27th November 2020 Issue 12

NORTH HIGH NEWS

Important Dates

Year 6 Orientation Day 1 December

Year 10 & 11 Report Cards Issued 4 December

Year 7—9 Report Cards Issued 9 December

Term 4 Concludes 9 December

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Term 4 now only has 9 days remaining. Year 7, 8 and 9 still have assessment remaining, and need to be here at school. Year 10s and Year 11s have finished all assessment, with Year 10s on activity day, and many Year 11s exhausted out at camp.

REPORTS

Reminder that we are trialling a change in reports – with the removal of the long worded comments. Parents seeking additional feedback on their child’s specific report are very welcome to make direct contact with the teacher for more information. We feel confident now, after COVID, that teacher emails are shared with all parents.

Year 10 & 11 report cards will be emailed – Wednesday 2nd December

Year 7, 8 & 9 report cards will be emailed – Wednesday 9th December.

STUDENT RESOURCE SCHEME – CHANGE IN FEES

Resource scheme details will be issued as a separate email. Originally the fees were, for Year 7 and 8 a flat $220, Years 9 and 10 have the $220 and additional subject levies if they have chosen to study the resource intensive subjects eg ITD (manual arts subjects), Art, Food, etc, and Years 11 and 12 is $170, with additional subject levies for speciality subject and the vocational subjects. We are reducing fees for 2021.

Year 7 & 8 - $180

Year 9 & 10 - $180 (+ subject levy fees for high consumable subjects)

Year 11 & 12 - $130 (+ subject levy fees for high consumable subjects + certificate course fees)

Payments can be made by direct deposit, payment at the office, and credit card. Payment plans are also available. Any queries, please contact the office.

FAREWELL TO 2020 – STAFF NOT RETURNING

It is with much sadness that we farewell a number of wonderful people from our staff. They are heading off to other areas for 2021. We wish them all the very best. Thanks for you contributions to this wonderful school.

Gordana Nelmes Brian Van Katie Trott Anna Loosemore

Kristina Woodberry Michael Climo Constable Shane Eggmolesse

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UNIFORM

As the weather has definitely heated up – students will NOT be required to wear their formal uniforms on Wednesday next

week or week 10.

New uniforms may be purchased from Lowes at Canelands or from Uniform Solutions. There has been some supply issues, with delayed deliveries, however merchants assure us this is only a temporary issue.

CHRISTMAS TIME – DOING KIND DEEDS FOR OTHERS

Years 7, 8 and 9 are doing a Christmas appeal, to support worthy causes. It would be great to see us get behind this as a school

community – to help those less fortunate than ourselves.

Items can be delivered to their home group teachers or to the office.

STUDENT COUNCIL 2021

Announcing our senior student council for 2021.

END OF YEAR 1. School finishes on WEDNESDAY 9th December.

2. Year 7, 8 & 9 have alternate week activities on Monday 7th – Wednesday 9th December.

3. Year 6 transition day – Tuesday 1st December

Students come in their current school uniform

Students bring pencil case, hat, water bottle & money for lunch or lunch.

Students meet in the hall (Valley Street) and will be dismissed from the hall at 3pm

Parents are invited to come along Tuesday morning if they wish. A short parent session will be conducted with the

Principal once the students are sorted and headed off to their first session with their new teachers.

Regards

Catherine Rolfe

YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9

RSPCA All things ‘animal’

Salvation Army Food & Gifts

Mackay Women’s Service

Dog and cat treats (not food) so things like; smackos, den-tal sticks, liver treats etc.

Heavy duty dog toys

Cat toys

Cat litter

Small cat scratching posts

Tins, jars of food – non-perishable items

Pasta / pasta sauces

Baby food

Long life milk

Dog food

Shampoo / conditioner

Children’s toys (new)

Sweets / treats

Tins, jars of food – non-perishable items

Pasta / pasta sauces

Baby food

Nappies

Toiletries

SCHOOL CAPTAIN Caitlin Lauga

SCHOOL CAPTAIN Joseph Garcia

Aiden Catterall

Tara Forbes

Neil Lagos

Jack McCubben

Charlotte Meads

Shaye Plumley

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From the Art Department ART UPDATE

The Wednesday Senior Assembly saw the presentations of the Annual ART Encouragement Awards. Recipients were Sarah Jurg and Ollie Joynson, both of whom intend to study ART next year. The other recipient whose sculpture " King OJ" delighted the judges was Jeremy Tass. All 3 students received prizes sponsored by OXLADES ART SUPPLIES in Brisbane. A little something to keep them inspired and creating.

Revitalizing the Music Mural Project is underway. Sadly, after being badly vandalised and thankfully, now the school has a new security fence we feel it is time to give it a face-lift. Pictured are some very reliable and neat Yr 9s have assisted in the project so far, thank you to Tahleah Corowa, Lily Bonney and Ivanna Lagos. The project is still underway and other students will be invited to participate.

ARTWORK OF THE MONTH

Slater Thompson is pictured here with his pencil

drawing, a wonderful imaginative response to Piranesi's

Imaginary Prison.

Renae Strang created this vase, a coil pot glazed in

firecracker red and crackle goldene when the students

were studying Art and Function.

In the Yr 9 Fine Art class students have learnt about the

functions and purposes of art both in theory and creating

a variety of art works of that are realistic, abstract,

political, expressive, scientific, functional and

imaginative.

Kerry Ann Smith

HOD Art & LOTE

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Agriculture Round Up for 2020 Soil Regeneration Program:

An area of approximately 700m2 on the northern side of the Agriculture shed has

been undergoing some regeneration. After decades of being an unused space, the

agricultural students are endeavouring to reclaim the area and turn it into a

productive horticultural area. The project has been a long time in the planning

and has still got a long way to go. An enormous expression of gratitude must go

out to the Farquhar family, particularly Brian Farquhar. Brian has taken a lot of

time out of his busy schedule to come and work the area for us. Without his time

and machinery it would not have been possible to get the project off the ground.

Secondly, I like to extend a big thankyou to Mackay Sugar who kindly donated two loads of organic fertiliser, delivering and spreading it at no charge to the school. Thank you again to Mackay Sugar.

The area will be left to settle over the Christmas holidays, and hopefully be planted to crops in the New Year.

Machinery:

A walk behind tractor, rotary tiller and plough were purchased mid-year. Operation and maintenance of the tractor will be incorporated in the Year 11 and 12 Agricultural

Practices program being undertaken in 2021.

Orchard Development: During Term 4 Agriculture students have undertaken the establishment of an orchard. Although no trees have been planted to date, all the preliminary hard work has been done. Due to the orchard’s close proximity to very well established trees with far reaching root systems, two 600mm deep trenches were dug and lined with geo-fabric to prevent root encroachment. The trenches were then back filled with soil and mulched. A range of citrus trees will be planted in the New Year. After lots of digging, earth moving and raking, the work was done, and well rewarded with icy poles.

From this To this

Poultry: The new post Covid19 pullets are now laying well, and the ducks are now quite well established in the Agricultural precinct. The ducks will be relocated up to the orchard in the New Year to help with disease and insect management.

Mushrooms:

There is quite an emphasis on the study of agribusiness in the new Ag Practices course. The cultivation and marketing of gourmet mushrooms is an untapped opportunity in Mackay, and offers a chance for students to develop production and marketing skills. A few batches were cultivated this year, however the climate control necessary was too hard to maintain with the school’s current resources. Next year, the Ag precinct wants to acquire an 8-10 foot shipping container that can be fitted with an air conditioner and humidifier to control the environment so gourmet mushrooms can be grown the whole year round. If you know of a 8-10 foot shipping container in good condition, please, please, please let me know!

Red Claw Crayfish:

In second semester the Year 10 Ag cohort acquired some red claw crayfish. Despite a few initial teething problems, we managed to keep the crays alive. The project was not as successful as hoped; although we kept them alive, no breeding took place. Hopefully more success will be had next year.

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Graduation 2020

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Graduation 2020

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Are you thinking of buying a new device for Christmas for that special

someone for school?

What device do we need?

The school is transitioning to laptops so a laptop would be preferable. You can choose between a Windows laptop

and a Mac laptop. However, if you do still have an iPad your student can still bring that to school for the lower

grades. Students in the higher grades will find a laptop is more suited to the curriculum. Unfortunately, we do not

support Android devices.

For more details on the specifications you will need, please visit our school web site. Click on the link below or copy

the link and paste into a browser to find out more information.

https://mackaynorthshs.eq.edu.au/facilities/computers-and-technology

For a direct link to the specifications, click on the link below, or copy the link and paste it into a browser of your

choice.

https://mackaynorthshs.eq.edu.au/SupportAndResources/FormsAndDocuments/Documents/Minimum%20Device%

20Specifications-2021.pdf

What can we do to get our device ready for school?

You know you can prepare you student’s new device or old device for school. If your student is in years 8 to 12, you can setup his or her device with the school’s network connection if you have not done so already. To setup the network connection you can download the instructions on how to onboard (connect to the network) by, once again, going to the school website and clicking either Windows Intune Guide, Mac Intune Guide or the iOS Intune Guide. You can follow the instructions given. Your student will need his or her school e-mail account and school password. For support, you can contact the Tech Team by e-mail. Use the e-mail address below. homesupport@mackaynorthshs.eq.edu.au Please note: - Enquiries submitted during the school holidays will be answered once school resumes.

What software do we need?

On the back of the specifications PDF that you can download from the school website, you can find the general applications students will need at school. All students will require Office 365. Office 365 is free for all students. They will be required to use their school e-mail address and password. For instructions on where to download Office 365 and how to install the applications on your student’s device, please go to the school website. Click on the link below or copy the link and paste it into a browser. https://mackaynorthshs.eq.edu.au/facilities/computers-and-technology

(Office 365 for Windows, Office 365 for Mac and Office 365 for iOS)

J Doolan HOD of Technology

Study Strategy Saturday - Free Lectures

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On Saturday 5 December, we are running an online

event for students called Study Strategy Saturday.

The event is designed for current students looking to

get great marks in 2021.

As the sessions are free and live-streamed online,

students can tune in from home. To access the

sessions, students can register via the website below.

If students have previously registered for our online lectures this year, they can instead log in to their existing account and add the Study Strategy Saturday sessions. The sessions include:

10.00am - 11.00am: How to ace your studies in Year 11 and 12

12.00pm - 1.00pm: How the QCE works & your ATAR is calculated There are also sessions on how other QCE resources can assist through 2021, such as TuteSmart (11.15am - 11.45am) and EdUnlimited (1.15pm - 1.45pm). If you think your students might benefit from the Study Strategy Saturday sessions, please feel free to share the link above.

Register FREE →

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QYO Big Band Concert

Queensland Youth Orchestras is pleased to present a free concert “Best of Big Band” featuring the QYO Big Band directed by Bohdan Davison, with singer Elizabeth Wentz.

The concert is on Monday 30 November from 7pm to 8.15pm at the Mackay Christian College Powerhouse auditorium, Ambrose Way, North Mackay.

The band will play some of the best known big band songs including Sway, Sunny Side of the Street, For Once in My Life and much more.

All welcome!

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Make a Difference this Christmas

Over the next 2 weeks years 7, 8 & 9’s are showing acts of kindness and giving back to the community.

They will be requiring items which they can donate to the

RSPCA, Salvation Army Food & Gift Drive and Mackay Women’s

Services.

ITEMS REQUESTED

7 8 9 Dog and Cat treats (Not Food) -

Smackos, dental sticks, liver treats, Pig ears etc

Dog toys

Cat toys

Kitty litter

Scratching posts

Non-perishable food items - tinned

food, pasta sauce, pasta, sweet treats (lollies)

Baby Food

Long life milk

Drinks, Juice

Dog food

Non-perishable food items -

tinned food, pasta sauce, pasta, sweet treats (lollies)

Baby Food and Formula

Baby wipes

Nappies

Toiletries (Not sanitary items)

YEAR 7, 8 AND 9

CHRISTMAS INITIATIVE

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