13 May 2022

Newsletter Articles

Executive Principal’s Report

At Cav, like any large people organization, culture is key to productivity and success. We live in interesting times as the old homily goes and more than being resilient to what goes on in the world our mission is really to do our best that our young people are happy and safe, while they get on with the purpose for being at school, to learn, achieve, succeed.

Culture just doesn’t “happen”. It takes a long time to nurture and is a curious collective of hearts and minds, imagination, creativity and above all a willingness to contribute and to accept the “greater good”. That greater good also acknowledges and values the efforts of those who contribute positively to our learning community.

Feather in our cap of recent was the invitation to Cav Road for Year 11 students to audition to compete in a national quiz show under development with Shaun Micallef as compere. The program will be filmed in Sydney later this month and finals, if we make it, filmed in late June.

Again, I commend the teaching and support staff in our school where they model positive culture. Staff have committed 150% to keep wherever possible the range of opportunities we offer into school life at Cav Road. This term to date every aspect of the curriculum and extra and co-curricular program delivers on the Cav Road culture. In the Arts, drama, visual art and music students have had some great experiences. Academy sports are thriving, and metro and regional sports competitions were run and won, and academy trials for 2023 are already underway.

Leading by example, I congratulate Mr Fenoglio, one of our visual art teachers who he himself, was an entrant and finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize for Portraiture.

On the academic scene, I was recently informed a media report claimed that Cav Road was one of several schools that decided to not issue term 1 reports. Clearly incorrect as 2045 term 1 student reports were issued with a follow up of two parent teacher interview afternoons. Term 1 reports indicate continuing academic success at high levels is anticipated and parent teacher interviews were well attended.

NAPLAN has been and gone for another year in a new format of on-line tests instead of paper for our Years 7 and 9 students. Results should be returned in a timelier manner as a result for use as a diagnostic tool. As in the academic realm we won’t be surprised that our NAPLAN returns above, or at nation in all respects, with our focus on ensuring every child is delivered differentiated learning that is optimal, no matter what NAPLAN results each student returns. Students who required reasonable adjustments such as time or a scribe or other technology to engage were provided same to ensure equitable access.

Senior student progress monitoring is on-going with our aim to see every young person on a successful post-school pathway. Our senior schooling team of Mrs Trapp, Mr Cox and Mr Hazzard are case managing every young person. As we enter the consideration of post-school choices and destinations it is essential that students seek out the best advice including from Guidance Officers. Whatever the end of year “scoreboard” of results, what matters is the “value add’ to every young person where they achieve their aspirations and goals and not merely as an outcome of how many excellent ATAR scores are achieved. Which we will, of course.

Teaching is a profession under pressure. Workloads are an issue yet dedication at Cav Road is profound. Staffing schools is becoming increasingly difficult and fortunately because of our culture, Cav Road is a preferred place to teach. I have never met a teacher who worked “9 to 3” who didn’t mark or moderate after hours, on weekends, and as for 11 weeks holiday, many if not most would spend a portion of that preparing for the next term. Student free days are mandated professional development. We have had a tough time in the past 2 years in particular and had to learn to adapt and sometimes made “mistakes” as the protocols and rules made by others have changed rapidly. At recent parent teacher afternoons, I had a number of parents who in conversation acknowledged my efforts in leading this school, but also praise for teachers who have been under pressure from all facets. Meanwhile our teachers commit to sharpening further their teaching skills and ensuring our curriculum is rigorous and faithful to intent. It never stops.

On the matter of community, many students and staff had their sleepout for charity, many of our students and staff represented Cav Road at a number of Anzac Day commemorations and the Mothers’ Day breakfast was a huge success. Kokoda training is in full swing.

Respectful relationships should occur everywhere. At Cav Road we have a quiet campaign on this topic. Respect is a fundamental right and visitors to the school will see signage to that end. More so in the behaviours and I speak not only of our Student Code of Conduct. Respect for others and for self is proactively taught and expected at Cav Road and a major element of our wellbeing program. In terms of dealing with student misbehaviour our first resort is not to consequences but to re-teaching expected behaviours.

The safety and wellbeing of all is a priority and, in every respect, discipline in our school is firstly a learning tool. For example, in term 1, 55 students received support and intervention and follow up strategies to respond to student misbehaviours for breaches of the Student Code of Conduct. There were 16 suspensions in total and one suspension only, so far in term 2. These are remarkably low numbers for a school with an enrolment of over 2000. Averaged out over a year, Cav Road has one of the lowest suspension rates in the State.

This is due in no small part, by the culture of our school and the investment in it through personnel, structures and routines. Little things matter, such as getting to school on time, being courteous to others, and being respectful of others, their property, and personal space. It has been heartening to see that at Cav we haven’t lost that spirit and intent that remains great motivation to strive.

Richard Usher BA LLB Dip Teach
Executive Principal

Head of School

Darren Beebe

On Monday 26 April the school was represented at the Holland Park/Mt Gravatt RSL Anzac Day Service by the School Captains, Megan and Ben, Vice-Captains, Bonnie, Nathan and Sophie, Junior Captains, Sasha and Toby, as well as a myself and Mr Batchler and substantial group of other senior and junior leaders and students. The service commenced with a march from Logan Road with hundreds of school and community representatives to Arnold St where a marquee was placed for the many hundreds of people attending.

The Cav Road students paid their respects to those fallen in times of war.

It was great to see so many Cavendish Road SHS students attending and paying their respects.

Due to the delayed school year we have not yet recognised the achievements of the 2021 graduates. We plan to invite the students who achieved ATAR 91.5 or higher to a school assembly for Monday 18 July to congratulate them on their achievements and to wish them well as they move onto further education. Each past student will receive personal congratulations for their achievements by senior leaders and Mr Usher.

This parade will also include the announcement of the 2021 Dux both the “Top of the Class” Dux, the ATAR-Eligible student with the highest non-scaled total score (each subject is out of 100), and the “ATAR” Dux, the student with the highest ATAR. We look forward to welcoming all these students back to Cav Road.

The use of web based educational resources has risen steadily over the last decade and are increasingly being used by teachers to improve student learning outcomes. This includes access to all textbooks via an online portal.

The privacy and security of our students is paramount. The Department of Education completes a detailed and lengthy risk review process for each website prior to allowing school access. These web-based services generally require students to be registered as a user. This process may require student personal information to be used (eg. name, email address) in the registration process, which can be stored in or outside of Australia.

We are currently refining our processes for seeking parental permission for student access to these sites. To-date, the preferred method of sending a survey link to parents to complete has resulted in a below 50% response rate following the initial communication. We will consider how we can work with families to make this a more effective process for everyone. This includes the providing of timely and important information about the learning purpose of the websites being accessed.

Head of School

Catherine McCarthy

As I write each newsletter article, I reflect on what I was writing at the same time in previous years. I now have 3 years of newsletter articles at Cav Road and it is very interesting to read back over the May newsletter articles; in 2019 I was thanking the community for the warm welcome to Cav and acknowledging the wonderful systems in place to support student learning and wellbeing. In 2020 I wrote about the rate of change with the onset of covid-19 in our community; how the community was managing online learning and things we were learning. In 2021 I was sharing the outcomes of reflections of online learning and the development and refinement of the Cav Road teaching and learning framework “Learning@Cav”.

We have now been using the framework for almost a year and it has provided a consistent and common language for teaching and learning practices across the school. Our HODs are leading this language in their leadership of curriculum planning and teaching, our Professional Learning Teams across the school use this language for their focussed investigations, professional learning opportunities across the school highlight the areas of the framework, teachers are using the language to reflect on their own professional development needs, and classroom observations identify key areas of the framework to review.

In looking back, I feel an incredible sense of pride in the way our school community has not just faced these challenges, but used them as a way to continue to review and improve. In saying this, there is more and more research and data coming forward about the ongoing social-emotional impact of these times on our young people. I highly recommend that if your student or family needs support, make an appointment with one of our guidance team. Guidance Officers are trained in providing short term interventions and referrals to appropriate longer-term support providers. This term we welcome Tia Perchard to our guidance team, along with Jane Larsen, Alycia Wilkinson and Rob Stewart. We have also been fortunate to have Amanda Brown covering some leave for Mr Stewart in recent weeks.

Term 2 sees our students in Peer Support for their Monday lessons and our 5 Cs will become the focus for our Peer Support leaders in guiding their classes each week. Term 2 is also Canned Food Drive, so start getting ready!! With over 20, 000 cans being collected in the last few years, I can’t wait to see what this years number will be.

Any finally, thank you for your support with our adjustments to attendance procedures around students arriving late to school. We have seen an incredible improvement in students getting to Peer Support on time and getting the important messages shared during this time. Remember that if you have any concerns with attendance, you can use the attendance@cavendishroadshs.eq.edu.au email address.

Parents and Citizens’ (P and C) Association

Parent and Citizens’ Association

Our April meeting via Teams was well attended. Michelle (VP Events) unveiled some exciting plans for this year to support school events and create some new ones too.

Mother’s Day Breakfast

The P&C were proud to be a part of the Mother’s Day breakfast celebration on Friday May 6. It was a lovely way to connect with our school community.

Meetings

May 17 meeting will be held at the library (iCentre) 7pm and online via TEAMS. Please join us in becoming a member, membership forms and meeting dates can be found here:

For your calendar, the 2022 P&C Meeting Dates are: 17 May; 19 July; 16 August; 18 October & 15 November. Our P&C Facebook page will post the TEAMS meeting link and members also receive a link via email, Like us for the latest updates.

CRIMS Musical Events

Crims working group is also part of the P&C and supports the Cav Road Instrumental Music program in fundraising and catering during students’ performances. Term 2 events include the Night of Music on May 18, the Musical “Chicago: High School Edition” from 2 – 4 June, and Fanfare on 9 June.

Canteen

We encourage pre-ordering lunches in the morning to beat the crowds. Our new Winter menu is coming out this week and will be posted on the School Website under Facilities/Canteen. With ongoing supply issues on some of our regular products we are adjusting products slightly and there may be some small price increases.

Please Help: Volunteers are still desperately needed. You need to be fully vaccinated and show your certificate to student Services upon arrival. Contact us at canteen.cavrd@gmail.com if you can help.

MSA – My Student Account

If families could please add their student’s ID number to their MSA online account. Find links to set up cards and get started on My Student Account.

The MSA online ordering system is used for the Uniform Shop and students can also use their linked student ID cards in both Canteen and Uniform Shop.

Uniform Shop

Uniform Shop hours: Monday 8am to 11.30am (open at 1st break)
Wednesday 8am to 9am & Friday 8am to 9am.

Jumpers Poly Cotton: limited stock is now available for $65.00 online or instore.

Jackets: I am receiving updates daily and hope to have them within the week. All parents with backorders will be contacted via email and students' names added to morning notices for collection.

Scarves: Still delayed but we hope to have them here at the end of May. They are $15 and available to purchase online and instore (placed as a backorder until stock arrives).

Second hand items for donation

We currently have excess stock of second-hand old-style uniforms items available in the uniform shop, prices for the old-style sports and formal shirts are $5.00.

We would love to receive more of the new-style stock donations to have available for families moving forward. However, if families could please use the second-hand Facebook page to sell any of the old-style items, rather than donate to us this year it would be much appreciated. Find the link on our page on the school website for more details on crested new items vs older styles. Uniform shop (eq.edu.au)

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

Finance

Cavendish Road State High 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.

Guidance Support Team

Careers Education

At Cav Rd, as part of the student’s PSC program, each year level explores careers appropriate to their age and development. Students recognise their strengths in skills connected to particular careers to begin to formulate ideas for later in life.

Career planning is a logical way to build motivation to achieve at school, and research shows those students who have connections to career ideas, are better engaged in their schooling. Students also use this time to build resumes from a range of templates, these programs are primarily in term 3.

The Year 10 program is an essential time to explore career pathways, as Year 10 students need to make decisions around subject selection and complete their set plan process. Year 10’s also need to consider, University subject prerequisites for entry to University, and a QTAC guide for Year 10s is discussed, distributed and explored during this time. Further information will be provided to parents regarding the SET-P process towards the end of term.

Guidance Team – Jane Larsen, Tia Perchard, Rob Stewart and Alycia Wilkinson

Senior Schooling

Year 11 Work Experience

During the second week of term 2, our Year 11 students who did not attend the Year 11 Camp completed 4 days of work experience. These students were provided with the opportunity to work in a wide variety of industry areas such as retail, various trades (electrical, plumbing, engineering, mechanics), childcare, allied health services, education and dog grooming.

Feedback from the students varied but the general consensus was that they were grateful for the experience as it helped them decided whether or not this career was something they want to pursue or perhaps work in while attending university, or helped them decide to go in a different direction. All the students reported learning new skills and their employer and co-workers being friendly and helpful.

Some students were successful in gaining opportunities from their placements. Some have obtained part time work and others are in the process of signing up for school based apprenticeships and traineeships.

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

Unfortunately, some employers were not able to accommodate some of our students at the last minute due to the impact of COVID and the recent flood event. This group of students participated in ‘Project ACE – Work Experience program’ conducted by our work experience providers – SCIPS (School Community Industry Partnership Service). This program focussed on employability through key focal points which encompassed the human capability skill set and transferable, worker ready skills. Students got to meet and work with employers over the four day program. These employers are hoping to continue to engage with the students they worked with over the next 2 years to assist them in finding employment in their chosen field. This group of students are able to complete work experience in their upcoming school holiday periods.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our employers for hosting our students for the work experience week.

TAFE Applications – 2023

Applications for TAFE in 2023 will be opening soon. Any students interested in applying for TAFE are to see Mrs Anderson in K16 from Week 5 onwards (Monday, 16 May). Students can collect a 2023 TAFE in Schools guide and a pre-application form from us in K16.

Traineeship/Apprenticeship Opportunities

Students are reminded to check their school emails regularly as there are many opportunities coming our way in various industries that our students are able to apply for.

QCAA Internal and External Assessment Resources for students

Students in Years 10, 11 and 12 have access to a wide range of assessment resources on the QCAA website. These resources include:

• Samples of internal assessment instruments (including IA1, IA2 and IA3 assignments/exams)
• Annotated sample responses – both high and mid-level for IA1, IA2 and IA3 assessment tasks
• External assessment resources – (including marking guides and question books) and sample assessment items
• A factsheet for students/parents regarding the sample external assessment items

I have provided a ‘step by step’ guide as to how to access the above resources to all students in Years 10, 11 and 12 via their school email and have attached a copy here for parents to access.

I strongly encourage you to view the resources publicly available on the QCAA website. Students are able to use these resources to assist them with exam preparation and to enable them to understand how the evidence they provide in their written scripts align with the individual subject ISMG (Instrument-specific marking guide).

Karyn Trapp - HOD Senior Schooling

Year 11 Dean

Year 11 Leadership Camp – “Maroon Dam”

In week 2 of this term, 161 students and 10 teachers took 3 buses to spend 4 days at Maroon Outdoor Education Centre. This experience is an intrinsic part of our Year 11 Personal Development Program (PDP) and is aimed at developing leadership skills and encouraging a positive and enthusiastic attitude. It also challenged our students to get out of their comfort zone. The program engages students in outdoor adventure activities such as:

• High rope activities
• Canoeing
• Hiking
• Camping
• Outdoor cooking
• Team challenges

Students were encouraged to connect with nature and had the privilege of camping in some of the most beautiful places in South East Queensland. It was also an opportunity to create new connections, reflect on experiences and make some long-lasting memories. It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces and to hear such joy as students relayed stories of their adventures at the end of the week. There was definitely a buzz in the air and a real sense of achievement was palpable as our students dragged their weary bodies back on the bus to head home.

We really hope that everyone enjoyed their time in the great outdoors and they have returned more resilient, self-confident, decisive and resourceful. It is characteristics such as these which will see them succeed as they continue to navigate their senior studies here at Cavendish Road State High School.

Sarah Potter - Year 11 Dean

Year 12 Dean

May Captain’s Chat - What Has Been Happening at Cav?

Harmony Day

From 21 March to 25 March, Cav Road celebrated Harmony Week. Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity and it is about inclusiveness, respect, and ensuring a safe space of belonging for everyone. Students and staff were encouraged to wear orange as it signifies freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect. On A Parade we celebrated by hosting a variety of multicultural games, playing international music, showcasing an Indigenous dance, and we also had a sausage sizzle. While it is important to acknowledge all the achievements of Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse community, it is equally as important to recognise that discrimination is still prevalent today and we should all strive to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment everywhere we go.

2022 Cross Country

After our very successful in-school Cross Country carnival last term, the top students of each race were invited to attend the south district trials, which were held last Thursday. Cav Road demonstrated their dominance against the other schools with four students being crowned age champions of their event. Cav has been victorious in this event for the past 3 years and so the pressure was on for the 4th! Whilst the winners are yet to be announced, everyone performed exceptionally, and the results are looking promising! GO RAIDERS!

GRIP Leadership Conference

Recently our 2022 leadership team attended the GRIP Leadership conference. The event included various seminar-style presentations with topics including how to lead with integrity, improve school fundraising events and public speaking skills, work effectively with other leaders, and find opportunities for the school community. Our school leaders also met with leaders from other schools in the community and learned about how they would like to make a difference at their schools. Overall, it was a day full of fun and creativity for the year ahead.

ANZAC Day Ceremony

This year our community again commemorated ANZAC day by attending a variety of ANZAC day services. It was inspiring to see so many young people take the time to remember and reflect on what ANZAC day means to our country and the sacrifices made by the men and women as a result of war.

On Friday the 22 April our school held a parade for all students to attend. The student leadership team conducted a reading of “In Flanders Field” and “The Ode”. Year 8 student Harrison N. then played the last post which was followed by a minute’s silence. Thank you for all students and teachers for attending such an important ceremony.

On Monday the 25 April a collection of Cav Road students, led by Mr Beebe and Mr Batchler, attended the Holland Park ANZAC day march. The service was incredibly moving, and our student leadership team was honored to be able to lay a wreath on behalf of our school.

Finally, our students came together in the days leading up to ANZAC day by helping to create commemorative decorations to hang on our school fences. Led by our amazing Librarian, Ms Owens, students from all year levels were invited to work with our prefect team to craft their own unique Poppy decorations that were strung together, making a beautiful display at the front of our school for the entirety of the ANZAC day long weekend. We would like to say a huge thank you to Ms Owens for opening up the I-centre and giving students the opportunity to commemorate ANZAC day in such a powerful way.

Cav Road Instagram Launch

This year, one of the primary goals of the leadership team was to create a Cav Road Instagram page. We are proud to finally announce that the Cav-stagram has finally been launched. The aim of the page is to create a space that celebrates the achievements of the Cav community and share ho we are as a school with the local community.

Follow all the great CAV events, achievements and success each week on Instagram @ cavroadshs

Mother’s Day Breakfast

On Friday morning, our Cav community celebrated Mother’s Day. A swarm of Cav mums and students faced the rain to enjoy a coffee, and some delicious breakfasts. Upon arrival, trivia cards were handed out and a few lucky mums won a raffle prize from their trivia submission. After lots of socialising and laughter, we enjoyed a video made by Mr. Batchler, displaying Cav Road student’s appreciation of their mums. Then, our wonderful guest panel begun, featuring 2 Cav mums ( Johanna Skinner & Mel Wearne) , Mrs Larson our guidance officer, and one of our past school captains Jess Morgan. Their answers were insightful and meaningful, especially to our new Cav mums. A great morning was had by all, we hope this tradition will continue in the years to come.

What is Ahead for the Cav Community?

Musical

This year in 2022, Cavendish Road State High School will be performing the musical Chicago. The musical will be in the first week of Jume. Tickets will be released soon so keep an eye out. The cast and crew members have been working extremely hard on the show and they hope to razzle dazzle the audience.

Silly Sock Day

One of the many cool events we have happening this term is silly sock day! This year's silly sock day will be held on the Thursday of week 5, and in exchange for a gold coin donation, students will be able to wear their sports uniform, paired with a set of their wackiest socks! All funds raised will go to the Fred Hollows Foundation, which aims to eliminate curable blindness in places of poverty.

There will be prizes for the wackiest socks on the day, so make sure you get involved!

Canned Food Drive

The canned food drive is one of Cavs biggest fundraisers of the year. Beginning this term, students will be given the opportunity to bring cans to donate in peer support. These cans will then be donated to Eat Up! a charity which provides meals to impoverished Australian children. This year, we aim to collect 20,000 cans to donate to those in need!!

The biggest donators in each year level will receive prizes, and the peer support with the most donations will receive a pizza party!!

Make sure to get involved and help out our amazing community.

World Refugee Day

World Refugee Day aims to honour refugees around the globe. It celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. Make sure you are getting involved this year at Cav when our community commemorate this special occasion in week 8.

Student Leadership Team 2022

Mr Paul Batchler – Year 12 Dean

Creative Arts and Industries

With the relaxation of COVID restrictions Term 2 has begun with a sense of positivity. Not withstanding this there have certainly been cases of staff and students absent due to illness.

Please make sure that contact is made with your child’s teachers so that staff can best provide pertinent support regarding assessment. This is particularly important for Year 11 and 12 students where due dates for assessment intersect with absences

Could I ask that students come prepared to class. I’ve noted some students arriving to class without, or ill equipped with relevant materials and laptops not charged. This makes it very difficult for correct lesson engagement.

The PAC is buzzing with rehearsals for ‘Chicago’ led by Director Toni Ryan and supported by dedicated staff to guide our talented student cast to deliver the best of the best. Showtimes June 1-4. Tickets will be on sale soon.

Special acknowledgement to Chris Stuart of Fine Artz Studio who has made a very substantial contribution of art media and equipment to our Visual Art Department. Her generous donation is most certainly appreciated and will be put to creative use.

Regards

Genevieve Tippett - HOD Creative Arts and Industries

VISUAL ART

Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art 2021

If you want to enjoy a fabulous gallery this upcoming exhibition is worth a visit to GoMA. The highlighted links below provide you with 2021 entries.

Make sure you view the ‘Excellence Award Recipients’ link. As a faculty and school we are very proud of Samantha Eichler and Jahla Harvey 2021 Cav graduates whose work was selected to be hung in this year’s exhibition.

To be selected for the Awards, student works need to demonstrate:

• Highly developed imagery and or iconography with effective and deliberate communication of meaning;
• expressive and or innovative aesthetic choices through the control of visual language;
• purposeful and considered manipulation and exploitation of media, techniques and processes;
• application of knowledge and critical understanding of media, techniques and processes that allows a thorough degree of visual and expressive resolution
• sustained engagement, which invites further inquiry from the onlooker.

To see previous participant works, view the 2021 digital exhibition or visit the Gallery of Modern Art from 28 May to 21 August 2022 for Central Exhibition, celebrating the 2021 excellence winners.

Award recipients

Each year, Queensland state and non-state schools offering senior visual art are invited to submit up to four students' artworks into the Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art program.

In 2021, 500 submissions were received from 181 schools. Congratulations to the 37 excellence award winners, 7 regional encouragement award recipients and 76 commendation recipients.

Here are the lists of awardees:

• Excellence award recipients
• Regional encouragement award recipients
• Commendation award recipients

Year 11 Art Excursion to GoMA and QAG

Week 1 and our Year 11 Visual Art students visited the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial Exhibition at GoMA and QAG. This exhibition is an invaluable experience for our students as they are exposed to fine artists who explore themes using many different media while giving them inspiration for their own body of work. The visual cues are stories of travel, journey, migrations and connection to place. The artworks are layered with responses, questions and ideas about the present moment, the many issues facing humanity, and propositions towards the future from a diversity of cultural perspectives.

Students have responded to the excursion as an extremely positive experience:

“The art excursion of April 21 was for all us students a great experience. We were able to explore the art galleries and collect inspiration for our upcoming art assignments, which was done through sketch work and visual photography of the pieces we looked at. The two galleries we looked at had a plethora of different art-styles, themes, and artists, and really opened our eyes to the many possibilities for our art. It was a great experience, and everyone really enjoyed it. “

“We really enjoyed the art excursion, as it gave us an opportunity to view different styles of artworks from around the world. Not only was it fun, it was educational and an eye-opening experience about how diverse artworks can be and how people can interpret artworks in different lights.”

Ms Vicki Schafer – Year 11 Visual Art Teacher

DRAMA

Year 10, 11, 12 Dramatic Concepts

Our senior students have been busily conceptualising for their own original productions, experimenting with how dramatic action, elements, conventions and stagecraft come together onstage to create meaningful theatre. Our Year 12 students are veterans with this task, and it has been so inspiring to see them bring timely and relevant socio-political issues to an audience. This has been the Year 10 students first experience with a task of this sort, and they have risen to the challenge excellently. It is wonderful seeing the various styles of theatre (Brecht, Verbatim, Contemporary) all brought to life in our state of the art performing arts centre. Keep up the fantastic work!

Pictured below: Amensisa’s and Ella’s (Year 10) Contemporary Dramatic Concepts

Pictured below: Harrison’s and Georgia’s (Year 12) Brechtian Dramatic Concepts

INCURSIONS DRAMA

We have been so fortunate to view two theatre incursions since our last newsletter. These productions were vastly different in content yet totally engaging for all. Thank you families, for your prompt return of forms to Student Services to ensure your inclusion in viewing the productions.

APRILS FOOL by GRIN & TONIC Theatre Company

This production is Verbatim Theatre based on a true story of one family’s tragic loss of a child due to illicit drug use. In April 2009, two weeks short of his nineteenth birthday, Toowoomba teenager Kristina Terauds died due to complications from illicit drug use. David Burton, a Brisbane playwright has dramatised a powerful story of love, loss and sadness, with touching humour. The production is thought provoking, memorable and ultimately optimistic reflection on the choices we make and how they affect those we love.

DIRTY BEASTS by SHOCK THERAPY Theatre Company

Welcome to Drama incursions year 7. This is your first drama production at school and what an amazing production it was! Based on Roald Dahl’s Dirty Beasts book of poems this production is an action-packed, side-splitting extravaganza taken off the page to entertain your students.

MUSICAL

The musical is only weeks away and the production is looking incredible. Congratulations to all the students who have been attending Sunday rehearsals and after school rehearsals to ensure they are the best prepared for our audiences.

Tickets will be on sale soon for Thursday 2 June, Friday 3 June and Saturday Matinee and evening performances 4 June. Ticket prices are $18 Adults, $12 Conc/Student, $50 Family [2xAdult & 2xConc/Student].

An email was sent to students on Sunday during Rehearsal that all parents need to receive. Could you please check with your student that they have forwarded the email onto you. The emails are;

1. CHANGE OF SCHOOL ROUTINE during the performance week in week 7.
2. ENSEMBLE COSTUMES -what students need to wear
3. PROPS & COSTUMES – we need your help. Do you have any of these items?

If there are any concerns or you are able to help with the following requests please don’t hesitate in contacting me.

BIG THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS:

JAL Dance Annerley who have opened their doors and donated costumes and props for the production. We cannot thank you enough. The show is going to look spectacular, thank you Julie-Ann.

Brett Howe from QPAC for his donations towards the production and Front of House entertainment.

Andrew Bacon from UPLINKMEDIA for the time and effort with lighting our production.

Anne Pensalfini for your time and expertise in authentic accent/vocal training for our actors.

As the countdown is on, we are looking forward to seeing everyone at the production. Our P&C are making the Saturday night show a Cocktail Party, so please book tickets and come and join us.

Cheers
Ms Toni Ryan- Drama Coordinator/Producer

IMEX

Last Wednesday the IMEX students went to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre to see the Queensland Symphony Orchestra perform their "Lights! Camera! Action!" schools concert. The concert featured the music of legendary Composer, John Williams. Students were inspired to hear the music of Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jaws plus many more... performed live by a professional orchestra.

Mr Tony Lashmar – IMEX Program Director

Humanities and Business

YEAR 7 AEP Archaeology incursion

On Thursday 5 May, forty eager archaeologists embarked on an “incursion” to the school’s long jump pit for a “mock dig” in preparation for our upcoming excursion to Toowong Cemetery.

Led generously by Professor Jon Pragnell, the students were required to uncover a murder mystery by unearthing several artefacts. They worked in pairs to excavate the artefacts and together as a team uncovered the mystery. Professor Pragnell complimented our students on their great behaviour and morbid theories!

Miss Laura Signorini - Head of Department, Humanities

International

Welcome to Patricia (Tricia) Carlin who is our new Homestay Co-ordinator. Tricia commenced on Wednesday 11 May. We warmly welcome her to the International Department team.

As the borders have opened up we have a number of students joining us from the start of Term 3. There are a number of programs involved with international students:

• High School Preparation (HSP) – students attend an intensive English course run by Education Qld International (EQI) at Whites Hill State College. This usually is between 1 – 2 terms. Once they have reached the required level they transition to our school for their curriculum studies.
• Graduate – students come to study at our school until the end of Year 12.
• Study Abroad – students come for 1 – 4 terms.
• Study Tours where international students visit between half day to ten days.

As a result, we need to find:

Homestay families – where the international students come and live with you as a part of your family. You will be remunerated and need to provide:

• Their own bedroom with a desk for study
• Three meals per day plus snacks

See the advertisement at the end of this newsletter.

International Student Ambassadors – where our students help the international students. As the students do not know their way around the school, nor have any friends, it is important that our students help out.

If you are interested in becoming a homestay family or your child wants to become an international ambassador please contact Maria Masselos via email at mmass2@eq.edu.au or phone 3394 0709.

Japanese Language Intensive Course (4 to 8 July)

Global Opportunities, DE International in partnership with James Cook University Academy of Modern Languages is pleased to offer Online Language Courses for students in Years 7 - 12 learning Japanese.

The courses will be conducted over 5 consecutive days during the upcoming school holidays from 4 - 8 July 2022 and aim to assist students with developing their international-mindedness, experience second language immersion and develop digital literacy.

Participants will be expected to engage online each day for 1h 30min and can choose to register for a morning or afternoon session in one of the courses.

Classes will be delivered using a mix of Collaborate Ultra and Zoom. Participants will need access to a reliable internet connection, computer, headphones and, if possible, a webcam.

Students must register by speaking to their Japanese teacher. Registration with the teacher must be completed by Monday 6 June. Hurry places are limited!

Ms Maria Masselos – HOD International and Foreign Languages

Languages

German Report

Guten Tag and welcome to Term 2. Term 1 seemed to fly by indeed.

Last month the year 7 students looked at some of the traditions surrounding Oster (Easter) in Germany including decorating eggs, the Easter tree and Bonfires to burn off all of the Winter blues.

Below are some of the Easter egg and card design, year 7 students created:

This term there are plenty of exciting things in the calendar. We are eagerly looking forward to our annual lunch at the German Club for students in years 9, 10, 11 and 12. Some of the dishes on offer are pictured below.

Kinder Kino – The German film festival is also coming soon. Sadly, this is assessment week for many of our students so we are unable to organise an official school excursion to the event. For interested students and families, the details of target student age groups are as follows:

BRISBANE

Friday 3 June, 11.00am: Senior Years
Sunday 5 June, 1.30pm: Family Session
Tuesday 7 June, 11.00am: Middle Years
Sunday 12 June, 1.30pm: Family Session
Tuesday 14 June, 11.00am: Early/Middle Years
Thursday 16 June, 5.00pm: Early/Middle Years / Family Session

More information can be found at Palace Centro Cinemas New Farm or visit German Film Festival Brisbane

Frau G, Frau Gav and Frau Campbell might see you there.

Mrs Kathy Gallagher – German Teacher

Sport @ Cav Road

AFL

What a massive month of footy for the Cav Road Raiders. It started with a hard fought practice match against Lourdes Hill College for our Open Girls, which led into the knockout AFL Schools Cup for our Open and Junior Boys. Our Open Girls took on Lourdes Hill in preparation for their school’s cup games on Wednesday the 11 of May with the plan to tune up our skills. The girls played really well only conceding 1 point for the entire game, the midfielders and forwards looked very damaging and our defence was rock solid. Our Junior girls have had a great month on the training track constantly improving ahead of their games on the 9 of June in the afternoon. The Open and Junior Boys took on Nudgee College and Mount Gravatt SHS in a do or die, winner takes all contest down at Yeronga AFL Club. The rules were simple, win all three games or we were out of the AFL Schools Cup. In shortened fixtures, we always knew we would have to start well and set the tone and the boys did that, winning a physical battle against Mt Gravatt SHS, keeping the dream of progressing alive. 1 down 2 to go. Next came our Junior Boys team playing in their first schools cup tournament against a big and strong Nudgee team, our boys did the entire school community incredibly proud for a really young team, unfortunately going down by the end of the 4th quarter. All the junior boys should be so pleased with their performance and growth, with a lot of the boys having never played before and playing really well. Going into our final match with only our Open Boys left, made the equation simple, win and we would progress through. Unfortunately, Nudgee were just a bit too strong for our boys in the end. This unfortunately means that our Boys teams are now out of the schools cup but will still get some more games against some strong opponents throughout the year. The Girls will now take on fellow schools at gala days on the 11 of May and the 9 of June in an effort to progress to the next round. Training will continue for our girls on Friday mornings from 7am on the top oval.

Mr Matthew Rutter – AFL Coach / HPE Teacher

District X-Country

In April, the Cav Road Raiders returned to Citipointe with only one goal in mind, winning our 4th consecutive District X-Country title.

All 53 students wearing their green and white with pride exceeded expectation and put on an amazing display of X-Country running and teamwork. All students cheered on their teammates as Cav Road demonstrated to all the other schools exactly what a competitive beast it is.

As a school we had four Age Champions and the following students should be commended on their incredible effort to win Age Champion: Year 12 - Charlotte G. (Open Girls), Year 10 - Lindsay V. (15 Girls), Year 9 - Sasha W. (14 Girls) & Year 7 - Ella C (13 Girls).

Overall, as a school we had to wait nearly a week for the final results but we got the news we wanted and deserved with Cav Road winning by 69 points which is just incredible when you consider each point is one place in the race. This was a tremendous effort by the whole school community to win this championship and it has created an incredible amount of excitement moving forward to next year trying to make it a handful of consecutive titles in 2023.

Mr Matthew Rutter – HPE Teacher

Football Academy

Hello Cav Road community,

The start of our SPL seasons was delayed by the February floods which caused devastating damage at many football clubs across Brisbane. It was great to see many of the academy students out and about at local grounds helping clean up debris and repair facilities.

Our SPL seasons finally got underway in the last week of term 1 as we travelled to Kelvin Grove State College. We were met with challenging opposition in all age groups and game the results were as follows:

Unfortunately, Brylee R., one of our Senior Girls’ players sustained a devastating collar bone injury during the game, we wish you all the best and a speedy recovery!

Next time around we host Chancellor at home, it promises to be a great day of football!

Our ISC cup boys made it out of their group stage after beating Ferny Grove and Stretton. Next up they will play Murrumba Downs!

The year 7 football boys got their first taste of academy football with a thrilling day out at their first of two cluster days this year. They came away with a 2-0 win against Cleveland, an 8-0 win against Marsden and a nail-biting loss to a goal with the last kick of the game against Kelvin Grove. The big boss Mr Turp says the players showed great promise as a group moving forward and learned a lot about each other. Such praise is hard to attain from Mr Turp so everyone involved on the day should be proud of themselves.

Last week also so Allyssa O’G., Alex F., Ella O’G., Amelia S. and Ava B. represented the school and Met East at the U15 and U19 State Carnival. The girls are awaiting notification if they have been selected in the State Team to represent QLD. All our fingers are crossed for them.

Lastly a massive congratulations to Ella O’G., who has signed a training contract with the Future Matildas, following the attendance at the training camp held in Canberra. To watch you grow as a player within the academy and achieve such a high praise, doesn’t go unnoticed. The whole academy couldn’t be prouder, as all your hard work, dedication and talent has finally paid off!

Lilly-Rose and Oscar - Football Academy Captains

Events for the Month

ANZAC Day Ceremony (1915-2022)

Cavendish Road SHS commemorated the 106th anniversary of ANZAC Day with a full school assembly on Friday 22 April in the Sports Centre. The service was reflective, meaningful and poignant with our school community displaying the utmost respect and gratitude for all service people and their sacrifice. Special mention of Year 8 trumpeter, Harrison N., who confidently played a stirring rendition of the Last Post.

Our school leaders proudly led the school service with many students representing Cavendish Road SHS at several local ANZAC community services on Monday 25 April. Our leaders also commemorated ANZAC Day by creating a “Wall of Poppies” together with the Year 7 students. The poppies were attached along the school fence line for our local community to observe over the weekend.

Lest We Forget.

Student Services

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.

Community News

ANNUAL SCHOOL MAGAZINE “CRAM 2022” - We need your support!

From 1952 to 1974, our school year book/magazine “The Seer”, and from 1981 to 2021 “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 2022 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 “2022” as it was. There will be an array of photos and articles from our faculties and their highlights for 2022; 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 42 years of uninterrupted tradition alive and pre-order your family’s copy of “CRAM” for 2022. An email will be sent to all families shortly asking for pre orders and we would like to thank those families who have placed an order. If you would like to place an order please contact Jessica Simpson on jsimp371@eq.edu.au or phone Administration on 3394 0777. Your ongoing support of the Annual Magazine “CRAM” is greatly appreciated.

Queensland Brain Institute – Looking for volunteers

Researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute are seeking healthy volunteers aged 13-19 years to participate in a 2-part study looking at how cognition and the brain develop across the adolescent stage of life.

The study consists of two testing sessions: one involving computerised tasks and questionnaires, and a second involving an MRI brain scan (no radiation involved). All testing sessions will occur at the University of Queensland, St Lucia.

Participants are reimbursed for their time at a rate of $20 per hour and individuals under 17 years of age will be required to obtain parental consent and be accompanied by a guardian.

We are eager to get some school-aged participants on board so do not hesitate to contact Imogen Stead at adolescentbrainstudy@uq.edu.au for more information, to register your interest or ask any questions.