2021 Aspiring Minds ProgramWelcome Evening

Thursday 28 January 2021

Tonight’s Program

1. Learn about Brisbane State High School

2. Understand the purpose of the Aspiring Minds

Program

3. Program overview for 2021

4. Key dates and information

Executive Principal’s Address

Mr Wade Haynes

Year 12 Results 2020

ATAR Number Percentage

99.95 1

99.90 5

99.85 5

99.80 5

99.75 622 of the top 150 in

Qld (15%)

98.85 (OP1) 72 16%

91.15 (OP1-5) 256 56%

Historical Results

We have averaged 51 OP1s over the last six

years!

We have averaged 50% OP 1-5 over six years.

Subject Results

49% of all results were A!

30 scores were perfect 100s in a subject.

322 scores were 95 or better.

26% of all results were 90% or better.

53% of all results were 80% or better.

80% of all results were 65% or better (B).

Year 7, 2022

Great schools do not rest in their comfort zone.

Great schools do not rest in their comfort zone.

students

A high quality, broad education

21st century super skills

critical thinking creativity

collaboration communication

A strong basis of knowledge and skills

Values

Learning: We love knowledge, learning and

curiosity.

Excellence: We strive for world class standards and

personal bests.

Respect: We earn respect for our integrity, humility

and altruism.

Public Education: We celebrate diversity as well as the

things that bind us together.

Our ingredients of success

Higher order, creative and lateral thinking skills and processes

Problem solving and decision making

Appropriate degrees of independence and learning to work interdependently

Complexity of challenge

Te

rm 1

English

Humanities

Art Te

rm 2

Maths

Science

Business, Innovation & Design

Program Overview

Term 1

Term 2

Key Information

Term 1 Term 2

16 February – 30 March 27 April – 8 June

• 7 Week Program

• Tuesdays 4:00pm – 6:00pm

• Students to meet each week out the front of the H

Block building, Merivale Street Campus, at 4:00pm

• Students to depart at the Cordelia Street pick-up zone

by 6:00pm

Spirit of State High DayWednesday 28 July, 2021

Cordelia Street Drop Off/Pick Up Zone

Student Expectations

• Arrive on time (4:00pm to 6:00pm)

• Attend all sessions

• Participate in all activities

• Ask questions if you don’t understand

• Try your best

• Step outside your comfort zone

• Complete homework to the best of your ability

Spirit of State High Day

When: Wednesday 28 July 2021

Where: Performing Arts Centre

Merivale Street Campus

What: A culmination day

You will participate in rotational activities designed to

challenge and promote collaborative work, creative

thinking and problem solving.

What does this mean for enrolment in 2022?

• Conditional offer of enrolment for Year 7 2022

• Parent/Guardian responsibility to provide the school

with the required documentation, such as recent

school reports

• “No surprises”

Enrolment Timelines

Term 2: Decisions around an unconditional/final offer of enrolment take place end of Term 2.

Term 3: Enrolment interviews commence.

Term 3: Curriculum and Extra-Curricular Showcase. Invitations are sent to students offered enrolment for Year 7, 2022.

Term 4: Year 7, 2022 Orientation Day

Thank you