CSDE Weekly eNewsletter, Week Nine, Term Four 2023
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Week 8 Newsletter Stats
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Week 9 Events
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What's happening in Primary?
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Year Five Mini-school highlights
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Year 4 'Dads and Students' Camp - Save the Date
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Year 6 Fun Day
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Swimming Carnival - Tuesday 28th
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Secondary Scoop
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CSDE Strikes a Perfect Balance: Maths and Bowling Unite!
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English 'made fun' at Mini-school
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Guidance 'Go-2'
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Cultural Snapshot
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Employment and Careers
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Community Information
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We welcome your feedback
Week 8 Newsletter Stats
It was great to see the percentages of readers for last weeks' eNewsletter! A new high of 53.45%.
Week 9 Events
Link for Streaming of the Primary Awards Ceremony: 4:30pm Tuesday afternoon
Microsoft Teams meeting
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Meeting ID: 486 079 509 198
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What's happening in Primary?
Year Five Mini-school highlights
Year 5 Mini school Highlights
In Emerald, year 5 had a most successful disco, due to the fantastic planning team and their parents and home tutors. It was so much fun and the games for everyone were a hit. The year 5’s also spent time in the pool, learning more about each of the strokes and loved having a cool down each day.
Year 5 English have been working super hard this term and have presented some of their best writing! We all fell in love with the adventures, loyalty, mateship and cheekiness of Red Dog. ‘The Pilbara Wanderer’ – ‘The dog of the North-West’. Take a look at some extracts from their comparisons of Red Dog the novel to Red Dog the film.
Red Dog is a semi-fictional biography written by Louis de Bernières and first published in 2001. The book is based on the adventures of a Red Cloud Kelpie nicknamed Red Dog because of his colouring. The book was later adapted to film in 2011 and directed by Kriv Stenders. The tale begins in Western Australia in a town called Dampier. The story continues to unfold into the wild and wacky adventures of Tally Ho also known as Red Dog as he journeys all over the magnificent scenery of the Western Australian landscapes and mining regions. The mining towns are full of tough men who seem to be completely taken by the dog who becomes King of every town he visits.
– Casley Lorraway
Mateship and community are major themes implied throughout the novel and film Red Dog. In the film and book Red Dog, mateship is shown when the community helps Red Dog by leaving their jobs to help him out when he got shot and when he gets sick. A sense of community is also shown in the book and film, when the town gets together to defend Nancy and Patsy when the Cribbage's were going to kick them out of the caravan park. In the book, community is described in the event, when Bill the Policeman helps Peeto when he found Red Dog on the side of the road because ‘it was the code of the rural Australia and everyone observers it.’ A very similar event occurs in the film, when people in the community take turns to sit with Red Dog while he is waiting for John to return. The camera has different shots of the people visiting at different times of the day and night.
– Wylie Philp
In 2001 a semi-fictional and adventure novel, Red Dog, was written by Louis de Bernieres and published. The book later in 2011 was developed into a film, directed by Kriv Stenders. The story is of a red cloud kelpie, Red Dog or Tally Ho and his main friends, John and Nancy and their adventure together. Red Dog, the main character travels across Australia and is loved by everyone but the evil Cribbages.
– Sophie Burnett
The character of Red Dog is very similar in both novel and film. The author Louis de Bernieres has described Red Dog as a lovely dark coppery colour with amber yellow eyes and pricked up ears. His tail was slightly bushy, and on his shoulders and chest, the fur was thick like a mane. His forehead was broad, and his nose was brown it was a little bit turned up at the end. His body was solid and strong. Likewise in the film, you can see these characteristics through camera angles. Red Dog is a very kind, loyal and devoted dog. This is shown in both the book and the film when Red Dog is looking for John. But in the book, it does show more of Red Dogs adventures and curious side when he is travelling with the three women and looking for John. Both the novel and the film show Red Dog and his personality and physical characteristic in very similar ways.
– Heidi Pierce
In my opinion, I liked the book better because it followed Red Dog’s adventures more. In the book there were stories for Red Dog that were left out of the movie. For example, Red Dog and Women from Perth. It was a hilarious chapter especially the part where she tried to burn of his ticks that where not really ticks. That is why I rather the book then the movie.
– Libby McDonald
A major event in the film and book is the start to an unlikely friendship Red Dog and Red Cat. In both the novel and film Red Dog and Red Cat bump into each other at the caravan park and have a fight. In the novel the fight starts behind Nancy’s caravan. The author describes how Red Dog immediately leaped forward to give chase after Red Cat. Red Cat was described as a valiant cat. Red Dog and Red Cat have a brutal fight described by the author. The fight is later broken up by Nancy and she takes Red Dog to the vets but when he came back, they form a kind of bond/friendship. Whereas in the film the fight starts suddenly on top of a caravan. A mid shot shows the fight between Red Cat and Red Dog and there are sounds of hissing and barking. At the end of the fight, they become friends as Red Dog defeats Red Cat by chasing him up a tree. The unlikely friendship is through who could defeat the other in battle.
– Angus Graham
Some pics for fun of our ginger bread house making during mini-school at Rockhampton.
In Science the year 5 students have been looking at the changes in state of water when it is left outside in the hot sun. One of the containers had to be covered and one uncovered so we could see what happened. It was interesting to see which containers had the most evaporation and it was also interesting to see some of the things that can affect us having a fair test, such as the sprinklers coming on unexpectedly! We have really enjoyed our chance to see the changes in state of matter in the world around us.
Year 4 'Dads and Students' Camp - Save the Date
The Year 4 'Dads and Students' Camp (or significant male role model) will be held on the 19th - 23rd
February 2024 at Cooee Bay Yeppoon. Pop the dates in your calendar! More information will be out to families shortly.
Year 6 Fun Day
Year 6 Fun Day
Swimming Carnival - Tuesday 28th
Tomorrow's Swimming Carnival will still be going ahead despite the wet weather, unless there are any electrical storms.
Secondary Scoop
CSDE Strikes a Perfect Balance: Maths and Bowling Unite!
CSDE recently embarked on a unique academic adventure, combining strikes and spares with maths assignments. Students were treated to an afternoon of ten-pin bowling at our recent mini school, turning the bowling alley into an unconventional classroom. This approach aims to integrate real-world statistics into maths assignments, providing hands-on experience for students. Armed with a score cards and a newfound appreciation for statistics, students have compared scores, spares, strikes and misses. Some discovered that consistency was the key, emphasising spares, while others celebrated the thrill of strikes. The winning grade, it seems, depended on how each student chose to spin the stats.
CSDE Exemplary Effort Superstars!
Congratulations to the students below who have maintained a very high effort score across all of 2023.
English 'made fun' at Mini-school
For some students, thinking about English gives birth to groans and thoughts of boredom. Here at CSDE however, our English department teachers aim to make English fun! And if these smiles are anything to go by... the 'Amazing Race' was a huge hit for our students.
English at Mini-school
Guidance 'Go-2'
Cultural Snapshot
Employment and Careers
Is anyone interested in a full time Commercial Cookery apprenticeship.
Eureka group have a position vacant at their Dean Street Rockhampton location.
Resumes can be sent to Warren.Hale@masnational.com.au