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ParentNet eNews Term 1 Week 8
18th
March 2020
Jasper Street Mareeba PO Box 1079 Mareeba QLD 4880 Telephone 07 4086 2777 Fax 07 4092 3915 E-mail: [email protected] Web http://mareebashs.eq.edu.au
STUDENT ABSENCES
Student Absence Hotline 4086 2766 OR
DATE CLAIMERS
20th March
* Bullying—No Way Day
3rd April
* Report Cards emailed
* Last day of Term 1
20th April
* Term 2 start
4th May
* Labour Day Holiday
OFFICE HOURS
The school office is open
Monday to Friday
8:00am —3:30pm
Mareeba State High School
acknowledges the Traditional
Custodians, the Muluridji people of
the country in which this school is
located and pays respect to their
Elders, past and present.
PRINCIPAL’S WORDS The situations in communities in this time of uncertainty is challenging. As I write this, some of the information that I have added may be already out of date. So here is some information I have at this time around the spread of COVID-19.
As everybody is aware, gatherings of 500 or more are not allowed for non-essential practices. This will have a major implication on a number of activities planned for the school and the community. The Department of Education has sent out information to schools that require us to look at cancelling whole school parades, which has happened from this week. I will keep you updated on Parentnet and Facebook with any further cancellations and postponed events.
Many questions are up in the air. Will events such as NAPLAN run this year? What will happen with exams under the new curriculum? How long will these restrictions be in place? How does a school run with social distancing practices in place?
I do not have answers to a number of these questions. I do know we are in uncertain times and in particular, we must keep a level head. Take precautions by washing hands regularly and following the advice of health officials. In particular, I am ensuring that we all support our staff who are at the forefront when dealing with viruses. Keep listening to advice and act where necessary. That is my advice.
I will keep you updated on any changes that happen over the next period of time. Safety is the priority. Our lives will all change as a result of this situation. My thoughts are there for everybody in the community as we all navigate these ever-changing waters.
Scott Whybird
Principal
INDIGENOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
YEAR 9 MEDIA ARTS
The Year 9 Media Arts students have been recently planning and producing news re-ports. The students are required to create a representation of alternative points of view on a similar story. They have been busy in the school grounds, collaborating to film a variety of shots for their show, as well as interviewing both staff and students on the topic.
Soon the students will be utilising green screen techniques to complete their filming before they edit the final production. Leigh Gargan— Media Teacher
Open Soccer Champions of the Geoff Hoad Memorial Cup
LIONS YOUTH OF THE YEAR
Year 12 student, Gamu Makoti competed in the Zone Final of the Lions Youth of the Year, held in Atherton on 14th March. Gamu had to be inter-viewed and then compete in the Public Speaking section of the competition against stu-dents from Malanda State High School, Atherton State High School and St Stephens Catholic College. Gamu was declared the Overall Winner and will now travel to Townsville for the District Final of the competition on 4th April. This is only one step re-moved from the State Final and is a very high level of competition. Well done Gamu, and we wish you every success at the District Final. Stefanie Prizmic—Curriculum Extension Facilitator
“Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new” Albert Einstein
NON NOBIS SOLUM
“NOT FOR OURSELVES ALONE”
We are Respectful
Show pride in our school and represent it positively
VALUE OF THE WEEK
THANK YOU TO OUR VALUED SPONSORS
VET NEWS
CASUAL JOB/TRAINEESHIP OPPORTUNITY: McDonalds Mareeba are looking for both Casual employees and students interested in a Certifi-cate III Retail Traineeship. To apply for the Casual roles please go online: https://apply.mcdonalds.com.au If you are interested in the Traineeship please see Ms Linda in Student Services.
CASUAL/PART-TIME WORK AND SCHOOL-BASED TRAINEESHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE KFC Mareeba are looking for students aged 14 years or over for Casual/Part-time work. Please apply via careers.kfc.com.au
If you are interested in the Traineeship please see Ms Linda in Student Services.
TABLELANDS SPORT REPRESENTATIVES Congratulations to the following successful Tablelands Sport representatives:
* Jenna Soncin selected for the Tablelands 16-19yrs Girls Football (Soccer) team
* Josh Leporati selected for the Tablelands 17-19rs Boys Football (Soccer) team
* Jack Czygan, Saurav Sapkota and Steven Young selected for the Tablelands 13-16yrs Boys Football
(Soccer) team
* Celia Oakley, Doreen Ketchup, Reilly Cifuentes, Sarah Brcko, Chloe Sielaff and Elle Martens selected for
the Tablelands 16-18yrs Girls Rugby League team
* Brooke Butler and Katerina Rose Cadorin, selected for the 13-15yrs Girls Tablelands District Football
team
* Nash Hinks, Cain Hastie, Narason Kose and Josh Raldini (shadow), selected for the 14-15yrs Boys Table-
lands District Rugby league team
* Lance Deshong, Fred Nawarie, Thomas Grainer and Brendan Grogan-Creed selected for the 16-18yrs
Boys Tablelands District Rugby League team
Alyce Brown—Head of Department Health/Sports Coordinator
YEAR 9 GEOGRAPHY EXCURSION TO HOWE FARMING
They were off to a rocky start, but the Year 9 Geography students had a great time on their excursion at Howe Farming. They learnt about food security issues that can impact on businesses in the Tablelands area and how it’s dealt with.
Emma Keech—SOSE Teacher
GEOFF HOAD MEMORIAL CUP
On Friday 13th March, 19 players and 2 teachers travelled to Atherton Soccer grounds for the inaugural Geoff Hoad Memorial Cup, played by Tablelands schools. Our school entered two out of three divisions for the day, Intermediate and Senior. We came away with wins in both divisions and the trophy for winning Champion High School for 2020. All games were played in good spirits and all players knew their role and completed their tasks exceptionally well. Many thanks to Ms Wrigley for her help with preparation and on the day. Well done everyone, it is a pleasure to be representing our school with such fine, young ambassadors. Gary Davis—HPE Teacher
