24 March 2016, Volume 18 Number 3

News from the Principal

The end of Term always seems to be incredibly busy with the rush of assessment and reporting and a crowded calendar of excursions and activities. It is difficult to believe that the term is almost at its end. I trust that our students although hopefully busy, have enjoyed school to date and have taken every opportunity to be involved in the extra curricula life of the school as well as maintaining a clear focus on classroom learning.

School Focus: Quality Teaching

The school prides itself on the quality of instruction across our classrooms. In 2016 the school has two major foci: Pedagogy for Innovation and Engagement and Writing for Learning.

Our focus on innovation is significantly shaped by the reality that the working life our students will be very different from previous generations. Trend factors such as increasing automation, globalisation and collaboration opportunities are transforming the employment landscape. What has become known as 21st Century Skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and the ability to work within a team have become essential skills. As a school we are implementing this refocused skill development across our curriculum.

Whilst our children face a very different employment future the capacity to both comprehend and compose remains integral to engagement and success. This year we are focussing across the school on writing with a recognition that a deeper understanding of the process of composing, will enhance comprehension skills. Our Term 1 focus is on Rapid Writes – having students writing in sentences, for a clear purpose and with a time limit across classes.

Reporting and Parent Interviews

Term 1 Reports will be sent by email on Tuesday 12th April. Electronic communication is the school’s preferred means of communication. Please ensure that your email address is current for school records.

In respect to the Term 1 Interim Reports, some subject areas particularly in the Senior School will be based on limited or no summative assessment nonetheless it is important that academic progress can be reported to parents in a timely fashion. If issues around performance and application can be addressed early enough students will have an increased likelihood of enjoying success over the rest of the semester.

Term 1 Data is particularly important in identifying students who are experiencing difficulty in their course selection in the Senior School.

Parent Interviews will be held on Thursday 14 April and Monday 18 April 3.30-7.30.

NAPLAN

The school is stepping up its preparation for the NAPLAN tests which is set for the 10-12 May. Students in Years Seven and Nine students will sit a practice in Week 9. Feedback from this test will be invaluable in maximising student performance.

At a state level, Numeracy and Reading have again been identified as areas targeted for improvement. Traditionally our Numeracy results have been very strong using the proportion of students above National Minimum Standard as a barometer. In both Year 7 and 9 in 2015 we had over 30% of our students performing in the upper two bands. Our challenge in the Numeracy domain is to continue to improve the proportion of students performing in the top bands. A number of our Year 7 students have been working on a regional online numeracy program designed to improve capacity.

In Reading whilst our results have always been high relative to state means there has been no clear patterning relative to the other literacy domains of Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation. Whilst there has been a focused approach taken to Comprehension within the school, students should be encouraged to read widely outside of school to further develop their language skills.

Writing is the targeted improvement area for Centenary SHS in 2016. Hopefully our 2016 performance will vindicate our whole school strategies in this area.

2016 Next Step survey

The Queensland Government is conducting its annual statewide survey of all students who completed Year 12 in the previous year. The Next Step survey is a brief, confidential survey that gains a comprehensive picture of the employment, study and life choices made by Queensland school completers in the year after they finish Year 12.

Between March and June, all our students who completed Year 12 last year can expect to receive instructions to complete a web-based survey or a telephone call from the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office to complete the survey. Please encourage them to take part. If their contact details have changed, please assist the interviewer with their updated details or forward the survey to their new address so they can participate.

Thank you for your support of the Next Step survey in 2016.

Further information on Next Step is available online at www.education.qld.gov.au/nextstep/ or on toll free telephone 1800 068 587.

P and C News

I take this opportunity to thank the parents who work tirelessly to support and improve our school through the P and C. This support is invaluable and I encourage all parents to consider what contribution they can make to the school.

Congratulations to the following individuals who have been elected as office bearers for the 2015 school year.

I urge parents to play an active role in the school through P&C involvement.

School Uniform

Our uniform expectations are generally valued by our community. From time to time we need to target specific aspects of student attire when standards are not met. Whilst most students meet these standards on a daily basis areas for improvement that have emerged in recent weeks include:

Socks: must be plain navy or white with no motifs etc

Jewellery: Necklaces are not to be worn unless for religious or cultural reasons and a permission letter has been submitted to Admin.

To avoid the scenario where students may be required to wear three uniforms in day ie formal, sports, performance, the latter two will be considered interchangeable. If however the student is representing the school in either sport or performance it is expected that the respective uniform is worn. Students will still be require to wear the formal uniform when not timetabled for sport or performance.

Student Achievement

At Centenary we pride ourselves in providing a broad range of opportunities for students to excel across a range of valued learning activities. Achievements in recent weeks include:

District Premierships to our Open and 15 Volleyballers.
Sarah Olsen in Year 12 who has been selected in the Creative Generation Symphony Orchestra
Holly Wilson in Year 10 – selected to participate in the STEM Girls Power Camp
Callum Preston and Conan Hellmuth in Year 10- selected in the Student Leadership Environmental Network

Congratulations to all our students who have achieved a level of excellence in a school activity over the term.

Best wishes for a safe and relaxing two week Easter break

John Brew, Principal
Email: admin@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au

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Newsletter Articles

News from the Deputy Principals

Senior School Assessment Policy

As students’ progress through to Year 11 and Year 12, there are a number of guidelines and policies that are outlined by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) to ensure equity and comparability across schools and subjects.

The school has developed procedures from the QCAA which outline key processes surrounding the following:

• Drafting and assignment submission;
• Absence from Examinations;
• Application for and Extension;
• Accessing Special Provisions, and;
• Incomplete assessment items, non-submission and academic misconduct.

Students have been made aware of these policies through their HG programme and have the ability to refer to them in their Senior School Diary (pp. 129 – 132). It is important that parents/caregivers also familiarise themselves with this document as it applies across all Learning Pathways in Senior.

Student Drivers

Students who wish to drive their cars to and from school must complete and return a “Student Driver Application” form available from the Admin Office. Approval will be given when the school has received parental approval and students agree to comply with the road and safety rules.

The following guidelines apply to all student drivers to ensure the safety of all members of our school community:

• Passengers may only be carried if all parents/carers involved give written approval;
• Cars must only be parked in the public car park area on Yallambee Road. Considerable negotiation has occurred with our neighbours, Police and local government to keep the surrounding streets clear of parked vehicles. We expect students to be considerate of our neighbours’ concerns;
• At no time during school hours are students allowed to go to or drive their vehicles unless school permission has been given, and;
• Students may not drive their vehicles to a school excursion or activity.

If you have any questions about this process, please do not hesitate to call the school.

Matt McDonald, Deputy Principal (Years 11 & 12)
Email: mmcdo156@eq.edu.au

NAPLAN Preparation

There have been a number of programs put in place to prepare our year 7 and 9 students for the NAPLAN Tests in week 5 of term 2. All year 7 and 9 students will also be involved in various practice tests on Thursday 24th March, the final day of term 1. These practice tests will cover most of the domains of the NAPLAN testing program. All students will receive instant feedback from these practice tests which will hopefully prepare them well.

We are hoping that the various programs and targeted intervention will have benefits for our students when it comes time to do the NAPLAN test in term 2. If you have any questions regarding NAPLAN please contact the school to discuss.

Mid Semester 1 Interim Reports and Parent-Teacher Interviews

All Mid Semester 1 Interim Reports will be e-mailed to parents and guardians early in week 1 of term 2. These reports provide a guide to how students are progressing at this stage. It is a good opportunity for parents and guardians to check the progress of their children and to organise a time to meet with their children’s teachers at the Parent-Teacher Interview evening.

We will be using the PTO system which is accessible through our school website for parents to make an interview time. The PTO booking system will be open for parents over the school holidays and information has been sent previously about how to use this system. We would encourage all parents to take the opportunity to meet the teachers as research clearly shows that students learning and outcomes are enhanced when there is a joint effort between teachers, parents and students. The Parent-Teacher Interview Nights are on Thursday 14th April and Monday 18th April.

As e-mail communication has become so vital, can you please ensure your contact details are up to date and if your e-mail address changes can you please notify the school administration. Also it is important to ensure that your e-mail system does not treat e-mails from the school as junk or spam as this can prevent important information from reaching you. To ensure that this does not happen, can you please add the following e-mail address to your list of safe senders: OneSchool.application@dete.qld.gov.au

QParents is coming

Great news: Centenary SHS is proud to be one the first schools in Queensland to offer QParents.

The QParents web and mobile application provides a more convenient, easier way for parents and legal guardians of Queensland state school students to interact with their child’s school. Parents will have secure, online access to their child’s student information, anytime, anywhere, through a smartphone, tablet or computer.

QParents allows parents to connect instantly with their child’s school to access and manage their child’s student information, including:

• Attendance and absence details, as well as the ability to notify the school of an absence
• Academic report cards
• Class timetables
• Viewing unpaid invoice details, payment history, and making payments online
• Viewing and updating personal student details, including medical conditions and address
• Enrolment details

QParents will assist both staff and parents in sharing and responding to information in an efficient and effective way.

As this is a major initiative which requires careful planning and preparation, we will initially only offer this ability to Year 9 Parents. Then as we develop the processes and systems to support this initiative, we will roll out implementation to all other year levels. We will be sending out invitations for Year 9 parents to register for QParents during term 2 for a proposed launch in term 3.

QParents won’t replace the traditional ways you communicate with our school, but it will provide another way to communicate with us.

More information about QParents can be found at https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/about

Adam Richter, Deputy Principal (Years 9, 10 & International)
Email: arich60@eq.edu.au

News from the Business Services Manager

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS

Statements have been emailed home at the end of term 1. The due date for payment of the student resource scheme and curriculum fees and charges is October 31. Excursions and special activities which have been invoiced individually however require payment earlier to enable settlement of our accounts. The BPoint and BPay options allow parents the convenience of making payments from home and alleviates the need to pay over the counter transactions in person.

How to read your statement

Your statement will give you an overview of all outstanding invoices and may include credits. Credits appear as a negative amount on an invoice/statement and does not require any action. Credits will stay on the system until they can be offset against an outstanding invoice.

How to make a payment

You have a number of options when wishing to make a payment.

1. BPoint

• Uses credit and debit cards (Visa or Mastercard) and is a secured payment method.
• Using your debit card allows you to utilise the funds in the card’s linked account.
• If you are paying a single invoice, this is the preferred option as your payment will be directly attributed to that invoice.
• BPoint can be accessed via any computer or smart phone.
• Parents need to log into www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete
• Once logged in, you will need the information from the school invoice to complete the BPoint payment page.
• For information, please refer to the attached instructions.

2. BPay

• This method directly transfers the payment out of your account utilising the BPay system.
• Payments made by BPay are automatically processed and will therefore make a payment against your invoices utilising the following system-generated rules:
    i. First rule– excursions oldest to newest
    ii. Second rule – other invoices oldest to newest
    iii. Third rule– if there is no invoice on the system a credit will be automatically be processed against the student’s account
• If paying a statement in full, this is the preferred option as you only need to make one payment to cover all the invoices raised.
• Should you use the BPay system to make a payment for one specific invoice on your statement of accounts, our office staff may need to manually adjust your account so that the payment is being applied to the correct invoice.
• Should you have any questions regarding your account, please contact the school office on 3373 4555.

3. Eftpos cards, cheque or cash

• Some banking cards are eftpos cards only – they are not debit cards and you can use them to make a payment over the counter.
• Payments can also be made over the counter by cash or cheque.

Parents/carers experiencing financial hardship are encouraged to contact Charmaine Macaulay, Business Services manager to discuss how their financial obligations can be met throughout the school year, or to negotiate alternative arrangements that may be available to accommodate their individual circumstances. All discussions will be held in the strictest confidence.

If you have any questions regarding this statement, please contact the school on 3373 4555 or email admin@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au

PARENTS/CARERS CONTACT DETAILS

At the beginning of term 2, Centenary SHS will be posting home the student card (confidential) information sheet with details relevant to your student. Can you please update and return it to the school office as soon as possible. We need to ensure that all parents/carers contacts details are correct. Up to date and current school records enable us to send you messages, contact you when your student is ill or if there is an issue that needs resolving.

If you are moving house, changed jobs, emails or mobile phone numbers, please inform the school office via

• email to admin@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au or
• a note

SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Centenary SHS’ newsletters are sent home to parents/carers via email. Anyone wishing to subscribe will need to log on to our school website: http://centenaryshs.eq.edu.au/ and click to subscribe or go directly to the link: schoolzine.com.au/secure/centenaryshs6481/index.html You will need to complete and submit the form on the website.

Lyn Zammit
Email: lzamm1@eq.edu.au

News from Education Adjustment Centre

Term 1 has seen a very busy and productive start to 2016 in the DLD. With the creation of a new ASD class and the continuation of Diverse Learning Classes, it is exciting to observe the learning that is occurring in all classes. Some students have already progressed into new classes during the term as they improve their literacy and numeracy skills.

This term we have held a number of special events and programs in the DLD. In March our blind students were able to access training with Daniel Kish from World Access from the Blind. Daniel teaches blind students and adults around the world to use echolocation or “flash sonar” to navigate their environment and enhance their freedom. During the training day, Sebastian Curtis (year 9) was able to hone his skills enough to locate an iPhone by clicking and listening to the echo reflected off the phone. Through practice this skill will enable students to become confident travellers and engage in the community confidently.

We are also pleased to announce the partnership of Centenary DLD with QUT in a project for ASD students, the School Connectedness Project. This project is a joint project with QUT, Curtin University, Autism CRC and Autism Spectrum Australia to support connectedness and well-being for young adolescents on the autism spectrum. Students in year 7 and 8 have the opportunity to participate in the project.

We would like to congratulate blind athlete Sebastian Curtis on his recent success in the Variety Club Triathalon. Sebastian competed with support from his Mum in all three legs of tandem cycling, swimming and running with his peers. His aim is to eventually represent Australia in the Paralympics and we wish him all the best in his endeavours and training.

I hope everyone enjoys the Easter holidays and uses the time to refresh and return to Term 2 ready to take on new challenges.

Nicole Donaldson, Acting Head of Special Education Services
Email: ndona5@eq.edu.au

News from the Guidance Officers

What is Stress? What are Stress symptoms? How do you manage your stress levels?

Everyone feels stressed and overwhelmed at some time in our busy lives. Stress can be mental, emotional or physical tension and can be internal and external. External stress include events like exams, relationship hassles or illness and internal stress is what you think and feel about what is happening.

Secondary students may have begun to feel the pressure and stress when mid-semester assessment began to loom. Or they could be feeling the pressure from peers/teachers/family conflict/separation/divorce/ high expectations of self/high expectations from parents or when they suffer trauma. Stress builds up over a period of time and may cause changes in behaviour.

What are the signs of stress and how do you manage it? Stress symptoms vary significantly between individuals. You may live with a family member who shows stress by becoming irritable, another family member may retreat and become very quiet and another may constantly complain or feel sick. Check to see if your stress levels are elevated by reading through the following list. Can you identify with four (or more) items from below?

• Stomach churning or feel nauseous
• Indigestion/perspiration
• Trembling/feeling faint
• Feeling constantly irritable
• Not able to sit still and relax
• Bursting into tears easily
• Low energy/constant fatigue
• Frequent headaches
• Not able to enjoy a good laugh
• Frequent heartburn or stomach pains
• Frequent diarrhoea or constipation
• You feel dread about going to a particular class or carrying out an assignment or task
• Muscle spasms or twitches
• Increased nervous habits; nail biting, finger/foot tapping, hair pulling etc
• Inability to concentrate; feeling more disorganised
• Change in sleep (more or less than normal)
• Change in eating (more or less than normal)
• Repetitive thoughts
• Change in feelings about yourself/increased negative thinking
• Difficulty making decisions
• Frantic increase in normal activity level/restlessness
• Increased smoking or alcohol or drug use

How can you relieve your stress levels?

What are some things you can do to manage your stress levels? Firstly identify where your stress is coming from. It is from:

1. External commitments eg exams/assignments/work/family commitments
2. Your thoughts – negative thinking/trying to do too much
3. Combination of the above.

Ways of helping with stress levels are:

• Eat a healthy diet – avoid too much caffeine, junk food and too much sugar
• Get enough sleep – 6-8 hours (see a GP if you aren’t sleeping well)
• Talk to friends or someone about your stress
• Try some relaxation techniques
    - Meditation – www.smilingminds.com
    - Deep Breathing
    - Listening to Music
    - Progressive muscle relaxation (tense and then relax the muscles in your legs/tense and then relax the muscles in your arms/chest/neck/face.. do this   - progressively from feet to head)
    - Aromatherapy – candle or oil burners
    - Gardening or walking in nature
    - Yoga
    - Singing aloud
    - Journalling
• Manage your Time Well. Procrastination will increase your stress levels.
• Spend time alone- Private time is important. Unwind.
• Look for humour when things are going bad.
• Positive self-talk and achievable goals.
• People you can speak to:

Friends, School Nurse, Chaplain, Guidance officer, one of our awesome Teachers, your Home Group Teacher, your Year Level Coordinator, Your parents, a family member, your General Practitioner, a private counsellor or psychologist or ring these phone numbers 24/7: Kids Helpline, Lifeline, Employee Assistance phone numbers, Your Health funds may have a 24/7 phone counselling line, Relationships Australia, Beyond Blue, Child Youth and Mental Health, Headspace, Centacare, Anglicare.

Enjoy a well-earned break, put your feet up, spend some time with family and beloved friends, laugh and find those activities you enjoy (or new ones). Enjoy your holiday!

Robyne Kruske, Guidance Counsellor
Email: rkrus2@eq.edu.au

News from the Chaplain

Food for Thought

Every day brings opportunities to experience and enjoy a productive life, but many people let their lives just slip by, accomplishing little. These are the people who often complain of boredom and disappointment with life, but they are often too lazy to take the time to investigate ways of improving their current situation.

What about you? Are you making the most of each day or are you unhappy and just wishing that things were different? If there are things in your life that you know you could change for the better, stop wishing and start considering your options.

If you need a bit of advice to help you, please understand that you are never alone. There are many wonderful organisations such as Uniting Care Community who can help you with relationship or financial advice. Here within our school community, we have Guidance Officers and other support staff, including myself who are available to you.

Don’t waste one more day. Start making the effort to live life to the full.

A message from Chappy Bernie.

Exams are upon us; yes it is a stressful time for all. Headspace has provided some useful info on how to survive this exam period.

Exam Survival

To help reduce stress and ensure that you're as organised as you can be, learn more about planning and looking after yourself and about staying focused in order to be as ready for the exam as you can be.

Take the time to plan

• Prepare a study plan and goals for each day / week. Make sure it's balanced with other important things in your life - that way it will be easier to stick to.
• Talk to your employers early to let them know you need to limit your shifts / hours while studying.
• Create a study space that is comfortable, quiet, well lit, organised, and has no distractions nearby, such as a TV, phone, people talking, etc.
• Make sure you have everything you need for each study session as this helps to feel more confident and organised.

Look after yourself

• Self-care is especially important when you have a big demand in your life - that way you have the energy to commit to what you need to accomplish.
• Build activities you enjoy and that bring your stress levels down into your study plan, such as sport, spending time with friends, internet, etc.
• Don't get hungry before or while studying. Grab nutritional snacks that keep you going, such as fruit/nuts/dairy, etc.
• Remember to get some exercise every day as this helps you to keep focused and energetic.
• Rest when you need to
• Work out what times of day you have the most energy and plan to study then.
• Don't study more than 40-60 mins without a short break. Even a 5 minute break will help. A glass of water helps too!
• When you have a break do something physical or fun, such as go for a short run or play with a pet.
• Try to keep your focus on school and exams rather than other stuff happening in your life; you don't need this extra worry around relationships, friendships etc. right now.
• Relaxation is important, especially before bed, to slow the brain activity down. Try some slow, deep breathing, a shower or a bath, herbal tea etc.
• Learn more about sleeping well

Stay focused

• Say "no" to parties during the weeks close to the exams. This will help to keep you refreshed and energised.
• When studying, switch your phone and email off to stop the distractions.
• Try to keep a focus on your health and wellbeing by not using things like drugs or alcohol; they can make it much harder to study.

Ask for help:

• Stay at school until your last day so you don't miss any important info about exams, or fun events with your colleagues.
• Practice writing essays and show your teachers for feedback for improvement.
• Ask teachers the best way to study for each subject; they have many years experience they can share with you.
• Some teachers are happy to be contacted during the time leading up to the exams. Find out which ones you can contact and make use of this if you need to.
• If you have trouble approaching your own teacher for advice, talk to one of the other ones who teach the same subject.
• Group study sessions with classmates can be a helpful and entertaining way of studying, but keep your focus on what you want to achieve with these sessions.
• Talk about what you are studying with family members and friends as this helps to retain the info more, especially names and dates, etc.

Be prepared

• Read/ write everything three times as this also helps to commit the info to memory.
• Use your trial exam results to focus in on what you need study.
• Use previous exam papers to get a feel for what to expect.
• Ask friends what they are doing that is helping with their study or friends who did it last year.
• You need to study within 24 hours of the exam on that subject to retain more info.
• Write things in coloured texta that you have trouble remembering (such as names and dates) and blu-tak to your toilet wall/door. Sounds funny, but it really works!

Day of the exam

• Do your usual routine, for example, have what you normally eat for breakfast.
• Take some water and a healthy snack (if allowed) to the exam.
• And finally...

If the stress is getting to you it will prevent you from studying effectively and confidently - so ask for help from headspace, a counsellor, professional, or help line. If you need help, talk to one of the support team at school, School Guidance officer, School chaplain or School Mental Health Nurse.

Any of these people can help you with lower the exam stress

To contact me, School Chaplain, you can email me on bmcmu27@eq.edu.au or make an appointment at the Guidance reception on 07 33734555.

I am situated at the top of the school in General Studies Block in GS20, I am available to speak to parents and students, four days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday).

Hoping to hear from you

Bernie McMullen, Chaplain
Email: bmcmu27@eq.edu.au

Sports Director’s Report

INTERSCHOOL DISTRICT 10 AND OPEN DAYS

• After our first senior gala day on 2nd March, Centenary came away from the day with solid wins and district premiers in year 10 boys volleyball and open boys volleyball. Well done to all of our teams who competed, thank-you to the coaches who gave up their time and good luck in the next round of competition! These two wins have given us a solid start to gaining some big points for 2016 District Champion School.

INTERSCHOOL DISTRICT 8 AND 9 DAYS

• On the 18th March, the school competed in day 1 of the Yr7 and8/ 9 District Sports Day. This year there are two days allocated for some sports. Reports from students and coaches were extremely positive and teams played with high levels of sportsmanship. After day 1, we have the year 8 girls softball as district premiers. The yr7 girls basketball sitting top of the ladder being undefeated as well as the yr 7 boys volleyball starting the competition undefeated. Day 2 is on the 18th April. Good luck to our remaining sporting teams!

All School Regatta Rowing Event

On the 20th March, 7 of our students competed in the All School Regatta Rowing event.

For 6 of the students, it was their very first competition and all performed extremely well.

Below are the results for the singles and quad events. Well done to all of our rowers.

Joshua Beaman

Montana-Leigh Hanson

Gabbie Cromond

GIRLS QUAD

GIRLS QUAD

OTHER RESULTS:

Single

Double

Below is a segment from a report from the Yr 8/9 boys touch football coach Mr Tobin.

Play of the day is awarded to Jasen Jorgensen who chased and opponent with such conviction that after he dived to make a tag, he ended up colliding into the boundary fence, rocking its very foundation. Fortunately, after anxious period of lifelessness, Jasen rose to his feet, brushed off a few blades of grass from his jersey and returned to the game promptly.

Calum Le-Shek was unrelenting in his defence and stuck to his opponents like gum to a blanket.

Harrison Bancroft was appointed captain for the day and he directed his chargers around the paddock in a most competent manner. Harrison led by example, scoring several times, making many incisive runs and defending superbly.

From a coaching perspective, I delighted with the team’s willingness to subscribe to the concept of continuous improvement. The boys used each game as a learning experience and improved upon their individual performance each time. Additionally, all players exemplified sportsmanship.

We have a report also from the District Premier Softball Coach Mrs Mansini:

We played three games on Friday, with a total of four teams and won each game with scores of 4-1; 7- 4 & 9 -8 respectively…

In addition, we had the most runs scored on the day with our tally being 20 runs…. The other teams scored 14, 14 & 13 against us.

The girls played well together as a team, changing positions each game, to gain experience of both infield and outfield positions, a tactic that paid off on the day.

Unfortunately, Ashleigh was injured and was unable to play and Lucy, although also injured, scored for us and even though it was her inaugural scoring debut, she did a fantastic job. The whole team really pulled together and I was really proud of the way they conducted themselves, both on and off the field…….Jade & Bethany were admirable catchers. Sydney, Julie & Isabelle masterfully shared the pitching. A huge job also by Rachel, Laura, Amy & Brooke in the infield and outfield. Their arms proved lethal for opposition runners to first base! We batted well, which was the main reason for the success so a big hand to all the girls…….the half-time ice blocks might have helped just a bit too!

Thanks also to Sydney’s mum Michelle for jumping in as umpire the first game at the last minute! (We ended up with ‘semi-professional’ umpires for the last two games)

CROSS COUNTRY

The school cross country is being held on 21st April -Thursday Week 2 Term 2. All year 7 and 8 students will attend the carnival and nominated runners from year 9-12.

If runners came in the top 8 places they have automatically qualified for the School Cross Country Team to go to the District Cross Country carnival to be held at Limestone Park on Friday 29th April.

Training for students has been occurring every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 7:15am. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Mr Gibbs the cross country manager has set goals for 2016 to fill a complete team of 80 runners and to be awarded percentage trophy in the district! Let’s make this happen so get involved!

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

We have had a number of students who have been selected in to the West Brisbane District teams to compete at upcoming Regional Trials. The participation rate in 2016 of students attending district trials has been outstanding. I look forward to reporting on results in the next edition when trials have occurred.

Student Profile: Rebekah Miller

Rebekah a year 12 student here has had some outstanding success in chosen sport of basketball. Below is a snapshot of her recent success: We wish Bek all the best in her future competitions.

She has represented Brisbane Capitals for 7 seasons and of those seasons has won 2 silver medals and 1 gold with a possible 2nd gold medal as coming up is a Grand Final against Gold Coast at Hibiscus Sports Stadium. She has played basketball for 9 years and plays for West Brisbane Falcons.

Bek also represented Brisbane Basketball at the Basketball Queensland State Champs and her team won the Gold Medal in division 2

Reporting Results

• To enable me to report on student results and to keep accurate records for sports awards, I need to know how participants went in their competitions. I encourage all students and parents to advise me of their results immediately after they have competed.
• Students can see me in Staffroom 4 or results can be emailed to: jport106@eq.edu.au

Sports Calendar and Weekly Sports Report

Each week the Centenary SHS Sport Calendar can now be downloaded from the download section of the school website. It contains all the latest sporting events and dates.

Jess Porter, Sports Director
Email: jport106@eq.edu.au

Junior Secondary News

Wow! A quarter of the school year is over already! Where did the time go? Term 1 has been a very busy period for all year levels in our Junior School.

Recently the Year 8 and 9 students participated in Clean-up Centenary Day. This initiative of the Junior School leaders, and supported by Year 9 Coordinator Berenice Furlong and Year 8 Coordinator Debra Mansini, saw all HG classes in these year levels allocated an area in the school to clean-up. It was wonderful to hear about the students proudly taking responsibility for their area. The comments from the students included: “It felt good to help make our school an even better place.” It is always pleasing to see the students get involved in such school events with great enthusiasm!

No doubt you are aware that all students have recently been completing assessment – with exams scheduled and assignments due in most subject areas. You will receive a Mid-Semester Report in the first week of next term. In the meantime, you will be given information around Parent-Teacher interviews. I highly recommend that you make appointments with all of your child’s teachers. As teachers, we are very keen to work with parents to ensure the best possible outcome for your child. These interviews are very much a two way learning street – parents are able to learn about their child’s participation and progress in class, but importantly, teachers are able to learn a little more about their students from parents. If you are unable to make either of the dates scheduled for the interviews (Thursday April 14 or Monday April 18), or a teacher is unavailable, please contact teachers to make an alternative time for either a phone interview or face to face meeting.

It is great to see the large number of Year 7 and 8 students taking advantage of Homework Hub on Monday afternoons. This is a great opportunity for our Junior students to collaborate on assignments and access help with their learning from the Year 11 Mentors and teachers who volunteer their time. This session runs from 3-4pm most Mondays of the school year.

Our Junior students have continued to heed the words of our principal, Mr Brew, and seize opportunities to ‘get involved in school life’. Involvement in school sporting teams, participation in Arts activities and more recently signing up for lunch-time clubs is testimony to this. There is an amazing array of opportunities on offer for your child to form connections at school. I encourage you to talk to them about what options there are for them to ‘get involved’ and sign up!

Lastly, but very importantly, thank you for the great job you do of getting your child to school! Recently I looked into the data around attendance rates for the Home Group classes in Years 7 and 9. It was pleasing to see the excellent results across these year levels. Special mention to the following classes who have an average attendance rate of more than 95% for their students so far this year:

I hope that all families enjoy a break from the hectic school routine over the Easter break, and look forward to seeing our Junior students at the start of Term 2.

Angela McKay, Junior Secondary
Email: amcka18@eq.edu.au

News from English Classrooms

Senior English assessment policy

With the first round of Senior assessment under our students’ belts, it is worth taking this time to reiterate the specific assessment policies that govern submission of assessment in their Senior phase. Students must submit assessment on time in the assignment Dropbox in the Resource Centre. For Senior subjects, the QCAA states that “In cases where students do not submit a response to an assessment instrument by the due date, judgments should be made using evidence available on or before the due date.” In student-speak, this means that teachers can typically only mark a draft for their final result. This means that students are putting themselves at a huge disadvantage if they do not make the effort to submit the excellent extra work they have done after the drafting feedback process.

Students with genuine medical concerns or who have exemptions from a Guidance Officer are the only students who are exempt from presenting in front of their class. Students who refuse to present at all in Authority English may be at risk of not receiving full credit. It is an expectation of the Senior Syllabus that students must pass a spoken task for full course completion in Year 12.

Students who do not submit anything at all – eg. scripts, Powerpoints – are at risk of not meeting the minimum course requirements set out by the QCAA for successful Course Completion, and therefore are spending time in a subject they may not be able to receive credits for towards their QCE. Students in this category must seriously reconsider their pathways for Senior, and determining whether Authority English is the best source for a Literacy tick for their QCE. Students should make an appointment with Mr McDonald, Deputy for Senior students, or the Guidance Officer for their year level, to help finalise those decisions.

Extensions and special considerations should be sought from the Head of Department, the Deputy, or the Guidance Officer, as soon as possible. Ideally, this would be before the due date. Pages 129-30 in the Senior School Diary outlines these procedures in more detail.

Danielle Ringrose, Acting English HOD
Email: dring3@eq.edu.au

New Chinese Language Assistant

We would like to welcome to our staff Le Miao (Liya) from North East China. Li Miao is our new Chinese language assistant who will be spending time in our classes assisting the students with their pronunciation and their writing skills. Deploying native speakers in the Chinese language classroom is tremendously beneficial. Students must be very precise in the way that they produce the four tones when speaking Mandarin otherwise they could a say word with an entirely different meaning from to the one they intended to use. Li Miao will be working alongside our students to ensure they use the tones accurately.

Li Miao will also bring her knowledge of contemporary China into the classroom. Here is Li Miao’s describing her recent teaching experience in China and her first month in Brisbane:

“I am Liya, a Chinese language assistant. I was a program coordinator in a non-profile company in Shanghai. With the development of China, more and more foreigners visit there and start to learn our language. My task was to provide a simple orientation and introduce every basic situations to the volunteers from different countries which included eating, drinking, traffic rules, security notes, and education etc. Sometimes, I was a tour guide as well. I accompanied foreigners visiting the landmarks of Shanghai, such as the Bund, the Chenghuang Temple, the Shanghai Museum and so on. And the SLAP is a project of our company. I thought it was quite meaningful, and then I applied for it. During about five months’ expectation, finally I arrived in Australia.

I have been staying in Australia almost one month. It was my first time to go abroad. Australia is a really nice country and people here are very friendly. I still remembered the first day I came to school and walked around; some teachers asked me if I needed help to find the classroom.

I am also so impressed with the students’ Chinese level. All of them already knew how to use the Pinyin. They are very interested in Chinese culture. When I talked with them, they always asked me many questions about China. I am so appreciated that I have a chance to communicate with these lovely students and share our Chinese culture with them.”

Welcome to Centenary Liya!

Adrian Skerritt, Humanities /LOTE HOD
Email: asker6@eq.edu.au

Technology News

Get Microsoft Office 2016 free of charge

Did you know your child can get Microsoft Office 2016 free of charge, just for being a student at Centenary SHS. All you need is your child’s school email address to sign in.

To help prepare your child for success this academic year, the Department of Education and Training has teamed up with Microsoft to provide free Office 2016 to every Queensland state school student. With Office 2016, your child will have access to the latest version of Word for writing, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for presentations, OneNote for organisation and notetaking, and much more.

You can install a complete version of the latest Microsoft Office on up to five compatible PCs and Macs, five tablets and five smartphones. Your Office subscription lasts for as long as your child is a state school student.

Ask your child to follow these simple steps to get Office:

• For PC and Mac, visit portal.office.com, login using your school email address, click through to install and follow the onscreen process.
• For tablets and smartphones, download from your app store and sign in with your school email address.

Visit www.education.qld.gov.au/office2016 for instructions on how to download and install Office 2016 to your personal home computers. If you have any trouble, contact ict.support@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au.

Daniel Mabb, Managed Technologies HOD
Email: dmabb1@eq.edu.au

Senior Schooling News - “Connect, Reflect and Redirect”

Year 12 Processes for Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24 March

Students in Year 12 undertaking an OP or Selection Rank pathway will undertake an alternative program in the final week of Term 1.

Those undertaking the QCS Test in August this Year will be involved in our QCS Practice activities. All sessions will be conducted in the Upper Humanities Block. Students have been advised by letter and email to bring necessary equipment that include materials from QCS classes, scientific calculator. As students are sitting practice tests on both days, the lunch arrangements will be different. We also suggest they bring a water bottle.

Students undertaking other pathways will participate in a program designed to enhance career knowledge and workforce literacies. This will include an excursion to USQ Springfield to hear about alternative tertiary entrance pathways. They will also visit Brisbane TAFE at Southbank. A bus will take students to both locations. Please remind your student to return their Activity Consent Form. Other details including the wearing of full school uniform, bus departure and arrival times etc. are available from the letter sent home with students. This letter was also emailed to parents during the week.

QCS Test – Special Provisions

Students sitting the QCS test who require ‘Special Provisions’ such as special arrangements like additional rest breaks, A3-sized test materials, use of a computer, alternate seating arrangements, etc., need to apply through the school before 21st May, 2016. Students will be asked to consider if this applies to them and if so, consult with the Guidance Officer. If students have an emergency situation nearer the testing dates, for example an extended medical situation, they need to approach the school with medical documentation to allow for late special arrangements or exemption.

This link, https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/qcs-test/special-provision has general information about the types of special provision available, the application through schools process, and links to the 2016 Special Provision Handbook: Queensland Core Skills Test. If you have further questions, please email the Guidance Officer, Mark Voigt – mxvoi0@eq.edu.au

Year 11

Year 11 students should have firmly established productive school and study routines. Those undertaking an OP Pathway should be undertaking least 15 – 20 hours a week of study/homework/revision outside of school time. We strongly recommend that part time work be kept to a minimum of no more than 8 - 10 hours per week. The priority for all students, regardless of pathway, is attaining the best result they can in each subject. Remember, core business for all students is the attainment of the QCE and successful completion of their chosen pathway.

Year 10

Thank you to all families who attended the Year 10 Transition Talk on Tuesday 8 March. We have added the information delivered during the talk to the school website. This includes a copy of the Draft Curriculum Guide for 2017, Presentation PowerPoint and QCAA QCE Information Sheet.

Communication

We endeavour to keep all parents and students up-to-date with events occurring, and opportunities existing in our Senior School. Each fortnight we email home a copy of the “Senior Schooling Update” as well as the “Options Career Information” Bulletin. These publications are also added to the school website for your reference. Please refer to them for current information regarding courses, university entry, traineeships, part-time job opportunities, career advice, open days and general information.

For further information please feel free to contact a member of our Senior Schooling Faculty:

• Mark Voigt & Robyn Kruske (Guidance Officers)
• Angela Raven (Senior Schooling HOD)
• Adrian Homer (Transition Co-ordinator)

Angela Raven, Senior Schooling
Email: arave7@eq.edu.au

News from The Arts

Everything has stepped up a notch in the past week or so with arts classes entering into the final phase of assessment for the term. Lunch breaks are busy with students practising for performance assessment in CPAC, finishing art work in the Visual Arts block and editing films in the film studio. This is great to see because it shows that students are self-motivated and keen to do well. In Performance Plus, students have been launching their musicals as part of their assessment and I have seen some high quality and very creative work from them.

Arts journals have finally arrived and students have been working hard to complete their work ready for their first journal assessment submission at the end of this term. I look forward to seeing what creative and insightful work the students come up with.

This term, drama students have benefitted from workshops run by Queensland Theatre Company on Physical Theatre, Butoh, Brecht and Epic Theatre and Senior Visual Arts students attended the Asia Pacific Triennial art exhibition at the Qld Gallery of Modern Art. Looking ahead to next term there will be more drama workshops with QTC, dance workshops with Raw Dance, Film and TV excursions to various tertiary institutions at South Bank and a music excursion to the musical The Sound of Music.

It has been an enjoyable first term for me at Centenary SHS and I look forward to witnessing more excellent work from the Arts students as the year progresses.

Daniel Philippe, The Arts HOD
Email: dphil31@eq.edu.au

Year 12 Report

We all knew that this term would fly for Year 12s in such a shorter term, but I think the seniors are reeling from having nearly finished one term of their final year.

Lunchtime and after school opportunities

The Year 12 Council has kept the cohort (and me!) very busy, with lots of small activities organised to help keep their heads from reeling. They’ve organised Nintendo DS tournaments, a movie afternoon after school in Week 9, and have requested a mindful meditation session to be run before their Maths exams on Friday. I am very proud of their efforts and how keen the cohort has been. Can’t wait to see what lunch time sports shenanigans they will organise next term – I suspect I’ll have to dust off the trainers for some teachers vs students games!

Jersey update

Those students who ordered Canterbury jerseys in 2015 and have submitted their Clearance Forms have received a letter outlining how to pay for their jersey. Students will not be able to pay for their jersey until they have completed their Clearance Form procedures, and will not be able to collect it until it is paid in full. Jerseys are likely to arrive in approximately Week 3 or 4 next term, and I have really appreciated the tolerance the students have shown in waiting patiently or their jerseys. This late burst of Summer has possibly helped with that!

Blood Ambassadors

The Red Cross Blood Bus has been booked in for a third year in a row for eligible and willing Senior students who wish to donate blood. This date will be in Term 4 in early November. Centenary is proud to be able to continue on this tradition and important way to give back to the community. We have 25 student Ambassadors in Year 12 who will be completing their training with Red Cross in the last week of Term.

Student Achievement

Special note needs to be made about 2 students, Jessica Thek and Jessica Williams. Several students underwent a summer semester at the University of Queensland, studying Effective Thinking and Writing, for which Jess Thek earned a remarkable grade of 7 – the highest level in university studies. Jessica Williams has been working hard behind the scenes, and has scored herself a prestigious week of work experience backstage at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Her efforts show the importance of making your own connections with industries. Congratulations to both these girls for their successes!

Danielle Ringrose, Year 12 Coordinator
Email: dring3@eq.edu.au

Year 10 Report

As term 1 draws to a close it seems like a nice time to stop and reflect on the year 10’s progress thus far in 2016. It has been an extremely busy opening term with no shortage of opportunity for our year 10’s to be actively engaged in and out of the classroom. Here are some highlights so far:

• A group of 30 students have undertaken the High Resolves Leadership Training and are currently in the process of working towards a community action project tackling social exclusion as a health issue.
• We had record numbers participate in the first year 10 sporting GALA day where our Boys Volleyball team were crowned district champions. Congratulations!
• We held very successful student and parent talks to help understand our pathways through senior schooling. Students will start hearing subject specific information through our HOD talks in term 2.

It’s extremely important for students to be well organised and feel safe and supported in the classroom and playground. Our fantastic Home Group (HG) teachers have finished delivering a unit on Respectful Relationships and next term we’ll be delving into Mental Health. Please don’t hesitate to email or call them or myself if you have any concerns regarding your child’s welfare. Enjoy your Easter break!

Lachie Gibbs, Year 10 Coordinator
Email: lgibb23@eq.edu.au

Year 9 Report

Term 1 has been a busy term for the Year 9s. It is now an opportune time to reflect on the completed term and their achievements and to plan for next term. The Home Group teachers will be working through a reflection activity with the students during Home Group. This is recorded in your child’s diary. I encourage all students to consider the following:

• Did I achieve my goals for the term?
• Did I put effort into each of my subjects?
• Did I behaviour appropriately in class
• Your goals for term 2

Mid Semester Reports

I will be reviewing the Year 9 Mid-Semester reports over the next few weeks. On the 14th and 18th April, parents will have the opportunity to make an interview with specific subject teachers. I encourage parents to discuss your child’s result and progress with their child’s teachers. I also look forward to meeting parents on the evenings.

Clean-up Centenary Day

As part of the “Cleanup Australia Day” campaign, the Junior School Year 9 Leaders organised a “Cleanup Centenary Day” on Monday 7th March during lesson 3 HG time for the Junior School. The students managed to collect 15 full bags of rubbish. The students were enthusiastic and committed to cleaning up their designated area. It was wonderful to see students willingly cleaning up our school.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of your son or daughter’s developments at school please don’t hesitate to contact me, my email address is bfurl1@eq.edu.au.

Wishing you and your family a wonderful, relaxing holiday.
Warm Regards

Berenice Furlong, Year 9 Coordinator
Email: bfurl1@eq.edu.au

Year 8 Report

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Week 9 already and we haven’t even hi the ground yet! There are many things to report these last few weeks. Year 8s were treated to a brand new presentation from Shake & Stir on the 8th of February. The focus for Home Group this term has been Cyber Safety and this production was appropriately called “Oversharer!” We have also been disc using this issue in the Hg room and in keeping with the theme of respect, both for self and others, we celebrated Harmony Day, an initiative of our Student Leaders Forum. The event that was most well-received however was the recent “Clean Up Australia” Day. I have fond memories of the fantastic student engagement that will be with me for a long time. It was -warming to see the year 8s & 9s doing their bit to keep the school tidy … see picture below for a visual reminder…

The lengths some people go to, to pick up rubbish!

Our freshly-elected Home Group Reps were rearing to go and assisted in sorting the FRIENDS booklets, in preparation for later on in Term 3. (See below)

Last, but not least, the Year 8 Softball Team was undefeated in the recent District Carnival. Congratulations to the 10 girls involved…… We are competing at regional level in May, so I’ll keep you posted.

Here’s wishing you a Happy and relaxing Easter………. Term 2 has 11 weeks, which is two more than this term, so I look forward to seeing as many of you as I can, even if just in passing, at the upcoming parent teacher evenings. Please use this as an opportunity to meet your student’s HG teacher for 2016.

A list of Year 8 HG Teachers

Deb Mansini, Year 8 Coordinator
Email: dmans17@eq.edu.au

Harmony Day

Harmony Day celebration at Centenary SHS

Centenary celebrated “Harmony Day” on the full school assembly on Monday 14th March. The event was organised and run by the student forum (year level leaders). The message of “Harmony Day” is Everyone Belongs. It is a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity. It is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home – from traditional owners of this land to those who have come from many countries around the world. The theme for “Harmony Day” 2016 is “our diversity is our strength”.

The student forum organised a Poster Competition where students were asked to represent and celebrate our diversity to capture the essence of “Harmony Day”. The winning posters were created by:

Junior Division

Senior Division

Thank you to all students who entered the competition.

The student leaders also created and produced a video of a few Centenary students from each year level responding to the following questions:

• Year 7: What is harmony day?
• Year 8: Why is it important to celebrate harmony day?
• Year 9: Why should we live harmoniously with each other every day?
• Year 10: How is Centenary an example of a diverse community?
• Year 11: How does harmony day extend itself throughout Australia?
• Year 12: What does respect have to do with embracing our unique culture?

This video was played on the full school assembly. It was wonderful to see our students telling their stories of Australia’s diversity. Thank you to all students who contributed to this video and also to Jessica Thek (Yr12) who produced the video.

We concluded the “Harmony Day” assembly with all Centenary students participating in a full school activity. Our aim was to pass 1metre beach balls around to all students. The balls signified the world and within it all the countries and the diversity that we share within our school community.

Congratulations Centenary on showing your contribution to “Harmony Day” celebrations.

Berenice Furlong, Year 9 Coordinator / Student Forum Coordinator
Email: bfurl1@eq.edu.au

News from our P&C

President’s report for AGM - 2016

2015 has been a very busy and challenging year. I would like to thank John, Charmaine and all the staff, Cheryl and Jenelle and all our uniform and canteen staff and volunteers, Bernie our chaplain, Glenda our bookkeeper, our subcommittees, grants officers and our executive committee and to all our P&C members that have supported us this year. We really appreciate your feedback and input as we couldn’t do this job without you.

To our outgoing Executive members, David Hunt and Jenny Watson, thank you for your many hours of dedicated volunteer service whilst conducting your already busy lives. I do appreciate all you have done.

Here are some of our achievements from the last 12 months:

• On going Chaplaincy program support and funding
• 2 subcommittees (Arts and Facilities Upgrade)
• Steady progress on our Canteen upgrade and Uniform Shop building project - lodged
• The Smart Schools Subsidy funding application and had first round success
• Music Scholarships for Y7 students through the Arts Subcommittee
• Info stall at Parent Teacher Night and Y7 Parent Welcome nights
• New appliances for the canteen
• QCS Lunch for Grade 12
• Grade 12 Mystery Tour Breakfast
• Brisbane Bands Festival Catering
• Administration of the Student Support Fund to help some of our disadvantaged Students
• Supported the science department with fundraising for the Science Extravaganza
• Star Wars Trivia Night – a very successful Student Support Fund fundraiser with the support of 51 of our local businesses
• World Teacher’s Day - cake and chocolates to thank our teacher
• Engaging the Tuckshop Support Program – Nutrition Australia provided a review of our menu and advice on changes and improvements with ongoing support
• Started up a parent Facebook page to engage with parents at another level
• 2 parents represented on our new School Council

2016 is shaping up to be a big year also with our main focus on upgrading and increasing the size of our Canteen and Uniform Shop to accommodate the extra students and increased demand. We employ 6 staff who have been managing admirably in the cramped and hot conditions. They succeed in producing excellent food to feed all our hungry hordes. Building works on the new Uniform Shop, which is our first stage of the project, will begin in the next couple of months. This will free up space to start expanding the size of the canteen.

Thank you to those parents that paid the P&C Annual Levy – it makes a big difference and we appreciate the contributions from 77 of our school families totaling $5820. This year again, all contributions will go to our Building Fund to boost our Canteen upgrade efforts. We also hope to gain some local community support for this project.

I would like to thank our bookkeeper Glenda James as she continues to do a wonderful job each year sorting out our finances and preparing all our documents for the audit.

Finally, I would like to thank the various community organisations that have provided financial and personnel assistance to Bernie and his Chaplaincy breakfasts, QCS lunch and other events throughout the year. These are the local Service Clubs, churches and Foodworks Oxley and John and Terry, our groundsmen, who are always on hand to assist wherever they are needed.

We really appreciate all your support and look forward to a successful year in 2016

Helen Shogren
President
CSHS P&C Association

FACEBOOK page – The P&C have started a Facebook page called Centenary SHS Parent Group. You can do a search in Facebook and it will come up. www.facebook.com/groups/CentenarySHSParentGroup/ Please send a request to join and Lucinda or Jenny (our administrators and P&C Executive members) will check that you have a current or future student at the school. It’s a forum where parents of children attending CSHS can seek and share information regarding local school events, daily general information, reminders about events coming up within the school, uniform sales, lost property at school etc. Updates to our Trivia night will be posted here as well. No negative posts at all will be tolerated.

SECONDHAND UNIFORMS - Secondhand uniforms can be donated to the uniform shop or you can advertise what you have to sell or would like to buy on our Facebook page (see details above). We are no longer operating the secondhand site on the school website.

The next P&C meeting: Wednesday 20th April at 7pm Resource Centre

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Helen Shogren, P&C President CSHS
Email: pandc@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au

News from our Canteen & Uniform Shop

Canteen

The Canteen has continued to be extremely busy over the last month. Our Specials and Meal Deals that have been offered on Friday afternoons so far have been very popular.

Next term we will be working to produce more hot home cooked meals.

A reminder that the Canteen serves breakfast from 8.00am every morning and also welcomes orders from students which can be placed before school commences.

Uniform Shop

A reminder that the Uniform Shop has jumpers in stock ready for winter, the cost of the poly/cotton jumper is $70.00.

Cheryl Mulcahy, Canteen & Uniform Shop Convenor
Email: cmulc11@eq.edu.au

TRL West Brisbane Autumn Season

Starts Monday 14 March (we accept late registrations)
$900/team, individual registrations are available.
From ages 14 and above.
Time: 6:10-10pm every Monday night (excluding public holidays) for 10 weeks.
Contact Mai at mai@trlwestbrisbane.com.au or on 0412614016
To register jump onto www.trlwestbrisbane.com.au

English TEC

Looking for an English tutor? Need help with NAPLAN English? Try this online course.

Introducing an online English literacy self-paced course, designed to build student confidence by developing English literacy skills. Includes a comprehensive High School Literacy Reference Guide, videos, quizzes, exercise files and professional feedback. Excellent for NAPLAN preparation and overall high school English skills. $85 for online access until 1st June, 2016.

More info: www.englishtec.com

Calibre Clinic

24 HOUR SOCCER GAME!

FAMILY FUN & COMMUNITY EVENT

24 HOUR SOCCER GAME!!!!
From 4pm Friday 18th March
To 4pm Saturday 19th March
At Peter Lightfoot Oval, Middle Park

St Catherine’s Soccer Club is kicking off

ITS FIRST EVER 24 HOUR SOCCER GAME!!!!!
COME and ENJOY the Carnival atmosphere with
FUN for EVERYONE…

Bubble Soccer

Brisbane Roar Inflatable field
Jumping Castle
Side Show Alley Games
Big screen movie (Gold Coin Donation)
Food Stalls & Coffee Cart

GREAT RAFFLE PRIZES:

Signed Roar memorabilia

Money Tree

Meat trays

Car Services

Physio, Dietician, Physiologist or massage sessions

Gym Memberships

TAFE Queensland Brisbane, TAFE Open Learning - Education Support

You’re invited to….An Irish Afternoon Tea

COME & ENJOY...AN IRISH AFTERNOON TEA

GREAT IRISH SINGING - BOB MCDOWELL & FRIENDS
TALENTED IRISH DANCERS - CROCKER SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE
APPLE PIE & CREAM AFTERNOON TEA!
SATURDAY 7TH MAY
12.45PM for a 1.00PM START
AT “12 APOSTLES” JINDALEE CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL
111 YALAMBEE RD
JINDALEE

THIS FUNCTION IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR…

CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION & MISSIONARIES OF THE POOR

PHONE OR EMAIL FOR TICKETS
$20 each (Pensioners $15, Child $5)
MARY 3278 7889 OR ELLENIE 3376 5730 / 0405061299
peterellenie16@gmail.com

QLD Street Smart Handbook

The Street Smart Handbook is an initiative by the AUSPOL - Police Welfare Foundation that is a practical life guide for 16 and 17 year old school leavers that is designed to help prepare today’s youth for life after school.

The handbook covers important topics from sexual health and the effects of drug and alcohol abuse to legal rights and applying for a loan. It offers information specific to the school leaver, providing invaluable assistance for those who are considering buying their first car or living away from home. The handbook is also a handy guide for teens that are pondering their future career choices and supplies them with advice on apprenticeships, university and TAFE. It provides teens with straightforward, factual information about issues that they will face.

The information contained in the Street Smart Handbook is written by a collection of topical experts, such as the Australian Drug Foundation, Beyond Blue and Quit, who are working together to address the information needs of teens. Content in the handbook is also localised to reflect the unique laws of each State and Territory in Australia.

We have provided you with a link to an online edition of the Street Smart Handbook, you can utilise the Street Smart Handbook on your computers, smart phones and tablet devices.

To view the online edition of the Street Smart Handbook, please click the below link:

The PEACH Program

Get your whole family active and eating well

The PEACH™ (Parenting, Eating and Activity for Child Health) program is NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATIONS for groups running in school term 2.

Enrolments closing soon - Groups commencing the week of 18 April.

The program is FREE for families with a primary-school aged child and is run in the local community within a school term and after school hours.

The program covers:

• Nutrition – lunchbox and snack ideas, reading labels and ingredients, dealing with fussy eaters, making healthier takeaway choices, making healthy eating affordable and tips on planning ahead.
• Physical activity – the benefits of exercise, how to be more active as a family, physical activity recommendations for children, how to reduce screen time and help with setting goals.
• Parenting – setting boundaries, planning for change, managing resistance to change, role modelling and how to be balanced and consistent.
• Family focus – the program recognises that each family is different and so our facilitators work with individuals to come up with a plan that suits them.

Kids love the PEACH™ program as it helps build their confidence and make new friends. It is run by trained PEACH™ facilitators and aims to help the whole family lead healthier lives.

The PEACH™ program is run by the Queensland University of Technology and funded by the Queensland Government.

The program will only be available in term 2, 2016 so register now.

LAST OPPORTUNITY to access the FREE program - don’t delay! Ask us about PEACH™ Online.

Free call 1800 263 519 or www.peachqld.com.au