CSDE Weekly eNewsletter 11th November, 2022
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Our School Values
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Principal's Pen
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Mini-school is NEXT WEEK!
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Impact of eBooks
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Weekly Home Tutor Sessions
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Szapp
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2022 CSDE P&C Awards Night Dinner
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Primary News - Year 6 Fun Day
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Year 6 Graduation Dinner
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Guidance 'Go 2'
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Secondary News
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Year 12 Resources
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Year 12 Social & Community Studies Showcase
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Saving our endangered animals. All funds go to World Wildlife Fund (Australia)
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Scholarships and Grants for 2023 - open
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Find University Scholarships easily
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CSDE Cultural Snapshot
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Apprenticeship & Employment Opportunities
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What's on in your Community gallery
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We welcome your feedback
Our School Values
Mission: Supporting every student to reach their highest potential
Principal's Pen
Friday 11th November marks Remembrance Day 2022.
Remembrance Day is a time to join together to honour veterans who have died while serving in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. Our CSDE service today was officiated by our Year 6 Leaders, Amelia, Darcy, Ella and Sebastian and I would like to commend all of our leaders on the respectful manner in which this service was conducted. It was pleasing to see the service well attended by our school community. My sincere thanks go to our guest speaker, Mr Ian Baker for taking time to speak at this event as well as Mrs Christine Rapmund for supporting our students to prepare.
I have no doubt many families will be excited leading up to our final Mini-school next week. Staff have prepared another wonderful week of learning and activities for students.
Next week also marks the last week of school for Year 12 students across the state. I am looking forward to acknowledging our Year 12 students at the Secondary Awards Ceremony and celebrating their achievements at the Year 12 School Formal. My congratulations and best wishes are with all of our graduates as they enter the next phase of their lives.
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a forum for school leaders regarding the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0.
Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum includes revisions to learning areas, general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities. These changes are designed to make the curriculum more manageable for teachers while continuing to set high expectations for what all students should know and be able to do. The QCAA and the Department of Education will support schools with professional development for staff to familiarise with the curriculum and prepare for implementation. I look forward to continuing to be able to advise our school community on our school’s progress for implementing the refreshed curriculum.
Next year our school will transition to QLearn which is the department’s new digital learning management system, replacing The Learning Place.
The Learning Place has been a repository for storing learning resources and in use for around 10 years. The school will use QLearn in a similar manner as the Learning Place: to store resources. Users will find that QLearn is a more contemporary, user friendly product.
I understand that learning how to access a new system may sound daunting however I am confident students will find it easy to navigate and a much better tool.
In 2023 Blackboard Collaborate Ultra will still remain our main tool to teach online lessons. The school will provide training for students and home tutors prior to lessons commencing in 2023 and during our Induction Program Days to be held on the 24th and 25th of January 2023.
On a final note, I will be taking some long service leave from the 25th of November 2022 to welcome the birth of my first grandchild. In my absence Georgina Harch has been appointed as Acting Principal.
Look forward to seeing many of you next week.
Amanda Rynne, Principal
Mini-school is NEXT WEEK!
Impact of eBooks
Impact of eBooks
Researchers from Griffith University and QUT are conducting a project about the educational and health issues and benefits of eBook use in school settings. We would like to invite you to complete a short questionnaire about the reading habits, health and wellbeing of you and your child.
Please complete the survey about your child.
If you have more than one child at school, you may choose which child you complete the survey about. If you have a primary and secondary school-aged child, can you please complete the survey about the primary-aged child.
If your child is in primary school, please complete this survey: https://prodsurvey.rcs.griffith.edu.au/prodls200/index.php/658783?lang=en
If your child is in secondary school, please complete this survey:
https://prodsurvey.rcs.griffith.edu.au/prodls200/index.php/435323?lang=en
Once you enter the survey, please scroll to the bottom of the page to the NEXT button to begin.
The researchers have received permission from the principal of the school to invite you to participate in the study.
Your participation is voluntary, and your child will not be advantaged or disadvantaged by your decision to accept or decline this invitation. The Queensland Department of Education funds this research, however, neither the Department nor the school will know whether or not you participate.
If you have questions about the project, or you would prefer to access a paper version of the questionnaire, please contact Jen Clifton from QUT: jen.clifton@qut.edu.au
Weekly Home Tutor Sessions
‘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
Szapp
Don't miss out on vital information!
Most of our communications at CSDE are available via Szapp.
Download instructions are included in the link below and the link is available at the top of this newsletter.
2022 CSDE P&C Awards Night Dinner
Please note that you are able to book for this event even if you do not plan on having a meal, however be mindful that this is not a BYO venue and they do not allow food to be brought in.
There is a 'no meal' provision in the link below.
Date and time
Location
Emerald Racecourse 1 Racecourse Road Emerald, QLD 4720
Primary News - Year 6 Fun Day
Year 6 Graduation Dinner
Guidance 'Go 2'
Secondary News
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.
Tayla, Blog posts and Poster
Lachlan, 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 2nd or 3rd 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
CSDE Cultural Snapshot
‘Darumbal Country’
As the Darumbal people lived in harmony with their country, traditional Darumbal society dictated their way of living in the belief of “oneness”. They had a complex social system where everyone and everything was related. Their behaviour and obligations were influenced by their worldviews of these beliefs. They had strict marriage laws, gender specific roles and ceremonies.
Clan Groups and their meanings
DARUMBAL – PRONUNCIATION – ENGLISH
Bra/bara – bra also bara – belonging to or of / relating to or associated with
Kuinmabra – koo-in-ma-bra/bara
Katubra – ka-to-bra/bara – end/finish
Wulluinbra – wool-oo-in-bra/bara – tail of goanna
Waarubra – wa-roo-bra/bara – damper made from zamia nut
Muinbra – moo-in-bra/bara – ashes
Parnkinbra – parnk-in-bra/bara – gap in ranges
Rithtabra – rith-ta-bra/bara – sand-fly
Nindybul – nindj-bul
Wurginbra – wur-gin bra/bara – clean sand
Rarndubra – rarn-do-bra/bara – now called Townshend Island
Tarubra – ta-roo-bra/bara – fig with flies inside
Gukibra – gook-ee-bra/bara – green ant
Budyalbra – boodj-al-bra/bara – honey suckle tree
Tarumbul
Waarabra – wa-ra-bra/bara – wild guava
Kunkubra – koonk-oo-bra/bara – sickness
Buribra – boorie like woolly – fire
Waarpabra – wa-pa-bra/bara – island
Karunbra – ka-roon-bra/bara – flesh
Bikalbra – bik-al-bra/bara – small grub
Bipubra – be-poo-bra/bara – river
Wullabra – wool-ar-bra/bara – war cry
Baanbarabra – baan-ba-ra-bra/bara – open
Darumbal Geographical names
1. Rockhampton –
o Depot Hill Area – Randu
o Glenmore and Parkhurst Area – Wura Nharni
o West Rockhampton Area – Gaba
o Mt Archer/ Koongal Area – Nurimbra
o Ridgelands – Mulawarri
2. Yeppoon – yipun
3. Mt Hedlow – Kulli / Karara
4. Marlborough – Wandu Wangin
5. Moore’s Creek – Mugul
6. Gracemere – badyul
7. Mt Jim Crow – Baga
8. Mt Wheeler – Gai-i
9. Byfield – Danamal
Sourced from:
https://darumbal.com.au/darumbal-country/