CSDE Weekly Newsletter May 13th 2022
Principal's Pen
Mini-school
The school’s expectation is that all students will attend Mini-school, face to face or online. Thank you to all families who have supported their student/s to attend our face to face Mini-school program in Emerald and Rockhampton. As a school, we are grateful for your support to ensure your student has access to these wonderful opportunities. This week I’ve observed students in Rockhampton having a fantastic time working with their classmates and teachers. Unfortunately, due to the weather conditions I haven’t made it out to the Emerald Campus as planned, however, Mrs Bailey has detailed all of the great things our students in Emerald have been doing this week. For those travelling home today, please travel safely.
School values, Online etiquette and Student Code of Conduct
CSDE is committed to providing a safe and respectful learning environment for students and staff, where students have opportunities to engage in quality learning experiences and acquire values supportive of their lifelong wellbeing. Our school values of respect, responsibility, integrity, accountability and resilience, guide the behaviours we expect to see at CSDE.
Our Student Code of Conduct clearly details the expected behaviours for students (p14 onwards) and we ask that all families take a moment to refresh these expectations with students in your home classrooms.
Emerald facilities upgrades
I am pleased to report progress remains on track with Design Development at Schematic Design Stage. Construction also remains on track for completion in December 2022. I will be in contact with our Emerald Campus families within the next month to organise a meeting to review and consider finishes and to inform tender documentation.
Rockhampton Facilities update
The Rockhampton building project is progressing well. Below is what the buildings will look like when installed onsite. There will be 2 demountable buildings (6 classroom spaces, kitchen/wet area, office space and teacher prep areas) as well as an under-covered area and amenities block. Works are scheduled to commence June / July. Thank you to those families who have supported the school over many years to acquire these additional buildings. Your help has been greatly appreciated.
New Look CSDE Weekly Newsletter
Welcome to the new look CSDE Weekly Newsletter! This is part of CSDE's ongoing initiative to provide our families with clear, concise and easy to access information. CSDE is listening to the feedback from our families and we hope the SZapp will be an invaluable 'at your finger tips' tool for keeping you all up to date with everything here at CSDE.
Instructions to download and install the app are in the header at the top of this newsletter. When asked for a 4 digit passcode, you will find this information in the Primary and Secondary General classrooms (links to the left of Announcements).
Mini-school recap
What a great Mini-school this week!! The wet weather may have affected some of our activities, but we adapt and overcome. Robotics, Maths Shows, Science Practicals, First Aid Course, White Card Course, University Experiences and much more. Staff, students and families were great sports and the students thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Here are the best dressed winners of the Book Fair Dress Up Competition.
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Winners of the Pet Competition:
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Here are a few sneak peeks of some of the weeks highlights. There will be more to come in following editions of the CSDE Weekly Newsletter.
Rockhampton Primary Campus
Emerald Primary Campus
Rockhampton Secondary Campus
CQU University Experience Day Year 10
Athletics Carnival
Tuesday 7th June will see our students converge on the oval at CQ University for our annual CSDE Athletics Carnival in a sea of red and yellow.
Whether you are a Wattle or a Banksia supporter we would love for you to come along; participate and cheer for your team! The Parents and Citizens will be putting on a BBQ for your convenience.
If your child is wishing to participate in events at the Athletics Carnival, you will need to complete the nomination form below (and attached to the event in the calendar). These will need to be returned to Mr Murray Harch by no later than Tuesday 24th May 2022. Email: mhar4@eq.edu.au. Age Champion will be awarded for ages 9 - 18 boys and girls.
Please RSVP your attendance for Athletics Carnival below
Discus Competition
Capricornia 10 - 19 Years Cross Country
Due to the state of the grounds from recent and ongoing rain, the Capricornia 10-19yrs Regional Cross Country is postponed until Monday 30th May. Same times and location.
CSDE Cultural Snapshot
Uluru is more than just a rock, it is a living cultural landscape that of which is considered sacred to the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people. These people of the land are the traditional owners and guardians of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. This special place carries great spiritual and cultural significance for these local indigenous tribes with over 40 sacred aboriginal sites and eleven Tjurkurpa or Dreaming trails present in the area.
The Anangu people belong to the oldest culture known to man dating back 60,000 years. They believe that their culture has always existed in Central Australia and that this landscape was created at the beginning of time by the travels of great ancestral beings. Uluru and Kata Tjuta are said to provide physical evidence of these ancient events and have been used for traditional ceremonies and rites of passage for over 10,000 years.
Although, the once nomadic lifestyle of the Anangu people has changed, they still continue to live by these ancient laws and traditions passed down through Dreamtime stories from their ancestors. These laws, or Tjukurpa, provide the foundations of this unique culture and governs all relationships between people, the land and all living things. These spiritual and cultural connections are still strong today.
The spirits of the ancestral beings continue to reside in these sacred places making the land a deeply important part of Aboriginal cultural identity. Each visitor to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is invited to share in these traditional beliefs and hear stories of this ancient land and how it came to be. Members of Anangu society have inherited and are responsible for their own Dreamtime stories and ceremonies associated with specific sites and their place of birth. The Dreaming is a complex network of knowledge, beliefs and practices belonging to their community, to families and to individuals. It is seen as powerful living force that must be maintained and cared for, it is considered their duty to respect and look after the earth and pass these ancient traditions on for all of time.
SET Plan Webinar
Work Experience Paperwork
Work Experience Paperwork is due on the 10th June.
No Paperwork, no Work Experience.
If you have any queries, please contact Tremayne Saunders
P: 0475 885 969
Sound Scouts
Government funded Sound Scouts is a hearing screening App for school children.
Endorsed by Hearing Australia, Sounds Scouts is currently free for all school-aged children across Australia thanks to funding from the Department of Health. It has been adopted extensively by primary & secondary schools with 85,000+ hearing checks being conducted across over 2000 schools.
An estimated 10% of children suffer from a hearing loss during their school years which, left undetected, can lead to learning, speech and behavioural problems. Sound Scouts has identified countless children with undetected hearing issues.
Because the science is built in, screenings can easily be conducted by parents at home. All that is required is a touchscreen mobile device, good quality adult headphones and a quiet space. There is no charge to the school or parents to use this service.
The Sound Scouts hearing check app is
- evidence-based
- easy and fun to use
- includes 3 games being completed in about 7 - 10 minutes
- provides an indication of a child's hearing health & listening abilities, both in quiet and noise
- generates an automated report that indicates if there is a hearing issues and provides clear next steps.
It can easily be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play: https://www.soundscouts.com/au/download/
CQUniversity Australia School's Update
With term 2 well underway, we hope that you've settled back in after a well-deserved break, and are off to a good start!
We're keen to share some upcoming events in this update that support students as they uncover what their future could look like.
Details of our Open Day events are now available - we'll be in touch again closer with more information, programs and resources.