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Hurry up! It’s due today! I have often wondered what it would be like working as a key writer for a daily newspaper and having urgent deadlines for articles, day in, day out, and no chance to ever rest before seeking to capture the next ‘breaking’ news item in concise, accurate language. I believe the pressure would be intense. However, a person does not have to work for a newspaper to have assignments that are due and deadlines to meet. Our students from all year levels will be aware of this right now with just under two weeks of this term remaining, and many assignments due, but as adults we are also constantly aware of our ‘assignments’ that are due and have to be done, whether it’s within our work or with-in our life. Have you finished that tax return yet? The theme of completing assignments was my topic for last Wednesday’s Principal’s address on our full school assembly. The theme linked directly to our school’s next focus for this week and next week, from our whole school in-class activity statement of expectations for behaviour, and has the code and wording:

R21: Complete and hand in all homework, drafts and assessment requirements by the due date.

Like all of our school and life’s expectations, they never go away. This one is with all of us for life, getting all our jobs done, and in the timeframe allowed for them. Our school looks forward to your support as a parent/carer in discussing this expectation with your child. Until next Hawk Chat early in Term 4, stay positive, and stay well. Ken Green Executive Principal

Event Calendar

Year 7 Adventure Day Murphy’s Creek

Barang and Dherwain Monday 7 September

Year 9 Adventure Day

Emu Gully Monday 7 September

P & C Meeting

Tuesday 8 September

Year 7 Adventure Day Murphy’s Creek

Balkuin and Bonda Wednesday 9 September

Year 8 Camp

Leslie Dam 14 - 15 September

Arts Day

Friday 18 September

Eighty-seventh edition 7 September 2020

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Executive Principal

Ken Green

Deputy Principals

BALKUIN - Craig Forknall BARANG - Leanne Monagle

BONDA - Ian Brackstone - Dale Potter Helen Parker

Business Manager

Elaine Fickling

Guidance Officers

Judy King Sue-Ellen Taylor

Positive Behaviour Coaches

(First point of contact for Parents/Carers)

BALKUIN - Brady Albrand BARANG - Sue Burns

BONDA - Ben McDonald - Liam Capewell

SEP - Cam Mclean

Year Level Coordinators

Year 7 - Ashleigh Hegvold Year 8 - Karuna Dang

Year 9 - Tegan Krause Year 10 - Jamie Krisanski

Year 11 - Peter Dayus Year 12 - Nick Clarry

P&C Shop 46368714

Monday-Friday 8:15am-3:15pm

School Canteen

46368710 7:45-2.00pm

What are PRIDE points? Term 3 has seen a new initiative at the Home of the Hawks. We have focused on one of the school’s expected behaviours that are listed on the matrix that were sent home with report cards and are displayed through out the school. The focus behaviour is communicated to the students during form class, assembly and Hawk Chat. Students who are observed demonstrating the focus behaviour in the classroom are awarded a PRIDE point from their classroom teacher. Which behaviours have we focused on? Weeks 3 and 4 - R8. Be in the right place at the right time. Weeks 5 and 6 - R2. Follow staff directions. Weeks 7 and 8 - K5. Use positive, appropriate verbal and non-verbal language in person and on-line. What happens with the PRIDE points after they have been allocated? Students will be rewarded for the PRIDE points they have accumulated throughout the term. Students will receive their PRIDE point totals in form class on Tuesday. An overview of the rewards are listed below. The top five students in each year level will receive;

Red Food Day ‘Canteen fast pass’ - No lining up for these students on Red food day, present your voucher to the teacher on duty and you will be straight to the front of the line.

Students with 60 PRIDE points or more will be invited to;

BBQ with the staff - Staff will prepare and serve the students their very own BBQ - Students will receive a free sausage sizzle and soft drink.

Students with 45 PRIDE points or more will receive;

General ‘Canteen fast pass’ - no lining up for you, present your voucher to the teacher on duty and you will be straight to the front of the line.

Students with 30 PRIDE points or more will receive;

Free Ice-block - Free Ice-block for you from the canteen.

When will the rewards be received?

Red Food Day - Vouchers to be issued on Wednesday 9 September, used ‘Canteen fast pass’ the Red food day on Thursday 10 September.

BBQ with the staff - Invites will be placed in form class rolls on the day of the BBQ - Year 8 & 10 BBQ on second break Wednesday 9 September - Year 7 & 12 BBQ on first break Friday 11 September - Year 9 & 11 BBQ on second break Friday 11 September

General - Vouchers to be issued and used early term 4. ‘Canteen fast pass’

Free Ice-block - Invites will be placed in form class rolls on the day - Year 7 first break Wednesday 16 September - Year 8 second break Wednesday 16 September - Year 9 first break Thursday 17 September - Year 10 second break Thursday 17 September - year 11 first break Friday 18 September - Year 12 second break Thursday 17 September

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During week 7, six classes of year 9 Geography students participated in a walking excursion to several parks in Toowoomba. Students have been learning about geographical interconnections, particularly related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The excursion involved observing strategies already in place in Toowoomba which help it to become a more resilient city and was a key component of students developing a report outlining their own proposal to Toowoomba work towards resilience. Across three days, over 110 students and 9 staff made the 6km trek from HSHS to Goggs Street Park, Laurel Bank Park and Clewley Park, identify-ing the purposes of the different parks and collecting information about crime prevention, transportation, tourism, recreation, and cultural facilities.

For the first time, we had the benefit of Chappy Howard (SU Qld) and Wayne Weribone (Clontarf Academy) attending the excursion on various days. These men provided welcome support to help ensure students got the best from this learning opportunity. Students represented the school with PRIDE and their engagement in the excursion was pleasing to see.

The H.S.H.S. Shakespeare Ensemble, the Bard Stars, have had a busy year. They have been preparing entries for the 2020 Qld Youth Shake Fest competition throughout term two and three. On Tuesday they received the exciting news that all of their entries had qualified for the state finals to be held at La Boite's Roundhouse Theatre in Brisbane next term. The Bard Stars will be competing in the music, film and costume design cate-gories. This is the third year in a row that all of our entries have qualified for the state finals - congratulations!

Grade 8 Agricultural students have been studying permaculture this semester. They have looked at various methods of reproducing plants and using bees, worms and chickens to improve gardens naturally. As part of their study they collected fertile eggs and hatched out two different breeds of chickens. Sussex are a traditional dual purpose breed and Hyline Reds are a laying hybrid.

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CBCA shortlisted titles:

Shortlisted titles for Younger Readers are often added to our collection if they are highly suitable for Years 7, 8 and 9 readers.

For Dystopian fans: The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble is an intense, thrilling story. The messag-es about how we care for our land-scape, work together as a commu-nity and learn from the custodial work of traditional owners build gently and remain even after the final hopeful page.

'We're gonna starve if we stay here,' Emery said. 'If we're gonna go, best go now.' And he said it like going was something easy. Like all we have to do is walk away.

Ella and her brother Emery are alone in a city that's starving to death. If they are going to survive, they must get away, up-country, to find Emery's mum. But how can two kids travel such big distances across a dry, barren, and dangerous land-scape?

Well, when you've got five big doggos and a dry-land dogsled, the answer is you go mushing. But when Emery is injured, Ella must find a way to navigate them through rough terrain, and even rougher encounters with desperate people.

For Fantasy lovers: The Glimme by Emily Rodda and Marc McBride (illustrator). Emily Rodda may have begun writing to match the magnifi-cent, detailed illustrations, yet she skilfully draws readers into the story. Perfect for reluctant readers who like dragonsLone Annie sees drag-ons in your future... She sees giants. She sees fire and wa-ter. She sees death. Finn's life in the village of Wichant is hard. Only his drawings of the wild coastline, with its dragon-shaped clouds and headlands that look like giants, make him happy. Then the strange housekeeper from a mysterious clifftop mansion sees his talent and buys him for a handful of gold and then reveals to him seven extraordinary paintings. Finn thinks the paintings must be pure fantasy - such amazing scenes and creatures can't be real! He's wrong. Soon he is going to slip through the veil between worlds and plunge into the won-ders and perils of The Glimme.

Study Zone:

The Library Study Zone is brim full of helpful resources for students to take home and use, such as this flyer from @inner_drive. Remember to apply strategies to help make your learning stick:

Space your practice by studying a little of each subject every day to help embed it in your long-term memory

Choose active practice by testing yourself or teaching the material to someone else. Recalling what you have learned makes the learning stronger.

Get plenty of sleep to assist you in remembering your learning.

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Clontarf

Employment

Over the past fortnight the Harristown Clontarf crew haven’t stopped with the activities and opportunities for our members. Our

seniors had a visit from the Indigenous Work Stars who gave an insight into how they can go about applying for different positions

on their website to gain extra assistance when looking for work. A number of our senior students also looked a potential part time

positions with a worksite visit to Officeworks where current and past Harristown Clontarf members Ricky Robinson and Heath An-

derson were there to show them the ropes in how to gain employment.

Camps

Due to the amount of schooling already lost the year 11’s enjoyed a camp over their weekend that was designed and planned by

themselves. They chose to travel to Maroochydore and partake in activities such as laser tag, rock climbing and fishing off a boat.

Our soon to be senior leaders were extremely well behaved and thankful for the weekend that was planned out for them. Some

highlights included beating some locals at laser tag and conquering a fear of heights on the climbing walls. The future looks bright

for our senior leaders in Clontarf.

Another camp involved our year 9’s and 10’s venturing off to Tallebudgera Creek for a rewards camp of their own. Some boys were

rewarded for their behaviour and attendance while others for their efforts in Clontarf and employment. This trip also consisted of

fishing however it seems with a lot more luck then our senior boys. They also enjoyed a fun session at Game Over getting amongst

the activities on offer such as go karts, rock climbing and laser tag. The boys were also well behaved and thankful for the opportuni-

ty to get away for a few days.

We hope these reward trips will inspire our members to continue to work hard at school and hope to see a lot more getting a seat

on the bus to one of these camps.

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During Term 2 the Rugby League boys have been busy playing in the local school comp. After a slow start for the Under 15's they have come out with two wins taking them into the semi-finals being played next week in Dalby. After multiple close games the Under 13's team have just missed out in making the semis but some promising talent coming through in the younger years.

Our Rugby League girls have been training hard this term and finding results in the Gala day. The year 7/8 girls went undefeated through-out the day and displayed some tremendous passing and attacking power.

Year 9/10 girls and 11/12 girls had 2 wins and a 1 loss each placing 2nd within the carnival, displaying great commitment and effort in defence throughout the day. Overall, there was an abundance of talent and courage displayed by all Harristown girls at the carnival and all should be proud of their efforts.

The Senior Boys HSHS 1 team played a Red Lion Game v Concordia on Monday 31st August. In an effort to further improve on their last game, the boys looked to move the ball quickly and to put pressure on the op-position player as soon as possible. These tasks resulted in some attack-ing play in the Concordia half leading to goals from Mohamed (2), Ah-med, Hunter, Jahrem & Levi (2).

On 26 August, the Year 12’s endured an afternoon of fun & festivities, as they participated in an Interhouse Novelty Afternoon. Houses competed in the Hurdle Dash, Tunnel Ball and the House Hop for points, in the hope of being announced the winners of the Ribot/Howard Novelty Trophy. Year 12’s in attendance enjoyed a wonderful afternoon. It was fantastic to hear the sound of laughter and encourage-ment, and to see the smiles and coloured house themes for a final time for the class of 2020. Final points for the afternoon were:

1st Balkuin 227 2nd Barang 201 3rd Bonda 197 4th Dherwain 146

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AWESOME ANNEXE ARTWORK

When tasked with the theme “Flowers and Feathers”, this is what some of the Year 9 Visual Art students

from the Annex came up with. Aren’t they lovely?

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Before school Students who arrive at school prior to 8.45am are expected to enter the school grounds immediately upon arrival.

Students are not to loiter in the bus interchange, or sit at the water tank or scouts hut. Under no circumstances should they be walking away from the school grounds to access the shops located nearby.

We can not ensure the safety of your students while they are not in the school grounds.

Please discuss your expectations with your student in relation to their movements before the school day starts.

Students arriving between the hours of 9am and 3pm Students who arrive at school after 9am

should have a note from their parent/carer explaining why they are late.

must sign in at the student counter in S Block before going to class.

Students who are required to leave the school prior to 3pm

should have a note from their parent/carer outlining the details of the request to leave early.

must sign out at the student counter in S Block prior to leaving.

If there is an unforeseen circumstance that requires the parent/carer to collect their student without notice, please be mind-ful that the administration staff may not be able to stop what they are doing and go to collect your student immediately. Please phone ahead and speak with the administration staff so that we can attempt to accommodate your request in a timely manner.

Renovations to Z Block are underway

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The 2020 O’Donnells

Bakehouse Pie Drive is

up and running!

Phone the P&C Shop direct on

4636 8747 / 4636 8714

Shop Opening Hours

Monday to Friday 8.15am—3.15pm

Order forms have been given to every student, and are

available from the Shop, or if needed we can email one

to you. Orders and payment are due by Friday 11th

September for collection on Wednesday 7th October.

We can also accept payments over the phone if you

would prefer to email your order through. No order is too small—every item counts! Ask your family, friends and neighbours and let’s raise some funds for our school.

Encourage your students to put their bottles, cans & poppers in our blue bins located near the

Canteen and Student Administration. We also accept cans, bottles and poppers you’d like to drop in to us at the P&C Shop. Please consider using our unique school ID number when returning containers to any Return-It drop off point.

Harristown High School

ID No. C10007693

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