence Force.
Please go to the link here and complete the Student agreement
form and return to room B10 with the enrolment form for the
Cert II in Logistics course.
CAREER PATHWAYS TAFE
Are you interested in jump starting your career? Enrolments are
now being accepted for Semester 2. Come to B10 with your
interest or questions.
Hills International College - Cert III / Diploma
Childcare Services
This is a great opportunity for students to gain a Cert III and
travel after Year 12. Reasons why you would choose to study
with Hills International College:
• Discounted fees
• Payment scheme
• Owns 35 Child Care Centres across Asia (giving the
successfully qualified student as opportunity to travel
and work across Asia)
• Growing industry
• Have a qualification by the end of Year 12
Vicki Schafer
Vocational Educational and Training Coordinator
Music Fanfare and Arts on the Green
Fanfare
On the 18th May the Cavendish Road String Orchestra,
Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble performed in the Fanfare
2016 Regional Festival. All three of our ensembles were given a
Gold Award for their performances. Congratulations to all.
Arts on the Green
On the 22nd July, in the Resource Centre and Forecourt, the
Arts and Hospitality Faculty will be presenting "Arts on the
Green". This festival will showcase the musical talents of all
three of our Jazz groups as well as the Vocal Ensemble. There
will also be Drama performances in the Resource Centre and
there will be art works on display from our Visual Art students.
There will also be a guest performance from Brisbane based
Jazz Quintet "The Brookes Street Grind."
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Admission is $10 Adults, $5 Children and under 5's are free.
Food is provided by our Hospitality students. Wine, soft drinks
and water will also be for sale and a coffee van will be there too.
The evening will start at 5:30pm and entry is via Gate 1.
Tony Lashmar
Instrumental Music Coordinator
YEAR 10 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
MARKET DAY
Recently our Year 10 Business Management classes held their
famous ‘Market Day’ where the students sell food products
they have designed, produced and packed in a market stall.
There were four classes in total (which made for 30 businesses),
with two classes having their stalls on Monday and two on
Friday. In the lead up to the event, the students learned the
requirements of starting up a business, from registering a
business name and applying for a (mock) ABN to writing up
a partnership agreement, designing business logos and
developing marketing strategies. In teams of 3-4 students, they
formed their business and quickly decided on a business name
and product. They created eye-catching packaging for their
products and hung colourful posters around the school to
advertise their products.
There were many clever and creative business names such
as “Cake My Day”, “Funky Fudge”, “Nuttin but Nutella”, and
“Sweet Revenge”. The students worked tirelessly to design
their product concept and prepare samples to pass strict
quality control – the teachers! There were plenty of sweet treats
for the school to enjoy including toffee apples, slices, cookies,
homemade fruit flavoured tea, cake pops, sweet pizzas,
pancakes and donuts. Nothing could dampen the spirits of the
young entrepreneurs – not even when the rain washed out
the stalls on the wet Friday. The students banded together
and took the challenging conditions in their stride by helping
each other to quickly relocate their stalls undercover before
continuing to sell their products.
Overall, the day was a financial success with most teams taking
home $20 - $30 per person after expenses. However, there
were a few groups with profits of $40 - $70 per person, which
was great to see. The best team on the day, however, was
“Pop Girls” who made a delicious, gluten free salted caramel
popcorn. Each of the girls took home over $90 each from their
stall. Well done girls! There have been many lessons learned
along the way with lots of memories and fun times shared.
Special thanks to Miss Masselos, Mrs Nugent and Ms McNulty
for mentoring the students in their business endeavours. The
Business Department looks forward to working with our next
group of budding entrepreneurs in Semester two.
The Business Department
Year 12 Griffith Business Workshop Two
Students enrolled in the Griffith Business early entry program
recently attended the second workshop. Upon return to school,
students commented on how much they enjoyed the content
delivered by the lectures and the taste of university life.
The final workshop will be run on Thursday 21 July. On
completion of the third workshop and final assessment item
students will have the opportunity to apply for a Guaranteed
Offer of Entry to the Griffith Business School degree or double
degree of their choice.
Belinda Grech
Business Coordinator
In-School Performance - Oversharer
This production was developed from true stories collected from
students across the country and presented some serious and
not-so-serious situations which have occurred due to students
using sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. All
Drama students attended this production from Year 7 to 12.
The performance certainly educated our students on the
dangers of social media use, cyber bullying and posting what
is perceived as private, been made very public. An educational
message within a highly entertaining performance.
Guten Tag!
We have been looking into organising a school trip to Germany
with our Year 9-12 students in the Easter holidays next year.
We hope to have more information out to you after the winter
holidays, so watch this space. Our senior students have
entered exam block and we are looking forward to seeing
their work. We congratulate Harrison from Year 12 who has
successfully acquired a scholarship these holidays at the
Institute of Modern Languages (IML) at UQ.
Other than that, we are coming to an end with our three Year
8 German classes. This also marks the end of their compulsory
language learning. Students will get an opportunity to choose
German as an elective for Year 9 and we hope to see many
students return.
Jinnie Pettersen
German Coordinator
Drama News
Evening Performance at QPAC
Students from Year 10 and 11 dressed for an evening of theatre
on Tuesday 14th June to view Shake and Stir Theatre
Company’s Gothic theatre production “Wuthering Heights” at
Cremorne theatre. This was the first evening performance for
the year and our first for Year 10 students. This was an
outstanding production and the finale left us all with our jaws
dropped, an intense and powerful production immersing
student into very world of professional Gothic theatre.
June has been a great month for Drama with several events
involving a large number of students. Firstly all drama students
from Year 7 to 12 viewed the in-school performance by Shake
and Stir Theatre Company titled “OVERSHARER”. Secondly
Year 10 and 11 students participated in the first evening
performance for the year visiting QPAC to view the Gothic
Theatre production “Wuthering Heights” by Shake and Stir.
Drama club is coming to an end for the semester and running
under a different format for next semester.
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Drama in Practice – Year 11 Non Authority
Students
free to contact me via my email for any further information on
[email protected]
Congratulations to these students who completed their
Children’s Theatre Production and performed in front of Year
9 Drama students earlier this month. This unit of study was
based on comedy within Children’s theatre in order to educate
and entertain through a performance medium. These students
devised the educational concept, created the characters, wrote
the script and rehearsed the production ready for performance.
We thoroughly enjoyed the process and the outcome was very
satisfying. Well done students.
LOOKING PAST THE LABELS – Poem by Year
10 Student - Lucinda Cowle
Year 10 Drama Students – Cyber Drama
Year 10 students have completed their one Semester of Drama
and a new unit CYBER DRAMA! The students have participated
in three process dramas developing the story of CHLOE IS
MISSING. Students developed this process drama resulting
in outstanding assessment WEBCAM confessionals, Interviews
with main characters and a poetic video clip. Students
demonstrated outstanding skills with their video submissions
and have achieved outstanding results. Well done Year 10. See
you next year in Senior Drama.
Drama Club
Drama Club is now finished for Semester 1. The quality of the
work students are producing is outstanding with the content
preparing a number of our junior students for senior studies.
This is incredibly impressive. Well done. Semester 2 will
commence under a different format, with the Australian Acting
Academy taking over the accounts for this after school event.
Students will still work with Brendan and Jamie on a Monday
afternoon from 3-4.30pm but invoices and payments will be
generated and collected by the Australian Acting Academy.
Students need to watch notices for the commencement date
in term 3. If you are interested in joining Drama Club, I am
happy to discuss the program with you. Likewise parents feel
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He’s short.
She’s dumb.
They’re weird.
Why is it that humans feel compelled
To label things.
To say
“This is you.
This is who you are.
And you can’t change it.”
When really
They don’t tell us much about the person who’s labelled.
They describe us.
They say,
“This is us.
This is what we stand for.”
Putting a label on someone
Doesn’t prove anything
Doesn’t change them.
Everyone has labels.
Boy. Girl.
Young. Old.
Normal. Weird.
When many people think mental illness
They think.
That’s weird.
That’s stupid.
That’s wrong.
In reality?
What is normal?
Define that for me, right now.
When I think normal, I think boring.
To be normal is to blend.
I don’t want to blend in life.
I want to be able to stand out in life
And say:
Yeah, I have autism
Or
Yeah, I’m not normal.
I’m weird
And it’s awesome.
Everyone’s taught to hide their weirdness.
To seem normal.
But I don’t want to hide.
I don’t want to seem normal.
So everyone, listen up.
I have autism.
And I’m proud of it.
Do you know what?
Autism is a label.
And,
If we never look past the labels
We can never truly know someone.
People cannot be defined by expectations
That’s all a label is
Our expectation of someone.
People cannot be defined by what we think they are
Or what we think they should be.
Labels do not define us.
We define the labels.
And if we never look past
What we expect to see
We can never comprehend
How truly great
The human race is.
I have a message for everyone across the world.
‘The Human Race’ is just a fancy term for:
“We’re all in it together”
So please, people.
Let’s start acting like it.
Year 10 Introduction to Hospitality
The year 10 Introduction to Hospitality students have been
continuing with their unit on food presentation and garnishing.
The students were given the task of creating a table setting
with food, garnish and decorations to suit a chosen theme.
Students chose a variety of themes such as 1950s, Valentine’s
Day, Winter Wonderland, Jungle and children’s party.
AUSTRALIAN ACTING ACADEMY school holiday
workshops
Families if you are looking for an exciting school holiday activity
for your student the Australian Acting Academy have a number
of workshops running these June/July school holidays.
7-12 Years:
StageWorx – The Runaway Circus 3 day Devising
Theatre Workshop
Dates: Mon 27th-wed 29th June
Times: 9am-4pm
Cost: $230
FilmWorx – Magic Comic Book Mystery 3 day Green
Screen Movie Making
Dates: Wed 6th –Fri 8th July
Times: 9am-4.30pm
Cost: $230
9-16 Years:
TV Commercial Workshop
Date: Fri 1st July
Times: 9am-1.30pm
Cost: $85
YouTube fast Track Start Up
Dates: Mon 4th – Wed 6th July
Times: 10am - 5pm
Cost: $270
Toni Ryan
Drama Coordinator
Hospitality Update
Year 9 Home Economics – Design Technology
This term the year 9s have been using the design process
as they create their own pair of bed shorts or beach shorts.
As a part of this, they have created an individualised design
feature. The students have used a variety of techniques with
their design features (e.g. using contrasting stitching, changing
pocket designs, adding belts, embroidery and various others).
Suzanne Schild
Hospitality Teacher
What’s going on in your Resource
Centre?
‘Our History, Our Story, Our Future’ in the
Resource Centre
We all know the importance of recognition and how good
it makes us feel. National Reconciliation Week is the perfect
opportunity to recognise all Australians, and the unique place of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within this country.
As a part of National Reconciliation Week 2016 the display in
the Resource Centre recognised and highlighted the unique
place our Indigenous students have within our school
community. The students were invited to share their stories and
ideas about their culture, history and vision for the future of a
reconciled nation. Peer Support classes were also encouraged
to contribute their thoughts and visions for a reconciled
Australia by writing their messages on a postcard. The
postcards featured artwork of three of our Indigenous students
– Sharaya Summers, Moesha Murray and Jesse Prescott.
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New to Our Collection - Manga has made it to
the Resource Centre
Thanks to several students from the Manga Club we were able
to purchase a selection of titles. We now have a small Manga
collection in the Resource Centre ready for borrowing! We aim
to build our manga collection. If you don't see anything you like
in the Resource Centre, e-mail us or visit the Resource Centre
staff with your favourite series, and we'll consider adding it!
You can also access Manga books on Overdrive. At the login
page, enter your EQ username (MISID) to view the title/
s in the eBooks Digital Library. To access the eBooks visit
the link below and log in using your school username. A quick
search for the word "manga" will show you what is available.
You are also able to recommend manga to add to the Overdrive
collection by clicking "Additional titles to Recommend".
http://educationqld.lib.overdrive.com/
Returns and Overdue Notices
The loans system of the Resource Centre aims to provide
all users with maximum access to our resources. All student
loans are for a maximum period of three weeks (21 days)
with the right to renew if the resource is not in high demand.
Students are encouraged to borrow books over school holiday
periods. Overdue notices will be sent out regularly to students’
EQ email addresses to remind students of overdue books. This
will ensure a high turnover of resources and equity of access.
Notices are sent to student email addresses as follows:
• Overdue notices are emailed to students when items
are 7 days or more overdue
• A replacement cost notice is sent at 28 days overdue
to students and parents
• After 30 days, overdue items are considered lost,
and an invoice will be sent to the student’s parents/
carer.
All lost and damaged items will be charged at a replacement
cost. A full refund will be issued if the item is found and returned
in good condition.
Michelle Janik-Sands
Library Technician
Student Achievement
Inter-house Athletics Carnival
When: Week 2 Term 3
Field Events: Monday July 18
Track Events: Thursday July 21
Students who wish to participate in any field events on Monday
July 18 need to nominate by July 15. Nomination forms have
been placed on the walls outside The PE staffroom. Only
students who have nominated will be permitted to participate
on the field event day. Students will come out of class for
their event and return to class at its conclusion. All nominated
competitors are able to wear their sports uniform all day.
Now for the MAIN EVENT…come dressed in your house
colours and run wild on Thursday 21 July for our whole school
track events day.
Sally Butters
Health and Physical Education Teacher
In Touch
Schools Touch League
May 20th our 13 and 15 year boys and girls teams travelled to
Caboolture for the second Schools Touch League competition.
Our students did fabulously well, in particular the 15 Years
Boys who remain undefeated after two rounds of competition.
Both the 13 Girls and Boys have improved greatly during this
competition, with many experiencing this level of opponent for
the first time; they have grown both as players and as members
of a team. The competition thus far has been excellent
preparation for All Schools in Term 4 and students have
provided great positive feedback.
Cavendish Road is very proud of Year 9 student, Lawson Smith
with his recent achievements at the Queensland
Championships for Karate. Lawson competed in the
[Brown-Black belt] age division 14-15 years in Kata and Kumite.
Lawson’s results are outstanding and he will be competing in
the National Championships later in the year.
Results:
1st place – Kumite [Karate fighting]
3rd place – Kata [choreographed movement patterns]
Well done Lawson!
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Met Finals
Cav Rd was represented by 8 teams at the Met Finals on
Wednesday 25th May. Our Year 8, 9 and Open girls and Year 7,
8,9,10 and Open boys all represented the school in outstanding
fashion. The level of completion was extremely high, with the
Year 10, Open boys and Open girls playing to a drop off
and winning their finals against Wellington Point, Runcorn and
Woodridge respectively. The Year 8 boys and girls also had
tight wins in their finals. The students’ level of professionalism
and sportsmanship is to be congratulated, with many teams
showing true character and leadership during the event.
as a player and coach within the School and Club system for
many years, he is currently involved coaching Qld teams and
has represented Australia many years ago. He brings with him
a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Good luck to all Cavroadians participating at Touch Football
Junior State Cup in the last weekend of the holidays.
Dates to remember:
• Third and final Schools Touch League - Redlands
Touch Fields – Friday 5 August.
• State Championships - 15 years held from 28-31
July – South Port
State Championships 18 Years
State Championships for the 18 year boys and girls were held
from May 25 to 29 in Toowoomba. Eleven of our senior
Cavendish Road students competed for Met East in some of
the most challenging weather conditions that I have seen for
quite some time. Our students battled extreme winds, pelting
rain and very cold temperature with the grace and finesse
that only they possess, missing out in Grand final positions
by just one try each. Both teams made semi-finals ending
up in third place. A big congratulations to all students that
competed, these include; Girls – Kobe Nona, Erin Lee, Melanie
Williams, Kerry-Anne Hill and Sarafina Vosuqa. Boys – James
Price, Jayden Fielding-Smith, Connor McLeod, Elliot Vincent,
Isaak Spletter, Jordan Andrews. These championships are also
where the 2016 Queensland teams are selected.
Congratulations on your selection Kobe Nona, James Price,
Jayden Fielding Smith and special mention to Jordan Andrews
who made shadow. We are very proud of these Cavroadians
who have been selected to play for their state in October at
Kawana.
Year 6 Trials
Cav road Touch Academy trials for prospective 2017 year 7
students were held on the 17th of June. Mr Walker and I are
thrilled with the skill level, game sense and knowledge of many
of the hopeful touch academy students for 2017. Thanks to all
the grade 10 students who assisted us on the day by running
skills sessions and a mini tournament so we had time to select.
Farewell Mr Walker
“It's with sadness that I leave Cav Rd after such a short time
being here. I have learnt and grown as much as a coach over
the past semester and have really got to know the great kids in
the Touch Football Academy. I am filled with gratitude to have
had the opportunity to work alongside such fantastic staff and
Cathy has been a great mentor for me over the past 6 months.
I wish everyone the best of luck in their studies and sporting
endeavours and will be shouting at you from the sidelines at All
Schools.”
On behalf of all of the students in the touch program I would like
to thank Mr Walker for all his hard work, dedication and time
this year to make the Academy something special. Mr Walker
is leaving us to take on other opportunities in another school.
We wish you all the very best. We could also like to welcome
Mr Chris Loth into the program. Mr Loth has been involved
• State Championships - 12 Years held from 18-21
August – Roma
• All Schools Squad trainings will commence term 3
week one. Please check notices on your return to
school.
Player Profile
This month’s stars of touch are:
Name: Brianna Madge
Grade: 10
Favourite Subject: Touch
Touch Club: Southern Storm
Most memorable touch experience:
Allschools
Fav playing number and position: 7,
Link
If I could be like anyone who would
that be and why: Mady Heymer because she’s amazing.
What I want to be when I grow up: Healthy and happy
What my last meal on earth would be: Lasagne
Who is your funniest team mate and why? Tay the Bates,
because she’s a crack up
One word that describes you: Fun
Name: Mitchell Williams
Grade: 10
Favourite Subject: Maths
Touch Club: Havoc
Most memorable touch experience:
Met Finals drop-off
Fav playing number and position: 6,
Link
If I could be like anyone who would
that be and why: Dylan Hennessey because he is the
best open men’s player
What I want to be when I grow up: Something to do with
sport, sport teacher or classroom teacher
What my last meal on earth would be: Chicken
Stroganoff
Who is your funniest team mate and why? Jordan Bowie
because he messes around a lot
One word that describes you. Funny
Cathy Farrelly
Director – Touch Football Academy
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Health and Physical Education
Griffith University Exercise Science Laboratory
Day
For the first time we are offering an opportunity for our Senior
Physical Education students to complete a subject at Griffith
University through their Senior Physical Education subject at
Cav. Through completion of this subject our Physical Education
students will have guaranteed entry into a range of Health and
Exercise Science courses at Griffith. Year 11 and 12 students
recently completed the first component of the course by
traveling to Griffith University Gold Coast campus to engage in
a range of Exercise Science laboratories; measuring skin folds
and personal body composition, calculating maximum oxygen
uptake through submaximal testing on treadmills and bikes,
and participating in core strength testing. Students expressed
that they thoroughly enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot
through the access to university level resources and teaching.
on school students with disability. All Australian schools
participate in this annual data collection.
The data provided to the Australian Government is aggregated
data only. Please be reassured that the Department will not
provide on to another organisation any data that can identify an
individual student. The only data being collected at the school
level to be reported nationally is the:
• number of students in the school who are provided
with an adjustment to address a disability
• level of adjustments we provide for those students
• broad category of disability
Consultation with parents is important not only for the data
collection but also to ensure you are aware of the adjustments
being provided to support your child. We will therefore continue
to consult with you. While only data that cannot identify your
child will be submitted outside of the Department, if you do not
wish for your child’s details to be included, please let me know.
Information and fact sheets are available to help you make a
decision from the:
http://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/
disability-data-collection.html
http://education.gov.au/
nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability
Year 11 Orienteering
Our Year 11 Senior Physical Education students recently
completed their first orienteering unit. Being so close to Whites
Hill Reserve allowed our students access to this area to practise
their skills and develop their fitness in the lead up to the final
course at Toohey Forest. Students were required to collect 10
controls over a 5km for their final course. The fastest students
through the course were; Josh King McCarthy and James Weir
(32minutes) for the males and Jessie Carswell (35minutes) for
the girls.
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Torpey
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Torpey who has recently been
selected in the 2016 National Training Centres’ ALL STAR
TEAM. This is part of the talent identification for the u20 Young
Matildas team. This is another great achievement from our
Girls Football Program, which continues to go from strength to
strength with tremendous leadership from their teacher Melissa
Andreatta.
Anthony Caruso
Head of Department
Health and Physical Education
National Collection of Data on School
Students
Collecting data on school students with disability helps
teachers, principals and education authorities support the
participation of students with disability in schooling on the same
basis as students without disability. All Australian Governments
have agreed to work together on the annual collection of data
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Alternatively, if you have any queries about the collection or use
of this data I encourage you to contact me directly.
Stephanie Davis
Head of Special Education Services
Sport Update
Term 2 has been a big term for sport here at Cav Rd SHS,
with a number of Mt Gravatt District, South District and Met
East trials, cross country, summer interschool sport finals and
the first half of the winter season. We have had a number
of students attend trials for the Mt Gravatt and South District
representative teams with the following students gaining
selection in the Met East Regional teams to attend the State
Championships.
CAV ROAD MET EAST REPRESENTATIVES
STUDENT
SPORT
Mac Butler
U/18 Baseball
Will Blair
U/15 Rugby League
Paris Hammond
U/19 Tennis
Simone Farlie
U/19 Tennis
Kobe Nona
16-19 Years Touch
Sarafina Vosuqa
16-19 Years Touch
Erin Lee
16-19 Years Touch
Melanie Williams
16-19 Years Touch
STUDENT
SPORT
Kerry-Ann Hill
16-19 Years Touch
Samuel Carmody
U/12 AFL
Mikaylah Ah Toon
U/15 Netball
Matthew Haworth
U/19 Football
Connor McLeod
16-19 Years Touch
Jordan Andrews
16-19 Years Touch
Isaak Spletter
16-19 Years Touch
Jayden Fielding-Smith
16-19 Years Touch
James Price
16-19 Years Touch
Eliott Vincent
16-19 Years Touch
Lindsay Bowles
U/19 Hockey
Daniel Brown
U/19 Hockey
Ashton Irvine
U/19 Hockey
Renae Nona
13-15 Years Touch
Kapu Broughton-Winterburn 13-15 Years Touch
Kedan Chan-Tung
13-15 Years Touch
Billie Manns
12 Years Touch
Rafe Priestley
12 Years Touch
CAV RD QUEENSLAND REPRESENTATIVES
STUDENT
SPORT
Kobe Nona
16-19 Years Touch
James Price
16-19 Years Touch
Jayden Fielding-Smith 16-19 Years Touch
Interschool Sport
Our winter season is 6 rounds in with our teams travelling and
participating in the following sports: AFL, Basketball, Football,
Netball, Rugby League, Ultimate Disc and Volleyball. The
regular season runs through until the 26 and 27 July before the
semis, final and met finals are played.
Mitch Baker
Health and Physical Education Teacher
The QParents Android App is here
The QParents Android App has now been launched and is
available on the Google Play Store. Android users can
download the app for use on their phones and tablets. Parents
can find the QParents app by visiting the app store via the link
below and searching for ‘QParents.’
https://play.google.com/store
David Thomson
Head of Department
Business and Technology
Chaplain’s News
The No Limits Boys’ Group
The “No Limits” boys’ group continue to meet weekly. We
are increasing the challenges of the problem solving activities
and the trust activities with each passing week. The group
discussions have been honest and even quite vulnerable. There
have been moments when I’ve felt proud of the group—these
moments make it all worthwhile. Thank you Mr Ross for giving
up your time to help with this group.
Chappy Week
To help celebrate Chappy Week, St Marks Church donated a
huge basket of delicious goodies. I shared these yummy gifts
around with the staff of the school. From the staff and myself,
we wish to say “Thank You” so much for blessing us this way.
Life Group
Life Group continues to meet weekly. A different student leads
the group each week by bringing a topic to discuss, and
scripture references to back up their discussion points. They
also pray for each other at the end of the meeting. As I listen to
their discussions, I suspect that I am sitting in the presence of
some of the world’s most influential ministers of the future. It’s
been a great term. Have a lovely and safe holiday break.
Margita Downey
School Chaplain
Finance Department
The Finance Team is endeavouring to improve our
communication with all parents and guardians. Parents and/or
guardians who have listed email addresses will start to notice
that invoices and statements will be sent via email. So that you
do not miss out on any correspondence from us, could you
please check your junk mail periodically, as some parents have
indicated that emails received from us are going to their junk
mailbox.
As part of the updated communication, we may contact you
by text. Instances of this will be if we receive a bounced back
email or if you haven’t got a current email address listed with the
school. We appreciate your help and patience as we improve
our communication with you. Do you know that if you click on
the BPoint link on your emailed invoices, you will be transported
to a payment screen? This is a quick and easy way to make
payments online.
• Payments Due by the end of Term 2 are:
- Year 11 Camp in full
- High Energy Youth Tournament for Netball – Due by
24th June
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• Payments that are due beginning of Term 3 are:
- SRS payments due in full by 22nd July unless you
have an approved payment plan
- Economics Excursion – Year 10 & 11 - Due in full
by 14 July
Radmila Vlaski
Business Services Manager
Important Cyber Safety Tips
The department has recently been alerted to random users
contacting children using the social media app ‘Instagram’.
The following tips are provided to parents on how their children
can avoid random contact on social media:
• Know which social media your child uses.
Year 9 Parents
Your Year 9 child’s laptop warranty period expires at the end
of August this year. If your child’s laptop has any damage now,
please have them bring it to D10 as it may be able to be fixed
under warranty.
All laptops will be handed back to D10 at the end of the school
year. They must be in a non-damaged and working state with
laptop case and charger. All damages will have to be paid for.
There will be no warranty claims available from September on.
There will be an option for you to purchase your child’s laptop.
The laptop will be put back to factory settings and will not be
able to be used on the school network in 2017. Your child will
receive a new laptop for the 2017 year. You will be able to
secure your 2017 laptop at the end of this year if all school fees
including Term 1 2017 have been paid.
Karen McFarlane
HOD Information Services
Parents and Citizens Association
Canteen Call for Help
• Discuss with your child who their online friends and
followers are. Only be friends with people online who
you know and trust in the real world.
• Take a proactive approach and establish clear and
agreed rules for your child’s internet use.
http://www.behaviour.education.qld.gov.au
Study Tour from Junten Senior High
School – Homestay families required for
Japanese students
A group of students from Junten Senior High School in Japan
will be visiting our school from 23 July 2016 to 6 August 2016.
We are looking for homestay families available between these
dates who can provide 3 meals per day, a bed (the student can
share a room with a student of the same sex) and transport to
and from school (the student may travel on public transport with
the Cav Road Student).
Families will be paid $500 per student to cover any expenses.
Families can host up to 2 students. If you are interested in
hosting a student could you please contact me via email or my
mobile:
Our Canteen Team has been very busy preparing food and
serving our hungry students. Thank you to the volunteers who
have assisted our staff so far this year. Volunteers are welcome
every day. Even coming along for a short time to assist on
one of the days would be a huge help. If you have a little
time and would like to help please feel welcome to pop in.
For more information or to advise when you are available to
assist please contact the Canteen team on 3394 0723 or
[email protected] Thank you for considering this
request!
The Homestay Co-ordinator – Lesley Huxley
Cavendish Road State High School
0402 825 640
Email: [email protected]
P&C Meetings.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has
recently released an app which allows learner drivers to record
their driving hours using a smartphone or tablet device.
P&C meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from
7pm in the Resource Centre. All parents and carers are most
welcome to come along. This is a great way to meet school
staff and other parents. Our next meeting is Tuesday 19 July.
If you would like to be added to our mailing list and receive
reminders about future meetings and copies of our minutes and
agenda please email [email protected]
Leisa Whybird
Communications Secretary
Parents and Citizens Association
Lesley Huxley
International Homestay Co-ordinator
New Free Learner Driver App
The Queensland Learner Logbook app is the first of its kind,
enabling learners to electronically submit their completed hours
directly to TMR for processing. This instant submission not only
saves learners time and money mailing their completed logbook
to TMR for processing, but it also means that TMR will be able
to start checking submitted logbooks sooner.
Learners can use the app to:
• view their progress against set target hours
• enter information for past journeys
• use the timer to record new trips
• save multiple vehicle and supervisor details
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• seek approval for trips from their supervisor by email
Those who have already recorded some trips in a paper
logbook can still use the app by creating new entries to transfer
their past trips across, or by submitting both logbooks for
processing.
Download the app for free today from the App Store or Google
Play for Android. For more information, visit:
http://www.qld.gov.au/learnerlogbookapp
UQ Robotics Holiday Workshops
The University of Queensland offers a range of holiday
workshops for students including the Robotics Holiday
Workshops for Kids (students in Years 7 to 12) and the
Robotics Holiday Workshop for Girls (girls in Years 5 to 12). Visit
the link below for more information.
http://www.eait.uq.edu.au/robotics-ict
Mt Gravatt Lions Art Show
There will be a community Lions Art Show at Garden City
Shopping Centre, Upper Mt Gravatt on the school holidays
from the 27th June to 10th July. Over 200 paintings of oils,
acrylics, watercolours, pastels and mixed media will be on
display.
For Sale Smart Wallet and USB Aldrin
8GB with school logo
Smart Wallet with school logo
Durable silicone wallet with 3M adhesive
stick to the back of your phone. Great for
holding cards, tickets, ID, cash and more.
Sand texture finish on the inside prevents
cards from slipping out of the wallet. Now
this is smart! Only $3 – saves bringing a purse or wallet to
school. Available for purchase from the Finance Window.
USB Aldrin 8GB with school logo
Hard plastic in a silver colour. Only $10
available for purchase from the Finance
Window.
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