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NEWSLETTER

E S T A B L I S H E D 1 9 1 2 A P R O U D M E M B E R O F T H E

MOUN T

MORGAN

S T A T E

H I GH

S CHOO L

DATE: 23/02/2016

Hello Students, Parents, Carers, local Community members and Staff,

I wish to invite you to join QParents which will give you access to many online services for your son/daughter. The information on page 8 will give you the details of what you will be able to access.

Attendance is remaining higher than it was at the same time last year, however, it is falling slightly each week and at the end of week four total school attendance was 88.4% Thank you for reading this information and I look for-ward to meeting you throughout the year.

Regards, Trevor Rickertt - Principal

Swimming Carnival Wednesday 10 February saw the first of the carnivals for this year. We had our annual swimming carnival held at the newly renovated Mount Morgan Pool. With record high participants and great sunny weath-er, all those involved throughout the day had a fan-tastic time. There was some great swimming all round from all of our students. CONGRATULA-TIONS to Gordon House for taking out the Swimming Championship for 2016. I would like to thank all the staff for their commitment on this day, the parents for coming out to support the school and our students, and to the Mount Morgan Swimming Pool staff for letting us use this great facil-ity. See photos and list of Aged Champions on pages

4,5 and 6. I look forward to our next carnival, the Cross Country Carnival, which will take place early next Term. Rugby League This year has seen a record high number of boys signing up for the new Rugby League program. With over 40 boys expressing their interest has led to a fantastic outcome for our school. A new coach and a new motto of ‘fitter, faster, stronger, better’ has seen the boys being put through their paces early on. With breakfast being provided by the school and Mount Morgan Bakery almost all 40 boys have been to eve-ry training session thus far. I would like to thank the parents for supporting our students and I do hope this can continue. If you would like your student to participate in this great opportunity or would like fur-ther information regarding Rugby League, please contact Mr Blair Drabble at brdra0@eq.edu.au or call 4912 5555. For Your Information: Fitness training occurs Monday and Friday morning on the back oval. Wednesday 17 February was the first of many Super 9’s touch trial games to be held at the school to de-termine the skill level of the boys. Parents are welcome to come and watch on

Wednesday afternoon at the school.

Immunisations

The first round of immunisations will be held on 8 March 2016 for years 7 and 8. Please return Immun-isation forms to the school by Wednesday 24 Febru-ary for collection by hospital staff.

Dental Forms

Students in years 7-10 have been issued with Dental Forms. Please ensure that your student returns these forms to the office as soon as possible. Tuckshop If anyone would like to volunteer their time to help out on a roster basis at our school tuckshop, please con-tact Dianne at the school. Tuckshop runs very day for both lunches. Tuckshop menus are available from the tuckshop and on the Web and Facebook pages. The following stationery items are for sale at the

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Tuckshop: Calculators HB pencils Pens Safety glasses USBs

Uniform Policy 2016 Thank you to Parents and Caregivers for continuing to support your student and Mount Morgan SHS. After reviewing our Uniform Policy we would like to provide an update to you to ensure that everyone is aware of the requirements here at MMSHS.

All students are required to wear FULL uniforms at all times. This includes:

MMSHS Sports Polo Shirt

MMSHS Formal Shirt

Black Shorts or Black Pants- Please ensure that Shorts or Pants are the School Sports Shorts or a short/pant that is mid-thigh length without any logos or marking.

Full covered shoes

Hair tied back for people with hair that is longer then shoulder length

Piercings need to be clear and flat. No spread-ers or expanders.

Please note that students are not permitted to wear tights, jeans very short shorts, shorts with lace, pat-terns or logos. If you have any questions or concerns please check your students school diary or call 4912 5555.

Literacy Committee – Whole School Reading Focus 2016 Welcome back to what is going to be an exciting year for literacy at Mount Morgan State High School! This year our Literacy Committee (made up of teachers, Year Level Coordinators and Head of Departments) has a vision that involves YOU, the community, in helping to assist with our students’ literacy skills to improve educational outcomes within our school. Each newsletter will include a segment to keep you in the loop with what we as staff are doing around literacy in the school, what your students’ are doing and ideas of what you can do to help assist us with the whole school improvement. The Literacy Committee’s aim is to improve literacy skills (reading, writing, grammar, punctuation and spelling) across the whole school by developing re-sources and activities that engage and challenge stu-dents in all subject areas. To assist us in doing this, we conducted various testing in Week 1 of this term for all year levels to gauge where the students are in terms of their skills and abilities, and find the areas that we as a school need to improve on. These test-ings were conducted on the computer (Reading and comprehension testing) as well as in the form of a booklet (QAR – Question, Answer, Relationship read-ing technique). So watch this space every newsletter with the whole

school results of the testings as well as a more in-

depth look at the resources that are being used at

school to be discussed next newsletter!

M O U N T M O R G A N S TAT E H I G H S C H O O L

Term 1, 2016

Week 3 Year 7—Joshua Grange

Year 8—Teagan Seppings

Year 9—Raven Tattan-Dullahide

Year 10—Nakina Goltz

Year 11—Davin Plummer

Year 12—Cody Curtis

Week 4

Year 7—Anyarna Wilkes-Hayden

Year 8—Sussanah Whittingham

Year 9—Holli O’Sullivan

Year 10—Carla-Delle Wilkes-

Hayden

Year 11—Tara Hoani

Year 12—Annalise Cant

Week 2 Year 7—Emily Robinson

Year 8—Chloe Parker and

Nicholas Van Dreumel

Year 9—Celeste Elliott

Year 10—Brooke Whalley

Year 11—Ryhiannon Craven

Year 12—Zara Benjamin and

Jaiden Standen

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M O U N T M O R G A N S TAT E H I G H S C H O O L

Congratulations School Leaders

I would like to congratulate all

school leaders on their region-

al and school inductions in the

last two weeks! Mount Mor-

gan State High School is

proud to have all 19 leaders

representing us in the fields of

sporting, academia and cul-

ture. I wish all 19 students the

best in their leadership en-

deavours this year and I hope

they provide leadership whilst

also continuing to learn and

develop.

K Stanger—HoD

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S W I M M I N G C A R N I VA L

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Swimming Carnival Age Champions

12 years M 1st Jacobson Zephyr

12 years M 1st Ivey Jackson

12 years M 2nd Hoffman Joshua

12 years M 3rd Brown Cody

12 years F 1st Ireland Maheya

12 years F 2nd Whalley Brodie

12 years F 3rd Noonan Claire

13 years M 1st Leisha Kye-Juan

13 years M 2nd Grange Joshua

13 years M 3rd Hayden Latrell

13 years F 1st Hughes Willandra

13 years F 2nd Anderson Ulani

13 years F 3rd Bannah Sheryl

13 years F 3rd Seppings Tegan

14 years M 1st Oram Montell

14 years M 2nd Wilkes-Hayden Brayden

14 years M 3rd Catlin Bailey

14 years F 1st Spanner Kodi

14 years F 2nd Donald-Nord Mary-Rose

14 years F 3rd Hayden Sharika

15 years M 1st Hayden Shai

15 years M 2nd Toby Tyler

15 years M 3rd Masters Kodie

15 years F 1st Wilkes-Hayden Carla-Delle

15 years F 2nd Martin Keanna

15 years F 3rd Evans Shelby

16 years M 1st Campion Hayden

16 years M 2nd Turner John

16 years M 3rd Sharp Nicholas

16 years F 1st Mackay Maddison

16 years F 2nd Grange Jessica

16 years F 2nd Noonan Maddison

16 years F 3rd Parry Chloe

Opens M 1st Plummer Luke

Opens M 2nd Buckton Laine

Opens M 3rd Standen Jaiden

Opens F 1st Reid Taliah

Opens F 2nd Rankin Shona

Opens F 3rd Grant Takiah

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Immunisation at School…

Through a supportive joint enterprise between Health and Education, vaccinations are available to school stu-dents during their attendance at school. This is of great convenience for parents/carers, who do not then need to find time and funds to visit a General Practice Doctor.

Children receiving prescribed immunisations are far better equipped to stay healthy themselves, as well as protect others who come in contact with them.

For 2016, students in both Year 7 and Year 8 will receive Gardasil (protects against human papillomavirus), Varil-rix (protects against chickenpox), and Boostirix (protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough)).

Protection against these diseases is vitally important for several reasons.

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a common virus affecting both males and females. People who are infected may have no symptoms, but can still pass on the infection to others.

Chickenpox (varicella) is a highly contagious infection, and can be severe in adults, sometimes causing serious or even fatal complications. One in 5,000 people who catch chickenpox will develop a brain inflammation called

encephalitis, and three in 100,000 will die.

Key points to remember:-

Chickenpox is very easy to catch.

Chickenpox can be a fatal illness for people who have immune problems, for example those with a chronic medical condition such as HIV/AIDS or those undergoing treatment for severe asthma or cancer.

If a pregnant woman gets chickenpox during the first half of her pregnancy, there is a risk of malfor-mations (birth defects) in the baby.

Antibiotics will not cure chickenpox. Chickenpox is a virus and it cannot be treated with antibiotics.

Diphtheria is a serious communicable bacterial disease that causes severe inflammation of the nose, throat and windpipe (trachea). An abnormal membrane grows in the throat, which can lead to suffocation. Other complica-tions include paralysis and heart failure. Around 10 per cent of people exposed to diphtheria die from the disease.

Tetanus is a serious bacterial disease that causes muscle spasms and breathing problems, which can lead to:-

•suffocation

•respiratory failure

•pneumonia

•hypertension (high blood pressure)

•hypotension (low blood pressure)

•heart attack.

Pertussis (Whooping Cough) is an extremely contagious infection spread via coughing and sneezing, or contact with an infected person. It causes uncontrolled coughing and vomiting, which can last for several months and can be particularly dangerous for babies under the age of 12 months.

In a household where someone has whooping cough, an estimated 80-90% of the unimmunised contacts of that person will acquire the disease. Since whooping cough causes severe disease in the elderly, adults who are 65 years of age are recommended a single booster dose of dTpa if they haven’t received one already in the previous 10 years. About one in 200 infants under the age of six months who contract whooping cough will die from pneu-monia or brain damage.

So it is imperative that ALL eligible students receive their vaccinations, AND, it is so easy for this to hap-pen. Parents/carers only need to sign and return the permission forms which are distributed by the school to eligible students. Please! Sign and return these forms, and discuss with your youngster why it is so important for them to be immunised.

Further information about vaccinations is available from:-

http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/

http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/health/childrens-health-and-immunisation

http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/medicare/australian-childhood-immunisation-register

http://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/immunisation/index.html

Or call:- 13 43 25 84 You can download the FREE VacciDate app to get reminders when each vaccination is due and to keep rec-ords for every child in your family.

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CQ CAPRAS—SKILL DEVELOPMENT SESSION Today (23 February 2016) the Central Queensland Capras ran a skill development session at MMSHS on the oval be-tween 1:00pm and 2:00pm. All boys in the MMSHS Rugby League program attended this session.

On behalf of MMSHS we extend our gratitude towards the Capras for this fantastic opportunity.

Mr Blair Drabble (Sports Coordinator)

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Mount Morgan State High School was established in 1912 and is the oldest high school

in Queensland. In 2012 the school celebrated 100 years of educa-tion and still continues to serve the community of Mount Mor-

gan and its surrounding regions providing a quality education for each of its students.

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Community News:

MOUNT MORGAN

STATE HIGH SCHOOL 04 Central Street

PO Box 11

Mount Morgan Qld 4714

P | 07 4912 5555

F | 07 4912 5500 E | office@mtmorganshs.eq.edu.au

W | www.mtmorganshs.eq.edu.au

www.MMEdP.eq.edu.au

CENTRAL QLD ATHLETIC CLUB INC.

PRESIDENT: CAROLYN JOHNSON. PH. 0407 763 552.

SECRETARY: JANE CAMPBELL. PH. 0407 370 138.

TREASURER: ANNA KEEHN. PH. 0427 156 437.

P.O. Box 6559. Red Hill M/C. 4701.

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Sign-on Information: Central Qld Athletic Club will be holding their Sign-on at the

CQ Uni Oval on Friday 26th Feb. from 5.30p.m. for ages 4yrs to Masters.

Contact Carolyn Johnson on 0407763552.