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24 June 201624 June 2016

THE PRINCIPAL’S REPORTDear Parents and Carers,

We have almost come to the end of Term 2,another very successful Semester oflearning at Cav Road.

Congratulations Mrs SarahHickey

Sarah Hickey has been selected in the'Lethbridge Small Scale Art Awards' 2016. Her work is below.Sarah is a dedicated practitioner, teacher and artist. To have awork selected in these Awards is very impressive.Congratulations Sarah!

Watching Sporting Teams Playduring Class Time

Under no circumstances are our teachersto take their classes out of lesson time towatch our sports teams compete at CavRd. Learning time is too valuable and tooimportant to our students and their futures.

Staff Training and Professional Development

Since our last communication our staff at Cav Road haveparticipated in the following professional development initiativestogether:

National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is held annually from 27May - 3 June and celebrates the rich culture and history ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. NRW coincideswith two dates in Australia’s history which are significantmilestones in the reconciliation journey – 27 May marks theanniversary of the 1967 Referendum, and 3 June marks theanniversary of the High Court’s judgment in the 1992 Mabocase. The NRW 2016 theme is “Our History, Our Story, OurFuture”. Cav Road staff and students acknowledged thisspecial time with an Assembly led by our Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander leaders.

For more information visit the ‘Reconciliation Australia’ website:

http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/

Congratulations Ms Mel Andreatta

Congrats to Ms Mel Andreatta who is off to the Rio Olympics tosupport the Australian female football team. Follow this link forthe media launch

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/mentoring-program-for-female-coaches-kicks-off/1n13mww27o

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• Student Protection Training

• Supporting Traumatised Students

• Cyber Safety

• Art and Science of Teaching (ASOT) Twilight sessionwith Dr Stephan Millett from Curtin University,Western Australia. Dr Millett worked with the staff ofour school and local primary school’s involved in theCIF initiative, and focussed on establishing anenvironment to develop ‘critical and creativethinkers.’ Dr Millett targeted the process of ‘Inquiry’with reference to ASOT and how an inquiry mindsetsupports our students to practise, deepen and testtheir understanding of knowledge.

QCAA Trial of the External English Examination

Congratulations and special thanks to our Senior Englishstudents, our Head of Department – English Diana McFadzeanand our English staff for their successful implementation of thetrial QCAA External Examination in English. This group of staffare trail blazers and have worked tirelessly to ensure that theyand their students are ready for full implementation in the future.

Congratulations and Thank You Ms Masselos

Congratulations Ms Masselos on our school’s successful bidfor the Education Queensland International (EQI) 2016Appropriation Subsidy program. Based on our submission andthe criteria assessed by the EQI panel members, we wereawarded $52,655. The school’s total bid was $76,079 and EQIwill provide funds totalling $52,655 made up as follows:

Resources / itemsResources / items FundsFundsallocatedallocated

10 Dell Latitude E5470 laptops with carry bag($1190 each)

$11,900

5 x Casio Classpad FX-CP400 Colour GraphingCalculator - $224 each

$1,120

Tambour Cupboard for housing studentuniforms used for students on Destination Dayand at other times

$ 1,107

Shelter covering for outdoor seating area $ 38,528

This is great news and further adds to the current scope ofworks.

Congrats Mr David Thompson - Entrepreneursof Tomorrow Grant Application

The aim of the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow program is to informways in which we can develop the skills students need tobecome the creators and innovators of Queensland’s future. Aselection panel consisting of representatives with educational,industry and entrepreneurial expertise assessed all applicationsto ensure they met the aim of the Entrepreneur of TomorrowProgram. The quality of the applications was very high withmany schools planning innovative ways to provide studentswith entrepreneurial learning opportunities.

An initial payment of $10,000 will occur in June 2016, andsubsequent payments of $3,300 will be made in June 2017 and2018.

Successful applicants will be required to make their resourcesavailable to all state schools to assist them in developing theirown entrepreneurial learning programs.

Attendance Update

Top 10 PS Classes

1 Sarah Bergamini ROP L 97.11

2 Sarah Potter PGE I 96.92

2 Helen McNulty PGE L 96.92

4 Krishna Lal HPR H 96.91

5 Kyan Lambie JNS D 96.90

6 Marie Chappell PGE C 96.87

7 Seb Brown HPR B 96.83

8 Sarah Atkinson PGE H 96.80

9 Joel Smith JNS C 96.75

10 Adam Guest JNS K 96.62

Visit by The Secretary General of OurCommonwealth

Special thanks to Mr Joe Kelly MP, State Member forGreenslopes for assisting our school to host the SecretaryGeneral of the Commonwealth, Mr Akbar Khan. This was agreat honour for staff and students and our students studyingHumanities embraced this wonderful learning opportunity.

End Semester Reports

End Semester Reports will be emailed to parents during Week2 of Term 3.

Acting Arrangements over the Coming Weeks

Whilst Mr Adam Kuss is on Paternity Leave and LSL,congratulations to Mrs Lisa Williams who is acting/Director OfStudent Achievement – Years 7 and 8 and Mrs LesleyWhittington who is acting/Year 7 Coordinator.

Whilst I am away studying at Harvard University 11-19th July,Ms Meryl Johnston will act as Principal, Mr Paul Cox asAssociate Principal, Mr Strak Kosanovic as Deputy Principaland Ms Claire Spruce as A/HOD – Humanities. Thank youto each of these great staff who are providing me with thiswonderful opportunity.

Enjoy a well-deserved end Semester break. Our students haveworked tirelessly this Semester and have achieved someoutstanding results. Thank you to all parents and families foryour support.

Corrine McMillanPrincipal

2016 Senior Philosothon at the Universityof Queensland

Fourteen of Cav Rd’s talented philosophical thinkers took onthe best and brightest from Queensland’s SecondaryPhilosophy community in the annual UQ Senior Philosothon.With over 80 students from Queensland state and privateschools, the event was nothing shy of inspiring, and at times

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so philosophical and complex it caused a mind ache. Groupsof about 10 students from varying schools congregated inSocratic Circles to discuss and questions some of Philosophy’sfundamental questions in hopes of arriving at a generalconsensus, an outcome rarely arrived upon when the mindsof philosophers meet. Questioning the need and/or ability toprogram computers to be moral kicked off the day, withstudents entering their last session to deconstruct Socrates’very famous quote, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”Driven by passion and rationality, our Cav Roadians reasonedwith charity and grace, so much so they impressed manyjudges including one of the key professors in UQ’s Schoolof Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, a well-deservedacknowledgement for our students. Notable Thinker awards willbe delivered and we look forward to presenting them to ourwinning students. All in all the students had a great day andwhen asked if they would like the chance to do it again nextyear there was an overwhelming response of “Yes!” Way to goyoung philosophers, as always you make us proud.

Morgan StebbingsAcademic Excellence Program Director

Cyber Safety Awareness at CavendishRoad State High School

To maximize the effectiveness of all the internet has to offerin a social and e-learning environment, instilling good onlinebehaviours in our youth is the key. Throughout our pastoralcare program, all students of Cavendish Rd SHS are exposedto a dedicated cyber safety awareness program, which offersa range of ideas that our students can implement to avoidor reduce issues they may face in an online world. When ourstudents understand these, it encourages and empowers themto embrace technology in a positive way and provides atangible reason to make sound online decisions.

On Monday 6 June, Brett Lee, a renowned undercover internetdetective, presented to all of our students about safe onlinebehaviours. In addition to the student cohort, Brett briefed allteachers on the topic and then ran a parent information sessionin the evening. It was fantastic to see so many parents turnup to be informed on this important issue. The feedback wereceived was very positive regarding the presentation.

What our community is saying-Rosie (Parent)-

I was really keen to attend the recent Cyber Safety parentsession last week. My two Cav Roadian boys (Yrs 7 & 9) hadtalked a lot about the talk they had from Brett Lee earlier in theday and his message had clearly had an impact on them.

The messages presented were kept really simple but we wereleft in absolutely no doubt about how crucial they were. For me,the most important messages were:

Georgia (Student) - It was awesome to hear from Brett and hegave us some interesting ideas about the way that we use ourlaptops. It really opened my eyes about the ways that internetproviders can access our personal details now. I’ll be moreaware of this in the future, particularly on social networking andgaming sites.

This was our first wellbeing ‘parent engagement’ session for2016. I look forward to meeting more parents at the nextsession! For further information on Internet Safety andCyberbullying Resources for Parents and Carers please refer to

http://www.internetsafefamilies.com

Rebecca GardinerHead of Department of Student Wellbeing

Year 10 STEM Student Representative forCavendish Road SHS

Recently, I was invited to participate in the "STEM Girl Power:Discovering DNA" workshop run by SPARQ-ed at theTranslational Research Institute. Its aim was to encourageyoung women to aspire towards a career in STEM (science,technology, engineering and mathematics).

Many successful female scientists came to chat with us, totell us about their journey and share their insights into workingin the field of STEM. I was particularly inspired by the veryenthusiastic Natalie McKirdy, a past Cavendish Road student.

• No internet enabled devices in bedrooms afterbed-time (or set a time where they get put away)

• Keep current - know what they view online and whothey're talking to

• Be the parent - we set guidelines in all other aspectsof our kids' lives, why not their internet usage? If wedon't - their guidelines will come from who knowswhere!

• Talk about cyber safety - and keep talking about it

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She gave a presentation talking about the research she iscurrently doing as part of her Ph.D., investigating how certaincompounds from silk could be used as a treatment forblindness caused by retinal degeneration. She is a YoungScience Ambassador with the Wonder of Science program,inspiring young people across regional Queensland to becomeinterested in a STEM career.

Part of the program was to plan activities to run back at schoolduring Australian National Science Week, to be held in August.Along with the STEM prefects, I will help run activities andscience challenges for students across the school, andhopefully we'll get some local primary schools involved too. Theprogram focused on a particular DNA extraction experimentthat we can repeat with these students as part of the event.

Emma PenfoldYear 10 Student

Philosophy and Ethics Gifted andTalented Conference

We are always looking for ways to bring our Philosophystudents into the community to interact and work with others.This year’s Academic Conferences’ Gifted and Talented eventpresented a very unique way to accomplish this goal, with theirconference theme being Philosophy and Ethics. We jumped onthe opportunity to have 12 of our Philosophy students attendand learn from influential thinkers such as Julie Arliss, a keylecturer at King’s College, UK and fellow of Oxford University.Students participated in 4 sessions focusing on key questionswhich the world’s greatest thinkers have battled with on theirjourney to discover truth and wisdom. A venture into the worldof knowledge acquisition left our students grappling withwhether they identified with the rationalist or empiricistapproach of epistemology. The day culminated in a ‘BigDebate’ where our students argued with our keynote speakersregarding the God Conclusion, responding to the Houses’position that the existence of God can be known. I was soimpressed with how our students conducted themselvesthroughout the whole conference, listening attentively andproviding insightful questions and comments at the end of eachsession. After a full day of inquiry and thought our studentswere eager to have our own Socratic Discussion to reflecton the key questions that came up throughout the day, soat 2:30 we sat in our own circle outside Churchie’s ERPACbuilding and discussed the day’s events. It was truly a proudmoment as a philosophy teacher, to witness these studentsguide themselves through a discussion that was completelyself-initiated.

Morgan StebbingsAcademic Excellence Program Director

Dr Karl at Cav RdOur senior science academy classes hadthe privilege of attending a 1 hr Q & A withDr Karl Kruszelnicki in the auditorium lastWednesday, 15th of June. Dr Karl is a verywell-known science communicator andpopulariser. You may know him from theABC or the Channel 10 show, The Project.He gave up his afternoon and spent thewhole hour fielding random science relatedquestions from our top science students. Topics ranged fromthe big bang, to evolution, to genetic engineering, to life onmars and the science behind our gender plus many more. Itwas a fantastic opportunity for our students to share hisexcitement for science and I think we were all a little star struck.Dr Karl even hand signed and donated his full authored bookcollection (38 books) to the school library. To check out moreinfo on Dr Karl head to:

http://www.drkarl.com

Paul BatchlerScience Department

STEM Science AmbassadorsEmma Penfold and our Year 9 STEM prefects, Lily Biggs andSean Chaseling, assisted Dr Bartlett on Tuesday 14th June withthe Primary Science Club. Year 5 students from seven differentprimary schools (Greenslopes, Holland Pk, Mount Gravatt,Camp Hill, Gumdale, Carina, and Wishart) were engaged in funforensic activities that involved gathering evidence and usingScience experiments to solve a “Who Dunnit?” task. The labwas buzzing with excitement and the help from our scienceambassadors was invaluable!

Joanne CampbellScience Teacher

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Academic Excellence PseudoscienceSession

Over the first 5 weeks of term our Science fans embarkedon a quest to evaluate some of the many claims which fallunder the topic of Pseudoscience. Have you ever read anadvertisement that promised you eye lashes with 200% morevolume and wondered how exactly they measured that 200%value? What about the absorbency of your household papertowels? Is one brand really better wet than dry? Or betterthan a Chex cloth? With the aid of a science teacher mentorour groups tested some pretty wild claims including the everprevalent “3 Second Rule” and whether or not anti-bacterialgel actually does kill 99.9% of all germs. Students came upwith their own hypothesis and planned the whole experimentfrom start to finish. Working at a senior science level, studentscarried out advanced tests including the Benedict’s test todetermine glucose presence and growing bacterial colonieson agar plates and incubating them for further analysis andmeasurement. In the final week students presented theirfindings in a seminar which reflected the work of universitystudents rather than middle school students, especially thequestion and answer sessions which followed eachpresentation. The clarity with which our scientists posed theirquestions and the depth of thinking and understanding thatwent into them were definitely the highlights for the teachermentors.

The results; well let’s just say there is no such thing as the threesecond rule, and that hand sanitizer is good, but not 99.9%good!

Morgan StebbingsAcademic Excellence Program Director

Year 8 Reader’s Cup TeamOn the evening of Tuesday the 14th of June, I accompanied fiveexcited Year 8 students to the 2016 Reader’s Cup challenge.Over the past six weeks, these students had been busilyreading four novels and one picture book as well as havingweekly meetings to practise answering quiz questions aboutall of these books. This was all in preparation for the finalchallenge. The students represented both themselves and CavRoad extremely well, displaying excellent behaviour,sportsmanship and wearing their uniform with pride. Overall, theCav Road team came fifth out of seventeen teams representingboth state and private schools which was a great result thatthey were very proud of.

Year 8 Reader’s Cup team 2016: Bella, Jess, Kiara, Dion andYear 8 Reader’s Cup team 2016: Bella, Jess, Kiara, Dion andCooper.Cooper.

Kasia KurylewskaEnglish and Humanities Teacher

Archaeological Dig at Toowong CemeteryA little over a month ago we took a group of intrepid Year 7students on a real life archaeological dig at Toowong cemetery.These students form part of the school’s Academic ExcellenceProgram (AEP) and had spent 5 weeks in class with Ms Spruceand Mr K learning that it isn’t about being Indiana Jones butrather more like being a careful detective. We were reallyimpressed with the students’ capacity to problem solve theissues facing archaeologists in terms of fragmented evidence,the preservation and destruction of evidence and, of course,whether a pie was better than a kebab. These activities weredesigned to slow down their thinking and consider thealternatives and best options. Our mantra was “not to give usyour first answer but your best answer” and it was great towitness a definite pause between the question and the answerby week 3 of the unit. Next year we`d love to build on whatwe achieved with this group by introducing them to forensic

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archaeology in year 8, which involves a trip to UQ. We haveincluded photos from the day (special thanks to NatalieOldham) as well as an account from Alex Dane.

This day was the day we were going to make history—or atleast discover it. Our school’s Academy of Ideas Archaeologystudents were going to Toowong Cemetery to dig and find oldheadstones from the 19th century and onwards. We were alsogoing to explore the cemetery and solve a murder mystery.We had heard that a group of girls last year had found thegravestone of the first Sherriff of Queensland`s infant child andit was put in a museum! We were very excited. Otherarchaeologists had been itching to dig in our site but they gaveus a chance to excavate first. We had been training for this forweeks and we were ready to get our hands dirty. When we gotthere our instructor, Dr Jon, told us the rules and how to handlethe equipment.

I was in the first group so we got to do the digging first. We allcharged into the pit (from the ramp of course) and got straightinto it. It was so exciting and by the end of it we had foundwell over 20 headstones! After our break we went off to ournext activity. For my group it was exploring the graves in thecemetery with Mr K. We learnt all about the different types ofgravestones. We saw gravestones of soldiers and children andwe also saw the area for the people who couldn’t afford a headstone. It was quite sad; there was just an empty area of grassyland for them. After our second break we went with Ms Spruceto solve the murder mystery of Elizabeth Dale. She had beenvisiting the gravestones of her father and brother and was founddrowned in the dam between the graves. Long story short, wefigured it out, but I won’t spoil it for next year’s group.

We barely made it back to the bus in time to leave but we leftwith a smile on our faces. I think I speak for everyone when Isay that it was one of the best excursions by far. Thank you DrJon for giving us the opportunity of a life time.

Strachan KosanovicHead of Department- Humanities

Programs for Indigenous studentsCavendish Road SHS’s Indigenous students are fortunate to beinvolved with several community programs. The Former OriginGreats ARTIE Academy and Brisbane Broncos have united withselected Secondary State Schools in South East Queenslandto enhance the support given to Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander students. The ARTIE Academy and Beyond theBroncos Program operate with high expectations for effort,behaviour, achievement and commitment.

Beyond the Broncos Program

The ‘Beyond the Broncos’ Program aims to provide support toAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 10-12to stay in school, complete their senior studies and preparefor the transition into further education and employment. Itis an initiative of the Australian Government’s IndigenousAdvancement Strategy. Former Broncos, State of Origin andAustralian NRL player, Jharal Yow Yeh, works with Cav Road’sIndigenous Year 10-12 students in his role as CommunityPrograms Officer for the Brisbane Broncos. Jharal visits CavRoad weekly to meet with and mentor students, and alsodelivers workshops every term on topics including culture,lifestyle and careers.

ARTIE Academy

FOGs continue to deliver their ARTIE Academy (AchievingResults through Indigenous Education) to our Year 7-9students. Founded in 2010, the ARTIE Academy’s vision isto improve educational outcomes for Indigenous studentsattending Queensland State Schools by continuing the legacyof legendary Former Origin Great, Arthur Beetson. His visionand passion was for young Indigenous Australians to becomeeducated by completing school and gaining a meaningfulcareer. The ARTIE Academy aims to create high expectationsfor effort, behaviour, achievement and commitment. Studentsare encouraged, rewarded and informed of opportunities in aconcentrated effort to ‘Close the Gap’ in educational outcomesbetween Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

Kym FordIndigenous Liaison Offficer

Jharal Yow Yeh with Cav Road’s Year 10-12 IndigenousJharal Yow Yeh with Cav Road’s Year 10-12 Indigenousstudents at the official Program launch.students at the official Program launch.

Guidance/Career News

Career Education Program Year 10

You will be aware that our students are participating in CareerEducation Programs. Our year 10s kick off their program onFri 17 June with a presentation from the University of SouthernQueensland.

Their program will continue until Week 4 of term 3. Duringthis time they will learn about themselves in terms of careerdevelopment. They will also research an area of work thatcurrently interests them.

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This program will conclude with a very important document allschools are required to complete: SET P – Senior EducationTraining Plan. This Plan identifies the student’s subject selectionfor Years 11 and 12, setting them up for their post Year 12pathway.

Parents will need to be involved and are expected to view theplan and sign it off in agreement. In doing so we encourageparents to be aware of:-

The following events and dates will inform your contribution totheir SET P.

DateDate EventEvent

Week 10Term 2 –Week 4Term3

Career Education Program happens duringPSC classes, Fridays first period.

Monday15 August

Subject Selection Evening Hall at Cav Road.Heads of Department will have stalls wherefamilies can gain information about subjects.

Students and parents/carers are stronglyencouraged to attend. Students will be issuedwith their Subject Selection Books.

Friday 29July

Career Expo at Cav Road during first break inHall

Subject selection Opens Tuesday and closedFriday

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For specific information Guidance Officers areavailable by contacting the school.

Mr Morgan will be providing more information. Until then pleasedate claim the above events.

Career Education in the Junior School

The Years 7, 8and 9 students are just beginning their careereducation programs. Career education is vital to our studentsas workers in the 21st century will require career managementskills due to the rapid changes in technology and theglobalisation of the world’s economies. Fulltime jobs are on thedecrease. Workers of the future may hold multiple part timejobs or work on a contract basis. Career management skills willassist in transitioning from school to the workforce, into furtherstudy and from one job opportunity to another.

Students are becoming aware of the notion of work. Workcan be paid and unpaid. Unpaid work includes study, chores,volunteer, sport and leisure activities. Paid work can be fulltime,part time, casual, contract and seasonal. Career managementinvolves managing all of these types of work. Students will beforming accounts on the My future Website below and utilisingmany of the resources on offer. This will assist in becoming

familiar with skills, interests strengths and values and how theserelate to possible employment opportunities and further study.

https://myfuture.edu.au/

To prepare students for entry into the paid workforce they willbe building resumes, learning how to seek out job opportunitiesand discovering what to expect in a job interview. Studentsare also learning that employers will often train workers in jobspecific skills but they demand that their employees possessemployability skills. These skills can be developed in a myriad ofways at school and at home. These employability skills include:Communication, Teamwork, Problem solving, Initiative andenterprise, Planning and organising, Self-management,Learning, and Technology.

Families can assist students to develop their careermanagement skills by sharing their career journeys, by fosteringthe development of employability skills, reinforcing the notion oflifelong learning, encouraging their children to become awareof their skills, strengths and values. Students should beencouraged to identify deficiencies in their employability skillsand encouraged to seek out opportunities to develop them.

We look forward to working with your child,

Kate Niland & Paul RossGuidance Officers

Vocational Educational and TrainingFor Semester 2, we will be conducting a Cert II in Logistics oneday per week over 10 weeks. This equates to 4 QCE pointswhich commences the first Thursday in week 1, (14 July, 2016),Term 3. This course is delivered on site at Cavendish RoadSHS where students will work in a classroom with a teacherfrom ‘Axiom College”. The course will involve workbooks, aworkshop environment and an excursion to a supervisedlogistics facility. All the details with the enrolment form canbe found in the link, and please also complete the Language,Literacy, Numeracy Screening Tool. Please have this returnedto room B10 before commencement date. Course start date is14 July, 2016.

If you are interested in this Cert II in Logistics, you can alsoapply for this valuable opportunity within the Australian DefenceForce:

The Australian Defence Force have offered to take just 15 of ourbest students out of all of our schools, to give them REAL workexperience in the Logistics industry. They expect that a largepercentage may go on to be offered traineeships. The programwill run at Amberley Base over only 2 days in the 8th and 9th ofAugust.

Because of security issues each day the students will bechecked at the gate before entry will be permitted. During theirtime on base the students will cover as a part of their workexperience:

• Their son/daughter’s current plan for 2019

• Prerequisite subjects required

• Suitability of subjects based on interest and ability

• Whether their son/daughter will head foremployment, apprenticeship, university or TAFE in2019

• Customer Service

• Receipt/Despatch of goods

• Material handling/methods

• Stocktake

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As this is our first program with the ADF, I have asked trainersto identify outstanding students in each of their classes and askthat only they apply. To apply they will need to have completeda Certificate II in Logistics or at least be currently enrolled, andhave a student agreement attached. The student must have aninterest in potentially working for the Australian Defence Force.Please go to the link here and complete the Student agreementform and return to room B10 with the enrolment form for theCert II in Logistics course.

CAREER PATHWAYS TAFE

Are you interested in jump starting your career? Enrolments arenow being accepted for Semester 2. Come to B10 with yourinterest or questions.

Hills International College - Cert III / DiplomaChildcare Services

This is a great opportunity for students to gain a Cert III andtravel after Year 12. Reasons why you would choose to studywith Hills International College:

Vicki SchaferVocational Educational and Training Coordinator

Music Fanfare and Arts on the Green

Fanfare

On the 18th May the Cavendish Road String Orchestra,Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble performed in the Fanfare2016 Regional Festival. All three of our ensembles were given aGold Award for their performances. Congratulations to all.

Arts on the Green

On the 22nd July, in the Resource Centre and Forecourt, theArts and Hospitality Faculty will be presenting "Arts on theGreen". This festival will showcase the musical talents of allthree of our Jazz groups as well as the Vocal Ensemble. Therewill also be Drama performances in the Resource Centre andthere will be art works on display from our Visual Art students.There will also be a guest performance from Brisbane basedJazz Quintet "The Brookes Street Grind."

Admission is $10 Adults, $5 Children and under 5's are free.Food is provided by our Hospitality students. Wine, soft drinksand water will also be for sale and a coffee van will be there too.The evening will start at 5:30pm and entry is via Gate 1.

Tony LashmarInstrumental Music Coordinator

YEAR 10 BUSINESS MANAGEMENTMARKET DAY

Recently our Year 10 Business Management classes held theirfamous ‘Market Day’ where the students sell food productsthey have designed, produced and packed in a market stall.There were four classes in total (which made for 30 businesses),with two classes having their stalls on Monday and two onFriday. In the lead up to the event, the students learned therequirements of starting up a business, from registering abusiness name and applying for a (mock) ABN to writing upa partnership agreement, designing business logos anddeveloping marketing strategies. In teams of 3-4 students, theyformed their business and quickly decided on a business nameand product. They created eye-catching packaging for theirproducts and hung colourful posters around the school toadvertise their products.

There were many clever and creative business names suchas “Cake My Day”, “Funky Fudge”, “Nuttin but Nutella”, and“Sweet Revenge”. The students worked tirelessly to designtheir product concept and prepare samples to pass strictquality control – the teachers! There were plenty of sweet treatsfor the school to enjoy including toffee apples, slices, cookies,homemade fruit flavoured tea, cake pops, sweet pizzas,pancakes and donuts. Nothing could dampen the spirits of theyoung entrepreneurs – not even when the rain washed outthe stalls on the wet Friday. The students banded togetherand took the challenging conditions in their stride by helpingeach other to quickly relocate their stalls undercover beforecontinuing to sell their products.

Overall, the day was a financial success with most teams takinghome $20 - $30 per person after expenses. However, therewere a few groups with profits of $40 - $70 per person, whichwas great to see. The best team on the day, however, was“Pop Girls” who made a delicious, gluten free salted caramelpopcorn. Each of the girls took home over $90 each from theirstall. Well done girls! There have been many lessons learnedalong the way with lots of memories and fun times shared.Special thanks to Miss Masselos, Mrs Nugent and Ms McNultyfor mentoring the students in their business endeavours. TheBusiness Department looks forward to working with our nextgroup of budding entrepreneurs in Semester two.

The Business Department

• WHS

• Work in a diverse environment, in our case aTri-Service environment

• Security of Assets from a military perspective

• Document Control

• Prioritise operations from a Military perspective and acareers presentation from recruiting

• Discounted fees

• Payment scheme

• Owns 35 Child Care Centres across Asia (giving thesuccessfully qualified student as opportunity to traveland work across Asia)

• Growing industry

• Have a qualification by the end of Year 12

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Year 12 Griffith Business Workshop Two

Students enrolled in the Griffith Business early entry programrecently attended the second workshop. Upon return to school,students commented on how much they enjoyed the contentdelivered by the lectures and the taste of university life.

The final workshop will be run on Thursday 21 July. Oncompletion of the third workshop and final assessment itemstudents will have the opportunity to apply for a GuaranteedOffer of Entry to the Griffith Business School degree or doubledegree of their choice.

Belinda GrechBusiness Coordinator

Guten Tag!We have been looking into organising a school trip to Germanywith our Year 9-12 students in the Easter holidays next year.We hope to have more information out to you after the winterholidays, so watch this space. Our senior students haveentered exam block and we are looking forward to seeingtheir work. We congratulate Harrison from Year 12 who hassuccessfully acquired a scholarship these holidays at theInstitute of Modern Languages (IML) at UQ.

Other than that, we are coming to an end with our three Year8 German classes. This also marks the end of their compulsorylanguage learning. Students will get an opportunity to chooseGerman as an elective for Year 9 and we hope to see manystudents return.

Jinnie PettersenGerman Coordinator

Drama NewsJune has been a great month for Drama with several eventsinvolving a large number of students. Firstly all drama studentsfrom Year 7 to 12 viewed the in-school performance by Shakeand Stir Theatre Company titled “OVERSHARER”. SecondlyYear 10 and 11 students participated in the first eveningperformance for the year visiting QPAC to view the GothicTheatre production “Wuthering Heights” by Shake and Stir.Drama club is coming to an end for the semester and runningunder a different format for next semester.

In-School Performance - Oversharer

This production was developed from true stories collected fromstudents across the country and presented some serious andnot-so-serious situations which have occurred due to studentsusing sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. AllDrama students attended this production from Year 7 to 12.The performance certainly educated our students on thedangers of social media use, cyber bullying and posting whatis perceived as private, been made very public. An educationalmessage within a highly entertaining performance.

Evening Performance at QPAC

Students from Year 10 and 11 dressed for an evening of theatreon Tuesday 14th June to view Shake and Stir TheatreCompany’s Gothic theatre production “Wuthering Heights” atCremorne theatre. This was the first evening performance forthe year and our first for Year 10 students. This was anoutstanding production and the finale left us all with our jawsdropped, an intense and powerful production immersingstudent into very world of professional Gothic theatre.

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Drama in Practice – Year 11 Non AuthorityStudents

Congratulations to these students who completed theirChildren’s Theatre Production and performed in front of Year9 Drama students earlier this month. This unit of study wasbased on comedy within Children’s theatre in order to educateand entertain through a performance medium. These studentsdevised the educational concept, created the characters, wrotethe script and rehearsed the production ready for performance.We thoroughly enjoyed the process and the outcome was verysatisfying. Well done students.

Year 10 Drama Students – Cyber Drama

Year 10 students have completed their one Semester of Dramaand a new unit CYBER DRAMA! The students have participatedin three process dramas developing the story of CHLOE ISMISSING. Students developed this process drama resultingin outstanding assessment WEBCAM confessionals, Interviewswith main characters and a poetic video clip. Studentsdemonstrated outstanding skills with their video submissionsand have achieved outstanding results. Well done Year 10. Seeyou next year in Senior Drama.

Drama Club

Drama Club is now finished for Semester 1. The quality of thework students are producing is outstanding with the contentpreparing a number of our junior students for senior studies.This is incredibly impressive. Well done. Semester 2 willcommence under a different format, with the Australian ActingAcademy taking over the accounts for this after school event.Students will still work with Brendan and Jamie on a Mondayafternoon from 3-4.30pm but invoices and payments will begenerated and collected by the Australian Acting Academy.Students need to watch notices for the commencement datein term 3. If you are interested in joining Drama Club, I amhappy to discuss the program with you. Likewise parents feel

free to contact me via my email for any further information ontryan122@eq.edu.au

LOOKING PAST THE LABELS – Poem by Year10 Student - Lucinda Cowle

He’s short.She’s dumb.They’re weird.Why is it that humans feel compelledTo label things.To say“This is you.This is who you are.And you can’t change it.”When reallyThey don’t tell us much about the person who’s labelled.They describe us.They say,“This is us.This is what we stand for.”Putting a label on someoneDoesn’t prove anythingDoesn’t change them.Everyone has labels.Boy. Girl.Young. Old.Normal. Weird.When many people think mental illnessThey think.That’s weird.That’s stupid.That’s wrong.In reality?What is normal?Define that for me, right now.When I think normal, I think boring.To be normal is to blend.I don’t want to blend in life.I want to be able to stand out in lifeAnd say:Yeah, I have autismOrYeah, I’m not normal.I’m weirdAnd it’s awesome.Everyone’s taught to hide their weirdness.To seem normal.But I don’t want to hide.I don’t want to seem normal.So everyone, listen up.I have autism.And I’m proud of it.Do you know what?Autism is a label.And,If we never look past the labelsWe can never truly know someone.People cannot be defined by expectationsThat’s all a label isOur expectation of someone.

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People cannot be defined by what we think they areOr what we think they should be.Labels do not define us.We define the labels.And if we never look pastWhat we expect to seeWe can never comprehendHow truly greatThe human race is.I have a message for everyone across the world.‘The Human Race’ is just a fancy term for:“We’re all in it together”So please, people.Let’s start acting like it.

AUSTRALIAN ACTING ACADEMY school holidayworkshops

Families if you are looking for an exciting school holiday activityfor your student the Australian Acting Academy have a numberof workshops running these June/July school holidays.

7-12 Years:

StageWorx – The Runaway Circus 3 day DevisingTheatre WorkshopDates: Mon 27th-wed 29th JuneTimes: 9am-4pmCost: $230

FilmWorx – Magic Comic Book Mystery 3 day GreenScreen Movie MakingDates: Wed 6th –Fri 8th JulyTimes: 9am-4.30pmCost: $230

9-16 Years:

TV Commercial WorkshopDate: Fri 1st JulyTimes: 9am-1.30pmCost: $85

YouTube fast Track Start UpDates: Mon 4th – Wed 6th JulyTimes: 10am - 5pmCost: $270

Toni RyanDrama Coordinator

Hospitality Update

Year 9 Home Economics – Design Technology

This term the year 9s have been using the design processas they create their own pair of bed shorts or beach shorts.As a part of this, they have created an individualised designfeature. The students have used a variety of techniques withtheir design features (e.g. using contrasting stitching, changingpocket designs, adding belts, embroidery and various others).

Year 10 Introduction to Hospitality

The year 10 Introduction to Hospitality students have beencontinuing with their unit on food presentation and garnishing.The students were given the task of creating a table settingwith food, garnish and decorations to suit a chosen theme.Students chose a variety of themes such as 1950s, Valentine’sDay, Winter Wonderland, Jungle and children’s party.

Suzanne SchildHospitality Teacher

What’s going on in your ResourceCentre?

‘Our History, Our Story, Our Future’ in theResource Centre

We all know the importance of recognition and how goodit makes us feel. National Reconciliation Week is the perfectopportunity to recognise all Australians, and the unique place ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within this country.As a part of National Reconciliation Week 2016 the display inthe Resource Centre recognised and highlighted the uniqueplace our Indigenous students have within our schoolcommunity. The students were invited to share their stories andideas about their culture, history and vision for the future of areconciled nation. Peer Support classes were also encouragedto contribute their thoughts and visions for a reconciledAustralia by writing their messages on a postcard. Thepostcards featured artwork of three of our Indigenous students– Sharaya Summers, Moesha Murray and Jesse Prescott.

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New to Our Collection - Manga has made it tothe Resource Centre

Thanks to several students from the Manga Club we were ableto purchase a selection of titles. We now have a small Mangacollection in the Resource Centre ready for borrowing! We aimto build our manga collection. If you don't see anything you likein the Resource Centre, e-mail us or visit the Resource Centrestaff with your favourite series, and we'll consider adding it!You can also access Manga books on Overdrive. At the loginpage, enter your EQ username (MISID) to view the title/s in the eBooks Digital Library. To access the eBooks visitthe link below and log in using your school username. A quicksearch for the word "manga" will show you what is available.You are also able to recommend manga to add to the Overdrivecollection by clicking "Additional titles to Recommend".

http://educationqld.lib.overdrive.com/

Returns and Overdue Notices

The loans system of the Resource Centre aims to provideall users with maximum access to our resources. All studentloans are for a maximum period of three weeks (21 days)with the right to renew if the resource is not in high demand.Students are encouraged to borrow books over school holidayperiods. Overdue notices will be sent out regularly to students’EQ email addresses to remind students of overdue books. Thiswill ensure a high turnover of resources and equity of access.

Notices are sent to student email addresses as follows:

All lost and damaged items will be charged at a replacementcost. A full refund will be issued if the item is found and returnedin good condition.

Michelle Janik-SandsLibrary Technician

Student AchievementCavendish Road is very proud of Year 9 student, Lawson Smithwith his recent achievements at the QueenslandChampionships for Karate. Lawson competed in the[Brown-Black belt] age division 14-15 years in Kata and Kumite.Lawson’s results are outstanding and he will be competing inthe National Championships later in the year.

Results:

1st place – Kumite [Karate fighting]3rd place – Kata [choreographed movement patterns]

Well done Lawson!

Inter-house Athletics CarnivalWhen: Week 2 Term 3Field Events: Monday July 18Track Events: Thursday July 21

Students who wish to participate in any field events on MondayJuly 18 need to nominate by July 15. Nomination forms havebeen placed on the walls outside The PE staffroom. Onlystudents who have nominated will be permitted to participateon the field event day. Students will come out of class fortheir event and return to class at its conclusion. All nominatedcompetitors are able to wear their sports uniform all day.

Now for the MAIN EVENT…come dressed in your housecolours and run wild on Thursday 21 July for our whole schooltrack events day.

Sally ButtersHealth and Physical Education Teacher

In Touch

Schools Touch League

May 20th our 13 and 15 year boys and girls teams travelled toCaboolture for the second Schools Touch League competition.Our students did fabulously well, in particular the 15 YearsBoys who remain undefeated after two rounds of competition.Both the 13 Girls and Boys have improved greatly during thiscompetition, with many experiencing this level of opponent forthe first time; they have grown both as players and as membersof a team. The competition thus far has been excellentpreparation for All Schools in Term 4 and students haveprovided great positive feedback.

Met Finals

Cav Rd was represented by 8 teams at the Met Finals onWednesday 25th May. Our Year 8, 9 and Open girls and Year 7,8,9,10 and Open boys all represented the school in outstandingfashion. The level of completion was extremely high, with theYear 10, Open boys and Open girls playing to a drop offand winning their finals against Wellington Point, Runcorn and

• Overdue notices are emailed to students when itemsare 7 days or more overdue

• A replacement cost notice is sent at 28 days overdueto students and parents

• After 30 days, overdue items are considered lost,and an invoice will be sent to the student’s parents/carer.

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Woodridge respectively. The Year 8 boys and girls also hadtight wins in their finals. The students’ level of professionalismand sportsmanship is to be congratulated, with many teamsshowing true character and leadership during the event.

State Championships 18 Years

State Championships for the 18 year boys and girls were heldfrom May 25 to 29 in Toowoomba. Eleven of our seniorCavendish Road students competed for Met East in some ofthe most challenging weather conditions that I have seen forquite some time. Our students battled extreme winds, peltingrain and very cold temperature with the grace and finessethat only they possess, missing out in Grand final positionsby just one try each. Both teams made semi-finals endingup in third place. A big congratulations to all students thatcompeted, these include; Girls – Kobe Nona, Erin Lee, MelanieWilliams, Kerry-Anne Hill and Sarafina Vosuqa. Boys – JamesPrice, Jayden Fielding-Smith, Connor McLeod, Elliot Vincent,Isaak Spletter, Jordan Andrews. These championships are alsowhere the 2016 Queensland teams are selected.Congratulations on your selection Kobe Nona, James Price,Jayden Fielding Smith and special mention to Jordan Andrewswho made shadow. We are very proud of these Cavroadianswho have been selected to play for their state in October atKawana.

Year 6 Trials

Cav road Touch Academy trials for prospective 2017 year 7students were held on the 17th of June. Mr Walker and I arethrilled with the skill level, game sense and knowledge of manyof the hopeful touch academy students for 2017. Thanks to allthe grade 10 students who assisted us on the day by runningskills sessions and a mini tournament so we had time to select.

Farewell Mr Walker

“It's with sadness that I leave Cav Rd after such a short timebeing here. I have learnt and grown as much as a coach overthe past semester and have really got to know the great kids inthe Touch Football Academy. I am filled with gratitude to havehad the opportunity to work alongside such fantastic staff andCathy has been a great mentor for me over the past 6 months.I wish everyone the best of luck in their studies and sportingendeavours and will be shouting at you from the sidelines at AllSchools.”

On behalf of all of the students in the touch program I would liketo thank Mr Walker for all his hard work, dedication and timethis year to make the Academy something special. Mr Walkeris leaving us to take on other opportunities in another school.We wish you all the very best. We could also like to welcomeMr Chris Loth into the program. Mr Loth has been involved

as a player and coach within the School and Club system formany years, he is currently involved coaching Qld teams andhas represented Australia many years ago. He brings with hima wealth of knowledge and experience.

Good luck to all Cavroadians participating at Touch FootballJunior State Cup in the last weekend of the holidays.

Dates to remember:

Player Profile

This month’s stars of touch are:

Name: Brianna MadgeGrade: 10Favourite Subject: TouchTouch Club: Southern StormMost memorable touch experience:AllschoolsFav playing number and position: 7,LinkIf I could be like anyone who wouldthat be and why: Mady Heymer because she’s amazing.What I want to be when I grow up: Healthy and happyWhat my last meal on earth would be: LasagneWho is your funniest team mate and why? Tay the Bates,because she’s a crack upOne word that describes you: Fun

Name: Mitchell WilliamsGrade: 10Favourite Subject: MathsTouch Club: HavocMost memorable touch experience:Met Finals drop-offFav playing number and position: 6,LinkIf I could be like anyone who wouldthat be and why: Dylan Hennessey because he is thebest open men’s playerWhat I want to be when I grow up: Something to do withsport, sport teacher or classroom teacherWhat my last meal on earth would be: ChickenStroganoffWho is your funniest team mate and why? Jordan Bowiebecause he messes around a lotOne word that describes you. Funny

Cathy FarrellyDirector – Touch Football Academy

• Third and final Schools Touch League - RedlandsTouch Fields – Friday 5 August.

• State Championships - 15 years held from 28-31July – South Port

• State Championships - 12 Years held from 18-21August – Roma

• All Schools Squad trainings will commence term 3week one. Please check notices on your return toschool.

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Health and Physical Education

Griffith University Exercise Science LaboratoryDay

For the first time we are offering an opportunity for our SeniorPhysical Education students to complete a subject at GriffithUniversity through their Senior Physical Education subject atCav. Through completion of this subject our Physical Educationstudents will have guaranteed entry into a range of Health andExercise Science courses at Griffith. Year 11 and 12 studentsrecently completed the first component of the course bytraveling to Griffith University Gold Coast campus to engage ina range of Exercise Science laboratories; measuring skin foldsand personal body composition, calculating maximum oxygenuptake through submaximal testing on treadmills and bikes,and participating in core strength testing. Students expressedthat they thoroughly enjoyed the experience and learnt a lotthrough the access to university level resources and teaching.

Year 11 Orienteering

Our Year 11 Senior Physical Education students recentlycompleted their first orienteering unit. Being so close to WhitesHill Reserve allowed our students access to this area to practisetheir skills and develop their fitness in the lead up to the finalcourse at Toohey Forest. Students were required to collect 10controls over a 5km for their final course. The fastest studentsthrough the course were; Josh King McCarthy and James Weir(32minutes) for the males and Jessie Carswell (35minutes) forthe girls.

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Torpey

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Torpey who has recently beenselected in the 2016 National Training Centres’ ALL STARTEAM. This is part of the talent identification for the u20 YoungMatildas team. This is another great achievement from ourGirls Football Program, which continues to go from strength tostrength with tremendous leadership from their teacher MelissaAndreatta.

Anthony CarusoHead of DepartmentHealth and Physical Education

National Collection of Data on SchoolStudents

Collecting data on school students with disability helpsteachers, principals and education authorities support theparticipation of students with disability in schooling on the samebasis as students without disability. All Australian Governmentshave agreed to work together on the annual collection of data

on school students with disability. All Australian schoolsparticipate in this annual data collection.

The data provided to the Australian Government is aggregateddata only. Please be reassured that the Department will notprovide on to another organisation any data that can identify anindividual student. The only data being collected at the schoollevel to be reported nationally is the:

Consultation with parents is important not only for the datacollection but also to ensure you are aware of the adjustmentsbeing provided to support your child. We will therefore continueto consult with you. While only data that cannot identify yourchild will be submitted outside of the Department, if you do notwish for your child’s details to be included, please let me know.

Information and fact sheets are available to help you make adecision from the:

http://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/disability-data-collection.html

http://education.gov.au/nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability

Alternatively, if you have any queries about the collection or useof this data I encourage you to contact me directly.

Stephanie DavisHead of Special Education Services

Sport UpdateTerm 2 has been a big term for sport here at Cav Rd SHS,with a number of Mt Gravatt District, South District and MetEast trials, cross country, summer interschool sport finals andthe first half of the winter season. We have had a numberof students attend trials for the Mt Gravatt and South Districtrepresentative teams with the following students gainingselection in the Met East Regional teams to attend the StateChampionships.

CAV ROAD MET EAST REPRESENTATIVES

STUDENTSTUDENT SPORTSPORT

Mac Butler U/18 Baseball

Will Blair U/15 Rugby League

Paris Hammond U/19 Tennis

Simone Farlie U/19 Tennis

Kobe Nona 16-19 Years Touch

Sarafina Vosuqa 16-19 Years Touch

Erin Lee 16-19 Years Touch

Melanie Williams 16-19 Years Touch

• number of students in the school who are providedwith an adjustment to address a disability

• level of adjustments we provide for those students

• broad category of disability

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STUDENTSTUDENT SPORTSPORT

Kerry-Ann Hill 16-19 Years Touch

Samuel Carmody U/12 AFL

Mikaylah Ah Toon U/15 Netball

Matthew Haworth U/19 Football

Connor McLeod 16-19 Years Touch

Jordan Andrews 16-19 Years Touch

Isaak Spletter 16-19 Years Touch

Jayden Fielding-Smith 16-19 Years Touch

James Price 16-19 Years Touch

Eliott Vincent 16-19 Years Touch

Lindsay Bowles U/19 Hockey

Daniel Brown U/19 Hockey

Ashton Irvine U/19 Hockey

Renae Nona 13-15 Years Touch

Kapu Broughton-Winterburn 13-15 Years Touch

Kedan Chan-Tung 13-15 Years Touch

Billie Manns 12 Years Touch

Rafe Priestley 12 Years Touch

CAV RD QUEENSLAND REPRESENTATIVES

STUDENTSTUDENT SPORTSPORT

Kobe Nona 16-19 Years Touch

James Price 16-19 Years Touch

Jayden Fielding-Smith 16-19 Years Touch

Interschool Sport

Our winter season is 6 rounds in with our teams travelling andparticipating in the following sports: AFL, Basketball, Football,Netball, Rugby League, Ultimate Disc and Volleyball. Theregular season runs through until the 26 and 27 July before thesemis, final and met finals are played.

Mitch BakerHealth and Physical Education Teacher

The QParents Android App is hereThe QParents Android App has now been launched and isavailable on the Google Play Store. Android users candownload the app for use on their phones and tablets. Parentscan find the QParents app by visiting the app store via the linkbelow and searching for ‘QParents.’

https://play.google.com/store

David ThomsonHead of DepartmentBusiness and Technology

Chaplain’s News

The No Limits Boys’ Group

The “No Limits” boys’ group continue to meet weekly. Weare increasing the challenges of the problem solving activitiesand the trust activities with each passing week. The groupdiscussions have been honest and even quite vulnerable. Therehave been moments when I’ve felt proud of the group—thesemoments make it all worthwhile. Thank you Mr Ross for givingup your time to help with this group.

Chappy Week

To help celebrate Chappy Week, St Marks Church donated ahuge basket of delicious goodies. I shared these yummy giftsaround with the staff of the school. From the staff and myself,we wish to say “Thank You” so much for blessing us this way.

Life Group

Life Group continues to meet weekly. A different student leadsthe group each week by bringing a topic to discuss, andscripture references to back up their discussion points. Theyalso pray for each other at the end of the meeting. As I listen totheir discussions, I suspect that I am sitting in the presence ofsome of the world’s most influential ministers of the future. It’sbeen a great term. Have a lovely and safe holiday break.

Margita DowneySchool Chaplain

Finance DepartmentThe Finance Team is endeavouring to improve ourcommunication with all parents and guardians. Parents and/orguardians who have listed email addresses will start to noticethat invoices and statements will be sent via email. So that youdo not miss out on any correspondence from us, could youplease check your junk mail periodically, as some parents haveindicated that emails received from us are going to their junkmailbox.

As part of the updated communication, we may contact youby text. Instances of this will be if we receive a bounced backemail or if you haven’t got a current email address listed with theschool. We appreciate your help and patience as we improveour communication with you. Do you know that if you click onthe BPoint link on your emailed invoices, you will be transportedto a payment screen? This is a quick and easy way to makepayments online.

• Payments Due by the end of Term 2 are:- Year 11 Camp in full- High Energy Youth Tournament for Netball – Due by24th June

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Radmila VlaskiBusiness Services Manager

Year 9 ParentsYour Year 9 child’s laptop warranty period expires at the endof August this year. If your child’s laptop has any damage now,please have them bring it to D10 as it may be able to be fixedunder warranty.

All laptops will be handed back to D10 at the end of the schoolyear. They must be in a non-damaged and working state withlaptop case and charger. All damages will have to be paid for.There will be no warranty claims available from September on.

There will be an option for you to purchase your child’s laptop.The laptop will be put back to factory settings and will not beable to be used on the school network in 2017. Your child willreceive a new laptop for the 2017 year. You will be able tosecure your 2017 laptop at the end of this year if all school feesincluding Term 1 2017 have been paid.

Karen McFarlaneHOD Information Services

Parents and Citizens Association

Canteen Call for Help

Our Canteen Team has been very busy preparing food andserving our hungry students. Thank you to the volunteers whohave assisted our staff so far this year. Volunteers are welcomeevery day. Even coming along for a short time to assist onone of the days would be a huge help. If you have a littletime and would like to help please feel welcome to pop in.For more information or to advise when you are available toassist please contact the Canteen team on 3394 0723 orcanteen@cavroadshs.eq.edu.au Thank you for considering thisrequest!

P&C Meetings.

P&C meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from7pm in the Resource Centre. All parents and carers are mostwelcome to come along. This is a great way to meet schoolstaff and other parents. Our next meeting is Tuesday 19 July.If you would like to be added to our mailing list and receivereminders about future meetings and copies of our minutes andagenda please email pandcsecretary@cavroadshs.eq.edu.au

Leisa WhybirdCommunications SecretaryParents and Citizens Association

Important Cyber Safety TipsThe department has recently been alerted to random userscontacting children using the social media app ‘Instagram’.

The following tips are provided to parents on how their childrencan avoid random contact on social media:

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

Study Tour from Junten Senior HighSchool – Homestay families required forJapanese students

A group of students from Junten Senior High School in Japanwill be visiting our school from 23 July 2016 to 6 August 2016.We are looking for homestay families available between thesedates who can provide 3 meals per day, a bed (the student canshare a room with a student of the same sex) and transport toand from school (the student may travel on public transport withthe Cav Road Student).

Families will be paid $500 per student to cover any expenses.Families can host up to 2 students. If you are interested inhosting a student could you please contact me via email or mymobile:

The Homestay Co-ordinator – Lesley HuxleyCavendish Road State High School0402 825 640Email: LHUXL6@eq.edu.au

Lesley HuxleyInternational Homestay Co-ordinator

New Free Learner Driver AppThe Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) hasrecently released an app which allows learner drivers to recordtheir driving hours using a smartphone or tablet device.

The Queensland Learner Logbook app is the first of its kind,enabling learners to electronically submit their completed hoursdirectly to TMR for processing. This instant submission not onlysaves learners time and money mailing their completed logbookto TMR for processing, but it also means that TMR will be ableto start checking submitted logbooks sooner.

Learners can use the app to:

• Payments that are due beginning of Term 3 are:- SRS payments due in full by 22nd July unless youhave an approved payment plan- Economics Excursion – Year 10 & 11 - Due in fullby 14 July

• Know which social media your child uses.

• Discuss with your child who their online friends andfollowers are. Only be friends with people online whoyou know and trust in the real world.

• Take a proactive approach and establish clear andagreed rules for your child’s internet use.

• view their progress against set target hours

• enter information for past journeys

• use the timer to record new trips

• save multiple vehicle and supervisor details

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Those who have already recorded some trips in a paperlogbook can still use the app by creating new entries to transfertheir past trips across, or by submitting both logbooks forprocessing.

Download the app for free today from the App Store or GooglePlay for Android. For more information, visit:

http://www.qld.gov.au/learnerlogbookapp

UQ Robotics Holiday WorkshopsThe University of Queensland offers a range of holidayworkshops for students including the Robotics HolidayWorkshops for Kids (students in Years 7 to 12) and theRobotics Holiday Workshop for Girls (girls in Years 5 to 12). Visitthe link below for more information.

http://www.eait.uq.edu.au/robotics-ict

Mt Gravatt Lions Art ShowThere will be a community Lions Art Show at Garden CityShopping Centre, Upper Mt Gravatt on the school holidaysfrom the 27th June to 10th July. Over 200 paintings of oils,acrylics, watercolours, pastels and mixed media will be ondisplay.

For Sale Smart Wallet and USB Aldrin8GB with school logo

Smart Wallet with school logo

Durable silicone wallet with 3M adhesivestick to the back of your phone. Great forholding cards, tickets, ID, cash and more.Sand texture finish on the inside preventscards from slipping out of the wallet. Nowthis is smart! Only $3 – saves bringing a purse or wallet toschool. Available for purchase from the Finance Window.

USB Aldrin 8GB with school logo

Hard plastic in a silver colour. Only $10available for purchase from the FinanceWindow.

• seek approval for trips from their supervisor by email

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