CSDE Weekly eNewsletter, Week 6, 3rd March 2023

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Mission: Supporting every student to reach their highest potential

Mini-school Permission Forms due

All Secondary Mini-school Permission Forms were due today. An email was sent home to all families with the forms attached. Please check that you have completed and returned forms. 

• Year 10 students should have completed 3 forms
• Year 9 students should have completed 2 forms
• All Secondary are required to have completed and returned the Secondary Permission Form.

Due to the planning involved in risk assessments, planners, staffing allocation and support plans, students that do not have permission forms will be unable to attend excursions and will be supervised whilst participating in the online Mini-school program at Conference on North. 

Student ID Cards

Students in years 7 -12 that have student photos during Mini-school will be issued with Student ID Cards. We have received feedback from some Home Tutors that find it difficult when the expiry date for cards are at the end of the calendar year, as students are unable to acccess student discounts over the school holiday period. For this reason we are extending the expiry date on student cards in Years 7 - 11 to 31 March the following year. Cards for students in year 12 will expire on the 30 November.

Home Tutor Professional Development URGENT - RSVP Now!!

Rockhampton...

Mini-school is scheduled for Week 8 and I'm sure everyone is looking forward to all the excitement planned for that week.

We have something extra special planned for our Home Tutors during Mini-school. Feedback showed a desire within our families for professional development to be able to help support their role as Home Tutor in their child's education. 

You asked... we listened. 

In Rockhampton we will be holding two special  'Intensive Home Tutor Days' for our Primary and Secondary Home Tutors at the Frenchville Sports Club (see flyer below) on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th.  These days begin at 9:30am with an opportunity for Home Tutors to mingle and share thoughts and ideas over morning tea. Formal sessions beginning at 10:00am.

In addition to these intensive days, Primary HT's will also have the opportunity for 'Spelling Mastery Training' on Monday and Year Level HT sessions with the teachers on Thursday with both of these days being held at CSDE campus library.

PLEASE NOTE: All of the Rockhampton Home Tutor Sessions will be live streamed AND Live. Please ensure you have registered for these sessions. Link below.

Emerald Primary families will also have access to three  'Intensive Home Tutor Days' covering Magic 100 Words Training, Spelling Mastery Training and C.L.A.W. will also be on campus in Emerald; 'Teaching in a multi-age classroom', 'Tips and tricks to support all students', Engagement - 'How to keep kids interested, engaged and motivated'.

Sports Person of the year award 2023

CSDE annually acknowledges the sporting achievements of a Primary and Secondary Student, who has excelled throughout the year at the end of year awards.

The presentation of the Sports Person of the Year Award goes to the student who has accumulated the most amount of points throughout the year in their various sporting achievements. 

Parents are asked to advise the school throughout the year of the sporting achievements by completing this online form. Scores are based on events, the level of the event (district, regional, state, national etc) and the students placing within those events. You will need to complete the form for each individual acheivement. Do not place all acheivements on the one form.

At the end of the year, points are collated, and the winner announced.

Information to note: 
* School sports are what counts for CSDE Sportsperson of the year.  Students are recognised for their achievement in other non-school fields; however, these achievements are not part of the accumulation of points towards the CSDE Sportsperson of the year. 

* You should list the highest level that your student has represented in that sport, noting that the points are only entered if the student represented, and not if they were selected and did not attend. 

*  Unfortunately, camp-drafting, is not a recognised school sport and so would not apply for Sportsperson of the year.

Feedback requested

Calling all parents and Home Tutors of students in Years 2-6. We are seeking your feedback on WWF (Weekly Writing Focus). Please assist us in determining the impact of WWF lessons, by completing the following survey link, before Friday 10^th March.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated. https://forms.microsoft.com/r/cmUhp5V1vk

What's been happening in Primary?...

Whitsunday Voices Short Story Competition

Students have the opportunity in the 'run-up' to Whitsunday Voices in July, to enter the Whitsunday Voices Short Story Competition. Students can email their own entries in and there is no entry fee! There is great prize money up for grabs!

Students who attended the Cluster Days in Week 1 of this term enjoyed meeting up with their classmates and using the newly renovated Outstation. The students were great at reading and shared several books. They also learned some new writing ‘tricks’ to help them with handwriting this year. During the two days there were a few art activities, too! The pictures below show the cute bookmarks that the girls made by using origami skills. Emily, Brydee and Olivia added creative details to make their bookmark look like an ‘owl’. No more ‘dog-eared’ books!!

The girls also created a poster about themselves at the Cluster Days. Using their initials, the students wrote several adjectives to describe their personalities. To make it more colourful, the girls coloured in the squares using their four favourite colours. Also, look at the beautiful borders that they designed.

Secondary Scoop

Year 11 Visual Arts in Practice - Blotted ink printing artworks

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CSDE Languages Department

The CSDE Languages Department was fortunate to have Mr David Shield from the Australia Japan Society join one of our lessons in Week 6 to teach students about the art of ‘ikebana’.

Ikebana is the art of beautifully arranging cut stems, leaves, and flowers in vases and other containers that evolved in Japan over seven centuries ago. There are many different ways of fastening and positioning the stems and flowers to learn in ‘ikebana’ classes. It usually takes three to five years to acquire the required technical and expressive skills used in ‘ikebana’.

School Photos - access links have been emailed to student email addresses

School Photos will be held during Term One Mini-school. This year there will be no envelopes, as families will be emailed an access code link to be able to order thier photos online. Access keys were emailed to students on Monday.

CSDE will also be issuing all Secondary Students in Year 7 - 12 with a student card from their 2023 school photo. The first card is supplied and paid for by the school. All replacement cards will be at the expense of the family. 

Sibling phots will be on offer at Rockhampton Campus from 7:30am on Monday 13th March to allow families time for this to occur before having to take their secondary students to Conference on North. Any students with senior exams on photo day do not stress! Secondary photos will be taken after the conclusion of the Essential English exam that day. 

CSDE is also very excited to be able to offer Year Level group photos this year! These photos are compiled virtually from all the students in that year level that had their photo taken. This is a new option for our families and we are very excited to be able to offer you the latest technology in creating digital memories. 

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Community Announcements and Opportunities...

Rockhampton Road Runners

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