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30 October 201730 October 2017

Principal’s Report

Sports Awards – another success

Thursday was our Sports Awards Eveningwith our best sportsmen and womenreceiving their accolades for a hard foughtseason on the sporting field. We alsoacknowledged the hard work of Mrs CarrieTaylor, Head of HPE, as a Life Member ofWide Bay District Sport. She has worked

tirelessly behind the scenes for over a decade in this role toprovide students with opportunities on the sporting field and asa school and greater community we thank her. Watch out in ournext newsletter for photos and announcements of winners,from both Sports Awards and Academic Awards Evening.

Almost there!

We are coming to the end of the 2017 school year and weare starting to gear up for the 2018 year already. At the closeof 2017 we will be completing the single largest reorganisationof the school in 40 years in anticipation of the newMurdoch-Darling Centre construction in 2018. At this stage weshould see active construction commence over Christmas withapproximately 26 weeks of building before we receive our stateof the art facility around the close of Term 3.

We will be moving many staffrooms, changing the purposeof some school blocks and other changes in order to ensuresome consistency and commonality in the layout of the school.Maryborough Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools amalgamated in1974 and we still have some consolidation to do! This will becompleted by the end of 2017; some of these changes include:

While these changes will not be actively visible by all students,we will ensure that as Maryborough State High Schoolcontinues to grow we will be able to grow with our increasingschool numbers.

Uniform for 2017 and 2018

Can I please remind parents again that we are a uniform school– black shoes are available from local providers (ie Big W) for aslittle as $3.50.

School Council

After elections have been held we have finalised theMaryborough State High School Council. This representativegroup will direct the school’s direction and vision and is madeup of parent, student and community representatives.

Simon DonePrincipal

Principal Tours

Maryborough State High School invites you totake a personalised tour with the Principal.

When: 23 November @ 4.00pmTo book your tour, contact the office on 4120 9333 orregister your tour on our website via the link below.

• K Block (Music) repurposed as HPE Staffrooms, Gymand classroom

• T Block (Gym) repurposed as classroom music

• F Block repurposed as Mathematics Block

• Q Block repurposed and English and Social ScienceBlock

• Z Block repurposed as English and Social Scienceclasses

Tour includes the learning sites and ‘behind the scenes’aspects of the school, including the School museum.

http://www.maryboroshs.eq.edu.au/

Tuckshop NewsSchool ties have arrived! $18 per tie.

2018 Year 8 Digital ClassroomsAs part of our school’s commitment to implementing digitallearning, current Year 7 students will be able to nominate theirpreferred BYOx device classroom for 2018. Where possiblestudents in Year 8, 2018, will be timetabled into like deviceclasses for English, Mathematics, Science and Humanities. Inweek 5 students will be surveyed so 2018 class lists may befinalised.

Next year for students in years 9-12, being part of the BYOxprogram will also see benefits. However, at this stage, theywill not be timetabled into like devices for our digital classroomrollout.

For more information on the BYOx program, please visit ourschool’s website.

Martin MillsDeputy Principal

Health & Physical Education DepartmentNews

Sports Presentation Night – Thursday 26October

Our annual Sports Presentation night was held at the BrolgaTheatre on Thursday, 26 October. All House Captains, CarnivalAge Champions, members of our sporting teams and WideBay Sporting Representatives were recognised for theirachievements. Students who have achieved Wide Bay selectionduring the year for school sports and those who have achievedexcellence in outside sports were also recognised. Names andawards will be published in the next school newsletter

Hockey, Rugby 7’s and Football Academy – Year6 to Year 7 and new students to school (Years 7and 8) Try-outs

A reminder to students who are attending Maryborough StateHigh School in 2018 and want to be a part of one of the sporingacademies. You MUST attend try-outs for your chosen sporton Tuesday 31 October and Tuesday 7 November, 3:30pm -5:00pm. Football and Rugby 7’s will be on Kings Oval; Hockeyon the turf by the school gym.

For further information please contact Carrie Taylor at theschool.

Hockey and Football Academy Try-outs – Years7 and 8 for Maryborough State High Students

Academy try-outs will occur over the next few weeks for 2018academy classes. Students need to listen to notices for try-outdays and times. HPE teachers will also make announcementsof when tryouts will be held. Try-outs will be held during schoollunches.

Hockey and Football Academy Classes – Year 92017

As part of the Year 9 Academy classes, students have beenusing their knowledge of the game, coaching and umpiringskills by coaching a number of primary schools in the area.Primary students have been placed into groups and given acoach. Maryborough State High School students coach teamsone Friday in the term. At the end of term (Week 8), a smallinter-school carnival day will be held. This has provided ouracademy students an opportunity to reiterate what they havelearned in their academy classes by sharing their knowledgeand skills with the Year 5 primary students. To date, studentshave worked with Albert, Tinana and Parke.

Tiaro Visit – Football

Thursday, 19 October, we were very fortunate to have 30students from Tiaro State School visit Maryborough State HighSchool. They were given the opportunity to work with ourFootball Academy teacher, Mr Cameron Hanrahan. Tiarostudents will return next month to work with Mr Allan Smith. MrSmith will display his great knowledge in rock-climbing.

Fitness Enthusiasts

Students who are interested in getting fit and being a part ofa fitness group, Mr Rossini is running gym sessions during theweek. Interested students are to come to the HPE staffroom formore information.

Toowoomba – Hockey Carnival

Recently, Maryborough State High School boys and girlshockey teams participated in the All Schools Hockey. A stormhalted play on the second day for an hour, otherwise the dayswere hot and sunny.

Students played in very wet conditions but fought to the veryend of the day. The girls played very well, having a lot of fun,gaining experience with a number of players at their first everhockey carnival. The final score was close in a number of theirgames, finishing eighth in Division 2 and 16th overall.

The boys were almost in the same position as the girls withone senior on their team. The way these two teams played andrepresented their school was exemplary. The boys finished 11thoverall. The highlight for the boys was on the second day. Dueto rain, many games went down to penalty strokes to determinematch winners. The boys went up against Kirwan, who playedin the final, losing in the second round with the score 5-6.

Players stepped up and were outstanding, with rookies keepingtheir composure. Our goalies played exceptionally throughoutthe three days, with diving, stick and glove saves. Every player,gave it their best. Great sportsmanship and team work! Greatrepresentation of our school!

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Wide Bay Rowing

Students will start their development in the weeks to come, withTry Rowing afternoons at the Wide Bay Boat Sheds, behindthe Brolga Theatre. There are over 45 students interested. Ifyour student is still interested or would like to know moreinformation, please contact Mr Done.

A-Mart Sports – Community Kickbacks

Maryborough State High School has now registered as partof the community kickbacks program for sports equipmentthrough A-Mart sports. Next time you shop at A-Mart, supportthe school by nominating Maryborough State High School.Points earnt via your purchase will go towards new sportingequipment for lunchtime activities.

Carrie TaylorHoD PE & Student Leadership

Home Economics News

Christmas Stocking Challenge

Our Year 10 Home Economics students are in the process ofcreating some very creative and visually appealing Christmasstockings. These will be entered in the Maryborough CraftFestlater this month.

These stockings will be donated to become part of carepackages that will be sent to Australian troops serving overseasthis Christmas.

Many of the designs have a distinctly Australian theme andthe students are incorporating many of the sewing talents thatthey’ve learned this year.

Denise PommeranzHome Economics/Early Childhood Teacher

Mathematics NewsLast term some of our Year 7 and Year 9 students competedin the Education Perfect Maths Championships. Scoring 5,703points which placed us 10th in our category out of 106 schoolsfrom across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Thestudents earned themselves a pizza party valued at a $100.Well done to every student involved for commitment and specialthank you to Mrs Genrich for organising and supporting ourstudents.

Results are also in from our participation in the AustralianMathematics Competition. 52 students sharpened their mathskills and achieved some fantastic results; which included 6distinctions, 17 credits 18 proficiency and 11 participation.Great results from some great students.

Just a reminder that Term 4 is a short term for some year levelsand exam and assignment due dates are fast approaching.The Maths department is happy to offer after school tutoringto students who need assistance with homework or contentcovered in class. Students will find helpful staff in the Libraryevery Wednesday afternoon, 3.15pm till 4.15pm.

Brenton RohrlachHoD Mathematics

Maths PuzzleThere were only two entries from the last newsletter , both werecorrect.

Congratulations to Christopher Carr and Mr Humphries whohave scored themselves a tuckshop voucher!

This week’s puzzle is an easier one to encourage more entries:

The organisers of a school musical want to have enoughstudent dancers so that the dancers can be arranged in groupsof 4, 6 or 9 for various scenes, with no dancers left over. Whatis the least number of dancers that are required?

Email your solution to Mrs Genrich (kgenr4@eq.edu.au) or dropit in to G block staffroom for a chance to win a Tuckshopvoucher.

From the last newsletter:

Find the values for A, B, C and D, given that they are single digitnumbers (i.e. 0, 1, 2, … 9), and no digit may be used more thanonce. (There are two possible solutions.)

Answer: The least number of dancers is 36.

Solution: We need to find the lowest common multiple of 4, 6and 9.Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, …Multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, …Multiples of 9: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, …

Kylie GenrichMaths / Science Teacher

Station Square Spelling Bee 2017Maryborough State High School entered two teams in therecent Spelling Bee Competition.

On Saturday 14 October, our teams braved the very wetconditions to compete in the heats. Our teams looked very

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smart in their formal school uniform and we received manycompliments on how impressive our uniform looked.

Our Year 7/8 team was comprised of Gavin Wootton, RileyDuggan and Ben Dalglish. The boys were great competitors butunfortunately did not make it through to the finals.

Our Year 9/10 team did make it through to the finals. JacksonMorris, Sophia McPhee and Declan Dwyer-Vary tied withAldridge State High School and secured a place in the finals.

Saturday 21 October, our Year 9/10 team again braved the wetconditions to compete in the finals. Amanda Hanna joined theteam as a replacement for Jackson who was unavailable. Theteam worked well and spelt many difficult words throughout thefinal. Unfortunately they were defeated by one point in a veryclose contest.

The students enjoyed the experience and are keen to enteragain in 2018, confident that they will be victorious.

Thank you to the family, staff and friends who attended theSpelling Bee and to the students for their great team spirit andenthusiasm. I look forward to working with the teams next yearand encourage others to enter as well.

Tweed AndersonMaster Teacher (Numeracy/Literacy)

Student Leadership News

Junior and Senior School Captains 2018

Thursday, 19 October, 11 students in Years 8 and 11presented speeches to their cohorts, staff and parents for aposition as a 2018 School Captain. After their speech, studentsattended an interview with a selection panel. Staff and year 8and 11 student’s votes were also accumulated.

All students who have applied for a prefect leadership positionfor 2018 will find out on Friday, 10 November, if they have beensuccessful.

Students who applied for Student Council or StudentAmbassador will be sent a letter to notify the student if theyhave been successful or not in Week 8.

Junior School Captains will be announced in Week 7 onThursday full school parade and 2018 Senior Captains at Year12 Graduation on Friday 17 November.

Lunchtime activities

The sports captains continue to run lunchtime activities forstudents this term. Students need to listen to notices as towhen activities are held.

Girls Leadership

From Thursday, 12 October, to Saturday, 14 October, 70students and 6 teachers ventured to Fraser Island for GirlsLeadership Camp 2017. Our first day was beautiful, filled withsunshine and problem solving activities for the girls to work out.Great team work and leadership skills were displayed, wherepatience and quick thinking assisted with their success.

An amazing tour of Fraser Island was our second day. Theweather was not as nice to us, but the girls had a fantastic dayat Eli Creek and Lake Mackenzie.

Maryborough State High School is looking very good with ourcurrent and future female leaders of the school.

School Disco – Chaplaincy Fundraiser

Tuesday, 10 October, the Junior Secondary Committee had aschool disco for the juniors and seniors. Students came in theirAll around the World themed costumes and danced the nightaway. Thank you to all those staff and students who assistedwith the disco and to the attending students who helped raisemoney for our school chaplaincy. Over $300- was raised.

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Carrie TaylorHoD PE & Student Leadership

Text BullyingText bullying is an escalating problem. Here are 10 top tips toshare with your student if they are receiving bullying via socialmedia.

Caroline BrunkeYouth Support Coordinator

Technology News – Formula StudentsThroughout the year students from Maryborough State HighSchool, Aldridge State High School and St Mary’s College havebeen enrolled in the Formula Student Program at the TradeTraining Centre.

The students fabricated all the components, then worked asa team to assemble the Lemans style prototype race car. Wethen travelled to Lakeside Raceway on Saturday, 21 October,to race our vehicle against 12 other cars that had been builtthroughout South East Queensland.

Our students overcame many hurdles, including fuel supplyissues and drive train dramas. They also finished their vehicletwo months earlier than other teams, in order to showcasetheir work at the Technology Challenge here in Maryborough inSeptember.

Not only was our car amongst the fastest on track and one ofthe last four running, our team gave up their car to two otherteams who were knocked out due to mechanical failure. Ourunofficial team leader, Max Ward, rallied to the cause and theteam gave them the use of our car to allow their students anopportunity to compete.

I would like to thank all of our sponsors; B&H Designs, EarlesPaints and Klein Signs; for their continuous support of ourstudents. I would also like to send out a huge thanks to all of theparent helpers and supporters who travelled to Brisbane for theevent. In particular a special thank you to Mr & Mrs Youngberryfor their tremendous support, providing a car trailer, box trailer,BBQ and gazebos for the team!

Paul TraceyTeacher

More Technology NewsThe formula student class went to Lakeside Raceway to timetrial the car that they have built. The weather was miserable andthe rain did not let off all day. This did not stop the studentsfrom having an unforgettable time. They all had a turn in racingthe car around the circuit in the wet and tried to keep it on thetrack. Sportsmanship came to the forefront when they all had aturn in the car, they then offered our car to the other school’sstudents who had not driven around the track because theircars had issues that stopped them from participating.

Big thank you to the parents for supporting this trip and thestudents. Setting up on the hill and providing a dry place tohave lunch.

The Construction classes have almost finished the table andchairs to go under the shade structures in front of Q Block. Thefurnishing class are currently installing the new kitchens in Cblock and R block.

Gavin GrantzHoD – Man Arts/Home Economics/Early ChildhoodStudies

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TennisNew season tennis fixtures starting Saturday7th October,

3-5pm.Season runs until April 2018.

Great time for all soccer and hockey players to have fun andkeep active until their new season starts.

All standards catered for.Enquiries: Bruce Rayner 0408740418

What’s happening in Term 4

Community Notices

• Breakfast Club: every Wednesday morning from7.30am in the Library Courtyard

• Thursday 2 November: Awards Night – BrolgaTheatre 6pm start

• Friday 3 November: Palma Day

• Tuesday 7 November: Year 7 Immunisation – HPV

• Wednesday 8 November: Year 11 Rockclimbing –Noosa

• 6-10 November: Year 12 Exams

• Friday 10 November: Year 12 Formal – BrolgaTheatre, 4.30pm arrivals begin

• 13-17 November: Year 11 Exams

• Monday 13 November: Year 12 Rainbow BeachDay Trip

• Thursday 16 November: Year 12 GraduationPractice – Brolga Theatre

• Friday 17 November: Year 12 Graduation – BrolgaTheatre 9am start

• Thursday 23 November: Principal Tour

• Monday 27 November: Year 6 into 7 OrientationDay

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