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26 June 202026 June 2020

Principal’s ReportIt is my pleasure to announce that Mr GlenRobinson has been officially appointed tothe role of Principal at Urangan State HighSchool. We congratulate him on thisposition and thank him for all the work thathe has done for Beerwah State High Schoolduring his time here from the start of 2016.For our new principal, the department will

run a process and the new position will be filled at some stageduring Term 3. Whilst this is happening, I have been asked tocontinue in the role as Acting Principal. I also congratulate MsHellen Nolan on her permanent appointment as BusinessManager at the new primary school opening in Palmview in2021.

This term is finally coming to a close and it is incredible tothink what we, as a school, have accomplished during this time.Staff have had to adapt and work with students learning online;combine face to face and online learning as the Year Elevenand Twelve students returned; and then cater to all studentsreturning to the classroom for the final 5 weeks. I thank themfor their hard work and diligence in ensuring that students wereable to transition back to school as smoothly as possible.

For Term 3, we look forward to moving further back to thenormal ways in school. As restrictions are slowly easing weare able to reintroduce some of our usual events. We will beable to start Year Level parades, excursions to some venues,participation in organised sports, inviting parents to specialevents, and CEEP days will resume, as long as COVID-19control measures are followed.

Student Leaders

Over the last week we have been completing the process toselect our new leaders for 2020-2021. Every student is to becommended on the way they have conducted themselves, andtheir parents and they should be proud of this. I am pleased toannounce that our new leaders for the next term are:

Senior Leaders

Senior School Captains: KeiarnaBrooks

CappiOsborne

Senior SchoolVice-Captains:

Hailee Eley KirbyPayton

Senior Indigenous SchoolCaptain:

TristainGilbert

Dance Captains: BrookeFerguson

GeorgiaLister

Senior Student CouncilPresident:

Ella Ukkola

Senior House Captains:

Miketeebumulgrai Emily Poole LennyWainwright

Ngungun RuojzharnaRichardson

Callum Byford

Tunbubudla Miekayla Hando Amelia Munns

Tibberowuccum Jana Newlove Dallas Muller

Junior Leaders

Junior SchoolCaptains:

MaceySearle

AnastasiaMaher

Junior Vice Captains: AmeliaJones

AnthonySabater

Junior House Captains:

Miketeebumulgrai Sharla Aitchison

Ngungun Tabitha Little

Tunbubudla Tahlia Hetaraka

Tibberowuccum Zacharie Flood Skye Turnbull

Junior StudentCouncillor:

AshleeTemple

SophieJohnston

We will be looking to hold our Student Investiture Ceremony onFriday 31 July, in line with the latest COVID-19 restrictions.

Student Resource Scheme and Subject Fees

We will be sending out the latest financial statements to familiesover the holiday period and I thank those that have made theeffort to pay or ensure payment plans are in place. A reminderthat usually at this time of the year all Student ResourceScheme and subject fee payments have been made in full.Those wishing to arrange payment can contact the school andspeak to our Accounts Receivable Officer.

CEEP – Coalition Education Enrichment ProgramPostponed

It was with regret that we had to postpone our first CEEPday for the year, where the future students from our feederschool have the opportunity to come and participate in variousactivities at high school. I am pleased to announce that we arenow able to hold our planned CEEP day on August 20 and lookforward to having students from our feeder school participate inthe program.

Academic Reporting

Semester One report cards will now be emailed out to familiesafter the holidays. With the many disruptions that occurredthis term and timelines around assessment, we, as a school,decided to maximise our learning time. Therefore, we havechosen to hold off until after the holidays to finalise reporting.We will then work out a process for parents to contact staff ifany queries about results are of concern.

As I have mentioned before, please do not hesitate to contactthe school if there is anything that we may be able to do tosupport your child during these times. I wish all students a safeand enjoyable mid-year break and to my staff a well-deservedbreak after a very different time in our profession. I look forwardto the start of Term 3 to continue working with everyone inmaking Beerwah SHS the great place that it is.

Wayne LancasterActing Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report

Junior Secondary – CEEP & Yr7Enrolments for 2021

CEEP – Coalition EducationEnrichment Program

Beerwah State High School has invited ourfeeder primary school students to attendour Coalition Education Enrichment

Program (CEEP) classes again this year. We have just over 100primary school students attending for the day on 20 August2020. The students are divided into several subject areas –Athletics, The ARTS, Science, Design Technology (Food),Design Technology (Industrial) and Exploring Robotics. We lookforward to meeting everyone on the day.

Enrolments for Year 7 2021

Enrolments will be open on the Beerwah State High Schoolwebsite from Monday, 13 July 2020. Over the last two weeks,primary schools have received the application packs for allYear Six students to take home. Applications for the AthleticsExtension Program, Pinnacle Class Academic Program andAcademic/Sporting/Cultural Excellence Scholarships will alsobe available on the website from Monday, 20 July 2020.

To enrol your student, you are invited to our Year Sevenenrolment interviews that will be held in the Beerwah StateHigh School Resource Centre. The enrolment pack must besubmitted to the school office prior to your enrolmentappointment.

These interviews will be with a Deputy Principal or the Head ofYear (HOY) for Year Seven and will cover important informationrelated to Beerwah State High School to ensure your studenttransitions successfully into high school. You will be able to askany questions you may have, at this appointment.

Prospective students and a maximum of two parents/carers willbe offered group enrolment opportunities on 30 July, 4 August,13 August and the 18 August. These will run from 3:15pm to3:45pm and 3:45pm to 4:25pm. Please call the Beerwah StateHigh School office on 07 5436 5333 to book an appointment.

To attend one of these interviews the application pack must bereturned by:

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you here at BeerwahState High School.

School Opinion Survey

As advised by State Schools Division, the department isconducting shorter, sharper School Opinion Surveys (SOS) this

• For interviews on 30 July, pack to be returned by 22July

• For interviews on 4 August, pack to be returned by27 July

• For interviews on 13 August, pack to be returned by5 August

• For interviews on 18 August, pack to be returned by10 August

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year for students, staff and parents. The surveys will comprise ashort number of questions about learning arrangements in Term2, as well as a small number of the regular SOS questions thatmore broadly reflect the entire year.

We really value your feedback as it helps us to improve ourway of working and celebrate any successes along the way. Weknow that this year has been an interesting one and we wouldlove to hear what our community thinks with regard to the waywe went about our on line learning platforms.

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

Sam BurchallDeputy Principal

Teaching and Learning

Numeracy Update

One skill that students will come across in avariety of their subjects and potential futurecareers is ratios. The application of ratios isuseful in many facets of life from mixing upthe perfect cement combination inconstruction to calculating chemicalreaction in chemistry.

A lot of key numeracy skills rely on students knowing theirmultiplication facts. It is essential for students to understandthe foundational skills that numeracy is built upon to ensuresuccess in applying mathematical concepts to everydaysituations in a variety of contexts.

Numeracy Puzzle

(www.mashupmaths.com, 2017)

Maths Tutoring

Maths tutoring recommenced Term 2, week 7. Maths tutoringwill continue to be offered to students in Term 3, Tuesdayafternoons from 3:00 to 4:00 pm, in the Resource Centre.Students are asked to bring maths work that they would like togo over. There are textbooks in the library for all year levels forstudent reference.

Kayla MonkNumeracy Coach

The Arts

Dance Students Honoured

Great news!

In April, our two dance captains, Ashley andGabby, auditioned online for Brent Street inSydney. This is Australia’s leadingPerforming Arts Training Centre andproduces some of the industry’s top

performers.

We are so excited to announce that they have both beenaccepted for 2021! Gabby has been accepted into thePerforming Arts strand and Ashley into Contemporary. This isamazing news!!

Beerwah State High School and Beerwah Dance Companyare very proud of both students! Over the years, they haveinspired so many young dancers to achieve their goals, andhave definitely put in the hard work, blood, sweat and tears toachieve their own goals.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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Jess RossbergHead of Department

Communications

Student Short-Listed in PoetryCompetition

Early this term, Year Ten student Maggiedecided to enter her poem, “First Day Backat School,” in the 2020 Schools Poetry &Short Story Writing Competition.

First Day Back at School

As the books go into the bagI don’t want to go to school it’s a drag

I hear the books land on my deskI wish on my laptop there was an Autodesk

I need to eat before I am beatLuckily for lunch I have got some meat

Once it becomes lunch, I rush to my friendsI know when I am with them dreams never end

Now before the day endsI need to first bend

Now I must go to mathThen I can go home and have a bath

I finally finish school and hop on the busI ran very quickly and did not make a fuss

I was back at home safe and soundNow my head is spinning around and round

There was no theme so entrants were encouraged to let theirimaginations run wild and write on any topic, in any style.Maggie said she had no particular inspiration for her poem, shejust wrote what she felt at the time.

Maggie’s English teacher, Kylie Brown, said she was“pleasantly surprised when she told me about entering thecompetition as she was quite shy about it and then I gaveher a huge congratulations and praised her for entering the

competition and wished her luck with the finals. She is a lovelygirl so it was nice to see her so proud of her efforts.”

Poems and short stories entered into the competition will beconsidered for inclusion into the 2020 Write4fun anthology.First, second and third place prize winners will receive acomplimentary copy of the book.

Kylie BrownSenior Teacher

Health and Physical Education

Cross Country Challenge

After the cancellation of our school crosscountry due to coronavirus restrictions, achallenge was set to students to see whichhouse could track the most kilometresusing a fitness tracker or smartphone appover a three-week period. Many studentstook part in this challenge and some are

now hooked on tracking their walks and runs, and challengingthemselves to be physically active.

Our top two students were Breanne, who tracked 54.4kmfor Tububudla, and Gabby, who tracked 33.3km forMiketeebumulgrai.

Will this be enough to put one of these houses in first place?Totals for each house have now been calculated and thewinning house will be announced on the next parade.

Run the Corridors

Run the Corridors took on a new look this year, again inresponse to coronavirus restrictions.

Usually the entire school would watch on as four athletes fromeach age group raced through our school walkways over agruelling 500m course. This year the races took place on theoval with very little crowd support. This did not stop our athletesfrom performing to the best of their ability in this challengingevent, which requires participants to strike a fine balancebetween speed and energy conservation.

Congratulations to our winners:

Junior: Dan Emilia

Intermediate: Jack Amali

Senior: Angus Ruojzharna

Coming Up

Stay tuned to our school Facebook page in Term 3 for furthersports updates including results from our Year 12 HouseDodgeball Championship and the school OzTag competition.

Belinda KerrHPE Teacher

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HumanitiesOn Tuesday, 23 June, students in MissPatching’s Year Eight History class weregiven the opportunity to participate in aMesoamerican feast as a fun way to wrapup a unit about the Spanish conquest of theAmericas.

Students had spent six weeks learningabout the civilizations that lived in the

Americas before the Spanish conquest, and the events of theSpanish conquest. On the menu were tortillas and an Aztecversion of chilli con carne. The chilli con carne recipe specificallyused vegetables, herbs and spices that the Aztecs would havehad access to (or appropriate substitutes in cases whereauthentic ingredients could not be sourced). The meal was alsovegetarian, as most Aztecs peasants had a predominantlyvegetarian diet, due to the lack of available protein fromanimals.

The students enjoyed the lesson, even if they did not enjoy thefood.

Year Eight student, Indyanna stated, “I was not a fan of thefood! I’m glad I am not an Aztec peasant!” Cooper was a muchmore positive critic, stating that, “The food was good, it tastedexactly the same as something with meat in it, although it didn’thave meat in it.” Alex claimed, “It was good to eat somethingwe have been learning about.” At the end of the day, it was allabout the learning, which Eli summed up nicely with his remark,“It was a fun lesson and I learned loads!”

Industrial TechnologyBeerwah State High School’s Building andConstruction classes have been enjoyingthe practical side of their subjects.

Students have been consolidating the skillsthey have learned this semester and arebuilding aspects of a house such as floors,frames, walls and a roof. Each step in theprocess has given the students a taste of

different trades, such as carpentry, plastering and brick laying.

Year 12 Building and ConstructionYear 12 Building and Construction

Scott ForrestITD Teacher

Student Services

Motiv8 Program

Our 2020, Semester One Motiv8 Studentshave created a series of awesome mosaicsto be displayed around Beerwah State HighSchool. This community project made thestudents proud to belong to such aninclusive school. Well Done, Motiv8Students!

Lyn Schloss"Motiv8" Program Co-ordinator

Education Services

Career Afternoon 18 June 2020

We enjoyed a great afternoon with parentsof Year Ten students from EducationServices who attended an informationsession with presenters providingknowledge related to future careerpathways in various trades, occupationsand school-based traineeships.

Disability employment providers, Mylestones and JoblifeEmployment, exchanged interesting points to assist the parentsand students to reflect upon future job seeking skills requiredand the process to achieve their required goal. NationalDisability Information Scheme (NDIS) information was given tothose parents who have not yet registered to participate incommunity services and reach their goals which will includetheir pathway to work.

We thank representatives - Kim, Rachel and Matt - for their timeand effort engaging our students and families in their services.

Suzanne TennisonSpecial Education Services

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From the Office

2020 Student Resource Schemeand Subject Fees

We understand that, in this currenteconomic climate, some families arestruggling and that payment of school feesmay not always be a priority. The date forpayment of the Student Resource Scheme(SRS) and subject levies has now passed. It

is very important for these fees to be paid in full to ensure thatstudents have full access to all the consumable materials theyrequire to effectively engage in the best learning activities in theirchosen subjects, or a payment plan is put in place for yourstudent.

Earlier this term, statements were sent out via both email andto your postal addresses. If you have not received a statementand would like to request a copy, please contact AccountsReceivable (Linda Alberts) on 5436 5304.

If you are having difficulties in making payment in full for yourstudent’s SRS or subject fees, we are happy to organise apayment plan for the outstanding account. This can be donevia BPOINT (automatic direct debit payments) or Centrepay(funds are automatically taken from your Centerlink paymentand deposited into the school account)

I would also like to take this opportunity to remind parents/carers that, until school fees are paid in full, students are unableto attend any school excursions or extra-curricular events (evenif you are prepared to pay for the event).

Thank you to those families who have made payment in fullor contacted the school to organise a payment plan for theirstudents' school fees.

If you have any queries regarding your account, or if you feelyou may have difficulty in making payment in full and would liketo organise a payment plan, please contact the AdministrationOffice on 5436 5333 to schedule an appointment with theDeputy Principal of your student’s year level.

Do we have your current contact details?

There are times when we may need to get in touch with you.Do we have your current contact details?

If not, please contact the school on 5436 5333, or registerwith QParents, so we can update our records. These detailsinclude your name, address, phone numbers, email addressand emergency contact details. Please remember to let theschool know if any of these details change.

Office Opening Hours

There has been a recent change to our office opening hours.Please be aware that our office is now open from 8:00am to3.30pm each day. Any phone calls outside these opening hourswill be sent through to our voicemail system for you to leave adetailed message.

Hellen NolenBusiness Manager

Uniform Shop

Parents and Citizens Association

Who is the Parents and CitizensAssociation?

The Beerwah State High School Parentsand Citizens Association (P&C) is adedicated group of parents and citizenswho contribute to building our schoolcommunity in a number of ways, includingconsulting on school policy, managing the

Tuckshop and Uniform Shop, and fundraising.

http://pandcsqld.com.au/documents/2017/07/pc-member-brochure-june-2017.pdf/

P&C Meeting

The next general meeting of the Parents and CitizensAssociation will be held on Tuesday 11 August, 6:00pm, in theResource Centre to allow for social distancing.

All enquiries, suggestions and agenda items can be emailed to:pandc@beerwahshs.eq.edu.au

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