Cnr Network Dr & Wynnum Rd Wynnum Qld 4178 Website: https://brisbanebaysidesc.eq.edu.au/ Email: [email protected] Phone: 07 3893 5333 Fax: 07 3393 6050 Subscribe to Online Newsletter! http://brisbaysidesc.schoolzinenewsletters.com/subscribe 15 May 2015 Principal’s Report Dear Parent/Guardian, Last Saturday we had our Annual Open Day. I estimate we had several hundred people attend throughout the afternoon. I was very impressed with the way our College community came together to showcase excellence in everything we do at Brisbane Bayside State College. I would particularly like to thank Mrs Sue Littman, Ms Julie Strong and Ms Kim Keyte for their coordination and organisation of the day; Heads of Department and teachers for conducting tours, exhibits and stalls and our students for their volunteer work and cultural participation in the band and music throughout the afternoon. We had a range of positive interactions with parents, including some who believed it was the best Open day they had attended after visiting a range of 'Open' days in both the private and public school sectors in the area. Another parent believed the activities showcased were presented just for ‘show’ on the day and were surprised to learn that the activities were part of our everyday ‘business’ in classrooms. I was extremely proud of our students and staff who demonstrated the teamwork that is evident and tangible and distinctly who we are at BBSC. Embedded within the Open Day was the Opening of the Junior Secondary facility, ‘O’ Block by the local Member for Lytton, Joan Pease. Mrs Pease gave an insightful and reaffirming speech into the history of the College and the importance of the Junior Secondary facility to our students entering High School for the first time. I have included an excerpt from my speech as it encapsulates my thoughts on the progress of the College in its sixth year: "Brisbane Bayside State College is an excellent school with an enhancing and a growing reputation for our educational, cultural diversity and inclusion. Behind this reputation is many wonderful staff who provide the teaching and learning environment for students to excel in; I know I have committed and skilful staff and often hear positive and reaffirming anecdotes from parents who enrol students into our College and contract staff and other school visitors and colleagues who pass on many positive comments about the tone and culture of our school. We focus on Reading, Numeracy and Senior Schooling Pathways underpinned by a strong supportive and wellbeing structure. We pride ourselves on the fact we are committed to providing the best quality public education possible for all students regardless of socio economic background or cultural diversity. I believe you will see a snapshot of this excellence in education as you walk about our campus. Part of this journey has been the creation of our beautiful learning environment with facilities and resources conducive to the best possible learning outcomes. Today we celebrate the Opening of the latest addition to these State of The Art facilities, our Junior Secondary facility, more commonly referred to as ‘O’ block. It is the pride of place for our year 7 and 8 cohorts presently and at capacity can house around 270 students at any one time. Funding of more than $3.9 million has been spent on the new building at the school for the move of Year 7 to high school. The facility stands 3 levels, has 9 General Teaching Areas and 2 wet area rooms, open courtyards on each level, a conference room, break out rooms, open learning areas, staffroom and amenities. Of course, it is now up to us to utilise its potential and take advantage of this facility through great teaching and learning….something I am confident of doing, as people, not necessarily our buildings which make the real difference. In saying this, I think it is suitable and appropriate that all students in our Bayside District have access to the best possible educational facilities and I am both proud and fortunate to be Principal of a facility and College where this occurs." NAPLAN took centre stage this past week and our year 7 and 9 students have been well prepared to perform their best. Results should be released in late July this year for us to gather feedback on individual results to assist our students in literacy and numeracy. Until next Gazette Darren Wallwork Open Day Year 10 and 12 Visual Art workshop Monday 27th April saw the year 10 and 12 visual art class undertake a full day acrylic painting workshop with professional guest artist Symone Male. Students learnt how to paint a realistic self-portrait using tone and enhancing a background using various gel mediums. Students will be using their new found skills in the creation of the backdrops for this year’s school musical. Many of the students surprised themselves with a completed accurate representation of themselves, which were displayed in the school art gallery on Open Day. Ms C Miles and Ms N Tizzard Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Excursion Thursday 23rd April saw 23 year 7 and 8 students go to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary for an Arts excursion. On arrival we had a talk from one of the zoo keepers on various species and groupings of animals and got to touch a lizard and a koala. Students then had free time to visit the various animals and obtain the perfect selfie with a kangaroo or emu whilst feeling them specialist food provided. Some students visited the tails and scales presentation where they got to pat a snake, before we all went to the birds of prey show. We got to see an owl, a wedgetail eagle and other birds in flight and capturing their food. After lunch students went to see the sheep dog and shearing show before departing at 2pm after a full day hanging out with the animals. The students were complimented by the Zoo staff on their excellent behaviour. Everyone had a great day out with lots of excellent photos to remember a great excursion. Students will be able to use their new found information of birds and many photos to sketch designs for their upcoming winged creature sculpture. Improve Maths Learning with Manga High Over the first term, Brisbane Bayside Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students have been using www.Mangahigh.com to enhance their mathematics learning. Manga High is a fun way to learn maths. All students should be doing some Manga High each week in class and at home. Teachers regularly set challenges for students to complete and Manga High will enhance mathematical thinking and enjoyment of maths. Update: BBSC topped the Manga High Queensland Mathematics challenge for the month of April. Well done to all students who achieved a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal on their activities. BBSC’s highest achievers during April were Jacob Miller, Joy Ehue and Tiale Taamia. To check your students login details, please contact your child’s maths teacher or myself. Ben Robson [email protected] Ms C Miles Junior Secondary Leadership Opportunities: As part of Brisbane Bayside State College’s junior secondary focus we have created class captains for our year 7 & 8 roll classes. This is an excellent opportunity for students to demonstrate their leadership skills both within and outside the classroom environment. Students will be the voices for their roll classes and will work with Wellbeing Leaders and key Heads of Department in designing interclass activities and challenges. Congratulations to the following students, who are term 2’s class leaders; 2 Grade 7 Class Leaders: 7A – Marlon Tanielu and Abbey Jones 7B – Alyssa Proellochs and Simon Tamehana 7C – Madison Logan and Brock Rickertt 7D – Ryan Murphy and Liam Cameron 7E – Ben Scharfenberg and Shannyn Hovey 7F – Maddi Johns and Nicolas Thomas 3. Caitlyn Spires 4. Joshua Byrnes 5. Jacob Shaw Congratulations to our first three prize winners: Mitchell King, Chris Russell and Gabriel Nicolas Attendance: Grade 8 Class Leaders: 8A – Marrianne Derain 8B – Jazmin Lennon and Patrick McLaren 8C – Joffe Thompson and Chloe Mein 8D – Kellie Taylor and Declan O’Byrne Congratulations to the following students who received a 100% Attendance Rate for Term One. This is a fantastic achievement and you are setting excellent standards to the rest of your peers. Remember every day counts! Student Name Year Level Lachlan Armstrong 7 Ngatahi Arthur 7 Bradley Bodell 7 Electra Brooks-Gray 7 Kyah-Anne Hackett 7 Tanieka Hay 7 Noah Loy 7 Isabella Marchesini-Distratis 7 Caleb Marshall 7 Daniel Mingi 7 Arcadia Moa 7 Janet Morofa 7 Rebecca Naawi 7 Trent Orton 7 Dylan Porter 7 Cooper Seagg 7 Keshow Singh 7 4. Amanda Wong Harry Smith 7 5. Lee Smith Sam Walcroft 7 Celebration of Success: To support positive behaviour and the improvement of student outcomes within Brisbane Bayside State College, we have a Vivo rewards program. Vivo points are allocated to students for demonstrating our school rules and expectations both within and outside the classroom. At the end of Term 1 all points were counted and the top 5 Vivo recipients from the junior secondary are listed below. All 15 of these students will go into a draw to win free entry into our end of year celebration at Wet and Wild. Congratulations to Term 1’s top five Vivo recipients for years 7 -9. Year 7: 1. Michael Kennedy 2. Tiffany Tsakrios 3. Mikayla Abela Year 8: 1. Paul Green 2. Bailey Petrie 3. Connor Caplice 4. Samuel Mingi 5. Cleavon Johnson-Davis Year 9: 1. Emily Truong 2. Gabriel Nicolas Student Name Year Level Isabel Anderson 9 Noah Axam 9 Toarangatira Betham 9 Jame Bristowe 9 Joshua Bunn 9 Nirada Chaokamut 9 David Chau 9 3 Year Level Jock Chrichton 9 Jessica Ellem 9 Thomas Hall 9 Taylah Halton 9 Dallas Healey 9 Chloe Kan 9 Chelsie Lao 9 Bradley Lock 9 Molly Lund 9 Broughton Makirere 9 Jacob Miller 9 Jonah Mortensen 9 Jake Mortimer 9 Christopher Palad 9 Michaela Raper 9 Beau Reynierse 9 Mariah Ruttley 9 Lillian Smith 9 Year 12 Health Education Students: Alyssa, Serani, Shaun, Patrick, Zachary, Keana, Bree, Claire, Jess, Emily, Xian, Savanah, Alex, Leah, Chelsea, Danica, Cresiel, Caitlin, Martina, Stacey, Madelaine, Jada-Rose. Caitlyn Spires 9 Student Leaders: Tain, Deanna-Lee, Lyndsey Seth Tamehana 9 Mark Torres 9 Merryn Trevor 9 Tawhiri Wairama 9 Emma Wells 9 Liam Whiting 9 Leara Williamson 9 Student Name Year Level Kyle Arnold 8 Jaydyn Dimos 8 Samuel Mingi 8 Kylie Oti 8 Deegan Overton 8 Liam Penman 8 William Purchase 8 P.A.R.T.Y Excursion On Wednesday 29th April, 25 year 12 students and 4 staff attended the P.A.R.T.Y (Preventing Alcohol Related Trauma in Youth) Excursion at the Royal Women’s Brisbane Hospital. P.A.R.T.Y is an in-hospital injury awareness and prevention program aimed at providing teenagers with information about trauma that will enable them to recognise potentional 4 injury-producing situations, make prevention-orientated choices, and adopt behaviours that minimise unnecessary risk. Student Name Throughout the day, the students were engaged by watching DVD’s PowerPoint presentations and interactive simulated clinical scenarios based on the journey of a trauma patient. The presenters were health professionals, emergency services personnel, including ambulance officers, and people who have experienced trauma and survived, often with significant disabilities. One ex-patient, Charmaine De Wit and her father Peter shared their story about the significant brain injury trauma caused by her car accident several years ago. The students were quite emotionally affected by this powerful story and have stayed in contact with her in the hope that our class can do some fundraising to assist her with some living costs in the future. As the day concluded the students were empowered to make better and safer choices in the future to prevent trauma-related injuries to themselves and their friends. The whole day was an amazing apportunity that our school was very privileged to attend. Staff: Miss Steph Norris, Randall Gill (Chappo), Mrs Michelle Chell & Mrs Stone Quanadamooka Children’s Dance Fesitval During Reconciliation Week, on Tuesday 2nd June, our school is participating in the “Quandamooka Children’s Dance Festival”. The Redlands Moving Together Cluster, who works in partnership with the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council and Yulu-Buri-Ba Aboriginal Corporation for Community Health, will host the festival. We are pleased to be gathering at Redlands Show Grounds. The Dance performance begins at 1:30pm and concludes at 2:30pm after a day of Language, Culture and Dance Workshops. Learning includes Language with the Elders-in-Council; Secondary QIECC Forum; Quandamooka Dance Workshop; Torres Strait Islander Dance Workshop; Quandamooka Artist Craig Tapp to create a dance space using sand and ochre; Dance Performance. P& C Operations Chaplaincy Dinner Sale Knitted vest are on sale for $20.00. Stocks are limited. Year 12 Jerseys We placed two rounds of orders with the jersey supplier. The second round of orders included all students who placed an order from Mon 23rd Feb to 27th Mar. These jerseys will arrive in a few weeks. Please watch daily notices for an announcement of when collection can be made. Uniform Shop Open Hours Tues, Thurs & Fri- 8.00am to 11.00am Uniform Orders If you are unable to make it into the shop during open hours, we will happily provide uniforms to your student with a completed order form. Forms can be delivered to the uniform shop, faxed or emailed to [email protected] . Payment can be made via cash, cheque (made payable to BBSC P&C uniform shop) or credit card by filling in your card details on the order form. Alternatively, we can take credit card payments over the phone. We also provide assistance with sizing your student. Junior Badminton Club Calendar Date Event 15.05.15 Year 11 & 12 Hospitality Excursion 26.05.15 Year 11 & 12 Geography Excursion Year 10 Business & Year 11 Accounting Dreamworld Excursion Open Day/ Enrol Now 29.05.15 Year 10 Careers Expo 03.06.15 HPV2 & Chicken Pox Vaccinations Year 8 09.06.15 P & C Meeting 6.30pm – Admin Block 11.06.15 College Open Morning 23.07.15 17.09.15 Queensland Academies 29.10.15 03.08.15 29.10.15 5
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