9 June 2022

Volume 24 Number 4

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

PRINCIPAL

News from the Principal

Dear Parents, Carers and Community,

Welcome to our final newsletter for Term 2. The end of the term is rapidly approaching and assessment is upon us. Please encourage your student to take advantage of the many opportunities to consolidate and refine their learning – Homework Hub runs on a Monday afternoon, DIAL (Drop In and Learn) runs during breaks and teachers are always happy to assist students. Your student’s OneNote contains the content that they have been learning over the term and the resources for review. We know that when students are under pressure with assessment, they sometimes lose focus on the routines that set them up well for performing at their best with that assessment – a good night’s sleep, a nutritious breakfast and staying positive. Thank you for your support through the assessment period.

It has been an extremely busy term with many celebrations. Most recently, we held our 2022 Athletics Day, with a large number of students competing and an even larger number spectating and cheering on their house. Congratulations to every student who was a participant, a spectator or who helped out with the organisation and running of the carnival. Our ensembles performed extremely well at Fanfare with our String Ensemble, Symphonic Band and Concert Band achieving GOLD, our String Orchestra achieving SILVER and our Percussion Ensemble achieving BRONZE. Our Stage Band perform this week at Fanfare and we wish them all the best. Our very active Arts Sub-Committee ran a canteen for the various schools who participated and the students and parents/carers who attended. The funds raised from this event will help fund the choir trip in the upcoming holidays to Tasmania.

With the support of our local business community, our Year 10 students undertake Work Experience in Week 10. This week allows students to experience a full-time week in a workplace and gives them an opportunity to put their classroom learning into practice. We wish our Year 10 students all the best on their placements and encourage them to represent themselves and their school with pride.

Multicultural Week was celebrated in Week 6, with the students organising and holding a variety of activities across the week. Ms O’Dea and many other staff assisted the students to hold a hugely successful event – raising funds for GIVIT, benefiting people affected by the floods. After the success of Multicultural Week, the Student Forum organised and held the first Centenary SHS Discos (Senior and Junior) for some time. The students enjoyed the evening. Behaviour was outstanding as were their dance moves. Both of these activities have been successful due to not only the student organisation and support, but because of the staff support and the support of parents/carers who have graciously donated their time to support the students and the school. Thank you – we are very privileged to have such a supportive community.

Our Reconciliation Action Plan is reviewed this Thursday afternoon with a celebration of our progress. It is an opportunity to collaborate with the community to build knowledge and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and contributions. The review and celebration will be held in the Yarning Circle, commencing at 3:15pm.

In Term 3, Centenary SHS launches STYMIE as our wellbeing and safety reporting tool. STYMIE is an anonymous reporting platform that enables people to “say something” to ensure that all sorts of concerns can be reported safely and anonymously. It addresses the bystander effect, where a student has a concern with a peer, situation or interaction, but does not feel that they are able to speak up. STYMIE is the safe platform to start that conversation of support. Through the platform, students are empowered to “say something” and ask for help – taking that first essential step to resolving an issue. Implementing STYMIE is a staged approach. Every student will undertake a session on STYMIE, its purpose and how it can enable connection to supports. Staff members will undertake a training session with STYMIE after school and in the evening, parents/carers will be invited to attend a short session about STYMIE and using STYMIE. Educating about STYMIE is part of its success when it becomes operational. STYMIE can be used by any member of the school community. Watch your emails for an invitation early next term to the parent/carer evening. In the interim, more information can be found at the link below:

Thank you for your support and understanding as the Uniform Shop experiences some supplier shortages with some uniform items. Supply chain issues are outside of our control, but we certainly appreciate the supportive manner in which parents/carers and students have worked with us to find the best short-term solution for their student.

Enrolments for 2023 are rapidly being processed. If you have a student who will be commencing Year 7 in 2023, please make sure that you complete an enrolment application (either an In-Catchment application or an Out-Of-Catchment application) to ensure that your interview is scheduled as soon as possible. Enrolment applications are due Monday June 20th, 2022.

As this is the final newsletter for the term, I thank you for your continuing support for our school and our students and I wish you all the best for a relaxing holiday break.

Jo Hughes, Principal
Email: admin@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au

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DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

News from the Deputy Principals

Parent Teacher Interviews

A big thank you to all parents/carers and family members who attended the Parent Teacher Evening earlier this term. The research clearly shows that these vital networks, which are established between parents/carers and teachers, have a very big influence on student achievement. Please feel comfortable to contact any teacher about your student’s progress or concerns you may have at any time of the year, not just through Parent Teacher Interview nights.

For students – a reminder that there are a number of different staff who can help you with your assessment items. The first place to start is with your subject teacher. Have a conversation with them about what you can do to improve or maintain your results. You can also seek assistance from the Head of Department, Year Coordinator, Deputy Principals and your year level Guidance Officer. A wide range of other support staff are also located in the Wellbeing Hub.

NAPLAN

A big thank you to all Years 7 and 9 students who displayed exemplary behaviour during the NAPAN tests. This was the first year that the NAPLAN tests were conducted completely online and this required students (and teachers) to adapt to a whole new range of testing procedures and protocols. The new format appears to have been a success and we did not incur any major problems or issues during the testing window. Students did a great job of bringing fully charged laptops each day.

We now await, with anticipation, the return of our results. These results will provide us with key data to help guide and shape our programs moving forward.

BUSINESS MANAGER

News from the Business Manager

2022 fees due July 31st

A “debtor statement” for school fees has been processed and parents/carers will receive this by the end of the term, either by email or by post. This statement is an overview of previous single invoices that have already been forwarded.

Please note that no action is required for a credit adjustment – this will appear as a negative amount on a statement. If you have not received a statement, this indicates that there are no outstanding fees.

All fees relating to the 2022 calendar year are due by July 31st, 2022. An overview of all fees and charges can be located on our website via the link below. These documents provide a detailed explanation (by subject) of Curriculum Charges and Student Resource Scheme fees and what the school provides for each of these charges.

Please note that some subjects are only timetabled each term or semester. For these subjects, invoices will be generated as required with an email advising parents/carers of the fee. For invoices generated after the due date, a 30 day account will operate.

For more detailed information, please contact the individual Head of Department or Business Manager by emailing admin@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au.

How to make a payment

Payments can be made over the counter by exact cash or EFTPOS (Debit Card, MasterCard or Visa), by BPOINT or QParents. BPOINT and QParents options allow parents/carers the convenience of making payments from home and alleviates the need to pay over the counter transactions in person. For more information about QParents, please refer to the school’s website.

BPOINT Option

BPOINT is an online payment system and is the preferred payment method for the Department.

This option is accessed through an internet weblink which appears on all invoices and statements. You will need the Customer Reference Number (CRN) which is printed on the bottom of your invoice/statement before payment can be processed.

When accessing the BPOINT weblink on individual invoices, all relevant information will prepopulate. Parents/carers will only be required to enter their credit or debit card details.

INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE (IVR) BPOINT is also available by dialling the 1300 number provided on individual invoices. This option will only accept credit cards.

ELECTRONIC DIRECT DEBIT REGISTRATION (eDDR) BPOINT is the approved payment plan option. To set up a payment plan, parents/carers will be required to contact the school office first.

PHONE OR COUNTER payments Options

Payments can be made at the school office, Monday to Friday, between 8:00am and 3:30pm. Payment options include credit and debit cards (EFTPOS), cheque and cash. Money orders are also accepted.

For payments over the phone, please phone the school on (07) 3373 4555, Monday to Friday, between 8:00am and 4:00pm and we will transfer you to the IVR BPOINT 1300 dedicated phone number. Only VISA or MasterCard can be used for this process.

Families experiencing financial difficulties

A parent/carer wishing to participate in the Student Resource Scheme and experiencing financial hardship is encouraged to contact the Business 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.

Lost property

We currently have a large number of jumpers and jackets in lost property located at the office. If your student has lost a jumper/jacket or another item, please encourage them to come to the office.

It is highly recommended that all school items be clearly labelled so that we can return any lost property to students as they are handed in.

Charmaine Macaulay, Business Manager
Email: cmaca5@eq.edu.au

CHAPLAIN

News from the Chaplain

Food for thought

Conflict – why is there so much of it? As long as humans have existed, it seems that there have always been those who respond with anger. It is all too easy for us to criticise the violence that we hear about in our television news programs – wars, assaults and sometimes even murders, but we need to ask ourselves if we too are part of the problem.

All of us have the potential for either conflict or peace living within us. In every situation we find ourselves in, we have to choose to do deal with others in either a hostile or peace-making manner.

What about you? How do you react when someone disagrees with you? What about when someone accidently bumps into you in a crowd or holds you up in traffic? Being around angry people is never pleasant, so please take a truthful look at your behaviour and make the commitment to choose peaceful solutions from now on. If you are an angry person, I can guarantee that you are not a happy person, so if you need to make changes, realise that you too will benefit from your efforts. Try being a peace maker as you deal with conflict.

Managing and resolving conflict by learning how to listen

When people are upset, the words they use rarely convey the issues and needs at the heart of the problem. When we listen for what is felt as well as said, we connect more deeply to our own needs and emotions, and to those of other people.

Listening in this way also strengthens us, informs us, and makes it easier for others to hear us.

Tips for being a better listener:

• Listen to the reasons the other person gives for being upset
• Make sure you understand what the other person is telling you from their point of view
• Repeat the other person’s words, and ask if you have understood correctly
• Ask if anything remains unspoken, giving the person time to think before answering
• Resist the temptation to interject your own point of view until the other person has said everything they want to say and feels that you have listened to and understood their message

When listening to the other person's point of view, the following responses are often helpful:

• Encourage the other person to share their issues as fully as possible
• “I want to understand what has upset you", "I want to know what you are really hoping for”
• Clarify the real issues, rather than making assumption
• Ask questions that allow you to gain this information and which let the other person know you are trying to understand
• “Can you say more about that?", "Is that the way it usually happens?”
• It sounds like you weren't expecting that to happen
• Reflect feelings
• Be as clear as possible
• “I can imagine how upsetting that must have been”
• Validate the concerns of the other person, even if a solution is elusive at this time
• Expressing appreciation can be a very powerful message if it is conveyed with integrity and respect
• "I really appreciate that we are talking about this issue”
• "I am glad we are trying to figure this out"

Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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

SCHOOL NURSE

News from the School Nurse

Each May, Queensland marks Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month to raise community awareness of domestic and family violence (DFV) and to send a clear message that DFV in families and homes will not be tolerated. This message is relevant all year round and is not exclusive to May.

1 in 6 Australian women, and 1 in 16 Australian men, has experienced physical or sexual violence from a current or former partner.
1 in 5 Australian women, and 1 in 20 Australian men, has experienced sexual violence.
1 in 4 Australian women, and 1 in 6 Australian men, has experienced emotional abuse from a current or former partner (Australia Institute for Health and Wellbeing, 2018).

The Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence in Queensland recommends that individuals, community groups and the private sector work together to help prevent DFV and support those affected.

The impact on young people is real. They may:

• put themselves at risk by trying to stop the abuse
• blame themselves
• copy the abusive behaviour
• feel fearful, nervous, guilty, or depressed
• not perform as well as usual at school or work
• want to run away or leave home
• avoid spending time with their friends and stay home to keep someone safe
• develop behaviours that seriously affect their health.

How can I help someone that I am worried about?

Support someone experiencing domestic and family violence | Community support | Queensland Government

How can we make a change?

No one is born to perpetrate violence. We can all call out attitudes that underpin violence.

White Ribbon Day 2021 - Brad Chilcott - YouTube

The issue | Our Watch | Preventing violence against women - Our Watch

If you or someone you know are not feeling safe at home, check out this site to see what they or someone else can do.

Young people experiencing domestic and family violence | Youth | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au)

Support for victims of abuse | Community support | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au)

Support:

1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732

DV Connect: 1800 811 811, Domestic and family violence help in Queensland. Call 1800 811 811 (dvconnect.org)

The Centre for Women Inc: Contact — The Centre for Women & Co.

Mensline: 1300 78 99 78, Phone and Online Counselling (mensline.org.au)

Kirsten Anstey, School Nurse
Email: nurse.centenary@health.qld.gov.au

STUDENT FORUM

Student Forum flood efforts – Term 1

Floods devastated parts of our community in Term 1. The Student Forum immediately sprung to action – they wanted to do something and they wanted to do something now. For the final 4 weeks of Term 1, the students collected non-perishable food items and hygiene items to donate to the community. The students chose to donate to Councillor Sarah Hutton’s Flood Drive as this was the best place to ensure that the items would reach members of the community.

To follow on from this, the Student Forum chose to donate their proceeds from our Multicultural Week Free Dress Day to “GIVIT” – to benefit flood victims. Over $980 was raised by the students wearing free dress in Week 6 of Term 2. We are proud of these efforts.

Student Leadership Day 2022 – Term 2

The Student Leadership Day 2022 was an opportunity for our school’s student leaders to get together and bond as a team and begin planning the rest of the year. Students were visited by yLead and learned a range of teamwork skills, which they began to understand underpins fantastic leadership within a school. They then spent the afternoon discussing ideas and proposals that they would like to see happen at the school. The students are particularly passionate about raising money for school improvement, working on inclusivity and working together to make change in our school. The day was incredible and I can’t wait to see what our team does next.

"Student Leadership Day provided the perfect opportunity for us – Centenary SHS student leaders – to be able to plan everything we want to do for our school. Our yLead facilitator conducted a range of teamwork challenges and helped set the tone for the rest of the day. Leaders spent the afternoon session pitching ideas for projects and action plans are now well underway. We couldn’t be more excited with what we have in store for 2022 and we can’t wait to put it all into action" (Juan, School Vice-Captain).

Student Forum Multicultural Week – Term 2

Multicultural Week (Week 6, Term 2) was a wonderful celebration of the multiculturalism that we foster at Centenary SHS. Throughout the week, students and staff were treated to many opportunities to engage with different multicultural events.

On Monday, students could wear free dress from their culture or somewhere they have travelled, if they preferred. On assembly, students watched a video that our International students had recorded the week before of a beautiful Vietnamese dance. If you would like to watch it, please follow this link:

At break times, students could also get a flag of their choice painted on their cheeks.

On Tuesday, students and staff were treated to a “Multicultural Banquet” – a $5 “Try-a-Plate”. Everyone that came were delighted by the food that was on offer and the banquet raised an impressive $815! A huge thank you to all of our cooks, and in particular Ms Huber and her team for helping with the set up! One of our sports captains, Alisi-Keti, performed a dance from her culture during AM break on the day.

On Wednesday, students could play games in the SRC with our Sports Captains.

On Thursday, students were treated to a performance of “Tinkling” (A Phillippine folk dance). Seth, Anaya, Mercy, Red and Anchelo did a wonderful job. Seth (pictured) was even able to do it blindfolded! Thank you to Ms Chadburn for organising the students to complete this dance. Head on over to our Facebook to see some videos of the dancing!

Too on Thursday, students could go to the Resource Centre and participate in multicultural crafts, including origami. Thank you to Abolfazl for setting the crafts up in the Resource Centre.

On Friday, students once again could get their face painted with a flag. Face painting was a huge success. A huge thank you to Zoe, Paris and Mason (some of our Arts Captains) for helping with the face painting. Thank you to the other students who helped with the face painting.

A huge thank you to May (our International Captain) for all of her work in coordinating such a wonderful week! Zoe (Arts Captain) – thank you too for all your tremendous help!

Student Forum Discos – Term 2

The Student Forum Discos (Term 2, Week 7) was something that the Student Forum was particularly keen to do as a fundraiser for the school. We had two discos back-to-back – the Junior School Disco, visited by just over 100 students, and the Senior Disco, visited by around 70 students. The students enjoyed tunes by our very own DJ Beth. Beth is also one of our sports captains so had been at the Athletics Carnival ALL DAY before DJ-ing the two discos. She did a fantastic job and the students had a great time dancing to her mixes!

Those who attended the discos participated in activities ran by our Forum Leaders. All leaders did a great job hosting engaging games and getting everyone moving and dancing throughout the night. The students also did an incredible job with clearing the discos up so quickly – especially impressive when both discos had a confetti cannon to finish!

The P&C ran a canteen throughout the evening. I would like to thank them for doing a great job in working with us on this! We are excited to work together again in the future.

Eli was the main brains behind the operation and was great in his leadership, patience and adaptability. Eli led the Tech Crew and did a fantastic job in communicating with his team, as well as DJ Beth, so that the night was successful. A huge congratulations to Eli and the Tech Crew for such an incredible job.

Marney O’Dea, Student Leadership Coordinator
Email: modea9@eq.edu.au

SPORTS DIRECTOR

Sports Director Report

Cross Country District and Regionals

Early in Term 2, students that qualified through the school Cross Country went and competed in the Northern District Eagles Cross Country. Close to 40 runners represented Centenary SHS. The Northern Eagles District Cross Country event was run at Limestone Park in Ipswich, which is a gruelling course. The students represented themselves and the school exceptionally well, displaying resilience, athleticism and lots of hard work. As a school we had more nominated athletes than any of the other 26 schools in the district.

Against some very tough opposition we had some outstanding results.

Olivia – 1st, U19 Girls 6km
Sean – 2nd, AWD 3km
Sienna – 7th, U19 Girls 6km
Liam – 8th, U15 Boys 4km
Dannielle – 8th, U17 Girls 4km
Maya – 9th, U15 Girls 4km
Kya – 10th, U15 Girls 4km
Charlotte – 11th, U15 Girls 4km

Congratulations to Olivia and Sean for qualifying for the Met West team. They will compete at the State Championships later this month.

QLD All Schools Cross Country

The QLD All Schools Cross Country was recently held on a rain-soaked course at Toogoolawah (Esk). The track was an arduous 2km loop with its own ‘heartbreak hill’, a 300m steepening section which was a real test of training and mental resilience.

Fortunately, Olivia (Year 12) has much of both and competed in the 6km event, attaining her best-ever state XC result of a SILVER MEDAL! Congratulations Olivia!

Northern District Competitors

Congratulations to the following students that have been selected in the Northern District team to compete at the Regional Trials later this month:

• Charlotte – 13 – 15 Girls Basketball
• Tayla – 13 – 15 Girls Basketball
• Rhianna – 13 – 15 Girls Basketball

Met West competitors

Congratulations must also go to the following athletes for being selected in the Met West team for their respective sports:

• Carter – 10 – 12 Years Boys Touch Football
• Raiden – 10 – 12 Years Boys Touch Football
• Josh – 17 – 19 Years Boys Football
• Zac – 13 – 16 Years Boys Football
• Cade – 13 – 16 Years Boys Football
• Dean – 13 – 16 Years Boys Football

Junior and Senior Gala Day results

Centenary SHS has now competed in one Junior and one Senior Gala Day competition so far this year. Despite the tough circumstances of last term with COVID-19 and the floods, students were still so engaged and competitive at their respective competitions. Premiership winning teams are below and they have all qualified for Met Finals.

Many Senior Gala Day teams just missed out on the grand final wins, with the Year 10 Girls Volleyball, Year 10 Boys Badminton, Open Girls Badminton and Open Boys Badminton teams finishing in second place.

Met finals

The Year 7 Girls Volleyball team (pictured) qualified for the Metropolitan final competition. The team won Round 1 against Mansfield SHS. Round 2 was against volleyball excellence school Kelvin Grove College and Centenary SHS went down with a loss, but this was an exciting experience for the Year 7 team!

Athletics information

The Pre-Carnival Athletics Event (Monday May 30th) and Full School Athletics Day (Friday June 3rd) has just passed. News of student success will be in the next newsletter edition.

Selection for the school squad for Northern Eagles District Trials

Centenary SHS has a history of athletic excellence, with upwards of 50 students regularly earning selection in the District Team and many also going on to represent the Met West Region at States, and Queensland at Nationals. At Regionals, Centenary SHS is the top performing state high school.

School team selection for the District Team is based upon the latest performances prior to nominations being due (Week 9). As such, a top two finish at the school carnival does not necessarily guarantee a position, and all students are encouraged to maintain training to maximise performances. Students will have available a challenge process to vie for final team positions.

Training information

Centenary SHS provides comprehensive training opportunities to students to enhance their performance. Students who regularly attend trainings have proven to be more successful in attaining consistent PBs and success in the representative pathways. All students are welcome!

We are already a number of weeks into our training program and we have on board the following coaches:

• Des Davis – Australian Throws Coach
• Theresa Stolberg aka ‘Coach Marty’ – all events – track, jumps, and hurdles specialist
• Arthur Shera (Level 3 Track Coach) and former Centenary SHS Student

This year we also welcome a new Centenary SHS staff member, Ms Heintze, who personally has been a national level athlete in sprints, jumps, and hurdles, who will add more expertise to the program.

Note – track includes all distances 100m to middle to distance. Any changes to the schedule will be communicated to students via student notices. For wet weather, sessions will be held in the sports hall/gym.

In addition to the school based representative pathway, Centenary SHS also has teams compete at the Queensland Athletics Nitro All Schools Championships, held later in the year.

Please let Richard Haines ( rhain0@eq.edu.au ) know if you have any questions.

Student shout out!

Earlier this term, Brisbane South Secondary State College (BSSSC) hosted the basketball competition for Senior Gala day. The convenor of this carnival had positive comments about Centenary SHS student and Moolanda House Captain Jackson.

“Jackson was exceptional in his refereeing. He communicated clearly with the players and coaches and was consistent the whole day. Not only did he referee almost the entire day, he even helped us clear away chairs at the end of the day without being asked. It was an absolute pleasure to have him, it’s a shame that he is in Year 12 and won’t be back next year.”

Reporting results

To enable Ms Nasalio to report on student results and to keep accurate records for sports awards, Ms Nasalio needs to know how participants went in their competitions. Students can see Ms Nasalio in Staffroom 4 or results can be emailed to: tnasa1@eq.edu.au .

Tamara Nasalio, Northern Districts Sports Director
Email: tnasa1@eq.edu.au

Matalena Johnson, West Brisbane Sports Director
Email: mxdan5@eq.edu.au

JUNIOR SECONDARY

Junior Secondary News

NAPLAN

In Week 4, our Years 7 and 9 students completed NAPLAN tests, using the online platform for the very first time. All things considered, it ran very smoothly and the students enjoyed the digital process. Congratulations to Adam Richter for his fantastic organisation of this event. Many thanks to James Whittle and the IT team for their tireless assistance to both staff administrators and students. Thank you must also go to the test administrators and Years 7 and 9 Year Level Coordinators for their hard work in ensuring students were prepared and ready to do their best.

USQ Discovery Day

In Week 5, our Years 7, 8, and 9 leaders were fortunate to attend the USQ Discovery Day at the Ipswich Campus. The students signed up for a range of sessions, from paramedicine to journalism, and enjoyed learning about these fields of expertise. Junior Vice-Captain, Lucy, summarised her experience:

I was so excited when I was offered to participate in the USQ Discovery Day. I thought it would be a great opportunity to try out some new things. For my three activities, I chose civil engineering, paramedicine and aviation. In my first session, I participated in the civil engineering activity. The task was to make a straw model of a structure taller than 30cm that was stable. I offered to be project manager of my group and helped delegate duties with my peers. Luckily, despite limited knowledge, we built a stable straw structure. After judging, the student ambassador dubbed ours the winning structure (which may have been biased as we named our tower after USQ).

Under 8’s Day – Darra SS

A small group of past Darra SS Year 7 students were invited back to Darra SS to participate in the Under 8’s Day. The students spent the morning with the primary students engaging in a variety of activities on a rotational basis such as blowing bubbles, obstacle courses, dot painting, and visiting the baby animal enclosure. The students enjoyed being leaders and responsible representatives of Centenary SHS.

Carly Manche, Junior Secondary HOD
Email: ceman4@eq.edu.au

SENIOR SCHOOLING

Senior Schooling News

Year 10 – Work Experience

Over 300 Year 10 students will participate in Work Experience in Week 10 of this term – Monday June 20th – Friday June 24th. Students will get to experience a work placement in a number of industries including:

• Retail
• Hospitality
• Medical
• IT
• Real Estate
• Education and Research
• Fitness, Exercise Physiology and Occupational Therapy
• Science Laboratory
• Automotive
• Carpentry
• Electrical
• Plumbing
• Engineering
• Construction
• Landscaping
• Transport
• Hairdressing and Beauty
• Childcare
• Defence and Police Force
• Finance and Accounting
• Business Administration
• Law
• Film and TV and Vocal Coaching
• Consulting

Students will have a logbook to fill in to record the hours they work and the duties they perform at their placement. A member of staff will visit to check on their progress during the week. Work Experience is a wonderful opportunity for our Year 10 students and we are looking forward to hearing information about their work placements when they return at the beginning of Term 3. A big thank you to all businesses and organisations that have volunteered to take one of our students.

Year 10 – Certificate II Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways (FSK)

In our Wednesday STEP lessons (Lesson 4), Year 10 students are completing the Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways, more commonly known as FSK. Successful completion of this certificate will give students 4 core QCE credits towards their Queensland Certificate of Education. In addition to this, the work that students undertake will help them prepare for SET Planning and preparation for their life post-schooling. By the end of Term 2, students will have completed work relating to Career Planning and Workplace Health and Safety. Both of these clusters directly relate to work experience and have helped prepare students for this placement.

Year 10 – SET Planning

A Senior Education and Training (SET) plan is a process that enables our Year 10 students to plan a successful pathway throughout senior secondary (Years 11 and 12) and beyond Year 12 into post-school education and work. Students are currently completing career exploration activities (by completing FSK and being involved in a work experience placement). Students will then use this information, in conjunction with the knowledge they have gained from their curriculum subjects, to choose subjects for Years 11 and 12.

SET Planning will take place for our Year 10 students in Week 7, Term 3 this year. This is an opportunity for each Centenary SHS student, their family and the school to work together to develop an individualised plan for each student to achieve success throughout Years 11 and 12 and beyond.

Weekly information bulletins about SET Planning will be sent out by Year 10 Guidance Officer Gayle Rausch to all parents/carers. Students will participate in SET Planning activities during school time with the Senior Schooling team and QTAC will come out to deliver an information session to our Year 10 cohort for any student who is interested in undertaking tertiary study at TAFE or a university upon completion of Year 12. We will also be holding our Future Options Evening in early Term 3, with our external providers coming in to discuss options for our students around undertaking a vocational certificate or beginning a school-based apprenticeship or traineeship. More information about Future Options Evening and SET Planning will be communicated to parents/carers in early Term 3.

Year 11

Our Year 11 students have now successfully completed their first unit of work towards their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and are now working hard on Unit 2 content. To obtain their QCE, students must achieve the set amount of learning (20 QCE credits) in the set standard (achieve at a satisfactory standard or receive a C grade or higher) in a set pattern (12 core QCE credits + 8 other QCE credits) while meeting literacy and numeracy requirements. Students attended an information session during STEP on Wednesday afternoon to go over this information with the Senior Schooling team so that they will all remain on track for successful QCE attainment by the end of 2023.

Year 12

Our Year 12 students have had the opportunity to participate in a range of university talks this term. We have had Griffith University and the University of Queensland come out and speak to our students about tertiary opportunities available to them from 2023 onwards. We will have the Queensland University of Technology, University of Southern Queensland and TAFE Queensland deliver further talks to our students.

Queensland Tertiary and Admissions Centre (QTAC) will be out on Monday July 25th (Week 3, Term 3) to explain how students can apply to university or TAFE for 2023 and this will be followed up by a pathways appointment for all Year 12 students with our Year 12 Guidance Officer Alethea Athanasiov.

Options Career Information

All Years 10 – 12 students and their parents/carers were emailed information regarding our subscription to the Options Career Information Bulletin. This is a website and app that provides short, sharp and timely career, pathway and opportunities information and key dates to students. This information will be sent out fortnightly, but can be accessed at any time through the website or app and will cover information such as:

• Apprenticeships and traineeships
• Australian Defence Force
• Career exploration
• Gap year program news
• Open days, expos and career markets
• Post school information
• QTAC and tertiary information
• TAFE QLD updates
• University updates

Parents/carers and students can access this information by visiting the website from the link below or downloading the Options Career Information app and using the access code ‘Centenary’.

Amiee Nolan, Senior Schooling HOD
Email: axnol0@eq.edu.au

eLEARNING

New Minecraft Club

There are already a lot of enthusiastic students taking part in our new Minecraft Club.

We are using Minecraft Education Edition, which is a game-based learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive environment. Our students have enjoyed exploring the vast world of Minecraft as well as building some fantastic constructions and games to share with the group.

The club happens on Thursday at AM break and we have a long list of creative and skill-based challenges planned over the coming months. The club is a great place to meet new friends and we look forward to welcoming more students to our club in the next few weeks.

All students who are interested in joining in should see Mr Whittle in the Resource Centre.

James Whittle, eLearning HOD
Email: jwhit732@eq.edu.au

POSITIVE EDUCATION

Across Semester 1, it has been wonderful to see students use a variety of Character Strengths to thrive at Centenary SHS – love of learning, perseverance, teamwork, curiosity and kindness – just to name a few. Character Strengths are the positive human qualities that serve as pathways for living a good life. Our Signature Strengths (or top strengths) are:

1. essential for us to get through the day
2. easy for us to use
3. energising – by keeping us uplifted and in the mood

Priority here at Centenary SHS will be helping students to consider when, how, and why certain strengths are appropriate and useful in different situations (Biswas-Diener et al., 2010). Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that “we cannot always build the future for our young people, but we can build our young people for the future” (Norrish, 2015). Helping our students identify their Character Strengths and use them in their everyday lives may provide a route toward a psychologically fulfilling life. Over the next few editions of the newsletter I will ‘spotlight’ some Character Strengths and offer ways to help students develop these at home or at school. If you would like to find out your top Character Strengths, complete the VIA Character Strengths Survey: https://www.viacharacter.org/account/register

Melissa Chamberlain, Positive Education HOD
Email: mcham55@eq.edu.au

TEACHING & LEARNING

In the Arts, students have been using graphic organisers to improve their analytical and evaluative writing. Ms Stenlake’s Year 8 Performance Plus students have written some outstanding paragraphs after attending the Frozen Musical. Please enjoy reading the following samples from Ella, Gracie and Abby.

A sample from Ella’s paragraph:

Frozen, The Musical, was excellent at captivating the audience by effectively using lighting, relationship and props. Lighting was beautifully displayed throughout the performance to create mood and tension. For example, during the Coronation, there was a warm lighting on all the characters, but Elsa had cold lighting on her. This portrays her as being isolated from the rest of the people because of her powers.

A sample from Gracie’s paragraph:

Similarly, the set of Frozen the Musical portrays the characters emotions when they use big and bold props. In the show the set is constantly changing. In the coronation scene we can see that ice comes onto the stage that lights up and has a loud powerful sound. When this happens, it shows us how Elsa is scared and doesn’t know how to handle her powers. It helps the audience to understand how Elsa is feeling meaning that they can connect with the show. In conclusion the musical Frozen was affecting through its design and dramatic elements and effectively keeps the audience entertained and interested throughout.

A sample from Abby’s paragraph:

This was demonstrated when Anna came back from the mountains, and she said to Hans she needed a true loves kiss but instead he said he never loved her and then put the fire out. This shows relationship by Anna being betrayed by the person she thought loved her however, he back stabbed her and left her to die. Hans had turned on Anna and was not the same person as she thought he was. Tension was also portrayed when Elsa froze Anna’s heart. There was different colour lights and different sound effects to create tension and to show how dramatic the scene was. All up, the powerful dramatic and design elements were masterfully displayed throughout the musical, making a successful show.

Well done to Ms Stenlake’s class for their skilful analytical and evaluative writing!

Vanessa Duschka, Teaching & Learning HOD
Email: vdusc1@eq.edu.au

FACULTIES

ARTS

Another busy and productive month in The Arts – don’t forget to check out the school Facebook page for up-to-date stories and news!

Classroom news

Senior Film, TV and New Media students were visited by special guest Will Minchin recently. Will is an Executive Producer at EndemolShine Australia, the country’s largest production company with a broad slate of reality shows, documentaries, comedies and drama programs. Will shared about his humble beginnings as an unqualified ‘soundie’, embracing any opportunities to work and gain experience in the industry. His passion to learn led to him to excel as a publicist, news cameraman, and documentary maker. With over thirty years’ experience, Will is now Co-Executive Producer of Gogglebox Australia, where he manages a production team overseeing post-production, editing and delivery. Our senior students were delighted to watch some hilarious excerpts from Gogglebox, and hear about some of EndomolShine’s other renown projects like Married at First Sight, Survivor, Bondi Rescue and The Block. Will’s presentation was a real encouragement to our students, some of whom are planning to pursue a career in the Film, TV and New Media industry after they finish school. He told them of the many opportunities in the industry, particularly for creators! There was even time for some selfies!

More of our students have been given the opportunity to work with professional Artists in Residence this term. Being able to work with someone who is working in the industry provides students with the most up-to-date learning possible.

Year 8 Music Plus students are engaged in a series of composing workshops working towards creating a fusion composition – an original piece of music that combines characteristics of African and Japanese music styles. Master drummer, Dr Grant Collins, spent two weeks taking the students through a range of African rhythms and their history. Just this week, Brisbane based composer Isabella Gerometta worked through the building and development of melodies using different Japanese scales. We can’t wait to hear the final works!

Student success

Congratulations to Damien and Riley, two of our Year 12 Visual Art students, for their amazing achievement and incredible illustration skills! Last year, local author Julie Miller presented a workshop to Visual Art students on creating illustrations for a new book she has written titled ‘Remember our First Responders’. TWO Centenary CHS students who entered have won! Their awesome illustrations will be published in Julie’s new book!

Extra-curricular news

The Centenary Dance Troupes are gearing up for their first competition of the year, the Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge. Over two days, our four troupes will perform in this highly competitive event. If you’d like to attend and support the students, you can purchase tickets via this link:

The dance troupes will be performing at the following times:

A special thank you to the teachers and choreographers who have worked hard rehearsing all year to get the troupes ready – Mr Holmes, Ms Milford, Caitlin Rowland, Abbey & Zoe. We wish all of the troupes good luck in their performances!

Instrumental Music News

On Thursday June 2nd, our Instrumental Music ensembles performed at the Metropolitan Heat for Fanfare. Held every 2 years, Fanfare provides an opportunity for the school community to celebrate their young musicians and instrumental teachers by encouraging and promoting musical excellence through performance. Fanfare isn’t a competition, but a festival of music. Ensembles are judged against criteria according to the division in which they are entered, not against other bands. We are thrilled to announce the results of our ensembles!

Symphonic Band – Div 1 – GOLD
Concert Band – Div 2 – GOLD
String Ensemble – Div 2 – GOLD
String Orchestra – Div 1 – SILVER
Percussion Ensemble – Div 2 – BRONZE
Stage Band – TBA

The Centenary SHS Choir competed recently at the Queensland Youth Music Awards. They were awarded a Silver award, with scores of 84 and 85 from the two judges, up again some highly experienced choirs. The choir now turns their attention towards their upcoming tour to Tasmania in the holidays to participate in the Festival of Voices.

The Symphonic Band had the pleasure of a workshop and concert with the Australian Army Band Brisbane. It was a fabulous learning experience to share music with the Army musicians and a thoroughly entertaining concert!

The Stage Band performed at the Brisbane Jazz Club Youth Jazz Festival. This was an awesome opportunity to perform in a local Jazz venue, sharing the stage with many other jazz bands.

P&C Subcommittee News

The Arts Subcommittee opened the canteen for the Army Band workshop and concert, feeding over 100 hungry army members, staff and students. The money raised from that, in addition to the canteen being open for Fanfare, is going toward subsidising the cost of the Choir tour to Tasmania. Our committee chair Sarah, with a number of other parents/carers, have collected some amazing donations from local companies and businesses and we have raffle tickets for sale – $2 per ticket. Check out these amazing prizes! Students in the choir will be selling tickets over the next few weeks. A huge thank you to both the sponsors for providing prizes and the parents/carers on the subcommittee for their support.

The next meeting for the Arts Subcommittee will be held in CPAC at 7:00pm on Tuesday August 2nd. All Arts parents/family members are welcome to join us.

Date Claimer

Angela Sleeman, The Arts HOD
Email: aslee4@eq.edu.au

YEAR LEVEL COORDINATORS

Year 12 Report

By School Captain, Ebony Niethe

For the Year 12 cohort, Monday May 16th marked 100 days of high school to go. So far, those of us that started our schooling journey in prep and are still hanging in there, have attended more than 2000 days of classes, not including weeks spent in lockdown or stuck at home. For all the maths nerds out there, we have less than 5% of our schooling journey to go. Suddenly, it feels like we need to cram all the high school experiences that we’ve neglected so far into just a few remaining months, while also squeezing in study for remaining assessments and external exams (perhaps my priorities aren’t in the right order…). Needless to say, the next 80 something days are going to be a whirlwind. We still have so much left to look forward to, including the sleepout, formal, mystery tour, graduation, and the list continues.

Despite all the stress that awaits us in the coming months, the 100-day event was a chance to celebrate how far we’ve come. The cohort played an enlightening Kahoot, reminding us all of those embarrassing moments some of us would much rather forget; Sasha created an amazing 100-day countdown video with some of our favourite high school memories; and the House Captains organised games in the sports hall, a true revelation of our cohort’s competitive nature. Tug-of-war morphed into savage scrambles for domination. A huge thank you must go to Taylor and Danae for making the cake and the other goodies – they were fantastic. I’m looking forward to graduating, but I’m also going to cherish these final hundred days, our last chance to make memories together as a cohort.

Year 11 Report

Wow! What a big few weeks it has been for the Year 11 cohort. Recently, students have been working hard to complete Unit 1 and have been involved in a number of incursions to complete exams for various subjects. This, along with assignments due, has spelled a busy few weeks for our cohort. The feedback from the incursions has been overwhelmingly positive, and they have all conducted themselves well. Students have been involved in subject changes in consultation with their year level deputy and teachers. Now we have the exciting items to look forward to. We begin voting on senior jersey designs and next week more information about the semi-formal will be communicated. An exciting few weeks ahead. Congratulations to all of our athletics competitors for their efforts on Friday!

Will McKenna, Year 11 Coordinator
Email: wjmck0@eq.edu.au

Year 9 Report

We are almost at the end of Semester 1 – this year is flying by! While we were all initially disappointed to have to postpone our Team Building day due to the relentless rain and soggy oval, we are grateful that we have managed to secure an alternate date. We will now be holding this day on Tuesday June 21st. One big positive of this is that it gives the classes more time to work on their war cry…competition should be epic!

In Home Group lessons this term, we have been and will continue to work on team building and leadership in preparation for this day. Highlights have been a trivia competition and working cooperatively and collaboratively to build a bridge out of paddle pop sticks. Next term we move our PEEC focus on to Goal Orientation, Engagement and Health.

Our year level assemblies have a renewed focus on celebrating the great things that our students do and the amazing young people that they are. I would love to hear from you, as parents/carers, anything that you think your student deserves a shout out for! Have you seen your student displaying character strengths outside of school? Have they achieved something great that we should share?

Finally, a big congratulations to the current leader of our PERMAH points competition for Term 2 – Emily in YA09C. Emily is way ahead in the tally – well done Emily!

Jo Moon, Year 9 Coordinator
Email: jmmoo3@eq.edu.au

Year 7 Report

What a busy start to Term 2 for the Year 7 cohort. In Week 3, 211 Year 7 students and 15 teachers made the trek down to Tallebudgera for Year 7 Camp. Upon arrival, we divided into groups for activities. Over the three days, students participated in a range of activities such as the giant swing, aerial adventure, surfing, archery, rock climbing and beach games. It was wonderful to see how these young people drew in on their character strengths during their activities. I’d have to say that the giant swing was ‘the activity’ of the camp that really tested the strengths of not only the students, but staff as well. The relationships that developed over our time at camp have strengthened amongst the cohort and the teachers.

There was no time to relax for our Year 7 students as they completed NAPLAN tests over the four days during Week 4. This was the first year of NAPLAN being conducted online and our students adapted to this quite smoothly. The perseverance and overall conduct over the four-days demonstrated by the students should be commended.

Our HG lessons this term have focused on developing a growth mindset, setting goals, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and learning how to grow after failing. We will complete our term with a performance from Shake & Stir.

Rachel Habermann, Year 7 Coordinator
Email: rhabe7@eq.edu.au

P&C

News from our P&C

We’d like to thank the parents/carers who attended our May P&C meeting. It was great to see so many faces attending the meeting in person and online.

The position of P&C President remains vacant. If this is something you’re interested in, we’d love to hear from you. Please direct any inquiries to pandc@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au and one of the team will be happy to answer any questions you have.

Supporting our Student Forum

The P&C were happy to support the Student Forum by running a canteen at the school discos. All profits will be used by the Student Forum to further one of their great fundraising initiatives.

Road safety

It’s important we all follow the road rules when picking up and dropping off our students. Sadly, some parents/carers continue to take risks with our students’ safety. Please drive safely – don’t double park or stop on the Moolanda St roundabout.

Uniform Shop

Our jackets have been selling like hot cakes. Remember, we offer a jacket labelling service.

We’re still waiting for our trackpant order. We understand how disappointing this it and we share your frustration. We are continuing to do all we can to fast-track this delivery.

The Uniform Shop is still looking for a volunteer to help out on Tuesday mornings from 8:00am – 9:30am. If you think you can help, please touch base on the above P&C email address.

P&C meeting

Our next P&C meeting is scheduled for 7:00pm Wednesday June 15th in the school’s Resource Centre. If you’re interested in attending the meeting virtually, from the comfort of your own lounge room, please let us know and we’ll send you the relevant link.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Tania Nelson, Centenary SHS P&C President
Email: pandc@centenaryshs.eq.edu.au