McLennan Street QUAIRADING WA 6383

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www.quairadingdhs.wa.edu.au

At Quairading District High School we strive to create a learning environment that supports our students to be

well prepared for further education and life long learning.

Quairading District High School

15th September 2020 Issue 15, Term 3

NEWSLETTER 100 years strong: 1913 - 2013

Term Dates 2020 Term 3 - 20/7/20 to 25/9/20 Term 4 - 12/10/20 to 17/12/20

Dear Parents and Carers, Thursday of last week was our STEM showcase. Mrs Kelsie Squiers coordinated this wonderful event to culminate a week of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths activities in classrooms across the school. Teachers and students had a wonderful day with exciting, inspirational and innovative ideas on display. The showcase gave parents and community an opportunity to see what the children have been learning and creating in this exciting area. In pursuit of successful students, our teachers and school staff regularly provide alternative educational experiences in the form of excursions. Excursions reflect the commitment and efforts of teachers in providing activities to further students’ learning and social skills development outside the normal school environment. These experiences are integrated with learning programs and conducted within department and school policy and guidelines. This term, teachers have been working hard to embed biology, the environment, science, history and Aboriginal perspectives into their curriculum, for our successful students. Students across the school have been invited to participate in activities in the reserve near the cemetery. Mrs Squiers and Mrs Dunne’s classes have worked with Felicity Bradshaw from UWA in finding and identifying fauna. Secondary students have worked with the local Noongar elders. This week Miss Wellham’s class will head up to the reserve to work with the Noongar elders and some drones. Thursday evening the CRC will be hosting an Astronomy night. When this event has been held previously it has been a fantastic opportunity for the children and I encourage our children to participate. You can find details elsewhere in the newsletter. This Friday (18th) is the East Avon Sports Association Interschool Athletics Carnival at the town oval. We will be hosting eight schools and two hundred and fifty students to compete in the regular Track and Field events. Mrs Johnston and Anderson have put together a stellar program and we welcome all comers to watch the action at the oval on Friday. Events begin at 9.30am and conclude at about 2pm. Come down and support our very own Quairading competitors and join in the wonderful atmosphere that is a spring carnival! The Restawhile coffee van will be at the event from 7.30-11am. Next Wednesday afternoon (23rd) school will close early (12:10pm) to enable parents and students to meet with teachers to discuss the learning program, progress to date and plans for the next weeks of learning. Please ring the front office to make an appointment with your child’s teacher. Students are welcome and encouraged to attend with their parents. The final Friday of term (25th) will be our Student Council hosted assembly with certificates of excellence and citizenship, as well as other certificates and the highly coveted Maths Wizard, Terminator and Professor trophies. Please join us for this auspicious occasion to conclude the busy term.

In term four we will have a School Development Day on Monday the 30th of November where staff will be

working on analysing data from the school year. Students will not attend school that day.

We are now taking enrolments for 2021. If your child turns 4 before 30 June 2021 you can now enrol

them in Kindergarten. Mrs Bond is preparing a Kindergarten Orientation program for term four which is

very exciting. With three sessions, there will be time for your child to get an exciting taste of school while

you meet with service providers and teaching staff. At these sessions you will hear about what we can do

to support your child at school and what you can do to help prepare them. Please see the front office for

enrolment forms and we will provide further information about the orientation days closer to the time.

The staffing process for 2021 has begun with analysis of possible student numbers for 2021, therefore

possible budget and staff requirements and current staff allocations. Please ensure you have informed

the school of your intentions for 2021. It is essential to have a clear picture of enrolments to assist strong

planning.

Recently we have had cause to ring the shire several times regarding stray dogs on school grounds and at

events. Our request is to please ensure your dogs are correctly chained or restrained and do not come

onto school grounds.

Week one of term four will be our bi-annual National School Opinion Survey (NSOS) time. You will

receive information regarding the survey through our regular channels and you will have a week to

complete and return the survey. We very much appreciate your engagement with the survey and we aim

to have a stronger return rate than 2018.

Pauline Wray Principal

There have been a few cases of School Sores across the school recently, please see the following excerpt from the Parent Handbook. School Sores are highly infectious and need to be treated promptly to prevent further spread.

Impetigo (School sores): A common, acute bacterial infection of the skin caused by staphylococcal or streptococcal bacteria. Symptoms include itchy pustules and scabs. Transmission: Direct contact with skin lesions Incubation period: Usually 4 to 10 days Infectious period: As long as there is discharge from untreated lesions Exclusion: Exclude for 24 hours after antibiotic treatment commenced. Lesions on exposed skin surfaces should be covered with a waterproof dressing. Young children unable to comply with good hygiene practices should be excluded until the sores are dry Treatment: Antibiotic treatment available – refer to doctor Contacts: Do not exclude

Year Champion Runner up

Year 3 Girls La’Shar Yarran (50) Chloe Anderson (43)

Year 3 Boys Chayce Fairhead (47) Anthony Hippisley (43)

Year 4 Girls Laqueena Yarran(53) Gracie Jones (45)

Year 4 Boys Warren Henry (43) Reggie Hayden (23)

Year 5 Girls Pia Caporn (48) Skyla Anderson (26)

Year 5 Boys Shane Riley (53) Lochie Berry (46)

Year 6 Girls Matilda Gelmi (61) Georgina Hayden (43)

Year 6 Boys Andrew Hippisley (51) Kayden Fairhead (29)

Year 7/8 Girls Shontae Wongawol (50) Nadia Mills (35)

Year 7/8 Boys Steven Hayden (34) Rueben Hayden (32)

Year 9/10 Girls Kaeshia Colbung (53) Destiny Riley (33)

Year 9/10 Boys Anthony Hayden (56) Brock Duncan (38)

Record Breakers 2020

Record Previous Holder New Record Breaker

Year 4 girls 75m Tyra Mills (12.01s) Laqueena Yarran (11.46s)

Year 4 Girls vortex Saphira Sheffler-Russell (12.2m Gracie Jones (23.93m)

Year 4 boys 75m William Hughes (11.34s) Warren Henry (11.08s)

Year 4 Boys vortex Tyson Miller (30.1m) Warren Henry (36.9m)

Year 5 girls discus Zoe Simpson (14.84m) Anesha Riley (14.92m)

Year 6 boys shotput Archie Saunders (10.88m) Wayne George (11.01m)

Year 6 boys discus Aaron Schultz (22.15m) Wayne George (24.02m)

Year 7 boys shotput Dwayne Winmar (8.98m) Aaron Schultz (10.22m)

Year 9 boys shotput Tyler Woods (9.96m) Anthony Hayden (10.13m)

Faction Athletics Carnival 2020

A big thank you to all who helped out with the day including Nigel and his band of helpers who marked and set up the oval during the week, the P&C for organising morning tea and lunch, Darryl at Quairading Smash Repairs for sponsoring the ever popular Dash for Cash races, all the parents and family members who held a stopwatch or recorded for events, Timing Gates WA for helping out with timing and most of all thank you to all our students who put in their best efforts.

Faction Shield Green 761 Blue 616 Red 465

STEM - Ocean Theme Day

Last Thursday QDHS participated in a whole school Science/STEM day, where the children were placed in mixed groups across the school and participated in some innovative activities where they had to use their 21st Century skills to solve ocean themed problems. In the K-2 rooms we had an oil spill and polluted waters where the children where challenged to clean up the water using a variety of different methods. They soon found out that some spills are irreversible. They also experimented with the density of water using an egg and salty water, they now know why we float so well in the ocean! In the upper grades we had a plethora of activities from building aquariums in Minecraft, making preventable shark shields, looking at sand erosion on beaches and ‘to float or not to float’ - neutral buoyancy. At the end of the day each group presented a showcase item to parents showing what we’d learnt. It was just amazing, the children not only expanded their wealth of knowledge and vocabulary but also used creativity and many different problem solving skills. A huge thank you to all the AMAZING teachers and EA's who created the fabulous activities and helped out on the day. We sure do have a great team at QDHS. Mrs Kelsie Squiers—STEM Coordinator

Merit Certificates—Friday 11th September 2020 Lucas Van Der Wacht: For striving to improve both his spelling in his writing and his reading fluency. Keep up the hard work Lucas! Riley O’Donnell: Riley has made excellent progress this term and she should be very proud of her efforts Anthony Roberts: For making an excellent transition into our classroom! He has come in with a very positive attitude! Keep up the great work Anthony Evander Riley-Johnson: Evander, you have drawn a detailed and imaginative Robot Bush story. We love you sharing your ideas and we are looking forward to seeing many more of your stories. Emma Berry: You have improved each week with your Maths Wizard and you are so positive and always try your best. You never give up, well done Emma! Elizabeth Walsh: Lizzy you have worked really hard to complete your Sound Waves activities by yourself. You can do it Lizzy! Well done for the effort and trying your best. Jilleeha Riley: For achieving 300% growth in Learning Cycle 11 in High School Math. Congratulations Jilleeha!! Lexi Van Der Wacht: Lexi is a polite, friendly and hard working member of our class. Her beautiful manners and smile always brighten up our classroom. We are so proud of the progress you have made this semester. Keep it up! Arthur Bennell: For his enthusiasm and teamwork while practising for and participating at the Athletics Carnival. Your determination for your faction was fantastic to see. Well done. Chayce Fairhead: Chayce has shown a positive attitude towards learning new Indonesian phrases and words. He is always keen and attentive during lessons. Bagus! Mia Harris: Mia is a great listener and has taken advantage of every chance to practise her new Indonesian words and phrases. She pronounces words clearly and is able to have a short conversation in Indonesian. Bagus! Corey Richards - For a fantastic effort towards learning in all areas. Corey has been clarifying his understanding and put in super work ethic on more challenging learning. Keep up the great effort! Isaac Fear - For listening carefully during Mathematics. He has shown the ability to explain his thinking when tackling worded problems. Well done Isaac! Mia Harris - For working extra had to achieve challenging task. Mia always has excellent work ethic and has applied herself all learning areas. Super job Mia !

Parent Interviews Wednesday 23rd September will be a half day early closure for students with parent interviews commencing at 1pm. Please contact the office to book interview times with your child’s teacher. COVID has meant that many families may not have had as much contact with the school as they would have otherwise and we’d love to see as many families as possible! Students are welcome to attend the appointments with their parents.

Playgroup WA will be holding a meeting for Aboriginal families with young children under school age next Tuesday morning to talk about the possibility of re-starting the Aboriginal Playgroup in Quairading.

Interested families are welcome to join us for a cuppa and a yarn so we can work out if there is enough interest to get it having playgroup again. Little kids are welcome to come with you. The meeting will be held at the CRC as per the details below. Meeting Details When: Tuesday August 22nd 2020 Time: 11.00am – 12.00noon Where: Quairading CRC Enquiries to Chris Hawkes at Playgroup WA – 1800 171 882 or chris.hawkes@playgroupwa.com.au or Cynthia Dann on 0467 556 319

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