student wellbeing attitude is everything

Welcome to Yeronga!9 February 2021

Gavin BrycePrincipal

Matt RoweP&C President

Who we are…

Di GoodisonDeputy Principal (Junior Secondary)

3249 1421

dgood108@eq.edu.au

Who we are…

2020 in reviewQuality Pathways to Success

Junior Secondary Enrolments

Year 7 Year 8 Year 92018 (day 8) 108 103 101

2019 (day 8) 115 120 112

2020 (day 8) 105 117 126

2021 (day 8) 131 115 127

Primary School #

Yeronga 34

Junction Park 17

Moorooka 15

Salisbury 6

Acacia Ridge 6

Durack SS 7

Other state schools 38

Home schooling 2

Independent schools 6

Your class of 2026……is made up of 131 students

…has 8 students who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

…come from 39 different primary schools

…60% identify as male (79) and 40% female (52)

Country of Birth #

Afghanistan 4

Australia 88

Bhutan 1

Brazil 1

Burundi 2

England 2

Eritrea 8

Ethiopia 1

Guinea 1

India 4

Indonesia 2

Iran 2

Country of Birth #

Kenya 5

Malawi 1

Malaysia 1

New Zealand 1

Pakistan 1

Phillipines 1

Rwanda 1

Solomon Islands 1

Somalia 1

Sudan 1

Switzerland 1

…were born in 23 different countries

…speak more than 23 languages!

• Acholi

• Amharic

• Arabic

• Dari

• English

• French

• Greek

• Hazaraghi

• Indonesian

• Japanese

• Kinyarwanda

• Kirundi

• Malayalam

• Mandarin

• Persian

• Portuguese

• Punjabi

• Serbian

• Somali

• Swahili

• Tamil

• Tigrinya

• Vietnamese

This is your class of 2026…

Imogen RothwellDean of Students (Junior Secondary)

3249 1480

iroth4@eq.edu.au

Student Wellbeing

Engage, Connect, Challenge, EmpowerPromoting a Growth Mindset in young people

ENGAGE• With their education• Embrace new skills and content• Focus on feedback and improvement of learning

processes and learning from mistakes

EMPOWER• Provide individual and collect opportunities that

empower growth and change• Embrace difficulties and challenges as

opportunities for improvement of self, others and the world

CONNECT• With their peers, teachers and community• Get involved in all aspects of the school

CHALLENGE• To reach their highest potential as an individual

and a group• To strive to be the best school we can be whilst

ensuring we focus on each unique individual

“Words are our most inexhaustible source of

magic.”J.K. Rowling

And when they face difficulties…

Communication (with each other,

with you, with their teachers)

Resilience is key…

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose

to become.”Carl Gustav Jung

Junior Secondary Curriculum

• Core Subjects – English + History, Maths + Science

• Philosophy – 21st Century Thinking

• Digiminds

• HPE/ Elective – FAM (Film + Media), Drama, Music

• Chinese OR ACL/ACN (Literacy and Numeracy intervention and extension)

“What is your goal this week?”

“What mistake did you make that taught

you something?

“What did you try hard at today?”

Did anything challenging

happen today?

“What did you learn today?”

“Did anything put you out of your comfort

zone today? How did you cope with that?"

Sport – Term 1

• Basketball• Tennis (girls)• Volleyball (boys)• Touch football

Cross Country – Week 8Gala Day – Week 10Athletics – Term 2

District notices@ O Block

• Performing Arts• Debating• Volleyball• Badminton• Futsal• Music

Y-Clubs

Coming up...

Assessment calendars (year level/individual) - Week 3

School Photos – Thursday Week 3

Mini House Cup – Week 5

Science Excursion – Week 6

Immunizations HPV1 & BOOSTRIX – Week 8

Gala Day – Week 10

Reports e-mailed home – Week 10

Yeronga Celebrates 60 Years and Community Open Day

Sunday Week 7

Parent/teacher interviewsWeek 3

NAPLANWeek 5

Term 2 Key Events

Laptop expectations• Charged overnight, every night

• Bring every day

• Homework is often on the device

• Please follow the broken device process (library)

• How-to guides for parents on website soon

Student Planners• Students expected to bring and use it every day

• Timetable is at the front

• Homework and assessment should be recorded in planner

• Uniform and absence notes, messages to/from teachers

Opportunities to Fly...

Upper 2 Bands Maths Project

Accelerated Numeracy (ACN)

Program

Philosophy –critical and

global thinkers

Accelerated Literacy (ACL)

Program

STEM Initiative –Invitational

Program

Advanced Manufacturing

TRACTION (bike building)

Streetwise (martial arts)

Rocket (rock-climbing +

growth mindset)

Opera QLDCreative

Generation

Musical Production

(Term 3)

Debating Music ExtensionPerforming Arts

Club

Jess CorsbieYear 7 Coordinator

3249 1486

jxcor3@eq.edu.au

Year 7 Care

Year 7 Camp –Connect, Challenge, Collaborate

• Nov 3-5 (Wednesday to Friday) at Mapleton in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, run by Queensland Conference and Camping Centres.

• Focus on building connections with peers in activities that require creativity and collaboration.

• Activities such as abseiling, canoeing, archery, orienteering and more – all professionally supervised by experienced organisers.

• Feedback from 2019 cohort was extremely positive. Lots of new friendships built

• Approx. $250 – 300 (can be paid off in advance through additional payments during year)

Arts Opportunities

Wednesdays - Performing Arts ClubMondays – Music Rehearsals

Petrina ZagamiHead of Department – English3249 1433pzaga1@eq.edu.au

Holly Haswell-Smith

Literacy Coach

hhasw1@eq.edu.au

Literacy and English@ Yeronga

• Make reading visible and accessible

• Share books on a daily basis

• Boys need to see that reading is valuable to them

• Converse about books

• Make time for reading

• Explain the meaning of new words

• Use graphic novels and popular fiction (e.g. Marvel, movies) as an entry or re-entry point for reluctant readers.

• Read anything, read about anything!

Ben HabermehlHead of Department (Maths)

3249 1455

bhabe6@eq.edu.au

Numeracy + Maths @ Yeronga

Vlasta BirosNumeracy Coach

vbiro1@eq.edu.au

“Numeracy is a life skill. Being numerate goes beyond simply 'doing sums'; it means having the confidence and competence to use numbers and

think mathematically in everyday life.”

Susan GilchristHead of Department (I.T.)

3249 1453

sgilc10@eq.edu.au

I.C.T. and Resources @ Yeronga

Teaching & LearningManuj GokulDean (Pedagogy & Performance)mgoku1@eq.edu.au

Science + HPE

Steve SmithHOD (Science/HPE)ssmit490@eq.edu.au

Thank you!Enjoy the BBQ!