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29 May 201729 May 2017

Principal’s Report

The Murdoch Darling Centre –first look

It gives me great pleasure to share with ourcommunity our latest project, our newPerforming Arts Building. The MurdochDarling Centre is named for our foundingHeadmaster, James Murdoch and ourfounding Headmistress, Caroline Darling.

This gives our school a state of the art facility with links to ourpast as the Maryborough Grammar School in the 19th Century.Earthworks and preparations will be underway during next termand we expect completion after Christmas 2017 but beforeEaster 2018.

Report Cards are on their way – changes

In next term you will receive your student’s Semester ReportCard – there will be a number of changes, which are outlinedfurther in this newsletter. Most significantly, you will be able tosee the distribution of grades for the year level of the subject(ie number of A’s, B’s, C’s and so on). This will give you andyour child an unprecedented indication of how your studentis performing in their classes. Further, we have extensivelyredrafted our comments to give a more positive and productive

look into improving your child’s results and working towardssuccess.

Live updates from the classroom

Unfortunately, some students will persist in making poorchoices after being given multiple opportunities in the classto succeed, be respectful and responsible. We have had a‘buddy’ class system for a number of years in the classroom;however we are now adding ‘real-time’ updates to this process,as parents will receive a text message as students are exitedfrom the class and invited to contact the school at an allottedtime to discuss their student’s behaviour. At this stage theaverage number of students in the school who are needing tobe exited in any given day is less than 1/3 of 1% of the studentpopulation; however we would like to make parents fully awareof the ‘smaller’ issue in order to work with the school to resolvethe matter before it becomes a larger issue.

Jumpers and uniform reminder

A reminder that jumpers MUST be plain grey (no hoodies orlogos) or a school jumper. Also, ties are a compulsory part orour uniform for formal uniform and available from the Tuckshop.Student who are not in full correct uniform are required tobring a note to Student Services BEFORE 0840 daily to avoiddetentions.

Simon Done – Principal

Principal Tours

Maryborough State High School invites you totake a personalised tour with the Principal.

When: 15 June @ 4.00pm

To book your tour, contact the office on 4120 9333 orregister your tour on our website:

http://www.maryboroshs.eq.edu.au

Tour includes the learning sites and ‘behind the scenes’aspects of the school, including the School museum.

Krispy Kreme FundraiserOver the last few weeks the Student Representative Councilran a fundraiser through Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. A MASSIVE‘Thank you’ to all the families who supported this fundraiser. Wehad over 360 dozen doughnuts ordered. Due to the mammothorder, we required two vehicles to pick up the doughnuts fromBrisbane. Wide Bay Motors came to our rescue, kindly loaningus a brand new 4WD in exchange for 2 dozen doughnuts.

http://www.wbmg.com.au/

We raised over $2500 to purchase an Aquafil Pulse WaterBottle Refill Station and Drinking Fountain for the school.

Nisha Van Wyk - SRC

FraserPOP!

Instrumental Music FundraiserMaryborough State High School Instrumental Music studentsare fundraising for their upcoming Music Tour in October. Toreduce costs, Mrs Suzanne Richardson has organised a piedrive. All pies and sweets are made locally by Tinana’s HotBread Shop. Order forms are available via the link, StudentServices or the Music Room. All order forms and money needto be returned by 20 July 2017 to prepare for delivery on the 9/10 August 2017 (day dependent on Eisteddfod commitments).

*** Support our instrumental students ****** Support local business ***

Solid PathwaysSolid Pathways is a unique, academic extension program thatsupports high achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderstudents. The program aims to assist students to achieve theiracademic success from Year 4 to Year 12 through theacquisition of higher order thinking skills.

Students are invited to participate in weekly one hour culturallyinclusive web-conference lessons designed to develop theircapability in critical and creative thinking. Lessons will connectstudents with other high achieving students from schoolsacross the following four regions; Metropolitan, South East,North Coast and Darling Downs South West.

The online platform allows classroom teachers, students andparents (via their children) to view and listen to recordings of allSolid Pathways lessons.

The students will also have the opportunity to engage in yearlevel appropriate face to face workshops, camps and extensionactivities that align with the Australian Curriculum and expandon the material taught to students in their online lessons.

The Re-engagement with Culture program is aimed atincreasing the indigenous cultural knowledge andunderstanding of our future leaders. Students are immersedin Aboriginal culture and are able to share stories from theirown families, build on their self esteem and self-identity. Thecomponents within the program are: Identity; AboriginalLanguage; Art and Craft; Local Stories; Song & Dance & BushTucker.

Last week, the students participated in their first workshop ofAboriginal Language, facilitated by our Butchulla Elder/Leader& Linguist – Aunty Joyce Bonner. They learnt the traditionalButchulla words for body parts, which were presented in theform of a well known song: Heads, Shoulders, Knees & Toes.Students also shared their family history and were able to makeconnections through an Aboriginal Language Map. This smallactivity sparked a genuine interest for each student in wantingto pursue more information on ancestral ties/connections.

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At the end of the program, students will have a small celebrationwhere they will showcase the knowledge they have gained overthe weeks, and be presented with a Certificate of Attendance.Parents & Caregivers of participants are encouraged andwelcome to attend any components throughout the 6 weekprogram. For more information, please contact your school.

Wednesday, 17 May, a small group of students walked toWednesday, 17 May, a small group of students walked toCentral State School to attend a two hour language sessionCentral State School to attend a two hour language sessionwith Ms Joyce Bonner. Pictured are Caitlyn Podetti, Harrietwith Ms Joyce Bonner. Pictured are Caitlyn Podetti, HarrietVea Vea (Maryborough State High School CEC), SummerVea Vea (Maryborough State High School CEC), SummerKnight, Joyce Bonner (Linguist and Korrawinga AboriginalKnight, Joyce Bonner (Linguist and Korrawinga AboriginalCorp. representative), Nadia Wilson, Jacinta Cummins andCorp. representative), Nadia Wilson, Jacinta Cummins and

Sue Tobane (Case Manager – Community and SchoolSue Tobane (Case Manager – Community and SchoolEngagement Uniting Care Community).Engagement Uniting Care Community).

Harriet Vea Vea – CEC

Walk Away Chill Out Program

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Paul Stanley, father of one punch victim Matthew Stanley andspokesperson for the Matthew Stanley Foundation Walk AwayChill Out Program, visited Maryborough State High School onThursday 18 May and presented to the year 12 cohort. Heshared Matthew’s tragic story and asked students to just takea ‘microsecond’ to consider actions and their consequences.Paul’s extremely powerful message resonated with all students.We thank the Matthew Stanely Foundation for finding the timeto fit Maryborough State High School into their travellingschedule and hope their visits can continue in the future.

“The presentation the other day showed me howimportant every person’s life is. When he told us all toclose our eyes and think of a loved one and picture thelast words that were said, it automatically took me towhen my uncle died in a hospital bed in front of me. Alsohim saying what pain his family went through to have toturn the life support off made me feel it inside. I wouldrecommend that everyone should think about what couldbe the outcome after punching someone and wonder ifthey would be able to handle the guilt of ending a life.” –anonymous Year 12 response.

“On Thursday the 18th of May, there was a presentationwhich was a real eye opener. The presentation wasabout how one punch can kill.

The life of Matthew Stanley was taken in 2007 after adrunken misunderstanding over a girl. I felt distraughtafter the presentation as the person most closest tome passed before Christmas 2016. This presentationbrought all the good and bad memories back. Seeingother students crying and tearing up broke my heart.I hope that our year 12 cohort, who viewed thepresentation and spoke to Matt’s father personally, asI did, really wake up and realise that risking the life ofsomeone else is never worth small banter after a party.It’s unfortunate this has happened. Matthew’s family isso strong. I would never want any family to go throughthis pain.” – Summah Bryce, Year 12 student

Allan Smith – Year 12 Coordinator

MSHS Book Club

The Blue Book ClubThe Hub – Every Thursday (second lunch)

Love to read?Love to chat with others?

We are reading some great titles and getting together to talkabout them!

Books are provided! All year levels welcome!

Allison Massingham – Master Teacher (Literacy/Numeracy)

BYOx and Digital ClassroomsThere are currently over 55% of students across the schoolwho have access to our school’s network through the BYOxprogram. To help support the rollout across the school therehave been two new positions created to assist teachers toimplement digital pedagogy into their classrooms. The digitalpedagogy coach and assistant will work with teachers toprovide them new skills and strategies to use digital devices intheir classrooms on a daily basis.

Starting in Semester 2, every student, in some year 7 classes,will have access to a device through the BYOx program. It isenvisaged students will utilise their devices in their core classes,

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every day. Maryborough State High School will be looking atbuilding the program further in 2018 with more year levelsexpected to come on board. It is an exciting time in educationwith classrooms rapidly changing to meet the demands for allstudents and their digital futures.

Martin Mills – (Acting) Deputy Principal

Information Technology Benefits fromSewing Skills

Our Information Technology Department has benefited from thesewing skills of our Year 10 boys.

Liam Ridgway, Trent Rose and Aaron Crofts from our Year 10Home Economics class have made cloth pouches that helpprotect the new Ipads.

The Ipads are being assembled into kits for distribution to all ofthe different faculties around the school.

Kent Mischke, our IT Technician, needed about 120 pouchesand the boys created a good many of them as part of thecommunity sewing focus of their textiles studies unit.

Well done, boys!

Denise Pommeranz – Home Economics/EarlyChildhood Studies Teacher

Japanese NewsIntention to Establish a Sister School Relationship – ShowaHigh School, Japan.

Maryborough State High School and Showa High School ofKasukabe in Saitama, Japan, have signed an Intention toEstablish a Sister School Relationship agreement to beimplemented in April 2018.

Showa High School is located in the same city as our new sisterschool, Onuma Junior High School.

The intention to establish a second sister school with ShowaHigh School is to provide greater scope for Languages studentsat Maryborough State High School to build on positive andrewarding curriculum exchanges into Years 10, 11 and 12;develop valuable pen-pal relationships; and, participate inschool study tours in 2018 and 2020.

Australian Curriculum: Languages – Japanese

The second unit of work in ‘Curriculum to Classroom (C2C)/ Australia Curriculum: Languages – Japanese’ program atMaryborough State High School is ‘School to School’. By theend of this unit, students will be able to read, write, listen for andrespond to questions about a school timetable in Japanese.

In particular, students will be able to read all days of the weekin Romaji, Hiragana and Kanji; write core and non-core schoolsubjects offered at Maryborough State High School in Hiraganaand Katakana; listen for and identify school subjects traditionallyoffered in Japanese sister schools; and, communicate subjectsstudied in a certain period on a certain day of the week usingschool timetables sent to us by students of Onuma Junior HighSchool.

In a reciprocal gesture, rather than writing and sending bypost a timetable in Hiragana to our two sister schools, ourstudents will instead learn how to create a timetable in Englishand Japanese on the Pages App on a set of iPads specificallyassigned to all Japanese classes. Once completed, studentscan ‘airdrop’ their summative task to their Japanese teachers,Ms Liu or Mr Jeffers, who will email them to Japanese Englishteachers at Onuma Junior High School and Showa High Schoolrespectively in Saitama, Japan.

Richard Jeffers – Japanese Teacher

URGENT! Seeking Host Families

Host Families Urgently RequiredJapanese School Study Tour August 1-14, 2017

As previously advertised, Maryborough State High School willbe hosting a Study Tour from Japan. This is a great opportunityfor your family to learn about another culture as well as it beingan experience of a lifetime for the Japanese students learningabout our culture and family life in Australia. There will be 20students, aged from 15-17. As a host family you are required toprovide them a bed, meals and transport to and from school.For the 13 nights you will be subsidised $420 per student. TheJapanese school would prefer students to be staying in twosor threes where possible. For more information email Mr MartinMills on mmill104@eq.edu.au

Martin Mills – (Acting) Deputy Principal

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Maths ProblemIn a quiz game of 20 questions, each correct answer earns 5points. Each incorrect answer reduces the score by 2 points.Unanswered questions score 0 points. Gina has a total score of59 points. How many questions did she not answer?

Email your entries to Mrs Genrich (kgenr4@eq.edu.au) ordeliver to G block staffroom for a chance to win a tuckshopvoucher. Please include your year level with your entry. Goodluck!

From the last newsletter: Three darts are thrown at the targetshown below. Assume that each of the darts lands within oneof the rings or within the bull's eye. How many different pointtotals are possible? Answer: 10 (10-10-10, 10-10-5, 10-10,2,10-5-5, 10-5-2, 10-2-2, 5-5-5, 5-5-2, 5-2-2, 2-2-2)

Kylie Genrich - Maths/Science Teacher

Science News

STEM Challenge

On May 5, 22 students from Years 9 and 10 competed inthe annual STEM Challenge which is run by the Universityof Newcastle, Sunshine Coast University and sponsored byRotary.

The challenge consisted of 11 tasks that required coding,science engineering and mathematical skills to solve. Thesetasks all link to the Australian Curriculum for Science and allowstudents to take a hands on approach to problem solving. Thisyear our team that competed in the Mission to Mars task wonthe event. Maryborough State High School was fourth overallon the day and all the year 9 students that competed are keento comeback for the 2018 competition.

Textbooks

Year 7 to 10 students received an email on how to access theJacaranda on-line textbook which can be downloaded at homeor at school. As assessment is starting soon we recommendthat all students make sure they have a copy of the book toenhance their knowledge. If you are unsure if your student hasaccess please contact their class teacher.

Year 9 Science

Year 9 students are currently working on developing amultimedia presentation on Elements. The app, Atom Builder, isa great way to remember the number of protons and electronsin atoms and to learn how isotopes work. It is free and availableon iOs and Windows platforms.

https://classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0501/es0501page04.cfm

Year 8 Science

Year 8 have been studying geology and, believe it or not, thegame Minecraft is actually really good at teaching students howto mine and use different minerals to build and create basedupon their structure. For example, students are challengedto create an island in the ocean and then determine how toconnect it to the mainland.

Year 7 Science

Year 7 will be testing their balloon powered vehicles soon andare reminded that the best evidence is photographic. Filmingtheir trials and then using this evidence in their report willdemonstrate not only the modifications they have made totheir design but their resilience and determination to make thevehicle go the distance.

Vanessa Done – HoD Science

Sports Report

MDSS (District) Cross-country

The District Cross-country was held on Wednesday 17 May(Week 5) at the Maryborough Showground. The school hadfifty students who qualified for the school team and attended.Twenty-seven of those students finished in the top ten of theirage groups.

Halfway through the day, with only three races to run,Maryborough State High School were leading the overall pointsscore. The school eventually finished second overall, losing bya tiny margin of 8 points.

Congratulations to the following four students, who achievedindividual age champions: Riley Doyle - 14yrs Boys, MatthewSouvlis - 15 yrs Boys, Aneka Van Veelen – 15 yrs Girls andAnnabel Head – 18 yrs Girls individual champion.Congratulations also go to the following fourteen students whoearnt a place in the Maryborough District team (placed in thetop 6 of each age group). The following students will becompeting at the Wide Bay Regional Cross-country Carnival,at Gympie (One Mile Road Sports Arena) on Tuesday 30 May:Emily Pavey (4th - 12 yrs), Riley Doyle (1st - 13 yrs), ReeceDowsett (5th – 13yrs), Montoya Sheehan (2nd - 13 yrs), AmberRogers (6th – 13yrs ), Caitlyn Hanrahan (3rd - 14yrs), Kloë Reid

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(6th -14yrs ), Aneka Van Veelen (1st – 15yrs), Cassidy Hose (5th– 15yrs), Cassidy Sauer (5th - 15yrs), Tayah Stevens (6th - 15yrs), Matthew Souvlis (1st - 15 yrs) , Reuben Humbert (6th - 15yrs ), Annabel Head (1st – 18yrs). The cost is $17 to be paid tothe Student Services by Wednesday 24 May.

Futsal – Fraser Coast Futsal Titles – May/June

The Fraser Coast Futsal Titles will be on from Monday 29 Mayto 1 June. Students will be given a draw of their allocatedplaying day closer to the event. A reminder that students areto make their own way to the PCYC in Hervey Bay on theirallocated day.

Monday 29th May

Tuesday 30th May

Wednesday 31st May

Thursday 1st June

Congratulations to the following students who have beenidentified for positions in the 2017 Qld Representative Futsalteam. This year the National School Futsal Championships areheld in Brisbane from 25 – 28 September.

U12 – Jack Forbes and Jordan HoffmanU13 – Ryder Harold and Jake SimpsonU14 – Jackson Taylor, Chas Copas and Tasia GilchristU16 – Taleasha GrahamU19 – Brandon Sherrington, Aiden Sandow, JackelynMorrissey and Rachel Kaufman

Best of luck to all of the players attending the Championships.

Athletics carnival

The school’s Athletics carnival will be held over two days inWeek 10 on Wednesday 21 June and Thursday 22 June. Thiscarnival will be run at school, on the school oval. These areconsidered normal school days and all students are expectedto attend. There will be plenty of events, both track and fieldto suit everyone. Students are encouraged to wear their housecolours and come ready to cheer on their team.

Netball - Vicky Wilson Cup and Shield

Maryborough State High will only be nominating one teamfor the Vicky Wilson Cup/Shield, an inter-school Netballcompetition in Term 3.

Training will commence soon and students will be notifiedthrough school notices.

Oz Tag – Fraser Coast High School Challenge(Gala Day)

The Gala Day will be held on Tuesday 6 June at Walkers RoadSporting Grounds. Students have been training with their teamsduring the week. Permission notes and money are due by the23 May. Playing times will be given to the students closer to theday.

Oz – Tag – All Schools State Cup – SunshineCoast - July

Students have the opportunity to participate in this three dayevent, 14 - 16 July. The age group attending is Year 9 girls andboys, however if students have had any experience in this sportin younger year levels, please see Mr Rossini if interested.

Sporting Academy – Hockey and Soccer

Training for soccer and hockey have commenced in themornings from 7:45am - 8:30am on Tuesdays. Students arerecommended to attend the trainings to gain more individualtraining time with the coaches and to help prepare them forteam games. The hockey students will be having threeBunnings barbeques over the next few terms to help raisemoney for their trip to Toowoomba for the Schools Cup. Itwould be great to see families come out on the day to helpsupport our students.

Carrie Taylor – HoD PE & Student Leadership

• U12 Boys (Born 2005)

• U13 Boys (Born 2004)

• U14 Boys (Born 2003)

• U14 Girls (Born 2003)

• U19 Boys (Born 1998 - 2000)

• U19 Girls (Born 1998 - 2000)

• U15 Boys (Born 2002)

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Student Leader News

Student Leadership - Lunchtime activities

The sports captains are running lunchtime activities for studentsthis term. Students need to listen to notices as to when theactivities will be on.

School leaders

The leaders will be running a number of different activities overthe next three terms. Information will be given to the students atschool and through the school website and Facebook. This willinclude fundraisers for Chaplaincy and other organisations.

Student Council

Thank you to all of those staff and students who participatedin the “Super Heroes” fundraiser on Thursday 25 May to helpfundraise for “Heart Kids”. More information will be given in nextnewsletter on how much money was raised as well as photosfrom the event.

Carrie Taylor – HoD Student Leadership

Tuckshop NewsToasted sandwiches are available. These must be preordered

before school.

$4- per toasted sandwich.

School ties have arrived!Ties are $16.

Reversible Maryborough State High School hats are nowavailable at the school tuckshop. Cost is $16.50.

Semester ReportingWe are fast approaching the halfway mark of the school year.As always students will be assessed and reported on at thistime with report cards being issued early in Term 3.

During the first half of 2017 some dedicated staff membershave been working on developing a new set of reportingcomments that will be used for semester 1 reporting. Thesecomments have been developed to better communicate tostudents and their caregivers the current progress in each ofthe subject areas being undertaken.

At Maryborough State High School we believe in GrowthMindset and that intelligence can be developed if the studentand their environment has a positive outlook on learning. Youwill see this type of thinking reflected in the new commentsdeveloped for student reporting.

Sometimes a grade itself does not fully illustrate how a studentis performing in a particular subject area. Another addition tothe report card will be a graph format for each subject areashowing the A to E spread of student achievement. This is togive students and caregivers an indication of their progress inrelation to the whole subject cohort.

Damien Blyth - (Acting) Deputy Principal

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2017 Next Step SurveyThe Queensland Government is conducting its annualstate-wide survey of all students who completed Year 12 in2016. The Next Step survey is a brief, confidential survey thatgains a comprehensive picture of the employment, study andlife choices made by Queensland school completers in the yearafter they finish Year 12.

Between March and June, all our students who completed Year12 last year can expect to receive instructions to complete aweb-based survey or a telephone call from the QueenslandGovernment Statistician’s Office to complete the survey. Pleaseencourage them to take part. If their contact details havechanged, please assist the interviewer with their updated detailsor forward the survey to their new address so they canparticipate.

Thank you for your support of the Next Step survey in 2017.

Further information on Next Step is available online at the linkbelow or on toll free telephone 1800 068 587.

http://www.education.qld.gov.au/nextstep/

What’s happening in Term 2

Community Notices

• Breakfast Club: every Wednesday morning from7.30am in the Library Courtyard

• 29 May – 1 June Fraser Coast Futsal Titles

• Tuesday 30 May Wide Bay Cross Country

• Friday 2 June Year 11 & 12 Legal Studies/Artsexcursion

• Friday 2 June Palma Day

• 12-16 June Year 11 & 12 Exam Week

• Tuesday 13 June Year 7 Immunisations

• Thursday 15 June Principal Tour

• Friday 16 June & Saturday 17 June 6.30pm:‘CHAPPY BLOCKBUSTER’ Despicable Me 3, The @Cinemas Maryborough (check out the flyer inCommunity Notices below)

• 21-22 June Athletics Carnival – school oval

• Friday 23 June End of Term 2

• Monday 10 July Term 3 Resumes

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