18 September 2020

Newsletter Articles

Executive Principal’s Report

Optimism and gratitude have been key themes running through our school this past term. While previous messages in our newsletter have focussed on going the miles, resilience and community we also need to acknowledge the stories of optimism and confidence that comes from overcoming the challenges of this year that are chronicled in the newsletter for term 3.

“Rite of Passage” for Year 10s led by Mr Batchler this year has been extraordinary with over 200 students in the cohort being recognised for meeting and beating personal challenges and contributions to the school.

Champions come in all forms; we again had outstanding successes on the sports fields and courts again this year. Most striking is not the fact that Cav brought home a plethora of sports championships and figured highly in those we didn’t, was the ringing display of team-ship, fair play, sportsmanship, the joy of participation and representation of our school. Congratulations to our Netball Academy coaches Belinda Stickney and Megan Mercer, Lisa Williams (Year 7 Netball Coach) and the Football Academy coaches Cail Turp and Darryl Cash on their recent wins.

Inclusion and differentiating teaching to ensure success for every child has been a priority of mine, proud to have a like minded team and especially in our Education Services department where success in learning will continue to be ‘big ticket item’ at Cav Rd.

Learning growth as well as success is our goal. Our school celebrates high performance and achievement and particularly in academic and sports, however praise needs also to go to those young people who need and receive extra support and make gains.

More than 200 students in our school need a bit of extra help. No student should be held back or always struggle for want of extra time or help and be left behind. The work of Mr Reynolds and team has been exemplary where students need a safety net to accomplish foundation understanding in English and Maths before entering the middle school years. Of note in term 3, the expert and targeted teaching by Mr Ashley Cross and Teacher-aide Mrs Helen Kelis where our Year 8 LNE (Literacy & Numeracy) achieved a 91.3% pass rate; testimony to skill, dedication and drive that every student can succeed.

Every parent will know that there is an inner champion in their child and at Cav we provide a range of opportunities for that inner champion to be discovered and work towards their potential. Sometimes the inner champion is called upon quite unexpectedly and learning and practice is applied in real-life. Congratulations to Clayton Schilg for his role in a life-saving surf rescue recently. A mighty once in a lifetime event to be proud of.

Innovation is one of the cornerstones of our learning ethos at Cav Road. This year’s challenges may have seemed daunting and no more so than for our seniors having to face the new senior system. This has brought out the best in teachers and students. It has sometimes been gruelling and stressful. But it’s also been rewarding and a sense of achievement so far this year have been inspiring with many examples stimulating innovation: “necessity being the mother of invention”. Hats off to Mr Lashmar and concert band demonstrating the “show going on” of our band students staying connected. Covid-19 Band Isolation Project being a case in point.

Celebratory events this year require being agile around the times in which we live. This extends to our program of awards and graduation being held at school in our Sports Centre. See page 3 below for details. They will be more intimate events, Covid compliant with regard to the number of adults in the space, and QR Code adult registration available. The focus remains the events be no less special for students honoured this year.

Richard Usher BA LLB Dip Teach
Executive Principal

Associate Principal

Darren Beebe

One of the features of Cavendish Road State High School that continues to be highly impressive is the very significant opportunities provided to students to participate in extra-curricular activities. This was something I noted well before my commencement at the school. Across the years, school newsletters are filled with details about the many and varied activities that teachers offer to students and the participation and successes of the students. Just in this newsletter you will read of participation in Queensland Police Service ‘Project Booyah’, the Cav- Koda Challenge, the Kokona 100km Lockdown Challenge, Optiminds, Duke Of Edinburgh, 40 Hr Famine, Seniors Tutoring Junior Students in Maths, Interschool Sport And Finals, Southside Super 7’s Netball and Vicki Wilson Cup Netball.

None of this would be possible without the teaching staff putting up their hands and doing this extra work to provide our students with these excellent opportunities. It would also not be possible without the very large number of keen students who want to get involved in activities outside of the classroom and to develop themselves in their areas of interest. Thank you to both teachers and students for all of your hard work with these events. These extra-curricular activities enrich school life for all participants.

When I think back on my time at school (yes, that would be 4 decades ago!), most of my memories about school tend to be about the activities outside of the classroom. Mostly they were individual challenge or team activities that were fun involving some sort of team success or individual growth. I always encourage students to take the opportunities provided by schools – these will form some of their best memories in the future.

Starting this semester, participation in extra-curricular activities will be included on school report cards. Following on from the academic results, the list of activities students have participated in will be listed. I have just had a look at the information so far, and at this stage 510 students will receive this recognition on their reports with a few students having as many as 4 different activities recorded. This will grow across the remainder of the year as further events occur.

We have recently developed a list all of the activities on offer at Cav Rd.

Associate Principal

Catherine McCarthy

Student Free Day Activities

Friday, 4 September saw schools experience a Term 3 Student Free Day for the first time. As part of the changes to the senior QCE system, this day is now used across the state to support the “Confirmation” process required for Year 12 school-based assessment.

Cav Rd has a number of teachers employed by the QCAA in a variety of roles: Endorsers who evaluate summative internal assessment tasks, Confirmers who review responses to summative internal assessment tasks and External Assessment Writers and Markers who contribute to the creation and marking of External Assessment. Staff in these roles contribute a valuable perspective to our teaching, learning and assessment processes in the senior QCE system.

Staff not involved in confirmation, presented and participated in a range of professional learning opportunities. We are fortunate to have a knowledgeable and skilled staff who can share with us all. Staff were able to select from a range of sessions including; Pedagogy to support students in preparing and revising for senior external exams, support for delivering ICPs, Clickview, OneNote, Education Perfect, Engaging and Active Learning Experiences, using Dictate and Immersive Reader, Supporting students with ASD, Differentiation using OneNote, Creation opportunities for extension and enrichment in classroom activities, Working with Visually impaired students, Recognising and responding to students with mental health/trauma background, using the Lightboard, Teaching and Learning Adjustments for Dyslexia, Flipped Classroom.

Supporting our students

2020 has been a difficult year and it has been lovely to see the number of community events the student leaders have been able to conduct in this recent term. RUOK and Diversity Day were great events in light of the year it has been and it is fantastic to see our leaders and business students creating opportunities for fun and connection around these important messages.

The P and C recently made a much welcomed donation of sporting equipment to our Wellbeing Team for students to access during breaks. Through The Athlete’s Foot school program, families have contributed by simply connecting their purchases to Cav Rd and our students will see the benefits of this. Thanks to the P and C and to Cav families for shopping at The Athlete’s Foot.

Last week our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students had the chance to work with Matt and Ambrose from MA Deadly Art to plan a piece of art work for our recently renovated “Reconciliation Room”. The students had the opportunity to contribute themes and ideas that are important to them as well as identifying the parts of Cavendish Road SHS that are key to their time and experiences here. I know that we are all looking forward to seeing the final piece.

Attendance

I want to take this opportunity to thank the Cav Rd community for your support and communication around student absences. With the current recommendations of caution around illness in the community, we thank you for keeping students home when they are sick and communicating with us about your circumstances. If you receive a letter in the mail in relation to unexplained absence, please sign the letter and ask your student to return it as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can contact the school directly with explanation of absences on attendance@cavendishroadshs.eq.edu.au. .

Awards Ceremonies 2020

Years 7 & 8 – Tuesday 17 November 1:40pm
Years 9 & 10 – Wednesday 18 November 1:40pm
Years 11 & 12 – Wednesday 18 November 10:05am

The annual Cavendish Road SHS Awards Evening will look a little different in 2020. To ensure we can have family members present, we will be splitting the traditional evening event in to 3 day ceremonies which will be held in the Alan Sampson Sports Centre here at Cavendish Rd SHS.

Each year we recognise the academic achievement of our students and the following awards are presented:

Subject Award

• Top student in each subject for years 10, 11 and 12

Academic Distinction Award

• Year 8 – 12 students gaining at least 5 “As”
• Year 7 student gaining at least 6 ”As”

Academic Honour Award

• Year 8 – 12 students gaining at least 6 “As”
• Year 7 students gaining at least 7 “As”

Levels of Achievement are assessed as at the end of Semester 1 for Distinction and Honour Awards and on assessment to date for Subject Awards. There are also a range of special awards acknowledging Tradition, Community, Innovation and Excellence for which students are nominated including Dux, Sporting Awards, Instrumental Music Awards, Leadership Awards, Order of Australia and Duke of Edinburgh to name a few.

These important ceremonies allow our school community to highlight and celebrate its talents and achievements. Students receiving an award will receive a letter of invitation early in Term four.

Parents and Citizens’ (P and C) Association

Next Meeting

Join us for the next P&C meeting – it will be the last one of the year, on Tuesday 20 October at 7pm. Details will be on our Facebook page closer to the date.

Canteen and Uniform Shop

There are so many updates this time:

• The canteen was thrilled to host Minister Grace Grace, local MP Joe Kelly, The Queensland Association of School Tuckshops (QAST) and Health and Wellbeing Queensland on Wednesday September 2 for the launch of “Stories of the Year”. See the photo below and the Canteen update for more details.
• Payment by student/staff id card is going well. Please ensure that credit is loaded through MSA at the link on our webpage - https://cavendishroadshs.mystudentaccount.com/wp/Profile/SignIn Photocopy credit loaded by the Finance Window cannot be used in the canteen or uniform shop.
• Back to school uniform stock is due to arrive shortly. Information on ordering and appointments will be coming out early next term.
• A reminder that next year will see the transition to more of the new uniform items such as green shirts with school logos for boys and the new style sports uniforms. Some existing stock is discounted - if you are looking for a bargain head to the uniform shop. Also please keep this in mind when buying items as they will not be able to worn once the transition period has ended. The details can all be found here - https://cavendishroadshs.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Community/P%20and%20C/2019-uniform-review-parent-brief-3-june-2019-v2.pdf

And the Rest

• The 18 CavKoda teams did us all proud, completing 28kms or 56kms in their shirts and caps on a cold and windy day. We can’t thank the organisers and volunteers enough for all the time spent prior to, and on the day. The smiles on the faces of the teams as they crossed the finish line – at the top of a long hill – was so worth it (see photo). Special mention to Ms Mitchell as primary organiser and Lou McLeish BBQ organiser extraordinaire.
• The P&C, together with Ms McCarthy, Mr Faulkner, Mr Batchelor and Chappy Jules gratefully received a box full of sporting equipment from Hart Sports. We were able to redeem the credit we earned from our school families buying school shoes at The Athletes Foot to provide the sporting goods to the Wellbeing Department for use by all school students. Thank you to all the families who bought shoes and nominated our school for credits.
• For the second year in a row, the P&C was delighted to join forces with the Wellbeing team to provide hampers to the school staffrooms for RU OK Day – see photo below. Thank you to the Wellbeing Department for supporting our students and staff and to our teachers and staff for everything you do
• Please note that we have made a slight change to our P&C meeting calendar for this year. To avoid having a P&C Meeting in the same week as Awards Night, we have swapped our November P&C Meeting to October. The last P&C meeting for 2020 will now be at 7pm on Tuesday October 20.

How to participate

1. Attend Meetings
   7pm on the third Tuesday of the month – next meeting is Tuesday 20 October.
2. Parents and Citizens Facebook page
   https://www.facebook.com/Cavendish-Road-PC-1372922086101301
3. Email list
   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.cavrd@gmail.com
4. Volunteering
   The canteen and uniform shop are always looking for helpers. If you have a little time and would like to help, please feel welcome to pop in. Even coming along for a short time to assist on one of the days would be a huge help. For more information or to advise when you are available to assist please contact:
   the Canteen team on 3394 0723 or canteen.cavrd@gmail.com
   or the uniform shop – uniformshop.cavrd@gmail.com

See you all at the next meeting!

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

Canteen News

So we have finally navigated our way through our first full term of the 2020 without any lockdowns or closures.

We were very happy to see the familiar faces of our wonderful volunteers back in the canteen although we can always use more. If you have a free hour or more during the month, please contact us so we can add you to the volunteer roster.

This term we have introduced some fresh new items to our menu which have been a hit with both students and staff.

Steak Sandwiches, Various Baguettes, New Salads & Hawaiian Meatballs

As winners of the QAST Tuckshop of the Year last year, we had the privilege of holding a Morning Tea to launch this year’s “Stories from the Tuckshop” which due to Covid 19 will replace the Awards. The Honourable Grace Grace, Joe Kelly our local member and Dr Robyn Littlewood CEO of Health and Wellbeing all attended and were most impressed with the Cav Rd Canteen facilities and more importantly the healthy & attractive menu.

As the year is quickly drawing to a close, we would like to wish our Year 12 best wishes for their final exams and best of luck with their future endeavours.

Robert and Madonna – Tuckshop Convenors
canteen.cavrd@gmail.com or phone 3394 0723 7am-2pm

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 1.30pm on school days.

Payment can be made by EFTPOS. We do not accept cash payment.

CentrePay Deductions

Please contact our Finance Team to discuss this option.

Guidance Service

Term three is always a busy term, but this term was busy in a different kind of way. Well done to the Year 12’s who have now all had their QTAC and career interviews with us. It was great to see a range of different and challenging career prospect planned with this year’s cohort. This is reassuring and promising for our community in the years to come.

Apart from career planning students are busy planning and preparing for exams. This can be a stressful time so it is important it is planned for in advance. Below is a link to an article from the Department of Education for parents and students with a Year 12 focus, however these tips can also apply to anyone with exams and assessment approaching. It details twelve ways to look after your wellbeing during senior assessment and highlights establishing a routine, catching enough sleep, setting realistic goals, eating right, staying active, staying social, treat yourself, be prepared to problem solve, set daily affirmations, practice mindfulness, ask for help and staying positive. Why not have a read and check in with the young people in your family with these suggestions, and ask what they do well, and which ones they need to work on.

Finally, it’s important to rest, relax and enjoy, a long awaited bright and sunny September holidays!

The Guidance Team – Rob Stewart; Michael Lynch; Alycia Wilkinson and Jane Larsen

Senior Schooling Report

Year 11 Block Exams and 12 Mock External Exams

Over the last two weeks, our Year 12 students sat their external mock exams in preparation for their External Assessment which they will be sitting in Term 4. Students had the opportunity to complete a sample test paper in their relevant subject areas which ‘mirrored’ their final exam that they will complete in Term 4. These exams will be marked by our teachers and students will receive feedback on their performance. This will provide an opportunity for students and teachers to ‘fine tune’ strategies do assist in developing the required skills our Year 12 students will need to ensure that they achieve to the best of their ability in their final exams for ATAR in Term 4.

Our Year 11 students have just finalised their Unit 2 Assessments in their General subjects. Unit 2 in Applied subjects will be completed by the end of Term 4. Moving forward, Year 11 students will commence the summative units for ATAR in Term 4 of this year in their General subjects and will have their first assessment for Unit 3 during Term 4.

Congratulations to all Year 11 and 12 students for the effort they put into meeting their commitment to their two weeks of testing.

Queensland Police Service ‘Project Booyah’ Graduation

The Booyah Youth Program, which translates to an expression for 'joy, excitement or triumph', is a Queensland Police, Youth Leadership and Mentor Program that utilises adventure based learning, decision making/problem solving exercises, resilience training, policing strategies and family inclusive principles to help young people aged 14-17 years make better life choices!

Students are selected to participate in the 10 week program via a referral process and attend two days per week.

The program covered the following:

• goal setting
• RESPECT Program
• completion of a Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways
• functional literacy and numeracy
• mentoring
• social and skill development
• work readiness
• right of passage camp
• leadership day
• graduation

One of our Year 11 students, Kai D was selected for the program and successfully completed it this term. Congratulations Kai. We are extremely proud of you and your achievement.

Kai D at the ‘Project Booyah’ Graduation ceremony:

VET NEWS

Certificate II in Health Support Services

In February this year, a group of our Year 11 and 12 students commenced a Certficate II Health Support Services course with Prestige Training. The course was conducted on campus every Wednesday afternoon. Students completed a total of 12 units of competency over the duration of the course and covered topics such as communication and work in health services, working with diverse people, complying with infection prevention and control policies and procedures, workplace health and safety, preparing and maintaining beds, provide first aid and working effectively with others.

Students were supplied with the mandatory ‘scrubs’ to wear whilst they were undertaking the course and participated in various activities off site in their school holiday break. All students thoroughly enjoyed the course and have now completed an entry level qualification which they are able to use to further their careers in the health industry.

I would like to congratulate the students for successfully completing the course.

Karyn Trapp – HOD Senior Schooling

Year 10 - Dean Report

PSC PROGRAM RITE OF PASSAGE UPDATE

This week’s year parade was the first of the year to celebrate the Rite of Passage program for our Year 10 students. In 2020, all Year 10 students were required to create their own symbolic Rite of Passage undertaking designed to acknowledge and celebrate their transition from the junior to the senior stages of schooling. It is a declaration to themselves and to our community that they are ready to adopt more adult type behaviours and take more responsibility for their development and life direction.

The Rite of Passage must fall under one of two themes: Personal Challenge or Community Challenge. A personal challenge requires students to dig deep within themselves to overcome a significantly difficult personal goal. A community challenge requires students to facilitate an activity, volunteer their time or share their skills in order to make a difference in our school or wider community.

Students planned their Rite of Passage challenges in Term 1, however, due to the COVID lockdown and restrictions, many of the fantastic ideas were unfortunately cancelled. Since our return to normal school life, many students have created or accepted new challenges in order to achieve their Rite of Passage. It is my hope that the Rite of Passage challenge will act as a catalyst to develop their sense of self, their place in our community and assist them in developing the skills needed to transition into more thoughtful senior students and young adults.

Congratulations to the following students for completing their Rite of Passage challenges in term 3. These students all received their Rite of Passage badges from our senior leaders on Monday.

Student Maths Tutors :

Cav- Koda:

Duke of Edinburgh:

Eatup Charity Lunch Making:

Students receiving their rite of passage badges from the senior leaders during year assembly this week. The seniors created a symbolic passage for students to pass through.

Paul Batchler – Year 10 Dean

Year 7 - Dean Report

At our year level parade on Monday in week ten, we reflected on the term and achievements of the students so far at Cav Rd SHS.

Term three has been the first ‘real’ and ‘normal’ term at Cav Rd SHS for the year sevens. That being, the term wasn’t interrupted by Covid-19, online learning, assessment wasn’t abandoned or the curriculum content reduced. Towards the end of term your child may have felt some pressure or anxiety about exams and assessment deadlines, or was simply tired and ready for the holidays. The students managed these challenges extraordinarily well. Please congratulate them on their commitment and perseverance. In my own classes, my students have all improved their results significantly from term two and I have heard this is common across a number of subjects.

Weekly schedule, homework and assessment

If your child is struggling with their schoolwork or feeling overwhelmed, please check if they are completing regular homework. Students should complete some homework each night. If you child is having difficulties with homework, please communicate this with your child’s teacher.

If no formal homework is set and your child claims to ‘have no homework’, remember that students also often have assessment tasks to work on and revision for exams. While teachers give some class time to complete assessment, there is the expectation students also need to complete additional work at home to complete assessment tasks.

Sit with your child and help them plan and prioritise their week if they are feeling overwhelmed. This will help reassure them so they know they can achieve goals and complete the work set.

Laptop and Phone Use

Monitoring screen time is also important. Supervising your child while they are using their laptop ensures they stay on task and they complete their set schoolwork. Making students use their laptop in a communal area of the home and setting limits for screen time is vital. Phones should also not be left in bedrooms overnight, as they will invariably be used under the covers with earphones until the early hours of the morning. Laptops are a wonderful educational tool and it is important to encourage safe and healthy habits with their use outside of school time.

Attendance

The majority of year seven students have magnificent attendance and thank you for also for keeping your child home when they are unwell. Immunocompromised students working from home must continue to make daily check-ins with their class teachers and submit all work set.

For our students attending school, I told the students at our year level parade it was their ‘job’ and responsibility to attend school each day. I also spoke of how this routine establishes a mindset that will support them in the future when they do have an actual job. The evidence is overwhelming that regular school attendance supports learning. We encourage all students to aim for 95% attendance.

The Cav Rd SHS attendance policy is on the school website and in your child’s study planner. If you child is well and able to attend school, then we expect students to:

• Attend school every day, all day with necessary equipment;
• be on time and prepared to learn;
• engage in learning activities; and
• follow the Five C’s of Courtesy, Consideration, Co-operation, Commitment and Challenge.

Lastly, term three has seen many new friendships made within the cohort and some friendships from primary school disband. It is normal for friendships to evolve and shift as students grow and develop new interests. One benefit of our PSC / core class model is that all students have formed new friendships in these classes. You can support and encourage your child if they are feeling alone and remind them they will ‘find their tribe.’

Warmest and kindest regards,
Tracy Laidlaw - Year 7 Dean

The Arts

DRAMA

End of Term 3 already! For our senior students, preparing for MOCK EXAMS has been a major focus, so congratulations on your efforts to date. Year 7, 8 and 9 have explored their first term of drama, viewed a live-streamed production from Shock Therapy Theatre Company, and performed as their presenting assessment. Term 4 will see a range of in-class activities continue for senior students to ensure we are all well prepared for external exams in November, whilst Year 11 students will be completing IA1, their first Year 12 assessment task on Absurdist Theatre. Year 9 students will be immersed into Documentary Drama and we will welcome new Year 7 and 8 classes to the world of Drama.

WORDS OF WISDOM FROM YEAR 12 DRAMA STUDENTS

“It was amazing to have such different people with differing skills and interests come together as a family to support each other through a unique Year 12 experience. The ability to express ourselves in a creative manner was essential to our journey throughout the year and it has been a pleasure to spend time as a little family.”

- Kiara T., Emily L. and Alanah M.

“It was character building.”

- Joe S.

“I have made lifelong friends within my drama class”

- Liam R.

Year 8 Drama Presenting Assessment

8A: Darcy and Minsuh

8H: Emma and Alexia

8E: Cooper and Mika

Year 7 and 8 students have read BURNT and Lockie Leonard and prepared ensemble presenting performances for their peers. Using the new theatre is certainly creating the atmosphere of being within a professional environment. So well done everyone.

Year 9 Drama in class rehearsal

Year 9 Drama students in rehearsal mode for assessment in week 10. Students have read three plays in class discussing themes, issues, character, context and purpose. They are preparing for presenting assessment. Plays read are; FLY IN FLY OUT, JUICE and HOODS.

HOLIDAY DRAMA and TERM 4 OPPORTUNITIES

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Year 12 Visual Art

First year of ATAR has seen outstanding results from the Year 12 Visual Art Students. While it has been a challenging year for all they have successfully achieved a fabulous outcome. We wish them all the best with their external exam next term.

Vicki Schafer –Visual Art Teacher

Year 7 and 8 Media Arts

This term we have seen our Media Arts classes work on a number of digital tasks that required them to demonstrate their technical skills in a series of narrative photographs titled Land of the Giants and complete a Stop Motion animation. Both tasks involved students to understand the use of genres, media conventions and technical elements in order to make meaningful artworks. In identifying and analysing how artists use visual conventions and viewpoints to communicate ideas and alter meaning, students were able to produce some outstanding work which began from a series of original photographs they shot themselves. From here students were introduced to Adobe Photoshop where they then manipulated images to bring their narrative to life.

Students are currently in the process of completing their stop motion animations which once again involved students to consider a narrative that could be brought to life through the manipulation of digital media. Students were to consider their target audience when selecting their materials to construct their animation. Once again our students showed much enthusiasm and commitment to this task, as they have gained an understanding and appreciation of making an animation. We believe that we have some future animators and photographers in our midst at Cavendish Road, and we look forward to seeing what else they can produce in the following years to come.

Angie Carrara – Media Arts Teacher

English

Article from Class 9B English

In 9B English this term, we studied the novel ‘Dougy’ written by James Moloney. The novel explores the deep racial tensions between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people in a small country town in Queensland. James wrote this story based on his personal experience teaching in a similar town approximately thirty years ago. We were extremely fortunate to have James visit our classroom and explain some of the events in his story and the reasons why he chose to write it. James shared with us that after working in this town for several years, he observed many behaviours that concerned him. Writing this story allowed him to share his perspective about what he had witnessed and inspire his readers to be active citizens in society promoting equality and respect amongst all cultures and people.

Our class was then able to explore the historical context of the story from an Indigenous perspective when one of our parents, Alfred Henaway came to visit. Alfred currently works as the Senior Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Capability Officer as part of the Department of Youth Justice Queensland and is a proud Birri Gubba Man from the Juru nation. The students were incredibly inspired hearing Alfred’s own story growing up as an Indigenous student in North Queensland. Having experienced many similar events in the story in his own life, he was able to guide our students to understand the complexities and consequences of the racial tensions between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people throughout our history.

We are incredibly grateful to have engaged in authentic and rigorous conversations around significant issues within our society with James and Alfred. These rich learning experiences not only bring words on page to life but also facilitate a deeper understanding from multiple perspectives. Our students will always remember these visits and the strong positive connections we made with members of our community.

Nicola Larmore – HOD Junior Secondary

Information Technology Services

Information for current Year 9 Students

BYOD for 2021

All Year 9 students must return their laptops this year. The final date will be communicated directly with you and your student. As such, we have been carrying out a warranty check on each laptop over the last 2 weeks. If your child's laptop has not been checked can you please ask them to come to D10. They must have backed up all their work to OneDrive.

All the information you need to help with the purchase of your child's laptop can be found here:

To help you navigate these are the most important points:

1. Make sure the laptop has three (3) years warranty and accidental damage protection. Do not purchase a laptop until December this year so the laptop is covered through till your child finishes Year 12.
2. Your child does NOT need a MacBook unless they are a serious music student. There may be extra costs which you will incur for software that the school cannot supply.
3. Do not put a personal Office 365 account on the laptop as Office 365 is supplied by the school.
4. The minimum specifications for a device are a requirement so that all software can be installed.
5. Ensure that the laptop has a 5Ghz Wireless Network as A 2.4Ghz will NOT connect to the school network.

Ms Karen McFarlane and the D10 team are available anytime to speak with you about the BYOD laptop program. Feel free to contact us via 3394 0717, 0412722088 or email for support.

Karen McFarlane – HOD Information and Technology Services
(Email - kmcfa19@eq.edu.au)

Languages – Japanese

Although activities such as international study tours have been curtailed this year, the Japanese Department is pleased to continue to offer a range of opportunities with outside partnerships for students to further develop their Japanese language skills and add to their school resumes.

Year 10 student Megan S will take part in the “Global Competency and Leadership “workshop to be held at the University of Queensland. Students in the program will learn about the Global Immersion programs offered by both Department of Education International and the UQ International Development programs. They will explore the impact of problem-led leadership in international development. Students will also reflect on how their experiences as foreign language students lead to global competency and learn how to use these skills to develop employability. We look forward to Megan sharing the knowledge gained at the workshop with other Year 10 students as they prepare for senior studies next year.

Japanese students have been successful in gaining scholarships for the September 2020 University of Queensland - Institute of Modern Languages Language Enrichment Course. This course will run online during the school holidays. It is great to have such enthusiastic students willing to devote their holiday time to their Japanese studies. The successful students are Year 12 – Harriet R. and Fidelia A., Year 11- Jessica H., Year 10- Megan S., Year 9- Nira P., Anna H., Kadija A. and Camila L.

Pictured are successful recipients Camila L. and Megan S.

2020 Cavendish Road SHS Japanese Speech Contest

In the past month we also ran the Cavendish Road Japanese Speech Contest in order for students to progress through to the Modern Language Teachers Association Queensland (MLTAQ)-Education Perfect Languages Speech Contest held online in September. Our competition had to be finalised prior to the closing date for the online competition. Unfortunately this impacted on the number of entries as it clashed with the assessment period. Prize winners and participants will receive their prizes and certificates during parades next term.

Year 9 students Leo T., Nira P., Anna H. and James B. will receive participation certificates and prizes.

Joy Balfour – Japanese Teacher

Student Wellbeing

CANNED FOOD DRIVE

The annual Canned Food drive had a different flavour this year as Cavendish Rd SHS as we aligned with a different organisation – Second Bite.

Second Bite aims to provide access to nutritious food for people in need across Australia. They rescue surplus food from across the retail network, and redistribute it - free of charge - to more than 1,300 local charities around the country providing food relief to people in need.

Locally – they are supply to organisations which our school use for less fortunate individuals

and those effected by COVID-19 around us.

The challenge was set this year - if it’s good enough to eat, it shouldn’t go to waste. Donate

that Can!

Cavendish Road State High School, every year, as a community collected as many cans as possible to donate and the initiative is a way for every student to give back to their community and give to those in unfortunate situations.

Our Peer Support classes compete against each other to see who can collect the most cans with celebratory prizes awarded at the conclusion of the event. The Student Council this year set an adventurous target of 24000 cans and, we are pleased to announce, that once again we have not only exceeded this target but also last year’s 20780 by collecting a whopping 24646 cans. So a massive thank you and well done to everyone!

Huge thanks to all the peer support leaders who were driving this in Peer Support and a special thanks to everyone who donated this year. Special mention and a massive congratulations to the following:

Canned Food Drive Running total – FINISHED AND FINAL

Cav Rd Grand Total - 24,646

Student Donation House Totals

Great work Cav Road team!!!

40 Hour Famine

Congratulations to the 26 students below who participated World Vision 40 Hour Famine.

Every year since 1975, hundreds of thousands of young Australians have taken a stand through a 40 Hour Challenge to raise money and bring hope to thousands of children living in poverty in more than 40 countries

The past weekend between 5pm Friday until 9am Sunday, our students gave up a variety of aspects of their lives such as food, technology and even furniture. At the launch party Friday afternoon in PAC, many students were nervous but seeing them today full of confidence for what they have accomplished is a milestone in itself.

Well done to all with the Cavendish Rd SHS team raising near $1200.

Nicholas Faulkner – HOD Student Wellbeing

Sport @ Cav Road

Interschool Sport – Winter Season Metropolitan Finals

We are very proud of the performances of our students that competed in the Metropolitan Grand Finals earlier this month. All teams have progressed through four undefeated rounds to establish a positon in the grand-final. Well done to all on the results.

• 9 Girls Football – Cav Road SHS defeated Cleveland SHS 4-0
• 8 Boys Football – Kelvin Grove defeated Cavendish Road SHS 3-1
• Year 10 Girls NETBALL – Cavendish Road SHS defeated Corinda SHS 43-33
• Year 9 Girls NETBALL – Cavendish Road SHS defeated Northside Christian College 65-12
• Year 7 NETBALL - Cav Road SHS defeated Wavell SHS 32-17.

If you know of any of the students or staff involved, be sure to congratulate them. We are the Best in Brisbane!

Year 10 Interschool Netball

Year 7 Interschool Netball

Intra Sport Recreational Program – Term 4 2020

Sport has been different to what we know this year. As Term 4 approaches, the current sport program will finish in Week 3. This means for the remaining weeks of Term 4, students across Years 7-10 will participate in an intra-sport based sport program. There are no costs associated with this program, with all activities based at school.

From week 4 we made some timetabling changes to allow more access to facilities and oval space for all involved.

• So it will look like;
  - Tuesday sport – Years 8 & 9 only
  - Wednesday sport – Years 10 only & Year 7 (moved from Tuesday’s timetable)
  - Years 7 – 10 students organised into their PSC classes
  - Years 11-12 students have Home Study arrangements

• Students are participating in a range of activities across our school campus. All activities encourage students to be active (low to moderate intensity). Teams participate in different activities every week. Some of the activities include a rotation between; volleyball, capture the flag, basketball, dodgeball, netball, futsal and ultimate disc.

A huge effort from Mr Kalpakadis and Mr Baker in getting this program off the ground to finish the year.

Student Success

Congratulations to these students on their Metropolitan East Regional selection.

• Kameryn B. (Year 8) – Cricket
• Ava W. (Year 7) – Hockey
• Georgia D. (Year 7) - Hockey
• Sasha W. (Year 7) - Basketball
• Chloe B. (Year 7) – Basketball

Representative Trials

In the first week of Term 4, paperwork will be available for collection from the Sports Department in W Block for the following events;

• Triathlon
• Cricket (Opens)

Sports Carnivals 2021

Early in Term 4 information letters outlining the dates and details of 2021 Sports Carnivals will be distributed to families. Only those students that return these permissions to their Peer Support teachers will be permitted to attend these carnivals.

GO CAV!

Ms Nikki Bairstow - Sport Director
nbair4@eq.edu.au

Netball Academy

Although the year has been disrupted, we have been really fortunate to still get a lot of netball in for our girls this term and they have loved every opportunity. Here is a quick run down of what we’ve been up to.

Southside Super 7’s

In Week 7 this term we participated in the Southside Super 7’s tournament. This is always a fantastic day, giving the girls lots of opportunity out on court, transferring skills from class into a competitive game situation. We had 10 teams competing this term from Yr 7 -10, and it was Cav Rd that was sitting on top of the table in each of the divisions offered. Congratulations to our Yr 8 Black team who won the Yr 7/8 Div 1, our Yr 8 Orange team who won the Yr 7/8 Div 2, our Yr 9/10 Maroon team who won the Yr 9/10 Div 1 and our Yr 9 Blue team who won the Yr 9/10 Div 2. No matter whether they won or loss, all teams were impressive on the day. They played hard and fair, they followed all COVID guidelines to ensure a safe event was held and the teamwork they displayed not only on the court but in setting up or packing up the entire carnival, coaching or umpiring, was fantastic to see. Big thanks to Mrs Mercer, Mrs McCarthy, Mrs Williams and Mrs Farrelly for joining us at Metro and providing your coaching expertise on the day.

Interschool Netball

It has been a very exciting week with our Yr 7, Yr 9 and Yr 10 Interschool teams all competing in the Metro Grand Finals. With the Yr 9 and Yr 10 girls all attempting to retain their title they won last year, and the Yr 7 girls new to it all, there were plenty of nerves around. But these quickly disappeared after the first quarter and the girls worked their way to victory in all 3 games. Absolutely thrilled for the girls, and these results are contained in Ms Bairstow’s Sport’s report. Big thanks to Mrs Williams, Mrs Farrelly and Mrs Mercer for your great work with the teams this year. This is a fantastic result for Netball at Cav Rd! Although our Yr 8 team didn’t contest the Grand Final, they should be really proud of their achievements also this season, only being knocked out of the Metro Finals by St Peter Claver who were the eventual winners.

Vicki Wilson Cup

With COVID impacting preliminary Vicki Wilson Cup rounds, it came down to an application process for one of the 32 positions available into the Vicki Wilson Cup Final Series and excitedly both our Junior Girls and Open Girls secured a position. At the back end of these holidays, they will both contest a 3 day tournament at Nissan Arena, fighting for a spot in the playoffs and ultimately a chance to be crowned Queensland Champions! Not only this, but for the first time Cav Rd will also have an entry into the Boys Vicki Wilson Cup championship. They also had to make it through an application process, hoping to be one of only 8 teams contesting the Boys Cup and since they were notified of their selection, the team has not looked back. They are currently training 2-3 sessions per week and are soaking up every bit of advice and direction. Big thanks to Mrs Carmody for all of your time coaching the boys and we wish all 3 teams the very best of luck for the Championships!

Last month the Open girls had the chance to travel over to Brigidine College for a practice match and although all team members couldn’t make it that afternoon, the Yr 10 girls who filled in did a fabulous job and the girls still defeated Brigidine College 44-39. This game really showed the depth we have in our netball here at Cav and all of our teams always make it exciting every time we take the court. GOOD LUCK CAV on the holidays!

LEADERSHIP DAY

Yesterday all the Netball Academy girls came together and spent the day thinking, laughing, listening, collaborating and learning together. They were incredibly lucky to work with some inspirational presenters who encouraged them to think about their actions, their behavior towards their peers and teammates and to consider what they might do to improve themselves. I look forward to giving a full run down in the next newsletter with some great pictures also of the girls in action. Cannot thank the Xperiences Team (Ray and Tim), Rebecca Sparrow and Rachael Tiernan enough for their fantastic sessions and work with the girls.

Belinda Stickney – Netball Academy Director

Duke of Edinburgh Report

Since the last newsletter, the Duke of Edinburgh participants have been working hard to achieve their best in the program.

One major milestone is that of the Bronze Adventurous Journey-ers. On the 28 and 29 August, 11 students made their way out to Stradbroke Island to work towards and achieve their goal of not only navigating around the island, but work as a team to understand how the culture of the Quandamooka tribe has influenced everything around them. Later in the evening, they found their way back to Wynnum, which is where they spent their night camping and woke up bright and early to watch the sunrise over the ocean. All 11 students accomplished their goals and several have since begun finalising their Bronze Awards and are intending on graduating up to the Silver Award. Congratulations to everyone who went. For more information on this group’s achievements, please see the Cav Rd Facebook page for a video summary of their journey.

Another amazing initiative that a different group of Award participants are currently organising is that of the Share the Dignity, #ItsInTheBag campaign. As of Week 2 of Term 4, there will be boxes placed around the school to collect donated items for women and children doing it tough. This is especially important this year as so many more women and children are feeling the pressures of lost jobs and domestic violence situations. Join the Duke of Ed students in helping to support these women in giving them the dignity they deserve. Look out for notices around the school for information on what you can and cannot donate.

Ms Keri Vincent - Cav Rd Award Leader

Optiminds

On the 25, 26 and 27 August, seven very enthusiastic teams of Cav Road students recorded their submissions for the 2020 Optiminds competition. Optiminds is a creative problem-solving event where students must work together in a team to create a solution to an open-ended challenge. All seven teams worked extremely hard during the first six weeks of Term 3, largely in their own time, to put together a ten minute presentation in response to their chosen Optiminds challenge. Each team also took part in a six minute spontaneous challenge that tested their on the spot thinking skills. Every team performed incredibly well and produced an end result that was certainly something to be proud of!

Cav Road Team 1 – All Year 12, Language Literature

Ezekiel C., Jamie J., Jess M., Kiara T., Haley T.

Cav Road Team 2 – All Year 10, Language Literature

Rhyan B., Audrey B., Maeve M., Alice P., Maggie R., Eva S.

Cav Road Team 3 – All Year 10, Social Science

Fiona D., Malika D., Nathan N., Bonita N., Aditi S., Dylan W.

Cav Road Team 4 – All Year 9, Science and Engineering

Elliot F., Elijah H., Roxana K., Zara L., Jithamanyu M.

Cav Road Team 5 – All Year 9, Language Literature

Demi R., Sienna M., Caitlin H., Ruby Z.

Cav Road Team 6 – Mainly Year 9, Social Science

Olivia A., Sian F.-T., Caitlin M.(Year 8), Jaqhara N., Lily T., Lia T., Jack S.

Cav Road Team 7 – All Year 7, Language Literature

Millie B., Isabelle B., Alisha G., Cara H., Reina V.

Kasia Hayes – Optiminds Coordinator

Student Services

Uniform Correction Hours

Monday, Thursday and Friday
8:15am to 12:15pm
12:45pm to 3:00pm

Tuesday and Wednesday
8:15am to 1:15pm

Important information regarding uniform correction.

Teachers - send students to uniform correction upon arrival at the lesson/PS. This is best practice as it allows the teacher to follow up that the student corrected the uniform, is in the correct uniform and eliminates any further issues.

Students – it is the responsibility of students to ensure returned items are given directly to the Uniform Correction staff (and not left unattended) and entered straight into ID attend (or signed for on the form) to record the item’s return. The student that borrowed the item must physically return it in the same condition. Items are not to be just left around the school or left outside T5.

Procedure for collection

• Any item not returned within 1 week, there will be an email and text sent to the parents.
• Any item not returned within 2 weeks, Student to be sent from class to see Wellbeing.
• Any item not returned within 3 weeks, Deputy Principal to follow up.
• Any item after 4 weeks families will be invoiced for the item.

Any item that is invoiced will be charged that the same rate as a second-hand item from the uniform shop.

Health News: School Based Youth Health Nurse

Communicating with your teenager during adversity or tough times

The recent 2020 events serves us as a reminder that at any time young people can experience adveristy. As adults we can find it difficult to hold tricky conversations about tough times.

The National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health has developed a resource to assit in holding those conversations. This resource will help you prepare for conversations with your teenager about your experience of adversity, so together you can better understand these challenges. The document steps you through:

• understanding how adversity affects you
• thinking about what your teenager notices and experiences and how they make sense of what is happening for you; and
• preparing to talk to your teenager.

Community News

Student Achievement
Clayton Schilg – Lifesaving at its Best

At approximately 2pm on 9 January 2020, Clayton Schilg and his friend Harry went down to Wooyung Beach for a swim. They were only down there for 5-10 minutes when Clayton noticed six people being pulled out in a rip. Clayton had been swimming and body boarding at Wooyung for nearly two weeks and knew they would need to be strong swimmers not to be in big trouble.

Only a minute later Clayton heard them shouting for help. Witness Stephen Watson said he saw Clayton immediately run up the beach to grab an old blue foam surfboard Stephen himself had found washed up on the beach some six months ago. Stephen had written for “emergency use only” on the board and it had been used in a few rescues since.

Clayton grabbed the board and ran back to the water and yelled to Harry to use his mobile phone to ring this Dad and to get assistance. About 30 metres out Clayton passed two of the swimmers that had managed to get onto the sand bank and were making their way independently back in. They said they were okay so Clayton paddled on.

Clayton saw the second group out past the second sand bar, they were now screaming for help, so he paddled out another thirty to forty metres to them.

The four swimmers were all spaced within a ten metre radius. Clayton went to the swimmer who looked to be the most in trouble. Ben has since explained that he was just about to give up. He had taken on a lot of water and was struggling to get any air. Ben grabbed the board and Clayton yelled out to the others to swim the five or so metres to him.

Things turned bad when one of the first swimmers to get to Clayton grabbed him in complete panic and started climbing up Clayton to get some relief. Clayton’s training kicked in and he used the techniques taught in his SRC Course to get free.

Clayton helped Ben onto the board and told the others to hang on to the board. There wasn’t enough room so Clayton got one of the swimmers, Ben’s brother to hang onto his waist.

Clayton called for everyone to kick but they couldn’t, they were all completely spent. While hanging onto both the front of the board and Ben, Clayton started to kick towards the shore. It took about one to two minutes to get to the outer sand bank and Ben’s brother let go and made his way in. Clayton and the other three swimmers couldn’t stand up as the sand kept shifting.

Clayton had to start kicking again, heading for the shore. The others still couldn’t help. In the wave zone, Clayton kept the three swimmers together on the board through a few dumping waves knowing that if he couldn’t control the nose of the board they would all flip, roll or nose dive.

Clayton moved the board into the gutter but was still about 30 metres out and still in fast moving water. He managed to ride on the back of a few waves moving as much as he could to the side of the rip. He kept kicking and talking to the guy’s on the board letting them know they were going to be alright. Finally, they got to about chest deep water when another person came out and helped Clayton pull in the board.

Clayton got Ben to the high water mark and put him in the recovery position while someone called for an ambulance. Another man came over and mentioned that he had his bronze and helped Clayton monitor Ben until a registered nurse came to help.

Ben was taken to Tweed Heads Hospital where he stayed for almost a week while the doctors sorted all the issued that had developed from the amount of water that Ben had swallowed.

Witness, Stephen, contacted the club, stating he was amazed that Clayton took complete control, didn’t panic and knew what to do every step of the way, not only in the water but on the beach as well. Stephen believes that without Clayton’s actions, lives would have been lost.

While this rescue would be outstanding for an experienced lifesaver, it is astonishing that Clayton, 14 at the time of the rescue had only joined TH&C and gained his Surf Rescue Certificate in 2018 travelling down to the club on weekends from Brisbane.

Clayton, a very humble hero, gave credit to the club for giving him lifesaving skills when he completed his Surf Rescue Certificate and did rescue scenarios. Our trainers are all volunteers and spend countless hours teaching lifesaving skills to our members.

Congratulations to Clayton, his family and also to Chief Training Officer Rob Walters and his trainers!

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 more than 1800 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

Fifty Year Reunion – “Class of 1970’

The “Class of 1970” will be holding a reunion on Sunday 18 October 2020 at the Holland Park Sports and Community Club on Abbotsleigh Road, Holland Park. The event will commence from 3.30pm with a game of Barefoot Bowls with a barbecue to follow. If you are interested or require any further information please contact the school on 3394 0777.

HOLLAND PARK JUNIOR CRICKET CLUB

2020/21 Registrations are Open!

Join Online: www.hpjcc.qld.cricket.com.au

More Information: Call Jo on 0418 97 67 97

Our Programs for Boys and Girls

Ages 5 to 8 : 'Junior Blaster' – Learn the skills to play cricket and have fun doing it! Friday Afternoon or Saturday Mornings
Ages 7 to 11 : Master Blaster – Fun, social, safe cricket games – Friday Afternoons
Ages 7 to 16 : Junior Cricket - Play real matches against other clubs with progressive game structures to suit particular ages.
Girls Heat League: Girls Only Cricket Competition
Girls Skills : All Girls welcome to our National Award Winning “Girls Only Zone” Skill Development Sessions – Sunday mornings 8.30 to 10am at Whites Hill Cricket Nets.