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Charleville QLD 4470
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20 February 2019

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

SCHOOL EVENT NEWS

Our school swimming carnival occurred last Friday, also doubling as the District Swimming Trials. Involvement by the students was impressive, but most impressive was the way the students supported all competitors, particularly those who were possibly not the best swimmers, but were in there having a go. This was certainly displaying “The Charleville State High School Way”.

Alamein were victorious on the day, finally breaking Tobruk’s run of wins. Thanks to Mr Brad Lines for all of his organisation and work for this fantastic event.

A meet and greet BBQ for all Year 7 parents/carers took place at the school on Thursday 14 February. Thank you to the parents who came along on the afternoon to meet their student’s teachers – it is always great for both parties to put a face to the name. Each child’s education is a concerted team effort between the school and the parent/carers to get the best educational outcomes for each child.

Thank you to all of the teachers who came along on the afternoon to meet the parents and to Mrs Sabrina Goodingham for organising the afternoon.

Our Investiture ceremony was held on Tuesday in the school hall, where all our Year 12 students were presented with their senior badges, and other student leaders were presented with their leadership badges for 2019. It was a fantastic morning, and it was great to see the pride in the student’s faces and the sincere way they all went about pledging their commitment to the values and behaviours of the school. It was also great to see how many parents/carers were able to attend on the morning to support the students during this special event. I would like to thank Mr Paul Hunter for his work in organising this event.

ATTENDANCE AND EXPECTATIONS – SCHOOL SPORT

There are a number of sporting trials, both for district and regional teams coming up over the remainder of this term. Students should have brought a letter home giving the details of all of these trials and the permission letter from this should have been returned to Mr Lines.

The dates for all of these trials are also on the school website calendar if required. Students are also reminded constantly of these trials through daily student notices and weekly school assemblies.

Students are also constantly reminded of the expectations around representing the school at these trials. Students must have school fees paid (payment plan in place), have over 85% attendance, and meet behavioural expectations of the school. Students who find themselves on our behaviour tracking system of yellow and red cards, or are suspended, will find themselves ineligible to be involved in these trials for a period of time. Students need to show they can follow the expectations and values of the school in school before they will be allowed to compete in trials and represent the school at school, district or regional level.

Full details of these consequences are on page 20 of the student planner so all students are very aware of these expectations.

Students in the junior school also received their assessment timetables last week and the senior students will receive theirs early this week. These, along with the consistent use of their student planners, are designed to help students be organised and plan ahead for assessment items during the term. If you have any questions regarding these, please contact Mrs Sabrina Goodingham (Head of Department – Junior School) or Mr Paul Hunter (Head of Department – Senior School).

A reminder also that school photos will take place at the school on Friday 22 February. All students were given individual envelopes to take home and these need to be returned to the school for ordering. Please call Ms Moller if you have any questions regarding the photo day.

Friday will also see the launch of the Beyond Broncos program for 2019. This is a program that supports indigenous girls within the school, providing support and guidance in assisting them to achieve at school. The launch will occur at 7.30am in the trade training centre at the school. Please confirm with Courtney Burns if you would like to attend for catering purposes.

Mr Matt Samson
Principal

Deputy Principal Senior Schooling Report

Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all the students who came along and participated in the Swimming carnival last Friday. It was a wonderfully colourful event and the whole school embraced the Hawaiian theme.

Indigenous Education Community Meetings

Charleville State High School holds an Indigenous Education Community Meeting once a month. This Committee provides a link for our indigenous community/family to share knowledge, celebrate and be involved in the education of the children enrolled at Charleville State School. If you have a child/grandchild attending Charleville State High School who identifies as ATSI or you are interested in the education of ATSI children in our community then we welcome and encourage you to attend our meetings.

In 2019, these meetings will be held in the school Professional Library, situated in the school office, and will occur on the second Thursday of each month. If you wish to discuss a particular topic please forward your agenda item to jruss336@eq.edu.au prior to meeting day.

Subject Changes

Subject changes are now closed for the term, unless there are special circumstances.

School Photo’s

School Photo’s will occur on Friday 22nd February. Senior students are required to wear their formal shirts, with black long pants or black skirts. Photo order packs have been sent out to families. If you would like a family photo done, please collect an envelope for this from the front office.

QCE Tracking and SET Plan Review

Mr Hunter and I are busy closely monitoring our senior students, to ensure they are on a pathway to successfully gain their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). We will also be organising parent/student interviews with those students who are ‘at risk’ of not gaining their QCE, so we can form an action plan.

In Week 5, we will be conducting SET Plan Reviews with our Year 11 students, to ensure they are on a successful pathway to gaining their QCE. This week a letter will be sent home, with instructions for parents on how to book an interview on line. The log on site is below:

http://www.sobs.com.au/

Year 10 Work Experience

All Year 10 students will be completing a week of Work Experience, to align with their Certificate II in Foundation Skills for Work (CERT II FSK), which they complete during their Pastoral Care classes. This course teaches students basic literacy and numeracy skills, as well as the skills required to study certificate courses. The course will also give students points toward their QCE.

Work Experience will occur in the last week of school in Term 2 (Week 10). It would involve sourcing over 50 positions for students for 5 days straight, for 6 hours each day. Working hours/times will be negotiated with the employer. These positions do not have to be in this town. Through negotiations with us, students could go anywhere in QLD. They might have relatives in Brisbane or a family property in Emerald, that they could go to for a week of work experience.

Students will be allocated a prospective employer, according to their preferences and then be able to ‘apply’ for this job. They will have to write a letter of introduction and a resume (all done through the Cert II FSK in Pastoral Care), which will be sent to the business. Student will have to present to the business before the work experience for an interview, giving the employer an opportunity to outline their expectations.

If there are any employers who are interested in having a work experience student for a week, from Monday 24th June to Friday 28th June, please contact Ange Vetter at the school on 4656 8888.

VET News

We have a number of traineeships and apprenticeship opportunities coming up. If your student is looking for the opportunity to be involved, please contact Ange Vetter at the school on 4656 8888.

Cheers
Vanessa Moller

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL JUNIOR SCHOOLING
AND STUDENT SERVICES NEWS

WELCOME TO WEEK 4

The first few weeks seem to have passed at a rapid rate. I am so pleased to see our students working extremely hard in their classes and encouraged by the learning that is occurring every lesson.

JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWS

An integral part of our school pedagogical framework is that every student is informed of his or her Learning Intentions and Success Criteria. It is the expectation that each student writes the Lesson Intention (Objective) in his or her books. As a parent, it is recommended that you ask your student to show you their four Lesson Objectives for each day. It would be a great conversation starter for parents to ensure that their students know what the learning intention is and prevents the often-short response to the question: What did you learn today? Response: Nothing. By discussing the Lesson Objectives each day, it helps the student remember the valuable learning that occurred in their classes.

Our staff are a wonderful group of dedicated professionals. In the past weeks at their faculty meetings, they discussed the data already collected on every student. This included their most recent NAPLAN, PAT R and PAT M data as well as Academic data. This data is useful to plan units, lessons and support for each student. It is a method of Putting Faces to the Data and valuing each student as an individual.

JUNIOR SERVICES TEAM

The Student Support team will oversee the following areas:

  • Medical Needs and Plans
  • Students with a Disability(SWD) and QCIA
  • EAL/D students
  • Indigenous students
  • Students with additional needs e.g. dyslexia, ADHD, Auditory Processing, mental health
  • Positive Behaviour for Learning
  • Behaviour Support including support plans and flexible arrangements

STUDENT SERVICES- VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF

  • Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - Natalya Kajewski- based at Charleville State School. Natalya visits CSHS each term.
  • PBL coordinator: Sarah O’Brien is our School leader for Positive Behavior for Learning (PBL). Our external coach is also the Behaviour Support Coach, Allison Davies. The regional PBL coordinator is Marc Davies. This week Allison will be conducting the School Evaluation Tool (SET). The SET gauges the PBL implementation at the school.

  • EAL/D Support- Anna Batsone has been working in this area to ensure our students who have English as a second language are well supported at our school. Timetables have been established and will be implemented this week.
  • Immunization Clinics for Years 7 and 10. Almost all year seven and year ten students received their immunizations last week. The year ten students in particular took the process with a great deal of maturity. I would like to thank the team from Queensland health who carry out this important service to ensure all of our students are well protected.

  • The next immunization will take place in May. It is called Tackle Flu. Tackle Flu gives every indigenous student over the age of 15 the opportunity to be immunized against influenza. This year a new initiative is being introduced where eligible community members may also come to the school to take part in Tackle Flu.

READING PROGRAMS SET TO COMMENCE- LEVELLED LITERACY INTERVENTION (LLI) and MULTILIT

Sue McDermott and Candice Luff will be implementing the Tier 2 reading intervention program (LLI) in the near future. The third level of intervention is another commercial program known as MultiLit (Making Up for Lost Time in Literacy) will commence in week 5. If your child is part of LLI and/or MultiLit you will be notified.

STUDENTS WITH MEDICAL NEEDS

A reminder to parents/carers to notify the school about your child’s health

If you receive a referral form from the school with regard to your child’s medical needs please return them as soon as possible. If your child requires an ACTION PLAN for a medical diagnosis please supply the school with an up to date plan as discussed with your doctor.

MOBILE PHONES

We have had a very positive and supportive response from the community regarding the changes to the Charleville SHS mobile phone policy. Year seven and eight students are not allowed to have a phone at school. Years 9 to 12 students are allowed to have a phone in their possession but not use it in school hours. This includes listening to music both in the classroom and during breaks. Almost all students have been very responsible and have not used their phones in school hours. Those students who use their phone irresponsibly are required to hand the phone into the office. A parent will be contacted and must make arrangements to collect the phone. There have been the occasional situation where a student needs to use their phone (contact employer ect). THEY ASK PERMISSION FROM A TEACHER AND WITHIN SIGHT OF THE TEACHER USES THE PHONE. The same situation applies on school events off campus. A Teacher may give permission for a student to use their phone within the teachers’ supervision (eg music on the bus during a school trip). Strictly no social media is allowed.

In 2018 and already this year, the inappropriate use of a mobile phones has been reported to the school, however the majority of times the mobile phone is used outside of school hours. Please carefully consider your young persons’ best interest and the amount of time they use digital media. I urge all parents to know what your student has stored on their phone, what they receive and what they send. As the students are not allowed to sign contracts until they are 18 years of age it is the parents’ responsibility to monitor all digital use.

This year there has been a case of bullying of one of our students from people not attending our school through social media. The parents are to be congratulated on the speed that they were able to manage the situation in a very responsible, kind manner with a positive outcome. This was achievable because the parents were aware of their student’s social media activity and their student felt comfortable in sharing their distress on the situation. Well Done!

There are methods to monitor your child’s mobile phone use. There are apps in which a parent can responsibly control the times in which the phones can be used. Our Pact is one example of the numerous apps available. If you are aware of other such apps that will help support the students to safely use social media and mobile phones, I would be more than happy to share the information with others.

Until next time,

Narelle Webb
Deputy Principal

Junior Secondary Welcome

A warm welcome back to all our students, and in particular our new Year 7s – welcome to Charleville State High School. 2019 has started fantastically with all our students seemingly eager to be back hard at work, and following our 4 B’s and V’s. It is great to see so many smiling faces eager to learn, and wearing their uniforms with pride.

2019 is sure to be another big year! Again this year sees our Year 7 students head off to Emu Gully for their camp. This will occur a bit earlier this year in Week 5 of Term 1, and is sure to be an experience full of laughter, challenges, excitement, and new friendships. Payment for Year 7 Camp needs to be made by Week 3 of this term. Our Junior Secondary team this year has worked tirelessly this year and last year to fundraise for this camp, reducing the cost for each student by $50 in 2019.

Our Year 9 Students will also head off on their camp to the Sunshine Coast towards the end of the Year. Fundraising for this camp has already commenced. Year 9 students are currently selling Zooper Doopers, and we ask that all Year 9 students attending camp donate one packet of Zooper Doopers to assist with the fundraising. If you have any fundraising ideas, or would like to contribute to our fundraising endeavours, please feel free to contact Sabrina Goodingham on sgood192@eq.edu.au or Kate Jackson on kmcne49@eq.edu.au .

In addition our Year 8 and Year 9 students will continue to earn points towards their Junior Certificate of Education (JCE). This is an academic achievement awarded to all Year 9 students who successfully complete Year 9. A huge congratulations to the thirty-one Year 9 students of 2018 who received their JCE in the final week of 2018. It was fantastic to see all of your hard work recognised as you walked across the stage to receive your certificates. We wish you all the best in your senior years, and know you will achieve all you set your minds to.

Until next time,

Sabrina Goodingham
HOD – Junior Secondary

House Point Update

This year Charleville State High School has a huge variety of school house competitions we will be running. In addition students will continue to be recognised for their achievements at school and in the wider community. We know that many of you have been busy over the holidays – making many accomplishments. Please let your house mentor know asap (with evidence) of your achievements so we can award your house the relevant points.

Congratulations to all our students who attended and participated in our first major house event for 2019 – the swimming carnival. Congratulations to Alamein who won the carnival by a close 10 points to Tobruk. Kokoda unfortunately trailed well behind – not to worry they will make a comeback throughout the year I am sure!

Our competitions for the year are as follows:

TERM 1

Week 2

Swimming Carnival

Everyone

Week 7

Volleyball Competition

Tues. B2 – Tobruk v Alamein

Wed. B1 – Kokoda v Tobruk
B2 – Alamein v Kokoda

Thurs. B1 – Finals

B2 – Teacher v Students

Week 9

Photo Competition

Photos due to House Mentors by Friday Week 9

Week 9

Cross Country

Everyone

TERM 2

Week 4

Bake Off

Everyone

Week 6

Trivia Competition

Everyone

Week 8

Netball Competition

Tues. B2 – Alamein v Kokoda

Wed. B1 – Kokoda v Tobruk
B2 – Tobruk v Alamein

Thurs. B1 – Finals

B2 – Teacher v Students

TERM 3

Week 4

Athletics Carnival

Everyone

Week 7

Scavenger Hunt

Everyone

Week 9

Elimination Tag

Everyone

TERM 4

Week 6

Tug of War

Tues. B2 – Kokoda v Tobruk

Wed. B1 – Tobruk v Alamein
B2 – Alamein v Kokoda

Thurs. B1 – Finals

B2 – Teacher v Students

Our House Mentors for 2019 are:

Alamein – Candice Luff
Kokoda – Fiona Day
Tobruk – Jenna Andreatta

Please keep your eyes and ears pealed to see what the House program will bring in 2019, and who will be the overall winner!

Home Economics and Hospitality Happenings

All classes have had a busy start to 2019. Year 8’s are learning basic kitchen skills, as well as how to be safe and hygienic while cooking. They have been practising their measuring by making Oaty Coconut Slice and, this week, will be honing their knife skills, chopping, slicing and dicing ingredients for Mini Pizzas. The year 10 Certificate 1 in Hospitality course has commenced, with students learning how to work effectively with others, in preparation for their first event – an Italian themed lunch for staff. They have also been practising pasta based dishes, and will be making pizza dough from scratch (no frozen bases here). 11 and 12 Hospitality are focussing on a Coffee Shop theme, with all students learning how to use a commercial espresso machine to make hot beverages. They will also be planning, preparing, baking and portioning a wide variety of sweet treats as accompaniments. Semester 1 promises to be an interesting and busy time in this area of the school. As always, any questions, queries and concerns are welcome.

Sue McDermott
Home Economics teacher

Reading in the school

Currently, all year 7 students are going through a process to determine their reading levels. This will then extend to students new to the school, and those who teachers feel are at risk. Students who are identified as having difficulties may be eligible to be included in our Intensive Reading Programs, the aim of which is to assist students to reach their age appropriate reading level.

This year, a whole school reading program will also commence, which is designed to focus on a particular reading comprehension skill every three weeks. Our first skill is Finding the Main Idea, which requires all students to identify the purpose or main point of any texts they are required (or choose) to read. This is a vital skill, and the first of twelve strategies which your student/s will be investigating this year. When you see your child reading, please have a conversation with him/her, and ask what the text is about, or the main message the author is trying to get across to readers.

As parents, it is vital that you encourage your child to read whenever and wherever possible. After all, reading success = learning success = life success.

Sue McDermott
2019 Reading Coordinator

Instrumental Music Curriculum

A warm welcome to instrumental music from Mr Vincent Kwan and Mr David Pullen.

In 2017, the instrumental music program adopted a new curriculum that incorporated a number of teaching practices, pedagogical approaches and resources, such as rudiments, material from other sources such as technical books, digital resources and rudiments. Teaching and learning to the appropriate attained level regardless of their instrument or class cohort ensures a student centred focus to musicianship.

The department’s instrumental music curriculum has been approved as a QCAA Recognised Study, allowing year 11-12 students to obtain one QCE credit point when completing each of levels 7-10 of the curriculum, as at 1 January 2018. In addition to having to be learning at level 7-10 in the curriculum, the student would have to be involved in a 1-hour rehearsal, one lesson and home practice.

We look forward to giving feedback to students and parents throughout the year.

The Importance of Engaging Student’s Curiosity in History: Year 7 and 8 History

Grade 7 and 8 History at the school have undergone some minor curriculum changes this term as staff try to engage students’ natural curiosities to different topics in history. As educationalist theorist Maria Montessori argues, the key to engaging students within the humanities curriculum is to inspire a learner’s natural curiosity, as this will allow them to take in new information and motivate them to explore further, rather than being empty vessels passively being filled by teachers. By exploring some different topics, staff are hoping that students grow in their knowledge, ask questions about content that is curious to them and become active informed citizens understanding, making connections with the past.

Grade 7 History:

In Grade 7 Humanities, the A and B classes are both looking at Ancient Rome this year, moving away from Egypt. Students thus far have being exploring the origins of Ancient Rome, the differences between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and impact of importance leaders to such as Julius Caesar to our lives today. Before camp, students will also explore the topic of gladiators and the legacy of the Ancient Romans. By the end of Week 6, Year 7’s should be able to answer the question from Monty Pythons: Life of Brian_ “What did the Romans ever do for us”?

Grade 8 History

Grade 8 History has also undergone a slight restructure, focusing on the medieval society and the Black Death. As a passionate historian, the medieval period provides a fabulous insight into our society earliest beliefs, as well as providing valuable insight into the spread of global pandemics and diseases through global connections. Students in the Year 8 A and B classroom, have participated in various activities designed to help the kinaesthetic learners amongst our students including feudal candy in the teaching of the feudal system and also teaching the students dark nature of our nursery rhymes doing “Ring around a Rosie”, in exploring the Black Death. Students will hopefully put these learning activities to good use when they develop a website for their assessment in weeks 6, 7 and 8.

PBL Focus

Charleville SHS provides quality learning in an inclusive and caring environment. Our mission is to support children to become confident lifelong learners. To achieve this we are a Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school, meaning that we recognise students positive actions while completing their education.

We value integrity, resilience, cooperation and organisation, and are committed to modelling and enacting these values to students throughout their education at Charleville SHS. To ensure our students become successful contributing members of society we believe it is important for our students to be active learners, who are not only respectful and responsible at all times, but also safe.

Each week we have a focus on a certain behaviour or value for reinforcement, and we would love if parents could reinforce this from home also.

Our focus for Week 4 is to behave in a way that allows others to learn. In the classroom this means:

  • arriving to class on time, and ready to learn with homework completed
  • following the teachers instructions at all times
  • being respectful of other people, and their ideas and opinions
  • remaining in your seats unless otherwise instructed
  • raising hands to join in with discussions

At home reinforcement of this focus may include reinforcing with your students to make smart choices in who they sit with in class, and discussing what appropriate classroom behaviour and language looks like.

Our focus for Week 5 is to follow all classroom procedures and instructions. By following these procedures and instructions we can ensure the safety of each student in our classroom. Each classroom has a three strike warning system, where after a student has received three warnings for not complying with teacher instructions and procedures they will be sent to an exit class. This is to ensure the learning and safety of students within this classroom. Feel free to ask your child’s teachers what their procedures and expectations are.

In the junior classroom all students are expected to:

  • line up in 2 lines quietly with all equipment (book, pencil case, diary)
  • write down the learning objective at the start of each lesson

In the senior classroom all students are expected to:

  • assemble quietly and orderly outside the classroom with all required equipment
  • write down the objective at the start of each lesson

At home you can reinforce this by encouraging your student to follow your rules, and explain the importance of having rules. Can you imagine a world without rules, instructions and procedures!

Thanks!

The PBL Committee

The Agriculture and Horticulture Plot News

The Agriculture and Horticulture plot at Charleville State High School had grown, burnt and dried out over the Christmas holidays. A lot of hard work from all the Agricultural classes these last couple of weeks have helped turn over all of the gardens, removed weeds and given the plants and structures loads of love and elbow grease. We have pruned all of our fruit trees, including passion fruit, bananas, black and white mulberries, paw paws, dragon fruit, grapes and a range of citrus trees; in hope that we get a yield. With the juniors planting vegetable seedlings including carrots, onions, cabbage, radishes, strawberries, beans and peas.

What the plans are for the plot

The agricultural plot is planning on expanding the gardens, as to grow various vegetable crops, such as corn and cabbage. With all the hard work the children are putting into the agriculture and Horticulture plot we aim to obtain chickens and sheep. With association with the Charleville Show committee we are going to be training both the animals and the children with the showing of the animals. Looking at the ideal breeds, genders, showing techniques, cleaning and grooming.

What could help the plot

The Ag plot needs loads of love! And with that any donations would be greatly appreciated. We are looking for pots, pvc pipes, pallets, 1.5L soft drink bottles, toilet paper cardboard tubes, plants, seeds, plant cuttings and any form of manure. There is a silver bin outside the gates if there are any donations or you can contact me at mgbai0@eq.edu.au

The Performing Arts committee

The Performing Arts committee upcoming AGM?

It's happening on the 10th March, 5:15pm at the RSL.

Thank you,

Teri Sommerfield (PAC Secretary)