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21 July 201721 July 2017

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGEWelcome to Term 3. I hope that all students and their familieshave had a relaxing winter break and some time to reflecton their achievements and academic results from Semester1. It is important that students consider what they could doto improve their academic outcomes and plan the next steps.There are many staff who are able to assist with this process.Engagement with the chosen course of study is necessary forstudents to achieve success and we encourage all students toparticipate fully in their subjects and to ask for help from theirteacher or other support staff if they need it.

On Wednesday 19 July parents/carers had the opportunity tomeet with teachers at the Parent/Teacher Interviews to discusstheir child’s academic progress. Teachers welcome thesemeetings as they are able to provide parents/carers withdetailed information about the learning that students haveundertaken and discuss assessment results in detail. We lookforward to these discussions.

Each year during Term 3 the School Opinion Survey isconducted. This is an opportunity for students, staff andparents/carers to provide feedback to the school on what weare doing well and what areas may require further attention. TheSchool Opinion Survey will open on Monday 31 July. The surveyprocess selects sixty students in Years 8 and 11 to completethe survey at school. All parents/carers will be provided with aletter outlining how they log on to complete the survey. Theseletters will be given to the eldest child in each family in the lastweek of July. Please ask your child for the letter and take thisopportunity to provide us with feedback.

JANET YOUNGPRINCIPAL

DEPUTY PRINCIPALSUBJECT SELCTION INFORMATION NIGHT is on Wednesday26 July from 5:30pm – 6:30pm. Students can talk to teachersand view subject displays during this time.

The Year 9 into year 10 2018 talk is at 6:00pm.The year 10 into year 11 2018 talk is at 6:30pm.

SENIOR SCHOOL YR 12 CO-ORDINATORWelcome back year 12. I hope you all had a relaxing holiday.Our focus for the term is to pass each subject by keeping ontop of our homework and assessment. Remember it is easierto keep up than it is to catch up. Throughout the term, I willbe giving information out about the formal and end of yearprocesses. So heads down and pens up.

Gailyn McCaul

YR 7 CO-ORDINATORWhere has half of the year gone? It seems as though our Year7’s journey through high school all started only a few days ago.I would like to commend the Year 7 cohort on their successfultransition into high school and acknowledge that all studentshave become a valued member of our school community. Iwould also like to congratulate all students who received aninvitation to participate in the school’s Rewards Day last term.Reward’s Day is designed to acknowledge students with anexcellent behaviour and attendance record. To celebrate theircommitment to their schooling, students were treated tolamingtons and a bag of lollies at the school’s Sports Carnivalon the last two days of last term. Congratulations also goto all of our talented students who have competed in recentsporting events at the school’s 62nd Annual Sports Carnival.It was fantastic to see not only the high level of participationby our Year 7 cohort but also a high level of sportsmanshipand comradery. I look forward to guiding this fantastic group ofstudents through the remainder of their journey here at NorthRockhampton State High School.

If you would like to contact me for any reason, please email meon shear24@eq.edu.au .

Sam Hearn

HOD – SENIOR SCHOOLINGMy name is Deb Addison. I have been teaching Film and MediaStudies at North Rockhampton for 5 years now and have beenYear Coordinator for the past two years. For the remainderof 2017 I will be acting as the Head of Senior Schooling. Inthis role I will be working with Cherri Gordon, Youth SupportCoordinator, and Jenni Druery, Work Experience Coordinator.

This Term is a big one for Year 10 and 12. Important dates foryour calendar include:

Year 10

Subject Selection Night 26 of July.BLOCK Work Experience Week 5 and 6 (7/8-18/8).SET Plan interviews 29 and 30 August.

Year 12

QCS test 29 and 30 AugustYear 11 and 12Block Exams 4 - 8 Sept

Remind students to keep attendance up and that they mustsubmit assessment on time and have a Medical Certificateexplaining their absences.

If you have any issues or questions feel free to email me,daddi4@eq.edu.au , or call me, 4924 7829.

Deb Addison

START OF TERM 3 2017 SPORTS REPORTCongratulations to all those students who made a RockyDistrict or Capricornia School Sport team. Names have beenon notices and it has been great to see so many North Rockystudents excelling in their chosen sports. Good luck to thosestudents who will be competing in upcoming State Titles.

Special mention to Taiah Ardley who made the CapricorniaGirls Rugby League side last term. I just want to thank allthe students that came along to the Athletics Carnival andcompeted and made it a great two days. Big congratulationsto Jessica Mofatt on being selected in the U/18s Qld Hockeyside. It was great to see the spirit in the different house groups.Congratulations to our Athletics champions in each age group:

GirlsGirls BoysBoys

Age Name Name

12 Soraya Peterson Keenan Pendlebury-Bone

13 Janaya Doyle Xavier Mason

14 Lila Griffith Jon Leeffe

15 Caliah Saltner-Hill Josh Wright

16 Madeleine Woodeson Chase Farr

17 Felicity Finlayson Lachlan Kucharski & Adon Mothe

18+ Leroy Richards

And the final results for Athletics Carnival were as follows:

House Totals

TotalTotal ArcherArcher BerserkerBerserker FitzroyFitzroy KeppelKeppel

1167 1202 1364 1420

Congratulations to Keppel – our 2017 Athletics Carnivalchampions.

Congratulations to Leroy Richards who won the Keira SteinhartGift Race.

Rockhampton District Schools Athletics Carnival will be held atNorth Rockhampton State High School on Monday 31 July andTuesday 1 August.

Congratulations to our JUNIOR and SENIOR SOCCER sideswho both took out the Plate Grand-finals in their respectivedivisions last term.

Our girls Netball teams had an outstanding season last termwith the following results in the grand-finals:

• In OPEN C2 NRHS Grey lost 16-12 to GHS withAshleigh Howkins MVP Runner-up

• In 10C NRHS lost to Emmaus 18-12 with KrystalGilligan MVP Runner-up

• In 8C NRHS defeated RGS 28-4 with Tiere Leviwinning MVP

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Boys Rugby League has commenced and we had some goodresults in Rd-1 of the comp on Wednesday and Friday Sockswill be available from Wednesday - it is important that we are allin uniform and look like a team.

Monday, 31 July and Tuesday, 1 August there will besignificantly increased traffic at pick-ups and drop-offs becausewe are hosting the RDS Athletics on those days.

NORTH ROCKHAMPTON HIGH FACEBOOKPAGE

We invite all members of school community to view our NorthRockhampton State High School’s official Facebook page.

To find our page search for @NorthRockhamptonSHS and lookfor our logo. We will share our success stories and memorableevents on our Facebook page as well as on our website.

Students’ photos cannot appear on our Facebook page unlessan updated consent form indicating parental approval for thepublishing of photos on social media has been returned, signedby parents/ guardians.

CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGENorth Rocky now has a P & C Facebook page. Have a lookand see what’s happening and keep up-to-date with the latestevents.

http://www.facebook.com/NRSHSPC

DATE CLAIMERSThese dates are subject to change and will be updatedthroughout 2017:

TERM 3TERM 3

Mon 24 July P&C Meeting

Mon 24 July –Wed 26 July

Music Tour

Wed 26 July Subject Selection Night

Yr 11 excursion to Courthouse

Fri 28 July Yr 9 CQU Connect

Sat 29 – Sun 30July

CQ Jazz Festival Stage Band

Wed 2 Aug Yr 7-10 Maths Team Challenge

Fri 4 Aug Jeans for Genes Day & Red Food day

Free Dress Day

Mon 7 Aug – Fri 18Aug

Yr 10 Work Experience

Thu 10 Aug QMEA Yr 8 Blackwater excursion

TERM 3TERM 3

Mon 14 Aug – Fri18 Aug

Yr 10 Work Experience

Mon 14 Aug –Tues 15 Aug

Combined Schools Concert @NRSHS

Tues 15 Aug NAIDOC Expo

Wed 16 – Fri 18 Combined Schools concert variousvenues

Wed 16 Aug Yr 7 & 8 Maths Quiz

Chemistry Tritation Excursion

Tues 22 Aug Yr 7 & Yr 10 Immunisations

Wed 23 Aug Drama performance Frenchville SS

Thu 24 Aug – Sun27 Aug

Yr 11 Maths B, Chemistry, Physics,Biology Excursion

Mon 28 Aug P&C Meeting

Tue 29 Aug – Wed30 Aug

QCS Test

SET PLAN Interviews

Yr 12 Muffin Drive

Fri 1 Sep Red Food Day

Mon 4 Sep –Fri 8Sep

Yr 11 & 12 Exam Block

Fri 15 Sep Rewards Day Yrs 7 – 12

Last day of Term 3

COMMUNITY NOTICES

• In 7C NRHS defeated Emmaus 14-13 with SorayaPeterson winning MVP

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We would love to encourage not only students but alsoteachers and parents.

Scouts Queensland is bringing their Brisbane Gang Show tothe Pilbeam Theatre on Saturday, 5 August 2017 for TWOshows and they are both open to the public. Tickets are on salenow.

ABOUT BRISBANE GANG SHOW

The 2017 seasons boasts the largest cast ever, with 151Scouts aged 9 to 25 years on stage performing 'Bankrupt', themusical.

Bankrupt 2017 Overview

The Bellevue has been the heart of the city’s art and musicscene for the last sixty years. Despite loyal patronage overmany years, live theatre has taken a downturn in theseunsettled economic times. New media, on-demandentertainment and a diversified arts scene have the Bellevue’smanagement worried about her future. The Theatre Boarddecide to bring in a new Artistic Director to reinvigorate theprogramme and boost audience numbers, much to the dismayof the loyal patrons and previous Artistic Director. Popularmusical hits, exotic acts and many hopeful performers all makeup the Bellevue’s new programme; however, in bringing totown so many performances the Artistic Director has gone alittle overboard. Quite suddenly the Bellevue’s bank arrive at thetheatre and serve a default notice – they’re going to exercise amortgagee in possession sale. The cast, crew and communityof the Bellevue are outraged. They won’t stand for the theatrebeing sold.

Your assistance in helping to spread the word about this ScoutsQueensland performance would be greatly appreciated.

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Pinky from Tripple M, Supports Tour DeChaplain on Saturday 22 July

Please log onto link below and donate to Pinky’s ride in our2017 Tour De Chaplain. Get on-board to help Pinky help tokeep our chaplains in our schools by riding 50km.

https://suqld.goregister.com.au/rockhamptontourdechaplain2017/fundraise/page/100287983/

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017

Dear Parents & Staff,

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn &Learn program. Through this program we will be able to getnew educational resources for our school – and all we need youto do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.

The stickers can be dropped into the Collection Box at theschool library or in the box provided at the Northside Plaza.

From Wednesday 26 July to Tuesday 19 September, we arecollecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get oneWoolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excludingliquor, tobacco and gift cards).

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some greatnew equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of itemsideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English,Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sportand for our library. If you’d like to know more visit the websitebelow.

https://www.woolworths.com.au/earn-and-learn

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