24 June 2016

Newsletter Articles

THE PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have almost come to the end of Term 2, another very successful Semester of learning at Cav Road.

Congratulations Mrs Sarah Hickey

Sarah Hickey has been selected in the 'Lethbridge Small Scale Art Awards' 2016. Her work is below. Sarah is a dedicated practitioner, teacher and artist. To have a work selected in these Awards is very impressive. Congratulations Sarah!

Watching Sporting Teams Play during Class Time

Under no circumstances are our teachers to take their classes out of lesson time to watch our sports teams compete at Cav Rd. Learning time is too valuable and too important to our students and their futures.

Staff Training and Professional Development

Since our last communication our staff at Cav Road have participated in the following professional development initiatives together:

• Student Protection Training
• Supporting Traumatised Students
• Cyber Safety
• Art and Science of Teaching (ASOT) Twilight session with Dr Stephan Millett from Curtin University, Western Australia. Dr Millett worked with the staff of our school and local primary school's involved in the CIF initiative, and focussed on establishing an environment to develop 'critical and creative thinkers.' Dr Millett targeted the process of 'Inquiry' with reference to ASOT and how an inquiry mindset supports our students to practise, deepen and test their understanding of knowledge.

National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is held annually from 27 May - 3 June and celebrates the rich culture and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. NRW coincides with two dates in Australia's history which are significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – 27 May marks the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, and 3 June marks the anniversary of the High Court's judgment in the 1992 Mabo case. The NRW 2016 theme is "Our History, Our Story, Our Future". Cav Road staff and students acknowledged this special time with an Assembly led by our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders.

For more information visit the 'Reconciliation Australia' website:

Congratulations Ms Mel Andreatta

Congrats to Ms Mel Andreatta who is off to the Rio Olympics to support the Australian female football team. Follow this link for the media launch

QCAA Trial of the External English Examination

Congratulations and special thanks to our Senior English students, our Head of Department – English Diana McFadzean and our English staff for their successful implementation of the trial QCAA External Examination in English. This group of staff are trail blazers and have worked tirelessly to ensure that they and their students are ready for full implementation in the future.

Congratulations and Thank You Ms Masselos

Congratulations Ms Masselos on our school's successful bid for the Education Queensland International (EQI) 2016 Appropriation Subsidy program. Based on our submission and the criteria assessed by the EQI panel members, we were awarded $52,655. The school's total bid was $76,079 and EQI will provide funds totalling $52,655 made up as follows:

This is great news and further adds to the current scope of works.

Congrats Mr David Thompson - Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow Grant Application

The aim of the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow program is to inform ways in which we can develop the skills students need to become the creators and innovators of Queensland's future. A selection panel consisting of representatives with educational, industry and entrepreneurial expertise assessed all applications to ensure they met the aim of the Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Program. The quality of the applications was very high with many schools planning innovative ways to provide students with entrepreneurial learning opportunities.

An initial payment of $10,000 will occur in June 2016, and subsequent payments of $3,300 will be made in June 2017 and 2018.

Successful applicants will be required to make their resources available to all state schools to assist them in developing their own entrepreneurial learning programs.

Attendance Update

Top 10 PS Classes

Visit by The Secretary General of Our Commonwealth

Special thanks to Mr Joe Kelly MP, State Member for Greenslopes for assisting our school to host the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Mr Akbar Khan. This was a great honour for staff and students and our students studying Humanities embraced this wonderful learning opportunity.

End Semester Reports

End Semester Reports will be emailed to parents during Week 2 of Term 3.

Acting Arrangements over the Coming Weeks

Whilst Mr Adam Kuss is on Paternity Leave and LSL, congratulations to Mrs Lisa Williams who is acting/Director Of Student Achievement – Years 7 and 8 and Mrs Lesley Whittington who is acting/Year 7 Coordinator.

Whilst I am away studying at Harvard University 11-19th July, Ms Meryl Johnston will act as Principal, Mr Paul Cox as Associate Principal, Mr Strak Kosanovic as Deputy Principal and Ms Claire Spruce as A/HOD – Humanities. Thank you to each of these great staff who are providing me with this wonderful opportunity.

Enjoy a well-deserved end Semester break. Our students have worked tirelessly this Semester and have achieved some outstanding results. Thank you to all parents and families for your support.

Corrine McMillan
Principal

2016 Senior Philosothon at the University of Queensland

Fourteen of Cav Rd's talented philosophical thinkers took on the best and brightest from Queensland's Secondary Philosophy community in the annual UQ Senior Philosothon. With over 80 students from Queensland state and private schools, the event was nothing shy of inspiring, and at times so philosophical and complex it caused a mind ache. Groups of about 10 students from varying schools congregated in Socratic Circles to discuss and questions some of Philosophy's fundamental questions in hopes of arriving at a general consensus, an outcome rarely arrived upon when the minds of philosophers meet. Questioning the need and/or ability to program computers to be moral kicked off the day, with students entering their last session to deconstruct Socrates' very famous quote, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Driven by passion and rationality, our Cav Roadians reasoned with charity and grace, so much so they impressed many judges including one of the key professors in UQ's School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, a well-deserved acknowledgement for our students. Notable Thinker awards will be delivered and we look forward to presenting them to our winning students. All in all the students had a great day and when asked if they would like the chance to do it again next year there was an overwhelming response of "Yes!" Way to go young philosophers, as always you make us proud.

Morgan Stebbings
Academic Excellence Program Director

Cyber Safety Awareness at Cavendish Road State High School

To maximize the effectiveness of all the internet has to offer in a social and e-learning environment, instilling good online behaviours in our youth is the key. Throughout our pastoral care program, all students of Cavendish Rd SHS are exposed to a dedicated cyber safety awareness program, which offers a range of ideas that our students can implement to avoid or reduce issues they may face in an online world. When our students understand these, it encourages and empowers them to embrace technology in a positive way and provides a tangible reason to make sound online decisions.

On Monday 6 June, Brett Lee, a renowned undercover internet detective, presented to all of our students about safe online behaviours. In addition to the student cohort, Brett briefed all teachers on the topic and then ran a parent information session in the evening. It was fantastic to see so many parents turn up to be informed on this important issue. The feedback we received was very positive regarding the presentation.

What our community is saying-
Rosie (Parent)-

I was really keen to attend the recent Cyber Safety parent session last week. My two Cav Roadian boys (Yrs 7 & 9) had talked a lot about the talk they had from Brett Lee earlier in the day and his message had clearly had an impact on them.

The messages presented were kept really simple but we were left in absolutely no doubt about how crucial they were. For me, the most important messages were:

• No internet enabled devices in bedrooms after bed-time (or set a time where they get put away)
• Keep current - know what they view online and who they're talking to
• Be the parent - we set guidelines in all other aspects of our kids' lives, why not their internet usage? If we don't - their guidelines will come from who knows where!
• Talk about cyber safety - and keep talking about it

Georgia (Student) - It was awesome to hear from Brett and he gave us some interesting ideas about the way that we use our laptops. It really opened my eyes about the ways that internet providers can access our personal details now. I'll be more aware of this in the future, particularly on social networking and gaming sites.

This was our first wellbeing 'parent engagement' session for 2016. I look forward to meeting more parents at the next session! For further information on Internet Safety and Cyberbullying Resources for Parents and Carers please refer to

Rebecca Gardiner
Head of Department of Student Wellbeing

Year 10 STEM Student Representative for Cavendish Road SHS

Recently, I was invited to participate in the "STEM Girl Power: Discovering DNA" workshop run by SPARQ-ed at the Translational Research Institute. Its aim was to encourage young women to aspire towards a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

Many successful female scientists came to chat with us, to tell us about their journey and share their insights into working in the field of STEM. I was particularly inspired by the very enthusiastic Natalie McKirdy, a past Cavendish Road student. She gave a presentation talking about the research she is currently doing as part of her Ph.D., investigating how certain compounds from silk could be used as a treatment for blindness caused by retinal degeneration. She is a Young Science Ambassador with the Wonder of Science program, inspiring young people across regional Queensland to become interested in a STEM career.

Part of the program was to plan activities to run back at school during Australian National Science Week, to be held in August. Along with the STEM prefects, I will help run activities and science challenges for students across the school, and hopefully we'll get some local primary schools involved too. The program focused on a particular DNA extraction experiment that we can repeat with these students as part of the event.

Emma Penfold
Year 10 Student

Philosophy and Ethics Gifted and Talented Conference

We are always looking for ways to bring our Philosophy students into the community to interact and work with others. This year's Academic Conferences' Gifted and Talented event presented a very unique way to accomplish this goal, with their conference theme being Philosophy and Ethics. We jumped on the opportunity to have 12 of our Philosophy students attend and learn from influential thinkers such as Julie Arliss, a key lecturer at King's College, UK and fellow of Oxford University. Students participated in 4 sessions focusing on key questions which the world's greatest thinkers have battled with on their journey to discover truth and wisdom. A venture into the world of knowledge acquisition left our students grappling with whether they identified with the rationalist or empiricist approach of epistemology. The day culminated in a 'Big Debate' where our students argued with our keynote speakers regarding the God Conclusion, responding to the Houses' position that the existence of God can be known. I was so impressed with how our students conducted themselves throughout the whole conference, listening attentively and providing insightful questions and comments at the end of each session. After a full day of inquiry and thought our students were eager to have our own Socratic Discussion to reflect on the key questions that came up throughout the day, so at 2:30 we sat in our own circle outside Churchie's ERPAC building and discussed the day's events. It was truly a proud moment as a philosophy teacher, to witness these students guide themselves through a discussion that was completely self-initiated.

Morgan Stebbings
Academic Excellence Program Director

Dr Karl at Cav Rd

Our senior science academy classes had the privilege of attending a 1 hr Q & A with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki in the auditorium last Wednesday, 15th of June. Dr Karl is a very well-known science communicator and populariser. You may know him from the ABC or the Channel 10 show, The Project. He gave up his afternoon and spent the whole hour fielding random science related questions from our top science students. Topics ranged from the big bang, to evolution, to genetic engineering, to life on mars and the science behind our gender plus many more. It was a fantastic opportunity for our students to share his excitement for science and I think we were all a little star struck. Dr Karl even hand signed and donated his full authored book collection (38 books) to the school library. To check out more info on Dr Karl head to:

Paul Batchler
Science Department

STEM Science Ambassadors

Emma Penfold and our Year 9 STEM prefects, Lily Biggs and Sean Chaseling, assisted Dr Bartlett on Tuesday 14th June with the Primary Science Club. Year 5 students from seven different primary schools (Greenslopes, Holland Pk, Mount Gravatt, Camp Hill, Gumdale, Carina, and Wishart) were engaged in fun forensic activities that involved gathering evidence and using Science experiments to solve a "Who Dunnit?" task. The lab was buzzing with excitement and the help from our science ambassadors was invaluable!

Joanne Campbell
Science Teacher

Academic Excellence Pseudoscience Session

Over the first 5 weeks of term our Science fans embarked on a quest to evaluate some of the many claims which fall under the topic of Pseudoscience. Have you ever read an advertisement that promised you eye lashes with 200% more volume and wondered how exactly they measured that 200% value? What about the absorbency of your household paper towels? Is one brand really better wet than dry? Or better than a Chex cloth? With the aid of a science teacher mentor our groups tested some pretty wild claims including the ever prevalent "3 Second Rule" and whether or not anti-bacterial gel actually does kill 99.9% of all germs. Students came up with their own hypothesis and planned the whole experiment from start to finish. Working at a senior science level, students carried out advanced tests including the Benedict's test to determine glucose presence and growing bacterial colonies on agar plates and incubating them for further analysis and measurement. In the final week students presented their findings in a seminar which reflected the work of university students rather than middle school students, especially the question and answer sessions which followed each presentation. The clarity with which our scientists posed their questions and the depth of thinking and understanding that went into them were definitely the highlights for the teacher mentors.

The results; well let's just say there is no such thing as the three second rule, and that hand sanitizer is good, but not 99.9% good!

Morgan Stebbings
Academic Excellence Program Director

Year 8 Reader's Cup Team

On the evening of Tuesday the 14th of June, I accompanied five excited Year 8 students to the 2016 Reader's Cup challenge. Over the past six weeks, these students had been busily reading four novels and one picture book as well as having weekly meetings to practise answering quiz questions about all of these books. This was all in preparation for the final challenge. The students represented both themselves and Cav Road extremely well, displaying excellent behaviour, sportsmanship and wearing their uniform with pride. Overall, the Cav Road team came fifth out of seventeen teams representing both state and private schools which was a great result that they were very proud of.

Year 8 Reader's Cup team 2016: Bella, Jess, Kiara, Dion and Cooper.

Kasia Kurylewska
English and Humanities Teacher

Archaeological Dig at Toowong Cemetery

A little over a month ago we took a group of intrepid Year 7 students on a real life archaeological dig at Toowong cemetery. These students form part of the school's Academic Excellence Program (AEP) and had spent 5 weeks in class with Ms Spruce and Mr K learning that it isn't about being Indiana Jones but rather more like being a careful detective. We were really impressed with the students' capacity to problem solve the issues facing archaeologists in terms of fragmented evidence, the preservation and destruction of evidence and, of course, whether a pie was better than a kebab. These activities were designed to slow down their thinking and consider the alternatives and best options. Our mantra was "not to give us your first answer but your best answer" and it was great to witness a definite pause between the question and the answer by week 3 of the unit. Next year we`d love to build on what we achieved with this group by introducing them to forensic archaeology in year 8, which involves a trip to UQ. We have included photos from the day (special thanks to Natalie Oldham) as well as an account from Alex Dane.

This day was the day we were going to make history—or at least discover it. Our school's Academy of Ideas Archaeology students were going to Toowong Cemetery to dig and find old headstones from the 19th century and onwards. We were also going to explore the cemetery and solve a murder mystery. We had heard that a group of girls last year had found the gravestone of the first Sherriff of Queensland`s infant child and it was put in a museum! We were very excited. Other archaeologists had been itching to dig in our site but they gave us a chance to excavate first. We had been training for this for weeks and we were ready to get our hands dirty. When we got there our instructor, Dr Jon, told us the rules and how to handle the equipment.

I was in the first group so we got to do the digging first. We all charged into the pit (from the ramp of course) and got straight into it. It was so exciting and by the end of it we had found well over 20 headstones! After our break we went off to our next activity. For my group it was exploring the graves in the cemetery with Mr K. We learnt all about the different types of gravestones. We saw gravestones of soldiers and children and we also saw the area for the people who couldn't afford a head stone. It was quite sad; there was just an empty area of grassy land for them. After our second break we went with Ms Spruce to solve the murder mystery of Elizabeth Dale. She had been visiting the gravestones of her father and brother and was found drowned in the dam between the graves. Long story short, we figured it out, but I won't spoil it for next year's group.

We barely made it back to the bus in time to leave but we left with a smile on our faces. I think I speak for everyone when I say that it was one of the best excursions by far. Thank you Dr Jon for giving us the opportunity of a life time.

Strachan Kosanovic
Head of Department- Humanities

Programs for Indigenous students

Cavendish Road SHS's Indigenous students are fortunate to be involved with several community programs. The Former Origin Greats ARTIE Academy and Brisbane Broncos have united with selected Secondary State Schools in South East Queensland to enhance the support given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The ARTIE Academy and Beyond the Broncos Program operate with high expectations for effort, behaviour, achievement and commitment.

Beyond the Broncos Program

The 'Beyond the Broncos' Program aims to provide support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 10-12 to stay in school, complete their senior studies and prepare for the transition into further education and employment. It is an initiative of the Australian Government's Indigenous Advancement Strategy. Former Broncos, State of Origin and Australian NRL player, Jharal Yow Yeh, works with Cav Road's Indigenous Year 10-12 students in his role as Community Programs Officer for the Brisbane Broncos. Jharal visits Cav Road weekly to meet with and mentor students, and also delivers workshops every term on topics including culture, lifestyle and careers.

ARTIE Academy

FOGs continue to deliver their ARTIE Academy (Achieving Results through Indigenous Education) to our Year 7-9 students. Founded in 2010, the ARTIE Academy's vision is to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous students attending Queensland State Schools by continuing the legacy of legendary Former Origin Great, Arthur Beetson. His vision and passion was for young Indigenous Australians to become educated by completing school and gaining a meaningful career. The ARTIE Academy aims to create high expectations for effort, behaviour, achievement and commitment. Students are encouraged, rewarded and informed of opportunities in a concentrated effort to 'Close the Gap' in educational outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

Kym Ford
Indigenous Liaison Offficer

Jharal Yow Yeh with Cav Road's Year 10-12 Indigenous students at the official Program launch.

Guidance/Career News

Career Education Program Year 10

You will be aware that our students are participating in Career Education Programs. Our year 10s kick off their program on Fri 17 June with a presentation from the University of Southern Queensland.

Their program will continue until Week 4 of term 3. During this time they will learn about themselves in terms of career development. They will also research an area of work that currently interests them.

This program will conclude with a very important document all schools are required to complete: SET P – Senior Education Training Plan. This Plan identifies the student's subject selection for Years 11 and 12, setting them up for their post Year 12 pathway.

Parents will need to be involved and are expected to view the plan and sign it off in agreement. In doing so we encourage parents to be aware of:-

• Their son/daughter's current plan for 2019
• Prerequisite subjects required
• Suitability of subjects based on interest and ability
• Whether their son/daughter will head for employment, apprenticeship, university or TAFE in 2019

The following events and dates will inform your contribution to their SET P.

Mr Morgan will be providing more information. Until then please date claim the above events.

Career Education in the Junior School

The Years 7, 8and 9 students are just beginning their career education programs. Career education is vital to our students as workers in the 21st century will require career management skills due to the rapid changes in technology and the globalisation of the world's economies. Fulltime jobs are on the decrease. Workers of the future may hold multiple part time jobs or work on a contract basis. Career management skills will assist in transitioning from school to the workforce, into further study and from one job opportunity to another.

Students are becoming aware of the notion of work. Work can be paid and unpaid. Unpaid work includes study, chores, volunteer, sport and leisure activities. Paid work can be fulltime, part time, casual, contract and seasonal. Career management involves managing all of these types of work. Students will be forming accounts on the My future Website below and utilising many of the resources on offer. This will assist in becoming familiar with skills, interests strengths and values and how these relate to possible employment opportunities and further study.

To prepare students for entry into the paid workforce they will be building resumes, learning how to seek out job opportunities and discovering what to expect in a job interview. Students are also learning that employers will often train workers in job specific skills but they demand that their employees possess employability skills. These skills can be developed in a myriad of ways at school and at home. These employability skills include: Communication, Teamwork, Problem solving, Initiative and enterprise, Planning and organising, Self-management, Learning, and Technology.

Families can assist students to develop their career management skills by sharing their career journeys, by fostering the development of employability skills, reinforcing the notion of lifelong learning, encouraging their children to become aware of their skills, strengths and values. Students should be encouraged to identify deficiencies in their employability skills and encouraged to seek out opportunities to develop them.

We look forward to working with your child,

Kate Niland & Paul Ross
Guidance Officers

Vocational Educational and Training

For Semester 2, we will be conducting a Cert II in Logistics one day per week over 10 weeks. This equates to 4 QCE points which commences the first Thursday in week 1, (14 July, 2016), Term 3. This course is delivered on site at Cavendish Road SHS where students will work in a classroom with a teacher from 'Axiom College". The course will involve workbooks, a workshop environment and an excursion to a supervised logistics facility. All the details with the enrolment form can be found in the link, and please also complete the Language, Literacy, Numeracy Screening Tool. Please have this returned to room B10 before commencement date. Course start date is 14 July, 2016.

If you are interested in this Cert II in Logistics, you can also apply for this valuable opportunity within the Australian Defence Force:

The Australian Defence Force have offered to take just 15 of our best students out of all of our schools, to give them REAL work experience in the Logistics industry. They expect that a large percentage may go on to be offered traineeships. The program will run at Amberley Base over only 2 days in the 8th and 9th of August.

Because of security issues each day the students will be checked at the gate before entry will be permitted. During their time on base the students will cover as a part of their work experience:

• Customer Service
• Receipt/Despatch of goods
• Material handling/methods
• Stocktake
• WHS
• Work in a diverse environment, in our case a Tri-Service environment
• Security of Assets from a military perspective
• Document Control
• Prioritise operations from a Military perspective and a careers presentation from recruiting

As this is our first program with the ADF, I have asked trainers to identify outstanding students in each of their classes and ask that only they apply. To apply they will need to have completed a Certificate II in Logistics or at least be currently enrolled, and have a student agreement attached. The student must have an interest in potentially working for the Australian Defence Force. Please go to the link here and complete the Student agreement form and return to room B10 with the enrolment form for the Cert II in Logistics course.

CAREER PATHWAYS TAFE

Are you interested in jump starting your career? Enrolments are now being accepted for Semester 2. Come to B10 with your interest or questions.

Hills International College - Cert III / Diploma Childcare Services

This is a great opportunity for students to gain a Cert III and travel after Year 12. Reasons why you would choose to study with Hills International College:

• Discounted fees
• Payment scheme
• Owns 35 Child Care Centres across Asia (giving the successfully qualified student as opportunity to travel and work across Asia)
• Growing industry
• Have a qualification by the end of Year 12

Vicki Schafer
Vocational Educational and Training Coordinator

Music Fanfare and Arts on the Green

Fanfare

On the 18th May the Cavendish Road String Orchestra, Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble performed in the Fanfare 2016 Regional Festival. All three of our ensembles were given a Gold Award for their performances. Congratulations to all.

Arts on the Green

On the 22nd July, in the Resource Centre and Forecourt, the Arts and Hospitality Faculty will be presenting "Arts on the Green". This festival will showcase the musical talents of all three of our Jazz groups as well as the Vocal Ensemble. There will also be Drama performances in the Resource Centre and there will be art works on display from our Visual Art students. There will also be a guest performance from Brisbane based Jazz Quintet "The Brookes Street Grind."

Admission is $10 Adults, $5 Children and under 5's are free. Food is provided by our Hospitality students. Wine, soft drinks and water will also be for sale and a coffee van will be there too. The evening will start at 5:30pm and entry is via Gate 1.

Tony Lashmar
Instrumental Music Coordinator

YEAR 10 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MARKET DAY

Recently our Year 10 Business Management classes held their famous 'Market Day' where the students sell food products they have designed, produced and packed in a market stall. There were four classes in total (which made for 30 businesses), with two classes having their stalls on Monday and two on Friday. In the lead up to the event, the students learned the requirements of starting up a business, from registering a business name and applying for a (mock) ABN to writing up a partnership agreement, designing business logos and developing marketing strategies. In teams of 3-4 students, they formed their business and quickly decided on a business name and product. They created eye-catching packaging for their products and hung colourful posters around the school to advertise their products.

There were many clever and creative business names such as "Cake My Day", "Funky Fudge", "Nuttin but Nutella", and "Sweet Revenge". The students worked tirelessly to design their product concept and prepare samples to pass strict quality control – the teachers! There were plenty of sweet treats for the school to enjoy including toffee apples, slices, cookies, homemade fruit flavoured tea, cake pops, sweet pizzas, pancakes and donuts. Nothing could dampen the spirits of the young entrepreneurs – not even when the rain washed out the stalls on the wet Friday. The students banded together and took the challenging conditions in their stride by helping each other to quickly relocate their stalls undercover before continuing to sell their products.

Overall, the day was a financial success with most teams taking home $20 - $30 per person after expenses. However, there were a few groups with profits of $40 - $70 per person, which was great to see. The best team on the day, however, was "Pop Girls" who made a delicious, gluten free salted caramel popcorn. Each of the girls took home over $90 each from their stall. Well done girls! There have been many lessons learned along the way with lots of memories and fun times shared. Special thanks to Miss Masselos, Mrs Nugent and Ms McNulty for mentoring the students in their business endeavours. The Business Department looks forward to working with our next group of budding entrepreneurs in Semester two.

The Business Department

Year 12 Griffith Business Workshop Two

Students enrolled in the Griffith Business early entry program recently attended the second workshop. Upon return to school, students commented on how much they enjoyed the content delivered by the lectures and the taste of university life.

The final workshop will be run on Thursday 21 July. On completion of the third workshop and final assessment item students will have the opportunity to apply for a Guaranteed Offer of Entry to the Griffith Business School degree or double degree of their choice.

Belinda Grech
Business Coordinator

Guten Tag!

We have been looking into organising a school trip to Germany with our Year 9-12 students in the Easter holidays next year. We hope to have more information out to you after the winter holidays, so watch this space. Our senior students have entered exam block and we are looking forward to seeing their work. We congratulate Harrison from Year 12 who has successfully acquired a scholarship these holidays at the Institute of Modern Languages (IML) at UQ.

Other than that, we are coming to an end with our three Year 8 German classes. This also marks the end of their compulsory language learning. Students will get an opportunity to choose German as an elective for Year 9 and we hope to see many students return.

Jinnie Pettersen
German Coordinator

Drama News

June has been a great month for Drama with several events involving a large number of students. Firstly all drama students from Year 7 to 12 viewed the in-school performance by Shake and Stir Theatre Company titled "OVERSHARER". Secondly Year 10 and 11 students participated in the first evening performance for the year visiting QPAC to view the Gothic Theatre production "Wuthering Heights" by Shake and Stir. Drama club is coming to an end for the semester and running under a different format for next semester.

In-School Performance - Oversharer

This production was developed from true stories collected from students across the country and presented some serious and not-so-serious situations which have occurred due to students using sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. All Drama students attended this production from Year 7 to 12. The performance certainly educated our students on the dangers of social media use, cyber bullying and posting what is perceived as private, been made very public. An educational message within a highly entertaining performance.

Evening Performance at QPAC

Students from Year 10 and 11 dressed for an evening of theatre on Tuesday 14th June to view Shake and Stir Theatre Company's Gothic theatre production "Wuthering Heights" at Cremorne theatre. This was the first evening performance for the year and our first for Year 10 students. This was an outstanding production and the finale left us all with our jaws dropped, an intense and powerful production immersing student into very world of professional Gothic theatre.

Drama in Practice – Year 11 Non Authority Students

Congratulations to these students who completed their Children's Theatre Production and performed in front of Year 9 Drama students earlier this month. This unit of study was based on comedy within Children's theatre in order to educate and entertain through a performance medium. These students devised the educational concept, created the characters, wrote the script and rehearsed the production ready for performance. We thoroughly enjoyed the process and the outcome was very satisfying. Well done students.

Year 10 Drama Students – Cyber Drama

Year 10 students have completed their one Semester of Drama and a new unit CYBER DRAMA! The students have participated in three process dramas developing the story of CHLOE IS MISSING. Students developed this process drama resulting in outstanding assessment WEBCAM confessionals, Interviews with main characters and a poetic video clip. Students demonstrated outstanding skills with their video submissions and have achieved outstanding results. Well done Year 10. See you next year in Senior Drama.

Drama Club

Drama Club is now finished for Semester 1. The quality of the work students are producing is outstanding with the content preparing a number of our junior students for senior studies. This is incredibly impressive. Well done. Semester 2 will commence under a different format, with the Australian Acting Academy taking over the accounts for this after school event. Students will still work with Brendan and Jamie on a Monday afternoon from 3-4.30pm but invoices and payments will be generated and collected by the Australian Acting Academy. Students need to watch notices for the commencement date in term 3. If you are interested in joining Drama Club, I am happy to discuss the program with you. Likewise parents feel free to contact me via my email for any further information on tryan122@eq.edu.au

LOOKING PAST THE LABELS – Poem by Year 10 Student - Lucinda Cowle

He's short.
She's dumb.
They're weird.
Why is it that humans feel compelled
To label things.
To say
"This is you.
This is who you are.
And you can't change it."
When really
They don't tell us much about the person who's labelled.
They describe us.
They say,
"This is us.
This is what we stand for."
Putting a label on someone
Doesn't prove anything
Doesn't change them.
Everyone has labels.
Boy. Girl.
Young. Old.
Normal. Weird.
When many people think mental illness
They think.
That's weird.
That's stupid.
That's wrong.
In reality?
What is normal?
Define that for me, right now.
When I think normal, I think boring.
To be normal is to blend.
I don't want to blend in life.
I want to be able to stand out in life
And say:
Yeah, I have autism
Or
Yeah, I'm not normal.
I'm weird
And it's awesome.
Everyone's taught to hide their weirdness.
To seem normal.
But I don't want to hide.
I don't want to seem normal.
So everyone, listen up.
I have autism.
And I'm proud of it.
Do you know what?
Autism is a label.
And,
If we never look past the labels
We can never truly know someone.
People cannot be defined by expectations
That's all a label is
Our expectation of someone.
People cannot be defined by what we think they are
Or what we think they should be.
Labels do not define us.
We define the labels.
And if we never look past
What we expect to see
We can never comprehend
How truly great
The human race is.
I have a message for everyone across the world.
'The Human Race' is just a fancy term for:
"We're all in it together"
So please, people.
Let's start acting like it.

AUSTRALIAN ACTING ACADEMY school holiday workshops

Families if you are looking for an exciting school holiday activity for your student the Australian Acting Academy have a number of workshops running these June/July school holidays.

7-12 Years:

StageWorx – The Runaway Circus 3 day Devising Theatre Workshop
Dates: Mon 27th-wed 29th June
Times: 9am-4pm
Cost: $230

FilmWorx – Magic Comic Book Mystery 3 day Green Screen Movie Making
Dates: Wed 6th –Fri 8th July
Times: 9am-4.30pm
Cost: $230

9-16 Years:

TV Commercial Workshop
Date: Fri 1st July
Times: 9am-1.30pm
Cost: $85

YouTube fast Track Start Up
Dates: Mon 4th – Wed 6th July
Times: 10am - 5pm
Cost: $270

Toni Ryan
Drama Coordinator

Hospitality Update

Year 9 Home Economics – Design Technology

This term the year 9s have been using the design process as they create their own pair of bed shorts or beach shorts. As a part of this, they have created an individualised design feature. The students have used a variety of techniques with their design features (e.g. using contrasting stitching, changing pocket designs, adding belts, embroidery and various others).

Year 10 Introduction to Hospitality

The year 10 Introduction to Hospitality students have been continuing with their unit on food presentation and garnishing. The students were given the task of creating a table setting with food, garnish and decorations to suit a chosen theme. Students chose a variety of themes such as 1950s, Valentine's Day, Winter Wonderland, Jungle and children's party.

Suzanne Schild
Hospitality Teacher

What's going on in your Resource Centre?

'Our History, Our Story, Our Future' in the Resource Centre

We all know the importance of recognition and how good it makes us feel. National Reconciliation Week is the perfect opportunity to recognise all Australians, and the unique place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within this country. As a part of National Reconciliation Week 2016 the display in the Resource Centre recognised and highlighted the unique place our Indigenous students have within our school community. The students were invited to share their stories and ideas about their culture, history and vision for the future of a reconciled nation. Peer Support classes were also encouraged to contribute their thoughts and visions for a reconciled Australia by writing their messages on a postcard. The postcards featured artwork of three of our Indigenous students – Sharaya Summers, Moesha Murray and Jesse Prescott.

New to Our Collection - Manga has made it to the Resource Centre

Thanks to several students from the Manga Club we were able to purchase a selection of titles. We now have a small Manga collection in the Resource Centre ready for borrowing! We aim to build our manga collection. If you don't see anything you like in the Resource Centre, e-mail us or visit the Resource Centre staff with your favourite series, and we'll consider adding it! You can also access Manga books on Overdrive. At the login page, enter your EQ username (MISID) to view the title/s in the eBooks Digital Library. To access the eBooks visit the link below and log in using your school username. A quick search for the word "manga" will show you what is available. You are also able to recommend manga to add to the Overdrive collection by clicking "Additional titles to Recommend".

Returns and Overdue Notices

The loans system of the Resource Centre aims to provide all users with maximum access to our resources. All student loans are for a maximum period of three weeks (21 days) with the right to renew if the resource is not in high demand. Students are encouraged to borrow books over school holiday periods. Overdue notices will be sent out regularly to students' EQ email addresses to remind students of overdue books. This will ensure a high turnover of resources and equity of access.

Notices are sent to student email addresses as follows:

• Overdue notices are emailed to students when items are 7 days or more overdue
• A replacement cost notice is sent at 28 days overdue to students and parents
• After 30 days, overdue items are considered lost, and an invoice will be sent to the student's parents/carer.

All lost and damaged items will be charged at a replacement cost. A full refund will be issued if the item is found and returned in good condition.

Michelle Janik-Sands
Library Technician

Student Achievement

Cavendish Road is very proud of Year 9 student, Lawson Smith with his recent achievements at the Queensland Championships for Karate. Lawson competed in the [Brown-Black belt] age division 14-15 years in Kata and Kumite. Lawson's results are outstanding and he will be competing in the National Championships later in the year.

Results:

1st place – Kumite [Karate fighting]
3rd place – Kata [choreographed movement patterns]

Well done Lawson!

Inter-house Athletics Carnival

When: Week 2 Term 3
Field Events: Monday July 18
Track Events: Thursday July 21

Students who wish to participate in any field events on Monday July 18 need to nominate by July 15. Nomination forms have been placed on the walls outside The PE staffroom. Only students who have nominated will be permitted to participate on the field event day. Students will come out of class for their event and return to class at its conclusion. All nominated competitors are able to wear their sports uniform all day.

Now for the MAIN EVENT…come dressed in your house colours and run wild on Thursday 21 July for our whole school track events day.

Sally Butters
Health and Physical Education Teacher

In Touch

Schools Touch League

May 20th our 13 and 15 year boys and girls teams travelled to Caboolture for the second Schools Touch League competition. Our students did fabulously well, in particular the 15 Years Boys who remain undefeated after two rounds of competition. Both the 13 Girls and Boys have improved greatly during this competition, with many experiencing this level of opponent for the first time; they have grown both as players and as members of a team. The competition thus far has been excellent preparation for All Schools in Term 4 and students have provided great positive feedback.

Met Finals

Cav Rd was represented by 8 teams at the Met Finals on Wednesday 25th May. Our Year 8, 9 and Open girls and Year 7, 8,9,10 and Open boys all represented the school in outstanding fashion. The level of completion was extremely high, with the Year 10, Open boys and Open girls playing to a drop off and winning their finals against Wellington Point, Runcorn and Woodridge respectively. The Year 8 boys and girls also had tight wins in their finals. The students' level of professionalism and sportsmanship is to be congratulated, with many teams showing true character and leadership during the event.

State Championships 18 Years

State Championships for the 18 year boys and girls were held from May 25 to 29 in Toowoomba. Eleven of our senior Cavendish Road students competed for Met East in some of the most challenging weather conditions that I have seen for quite some time. Our students battled extreme winds, pelting rain and very cold temperature with the grace and finesse that only they possess, missing out in Grand final positions by just one try each. Both teams made semi-finals ending up in third place. A big congratulations to all students that competed, these include; Girls – Kobe Nona, Erin Lee, Melanie Williams, Kerry-Anne Hill and Sarafina Vosuqa. Boys – James Price, Jayden Fielding-Smith, Connor McLeod, Elliot Vincent, Isaak Spletter, Jordan Andrews. These championships are also where the 2016 Queensland teams are selected. Congratulations on your selection Kobe Nona, James Price, Jayden Fielding Smith and special mention to Jordan Andrews who made shadow. We are very proud of these Cavroadians who have been selected to play for their state in October at Kawana.

Year 6 Trials

Cav road Touch Academy trials for prospective 2017 year 7 students were held on the 17th of June. Mr Walker and I are thrilled with the skill level, game sense and knowledge of many of the hopeful touch academy students for 2017. Thanks to all the grade 10 students who assisted us on the day by running skills sessions and a mini tournament so we had time to select.

Farewell Mr Walker

"It's with sadness that I leave Cav Rd after such a short time being here. I have learnt and grown as much as a coach over the past semester and have really got to know the great kids in the Touch Football Academy. I am filled with gratitude to have had the opportunity to work alongside such fantastic staff and Cathy has been a great mentor for me over the past 6 months. I wish everyone the best of luck in their studies and sporting endeavours and will be shouting at you from the sidelines at All Schools."

On behalf of all of the students in the touch program I would like to thank Mr Walker for all his hard work, dedication and time this year to make the Academy something special. Mr Walker is leaving us to take on other opportunities in another school. We wish you all the very best. We could also like to welcome Mr Chris Loth into the program. Mr Loth has been involved as a player and coach within the School and Club system for many years, he is currently involved coaching Qld teams and has represented Australia many years ago. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Good luck to all Cavroadians participating at Touch Football Junior State Cup in the last weekend of the holidays.

Dates to remember:

• Third and final Schools Touch League - Redlands Touch Fields – Friday 5 August.
• State Championships - 15 years held from 28-31 July – South Port
• State Championships - 12 Years held from 18-21 August – Roma
• All Schools Squad trainings will commence term 3 week one. Please check notices on your return to school.

Player Profile

This month's stars of touch are:

Name: Brianna Madge
Grade: 10
Favourite Subject: Touch
Touch Club: Southern Storm
Most memorable touch experience: Allschools
Fav playing number and position: 7, Link
If I could be like anyone who would that be and why: Mady Heymer because she's amazing.
What I want to be when I grow up: Healthy and happy
What my last meal on earth would be: Lasagne
Who is your funniest team mate and why? Tay the Bates, because she's a crack up
One word that describes you: Fun

Name: Mitchell Williams
Grade: 10
Favourite Subject: Maths
Touch Club: Havoc
Most memorable touch experience: Met Finals drop-off
Fav playing number and position: 6, Link
If I could be like anyone who would that be and why: Dylan Hennessey because he is the best open men's player
What I want to be when I grow up: Something to do with sport, sport teacher or classroom teacher
What my last meal on earth would be: Chicken Stroganoff
Who is your funniest team mate and why? Jordan Bowie because he messes around a lot
One word that describes you. Funny

Cathy Farrelly
Director – Touch Football Academy

Health and Physical Education

Griffith University Exercise Science Laboratory Day

For the first time we are offering an opportunity for our Senior Physical Education students to complete a subject at Griffith University through their Senior Physical Education subject at Cav. Through completion of this subject our Physical Education students will have guaranteed entry into a range of Health and Exercise Science courses at Griffith. Year 11 and 12 students recently completed the first component of the course by traveling to Griffith University Gold Coast campus to engage in a range of Exercise Science laboratories; measuring skin folds and personal body composition, calculating maximum oxygen uptake through submaximal testing on treadmills and bikes, and participating in core strength testing. Students expressed that they thoroughly enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot through the access to university level resources and teaching.

Year 11 Orienteering

Our Year 11 Senior Physical Education students recently completed their first orienteering unit. Being so close to Whites Hill Reserve allowed our students access to this area to practise their skills and develop their fitness in the lead up to the final course at Toohey Forest. Students were required to collect 10 controls over a 5km for their final course. The fastest students through the course were; Josh King McCarthy and James Weir (32minutes) for the males and Jessie Carswell (35minutes) for the girls.

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Torpey

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Torpey who has recently been selected in the 2016 National Training Centres' ALL STAR TEAM. This is part of the talent identification for the u20 Young Matildas team. This is another great achievement from our Girls Football Program, which continues to go from strength to strength with tremendous leadership from their teacher Melissa Andreatta.

Anthony Caruso
Head of Department
Health and Physical Education

National Collection of Data on School Students

Collecting data on school students with disability helps teachers, principals and education authorities support the participation of students with disability in schooling on the same basis as students without disability. All Australian Governments have agreed to work together on the annual collection of data on school students with disability. All Australian schools participate in this annual data collection.

The data provided to the Australian Government is aggregated data only. Please be reassured that the Department will not provide on to another organisation any data that can identify an individual student. The only data being collected at the school level to be reported nationally is the:

• number of students in the school who are provided with an adjustment to address a disability
• level of adjustments we provide for those students
• broad category of disability

Consultation with parents is important not only for the data collection but also to ensure you are aware of the adjustments being provided to support your child. We will therefore continue to consult with you. While only data that cannot identify your child will be submitted outside of the Department, if you do not wish for your child's details to be included, please let me know.

Information and fact sheets are available to help you make a decision from the:

Alternatively, if you have any queries about the collection or use of this data I encourage you to contact me directly.

Stephanie Davis
Head of Special Education Services

Sport Update

Term 2 has been a big term for sport here at Cav Rd SHS, with a number of Mt Gravatt District, South District and Met East trials, cross country, summer interschool sport finals and the first half of the winter season. We have had a number of students attend trials for the Mt Gravatt and South District representative teams with the following students gaining selection in the Met East Regional teams to attend the State Championships.

CAV ROAD MET EAST REPRESENTATIVES

CAV RD QUEENSLAND REPRESENTATIVES

Interschool Sport

Our winter season is 6 rounds in with our teams travelling and participating in the following sports: AFL, Basketball, Football, Netball, Rugby League, Ultimate Disc and Volleyball. The regular season runs through until the 26 and 27 July before the semis, final and met finals are played.

Mitch Baker
Health and Physical Education Teacher

The QParents Android App is here

The QParents Android App has now been launched and is available on the Google Play Store. Android users can download the app for use on their phones and tablets. Parents can find the QParents app by visiting the app store via the link below and searching for 'QParents.'

David Thomson
Head of Department
Business and Technology

Chaplain's News

The No Limits Boys' Group

The "No Limits" boys' group continue to meet weekly. We are increasing the challenges of the problem solving activities and the trust activities with each passing week. The group discussions have been honest and even quite vulnerable. There have been moments when I've felt proud of the group—these moments make it all worthwhile. Thank you Mr Ross for giving up your time to help with this group.

Chappy Week

To help celebrate Chappy Week, St Marks Church donated a huge basket of delicious goodies. I shared these yummy gifts around with the staff of the school. From the staff and myself, we wish to say "Thank You" so much for blessing us this way.

Life Group

Life Group continues to meet weekly. A different student leads the group each week by bringing a topic to discuss, and scripture references to back up their discussion points. They also pray for each other at the end of the meeting. As I listen to their discussions, I suspect that I am sitting in the presence of some of the world's most influential ministers of the future. It's been a great term. Have a lovely and safe holiday break.

Margita Downey
School Chaplain

Finance Department

The Finance Team is endeavouring to improve our communication with all parents and guardians. Parents and/or guardians who have listed email addresses will start to notice that invoices and statements will be sent via email. So that you do not miss out on any correspondence from us, could you please check your junk mail periodically, as some parents have indicated that emails received from us are going to their junk mailbox.

As part of the updated communication, we may contact you by text. Instances of this will be if we receive a bounced back email or if you haven't got a current email address listed with the school. We appreciate your help and patience as we improve our communication with you. Do you know that if you click on the BPoint link on your emailed invoices, you will be transported to a payment screen? This is a quick and easy way to make payments online.

• Payments Due by the end of Term 2 are:
  - Year 11 Camp in full
  - High Energy Youth Tournament for Netball – Due by 24th June

• Payments that are due beginning of Term 3 are:
  - SRS payments due in full by 22nd July unless you have an approved payment plan
  - Economics Excursion – Year 10 & 11 - Due in full by 14 July

Radmila Vlaski
Business Services Manager

Year 9 Parents

Your Year 9 child's laptop warranty period expires at the end of August this year. If your child's laptop has any damage now, please have them bring it to D10 as it may be able to be fixed under warranty.

All laptops will be handed back to D10 at the end of the school year. They must be in a non-damaged and working state with laptop case and charger. All damages will have to be paid for. There will be no warranty claims available from September on.

There will be an option for you to purchase your child's laptop. The laptop will be put back to factory settings and will not be able to be used on the school network in 2017. Your child will receive a new laptop for the 2017 year. You will be able to secure your 2017 laptop at the end of this year if all school fees including Term 1 2017 have been paid.

Karen McFarlane
HOD Information Services

Parents and Citizens Association

Canteen Call for Help

Our Canteen Team has been very busy preparing food and serving our hungry students. Thank you to the volunteers who have assisted our staff so far this year. Volunteers are welcome every day. Even coming along for a short time to assist on one of the days would be a huge help. If you have a little time and would like to help please feel welcome to pop in. For more information or to advise when you are available to assist please contact the Canteen team on 3394 0723 or canteen@cavroadshs.eq.edu.au Thank you for considering this request!

P&C Meetings.

P&C meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 7pm in the Resource Centre. All parents and carers are most welcome to come along. This is a great way to meet school staff and other parents. Our next meeting is Tuesday 19 July. If you would like to be added to our mailing list and receive reminders about future meetings and copies of our minutes and agenda please email pandcsecretary@cavroadshs.eq.edu.au

Leisa Whybird
Communications Secretary
Parents and Citizens Association

Important Cyber Safety Tips

The department has recently been alerted to random users contacting children using the social media app 'Instagram'.

The following tips are provided to parents on how their children can avoid random contact on social media:

• Know which social media your child uses.
• Discuss with your child who their online friends and followers are. Only be friends with people online who you know and trust in the real world.
• Take a proactive approach and establish clear and agreed rules for your child's internet use.

Study Tour from Junten Senior High School – Homestay families required for Japanese students

A group of students from Junten Senior High School in Japan will be visiting our school from 23 July 2016 to 6 August 2016. We are looking for homestay families available between these dates who can provide 3 meals per day, a bed (the student can share a room with a student of the same sex) and transport to and from school (the student may travel on public transport with the Cav Road Student).

Families will be paid $500 per student to cover any expenses. Families can host up to 2 students. If you are interested in hosting a student could you please contact me via email or my mobile:

The Homestay Co-ordinator – Lesley Huxley
Cavendish Road State High School
0402 825 640
Email: LHUXL6@eq.edu.au

Lesley Huxley
International Homestay Co-ordinator

New Free Learner Driver App

The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has recently released an app which allows learner drivers to record their driving hours using a smartphone or tablet device.

The Queensland Learner Logbook app is the first of its kind, enabling learners to electronically submit their completed hours directly to TMR for processing. This instant submission not only saves learners time and money mailing their completed logbook to TMR for processing, but it also means that TMR will be able to start checking submitted logbooks sooner.

Learners can use the app to:

• view their progress against set target hours
• enter information for past journeys
• use the timer to record new trips
• save multiple vehicle and supervisor details
• seek approval for trips from their supervisor by email

Those who have already recorded some trips in a paper logbook can still use the app by creating new entries to transfer their past trips across, or by submitting both logbooks for processing.

Download the app for free today from the App Store or Google Play for Android. For more information, visit:

UQ Robotics Holiday Workshops

The University of Queensland offers a range of holiday workshops for students including the Robotics Holiday Workshops for Kids (students in Years 7 to 12) and the Robotics Holiday Workshop for Girls (girls in Years 5 to 12). Visit the link below for more information.

Mt Gravatt Lions Art Show

There will be a community Lions Art Show at Garden City Shopping Centre, Upper Mt Gravatt on the school holidays from the 27th June to 10th July. Over 200 paintings of oils, acrylics, watercolours, pastels and mixed media will be on display.

For Sale Smart Wallet and USB Aldrin 8GB with school logo

Smart Wallet with school logo

Durable silicone wallet with 3M adhesive stick to the back of your phone. Great for holding cards, tickets, ID, cash and more. Sand texture finish on the inside prevents cards from slipping out of the wallet. Now this is smart! Only $3 – saves bringing a purse or wallet to school. Available for purchase from the Finance Window.

USB Aldrin 8GB with school logo

Hard plastic in a silver colour. Only $10 available for purchase from the Finance Window.