NEXT MEETING Tuesday 13th October 5:30PM Venue: Common Room

Everyone Welcome pandc@mareebashs.eq.edu.au

2015 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President—Mr R Heggie

Vice President—Mrs Honey Ali-Allen Secretary—Ms Noela Graham

Treasurer—Mrs Michelle Cifuentes

Jasper Street Mareeba PO Box 1079 Mareeba QLD 4880 Telephone 07 4086 2777 Fax 07 4092 3915 E-mail the.principal@mareebashs.eq.edu.au Web http://mareebashs.eq.edu.au

INDIGENOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mareeba State High School acknowledges the Traditional

Custodians, the Muluridji people of the country in which this school is located and pays

respect to their Elders past and present.

DATE CLAIMERS

P & C ASSOCIATION

Term 4 Week 1 9th October 2015

OFFICE HOURS

13th October Senior School Academic Morning Tea P&C Meeting

15th October Mossman 7s Rugby League and Netball Competition

16th October Sports Presentation Night

19th October

Student Free Day

22nd October Digital Showcase

27th October Presentation Night

2nd November Immunisation, Year 8 & 10

19th November Senior Graduation

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

8:00am —3:30pm

Tuesday 8:00am—3:15pm

12TH ANNUAL SPORTS PRESENTATION NIGHT

SPORTS

PRESENTATION NIGHT The 12th Annual Sports Presen-

tation Night will be held on Friday 16th October with

Special Guest Speaker Andrew Symonds.

Tickets are now on sale from Student Services.

For more information or to purchase tickets over the

phone please call 4086 2777 Option # 2

Adults $40.00 Students $30.00

2015 CAMBODIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Full article on Page 3

“Building a Better

NON NOBIS SOLUM

FAREWELL FROM JO SOOTHILL It is nearly 5 years since I came to Mareeba State High School to take up the principalship. It was a big step for me to leave my family and friends to come North again but one that I do not regret. I found the community welcomed me and this assisted me greatly in my role. The National Partnership gave me the opportunity and flexibility to make some changes to better support our young people. It also allowed for greater professional growth for my staff.

I need to thank staff for their support and willingness to change. I found they go the extra mile for the students often with no thanks in return. I am grateful for the support of parents, businesses and community organisations. I understand giving up time to help the school can be difficult but every hour counts and when you get involved, the return for your children and other children multiplies exponentially.

Lastly I would like to thank the students for making my time so enjoyable. Overall I found friendly and helpful young people who are generally tolerant of others. I feel our future will be in good hands if they keep these qualities into adulthood.

I have mixed feelings about moving on but as many of you know, my home is in Brisbane and my husband will retire in the near future. I will be taking up the principalship at Runcorn State High School on Brisbane’s Southside. It will be good to go home but I will miss Mareeba. I look forward to seeing the future successes of Mareeba State High School students and thank you for allowing me to lead such a wonderful school.

Warm regards,

Jo Soothill

PRINCIPALS WORDS I would like to introduce myself to the Mareeba community and say how privileged I feel to be appointed as your Principal. As a long term Far Northern resident, I am thrilled at the opportunities provided by the school and look forward to the great successes Mareeba will have.

Starting at a new school, I am spending my initial time getting to know the community. I have spent time talking to local businesses about perceptions of the school and how we can work closely together. I will continue to do this over the remainder of the term.

It was great meeting with the student leaders to get their views. The way the students have shown respect in their conversations with me in class and in the playground has been heartening. I have enjoyed walking the school and meeting students, getting their views on life at Mareeba SHS.

I am amazed by the outstanding offerings at Mareeba SHS. In my first three days, I have met a number of passionate staff who provide a great selection of opportunities for students. There is a great basis to ensure the school is heading in a positive direction.

Like any school, there will always be things to work on. One of the first tasks will be around reviewing the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support and the Responsible Behaviour Plan. This will involve collaboration between students, staff, parents and community members. Over the next few weeks a team will be put together to review the SWPBS and the Responsible Behaviour Plan.

Mareeba SHS has a strong reputation for the Sports awards which are on Friday 16th. The quality of speakers that come to this event are fantastic. Andrew Symonds is certainly an interesting sportsman and will be a great addition to the speaking ranks for the Sports Awards.

I look forward to meeting members of our school community commencing with the P&C meeting on Tuesday. The feedback is important to me to ensure we have a well performing school. I will continue to provide feedback to the community through our parent net email and Facebook (which I am just about to start using).

Once again, I look forward to interacting with the Mareeba community.

Regards

Scott Whybird

Principal

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THANK YOU

WANTED—CASUAL CLEANERS AND TEACHER AIDES Mareeba State High School is currently looking for Casual Cleaners and Teacher Aides. For more information please contact the Business Service Manager, Pamela Evan on 4086 2777 Option #3 or email pevan17@eq.edu.au

Principal, Scott Whybird with Senior 8

Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Ltd together with Mareeba Dis-trict Fruit and Vegetables Growers Asso-ciation and Mareeba State High School has come together once again to acknowledge the vital role women play in primary industries and rural commu-nities. The event due to be held on Thursday, 15th October will create a great opportunity to get together, net-work and celebrate the immense contri-bution that rural women bring to Aus-tralia’s economy and their local commu-nities.

Jess Fealy, member of the events com-mittee said: “This year we have been lucky to partner with Mareeba State High School for our event which will focus on inspiring both our young high school girls and rural women to be inno-vative and creative leaders in their cho-sen fields. There is lots to celebrate about being rural women– so we invite all women in our community to come” For Ticket bookings http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/resourcing-women-of-the-north-international-day-of-rural-women-tickets-18664100828

Building a Better Future Together”

“NOT FOR OURSELVES ALONE”

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2015 CAMBODIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE Over the September School Holidays, a group of 15 Year 12 stu-dents and 2 Teachers boarded a plane headed for Siem Reap, Cambodia. After an 8 hour stop-over in Singapore and a special breakfast with the Orang-utans at the Singapore Zoo, we were welcomed into Siem Reap by our Tour Guides and our Tuk Tuk drivers from the New Hope School. We spent the next 10 days teaching English to the poor and under privileged students at the New Hope School and the Orphans from The O.D.A . Orphanage. Our students formed friendships with the Cambodian students and it was inspiring to watch our students from Mareeba High School, teaching English to the Cambodian children.

We used our fundraising money to purchase rice, oils, spices, sauces, eggs, dried fish and toiletries, which we bagged up and hand delivered to 55 families from the poorest areas of Siem Reap. It was an extremely emotional day, but well worth seeing the joy and happiness that we were able to bring to the Cambodian people. One old Cambodian lady cried as she announced that we were angels and how lucky her village was that we were there to help them. A vision that all of us will not forget.

We got up early and travelled to Angkor Wat Temple to watch the most breathtaking sunrise and were fortunate to watch the Apsara dancers and a local circus. We were taught how to cook tradi-tional Khmer food by our friends from one of the villages and we were also shown and taught the history of the Killing fields and the Kings Palace in Phnom Penh. Our Tour Guide, Sokhon, educated us about the brutal history of Cambodia and how the Cambodian people were mercilessly killed or tortured, which made our trip so much more meaningful.

The food in Cambodia was very different to home, but we all enjoyed it. Some of the students even tried eating fried crickets, frogs, silk worms and tarantulas. But Mrs Daly and I stuck to the Fish Amok and the Cambodian curries.

We spent many nights bartering in the markets and cruising the streets of Siem Reap in our Tuk Tuk’s. We made many new friends and have experienced some things that will change our lives for-ever. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of myself and Mrs Daly, to thank the 15 beauti-ful students who travelled with us to Cambodia for this amazing experience. As always, our students made a great impression on the people we met along the way, and have helped to improve the lives of so many of the beautiful, Cambodian people. Tim Ralph—Teacher

Jasper Street Mareeba PO Box 1079 Mareeba QLD 4880 Telephone 07 4086 2777 Fax 07 4092 3915 E-mail principal@mareebashs.eq.edu.au Web http://mareebashs.eq.edu.au

“You have brains in your head, You have feet in your shoes, You can steer yourself in any direction you choose” Dr. Seuss

SCHOOL MAGAZINE

The school has a new answering service to assist in providing a more efficient service to parents. The options are:

1. Student Services (Enrolments, Absence, Behaviour, First Aid) 2. Student Payments (Excursions, Resource Hire scheme) 3. Administration (Curriculum, Teachers, Laptops) 4. Accounts payable (External agencies) 5. Other

SCHOOL PHONES

SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Cairns and Hinterland Oral Health Services would like to make you a ware of some changes to our service. These changes are designed to improve access to our service and ensure we continue to be able to treat your children in a safe and supportive environment. We have now introduced a central booking service which will now make all dental appointments through a 1300 phoned number. When it is time for your child/children to have a dental examination, we will no longer send out forms to complete and return. We will instead send out a postcard with the Central Booking Service phone number on it 1300 300 850. Please call this number to arrange an appointment. Monday—Friday 8:00am — 4:00pm. FACEBOOK &

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COMMUNITY NEWS

VARIATION TO SCHOOL BUS SERVICES —P586, P1546 & P609 The Department of Transport and Main Roads wishes to advise the following changes to the existing school service network.

Revised changes will commence from 6th October, 2015. There are minimal changes to the services from an operational perspective. The changes are summarised below.

1. Jennings Road will continue to be serviced by G&A Holdings, Ms Anna Vechio-Ruggeri (Ph. 4292 5388, Mob. 0427 923 288), however the company’s large bus utilised on the Walkamin—Mareeba P586 service will also operate along Jennings Road.

2. G&A Holdings P1546 service from Ellery Road and Wylandra Estate will trave to Mareeba schools via McIver Road, Tilse, Costin, Shule and Reynolds Streets and Chewko Road.

3. Roiko Road will now be serviced by the P609 Chewko Road bus operated by Erninio and Robert Bambino (Ph. 4092 7937, Mob 0429 451 861, Mob. 0447 462 765)

Any potential issues with the revised service arrangements, parents are asked to contact the bus operators in the first instance. Department of Transport and Main Roads

SCHOLA 2015

Mareeba State High School Magazine Prepay

now for your school magazine, delivery Novem-

ber/December

Price $21.00

SCHOOL CHAPLAIN NEWS CAMP WILD

SKI, GOD, WAKEBOARD, TUBE, CHAL-LENGE

What: Water-skiing all week!

Who: Years 7-12 co-ed

Dates: 13-17 December, 2015

Location: Camp Barabadeen, Lake Tinaroo

Cost: $260

Please go to the ski.campwild.org.au or see Chappy Wendy for more details.

ATHERTON ASTRONOMY NIGHT An astronomy viewing night is planned near the top of Hallorans Hill in Atherton on October 16 starting at 6.45pm. Ian, from FNQ Astronomers is bringing telescopes and will be joined by Richard Hole who will also teach people about astronomy and show people the most interesting features in the night sky by pointing to them with his laser.

"It will be a very good time to observe both the cres-cent moon and also Saturn which has its rings in the best viewing position for many years." Richard

Bring along either binoculars or a monocular and a chair. Everyone is welcome.

Please contact Richard on 4095 5447 or 4095 4354 or email richard.hole@truesolutions.info . Website www.tolga.info/astronomy. Or Ian on 1300 843 759 or ian@nightskysecrets.com . Website

www.nightskysecrets.com.au or Facebook.

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