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Week 10, Term 3, 17th September 2020

Principal's MessagePrincipal's Message

Thank you to everyone across our Makocommunity for another excellent term oflearning and engagement at MarsdenState High School. 2020 has certainlyprovided a range of challenges, but I amalways thankful of the outstandingopportunities and support from ourcommunity.

This term we have been able to celebrate the academicsuccess of our students across a range of different areas. Thefocus on STEM continues to grow in the lead up to our newSTEM Centre of Excellence, with the National Science Weekevent a memorable addition to our calendar. Reports will beemailed to all parents by the end of this week and I wouldencourage all families to use this feedback to help formulateplans for success next term.

Next term we will celebrate the culmination of 12 years ofschooling for our seniors. We have a new post COVID GalaAwards Night where we will celebrate our key awards in ournew Performing Arts Centre of Excellence. Our Senior Formalwill also go ahead within the Government guidelines at theGold Coast Convention Centre. Our Graduation will also occurwithin the structures allowed, with our focus on supporting ourstudents to celebrate the key milestones of their final year ofschooling.

Next term we will also celebrate our Arts Programs with ourannual Arts Showcase. While we will have to make someadjustments with the COVID regulations, we are looking

forward to hosting our first ever Arts Showcase here at theschool.

Last week we welcomed Johnathan Thurston to Marsden SHSto launch his JT Connect Employment program. Johnathanspoke passionately about his desire to help engage students ineducation and training leading to employment. The partnershipwith one of our key existing partners in Deadly Choices alsohelps to support the long term success of the work of the JTAcademy.

This week we have been informed that five of our teaching staffhave been shortlisted for the prestigious Queensland Collegeof Teachers TeachX Awards. Congratulations to the followingstaff:

Don Cameron - Excellent Leadership in Teaching and Learning

Cameron Lynch - Innovation in Teaching

Ping Ding - Outstanding Contribution to Teaching

Garrath McPherson - Outstanding Contribution to SchoolCommunity

Kate Kennedy - Excellence in Beginning to Teach

The quality of our staff is a great source of pride for our school.The work to support our staff has a direct impact on supportingour kids, and our focus to be leaders in this space is beingrecognised on a consistent basis. We look forward to the

outcome of these awards on October 29th.

Our sporting teams have once again been highly successfulover the course of the term. This week our Rugby LeagueExcellence program achieved the first ever clean sweep acrossYears 7 to 10 in the Broncos Challenge. With our Year 8and Year 10 Metro Teams also crowned champions and ourTitans Cup Girls and Boys teams Grand Finalists, 2020 hasundoubtedly been our most successful year ever. Well done

to our students, staff and families for the strong commitmentacross the year.

Over the school holidays work will be underway to reshape andresurface our main oval. This work is part of our the FederalGovernment grant to support our school facilities and will seeour oval upgraded to be able to cater for our large number ofstudents, along with our top level Rugby League and Footballmatches.

This week our Basketball Excellence teams will compete in theQueensland Schools Basketball Competition. We’ll be one ofvery few schools with both our Girls and Boys in the top levelof this prestigious competition. Good luck to all involved andkeep posted for results early next term.

Congratulations to Losa, Kiara and Mrs Lynch who were part ofthe Met East Netball team who won the State Championshipslast week. Well done also to Losa who has been named inthe Under 17 Australian Netball squad – an outstandingachievement.

Thank you once again for your support of our students andwider community. I trust everyone gets to enjoy a relaxingSeptember holiday break and I look forward to seeing everyone

back at school on the first day of Term 4 – Tuesday 6th

October.

Andrew Peach

Executive Principal

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SENIOR SECONDARY @ MSHSSENIOR SECONDARY @ MSHS

Year 10Year 10

Over the past 2 weeks I have beenimpressed with how the Year 10’s havefinished off the term. I look forward toseeing this continue into Term 4 to ensureall Year 10 students finish the year off well!

Term 3 reporting has now been finalisedand reports will be sent out in the comingdays. The 2021 Year 11 Draft Timetable

will also be given out to students shortly so they can see whichsubjects they have selected for their Senior Schooling Journey.If there are any errors in their 2021 timetable, students are tocollect a Subject Request Change form from the Student Foyer,fill this out with their requested change/s and hand this back in.All students will be emailed if any changes are made to their2021 timetable.

Week 1 of Term 4 will also see Marsden host our annualCareers Expo. This is a fantastic opportunity for students toconnect with over 30 industry representatives, RTO’s, TertiaryStudy Providers and Employment and Training Organisations.This will continue to provide opportunities for students to askpathways questions, and continue to explore their potentialfuture world of work.

This week in MMM students explored the concepts of‘emotional awareness’ and ‘self-regulation’, assisting studentsto understand that resilient people don’t get ‘stuck’ in anemotion. Although they might feel sad or scared, they useself-regulation so that these feelings don’t prevent them fromcoping with the situation and moving forward. Why not askyour child, what one key take away message was from thelesson? What is one strategy they may put in place in orderfor them to continue to increase their resilience throughout theirSenior Schooling Journey?

Throughout the term students have built productiverelationships with their Marsden Mako Mentors and areencouraged to also utilise them for direction and assistance ifthey require support throughout the rest of the year and intothe future. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday withfamily and friends. I look forward to seeing everyone back atschool, ready for the final term of 2020.

Mr Leong

Year 10 Head of Department

Year 11Year 11

Congratulations for making it to week 10!Year 11 students are finishing their finalassessment items this week for their midunit results. Unit 2 results will be calculatedoff this terms work and a secondassessment item that will be due nextterm.

The final 8 nominees for School Captainattended interviews at the Commonwealth Bank last week withthe four 2021 School Captains set to be announced early nextterm. Students who are eligible for Senior Jerseys need to handin their order forms to the uniform shop thisweek.

Ms Neumann

Year 11 Head of Department

Year 12Year 12

Formal & Mystery TourFormal & Mystery Tour

Formal is going ahead at the Gold CoastConvention Centre with approximately 250students in attendance to celebrate thisimportant milestone. Mystery Tour hasbeen finalised and will depart the Gold

Coast Convention Centre upon conclusion of the formal.

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Exams and Year 13Exams and Year 13

Students should be using their holidays to refresh mentally yetstay prepared for their end of year exams. External examscommence in 5 weeks' time, students need to be viewing thisas an opportunity to spend their break preparing for externalexams. If students would like assistance or mentoring to helpget organised and prepared for these exams please contact amember of the senior schooling team or their MMM teacher.

Early in Term 4 students will receive information into all theYear 13 pathway opportunities our support services offer. Thisis an important time for our school leavers and we stronglyencourage you to have future pathway conversations with yourchild, (if you haven’t already) to best ensure they are preparedand have a plan in place once they successfully complete theirschooling.

Mr Maclean

Year 12 Head of Department

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Job WorldJob World

Congratulations Ally Warne from Year 11 for signing up toundertake a Certificate II in Hospitality with Kiwi Kids.

Congratulations Rabia Rahimi from Year 11 for signing up toundertake a traineeship, Certificate II in Hospitality at theCoffee Club.

Congratulations Matios Ayalew from Year 10 for signing up toundertake a Certificate III in Business with Domino's.

What's on in The ArtsWhat's on in The Arts

Did you see our Arts Week for 2020? The students were soexcited to be able to perform and workshop with other studentsand groups.

Check out some of our key moments below!

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Monday was Dance Day!Monday was Dance Day!

Tuesday was Music Day!Tuesday was Music Day!

Wednesday was Visual Art Day!Wednesday was Visual Art Day!

Thursday was Drama Day!Thursday was Drama Day!

Friday was Film and TV Day!Friday was Film and TV Day!

Keep an eye out for Showcase 2020, More to come.....Keep an eye out for Showcase 2020, More to come.....

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Design Students Took on the AdditionalDesign Students Took on the AdditionalChallengeChallenge

Four amazing Year 11 design students, Sokly Brazel, Erin AulyaYasmine, Louis Collard and Davlyn Bates took on the additionalchallenge outside of class time to create a submission forthe QAGOMA (Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art)Creative Generation: Design program.

These submissions went up against students from across thestate and Louis Collard has been selected to participate in theprogram. The program will provide Year 11 Design students theopportunity to work with peers and professionals to contributeto the design of an interactive space in the Queensland ArtGallery known as ‘Open Studio’.

Everybody is ImportantEverybody is Important

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Library UpdateLibrary Update

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Senior Study Tips and Wellbeing Fact SheetsSenior Study Tips and Wellbeing Fact Sheets

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Community NewsCommunity News

Building our Mako FamilyBuilding our Mako Family

We at Marsden State High School are very grateful forour local community, staff, parents and especially ourpartners and sponsors who work tirelessly behind thescenes to make our team a strong, united family. Are youkeen to build your brand through our network?

Want to help nurture the next Marsden superstar?Become a school sponsor.

Contact peato8@eq.edu.au

Understanding and Managing an Online WorldUnderstanding and Managing an Online World

Please find the link to view Brett's video in Cyberbullying.

School Route Number Change for Park Ridge TransitSchool Route Number Change for Park Ridge Transit

From Tuesday the 6th of October 2020 Park RidgeTransit will change the way that we display school routenumbers on the destination signs.

They will be displayed as per the route number on theTransLink website for TransLink services..

This means, am school services will be prefixed with 60__and pm school services will be prefixed with 61__forTranslink services.

For example: Instead of displaying "School Bus 33" wewill now display "School Bus 6033" for the am and"School Bus 6133" for the pm.

Services from Cedar Grove (W services) will now displaya prefix of 53 in the am and 63 in the pm. .

There are no changes to the numbers on Greenbankservices.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate tocontact us on (07) 3802 1233.

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