5 May 2017

Newsletter Articles

Executive Principals Report

Dear Parents and Friends

It was wonderful to see so many parents and carers engage in the recent Parent Teacher interviews. I do hope you found them beneficial and informative. Just a reminder, if you felt you did not have enough time to discuss your child’s progress you are able to make interview bookings outside of this process. Please do not hesitate to contact teachers to organise a suitable time to meet if you feel you need to follow up. Email addresses are available from the school’s website or you may contact administration. We are only too happy to assist.

Anzac ceremonies

Leaders with Superintendent Mark Plath

I felt an immense sense of pride as I attended our school Anzac Services and the Dawn Service at Corinda where I observed the high standards and respect that our students presented. The school services were primarily organised by our Student Leaders and they took their roles very seriously. They then were determined to represent our school at the Dawn Service at Corinda. This is exemplary leadership and I congratulate those students who made the effort to rise very early and present in full school uniform. Our presence was noted.

As a school community our student body also demonstrated an enormous level of respect in the presence of our local Politicians and representatives from the Sherwood Indooroopilly RSL. I congratulate our students on the way in which they conducted themselves. Our services were very special. I would also like to acknowledge our Instrumental students who prepared for the ceremonies and the two students – Cooper Benz and Miranda Lee who played the Last Post and Reveille.

I congratulate also our students who represented their local Cadet units and made up the Catafalque party both at school and at the Dawn Service. Very impressive and what outstanding role models you are to your community.

All aboard – the road to success!

I am pleased to announce the arrival of our new school bus. With the help of a special grant to support student pathways we have purchased a 12 seater Toyota minibus to enable us to transport students to training venues, camps, special programs and sporting venues. This will be a great resource which will be accessible to all staff in our school. Keep an eye out for it in our community – you certainly cannot miss it in the traffic!

Student art work at GOMA

The Creative Generation Art Excellence Exhibition is currently on display at GOMA, and there are two works from our students on display out of a total of 33 student art works – 520 entries were submitted across the state. Our student works have now been selected to be exhibited 4 years in a row – only four other schools in Queensland have achieved this. A big congratulation to Pam Leech for her hard work and dedication in driving the students in their bodies of work and putting Corinda on the map for Visual Art Excellence in Queensland.

Helen Jamieson
Executive Principal

Coming Events

Open Classrooms - Free tutoring

Students can get expert help for assignments and assessment, every Monday to Thursday 3-4 pm in the air-conditioned comfort of the library. Each day offers a different tutor for each subject area:

Student Services News

ReachOut Parents Coaching

Free, online coaching for parents of teenagers

Parenting teenagers can be tough. However, no one needs to handle it alone.

The ReachOut Parents Coaching Program provides parents and carers of 12-18 year olds with free one-on-one coaching online with Benevolent Society coaches.

Parents and carers may be concerned about their relationship with their teenager, or their teenager’s behaviour or wellbeing.

Through a digital interface , Benevolent Society coaches help parents identify what they want to achieve through the program. Parents and coaches work together to develop a plan after each session with effective parenting tools, strategies and resources.

After providing support to young people for 18 years, ReachOut launched the Parents Service in recognition that parents play a pivotal role in the mental health of their teenagers.

ReachOut Parents Coaching is funded by the Department of Social Services. Find out more and visit the site here.

How to get started

Parents, it is ok if you haven’t worked with a coach before because we work with you step by step. Just register online confidentially below:

Professional referrals you can refer clients from anywhere in Australia by emailing coaching@reachout.com.

For more information, please view the ReachOut Parents Coaching frequently asked questions.

Karin Rissel
School Based Youth Health

Calling all 2016 Year 12 Students

Throughout your high school career, you made have made use of the Roll Room’s stock of spare used uniforms for emergencies.

Now that you no longer require them, please give some thought to donating your old uniforms to the Roll Room for other students to use.

We are especially requiring more sports shorts and boys formal shorts.

Your Digital File-Supporting Students to Drive their Future

Safety on the roads. Safety online.

Your Digital File is working with Corinda State High School, offering a community program Supporting Students to Drive their Future, providing students with access to a brand new vehicle and supervisor to increase their learner driving hours. Tuesday 7 March saw the start of the program and bookings are starting to come in.

Your Digital File is an easy to use, highly secure online file storage that will make you more productive.

• Store & access your files anywhere - desktop or mobile.
• Easily & securely, share your files.
• Effortless file security that you have control over.
• Send & receive files that can be signed with a single click.
• From $1 per month for personal accounts and $5 per month for business accounts.

For more information regarding Your Digital File and the community program visit below:

Humanities News

Corinda SHS honours ANZACs at Dawn

Corinda SHS students, staff and parents attended the Dawn ANZAC Service held at Croll Memorial RSL Sherwood Sub Branch. The ceremony was a moving and sombre event in which the brave personal who fought in the various wars for Australia were remembered. Superintendent Math Plath form the QPS delivered a compassionate and heart-warming speech that honoured our fallen. Matthew Guevarra-Adams and Dominic Nguyen were part of the catafalque party and our senior and junior leaders laid wreaths as a symbol of respect. Lest we forget.

Tracey Hall
Head of Department - Faculty of Humanities and Business

Business News

It’s all Business at Indooroopilly Shopping Town

Our Diploma of Business students experienced the real life world of workplace health and safety when they visited Indooroopilly Shopping Town as part of the industry placement component of the course. Students were given a comprehensive and informative talk by the Risk & Compliance Manager, Ashleigh Saunders, and explored the process for incidents such as slip and falls and upgrading of car parks. Diarhna Dymott, student, said she found the experience, “enjoyable and intriguing as well as extremely relevant”. A successful day for all!

Presentation by Ashleigh Saunders, Risk Manager

Tracey Hall
Head of Department - Faculty of Humanities and Business

Languages News

Homestay Families Needed

Would you like to learn about another culture and make new friends? We are looking for homestay families to host our students coming from China in term 3. The students are aged between 11 and 14 and like to be in a double placement. They will be here for 7 weeks from mid July to the end of August. You will receive around $530 per week for 2 students. If you are interested, please contact Janelle in the International Department on jpeac99@eq.edu.au.

Sport News

A big congratulations to our Year 7 Boys Touch, Year 8/9 Boys Volleyball, Year 7 Girls Tennis, Year 7 Boys Tennis, Year 8/9 Boys Tennis and Year 8/9 Girls Tennis teams who were named the West Brisbane District Champions at Junior Summer Gala Day.

We had 18 of our students recently selected in their respective QLD futsal team, with a number of our higher performing player’s unfortunately missing selection. National Titles are due to take place in the September school holidays and attendance at these is solely up to individual players and parents – we understand the significant cost involved in attending. Congratulations to our Under 12 Boys, Under 13 Boys, and Under 14 Boys Futsal teams who were also successful in qualifying for the QLD ‘Champion of Champions’ tournament in late July (Term 3).

Gifted and Talented News

Year 7 Science and Mathematics Excellence Class

On 24 March, approximately 30 students from the Year 7 Science and Mathematics Excellence Class were given the opportunity to participate in the World Science Festival while it was in Brisbane between the 21st and 26th of March. As a part of the festival, the Brisbane City Council (BCC) hosted events for school students. The year 7s endeavoured to link in with the festivities through a live steam event. However, technical issues at the BCC end prevented this from happening to its fullest potential. Mr Prout did not let this dampen the student’s spirits for the day, and managed to continue with the activities from the Resource Pack that was kindly arranged by the BCC.

Each group of 5 students was given a unique design scenario which involved a water crisis in the year 2100. Using research materials and information cards, students were tasked with solving problems such as rising sea levels, severe water shortage and even mining water from space! Students had to think what life would be like for someone in 2100, and what water would mean to them in their given scenario.

Students then presented their solutions to the class and engaged in discussions regarding the major problems surrounding their given design scenarios. Some interesting solutions included; using genetically modified food which can grow using less water, and a space mission to Jupiter to mine the moon Calisto for water supplies.

What a challenging and exciting experience for our Year 7 Mathematics and Science Excellence class.

Amy Scott-Preimonas
Heads of Department – Junior Secondary Science

Teacher Profile

Erin Collins

Maths Science Teacher

1. What is the best thing about Corinda High? The students! I’ve taught at other schools and the students here are just so lovely in comparison.
2. What is your favourite colour? Aqua.
3. What TV show do you love? Binge watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Stranger Things and Game of Thrones.
4. What is your Junk food of choice? A cheeseburger from Ben’s Burgers.
5. Do you have a Hobby? Love trying different ways to exercise and exercise classes (bike riding, boxing, pilates)
6. Who is the best band/singer of all time? My favourite has always been Queens of the Stone Age.
7. What sport do you love to watch? Basketball.
8. If you could only travel to one more destination in the world, where would you go? Back to Croatia.
9. What do you love about teaching? The interactions and the relationships I build with my students and getting them excited about the world of Science and Maths.
10. What is your favourite life quote? “We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

School News

Casual Teacher Aide

Corinda SHS have casual Teacher Aide hours available. For additional information, please phone the main office (07) 3379 0222.

School Parking

A friendly reminder, there is NO parking in the school grounds at any time.

Community Notices

UQ Parenting and Family Support Centre Study

St Joseph’s Primary School –Centenary Celebrations

Sherwood State School Fete

Oxley State School Car Boot Sale

Oxley State School will be holding their first Car Boot Sale for 2017 on Sunday 7 May. Open from 7am to 12pm, the event will feature a variety of stall holders offering everything from bric-a-brac to handmade crafts, DVDs, toys and lots more, along with a jumping castle, face-painters and food and drink stalls. For more information, please visit their Facebook page .

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