CSDE Weekly eNewsletter 4th November, 2022

Our School Values

Mission: Supporting every student to reach their highest potential

Primary Ponderings

We're quickly approaching what we consider to be the best weeks of the year!  

Term Four is arguably the busiest of the year, and in this week’s Primary Ponderings, we thought it beneficial to give an overview of what’s happening and when. 

Congratulations to the Year Five students who presented their leadership speeches, last week. Hearing these students’ ideas on how they could improve their school was pleasing. All teachers were impressed with the oratory skills that were on display. The entire Primary department would like to thank Mrs Clough, Mrs Grice, and Mrs Keenan for organising these sessions, the speeches, and all of the logistics that this important event entailed. 

Week Seven will be our final Mini-school for 2022.  We look forward to welcoming students and families to both campuses and to online sessions. For those attending in person, swimming lessons will be on, so please complete the required permission forms, and do what you can to send children with the correct clothing and equipment. 

As for Week Nine? We felt that it really needed a timetable all of its own! 

Monday 28^th – Year Six Fun Day so no lessons (Timetabled lessons remain the same for all other year levels). 

Tuesday 29^th – Swimming Carnival – Emerald Aquatic Centre – 11:00AM – 2:00PM 

Tuesday 29^th – CSDE Primary Awards – Emerald Town Hall – 4:00PM – 6:00PM 

Tuesday 29^th – CSDE P&C Primary & Secondary Awards Night Dinner – Emerald Racecourse – 6:30PM – 9:30PM 

The school has worked extensively to improve its communication, utilising the various avenues at its disposal. If you haven’t yet downloaded the app, you are missing out on vital information, including the details above. There are various links and booking forms to be completed, including RSVPs, meal bookings, and sport nominations. Please assist us by ensuring that you have the app, are checking out the details, and completing the relevant tasks. 

Students, please continue to work hard, right up until the final Thursday of the year – 8^th December. We wish you nothing but the best of luck for your assessments. All anyone ever asks, is that you do your best. If you can look in the mirror and say that of yourself, then you’ve kicked a goal. 

For now though, please take care of yourselves, and each other. We look forward to seeing you all soon. 

Fiona Bailey and Lachlan Scheuber 

Weekly Home Tutor Sessions

‘Setting Up for Success - with Maree & Mellissa’ Thursday Week 6 – 10/11/22 – Online Blackboard Ultra-  3pm-4pm

Link :https://au.bbcollab.com/guest/c8c1ce42a45743d790bc27dfc579026c

‘Supporting Behaviour - with Maree & Mellissa’ Tuesday week 7 – 15/11/22 - face to face at Mini School & Online option -  8:45am - 10:45am

Link:https://au.bbcollab.com/guest/b025c12889a94a72bf2796f58b2c70bc

‘Evidence Based Practices - with Maree & Mellissa’ Thursday Week 8 – 24/11/22 – Online Blackboard Ultra - 3pm-4pm

Link:https://au.bbcollab.com/guest/78a200ae6bad4833b7bcf744c4112c37

‘Functional Communication - with Maree & Mellissa’ Tuesday Week 9 – 29/11/22 – Online Blackboard Ultra -  3-4pm 

https://au.bbcollab.com/guest/dcbe37179a6943d8b1aa6295a341a542

Book Club - New Issue out now!

Mulcahy - Stride 4 Stroke

As past students of CSDE, Lily, Jo and Andy have joined our Stride 4 Stroke team (Pezet Pacers) in 2022. Our goal is to raise funds and awareness to help treat, beat and prevent stroke! 

If any of our fabulous CSDE families are able to and would like to support the family it would be very much appreciated. 

The team has a very special member this year in Angela's Mum - Jennifer, who suffered her debilitating stroke in 2021. She is continuing her long and difficult recovery, mentally as well as physically and is putting her physio therapy towards her moving minutes for the month of November. 

Here are the links to some of their pages:

Pink Gate Challenge

CSDE participated recently in the Pink Gate Challenge, aiming to raise awareness for the fighters and survivors of breast cancer and the impact this cancer has on their lives, and the lives of the people who care for them.

The objective was to decorate our school’s gate using the pink colour scheme of the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign, making it as bright as possible.

Some of our amazing CSDE staff were up early to transform our normally bland, black, 'barricade' into a pink, powerhouse of awareness. 

2022 CSDE P&C Awards Night Dinner

Date and time

Tue., 29 November 2022, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm AEST

Location

Emerald Racecourse 1 Racecourse Road Emerald, QLD 4720

Primary News - Year 6 Fun Day

Year 6 Graduation Dinner

Guidance 'Go 2'

Zones of Regulation

Does your student have trouble regulating? Check out the ‘Zones of Regulation’ links below and help them build their understanding around self-regulation.

https://www.socialthinking.com/zones-of-regulation

https://zonesofregulation.com/index.html

https://aussiechildcarenetwork.com.au/articles/teaching-children/zones-of-regulation

Secondary News

Year 11 Field Trip

This week our Year 11 students in Biology, Aquatic Practices and Geography sailed the seas, venturing to Kanomie Island for their 'Science' Field Trip.

Beach Sampling, snorkelling, campfires, morning walks, searching for plankton and much more, our students collected heaps of data and learnt some valuable information and skills to assist them in their assessments.

A big shout out to Mrs Cowley, Mrs Tucker and Mr Sutherland for their time and effort in making this opportunity available for our students.

Year 12 Resources

Year 12 Social & Community Studies Showcase

For the final module / unit in Social and Community studies we delve into to the world of budgeting – saving, spending, investing, debit and credit.  With our final task students are required to create a blog and social media poster to advise young people about their rights under the NCCPA, what the risks are with Credit, Before and After pay and then give advice on how to get help if you find yourself in trouble with creditors. 

The year 12 students all jumped into this task with enthusiasm and the result was a great demonstration of the knowledge gained from the unit and their high competencies with technology gained from being an online student. 

For the next few weeks we will showcase some of their works. 

Shamirah, Blog posts and Poster - Money Management

Samantha, Blog posts and Poster - Money Management

Saving our endangered animals. All funds go to World Wildlife Fund (Australia)

We are a group of Year 12 students who are concerned about our beautiful creatures in Australia. In class, we talked about how it can be possible to help out our troubled species.

Let us tell you what we came up with. Koalas, echidnas, the platypus and turtles are all in trouble at the moment. If we don’t do something to save these guys soon, a major thing could happen to the environment.

They are all here for a reason, like we are.  

Koalas, echidnas, the platypus and turtles are all in trouble at the moment. If we don’t do something to save these guys soon, a major thing could happen to the environment.

They are all here for a reason, like we are.  

Please, help us save these beautiful creatures. We’ve put a lot of work as a class to get all these things together.

We are planning to run a cake store to raise money for these creatures at our upcoming mini school on Monday, beginning at 8am. Our stall will be near the sign in desk.  We are known, as the Endangered Defenders. Please help us.

Skye Elkins, Year 12

Scholarships and Grants for 2023 - open

• Future Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers can earn up to $20,000 while they study to become a teacher with a Pearl Duncan Teaching Scholarship. They’ll also be guaranteed a permanent teaching position in a Queensland state school upon graduation.
• Aspiring Teacher Grants of up to $5,000 are available to Year 12 students graduating in 2022 who will commence an initial teacher education program at a Queensland Higher Education Institution in 2023.
• The Lambert McBride Perpetual Bursary provides a one-off payment of $5,000 for a high achieving Aboriginal student or Torres Strait Islander student who is commencing their 2^nd or 3^rd year of study at a Queensland higher education institution in 2023.
• Secondary schools are encouraged to nominate one Year 12 student for a TJ Ryan Memorial Medal and Scholarship for study commencing in Semester 1, 2023. The scholarship provides recognition and financial support to high achieving Year 12 graduates commencing their tertiary journey.

Online applications for the above programs close on Friday 9 December 2022.  For details on each of the above programs visit the Teach Queensland website.

For more information contact the Scholarships and Grants Team at scholarships@qed.qld.gov.au

Find University Scholarships easily

Using the Australian Scholarship Database, students can now access over 2000 university scholarships worth over $12,000,000 in three simple steps.

To access the Australian Scholarship Database, click here.

Designed by JasonL, the aim of the online tool is to make it as easy as possible for students to get access to much-needed funding to further their careers.

Find scholarships by state, study level or study field

By selecting your state, study level and your chosen study field, the online tool will run through its database and provide a list of scholarships which match your criteria.

There are over 30 study fields available to choose from, including

• Humanities and social sciences
• Accounting
• Agriculture
• Architecture
• Psychology
• Business and management
• Creative arts
• Education and training
• Engineering and technology
• Law
• Mathematics
• Medicine
  

Work Experience Checklist

Balun (take 2)!

You may remember a few weeks ago we featured Balun's story about his recent success in being offered an apprenticeship with Rio Tinto.

This is a fantastic achievement and one that he has worked hard for.

Included in this week's article is the second part of Balun's story.

To recap...

Balun Sarra is a Year 11 student who has shown great commitment and determination in achieving this goal. He has worked hard to get where he is today and we are sure that he will continue to excel in his future career. We wish him all the best in his new role and are confident that he will be a great asset to the company.

Balun has shared his story below and we hope that it will inspire you to continue striving for future endeavors.

CSDE Cultural Snapshot

Welcome to country

What is Country?

 ‘Country is everything. It’s family, it’s life, it’s connection’. — Jude Barlow, Ngunnawal Elder

Country is the term often used by Aboriginal peoples to describe the lands, waterways and seas to which they are connected. The term contains complex ideas about law, place, custom, language, spiritual belief, cultural practice, material sustenance, family and identity.

Welcome to Country rituals go back to when visitors had to wait to be welcomed into a camp or ceremony — sometimes left sitting outside the camp for days until people were ready for them and sure that they would not bring harm.

Being welcomed to Country means that you are talking to your spiritual ancestors and you’re saying just let this person come through. We trust that they’re not going to do any harm on this Country and so do not harm them.

Acknowledging Country

Acknowledging when you’re on the land of Traditional Owners is a sign of respect which acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ownership and custodianship of the land, their ancestors and traditions. Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can show this form of respect.

Only the traditional owners can speak for and welcome visitors to Country or give others the authority to do so.

See the link for a welcome to country.

https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/welcome-country

Sourced from:

https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/welcome-country

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