26 April 2018

Newsletter Articles

Executive Principals Report

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back to term 2. We have an eleven-week term ahead of us. I do hope you all had an enjoyable Easter vacation. It was great to welcome back our students last week and see our student leaders engage with House Spirit in their first assembly. There certainly was an air of excitement with the Cross Country last Thursday. The house culture is certainly growing and our students are really embracing the positive spirit in the school. It great to see this happening.

Last Monday our staff attended a Student Free Professional Development Day and this was a good opportunity for our staff to engage in data meetings. Our staff spent quality time analysing student data, identifying improvement strategies for individual students and setting goals for value adding with our students. This is an important part of their work which informs their planning and classroom delivery. This time dedicated to examining student data and ‘knowing’ our students is making sure we are clear about our goals for our students and united in our commitment to provide strong foundations for success. Our aim is to value add for every student.

Mid-term reports were distributed last week, along with details for parent teacher interviews. I encourage you all took the time to attend these interviews, even if it was not requested. It is always a good chance to touch base with the teacher and gain an understanding of the programs and assessment students are undertaking. It was great to see parents bring their students along to participate in the interview process. This enables parents to have follow up discussions at home and have the same understanding of what is discussed.

Our year 10 students will have some important information shared with them this term in preparation for their new QCE and the subject requirements for their senior studies. I encourage all parents to take up every opportunity to engage in the process so that you understand the new system that our students will be immersed in.

I look forward to yet another enjoyable and rewarding term at Corinda. A great place to be!

Are your teenagers safe online?

As a parent of a teenager myself, the world of social media poses many challenges in relation to protecting impressionable teenagers. Keeping ahead of this is not an easy task, but being vigilant and having open communication is the definitely the first step to being aware. There are a number of apps out there that teenagers are engaging in where they are connected with ‘random’ people. As I become aware of these Apps, I check to ensure they are blocked on our school network. We will continue to do so as new information presents.

I want to share two web link that I encourage you as parents to familiarise yourselves with and engage in discussion about this with your teenager. These Apps I would consider ‘high-risk’ in terms of child protection and personal safety.

Another App I would like to share with you is called OurPact. This is a simple family locator and parental control app that allows parents to locate family members and limit screen time by blocking internet and app access. Through this App parents are able to schedule device use and allocate set times for access.

OurPact is a free (yay!) service for setting time based restrictions on iOS and Android devices. Parents can install it on a child's device, and control the settings from their device or from a web site to set device bedtimes, schedules, and block or grant access to apps at a moment's notice.

https://ourpact.com/

Helen Jamieson
Executive Principal

Coming Events

Student Services

2019 Excellence Program Information Sessions

QParents

Have you joined QParents?

Parents will have received an invitation email or letter by now and it’s great to see that so many parents have registered already. If you have not received an invitation, please advise us immediately by emailing info@corindashs.eq.edu.au. Over time, QParents will become an integral part of how we communicate with parents. Get on board to enjoy the ease and convenience that QParents offers.

Enrolments for Year 7 2019

Applications for enrolment for year 7 2019 are now being accepted. The enrolment forms are available from our administration office.

Uniform Shop

Opening Hours

Monday – Wednesday 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Thursday and Friday – by appointment only
Phone direct: 3379 4801
Main office: 3379 0222

P & C News

The next Corinda State High School P&C Meeting will be held on Wednesday 30 May 2018.

Resource Centre

Corinda’s Library is open Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm

Open Classrooms – After School Tutoring

Students can get expert help for assignments and assessment, every Monday to Thursday

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm in the air-conditioned comfort of the library. Each day offers a different tutor for each subject area.

Lunchtimes in the Library

Come and join us in the Library for some fun at lunchtime!

House Masters

And the winner by 1 POINT is ….

On Thursday 19 April, mother nature finally participated and the CSHS Cross Country Carnival was run in front of record crowds and spirited participation. Head of Physical Education Carmen Anderson said it was attended by the largest crowd ever witnessed in her time as a teacher at this school. HPE teacher Ben Cameron said the spirit, participation and House enthusiasm was the highest at any sporting event in recent memory.

Once the final tally was determined Kabul House was declared winner by only 1 point over Pirri. What this carnival showed us was the move to a vertical house structure in 2018 has been an overwhelming success. The support from both staff and students was evident by the rousing chanting of each war cry and the healthy competitiveness shown on the day.

6 Houses, 1 Family has definitely cemented itself as a motto that is here to stay.

Results on the day:

1st Kabul with 220 points.
2nd Pirri 219
3rd Dibbil 210
4th Bunar 207
5th Moori 198
6th Yarraman 179

International

We would like to welcome four new students to our International program: David Nguyen from Vietnam, Lillian Fleck from Germany, Tamir Enkhtamir from Mongolia and Ella Liu from China.

This week the Internationals were invited to attend a movie on Sunday night. 9 students joined Mr Breen and Mrs Thompson at Southbank where they watched “Ready Player One” a science fiction fantasy movie that had everybody wondering what was reality and what was fiction. It was a great night where new friendships were formed.

Our International students really embraced the cross country and participated with enthusiasm. It was fantastic to see so many students coming across the line with big smiles on their faces.

Homestay Families Required

Homestay families are required for upcoming study abroad tours.

Students will be here for 3 – 12 months.

Please contact Janelle Peacock for an information pack if interested. jpeac99@eq.edu.au

Languages

In week 3 of term 2, the Languages Department will be hosting Japan Week. During the week we will be showing a Japanese movie in the library, students will be able to participate in calligraphy and origami classes. The week will culminate in a giant tug of war competition between our 6 houses. We are looking forward to students across the school participating in this event.

From May 21 to May 31 the annual Language Perfect competition will once again take place. We would like to encourage all of our language students to participate in this competition. Last year we had almost 90% of our students participate and over 150 students received a certificate.

The Arts

Ruby Moon

Bringing professional live theatre to our drama students Monday 30 April

A gripping and haunting tale…

Little Ruby Moon puts on her favourite red dress and sets off to visit her grandma at the end of Flaming Tree Grove…and disappears without a trace.

Desperate for answers, her parents, obsess over the clues and the little information they have about their daughter’s case. The drama unfolds as disturbing clues start arriving anonymously at the Moon’s household.

This contemporary play, by Australian Matt Cameron, is a glowing example of magic realism. Presenting a spellbinding picture of Australian suburbia, Ruby Moon explores fear of the unknown, the psyche of suburbia and loss of innocence.

Suitable for students studying Gothic Theatre, Australian Theatre, Magic Realism, Heightened Naturalism or Theatre of the Absurd, this performance also provides links to English curriculum.

Time to Shake your Tail Feather

The Supreme Dreams are known for their musical tributes to vocal powerhouses such as Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin and on Friday 25 May they will be bringing their high energy show to Corinda.

The trio of singers – Taryn Stewart from Coorparoo, Giuliana Russo from Clayfield and Rebel Bliss from Bracken Ridge – will bring their 60’s swagger to raise funds for the Friends of Corinda Music.

“Each of us were involved in music or dance when we were teenagers” says Giuliana, who plays the role of Cindy in The Supreme Dreams, “So we are thrilled to be bringing our show to raise funds for the Music programme at Corinda State High School.”

The President of Friends of Corinda Music, Patricia Steenstrup recalls “We were looking for a fundraising event that had a real wow factor. Then a relative of one of our students approached us with their Mo Town Show, The Supreme Dreams and we knew we were onto a winner!”

Tammi, Cindy and Kiki are The Supreme Dreams and, just like the best “girl groups” of the 60s, The Supreme Dreams salute both the fresh, optimistic buoyancy of this 60’s movement as well as the energy and throbbing rhythms. “You’ll be out of your seat and dancing.”

Think The Supremes, The Crystals, Martha and the Vandellas and Tina Turner and then you’ll start humming the songs that made them legends:

Baby Love, Nowhere to Run, Proud Mary and Ain’t No Mountain High Enough always get the audience Dancin’ in the Streets!

“It’s a fun show filled with singing and dancing – from us and the audience!” says Rebel Bliss, who plays the part of Kiki. “Wear your grooviest 60’s, 70’s and Disco gear, bring the family and come and join the singing and dancing.”

Mo Town is Back!

Details:

7:30 pm Friday 25 May 2018
Old Hall, Corinda State High School
Lynne Grove Ave, Corinda
Tickets: Full price $35, Concession $30 and Students and Children $20
Family packages: 2 adults and 2 children $95

Prizes for Best Costumes

Media Contacts:

Leslie Martin 0416 043 785 supremedreamsinfo@gmail.com
Promotional Video via YouTube

Music Camp

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday a group of over 100 students travelled to Brookfield with our talented Music and Instrumental Music teachers and guest teachers for their intensive annual music camp. After three days of hard work by teachers and students, they returned to school to perform at the music camp concert. The concert was preceded by a meet and greet with food sponsored by the school administration and drinks kindly provided by the Friends of Corinda Music – our Instrumental Music support group. Parents enjoyed nibblies whilst mingling, prior to the concert and then sat down to enjoy the beautiful music performed by the teachers and music ensembles in the hall. Thank you to all our parents for your support of this very rewarding school camp.

Instrumental Music

The 2018 Corinda SHS Instrumental Music Rehearsal schedule is as follows:

Music Lessons

The 2018 Corinda SHS Instrumental Music Lesson schedule is as follows:

The 2018 Corinda SHS Private Music Lesson schedule is below. Contact Mardi Mansfield (HOD – The Arts) or Belinda Stewart (Music Excellence Teacher) for further information.

Congratulations Jesse Makepeace

On Saturday the 21 April the Creative Generation Exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art was opened by the Education Minister the Honourable Grace Grace.

C – Gen is a Visual Art exhibition of the best 30 works from across Queensland State and Private schools. In 2018 Jesse Makepeace’s work was one of the 570 submitted that was awarded an Excellence Award, thus becoming a part of this elite exhibition. Student works from Corinda Visual Art Department have been selected in this exhibition for 5 consecutive years. Our school is one of only three schools throughout Queensland who have had works consistently selected in the last 5 years. In addition to this, the year 12 cohort of 2017 was the only cohort in Queensland whereby all 4 works submitted were shortlisted.

Jesse Makepeace’s work “Prolonged Acceptance of Fate”, is a striking work that that tragically documents her Grandfather’s battle with cancer. The C Gen exhibition has been the springboard for many prominent Queensland visual artists and Jessie intends to pursue her love of Visual Art so this may not be the last time her works grace the walls of our state’s world renown gallery. The quality of the student work exhibited at C – Gen is extremely high. I encourage you to visit GOMA to see it and Patricia Piccinini before the exhibition closes on 29 July.

Corinda State High Arts department wishes Jesse well in her artistic pursuits in the future.

Senior Schooling

My Future Options Careers Expo

Wednesday 2 May

Year 11 & 12 students 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm
Year 10 1:40 pm – 3: 00 pm

Corinda SHS Assembly Hall

Over 20 exhibitors – all Brisbane Universities plus a range of VET and Apprenticeship providers will be in attendance.

Information for post school pathways as well as training options for year 11 and 12.

Parents welcome

Positive Parenting

5 Steps to Helping your Anxious Teen Achieve their Goals

Wellbeing and Mental Health by Dr Jodi Richardson

Anxiety and avoidance go hand in hand. Since anxiety is a response to a perceived threat or danger, it’s perfectly natural that when your teen is feeling anxious, turning away from whatever is provoking that feeling feels like the logical thing to do. However, while this might feel like a helpful strategy in the short term, it only serves to make the anxiety worse over time. Helping your teenager to identify what matters most and to set goals is a way to help them turn in the direction of what’s important, taking their anxiety along for the ride.

We all have things we want to do and achieve, and teenagers are no different. Helping them formulate their goals, plan how they’re going to achieve them and then supporting their progression will do wonders for their mental health.

Foundations of a flourishing teenager

In addition to building their self-confidence, striving towards a goal creates opportunities for your teen to engage in activities that hold meaning, experience the positive emotions that come from progress, enjoy the sense of pride and achievement that comes from accomplishing their goal, and experience opportunities to connect with you and others on their journey, building relationships. Each and every one of these outcomes are the foundations of flourishing.

Instead of waiting for the anxiety to pass

The process of setting goals and then setting out to achieve them is going to help your anxious teen practice what’s called ‘goal-directed action’. Instead of waiting for anxiety to pass, goals empower teenagers to choose behaviours that move them in the direction of what they care about, despite their anxiety or other obstacles. All along this will build in them the strength, courage and confidence to live a vibrant, meaningful, rich life.

1. Start with values

To create meaningful goals it’s important to start with values. We all have them. They’re the things in life that matter to us most. Our values are our principles and the standards of behaviour that we uphold ourselves to. They come from within us, and we’re free to choose them. Teenagers each have their very own set of values, though if you start by asking them what they are, you’re bound to be disappointed. Being able to name your values is a really hard thing to do without any resources. It’s much more effective to give your teen an opportunity to choose their values from a list. Get them to start by casting a wide net. Here’s a list to get you both started.

Values

2. Evaluate top values

When your teen has circled the values that are important to them it’s time to start a conversation about what was chosen and why. You’ll know whether or not to carve out time to talk or to casually throw a question their way. Open-ended questions are always good. You could simply start by saying, “Tell me a little about why you chose ‘originality’ as a value…” and then see where the conversation goes. It’s a good idea for you to create a values list too, then compare lists. Sharing your values and showing your teen you remember and respect their values and why they matter is a wonderful way to strengthen your bond and understanding of each other.

3. Choose a value to work towards

With a clearer understanding of what’s important to them, your teen can begin to look at their values and contemplate what they can do to live more fully by them. It’s natural at this stage for some teens to feel disconnected from their values, now that they can see them in black and white. This is their opportunity to start reconnecting with their values by choosing a value to ‘work on’. A value to align their behaviour with as they move forward.

4. Time to set a goal

Say your teen chose ‘adventure’ as a value but struggles to do adventurous things because their anxiety gets in the way. Have them name something adventurous that they can set themselves as a goal. With their recognition that adventure is one of their carefully chosen values combined with a willingness to move in the direction of this value, your teenager is already taking a step towards doing what matters despite their anxiety. In his work with anxious teenagers, Dr Chris Peterson talks to teens about considering ‘the good stuff’ and ‘the challenging stuff’ as two sides of the same coin. You can’t have one without the other. Talk to your teenager about the challenging ‘stuff’ they might encounter as they pursue their goal and how they might handle any challenges that arise.

5. Start Small

Small, achievable goals are the place to start. Your adventurous teen might like to start by walking to the local shops alone to build confidence step-by-step towards the ultimate goal of an overseas gap year after school finishes. Remind them to reward themselves for achieving small goals, and to be kind to themselves if they don’t quite get there the first time.

Community News

The Smith Family

With increasing financial pressure on families, the Saver Plus Program has proven to be a great way to help by providing $500 towards back to school costs.

The aim of the program is for participants to achieve a savings goal of $500, which is then matched by a further $500 per family, which must be spent on educational expenses, with parents and carers taking part in free financial literacy workshops. The program has now been running for over 13 years.

Many of our successful families have received $500 in matched savings to assist with costs such as:

• School uniforms and shoes
• Text books and stationary needs
• School camps and excursions
• Sporting, art, dance or music fees
• Laptops or IPad

QENDO, Endometriosis Queensland Inc.

1 in 10 women have Endo, including the women in your life. This is a disease that touches us all.

We raise awareness, funds for research, support and most importantly, work to educate the community of the chronic, incurable disease called Endometriosis.

We have been working at this for the last 30 years and supported thousands of Australian women throughout their Endometriosis journey.

QENDO reaches over 4000 followers across our social media and member distribution list.

There is little information given to women and girls about Endometriosis.

Sherwood District Meals on Wheels

Do you know someone who is having difficulty shopping for food or cooking?

Sherwood District Meals on Wheels is able to help. Our volunteers deliver meals to the suburbs of Chelmer, Graceville, Sherwood, Corinda and Oxley. Each meal pack includes soup, a main meal, juice and dessert. The meals are nutritionally prepared for us by our supplier Gourmet Fresh and are delivered by our friendly volunteers on week days between 8:30 am and 10:00 am. The meals are delivered frozen with simple heating instructions, thus allowing more flexibility for our clients (for example, delivery on certain days of the week, if required). Special dietary needs can also be catered for.

Who is Eligible?

• People who are 65 or older
• People who are having difficulty preparing meals for themselves or shopping
• People who have a disability and their carers
• People recovering from hospitalisation or illness

Volunteers

Volunteering for Meals on Wheels is a satisfying experience as we enable people to maintain their independence by continuing to live in their own homes. We provide a friendly daily contact for people, many of whom may be isolated or frail. We welcome new volunteers to either do a delivery run to people in their homes one morning a month starting at 8:30 am and usually finishing around 10:00 am, or to help in our kitchen by packing the meals for delivery.

If you know someone who needs help with meals or you would like to volunteer, please contact Donna at Meals on Wheels on 33797715 or email: sherwoodmow@gmail.com.

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