Newsletter March 2019 · Inkerman finishing in third on 538 points. Our house participation lap was...

Home Hill State High School LEARNING – PERFORMANCE – CITIZENSHIP

First Street Home Hill Qld 4806

Phone: (07) 4790 5666 Fax: (07) 4790 5600

www.homehillshs.eq.edu.au

Newsletter March 2019 Principal’s Report With what has probably been one of the most disruptive starts to a school year, we suddenly find ourselves halfway through Term 1 already. After a rocky start with all the rain and flooding, and the resultant disruption, learning has returned to the forefront, after all, quality teaching and learning is our core business.

As a final summation of 2018, our students’ results were really pleasing, both for the year 12 cohort as well as our school results as a whole;

For our year 12 certification, 100% of students achieved a QCE or QCIA.

Whilst there was not as strong a performance at the top OP bands in 2018 as in some other years, the school year 12 OP result for our students in the OP 1-15 range was an impressive 93.3%.

Our end of year report card data was also very pleasing (see the table below). Particularly the year 11, year 7 and the indigenous student cohorts showed very strong results.

A B C D E N % PASS

ATSI Stud’s 3.6 30.4 52.7 10.7 0.9 1.8 86.6

ATSI 2017 5.2 26.5 49.0 13.5 0.0 5.8 80.7

Year 12 8.4 39.7 51.4 0.0 0.6 0.0 99.4

12 - 2017 13.5 48.5 38.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0

Year 11 16.2 34.0 46.7 1.5 0.0 1.5 97.0

11 - 2017 11.9 34.2 49.2 4.7 0.0 0.0 95.3

Year 10 14.1 40.0 35.1 8.9 1.3 0.7 88.1

10 - 2017 17.5 37.9 39.6 3.9 0.0 1.1 95.0

Year 9 14.6 30.5 43.3 8.7 2.2 0.6 88.5

9 - 2017 17.6 46.0 28.7 3.4 1.2 3.1 92.3

Year 8 10.8 38.6 37.8 9.7 1.9 1.1 87.3

8 - 2017 13.4 29.1 43.8 9.8 1.0 2.9 86.3

Year 7 17.3 44.7 33.2 4.0 0.3 0.5 95.2

7 - 2017 10.7 42.4 35.7 10.7 0.0 0.5 88.8

Sem 2, 2018 13.8 38.3 39.8 6.3 1.1 0.7 91.9

Sem 2, 2017 14.1 39.9 38.3 6.0 0.4 1.4 92.2

I have been very pleased with the manner in which most students have settled into their classes this year, particularly the year 11s who have commenced on the “New QCE” curriculum. There has been a very positive tone about the school since things settled down, and I am hopeful that this will continue throughout this year.

Term 1 indicative report cards should be out not too far in the future, which should provide a good indication on how your student has started with their 2019 studies. It would be great to see many parents and carers take the opportunity that the parent/teacher interviews provide to get detailed feedback from teachers on their child’s studies. I look forward to what the rest of this term, and the year will bring.

Next P&C Meeting - AGM The March meeting of the

P&C will be held on Tuesday, 12 March (AGM) at 7.30pm

in the Staff Common Room. All are welcome to attend.

Dates to Remember

8-18 April – School holidays

Monday 22 April – Easter Monday Holiday

Thursday 25 April – Anzac Day Holiday

Friday 3 May – School Cross Country – Drama Festival

Monday 6 May – Labour Day Holiday

Our school acknowledges the Juru Community as the first owners of this country.

Today, they are still the custodians of the cultural heritage of this land. Further to this, our school acknowledges there are other

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Island people have lived, worked and

contributed to the cultural heritage of our community.

March 2019

Leaders’ Investiture On Thursday 21 February, the school community gathered at the Memorial Hall for the Leaders’ Investiture, where badges were presented to School Leaders and Student Council Representatives. Special guests included Mr Dale Last, MP for the Burdekin and Deputy Mayor, John Bonanno who is also a former student of our school, and Home Hill State School’s Principal, Mrs Judith White and their student leaders.

The Seniors of 2019 were introduced by their Form Teachers, Mr Bradley Cheyne and Mrs Wendy Viero, to the assembled guests first, receiving their badges from Deputy Principal, Mr Steve Buttsworth, and then pledged to play a leading role in the school as role models for the whole student body.

The Student Council Executive and Form Class Representatives were next to be presented their badges by Mr John Bonanno. The audience were then wonderfully entertained by Jenna Attard and Joel Blacklock’s amazing performance of “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5.

The Interact Committee were then introduced to the school community and presented with their badges of office.

House Captains and Vice-Captains followed, and the School Captains, Senior and Junior, as well as the Indigenous Captain were the last to be presented on the day. They were presented with their badges by Mr Dale Last. School Principal, Mr Frank Kingma then gave an inspirational speech about the qualities of good leadership and tasked the Seniors to showcase these qualities in a way that he knew all were capable of.

Jenna Attard and Darcy Walters then gave the Captain’s response and vote of thanks, before Mr Frank Kingma announced the Seniors’ ambitions as they walked off the stage.

The behaviour of all the students at the Hall was exemplary. Both the students on the stage and those in the audience did the school proud. In his address to the audience, Mr Last made the statement that our students were the best behaved of all the Burdekin High Schools. Positive comments from the other special guests were also passed on about our students and school.

At the end of the ceremony, guests were treated to a delicious afternoon tea catered by Mrs Rebekah Williams and her Year 9/10 Food Studies Class. She was assisted by Mrs Jo-Anne Lewty.

Thank you to Mrs Bugeja for the wonderful job of organising the ceremony and to all our guests for making the time to come along and be part of the presentations. Your presence was greatly appreciated.

2019 Student Leaders Senior Secondary School Captains

Jenna Attard Darcy Walters

Junior Secondary School Captains Caitlyn Swinney Liam Todeschino

Indigenous Leader Tamika Kelly

Junior Secondary Principal’s

Representative Ryan Kaminski

Student Leaders, Tamika, Caitlyn, Liam, Ryan, Darcy & Jenna

March 2019

House Captains

Beachmount House Captains Libby D’Alessandro Lucas Sunderland

Vice Captains Bonnie Grimbaldeston

James Shand

Inkerman House Captains Mikaela Price-Wilson

Zander Musumeci

Vice Captains Kellie Lowis

Myles Gelling

Upstart House Captains Danielle Rehbein

Rhegan Falco

Vice Captains Abby Oakes

Darcy Walters

Student Council Executive

President: Brianne Gibson

Vice Presidents:

Libby D’Alessandro Dean Zamperoni

Secretary: Danielle Rehbein

Principal’s Representative

Joseph Forno

Treasurer: Selena Thorley

Student Council Form Class Representatives

7A Chloe Blacklock Rian Berryman

8A Tiffiny Pegoraro

Joel Body

9A Allie-Jo Farry

Jackson Cooke

10A Mackenzie Linton

Maggie Meech

11A Sophie Law

Clinton Gosling

7B Demi-Bree Smith Mazoee Gamauf

7C

Tayah Gibson Maddie Murison

8B Rina Patane

Luke Krug

8C Isabella Linton Riley Catanzaro

9B Hayley Minuzzo

Kane Lowis

9C Marnie Skipper

Jordan Wood

10B Leah Poli

Logan Smith

11B Laura Loizou

Chloe Minuzzo

House Captains Jenna Attard & Joel Blacklock entertaining the crowd

Student council representatives

March 2019

Student Council Teacher Nominees

Shari Smerdon, Kenneth Southwell, Joshua Machin, Martina Bojack, Malcolm Balmer, Dayna Linton, Chloe Profke

Interact Committee

President: Darcy Walters

Vice President: Selena Thorley

Secretary: Jenna Attard

Treasurer: Kellie Lowis

International Officer: Libby D’Alessandro

Club Service Officer: Clay Ford

Publicity Officer: Danielle Rehbein

Sergeant at Arms: Brianne Gibson

Community Service Officers: Zander Musumeci & Dean Zamperoni

Attendance Officer: Mikaela Price-Wilson

Interact Committee

Year 12s with Mr Dale Last

P&C Funding for Sporting, Academic and Cultural Representation If your student is representing the school in sporting (e.g. NQ sport), academic (e.g. NYSF) and cultural pursuits (e.g. Rostrum state final), the P&C are prepared to consider applications to provide financial assistance with the associated travel costs. To apply for assistance the student must submit a written request prior to their travel together with the detailed costings of the travel. Approval is granted upon consideration by the P&C. After the student has participated in their event a further requirement is that they submit a brief oral report at a P&C meeting.

March 2019

109 Squadron Burdekin are now recruiting Cadets for the 2019 training year. Recruiting is available to males and females from 12 years of age (turning 13 during 2019) who are in year 7 or above.

AAFC is a youth orientated organisation administered and supported by the Royal Australian Air Force. The AAFC will teach you valuable life skills and will help you develop qualities including leadership, self reliance, confidence, teamwork and communication.

Some activities undertaken by the AAFC include flying, fieldcraft, adventure training, firearms safety training, drill and ceremonial, service knowledge, navigation and gliding.

Recruiting Information can be obtained –

online at www.aafc.org.au ;

by calling to our Base at Tsimba Ridge Training Depot, 46 Little Drysdale Street, Ayr (next to the tennis courts) on a Friday night at 7pm; or

by phoning the Commanding Officer on 0438 107 059.

AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE CADETS

http://www.aafc.org.au/

March 2019

The 2019 Home Hill SHS Interhouse Swimming carnival, what a fantastic day it turned out to be. After experiencing some seriously HOT days throughout the week, the weather on Friday really turned it on for us and it definitely worked out in our favour.

This year, Inkerman decided that they did not want to be missed, taking to the pool in all things fluro. Beachmount and Upstart began the rivalry right from the beginning, with the Upstart “Sailors” trying to combat the Beachmount “Pirates”.

While our numbers were low, this year saw every student who attended step up to participate with no complaints. It was great to see so many students from each house put in an outstanding effort, creating great competition throughout the day. Our year 12s were exceptional, taking charge and responsibility right from the get go, displaying to the whole school what fantastic leaders they are. They really set the standard high for the remainder of the year. Well done to all.

In the end, Upstart had a clear win on 758 points, with Beachmount finishing a respectable second on 662, and Inkerman finishing in third on 538 points.

Our house participation lap was well warranted and united each house on the war of participation points. It gave the houses the opportunity to get into the water to cool off, have some fun and show their rousing house spirit. It was especially enjoyed by those who don’t usually get to race as it was a chance to contribute to house points without the pressure of competition.

A huge thanks goes out to Lloyd and Lisa and their staff at the Home Hill Pool for helping to run the event and a big thanks also goes to the Home Hill Swimming Club. A fantastic effort by all school staff (even getting in on the act, jumping in the pool to cool off) and for those in Upstart house. Congratulations to UPSTART, the age champions, record breakers and most importantly all the participants and spectators!

Yours in Sport Ms Poli

Records

The following records were both broken by Rian Berryman: 12 years boys Backstroke 44.78 (previously held by R Kaminski (2017) at a time of 47.22)

12 years boys Butterfly 53.16 (previously held by L Dobe (2016) at a time of 55.94)

March 2019

The age champions for 2019 were:

• Boys 12 years - Rian Berryman (Inkerman) • Girls 12 years - Tayah Gibson (Inkerman) • Boys 13 years - Kailan Tustin (Inkerman) • Girls 13 years - Alana Dobe (Beachmount) & Isabella Linton (Inkerman) • Boys 14 years - Jakob Washbourne (Beachmount) • Girls 14 years - Sarah Shepherd (Upstart) & Aaliyah Gibson (Inkerman) • Boys 15 years - Lachlan Dobe (Beachmount) • Girls 15 years - Madison Mainwaring-Samwell (Upstart) • Boys 16 years - Thomas Shepherd (Upstart) • Girls 16 years - Leia Vass (Upstart) • Boys 17 years - Hayden Schneider (Beachmount) Girls 17 years - Sara Richardson (Beachmount)

NQ Trials – What’s coming up! Below is a list of upcoming NQ Cluster Trial dates for the term. These trial dates are read out to students regularly on parade and in form class through the student notices. So if your student is interested they should listen out for upcoming events. Students wishing to trial must see Ms Horan for permission letters with further details. If you have any specific queries about NQ Trials, please contact the HPE Department via the school office on 4790 5666.

TERM 1

Date Sport Venue State Date/Venue

Tuesday 12 March

Rugby Union 17-18 years Rugby Park, Townsville 2-5 May, Sunnybank

AFL 13-15 years Riverway Stadium 9-12 May, Broadbeach/Southport

Football G/B 13-15 Murray Football 6-9 June, Toowoomba Football G/B 16-19 Murray Football 16-19 May, Northgate

Basketball G/B 16-18 years Murray Basketball 23-26 May, Hibiscus

Tuesday 19 March

Squash G/B 10-19 years Kirwan Fun Centre 23-26 May, Bundaberg

Touch G/B 13-18 years Queens Park Touch 30 May-2 June, White Hill Hockey G 13-19 years Townsville Hockey 13-16 June, Cairns

Hockey B 13-19 years Townsville Hockey 30 May-2 June, Gold Coast

Tuesday 2 April Basketball G/B 12 years Murray Basketball 30 May-2 June, Caloundra

31 March – 1 April Touch B 12 years Touch G 12 years

Burdekin Burdekin

13-16 June, Chinchilla 1-4 August, Longreach

Wednesday 3 April AFL 12 years Townsville 6-9 June, Brendale

March 2019

Every Day Counts Attendance at school is essential.

1 day absent per school week = 40 days per year = 8 weeks school missed per year

8 weeks missed per year x 5 years at school = 40 weeks = 1 full year missed.

Attendance every day, every lesson = a much better chance for success.

When you count it like that missing 1 day per week adds up to a lot!!

The HHSHS P&C’s best fundraiser each year is our school Fete. Please keep Friday May 10 free for a fabulous fun-filled event with raffles, amusements, entertainment, prizes, food and drinks for all the family. Students in each class run a stall and donate items as follows:

Year 7 Treasure Tray Prizes (eg. small toys, novelty items, hair ties, stationery) Year 8 & 9 Bottles (eg. jams, olives, sauce, juice, stationery, lollies) Year 10, 11 & 12 Groceries for Wheelbarrow Raffle/ Cake stall ingredients

All families are also welcome to bake Cakes, Slices, and Biscuits for the Cake stall

Form teachers will provide more details of donations required.

Students, staff, parents and members of the community are able to work as a team to assist in the preparation, advertising, setting up, running and clean-up of the Fete. Generous local businesses also donate fantastic prizes each year. If you have any suggestions or offers of assistance in the running of the Fete please contact Lisa Todeschino at the school (07) 4790 5666 or via email on [email protected] .

mailto:[email protected]

March 2019

Report Cards and Parent Interviews Progress report cards will be issued to students on Monday 18 March. The Mid-Semester 1 report card is a report on your student’s progress, with the teacher making a judgement on their progress based on class work, teacher observation, and in some cases diagnostic or formal testing/assessment. Students will not receive a level of achievement, but there will be a rating for effort and behaviour, and a rating for overall progress in the subject.

Issued with the report will be information about the parent/teacher interviews and a booking card for your appointments.

Parent/teacher interviews will be held on Wednesday 27 March from 3:20-6:20pm. The interviews will take place in F block and in the school library. Parent/teacher interviews are an opportunity for parents to become more informed about their student’s progress and behaviour in class. In some cases your student’s report card will indicate that their teacher has requested a parent/teacher interview. Please encourage your student to bring their booking card to school on Tuesday 26 March, and to approach their teachers to request an appointment time.

Tuckshop news

Vicki and Sandra would like to welcome everyone back this year. Thank you to those who have registered for online ordering.

For those who would like to register the instructions are on the right.

We are looking forward to an exciting year ahead and getting to know you all.

March 2019

How is your Teen’s self talk ?

The way our teens think about themselves has a direct effect on their emotional wellbeing. Below is some information from Reach Out about self talk and the outcomes of positive and negative. Why not pass along this article to your teen to read after you have finished and use it as a basis for a discussion about your own and their self talk.

And remember - If you feel your teen is experiencing difficulties and requires further support – please don’t hesitate to contact myself or one of our other wonderful support staff.

Tanya Munro

March 2019

On Thursday 28 March, our school will be participating in a Colour Run in aid of the Year 12 Valedictory Committee. This event is for all students and is a lot of messy, colourful fun. The Colour Run will be held on the school oval from 1:30pm on Thursday 28 March and parents are invited to come and watch. Students are asked to wear light coloured clothing to maximise the effect of the colour powder. There will be an obstacle course, music and challenges for the students to complete in 15 minutes in their year levels to add to the excitement - as well as water spray to spread the colour a little more!

So jump online and register today to start racking up prizes. If you raise at least $10 you are entitled to choose from the prize pool. All students who raise at least $1 go in to the draw to win $20 000 worth of Webjet Vouchers – so there is something in this for everyone!

This will be a free dress day and normal school dress code rules regarding sun safety apply. Remember the colour will likely stain so be sure to wear something light coloured that you don’t mind being transformed into an array of bright colours. All students who catch buses are asked to bring a towel and a change of clothes before travelling home. Any other students who are travelling by car are also encouraged to at least bring a towel to sit on.

*Safety….…….This event is held in schools and kindergartens across Australia regularly and is considered a low risk activity. The powder is non -toxic and will not be aimed above the chest of students. Students are encouraged to wear hats, bandanas or swimming/shower caps especially if they have lightened or naturally fair hair. Sunglasses, goggles or safety glasses can also be worn but are not necessary.

We will also be holding an auction in coming weeks for students to bid on having the chance to spray year 12s and Teachers, so this is your opportunity for payback!

Lions Youth of the Year 2019

On Monday 25 February, five year 12 students participated in the 2019 Lions Youth of the Year Quest. This year’s participants included Jenna Attard, Libby D’Alessandro, Darcy Walters, Selena Thorley and Craig Becke.

Throughout the day, each senior student was interviewed by a panel of community representatives before delivering a prepared speech and two impromptu speeches in the evening. Impromptu topics revolved around the possibility of testing drugs at music festivals and whether social media platforms should have age restrictions. Prepared persuasive speech themes included ‘Myths and Misconceptions,’ ‘Australian Identity,’ and even ‘Stepping toward Success’. The judges were most impressed by the entrants, commenting that, each entrant had his/her own set of strengths.

Jenna Attard was declared Lions Youth of the Year for 2019 and also named winner of the Public Speaking category. Jenna will progress to the next round of the competition, which will be held on March 10 in Proserpine. Good luck Jenna!

March 2019

RECYCLING There is a bin outside the tuckshop for students and staff to place bottles, cans, flavoured milk bottles and poppers to be taken for recycling.

The recycling is taken to the Malpass Hotel which is a collecting station that allocates funds received from the bottles and cans to a nominated account. The money received from the cans and bottles is added to the Home Hill High account at the Malpass which can be used for purchases for events such as the Canefield Ashes, Fete, Town of Origin etc.

Parents and other members of the public can also take recycling in to the Malpass and have the proceeds added to the Home Hill High account. Just drive through to the end of the drive through, park your vehicle as close as possible to the Reef Recycling bins and a staff member will count out the bottles and add to the account you nominate.

Please remove lids from the bottles. Thank you in advance for your support of this program. Any suggestions or offers of assistance will be gratefully accepted.

Happy Recycling!!

Lisa Todeschino

(but with relevant educational curriculum-aligned content)

Our school’s ClickView licence offers thousands of educational videos designed to support the curriculum and engage students. ClickView is available to all students and staff anywhere internet access is available. A free ClickView app is also availble.

Student login to ClickView

ClickView website - https://www.clickview.com.au/

If you are new to the school you would have received an email from ClickView at the beginning of the year

when all new students were added to ClickView. If you can't find it however, go to the ClickView website and sign in using your school email address (username followed by @eq.edu.au - eg. [email protected]) and then click on 'Forgot password' and register this way. Try to use a password you can remember. Please note

that your Ed Qld password requires changing but the ClickView password remains the same.

If you have signed in with ClickView before, but can't remember your password, then use the same procedure as above.

Contact Library staff if you need some assistance.

Happy viewing!

Mrs Lisa Todeschino – Teacher-Librarian

https://www.clickview.com.au/


March 2019

Opens

The Home Hill State High School Open Netball Team had their first game on Wednesday 20 February. The 2019 team consists of Kirra Simpson, Kaitlin Daley, Mackenzie Linton, Leia Vass, Laura Loizou, Abby Oakes, Mikaela Price-Wilson and Libby D’Alessandro.

The girls had a strong start to the competition, having a big win over Ayr State High School. Mackenzie, Leia, Laura and Libby took on the shooting responsibilities throughout the game, and all combinations proved to be very strong. Kaitlin, Kirra, Leia and Laura all combined beautifully in the mid-court, providing strong drives and feeds to their goalers.

Abby, Mikaela and Kaitlin did a fantastic job in the defensive end, shutting down the Ayr High attackers, and providing countless turnover balls.

With strong options all over the court, and experience in key positions, the girls will be hard to beat. BCH looks to be the biggest threat, but coach Mrs Sonya Lampton, is confident her players experience, commitment and willingness to learn will be too strong for the BCH team.

The open team will take on BCH on Wednesday 6 March.

Under 13 & 15

The U15 Netball team had their first game against Ayr State High School in Week 4. The girls sweltered through the heat, and came out strong in the first half, leading 14 - nil.

Accurate shooting from Bella Linton, Sarah Shepherd and Elli Oakes, and superior defence skills from Zoe Branch, Aaliyah Gibson, and Dayna Linton increased the lead to 32 - nil at full time.

A great rotation in our centre court between Alana Dobe and Shae Scalia, meant the girls were able to keep up the great work bringing the ball down the court, despite feeling the heat.

A great effort by all girls, and a great result for our first game back.

Burdekin Interschool Rugby League & Netball Competition

U15 & Open

The school U15 and Open Netball and League teams have away games next week vs Ayr, played at Ayr High on Wednesday 13 March after school.

U13

The U13 Interschool Netball and League competition is played on 20 March at Ayr High.

Finals of all age groups will be played on Wednesday 27 March.

All teams would love to see students, staff and parents there to support them!

Go Crushers! #upthehill

March 2019

Hello Student and Parents,

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to those of you that I have not met. My name is Sue-Ann Wilkie and I am temporarily in the role at your school of the School Based Youth Health Nurse. I have been a Registered Nurse at the Ayr Hospital for the past 13 years and also co-ordinate the School Based Vaccination Program. I will still be working in these other roles along with my new role at your school. In this role, I bring an enthusiatic set of eyes and ears to help out with many issues that are relevant to students, staff, parents and teachers. I will be working closely with staff to help support their learning objetives within the classroom and I will also be implementing some programs of my own. I actively encourage you to seek me out if there is any issues you would like to talk about - I am a great listener. I will also be at all the sports carnivals this year running the sunscreen stations - which will remind the students, staff and parents to be sun smart.

Some topics that you might feel you are needing some support with include-

Healthy Eating

Managing workloads

Sun safety

Body image

Puberty

Bullying

Feeling down

Healthy relationships – both with friends and at home

Goal setting and achieving

I really look forward to seeing all your faces around the school and please don’t hesitate to initiate contact. I can be found in the B14 staff room or out and about at the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Stay safe. Sue-Ann

On Thrsday March 14, our school will be hosting some activites in support of BULLYING. NO WAY! Day.

We actively encourage students to talk

about this issue with staff and parents if they are needing any support. Please keep an eye out for school activities.

March 2019

Researching for students

The Home Hill State High School Online Catalogue means you may never need Google again!! A search for a subject, title, series or anything else anyone has ever wanted to know in the history of mankind is now all in the one place! The Home Hill State High School Online Catalogue is available on any device with access to the internet. You can view what our school Library has to offer, search related topics, click on Go-to links to the State Library of Queensland, our local Burdekin Shire Council Library, Australian Museum, educational search engines like Google Scholar, and soooooo many more databases and websites! You can select, drag and drop titles into your own search box and email yourself, your teacher or anyone else what you have found. You can even reserve items in the Library from your own home, while wearing your pyjamas!!

Link to the Online catalogue - http://homehillshs.cmeweb.libcode.com.au/

The link is also available on the school website. Library staff are available to assist students to use the new catalogue. Check it out!! We’d love to know what you think!

Parent Reading

Our school library also has an extensive collection of parent-reading such as: ‘Raising Boys in the 21st Century’ by Steve Biddulph and ‘Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence’ by Rosalind Wiseman.

For assistance please contact Library staff at the school on (07) 47905636 or [email protected].

Happy Reading!

Lisa Todeschino - Teacher-Librarian

Clean up Australia Day 9AM – 11AM

This Sunday 10th of March 2019

Meet at the Home Hill High School’s BBQ area.

Put your name down at the office.

Wear - Hat, Sunscreen, and closed - in shoes.

Pizza, fruit and soft drink to follow.

Proudly Sponsored by HHSHS Student Council

Hope to see you all there!!!!!!!

http://homehillshs.cmeweb.libcode.com.au/


March 2019

DISCO #Couples Goal

P&C AGM Your school community needs you! You are invited to attend the P&C AGM, held on

Tuesday 12 March 7.30pm in the staff common room in the administration building.

March 2019

A snapshot of what is happening in

Agriculture…

Home Hill State High School is an Agribusiness Gateway to Industry School. The project aims to help young people make a successful transition from school into further education and/or employment in the Agricultural industries.

The program provides opportunities for students and school communities to engage in the diverse range of careers across businesses based on primary industries. By being a school participating in the Agribusiness Gateway to Industry Schools project, various key learning areas and the associated curriculum will endeavour to include a range of agribusiness related contexts and activities in and out of the classroom.

The school has been working with our local Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Ayr Research Facility, Queensland Agriculture Workforce Network (QAWN), Agforce School to Industry Partnership Program (SIPP) and a range of local organisations to bring real-life hands-on experiences to our students.

Farmers for the Future Grant This project supports:

- Enhancing knowledge about pollutants and pollutant generating processes - Enhancing the understanding of the significance and contribution of pollutant risks for the Great Barrier Reef

ecological systems.

In continuing to establish our whole-school curriculum, Gateway project and Farmers for the Future grant the school welcomes advice and support from our community in the form of the following:

- Industry contacts for school visits, class talks, work experience opportunities - Development of a School Agricultural Plot including cultivation, soil preparation, irrigation and planting - Cane mulch for school gardens

Agricultural Practices This year the school has introduced Agricultural Practices into the senior school curriculum as we understand the value of our local primary industries and agricultural supply chains. Students are currently learning about Food, Farming and Futures.

Mr Ron Shaw from Giru Barramundi and Crayfish has spoken to the students about Aquaculture and provided some advice on the development of the school Aquaponics area. In the next couple of weeks students will be participating in plant trials at the Ayr Research Facility and learning about employment opportunities in Agriculture from Ms Julia Wheway, Agriculture Workforce Officer for North Queensland, Queensland Agriculture Workforce Network (QAWN).

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/

http://www.qff.org.au/projects/rural-jobs-skills-alliance/queensland-agricultural-workforce-network-qawn/

http://www.qff.org.au/projects/rural-jobs-skills-alliance/queensland-agricultural-workforce-network-qawn/

http://www.agforceqld.org.au/index.php?tgtPage=industry

March 2019

Who struggles sending lunches to school without any plastic? Reducing plastic is a work in progress.

It is in so many places around us, that we need to really plan and re -organise our lives from scratch, but once you do, you can save money too. Some great sources for local tips are:

It is quite easy (and fun) to make your own beeswax wraps:

https://www.1millionwomen.com.au/blog/diy-reusable-beeswax-wraps/

The Source Wholefoods: https://thesourcebulkfoods.com.au/

Check out some inspiring school stories here: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/schools.html

Home Hill SHS will be hosting the Future Leaders Eco Challenge on 27 March 2019. 13 schools have been invited to participate in the event which will include several activities including a waste audit. In the recent weeks year 7 students nominated to be Reef Guardian mentors and have shown a keen interest in looking after the school worm farm and learning about the Burdekin River catchment in science. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kelly Richards for donating the worm farm to the school.

We look forward to sharing this learning with you.

https://www.1millionwomen.com.au/blog/diy-reusable-beeswax-wraps/

https://thesourcebulkfoods.com.au/

https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/schools.html

March 2019

March 2019

Senior assessment and tertiary entrance in Queensland A comparison of the current and new systems

Curriculum Current Queensland Certificate of

Education (QCE) system

New QCE system starting with Year 11

students in 2019 • These subjects and programs count towards the

QCE: – Authority subjects – Authority Extension subjects – Authority-registered subjects

– Short courses – Recognised studies – Vocational education and training (VET)

courses.

• Students typically undertake the equivalent of six subjects.

• These subjects and programs will count towards

the QCE: – General subjects – General extension subjects – Applied subjects

– Short courses – Recognised studies – VET courses

• Students will typically undertake the equivalent of

six subjects.

Assessment in Years 11 and 12

Current QCE system New QCE system starting with Year 11 students in 2019

• Subject results are based on student achievement in internal (school-developed) assessments.

• Students typically complete 5–7 summative assessment s in Year 12.

• Assessment programs are developed by schools for each subject. The QCAA approves these

programs. Schools set the assessment and grade the student work in line with approved work programs.

• QCAA’s system of external moderation includes processes for monitoring standards of assessment and verifying students’ proposed

levels of achievement before certification

results.

• Subject results in General subjects will be based on student achievement in four summative assessments — three internal assessments and one

external assessment that QCAA sets and marks. Subject results in Applied subjects will

be based on student achievement in four internal assessments.

• For most General subjects, the internal assessment will contribute 75% to the final subject result, except in mathematics and science subjects, where

it will contribute 50%. • External assessment will be in all General subjects,

but it will not be used to scale a student’s internal assessment result. Instead, the external assessment

result will be added to the internal assessment result to arrive at a final subject result.

• QCAA will endorse internal assessment instruments before they can be used for summative

purposes in schools. • QCAA will confirm the grades schools award by

reviewing a selected sample of student work for

every subject in every school. • A network of trained assessors will ensure the

quality and rigour of assessment and students’ results.

March 2019

Queensland Core Skills (QCS) Test

Current QCE system New QCE system starting with Year 12

students in 2020 • All OP-eligible students sit the Queensland Core

Skills (QCS) Test in Year 12. Group results from the QCS Test are used to help calculate Overall Positions (OPs).

• The QCS Test will no longer exist. The final

QCS Test will be held in 2019.

Queensland Certificate of Education

Current QCE system New QCE system applicable to Year 12 students in 2020

• All students who complete Year 12 receive a

Senior Statement, which is a transcript of their results. Eligible students also receive a QCE.

• Students are awarded a level of achievement in Authority and Authority-registered subjects

from Very High Achievement (VHA) to Very Limited Achievement (VLA).

• All students who complete Year 12 will receive a

Senior Statement, which is a transcript of their results. Eligible students will also receive a QCE.

• Students will be awarded an overall numerical score and a level of achievement (A–E) for each

General subject. Applied subjects will be reported using a level of achievement only.

Tertiary entrance requirements

Current requirements New requirements starting with Year 12 students in 2020

• OP-eligible students receive a Tertiary Entrance Statement that shows their OP and Field Positions (FPs). The OP is a rank from 1 to 25,

calculated by the QCAA. • The calculation of OPs and FPs uses students’

achievements in 20 semester units of Authority subjects (the equivalent of five subjects),

including at least three subjects studied for four semesters, each scaled against group

QCS Test results.

• Authority-registered subjects do not contribute to a student’s OP.

• The QCAA will no longer issue Tertiary Entrance Statements.

• The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) will

replace the OP. An ATAR is a number between 0.00 and 99.95. ATARs increase in increments of

0.05. • The Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC)

will calculate ATARs from students’ results using a process of inter-subject scaling.

• An ATAR will be calculated from an eligible

student’s best five subject results, one of which may be an Applied subject or a competency- based VET certificate at a level III or above.

• Students must satisfactorily complete a QCAA

English subject (C or better) to be eligible for an ATAR. However, a student’s result in English will only contribute to their ATAR if it is one of their five best subject results.

Tertiary entrance processes Current processes New processes starting with Year 12

students in 2020 • The QCAA calculates OPs.

• QTAC manages entrance to most tertiary institutions in Queensland.

• For OP-eligible school leavers, the OP is used for tertiary entrance in Queensland.

• For OP-ineligible students, QTAC calculates a tertiary selection rank using schedules that consider results in the best 20 semester units of

Authority, Authority-registered subjects and/or VET modules recorded on the Senior Statement.

• QTAC will be responsible for tertiary entrance in

Queensland. • The ATAR, calculated by QTAC, will be the primary

mechanism used for school leavers seeking entrance to tertiary study in Queensland.

• QTAC will no longer operate schedules for ranking students who are ineligible for an ATAR.

More information: If you would like more information, please visit the QCAA website www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/new-snr- assessment-te where you will find FAQs, videos, and factsheets.

http://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/new-snr-

March 2019

Miss Fritsch’s year 7 English class was treated to a visit by award-winning author, Boori Pryor, who told them an interactive story of the importance of story-keepers.

Miss Fritsch and Mrs Todeschino were also very fortunate to have been treated to a sneak peak at the manuscript Boori is currently working on. The English teachers were impressed with Boori’s incredible use of imagery, metaphor, alliteration and other literary devices used in his thought-provoking writing.

Boori kindly donated a number of books by a variety of authors to our school Library. When authors meet up at Writers Festivals they swap their books! Some of the books Boori donated are signed by the authors.

We are very fortunate to have an accomplished author wanting to share his talents with our school. Boori looks forward to working with our students again soon.

You can watch Boori’s film ‘Wrong Kind of Black’ on ClickView here - https://clickv.ie/w/P85j or on iView. The Library also has a copy of his inspirational short film ‘Brown Paper Bag’ on USB.

https://clickv.ie/w/P85j

March 2019

Save the Date!

Interschool Drama Festival Friday 3 May

Tickets $20 ($10 for performing students)

Mrs Viero and our students are hard at work perfecting their performance. Join us in watching our school perform against Ayr SHS, BCH & BCC!

Tickets go on sale 1 April and can be purchased from the Burdekin Theatre or the Burdekin Council.

March 2019

National Youth Science Forum 2019 By Jenna Attard

On my flight from Townsville to Brisbane on 9 January, I was still completely oblivious to what I was getting myself into. On my return flight back home, 11 days later, I couldn’t believe that the amazing experience I had once been immersed in, was over.

I can still remember the day I received that one email that would forever change my life, and that made all the applications and interviews worth it. At the Townsville District selections, all eight of us were fortunate enough to be chosen to attend the forum. I was asked many questions regarding politics, my interests and my local town. Three past NYSF students were actually on the interview panel and couldn’t stress enough about how we would have ‘a crazy time’ and how on the home hospitality day (where we were placed with a Rotarian’s home for a day) that we would literally want to sleep the entire day. They were so right. Another thing we learnt that day was that NYSF people were really into crazy socks, and because I didn’t have any, I thought I would buy a pair.

I was so incredibly lucky that I had a familiar face joining me on this journey, Maya Baxter from Townsville, who I met on the 2017 STEM Girl power camp; where we instantly befriended each other. In 2018, at the SPARQ-ed camp in Brisbane we encountered again and re-kindled our friendship. In fact, on our way home from NYSF, the airhostess who checked us into our flight asked us if we were besties. We replied with ‘yes’ and a giggle, and then she also made a comment how she loved how we were opposites; since I had tan skin, brown hair and brown eyes, and that Maya had fair skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. Needless to say we weren’t disappointed when she upgraded us to Economy X!

Now it’s time for all the actual science stuff! My time during the forum at the University of Queensland was filled with so many fantastic and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, one being the video conference with CERN, which is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and is world-renowned for its work on the Large Hadron Collider. We were also lucky enough to have a tour through Air Services Australia’s base at the Brisbane airport.

I was placed into the engineering group called ‘Mirzakhani’ (named after the famous female engineer, Maryam Mirzakhani), where we attended many STEM visits together. We visited a centre for hypersonics, as well as a contact lens and visual optics lab and the Australia China Centre for Tissue Engineering. Our group also got to have a play around with micro-melon robots, where we had lots of fun programming them to do various tasks. We also sat through many lectures, one being from Mr Olaf Meynecke, a marine biologist, as well as a jewellery making talk with Dr Margret Wegener.

There were also many non-science related activities in the forum, including swing dancing, shopping, a movie night, and a massive disco. I’m still in awe about how all 200 of us kids were able to fit into that one, t iny room…

Three semi-formal occasions saw everyone decked out in their nice dresses and suits, two of which were the opening ceremony of the forum, as well as the rotary evening, where we listened to the stories of past NYSF attendees. The fanciest of the events, was the Science Dinner, which saw us travel to the Brisbane City Hall, along with many of Australia’s scientists and Rotarians.

To say that the National Youth Science Forum was an unparalleled experience would be an understatement. To say that I would miss all

the wonderful people I met there would be an even bigger one. However, I will never forget the memories that I created with the best bunch of people, who were both intelligent and down to earth. Most of all, they were regular teenagers, much like myself, which was one of the reasons why we all bonded so well, and this made it even harder to say goodbye. I learnt so many things at NYSF. I learnt how to be an effective communicator, I learnt some tips to manage the madness of year 12, and I also learnt that nothing can stop me in whichever field I choose to pursue.

My interest group at our visit to

Air Services Australia

Me on one of our visits to the

UQ campus

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