15 May 2020

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

It was great to see our Years 11 and 12 students back at school this week and all going well to see our juniors back at school on Monday 25 May. As I write this Victoria schools head back gradually from May 26 and I expect across the nation we will all be ‘back in sync’.

Usually at this time of the year I could start to chronicle and summarise the achievements, social highlights of our students' schooling experience across the Cav community. It's somewhat more difficult this time around thanks to a new ‘friend’ in town named Corona, Covid – 19.

Appreciating prosperity comes from experiencing hardship. We live in hope that we don’t have too much of the latter. Having had parents, now passed of course, who endured the Great Depression, war time service and its effects, social ‘revolutions’ that followed, another war that I recall as I barely left primary school and apart from a couple of economic ‘blips’ in the late 80’s and 90’s (here I am revealing my age!) the past 50 years really have, in general terms, been good to us all.

My children and certainly many parents of Cav students for the first time are presented with a significant disruption to their personal and work lives of this ‘once in a generation shock’ and rocked our expectations that come with it. It will be a different world when this is done. New means and modes as the new norm. A better world perhaps?

Unique circumstance calls for the extraordinary and Cav students on the whole have met this ‘brave new world’, accepted the current reality and powered on. A good model. Perhaps we underestimate our children or hover too close to see of which they are capable. I have received so many stories of parents amazed by their children and the lessons parents are learning about their children and that’s not a bad thing.

Times like these make it even tougher for people who may already have been doing it tough.  I usually don't have that much fish to wrap up to justify buying a newspaper these days with headlines such as "Carers on bad terms" and "Principals snoop on parents".  Wicked "beat ups" in "dumb" tabloids with 'stories' of the disaffected and scornful, contribute no new or better ideas.  Good grief. It's tough enough and we don't need misery merchants impacting on our mental health.  Exposed for how irrelevant and negative a force they revel themselves to be in the social fabric.  We have better and productive work to do.

For me, that puts matters in perspective.  Across our school we have staff leading students in personal challenges to raise money to support mental health, students staying connected in a sense of community and continuing to support worthwhile causes.  Philanthropy remains alive and well at Cav.

As the saying goes “this too shall pass” and like any life experience we take lessons from it, adapt, and become more resilient. Certainly this experience is forcing us all to be even more creative and tolerant and perhaps even more appreciative. These are the professional discussions being had in our school and looking to how we use the momentum of this time.  Not complaining about the circumstance.

Cav families have been remarkable: haven’t whinged, got on with the fact of what has been necessary with more to come no doubt of a slow recovery. But we will.

Below I share with parent permission some images of our students just getting on with it. In 50 years’ time they will remember and be able to share with the next generation the qualities and attributes this experience presents and the lessons learned.

Finances. We have deliberately not sent out financial statements to families at this time given the general economic circumstance.  Should familes be under a hardship we need to know and manage with confidentiality.

I am a stickler for financial accountability for the public monies we receive and manage.  Not only does our school live within its means, we strategically plan and deliver enhancements to our school.  As school revenue and cash flow clearly is down at this time, like any other 'business' we have taken steps to limit discretionary spending and school expenditures to the essentials of operation.

As a result, our school budget and bottom line remains healthy as any parent who attends monthly P&C will know as school Budget Overviews are regularly tabled.  We are very much 'in the black' and will stay that way.  Enhancement funding such as Investing for Success (I4S) is posted to our website with funds received targeted to employing more and specialist staff to teach and support our students as the only priority.

Richard Usher BA LLB Dip Teach
Executive Principal

Associate Principal

Darren Beebe

It was terrific to welcome our Year 11 and 12 students back to school on Monday 11 May. It has been so unusual for school staff to try to go about our “normal” work when the school is almost empty. The school bell would go at various times during the day without the normal change of student activity occurring. A bell going normally results in either an increase or decrease of student movement and noise and is part of the “rhythm” of a school day, all of which has been non-existent for 3 weeks. It is great to have these seniors back and we look forward to welcoming the remainder of the school back on 25 May.

My focus at Cavendish Road SHS continues to be on implementing an Australian Curriculum in Years 7 – 10 and Senior Curriculum in Years 11 – 12 which is both consistent with syllabus documents in terms of depth and breadth but also delivers the required rigour to allow all students to achieve at their level. With Heads of Department our current focus is on Year 7 to ensure there is a clear line of sight from the Australian Curriculum documents to the plans for each year level/subject and that this continues through to classroom learning and assessment. It is exacting and detailed work that our teachers and Heads of Department are completing with their usual attention to detail and focus on impactful teaching.

In the Senior Curriculum, Year 12 students and teachers are working towards their next piece of assessment, which for student in General Subjects, means the external exam in most cases. The removal of one of the internal assessments has resulted in a pressure reduction for the students as they progress through the Australian and Queensland Government response to the pandemic. As part of their preparation for the external assessment, Year 12 students will complete a “Mock” external exam towards the end of Term 3. This will be completed under exam conditions and will provide important practice for students as well as vital feedback on progress.

The team at Cav Rd are well progressed in our plans to ensure Year 12s have every opportunity to achieve their best across the remainder of the school year.

Associate Principal

Catherine McCarthy

While students and families have been managing the complexities of online learning, teachers have also been learning how to work in new and different ways. Reflecting on the past 8 weeks shows the incredible pace of change and the adaptions we have made as a school community.

8 weeks ago, I was at a professional development for Beginning Teacher Mentors and we were awkwardly trying not to shake hands. Think about what you were doing just those few short weeks ago and take some time to acknowledge how adaptable and flexible you are been had to be.

Here at school the learning for teachers has been significant. Our teaching and learning team met every morning to discuss the new updates from the Department of Education, feedback from the school community and plan the next stage of development and support needed. We have brainstormed, assessed, selected, discarded, modified and predicted as we tried to keep in front of what was coming next.

We are fortunate to have extremely knowledgeable and skilled staff members who rose to the challenge of supporting and upskilling others. Our professional development sessions gradually moved from face to face, to individualised drop-in sessions and online sessions through Skype and then Microsoft Teams. Teachers learning about OneNote, The Learning Place, screen casting videos, where to upload and share things so students could access it from home, Education Perfect, how to provide feedback online were just a few of the topics addressed.

While we have all learnt many new things, we have realised that we miss the face-to-face interaction with students. We have enjoyed receiving emails from you, seeing the photos shared by families, watching the video from the senior leaders and in most recent days, hearing your voices online. This week it has been wonderful to hear the voices of students in the playground again and to see students and teachers talking, smiling and laughing. We are looking forward to the time when we can welcome Year 7 to 10 students back to school.

The teaching and learning team is now looking at how we can review and assess the incredible learnings of the past few months and how we use this information to refine further pedagogy.

It is equally important to remember that things are not back to normal, that things are still different. Students may feel apprehensive and unsure about returning to school, concerned about how much work they have been able to keep up with at home and worried about how the current crisis is affecting their family. Please remember to seek support. Our guidance officers would be the first port of call for students or families who are concerned. Appointments can be made through Student Services for both students who have returned to school and those still learning online at home.

Parents and Citizens’ (P and C) Association

Next Meeting

Join us for the next P&C meeting on Tuesday 19 May at 7pm. It will be online, so no need to even get out of your trackies and ugg boots!

We’ll be posting details on the P&C Facebook page so look out for them there. Alternatively let us know that you would like to attend (email pandcsecretary.cavrd@gmail.com) and we will send through the details.

Already a member, no need to do anything, we’ll email you the details too.

2020 goal - Implement video conferencing for P&C meetings – tick

Canteen and Uniform Shop – slow road to (the new) normal

We are super happy to be able to open up the canteen and uniform shop this week to welcome back our Year 11 and 12’s as well as other students and of course staff at school this week. The temporary menu until May 25 is below. Please bear with us as we slowly ramp up our service offering and work with the remaining restrictions over the next few weeks.

Stay up to date on changes, opening hours and menus on our P&C Facebook page.

A bit of behind the scenes work

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve also completed some maintenance in the canteen kitchen and upgraded the uniform shop’s storage areas. This provides a safer, more ergonomic environment for our staff and volunteers. It also lets us make better use of the space to serve more customers during our busy times.

See you all at the next meeting!

Melanie Rieger - Vice-President Communications
Cav Road SHS P&C Association

Canteen News

Due to the current climate the Canteen has had to make some small changes. We thank you for your understanding.

These include:

• Limited menu and Pre-Orders ONLY until the 25th May then new winter menu to commence once all students are back at school
• Everyone staff/students must sanitise hands upon entry
• Limit Cash transactions if possible, if you must pay with cash please try and have the correct change.
• The NO basket system will continue.
• Limiting the number of students in the Canteen at the same time. We ask that the students read the menu on the TV notice board before entry and have their choices ready.

We continue to implement our high standard of Food safety and hygiene and our convenors have gained the Certificate of Acknowledgement in Infection Control Training - COVID – 19.

We are also sanitising surfaces regularly during our service times to help keep everyone healthy.

To our lovely volunteers, we thank you for all your hard work. At this time, we ask you to remain at home. With reduced numbers at school we would like to limit the number of staff in the canteen.

Reminder to Students to bring their own cutlery if possible, to save on plastic waste. Please don’t give us foreign coins and if you’re paying by EFTPOS please wait until the machine has approved your payment before walking out.

Roberta & Madonna (Convenors) – 3394 0723

Finance

Cavendish Road State High School is now a cashless school.

How to Make Payment at Cavendish Road State High School

DET Preferred Payment Method - BPoint

Please use the CRN (Customer Reference Number) located on the bottom left hand side of your invoice. Payment can be made through the Payment Portal:

This is a secure site and receipts are issued immediately. Our records are updated within 24 hours.

Copies of invoices and receipts are available on your QParents Portal. Payments can also be made in QParents.

Payment Plan Via eDDR (Electronic Direct Debit Registration)

Contact finance@cavendishroadshs.eq.edu.au or phone 07-3394-0777 to speak to our Finance Team to discuss a payment plan.

By Phone with a Credit/Debit Card

Please phone 1300 BPoint – 1300-631-073.

When making a payment please have your invoice ready as you will need your CRN (Customer Reference Number) and Invoice Number.

In Person at Cavendish Road State High School

Office Hours are Monday to Friday 8.00am to 1.45pm on school days.

Payment can be made by EFTPOS.

CentrePay Deductions

Please contact our Finance Team to discuss this option.

Junior Secondary

Junior Secondary Update

In the face of an unprecedented situation, there was always going to be the risk of panic, stress and uncertainty, yet you wouldn’t know it by looking at the students with which Y Block has been having daily interactions.

The staff have fronted, covering any range of issues, from navigating OneNote;

Producing informative PowerPoint presentations;

Providing instructions on completing tasks;

Showing how to set out and/or provide working;

Having a weekly catch-up or check-in;

Or just showing the friendly faces that help make this school great;

… Yet it has been the students that have really risen to the occasion.

It has been a trying time for all, but the resilience that our Junior Secondary students have shown in being proactive, innovative and committed in the face of this challenge is to be commended.

Though not without the fair share of speed-bumps in getting started, the students have responded excellently. Even the youngest and newest members of Cav Rd have embraced the community approach and have been courteous and co-operative in liaising with their teachers and peers through emails, OneNote and other online programs.

Teachers’ skills in learning and perfecting how to provide lessons digitally and produce online resources are extending and improving each week, yet I think I speak for all of my colleagues down in Y Block when I say we cannot wait to have our students back in our classrooms as soon as possible.

Bring on Week 6!

Junior Secondary Teachers

Senior Schooling

Year 11 Work Experience

During the second week of term 2 a few of our students were still lucky enough to participate in work experience as their employers were not affected by COVID-19 restrictions. These students got to work in areas of retail, trade and dog grooming. Feedback from the students varied but the general consensus was that they were grateful for the experience as it helped them decide as to whether or not this career was something they want to pursue or perhaps work in while attending university, or helped them decide to go in a different direction. All the students reported learning new skills and their employer and co-workers being friendly and helpful.

Some quotes from the students:

“Plumbers do more hard work than expected.”

“The puppies were so cute and cuddly. Thanks for putting me there.”

“I have sort of realised that retail is good for a year or so, but it’s definitely not a long term job.”

“I liked the hours the least, I didn’t realise how early you needed to wake up.”

One of our students, AJ was offered a casual position during her work experience! She was working in an aquarium, which she was very enthusiastic about as she has an interest in marine biology. The feedback from her employer was incredibly positive and she reported that the people at her workplace were friendly and treated her as one of their own.

AJ: “The work experience was really interesting and really enjoyable. I even got offered a casual position at the workplace”.

Congratulations AJ. We are certainly proud of your achievements. Well done to the students who participated and for your commitment towards your work experience whilst keeping up with your online school studies.

Year 11 and 12 students’ return to school

On Monday 11 May, we welcomed back our Year 11 and 12 students for the first time this term. It has been wonderful seeing them all reconnecting with their teachers and peers. We have supported them in many ways over the course of the week to make the transition from home learning to face to face lessons as smooth as possible.

Students are now back in all classes and working towards meeting assessment deadlines. Year 12 students are working towards preparing for external exams which they will sit in Term 4. To assist students to get back on track in their subjects, some students may not be eligible for home study on Wednesday afternoon in order to have some valuable catch up time. Students and families will be notified if they are required at school.

We wish them all the best and will be keeping everyone informed of any changes that come to hand due to the COVID-19 situation over the course of the next few weeks.

Karyn Trapp - HOD Senior Schooling

Guidance Service

Wellbeing of Students

To support the wellbeing of students, in particular during the current climate, members of the Wellbeing/Guidance team have added a number of support resources in the ‘Student Sharepoint’ under the ‘Wellbeing, Careers & Guidance’ tab. In this tab there is access to a range of mental health and wellbeing support information as well as resources to assist with time/study planning, and the importance of self-care to assist with management of stress/anxiety. To supplement this information members of the Guidance team will be adding a weekly wellbeing video focussing on ‘Self-Care’ (week 2), Mindfulness (week 3), Exercise/Sleep (week 4) and Gratitude (week 5).

These focuses are aligned with Wellbeing activities developed by Education Queensland to assist and encourage parents to include as part of the learning at home school day -

This resource may assist in supporting your child’s wellbeing while they are learning at home helping to enhance positive emotions and interactions with the rest of the family facilitating learning and wider life outcomes. Apart from these activities, the Department of Education also has a wellbeing and safety at home fact sheet that has tips, useful website and services to support them to stay safe and well at home -

Setting up a learning space and the importance of maintaining healthy routines are highly recommended to support with learning and general health. Ideally create a quiet and comfortable learning space with access to equipment and stationary required for learning at home – pens, paper, devices, printers, internet, etc. Development of a home study timetable (potentially similar to school timetable) with breaks approximately every hour can assist with concentration, focus and completion of tasks. Daily ‘to do lists’ can further supplement home study timetable facilitating with focus and not allowing distractions to override goals – including exercise and hobbies is imperative in a daily routine to support with life balance. An important part of maintaining healthy routines is communication - check-in with your child by asking questions (What are you learning today? What is planned today? How can I help? What went well today?), encourage communication through email with the school – teachers are more than happy to provide support. If you have any questions or concerns or unsure about best actions moving forward do not hesitate to contact or email Guidance staff 2025_guidanceofficer@eq.edu.au

Guidance Team – Michael Lynch, Rob Stewart, Shauna McVie and Alycia Wilkinson

Learning Central

Last term, we developed an online community of practice for teachers called Leading Learning. This has become a central reference hub for teachers to go to find resources, ideas and inspiration about teaching and learning. We have also now developed a similar site on the students’ SharePoint called Learning Central. Learning Central contains resources for students about the science of learning, mindset, guides for online learning, “how to” videos for the Microsoft 365 suite, as well as other tools students regularly use such as Education Perfect and Clickview. Going forward, we want to add additional resources about school wide topics such as numeracy, literacy and referencing. There is a section for students to provide feedback and make suggestions about content they wish to be included in Learning Central.

YouTube Channel

We have recently uploaded a number of video lessons to our YouTube Channel. Therefore if you want to check out the excellent video content our teachers have developed for online learning, visit our YouTube channel here:

Steve Griffiths – Academic Director

The Arts

Creative Arts Workshop Term 1 ‘Introduction to Watercolour’

Term 1 seems like such a long time ago but we delivered the first ‘artist in residence’ workshop for Year 7 Creative Arts Students.

Guest artist Rebekah Kington led a one day workshop on 6 March.

Students were very engaged and produced some excellent results, we are hoping to deliver a Ceramics day workshop later this year.

By Gen Tippett – HOD The Arts

Year 7 Works of Art

Year 7 students – Abbie C., Ayla R., Brae H., Christian D., Claudia C., Eden R., Ethan G., Isla G., Jay F., Jenna B., Luca L., Mia G., Saidullah A., Sam J., Sarah P. and Tayte W.

Year 9 Works of Art

Year 9 students – Sophie E., Charlotte M., Christian J., Evie T. and Imogen S.

Drama

Welcome to e-learning drama style. It has been an incredible opportunity to structure student work across the year levels to ensure depth and quality of dramatic language and skills is still achieved. Congratulations to all the students who have used the online resources to monitor deadlines and due dates and submit quality work. An example of the diversity for students from Years 7 to 10 is included.

On-Line Learning Years 7-10

Below are some examples of student work from the Drama classroom and the Media Arts students. The work is diverse and engaging and the submissions have been excellent. Well done everyone for working online to meet your commitments. The outcomes are excellent.

Year 7 Media Arts – Screen Shots

As an introduction to Media Arts, the Year 7 students have been exploring the different shot types and how they create an effective image and overall film. As a homework task they were asked to create a storyboard that tells the story of a child with a monster under their bed. In this example you can see this students’ choice of shots and angles used to illustrate the idea.

Sketches by Zoe B. – Year 7

Year 7 and 8 – Play Synopsis

Reading two plays exploring the themes of bullying and friendship, Lockie Leonard & Burnt, Year 7 students have begun to extrapolate character profiles and play synopsis.

By Jenna B. – Year 7

Year 8 Media Arts

Similar to Year 7 Media Arts task above, this students’ “Monster-Under-The-Bed” storyboard goes above and beyond with its animated images and vibrant colours.

Images by Dylan W. – Year 8

Year 9 – Directing Task Multimodal Presentation

Year 9 students have read a number of plays in class in order create and design their own performance piece. Student have selected a play, extrapolated themes and issues in order to devise still images and then present using a multimodal Power Point presentation. This example from Elijah H. is outstanding.

Year 10 – Persuasive Pitch (Homework Task)

By Sophie D. – Year 10

In preparation for their assignment, Year 10 students have been tasked with convincing their teacher that online learning is/or isn’t better than physical learning. This student exemplifies persuasive language and successfully sells her pitch. Well done Sophie D.!

SLAMMED Monologue and Analysis (Homework Task)

Delving into the Elements of Drama and analysing how they effectively create Dramatic Meaning, Year 10 students were tasked with choosing a slam-poetry stanza from the play Slammed by Stephanie Brooke Harper and presenting and analysing it. The above student went to impressive lengths to edit and direct his monologue to portray dramatic meaning. He then very professionally presented his analysis and evaluation in great detail. Outstanding work Zac C.

Kyra P. also presents her monologue using facial expression and vocal tone to enhance the characters meaning and point of view in her chosen slammed poetic verse.

Well done!

Toni Ryan – Drama Teacher

Instrumental Music

ANZAC Day – Light-Up the Dawn Commemorations

On ANZAC Day, several of our Instrumental Music Students performed the Last Post for their neighbours as part of the Light Up the Dawn and Music for Mateship commemorations.

We are proud of their efforts and abilities and their willingness to serve their communities during this year's locked down ANZAC Day.

English

Welcome to a very interesting Term 2! The English teachers are certainly grateful to parents and guardians for all the support and effort you have given to making online learning a success and things are now starting to run smoothly after a few early glitches. We have enjoyed the opportunity to work collegially to come up with solutions to teaching units that have always involved a lot of student input, especially the Year 10 play, Romeo and Juliet, and the Year 12 play, Macbeth, and are looking forward to getting together with students in a few weeks to do some reading and have some discussion.

The English teachers have been meeting over the last couple of weeks to moderate student work and make final decisions about levels of achievement. There has been a lot of discussion about how students are progressing and what improvements could be made to units for the future. It is always a very positive process, especially seeing all the incredible work our students are producing across the classes.

At this stage, the due dates that have been given to students for assessment have not changed, except for the Year 12 IA3 being removed for 2020. Year 12’s are now working towards the external exam in Term 4, which gives them some breathing room, but all students will need to keep up to date with the lessons teachers are uploading to OneNote and the SharePoint in order to be ready to complete assessment tasks. We are monitoring work completion regularly and will continue to contact parents, guardians and students to keep everyone in the loop. Once again, thank you for your support.

Humanities and Business

Our physical classrooms in the Humanities and Business Departments may have been unusually empty in the first 3 weeks of Term 2, however the new online learning platform is full of exceptional examples of student learning.

TEEEC paragraphs, mind maps, infographics, structured overviews, timelines and summaries, are all examples of some of the amazing student engagement , evident in an array of OneNote ‘Student NoteBooks’ in Humanities and Business subjects.

These last few weeks may have been different and challenging for us all, but from difference comes opportunities to learn new skills. Thank you to our Humanities and Business classes for the manner in which you have all responded to the challenge.

We look forward to seeing you all ‘face-to-face’ very soon.

We have included an array of work from students from Years 8, 9 and 10 History; Year 9 Geography and Year 10 Economics. These students are: Year 8 - Caleb V., Daniel Y., Eddie G., Evie E., Leila T.M. and Samantha O. Year 9 – Amellia L., Jade A., Blake H. and Hugh W. Year 10 – Amelia B., Charlotte G. and Yashika D.

Helen Fisher - A/HOD Humanities and Business

International News

Japanese

こんにちは。Like all faculties Japanese has been busy transitioning to online learning. During this time, we spare a thought for the teachers and students at our sister school, Omiya Koryo Senior High School in Saitama. In Japan, classes were suspended on March 2. March marks the end of the school year in Japan and the new school year begins in April after a short spring vacation. School closures threw plans for graduation and welcome ceremonies into chaos. Some universities even held streamed graduation ceremonies where robots carrying a photo of the graduating students received degrees. School closures have been extended to May 31 in most prefectures, including Saitama. While there are computer labs in most schools, generally students do not use laptops and ICTs in regular classes in Japan. Many students are working out of their textbooks at home with very little online communication with their teachers. We are very thankful that our students have access to technology enabling them to engage in interesting lessons with a range of resources.

Tips and Hints for supporting your student of Japanese.

All students should be accessing work in the Japanese Class OneNote provided by their class teacher. Please check your student is using this Class OneNote and contact their class teacher if you have any questions.

Year 7 & 8 Hiragana Script and Year 9 Katakana Script

Even if you have no knowledge of Japanese, you can support your student’s learning of Japanese script by helping them with this activity provided by the Japan Foundation.

There are also free online courses and hiragana, katakana and kanji memory hint apps developed by the Japan Foundation available here:

Year 10- Kanji revision

Year 10 can access extension kanji resources through the Class OneNote or they might like to use the following site.

The Japan Foundation also provides free online courses in Hiragana and Katakana if your student would like extra practice.

Watch with your student: The following website from NHK (Japan’s national broadcaster, like our ABC) also contains a huge range of cultural videos or language lessons to choose from.

Ms Joy Balfour – Japanese Language Teacher

Mathematics

Wow what a year. We have endured some challenge but, on most part, responded to the opportunity it presented us.

Online learning was always a part of how we operated in Mathematics but the complete online environment required us to step up our game. I am extremely proud and grateful for the team I lead and the manner in which they responded.

Equally so our students responded and managed their online learning environment like professionals. That said, we are super keen to have them back. To all the parents, a special thanks for the support you showed our teachers and the structures you provided at home to ensure students kept up.

As our school slowly returns to life, it has been a beautiful time to appreciate just how much joy and reward students bring to the teaching day. It has not been the same without them.

Pi Day

Back in March, we celebrated Pi Day. It is the biggest day on the Mathematics calendar and we recorded our largest number of attendees. Almost 200 students packed into the Resource Centre and competed in a day of problem solving, a pi recital competition and this year a Rubik’s cube challenge. On any other year, I would publicly reward our participants on parades but have accepted that our parade structure is unlikely to return soon. Therefore, without that capacity I will announce our winners and special participants through this newsletter.

Problem Solving Competition

We hosted a problem solving challenge on the day for Juniors (Year 7 and 8), Intermediate (Year 9 and 10) and Senior (Year 11 and 12) teams. We had over 200 sign up to compete and after 3 events and 3 hours of work the following students came out victorious.

Certificates for all students can be collected from Mr Moran in E7 on students return to school. I would like to thank all students for their efforts on the day and the manner in which they conducted themselves. It was a day to remember. On the same day, we ran two other competitions.

Pi Day Recital

The Annual Pi Day Recital has entered its fourth year. Each year students memorise the decimal places of Pi to as many digits as possible and recite them without error. Previous winners include J. Gee (181 d.p.), C. Toia (206 d.p.) and D. Tran (245 d.p.) so students new they needed a lot to be competitive. Mr Gaffney also gave the competition a crack this year to help inspire others.

In Year 7 A, Kango started the day with a new record of 250 d.p., L. Taylor in Year 9 reached 318d.p., T. Utberg in Year 10 got to 206, B. Rowan in Year 12 who had come close to winning in previous years topped the pops this year with an impressive 373 d.p. and will now go on the perpetual trophy. Mr Gaffney, whilst not competing, managed one better at 400. By far our most impressive year to date. All year level winners will receive a trophy and B. Rowan a take home a trophy, have his name recorded on the perpetual and a t-shirt for bragging rights. Congratulations to all students who took part.

Rubiks’s Cube challenge

This year, students also had an opportunity to solve a randomly arranged Rubik’s cube. They had three to choose from and time started on pick up. Across the participant’s there were two in a league of their own. A. Chu who managed to solve it 25.97 seconds only to be beaten by L. Taylor in a time of 24.86. L. Taylor will take home the first Cav Cube challenge trophy and will top the Perpetual. A. Chu will have to wait another year to have his chance again.

Another great year. Already looking forward to the 2021 challenge.

Terry Moran – Head of Department

Student Services

Student Change of Details

Have you moved address recently?

Have you changed your phone number or email address?

Please contact the school administration on admin@cavendishroadshs.eq.edu.au or by phone on 3394 0777 to advise any of these changes so we can ensure your child’s information is correct on our school records.

Lost Property

Student services are currently holding lost property items including Formal and Sports hat, soccer boots, black school shoes and drink bottles. If your child is missing anything please have your child organise a visit to Student Services to look through the hundreds of items as this is a collection point for Lost Property. Items left uncollected at the end of term will be disposed of.

School Based Youth Health Nurse

A Health Tip from the School Nurse

Even though students are used to sitting at computers for extended periods of time, being at home may not encourage you to move around as much as you may have done at school. This can lead to some physical symptoms such as feeling stiff, having a sore back and neck, and eye strain. Here are some tips to help prevent and reduce these symptoms.

Ensure your computer and chair are set up properly. The picture below gives you some specific things to check.

It is important to move and stretch regularly. The recommended time is every 30 minutes. For more information about this topic go to the link below.

Our eyesight is also important. Long times spent looking at the screen can cause some strain to our eyes. The symptoms of eye strain can include:

• Eye discomfort
• Headaches
• Sore, tired, burning or itching eyes
• Difficulty focusing
• watery or dry eyes
• Blurred or double vision
• sensitivity to light

Don't panic if you have these symptoms. Think 20-20-20. For every 20 minutes you look at the computer screen, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. If symptom persist, or you are worried, have an eye check. These are free under Medicare.

Once we are all back at school, remember these tips as they will still apply. Stay well and stay healthy.

Sandra Chesney - School Based Youth Health Nurse Ph: 3394 0700
Every Thursday and Friday in L Block

Community News

Network for Past Students

Cavendish Road State High School is one of Brisbane’s oldest public high schools and was established in 1952. We are now a school of almost 2000 students with a strong reputation for high quality education. Our School has a long tradition of past students and prominent Australians who proudly refer to themselves as “Cavroadians”.

The network allows past students to stay in touch and maintain a connection with past friends whilst staying connected with Cavendish Road State High and keeping updated with school events.

If you are interesting in applying for Past Student membership, please download the application form and send to Cavendish Road State High School, PO Box 695, Holland Park Q 4121 or email to admin@cavendishroadshs.eq.edu.au