26 March 2021

Newsletter Articles

Executive Principal’s Report

Decency, respect, character are all traits we would all wish to see given and received. After a great term 1, I was however moved to have to speak to students on school assembly this week about an ‘old fashioned’ concept: decency, after having to deal lately with errant behaviour of a very few students and some “slippage” in the outward signs of our school culture being diminished as a result. Being ‘decent’ encapsulates a raft of attributes necessary for learning and communing with others. It was a ‘teachable moment’ that I knew had 100% attention: could have “heard a pin drop”. A number of students approached me afterwards and thanked me. Wow! This hits the heart: very decent. The thread follows below.

School is an experience. Not a destination. State schools are essential and even lead the fabric of a decent egalitarian society. Enrolments are “up” in all schools in SE Queensland due to population shift. Of particular interest as Principal at Cav, is that our in-catchment enrolment continues to increase as a proportion of our total enrolment while we continue to attract many out of catchment students. Both are as a result of our reputation and results. Our total enrolment is “up” by 50, or two classes, on last year. For those interested in the maths, a gain of about 2.5% where the “average” gain tends to be about 1%. This week we conducted over 120 enrolment interviews of in-catchment future Cavroadians of approximately 500 applications for 2022.

Recently I reflected with parents at our Year 7 induction and in our first enrolment information evening for 2022 a concept acquired in my early years as a Principal of a primary school of looking at schooling through the eyes of the child/student. At Cav our young people have opportunity, care and expert teaching and learning proven by not only the end results, but by the experience had along the way, comparable to any of the “best” schools.

Wellbeing is a priority at Cav Road to foster that idea of school being a positive experience. Being and having a good “headspace” is a right. At Cav we invest heavily in programs and people, to foster and grow a great school culture where students feel safe, have a sense of belonging and esteem. Young people who make choices to work against the greater good receive pointed instruction to adopt new ways. Culture is our first priority written large in our strategic and annual school plans, for without a great culture our school can have the best teachers and best facilities and best intentions and it all be undone. Respect, courtesy and care for others is not only expected but expected to be reciprocated. Discipline. Not the “good old fashioned” kind, that wasn’t that “good”, but the kind that is compassionate, supportive and nonetheless consistent in applying consequences where those mores are breached.

Our wellbeing plan, program and peer support time given in our daily and weekly program are geared to make the school experience of every Cavroadian uplifting in many ways. It is authentic. Amidst all the great stuff Cavroadians have done this first term includes students connecting with the broader community such as Shave for a Cure, Big Sleep Out for the homeless, 38 Kokoda Challenge teams this year, Year 7 Camp learning and demonstrating their respect and even empathy for others in challenging circumstance. Wellbeing for others and not only for oneself.

I believe in transparency. Transparency builds trust. Teenagers are no different than when I went to school, or when their parents or grandparents went to school. We make mistakes, take risks, especially when growing up, make poor choices occasionally, and often egocentricities blur our vision of the greater good. Recently I fielded 2 ‘complaints’, (dare I say it, of a school of almost 2000 students and almost 50 school days so far some may say is remarkably few) of the conduct of Cav Road students. I take all matters like these seriously because no Cavroadian should be demonstrating anti-social behaviours and certainly I don’t wish to see our reputation sullied. Unfortunately as a result, some inaccurate generalizations were made of our school and students as the examples given demonstrate. But two is two too many.

Living in a perfect world may seem impossible, or even naive to think we could, but it will only occur by design and application. Lamenting that it isn’t, and harkening to “good old days” and failing to recognise the good in young people gets us nowhere. Recently on school assembly I was disappointed that the acclamation and applause for female presenters on International Women’s’ Day, by a number of middle years boys. I’m referring to 10% of the population gathered. The other 90% were on board. The glass is 90% full.

We clearly have more work to do as a school community, but also as a nation, to embrace true equity, equality, respect and recognition for all. To have to even have this conversation (in third decade of the 21st century) with regard to women is of itself embarrassing. We are making progress, but we aren’t there yet. We can do better.

Girls at Cav fill the majority of leadership positions, outperform boys in most curriculum areas and on par with boys in Maths and Science. This isn’t just ‘me’ pursuing a “politically correct“ agenda, it is just decent behaviour towards fellow human beings. It is what we all would want for our child’s school experience no matter their sex, gender, cultural background or circumstance. At Cav we expect and model high standards of conduct, compassion, ethics and respect. State schools lead the way.

Beyond the etiquette of good manners and compliance to authority as perceived benchmarks of respect or ‘standards of decency’ some of our young people need safety nets. Put simply, our children deserve to be happy and safe and a strong sense of belonging. That’s everybody’s business. Who could argue with that?

I would ask all parents and care-givers to have this conversation at home, beyond “are you behaving yourself and being respectful (at school)?” It looks, feels, acts like….

Richard Usher BA LLB Dip Teach
Executive Principal

Head of School

Darren Beebe

On Monday 1 March the school celebrated and recognised the 2021 Senior and Junior student leaders at a full school assembly. The Senior Prefects, Vice-Captains and Captains as well as the Junior Leaders received a certificate of recognition in the presence of family members and special guests.

The morning was attended by Krista Adams (Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Holland Park Ward) and Kumar Thaivarayan (P&C President)

Congratulations to our 2021 leaders. We look forward to all of you making a great contribution during the year.

The 2021 School Captain, Rafe P, was recently crowned as a Lions Youth of the Year in one of the local branches. Congratulations Rafe! Following this, Rafe participated at the district level with students from three other local schools where he participated in an interview in the morning followed by delivering a prepared speech in the afternoon. Participants are also given a very challenging task of responding to two additional “impromptu” questions to the audience without time to prepare a response.

Rafe delivered an excellent speech and performed in a very accomplished way at both of these events.

Congratulations Rafe!

The process for 2022 Year 7 enrolments has commenced with expressions of interest to-date indicating that, once again, a significant number of applications will be received for our limited vacancies. Enrolment interviews commenced on Tuesday 23 March focussing on the in-catchment applicants at this first round. Subsequent rounds of interview afternoons will occur on Tuesday 18 May and Tuesday 8 June.

Invitations to these interviews for the out-of- catchment applicants will start arriving, via email, by the beginning Term 2.

Invitations to participate in trials for the academy programs (iMEX, Football, Netball and Touch Football) will also start arriving early next term. These trials typically occur in May and June each year.

The school plans to make the first round of offers to the “In-Catchment” applicants at the end of term 2 in June followed by the “out-=

If you have a child to enrol for Year 7 2022, whether it be the sibling of an existing student or a new enrolment and you are yet to express interest, please contact Barbara Anders, our Enrolments Officer on 3394 0777, as soon as possible.

Head of School

Catherine McCarthy

Inclusion Policy

The Cav Rd community aims to provide a safe and supportive environment where all students can learn free from discrimination based on gender, language, sexual orientation, culture, ethnicity, religion, health, disability or socioeconomic background. We support the Department of Education Inclusive Education Policy and have school based policy that reflects the department objectives of ensuring students can access and fully participate in learning, alongside their similar-aged peers, supported by reasonable adjustments and teaching strategies tailored to meet their individual needs.

Of particular importance is the link between inclusion and wellbeing. All students will experience better mental health and wellbeing if they feel safe and supported at school. The department identifies specific student groups who experience barriers to inclusion. Cavendish Road State High school has a comprehensive wellbeing plan including practices that address the wellbeing and inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students; Students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; Students who identify as LGBTIQAP+; Students living in out-of-home care; Students with disability; Students with mental health needs; and Gifted and talented students.

We are currently updating our existing school inclusion policy to capture the specific practices put in place for the groups above. A community version will be accessible on the website after the Easter holidays for you to view.

You can read more about the department of education inclusive education policy here:

Shave for a Cure

The Cav Rd community continues to bring out the best in our students. The most recent Shave for a Cure event is evidence of this. While there will be more detailed information in further newsletter articles, I wanted to highlight the incredible efforts of the students and staff who organised and participated in what was a great Friday event on A parade. It was a delight to be involved and shave many student’s heads, and Mr Brent’s beard!! At the time of print, the fundraising is well over $12000; another fantastic effort by the Cav Road community.

Dropping off and Picking up students and Road Safety

Parents/Carers dropping off and picking up students must do so safely and without driving into the school grounds. There have been some instances where congestion has backed on to main roads when the entry to staff carparks have been blocked. Parents/Carers are not permitted to use any school entry, including Gate 10 at the back of the Performing Arts Centre to drop off or pick up students without permission from the Facilities Manager.

Another reminder to our community to take time and be aware of parking restrictions around the school. Brisbane City Council officers have been visible in recent weeks, enforcing the signed restrictions, in particular along Cavendish road at the front of the school.

Parents and Citizens’ (P and C) Association

Welcome to our new P&C Executives

We are thrilled to welcome some new faces to our team, elected at the AGM on 16 March. We wish to thank new and returning executives for volunteering and are excited by their ideas for 2021. A special thank you to outgoing executives, Adrian Relf (Secretary) and Melanie Rieger (VP Comms) for their years of generous support to the school through the P&C.

Community & Musical Events

We are recommencing community events this year, so stay tuned as we prepare to launch a new parents’ event and a movie night in Term 2. Updates will be posted on Facebook. Follow or like us at Parents FB page.

Just Announced

We have been successful in obtaining a grant from the Community Gambling Fund, to purchase $29,750 of musical instruments this year. 2021 will also see the return of popular musical events, which have been on hold during hall construction and COVID restrictions. If you have music students or would like to be involved come along to our next meeting in April. Save the dates (below) for CRIMS events on this year.

• CRIMS meeting – 19 April, 7pm PAC (Performing Arts Complex)
• Soiree – 5 May
• Night of Music – 1 June (to Include World Premiere of “Green Machine”)
• Arts on the Green – 23 July
• Gala Concert – 24 August
• Cav-Quest – 14 October
• Music Camp – 5-7 November

Parent Volunteers

We need helpers for all sorts events or in the canteen and uniform shop. We don’t need large time commitments – any time you can give is greatly appreciated. To find out more please make contact via the form on the school website under “Community” in the menus. See link Registration of Interest or email us at pandcsecretary.cavrd@gmail.com.

Photo: Canteen staff and volunteer Lisa Woolridge and a special thank you to art student Ruby for drawing our beautiful menu board (pictured) during her lunch breaks.

Canteen

The canteen is currently working on the winter menu for next term. A reminder that lunches can be pre-ordered before school to save time during breaks.

Both canteen and uniform purchases can be made using student ID cards (once set up in MSA with credit loaded). For students unsure about their ID cards, they can come by in the morning to make sure it is properly set up with the correct number. We are finding lots of cards aren’t set up correctly and it’s best to avoid the busy lunch time service to give us time to sort out any issues.

Find links to get started on My Student Account (MSA) on the uniform shop page of the school website. For accounts set up in previous years, please to assist our staff by updating the student’s year level on MSA.

Uniform Shop

With winter approaching it’s busier in the uniform shop, so ordering winter jackets, track pants and scarves online would be much appreciated. Students can try on the items and exchange if needed for another size. Please remind your students to collect their orders as soon as possible.

Second hand – options for buying / selling: Uniforms can be donated to the uniform shop or student services. These are provided to families in need, with excess stock sold in the uniform shop. There are no online orders for these items and stocks are limited, so please purchase in store.

Alternatively, a private Facebook group for families to buy and sell second hand uniforms, is administered by the P&C, however, we do not take responsibility for transactions. To apply for membership go to the Cav Rd P&C Facebook page, look for 2nd Hand Uniform group under “groups”, click “join group” and answer the questions. An administrator will approve as soon as possible.

Meetings

With two General Meetings and the annual (AGM) held already, it has been lovely seeing our members in person again. We will continue the option to join meetings online via Teams, allowing flexibility for more parents to stay connected. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 18 May at 7pm in the Resource Centre. If you would like to be added to our mailing list and receive copies of our minutes and agenda please email pandcsecretary.cavrd@gmail.com.

Happy Easter Holidays!

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

Finance

Cavendish School is 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. American Express not accepted.

CentrePay Deductions

Please contact our Finance Team to discuss this option.

Finance Team

Guidance Support Team

Supporting Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

Stress and anxiety, are normal factors in everybody’s life, however when they become unmanageable, they can hinder performance, get in the way of our goals, and as a result impact success at school and further on in life. Teaching young people how to manage stress and anxiety, is an essential life skill. Additionally, young people who feel safe and supported at home, and have a strong connection to family, have an increased security in day to day activities such as school. Providing the best environment for can include, connections to family and friends in social settings. While it is normal for young people to feel stressed, sad, worried and angry, allowing them to understanding how they feel, by talking about their feelings, can help to manage their emotions. By modelling problem solving and conflict resolution and teaching effective communication, young people will develop social skills to connect with peers and develop relationships. Other important factors to support mental health and wellbeing include; exercise, eating healthy foods and drinking lots of water, having hobbies and activities that they enjoy, getting a good night’s sleep regularly and practicing routines around organisation, homework and preparedness for school.

For further information on getting support for young people’s wellbeing and mental health search and visit beyond blue, youth beyond blue, headspace, parentline and student wellbeing hub.

General enquires can be made to 2025_GuidanceOfficer@eq.edu.au

Guidance Team – Jane Larson, Michael Lynch, Rob Stewart and Alycia Wilkinson

Senior Schooling

ATAR Estimate Interviews

Over the past few weeks, I have been conducting ATAR Estimate interviews with the Year 12 ATAR Eligible students. The purpose of the interview is to provide the students with a possible ATAR range that they may be capable of achieving and strategies they can apply to their studies this year to enable them to achieve the required ATAR to gain entry into University. Students have received their individual interview sheet and have been encouraged to share this information with their teachers and family members. We will be doing another calculation after the students’ IA1 results have been confirmed by QCAA in June. Students will then receive an updated estimate which they will be able to use to guide their career decisions in their QTAC meetings with the Guidance Officers in Term 3.

Year 11 Work Experience

Our Year 11 students who are not attending the Leadership camp will participate in 4 days of work experience from Tuesday 27 April to Friday 30 April. Students have received their workplace agreement forms which are to be signed by parent, student and employer before being returned to Jodie Anderson in K16 this week. All paperwork should now have been returned to Senior Schooling. If your student has not returned the paperwork, please ensure that the document is signed and have the student return it to K16 no later than Tuesday 30 March.

We are very fortunate to have our students visiting some excellent work experience placements this year. For the most part, students have been placed in a work experience venue that meets their intended career path. I would also like to extend my personal thanks to the parents in our school community who have made generous offers to host some of our students this year. We are very grateful for your support and hope that this will be the start of a long term relationship with your business to provide placements for our students in the future.

I wish all of our Year 11 students all the very best for their work experience week. I am looking forward to hearing their stories of what they have learned and to celebrate any opportunities that may be extended to them during the course of the week.

Attendance – Weeks 9 and 10 of Term 1

Students are to check their attendance app regularly to ensure that they are above 95%. Attendance in every lesson every day for the remainder of Term 1 is crucial to their performance. There will be some exams scheduled in Week 10 for Year 11 and 12 students so it is important that students are present at school.

My best wishes to all of our students and families for a very Happy Easter and enjoy your well-earned holiday break.

Karyn Trapp - HOD Senior School

Year 7 News

Ballet dancer, Mist Copeland once said that, “Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.” A truer statement has never been made, especially when you look back on the achievements of our Year 7 student’s in term 1.

This term we have seen our Year 7s face the challenges of a new school, new peers and new subjects. In addition to these challenges, we also asked them to attend the Year 7 camp in week 5. They have accepted these challenges and have been willing to take a leap of faith into the unknown and you can see the significant growth across term 1. Along the way they have created friendships and accessed support networks that will continue to guide them throughout their time at Cav Road.

Our youngest Cavroadians have demonstrated the very definition of resilience, commitment, courage and persistence and these characteristics were also on full display during camp.

I have never been prouder of a group of students than I was during our time at camp. I saw so many instances of leadership and kindness that, at times, I was blown away by their character. I saw people cheering on their classmates when they thought they couldn’t get any higher on the rock-climbing wall. I saw students stopping to check in with people if they were upset. I saw people selflessly giving up their turn at archery to show another how to shoot. I even had students coming to me and asking if I needed assistance with any of the activities. All students worked tirelessly to make sure that this camp was the best it could be and they truly are ‘nothing but the best’. With the continued support of family, teachers, friends and peers I have no doubt that our Year 7s will continue to flourish throughout the remainder of our school year.

Jessica Roberts – Year 7 Dean
jcrob0@eq.edu.au irect staffroom phone: 3394 0731

Year 10 News

Year 10 Rite of Passage

The Year 10 Rite of Passage being run as part of their Pastoral Care Programme has started with a bang! A number of our students have elected to commit to attending fitness sessions before and after school with our Head of Student Wellbeing, Mr Faulkner. In doing so, they are striving to attain some personal goals but, more importantly, further develop characteristics such as teamwork, commitment, resilience and perseverance. Those students who have committed to completing the Kokoda Challenge have continued to impress in their efforts and determination during the practice walks on a Wednesday afternoon and we had 70 students attend the first session of Eat Up on 08 March. Eat Up is a non-profit organisation that provides school lunches to those students who might otherwise have nothing to eat during the day. Our students created a fast-moving production line of sandwich makers and made 1600 sandwiches in less than one hour. It was great to see them all working to make a difference in the lives of others and it was all done whilst maintaining a smile on their faces. Further sessions will run towards the end of term 1 and into term 2. Other students committed to participate in charitable events such as World’s Greatest Shave and some have attended their first Duke of Edinburgh camp. We look forward to celebrating our students’ successful completion of their chosen Rite of Passage later in the school year and watching them grow as they endeavour to fulfil the commitments that they have made to you and, more importantly, to themselves.

Sarah Potter - Year 10 Dean

The Arts

ART - Senior Excursion to GOMA and Queensland Art Gallery

As part of their senior visual art curriculum, year 11 students attended an excursion on Thursday 18th February to GOMA (Galley of Modern Art) and the Queensland Art Gallery. Currently students are working through the unit titled “Art as Lens”, which requires them to explore different lenses to the material world. The students began this process by creating new ways of thinking, meaning and representations of their material world through problem solving and communicating ideas using a personal and contemporary context.

During their visit to both galleries students were not only able to view many artworks and artists exploring various views on their material world, they were also very fortunate to participate in a workshop with contemporary Australian artist Abdul Abdullah. His works are renowned throughout the world and as his primary concern is with the experience of minorities and marginalised groups within our society. Students were given a one on one drawing lesson with the artist, taking in many important tips on how the artist begins his own portraits.

We hope students continue use such artists to inspire their work over this year as we look forward to seeing what amazing work they will produce.

Angie Carrara and Gabrielle Demisch – Art Teachers

Art Student Gives Back to the Community

Year 12 student Ruby R. shows her creative ability with a new design of the canteen menu board.

Vicki Schafer – Art Teacher

DRAMA

Year 11 – Welcome to ATAR

A rambunctious group of bright-eyed Year 11s have spent the term coming to grips with the senior drama syllabus, and all of its rigorous demands. Students have been tasked with creating their own original “Verbatim Theatre” concept. They will apply skills of analysis, evaluation, conceptualising, and storyboarding. Students have been tackling this new syllabus head-on and have been creating engaging and exciting works which will challenge, educate, and inspire audiences. Keep up the great work Year 11!

Kyra and Miles helping Harrison stage his Verbatim Theatre concept

Year 7 and 8 Performance Assessment

7C Drama - Troy, Macy and Natalie

Grades 7 and 8 recently completed their first piece of assessment in Drama – performing onstage in front of a live audience! The young thespians rose to the challenge and came to their performance date with lines learnt, theatre blacks donned, and prompt books completed. Grade 8M was particularly impressive, with the highest ever results being awarded for the first time in Junior Drama history. We cannot wait to see what these promising young performers bring to the table next. With Year 8 Drama embracing the wild and wacky world of Commedia Dell’arte, it’s sure to be a memorable term 2!

8M Drama - Caiden and Harley
8M Drama - Veronica, Jade and Lucas

DRAMA CLUB – Thursday first break

Drama club has started with 64 students participating in various activities on a weekly basis.

Students are engaging in a range of dramatic styles led by year senior students. This is a wonderful opportunity for senior students to demonstrate established skills and role model to our junior students the confidence and knowledge that comes from loving your subject area.

DANCE CLUB – Friday first break

The Performing Arts Building is bursting with jazz shoes and loud music. Dance club has begun and the students are loving the space, the mirrors, the floor and the opportunity to explore dance within the school. Thanks goes to our senior students who are also leading junior students in technique and immersing students into forms and styles of dance.

Toni Ryan and Holly Banks – Drama Teachers

English

This term our Year 12 English Essential students have been reading the play “Slammed” by Stefanie Brooke Harper. The text explores social issues that affect several relatable characters. As the lives and hardships of the characters begin to collide, it becomes clear that if we take time to look beyond the surface, most people we know are being ‘slammed’ in one way or another. Awareness and empathy become essential as the characters navigate their way through the challenges life presents them with. Our Year 12 students have thoroughly enjoyed the play and have taken turns reading the script in class. It has initiated passionate and powerful conversation around these issues.

Students have been given the task of choosing one of these issues and creating a public awareness campaign for their assessment. Several students in 12A have chosen to raise awareness about mental health in young males. We were fortunate to speak to one of the Marsden SHS graduate students who established a similar campaign years ago at his school raising awareness about the same issue. Jake spoke to our students about the origins of the Mates Talk Change (#MTC) program and the positive outcomes of its implementation for not only himself, but many young males that have since attended his high school. The legacy of this campaign has inspired many of our students to create engaging and confronting texts for their own campaigns which we look forward to sharing with our school community.

Nicola Larmore – Teacher

Health and Physical Education

The Cav Road Homelessness Sleep-In

There is nothing like starting the school year off with a positive contribution to our community in order to help those less fortunate than ourselves. Which is exactly what fifty Cav Rd students, including the two senior health classes did during Week 6. As part of their IA1 assessment piece, the Year 12 Health team organised, what will hopefully become, an annual ‘Cav Sleep-In’ event. This homelessness innovation aimed to create awareness and provide much needed essentials to those sleeping rough within our community. The essential items were collected over a 4 week period leading up the event to be packed into boxes called ‘Give a Kits’, through a partnership with The Salvation Army these fifty boxes that were packed with hygiene products were distributed to individuals sleeping rough in the Valley and also families that have been displaced in the Logan area.

The most powerful item that went into the ‘Give a Kits’ was a hand written letter from the Sleep- In participants. Some of the letters were so genuine and brought a few tears to the student’s eyes as they were writing them. This activity during the Sleep-in allowed the students to change their perceptions of those that are considered homeless and ultimately change their health behaviours in the future.

Overall the Sleep-In was a success and in fact the title needs to be changed as majority of students opted to brave the night time weather and sleep outside of the school hall. We thank the Cav Road community for their support and copious donations. If you missed out contributing this time do not to worry as together with the Salvation Army we plan on bringing back this event next year and hopefully many more to come.

Georgina Amos – HPE Teacher

Modcrosse

This term a very enthusiastic group of Year 9 girls have been jumping on a bus each Tuesday afternoon to try their hand at Modcrosse. With little experience prior, the girls took the opportunity to learn something new and apply skills they have learnt from their more favoured sports of Netball, Touch and Football and apply them in a Modcrosse setup. They haven’t shied away when they know they are generally going to be facing male opposition each week but have taken it to the boys and seen it as a challenge to show how skilful and capable they are.

Rochedale SHS have been fantastic competitors and it has been great seeing the improvement from all students involved. Above all, the girls are doing an incredible job of showing how to get in and give something a red hot go and how to still respect the opposition and coaches whilst having a tonne of fun at the same time. I remember Lucy telling me at the end of our first week, ‘My stomach hurts from laughing so much. It is so much fun!’ Keep up the great work ladies!!! Local clubs will be hunting down your names for sure!

Belinda Stickney – HPE Teacher

Humanities

Legal Studies Year 11

On the 22 February, the Year 11 Legal Studies class went on an excursion to the Queensland District and Supreme Court Complex. We were able to meet the Honourable Justice Morrison who works as a judge on the Queensland Court of Appeal. He talked about his life as a barrister and his journey to becoming a judge.

Our class was lucky enough to be able to ask him questions about his work, the courts, and the law. He gave us valuable insight into pursuing law as a career pathway as well as the difficult decisions that judges must make. We then ventured into various courtrooms to view criminal and civil cases. Sitting inside a courtroom was a surreal experience, because we sat directly behind the defendant in the public gallery.

Some of us explored the Supreme Court Library – we’ve never seen so many old books before! The Supreme Court Library Curator gave us a helpful presentation on how to conduct legal research. This was very beneficial for us as we will apply these research techniques for future research assignments both in high school and in university.

Malika D. and Bonnie N. – Year 11 Students

Modern History MANIA

Year 11 Modern History students have jumped straight into their senior study by looking at the ideologies that led to the outbreak of WWI. In groups, students were to create posters that reflected each of the causes of war as well as creating an analogy and original symbol to depict this. One of the analogies for militarism was: “Militarism is like an Easter egg hunt because: it is competitive, everyone has their eye on the prize and people will become violent to win”

Laura Signorini - Teacher

Languages - German

Karneval! Fasching! Fasnacht!

This month we celebrated Karneval with our junior classes. Karneval is known as Germany’s 5th season which traditionally begins on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11 minutes past the 11th hour. It comes to a peak on Rosenmontag (Rose Monday) with celebrations in every city and village. The biggest parade happens in Köln (Cologne), although this year, Covid 19 cancelled this centuries old tradition. Faschingsdienstag (Shrove Tuesday) marks the end of most festivities followed by the beginning of Lent on Aschermittwoch (Ash Wednesday). Similarly, we spent a week creating masks and enjoying a more light-hearted program before we now begin the season of exams/assignments. We will end the term looking at German Easter traditions and can’t believe a whole term of the year will already be over and done with!

In the meantime, our Year 11 students have recently completed their first senior assessment (FA1) and Year 12 students are busily preparing to sit their IA2, which is their biggest internal assessment. We wish them viel Glück und viel Erfolg!

Jinnie Pettersen – German Teacher

Mathematics

Pi Day

On Monday 15 March we celebrated our annual Pi Day event. Since its inception in 2017 the numbers of students involved continues to grow and records continue to tumble.

The day comprised of three major events and some fun lunchtime activities.

The largest event is the Maths Teams Challenge is when groups of four students compete against their year level peers across three problem solving events. This year we had our largest number of competitors to date with over 270 students competing across six year levels. It was so big we could no longer run the competition in the resource centre and moved to the sports hall. It was a tremendous sight to witness 270 students willingly give up their day to solve mathematical problems for three hours. Our list of winners in 2021 include the following:

Year 7

1st Team 5 - Indiana D., Khaled G.a, Indee W., Sophie V.

Year 8

1st Team 13 - Sejin O., Millie B., Alisha G., Nadia J.

Year 9

1st Team 5 - Chloe A., Axel J., Jake I., Mani-Rose C.

Year 10

1st Team 3 - Jaden S., Jithamanyu P. M., Chilion M., Finley W.

Year 11

1st Team 3 - Andy C., Leo D., Nathan N., Tobias T.

Year 12

1st Team 1 - Patrick A, Michael D, Quinn O., Ethan W.

Our second event was the annual Pi Recital where students are challenged to remember Pi to as many places as they can. Pi is a transcendental number which means it does not have pattern and each number must be remembered individually and is never ending. Our first winner back in 2017 remembered Pi to 181 decimal places which we thought would be hard to beat. That record fell the next year and has continued to fall each year amassing a massive 373 digits last year. So we again wondered if it could be toppled.

A Year 7 student Emily B. posted 84 places before a veteran competitor Thomas U. raised the bar to 255. There was word on the street the Aparna K. who holds the Yr 7 record at 250 places might do a little better this year and she certainly did. Aparna recited Pi to 1001 decimal places! A truly remarkable feat that smashed the records over the last four years. Given she is in Year 8 I can only wonder where she might get to in years to come.

The third competition is the Rubik’s Cube challenge. Students in this competition are challenged to solve the cube in the shortest amount of time possible. Last year Andy C came in a close second but did one better this year to take out the title with an impressive time of 29.8 seconds. Most of us can’t solve the cube let alone complete it in such little time. Well done Andy.

This year we also ran a hot pie store and a friendly teacher and student competition during second break. After a number of elimination rounds the top teacher emerged victorious. Mr Evans taking out first place amongst competing staff.

It was another magical Pi Day. We are thankful to teach such inspiring students and appreciate the work done by teachers, our STEM captains and facilities staff to make such an event possible. We are already planning a bigger and better event in 2021.

Terry Moran – HOD Mathematics

Indigenous Program News

Beyond the Broncos Program

The ‘Beyond the Broncos’ Program aims to provide support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 7-12 to stay in school, complete their senior studies and prepare for the transition into further education and employment. The Program operates with high expectations for effort, behaviour, achievement and commitment.

We are fortunate to again have this Program at Cav Road in 2021 to support our Indigenous students. Nikau Terupe, Broncos Program Support Officer, attends each Thursday to meet and mentor students, and also assists to deliver workshops each term. Nikau is based in the Indigenous Room (L14).

Twenty-five Indigenous students participated in the official Program launch and Term 1 workshop on 18 February. Broncos Ambassadors Scott Prince, Darius Boyd and Ali Briggenshaw delivered the workshop, which centred around the theme ‘Tiny Habits, Big Results’. A special thank you to our Junior Indigenous Prefects, Zaliyah S. and Trinity O., for performing the Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners, and to Keanu H. for playing the didgeridoo to welcome students and Broncos staff.

QATSIF Scholarships

The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation, known as QATSIF, is an independent public trust established to provide young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders with a secure funding source to assist students in their senior years of education.

QATSIF's initial capital was created through the toil of previous generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders. This capital has been invested by QATSIF's Trustee, the Public Trustee of Queensland, and the annual interest provides an income stream for scholarships and bursaries. QATSIF’s QCE Scholarship Program provides scholarship funding to support students undertaking Year 11 and 12.

Congratulations to the following Year 11 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who have been awarded Round 12 QATSIF QCE Scholarships - Jayde B., Kyam B., K’Sharn C., Zac C., Sienna McC., Malachi P., Brooke P., Taleisha S., Jayliah S., Carlo S. and Hayden W..

Thank you to Malachi, Taliesha, Jayliah and Hayden for representing Cav Road at the QATSIF New Recipient’s Celebration at the Australian Catholic University on 25 February.

Kym Ford - Indigenous Liaison Officer

International

EQI Global Schools Challenge

Cavendish Road State High is usually involved with Education Qld International’s (EQI) Study Tour program. This is where students and teachers from schools overseas come and spend between 1 – 14 days visiting our school. Due to COVID and the flight restrictions this has not been possible.

So EQI devised the EQI Global Schools Challenge which is an international competition providing high school students with a unique opportunity to partner with Queensland Government schools and present solutions to global issues. The challenge aligns with the

United Nations’ sustainable development goals.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• develop their cultural awareness by sharing cultural and global perspectives,
• enhance their global leadership and entrepreneurial skills while navigating global issues; and
• experience the Queensland classroom through various interactive and collaborative sessions.

There were three categories – Cultural Leadership, Environmental Sustainability and Entrepreneurship. Schools were partnered with a school in either Japan, China, or Italy. The overseas school selected the category. We were partnered with Junten High from Tokyo – who have visited Cavendish Road for the last 5 years. They chose Environmental Sustainability.

Challenge question: What can we do to improve environmental sustainability in our country and the world?

The project ran from 6 – 19 March. It had to run for 3 – 4 minutes and offer possible solutions to the problem.

We had 13 students from Years 7 – 12 take part. Junten had 24 students. We broke up into 12 teams – 2 Junten and 1 Cav Rd student (one group was lucky and had 2 of our students). Initially the students were in the one room viewing a PowerPoint about some possible issues. They then decided on their topic. Groups had one week to prepare their presentation. The following Monday we viewed all of the 12 presentations and then voted on the one they would like to represent both schools. “Plastics in the Ocean” produced by Fiona D. from Cav Rd and Rumina M. and Koharu T. was the winner. Over the remainder of the week more research was conducted and the PowerPoint refined. The last step was the adding of voice. This was all completed late on Friday afternoon. Junten then had to upload the collaboration to the designated site.

Congratulations to the following students for their involvement and for staying back at school until 4:30 pm to complete the project:

Year 7 – Adelaide H. and Eve R.
Year 8 – Alisha G.
Year 9 – Vivian N.
Year 10 – Nicole C., Nira P.
Year 11 – Nathan N., Fiona D., Tuavana H., Sarita C.
Year 12 – Frank T., Gary N., Frank N.

EQI will be announcing the winning schools in each category as well as an overall winner on 1 April.

The submission made by Cav Rd with Junten is on the school website if you are interested in viewing it.

Maria Masselos – HOD Languages and ISP

Sport @ Cav Road

It has all been happening these past few weeks here in Sport at Cav Road. Our students continue to impress and represent their school exceptionally.

Interschool and Recreational Sport

We roll into our 6th Round of sport this week. Students are expected to represent the 5 Cs of a Cavrodian at all times – that is; on the field, on the buses and being respectful to all. Play to the best of their ability, being humble – no matter the result of the game. All students are to be actively engaged in a sport and regularly attending that sport each week. District Finals for Interschool Summer Sport will occur in Week 2 of Term 2, so it is essential our teams continue to make every game count in these remaining weeks.

2021 Cav Road Cross Country

Thursday 1 April (last day of Term 1), will be our Cav Road Cross Country, at Whites Hill Reserve. There will be two courses on the day – a CHAMPIONSHIP course and a PARTICIPATION course. The Championship course is aimed at those students aspiring for the district trials and for age-champion consideration. Students can only compete in the one race on the day. There is still plenty of time to plan your house outfits. This will be a whole school event, with all classes walking to Whites Hill Reserve for races to begin by 10:00am. All events will be finished approximately by 11:30am, allowing students a lunch break when they return to school. The day will finish with shortened Period 3 & 4 lessons. This will be a COVID safe event, with no spectators permitted to attend the venue. If your child has not returned their Sports Carnivals Permission Form, please ensure these are returned promptly for their involvement. It is not compulsory to participate in our Sports Carnivals at Cav Road, but we do expect all students to attend and be part of such a wonderful schooling experience. More details to follow in the coming weeks.

Cav Road Sport Team

Should you have any questions about our weekly Recreational or Interschool Sport Programs, please contact the appropriate coordinator.

• Junior Recreational Sport Coordinator – Mr Michael Kalpakidis
  - Year 7, 8 & 9 Recreational Sport
• Senior Recreational Sport Coordinator – Mr Mitchell Baker
  - Year 10, 11 & 12 Recreational Sport
• Sport Director – Ms Nikki Bairstow
  - Interschool Sport, South District, Mt Gravatt District & Met East Trials

Representative Sports Trials

Across a range of sports, students performing at a high ability level may nominate to trial at district / regional representative levels. Students must collect official paperwork from Ms Nikki Bairstow in W Block. Approaching trials are advertised through student emails and daily notices.

Sport Dates

High level sporting success

If your child has represented Queensland, Australia or Senior age State League Competition in the past 18 months to 2 years in any sport, please contact Ms Bairstow (Sport Director). We are exploring how we can better support all high-level athletes across our school.

Financial Sport Funding

Financial assistance information is available through the Metropolitan East Regional School Sport website. Be sure to check your child’s eligibility using the criteria provided before beginning the application process. Click on the link-

School Sport Australia Statement

Yesterday we were notified by School Sport Australia (SSA) (see below) that due to the uncertainly of the COVID-19 virus there will be no SSA national events in 2021. Whilst this was not unexpected it is disappointing for all concerned.

“It is with regret that School Sport Australia is cancelling all 2021 School Sport Australia National Championships. The Board considered that running Championships in 2021 was not viable because of the ongoing volatility caused by COVID-19 outbreaks, hot spot declarations and border closures. School Sport Australia’s priority is on the wellbeing of students, teachers and other officials.

The complex implications caused by the possibility of sudden border closures while teams were out of their home state, weighed heavily on the Board’s decision. Several Education Departments are not yet prepared to endorse interstate travel for students and staff. This is making it challenging to confirm existing Championship hostings and impossible to secure new dates to reschedule the twenty-seven events on the School Sport Australia calendar for later in the year.

School Sport Australia sends its utmost appreciation to each of the States and Territories who have been involved in the planning and preparation for the Championships that were to be held this year. Each State and Territory will continue its program of intrastate activities and we wish them well with these programs. We are optimistic about a resumption in 2022.”

GO CAV!
Ms Nikki Bairstow – Sport Director (nbair4@eq.edu.au)

Touch Football Academy

IN TOUCH – March

Hello and welcome to the first edition of the 2021 In Touch. This section of the school newsletter helps us to recognise and celebrate team and individual successes of all students in the Touch Football Academy. This segment will also be an opportunity for me to keep you updated with events, training days and special occasions that our Touch students are involved in.

Welcome Year 7s

We are super excited to welcome 22 year 7 students into the program this year. We look forward to developing each individual and helping them achieve their touch goals for 2021 and beyond.

Touch Captains

Congratulations to Jessica W. and Ava A. who are our hard working Touch Captains. They have some exciting new projects on the table, and we look forward to them leading the academy this year.

Boys Club Finals

Four Cav Rd boys team have been competing in season one at BMTA for the last 6 weeks. Each night they play double headers across the 13, 15 and Opens division. Last Friday was semi and grand finals and all teams played some classy footy in wet and slippery conditions.

The Avalanches made up of 12 boys from year 7 won their semi final easily and cruised into a big win in the GF on the back of some quality rucking and good ball control. Well done boys and a big thanks to Mr Cross who has spent time developing the boys this season and Mr Lynch who stepped in for the finals. In addition, Geoff (father of Lucas) thanks for managing the team this season.

The Clash (15 year boys team) played a very strong Churchie team in the semi-final and went down in a drop off. The improvement and resilience shown by the boys is commendable and a big thanks to Alex (Kingston’s dad) and Chad (Alex’s dad) who coached the team and Jodie (Troy’s mum) that managed, we sincerely thanks you for all your time and positive energy.

The second 15 boy’s team ‘The Strikers’ were successful in the semi-final and had to work hard to stay in the grand final game. Chili, Max, Kyan and Ivah were sensational in organising the team around the paddock and set up five of the tries. However, a few mistakes on the line meant the opposition had several chances to score. They went down 7 tries to 5. Well done gents and thanks to Amanda (Kyans’s mum) who managed and Tony O (a dear old friend) that coached to the boys and really helped them believe in their ability.

The Open boys have been outstanding this season winning convincingly each week. They cruised through the semi-finals by creating many opportunities from hard running and good ball movement. The Grand Final proved the boys are a forced to be reckoned with, scoring 14 tries and conceding just one. What we love about these boys is the fact they have been playing together for years, they play because they are mates and friendship matters. They love the sport, they respect each other and the opposition and it was a pleasure to see them come together again this season and represent our school with pride. A big thanks to coach, Mr Ken Willet an old boy who attended Cav Rd back in the day and Wade (Heath’s dad) for managing.

Boys Coaching

Appreciation to the following boys who coached junior teams this season. The Southern Storm Touch club and their respective teams are very grateful for stepping up and providing a quality coaching experience for many young boys. Edward and Azaria A., Kyan S. and Daniel W., Noah J., Max S. and Kai S. who stepped in on occasions to help when some teams needed back up, and Jake I. and Will A. I received a wonderful email from the U11 Falcons team thanking Will and Jake for coaching

Dear Cathy

‘Just wanted to say thanks for putting forward Will and Jake to coach our U11 SS Falcons team.

This was the boys first year together as a team and some of them are still only 8 years old. They ended the season as runners up after last night's finals and were really happy with their result.

We are very grateful to Will and Jake for taking on this extra responsibility. They were always positive and patient and hopefully they enjoyed it too. They did a great job!

Regards
Megan and the U 11 Falcons

How good is that!

Please note # Season 2 will start again at the back end of the year and we look forward to some more great results and opportunities to develop.

Girls Club Touch

Six Cav Rd girl’s team play every Thursday night at Whites Hill and all are doing well. We have 2 teams in each age group and all teams have been working hard each week to be the best they can. I am so proud of their professionalism, sportsmanship and their love of the game. We are half way through the season and will head into the final weeks with lots of great experiences under our belts. Good luck for the rest of the season.

South District Touch Teams

Two weeks of south district trials were hosted for the 13-15 and 16-18 years girls and boys. Congratulations to the following students who were successful in making this team. Good luck at the Met East trails which are held at Whites Hill on April 1.

13-15 year Girls

Kameryn B., Ava A., Eve K., Jasmine G., Tahlia B., Matilda R., Madeline I., Alexia S., Ava L., Lindsay V., Aisha F., Sasha W., Aaliyah F., Coco S.

13-15 year Boys

Kai S., Vaughn P., Ryder K., Kyan S., Ivah H. and Max S.

16-18 year Girls

Trinity F., Sophia C., Billie M., Talitha S., Jessica W. and Ava G.

16-18 year Boys

Khoen P., Rafe P., Heath C., Noah J., Hayden W., Khodi R.- R., Edward A., Azaria A., Malachi P. and Jayde B.

Schools Touch League (STL)

The first Schools Touch League will be held at Southport on Monday March 25. We depart school by bus from Elgar St at 7.15am and will return by 3pm. Students must wear their full sports uniform or playing kit. Only Cav Rd uniforms are permitted, this includes socks, hats and jumpers/jackets. Each team will have 3-4 games, with senior students coaching and refereeing our teams on the day. We are really looking forward to a fun filled day, especially since we missed this competition last year. Good luck to all players and team involved.

Junior Mixed Competition

BMTA – Whites Hill has started a new junior mixed division which starts on April 30. BMTA are offering the following divisions U9, U11, U13, U15 and Opens and we encourage students from Cav to get together and nominate a team (I will not be organising this). The breakdown of players on the field are 3 boys and 3 girls and a total of 14 players max can be registered. Nominations close April 23. I believe an individual can nominate directly to BMTA. Head to bmta.com.au/junior-mixed for more information.

Players Profile

In each edition of the newsletter we profile an Academy Touch player to learn a little more about some of the wonderful individuals that make us so excellent. Please welcome Sasha W. and Jack S. both students are in grade 8.

Name: Sasha
Grade: 8
Favourite Subject: Humanities and Drama
Touch Club: Southern Storm (13s – Pixies, 15s – Ramones)
Most memorable touch experience: Winning U13s QLD All schools 2020
Fav playing number and position: 33 and Middle
Who I most admire: My Mum. She inspires me and is a great role model
What I want to be when I grow up: Something in the medical field
What my last meal on earth would be: Chicken soup. It is my favourite meal my grandparents make.
My favourite movie is: Zootopia
A country I’d like to visit is and why: Paris. Lovely sites and food.
If I could be fluent in a language it would be and why: French. I want to go to Paris and speak the language
If money was no object what would you buy? A private boat trip for my family and me.

Name: Jack S
Grade: 8
Favourite Subject: Drama
Touch Club: Cav Rd Cobras
Most memorable touch experience: My childhood touch team
Fav playing number and position: 6, link
Who I most admire: James Tedesco
What I want to be when I grow up: Radio host
What my last meal on earth would be: Maccas McChicken Burger
My favourite movie is: Fast and Furious seven
A country I would like to visit is and why: America – Love the food
If I could be fluent in a language it would be and why: French – Dunno why.
If money were no object, what would you buy? Ps5, TV, PC, a pizza, Lime green Lamborghini Aventador, McLaren P90.

Some dates to remember

STL 1 – Monday March 25 – Southport
Met East Trials – Thursday April 1
State Championship Touch 13-15/16-18 years combined Saturday May 5 – Tuesday May 8.

Student Wellbeing

GRIP Leadership Conference

2021 GRIP Student Leadership Conference is a practical and interactive training conference for student leaders held at Chandler Theatre earlier this month. The presenters delivered relevant information to our students leaders to prepare them for the year ahead. Some of the topics covered are: time to take responsibility, involving more students in school events, creative ideas for your school which aren’t events and improving something you feel is impossible. The feedback from our student leaders was very positive. They felt the conference will assist them in developing their leadership throughout 2021.

Vicki Schafer – Year 12 Dean

Student Services

School Photos

Student photos have been taken by My School Days Photography in week 1 and week 2 of this term. If you are wishing to place an order you still can, please see below how to order online.

Lost Property

Please remember to write your child’s name on all their personal items. There are many unnamed lost property items awaiting collection at Student Services, (B Block). If you lose any personal belongings please go to Student Services as this is a collection point for Lost Property.

School Based Youth Health Nurse

What is Vaping and E-Cigarettes?

• Using an e-cigarette is sometimes called “vaping.”
• E-cigarettes produce an aerosol by heating a liquid that usually contains nicotine, flavourings, and other chemicals that help to make the aerosol.
• E-cigarettes come in many shapes and sizes. Most have a battery, a heating element, and a place to hold a liquid.
• Some e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. Some look like USB flash drives, pens, and other everyday items. Larger devices such as tank systems, or “mods,” do not look like other tobacco products.
• E-cigarettes are known by many different names. They are sometimes called “e-cigs,” “e-hookahs,” “mods,” “vape pens,” “vapes,” “tank systems,” and “electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).”

• E-cigarette aerosol is NOT harmless “water vapour.”
• The e-cigarette aerosol that users breathe from the device and exhale can contain harmful and potentially harmful substances, including:
  - Nicotine
  - Ultrafine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs
  - Flavourings such as diacetyl, a chemical linked to a serious lung disease
  - Volatile organic compounds
  - Cancer-causing chemicals
  - Heavy metals such as nickel, tin, and lead1
• The aerosol that users inhale and exhale from e-cigarettes can expose both themselves and bystanders to harmful substances.
• It is difficult for consumers to know what e-cigarette products contain. Some will labels are marked as 0% nicotine but when tested contain nicotine.
• Nicotine can harm the developing adolescent brain.1 The brain keeps developing until about age 25.
• Using nicotine in adolescence can harm the parts of the brain that control attention, learning, mood, and impulse control.1
• Using nicotine in adolescence may also increase risk for future addiction to other drugs.

WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A PARENT OR CAREGIVER?

As a parent or caregiver, you have an important role in protecting children from e-cigarettes.

Talk to your child or teen about why e-cigarettes are harmful for them. It’s never too late.

Set a good example by being tobacco-free.

Learn about the different shapes and types of e-cigarettes and the risks of e-cigarette use for young people at CDC.gov/e-cigarettes.

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

Community News

Year 8 Student Success

Congratulations to Giovanna A. who has started off her first year at Cavendish Road SHS in outstanding fashion with a tremendous display of karate in the Queensland Cup Tournament of 2021.

The competition was held at Cleveland State High School on the 21 February where a large number of athletes competed in a range of divisions, which led to the State Titles.

Giovanna not only competed, but achieved great success in her two divisions of Kyu and Black Belt.

In the Kyu division, Giovanna received a gold medal for both of the Kata and Kumite (fighting) components and in the Black Belt she earned a silver medal for Kata and another gold medal for Kumite.

Giovanna is to be commended for her fantastic achievements – well done!

Mitch Baker – Year 8 Dean

Duke of Ed – Leader’s Report

This semester is turning out to be full of Duke of Edinburgh events! But, before I get into those, I just want to say a massive thank you to all of the new participants who have recently begun their Duke of Ed journey. A reminder to these students to contact Mrs Bell (nbell49@eq.edu.au) or Ms Vincent (kvinc35@eq.edu.au) if you have any questions about Duke of Ed, including Assessor/Code of Conducts, how to choose a section, or changes needing to be made to the ORB.

Bronze Practice Adventurous Journey

Congratulations to the eight students who participated in the camp over the 26-27th February. All eight students spent a night in Wynnum participating in various Rogaining activities around the area. Despite being exhausted, and experiencing multiple public transport issues, all participants held their heads up high and gave it their all over both days. Well done Noah, Josh, Sara, Max, Ruby, Sienna, Gracie, and Tillee.

Upcoming Events:

Bronze Qualifying – 30 March – 1 April
Silver Practice – 22-24 April
Silver Qualifying – 13-15 May

Ms Keri Vincent - DoE Award Leader

Congratulations Year 12 Music Student

Year 12 student, Faith K. has been awarded her Diploma of Music. Faith began her studies at the Qld College of Music (QCM) after school in Feb 2020, though soon moved to online for the remainder of the crazy year that was.

This Diploma is a wonderful achievement for her age. Faith's commitment to her studies was encouraged and supported by her Music Teacher - Mr Gillingwater; Ms Trapp (Head of Department – Pathways and Performance, Senior School); Mr Lynch (Guidance Officer) and the teachers at QCM.

Faith looks forward to continuing her music studies at University and encouraging younger students to explore learning an instrument and studying the Arts.

Michael Gillingwater - Teacher

ANNUAL SCHOOL MAGAZINE “CRAM 2021” - We need your support!

From 1952 to 1974, our school year book/magazine “The Seer”, and from 1981 to 2020 “CRAM” (Cav Road Annual Magazine) chronicled the highlights of school life through student eyes. Past students of our growing alumni cherish the memento of their school days that these publications represent.

The reality facing us from last year is that production costs for quality print medium in a digital world require economies of scale.

To maintain our tradition to publish “CRAM” in 2021 we need to have committed sales of at least 600 copies, at a cost of $20. No profit is sought by the school.

The CRAM is a record on the year “2021” as it was. There will be an array of photos and articles from our faculties and their highlights for 2021; Student Council and their events; excursions and special events; sport and staff and student photos. This is a wonderful way for students to look back at their time at Cav.

We seek your assistance to keep 41 years of uninterrupted tradition alive and pre-order your family’s copy of “CRAM” for 2021. An email was sent to all families last week asking for pre orders and we would like to thank those families who have placed an order. If you have not done so yet and you would like to place an order please contact Maureen Di Vaira on mdiva1@eq.edu.au or phone Administration on 3394 0777. Your ongoing support of the Annual Magazine “CRAM” is greatly appreciated.

2021 Next Step survey

The Queensland Government is conducting its annual statewide survey of all students who completed Year 12 in 2020. The Next Step survey is a brief, confidential survey that gains a comprehensive picture of the employment, study and life choices made by Queensland school completers in the year after they finish Year 12.

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

Thank you for your support of the Next Step survey in 2021.

Further information on Next Step, including results from previous years, is available online at the link below or on toll free telephone 1800 068 587.

Are you interested in a Cleaner’s position?

Cavendish Road SHS is currently looking for cleaners. If you are interested in working with us we would love to hear from you. Please see PDF attachment below for further details on how to apply for the available positions.

The job description includes cleaning floors; glass surfaces; desks; toilets; dusting; empty rubbish bins; etc.

You must be eighteen years and over to be eligible to apply. This job entails morning and/or afternoon work. Should you be interested, please submit a resume to bsm@cavendishroadshs.eq.edu.au

Michelle Parrish – Facilities Manager