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Derek Copelin,Derek Copelin,Deputy PrincipalDeputy Principal

11 November 201611 November 2016

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

DEPUTY’S REPORT

Year 12

I would like to congratulate both parents/carers and students on their fantastic effortthis year and remind students that the lastday for Year 12 students is Friday 18thNovember at 3:00pm. School expectationscontinue right up to and including that lastday where they will meet at Friemann Ovalat 7:30am.

Other important dates for ourYear 12s:

Junior Secondary Graduation

I would like to congratulate all of our Junior Secondary studentson an amazing year to date. While there is still a lot of workfor us to get through until the final day of school on Friday 9thDecember we have worked hard in making this a successfulyear for all of our students.

Year 9 students will be having their Graduation on Monday5th December and information should already be coming out

to those students. This will be a celebration of their time inJunior Secondary as they prepare for entry into Senior School.Those students who have accumulated sufficient points will bereceiving our school’s Junior Certificate of Education.

Looking forward to 2017 our school is pleasedto announce two new innovations

QParents

QParents is an online portal that provides a convenient new wayfor parents to communicate with our school.

As a parent, you can view your child’s student information andalso submit changes to some of their details. The informationthat can be viewed includes timetables, report cards,attendance records, behaviour records and timely access toinvoices and payment details.

Parents will also be able to update their child’s details, payinvoices online, and let the school know of changes to normalroutine, such as when your child is unwell or has to leave schoolearly.

Further information will be available early in 2017.

If you would like general information regarding QParents prior tothis, a video can be found on the QParents website:

https://qparents.qld.edu.au/

BYOx.

In 2017 Charters Towers State High School is pleased to beable to offer students in Year 8 and Year 10 to be part of thefirst implementations of Bring Your Own Device (BYOX).

BYOx describes a digital device ownership model wherestudents or staff use their privately owned devices to accessthe network and information systems in an educational setting.

• Our final Senior Assembly is Tuesday 15th November

• The Valedictory Dinner/Graduation Ceremony is onThursday evening 17th November with ticketsalready having been purchased.

Why BYOx?

A BYOx program promotes:

How will this model work at Charters TowersState High School?

Device connectivity

No other devices will be permitted and our ElectronicDevice Policy is still in effect.

ROLL OF HONOUR

Full Colours

sponsored by Herbert HallEnterprises,

Red Rooster and

The Northern Miner

Tahrea Briffa,Kyra Crombie,Paige Fielder,Tanieka Kyle,Stephanie Lowe,Nash Lowis,Bo Moore-Reid,Charli Schluter

L&F Mine Transfers and Tourism juniormusic award

Georgia Richards

ROLL OF HONOUR

Hi Tech Solutions NQ award for juniorscience/IT/mathematics

Colby Coffison

Tony Ireland Charters Towers juniorsecondary award

Daniel Brooks

Fred Friemann encouragement awardfor junior mathematics

Vanessa Richter

Parents and Citizens’ Associationjunior bursaries for school spirit

Mita Asquith,Jayde Miller,Colby Coffison

Kip McGrath Education Centre JuniorDUX

Makayla Killick

Parents and Citizens’ Associationsenior bursaries for school spirit

Paige Fielder,Michael West,Norman Butler

TAFE in Schools award Finlay Niemi

World of Winners/Inland Electronicssenior music award

Kassidy-RoseMcMahon

Des Twine, Builder, carpentry award Tristan Nibbs

Cunningham’s News vocationaleducation award

Dana Burke

Kevin Bredden Memorial and TowersEngineering Works award

Jack Paterson

Tony Ireland Charters Towers seniorscholastic excellence award

Sophie Baron

The Australasian Institute of Miningand Metallurgy bursary

Sophie Baron

Brown’s Pump Shop activecitizenship/community spirit award

Lara-Jane Kimber

NQ Employment award for a studentwith a disability

Sarah Drewitt

Lions Club of Charters Towers [Host]bursary

Jemma Farraway

Roland Watsl bursary Crizalyn Benavente

Rapid Legal Solutions legal studiesaward

Crizalyn Benavente

Hi Tech Solutions NQ award for seniorscience/IT/mathematics

Madelyn Glenwright

McDonalds Charters Towers seniorschooling grant

Tom Macaulay

RS&VB Allison (Dairy Farmers) andCollin’s Pharmacy senior schoolinggrant

Grace Glenwright

Charters Towers RSL Women’sAuxiliary bursary

Kelly Polsen

Gold City Lions Club senior schoolingbursary

Tiarna Staier

• Information anytime and anywhere.

• Maximising opportunity for success in school andbeyond.

• Skills for 21st Century.

• Responsible digital citizenship.

• Staff and students- investigating, creating and communicating usinginformation communication technologies (ICTs) anddigital technology- operating with ICTs effectively and efficiently.

• Engagement in learning.

• Limited to laptops only; no tablets, phones or otherdevices.The devices must be able to hold a charge for afull day as no recharging will be permitted atschool.

• Running a Windows 7 or later operating system willprovide the balance between flexibility and support.

• No Android or Mac devices as trials using theseproducts show that staff and students struggle withreal time use and support.

• Wireless access provided for compatible devices.

• Technical support provided? This will be limited togetting on the network. Support for devices will needto warranty based and the responsibility of thestudent/parents. Insurance should be considered asdamage to the machine is a possibility and will not becovered by the school.

• Device registration? While the devices will not bejoined to the network there will be a registrationprocess and document to sign for permission for thedevices to be brought to school and connected thenetwork.

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ROLL OF HONOUR

Australian Defence Force Long Tanleadership andteamwork award for Year 10

Taliesin Pankhurst

Australian Defence Force Long Tanleadership andteamwork award for Year 12

Harmony Barath

James Cook University academicencouragement awards for Year 10

Charli Schluter,Tylah Stanton

James Cook University academicencouragement awards for Year 12

Dagne Bering,Tahrea Briffa

Furniture Court and Triceps GymSportswoman of the Year

Daisha Johnson

Charters Towers Cricket Assn Inc andTriceps Gym Sportsman of the Year

Nash Lowis

Caltex All-Rounder award, supportedby W. Titley & Co, Shane Knuth’soffice and Douglas Coaches

Kassidy-RoseMcMahon

Tony Ireland Charters Towers DuxProximus

Harmony Barath

DUX of the School, supported byRybenleigh Pty Ltd, L&F MineTransfers and Tourism, and BobKatter MP

Kassidy-RoseMcMahon

STUDENTS OF THE WEEKCongratulations to the following students of the week.

Year 7: Liam Meeson and Mason EdwickYear 8: Skye Telford and Tremae JacksYear 9: Dianah Tamaduk and Serenity Flanagan

DAY FOR DANIELDay for Daniel was held on Friday 28th October. The hundredsof red balloons looked spectacular as the students unleashedthem into the sky.

Kylie Webber, Youth Support Coordinator

SENIOR SECONDARYThe last week of school will be full of celebrations for theYear 12 students. We celebrated their academic successes onAwards Night on Wednesday and the Valedictory Dinner will beheld on Thursday 17th November.

Students will be heading to Townsville on Friday 18thNovember for their final day activities. They will be meetingat 7:30am at Friemann Oval for breakfast and will then headto Townsville at 8:30am for tenpin bowling, laser tag, arcadegames, swimming, basketball, football, etc,. Students do nothave to wear their school uniform but must be dressedappropriately and with closed-in shoes, hat and sunscreen.

We take this opportunity to wish all Year 12s the very best intheir future endeavours.

Aman Bhullar and Sharon Hackman, Heads ofDepartment

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MANUAL ARTSYear 10 students have been involved in production of bothtimber and sheet metal fabrication of projects this semester.These projects have included basic design processes in bothpractical projects. Emphasis has been placed on skilldevelopment and utilising students’ own knowledge and skills.Processes have included combining, finishing, separating andforming materials and the related techniques involved in usingtools and equipment for production of an article (ie jewellerybox with a tray or a drawer and scaled model of a box trailerincluding suspension, drawer bar and wheels).

Brad McGuirk, Teacher

CERTIFICATE II in VISUAL ARTSLast term in Visual Arts Year 12 students worked with agraphical imaging software called GIMP (GNU ImageManipulation Program). Unlike Photoshop or Fireworks, GIMP isfreeware and offers students the chance to enhance their digitalimaging skills. GIMP is a cross-platform image editor availablefor Windows, OS X, Linux and more operating systems.

This kind of software will assist students in multiple careerareas: graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist.GIMP provides students with sophisticated tools to get thejob done. Students can further enhance their productivity withGIMP thanks to many customisation options and third-partyplug-ins.

Anthony Johnson, Teacher

Norman Butler’s enhancedNorman Butler’s enhancedimage entitled “baby”image entitled “baby”

Elly-Bea Warcon’s imageElly-Bea Warcon’s image“desert land”“desert land”

An enhanced (?) image ofAn enhanced (?) image ofNate CongooNate Congoo

“Pineapple man”“Pineapple man”by Alyssa Congooby Alyssa Congoo

Elly-Bea’s enhanced image “cartoon land"Elly-Bea’s enhanced image “cartoon land"

AGRICULTUREThe agricultural farm has seen a bumper year, with junioragriculture students for the first time having the chance toattend the farm to complete water and soil tests and to identifykey production areas of concern and the sustainable farmingpractices being undertaken.

Students have been involved with handling and leading cattleand great in-roads have been made by all concerned.

At the agricultural farm we are in the process of improvingthe soil, as students have identified three cost effective waysto improve production, including manure which has beendonated, and soil with added organic matter.

We have also budgeted in 2017 to add further variety to ouralready established fruit orchard, with additions of olives andkumquats. Citrus this year has been a very successful seasonfor us with all fruit being sold and very little spoilage.

Sales of honey have been a sticky issue with demandoutweighing supply two fold. We are in the process of bringinga new hive to the farm and potentially a fourth by the end of2017. It is great to see just how much our honey is in demandby the local community.

Water usage is an ongoing issue that has been identified bystudents and as such this year we have implemented T tape togarden beds which has reduced consumption by at least 50%and reduced pests and disease. One of our main aims in 2017is to be able to add solar power at the farm which will make thefarm almost completely environmentally sustainable!

In 2017 we will continue to look to form partnerships within thecommunity to improve the learning outcomes of students bothin junior agriculture and Certificate II in Agriculture.

Matt de Brenni, Teacher

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CANBERRA 2017Year 7 parents, there is still time to secure your child’s spot onthe 2017 Year 8 Canberra Tour. It will be a great opportunity toexperience the range of opportunities available in the nation’scapital. Students learn about government, our history and havea lot of fun doing so. Please contact Mr Scott Casey throughthe school office for more information.

Scott Casey, Teacher

This year’s trip to CanberraThis year’s trip to Canberra Educational trip 2016Educational trip 2016

JUNIOR DEBATINGA big congratulations to our Junior Debaters, Georgia Richards,Hollie Pianta, Isabel King and Matthew Smith who representedour school proudly once again as State High competed in theYear 7 and 8 debating competition.

The first round, with the topic "Teachers should be replaced bycomputers," was held during week three and held a particularchallenge for the students as they were given the difficultaffirmative side of the argument. The next round, that "Zoosshould be banned" was held in week 4 and our students onceagain performed admirably on the affirmative side of the debate.The final round, held last week, had the topic "Halloween is notrelevant to Australia." Our team had their first negative side forthe season but, unfortunately, did not come away with a win.

Congratulations go out to our students who represented theschool admirably and also to the ASSG team who walked awaywith the competition win.

Scott Shelton-Parker, Teacher

Georgia RichardsGeorgia Richards Hollie PiantaHollie Pianta Isabel KingIsabel King Matthew SmithMatthew Smith

MOVEMBERThis year several of the male staff are participating in Movemberin an effort to raise funds for men’s health and raise awarenessfor issues that affect predominately men such as depressionand suicide.

Globally, the rate of suicide is alarmingly high, particularly inmen. Too many men are ‘toughing it out’, keeping their feelingsto themselves and struggling in silence. The MovemberFoundation aims to reduce the rate of male suicide by 25%by 2030. Scott Parker, Matt de Brenni, Lance MacKenzie andAnthony Cosenza have pledged to grow out their mo for themonth of November in order to help reach these goals. Ifanyone would like to contribute towards the cause or would likemore information you can find it on the team page at:

http://moteam.co/charters-towers-state-high

We will continue to update the pages with our (terrible)moustaches as the month progresses.

Scott Shelton-Parker, Teacher and participant

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