22 July 2020

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Dear friends of Emerald High,

How great is it to be back again after the break and see the school full of energy and excitement again. I very much enjoyed hearing stories from students about their adventures over the holidays - camping, fishing, sport, fun with families or just lots of time in front of the television. It was the break we all needed.

Now, however, we are back and need to all be firmly focussed on the end goal - optimising our learning and achieving the very best that we can so that we set ourselves and our peers up for rewarding and enjoyable lives.

Our term had started with a bang, with our amazing Athletics Carnival on Monday, conducted in a special year level format to optimise social distancing. Maggie Pembroke and her team ran a day that was fun and engaging with lots of quality participation from many students. One highlight was the attendance numbers that were up by about 80 from last year. Another highlight was the teacher-student relay that was won by the students in both the girls and boys races (despite some creativity from the teachers). It was a fantastic day and I thank Maggie sincerely for her leadership and organisation. Photos from the day can be found below this update.

I was also delighted to see our instrumental band back doing their rehearsals, now in the Undercover Area to optimise social distancing. It was a joy to hear the dulcet tones of a very talented group of people getting back into the swing of things.

We have also gained four new teachers to our school this term and I warmly welcome Ms Franklin, Mr Grundell, Ms Jarvis and Ms Bygrave who join our sensational teaching team.

Reports for Semester 1 will arrive very shortly, summarising students' achievements in Semester 1.

Parent Teacher Evening is now scheduled for Tuesday in Week 4 (4 August) - information will be out shortly. It will be structured a little differently than recent years. Details will be available shortly.

Next Tuesday we will also welcome a large number of Year 6 students from our feeder primary schools for the 'Year 6 Taster Day' - a chance to experience first-hand all of the wonderful things that happen in high school.

A final reminder that the little things that we do in our studies can make the biggest difference - attending school regularly, coming prepared with all of the right equipment and working to the very best of our ability are the things that pay dividends in any field of endeavour - school, work, or in our private lives. In life, we get back what we put in and being organised just makes the task so much easier.

Thank you all again for your fantastic support and I wish everyone a wonderful fortnight.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all of the time.

Anna Freud

Have a fantastic fortnight
Mr. Sean Maher
Principal

From the Deputy Principal – Middle School.

NEW ENROLMENTS

I have had a large number of new enrolments for students in Years 9 and 10. Welcome to all new families.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR LEARNING

The current focus for the first two weeks has been “BE ON TIME”. This is to remind everyone to be punctual. Week 1 has been about raising awareness of this, and then in Week 2, students who are always on time for each of their lessons will be awarded VIVOs from each of their teachers; subjects as well as PC.

If you haven’t seen a 3rd party permission form from last term, please see the attachment, complete and send in to the office, so that your student can continue to be part of this scheme.

JUNIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM ORGANISED EVENTS

The Junior Leaders have organised a mixed volleyball competition, where students from all year levels are able to sign up and have some fun. The competition starts on Wednesday 22 July and will run for most of Term 3 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during first break. They have coerced Miss Angela Johnson (a “gun” volley-baller) and Miss Deighton (Year 9 Head of Year) to assist with supervision in the UCA. The leaders have been to all PC classes over the past week to drum up business and will create the draw on Tuesday in preparation for Wednesday.

YEAR 9

The Junior School Captains, Tommy and Tegan along with SRC Secretary Amelia and Indigenous leader, Alex ran our first Year 9 parade on Wednesday of Week 1. Alex started the parade and did the Welcome to Country. Lochlan ably took care of sound and making sure everyone could see the presentations. Tegan demonstrated the new Student Portal, which all students can access either at school or via our website when at home. There is a number of websites which look at Student Well-being – such as Student Notices, Curriculum uploads and then external organisation links to assist with mental, physical and general health. Tommy read the student notices and Amelia gave students information with regards to SRC running the canteen for Athletics Carnival on Monday 20 July. Tommy has prepared a roster for which captains will run the parades and Miss Kate Deighton, Junior Leaders and I meet every Wednesday second break.

USI FORMS – Year 9 in preparation for 2021

On Year 9 parade on Thursday 23 July, students will be shown a presentation about what a USI number is and how we use it at school. Year 9s will also be given some paperwork to take home and we ask that they complete this as soon as possible and return to the office.

The USI (Unique Student Identifier) was introduced nationally on 1 January 2016 for all students studying VET qualifications. The school will not be permitted to issue Statements of Attainment or Certificates after this date unless students have a USI. Your student will be studying at least one VET qualification as part of their timetable.

A USI is effectively an account or 10 character alpha-numeric reference which will allow all of an individual’s training records, entered in the National Vocational Education and Training (VET) data collection, to be linked. The USI will make it easier for students to find, collate and authenticate their VET achievements into a single transcript. It will also ensure that students’ VET records are not lost.

The USI will be available online and at no cost to the student. It will stay with the student for life and be recorded with any nationally-recognised VET course that is undertaken.

In order to obtain a USI, students are required by the federal government to provide one of the following forms of identification, such as:

• Australian Birth Certificate (full certificate)
• Medicare Card
• Australian Passport
• VISA (for international students)
• Drivers Licence
• Citizenship Certificate

Students should note that they will be unable to undertake a VET qualification without a USI, so it is critical that they register for one as a matter of urgency. In order to obtain a USI, students need to log on to the link below and click on the “Create USI” icon. They should have one of the above identifications on hand, then click “Create your USI now” and follow the directions.

Once the application is complete, and a USI has been obtained, students need to fill out the section below, detach and return it to the school. Students should also keep a copy of their USI in their records at home.

If you have difficulties registering for a USI please see our Work Placement Coordinator, Mrs Alarna Wills in the Library.

SUBJECT CHANGES

Students have until end of Week 2 to make changes to elective subjects they have chosen. Due to assessment constraints students are unable to change after this. If parents haven’t received a CHANGE of SUBJECT form to sign and your child has been discussing changes with you – please email me on gsaun25@eq.edu.au to request a change.

STUDENT PROGRAMS

Rock and Water is a “boys” program where the principles are self-control, assertiveness, self- confidence and self-reflection and all the exercises are martial arts based supported by the latest 2019 European research. Select students have had permission forms delivered to them and small groups of students will work through this program with Mr Ross Grierson (Chappy) and their Head of Year.

Rebound is a “girls” program which will be supervised by our Guidance Officer. As an additional support measure and an opportunity for personal growth for our students, the Support Works Team managed by the Guidance Officer at Emerald State High will be facilitating the ‘Rebound Skills Project’ at school. This program is for female students from Year 7 to Year 10 to assist them to develop understandings and skills that promote resilience and social functioning within their peer groups.

The program covers wellbeing issues around self-esteem, resilience, bullying, anger, friendships and personal development. Support Works Staff (Chaplain Viki, Nurse Josie and Youth Support Co-ordinator Janene) are delivering the program this term to small groups of students who are withdrawn during their class lesson once per week to participate in the sessions.

Regards
Mrs. Gaye Saunders
Deputy Principal – Middle School

From the Head of Year 8

It has been a crisp and fresh start to the term, but it is great to see the smiling faces of students again. With school routines slowly getting back to normal, it is encouraging to see students continuing to demonstrate the key values of Emerald State High School, namely being polite, prepared and participating. With the cooler start to the term, I am reminding all parents and carers of the Uniform Policy at Emerald State High School and the importance of students presenting in the correct uniform. It is encouraging to see the vast majority of students in Year 8 setting an exemplary standard for other students to follow concerning uniform. Please ensure your child is wearing the correct uniform and if they are not then they are required to change into the correct uniform during PC or First Break as outlined in the Uniform Policy.

The school clubs have resumed this term. These clubs are a great opportunity for students to get involved in an activity or sport to support their social interactions and well-being. Please encourage your son or daughter to consider joining a club and participating in the plethora of activities offered to students at Emerald State High School.

The PBL focus for Week 1 and 2 has been ‘Be on time’. Students have been exploring the importance of being on time and how school routines help to develop positive habits for managing time effectively. I encourage you to have conversations with your child about the real world implications of not being on time and stress the importance of being punctual.

Finally, a number of student support programs are commencing in Week 2 to support students. These programs aim to support male and female students in developing resilience and overcoming personal challenges. These programs will run for the remainder of Term 3. If you feel your son or daughter would benefit from participating in one of these programs or you would like to know more, please email me psans0@eq.edu.au or contact the school administration office for more information.

Regards
Mr. Peter Sanson
HOY – 8

From the Head of Year 9

Welcome to Term 3! It is great to walk around the school and see so many smiling faces keen to do some good work around the place this term. Students are reminded to continue to follow the 3Ps during every single lesson. Being punctual is an important life skill and while I know being five minutes late doesn’t seem like too much at the time, if this happens consistently, that will mean students miss 100 minutes of learning a week. This is a significant amount of time. It would be great to see Year 9 students motivated and moving to class on time.

While we are still in the colder months, students are required to follow the Emerald State High School uniform policy. It is very encouraging to see the majority of Year 9 students setting an exemplary standard for other students to follow concerning uniform. Please ensure your child is wearing the correct uniform and if they are not then they are required to change into the correct uniform during PC or First Break, as outlined in the Uniform Policy. Please contact me if you are having any problems with this.

Students are encouraged to continue to show a positive attitude towards their schooling. A reminder that effort and perseverance are keys to success. I will leave you with a quote from Michael Jordan-

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

Have a great term!

Regards
Miss. Kate Deighton
HOY – 9

From the Maths team

You are visiting a mate who has made an amazing meal. So much so that you suggest to your mate that they should open a restaurant. The year 7s are looking at creating the best “BBQ” menu. The Year 8s are going to investigate whether using sample data would make it easier to predict parameters of a population. The Year 9s are investigating whether their PC class are either smaller, the same or taller than the average Year 9 class at ESHS. The Year 10s will be doing an exam at the end of this term, which will be covering the following topics:

• Expanding Binomials
• Factorising quadratics
• Graphing quadratics, hyperboles, exponential progressions
• Surface area
• Volume
• Algebraic long division

Our Seniors will be working towards finalising their assessments for the rest of the year, with Year 12s having two assessments (including the mock exams).

We also are having some mathematics competitions happening. They are:

• Year 7 and 8 Mathematics Quiz- Wednesday Week 3
• Australian Mathematics Competition – Wednesday Week 4

Happy calculating everyone,

Regards
Mr. Leon Coromandel
Teacher – Maths

From the HPE team

This term in Health and Physical Education, we celebrated another successful athletics carnival on Monday (20/07/2020). It did look a little bit different this year due to COVID-19, though we were excited to be able to provide the opportunity for the students to have fun and get involved in the carnival.

We still have our additional measures in place (e.g. washing of equipment at the end of every lesson) to meet the requirements of COVID-19 during all of our practical lessons, as well as hand sanitiser available before and after classes.

In the junior school, we spent last term honing our athletics skills, while this term we are focussing on court sports such as Basketball, Netball and European Handball in our practical classes. Year 10 is also focusing on European Handball and Touch Football. Year 11 are participating in excursions to the Lawn Bowls Club and the Golf Course, and finally our Year 12s will be learning about event management.

We continue to encourage students to focus on their health and wellbeing. Although we are back at school and some restrictions has been eased, we encourage students and families to continue the healthy habits they have had during isolation. Keep going for that walk, riding the bike, walking the family pet and anything else that helps with your health and wellbeing.

Regards
Mr. Louie Beatty
Teacher – HPE

From the Arts team

As always, both teachers and students in the Arts Department are looking forward to a term filled with creativity. Here is an update from each of our teachers.

MISS FERRARA

7B Art: During the first couple of weeks, students will complete an introduction to the art elements as well as line drawing and value tasks. They will develop an understanding of value and practice the drawing techniques to create different values. The assessment is a making task (lino print with experimental portfolio) and a responding task (artist statement to accompany the lino print).

11 Visual Art: During the first couple of weeks, students will investigate how prior knowledge, internal and external influences impact how an artist represents an idea. They will engage with contemporary artists and analyse and interpret their artworks. The assessment is a body of work, artist statement and annotated resolved artwork/s.

11 Visual Arts in Practice: During the first couple of weeks, students will experiment with the sculpting method of weaving and create an experimental vessel sculpture. They will write the weaving technique and process in their visual art diary. The assessment is a series of experimental sculptures with supporting processes and techniques in their visual art diary.

11 Film, Television and New Media: During the first couple of weeks, students will investigate what a story is and understand the difference between story and narrative, by taking part in learning activities. The assessment is a treatment, individual production and reflective statement.

12 Film, Television and New Media: During the first couple of weeks, students will investigate how media artists portray people, places, events, ideas and emotions in their productions. They will research media artists, to discover how they experiment with representations to challenge conventions.

12 Media Arts in Practice: During the first couple of weeks, students will investigate ways in which they would design advertising material for an event (e.g. school formal/musical). They will research examples of advertising media. The assessment is a design folio of advertising material for an event and annotated evidence of planning.

9 Music: During the first couple of weeks, students will investigate film theme songs and the role they play in their respective films. They will complete a practical task, demonstrating their stylistic interpretation of a film song. The assessment is a responding task, comparing and contrasting two theme songs from two films.

MISS FEHLHABER

The music department is implementing a new online music program – Music EDU. We are trialling the program for the remainder of the year and would love for the students to give feedback throughout their usage. The program allows students to be able to access content from home and engage in more interactive learning opportunities within the classroom. All students participating in a music class are required to have a Third Party Consent Form completed by their parent/guardian to enable them use of this online program. If students do not have a completed form, they will unfortunately not be able to use the program. If you have any questions regarding this program, please feel free to contact Miss Jacinda Fehlhaber on jfehl8@eq.edu.au.

MISS WOUTERS

Year 8 Visual Art: Students are looking at how art can be used to create a record of a place and capture the time the artist was there.

Year 9 Visual Art: Students are exploring the concept of the Human Condition through different styles of art and time periods.

MISS PRIOR

Year 7 Drama: Welcome back to Term 3! This Term I welcome 7D to Drama! This will be an opportunity for students to have a small taste of what Drama is like. In this subject students will develop their communication skills and confidence. They will be given the opportunity to devise and create freeze frames, short scenes and engaging in fun warm up games. Students will begin with a script writing task and then will finish with a group performance task. I look forward to working with 7D to create some magic in the classroom!

Year 10, 11 & 12 Drama: This classroom is always busy, chaotic and full of laugher! Students have returned from holiday’s full of enthusiasm and ready to begin their new units. There are multiple subjects running in the one classroom which can be seen as a challenge by some. However, our Senior Drama class take on this challenge and continue to demonstrate a high level of maturity and leadership.

• Year 10 & Year 11 Drama in Practice will be creating a magazine article on a contemporary drama form. They will then perform a contemporary piece in front of the class.
• Year 11 Drama will be focusing on Realism, Magic Realism and Australian Gothic. Their assessment task is to direct and pitch and idea based around a play text. This will be a multi-modal format. Their second task will be choosing one of the pitches and performing it in front of the class.
• Year 12 Drama in Practice will be focusing on a Unit about directing. The students will investigate directing techniques and present findings. Their second assessment task is to demonstrate the skills of directing by using their peers.
• Year 12 Drama will be focusing on preparing for their external exam. Due to IA3 being dropped students will be given more time to work with other students around developing and grasping drama knowledge.

Musical Update: Thank you so much for all students who auditioned to be a part of our 2021 production of Grease. Cast lists were posted at the end of last term. Well done to those students who received a main role! Contracts were given out at the end of last term, to both mains and chorus members. Can you please return this signed note ASAP. Rehearsals are beginning this week, Wednesday 22nd July in the drama room. If your child is still wishing to be a part of the chorus, it is not too late to sign up! Please come and see Miss Prior.

MISS COCHRANE

Year 10 Visual Art: Students will be bringing their written task from Term 1 to life. The development of their making tasks was put on hold during online learning, so it is very exciting to see these projects developing and coming to life once again.

Year 12 Visual Arts in Practice: Students will be focusing on functional creativity this term, as they commence a unit with a focus of ‘Jewellery’. Fingers crossed that, COVID-19 does not delay the creativity any further.

Year 12 Visual Art: Students will be working through their IA3 task and preparing for their exams. Fingers crossed they will have an exciting break midway through the term. No more information just yet, as specific details have not been finalised. But do watch this space, as their will be more details to follow.

On behalf of the Year 12 Visual Art students, I would like to say a huge thank you to Steve Masters, Mr Olivier and Jordan Grenfell for your assistance with the plinths (display boxes) for our Mini Gallery space. They’re new, stable and fresh look is greatly appreciated. We now look forward to the room having a new coat of paint.

The students’ IA2 work is currently installed in our Mini Gallery in G002, so please do feel free to pop in and view the outstanding achievements of our very talented students.

2020 Central Highlands Regional Council Annual Art Award – Emerald: A group of talented and brave students from ESHS have nominated in this year’s award show. So if you are free at 6.30pm on Saturday the 1st of August, be sure to pop down to the Emerald Art Gallery to see your peer’s artwork on display for the whole region to see. Those who have entered should be proud of their effort, because your school community certainly is – top effort!

Art Club: Art Club has commenced and at our first meeting, we had a number of enthusiastic students who are thrilled to be expanding their artistic knowledge and developing their skills. Our next session will be in Week 3 on Monday, 1st break in G002. New members are always welcome!

Regards
Miss. Amy Cochran
Teacher – Art

From the LOTE team

Welcome back to Term 3! We trust you had an amazing holiday! This term, languages classes will be back as per usual, and our focus for Week 1 and 2 is ‘be on time’, so make sure that you are prepared with all necessary equipment and on time for every class!

The Languages program this term has students studying a variety of topics across Years 7 – 9. These include:

Year 7 –“What is school life”

Students will recognise values associated with classroom language and behaviours. They will also compare values relating to schooling in Japan and Australia.

Year 8 – “What is friendship?”

Students will plan, draft and present a guide to making friends for Australian students heading to Japan on exchange. Additionally, they will also explain how their advice in the guide reflects Japanese values and ideas about friendship through appropriate choices of language and behaviour.

Year 9 – “How big is the generation gap?”

Students will share information, experiences and views related to their worlds and explain how cultural values are reflected in language and behaviours.

Year 10 – “What is animal conservation?”

Students will uses Japanese to share information, experiences and views related to their social worlds using rehearsed and spontaneous language.

At this stage, assessment for LOTE is due within Weeks 7-9 of this term. The best way to improve achievement is short but regular review of vocabulary. Particularly, it is recommended that you also use your spare time to learn Japanese writing symbols and new vocabulary, by regularly using Quizlet. Years 9 and 10 should be aiming to learn their hiragana and katakana as soon as feasible. Short bursts of regular review, will always be more effective than last minute cramming! 10 – 15 minutes, three or four times week is an excellent start. Book work is important as always! Neat handwriting and well organised notes is the greatest way to best achieve a desirable outcomes.

Have a great Term – we look forward to seeing everyone back in class!

Regards
Mr. Huu Nguyen
Teacher – LOTE

From the Skills For Work team

Year 10 Certificate II Skills for Work and Vocational Training

Planning is well underway for a very busy Term 3 for our Year 10 students. We are looking forward to our career information expo to coincide with subject information evening during Week 5 and work experience placement Week 9 this term. This week, students have received their work experience paperwork. This is due to be signed by themselves, their parents and the employer and returned to the library staffroom by Monday 3rd August. This paperwork also includes a COVID -19 checklist that needs to completed and signed by both the student and the workplace. It is strongly encouraged that students make contact with the employer they had previously arranged placement with to organise this terms work experience. Work experience documents can also be found attached to this newsletter.

2021 Apprenticeship and Traineeship Intake

As we approach the second half of the year, employers across Central Queensland are beginning to advertise for 2021 apprentice intakes. Any students that would be interested in obtaining an apprenticeship next year may need to start applying now. Go to:

You can also find information about Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses, employment and training pathways, subsidised training, free apprenticeships, training providers and recognition of skills by visiting the website:

For more information phone the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training on 1800 210 210. Our workplace coordinator Alarna Wills is also available Monday – Thursday in the library staffroom or via email awill5001@eq.edu.au

Advanced Graduate Drone Training

Congratulation to all students who were selected to undertake Advanced Graduate Drone Training during the school holidays. This program ran as part of the CH VET Network’s Drone in Schools Project, was a 5 day intensive, teaching drone data capture, data analysis and mapping.

The training was delivered by John Coulombe of Drone Training Solutions and sponsored by The Local Buying Foundation. A huge thank you to Stanley Knight of Knights Busses and Morrie and Connie Iddles for allowing our students access to their properties to undertake field training.

This advanced training adds to the suite of skills students are gaining in preparedness for ‘jobs of the future’.

Regards
Mrs. Annette Carter
HOD – Hospitality & VET

From the Chess Club

It is with great pleasure that I can let everyone know that with the commencement of clubs reopening at lunch times here at Emerald State High School, the ESHS Chess Club will resume meetings Tuesday next week!

Chess is a fantastic sport which develops the grey matter, rather than the muscle matter. Played by millions of people worldwide, chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. Play involves no hidden information, with the objective being to checkmate the opponent's king by placing it under an inescapable threat of capture. To this end, a player's pieces are used to attack and capture the opponent's pieces, while supporting one another.

Studies conducted over decades, by Harvard and Brainscape have shown that aside from being a fun sport to play, chess also has real-world health benefits for players, including:

1. It can raise your IQ.
2. It helps prevent Alzheimer's.
3. It exercises both sides of the brain.
4. It increases your creativity.
5. It improves your memory.
6. It increases problem-solving skills.
7. It improves reading skills.
8. It improves concentration.
9. It grows Dendrites (the neural pathways and connections in the brain).
10. It teaches planning and foresight.

As such, I would encourage everyone interested in developing their chess skills to come along, to see what all the fuss is about, regardless of your skill levels, beginners and masters are welcome alike! We will be teaching the rules, skills, moves and language of the game, so no one will be at a disadvantage.

The chess club will meet at second break in the Library every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays.

Regards
Mr. Graham Fandrich
Teacher – Humanities.

From the Technology Club

This term we have started the Technology Club, whilst observing the school’s social distancing rules due to the Coronavirus. This club is held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during first break in E03.

Students of all year levels are welcome to join this club. In the technology club, we will teach students how to use the school’s 3D printer (some students have already downloaded the app to drive the 3D printer), recording a digital file (the theme for this year's Premier's Coding Challenge is #cybersecureqld) and much more. The club is for students who are interested in the area of IT.

In this digital age, students are inundated with technology. From social media to texting, their personal lives revolve around their phones and computers. No matter how well you know the phone, tablet or computer you want to use, there's going to come a time when you won't be able to solve a technology problem yourself. But you want to avoid one of these instances coming up in the middle of class and not having any idea who to go to for help. It would be frustrating for you and could waste a lot of valuable learning time. Here at Emerald SHS we have tech support with Charles New, who is available at B06 before school and during first break.

Technology is not a one-size-fits-all, take-it-or-leave-it kind of thing. We can always tailor it to our needs and comfort levels.

Regards
Mr. Noel Cavanagh
HOD – Technology

From the P&C

ALL WELCOME! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE….
CHECK OUT HOW YOU’RE CHILD & THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY PROSPER:-

• JUBILEE 2019:
  - Cheers to Fifty Years
  - ESHS Open Day: Official opening of engraved paver area/Bites open for business
• BITES growth:
  - Awarded QAST - RECIPE OF THE YEAR for the ever popular Wednesday Mexican Burrito Bowl
  - Awarded QAST - Top 10 Tuckshop of 2019
  - Job Keeper for Bites Staff due to COVID-19
• GRANT success:
  - $5,000.00 from Aussie Cotton Farmers Grow Community grant
  - A $20,000.00 Central Highlands Regional Council, Community Improvement Grant - Round 1 2019
  - $11,250.00 received in JUBILEE sponsorship including a $5000.00 BHP – Benefiting My Community Program 2019 Round 2 grant
  - $10,000.00 Qld Government Container Refund Scheme – small Scale Infrastructure Grants Program – community groups and not-for-profit organisations – at time of writing report payment x2 weeks off
• Continually reviewing, adapting and streamlining of P&C business operations.
• Maintain Asset Register.
• Subcommittees:
  - Fundraising
  - Jubilee
  - Grants
  - Grounds and Facilities
  - Traffic
  - Tuckshop / Uniform / Locker
• Student bereavement packages
• Introduce new winter uniform
• Host third Emerald Colour Run (Fundraiser)
• In conjunction with Star Hotel host OKTOBERFEST (Fundraiser)
• Emerald BBQ and BEER Fest stallholder (Fundraiser)
• Support ESHS Musical – HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
• Wold Teacher Day celebrations
• Tuckshop Day celebrations
• Support second Annual Sports Awards Night
• Support Annual Awards Night
• Support Student of the Week prizes/incentives
• Support school camps that align with P&C policy
• Support Chaplaincy program
• C Block toilet transformation: Stage 1 (mural) and Stage 2 (replace taps and toilet roll holders)
• Employ two ESHS students – providing career opportunities for our youth
• x1 Apprentice Commercial Cookery / x1 Traineeship Kitchen Operations
• Facilities upkeep

We provide advice and recommendations to the Principal on Student Resource Scheme, Behaviour Management Plan, Uniform Policy, the School Budget and Annual Implementation Plan. We gratefully acknowledge the continued support received by our Principal/s and school community.

UPDATE

• Emerald Colour Smash = cancelled
• Oktoberfest = watch this space
• Week 4 – Parent teacher interviews = let Bites prepare dinner, take away family / individual menu available soon

Regards
Mrs. Renee Firth
P&C President

From the SRC

This year has been a challenging one but thankfully the SRC, with the support of students and families who donated, were still able to hold its annual Winter CQ Pet Rescue Challenge. The Houses were challenged to fill up a 55lt rubbish bin with either food or toys for CQ Pet Rescue. For another year, Garnet won the coveted Dog Cup. The true winners though were the dogs and cats in care, which we were able to support for another year. We always love it when they bring in a dog for us to fuss over.

The next big project for SRC will be Shines. Due to COVID-19, the date is still being finalised, but this year has taught us to remain flexible. Shines is a great opportunity for students and staff of ESHS to showcase their talents. Over the years, we’ve had everything from singers and dancers and even an air band. We can’t wait to see what this year brings!

We’re also in the process of negotiating the use of logos to include in a mural to be painted in the school in order to bring some hope and joy. It was a plan devised at the beginning of the year, before COVID-19 and now feels more important than ever. We can’t share anything more than that or it will spoil the surprise…

Despite planning for our formal, preparing for our exams and feeling our way through remote learning during Semester 1, we can’t wait to see what we can achieve during Semester 2.

Regards
Ms. Leanne Ross
SRC Supervisor

From the Positive Behaviour for Learning Team

Behaviour Focus

Our current behaviour focus is “Be on time.”

Student of the Week

Week 1

Not Applicable.

Week 2

Jonathan Lepani - For looking out for others, showing helpfulness, honesty and integrity.
Ella Job - For meticulous attention to detail in English and her mature use of teacher feedback.
Abbey Burdett - For being polite, following teacher instructions and participating enthusiastically in her classwork.
Lenard Taylor - For being helpful in every lesson and looking out for others.
Dimity Tuner - For always working diligently and being 100% focused on her school work.
Cody Donnelly - For being organised and prepared beyond expectation.

Community Notices