CSDE Weekly eNewsletter, Week 3, Term 3, 2023

Student Spotlight

2023 Early School Leavers survey

The Queensland Government is seeking the support of the school community for the annual follow up of Year 10, 11 and 12 students who left a state school in 2022, before completing Year 12. This short questionnaire collects information about what young people are doing the year after leaving state school. The results inform strategies for improving the learning experience and transition supports available to future school leavers.

Between August and September, early leavers from 2022 can expect to receive instructions to complete a few web-based questions or a telephone call from the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office. Please encourage them to take part. If their contact details have changed, please assist the interviewer with their updated details or forward the instructions to their new address so they can participate.

Thank you for your support in 2023.

For more information, please visit www.qld.gov.au/nextstep/ or telephone toll free on 1800 068 587.

RSVP - Mini-school 7-11 August

What's happening in Primary?

Prep - Rockhampton

So far in our first two weeks of prep, students have been learning rhyming words in preparation to make and present a poem to their peers. Our preppies have also learnt the final Jolly Phonics sound in the program, ‘ar’. We are now ready to go back and revise all 42 sounds and apply them to our writing and reading.

Prep - Emerald

Listening and participating in Prep.

Creating rhyming words and Home Visits

Woolworths Cricket Blast

SAVE THE DATE!

Mark it on your calendars - more information to come!

Guidance 'Go-2'

Social emotional development represents a specific domain of child development. It is a gradual, integrative process through which children acquire the capacity to understand, experience, express, and manage emotions and to develop meaningful relationships with others.

Sourced by: BrainPower Neurodevelopmental Center

Infographic via Pathway 2 Success

Secondary Scoop

Year 12 students and families

Don't forget to RSVP and purchase your tickets for the Year 12 Formal.

Science

Science is a wonderful subject that encourages analytical thought and imagination.  Science helps students look at the world in a new light and helps them understand things from all five senses.

Although we don’t immediately think of creativity and imagination when we think about science, science can actually extend student perspectives and helps them to think about topics outside of the textbook.

This term Year 8 Science students have started studying the respiratory system and recently conducted a practical to model a lung:

Students were asked to evaluate how well their model demonstrates human breathing and to think of any improvements that would make it work better.

Some student responses were: 

• “We could try and represent the intercostal muscles, add another lung and include more straws or tubes to represent the bronchiole tubes.”
• “I think that it demonstrates human breathing well, to simulate it better you could use two balloons and one straw / pipe branching off into each intercostal lung.”

Year 10 SET Planning - Bookings extended until this Friday 28th July.

Have you considered Japanese for 11&12?

Job Opportunities and Positions Available

Boiler Maker Positions - Rockhampton 

School Based Position - Year 12 (2024) who is wanting to stay at school to complete but get a head start on their trade. They will have the opportunity to work 1 day a week during school term and as many hours as they would like during most school holidays. They will transfer to a full time position on completion of year 12. 

Full-time Position - Year 12 (2023) completion of a Cert II pathways engineering, a car and their provisional licence would all be an advantage.

To Apply - Email a copy of their resume, a short cover letter and their latest school academic report. 

Email - holly@ogt.com.au 

Defence Work Experience Program - North Queensland

ARMY - Lavarack Barracks and Ross Island Barracks (South Townsville)

23 – 25 August 2023 - - 3 RAR - Infantry Familiarisation (nga.net.au)

11 – 12 September 2023 - - Army - Combat Service Support Experience (nga.net.au)

17 – 18 August 2023 - - 1 RAR - Infantry Familiarisation (nga.net.au)

24-25 October 2023 - - Army In Motion: Maritime, Technical Trades, Hospitality and Support Overview (nga.net.au)

NAVY - HMAS Cairns 

06-07 September 2023 - - Navy Careers Overview (nga.net.au)

The above hyperlink are only some of the current Work Experience programs we have, please check out the full website for all available opportunities.

- Jobs List - Defence Work Experience (nga.net.au)

Ag Career Start

Cultural Snapshot

DARUMBAL COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICE

SERVICES

We are a not-for-profit community-controlled organisation providing a broad range of youth services. Our services are non-judgmental and are delivered from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander principles of caring and sharing.
DCYSI was incorporated in 1994 under the Associations Incorporations Act (Qld) 1981 and was the first service to be funded by the government to provide Indigenous youth programs to Rockhampton in 1995.
We proudly service Central Queensland including Rockhampton, Gracemere, Woorabinda, Mount Morgan, Yeppoon, Central Highlands.

Support Services

• Regional Youth Support Service
• Reconnect
• Youth Justice Program

Specialist Services

• Yimba Bira Traditional Indigenous Games
• Tackle 6
• Parent and Children Education
• Darderrhi: Indigenous Youth Alcohol & Drug Treatment Service
• Budaroo House
• Queensland Youth Partnership Initiative – Stockland’s Outreach
• After-Hours Service and Drop-in Centre
• Elders Cautioning Project

Community

• Annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Awards Night
• Warba Wangarunya Rugby League Carnival
• Annual Youth Forum

Achievements

• View our Achievements >

Information sourced from:          

https://darumbal.org.au/

What's on in your community

Have you visited the Emerald Art Gallery?

The Emerald Art Gallery has been bringing arts to the Emerald community for more than two decades. The gallery provides a high-profile exhibition space located in the Central Highlands Regional Council corporate office building at 65 Egerton Street in Emerald. The exhibition space is large and bright with impressive hanging space and high ceilings.

Features

• Spacious gallery with high ceilings and white gallery walls
• Two moveable walls
• Professional gallery wire hanging system
• Professional lighting system
• Plinths and lockable glass display cabinets

Introducing Qkr - The way to order all CSDE Uniforms

The P&C has handed over the running of the 'Uniform Shop' to the school.

From this point on, all school uniform orders and payments will need to be placed through Qkr! on your mobile device.

Once you have downloaded the Qkr! App, turn on the notifications so that you will be informed of any specials, last order deadline dates etc.

Our Finance Department has put together a quick tutorial video below to help you get started.

What is Qkr?

Qkr is a mobile app for iPhones and Android smartphones that provides secure purchases, protected by Masterpass security for administrators and parents.  Qkr will be used for  uniform and senior shirt payments, replacing my school connect as the Uniform Shop is being transferred to the school to manage. Qkr will also be used in the future for other school payments as the system is rolled out within the finance department. 

What do customers pay to access Qkr?

Qkr is free for customers, there is no transaction fee charged to customers making payments via the app.

Important to enable notifications...

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.

We welcome your feedback