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EDITION 05
04 MAY 2015
“Purple - the New Black”
TROOP TRAIN TO COOROY
Last Friday on April 24, two Aldridge SHS students - Lachlan Brooks and Nanami Kuwazuru were invited to
travel on the Troop Train to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. This train started
its journey in Winton, Western Queensland and finished its journey in Brisbane. Lachlan and Nanami and
about 50 students and teachers from various Maryborough schools travelled from Maryborough to Cooroy.
At Cooroy, Lachlan and Nanami laid a wreath to remember the many fallen soldiers. This was a wonderful
opportunity for our students to experience this important historical moment
in Australian history.
ALDRIDGE STATE HIGH SCHOOL
Phone: 4120 8444 Fax: 4120 8400
STUDENT ABSENCES: 4120 8460 or 0409 430 637
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.aldridgeshs.eq.edu.au
OFFICE HOURS: 8.00 am - 3.30 pm Monday to Friday
(Closed during school holiday periods)
STUDENT SERVICES - IN C3
The Student Services department is housed in C3 (with the green door), where Mrs Kaye HOYES is available to
process all of your student’s queries. Students are required to go to C3 for all of their queries/questions and
not to the administration office.
All students who are late or leaving school early MUST have either a note from their parent/guardian OR have
their parent/guardian phone Kaye on 4120 8430 advising her of their student’s lateness or reason for their
early departure. Also, students can now get their uniform passes from Student Services, and again, students
must have either a note from their parent/guardian or their parent/guardian has phoned Kaye with a reason
for not being in the correct school uniform. If a student does not have a note or Kaye has not received a phone
call from the student’s parent/guardian, they will be issued with a detention to be completed in a Recess at C4.
Also a reminder that ALL parent contact with the school is still required to occur at the Main Office.
Parents are not to go to Student Services in C3.
The contact number for Kaye in Student Services is:
4120 8430
You can also email Kaye at:
[email protected]
KAYE HOYES
C3 - STUDENT SERVICES OFFICER
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Throughout the year to date our numbers have remained relatively constant. At Day 8 the effective
enrolment was 1140. At the end of the first week of Term 2, our effective enrolment was 1145 (see
below).
CURRENT YEAR LEVEL NUMBERS
SPORTS COVERED AREA (TRIPLE S PROJECT)
Central Office advised all schools that the results of the 2015 – 2016 Triple S Funding Application process would be
known at the end of June. Aldridge has made application to do further work on the covered sports area.
Specifically – creating electrical outlets in the facility, covering the floors, installing electric basketball backboard
winches, line marking for basketball, volleyball and perhaps badminton, installing post receptacles for volleyball.
ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING
The school has been working closely with the Fraser Coast Council with a view to decrease traffic density at peak
times along Boys Avenue (particularly 2.50 pm – 3.10 pm). With the current group of Year 7 and 8’s being some six
to eight months older than previous cohorts (beginning of prep students), this mean that from 2019 all of the Year 12
cohort and a significant number of the Year 11’s will be eligible to drive independently. The potential of this is that
most of the available parking along Boys Avenue will be taken just by students, leaving little opportunity for
parents to park when waiting to pick students up.
Last week Fraser Coast Council provided a concept plan to the school for a car park on Bryant Street across the road
from the Bell Hilltop shops. This car park has a 42 car capacity which should be able to cater for all student cars as
well as having a drop and go feature. The next phase of this project is for a detailed plan to be drawn based on
feedback received around the concept plan. There are still a number of things to work through but if all goes to
plan it is hoped that this car park will be completed ready for 2018.
SPORTING REPRESENTATIVES
A number of students have recently made Wide Bay and State teams. Many of these will be required to travel great
distances to play. Support has been given to some of these students to hold school based fundraising activities such
as sausage sizzles where the onus is on the student and their support individuals (parents, guardians and friends) to
organise and run the sausage sizzle.
CROSS COUNTRY
School Cross Country was run on Friday 24 April from 1.30 pm – 2.55 pm. Special thanks to Mr Franklin and the PE
staff for organisation and to students and staff who participated in the event.
STORAGE SHED
The storage shed being constructed to archive school records is half completed with the cement slab being poured
over the holidays. This shed will be located at the oval end of C block.
REPORT CARD DATA
Term 1 Reports were handed out on Tuesday 28 April. Overall 49.4% of achievement levels were A’s and B’s with
only 13% D’s and E’s. Academically the Year 7’s and 8’s are not as strong as the older years but the behaviour and
meritorious certificate feedback says they are on the whole decent, responsible adolescents.
Changes were made from the start of the term to Year 7 and 8 literacy groups based on the results of PATR testing.
These class groupings have sort to place students identified with similar challenges together in the same groups. To
further support these changes a large number of staff were involved in a day long professional development activity
on Tuesday 21 April with Dr Carol Christensen that specifically focussed on the teaching and development of
reading skills.
MERITORIOUS CERTIFICATE CHANGE
Meritorious Certificates are a part of the school culture having begun in 1996. The procedure for giving these out
will change this year. The number of recognition times will be increased to three (previously we only did them
twice per year). Students will be acknowledged on parades in the morning to which parents will be invited. At the
first break that day students will be invited to a morning tea. The purpose of the change is to increase the number of
opportunities students have to be recognised while having no impact on their learning time.
ROSS HIGGINS - Principal
SENIOR SCHOOLING
REPORT
STUDENT FEEDBACK
Students have provided great feedback for us on areas that have been concerns for our school.
This has included:
 Suggestions to create senior only toilet facilities resulting in the annexing of the K Block
facilities for senior students only.
 Ongoing advice on a new senior polo
 Strategies to assist students to engage better with school.
STUDENT PATHWAYS
Over the past term we have been working on improving the pathways for our senior students. To date this
includes:
 Five students being selected to participate in GenR8. Through this program students complete a Certificate
II in logistics.
 Negotiated Headstart program with University of Sunshine Coast (USC) allowing students to complete a
University subject and get early entry to university.
 Guaranteed Early offer programs allowing students to be offered a place at university without an OP with:
a. USC
b. USQ and
c. UNE
 60 Students completing Certificate II qualifications with TAFE.
 Investigating a range of Certificate III programs for offer in 2016.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Senior students have had the opportunity to engage with a number of activities to assist them in their
transition to life after school. These have included:
 Change makers at USQ for our Year 11 leaders
 Health Heroes at USC at Sippy Downs
 RYDA driver training for Year 11 students
 University roadshow to allow students to explore university options
JACKSON DODD
Deputy Principal
Hello, from the team at Ian Harvey Dental!
We would like to offer our services to help your children keep their teeth and gums healthy. As part of the
government’s Child Dental Benefits Scheme, eligible children aged 2-17 years are entitled to $1000 to cover general
dental care. This includes examinations, x-rays, fillings and extractions or root therapies – all are bulk-billed.
The scheme is income based, and to find out if your family is eligible, you can phone Medicare.
Make sure you protect your teeth when playing sport. A custom-fitted mouthguard is made by your dentist using an
impression taken of your teeth and a plaster model. Custom fitting allows the dentist to accurately assess your mouth
and provide the best fit, size, coverage and thickness in a mouthguard made especially for you. Custom-fitted
mouthguards are comfortable, allow you to talk and have maximum resistance against being dislodged. At Ian Harvey
Dental the dentists can assess your risk and recommend the appropriate mouthguard for you and your sport.
To book your child’s initial examination, please give us a call on (07) 4121 3430.
The UQ Rural Clinical School
Hervey Bay
Presents
“Medicine@UQ”
This is a perfect opportunity for students and
parents to find out about:
 Pathways into medicine
 Subject choices for seniors
 The application process
 How to boost chances of entry
 UQ courses that can be completed while
still at school
 Graduate entry into medicine.
6.30 pm Thursday April 30 2015
At
Health Sciences
Learning and Discovery Centre
(Opposite St Stephen’s Private Hospital)
2-4 Medical Place
HERVEY BAY Q 4655
WRITE A BOOK IN A DAY
Aldridge students have once again responded enthusiastically to
the ‘Write a Book in a Day’ challenge. Throughout this term we
have 14 teams from both the Junior and Senior school who have
signed up. Each team will be given 12 hours to write, illustrate and
electronically publish their 4,000 word story to be sent to the
Children’s hospital. The challenge begins this Friday with four
teams involved. We look forward to reading the results of their
creative endeavours.
WENDY CHIMES
Acting HOD English
ROTARY YOUNG DRIVER AWARENESS (RYDA) PROGRAM
On Tuesday 28 April, a group of approximately 115 Year 11 students attended the RYDA program that was
held at the Maryborough Showgrounds. This program is supported at a community level by Rotary and at a
national level by Road Safety Education Limited. The students participated in six interactive sessions that
covered a variety of topics aimed at young people starting off their driving careers. These topics ranged from
experiencing the view from a prime mover to
hearing a crash victims’ experience.
Further resources can be accessed at:
rse.org.au/ryda.
Throughout the day the students showed
maturity in their approach and behaviour with
the organisers as well as with the attending staff,
Miss Reynolds and I. Overall, well done guys!
STEPHEN GILLESPIE
Year Level Coordinator - Year 11
STUDENT ABSENCE
When your student is away from school, don’t forget to let us know.
Please text us on
0409 430 637.
When texting, please give us your student’s name, their year level,
date of absence and the reason for them being away
(ie. Sick, Medical Appointment, or other reason).
Thank You
THE ILLUMINATE PROGRAM
The Illuminate program is based on the work of Dr Carol Christensen who was a senior lecturer in the Faculty
of Education of The University of Queensland before going full-time in consulting and running professional
development programs for secondary, primary and early childhood teachers. She has run and instructed
many thousands of teachers across Australia and internationally. Her collaborative project with Education
Queensland to develop literacy teaching in secondary schools has shown outstanding results in schools across
the state.
This program is based on student data (including Primary results, NAPLAN, PAT testing, Phonemic
Awareness Testing, English results, attendance and behavioural records) to either identify students with gaps
in their literacy knowledge, or build automaticity (making a skill automatic, so that you don’t have to think
about it), particularly in the areas of decoding and comprehension.
This data has been used to allocate these students to classes where literacy needs identified by the testing can
be met. Please note that these class allocations are not set in stone. If the data is inaccurate or incomplete, a
small number of students might find themselves in the wrong class. This will soon become apparent and be
dealt with on a case by case basis. Please feel free to contact me if you, as a parent, have any concerns.
Timing problems around the initiation of this program and its communication with parents is a result of the
unexpectedly large number of students who did poorly in their reading comprehension assessments on entry
to the school this year. One on one testing to verify results proved time consuming as did the process of
finding a suitable program to meet the needs of students and the training of staff to deliver it. Nonetheless,
we apologise for the delay and have taken steps to ensure that the necessary data is more consistent and more
readily available to our school earlier next year so that literacy issues can be identified and communicated
earlier in the term.
For the next two to three weeks, the focus will be on organising routines around the Reading Links part of the
program. Organisation around this is at the teacher’s discretion, but students who are working on decoding
will participate in reading links every lesson. Students who are transitioning from decoding to
comprehension will participate in reading links every second lesson, though the teacher may decide to do so
every lesson if they think the students will benefit from more time. This will be a gradual process. Other
strategies that form part of the program will be phased in one by one to ensure everyone fully understands
the routine.
For this program to succeed in helping your child do their best in high school, daily attendance at school and
30 minutes of reading per night are essential. Students should be reading for enjoyment, but could we ask
that they be given the opportunity to read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts and that you sign your
student’s reading log each night.
Thank you for working with us to help your student be better able to experience success and achieve their
goals at high school.
MRS ALOTA LIMA
Master Teacher
Aldridge State High School
SPORTING NEWS
CROSS COUNTRY 2015
Successful Cross Country was held on Friday 24 April. Langlands achieved a narrow victory over Chappell by
just four points. Goolagong was just another 20 points behind. Shows how important participation points are.
Well done to all who participated.
OVERALL POINTS
CHAPPELL
GOOLAGONG
GOULD
LANGLANDS
1052
1036
952
1056
AGE CHAMPIONS
12 Years
Paige Hatherell
Aaron Davis
13 Years
Mikayla Jensen
Jay Paton
14 Years
Anniston Chappell
Daniel Craig
15 Years
Brianna Sengstock
Tarack Chappell
16 Years
Amy Watson
Mason McKenna
Open
Larissa Dare-McCombe
Carter Chappell
Congratulation to the Champion of
Champions – Ms Golusin – Who was the
first female (and second overall) to finish.
Great effort on her part. Students now have
the opportunity to compete at the
Maryborough District Trials to be held
Tuesday 05 May for the chance to compete
at the Wide Bay Cross Country Trials.
Pictured Right: 2015 Aldridge SHS Cross
Country Age Champions
Mad rush at the start of the Aldridge High
Cross Country
WIDE BAY REPRESENTATIVES
With the Summer and Winter Trials finalised, Wide Bay Teams are heading off to the various State Titles across
Queensland. Congratulations to the following students who have been selected in Wide Bay Teams.
SPORT
STUDENTS
AFL
Kiara McConnell and Tom Roberts
Basketball
Shaniah Elliott, Ricke-Montana Garling, Luke Scriven, Tom Roberts, Braxton Sheppard
and Hannah Karrasch
Football
Lani McKenna and Sam Porter
Golf
Jordan Hancock, Lachlan Hancock and Emily Burns
Hockey
Taylah-Lee Bauer, Courtney Black, Carter Chappell, Tarack Chappell and Roy Tucker
Rugby League
Dylan Fernie, Tom Roberts, Kodi McConnell, Brodie Rogers and Ryan Fernie
Softball
Lewis Blair, Keysha Baker and Shakeya Baker
Squash
Maree Woods and Kaleo Hodgkinson
Swimming
Mikayla Jensen
Tennis
Leyton Goldsmith
Touch
Anniston Chappell
Triathlon
Lucy Watkins and Mason McKenna
Volleyball
Lachlan Ward, Jesse Klein, Kyal Moore, Josh Barsby, Jack Donaldson, Carter Chappell,
Tarack Chappell, Ben Harvey, Dean Cunningham, Luke Calleja, Jun Guilfoyle,
Michael Barnett, Lachlan Morris, Nanami Kuwazuru, Lani McKenna,
Braxton Sheppard, Hannah Karrasch and Cara Robertson.
RUGBY LEAGUE
The Aldridge U13 and Open Boys were successful in winning the Fraser District Rugby League competition on
Wednesday 15 April. The games had to be postponed from before the Easter break due to poor weather. This
gave the Aldridge boys a chance to mend some injuries and put full tams on the field. The team now play the
winners of the Gympie V South Burnett game for the right to challenge Bundaberg for the Wide Bay
Championship. The date is yet to be confirmed but it is a home game to be held in Maryborough. It would be
fantastic to have a large crowd cheering the boys on.
13 Years Boys Rugby League
Open Boys Rugby League
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
The school athletics Carnival will be held on the last day of Term 2 Friday 26 June. Due to the increased
number of students and Age Groups (12 years) it will be necessary to change the program from past years.
This will include extra events being held before the Carnival Day. More information as the program is finalised.
RICHARD FRANKIN
Sports Co-ordinator
ALDRIDGE VOLLEYBALL NEWS
STATE TITLES
We wish all our Wide Bay representatives (Open and U15) all the best as they compete in the State titles.
Congratulations also to Kyal Moore and Jesse Klein for representing Australia over the Easter holidays.
 U15 Girls: Cara Robertson, Hannah Karrasch, Lani McKenna, Braxton Sheppard and Nanami
Kuwazuru.
 U15 Boys: Michael Barnett, Tarack Chappell, Lachlan Morris, Dean Cunningham, Jun Guilfoyle, Ben
Harvey and Luke Calleja.
 Open Boys: Jack Donaldson, Joshua Barsby, Carter Chappell, Kyal Moore and Jessie Klein.
VOLLEYBALL TRIPS
 Unfortunately the Gladstone trip was postponed last Term and hopefully will happen week 5 or 6 this
Term.
 Wide Bay Challenge at the end of Term 2 and 3.
 Senior Schools Cup will be in Week 4 - Term 3 and Junior schools Cup Week 2 - Term 4.
SPONSORS
We again are looking for sponsors to help raise funds to run the program. So if you know of a business
that might be interested in sponsoring or donating an item/s to be raffled please let the school know.
We again would like to thank the following groups for their support and encourage the Aldridge State
High School community to support these businesses.
We are very grateful to the Fraser Coast Volleyball Association, Anne Maddern, the Maryborough RSL
the Maryborough Sports Club, Maryborough Sugar Factory, Maryborough Fitness Health &
Bodyworks and Warren Truss (Wide Bay Federal Member of Parliament) for their very generous
donations.
We are pleased to announce a new sponsor this term Handy Home & Auto Care. For any job around the
house or if you need auto care, please give them a call.
We thank the following businesses for supporting us by taking up our advertising packages:
 Cassandra Price Real Estate Agent of Choice
 Buckn-L Productions (Mechanical Bull Hire)
 Little Miss Fairy Floss
 Education Rules!
 Ian Harvey Dental
 Murray Barnett Plumbing
 Le Boudoir (Ladies Beauty Parlour)
 Fraser Coast Fuels
 Allen Gillespie Electrical
 Handy Home & Auto Care
 Michelle’s Cutting Edge (Hair Designer, 208 Walker St)
 Tinana Fluid Power
NOTE:
Please see details of each business throughout the newsletter.
P&C NEWS
CASUAL TUCKSHOP
CONVENOR
19hrs p/wk - $23.94 p/hr
Monday to Thursday: 7.00 am - 10.00 am
Friday: 7.00 am - 2.30 pm
Must have or willing to obtain
“Food Handling Certificate”
Please call Raelene on 0490 497 141
for more information.
Resumes to be addressed to:
The President, Aldridge SHS P&C
Closing Date:
C.O.B. Tuesday 22 May 2015
Tuckshop prices will change from Monday 04 may 2015
P&C Meeting - every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6.30 pm
Aldridge SHS Uniforms for sale at Tuckshop
Hats
$11.00
Polos $27.00
Shorts $25.00
SENIOR UNIFORMS ARE
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM
THE TUCKSHOP
Scientific Calculators
$25.00
Please be aware that they need to have
the D.A.L. function
Winter Pullovers
$40.00
Magnetic Fridge Pockets
Don’t you wish that you had a simple system to
store your school documents and notes? A place
that is convenient and inexpensive. Well now you
can with our magnetic fridge pockets. Simply file
the papers in the plastic pocket and put it on your
fridge. You will be able to retrieve all your vital
information in an instant.
1 for $7.00 / 2 for $12.00
3 for $17.50
Available at the
Office or C3
Aldridge State High School P&C Association has signed onto be part of the Quickbeds Grassroots
Fundraising Program. This is a great opportunity for our school to raise funds.
IT’S VERY SIMPLE:
When you are booking your Easter accommodation or any accommodation, you just click on this link:
www.quickbeds.com/?grassrootscode=1316
 Find the hotel you want
 Book it (no booking fees, no credit card fees)

That's all - Click on the link now and our P&C code will be stored on your computer.
That's $10.00 for bookings up to $349.00.
And $25.00 for bookings from $350.00 to $699.00.
And $50.00 for bookings of $700.00 or more.
CLICK HERE NOW
www.quickbeds.com/?grassrootscode=1316
to find the hotel you want and use the Grassroots Code: 1316
and you’ll help raise much needed funds for the school.
TUCKSHOP MENU
HOT FOODS
MAIN MENU
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
FRESH SANDWICHES
Egg & Lettuce
$3.20
Ham, Cheese & Tomato
$3.20
Cornmeat & Salad
$3.80
Chicken & Salad
$3.80
Ham & Salad
$3.80
Chicken, Mayo,Lettuce
$3.50
Salad Only
$3.20
(Toasted Sandwich - $0.30 extra)
TURKISH BREAD
Roast Beef & Salad
Ham & Salad
$4.00
$4.00
Ham & Salad
Chicken & Salad
Quiche & Salad
Egg & Salad
$1.00
$2.50
Apple Crumble & Custard
Gingerbread Students
$2.50
$1.50
$27.00
$25.00
SENIOR:
Shirts
Shorts
Purple Skirts
Jumpers
Hats (Compulsory)
RED ROCK OVEN BAKED CHIPS
28gram Packets
Iceblocks Various
Yoghurt - Frozen 100g
Plastic Spoons & Forks
Sauce
$2.00
$1.50
$2.50
$1.50
$2.20
$3.50
$2.00
$1.00
$2.00
$0.05
$0.30
PLEASE ORDER BETWEEN
8.00-9.00 AM
NEW UNIFORMS
Shirts
Shorts
$3.00
$3.00
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
DRINKS
CHIPS
Muffins
Fruit Salad Container
JUNIOR:
All Burgers include Salad
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
OTHER ITEMS
(Includes a variety of available fruits)
MONDAY: made]Spaghetti Bolognaise
Fresh ]Fried Rice
TUESDAY:
Chilli Chicken Burger
WEDNESDAY: Chicken & Gravy Roll
THURSDAY:
Chicken Burger
FRIDAY:
Hamburger
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
FRESH SALAD BOXES
$3.50
$3.00
$2.50
$2.50
HOT FOOD SPECIALS
750ml Water
600ml Water
Plain Milk 600ml
Quench
FLAVOURED MILK
300ml
500ml
Juice
WRAPS
Chicken & Salad
Ham & Salad
Cornmeat & Salad
Reduced Fat Pies
Reduced Fat Sausage Rolls
Pizza Singles (eg. Ham & Pineapple)
Pizza Rounders
$27.00
$25.00
$35.00
$40.00
$11.00
Scientific Calculators
$25.00
TUCKSHOP IS THE MAIN FUNDRAISER
FOR
ALDRIDGE STATE HIGH SCHOOL’S
PARENTS & CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ASSESSMENT CALENDARS
Assessment calendars for Term 1 for years 7 – 12 are now on the school website:
www. aldridgeshs.eq.edu.au.
Please print out the relevant year level for your student and highlight their subjects.
1.
Hover mouse on “Calendar and News”
2.
Click on “Exam Timetables”
3.
Click on relevant year level
Students to print, highlight, put in a prominent place and refer to
HAVE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS CHANGED RECENTLY?
Don’t forget to call into the main admin office to collect a Blue Change of Details Advice Form.
Completing this form when any of your details change ie. Change of Address, Contact Telephone Numbers, Emergency Contacts or change in family
circumstances, enables us here at Aldridge High to be able to contact you in any situation,
quickly and accurately.
Please note that we require “Proof of Address” when updating your address details
(Documents that can be used are a Lease Agreement; Telephone, Electricity or Rates Account).
Thank you
Purple - The New BLACK!
SPECIALS & DEALS
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Services offered
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MOWING
WEEDING
TRIMING
RUBISH REMOVAL
MULCHING
FERTILISING
PLANTING
GARDEN EDGING
PRESSURE CLEANING
WHEELIE BIN CLEANING
FENCING & GATE REPAIRS
HOUSE CLEANING
WINDOW CLEANING
CAR CLEANING &
VACUUMING
HAND WAX & POLISH
SOME HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS
HOLIDAY PET CLEANING
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$10 pensioner discount
$10 health care holder discount
1 wheelie bin clean $25 or 2 $40
Sixth repeat service is free
Hand car polish $105
Complete car detail $140
Ave block snip & mow 1 hr $40
Vacant blocks $55
Kinesiology Tape
Proud sponsor of Kyal Moore
(Qld Volleyball player)
Available in 2 sizes 5cm x 5m, 10 cm x 5 m
29 Different colours and patterns
RRP $20 for 5 m
Quote coupon code “Kyal” when ordering and receive 20% off
Key benefits of using Rocktape:
1. Assists to decrease pain
2. Assists to reduce swelling
3. Allows full range of movement
4. Hypoallergenic – no zinc oxide
Water resistant - can be worn for up to 5 days
For more information or to get your RockTape online
W: www.rocktape.com.au
E: [email protected]