bundabergshs_2016-06-06 - Bundaberg State High School
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bundabergshs_2016-06-06 - Bundaberg State High School
37 Maryborough St Bundaberg QLD 4670 Subscribe: http://bundabergshs.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe 6 June 2016 Principal’s Report As we move toward the end of Term 2, there are so many congratulations deserved in this newsletter for many students and staff. We have ensured that each achievement/event has its own article in this and future editions, so the students/staff involved in the various activities receive the full attention they deserve. In the past weeks we have been proud of our • Maths Team Challenge winners. Our Year 8 team (7’s last year) won again this year against all other secondary schools in Bundaberg, and one of our other teams placed second. Our Junior Secondary team placed second and congratulations to our Senior team who also won. More results to follow. • The chess team which was exceptional in the recent Chess comp, with Alex Buckholz placing third, just in front of Josh Howard. Merit ribbons were earned by Isaac Cooper, Reece Buckholz and Brenton McHale. • Recent Rostrum finalist, Alex Buckholz was a fabulous BSHS representative at the Regional finals held in Maryborough. We are all proud of his efforts. • Cricketers and their efforts in their recent knockout comp. • Students who submitted baking, plants and art work at our recent show, please take pride in your achievements and by the way, I am always happy to sample your baking, just to ensure it is to standard! Email: [email protected] Phone: 07 4154 5333 Fax: 07 4154 5300 • Rowers have just completed Head of River and as always they did us proud. Our parents have been amazing support this year and we thank them for their ongoing commitment to early and late trainings and making sure students are where they need to be. To the parents who assisted with boat loading, unloading, events on the days, on canteen, and from the bank as part of the amazing cheer squad, I know the students very much appreciate your support. We have parents and students who continue to fundraise each Friday night at bingo to ensure students have every opportunity to compete. Full results of Head of River will be in the next newsletter. • Staff and students who last week completed our VET audit with the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority. Audits are a massive undertaking and our staff worked tirelessly to ensure we were ready for the visit. Our students are extremely fortunate to have access to the courses our staff provide. • Students fundraising activities. Cupcake Day, with proceeds to Edon Place was very successful, thanks to our parent support, the Instrumental Music Trip to Winton fundraising has continued with almost $1000 raised through selling fudge, and our Bunnings BBQ for the Japan Trip raised in excess of $1200, with wonderful support from our P&C. • Rapid Reading program and the results staff have achieved through the program in such a short time. • Students who participated in the PCYC Road Craft trial last week. Their feedback regarding the benefits of the program to young drivers was heartening. • Students who step out of their comfort zone and apply for programs that can add value to their future options. Tahlia Clowes is our latest student to do that, with her successful application to the SID Winter School program for indigenous students being held in Brisbane. Joel Maly has been selected to attend the “Solid Pathways” camp on Stradbroke Island. In addition, 9 students have just been successful in their nominations for obtaining a place in the 2016 High School Health Career Programme (Work Experience) at Bundaberg Hospital. This is a highly contested placement and our students successful in the next 2 rounds are Mica Lumsden, Chauna Mackinnon, Cya Porth-Hartwell, Kirie South, Hannah Turner, Sarah Watson, Kynan Zielke, Jackson Morris, Marley Smithson. • Project Partners such as Wyld Projects who, through their support of students, have enabled students to be awarded apprenticeships, and part time work! Recent Chaplaincy Week celebrations We could not do what we do for our students without the support of our Student Services team who work tirelessly to make a difference every day for every student. Chaplaincy week is a week that reminds us of how fortunate we are to have staff such as Lynne and Craig. We need to remind ourselves each day however, that these two, and all our staff in student services make our school a better place because of the work they do to support all of us. On behalf of the staff and students at BSHS, thank you for all you do for us Chappy Lynne and Chappy Craig. The innovative programs that our Student Services staff deliver, along with programs from our partnerships with other local organisations, ensure our student’s learning is ongoing. Rides that thrill: We’ve got data! Last Wednesday the year 11 Physics group had its big day out at Dreamworld. We weren’t just there for fun, we came armed with accelerometers to measure the g-forces on three of the biggest, tallest and fastest thrill rides in the country. Data from The Giant Drop, a jaw dropping 119 metre plummet at extreme speed is the closest thing our students got to actual skydiving, is shown below. The altitude wasn’t calibrated, so the exact numbers aren’t correct, but you can see what matters; the relative changes in altitude. Don’t let the leisurely rise above sea level with nearly 360o views fool you, those 5 seconds of free fall (shown by 0 G’s around the 90 second mark), accelerating at the rate of gravity (9.8 meters per second per second) to a maximum velocity of 135 km per hour is enough to churn a weak stomach (an unfortunate experience for a number of our students). Top: The relative altitude (ground level is approximately -5 metres on the graph). Bottom: The g-forces in the y-axis (vertical) of this one-dimensional ride. The Tower of Terror ride as analysed in class this week accelerated us backwards reaching speeds of 160 km/h before we experienced yet more time in weightlessness before plummeting back to Earth, only this time face first. It was the perfect ride to put our knowledge of conservation of kinetic and gravitational potential energies to the test along with linear and vertical accelerations. While riding the bumps, corkscrews and loops of the SideWinder roller coaster our data showed that students felt accelerations nearly four times as high as the accelerations felt when standing on solid ground at the fast corners and loops. We are in the process of comparing Dreamworld’s statements of a maximum velocity of 85 km/h and accelerations reaching 3 G’s in our assignment which is nearly as mentally taxing as the ride was physically. We had a great time spreading some physics knowledge at Dreamworld and the Thursday show day allowed for some well-deserved rest and recovery. It is a great way to see physics in action and a reminder that Physics is Phun! 2 Fanfare Reading at Bundy High! WEEK 8 and 9 VISUALISING Visualising is where a reader or text user creates a picture in their mind. It requires readers to clarify, describe, reorder information and make connections to create an image of a word, phrase, chunk or whole text. Some students find actually creating a drawing or mind map more useful in allowing for an accurate visualisation. Creating this image will more frequently prompt students to recall or remember specific details or information after they have finished reading the text. Kiele Morley BSHS STEM Ambassador Kiele Morley, a Year 10 student has been appointed as the school’s STEM Ambassador. She was recently presented her STEM badge and here’s an extract of Jen Borowski’s (NCR STEM Champion) speech for Kiele’s STEM badge presentation. Melanie Currie HOD English 2016 AQUINAS COLLEGE 8hr PEDAL PRIX “STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. By 2020, 75% of the jobs will need one or more of these subjects. So if you want a good job please study hard in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Early this year we ran the Girls STEM Power Camp in Brisbane. Of the 105 girls in our region, we only choose 3 girls and one was Kiele Morley and today I would like to present her the STEM Ambassador badge. She was a very worthy recipient from your school and will now go on to be part of the Girls Narrative Project in which she will interview 2 ex-students of this school whose stories will be complied on the website so that everyone in Queensland can see that Bundaberg SHS is a great school.” On 19 and 20 of May, two of our Bundy High Hornets racing teams represented our school in the annual Aquinas College HPV 8-hour race which took place at the Xtreme Karting Raceway near the Gold Coast. Our students have been training since February in preparation for this endurance event. It was the first time that our senior girls team has competed at this location and it was only the second run for our boys team. The field of competitors was small (29 entries), but they were fierce in competition which consisted of all the winning teams from the Maryborough 24hr Challenge and private school teams. The following students entered in the Open Boys and Open Girls categories. Well done Kiele. Manju Prasad HOD Science Senior Boys Team: Caleb Dunn, Alec Bonser, Matthew Eichmann, Lang Madle, Travis Reid, Matthew Bailey and Caleb Milton Hallam. 3 BBQ was a great success raising over $1000! Thank you to all who volunteered on the day and to all who bought our delicious sausages and onions. Senior Girls Team: Hannah Blee, Sam Bainbridge, Maddy Morrall, Aylish Dunn, Emma Bruce, Kitra Westron, Shannon Searle and Marissa Orpin. Our teams and bikes lasted the full 8 hours of racing and handled the conditions and challengers extremely well. With well-rehearsed pits stops and strong rider discipline our teams were rewarded with outstanding results. Our Girls team won their category, beating last year’s overall winning team by 1 lap, and finished 14th overall. Our Open boys’ team finished with a better result than last year’s run by finishing 7th in their category and 10th overall. Our teams are now preparing for a brand new challenge to compete at Willowbank Raceway in July which will quickly be followed by the Benaraby Raceway in August. I would like to acknowledge the great efforts of Mr Dunn, Mrs Sinclair-Dunn and Mrs Rory Smith as the team coaches/ managers. Thanks also to Mr Prince for supplying the stickers for the bikes, Mr John Farmer for all of the aerodynamic improvements and racing repairs that he has made on our bikes, and to all of our sponsors Bundaberg Supercycles, Repco, Jay Car, Bundaberg Quick Signs, and Jabariu for their ongoing support for our teams. Our team members will be supporting Bundaberg Supercycles at their New Indoor skate park on Victoria Street East Bundaberg. Gregory Smith ITD Teacher & HPV Racing Coordinator Japan Trip Fundraiser Bundaberg SHS recently held a fundraising BBQ at Bunnings to assist our students on their upcoming trip to Japan. The 4 Chess Competition Twenty Bundaberg State High School students competed in the Term Two Gardiner Chess Competition on May 24 held at Walkervale State School. The team consisting of Alex Buckholz (Year 9), Joshua Howard (Year 8), Logan Tinney (Year 8) and Reece Buckholz (Year 7) placed 2nd in the completion and were only 5.5 points behind Shalom. Congratulations to Alex Buckholz in Year 9 who was individually placed 3rd in the competition overall and to Joshua Howard in Year 8 who was placed 4th. L to R: Logan Tinney, Reece Buckholz, Joshua Howard and Alex Buckholz Ribbons of Merit were awarded to Alex Buckholz, Reece Buckholz, Joshua Howard, Brenton McHale and Isaac Cooper for winning more than half of the games they played on the day. Thank-you to all of the students who competed. The next competition will be held on August 9 in Term 3. Melinda ALLEN Chess Coordinator Winton Longreach Music Tour Bundaberg State High School Instrumental Music students along with students from the Norville State School Choir are off to Winton and Longreach on July 9, the first week of Term 3. The Instrumental Music students have been fundraising madly with events like Cookie Dough drive, Mother’s day raffles and just recently a Fantastic Fudge Fundraiser just to name a few. We still have a Trivia night to go on the last Friday of the term - June 24. if anyone would like to come along and see if they can out-do the Instrumental Music Department of Bundaberg SHS please contact Nigel at Bundaberg State High School (4154 5302) and you can see all the details in the flyer in this newsletter. Besides all this fundraising the following business have donated towards our Tour and we would like to recognise them for the wonderful donations they have made. Thank you to The Baldwin Group, Friendlies Society Hospital, Phat Tony’s and Tender Sprouted Meats. Over the next couple of Newsletters we will be naming more of our wonderful sponsors with some great photos. Sponsors from Bundaberg, Childers, Gin Gin and Rosedale participated on the day. Bundaberg SHS came first and second in the Year 8 Division with a 40 point margin separating our two leading teams from third place. In the Junior Secondary Division, Year 9 and 10, our best team came in second. One of our teams won the Senior Secondary Division, Year 11 and 12, with our next best placed team coming in fourth, with a mere 9 points separating the top 4 teams. This is a difference of potentially only one question. Members of our winning Year 8 team include: Jorja Norgrove, Lachlan Smith, Zahra Smith, Kyra Verdel and Ben Royan. Members of our winning Senior team (all Year 11) include: Matthew Bailey, Jaden Bond, Nick Chatfield, Connor Druett and Nick Jackson. The great performances of all of our teams makes our future in Mathematics look very bright, with potentially many more victories in the future. A big thank you must also go to our senior students who graciously gave up their time to assist with supervision at the competition. Colin Johnson Head of Department - Mathematics Math Team Challenge 2016 On Tuesday May 31, 100 students from all year levels participated in the annual Math Teams Challenge. This event requires students to work in small teams in two types of events. The first event asks the students to solve a variety of challenging problems. The second event is a relay event where students work in pairs to solve simpler problems, they rotate through different pairs until all questions are answered. The event promotes teamwork and problem solving skills and is a great way for students to challenge themselves in a different environment. Bundaberg SHS performed well on the day with some excellent results and fantastic efforts. A total of 90 teams Science and Engineering Challenge On May 5, the Science & Engineering Challenge was held at CQ University. This is a one day event designed to show year 9 and 10 students that Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) isn’t just for nerds. Each school can have a team between 24 and 32 students to compete against 7 other teams from regional schools. The engineering challenges involve the involuntary application of principles of science and engineering. 5 Bundaberg State High School has been involved in this competition for the last 10 years and has been a runner up on several occasions, with a combined team from Industrial Technology and Design from year 9 and 10 saw us winners of this prestigious event. Winter Sport Georgia Minter and Livingstone Lingawa with David Batt and Dean Clark presenting Thank you to Mr Greg Smith who selected a great team of students on my behalf to represent our school while I was on long service leave. I did not miss out on seeing our students win as I became a volunteer for the day. This year Winter Sport will not commence until Term 3 however preparations will be starting in the coming weeks. Sign-on/ trials for Winter Sport took place on Friday June 3. Students will receive a letter upon gaining selection with an attached permission form that will need to be returned to their coach prior to fixtures starting. Winter Sport will run on a Wednesday afternoon and conclude with an all-day finals day, for qualifying teams, on Friday September 2. Sports on offer are: Rugby League (girls and boys), Basketball (girls and boys), Soccer (girls and boys), Hockey (mixed), Lawn Bowls (girls and boys), Netball (girls), AFL (mixed), Table Tennis (girls and boys) and Ten Pin Bowling (girls and boys). If you have any questions, please contact Miss Farrell on (07) 4154 5333. Keith Holledge HOD Industrial Technology and Design Sports News Summer Sport We have had a very successful Inter-School Summer Sport series this year with many teams making the finals and three teams gaining premierships. The following students were awarded the Best and Fairest players for their teams: Madison Morrall – Touch Tatiana Fa’arondo – Volleyball Alec Bonser – Touch Laura Ellis - Volleyball Danielle Taylor - Touch Brendon Schultz – Cricket Jensen Deamer – Touch Cameron McFarlane – Golf Ella Hagan-Jenkins Touch Connor Caville - Golf Toby Yates – Touch Jamie Morey – Volleyball Nicholas Jefferson – Table Tennis Jake Williams – Volleyball Eli Goobanko – Table Tennis Cross Country Bundy High saw many students participate in the school’s individual cross country along with inter-school teams and individual cross country. Congratulations to the following who won the school’s individual cross country: Kharla Hills, Tyrese Johnson, Trekessa Gould, Jack Mulcahy, Jade Tairawhiti, Marcus Tanner, Brianna Johnson, Noah Bray, Kieran Antrobus, Natalia Frick, Travis Reid & Heath Mick. Also to Kharla Hills, Treskessa Gould, Natalia Frick and Johnny Barrett for gaining Bundy selection in the individual cross country. Tillon Whalley – Tennis The following students have gained selection in Wide Bay for their respective sports. 6 Congratulations and good luck. JJ Straughair-Welsh – AFL - Connor Cole – Basketball Samantha Bainbridge – Basketball - Jack Brookes – Basketball Noah Bray – Football - Dylan Leggett – Football Kijah Stephenson – Football - Cameron McFarlane – Golf Joshua McNamara – Hockey - Lainey Thorpe – Netball Layton Chambers – Rugby League - Brenden Stewart Rugby League Mitch Downie - Rugby League - Wyatt Reynolds - Rugby League Lachlan Patterson - Rugby League - Tylen Wallace Rugby League Kiya Schnabel - Rugby League - Dyirun Johnson Rugby League Jamie Morey - Rugby Union - Jobby Woetai - Rugby Union Jayden Nadilo - Rugby Union - Zion Woetai - Rugby Union No Limits Canoe Camp A group of year 12 boys who had completed the No Limits course with chappy Craig over the last couple of years went on an experiential canoeing camp as part of them graduating from the course ready for the next stage of their lives after high school finishes. This was a great experience which developed character and created many memories. A big “thank you” to Mr Von Deest for volunteering his own time to come along on camp. Alex Farrell Sport Coordinator Cane2Coral Fun Run I NEED YOUR HELP I am looking for people to join me in the Cane2Coral Fun Run on Sunday 7 August so we can raise money for Brain Cancer Research. New rules mean the biggest community team wins money for their charity and I’m aiming to get 100 people to sign up to Team Eddie (password teameddie). If you have ever thought about entering in the Cane2Coral Fun Run make this the year that you do it. You don’t have to be a supreme athlete (like myself), you just have to cross the finish line. Distances range from 4kms to ridiculous distances. You can walk, run or jog. Children, prams, wheelchair athletes most welcome. For more information check out Team Eddie – Challenge Accepted on Facebook page or Cane2Coral Fun Run 2016 website. Jude Edwards. Junior Secondary Incentive Days As an incentive for students to be responsible for all aspects of their schooling, we conduct end-of-term excursions as a reward for students consistently doing the right thing throughout the term. This term the junior secondary incentive day will be held on Thursday 23 June, at Australia Zoo for Year 7 & 8 and Aussie World for Year 9. Students who meet the following criteria are nominated by their teachers: • Consistent application to class work • Appropriate behaviour • Good class participation • Homework always completed on time • Assessment completed and submitted by due dates • Positive and respectful attitude to teachers and peer • Term 2 attendance of 95% or above Chappy Week Recently we celebrated Chappy Week at Bundy high and as part of the week’s activities, staff and students got involved in the inaugural ‘tape the chappy to the wall’ where chappy Craig was taped to the admin wall. This was a lot of fun for all involved. Invitations for the Term 2 incentive day will be handed out in Week 9, this invitation will detail the cost of the incentive day as well the key information for parents and students for the day. Also detailed on the invitation is that students must have outstanding fees paid or have entered into a payment arrangement with the school for the student to attend. If you have any concerns about this please do not hesitate to contact the school. 7 Teachers and students alike are looking forward to the excursion and celebrating a term of hard work! School Dental Van The School Dental Van is currently at Bundaberg High School, located outside the Junior Hub. We are still currently examining Years 7 to 10 and will be at the school for some time due to the large consent rate. Any emergencies or toothaches please call 4303 8059. All other enquires please contact the van on 0412 516 084. Students are responsible for remembering their dental appointments. Please remember to brush and floss! Parentingideas – It’s not ok to be away ….. When kids miss school, not only is their academic progress impeded, forcing them to catch up on missed work (which some never do), they often miss important interactions with their peers which can compound issues of social isolation and low self-esteem. Click on the link below to read more: R U OK? Who’s that mate you’ve lost contact with? 125 Years Young! BUNDABERG SOUTH STATE SCHOOL CONGRATULATIONS ON 125 YEARS 1891-2016 FROM BUNDABERG STATE HIGH SCHOOL Who’s missing at your birthday celebrations or Christmas table? Perhaps you lost misunderstanding. contact because of a Or perhaps it’s because you didn’t make an effort to see them. Or perhaps you don’t even know why you don’t pick up the phone anymore. Whatever the reason, we want to help. We want to reunite you with a long-lost family member or friend – and it doesn’t matter where they live in Australia. On 21 May 2016 Bundaberg State High School presented two picnic tables to Bundaberg South State School for its recent 125th celebration. These picnic tables were manufactured by our building construction class as part of its class project. It was decided by the students to present them to their primary school. The tables were kept a secret until delivery and was a big surprise to the principal, staff and students. ‘On this happy occasion we wish to convey greetings to all staff, past and present students. Please except this gift of two picnic tables for your 125 years in education from Bundaberg State High School community and our best wishes for a very successful celebration.’ Why? Because we’re in the business of helping people and creating a bit more love and hope in this world. How? We’ll cover all the costs (such as flights and accommodation) and plan the reunion with you. You just need to convince us you’re sincere and this reunion will be life-changing. What do you have to do? 2 things: 1. In 250 words explain why you want to reconnect with them and what it will mean if we pull off the reunion. 8 2. Be prepared to have the reunion filmed and shared as part of our TV ad campaign (we’ll also make sure your long-lost mate is ok with this too). We want to capture that magic moment of re-connection and inspire others to follow your lead. School Holiday Fun Don’t miss out. It’s mates and family who matter most in this world. Your opportunity closes after Tuesday 7 June, so send us your story on email today. Best wishes, The R U OK? Team Sign Up to Bundy Junior Touch 9 Thought for the Day! Think you can Believe you can And you will! 10