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Term 3 Week 6 2020

Principal's ReportPrincipal's Report

Dear Sunshine Families,

Welcome to the middle of term 3 2020.Like all terms it has been a busy one andone where our students have achievedmuch. In the difficult times we areexperiencing it is so great to see thesuccesses that our young peoplecontinue to have. As an old mathematics

and science teacher, a quote from Charles Darwin resonateswith me at this time – “It is not the strongest of the species thatsurvive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive tochange.” We are all learning to adapt to change, and at times,this is difficult and frustrating. However, it is important that we allsupport each other to work through the challenges and adjustour sails to the prevailing wind so that we still achieve ourdestination successfully.

Student SuccessStudent Success

Over the last few weeks we have seen significant success froma number of our students.

Congratulations go to:

Landen Smales, for placing second in the State SurfingChampionships held on the Gold Coast

Our 18yrs String Quartets for placing first and second in theSunshine Coast Eisteddfod.

Our 15yrs String Quartet also place second at the Eisteddfod,whilst our 18yrs String Duets placed second and third in thecompetition.

These are young people, who through the help of their coaches,instructors, teachers and family have adjusted their approachesto ensure success.

ReportingReporting

This year we have had to adjust our assessment and reportingregime. In order for us to ensure we are able to communicateeffectively how students are going we will, for 2020, issue aTerm 3 report for Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Year 10 interim reports, based on work in the seniorpreparatory subjects this term will be sent Wednesday 26thAugust, prior to SETP interviews to be conducted on Monday31 August.

Year 7, 8, 9 and 11 interim reports will sent on 16 October(week 2 Term 4) based on the work completed in term 3.

These reports are a check-in to provide feedback to parentsso together we can assist students to achieve the best resultspossible by the end of the year.

Year 12 have completed all of their internal assessment and arenow working towards their external exams which begin on 26October.

End of Year CelebrationsEnd of Year Celebrations

Each year, as a school, we have a number of events tocelebrate the achievements of our students. They are eventswhere we come together as a community and applaud thegreat work our young people have achieved. As with mostevents this year we need to adjust our sails because of theCOVID 19 wind, and change the way some of these eventslook. More detail about each of these will be forthcoming asthey get closer, but here is a summary of the changes we havehad to make:

YearYear 1212 Graduation:Graduation: - Moved to Twin Waters Resort onTuesday 17th November.

ArtsArts Extravaganza:Extravaganza: - moved to a virtual platform with somedisplays within the community.

SportsSports Awards:Awards: - details to be finalised, but most likely aluncheon for recognised students at Sunshine Beach SLC.

MusicMusic ExcellenceExcellence Night:Night: - Staggered performances, with limitedaudiences over several nights. Again details to be finalised.

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AcademicAcademic AwardsAwards Celebration:Celebration: - To be held Thursday 22nd

October, Year 7-11 from 11:30am to 1pm, Year 12 and SpecialAwards 6:00pm -7:30pm.

Routines and RequirementsRoutines and Requirements

An effective way to manage some of the challenges we faceeach day, especially for our young people, is to ensure thereis still routines, requirements and expectations that they arerequired to meet.

Sunshine Beach State High School is a uniform school. It hasclear uniform requirements and it is expected that all studentsmeet these requirements fully. The uniform requirements ofSunshine Beach State High School are:

https://sunbeachshs.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/456/sbshs_uniform_policy.pdf

When students wear their full and correct uniform, researchhas demonstrated, that they mentally prepare themselves forschool. Student’s minds are more readily focused on schooland learning and their behaviours are more learning orientated.As with older students who have part-time work at manyorganisations, the uniform indicates that they are “turning up”for work and therefore focus on work.

It is also important for students to arrive at school on time.We have a number of road works that are impacting on traveltime and students need to leave slightly earlier whilst these arehappening to ensure there is sufficient travel time to arrive ontime.

I would ask if all parents and caregivers could assist in ensuringthat our students leave their homes, on time, in the full correctuniform and therefore assist in helping your children focus onschool and achieving. If a family has difficulty with meetingthe uniform requirements I would ask that you contact yourchild’s Head of Year and we can see how we can assist you inensuring your child is in correct school uniform.

Til next time

Grant Williams

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Principal

Deputy Report - Kim BeckinsaleDeputy Report - Kim Beckinsale

Dear parents and families

As we approach the end of theterm we hope that this edition ofFlourish provides you with somekey information about studentlearning and assessment as weapproach the end of the term aswell as some highlights over the

past few weeks.

Year 7 & 8 Junior Secondary Students and ParentsYear 7 & 8 Junior Secondary Students and Parents

As we approach the end of term 3, students in Year 7 and 8will have homework and assignments right up until the lastweek, so it is important that students attend school everysingle day and or we are notified of any absences or expectedabsences in advance. Students should be writing theirhomework in a diary and planning time at home to completetheir assignments. So parents please have a conversation withyour child about what they have coming up and whether theyneed any support and or assistance. Please ensure thatstudents attend school every day with books, pens andpencils and a charged functioning laptop.

Thank you to those students who have been wearing theirSunshine Beach High uniform and wearing it well, you are acredit to our school and have a positive influence on others. Ithas been exciting to see some school sport return this term,so thanks to Mr Hutchinson (Sports Co-ordinator) fororganising an Interhouse competition for Basketball, Touch,Soccer and Volleyball at lunchtimes.

Year 8 Academic Pipeline ProgramYear 8 Academic Pipeline Program

On Friday 14th August our Year 8 Pipeline studentsparticipated in a robotics workshop lead by Mr King and MrBrackley. Students were engaged for the day in learning howto create, design and race Sphero Robots. Thanks you to ouramazing teachers for providing such engaging and interactive

activities to help our students to improve their 21st CenturyGlobal Citizenship skills (the 6C’s).

The next Pipeline session is planned for Friday 18th September– focus Design and Technology.

2021 – Year 7 Transition update2021 – Year 7 Transition update

The Year 6 into Year 7 Transition Visits have been moved to

week 4 term 4. Noosaville SS 27th October, Sunshine Beach

SS 28th October and Tewantin SS 29th October. More

information about Transition Visits will be passed on to theprimary schools later in the term.

Young Crest Scholars (Year 4, 5, 6)Young Crest Scholars (Year 4, 5, 6)

Sunshine Beach SHS have invited selected students fromNoosaville, Tewantin and Sunshine Beach Primary schools for

the Young Crest Scholars Program scheduled for 26th August

(term 3) and 18th November in (term 4). This term, there will bea Biology theme for the interactive sessions, so a huge thankyou to Mr Villiers, Ms Dawson and Mr Burton for the time andeffort they are putting into creating activities for this STEMbased program.

2021 Round 2 Enrolments are now open -2021 Round 2 Enrolments are now open - Due 28Due 28thth AugustAugust2020 (all papers back to SBSHS)2020 (all papers back to SBSHS)

Students in Year 6 from SBSS, TSS and NSS have alreadybeen issued with enrolment packs. If you have not yetcompleted an enrolment package, we are accepting roundtwo enrolments for students who reside within SBSHScatchment are eligible to enrol. Packages can also bedownloaded from our school websitehttps://sunshinebeachhigh.eq.edu.au/enrolments/enrolling-at-our-school

Should you have another child at SBSHS, offered a position inthe music or surfing program of excellence or other individualcircumstances, you will need to complete an out of catchmentform prior to submitting enrolment paperwork. Upon approvalby Principal Mr Grant Williams, will you then be able to submityour child’s enrolment papers. The out of catchment form hasbeen included within the enrolment packs.

If you do not attend one of SBSHS’s three feeder schools, andintend on enrolling your child in 2021, you are most welcometo call our school and arrange for an enrolment pack to beposted to you or collect one from our main AdministrationBuilding.

Parents are encouraged to “like” and follow us on Facebook toensure that you remain up to date with all transitionaryinformation throughout the term.

https://www.facebook.com/sunshinebeachshs

Should you have any questions, please feel free to makecontact with us.

Kim Beckinsale

Acting Deputy Principal

Deputy Report - Chris RobinsonDeputy Report - Chris Robinson

The subject selection process for studentsentering Years 9, 10 and 11 in 2021 willcommence in coming weeks. Studentshave had the opportunity to participate in avariety of elective subjects, discoveringtheir strengths and interest in each.

In 2021, Year 9 and 10 students will havethe choice to select two (2) elective

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subjects in which to specialise. These subjects then feed intoour Senior School subjects providing a solid foundation forthe transition. Students will be informed in class and paraderegarding the process for selecting subjects.

Students in Year 10 will be involved with Senior Education andTraining Plans.

SET Plan interviews are booked in for Monday 31st August inthe Resource Centre.

Interviews will commence at 8.30am till 4.30pm, with 30minappointments required. Students are required to bring theirdevices for their presentations and final selections on line.

Booking organisation will be planned around Year 10 Careerclasses.

Eg. If your son/daughter is in VOC102A (Career Class) you areable to book an interview with Ms Ghahhary, Ms Carter or MsSeangier.

VOC102A Ms Ghahhary, Ms Carter or MsSeaniger

VOC102B Ms Hill or Mr Ross Allen

VOC102C Ms Wiskin or Mr Taylor

VOC102D Mr Kent or Ms Kearney

VOC102E Mr Price or Ms Martoo

VOC102F Ms Hooyer or Ms McFie

VOC102G Mr Pride or Ms Peeters

VOC102H Mr Lennox or Ms McGreachan

VOC102I Mr Janieson, Mr King or Mr D Allan

VOC102J Ms Robinson or Mr Barrow

StudentsStudents inin Yr.Yr. 1010 areare onlyonly toto bebe inin attendanceattendance atat schoolschool forfortheir booked interview with their Parent and or Carer.their booked interview with their Parent and or Carer.

Please be in attendance 10 mins prior to your appointment.Please be in attendance 10 mins prior to your appointment.

AllAll studentsstudents mustmust havehave aa SETSET PlanPlan interviewinterview toto confirmconfirm subjectssubjectsand enrolment in Year 11.and enrolment in Year 11.

## BookingsBookings needneed toto bebe mademade onon http://sobs.com.au/http://sobs.com.au/pt/pt/parent.php?schoolid=649parent.php?schoolid=649

Discussions around future careers will continue at year levelparades and in Connections classes. The Subject SelectionHandbook for students is available for access on our schoolwebsite. I encourage all students and parents to read thishandbook to be able to make informed decisions about theirsubject choices and or preferences for 2021. Should you havany questions regarding this process, please do not hesitate tocall me on crobi87@eq.edu.au

Chris Robinson

Deputy Principal

Deputy Report - Paul FitzgeraldDeputy Report - Paul Fitzgerald

Dear parents – The New QCE has been ahuge body of work that has beenimplemented this year and will continue todevelop over the next few years. Pleasefind below information about the newsystem that is frequently asked -

NewNew QCEQCE –– frequentlyfrequently askedasked questionsquestions –The Queensland Curriculum and

Assessment Authority is the government statutory body thatoversees the new QCE, please go to their webpage offrequently asked questions for up to date information.

https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/about/publications/reports-papers/qcaa/developing-new-qce-system/faqs

SeniorSenior CourseCourse GuideGuide 20212021 – Please find the senior courseguide on the school's website under Senior Curriculum. Thishas detailed information about the courses we will offer in 2021.This document is very large so I would suggest to read simplyon your computer and is a living document and being updatedregularly.

GeneralGeneral andand appliedapplied subjects,subjects, VETVET – The new terminology ofgeneral and applied subjects applies to all of the new subjectsfor the new QCE. On the school website there is a documentthat I have prepared that outlines the differences between thetwo. VET (vocational education and training) certificate I, II, III,IV courses have not changed. The only difference is that someVET courses and applied subjects are so similar that studentswill only get credit for one of the courses. Please see theattached document that explains general and applied subjects.

ATARATAR scorescore – The ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank)is the new ranking system that will replace the OP (overallposition) score 1 – 25 that we had the final 2019 Year 12students. It is still just a ranking system to rank students fromthe best students in the state to the least performing studentsin the state and is specifically calculated for the purposes ofallocating University course offers to students.

What is the difference between the ATAR and OP?What is the difference between the ATAR and OP?

CalculatingCalculating ATARsATARs -- The Queensland Tertiary AdmissionsCentre (QTAC) will be responsible for calculating students’ATARs.

QTAC will calculate ATARs based on either:

• The ATAR is a finer grained rank order of studentsthan the OP.

• It’s a number between 0.00 and 99.95 withincrements of 0.05, whereas the OP consists of 25bands.

• The ATAR is commonly used in other states andterritories.

• a student's best five general subject results, or

• a student's best results in a combination of fourgeneral subject results, plus one Applied subjectresult or completed VET qualification at AustralianQualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate III level orabove.

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If a student is eligible for an ATAR in both categories, QTAC willuse their highest ATAR.

EnglishEnglish asas aa requirementrequirement forfor ATARATAR eligibilityeligibility To be eligible for anATAR, students must satisfactorily complete a QCAA Englishsubject. While students must meet this standard to be eligibleto receive an ATAR, it won’t be mandatory for a student’sEnglish result to be included in the calculation of their ATAR.

SeniorSenior studentstudent performanceperformance trackingtracking All students entering thesenior phase of learning have complete a SET plan. A SET planoutlines what the student intends to study during Years 11 and12, what their intention is post school such as further educationand training, apprenticeships, work and career intentions.Students’ academic results are scrutinised every 10 weeks inconjunction with their report card to ensure all students are ontrack to gain semester credit and eventually a QCE. Studentswho are at risk are then interviewed with their parents in aperformance review interview with the HOD or DP to examineways to improve and achieve. This is done all the way throughUnit 1,2, 3 & 4.

QuestionsQuestions – I would like to invite you to please email me withquestions if you would like clarification of any of these newsystems and processes, I will then answer the question andemail the question and response to all parents, anonymously ofcourse.

Paul Fitzgerald

Deputy Principal

Deputy Report - Helen LeydenDeputy Report - Helen Leyden

I would like to offer my congratulations toall the students and teachers involved inthe Sunshine Coast Junior Eisteddfod.Whilst being a lot smaller this year, ourschool had a number of small ensembleentries from our string students, andreceived some outstanding results. Thankyou to Mr Allan, our Head of Departmentfor The Arts for supporting these

students.

Assessment Planners

Students had time in their #Connections class last week todownload a copy of their own assessment planner, whichoutlines what is due over term 3 and 4.

All students are able to view their personal assessment plannersvia their One School account.

StepStep 1:1: Students log in to their computer, and then go tohttp://oslp.eq.edu.au .

StepStep 2:2: Click on the drop down box ‘Available Reports/Letters….’, Select Student course planner

Step 3:Step 3: select ‘Timetable Period: select 2020, Semester 2’

Step 4:Step 4: select Assessment, then generate the report.

Parents who have registered with QParents also are able toview their son/daughters assessment on their mobile device.

Academic Awards Celebrations

Over the next three weeks, invitations to attend our awardscelebrations will be issued to parents of students who arereceiving academic and special awards. The celebrations willbe held on Thursday 22nd October, and this year will run undera different format to comply with the COVID Safe Framework.

Years 7-11 will have their ceremony during the school day.Students will start their rehearsal at 10.30am, with theceremony beginning at 11.30am and finishing at 1pm. Thisceremony will be for staff and students only.

The celebration for our Year 12 academic achievers and specialaward winners will occur in the evening, with the rehearsalbeginning at 8.20am on the Thursday morning. To comply withthe COVID Safe Framework for events, award recipients for theevening event will be able to invite twotwo (2)(2) guestsguests onlyonly. Sinceattendance at this function is by invitation only, all RSVP’s willneed to be returned by Monday 14 September to the box in thefront office.

Students’ academic results have been calculated to determineif they are successful in obtaining a platinum, gold or silveracademic award. For students in years 7 – 10, These results

were published Friday 14th August and are on display in theoffice window. Students are encouraged to check theirindividual results. If there is a query with these, students are tosee their relevant Deputy Principal.

Trainee and Cultural & Service awards are awarded throughself-nomination / application. Students are encouraged tocollect a form from the office (available now) or download fromthe school website and to apply. Applications close Monday

24th August and can be handed directly to the office. The listof awards and criteria is below.

https://sunbeachshs.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/457/sbshs_academic_awards_celebrations_2020.pdf

Ms Helen Leyden

Deputy Principal Teaching & Learning

Year 7Year 7

Year 7 MathsYear 7 Maths

Students have received their mathematics assignment thisweek and are busy working on these in class. This term’sassignment works in conjunction with their Scienceassignment. The context of the assignment is that NoosaCouncil is building a concrete bicycle bridge across WeybaCreek. Student work as principal engineers to prepare theinitial design proposal.Students demonstrate their knowledgeof ratio, fractions, percentage and decimal as well as utilise theoptimal strength cement to sand ratio from their scienceassignment. The assignment is due in week 8.

Please continue to ensure students have the requiredequipment for lessons, including a calculator, ruler, lead

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pencils and a laptop. A reminder that tutorials are heldThursday afternoons from 3pm – 4pm in C001.

Year 7 EnglishYear 7 English

Students are analysing the language and images in the novelBlack Snake: the Daring of Ned Kelly. At home, studentsshould be reading and revising quotes that prove whether Nedwas a victim, villain or a hero. Students will receive anassessment task in week 7 and work on a persuasive essayduring class.

Year 7 HumanitiesYear 7 Humanities

Ancient China continues as our focus for this term and studentsreceived their investigation assignments this week. Eachstudent will select and research the effects of a particular grouphad on Chinese society. The choices include: Slaves and theGreat Wall; Eunuchs and government or Merchants and theSilk Road. Through the investigation, students will develop skillsin finding and analysing sources, as well as revising skills inreferencing and presentation.

Year 7 ScienceYear 7 Science

The last part of term 3 focuses on scientific investigationsinvolving forces for the year 7 students. Students have enjoyedmaking concrete and measuring the force needed to breakeach of the concrete compositions. A further investigation ofpulleys is running this week. Throughout these investigations,students have been practising identifying variables, evaluatingtrends in data and discussing experimental limitations. This ispreparation for their assessable student experiment task whichwill be handed out week 7 and due week 9. Class time will begiven to work on this assignment. We aim to foster a deeperunderstanding of scientific process and rigour through this unitwhilst enjoying hands on science.

Year 7 HPEYear 7 HPE

Students are close to completing all of their content and will bemoving ahead with assessment task of creating a multimodalpresentation. They will choose to present Peer Pressure,Bullying or Mental Health and how using personal skills ofResilience or Self Esteem can help to improve situations thatteenagers are dealing with. Encourage your student to becreative with their presentations to help the visual elementsexpress their understanding so that their script cancommunicate even more strongly. With regards to our practicalunit we have been working on practicing skills of cooperation,fair play and leadership in our PRIDE games.

Year 7 Music ExcellenceYear 7 Music Excellence

The Year 7’s have completed their AMEB exam and will nowdraw on the knowledge and understanding they gained in theirtheory studies to create a composition. Students are alsorehearsing as a combined class ensemble for their practicalcomponent for this semester. Their two pieces “Funky Town”and “Dr Who” are coming along nicely. Sounding good guys!

Year 7 ItalianYear 7 Italian

Students are busily working on the ‘Finding your way around’unit. Students are learning the language of giving and

interpreting directions, and how to locate various features suchas banks hospitals and other landmarks.

Students will complete a speaking test where they will use amap and answer questions about locations. They will apply theirknowledge of Italian and map skills to give clear directions inItalian.

YearYear 7 Dance7 Dance

Congratulations 7B, 7D and 7J who have completed theirdance written exam in either week 5 or 6. Well done! The taskwas a culmination of the skills they have learnt so far this term,where they identified, analysed and evaluated a dance work.The students are particularly excited now to focus their energyon the practical assessment task, where they will perform apopular dance to the class. The dance will include sections ofchoreography created by the teacher and sections created bythe group themselves. The final presentation will be in week 9.

Year 7 DramaYear 7 Drama

Students in Year 7 Drama have been exploring the dramaticelements over the past few weeks through a range of practicalworkshops. Tension and status have been a particular focusfor our young thespians as they begin to identify and createentertaining scenes that engage their audience. Like all artssubjects, Drama has both a theoretical and practical element tocourse work. Now that they have completed their respondingtask the rest of the term sees students working on a duologue,refining their acting skills in the lead up to their final performanceassessment.

Year 8Year 8

Year 8 EnglishYear 8 English

Students are currently planning and drafting their persuasiveblog about representations of teenage issues in Tim Winton’snovel Lockie Leonard. Students will submit a draft copy oftheir persuasive blog in-class from the beginning of week 8.A final hard copy will be submitted in week 10. In the nextEnglish unit, we will combine with Humanities as we explore theworld of business and marketing through the development ofan innovative solution to a local environmental concern.

Year 8 MathsYear 8 Maths

Six weeks into term 3 and students have covered a variety oftopics: Data Representation including how to calculate mean,median, mode and range, the influence of outliers and howto determine bias; Time Conversions; and Ratios, Rates andDirect Proportion. Our focus for the last few weeks will beAlgebra: finding and solving linear relationships and determininglinear rules. All of these concepts will be needed for students tocomplete the maths assignment which will be distributed in the

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last week of term. Students will be given a number of lessons ofclass time and homework time to complete the assignment. Itis not necessary for students to be working on their assignmentduring the September holidays – unless of course they want

to. The assignment will be due on Monday 19th October. TheTheendend ofof termterm testtest willwill bebe inin weekweek 99. Please continue to ensurethat your student has writing equipment and a calculator andtherefore is well prepared for class.

Year 8 HumanitiesYear 8 Humanities

In weeks 6 to 8, students will be learning how to analyseprimary and secondary sources on topics already coveredearlier in the unit such as America’s influence on medievalJapan and impact of trade on medieval Japan. Students willbe explicitly taught how to include in-text references correctly intheir written paragraphs where they are analysing primary andsecondary sources. History skills such as analysing sources,determining different points of view in sources and

communicating, will be assessed on Tuesday 8th Septemberin a source analysis exam. In the exam, students will be givensources to analyse and write responses to questions inparagraphs, where they will need to include in-text referencing.In week 10, the final Humanities unit will begin, which is the‘Innovation Expo’ where students will have the opportunity tobe engaged in more student-lead learning.

Year 8 Music ExcellenceYear 8 Music Excellence

Students have now completed their AMEB theory exams andare working on their composition assessment. They arecomposing music to convey an image, using their knowledgefrom grade two theory. In practical lessons, students areparticipating in class band and class choir, learning music indifferent styles.

Year 8 Food StudiesYear 8 Food Studies

Year 8 students this term having been studying food hygiene,kitchen safety and healthy eating. Every week students cookinggets better and better. What an impressive group of youngcooks. Over the next few weeks we will be examining healthymeal options that could be served in our school canteen. Eachstudent will design and cook a healthy canteen item andcomplete a written assessment. We can’t wait to see what thestudents will create.

Year 8 ItalianYear 8 Italian

All students have commenced their written assessment task offormulating an advertisement of an Australian product for Italianconsumers. Students are building on the vocabulary taughtfrom previous units. Students are able to use a platform oftheir choice to present the advertisement. Some students arefilming their advertisement and others have chosen power pointor a poster presentation.

Year 9Year 9

Year 9 EnglishYear 9 English

Students are examining how poetry communicates social,moral and ethical perspectives on issues. Students analysepoetic structures and language features and create their ownpoetry. They are also continuing the novel project, so it isimportant that they are reading a novel at home and bring it toclass.

Year 9 MathsYear 9 Maths

Students have started their maths assignment which hasrequired them to collect data about the speed and accuracy oftheir times tables. They are to present their data using a varietyof graphs and evaluate the effectiveness of their strategies. The

due date for the assignment for all classes is Tuesday 25th

August. Any student who cannot make the due date will haveto apply for an extension from Mr Wilkie (Head of DepartmentMaths) at least 24 hours before the due date. No extensionsare given on the due date. Please check in with your studentto ensure that they are on track and completing the work tothe best of their ability. Class time has also been given to thistask and we fully expect every student to be able to achievesuccess. Feel free to contact your child’s maths teacher if youwould like some more information.

Year 9 ItalianYear 9 Italian

Students are continuing with their assignment. So far, studentshave revised many of the grammar points, which will helpthem, write about what Noosa has to offer tourists. Thesegrammar points include the use of the definite and indefinitearticles in the singular and plural forms, the relative superlativeadjective and the conjugation of the present regular verb. Inthese next few weeks, students will concentrate completingtheir assignments. New vocab will be introduced to assistthem in creating sentences to promote the Sunshine Coast.The Italian Brochure assignment is due on Monday 31 August.Students will then prepare for their realistic dialogue at theTravel Agency, where they are going to play the role of atourist agent, while the teacher plays the part of the Italiantourist!

Year 9 HPEYear 9 HPE

Students will change over their sport in practical lessons thisweek. They will either be doing skill acquisition, offensivestrategies and defensive strategies in either touch football,basketball, soccer or volleyball. In theory classes students areworking towards their “Party Factor” Assessment task,essentially taking a harm minimisation approach around drugand alcohol choices. In week 9, students will attend apresentation from High Resolves, focusing on videos forchange and collaboration leading into term 4.

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Year 9 Textiles and DesignYear 9 Textiles and Design

Pyjama’s Made to Order

This semester students are learning the techniques of sewingtextiles and the technologies that accompany this. They havelearnt how to use a sewing machine and are currently cuttingout their pyjama pattern to fit onto fabric. All fabric has beenprovided for them so they are set up for success. A processjournal is to be completed throughout the semester which willshow their knowledge and understanding of the productionsteps. This is encouraged to be completed for homework aswell.

Year 9 Music ExtensionYear 9 Music Extension

Having learned this term so far about instrumental forms suchas symphony, concerto and fugue, students have begunlooking at some vocal styles. Italian Opera and Oratorio areour first two vocal styles, which will be followed by EnglishMadrigals and German Lieder. Students are also busy workingon their composition and performance task, in which they arereimagining a centuries old song into a style or genre of theirchoice.

Year 9 Food StudiesYear 9 Food Studies

It’s a battle of recipes, flavours and cultures. Master Chef is onlynow discovering what our year 9’s already know ‘Global foodfusion.’ This term students will be creating their own distinctiverecipe to be produced in class. Each week our year 9’s skillsand techniques’ are developing. Each student is producingsuccessful recipes and dishes. Please take the night off and letyour year 9 students cook for you.

Year 10Year 10

Year 10 HOY ReportYear 10 HOY Report

In Careers, students should now be working on project 7 whichis due at the end of the term. At this juncture, all studentprogress will be reviewed once again by their teacher and Headof VET to ensure they are well supported to complete theirCertificate before entering Year 11. If you have any concernsor queries with regards to their progress, please contact theirteacher.

For those students excelling in Careers and will have project1 – 8 complete by the end of term 3, they will be receivingan invitation to join our “Green Room” Master Class. In term 4these students will be experiencing a taste of senior and gainingcore skills to have the edge in Year 11. Invitations to this classwill be sent out in week 10 this term.

Students now have their ‘Work Experience Agreement’ formsand are busily contacting businesses to arrange their WorkExperience from November 23 to 27. Please discuss andremind your son / daughter to bring their signed form to MsHilditch at Uluwatu staffroom. Please note, there are threesignatures required; the student’s, parent’s and the employer’sall need to sign the document before submitting. The soonerwork experience is organised, the less likelihood of missing outon a preferred choice.

SETPlan interviews will be occurring on August 31 for all Year10 students. This is where students will present their preparedCareers PPT to their parent and school representative, outliningthe career path they would like to undertake next year. TheSOBs website is now open for booking your child’s interviews.Ensure you have clicked on the link http://sobs.com.au/pt/parent.php?schoolid=649 and made a 30 minute time that suitsyou and your child. Please note there is no timetabled Year10 classes on this date at SBSHS. This SET Plan interviewis an important stage in your son / daughter’s education asit is critical to have an opportunity to assess the suitability ofselected subjects to meet individual needs, goals and abilitiesas well as help ensure their success in Senior Schooling.

Year 10 Careers Key Events and Dates for Students andFamilies

Week Task

Term 3

7 Subject selection smorgasbord 24 – 28/8/20Subject selection smorgasbord 24 – 28/8/20

8 SETPlanSETPlan 31/8/2031/8/20

10 Work experience forms due

Invitations to Master Class sent out

Project 7 dueProject 7 due

Term 4

5 Mock InterviewsMock Interviews 4/11/20

6 Project 8 dueProject 8 due

8 Work ExperienceWork Experience all weekall week

9 Log books due Monday

Project 9 dueProject 9 due

Year 10 EnglishYear 10 English

Year 10 English students are reading a novel exploring what itreveals about the human condition. They are examining hownovels build tension and how characters experience conflictand relating this to their own lives.

Year 10 LiteratureYear 10 Literature

Students have completed their reflection/narratives as their firstpiece of assessment for literature and I was amazed at thetalent of this class. We are now moving into an analytical phaseof the course where we will begin reading Fahrenheit 451.The classic piece of literature by Ray Bradbury. We will bedoing workshops looking at the symbolism, motifs, themes,characterisation and prose as we delve deep into this amazingpolitically based novel.

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Year 10 Mathematical MethodsYear 10 Mathematical Methods

Students will be completing their unit on surface area andvolume before preparing for their term 3 exam in week 9.Assessment will consist of two exams, technology active (witha calculator) and technology free (without a calculator). Revisionwill include questions with and without technology. This meansstudents must have a calculator, separate to other technology,to practice with before the exam. As always, tutorials run from3 to 4pm every Thursday afternoon in C0O9 for students whowant that little bit of extra help or clarification of concepts.

Year 10 General MathematicsYear 10 General Mathematics

Students are currently in the second week of a three weekassignment using Desmos (a graphing calculator program) andEquations. They have had to design a tile, skate park or petenclosure using Desmos. The written part of the assignmentis to describe how the mathematical equations used assistedwith the design. All students should be finished with the designstage and well into the writing stage.

This assignment is due on Thursday of Week 6. Below aresome of the designs we have created in class while learning theskills.

Year 10 Music ExtensionYear 10 Music Extension

Students are working towards their Identities Integratedproject. Students have learnt how music represents cultural,political, social and personal identities. They are creating anintegrated project that explores cultural identity by establishinga viewpoint about the expressive powers of music.

Year 10 Early ChildhoodYear 10 Early Childhood

I cannot believe the beautiful work our students are producingeach week for early childhood. Over the next few weeksstudents will continue examining early child developmentalareas with a focus on the importance of play base learningin early childhood. Students are working towards constructinga toy design suitable to enhance child development, studentshave been coming up with some very creative designs. I can’twait to see the final designs.

Year 10 ChemistryYear 10 Chemistry

Students are completing their student experiments in weeks5-7. This is their first assessment piece and will be performedin groups to collect data and then completed individually as awritten scientific report. It counts 30% towards their Chemistrygrade for the semester. Students choose a previous mandatorypractical already completed in class and modify it, redoing theexperiment to refine/redirect/extend their investigations.

Year 10 Philosophy & ReasonYear 10 Philosophy & Reason

The students have been busy studying theories of humannature over the past few weeks in preparation for their

upcoming exam. This exam is an extended analytical essayin response to a seen question, we will begin drafting thestudents’ responses to the question in week 6. It will take place

during class on Wednesday 26th August (week 7). All of theweekly resources and class activities can be found on the classOneNote for revision. Following the exam we will be movingforward to our next unit!

Year 10 Hospitality Food and NutritionYear 10 Hospitality Food and Nutrition

Students are very busy working towards their function comingup later in the term. They have been trialling a range of differentrecipes and variations to come up with the perfect cookie. Weare working towards a Cookie Bake Sale here at school wherestudents will be planning, packaging, labelling, marketing,baking and selling a range of cookies and or bliss balls to ourschool community.

Year 10 Physical EducationYear 10 Physical Education

Students have been working towards developingunderstanding of human systems of energy and how thesesystems relate to touch football. These lessons have been amixture of practical lessons where students have tested thecapacity of their aerobic and anaerobic energy systems, andtheory where they apply this knowledge to describe the effectthis data will have on the touch position they will play. We havean in-class writing task at the end of this week that will assesstheir writing ability and analytic skills.

Year 10 MusicYear 10 Music

Having learned this term so far about instrumental forms suchas symphony, concerto and fugue, students have begunlooking at some vocal styles. Italian Opera and Oratorio areour first two vocal styles, which will be followed by EnglishMadrigals and German Lieder. Students are also busy workingon their composition and performance task, in which they arereimagining a centuries old song into a style or genre of theirchoice.

Year 10 FashionYear 10 Fashion

Students this semester have started to immerse themselves inthe production of clothing. Their design challenge is to createclothing that is versatile and falls under the category ofloungewear. “No need to Change “. Attached is their sketchedideas of what they are making ..It is the student’s responsibilityto source fabric for their design as this gives the studentsownership of the choice and an understanding ofcharacteristics of fabrics. Thank you for your ongoing supportwith this as the students are engaged and excited to makeclothing for themselves. Any questions please don’t hesitate toemail me…tfitz23@eq.edu.au

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Year 10 DramaYear 10 Drama

Students have watched a filmed live performance called ‘WarCrimes’ and are now deconstructing the characters, themesand ideas presented. At home, they should be revising theirclasswork and writing paragraphs to prepare for their writtenexam. After their exam, they will begin studying Greek theatreand reading the play ‘Antigone’.

Year 11Year 11

Year 11 EnglishYear 11 English

Students are preparing for their final assessment for year 11, anarrative in exam conditions. They are exploring different ideasabout Australian national identity in poetry and other texts. Theywill then look at some texts about a future Australia. Discussionof these ideas will help students imagine a future Australia thatthey can develop into a narrative.

Year 11 Essential EnglishYear 11 Essential English

Essential English students are writing their exam for the‘Language the Works’ unit over week 6. In the following unitthey will continue exploring key work-related issues and ideas,specifically the changing nature of work.

Year 11 General MathematicsYear 11 General Mathematics

Today is Left-Handed Day. Did you know that 7 – 10% of thepopulation is left handed? If you are a twin, your chance ofbeing left handed increases to about 21%. Some interestinginformation for our students who are studying statistics thisterm.

This term the year 11 students have been working on unit 2of the course. This unit covers topics such as Trigonometryof Non-Right Angle Triangles; Statistics and Matrices. Thesetopics are new to our students and they have enjoyed thechallenge of new learnings.

Below is an example of the type of work undertaken by thestudents in the matrix unit. Are you able to work it out?

They will be assessed on this unit in week 10 via an exam onMonday 14th September. A reminder to all that tutorials run onThursday afternoon in COO1 from 2pm. We look forward toseeing as many students as possible availing themselves of thisfree service.

Year 11 Essential MathematicsYear 11 Essential Mathematics

Year 11 Essential Mathematics is currently studying money andbudgeting. Students are currently working on an assignmentthat requires them to create a budget. The draft is due on

Monday 10th August. The final copy is due Monday 14th

September.

Year 11 FashionYear 11 Fashion

Students this term have started to produce clothing usingcorrect technical application and patterns. Some are draftingtheir own design elements to them as well. They can produceup to three items as a part of their Fashion Syllabus. All studentshould have their fabric and started their products. Thank youfor your support with this as students have ownership of theirfabric and choice while understanding the theory behind thefabric characteristics.

Student's own work.

Individually designed and modified.

Inspired by past Fashions.

Year 11 ChemistryYear 11 Chemistry

Students are completing their experiments this week. Thepractical sections are completed with students now workingthrough the analysis of the data and writing their evaluations ofthat data.

Next week students will working on concentration and dilutioncalculations, extending from their mole knowledge.

Year 11 PsychologyYear 11 Psychology

Year 11 Psychology students have been learning aboutpsychological disorders and emotions this term. They havebeen investigating causes, risk factors and treatments ofpsychological disorders and have been exploring theoriesbehind emotions and the brain anatomy behind our emotions.This week they will be beginning their research investigationwhere they will be choosing a claim and researching that topic.The task is worth 40% of their overall Unit 2 mark.

Year 11 HealthYear 11 Health

Year 11 health students have been collecting primary andsecondary data on alcohol consumption in the senior cohortand the wider community. This data will provide students withinsight as to what proportion of the senior schooling agebracket are consuming alcohol, at what quantity, and whatfactors have led to these trends. This statistical findings arebeing discussed in their action research report draft, which is

due on Friday the 14th August, the final being due Friday 21st

August.

Year 11 Modern HistoryYear 11 Modern History

Students have begun their final assessment for year 11, aresearch essay on one of the movements we have studied inclass. They devise their own question, find and analysesources of evidence and write an essay in response to theirquestion. Important checkpoints are their hypothesis and plan,

due Thursday 20th August (week 6) their draft, due Friday 28th

August (week 7), and their final, due Thursday 10th September

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(week 9). Parents will be notified if students are not meetingcheckpoints.

Year 11 ItalianYear 11 Italian

Students will begin their multi-modal assignment on the topicTravel in week 7. They will have some time in class but most ofthe work will be completed at home. During class time grammarpoints will be covered to assist students in their writing. Thisassignment is due in week 9. Students will also sit for their oraltest in week 10 during exam block.

Year 11 Physical EducationYear 11 Physical Education

Students have recently begun a Badminton and motor learningunit that will continue through to year 12. They will investigatehow athletes learn motor skills and the best environments andstrategies to learn and improve their badminton performance.Assessment for this unit will involve a multi modal presentationand a video of their badminton performance. The draft will bedue in week 2 next term and the final copy will be due in week4.

Year 11 Hospitality PracticesYear 11 Hospitality Practices

This semester students are working on a casual dining unit.They have been investigating menu styles and meal choicesavailable at a variety of casual dining establishments. Studentshave been focusing on the presentation of their causal mealsand how to best garnish and present their food to a highstandard. We are planning towards a casual dining functionto be held in week 8 of this term where students will be ableto showcase their talents in preparing, presenting and servingmeals to their guests. Students are very excited and I can’t waitfor them to show off what they have been working hard on inclass this term. I am very proud of their efforts so far this term.

Year 11 DanceYear 11 Dance

The year 11 students are busily creating their dance projectwhich is due at the end of week 8 this term. There are manycomponents to this task, including creating a dance film ina site-specific space, performing the work with technical andexpressive skills, analysing their use of dance components andskills to communicate their intent and the evaluating twoproblems during their choreographic process and theiraccompanying solutions. The task is worth 35% of their markthis year. The students are working solidly and creatively andwe are all looking forward to viewing all the dance films.

Year 12Year 12

Year 12 HOYYear 12 HOY

After QTAC applications opened last week, it was wonderfulto note students taking up opportunities to launch their futureoptions by applying for courses including early offers. Includinga list of preferences, having a backup plan and keeping optionsopen are all well advised. The challenge now is for year 12students to stay focussed on their goals and to keepprogressing positively. There are less than 60 school days left!

The Year 12 Graduation is now at Novotel Twin Waters onTuesday November 17th 6pm – 10pm. This change was

necessary as this Convention Centre is large enough for ourcohort of year 12 students to attend the ceremony and dinnerunder current Covid-safe guidelines. I look forward to calling onyear 12 students soon to assist with planning and preparingfurther for this event.

I lastly want to highlight the year 12 Awards Night on Thursday22nd October. This will be an opportunity to acknowledgethe efforts and achievements of year 12 students, who haveworked conscientiously and consistently at SBSHS. Overall,despite the changes to this year, it is heart-warming to note theoverall resilience and diligence of students in the year 12 cohort.Well done year 12 Sunshiners!

Year 12 EnglishYear 12 English

Students are deep into reading and analysing Shakespeare’sMacbeth in preparation for their external assessment, anunseen essay question. They are exploring how Shakespearedealt with concepts like power and ambition, and how hecontrasted characters in order to make important points aboutmorality and humanity and kingship. Students are workingtogether to create a bank of quotes they can use for revisionpurposes. They will also practise responding to questions anddeveloping essay writing skills.

Year 12 Essential EnglishYear 12 Essential English

Essential English students are focusing on their writing skills inpreparation for the common internal exam. They are examiningtexts that seek to influence audiences and understandingmethods of persuasion.

Year 12 English Literature ExtensionYear 12 English Literature Extension

English Literature Extension students are preparing for theexternal exam by analysing a range of short literary texts,applying literary theories to form interpretations.

Year 12 Essential MathematicsYear 12 Essential Mathematics

Year 12 Essential Mathematics is currently Pythagoras andtrigonometry. There is one more piece of assessment for thissubject. It will be an exam during term 4. The exam will covereverything learnt in term one and three this year.

Year 12 General MathsYear 12 General Maths

Students have just completed their assessment item for Unit4. This unit covered reducing balance loans; annuities andnetworks. The knowledge gained by this unit will stand themin good stead in the coming years when they are thinking ofapplying for loans for homes and cars.

The students have worked really hard to achieve their bestresults. Extra tutorials were offered in the week leading up tothe exam and many students attended one or more of them.Hopefully they will see the benefit of attending and continue inthe lead up to the final exams.

Tutorials are on Thursday afternoon from 2pm in COO1. Wehope to see you there.

Year 12 Mathematical MethodsYear 12 Mathematical Methods

Students have now completed their last internal assessment,IA3 that was an exam. We now complete the last content ofUnit 4 on confidence intervals for proportion. The main, focus

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will now be preparing for the external exam on Units 3 and 4 interm 4.

Year 12 ItalianYear 12 Italian

Students are continuing with content relevant to Unit 4 “Il miofuturo” – My future but now in preparation for the externalexam. Reading, writing, listening and speaking skills will becovered in a variety of text types with questions covering theessential cognitive verbs. An in class mock exam will beexamined and undertaken by the students as to give them asense of what lies ahead. The school mock exam will beundertaken in week 10 of this term.

Year 12 HealthYear 12 Health

The year 12 Health class is finishing up their formativeassessment piece, in which they recommend an innovationfor the school. The selected innovation will be targeted atimproving the positive relationship knowledge and skills of theyear 12 cohort as they transition to post-schooling life. Thisrecommendation will be based on the needs assessment theyhave conducted, using research, surveys and interviews. In thesecond half of the term, students will begin exam preparationincluding two formal practice exams aimed at preparation forthe external exam in term 4.

Year 12 FashionYear 12 Fashion

This semester students have been designing and producingSustainable Fashion clothing from recycled textile products.Each student can produce up to four pieces to showcasethrough a Fashion shoot in the first week of term four. To inspirethe students, we had the pleasure of having a local FashionDesigner as our guest speaker straight from the runway of NewYork Fashion Week. Students listened as Debra parted with awealth of knowledge and experience. Thank you, Debra.

Year 12 DramaYear 12 Drama

Students have just completed their IA3 internal assessment. Iwas astounded by the talent and effort put in by a numberof the students. It’s important to celebrate these successes,though we shift our focus very quickly to the external exam,which we begin work on this week. The exam is based onthe live play performance of Paper Sky and students will haveaccess to this from here on in. Please encourage students towatch this a number of times at home, which will help supportthe workshopping we do in class. We are nearing the finish lineand it’s especially important for students to dig deep and finishoff strong.

Year 12 ChemistryYear 12 Chemistry

Students are studying chemical synthesis and green chemistry.Following this, macromolecules: polymers, proteins, andcarbohydrates will be investigated. The next assessment is theExternal Exam in term 4.

Year 12 Modern HistoryYear 12 Modern History

Students are deep into preparation for their external exam, ashort response to stimulus on Australia’s involvement in theVietnam War. As well as investigating the factors thatcontributed to Australia’s decision to become involved, publicattitudes towards involvement, and reasons for withdrawingfrom the war, students are also practising responding todifferent types of questions.

Year 12 Physical EducationYear 12 Physical Education

Students have almost completed all of the information for theexternal exam that will focus on energy systems and trainingprograms. They will now begin revision with the use of an onlineprogram through Revise online. Please ensure your child canaccess the program so they can use this valuable resource

in preparation for their external exam on Tuesday the 3rd ofNovember.

Year 12 Sport & RecreationYear 12 Sport & Recreation

Sport and Recreation Students have begun their coachingassessment at Sunshine Beach State School. We have beenengaged in this partnership with the primary school for over 10years now, and it can be safely said that the Year 12 studentsgain a lot of positives from this experience, as do the Year 4students.

Indigenous NewsIndigenous News

Round 12 QATSIF applications –

Ms Wisken and I have submitted applications for thosestudents currently in year 10 moving into senior schooling. Oursenior school Indigenous students have the opportunity toapply for a Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderFoundation Scholarship. To be approved students need toattend school 90% of the time and pass all subjects. Forstudents in year 9, you can be thinking about this in 12months’ time.

Wedge Tail Eagle – Art piece

We are currently in the process of finalising the art design witha senior Indigenous student and a local artist to help

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co-ordinate a beautiful mural to represent Reconciliation andrespecting difference. Keep a close eye on this as we hope tostart the fun art and painting very soon and all students in ourschool are welcome to be part of this.

Ms Shanon Hill

Indigenous support Co-ordinator

Email address : shill127@eq.edu.au

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the country on whichI live and work. I acknowledge them not only as the TraditionalOwners but as a part of the oldest, ongoing culture on theplanet and as valued, fellow country men and women ofAustralia.

Sport NewsSport News

Sports AwardsSports AwardsWe are looking to hold a modified sports awards function,however we need your assistance to check we have the correctand most up to date information, this must be checked at

Waimea staffroom by Friday the 21st of August. Additionallyif you would like to be recognised for your high levelachievements that are external to the school system you mustcomplete the relevant form at Waimea staffroom as well by

Friday the 21st of August.

Representative School SportRepresentative School SportAn intermediate boy’s tennis team went to Caloundra on

Monday 10th August. Students played with tremendous spirtand determination and represented the school well.

SurfingSurfingCongratulations to our team that competed for our districtat the Regional Surf Trials in great conditions. Additionalcongratulations to the following students who will go on andrepresent the Region at the State trials in September hereon the Sunshine coast. Amarni Barber, Lilliana Bowrey, CocoCairns, Ben Lorenston, Gia Lorenston, Kyroan O’Donnell andEllia Smith we wish you all the best.

Inter-house SportInter-house Sport

From week 6 through to week 10 year 7 and 8 students willhave the option of representing their house in the sports oftouch football, soccer, volleyball and basketball.

If students are interested they need to have signed up on theforms in Waimea.

OutstandingOutstanding StudentStudent SportingSportingAchievementsAchievementsLanden Smalls competed in the Queensland State

Championships on the Gold Coast where he placed 2nd in thecompetition. Congratulations on the result Landen and goodluck in the future.

Sports CompetitionsSports CompetitionsOur senior students have been representing the school in waterpolo on Monday evenings. Junior and intermediate teams willbe starting in a couple of weeks. Good luck to these students.

At the beginning of term 4 we are looking at playing in a schoolscompetition in AFL for junior and senior girls and boys. We willlooking to start training sessions toward the end of term 3.Games will be on either a Wednesday or Thursday evening.

Whole School NewsWhole School News

Senior School NewsSenior School News

Year 10Year 10

Year 10 students are now well into their Senior Prep classes,getting a taste of what is on offer next year. This is also animportant time to establish or reinforce good study habits thatwill prepare them for Senior Schooling.

If students are looking for extra support, it is important theyreach out to their teacher or HoY for assistance.Communication is such an important part for success in thesenior schooling phase, and there are many people at schoolto support our learners. Tutorials are on offer for all students;these are organised through faculties and students canenquire through their teacher for more information.

Year 11Year 11

In week 5 students completed the ‘Step Up’ program in theirMonday study lesson. This is part of a three step processwhere students take a moment to pause, reflect and refinehow they are taking control of their learning. At the start of theyear students ‘Stepped In’ to senior, identifying some keystrategies for success and establishing a goal for their seniorphase of learning. In week 5, term 3 students reflected on thisgoal and the success of their strategies, evaluating with theirteacher how they are going to manage their learning whenthey enter the final year of learning.

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Year 11s will now be moving into Unit 3 work, whichtraditionally in the pre-2019 QCS system would have beenconsidered “Year 12”. Unit 3 and 4 is where students’ internalassessment begins, and the content from these unitscontribute to the external assessment at the end of Year 12.With the new SATE system, subjects begin Unit 3 course workat varied times, but most begin around the start of term 4.

This link takes you to a useful guide for students to manageworkloads and stress before, during and after exams.

Year 12Year 12

Year 12 students are now heading towards the final stage oftheir schooling experience. While this is an exciting time, it alsocomes with it the challenges of maintaining balance and goodstudy habits. Our school highly recommends all our year 12students to look forward to the time they have, consider theirstudy and work load and create a success plan for managingall of their commitments. This is a great read for students andfamilies on how to prepare for a successful exam period.

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The Student Representative Council (SRC) have been workingon multiple projects this term. The leaders are excited to seemany of their plans and ideas come in to fruition. Thestudent-led assemblies have been a class act with multiplestudent performances having occurred. Most recently ourseniors have enjoyed hearing Year 11 student Seb and MrKnight perform and the juniors were privileged to hear anoriginal piece from Year 8 student, Tosh. Last week ourleaders invited year 11 student Finella to share her secrets toher sporting success. In her words, she inspired our juniorsthat “commitment is key in the face of uncertainty. Never stopbelieving in yourself and your abilities and great things willhappen!”

Senior Assembly performance

Student Thanks

The cultural committee recognised some amazing studentsand teachers recently. After such a challenging term 2 theywanted to say ‘thanks’ to those who kept the school spiritgoing:

Ms Sutton for helping with Valentine’s Day events

Mrs Upston for assisting with Pride Month

Maya and Milani Rawlinson for their continued activemembership in the SRC.

Environment Committee

In week 3, the eco club worked with the Duke of Edinburghstudents to hold a cake stall, raising money for National TreeDay. They raised over $130 which will be going towardsplanting native trees in our school.

Our Eco Captains at work

Environment captains Zoe and Sophie would like to give a bigthank you to all those who have been helping out with theprojects. Thank you especially to the other student leaders,Duke of Ed and Eco Club students and Mr Lennox for makingNational Tree Day happen.

P & C NewsP & C News

COVID has certainly thrown a spanner in the wheels for manyevents this year, making light work for the P&C Committee.

One of the easiest ways we can keep raising funds for ourschool is by donating empty containers through the Containersfor Change initiative. The Whale Trailer is stationed next to thefence at the carpark near the Music Block, making it easy todrop your 10c containers when you do school pick-ups ordrop offs. Money raised from the containers are spent on greatinitiatives like funding more chilled water stations and gettingthe school greenhouse up and running again, so keep thedonations coming please!

We’re getting to the tail end of winter, the perfect time toget rid of unwanted school uniforms! The next second-handuniform sale will be on Thursday 10th September from 2.30pmto 4.30pm at the Canteen. We would be extremely gratefulfor any donations of unwanted uniform items for this recycleand reuse initiative. Donations can be dropped off at the front

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desk at the SBSHS administration block. All money raised goesdirectly to the P&C and we work with the students and teachersto help fund projects and ideas.

The next P&C Meeting will be on Tuesday, 25 August at5.30pm – we are meeting in the Library and new members arealways welcome. We’d love to hear your thoughts on how theP&C can help build a strong and resilient community.

Finally, we’d like to wish the Year 12 students all the best asthey prepare for their final exams. The Class of 2020 havecertainly had an interesting school experience. They were thefirst students to start year 7 at high school, the first to moveacross to the new ATAR system and then they get theCOVID-19 cherry on top! We hope all these challenges willmake them stronger and ready to take on the real world.

Until next time,

Desiré Gralton

P&C President

NoticeboardNoticeboard

Date Claimers Term 3Date Claimers Term 3

26 August -26 August - Young CREST Scholars

28 August28 August - Round 2 for Year 7 2021 enrolments due

31 August31 August - Set Plan Interviews Year 10

4 September4 September - Student Free Day

18 September18 September - Pipeline Program - Design and Technology

TERM 4TERM 4

5 October -5 October - Public Holiday - Queen's Birthday

22 October -22 October - Academic Awards Celebration

27 October -27 October - Year 7 Transition Day: NoosavilleSS/PSSS/ESS

28 October -28 October - Year 7 Transition Day: Sunshine Beach SS

2929 OctoberOctober -- Year 7 Transition Day: Tewantin SS / St ThomasMoore

4 November4 November - Year 10 mock interviews

17 November17 November - Year 12 Graduation Novotel Twin Waters

18 November -18 November - Young CREST Scholars (TBC Pending)

20 November20 November - Year 12 final day

23-27 November23-27 November - Year 10 Work Experience

8 December -8 December - Year 6 into 7 Orientation Day

Key contacts for 2020Key contacts for 2020

HODHOD JuniorJunior SecondarySecondary andand TeachingTeaching andand LearningLearning – JoKearney jdono66@eq.edu.au

Year 7 HOYYear 7 HOY – Mr Michael Los mlos0@eq.edu.au

Year 8 HOYYear 8 HOY – Shanon Hill shill127@eq.edu.au

Year 9 HOYYear 9 HOY - Courtney Sutton clsut0@eq.edu.au

Year 10 HOYYear 10 HOY - Kurt Barrow kbarr118@eq.edu.au

Year 11 HOYYear 11 HOY - Justine Bath jbath7@eq.edu.au

Year 12 HOYYear 12 HOY - Jane Robinson jrobi132@eq.edu.au

HODHOD ofof EngagementEngagement && WellbeingWellbeing – Lisa Martoolcmar2@eq.edu.au

GuidanceGuidance OfficerOfficer – Kylie Wisken kwisk1@eq.edu.au (Year 8, 10& 12)

GuidanceGuidance OfficerOfficer -- Odette Carter omart10@eq.edu.au (Year 7,9 & 11)

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