5 April 2019

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Welcome to last newsletter for Term 1. Construction on our Library refurbishment is well underway and C block will soon be repainted externally. We have just completed our Year 10 work experience program placing the entire year 10 cohort – it was a huge achievement and I thank all the local businesses who supported our school.

I hope all our students and staff have a relaxing break and enjoy their time off. With the intense heat this summer is has been a particularly challenging term however the recent rains have made a real difference to the mood in the school. Here’s looking to a productive term 2.

Reminders:

• Term 1 Interim reports were emailed out Friday 5th April. Students without an email address will be provided with a printed copy.
• Last day of school is Friday 5th April
• First day term 2 is Tuesday 23rd of April
• Parent teacher interviews and NEW QCE workshops – Tuesday 30th April
• Tickets for the 50 Years Jubilee Event on Friday 28th June are now on sale. To purchase a ticket download the Qkr App, search for Emerald State High School, set up your profile and purchase your ticket.

Special Mentions

• The committee to plan for the ESHS 50th Jubilee has done a wonderful job and special thanks must go to Samantha Elsden and Renee Firth for their tireless efforts.
• Special Thank you to Steve and Ross who have been working on the grounds with the P&C to improve the gardens

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”
Plato

Have an enjoyable Easter break.
Ray Clarke
Principal

From the Head of Year 10

Term 1 has passed extremely fast and who can believe we are just a few days away from the Easter holidays.

Last week we saw 141 of our Year 10 students participate in work experience. This is a great experience for the students to get a feel for what is involved in a career pathway they may wish to pursue. Being the first time for most students to be out in the workplace, the response from businesses and students has been overwhelmingly positive. I encourage all students to continue to participate in their Skills for Work class, working towards competence to gain their certificate.

Throughout the term, we have had various school-wide positive behaviour for learning focuses. It is great to see so many of our Year 10 students follow our school’s policies and procedures around uniforms and attendance, and continue to show positive behaviour in and out of the classroom.

I wish everyone a very happy and safe Easter and I look forward to seeing everyone after the holidays.

Miss Jacinda Fehlhaber
Year 10 HOY.

From Head of Department – Science

New Staff

The Science Department welcomed two new teachers this term – Mitchell Pearce and Leon Coromandel. Mr Pearce is a fourth year Maths/Science teacher from Hervey Bay State High School who has a mechanical engineering background while Mr Coromandel, also a fourth year Maths/ Science teacher, has moved to Emerald after teaching at Winton State School.

Curriculum News

As term one draws close to an end, I would just like to give a brief overview on what is coming in term 2 for the years 7-10 Sciences.

Stile for 7-9 Honours Science

The Science faculty have been making use of a program called Stile with all Year 7 Honours students this term and will now be extending the use of this program to the years 8 and 9 Honours classes. Stile is a highly engaging, interactive online science resource, which is curriculum aligned for students in Y7-10. Stile’s mission is to improve scientific literacy and help prepare students for the increasing number of STEM-related jobs that await them.

Spark Engineering Camp

Spark is a weeklong university experience camp specifically for students who face barriers in realising or reaching their full potential. The students undertake a weeks’ worth of personal development, hands-on engineering and social activities. By providing insight into engineering, belief in their potential and first hand access to current university students during the week, Spark hopes to bridge the gap between school and further education.

If a student applicant is successful, they receive a full scholarship to the camp including travel.  Typically past students have come from a diverse range of demographics including Indigenous, Torres Strait islander, Refugee, Low Socio-Economic, Foster Care, Learning Difficulty, Special Needs and Rural.

Camp Location & Date: University of Queensland – St. Lucia campus from July 1 – July 6.

How to Apply

Nominations are open to Year 10-12 students (as well as students in similar senior schooling programs such as tertiary preparation programs). Applications are due by 5pm Friday 10th May 2019. To apply there is a two part application form – which can be located on this website:

Part 1 - The nominator specifies the barriers the student they are nominating currently face. This evidence is what will be used to justify which students will receive a Spark Engineering Camp Scholarship.

Part 2 - The Student is to complete an application form, which asks for basic contact details, a few short answer questions which help us learn a bit about the student and why they are interested in attending the camp - refer below.

Aneel Dewan
Head of Department

From Head of Department – Arts

My name is Miss Ferrara and I am the Head of Department – Arts and Indigenous Education at ESHS this year. It has been a great first term with ‘busy work’ inside and outside the classroom. So, what has kept the staff and students in the Arts/Indigenous Education Faculty so busy this term?

ARTS (Year 7)

Students presented their Drama Performance in front of a live audience of excited primary school students. At present, students are completing specific tasks (e.g. colour wheel, sketching techniques etc.) for their Art Portfolio.

MUSIC (Year 9)

Students composed a fusion piece (two styles of music ‘fused together’ to create an original piece of music). Students are also analysing Bohemian Rhapsody and starting to investigate possible songs to perform for their assessment next term.

SENIOR MUSIC

Students investigated contemporary music trends and presented their findings. Students performed a piece of contemporary music in front of their class.

JUNIOR ART

Students completed a mixed media artwork for their assessment.

SENIOR ART

Students investigated puppetry and presented their findings in their art journals. Students completed a drawing portfolio.

JUNIOR DRAMA

Students devised a script and then took on the role of a director, and presented them in front of their class.

SENIOR DRAMA

Students investigated Epic Theatre, analysed The Caucasian Circle and then completed their Drama Performance of a scene from this stimulus. Year 11 students have watched their stimulus and they will begin to create their dramatic concept based around storytelling.

JUNIOR MEDIA

Students analysed gender representation within advertisements and created a blog.

SENIOR FILM/TV/NEW MEDIA

Students are designing a music video and short film, as well as completing case study work.

INDIGENOUS EDUCATION

We have submitted the NAIDOC 2019 Funding Application to assist with our planning of NAIDOC 2019 Activities at ESHS. We have completed QATSIF paper work for our senior indigenous students. We are assisting students with their class work and assessment completion. We attended a Cultural Connections meeting and the initial planning stage has commenced.

MUSICAL REHEARSALS

Students have been rehearsing every Wednesday afternoon, not to mention two weekend rehearsals, and Act 1 is blocked and major ‘song and dance’ numbers blocked and choreographed. It is looking great! Half of Act 2 is blocked and most of the finale ‘song and dance’ is blocked and choreographed. Very exciting!

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Students have been attending their weekly instrumental lessons as well as their respective band rehearsals. They performed at this year’s Senior Induction and they are preparing for our ANZAC Day Service in the first week of next term.

ART CLUB

It runs every Monday during First Break in G2. All students are welcome. It is a space where students can create an ‘art work’ of their choosing or learn an art technique of interest.

FILM CLUB

It runs every Thursday during First Break in K9. All students are welcome. It is a space where students can come and watch PG rated movies and have ‘film focussed’ discussions. Please see the table below:

MUSIC CLUB

It runs every Wednesday during First Break in K1. All students are welcome. It is a space where students can learn to play a piece of music of their choice or practice a piece of music they are working on.

Save The Date

Before I sign off, please see the following SAVE A DATE details:

• MUSICAL FUNDRAISER TRIVIA NIGHT – Friday 17 May at ESHS in our UCA (stay tuned for details in the first week of next term)
• MUSICAL FUNDRAISER PIE DRIVE – Early next term with the due date for forms and money to the tuckshop by Tuesday 30 April 2019 (stay tuned for details in the first week of next term)
• HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL – Thursday 1 August ‘Preview Night’, Friday 2 August ‘Opening Night’ and Saturday 3 August ‘Closing Night’ at ESHS in our UCA (stay tuned for details regarding ticket sales next term)

Have a safe and relaxing holiday
Miss Ferrara
HOD – Arts/Indigenous Education

Instrumental Music News

It has been a busy term for our Instrumental music students. Symphonic Band has welcomed ten grade 7s into the band. It has been a huge learning curve but I am pleased how well the new students are adjusting to the demands of the band, and learning much harder repertoire.

Symphonic Band will be travelling to Brisbane in October to compete at Musicfest, which is the largest band competition in the Southern Hemisphere. Our band has an excellent track record at this competition. Students have been working very hard at the set piece for the competition.

Jazz Band has welcomed 6 new players also, and all students are working well. So far this year we have rehearsed over 30 pieces.

Currently we have over 60 students in the Instrumental Music Program. We have many new students who are learning an instrument for the first time. All students are progressing well. It is great to see so much enthusiasm from the students as they navigate their way through reading music for the first time.

SHEP

State Honours Ensemble Program is an initiative of Griffith University and runs music camps throughout Queensland. Two camps were held in Rockhampton during March. Congratulations to the following students who were accepted to attend.

All students had a wonderful time, playing alongside musicians from throughout Central Queensland.

SHEP Queensland Congratulations to Dani Challacombe who has been accepted to attend SHEP QLD in Brisbane in October. This is the second year running that Dani has been accepted to attend. This camp involves the best high school students from across Queensland. Dani has also been invited to audition for AHEP (Australian Honours Ensemble Program). This camp is for the best musicians from across Australia. Good luck Dani on your audition.

Congratulations to all students for their many successes.

TOPOLOGY

In some very exciting news our school has been chosen to participate in the TOP UP program. Topology is a professional music group and resident artists at Brisbane Powerhouse. Topology has released 15 albums, produced countless works and have toured extensively both nationally and internationally. They were nominated for an ARIA award in 2014 for best classical album.

On Tuesday ten very lucky instrumental music students attended a composition and improvisation workshop run by John Babbage (founding member of Topology). Students were challenged to make up a short tune on their instrument. As a group the students worked together to make all of their parts fit into a composition. Topology will return to Emerald in May for another workshop.

Our students will then perform their composition alongside Topology at a public performance to be held at Emerald Cinema Complex on May 13. John was very impressed with our students and is confident our composition will be something special. What a great honour for our school to be chosen for the TOP UP program.

FESTIVAL OF BANDS

Over 20 students have nominated to participate at Festival of Bands to be held 9-11 May. Best of Brass will be the resident artists. Students will be involved in rehearsals over the 3 days culminating in a Gala concert to be held at Emerald Town Hall on Saturday 11 May.

Symphonic Band will be performing at our school Anzac Day Service on Wednesday 24 April along with the return of “Drumline”.

I am looking forward working with all students in Term 2.

Dana Jones
Instrumental Music Teacher/Band Director

Technology News

The first term of 2019 is almost over, and I would like to say our department is heading forward. Noel Cavanagh (Acting Head of Technology) has spread a new life into the department by assigning teachers a leading role to keep and manage each working environment clean for everyone to work in. There has also been a lot of decluttering of unwanted projects and machinery. This allows for each teacher and student to work and learn in a safe manner. Our staff are very supportive of each other and work well together.

On a different note, at Emerald State High School I and other Teachers have the pleasure of teaching many students who show respect not only to the teachers, but to their fellow classmates. (3Ps) I can speak of several occasions that at the end of a lesson several students come up to me and shake my hand and say thank you. This is clearly a true testament of parental attribute.

In the first term of 2019, my year 10 Engineering class have been manufacturing a drill gauge. To manufacture the drill gauge, students, must be able to reproduce a complete hand drawing of the drill gauge in detail. This allows the students to be able to mark out the gauge on a piece of flat bar. The students also had instructions on the correct and safe operations of a cold saw, drill press, and various metal hand tools. The drill gauge when completed will be mounted on a timber base.

Their next project will be to manufacture a metal Carry All out of Galvanized Iron. Once again students are required to be able to read engineering Drawings to complete the given task. While manufacturing the project into term two, the students will be introduced to several new machines and equipment.

Term one Year 10 Furnishing have been manufacturing a fold up camp chair that used mortice and tenon joints for the top and bottom rails. Students in term two will be moving on to manufacture a jewellery box using Pin/Box joints and in the process.

Ed Hansen
ITD and Engineering teacher

HPE News

This term in Health and Physical Education, grades 7, 8 and 9 have been competing against each other in Ultimate Disc. Each grade has been participating in this as part of their wellness lessons. Ultimate Disc has been a bit of a challenge to the students as they try to battle against the wind the technique for throwing the disc. The students have come a long way in developing their skills for this sport and we are looking forward to see which classes come out on top in the final matches for Week 10.

Year 7 HPE

This term in class, they have completed a unit on Approaching Adolescence.

Year 8 HPE

This term in class, they have completed a unit on Nutrition, teaching them the best way to fuel themselves on a daily basis.

Year 9 HPE

This term in class, they have completed a unit on how to have respectful relationships with the people they interact with.

Year 10 HPE

The HPE students have understood the importance of using Sports Psychology when participating in competitive sport. They have linked this with Golf.

Year 10 Fitness

These students have been ‘getting to know’ the gym as well as understanding the human anatomy, in particular the skeletal and muscular systems.

Year 11 PE

The year 11 students have completed a term on Motor Learning, functional anatomy and biomechanics and have linked this to Netball.

Year 12 PE

Have also spent the term using Sports Psychology to help improve their performance in Golf.

Sport and Recreation

All classes have been walking over to the Emerald Bowls Club to understand how to play lawn bowls. This will continue on next term for the senior classes and form part of their assessment

Finally, we would like to once again, encourage all students to bring a hat, water bottle and appropriate footwear to their practical lessons. Sunscreen is always available and we promote sun safety in all of our lessons.

Thanks,
The HPE team.

Attendance and Participation

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent/Teacher interviews for this year are scheduled for reports following each mid-semester report (ie after Term 1 and Term 3 interim reports)

Interviews will be conducted in D and F blocks. We encourage you and your child to attend the interview session to discuss your child’s progress.

In the Semester 1 Report teachers have requested an interview with you if they feel there is a matter of importance which should be discussed, however, we encourage all families to attend. Please refer to your child’s Report to view parent/ teacher interview requests.

To make Parent/Teacher interviews simpler and to increase parent control of the process, bookings can be completed online. The booking system can be accessed by clicking on the link on our School’s homepage under the quicklinks banner. Bookings will open on the first day of term 2 (or 4) and will close on the Monday before the interviews.

When you enter the booking system, you will be prompted to enter your email address - this is your unique identification. Additionally, you should enter your name and a contact number.

When you register your student (please use full name), you must also specify the year level. It is this year level that automatically identifies the interview dates that have been scheduled at the School, along with the teachers that are available for interview sessions. You can then select a time that best suits you.

If you are unable to access the internet or require further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the School on 4988 2222. We look forward to seeing you at our Parent/Teacher interviews.

Everyday Counts

What can you do to support your child in attending school? Parents can support their child in attending school regularly by:

• attend school events in order to develop a relationship with the school and your child’s teachers
• read the school newsletter, follow ESHS on Facebook
• supervise homework
• ask your child about their day

Are you having problems getting your child to attend school for some of these reasons?

• staying up to late at night
• difficulty getting out of bed in the morning
• unable to find their uniform, school bag, books, etc.
• slow to eat breakfast
• failure to complete their homework
• assessment is due
• watching TV
• they want to go shopping
• it’s their birthday

If so, a set routine can help:

• attend school events in order to develop a relationship with the school and your child’s teachers
• read the school newsletter
• supervise homework
• ask your child about their day
• have a set time to go to bed and get out of bed
• organise their uniform and school bag ready the night before
• set a time for starting and finishing breakfast
• set a time for daily homework activities including assessment
• speak about school positively
• be firm, send your child to school each and every day

School Contact Information

SOBS

Over the holidays the SOBS link for parents access has changed.

The URL to access SOBS as a parent is now:

From the Positive Behaviour for Learning Team

Behaviour Focus

Our current behaviour focus is “Respect The Learning Environment”.

Vivo Awards

Junior Vivo Awards Winners

Senior Vivo Awards Winners

Student of the Week

Week 8

Week 8 Students and Staff Member of the Week

• Jackie Tabley (7D) for showing responsibility and maturity while always following the 3P's.
• Ayush Dewan (8F) for his positive and happy attitude.
• Hayden Streeter (9B) for consistently being polite, prepared and participating to the best of his ability.
• Jeni Vanderpool (10F) for being a positive role model and always participating to the best of her ability.
• Bridget Mackey (11F) for being consistently brave enough to answer questions in physics when no one else will.

Week 9

• Flynn Carroll (7A) for working hard in class.
• Samantha Dudman (8F) for consistently following the 3 P’s to the best of her ability.
• Lenard Taylor (9B) for being a positive and enthusiastic student. Lenard is always polite and eager to learn.
• Savanah Dockerty (11F) for always chasing up missed work and being proactive in her education.
• Jackson Bunker (12D) for being a positive ambassador for our school

Emerald State High School 50th Jubilee News

Cheers to Fifty Years Evening - 28th of June 2019

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE VIA THE LINK BELOW:

To celebrate 50 years of education, past staff and students are invited to our gala dinner. Ticket includes a night of entertainment, welcome drink, a variety of grazing platter canapes, roving mini-mains and a delicate dessert buffet. Full bar will be operating. Tables and chairs will be available, however no set seating plan will allow for mingling and reconnecting with friends. Dress code is semi-formal. 18+ only.

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