Innisfail State College acknowledges the Mamu People, Tradi�onal Custodians of the country in which this College is located, and pays

respect to their Elders past and present and emerging.

Edi�on 6—2 May 2017

Junior Deba�ng team members Caitlin Watson, Lakhveer Kaur and Maninder Kaur travelled to

Cairns in March to take on Freshwater Chris�an College. ‘That Zoos should be abolished’ was the

focus and team ISC drew the nega�ve case, meaning they had to put aside personal opinions and

rise to the challenge – which they did with gusto. Though very narrowly defeated, all agreed that

the real prize was the experience.

Mrs Jackie McAnulty

Senior Teacher of English & Deba�ng Coach

Junior debating

Innisfail State College students Kyle (year 8) and Brodie (year 7) Mayocchi competed at a world level mar�al arts

compe��on in Abu Dhabi. The boys from Fusion Fight and Fitness Innisfail, are the current Australian Champions

not only in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but Muay Thai and Mixed Mar�al Arts.

Both boys achieved remarkable results with Kyle winning silver in his division and Brodie taking out the gold in

his. Kyle & Brodie have also been selected to represent Australia in August in a Muay Thai compe��on in

Bangkok.

World martial arts champions

ANZAC Ceremony

Councillors Mark Nolan, Ben Heath & Jeff Baines and

P&C President Les Moule were special guests at our

ANZAC Ceremony held on Friday 21 April 2017. This

year’s ceremony honoured indigenous soldier, Trooper

Harry Doyle.

Senior leaders also laid a wreath at the Innisfail

Cenotaph at the Dawn Service on Anzac Day and

addressed the RSL breakfast. Many ISC students

par�cipated in district marches as representa�ves of cadets, sports clubs, our college and of course in memory of family members who

have served.

Our sincere thanks to Mr Kym Marchant for his organisa�on and support and Ms Wayman together with our Instrumental Music students

for their contribu�ons, especially Paige Whatling.

Use your laptop at school, connected to our school system All students are invited to bring their laptops to school and join to our school network. When joining to our BYOX (Bring Your Own Device)

network, students will be able to access the internet (free of charge), print from their own computer, access the student curriculum drive

and access the student’s own individual documents on the school H drive. Minimum specs should be achievable in well-priced machines

with good warran�es from local computer sales businesses.

Minimum requirements for computers to join our BYOX are:

♦ Windows 8 or higher OR Mac OSX 10.6 or higher

♦ Intel i3 or higher processor

♦ 10 inches or more screen size

♦ 4GB RAM or higher

♦ 500GB hard drive or greater

♦ Wireless 802.1 or higher

Students are to collect agreement forms from Miss Ellen at Senior Student Services and are required to bring computers to school on their

nominated Friday for the joining process to be completed by our technicians.

Over the final week of term 1, our year 10 students par�cipated in work experience as part of their careers course. The careers chosen

by our students were varied, ranging from the trades to healthcare, veterinary, journalism, beauty and many more. Our suppor�ve local

businesses offered our students the opportunity to trial their career which was a wonderful learning experience for them. Some students

are even more enthusias�c to pursue their selected career, while others have come to the harsh realiza�on that their chosen job was

definitely not what they expected and not what they would like to do for the rest of their lives!

Work experience for year 10 students

Lasminton O’Brien at Diverse Learning Centre

Jaylee

Ketchell at

the Innisfail

Advocate

Imogen Weatherstone & Jeremy

Harper at the Innisfail Hospital Paige MacPherson at Paronella Park

Bonnie Long at South Johnstone

State School

Trae Masina at Innisfail Pro Motors

Innisfail State College

is extremely grateful to

the local business

community for

opening the doors of

your businesses and

taking �me to provide

this invaluable

opportunity for our

students to experience

working life in their

choice of future

careers.

Isabella Sharpe - a past ISC student

I am very excited to share with our college community a leKer I

received recently from the director of Interna�onal House, a college

located on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland. This

leKer was advising me that Isabella Sharpe, a graduate of ISC’s Class

of 2016, has been awarded a very pres�gious scholarship. I am sure

that our whole community will join with me in congratula�ng Isabella on this wonderful achievement. I look

forward to hearing more good news of our amazing graduates as they go on to achieve wonderful feats!

Kaitlene Mar'n at St John’s School

in Silkwood

Ma)hew Cavallaro at

Allan Sultana Construc'ons

“Dear Mrs MacDonald, It is with great pleasure that I inform you 2016 Innisfail State College senior, Ms Isabella Sharpe has been awarded the prestigious 2017 “Director’s Recommendation Scholarship” by International House Foundation Ltd. This Scholarship is competitive and based upon an evaluation of the applicant’s personal statement, academic performance, extracurricular and/or work activity, community and volunteer work and, personal recommendations from school principals or community leaders. The “Director’s Recommendation Scholarship” seeks to ensure the representation of residents at International House (IH) is well rounded in academic, leadership, community and professional development areas. The IH Scholarship selection panel was particularly impressed with Isabella’s submission, her clarity of expression, her level of commitment to volunteer and leadership roles in high school, and moving forward in her freshman university year her desire to make a difference in the area of social justice. Congratulations on schooling such a fine student with a holistic and balanced outlook on life. She is an asset both to Innisfail State College and International House.”

Fame—The Musical

Innisfail State College is proud to present

Fame—the Musical on Friday 19 May at 7pm &

Saturday 20 May at 1pm and 7pm.

Tickets are available from the college office and

are $20 for adults and $10 for students/

concession. Get in early for what will be an

amazing show.

Name: Alf Joyce

Place of birth: Innisfail

Cultural background: Tradi�onal custodian of the MaMu People

Brief history of your life: I was born in Innisfail and have lived here all of my life, working

in various jobs. I spent 34 years as a permanent firefighter with the Innisfail Fire Service and

re�red in 2006. I now work with our young people in trying to gain employment in working on on-country projects

with government and non-government agencies.

Your vision for ISC and our students: I am passionate about geRng our young people educated and keeping

them in school to finish grade 12. I think the only way we can achieve this is by our Elders group working with the

school’s staff and the students to achieve our goals, both culturally and academically.

ISC Elder profiles - Alf Joyce & Raylene Barlow

Name: Raylene Barlow

Place of birth: Atherton

Cultural background: I am Yidinji, Yalanja and South Sea Islander

Brief history of your life: I come from a large family, there are 11 of us. I have 6 brothers and 5 sisters. I am

married and I have 3 children, 7 foster children, 1 grandson and 4 great-grandchildren. I am a foster carer for

Foster Care Queensland. I am an Elder at Amaroo Jus�ce Group and an Elder at Innisfail State College and I love

what I am doing.

Your vision for ISC and our students: My vision for Innisfail State College and our Indigenous children is to

help them to get their lives on the right track and to become young Indigenous leaders in our community.

Students from year 7 enjoyed their 3 days of camp at Echo Creek in Tully during week 8 of

last term. Some of the exci�ng and challenging ac�vi�es the students completed on camp

were; rock climbing, abseiling, laser tag, commando course, fresh water snorkelling, archery,

raT building and a teamwork ac�vity session. Teachers and students enjoyed this �me to

build posi�ve working rela�onships with each other. Students

(and teachers too) leT the camp exhausted aTer 3 long days, but

with new friends, happy memories and full tummies – thanks to

Mr Sharrock (resident chef and camp co-ordinator). Importantly,

during camp the year 7s elected their 2017 student leaders;

congratula�ons to Tiarna McKay, Evee Toombs, Braithan Ketchell

and Kai Darveniza. A big thank you to all the staff and students

who made year 7 camp 2017 such a great �me.

Miss KiKy Rogers

Year 7 Co-ordinator

Year 7 camp

Year 9 camp coming soon

Year 9 camp will be held at Barrabadeen Scout Camp, Tinaroo on the 16th – 18th of August.

Organising has already begun and staff and students are geRng excited for what will be a fun-

packed, adventure-filled three days. The camp will cost approximately $150, and parents and

carers are invited to contact the office to arrange payment plans from now un�l camp begins to

ensure your child is able to aKend. ISC is very grateful to our wonderful P&C Associa�on, who have

agreed to pay for the bus transport for all students to aKend this camp. Here are just a few of the

ac�vi�es your student will experience: Abseiling Laser Tag Canoeing Fishing

Mountain Bike Riding Bushwalking Team Building Games Night Ac�vi�es

Coming events at ISC

Week

3

1 May

Labour Day Holiday

2 May

District 15s Football (9am-noon)

Student Council Mothers’ Day

raffle fundraiser this fortnight

3 May

Year 11 Camp

Year 12 GEG Excursion

Dist. 14-15yrs Girls League

4 May

Year 11 Camp

Musical Rehearsals 3-5pm

5 May

Year 11 Camp

District Cross Country @ ISC

Week

4

8 May

12:40pm Defence Force

Recrui�ng team visits ISC (for

interested Yr10-12 students)

P & C mee'ng 7pm

9 May

NAPLAN Day 1 Years 7 & 9

Yr 12 MRN & MQC Boa�ng

Group A first day

10 May

NAPLAN Day 2 Years 7 & 9

Year 11 GEG excursion

Visi�ng guest engineer to maths

and science classes

Cert III Fitness CNS excursion

Yr 12 MRN & MQC Boa�ng

Group A final day

11 May

NAPLAN Day 3 Years 7 & 9

District Basketball (aTer school)

13-15yrs

Musical Rehearsals 3-5pm

12 May

Musical – Full Day Rehearsal

Peppertree Restaurant open

Sunday 14 May

Musical rehearsal 10am-4pm

Week

5

15 May

Senior Music Concert

Yr 8 Daradgee MAT081A &

MAT081B classes aKending

16 May

Yr 8 Daradgee MAT081E &

MAL081F classes aKending

Yr 12 MRN & MQC Boa�ng

Group B first day

NewsleKer day

17 May

Yr 8 Daradgee MAT081C &

MAT081D classes aKending

11 MQC at town pool for

assessment day

Yr 12 MRN & MQC Boa�ng

Group B final day

Music – bump In 11am, dress

rehearsal 2-6pm

18 May

Musical performance for

primary schools at 11am

19 May

Peninsula Cross Country CNS

Peppertree Restaurant open

Performance of Fame musical

Friday 7pm,

Saturday 1pm

and 7pm

Term 3

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

In the last week of Term 1, Year 8 students who had

consistently met College expecta�ons were invited to

par�cipate in a rewards aTernoon. This aTernoon was

facilitated by Mrs Wieland, Mrs Taylor and the

wonderful team of Year 8 teachers. Students

par�cipated in ac�vi�es including an egg throw

challenge and a garbage fashion parade, both of which

focused on teamwork, building posi�ve rela�onships and having fun.

Teachers presented over 20 students with awards for their efforts throughout the term and the

Year 8 student leaders gave teachers cer�ficates of apprecia�on. The Year 8 students who

aKended this aTernoon were deserving of posi�ve acknowledgement. We look forward to

celebra�ng student success, in its many forms, throughout the year.

Mrs Ellie Taylor

Year 8 Co-ordinator

Year 8 rewards afternoon

Peppertree Restaurant

Our Peppertree Restaurant is back and we are currently accep�ng bookings for the following dates: 12, 19 & 26

May and 9 June. The restaurant offers amazing three-course, a-la-carte dinners for a set price of $30 per person.

Menus and meals are prepared by our Hospitality students under the guidance of our expert staff. There is also a

cash bar operated by our students comple�ng bar training, with a choice of beers, wines, cocktails and mocktails.

Bookings can be made at our college office.

On Thursday and Friday of last week our Year 12 students sat their first full two day QCS

prac�ce. Students completed the wri�ng task, mul� choice test one as well as a short

response test and mul� choice test two over the two days.

Their work will be assessed by professional QCS markers and returned to students with

relevant feedback. This feedback is also used by ISC teachers in weekly workshops to

improve student results.

Mrs Connie Medley

Head of Senior Schooling

QCS practice

NAPLAN tests

NAPLAN tes�ng this year will occur from Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 May. Students in years 7 and 9 will be comple�ng the tests in their

�metabled Maths and English lessons. Students will need a 2B or HB pencil, an eraser, a sharpener and a calculator for the numeracy

test. Please discuss this with your child to ensure they are organised and have the necessary equipment.

♦ Tuesday 9 May – year 7 and 9 will be comple�ng the language conven�ons and wri�ng test.

♦ Wednesday 10 May – year 7 and 9 will be comple�ng the Reading test.

♦ Thursday 11 May – year 7 and 9 will be comple�ng the Numeracy test.

If you have any ques�ons regarding the administra�on of the tests please contact Mr Sharrock on email mshar36@eq.edu.au