12 August 201512 August 2015

PRINCIPAL’S REPORTDear Parents and Staff,

Great news for our STEMAcademy students.

Congratulations to William Crain and TahniaGreenough. They have been accepted intothe QUT Vice-Chancellor’s STEM Campduring the September Holidays. Will and

Tahnia will spend a week in Brisbane studying at QUT, buildingnetworks with other advanced students and boarding at one ofBrisbane’s most prestigious private schools. Well Done!

Anastasia Surry, Jasmine Lee, Tahnia Greenough and WilliamCrain are all finalists in the Nikon Small World Photographycompetition. The STEM academy students spent a day workingwith Mr Ben Cossalter taking photographs down microscopes.

Tullawong School Review

Our school was scheduled for a school review from Friday7 August to Wednesday 12 August. The Department ofEducation and Training has introduced new performancereviews for Queensland state schools in 2015.

The reviews do not rate or compare schools but provideindependent and quality feedback to help schools continue toimprove outcomes for students.

Our P & C executive and parents spoke with the reviewersthroughout the review period.

All schools will have a review at least every four years. A finalreport is made available to parents and the community on theschool’s website.

Further information about the reviews is available from thedepartment’s website at:

http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/school-performance-assessment-framework

The recommendations from the review will form the basis of ournew School 2016 – 2019 Strategic Plan.

School Opinions Survey

I would like to sincerely thank all those parents who took thetime to complete our school opinion surveys. Your contributionswill assist us in our future planning.

Warm regardsDeborah Murphy

NEWS FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENTBPOINT is now available for parents. All information requiredto make a BPOINT payment is available on our invoices. Whenmaking payments please ensure you enter the CustomerReference Number, Invoice Number and Amount to pay. It isimportant that you enter the correct invoice number so that itmatches to your account. The school biller code is #1002534.

It is school policy that all SRS fees are up to date prior toattending any extracurricular activities. Payments received willbe allocated to Student Resource Scheme fees.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

BY PHONE: Please call (07) 5428 5215 Monday toFriday between 8.00am and 3.00pm andhave your credit card details ready.

BY MAIL: Payment by Credit Card, Cheque orMoney Order.Cheques and Money Orders to be madepayable to Tullawong State High School.Post to Tullawong State High School, POBox 1129, Caboolture 4510

IN PERSON: Payment can be made at the school officeMonday to Friday between 8.00am and3.00pm

INTERNETBANKING:

Direct Deposit to BSB: 064-405 Account:10103279Ref: Student Surname and invoice number

BYCENTREPAY:

Accounts may be paid through aCentrelink Deduction.

Please request a Centrepay form from theaccounts office and return to the cashierfor processing

Del Rosso RoadCaboolture QLD 4510

Website:Website: http://tullawongshs.eq.edu.auEmail:Email: the.principal@tullawongshs.eq.edu.au

Phone:Phone: (07) 5428 5222Fax:Fax: (07) 5428 5200

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A reminder to all families utilising our direct deposit facility – yourstudent EQ ID number must be included as a reference for yourpayment.

Attention to families who have outstanding Student ResourceScheme fees:

Our school is aware that circumstances may arise which maymake payment difficult. We have developed a payment planprocess to accommodate these situations. Payment Planenquiries should be directed to the accounts office.

We have received one unidentified bank deposit in February.If you recognise this deposit please contact our Cashierimmediately:

16/02/2015 – Direct Deposit ECQC700010200TULLASHS-BH in the amount of $120.00

Nicole BurgerBusiness Services Manager

YEAR 7 ENROLMENT FOR 2016Tullawong State High School YEAR 7 ENROLMENT for

2016 will be held at the Resource Centre on 18 August and3 September.

Enrolment forms are now available from the Tullawong StateHigh School website by clicking on the Enrolment section asshown below. This year, you have the opportunity to enrolon one of two days - Tuesday 18 August or Thursday 3September. There will be a general information session held oneach half hour, so it’s very important that you are punctual.Following this, your forms will be checked and you may askany questions from your interviewer. You, your student and yourinterviewer will sign the school agreement form which sets outour rules and expectations. Help to fill out the forms will beavailable on the day, or you may ring the high school and askfor clarification on 54 285 222.

Year 7 Enrolment Forms:

https://tullawongshs.eq.edu.au/Enrolments/Pages/Enrolments.aspx

To book an appointment, please visit the SOBS link on theenrolment page; as shown below. Alternatively, you may ringthe school for an appointment.

There are slots before school beginning at 6.30am, and afterschool until 4.30pm. The number of seats means the numberof appointments you need, so if you are enrolling just 1 child,choose 1 seat regardless of how many family members will beattending. Students must be enrolled for 2016 at TSHS toattend the next transition day at the end of this term.

KOKODA CHALLENGE TRIUMPH!Hi all!

Every once in a while you get the opportunity to take partin something extraordinary. As I’m sure everyone who wasinvolved would agree, the weekend of 18 and 19 July wasone of those. It has been an absolute privilege to journey withquality people over the last 6 months, both staff and students.At Tullawong, the depth of our students is incredible. We allought to be proud to be associated with them.

Blistered and bruised feet seemed to be the theme of the day/night/almost sunrise. All our students showed extreme couragein the face of adversity. Students continued to walk despitethe flowing tears, frustration and exhaustion well into the earlyhours of the morning. Many of them considered giving it up anumber of times but pushed through to the end. At one point,it took us 2.5 hours to cover just 5km of relatively ‘easy’ terrain(compared to what we had done).

• Outstanding accounts will result in your student’snon-participation in extracurricular activities such ascamps, Year 12 Formal, excursions and sportingevents. Your student may also be excluded from theStudent Resource Scheme in 2016.

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Our first team to cross the line was our all-female team ledby Erin White. Well done team!! They were strong all day/nightand finished at 2:01am Sunday morning (after starting at 11amSaturday) in a journey of just over 15 hours. The girls were superinspiring to us all as they responded well to Erin’s outstandingleadership. The remaining two teams led by Ryan Verhagen andmyself, had a slower journey and ended up joining forces for thefinal 9km to help get us across the line. We ended up finishingat 5:20am, a journey of 18 hours and 20 minutes. Two of ourgirls were forced to withdraw from the event with 9km and4km remaining due to blisters and other things that skin shouldnot be allowed to do. They both showed amazing courage towalk the distance they did and will still receive their certificate ofsuccess as they were exemplary in demonstrating the values ofthe event.

A HUGE thanks goes to the support crews on the night,namely Sam Gordon, Sally Newick (who worked throughthe night despite a shoulder injury), Jason Wood, TeresaSoden, Mark White and Ailsa King. No-one would havecrossed the line without them. They sacrificed hours of sleep,setting up and packing up their vehicles and serving us hotfood and treating medical (and emotional!!) issues up to 3times during the night in the cold winds. They communicatedbrilliantly, encouraging us all the way.

Also, a very special thanks goes to Erin and Ryan for theircommitment to the teams over the past 6-8 months. Many,many hours have gone into training, preparing, liaising,mediating, motivating and reassuring. This has cost theirpersonal time, energy and money over an extended period; amassive commitment. Well done.

Thanks also to Sam Gordon and Jason Wood who voluntarilysupported us at almost all of our training sessions at MtCoot-Tha every second Friday night after school, as well asthe Gold Coast training days on Saturdays. You put in almost150km of training and helped motivate students and staff alike.You have been invaluable to all of us.

Lastly, thanks to Dave Ferguson who has made this allpossible. He wouldn’t want me to say it, but he has gone aboveand beyond to make sure the event was a success, going outof his way to provide excellent leadership while ensuring thewelfare of staff and students was maintained over the past 6months. Even when it seemed things would fall through timeand time again, he always provided a solution. Thanks for beingon board.

Thanks Tullawong for your interest in the event. Make sureif you see the students around the place you give them ahigh-five for their efforts (although I’ve been reliably informedthat this is highly embarrassing for them and they would preferfist-pumps).

Cheers,

Tim KingHPE/Biology/Science Teacher

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CHAMPION SCHOOL FRUIT WINE MAKERCongratulations to our Year 11 VSM wine making students whoachieved exceptional results at the RNA Student Fruit WineCompetition this year.

FRUIT WINE

1stPlace:

Pomme / Apple/Pear/Blueberry – TyrhysArmstrong, Kyle Campbell-Wilson, Brenden Clapp

1stPlace:

Stone Fruit / Cherry and Blueberry – TimothyEfu, Justin Neumann, Jake Law-Cobbo

1stPlace:

Red Grape / Cabernet – School Wine

2ndPlace:

Berry Fruit / Strawberry and Lime – JaydenEdwards, Jesse Miller, Hayden Sommerville

3rdPlace:

Stone Fruit / Peach – Daniel Broadley, Dylan Muir

3rdPlace:

Citrus / Lemon, Lime and Guava – Zac Hollis,Bono Ayma, Jordan Littleford

The Year 11s were also awarded Champion School FruitWinemakers – as an overall award for best school grouppresented at the Food and Wine Show.

Preparing the fruit wine.Preparing the fruit wine.

Filtering the fruit wineFiltering the fruit wine Pressing the grapes to make RoséPressing the grapes to make RoséVintage 2015 from our grapesVintage 2015 from our grapes

CHEESE

Best Tullawong Camembert – Rhiannon Payne

Best Tullawong Blue Cheese – Tyrhys Armstrong

SHOWCASING SCIENCE

CHRISTMAS IN JULYThe 12th annual Christmas in July restaurant occurred on 30July at Tullawong in the Home Economics function room. Thefunction was the most impressive to date and all guests left veryexcited with the occasion. The event was created by Year 12Hospitality students, who are coming to the end of their twoyears of study for Certificate II in Hospitality. The class teachersincluded Mrs Michelle Sheppard, Mrs Narelle Keegan and MrsEmma Abdy. Year 11 students, who are one semester into theirstudy for Certificate II Hospitality, assisted with this event andalso performed at exceptionally high levels.

The Year 12 students had started with a vision and to seethat come to fruition was simply amazing; your teachers are sopleased with the outcome - you really have shone brightly! Allinvolved should be so proud - WHAT A TEAM!

Chloe BrownHead of DepartmentIndustrial Technology

KRISP (KIDS’ RIGHTS IN SCHOOLPROJECT)

Twenty-one Junior Secondary students are working with QUTto investigate children’s rights. Having spent the day at theQUT Caboolture Campus, these students from Years 7, 8 and9 are now ready to start their action research project. Eachgroup has formulated research questions and planned theirdata collection and analysis methods. If you are approachedfor your opinion, please be considerate and honest in yourresponse. Students will be distributing consent forms in thenear future, and the surveying should begin in earnest in week7. This project enables our students to be regularly mentored

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by two QUT lecturers and is an application of Higher OrderThinking skills, Communication skills, Numeracy and Literacy.

The photo below shows one of our Year 7 groups displayingthe poster they constructed.

USING MATHS IN THE HEALTH SECTORLast term our Year 11 Prevocational Maths Classes completeda unit on how Maths was used within the Health sector. As apart of this, one of our classes was lucky enough to have a visitfrom James Johnson, a Personal Trainer in the Caboolture areaand Simon Verdouw of the Beacon Foundation. James talkedto the students about how he uses Maths to run his businessand to devise exercise programs for his clients. James alsotalked to the students about how he went about establishinghis own personal training business, including how he sourceshis equipment, locations and the licencing requirements - veryuseful for the students completing their Certificate Three inFitness. Then he was able to help our students create their ownexercise programs that were included in their assessment.

Thanks James and Simon for taking time out of your day to helpbetter inform our students of a real world application of Maths.

LIBRARY NEWS“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the

location of the library.”location of the library.”Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein

HAVE YOU FOUND THE LIBRARY YET?

The Library Chess challenge:

The first Library chess challenge started Monday 3 August inthe Library at lunch 1. 42 challengers will battle it out in the firstround of matches. Students come and support your favouriteplayer. See the PDF attachment for the round 1 draw.

The Library’s Best Borrowers:

On Tuesday 4 August, certificates were presented to theLibrary’s Best Borrowers for Semester 1. Jasmine HackingG08A, was our Top Borrower for semester 1; she borrowed 56items from the Library. Well done, Jasmine! For the completelist of Best Borrowers see the attached PDF below.

Tantalising Text Talk:

Mrs Will Verhagen was the guest Text Talker for August, held inthe Library lunch 1 on Wednesday 5 August . Students can signup to read out loud or just turn up to be part of the audience.

Children’s Book Week:

Children’s Book Week runs from 22 Augustto 28 August. This year’s theme is “BooksLight Up Our World”. The Library will becelebrating book week with a displayshowing the short listed books.

Premier’s Reading Challenge:

For the first time the Premier’s Reading Challenge is open toJunior High School students. All students from Year 7 to 9have been registered to be part of this State wide challenge.To complete the Challenge students need to read 15 booksbetween 18 May and 28 August, 2015. To get starteddownload the reading log here and pick up a book from the

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Library. Students will also be awarded points for their Housewhen they participate in the Challenge.

Student Tech Lab

The Student Tech Lab is about students helping students withTechnology issues. These include helping with emails, andhelping with programs like Microsoft Word and Excel. At themoment we have 3 groups. The Student Tech Lab will be openMondays Lunch 2, Tuesdays Lunch 2 and Thursdays Lunch 1in the Library. New members are always welcome.

TULLAWONG SHS LIBRARY PORTAL:

Tullawong SHS Library Portal has gone live!

The Library Portal can be found in The Learning Place. Itcontains links to databases that students can access fromhome and at school. The subscription only databases need ausername and password; these are found in the Student Diary.There are many other useful links on the portal, as well as apage for Research Tips. This portal will be added to over theyear to provide a One Stop Shop for all research and Libraryneeds.

MORETON BAY REGIONAL LIBRARY:

All students are encouraged to join the Moreton Bay RegionalLibrary. This will give students access to a larger range ofreading material including eBooks and audio books. It also willenable students to use the library’s databases for research. Theapplication form is attached. It can be handed in at CabooltureLibrary or at Tullawong SHS Library’s Front desk.

MY LIFE SHORT STORY COMPETITION

The My Life Short Story Competition is open to students 13years or younger. Write a 500 word short story about your lifeand submit it to the website by 31 August. The link to the entrypage can be found on the Library Portal's Competition page.There are some great prizes on offer so get writing.

WHY STUDENTS NEED TO TURN OFF DEVICESAN HOUR BEFORE SLEEP

Artificial light from electronic and other devices generally emit ablue light (it may not actually look blue, but that is the underlyinglight). Blue light, along with ultraviolet light is a type ofnon-visible light at a very short wavelength.

What does blue light do to the human body?

Non-visible light has a lot of energy and studies show that alot of exposure to this type of light can do damage to youreyes and impair your sleep cycle. During sleep, lots of essentialphysical processes take place and it is when learning fromthe day is consolidated in memory; so getting enough sleep isessential for students.

Blue light is naturally generated only during the day, fromsunlight. When it gets dark, naturally occurring blue lightceases, signalling the body to produce melatonin, the hormoneassociated with sleep. Using artificial lighting and devices thatemit a blue light at night, confuses the body-clock (the body’snatural sleep-wake cycle) by stopping the body from producingmelatonin. This can result in disrupted sleep patterns including

difficulty in falling asleep and staying asleep and shortenedsleep duration.

Those at greatest risk from night-time exposure to blue lightare those with existing sleep disorders and adolescents whooften experience delayed sleep patterns because of biologicalchanges.

What can I do to limit my exposure to blue light atnight?

Some suggestions include:

Learn more this year about how students can improve theirresults and be more efficient and effective with their schoolworkby working through the units onwww.studyskillshandbook.com.au . Our school’s accessdetails can be found on page 26 of the student diary

SPORTS DAY REVIEWTullawong State High School’s Sports Day was a success,with perfect weather conditions, broken records and creativeSport Hero costumes. The day was filled with laughter and joy,as teachers and students took part in many events achievingpoints for their house colour. Amazing performances bystudents throughout the day’s events, as well as a jump innumbers with participation compared to previous years. Theday could not have been possible without the help of the SportsDevelopment teachers, staff, grounds men and canteen ladies.We appreciate the work and effort put in to 2015’s SportsCarnival. Congratulations to all age champions, as well as thestudents who qualified for districts.

• Be exposed to sunlight during the day to assist inaccurately setting your body clock.

• Stop using all electronic devices preferably at least 2hours before bed.

• Turn off all artificial lighting 1-2 hours before bed.

• Get a red or orange reading lamp, which does notemit blue light.

• Use blue light blocking glasses at night.

• Install a program or app on your computer or deviceto change the type of light it emits. A variety ofprograms are available including F.lux, EasyEyez,Night Filter, Zzz iPhone filter, Bluelight and Twilight

• Invert the colours on your iPhone or iPad.

• Turn the brightness down on your device for a fewhours before bed (not perfect, but better thannothing!).

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AGE CHAMPIONS

DIVISION WINNER

12 Years Boys Luke Brooker

12 Years Girls Annaliese Black

13 Years Boys Brendan Power

13 Years Girls Angela Parascos

14 Years Boys Kaleb Radford

14 Years Girls Rachel Harper

15 Years Boys Samson Hoek

15 Years Girls Imogen Vaughn

16 Years Boys Jake Law

16 Years Girls Tori Herd

Open Boys Brodi Tempelmeier

Open Girls Jessica Friis

CREATIVE GENERATION STATE SCHOOLSONSTAGE 2015

1500 students from state schools all across Queensland cametogether on 15 July to participate in Creative Generation – State

Schools on Stage 2015. Creative Generation is a program thatanyone from Prep to Year 12 in Queensland State schoolscan participate in. Creative Generation offers the chance forstudents to perform in a professional production held at theBrisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

This year Lexie Hatchman (Year 12) and Bella Jahnke (Year 11)performed in dance segments in the production. Bella dancedin Massed A performances and was a featured tap dancer inmultiple different routines. Lexie was selected to be part of theCGen Company (top 20 dancers out of 600) and featured in13 items including a lead role in the ‘Grease’ section as ChaCha. Lexie and Bella spent many weekends over the 4 monthstravelling to Brisbane to rehearse for the event clocking upnearly 200 hours of rehearsal. Both dancers agree that CreativeGeneration is an amazing thing to be a part of, giving them bothreal world experiences working with different choreographersand getting to perform for large audiences. Creative Generationwill be aired on Network 10 on 12 December at 2:30pm.

MUSICAL THEATRE EXCURSIONLast term on 10 June, our Senior Dance and Dance Extensionstudents travelled to Brisbane to watch the musical productionof ‘Dirty Dancing’ at The Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

Students in Senior Dance study Musical Theatre as one oftheir specialised genres of dance, so to see a live professionalproduction was highly beneficial to students understanding thestyle better.

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The sets were outstanding and utilised fantastic technology tobring the story to life on stage. All of the cast members werehighly talented and the dance scenes were very entertainingand exciting.

2015 SCHOOL PHOTOSStudents are reminded to please come to the AdministrationOffice to pick up 2015 school photos that have not beencollected.

BONJOUR!Bonjour, je m’appelle Monsieur Ferraioli. Je suis le professeurde français.

Good morning, my name is Mr Ferraioli. I am the Frenchteacher. This term we have exciting things happening. We willbe learning how to introduce ourselves in French, how to getto know other people and meet new friends. We will also belearning things about France and how they live their lives andhow it differs from Australia.

If your child is doing French please ask them about it; sharethis experience with them. They may even teach you some ofwhat we learn if you ask them. The program ‘Duolingo’ can bedownloaded onto their device, enabling them to practise theirFrench at home.

Au revoirMonsieur Ferraioli

2015 EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS SURVEYThe Queensland Government is conducting its annualstatewide survey of students who left school in Years 10, 11and prior to completing Year 12 during 2014. The Early SchoolLeavers survey is a short, confidential survey that collectsinformation about what young people are doing the year afterleaving school. The information from the survey helps ourschools to understand the pathways young people follow afterleaving school and to plan services to support transitions intostudy or employment for our students.

Between July and August, our students who left school in Years10, 11 and prior to completing Year 12 last year can expectto receive an invitation to complete a web-based survey or atelephone call from the Queensland Government Statistician’sOffice to complete the survey. Please encourage early schoolleavers to take part.

For more information, visit www.education.qld.gov.au/nextstep/ or telephone toll free on 1800 068 587.

KITCHEN GARDEN MANAGED BY PHOENIXBOYS

Bunnings assisted us to get our garden by donating gift cards,so we could buy plants for the garden. Bunnings also helped uswith getting the shovels and tools needed to prepare the soil.We chose the plants based on the greatest need in the schoolby getting vegetables and herbs to help Home Economics. MrMaguire aided us on the day to plant our seedlings and preparethe soil.

We are still growing some seedlings that have not been plantedyet. Mr Stephenson assisted us to make some water cans fromrecycled milk bottles. Mr Stephenson also helped us with usingthe wood burner to write on our garden stakes that we sandedand painted at Bunnings.

The tomatoes are already flowering and we are hoping to getsome tomatoes soon. Our potatoes weren’t very lucky anddidn’t last in the cold, but our other plants are thriving.

By JaykeYear 7 student

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCILNEWS

2015 so far has been a big year for the Student RepresentativeCouncil. School and charity events and fundraisers have filledthe school calendar and with the help of many students,teachers and family members, the SRC is indeed, ‘soaring to

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great heights’. This year alone the school has been involved inmany fundraising events including: the World’s Greatest Shave,the Women’s Day International Fun Run and the Kokoda YouthFoundations Jim Stillman Cup. Additionally, the school raisedfunds for Fiji to help with the recovery after the tsunami early thisyear by hosting a free dress day.

Over the last 2 years, the World’s Greatest Shave has becomea large school event with $11,000 raised in 2014 and 2015alone. This year’s brave students, Ahmed Soliman, MarcusMillar, Kenesi Fredsberg, Ella Crettenden, Glenn Arbon, ZacLamb, Jalon Bossi, Jesse Barrow, Travis Purdie and KeeganBarnett, raised $4000 for the cause, with the assistance andsupport of Mr Ryan Verhagen who organised the event.

The Women’s Day International Fun Run was also an event heldearlier in the year to support breast cancer research. $1100was raised by the Tullawong team with $600 of the total raisedby one of our sports captains, Sam VanDerStoep. Two of theparticipating students, Jade Garland and Stacey Smith ran the5km fun run while Glenn Arbon, Jasmine Lee, Jocell Mambear,Jordan Quonoey, Abbey Schutt, Chelsea Ham, Sean Pobjie,Kenesi Raisley, Lauren Arbon, Brittany Jordan, Kianah Witt,Catya Dziduch, Natasha Bates, Caalita, Miss Subramanium,Miss Li, Mrs Peereboom, Mrs Trims and Mrs Keal, walked the5km.

A recently introduced event to the school this year was theKokoda Youth Foundations Jim Stillman Cup. Three teamsof four senior students along one teacher hiked the gruelling48km trek in the Gold Coast Hinterlands, to raise money forthe Kokoda youth foundation on 18 July. The students, HayleyEngland, Sandy Duncan, Amalya Valle, Stacey Smith, GlennArbon, Tristan Smith, Ashleigh Young, Bianca Hewitt-Ruhle,Sam Vanderstoep, Jake Dziduch, Jordan Quonoey and AbbeySchutt, along with their teachers, Mrs Erin White, Mr Tim Kingand Mr Ryan Verhagan, and support crew, Mrs Ailsa King,Mr Samuel Gordon, Mr Mark White, Mrs Teresa Soden, MrJason Wood and Mrs Sally Newick , trained vigorously for 5months before the event at Mt Coo-tha as well as in the GoldCoast Hinterlands. All who were involved invested a great dealof time, money and effort into the opportunity and raised atotal of $3400 for the cause. The Kokoda Challenge was notonly a great personal achievement, but a way to honour theKokoda legacy and support local teenagers to gain a brighterfuture for themselves and their families through the KokodaChallenge Youth Program. The event proved to be a physicallyand mentally rewarding opportunity, where students andteachers grew as people and learned about themselves andeach other. The teams who participated in the event would liketo personally thank Mrs Murphy, Mr Ferguson and all thoseinvolved who gave the students and teachers such an amazingopportunity that will be a highlight of 2015.

Another huge success within the SRC this year was theValentine’s Day Fundraiser. The SRC sold 475 roses tostudents and teachers and a total of $712.50 was raised. Inaddition to these amazing events, the Tullawong LeadershipTeam has also been playing a large role in various areas of theschool; helping out with breakfast club every Tuesday morning,where each leadership group takes turns to cook and serve afree and nutritional breakfast to students before the beginningof the school day. Students also cooked a barbeque breakfast

for Year 7 and 9 students participating in the NAPLAN testsand played a fundamental role in Clean Up Australia Day andANZAC Day.

Three of our SRC members were also given the opportunityto compete in the NSW math Competition with help from theQueensland University of Technology. This year wasTullawong’s first year entering a Year 7 and 8 team into thecompetition and students performed well showing theirmathematical potential throughout the completion. Due to thissuccess the Math department will be running the ICASMathematics competition in the weeks to come.

The next upcoming events within the school are the RSPCACupcake day on 14 August and Daffodil Day on 28 Augustwhere the SRC will be selling 600 daffodils to raise money forthe cancer council.

It has been a wonderful year so far for the StudentRepresentative Council and we would like to thank everyonewho has been involved in events and fundraisers and heldup high our school values, to set a wonderful example in thecommunity. We look forward to further improving our schoolcommunity and leading our peers in the months to come,before the end of our schooling years this November.

Your Student Representative Council President,Amalya Valle

FAREWELL FRANCESCA AND LUCAOn the last day of Term 2, Mrs Wilkie, along with the majority ofthe school population, farewelled our lovely visitors, Francescaand Luca, with a barbeque and music. Below, the girls displaytheir Verification of Enrolment forms and school reports.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

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LANGUAGE CLASSES

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