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PRINCIPAL
Michelle Lyons
DEPUTY PRINCIPALS
Stephen Guthrie
Teena Seidenkranz
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
Tracy Butland
Belinda Guthrie
Bridget Greensill
Greg Hamilton
Satya Singh
Leanne Stollery
Christina Uhlik
James Wall
Mary-Anne Zahnow
YEAR CO-ORDINATORS
Year 7 - Belinda Guthrie
Year 8 - Ben Vikionkorpi
Year 9 - Jamie Gardiner
Year 10 -Laura Gray
Year 11 -Greg Hamilton
Year 12 -Greg Hamilton
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Kim Edwards / Gaye Hoffman
BUSINESS MANAGER
Cindy Chamberlain
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
COUNSELLOR
Julie Salam
GUIDANCE OFFICER (ACTING)
Melanie Goodman
SOCIAL WORKER
Anne Mayne
YOUTH HEALTH NURSE
Wendy Fry
OFFICE HOURS
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Monday - Friday
TELEPHONE - 07 4084 1333
POSTAL ADDRESS
PO Box 178
Mossman QLD 4873
WEBSITE
www.mossmanshs.eq.edu.au/
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK:
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MossmanStateHighSchool
We acknowledge the Kuku Yalanji people, and in particular the Kubirri Warra Clan, the Traditional Owners of the land on which our school
stands and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise their custodianship and role in caring for and maintaining
Country over thousands of years.
Issue 16 15th November, 2019
Principal’s Message
Congratulations and farewell to our 2019 graduating class of Year 12 students. I have been so proud of how they have conducted themselves in recent weeks. The commitment shown to complete assessment, maintain high standards and support each other to the finish line has been fantastic. Many teachers have gone above and beyond in their support of our students to ensure all work is completed. Our support staff who often sit behind the scenes have been putting in extra to make sure results were published today and the Indoor Sport Centre set up for the farewell dinner this evening. I am pleased to announce that 100% of our year 12 students have achieved a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA). Heath Barry, Year 12 had a remarkable result finishing second in the Double Team Racing in the Taiwan International Gymkhana Prize last week. Congratulations to Couper Smith on your selection in the Queensland U15 Golf team. Best wishes for success at the Australian Championships. Ebony Burchill-Schonenberger and Ellie Zillfleisch have had the most amazing experience in Sydney this week along with teacher Thomas Vinter as part of the Big Ideas Forum. The experience of our students working with scientists on real world problems has opened up future connections and networking opportunities. Thank you to our emergency services for the realistic response to a ‘car accident’, as part of our Year 12 program. You may have heard the ambulance, police and fire truck sirens along with helicopter landing as they arrived on Thursday. The follow up debrief and talk aimed to raise awareness around safe driving and the impact accidents can have. Our Industrial Technology and Design area has now been fully gutted, new concrete laid outside and preparations made to start the new renovations. The temporary classrooms have allowed students to continue participating in these practical subjects. Students from Year 7-10 continue to focus on learning and are now entering the next assessment phase. Year 11 students have the opportunity to review their results and have started their next unit. 2020 will see our first cohort in the new QCE system and students receiving an ATAR to gain university entry. If you would like to provide feedback on our strategic direction for the next four years please contact the school. Kind regards
Michelle Lyons Principal
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DATE CLAIMERS
Year 10 Drama Performance
“Snagged” ISC 6.00pm
Wednesday 20th November
Year 12 Reports emailed/posted
Friday 22nd November
Religious Instruction
Monday 25th November
Last Day Years 10 & 11
Friday 29th November
Newsletter Emailed
Friday 29th November
Certificate II Tourism Camp
Friday 29th November—Tuesday 3rd
December
Year 6 Day
Tuesday 3rd December
Year 10 & 11 Reports emailed/posted
Friday 6th December
Junior School Club 95 Rewards Day
Monday 9th December
Europe Trip
Thursday 12th December—Wednesday 1st
January
Year 7/8/9 Reports emailed/posted
Friday 13th December
Last Day Term 4
Friday 13th December
Four ways to make stress work for you
1. Read your body differently
Start to read your stress response as being there to help you prepare for the
challenge. Instead of seeing it as a threat, try to see it as a coping tool. When you are
experiencing stress, you can say to yourself:
I am feeling a li�le uncomfortable; my heart is bea�ng faster, but my body is
ge�ng me ready to compete.
2. Reframe the meaning of the event
Rather than framing exams as a threat, try to frame them as a challenge. Part of the
reason they are seen as a threat is because your whole future, iden�ty and worth
appear to be at stake. This is not true. Exams are one very small part of your life that
does not decide your whole future.
There are always other op�ons, different pathways and opportuni�es. Vera Wang
failed to get into the Olympic ice-ska�ng team and became a world famous dress
designer. Some�mes the path we imagine looks a li(le different.
Not all journeys are straight, and the best ones can have diversions.
3. Accept stress and nega0ve emo0ons
Some common ways people approach stress is to try to relax, ignore stress and try to
reduce it. These approaches actually reinforce that stress is “bad” rather than
accep�ng it as a natural and helpful response. These approaches also lead to poorer
performance and emo�onal exhaus�on.
Rather than ignoring the emo�ons, it’s be(er to feel them, accept them, and then
try to use them to your advantage. You can say to yourself:
I feel this way because this goal is important to me, and my body is responding this
way because it is ge�ng me ready to perform.
4. Add to your resources
Clearly, changing your mindset is only helpful if you have the resources to cope. It
would be like an athlete who is about to compete but has not trained. Put �me into
study, study in different ways (read, write ideas in your own words, talk about the
ideas, draw them) and give yourself �me to prac�se these ideas.
When you have done this, your stress response then draws on these resources.
Stress will always be present in our lives as we take on new challenges and grow as a
person. When we see low-level stress as a threat it becomes one. It becomes a red
flag that we are not coping, that these feelings are wrong and we should retreat. This
is not true.
STAFF ON LEAVE TERM 4
Anthea Crees—05/12/2019—13/12/2019
Renae Marano—05/12/2019--13/12/2019
Andrew Paterson-05/12/19--13/12/2019
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QParents is here! Great news: Mossman State High School is providing our parent community with the opportunity to register for QParents.
The QParents web and mobile application provides a more convenient, easier way for parents and legal guardians of
Queensland state school students to interact with their child’s school. Parents will have secure, online access to their
child’s student information, anytime, anywhere, through a smartphone, tablet or computer.
QParents allows parents to connect instantly with their child’s school to access and manage their child’s student
information, including:
• Attendance and absence details, as well as the ability to notify the school of an absence
• Positive behaviour information
• Academic report cards
• Class timetables
• Downloading exam timetables and assessment planners
• Viewing unpaid invoice details, payment history, and making payments online
• Viewing and updating personal student details, including medical conditions and address
• Enrolment details
QParents will assist both staff and parents in sharing and responding to information in an efficient and effective way.
QParents won’t replace the traditional ways you communicate with our school, but it will provide another way to
communicate with us.
More information about QParents can be found at https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/about
CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR GRADUATING
CLASS OF 2019
BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE
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PRESENTATION
EVENING 2019
Ellie Zillfleish Year 10 ADF Long Tan
Leadership
Connor Berzinski Dux of the School & Academic Excellence
Unity Beitzel Caltex Best All Rounder &
Senior Cultural Award
Rebekah Ives Year 12 ADF Long Tan
Leadership
Reagan Crees, Unity Beitzel & Jemma Morrison State Sport
Representatives
Year 11 Subject Awards Recipients
Year 12 Subject Awards Recipients
Year 10 Subject Awards Recipients
Year 8 Subject Awards Recipients
Year 9 Subject Awards Recipients
Year 7 Subject Awards Recipients
Lily Marr & Jayden Lovell JCU Encouragement Awards
Melissa Callander Senior Sportsperson
Ethan Crees Senior Sportsperson
Gwyneth Dowell Dux Junior School
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PRESENTATION
EVENING 2019
Joshua Cowie Ambassador for Inclusion
Reagan Crees Junior Sportsperson
Cohen Barnes Junior Cultural Award
Peninsula Sporting Reps
Alyssa Jackson Gold Award for Instrumentalist of the Year
Year 7 Distinctions
Dana Cranswick Pathways
Student of the Year
Year 8 Distinctions
Year 9 Distinctions
Year 10 Distinctions
Year 12 Distinctions
Torana Cox Junior Citizenship
Alexis Ryan Senior Indigenous
Student of the Year
Ethan Crees & Tkoda Hewett Senior Citizenship
Year 11 Distinction
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
Mossman State High School was represented at
Remembrance Day by Senior & Junior Leaders and the
School Band.
School Captain, Ethan Crees spoke of what
Remembrance Day means to the youth of the Shire.
Congratulations to Grace Samios and Brendan Richards
who were awarded the Remembrance Day Award. Art
teacher, Nada Petrasevic was recognised for her work on
the mural at the RSL Hall on Johnson Street.
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As part of Qld Mental Health Week, Mossman State High school hosted
representatives from community organisations including Mossman Youth Centre,
CYMHS and Qld Health (thank you Nurse Wendy). The activities were for fun and to
remind us of the importance of taking care of our mental health.
R U OK Day was held late in September.
Students were reminded to check in with
other people and provided guidance as to
how to start a conversa0on.
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JCU Club RHINO A group of students from James Cook University’s Rural
Health Club, RHINO (Rural Health in the Northern
Outback) visited Year 9 and Year 10 students at Mossman
State High school to share informa�on and showcase
different health careers. Students from various facul�es
including Medicine, Nursing, Den�stry, Occupa�onal
Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Laboratory Science
and Pharmacy providing an interac�ve 1-hour workshop
showcasing these professions. The group’s mission was
to inspire as many rural High School students as possible
with the message that a career in health is a possibility
for them!
Thank you P&C
A big thank you to the Mossman High School P&C for
their support throughout the year. They have donated
tuckshop vouchers in Terms 1 and 3 for eligible
students in Club 95 and acknowledged the work of
staff by catering for a special morning tea to celebrate
World Teachers ‘ Day.
TK Goes Top 5 out of 22,000 Graduating Mossman State High School Student, Tkoda Hewett was recently in receipt of one of the highest academic honours afforded to high school students across the state.
Her response to the 2019 Queensland Core Skills Test Writing Task exam is among five to be published in the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority Retrospective. Twenty two thousand candidates from state and private schools sat the test this year as the external component of attaining an OP score.
Less than one percent of students (about 200) were awarded a score of ‘1’ on the test and TK was then selected as being in the top five even in this rarefied company. I have marked the test at state level for many years and there are some truly exceptional writers among students in Queensland. To be among the absolute best is exceptional.
Exceptional but not entirely surprising. TK is a brilliant young writer across several genres and is currently being considered to undertake a degree in the field at Columbia University in the United States.
TK is the second student from Mossman High to achieve such a remarkable honour. Amy
Willing was published in 2011.
James Wall
HOD English