14 May 201514 May 2015

College Principal’s MessageIs it really only Week 4? With so muchactivity happening around our busy Collegeit is timely to reflect on the myriad ofopportunities which we offer our students atStretton. All of these activities happen dueto passionate engagement, and a belief inour young people. It is a belief that ourstudents deserve the best – and anything

less is unthinkable!

We are still celebrating and savouring ourfirst ever etching on the Regional CrossCountry trophy! Congratulations to ourDistrict Cross Country team. For the firsttime in our short history, we have blitzed theother schools who have coveted thistriumph for far too long, and we areenjoying our first year as District CrossCountry CHAMPIONS! Congratulations to our championstudents and teachers who made this desire a very strongreality. Your behaviour was exemplary on the day; your effortswere amazing; you were great ambassadors of our Collegevalues in every way!

We are preparing also for our MUSICAL extravaganza to beheld at Logan Entertainment Centre, Friday 29th/Saturday 30thMay. We have close to 200 students involved across P-12.There is a real buzz in the Stretton air at the moment, aswe excitedly anticipate the adrenalin of Opening Night. Makesure you support our College community by coming along andenjoying a wonderful night of student and staff talent!

I cannot think of a better description forthe things I see around our campuses on adaily basis than the word ENTHUSIASM.Our enthusiasm for almost everything atStretton remains unabated. You just can’t avoid the upliftingpower of Stretton SPIRIT in action. It inhabits our soul as aschool.

Understandably, much of my time as Executive Principal isabsorbed with planning (alongside many other outstandingcontributors) the present and future directions of the College. Insuch circumstances, it could be easy to forget the daily routinesand adventures of College life but I always try to make sure that

I stay connected to all of those student activities giving life andvitality to our school. There is so much going on virtually all ofthe time, that I am continually astounded by the creativity andpassion, not just of our many talented and committed students,but of the countless numbers of staff who nurture, encourageand support all of their aspirations beyond the formal curriculumlearning. Everywhere, I see evidence of what we have beencalling for some time a “true” education. Sporting successes,concerts, assemblies, performances and so on provide me withopportunities to engage with the lives of students. Far frombeing ‘my job’ they enable me to enjoy everything that Strettonhas to offer.

I am inspired and energized by the PULSE ofour school, and I am always struck by thesense of enjoyment, participation andfulfilment that the students exhibit. On a dailybasis, I witness students who are simply

happy, loving being part of their school, and being naturallyrespectful, kind and affectionate towards each other. This is thecore of what we value in an age were isolation anddisconnection can be a constant presence.

I feel truly blessed to be Principal of this great College. I feeltruly optimistic about the ‘shared enthusiasms’ which are sucha feature of our wonderful school.

Enthusiasm might seem such a bland, vague, non-specificword, but when you experience what I do throughout the busyyear of growth and development, no word for me works quiteas well. Our Stretton version of this word is an irresistible andmotivating force.

Until next time,

Jan MarescaExecutive Principal

Illaweena Principal News

Attendance

As you are aware we have a very strongfocus on the need for all students to be atschool every day they possibly can be. Iwas very pleased to send letters to 242Illaweena students who had 100%

attendance during Term 1. The announcement of the Year levelwith the highest attendance each week is a cause of greatexcitement. So far our Junior Year levels are the best

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performed, however most weeks it is a fraction of a percentagepoint that separates the winning Year levels. The winning Yearlevel this week was Year 7. Their best attendance day wasWednesday with 99.5%. That shows a real dedication to be atschool and learning across our 190 Year 7 students.

Cross Country and Sport Success

Our Stinger sports program has been raising the fitness andskill levels of our students in recent years. We have graduallyclimbed the ladder of success at District carnivals until onTuesday May 5, our Cross Country team won our firstKarawatha District Carnival. A full wrap up is below in thenewsletter. This win exemplified the power of a united team.Our team filled the races, performed at their best and theirbehaviour off the track was everything you would expect ofthis fine group of young athletes. Congratulations to all thecompetitors, staff who supported them to attend and performand particularly Ms Jansen whose drive and passion for sportconstantly inspires our staff and students.

Congratulations to Jenna Lawrence who played in the MetWest U15 Netball team that won the State title recently. Shehas been named as a shadow for the State team.

Our District Premiership winning Year7/8 touch team wereunfortunately beaten by a very well drilled and talented team inthe first round of the Metro finals. Despite being behind for mostof the match they demonstrated the Stretton SPIRIT throughoutthe match and never gave up.

High Achievers’ Program

Our very talented staff are again offering a High Achievers’program including the opportunity for some students to presenttheir ideas to a global audience. This year there are six schoolsinvolved with nearly 100 students across the various strands(Science, Maths, Creative writing, Music andTEDxStrettonStateCollege). This program will be launched onMay 20 with workshops on the following nine weeks. We lookforward to leading this program for the six schools involved.

NAPLAN

Those of you with students in Years 3, 5, 7 or 9 have livedthe NAPLAN experience with us. My thanks to Mr Hynes, MrsRolls and Mrs Seed who have led the NAPLAN preparationsand procedures on Illaweena Campus. We look forward to theresults of these tests and using these to improve the learningjourney for your students. Again a more complete report onNAPLAN on Illaweena is below.

Hairspray

I encourage you to purchase your tickets to Hairspray early toavoid disappointment. The best seats to see the nicest kidsin town are filling quickly. I look forward to seeing you in theaudience

Geoff LattaPrincipal – Illaweena Campus

Gowan Principal News

Reading — Giving children ahead start in life

Our whole school reading focus continuesto be an emphasis in all Prep to Year 6classrooms and it has been wonderful to

hear feedback from teachers about the reading successes thatthey are seeing in their classrooms.

I can’t emphasise enough the importance of reading, in givinga child a head start in life. When both the school and parentswork together on reading the rewards are even greater. Arecent study by Melbourne University explored the connectionsbetween parents reading to their young children and theirchild’s later reading and other cognitive skills. Amongst theresults the study found that:

The study also found that these effects were not related toa child’s family background or home environment. Overall thestudy found that parental reading to children increases a child’sreading and other cognitive skills at least up to the age of 10-11and that the benefits of this continue for life.

In the last newsletter, I gave some tips about how parents couldsupport reading at home. Don’t forget that your child’s teachercan also support you with ideas and suggestions.

Before school routines

Just a quick reminder about before school routines —Supervision of students on school grounds before schoolcommences at 8:15am. We would encourage any family whoneeds to have their children at school prior to 8:15am to pleaseinvestigate using before school care. However, if your child isat school prior to 8:15am they need to be seated quietly inthe under covered area. For safety, children should not hangaround the gate or front entrance, but go straight to the undercovered area and sit down quietly.

As you would appreciate parking in and around the schoolduring both the morning drop off and afternoon pick up timescan be quite congested. We ask that parents only park in themarked parking bays and act with courtesy and patience whenin the car park area and when looking/waiting for a car space.

Libby BondPrincipal – Gowan Campus

• reading to a child 3-5 days per week has the sameeffect on the child’s reading skills at age 4-5 as being6 months older

• reading to a child 6-7 days per week has the sameeffect as being almost 12 months older

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Associate Principal News

NAPLAN

This week nearly 700 Stretton Studentsfrom across Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 haveparticipated in the National AssessmentProgram for Literacy and Numeracy. Thefour tests undertaken provide valuableinformation to schools, parents and

governments to understand how best to improve literacy andnumeracy outcomes for our students. The NAPLAN Reading,Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy tests are notdesigned to “pass” or “fail”, but rather provide details formeasuring progress.

Schools and teachers use this NAPLAN data to improveteaching and learning in your child’s classrooms. At Stretton,we do not teach to this test, but rather use the information fromthem to ensure our programs are well balanced and providecritical literacy and numeracy skills as the critical foundationfor student learning, and for their productive and rewardingparticipation in the community.

Later in the year, parents will receive a NAPLAN report onhow well your child is performing in literacy and numeracy,as measured against the national average. This report will beissued from the Australian Curriculum and AssessmentAuthority (ACARA) via the College. The same report format isused for every student in Australia. Individual student results arestrictly confidential.

Thank you to parents and families who have supported theirchild in preparation for tests this week in making sure that theywere well rested, organised and on-time to school. This madethe running of the tests smooth and (relatively) stress free.

College Musical

The synergy created by our outstanding Stretton Musical teamis the foundation for what promises to be the most spectacularperformance to wow audiences at Logan Entertainment centreon May 29-30.

As a sneak preview of our upcoming musical Hairspray I cantell you that our most recent rehearsals have been nothing shortof amazing! Our weekends have seen a great number of staff,students and their families working together to create somespectacular and memorable moments that our audiences willbe privileged to watch live on stage.

Students from all year levels across theCollege have been working together onweekends and afterschool for manyweeks now, with their teachers andhelpers to perfect their singing, dancingand costumes. It is suddenly becoming very ‘real’ for ourbudding stars, and the anticipation and excitement continues tobuild. Please make sure you don’t miss this event, and get inearly to secure your family, friends and neighbours a seat too.

Maryanne GoslingAssociate Principal

Senior Secondary Deputy Principal NewsExams loom again for our Year 11 and 12students. This year, Semester 1 examsbegin in Week 8 on Thursday the 11th ofJune until the 17th of June. Studentswithout a scheduled exam session and whoare up to date with all assessment may stay

at home to study for exams. A full exam timetable will beincluded in the next edition of the newsletter.

Drew JellSenior Secondary Deputy Principal

Years 5 - 6 Deputy Principal News

NAPLAN

I would like to take the opportunity to passon a big congratulations to all of the Year 3and Year 5 students who have participatedin the 2015 NAPLAN tests this week. Theresults of these tests will be provided toschools from mid-August to

mid-September. Each student will also get an individual reportof their results, which provides information about what studentsknow and have achieved in the areas of reading, writing,language conventions and numeracy.

Attendance — Everyday counts

An important part of school life is school attendance. Currentresearch into students shows that poor school attendance canlead to:

Good school attendance on the other hand has many benefits,which include:

I would like to acknowledge and congratulate 72 Year 5 andYear 6 students who currently have 100% attendance for 2015.This is an amazing effort.

Brad StewartDeputy Principal – Year 5–6

• lower academic achievement including literacy andnumeracy

• early school leaving

• leaving school with fewer qualifications

• reduced opportunities for students to learn andaccess educational resources.

• helping to develop and practice respect andresponsibility

• helping to promote good life habits and skills

• helping to increase learning

• promoting higher test scores and grades

• students feeling more connected to school

• students being more likely to stay out of trouble.

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Prep – Year 2 Deputy Principal News

2016 Prep Enrolments

We are now taking Prep enrolments for2016. If your child was born between the1st of July 2010 to 30th of June 2011 theywill be eligible to start Prep in 2016. If youare living in the school’s catchment areaplease collect your enrolment packages

from the Primary Campus as soon as possible to be invited toour new Pre-Prep Program starting this term.

Any questions please contact the Primary Campus on (07)3723 0333 for further information.

Pre-Prep Program 2015

All enrolled Prep students for 2016 will be receiving an invitationto attend our exciting new Pre-Prep Program starting in thisterm. This program will run from 9:00am to 10:30am once aweek in one of our Prep classrooms with a very experiencedPrep Teacher running educational and transitional activities forschool readiness. All parents must stay with their Pre-Prepstudent for the duration of this time. More about this programwill be sent to eligible students this week. We look forward tosharing this transitional journey with you in later newsletters.

Racheal JonesDeputy Prep – Year 2

Junior Secondary Dean of Students NewsWell the cold is here and NAPLAN testing isupon us. Please ensure that all students arein correct uniforms and that notification ismade to the school for any unexplainedabsences or late arrivals to school.

The topics for pastoral care this weekinclude Year 7 Students working on the

Helpful Thinking and Self-Talk unit of sensibility. What emotionsdid they see exhibited in the scenario? What actions resultedfrom those feelings? Do they think those feelings were the resultof helpful or unhelpful thoughts? What might those thoughtshave been?

Year 8 will be working on the Daniel Morcombe Program-Rules, rights and responsibilities. Students will identifyrelationships between rules, laws and safety and discuss howrights, rules and responsibilities can all play a role in stayingsafe. The students will identify the rights to which children andyoung people are entitled and identify how rules, rights andresponsibilities affect personal safety and the safety of others.Students will also identify the impacts and influences on makingsafe decisions, develop safety questions designed to assist safedecision making and practice using decision-making modelswith a range of scenarios.

Year 9 will be working on the SenseAbility-Sense of Future. Theaim is for students to create a plan to achieve a goal and theresult should be an understanding of the kind of thinking skillsthat are required for goal setting and planning in order to bolstera Sense of Future. Students will be able to project forward life

possibilities that develop from their values. The result should berewarding discussions about goal setting and planning.

Paul TerechowDean of Students – Junior Secondary

P&C News

HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY

We trust all the Stretton Community Mums, Grans, Aunts andCarers enjoyed their Mothers’ Day gifts and were spoilt to thehilt last weekend.

Our tireless Stretton Volunteers (whom we cannot thankenough) - Peter Young, Hannah Shaw, Sandra Ross, RachelLin, Kylie Watters, Rachel Newbold, Amanda Hansen and JungPark, generously gave up their personal time on three separateoccasions to ensure your children enjoyed their shoppingexperience.

2015|2016 ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

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Hundreds of 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for restaurants, cafés,attractions, hotels, shopping, groceries and travel. Over 2,000offers that you can use whenever you like until 1st June 2016

Books distributed in the week commencing 18th MayReturn Unwanted Books to office by 23rd May

Share our link with family and friends throughout Australia andNew Zealand (their local book can be purchased via the link)PLUS the College P&C still receive the benefit of 20% of theirsales too.

P&C MEETING

The next P&C Meeting will be held on the 20th May at 4pmin the Dining Room on the Illaweena Campus. We encourageyou to join us, but if you can’t you can email any mattersyou wish to raise, by emailing the P&C at:www.pandc@strettonsc.eq.edu.au

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Perhaps you have a suggestion on where the P&C funds couldbest be spent – maybe something is needed in your child/children’s classroom, the library, or in the playground? Wewelcome your feedback and suggestions.

We recommend you check out the Stretton State CollegeWebsite Community Tab, where you’ll find a P&C section. Hereyou will find information on contacting the P&C, how you canvolunteer (either for the P&C or the College), our FundraisingAims for 2015, as well as the P&C forms and/or documents –like a Membership Form…

Fundraising events like the Mothers’ Day Stall, Easter Raffleand Entertainment Book campaigns are a success due to thecommitment of our Stretton Volunteers. It’s simple to join. Justemail us at: www.strettonvolunteers@gmail.com or ask to joinour closed Facebook Group “Stretton Volunteers”.

Our Motto is : “Volunteers don’t just do the work, theymake it work….together”

P&C CommitteeEmail: pandc@strettonsc.eq.edu.au

Tertiary Information

University and Tertiary Expo Dates for 2015

TAFE Queensland To beannounced

Brisbane Careers & Employment Expo at theBrisbane Convention Centre

29 & 30May

QUT Gardens Point campus 26 June

Tertiary Studies Expo TSXPO at BrisbaneShowgrounds

18 & 19July

Bond University Gold Coast 25 July

Australian Catholic University 25 July

Griffith Gold Coast campus 26 July

UQ St Lucia campus 2 August

USQ Ipswich campus 8 August

Griffith Nathan & South Bank 9 August

UQ Gatton campus 16 August

CQ University Brisbane campus 20 August

USQ Springfield campus 23 August

Southern Cross University Gold Coast campus 11December

Guidance OfficerGudrun Scheve

Hairspray

Gowan Hairspray Musical Rehearsal Change

There has been a change to the scheduled Hair Spray Musicalrehearsals for this weekend- Saturday 16th May and Sunday17th May. The Gowan Choir and dancers will only berequired on Saturday 16th May from 11-1pm. They will notneed to attend the Sunday rehearsal this weekend.

Gowan Library NewsMy mother’s heart is so tenderAnd her face has a gentle glow

She’s my friend and my inspirationShe’s the sweetest mum I know

We hope that our mums had a fabulousMother’s Day and received some lovely cards, poems andmessages on their special day. The children were inspired towrite poems in the Library for their mum during the weekleading up to Mother’s Day.

We set up a special area where we highlighted lovely “PoemsFor and About Mothers” and displayed special books aboutMothers for the students to borrow.

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Stretton Science

Instrumental Music

Junior Concert Band

A massive congratulations to the Year 4and 5 beginner instrumental music students on their workshopand very first concert. The day was a huge success withstudents working with tutors from the Qld Conservatorium ofMusic and culminating in their very first concert, including aspecial combined item with all 104 beginner musicians!

Music Success

Congratulations to the following students who have allnominated for Griffith University’s State Honours EnsembleProgram. We wish Tanya Jones (clarinet), Charlotte Fung(trumpet), William Cuthbert (tuba), Delphina Tan (violin) and YukiSato (cello) the very best for your applications.

Jazzin’ Up The Hall

Our end of semester Jazzin’ Up The Hall soiree evening will beheld on Friday 19th June in the Gowan Hall. Due to the sizeof the instrumental music program there will be a Junior andSenior Concert. Tickets are $5 per person (performers free) and

will be sold at the door. It is expected every performer has anadult present.

We are seeking items for our raffles e.g. scratchie tickets, giftvouchers, items for a hamper etc. Please hand any donateditems to your instrumental music teacher.

Junior Jazzin’ Up The Hall – 4:30-6:30pm

Senior Jazzin’ Up The Hall – 7:30-9:30pm

Senior Concert Band Tour 2016

The Senior Concert Band is heading overseas to Hawaii, USAfor their first international tour in 2016! There they will participatein the Pacific Basin Music Festival where they will joinensembles and clinicians from around the world in workshopsand performances.

If you are interested in sponsoring the tour group pleasecontact Robyn Rosewarne ( rrose42@eq.edu.au ). We havePlatinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze level sponsorships availablefor local community groups and businesses.

Music Parent Support Group

The next MPSG meeting will be held on Monday 18th May4:30pm in the Illaweena Music Room. All instrumental musicparents are welcome.

Robyn RosewarneInstrumental Teacher

Personalised Public TransportPersonalised Public Transport is a service which is providedby Brisbane City Council in conjunction with Yellow Cabs forareas where Translink services are restricted. This service maybe of benefit to some of our students who live in the vicinityof Kameruka Street, Honeysuckle Way, Gowan Road andTamarisk Way. For further details refer the link below or contactBrisbane City Council www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

International Study ToursStretton State College host International Study Tours whichoffer invaluable intracultural experiences to both our studentsand our international guests. We are calling for interestedparties who would like to become homestay families to someof these guests. By hosting a visiting student you will havethe opportunity to share your family life with a young personwhose cultural experiences and perspectives are significantlydifferent from your own. This rewarding experience brings anunderstanding of different cultures to all parties involved. If you

• Year 4 Junior Concert Band

• Year 5 Junior Concert Band

• Year 6 Intermediate Concert Band

• Stage Band

• Percussion Ensemble 2

• Middle School Concert Band

• Senior Concert Band

• Big Band

• Brass Ensemble

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would like further information please contact Carolyn Zalewskion PH. 3723 0333 or refer the link below.

Carolyn ZalewskiInternational Study Tour Co-Ordinator

Books for BreakfastA huge thanks to Ms Jones for reading a story from ‘Yertle theTurtle’ by Dr. Seuss at Books for Breakfast. The rhyming andrhythm patterns really enabled us to be captivated the wholetime. Here is a little taste of what you may have missed out onif you weren’t there:

On the far-away island of Sala-ma-Sond,Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond.A nice little pond. It was clean. It was neat.The water was warm. There was plenty to eat.The turtles had everything turtles might need.And they were all happy. Quite happy indeed.

(Source: Yertle the Turtle by Dr Seuss)

Next week, Eden and Elijah will be reading ‘Imagine a Day’by Sarah Thomson. This beautiful book is illustrated with acollection of abstract paintings from the famous painter RobGonsalves. The story encourages the reader to think differentlyabout their surroundings and use their imaginations.

Come along next week, Tuesday 12th at 8:15am in the GowanLibrary to be inspired with the love of reading.

Halima KargerBooks for Breakfast Co-ordinator

Year 11 Hospitality ExcursionThe Year 11 Hospitality students recently participated in anexcursion to some of Brisbane’s premier culinaryestablishments. The three locations included ARIA Restaurant,at Riverside; IL Centro Restaurant, a modern Italian; and The

Stamford Plaza, one of Australia’s leading hotels. This wasa most valuable learning experience for all and revealed theinner workings of the hospitality industry from a ‘real world’perspective. From a restaurant and hotel point of view itpresented a glimpse of future potential career opportunitiesavailable to students.

ARIA Restaurant, located on Eagle Street Pier in Brisbane’sCBD, is owned by celebrity chef ‘Matt Moran’. The group wasprivileged to be escorted on a personal tour that outlined anddetailed the operations of the bar, the restaurant and the backof house kitchen facilities in this ‘fine dining’ restaurant. Theestablishment has built its reputation with high expectationsof service and quality of food, which were displayed at alltimes during the visit. The requirements and importance of time,quality and hospitality of staff towards customers at all timeswas evident. Students were astonished to hear that the averagedining bill for a customer was $150-$200 per person, with themost expensive bottle of wine costing a staggering $6,000!

Our second industry visit was Il Centro Restaurant, which pridesitself on quality, modern Italian cuisine overlooking the BrisbaneRiver. Its location is first rate and the food impeccable. Wewere very welcomed by the owner and manager, and observedthe tapas bar and kitchens. A demonstration of styles andtechniques by the resident coffee barista provided a perfectinsight for those students completing the Certificate IIHospitality, Prepare & Serve Espresso. The highlight of the visitwas the unexpected taster serving of the Il Centro’s signaturedish, “Sand Crab Lasagne”.

The final destination of the excursion was The Stamford PlazaHotel. The visit to this 5-Star Hotel included a tour of severallarge function rooms, followed by a stroll through several ofthe hotel celebrity suites which command $2000-$4000 pernight. The students were excited to hear stories of some ofthe celebrities who have slept in the suites. Nicole Kidman,Lady Gaga…and even the Prime Minister of China to namea few! Career opportunities were discussed with current staff,including security requirements within a large operating hotel,housekeeping of rooms and ensuring customers are wellcatered for.

A fitting end to the excursion was lunch at The Stamford Plaza’sJapanese Teppanyaki Bar. Students enjoyed a style of servicevery different to what they are used to. Cooking occurs on aBBQ in front of them whilst dining. This was an entertaining andinteractive service style and students were required to catchtheir own bowls of rice! Thankfully all performed very well.

As the attending member of staff for the excursion, I wouldlike to thank ARIA Restaurant, IL Centro Restaurant, and TheStamford Plaza Hotel for their generosity. Secondly, I wouldlike to thank Ms Kelly Dent (teacher-aide) for her support; andfinally commend the participating students for their maturity,engagement and energy in making this excursion a completesuccess. It far exceeded our expectations.

Mrs Allison SmithHospitality Teaching Staff

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Veto CupOn Monday, the 4th of May our seniorboy’s football team played againstRedbank Plains High School in the quarterfinal of the inaugural Veto Cup. It was agame played in the usual Stretton Spirit wehave come to know from our sporting teams and I am pleasedto announce the boys came away with a very hard fought win.

The game started very well for us with a penalty decision goingour way early in the first half which our captain Alistair Douglascalmly put away to give us a 1 nil lead. What followed was amixture of complacency on our part and a lift in intensity onRedbank’s part as we were shocked into conceding 2 goals,one each side of half time which left us starting the barrel of a2-1 defeat.

Luckily our constant pressure rewarded us in the last 5 minutesof the game with Loughlin Sharma stepping up and pokinghome a much deserved equaliser, taking the game to goldengoal extra time.

Extra time flew by and with no team taking their chances…thegame was destined for penalties.

As light was fading penalties began with both teams missingearly penalties. Luckily for us our rock in goals, Stefan Grujicicpulled off a crucial 5 penalty save which gave Sameer Ahmadthe chance to finish the game which he took with open armsslotting home the winning spot kick and taking us into thesemi-finals of the Veto Cup.

Man of the match: Loughlin Sharma

Congratulations to the boys and bring on the semi-final againstHelensvale in a couple of weeks’ time.

Jason TobinHead Coach

Gala Day 2Congratulations to all our Coaches and Teams for a greatday of competition on Gala Day last Friday. It was a highlysuccessful day for all our Stretton teams producing someextremely enjoyable and quality matches. We had some great

results from all teams and are already looking forward to thenext round on Friday June 5th.

Here are the results:

Girls FootballYear 5 – 3 Losses, 1 WinYear 6 – 1 Win, 1 Draw, 1 Loss

Boys FootballYear 5 – 3 WinsYear 6 – 2 Wins, 1 Loss

Boys BasketballYear 5 – 3 WinsYear 6 – 1 Win, 3 Losses

Girls BasketballYear 5 – 4 WinsYear 6 – 1 Win, 2 losses

Boys Rugby LeagueYear 5 – 3 WinsYear 6 – 3 Wins

Girls SoftballYear 5 – 2 Wins, 2 LossesYear 6 – 4 Losses

Player of the day

Girls Football Year 5 Mackenzie Cuthbert

Girls Football Year 6 SarenyiaScurr-Passfield-Moore

Boys Football Year 5 Harrison Tew

Boys Football Year 6 Mack King

Girls Softball Year 5 Amariah Collard

Girls Softball Year 6 Vicky Liu

Boys Rugby League Year5

Taito Tuqiri

Boys Rugby League Year6

Hudson Shepherd

Boys Basketball Year 5 Blaise Khan

Boys Basketball Year 6 Joshua Frommolt

Year 5 Boys Football TeamYear 5 Boys Football Team Year 5 and 6 Boys Football TeamYear 5 and 6 Boys Football Team

Girl’s Football Report

Both teams experienced an exciting but challenging day offootball last Friday at Gala Day 2. Even though the girls were not

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victorious in every game they put their heart and soul into everygame until the end.

The Year 5 girls only won one out of four games and werenarrowly defeated in two games by both Algester and Kurabywith a score of 1 – nil. The victory against Runcorn was sweetwith a score of 1 – nil. At the end of each game they celebratedwhether they won or lost. I was excited to see the improvementthis team had made since Gala Day 1.

Mackenzie Cuthbert played an outstanding game of defencethroughout the day resulting in her being awarded Player of theDay for the Year 5 division of Gala Day 2. Well done, Mackenzie!

The Year 6A squad had a more successful day experiencingonly one defeat and that was against Yeronga 1 with a scoreof 1 – nil while their second game against Sunnybank Hills wasa nil all draw. They were victorious in their final game againstBrisbane Christian College with a score of 1- nil.

The selection of a Player of the Day for this team proved tobe quite difficult because the whole squad played so well.In the end, Sarenyia Scurr-Passfield-Moore was selected forher overall skill and perseverance throughout each game. Welldone, Sarenyia!

A big thank you needs to go to our Illaweena support teamof Courtney Black, Megan Cole, Emma Brashaw and CaraConfessore for the help and support given to both teamsthroughout the day.

District Sport

Congratulations to the following students for being outstandingin your chosen sports and making the district team. Good luckin your future competition.

District Touch Football Team

District Soccer Team

District Tennis Team

Met West Rugby League Team as starting five-eight

Cross Country Champions

Stretton State College District Cross Country –Karawatha Champions 2015

Stretton State College competed in the Karawatha DistrictCross Country on Tuesday May 5th. In an extraordinary effort,98 students competed in this competition to form our largestteam yet. After narrowly finishing 4th at the swimming carnival,cross country victory was in our sights.

The first race, 13 years boys, set the tone for the day. All 8competitors finished in the top 15 – an amazing feat!

A big congratulations to the 15 years and 16 years group (boysand girls) who filled every spot on the starting line – well done!!As well as Alex Dean and Tameka Johnson who were AgeChampions!!!

I would like to congratulate every student who competed thatday and contributed to Stretton winning its first ‘big three’carnival. After such a great victory – next stop athletics!!!

Please see the list below of students who gained selection inthe Karawatha team:

William Sang Cam Strachan

Kaiea Bridges Loughlin Sharma

Ashton Lamont Courtney Black

Declan Lau Megan Cole Harman

Keegan De Klerk Alistair Douglas

Chey Bartorillo Gaurav Naidu

Jasnam Singh Joseph Durcau

Ella Klewin Anekah Russon

Alexandra Dean Jay Cairns

Nicola Stevens John Caylan

Natasha Douglas Gurshaan Sandhu

Jenna Lawrence Kelsey Beetham

Tameka Johnson Mack King

Chantelle Clarke Abigail Durcau

Klara Brac Chelsea Brown

Kian McGrath Alex Hollywood

Abdulrahim Gudle Brock Hollywood

Met West Netball

Jenna Lawrence competed in Kingaroy with the Met West15yrs netball team recently. The Team came away with thegrand final win (very long drought between that win and the lastwin in 1996).

Jenna’s performance in the finals showcased her skill and talentand I am pleased to say that Jenna was called up as a shadowplayer for the GD/WD positions.

She improved her game play over the 4 days and applied everybit of feedback to the grand final game. Jenna was the onlybottom age player to be named in the Queensland squad – Welldone Jenna!

• Hudson Shepherd

• Tyler Sullivan

• Jack Oudney

• Zain Kolia

• Zoe Lean

• Thomas Rynne

• Hudson Shepherd

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District Touch Trials

15 years touch trials: Monday 18th May - Girls BrownsPlains SHS15 years touch trials: Monday 18th May - Boys –MacGregor SHS

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