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9 November 20159 November 2015

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESKThis week saw the highlight of our schoolyear, the Annual Awards Evening. Whilethere are several other events during theschool year which are important for specificgroups of students – first day at highschool; sports carnivals; Formal andGraduation; exam blocks; excursions andoverseas trip – there is nothing which

engages the whole community so much as the AwardsEvening.

And engagement was the theme of the evening, from theopening music, provided by a combined staff and studentStage Band, to the wonderfully engaging solos danceperformance by Alannah Caneris. The community was fullyrepresented with an Aboriginal welcome dance, a celebration ofPolynesian culture and the high performance extension dancetroupe all excelling.

Most of the 20 nationalities here at school were representedon stage as performers of recipients of awards and/or prizes.It was wonderful to see so many families here supporting theirstudents too. Parental engagement was the message of mypresentation, and while I was probably preaching to theconverted by talking to the parents who were there, I amconfident that my message will reach home to many otherfamilies as well.

Research clearly indicates the importance of a productivepartnership between school and home. A really positivetwo-way relationship can result in a whole grade improvementin academic results over a year – that can be the differencebetween a fail and a pass, or a Silver and Gold certificate. Athree way partnership between parent, student and teacher iseven better, so please do not hesitate to contact any of my staffif you have a concern.

My thanks to all those who worked so hard to make the eveninga success, and congratulations to all those who receivedawards. I also had many compliments of the SRC who hostedthe evening. A number of parents who have attended severalof these events over the years commented that the clarity andpace of their speeches were the best they had experienced;and I agree.

One of the special moments of the awards Evening is theannouncement of the Junior and Senior Dux, and the namingof next year’s student leaders. Special congratulations to thosestudents – Charlie Hargreaves [Junior Dux] and Mrinal Unuth[Senior Dux]. The senior SRC is listed below. I look forward toworking with then in 2016.

I should also make mention of the two staff award winners– Helen Ritson, winner of the Excellence in Teaching Awardand Denise Gibson, this year’s recipient of the Staff ExcellenceAward.

Year 12 exam block begins on Monday, Graduation is onFriday, 20 November and the year 11s and 10s finish on Friday,27 November. Thank you for your partnership with the school,and ensuring that your senior students remain engaged right upuntil the final day.

2016 Student Leaders

School Captains – Simone Lauaki and Ben FisherSchool Vice-Captains – Molly Mackay and DanielWestphalSporting Prefects – Ebony Jackson and Ronaldo MulitaloCultural Prefect – Joseph Kirby

Events Prefect – Ben WillettAcademic Prefect – Maddison BaileyIndigenous Prefects – Atahnee Simpson and RoeshaShieldsAtahnee will also act as the Marketing and PublicityprefectSimone and Ronaldo will also act as Polynesian leadersHouse Captains Sam Butler-Graham [Moran]Mattinson Hunt [O’Hanlon]

Waylon Manuel-Bartlett [Rivers]Maddison Steinhardt [Sullivan]

Speeches and voting for the remaining SRC positions, 2016Year 8 – 11 House Captains and Year 9 Junior Prefects will takeplace on Tuesday, 10 November.

Simon RileyPrincipal

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING?

Year 12 Art

This week the Year 12 Authority Art students curated anexhibition of their artwork in our school art gallery andpresented their concepts in an Artist Talk to the class as partof their final assessment. Tiffany-Anne McKnoulty, Kyhra Davisand Mikayla Northey-Crawford are the first students tocomplete their assessment and this is some of their great work.

World Teachers Day 2015

World of Work Part 3

Bandanna Week

Thank you to everyone who supported the Bandanna Week.ISHS sold 180 bandannas and has raised $720 for Canteento support young people with cancer. We have sold out andunfortunately cannot get any more.

KOWANYAMA STATE SCHOOL CULTURALEXCHANGE

I had the privilege of taking 10 students and 2 staff, DonnaGoodman and Jason Moore, to Kowanyama for a week. Weflew to Cairns then had a 9 hour 4wd bus ride to Kowanyama.We stayed at the school and had the honour of going out tocountry with the Elders. We all learnt so much about how theylive in an Aboriginal community.

Denise GibsonCEC

One of the students Atahnee Simpson wrote thisabout our adventure.

This experience has been very rewarding for each and everyone of us. Some of us have never been on a plane or evenbeen out of Ipswich. The bus journey to Kowanyama was anexperience that we will never forget. (Corrugated roads and bulldust). It was very enjoyable, very bumpy, very dirty and scary.

On arrival we had the best welcome ever from Principal NicoleSherlock and her staff. We would like to thank Miss Nicole andthe whole staff and school for everything they did for us. Wefelt like we were at home. Ipswich State High School studentsinteracted every day with the students from Kowanyama StateSchool.

We visited the museum were we learnt about the dilly bag andhow it was made. We then visited Shelfo where we swam withthe locals in one of the local creeks. We then were invited byone of the Traditional owners Elders to visit their homelandat Yangrr Station and Thilpi Homeland. They took us to theMitchell River where we were blessed and then we went fishingand some of us caught catfish, dew fish and Barracuda. Wethen cooked it all on the hot coals and ate it. The Elders madedamper and wrapped it in alfoil and put it on the hot coals tocook, they also wrapped one of the dampers in cabbage treeleaves and put it on the coals. It was so tasty. We then learnt

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how to make dilly bags from the cabbage tree leaves we hadto strip them and then plait them. The girls got painted up bysome of the local girls from rock ochre from the land.

On Thilpi Homeland with the Traditional owners, we sawcrocodiles in the creeks then went on to see where thecrocodiles rest of the night time, and where they lay their eggs.Again we learnt so much from the Traditional owners of theland.

We then had a day where we all visited class room to see howthey are taught and how they learn. We had the best time andenjoyed everything that was taught to us.

THIS TRIP WAS AN EXPERIENCE OF A LIFE TIME.

Year 11 Early Childhood students had aninteresting Teacher

Year 11 Early Childhood students were recently entertained andinstructed by 4 year old Saxon who wrote his name on theboard! His sister Aria showed her gross motor skills as well!

Active Volunteering gold academic award

The year 12 Certificate III Active Volunteering students receiveda gold academic award badge to commemorate theircommitment to their studies - well done!

WHAT’S NEW

Do you want to keep up with your child’sassessment at school??

All students have access to their personalised assessmentplanners via the one school webpage.

https://oslp.eq.edu.au/

Click on the above link or cut and paste it into your webbrowser. Your student then needs to login using the schoolaccount.

The following home screen will appear.

From the drop down menu select “student course planner”

Select 2015 Semester 2 and assessment.

Click generate report and your student’s assessment plannerwill appear.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Year 12 Senior Jerseys

Each year, the Year 12 students have the privilege to wearThe Ipswich State High School senior jersey as a reward for allthe hard work they have achieved throughout their high schoolyears. Therefore to be eligible for a jersey the school has setcriteria which must be met by the students in order to have theopportunity to purchase a senior jersey, which can be worn aspart of their school uniform. Letters for 2016 Senior Jerseys arenow available from Student Welfare. Please have all forms andmonies returned by the 13 November.

HAIR AND BEAUTY SHOWCASE

You are invited to attend theAnnual Year 12

Hair and Beauty Showcase2015

Where: Ipswich State High School HallDate: Friday the 13th of November

Time: 3:30pm – 4pmCost: Gold Coin Donation

RSVP: 11th November 2015

dwhya2@eq.edu.autrice29@eq.edu.au

Come along to see your student’s work and be amazed.

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Mystery Tour

As part of The Ipswich State High School’s commitment tothe social and emotional wellbeing of students, the Year 12cohort is being presented with the opportunity to attend thePost Formal Mystery Tour to celebrate the end of their formalschooling. There is a variety of venues with a NEW location.Please pay $125 by 9 November. If you have any questionsplease contact Mrs Pearce.

ENROLMENT SESSIONS for 2016

The Ipswich State High School is now takingEnrolments for Year 7 in 2016.

If you are interested in attending an Enrolment Session can youplease contact the school on 3813 4488 to register your namealong with your child’s name and the day of your choice.

Next sessions are Tuesday 10th November @ 3.30pm and 6pmand Thursday 12th @ 3.30pm.

Parents are required to bring a copy of their student’s latestschool report and their birth certificate. Please note if there isany legal documentation can you please bring this along on theafternoon.

Families enrolling from state primary schools will be providedwith a pre-populated enrolment form on attendance providedthey have registered in advance. This will save time and helpstreamline our procedure.

Please note:- The school is now only able to guaranteeenrolment to those families living within our designatedcatchment area. You will need to provide evidence confirmingyour address at the time of enrolment – this could include arates notice, electricity bill.

Those families living outside the catchment will be placed on awaiting list, and their enrolment will be confirmed before the endof this term. A non-refundable enrolment fee of $20 is requiredin this case.

STUDENT PAYMENTS

A reminder to students who have selected specialistsubjects in 2016, that subject fees as well as schoolfees are due for payment by 20 November 2015.

To confirm your enrolment in the specialist subjectfor 2016 you will also need to have your 2015 subjectfees and school fees up to date.

2016 Student Resource Scheme Fee

The SRS fee of $250 has been approved by the P & C. Thepayment due dates are as follows:-

Yearly due 20th November 2015 - $250Term 1 due 20th November 2015 - $85Term 2 due 11th March 2016 - $85Term 3 due 10th June 2016 - $80

Specialist subject fees – Student Resource Scheme fees areto be paid in full and the subject fee paid in full prior tocommencement of the subject.

Invoices for the 2016 school fees have been issued earlier togive parents the opportunity to forward plan and budget fortheir student’s school fees. We are now accepting paymentsfrom our parents.

Student payments being made via Direct Deposit-pleaseremember to use your student’s EQ ID# as the reference forpayment (this can be found at the top of your student’stimetable) and an abbreviation of what the payment is for.

Eg. 1212121212V SRS

Some abbreviations that may be useful are:

Abbreviation Short For

SRS Student Resource Scheme (school fees)

Camp School year level camps

Please note payments made via direct deposit may take upto 48hrs to be shown as a deposit into the school’s bankaccount- a receipt of this payment cannot be generated to yourstudent’s account until this payment has been verified throughthe school’s bank account.

School Invoice Payments (only)

What is BPoint?

BPoint is a new online payment facility which can be accessedby customers and parents via weblink,https://www.bpoint.com.au/Payments/dete. This link is on thebottom of invoices.

Payments made through BPoint require a valid invoicenumber and customer reference number (CRN) which arelocated on the bottom left hand side of our school invoices andstatements. It is important that this information is provided sothat the payment will be automatically matched to the invoice.

ISHS P & C AssociationAt our last P&C meeting the P&C discussed the parentcontribution we ask families to contribute.

We understand that finding even $25 per family can be difficulton the tight budgets most of us are on. So, instead we ask thatyou find just $5 per term and contribute it toward the P&C.With approximately 800 families in the school that’s $4000 perterm to help pay for extras.

At the moment our goal is to wrap the new school bus so whenit is being used to take our kids to events it very clearly showsthe pride we have in our school.

Let’s wrap the bus!

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DATES TO REMEMBER

9TH – 13TH NOVEMBER YEAR 12 EXAM BLOCK

17TH NOVEMBER YEAR 12 FORMAL

17th & 18th NOVEMBER YEAR 12 MYSTERY TOUR

20th NOVEMBER 2016 SCHOOL FEES DUE

20TH NOVEMBER YEAR 12 GRADUATION

23RD – 27TH NOVEMBER YEAR 11 EXAM BLOCK

27TH NOVEMBER YEAR 10 & 11 LAST DAY

COMMUNITY NEWS

BICYCLE IDENTIFICATION CARD

Thousands of stolen bicycles are recovered by police everyyear. Most owners never see their bikes again simply becausethe owner cannot be located. Report bicycle thefts to the policeregardless of the value of the bike and provide the details thatyou have recorded.

CASUAL CLEANERS NEEDED

If you are interested in working at the school as a Cleanerplease contact Jenny Shard on 3813 4409 with your details andbring in a resume.

There are two shifts for the relief cleaners – 6am – 9am and3pm – 6pm.

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