Charleville State High School
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Charleville QLD 4470
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26 October 2017

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Last Tuesday and Wednesday, the Deputy Principal Senior Schooling, Vanessa Moller and myself, attended the QCAA (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority), state principals conference in Brisbane. At the conference, we heard from all of the major players in the transition to what they are calling the new QCE system. QCAA and QTAC explained their roles in this change and the reasons for it. This will take effect in 2019, with our current Year 9 cohort the first group to complete their Senior Certificate under the new system.

As I have mentioned in previous newsletters, teachers are already being trained and learning about the new system, so as to be fully equipped to deliver this new syllabus areas in 2019.

As a school, we will be informing students and parents of these changes as we progress through 2018 next year.

One of the fascinating areas that was discussed at the conference is the fact that for many of the students that we are teaching, we will be preparing them for jobs that do not presently exist! This can sound a bit daunting; how do you help students set goals and plan when you do not know what the target is?

The answer is that we need to prepare students for this ever increasingly changing world by giving them the skills to deal with this. Our students will need to be: Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Lifelong Learners; Responsible Global Citizens. To help us help them to learn these skills, the new syllabus documents will focus on “21st Century Skills”. These are; Critical thinking, Creative thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork, Personal and Social skills, and ICT skills. I have attached two handouts from the conference that describes each of these skills.

If you have any questions regarding the changes to the senior system for 2019, please contact either Vanessa or myself at the school.

NEW JUNIOR SECONDARY AREA

Work on the new Junior Secondary area continues to progress steadily, with minimum impact on the schools day to day functioning. Drainage and underground work is now completed and several of the required concrete slabs have been poured in readiness for the undercover area, which will be constructed in the middle of the area. There has been a slight delay in the manufacture of this structure, but completion is still on track to happen well before the end of the school year.

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Charleville State High School continues to look to find ways to provide our students with a variety of learning opportunities, both inside and outside of our regular classrooms and timetabled classes.

This week we had organised for any interested senior students, CPR training. This training is essential in many work environments, and so improves the employability of our senior students, while also giving them some extremely important skills and knowledge for their lives after school.

On Tuesday 24th October, “Musica Viva”, a musical group will visit the school and perform for all of the Year 7, 8 and 9 students. Music is an incredible skill to have, and we hope that this performance may inspire more students to get involved in the school instrumental program.

Those already in the program, will then be involved in a workshop with “Musica Viva”, where they will work on creating a performance together.

If you have a student who may be interested in learning to play an instrument, please do not hesitate to contact the school for information.

IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

A reminder of some important dates coming up this term:

Week 4 Thursday 26th October – Day 2 of transition days for Year 6 students
Week 5 Thursday 2nd November – School Awards Presentation Ceremony at the School Hall
Week 6 Saturday 11th November – Year 12 Formal
Week 7 Tuesday 14th November – Year 7 2018 Final Information night
Week 7 Friday 17th November – Year 12 Graduation

Thanks everyone,

Matt Samson
Principal

Deputy Principal Senior Schooling Report

Key events for Term 4

2nd November

Awards Night

26th October

Year 6 to 7 Transition Day

11th November

Year 12 Formal

17th November

Year 12’s Last Day

24th November

Year 10 & 11’s Last Day

1st December

Year 7, 8 & 9 Last Day

2018 Student Leadership Process

Congratulations to the ten Year 11 students who have put their hand up and nominated for a leadership position in 2018.

The first step in the process is the presentation of a speech. All students have presented a speech to the entire school body on Tuesday 24th October at our full school parade. Congratulations to all that spoke. They all spoke well, expressing their beliefs about leadership, ideas for 2018 and how they can help move the school forward.

The second part of the process also took place on Tuesday 24th October when the school community voting for our 2018 Student Leaders.

The final part of the process sees all nominees being interview during Week 4, by our current 2017 School Captains and Vice Captains, Principal, Deputy Principal and Year Level Coordinator.

Staff have also submitted their votes and the 2018 leaders will be announced at Awards Night on the 2nd of November. Good luck to all of our nominees.

Year 12 Formal

Our Year 12’s are counting down the days until their Year 12 Formal on Saturday 11th November. The evening will kick off at the Racecourse, with arrivals occurring from 5pm – 6pm. The official proceedings will begin at 6:30pm.

The students have been working hard to prepare their choreographed dance and all the decorations for the night. The lads have been finding creative ways to ask their partners to the Formal and a highlight of these proceedings was when Luke Vetter rode Bluebell into town, to ask the fair Cassandra Campbell to the formal. When Ms Moller finally stopped crying, she managed to get a photo with the trio.

It is looking to be a magnificent night, when all of our fine young people celebrate the end of their secondary schooling.

Origin and MIGAS Traineeships and Apprenticeships

Origin Energy, together with MIGAS, is searching for the next generation of mechanical and electrical apprentices, and telecommunications trainees to join the regional Queensland team in Western Downs. The six roles will be based in the Surat Basin region and may work across Origin sites in Condabri Central, Talinga, Reedy Creek (Yuleba) and Spring Gully.

THE POSITIONS:

There are a total of 6 positions available across three trade specialisations:

PROCESS PLANT OPERATOR TRAINEESHIPS

An excellent traineeship opportunity to up-skill or cross-skill for previously qualified applicants. As a Plant Process Trainee you will work varying rosters across the week depending on the requirements of your team and will work a 76-hour fortnight. Your on-the-job training will involve being mentored by industry specialists working in the field or gas plant.

ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION (DUAL TRADE) APPRENTICESHIPS

Gain a respected dual trade qualification whilst obtaining valuable on the job experience. As a full time Electrical and Instrumentation Apprentice you’ll learn about all aspects of the APLNG Pipeline Network from design through to construction and operation. Once completed you will understand and be a specialist in general pipeline operational maintenance delivery and logistics.

MECHANICAL FITTER APPRENTICESHIPS

Fantastic opportunity for a mechanically minded individual to start an Engineering (Mechanical) Apprenticeship. As a full time Mechanical Fitting Apprentice, you will be working as part of an integrated team responsible for maintaining new and existing mechanical equipment. Your on-the-job training will see you learning about preventative and corrective maintenance activities.

LOCAL INFORMATION SESSIONS – REGISTRATIONS OPEN

Local community information sessions in Chinchilla, Miles and Roma will be held to provide more details about the roles and support for applicants. Attendees will hear directly from Origin staff about what it’s like to be part of their team and what strengths and skills they are looking for in candidates.

Charleville State High School is trying to organise a tele-link to an information session and we will keep student informed of when this will occur.

Please see Ange Vetter to register your interest in the information session.

Bandana Day – Friday 3rd November

The school has nominated to celebrate Bandana Day on Friday 3rd November this year.

National Bandanna Day is the major fundraising and awareness campaign for CanTeen Australia. This powerful campaign has generated over $30 million to support young people affected by cancer. In the last three years alone, the National Bandanna Day message reached 20 million Australians and 1.2 million of them supported the campaign by purchasing merchandise.

CanTeen helps young people cope with cancer in their family. Through CanTeen, they learn to explore and deal with their feelings about cancer, connect with other young people in the same boat and – if they’ve been diagnosed themselves, we provide specialist youth-specific treatment teams.

The acknowledgement of this day is driven by Ashtyn Shearwin (Yr. 8). Ashtyn is speaking on assemblies to promote the event and bandanas are for sale through the front office, for $5 each. Everyone is encouraged to buy a bandana and are free to add a donation at the front office.

The Final Countdown

Our Year 12 students are in the final weeks of their secondary schooling. We are impressing upon our Year 12’s that they must maintain focus through to the end, even though this can be challenging, when they can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Preparations are well underway for the Awards Night, Formal and Graduation, so students are reminded to listen to notices for important announcements. If parents have any queries or concerns, please contact the school.

Cheers

Vanessa Moller

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL JUNIOR SCHOOLING
AND STUDENT SERVICES NEWS

JUNIOR SCHOOL

Week 4, Term 4

Timetable

2018 Timetable. Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 received letters with their report cards regarding their elective subjects for 2018. These forms were due on Friday October 6th. The three most popular electives in each line will run in 2018. Students will study two electives. Students who have not returned their forms have been placed in an elective, however they must still return their forms, as we will do our best to accommodate everyone.

Contact Details

Are your contact details up to date at the school? Please call Nadonna at the office or send a note if you have had a change in address or phone number. It is important that we are able to contact you at all times.

Year Six Transition day

The second transition day for year six students in Term 4 is on Thursday 26th October. We look forward to working with our future Year 7 students.

Junior Leaders 2018

Last Thursday, nominated students gave speeches for the positions of 2018 Junior Leader, Junior Vice Leader, Junior House Captains and Year Level Representatives. Most students delivered excellent, well-prepared speeches that gave inspiration and direction to our junior school. Junior students then voted. This week the nominated students will go through an interview process with the leaders announced on Speech Night, Thursday 2nd November.

Who can support your student at CSHS?

There are many people who can help your student if they need it. Below is a list of some options should students not know who to see for help:

Class Teachers

Emails to contact staff are a good choice if you do not require an immediate response or ring the school to have a chat or to organise a meeting.

Head of Departments (HOD)

Science/ Maths/Ag/Senior Secondary – Mr Sebastian Kohli
HPE/Junior Secondary – acting Mrs Sabrina Goodingham
Technology/ VET – acting Mr Barry Wastie
English/ Humanities/LOTE/Art/Reading - acting Mrs Cassandra Kohli
HOSES - acting Miss Katherine Goult

Year Level Coordinators

Yr 10-12 - Mr Leighton Webb and Miss Lauren Butler
Yr 7-9 – Mr Sam Barrow

Guidance Officer – Mr John Anderssen
Youth Support Coordinator(YSC) - Mrs Jenny Peacock
Community Education Officer (CEC) – Jolene Russell
Beyond Bronco’s Academy Officer: Courtney Burns
School Based Youth Health Nurse (SBYHN) – Jen Sellin
Chaplain - Mr Les Penrose (Chappy)

Deputy Principals

Senior Schooling – Ms Vanessa Moller
Junior Schooling and Students Services – Mrs Narelle Webb

Principal -Mr Matt Samson

STUDENT SERVICES

Mobile Phones at Charleville SHS

The inappropriate use of a mobile phone at times reported to the school, however the majority of times the mobile phone is used outside of school hours. If there is evidence that a student has used their phone inappropriately at school, then the student is not to have their phone at school. It is the parents and carers’ responsibility to ensure that the student is receiving and sending legal and only age appropriate material.

Immunization

Unfortunately, the catch up clinic for those students who did not receive their scheduled immunizations on time cancelled at the last minute. We will endeavor to make another date this term.

Immunization for Meningococcal (15 to 19 year olds)

The majority of year ten students were immunized for meningococcal disease in term 3. If your child is aged between 15 and 19 then the immunization is free this year. The service offered at the school is for year 10 students only. If your student is in a different class or was unable to have the immunization on the two days the nurses were at school then you may take your child to the clinics run by the Murweh shire council. Please call them to confirm dates. We are working hard to get permission for the nurses to immunize other students aged between 15 and 19 at school. Watch this space for more news.

Reading

At Charleville State High School, we have an excellent three-tiered reading plan/focus.

As parents, you can help your students in many aspects:

  1. Model reading to them. Read interesting articles to them and take the time to discuss and value each other’s opinions.
  2. Encourage students regardless of age to read for at least 20 minutes every day.

Attendance

At Charleville State High School, our goal is for all students to attend school 92%. Every term letters are sent to individual families whose child’s attendance in the junior school was less than 80%. If you received a letter, please ensure that your child attends school every day unless there is a valid reason. If attendance does not improve then the next step in the process of reaching the goal of 92% is to send an official Education Queensland letter requesting an interview to discuss why attendance is at such a level.

Student Support Centre

We are very excited to have our Student Support Centre established in Term 4. C block will now house our CEC, Mrs Jolene Russell, our YSC, Mrs Jenny Peacock, our SBYHN, Miss Jen Sellin, our Chaplain, Mr Les Penrose, as well as our newly appointed Beyond Broncos staff member, Courtney Burns. Students have a large, welcoming area to access the support offered at Charleville State High School. Part of supporting the students is to provide nutritious food to those who are unable to supply their own. It is appreciated if you were able to assist in the form of donations. As fruit is offered in the third break, Donations of fruit would be a great benefit.

Resilience

One of Charleville State High School’s Values is RESILIENCE. I found a you tube clip that demonstrates the use of resilience when a student is being verbally bullied. I hope to show the junior students this clip on parade this term. I urge you as parents to investigate Brooks Gibbs also.

The YouTube clip I found interesting is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKjW1OIjuw

Year Nine Camp

It was a very successful camp for the year nine students to Moreton Island. I thank Miss Katherine Goult for the excellent organization of the trip well supported by Miss Crystal Dingle and Mr Dan Baeck.

Until next time,

Narelle Webb
Deputy Principal
Junior Schooling/Student Services

ITD

Charleville State High Scholl is committed with working with other schools in the region. With this is mind the Year 11 Certificate I in Construction class has recently delivered five tables to Charleville State School. Discussion started with the primary after they had witnessed other projects being completed in the workshop. Decisions needed to be made on height of the tables, size of the tables, colours and how many. We also looked at the location that the tables would spend their time. Once this was all decided, students were given a set of plans to follow to construct the tables. The tables have now reached their new home at Charleville State School for all the prep students to enjoy.

Year 12 Certificate I in construction have just completed two cubby houses. Students were exposed to the basics of working in the construction industry. This included working from a set of drawings, framing, using nail guns, following procedures and using correct PPE. This project has taken the students just under 2 terms to complete. The cubby houses have been sold to members of the local community. We will be looking at constructing some more next year that will be for sale.

As the year 12s come to the end of their high school way of life and a lot of hard work over the past 18 months. I am extremely proud of their achievements.

The following students have completed their Certificate I in Construction- Oliver Aitken, Savannah Brayley, Dylan Holley, Declan Johnstone, Chance Marshall, Jay Steedman, and Luke Vetter. I would like acknowledge Savannah Brayley as she is the first female to achieve the Certificate I in Construction at Charleville State High School.

The Following students have achieved their Certificate II in Engineering Pathways – Oliver Aitken, Harrison Alick, Jayme Galipo, Dylan Holley, Declan Johnstone, Ian Mackie, Chance Marshall, Jabyn McDonald, Jay Steedman, and Luke Vetter.

This is Charleville State High School first group of students to complete their Certificate II in Engineering Pathways. I would also like to thank Tim Newton from Blue dog Training for supporting our students to achieve their certificates.

Barry WASTIE,
Acting HOD Technology

Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

VTOL Progress

Over the school holidays a small group of dedicated students spent 3 days constructing and programming a Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) radio control vehicle.

This is our first attempt at building a ‘drone’, and put to use the 3D design, 3D printing and programming we have worked with over the last year and a half. There are some issues to smooth out, but it was very exciting when the aircraft hovered for the first time.

We have also put our DJI Phantom 3 to good use, producing a 3D model of a shed and the surroundings. Over 250 photos were stitched together by some clever software to produce the model you see below.

There are some exciting times ahead. The club is open to all students, runs from 3:15 pm on Thursday afternoons in E block, and will be continuing in 2018. See Mr Kohli for a permission form

2018 Girls Softball Team

It is that time of the year again for softball training to begin. Students from Year 7-11 are eligible to train for the Charleville State High School Softball Team that go away during Week 2 of Term 1, 2018. Every Wednesday afternoon from 4pm-5pm on the school oval, we will be training to improve the girl’s skill level in the sport in hope of being selected in the South West team at the trials next year. Students need to collect a permission note from Mrs Creedon to receive parent permission in order for the girls to partake in the softball activities.

Integrity and what it means.

Integrity is one of the most misunderstood and misused words in society.

Here are 3 common myths I have often heard:

  1. Integrity = just being honest
  2. Balanced and compartmentalized life = life of integrity
  3. Being in integrity = natural, effortless, just ‘part of who you are’

When I look at the definition of integrity, it’s defined as a “concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions.”

Let me call out the key words in this definition that are often missed. Consistency. Honesty, and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions.

Consistency is about being the same regardless of the situation. For example, do you know of leaders whose mood changes by the day and make rash decisions on certain days, yet calm and engaging on other days? This would be an example of inconsistency of actions and outcomes.

Given the real definition of integrity, we recognize that it is actually extremely difficult to be in integrity 100% of the time. We aspire to be in integrity with what we believe but sometimes, we mess up. Sometimes, our emotions get the best of us and we are unable to intentionally manage our behavior and actions. Sometimes, we don’t give ourselves permission to be our true selves out of fear of what others may think or due to an inability to truly ‘integrate’ the various parts of ourselves into ONE, complete WHOLE person.