KILCOY State High School An Independent Public School

NEWSLETTER May 12 2017

Term 2

KEY STAFF

Principal:

Adam Colley

Deputy Principals:

Val Lane

Lindy Craddy

Guidance Officer:

Joshe Newton

Business Services

Manager:

Sally Wright

Heads of

Department:

Tony Martin

Chris Tucker

Diane Lacey

Teena Matai

Phuong Rebisz

Year Level

Coordinators:

Yr. 7 & 8 Katelyn McCulloch

Yr. 9 & 10 Matt Kirby

11 &12 Marilyn Messenger

Please contact any of the

above staff members on

5422 4343.

Seib Street, KILCOY 4515 Ph.: (07) 5422 4343 │ Fax: (07) 5422 4300

the.principal@kilcoyshs.eq.edu.au │ www.kilcoyshs.eq.edu.au

I feel so proud and privileged to have represented (as a member of

our regional team) Kilcoy State High School and Education Queensland, at the NPDL Global Deep Learning Lab last week in Toronto, Canada. The NPDL project is a global partnership involving approximately 1000 schools from 10 countries. It is designed to focus teaching and learning on skills that are essential for our students in a rapidly changing world. The skills are centered on developing competency in the 6 C’s, these being: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, citizenship and character.

At the end of 2015, Kilcoy State High School, along with 5 other schools from our region, was invited by Mary Coverdale, the Assistant Regional Director for North Coast Region to take part in this global learning initiative. Since this time, a team of teachers including myself, Cami Dench, Monica Smith, Teena Matai, Rachel Barry and Deputy Principal Lindy Craddy have been doing our own deep learning around this work and developing our own skillsets in our classrooms. It is wonderful to be able to share our own learning experiences, not only with our staff at Kilcoy High, but also across the region and now internationally.

In Canada, the Queensland contingent presented 3 ‘insight sessions’ to the international audience which were very well received. It was incredible to witness the interest in the work we are doing and to be valued on this international stage.

Recently, I have been trained as a global moderator which involves reviewing and quality assuring work from schools involved in the project from across the globe. Undertaking this work is both challenging and rewarding particularly given the language barriers and time zone differences. While we utilise Skype to connect and collaborate with educators in other countries such as Canada, Finland, Netherlands, Uruguay and the US, meeting these people face to face definitely adds the personal element that is vital in education.

In addition to the conference, the trip also provided the opportunity to visit 4 schools in Canada who have also been involved with the NPDL project and to compare their schooling system and classrooms with ours.

Our work with the NPDL Project is only just in its infancy and I am looking forward to the challenge ahead. In addition to broadening our work within our own school here in Kilcoy, we will also be working with the 5 cluster schools to mentor and coach an additional 24 primary and secondary schools from across our region as they begin their NPDL journey.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our school NPDL Team and our incumbent Principal Mr Chris Dench for their vision, efforts and dedication to this valuable work, and to Education Queensland for the opportunity to be involved with such a rewarding experience.

Chris Tucker, Head of Department

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From the Principal

It has certainly been a busy start to the term with all of the short weeks and all of the school and local events. So far this term we have seen mighty minds coming to work with our OP eligible year 12s, Term 1 reports finalised and sent home, the Anzac Day services both here at school and in town, the senior drama excursion, the year 8 humanities excursion, all of the show events, the cross country and colour fun run, parent teacher interviews and this week we have jumped straight into NAPLAN for our year 7s and 9s. This will be followed by our pastoral care activities for these year levels on Friday.

We have begun the process of academic reviews with our seniors to ensure that they are all travelling well on the path towards their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). I would encourage the parents and carers of our senior students to discuss their progress and what the term 1 reports tells us. This is particularly true for our year 11s as we now have the first indications of their progress in senior subjects. It is sometimes the case that students choose an ambitious path that is not suited to them. All students will have a plan in place to ensure that they are on track to achieve their QCE.

I must take the opportunity to

congratulate Khi Anderson in year

10 who has been selected to take

part in the inaugural Global

Citizens of the Future - Tokyo

study tour. Khi undertakes classes

in Japanese via the Brisbane

School of Distance Education as

part of her year 10 studies. She is

one of only 15 students chosen

from throughout Queensland to

travel to Japan. Khi was selected

from high performing students

studying Japanese and having a

strong interest in continuing their

Japanese and science,

technology, engineering and

mathematics (STEM) subjects into

their senior years. I look forward to

hearing about her travels when

she returns.

Adam Colley, Principal

Date

Claimers

15 May

District Cross

Country

17 May

Year 10 Humanities

Excursion

24 May

Yr 7 & 10

Immunisations

24-26 May

Indigenous Camp

29 May

Year 11 & 12

Furnishing and Engineering

Excursion

Student Absence

Hotline

All Absences

must be reported

to the school via

Ph: 54 22 4360

or

Signed letter

or

QParents App

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President:

Tony Martin

Vice President:

Dan Hall

Secretary:

Lisa Anderson

Treasurer:

Cami Dench

Meetings held

every 2nd Wednesday of the

Month

Next meeting:

Wednesday 24 May

Starting 5pm

Administration

Building

From the Deputy Principal

I thought I’d take a moment to introduce myself. I’m Val Lane and I am currently Deputy Principal at the school. I look after Year 8, 10 and 12 student welfare and behaviour alongside all things Senior Schooling. I’ve been working in Education since 1985 and moved to Queensland in 2008. I have been working as a Deputy Principal for the past 4 years and welcomed the opportunity to come and work at Kilcoy State High School. I look forward to forming a genuine partnership between school and home to work towards the best possible learning outcomes for all students.

SENIOR SCHOOLING

QCS test for 2017 is 29-30 August

Two chief community representatives are appointed to every test centre. Each chief community representative is required to observe and report on the conduct of the test and to:

keep custody of the key for the cases

make sure that the secure test materials are received in accordance with instructions given by the QCAA

unlock and lock all cases

assist with checking all secure materials

be independent observers and report to the QCAA on the administration of the test

ensure accountability

supervise community representatives during the administration of the test.

The chief community representative nomination process is now open. Please complete the application form at this address.

https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior/qcs_17_cr_app_form.pdf

VET Certification Did you know that if you are undertaking any Certificate Course you need a USI (Unique Student Identifier)? It’s really easy to get, you go on line to https://www.usi.gov.au/ and selecting the left box then following the prompts. Please advise the school office of the number. This number will be used for all courses even after school so please use a private email address not a school one.

Year 12 Is your Year 12 student on track to achieving their QCE?

Ask them to log in to their learning account at www.studentconnect.qcaa.qld.edu.au , they will need their LUI (Learner Unique Identifier) number to do this. If they don’t have this please ask at school.

Year 11 Remind your student that every

Semester counts and they are working

towards gaining a QCE by the end of

Year 12. In order to get a QCE ,

students’ need to study three subjects

for 4 semesters, gain a pass in those

subjects and others to accumulate 20

points. In addition to this they must

achieve a pass in literacy and

numeracy. Year 11 students can also

login to their learning account.

Val Lane, Deputy Principal

NAPLAN

This week has been a big week for our junior students! Our 7s and 9s have been busy undertaking the NAPLAN tests. From all reports, they have worked really hard to achieve the best possible result. From 2018, NAPLAN will be making the move to online testing. NAPLAN assessment results are reported on scales which demonstrate how students have performed compared to established standards. As a school, we can use NAPLAN results to gauge where students are at with regards to literacy and numeracy, and target resources and instruction where it is needed most. Further information about the different scales and standards is available at https://www.nap.edu.au/results-and-reports/how-to-interpret

As we approach mid-term, many classes will have their mid-term assessments. Students have their assessment calendars, so should be aware of when all assessment has been scheduled. Any changes will be communicated home via the Head of Department. It is important that students are keeping on top of assessment in order to achieve their best result. The student diary is one way that students can keep track of what is due and can be used to organise study time.

Teena Matai, A/Deputy Principal

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Guidance Officer

Days:

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

Chaplain Days:

Wednesday and

Friday

Youth Health

Nurse Days:

Alt Wed and

Thursday

Appointments can be booked at

the office

Indigenous

Coordinators

Phuong Rebisz

James McMahon

Sports

Coordinator

Monica Smith

Chaplain

Kate Gold

Youth Health

Nurse

Michelle Cooper

Guidance Officer

Joshe Newton

Kilcoy High was once again well

represented in the Prime Cattle

Junior Judging with two of our

students, Coen Fry and Suzannah

Moroney, participating with two

other students from our

neighbouring schools.

Congratulations to Coen Fry for

placing first and the overall

Champion Young Judge and

Suzannah Moroney placing a tied

2nd

place. Well done.

Agricultural Department

Kilcoy State High School, Agriculture

Department, participated in the 2017

Kilcoy Show. Year 9/10 students

worked well in their school gardens

all term and produced an

outstanding selection of vegetables

to enter in the produce selection at

the show. Their efforts were well

rewarded with several winning and

champion placings. The school’s

bees were also very busy, the honey

with honey comb won champion

honey exhibit.

KSHS

Facebook

Page.

The School’s

Facebook page is

a prominent area

where we

promote all that

is great about

Kilcoy State High

School.

Photos from

excursions and

sports days, as

well as reminders

for both students

and parents

along with other

items of interest

are published on

our Facebook

page.

To receive these

posts, please

“like” our page.

FB Notifications

can be set to

receive all posts,

or only those you

wish.

For the second year in a row we

have been able to work with Chris

Andersen of Pacan Murray Gray

Stud. At school, students prepared

and learnt to lead and show two of

his heifers, Pacan Mystic and

Pacan Lorali. They then presented

them in the stud cattle section and

handlers, Justin Gillespie and

Maegan Nugent, did a wonderful

job with the heifers in the ring.

Pacan Lorali placed as reserve

champion heifer, British breeds.

Many thanks go to Chris and

Patricia Andersen for allowing us

to work with them and their Murray

Grey cattle. It is a valuable

learning experience for the

students to have this experience

and it is great to have this working

relationship with a local cattle

producer.

Cattle Handling at the Kilcoy Show

Students also participated in the

junior cattle judging and junior

cattle handling events. Coen Fry

and Suzannah Moroney

participated in the Prime Beef

Junior Judging on the Friday and

placed first and second

respectively. They also

participated in the Stud Cattle

Junior Judging and Handling.

Maegan Nugent, Justin Gillespie

and Ashleigh Richards also

participated in the junior handling

event. Students represented

themselves and the school to an

excellent standard, well done to

all for their efforts and

commitment.

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Page 6 Kilcoy Show Art Awards

Guidance Officer

Days:

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

Chaplain Days:

Wednesday and

Friday

Youth Health

Nurse Days:

Alt Wed and

Thursday

Appointments can be booked at

the office

Indigenous

Coordinators

Phuong Rebisz

James McMahon

Sports

Coordinator

Monica Smith

Chaplain

Kate Gold

Youth Health

Nurse

Michelle Cooper

Guidance Officer

Joshe Newton

At this year’s Kilcoy Show, Kilcoy

State High School had 15 entries

across both the junior and senior

high school, student art categories.

I would like to take this opportunity

to congratulate all students who

had their work entered into the

Show. You have produced a high

standard of work reflective of your

commitment to your studies in

Visual Art at school. I would also

like to acknowledge our award

recipients, as follows;

Junior High School

- Encouragement Award;

Miranda Gledhill-Weber and

Jett Keig.

- Highly Commended Award; Teala

Maddern

- Third Prize; Cameron Abel

Senior High School

- First Prize; Uriah Wright

- Second Prize; Irish Fadriquela

- Third Prize; Brooke O’Brien

- Encouragement Award; Amy

Higgins

- Highly Commended; Iyesha

Samson

Finally, a special congratulations

goes to Uriah Wright taking out the

Champion Student Award winning

a $30 gift voucher kindly donated

by the Kilcoy Courthouse Art

Gallery.

Congratulations!

Miss McCulloch

Visual Art Teacher

KSHS

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The School’s

Facebook page is

a prominent area

where we

promote all that

is great about

Kilcoy State High

School.

Photos from

excursions and

sports days, as

well as reminders

for both students

and parents

along with other

items of interest

are published on

our Facebook

page.

To receive these

posts, please

“like” our page.

FB Notifications

can be set to

receive all posts,

or only those you

wish.

Certificate II in Rural Operations

Chappy Week 2017

A group of students are engaged in

completing a Certificate II in Rural

Operations. This program will run

for the duration of Years 11 and 12

one day a week. The vast majority

of the course work is delivered at

Kilcoy High School with a small

number of off-site excursions

required for some specialised

learning. Rural Training

Queensland is the Registered

Training Organisation engaged to

deliver this course. Students will be

working with additional resources

such as quad bikes, small engines

and chainsaws brought to our site

by RTQ to supplement our

resources when required.

The Kilcoy State High School

P & C has approved a ‘work wear’

shirt to be worn by students for this

type of work on their training days.

Commencing this term, as seen in

the photo, these students are now

wearing their new shirts with the

KSHS logo worn with jeans, work

boots and hat each Wednesday.

Chappy week highlights the many

facets of school chaplaincy and is

an opportunity (and a privilege)

for me as Chaplain to bless my

school community. This year I will

be running Chappy week

breakfast (on normal breakfast

club day) as well as some fun

lunch time activities for the

students. This year we are also

excited to run a family fun

obstacle course (Holt Bolt)

community event (Sat 3rd

June-

Save the date) as part of our

Chappy Week events (more

details to follow in coming

weeks).

Chappy Kate

School Fees

Reminder

Payments can be

made in person,

over the phone or

online with

QParents

Eligible parents

can also register

for Centrepay

deductions.

Centrepay

involves having

regular payments

deducted from a

Centrelink

payment and

forwarded

directly to the

school on a

weekly or

fortnightly basis.

For further

information

please contact

the school office.

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Interhouse Cross Country

On Friday 28th of April, Kilcoy State

High School held their annual

Interhouse Cross Country carnival

and our first ever Colour Fun Run.

The Colour Fun Run included a

1km track around the Yowie

Football Club with 3 “Throw Zones”

run by staff members. Students

were covered in non-toxic colour

powder as they ran around the

track. Student were awarded 2

points for every lap they completed

on the Fun Run Track. The results

from both events was added

together to find our overall

Champion House.

The overall Runner:

Fastest Male – was Jayden

Blinco in Year 7 (19:48)

followed by Brooklyn

Patterson Year 8 (19:54)

Fastest Female – Sophie Wolff

in Year 11 (21:10) followed

by Alice Brooks in Year 7

(23:22)

Age Champions:

12 Years Girl Champion, from

Fraser is Jada Keig

12 Years Boy Champion, from

Fraser is Jayden Blinco

13 Years Girl Champion, from

Fraser is Alice Brooks

13 Years Boys Champion, from

Fraser is Joshua Harbidge

14 Years Girl Champion, from

Rafter is Lacey Shelton

14 Years Boy Champion, from

Rafter is Brooklyn Patterson

15 Years Girl Champion, from

Fraser is Breanna James

15 Years Boys Champion, from

Rafter Xavier Gordon

16 Years Girl Champion, from

Rafter is Sophie Wolff

16 Years Boys Champion, from

Fraser is Michael Houstoun

Open Girl Champion, from

Fraser is Rachael Blake

Open Boys Champion, was a

tie – from Fraser: Uriah

Wright and from Rafter:

Ryan Dunn

Now it is time to find out who won,

this year was the closest I have

ever seen, with only 26 points

difference between the two

houses. 1st place has 1102 points

and 2nd

place with 1076 points. For

the first time in 3 years Fraser

finally broke their losing streak.

The school would like to thank the

local families, SEQ water,

Somerset Council and Yowie

Football Club who allow the school

each year to use their land to run

our carnival.

Of course, the carnival couldn't be

a success without the amazing

staff involved in making the

afternoon run smoothly.

The next sporting carnival is

Athletics, which will take place on

Friday 21st July.

Monica Smith Sports Co-ordinator

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2017 Uniform

Shop

Order online at

www.schoolshoponline.

net.au/kilcoyshs

Online orders can

be picked up on

Wed & Fri

between

12pm to 3.30pm

Cash/Centrepay

Uniform shop hours

are:

Tuesday’s

8.30-10.30am

Uniform sizing guides and prices are on the website and our Facebook

page.

Uniforms can only be purchased new

through the school

** Please Note **

Price Rise

Day Shorts

Due to increased production costs

the price of our day shorts will be $25

as of Term 3.

Congratulations

Fraser Team

1102 Points

Our students gathered at the Somerset Civic Centre in Esk with other students from Lowood and Toogoolawah on Thursday 27th April for the biannual Somerset Youth Leadership Forum. The forum, was organised by the Somerset Regional Council to give the young students in Somerset an opportunity to have a say about changes they would like to see in the region and further develop their leadership skills. Students worked with Nicole Gibson from The Rogue and Rouge Foundation, along with Somerset Regional Council and Kilcoy State High, to develop a project that addresses something important to them. Students then worked with Nicole Gibson here at school on the 3rd

May, where she guided students to the best action plan to start thinking about launching their projects. These projects will continue to be planned and developed at school before rolling them out school wide.

The students involved in the Youth Forum were: Michael Pollard, Thomas Webster, Blake Anderson, Libby Woodrow, Breanna James, Sienna Thompson, Riley Cochran, Mia Sheehan, Todd, McClure, Angela Mae Castro, Khi Anderson, Angel Kraut, Amelia Wolff, Michael Houstoun, Sophie Edwick, Jemima Hooper, Bea Pugal, Irish Fadriquela accompanied by Marilyn Messenger (Senior Coordinator) and Joshe Newton (Guidance Officer).

Somerset Youth Forum

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Visual Art Practices

At the end of Term 1, students from Year 11 Visual Art Practices were involved in National Youth Week in conjunction with Somerset Regional Council. Students engaged in a banner project where they created a banner design to represent the hobbies, interests and activities of the town’s youth. The banner was then enlarged and

printed to 1m x 2m, and was presented at the region’s National Youth Week conference as well as the local Skate Park event. On assembly this week, Deputy Mayor Dan Hall and Somerset Regional Council’s Youth Coordinator Michelle Francis presented the school with the banner and celebrated the students’ involvement in the project. The banner will now be on display in the office for viewing.

Thank you to the Year 11 Visual Art Practices students’ and Miss McCulloch (Visual Art teacher) for their commitment and enthusiasm towards this project.

Rivers Pointon was selected in the South East Zone Clay target team which shot a shoulder to shoulder event at the QLD state title shoot held at the Gemfields gun club at Emerald over the weekend of 28 to 30 April.

The zone shoot was held on Friday night under lights. This was the first time they have held this event

under lights and wow the clays were hard to see. It was a great event and the Junior team did really well but sadly they were pipped at the post.

Rivers shot all weekend. It was great experience for him as he has never shot at State level before. He also got to meet Olympic shooter Mitchel Iles at the shoot.

Rivers Pointon - Clay Target

UNIVERSITY OPEN DAYS

Important dates to remember, if you would like more information please contact the Guidance Officer.

Career Days

Brisbane Careers and Employment

Expo

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Friday, 2 June - 9am-3pm and Saturday, 3 June - 10am-4pm

Tertiary Studies Expo (TSXPO)*

RICC, Brisbane Showgrounds

Saturday, 15 & Sunday, 16 July 10am–4pm

Sunshine Coast Daily Careers Expo

Calvary Centre, Tanawha

Tuesday, 18 July 10am–2pm & 3.30pm–6.30pm

University Open Days

Griffith University

Nathan, South Bank and Gold Coast: Sunday, 23 July

Bond University

Gold Coast: Saturday, 23 July

Campus tours available year round; email: campustours@bond.edu.au

or phone 1800 074 074

Queensland University of Technology

Gardens Point: Sunday, 30 July 9am–3pm

Caboolture: Sunday, 20 August 9am–2pm

The University of Queensland

St Lucia: Sunday, 6 August 9am–3pm

Gatton: Sunday, 20 August 9.30am–3pm

TAFE Queensland

TAFE Queensland Brisbane - Bracken Ridge: Tuesday, 25 July

TAFE Queensland Skills Tech - Acacia Ridge: Thursday, 27 July