Volume 5 2 April 2015 PRINCIPAL MATTERS Dear Parents, Caregivers and members of the Clermont Community Student Attendance Our student attendance rates continue to improve significantly. As you will see in the table below, there has been an upward trend in attendance across the school during the past three years. Year 2015 2014 Year-to-date attendance 94% 90.7% 2013 88.1% I extend my thanks to those parents and caregivers who support us in our quest to continually improve attendance by ensuring that your children are at school every day unless there is a legitimate reason for an absence. Attendance is so very important because when students are in regular attendance they learn. When they learn they achieve, and when they achieve they are well placed to have a wide variety of options available to them when they complete their secondary education. As Principal, I want all of our students to have the greatest possible choice of future careers. By contrast, students who attend school less than 85% of the time are putting themselves at significant risk of failing to achieve their potential at school, and of being overlooked for employment opportunities when they leave. Employers often request to view student report cards which contain information concerning attendance. Poor attendance at school does not instil confidence in potential employers that such students would be reliable employees. Parents and caregivers of teenagers sometimes experience difficulty in getting their children to school for a variety of reasons. I would encourage all parents and caregivers to peruse the article on page 5-6, as it provides some useful strategies to assist with regular student attendance during the high school years. Mid Semester 1 Results Provided below for your information is our Assessment Results Overall Summary for the Mid Semester 1 reporting period. The summary provides the percentage of ratings on an A-E scale in the areas of Achievement, Behaviour and Effort for students across the school from Years 7-12. As you will note, 69.3% of our students were rated in the A-C range for Achievement, 95.7% in the A-C range for Behaviour and 92.4% in the A-C range for Effort. During Term 2 our teachers will be focusing very closely on strategies designed to increase the likelihood of every student achieving results in alignment with his/her ability. PRINCIPAL MATTERS I will be meeting with teachers to discuss appropriate strategies, in instances where I have concerns about anomalies between current results and student ability. Distribution of Achievement Codes This report is available, upon request, to all parents and caregivers. It shows your child’s achievement in each learning area/subject in comparison to that of other students in their year level at school. Please feel very welcome to contact me if you would like to receive a copy of this information. Mid Semester Reports Mid Semester reports were distributed to the students this afternoon. At Clermont State High School we encourage all of our students to aspire to do well, to believe in their potential as learners, to strive towards their goals and then to achieve success. PRINCIPAL MATTERS I hope that those students who have demonstrated a high level of Studentship by working hard and doing their very best during Term 1 will be very proud of the results they have achieved. Students who have not achieved as highly as they had hoped are encouraged to make use of feedback provided by teachers in order to work towards improving results during the second half of the semester. I will be analyzing report data before the new term begins, and I look forward to be able to congratulate a great many students for their achievement and improvement so far this semester. Parent Teacher Interviews Parent Teacher Interviews will be held early in Term 2. While all parents and caregivers are most welcome to request an interview with any of your child’s teachers next term, I would especially encourage the attendance of the parents of those students whose teachers have specifically requested an interview. If your child has obtained an Achievement rating of ‘D’ or ‘E’ in any subject, or if his/her Behaviour and/or Effort rating indicates ‘Needs Attention’ or ‘Unacceptable’ in any subject, it is extremely important that you make contact with the teacher concerned so that strategies for improvement can be discussed and implemented during Term 2. We are committed to helping your child to improve and achieve, and strong partnerships between home and school are very important in order for improvement to occur. Please note that alternative interview times can always be arranged if the dates scheduled are not convenient. Timetable changes for Term 2 As a result of changes to staffing in Term 2, there will be timetable changes for some students. Letters informing the parents and caregivers of the students affected by the changes were mailed home last week. Students received their Term 2 timetables with their reports this afternoon. Anzac Day Ceremony Our Anzac Day Ceremony will be held at the school at 9:00am on Wednesday 22 April. All interested parents, caregivers and members of the community are most welcome to attend. Encouragement Awards Our annual Encouragement Awards Ceremony will be held at the school at 9:00am on Wednesday 6 May. Encouragement Awards are presented to students from Years 7-12 who: PRINCIPAL MATTERS • • • • • Show consistent effort Generally show consistently good behaviour in class Consistently demonstrate pride in their work Consistently work to ability level Consistently bring a positive attitude to the classroom Letters of invitation to the parents and caregivers of students receiving awards will be mailed home during the first week of Term 2. We look forward to your attendance at this special event on our school calendar. School Office Closure Parents and caregivers are advised that the school office will be closed from 4:00pm on Thursday 2 April until 8:00am on Monday 20 April. Parents and caregivers are also reminded that students are not to be on school premises during the school vacation period. Please note that there is no Student Free Day at the beginning of Term 2. Monday 20 April is a normal school day for students and staff. Happy Holidays As we come to the end of a busy and productive first term, I extend my best wishes for a welldeserved Easter break to students and staff alike. May your holidays be safe and enjoyable, and may you return refreshed and ready for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of us in Term 2. Kind regards __________________ Leanne Hooper PRINCIPAL Student Absence Line For student absences please phone 4983 4340 PRINCIPAL MATTERS PRINCIPAL MATTERS HEAD OF DEPARTMENT NOTES Year 11 Emu Gully Camp This camp is set for the second week of Term 2: April 29 – 1 May. As travel is overnight, a reminder to parents and Year 11 students that the bus will be leaving on Tuesday April 28 at approximately 6pm, and arriving back to school on Saturday May 2 at approximately 4am. All Year 11 students are required to be at school as usual on Tuesday 28 April. Emu Gully is a well-renowned camp based on character development in courage, mateship, perseverance and sacrifice through ANZAC-themed team and individual challenges. This camp provides many eye-opening experiences that force us to reflect upon our attitudes to life. Final camp payment is due to the school office by Wednesday 22 April. Year 11/12 Students and their QCE Eligibility By the end of our students’ education at Clermont SHS we aim for every student to successfully complete their studies and attain their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). Last year 100% of our Year 12 students exited with their QCE and this is a figure we aim to achieve again this year. Parents and students need to be aware of the requirements to achieve a QCE. These requirements guide subject selection and subject change decisions, and students’ progress towards their QCE forms the core of discussions with students in Years 11 and 12. To attain their QCE, Year 11 and 12 students must: • ο ο • ο • ο Achieve a minimum 20 points of study: 4 points are awarded for each subject studied at CSHS over the full 2 years of senior school (Year 11 and 12). To attain the 4 points, students must exit the subject at a minimum C level of achievement. For example, if a student achieved at least a C in 5 of their 6 subjects studied, and they studied these subjects from the beginning of Year 11 through to the end of Year 12, they would accumulate 20 points. Study a minimum of 3 subjects for 4 semesters: For example studying English, Maths B and Biology in Years 11 and 12 from Term 1 Year 11 through to the end of Term 4 Year 12. Students should not be changing subjects too often because this can lead to never completing a full course of study. Meet literacy and numeracy requirements: Students must pass at least one semester of English and Maths in Year 11 or 12. HEAD OF DEPARTMENT NOTES NAPLAN Please be advised that all students in Years 7 and 9 will be required to sit the NAPLAN tests during the 12, 13 and 14 May. Could we please ask that parents and caregivers ensure that they have nothing planned such as a holiday during these dates. If you need to discuss anything concerning the NAPLAN tests such as exemptions or adjustments for your student could you please contact Mr. Grant. We have already started preparing students for this important test during the students’ dedicated Literacy and Numeracy classes. Junior School Issues There have been a number of low level bullying issues in the Junior School relating largely to name-calling. In most cases these have stemmed from issues that have started in primary school and are, for some reason, continuing into high school. I would like to make the point that students beginning high school should see this as a fresh start and an opportunity to leave these issues where they belong: that is, in the past. I would also like to reassure parents and carers that any reported incident of bullying is taken seriously and action taken immediately. Students transitioning from primary school may not have been adequately trained to equip themselves with the necessary skills to be able to react to bullying and to report bullying. For that reason, at the start of Term 2 all students will be issued with a “What to do if I am being bullied” card which will fit nicely into their planners or wallet and allow them to follow a simple and guided process regarding how to appropriately deal with an incident of bullying. This process has been explained numerous times in person to students and at Junior Secondary parades, but the card will reinforce what has been said by providing a visual cue for students to learn from, practice and reinforce how they deal with these situations. The bullying card follows these steps: Step 1: Don’t React - ignore them, walk away, don’t call them a nasty name back. Step 2: React in a positive manner - use I statements, stand up for yourself, tell them to stop, tell them how this is making you feel, tell them if they do not stop you will report it to a teacher. Step 3: Report this incident to the nearest teacher on duty at lunch, during/after class or to Miss De Ruysscher, Mrs Poulus or Mr Grant, then it will be dealt with. HEAD OF DEPARTMENT NOTES If students are able to follow these simple steps, they will equip themselves with an appropriate way to deal with incidents, which will allow them, with the help of staff, to prevent the situation from possibly becoming worse. I am raising this matter to make parents and caregivers aware of the process that your student has the responsibility to follow. If staff are unaware of incidents of bullying, it is almost impossible to act on these. Clermont SHS is an excellent school, that has high behavioural expectations underpinned by respect. In my experience, instances of bullying at Clermont SHS are low level on a comparative scale, so sometimes these need to be kept in perspective. Bullying is in no way tolerated and will be appropriately managed by all staff when reported. I look forward to working with students, staff, parents and the wider community to equip our students with the skills to build resilience, self-confidence and accountability to prevent all levels of bullying. We would like to wish all students, staff, parents and the wider community a safe and relaxing Easter break. _________________ Carly Bell Head of Department - Senior Secondary ___________________________ Joshua Grant Head of Department - Junior Secondary FROM THE YEAR LEVEL COORDINATOR SENIOR SECONDARY Well, the first term is over! Many of you have done extremely well. For those in Year 11 this first term is often the most difficult, as you get used to the changes in assessments and the extra pressure of being in the last phase of your high school career. You can now relax a bit and enjoy the holidays. Congratulations to those who did well in their assessments, and to those who did the very best they could. If you didn’t receive the results you were hoping for, then try to think of ways you could do things differently to obtain a better result. Talk to your teachers to get ideas about how to improve. Could you have done better and, if so, how can you improve the results for next term? Did you give it your best effort, and if not, why? Have you set achievable and realistic goals for yourself? These are the sort of things you could be thinking about during the break. Congratulations to our active participants in the senior school. Last week Nikita McDonald, Erin Marteene, Rachael Simpson and Claire Lawrence were actively supporting the junior school members both in the school at lunch times and outside the school. Well done! This week Nick Kimber was actively helping other students in his subjects to grasp the concepts being taught. Again, well done and thank you all for your contributions. Above all, though, take a break and enjoy yourselves. Have fun and be safe. Robert Hazeleger & Vicki Hazeleger Senior Secondary Coordinators FROM THE YEAR LEVEL COORDINATORS JUNIOR SECONDARY Week 10 of Term 1 – It is the end of the first term of the 2015 school year. We have all survived! Can you believe it? And guess what – I think we’ve all had a little fun on the way! The junior secondary team has certainly welcomed all the new faces joining our teaching team this year, and the transitioning of Years 7 and 8 to High School has been a fantastic experience so far. The term has flown by, picking up momentum recently, with students completing many assessment tasks and preparing to receive their Term 1 reports. The reports are an indication of how students have been progressing this term. They will contain grades for achievement, effort, behaviour, homework and comments relating to respect, bookwork and possible improvement in each subject. Please take the time to sit down and read through your child’s report together. It is a great way to spend some time with your child, and for them to share some of their achievements this term. You may also want to set some goals together for possible improvements in Term 2. Opportunities to meet with your students’ teachers will be given in Term 2, with Parent/Teacher interviews scheduled to be held in Weeks two and three of next term. Please make an effort to come in and meet with your child’s teachers. It is a great opportunity to get to know each other a little better, and that can only be a good thing as we all work together towards the same goal of helping our students strive to be the best young person they possibly can be. Gotcha Awards How wonderful to have such a long list of Gotcha recipients! This in an indication of the great students we have here at Clermont State High School. Our Gotcha recipients for Weeks 8 and 9 were: • Ruan Bekker - For continual fantastic work ethic and behaviour in waterpolo. • Natalie Kane - For continual fantastic work ethic and behaviour in waterpolo. • Emma Hocking - For continual fantastic work ethic and behaviour in waterpolo. • Takaylah Francis - For continual fantastic work ethic and behaviour in waterpolo. • Billie Pickering - For continual fantastic work ethic and behaviour in waterpolo. • Scarlett Cook - For continual fantastic work ethic and behaviour in waterpolo. • Mandi Sichter - For continual fantastic work ethic and behaviour in waterpolo. • Dom Maragna - For diligent work on your PE assessment task, continually seeking feedback to improve your work, AND for completing your Japanese assignment to a high standard. Excellent work! • Lleyton Marks - For improved effort on your PE assessment task. • Jack Brown - For always putting in a great effort in English and seeking feedback to improve your work. • Lydia Clements - For a huge improvement in effort, behaviour and attitude in HPE and English. Great results are starting to show – well done! • Sam Lockyer - for completing your Japanese assignment to a high standard. Excellent work! • Emma Hocking - For producing an ‘A’ standard assessment piece in PE. Well done! FROM THE YEAR LEVEL COORDINATORS JUNIOR SECONDARY • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Takaylah Francis - For producing an ‘A’ standard assessment piece in PE. Well done! Natalie Kane - For producing an ‘A’ standard assessment piece in PE. Well done! Mandi Sichter - For producing an ‘A’ standard assessment piece in PE. Well done! Courtney Eckhardt - For producing an ‘A’ standard assessment piece in PE. Well done! AND for achieving an excellent result on your Japanese exam. Well done! Dom Maragna - For producing an ‘A’ standard assessment piece in PE. Well done! Chloe Coghill - For producing an ‘A’ standard assessment piece in PE. Well done! Cooper Hobbs - For volunteering to help unload a truckload of timber in his own time. Thank you from Mr Herbert. Tom Barrass - For volunteering to help unload a truckload of timber in his own time. Thank you from Mr Herbert. Sam Agius - For volunteering to help unload a truckload of timber in his own time. Thank you from Mr Herbert. Cody Ladmore - For volunteering to help unload a truckload of timber in his own time. Thank you from Mr Herbert. Braydon Mahoney - For taking the time in English to offer help to other students without being asked. Toby Thurlow - For putting in a very good effort on your PE assessment. Keep this up for all your other subjects too! Lydia Clements - For great results on your Maths test. Well done! Michelle Whip - For always helping out in the Science lab without being asked. Thank you from Mr Orth. Daniel Archibald - For showing fantastic work ethic and determination in waterpolo this term. Your hard work and effort have not gone unnoticed – from Mr Orth. Jason Hansen - For constant hard work and always trying your best in Maths. Tim Misfud - For achieving an excellent result on your Japanese exam. Well done! Caitlin Hamilton - For achieving an excellent result on your Japanese exam. Well done! Kimberley Crawford - For achieving an excellent result on your Japanese exam. Well done! Hannah McLaughlin - For achieving an excellent result on your Japanese exam. Well done! Rachal Riggs - For achieving an excellent result on your Japanese exam. Well done! Audrey Dangel - For achieving an excellent result on your Japanese exam. Well done! Brainstrain Update – It is great to see so many students entering our Junior Secondary Brainstrain competition! Our Week 8 winner was Andrew Hamilton and our Week 9 winner was Audrey Dangel. Both students won a $5 tuckshop voucher. Well done to everyone who has placed an entry in the box. Remember, you gotta be in it to win it! Year 9 English Amendment – An amendment to the official assessment calendar for Year 9 English next term is that your exam scheduled for Week 1, Term 2 will now be held in Week 2, Term 2. All other assessment dates stay the same unless officially amended. We look forward to another great term starting back on Monday 20 April. The first week is a very busy one, with our Anzac Day service on Wednesday22, Interschool Round #1 on Thursday 23 and our school Cross-Country on Friday 24. Have a very safe and happy Easter break! Dena de Ruysscher and Susan Poulus STUDENT PROFILES NAME: Gared Oliffe - Student Council President 2015 I have been a student at Clermont State High School since Year 8, 2011. A memory of my first day at CSHS is meeting my new classmates. My favourite subject is Modern History because Mr Rowlands puts a lot of effort into the class. My learning goal for this year is to achieve a high OP score through hard work. What I like most about CSHS is how loving the community is. The best advice I’ve ever received is that if you choose a job you love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life. In five years time I’d like to be doing what I love. NAME: Erin Slattery - Student Council Secretary 2015 I have been a student at Clermont State High School since Year 8, 2011. A memory of my first day at CSHS is meeting new people. My favourite subject is Art because it’s a way students can express themselves while they do work. My learning goal for this year is to pass all my subjects. What I like most about CSHS is the senior common room. The best advice I’ve ever received is that adults are annoying and then you become one. In five years time I’d like to be working in an art gallery. Gared, Erin and Morgan all bring enthusiasm and energy to their roles as the Executive Office of the Student Council. STUDENT PROFILES NAME: Morgan Mills - Student Council Treasurer 2015 I have been at Clermont State High School since Year 11, 2014. A memory of my first day at CSHS is being on time for once. My favourite subject is Maths A because it’s one of the subjects that I understand and love. My learning goal for this year is to improve my grades. What I like most about CSHS is the Kitchen Operations program. The best advice I’ve ever received is to do what makes you happy, not what makes others happy. In five years time I’d like to be finishing uni and doing what I love. Date Claimers 22 April 23 April 24 April 28 April -1 May 29 April 6 May 6 May 12-14 May 27 May ANZAC Day Service Interschool Sports - Dysart Cross Country Carnival Senior Leadership Camp Parent/Teacher Interviews Encouragement Awards Parent/Teacher Interviews NAPLAN Show Holiday ASSESSMENT CALENDAR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR ASSESSMENT CALENDAR SCHOOL NEWS English / Humanities Tutoring Why not come to English/Humanities tutoring on Wednesday afternoons? Come to B5 from 3:05-4:00pm and have an Excellent English Teacher or a Sensational Humanities Teacher help you out. MATHS TUTORING Every Tuesday afternoon 3:05pm to 4pm D16 for both Junior & Senior students. A teacher will be available to solve all your problems. SCIENCE TUTORING Please note that Science tutoring will be held every Monday afternoon from 3:05pm to 4:00pm. N1/N2. GUIADANCE OFFICER NEWS GUIADANCE OFFICER NEWS FAMILY SQUABBLES Parents often worry about brothers and sisters quarrelling. A certain amount of quarrelling is normal for children in families. It is one of the ways that they learn how to get on with other people. Quarrelling can be positive. Sometimes, however, you will need to step in when tempers become frayed and you can see that things are getting out of control. What causes quarrelling? Learning to get on with others Arguments between brothers and sisters are one of the ways that children learn to respect other people’s belongings and feelings. It is one of the ways children learn to solve problems. Learning to argue fairly and without hurting each other will help them get on with others. Parents’ attention Children in families also fight about parents’ love and attention. To children love means time and attention. Young children do require more attention, but allocating time to an older child is just as important and will make for better relationships all round. Health When feeling unwell, resistance can be low for coping with adversity. We may be more sensitive to comments and less able to manage our own emotions. What parents can do Here are some steps you can take to help lessen quarrels. • • • • • • • • • • Protect the needs of each child, for example prevent older children’s activities from being interfered with by younger children and vice versa. Spend special time with each child on a regular basis. Allow each child to own some special things of their own that they don’t have to share. For younger children, see that there are more than one of the same toys, such as matchbox cars, so that they can play together without having to share. Two second hand bicycles are often better fun than one new one that has to be shared. If you have three children make sure that the same one is not left out every time. Invite other children over – children learn social skills through exposure and practise Children need their own bit of space which will not be interfered with by others, even if it is only a drawer. Try not to compare children with each other - this always leads to bad feelings. Be generous with hugs and affection to all your children –even the teenager that appears to pull away – deep down they love the contact. Make ground rules. Get your children to help you make some rules about what behaviour is not allowed in your home, for example name calling or hitting = being respectful. Then if you have to step in, you do so because someone has broken a rule, not to take sides. When you can see that children are feeling upset, help them to find ways to express their feelings by talking about feelings. For young children play that helps with feelings includes water play, painting and playdough. For older children and adolescents it may be something like going for a run or playing their music, and especially opportunity to talk and problem solve themselves. Maintain good health - Healthy, active children may exhibit greater tolerance / resilience and manage their emotions more appropriately when needed Children need adults to teach them how to solve problems, and while squabbles may be annoying and stressful they also may be the means of teaching resilience as well as developing skills for managing relationships throughout our lives. Adapted from `Parenting SA’, Government of South Australia Enjoy the school break! Matt Martin Guidance Officer VET NEWS School Based Apprentice and Traineeships March 2015 The Clermont Medical Centre is working with us as they take on Nikita McDonald in her Schoolbased Traineeship, Cert III in Health Assisting, beginning next term. If you are at the centre and you see Nikita, say hello and congratulate her. We are really pleased to be working with the SUPA IGA here in Clermont in supporting Corbin Plate in his School-based Cert III in Meat Processing (Butchery) starting in Term 2, just after the holidays. Corbin’s role will be behind the scenes. However do not hesitate to congratulate him on his new adventure with his school work. VET NEWS School-based Apprenticeship. Eazy’s Panel and Paint is advertising for a School-based Apprenticeship. The successful applicant will work towards a Certificate III in Automotive Refinishing Technology. What is an Refinisher?? Automotive You will prepare panel surfaces, mix paint colours and apply paints to cars, boats, motorcycles and other machinery to create a high quality finish that meets the customer’s expectations and an industry standard. Great paintwork…. If you are in Year 10 and above and if you are: • • • • • Honest, reliable and trustworthy Able to work as part of a team in a family business Able to follow instructions, but not afraid to ask questions Have patience and diligence for tasks given Can keep focused You should consider applying! Submit your resume and cover letter outlining how you meet the above criteria to Erin at Eazy’s Panel and Paint email: [email protected] Applications can be submitted in person to 232 Alpha Bypass Rd Clermont QLD 4721, by Monday 27 April 2015. Call in and speak with Ms Jansen for more information and help to apply. P & C NEWS EXTERNAL NEWS As part of the introduction of the new uniform, a polar fleecy jumper was adopted. These will be available from the office at school early in Term 2. The cost for these jumpers will be $50.00. The trousers for the boys are available from www.stubbiesschoolwear.com.au. The code is SP1950. Girls have the option of wearing black stockings with the new formal uniform. The trousers and stockings can be worn throughout terms 2 and 3. Ordering and purchasing of the uniforms can still be done through the school office. The uniform order will then be processed and given to the students. LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF! “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes”. (Marcel Proust, 19th century novelist) Volunteer to host an international high school student through Southern Cross Cultural Exchange and prepare to be amazed at how this unique and rewarding experience can help bring your family together, understand themselves better and see the world in a new light. We have students aged 15-18 arriving from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia in July 2015 who are seeking welcoming families all over Australia, in both rural and urban communities. They will live like a local, attend a local secondary school, arrive with their own spending money and comprehensive insurance cover – all arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange. Capture the spirit of family and friendship - visit us on Facebook or at www.scce.com.au, email [email protected] or call us toll free on 1800 500 501 to request a booklet of international student profiles.
© Copyright 2024