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This newsletter comes at the end of a very busy, very different Term 2. I would like to congratu-late all members of our community (students, staff and families) for your flexibility and resili-ence during the home-based learning period.

As a school we were so relieved to be teaching again in a face-to-face environment. The connec-tion with our students is what we love and watching our Year 11 and Year 12 students walk through the gates on Monday 11th May and all other year levels on Monday 25th May were very special days.

As a learning community, Deception Bay State High School maintains high expectations around student attend-ance. We all understand the disruption to learning and the decline of attendance during Term 2 however, the comparative data below from Term 1, Week 1-7 and Term 2, Week 6-8 proves that we need to lift our commitment to attend school every day in Term 3.

Why does school attendance matter? Regular school attendance gives students a better chance at life. Students achieve better when they attend all day, every school day because:

they have increased access to learning opportunities

they maintain friendships

they stay connected to the curriculum progression

they develop self-efficacy as a learner

they have better long-term life outcomes.

Optimising learning time for our senior students was one of our key priorities, and we have successfully regained almost a week of lost face-to-face time with learning in Sport (Wednesday Period 4) and Recharge (Friday Period 4). The commitment from our teachers and our students during this time has been exceptional. You have all shown cooperation and ‘collective responsibility’.

‘Beautiful Work’ has been seen every day in our Hospitality kitchens over the last few weeks, with staff and stu-dents working together to complete work placement hours scheduled during the lockdown. The Hospitality have provided 3 breakfast services, 3 lunch services and 1 high tea per week. The standard of service and quality of food has been exceptional, and as you can see the Chicken Schnitzel Burger was a personal favourite. ‘Beautiful Work’ Hospitality!

Term 1 (W1-7) Term 2 (W6-8)

Whole of School 86.2% 82%

Year 7 92.7% 87%

Year 8 85.3% 83%

Year 9 84.4% 78%

Year 10 83.5% 79%

Year 11 82.9% 81%

Year 12 89.6% 84%

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At the best of times, I find it difficult to farewell staff and the current climate has made this even more challenging. Our school community farewells 3 of our longest serving staff members, Ursula Dux, Di Carey and Carolyn Stretton. You will all be missed and we thank you for your dedicated service.

On a personal note I would like to thank Ursula. Over my time as Deputy Principal and Principal, Ursula was a trusted colleague. Ursula, your commitment to our school, our students and our staff was unwavering. Thank you for your service and your support.

Ursula Dux - Commenced 25-10-1994 Dianne Carey - Commenced 26-08-1998 Carolyn Stretton - Commenced 08-09-1992

I thank all members of our school community for your support over the term and wish you all a happy and safe holiday. Kyrra Mickelborough School Principal


Darrell Crimson Deputy Principal Positive Education

Year 9 and 11

Janelle Leslie Deputy Principal Learning

Year 8

Kate Allen Deputy Principal Inclusion

Year 7

Dominic Pearce Deputy Principal Pathways

Year 10 and 12

Deputy Principal Report

ARTIE - Drivers Licence Program.

As a reward for 90% or more attendance in term 1, senior students in Years

10 – 12 have been enrolled in the ARTIE Drivers Licence program. Students

in year 10 as they start turning 16 will be signed up. This program has been

sponsored by RACQ and assists students to get their Learners and P

licences by providing driving lessons. It is a great initiative and one that our

students are very keen to attain.

Parents and caregivers are invited to participate in this year’s School Opinion Survey and share your thoughts about schooling during the COVID-19 lockdown. The survey also gives parents the opportunity to provide feedback about our school in general. Participation in the survey is anonymous and you are encouraged to take this opportunity to have your say. The survey form has been designed so that it can be easily completed on a computer or smartphone. The online survey will be available until Friday, 17 July 2020, and should take less than five minutes to complete. To access the survey, please type the address below into your web browser:

Parent survey – https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/form/Parents-HaveYourSay

If you have already seen this notice on our school Facebook page and completed the survey, thank-you for your participation.

School Opinion Survey

https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/form/Parents-HaveYourSay

https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/form/Parents-HaveYourSay


Deputy Principal Report

National Sorry Day & Reconciliation Week

National Sorry Day was commemorated by reading personal accounts of people of the Stolen Generation published in the Bringing Them Home Report and the launch of the Sea of Hands project. The ceremony was lead by Year 11 QATSIF Scholarship recipients Breanna Norman and Shakira Lawton. Each LFL class was invited to make a hand to add to the Sea of Hands and the number of hands grew from 70 at the start of lunch to over 300 by the end of lunch. Many of these hands had messages written on them from student about how they felt about the Stolen Generations and what they hope for in the future about reconciliation. Many thanks to ARTIE for running the BBQ after the ceremony.

Reconciliation Week theme this year was In This Together, with the message for reconciliation to happen requires everyone to be involved. Reconciliation Week starts and ends every year on the anniversary of two significant dates in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait calendar. May 27 marks the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum where 90% of the population voted for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be counted in the census and given the same benefits as all Australians to Federal policies such as Education. As part of Reconciliation Week our school took part in a national event where we screened a documentary called In My Blood It Runs. The documentary featured a 10 year old boy in Alice Springs and highlights some of the prejudices within the curriculum and how difficult it is for some students as they try to juggle traditional cultural learning and language, while they try to fit into the western schooling system.

The last day of Reconciliation Week was June 3, Mabo Day. This year marked the 28th anniversary of

the High Court decision that overruled the notion of Australia being Terra Nullius, land belonging to

no one and therefore Australia was claimed as belonging to the Crown. Eddie Koiki Mabo won a

landmark case against the Queensland Government that established that the people of Mer Island

(Murray Island in the Torres Strait) had continuous links with the land and waters of Mer and had

land passed down through generations therefore it belonged to the people of Mer and not the

Crown. This was start of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people claiming back traditional lands

of their ancestors from the Crown.


This term was one of the toughest one faced by our junior students. In our period of home-based learning all of our teaching staff went above and beyond in contacting all students regularly to check-in about curriculum and their wellbeing. Our families were also very supportive towards learning and encouraged their young learners to try their hardest and to persist. While this time was challenging, our students picked up valuable skills such as emailing teachers, leveraging the digital to engage in deep learning and teaching siblings.

When years 7, 8 and 9 students returned, our positive team of Year Level Leaders set to work re-establishing high expectations. Rebuilding supportive relationships between staff and students, as well as peer-to-peer was also a high priority. Year 7 Leader Mrs Mcleod-Correlje put her time into encouraging every student back and assisting families who needed extra support to re-engage their learners. Mrs Cavanagh, our Year 8 leader flourished in her e-learning skills and set the goal for every student to be able to access online documents and email their teachers in a formal setting. While I have received a LOT of emails asking me what my favourite colour is, what I had for dinner and even what my favourite Pokémon is, I am enjoying seeing the results from her strategies. Belonging was the key focus on Mrs Salmucci’s lens. Holding a digital parade, she gifted every year 9 student a wristband with ‘Glorious’ embedded. This is a call back to the song by Macklemore which encourages students to persevere through the rough times and see the goal at the end.

My task for our return to school has been to have every junior class

participating in a circle time activity. This is shown to improve belonging and

is a strong connection to indigenous practices going back thousands of years.

Another goal we have been achieving has been students taking the character

strength survey. It has been a real pleasure walking around and hearing students talk about the

character strengths which energise them to achieve their goals. Of course I hope the next term is

definitely a more stable one, but I can’t help but be proud of the resilience of our entire school

community, inclusive of staff, students and families. Hats off to you all!

Junior Secondary News


Visual Arts & Media Year 11 Visual Arts in Practice students have been studying digital photography this term and have

taken some great photos. These will hopefully be on display around the school early next term for

students and staff to enjoy.

Media students have enjoyed the new Media Editing suites that have come online earlier this term. In

addition to the new computers and learning all the tools in Premier Pro, the new green screen has been

used by students in their productions. Keep up the beautiful work, and we look forward to seeing these

productions next term.

Also some very imaginative Monster Mashes have been created by Yr 7 Art students since returning to

school. Great work Year 7.


Our Certificate I in Construction, Certificate II in Plumbing and Certificate II in Automotive students have been

working hard to develop pathways and skills for life beyond school. During the final 3 weeks of online learning,

students in years 10-12 attended industry-related workshop days at the Careers Employment Australia and

WYNMET workshop in Petrie. This was an excellent opportunity for our students to get some hands-on trade

skills. All of our students represented Deception Bay State High School with pride. It is excellent to see our

thriving learners in action!

Junior

Sport has kicked back off for 2020. Our year 7 – 9 boys and girls have been participating in school-based recreational sport. The junior students represented Bradman, Cawley, Elliott and Gould respectively to earn House points while participating in Volleyball, Touch Football, Basketball and Soccer. We look forward to our Senior Students re-engaging back into sport in term 3 and providing all students with the opportunity to represent their Houses in the school Cross-Country and track and field events.

VET Pathways in Action

Junior Sport


Beyond the Broncos Workshop

Deception Bay High School had the fabulous team from Beyond the Broncos Girls Academy run the term 2 workshop along with a special guest, Matt Gillett. It was a great workshop with positive and powerful messages about well-being and tips to put into everyday life such as being physical, showing gratitude, connecting with people, doing things for others. These tips help develop and maintain a state of well-being.

Broncos greats Scott Prince and Matt Gillett spoke about their professional challenges and setbacks that they experienced in their football careers, and being resilient to be able to cope, learn and grow from these experiences. Video messages from current Broncos players including Alex Glenn told the students how they had coped with COVID-19 lockdown. They also detailed some of the positive things that had come out of the situation - many said that they practiced gratitude by writing down or thinking of 3 things everyday that they were thankful for in their lives. This encouraged them to focus on the positive benefits of spending time with their families.

Matt Gillett spoke about the last 2 years of his sporting career with major setbacks and how he coped with not being able to play football due to injuries to his neck, calf muscles and to his shoulder reconstruction. Matt highlighted the importance of asking for help, that this is not a sign of weakness as we all need help at times in our lives and not to be afraid to ask for help when you need it. He also encouraged the girls to surround themselves with good people who will support them 100%.

Many thanks to Ali Briggenshaw, Justin Hodges, Matt Gillett and Scott Prince for your time and for working with our students and presenting a Deadly workshop.


QUT Student with Potential Awards

Each year students in Years 10 to 12 who demonstrate their potential through their dedication to their studies are recognised through the QUT Student with Potential Awards. These students do not have to be committed to studying after school – it is all about committing to success with learning now and demonstrating our school value of aspiration. Each year nominees receive a $100 Westfield voucher to spend as they wish.

This year we have 30 senior students who were recognised with this award. From Year 10 they were: Courtney McInerney, Cali Tupavae, Jordan Firkin, Jaimee Pattie, Troy Pitt, Ben Navarro, Matthew Young, Lynden Schafer, Elyjah Deshong, Fury Coulston-Walker

Year 11 nominees included: Imogen Boyce, Afioga Aloiai, Rory Chester, Katelynn Mathewson, Holly Membrey, Jayden Ochse, Caeleb Pope, Tala Salu, Michael Segi, Perenise Talanai

The Year 12 students nominated were: Tearna Selby, Jett Kratzmann, Aimee Leishmann, Ely Jahjah, Amy Cargill, Jordan Davie, Sam Sowden, Francesca Tufuga, Makayla Tu’uga, Katrina Gibson.

Congratulations to each of the students who have been recognised for their commitment. It is wonderful

to celebrate each of you for your dedication to your studies.


Year 11 Hospitality

Unfortunately due to Covid 19 our year 11 Hospitality students were unable to attend industry work placement in term 2. Despite this, the amazing Hospitality teachers and students have shown great dedication and hard work over the past 3 weeks to hold 4 functions per week to enable students to complete their work placement requirements by providing delicious lunches across the school to staff. Students created some beautiful dishes, with a variety of pastas, sandwiches, soups and a decadent high tea arrangement. Well done to all involved.

Pathways Opportunities

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Contact Details:

Street Address: Deception Bay State High School Cnr Phillip Pde and Government St Deception Bay QLD 4508

Postal address: Deception Bay State High School PO Box 92 Deception Bay QLD 4508 Telephone (07) 3897 2222 Facsimile (07) 3897 2200 Email: [email protected] Website: www.decebayshs.eq.edu.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeceptionBaySHS/ OFFICE HOURS 8.00 AM TO 3.30 PM week days Advertising & Marketing: Candice Hickman- [email protected]

Important Dates Term 3

Stay tuned to our Facebook page for upcoming events.

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UNIFORM SHOP

Opening Hours: 8am to 9am week days

Uniform Price List

Polo shirt $45.00 Hat $12.50

Shorts $32.00 Senior Jersey $85.00

Girls blouse $35.00 Microfibre jacket $52.00

Skirt $40.00 Boys tie $23.00

Girls tie $10.00 Boys shirt $35.00

HEADS OF DEPARTMENT

Senior Schooling Melissa Fennell [email protected]

Senior Schooling VET Denise Peereboom [email protected]

Performing Arts Chantelle Steel [email protected]

Mathematics Grant Dale [email protected]

Science & STEM Miriam Pearce [email protected]

English/LOTE Chrystal Armitage [email protected]

Social Justice Tiffany Opacic [email protected]

Humanities Danica Kelly [email protected]

AIMS Pam Athiende

Lucinda Allett

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HPE/ Hospitality Brendan Forbes [email protected]

Junior Secondary Ben Banks [email protected]

Diversity Jonathan Stuart [email protected]

People & Planning Scott Herman [email protected]

Learning Support Tara Burtenshaw [email protected]

Visual Art & Inclusion Vicki Caruana [email protected]

YEAR LEVEL LEADERS

Year 7 Jocelyn Mcleod [email protected]

Year 8 Tegan Cavanagh [email protected]

Year 9 Tamarah McTainsh [email protected]

Year 10 Heatherbell Fenani [email protected]

Year 11 Chris Fletcher [email protected]

Year 12 Sarah Crone [email protected]

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