1 June 2018

Newsletter Articles

A message from the Principal

A few weeks ago parents and staff participated in a survey designed to gauge the extent to which Shailer Park State High School is fulfilling its role within our community. Thank you to all who took the time to complete our survey, your feedback is appreciated and beneficial to our school and students. The findings were overwhelmingly positive, with our goal of facilitating the big plans and bold ambitions of our students obvious to parents. The feedback regarding our strong focus on pathways post-school and our Academy programs highlighting the Arts and Sports were particularly pleasing.

However, one issue which seemed to divide the surveyed parents was that of support and communication. I would like to take this opportunity to assure every parent that these are areas Shailer Park SHS view as incredibly important. As a parent, having clear and open lines of communication with my children’s teachers and the school as a whole is paramount in ensuring their educational and developmental needs are being met. As someone who is heavily invested in education because of my professional life as a Principal and my personal life as a parent to school age children, I am keenly aware of the fundamental role communication between home and school has. Staff, teachers and parents who have accessible and receptive means of contact with each other develop not only a working relationship between them, but trust and most importantly, a supportive network around that student. The communication processes currently in place at Shailer Park SHS are numerous: newsletters, letters to parents, parent-teacher interviews, the school diary, telephone calls, digital and hardcopy notices and permission forms (and to a lesser extent our Facebook page) are all methods used by our staff and teachers to communicate messages, concerns, triumphs and opportunities to our parents.

The most effective forms of communication between home and school operate within partnership. As the very first educators in a child’s life, parents continue to influence their children throughout their learning and development at school and beyond, with schools having the important responsibility of continuing and nurturing that educational development. Research clearly demonstrates that parental involvement and communication with schools is strongly related to improved student learning, attendance and behaviour; and furthermore, increases the likelihood of entrance into tertiary and further education pathways. There are many ways in which parents can become involved in their child’s education, from simply having a conversation with students about what is happening within their subjects to attending performances and parent-teacher interviews. I have found, as a parent, that communications from my child’s school can be at times overwhelming and at others, insufficient. Nevertheless, it is up to me to open the emails, read the newsletters, ask the questions and speak to teachers about progress, challenges and successes.

I invite parents to support the school, and therefore ultimately their child, in keeping up-to-date with communications from Shailer Park SHS, attending events, parent-teacher interviews and the like to the very best of their ability, whilst contacting the school directly should they have a query. In regards to the communication processes currently in place at Shailer Park SHS, though I have the utmost confidence in their worth, in response to the survey we will be discussing ways in which to enhance the methods in which our messages are being delivered to parents.

Our vision is to help students accomplish their big plans and bold ambitions, and we can only be completely effective with this in partnership with our parents. As staff, we are listening and we are seeking to make our school an even better place for your children, where we are truly lifting the aspirations of each and every student attending Shailer Park SHS.

If you would like to contact your child’s teachers, email details are available on our website under the tab ‘our staff’ which can be accessed via

Should you need to contact another staff member, please do so by phone 3451 277 or in person at our administration building between 8 am and 3:30pm, or via email office@shaiparkshs.eq.edu.au to make an appointment with the relevant staff member.

A message from our Junior Schooling Deputy Principal

Every Day Counts - School Absenteeism and Student Attendance

School absenteeism and student attendance is a complex issue which includes a range of student behaviours including school refusal and truancy. At Shailer State High School, we aim to lift students’ aspirations through big plans and bold ambitions for a bright future, by facilitating and encouraging meaningful and consistent engagement in learning, every day.

Every Day Counts is a state-wide initiative that aims to assist in improving student attendance at school through a shared commitment by students, parents, caregivers, schools and the community. To do this, Every Day Counts promotes four key messages:

• all children should be enrolled at school and attend on every school day
• schools should monitor, communicate and implement strategies to improve regular school attendance
• truanting can place a student in unsafe situations and impact on their future employability and life choices
• attendance at school is the responsibility of everyone in the community.

When students are consistently absent, even for just a few minutes, there can be a significant impact on their engagement and learning across time. In a nutshell,

For students to develop their resilience, relational skills, ability to relate to others and their resourcefulness so that they can optimise their opportunities for success, it is vital that they are invested in and are leaders of their learning. If they are not at school, this can be difficult to achieve. Sometimes a student’s ability to attend and be engaged in school can be impeded by issues impacting on his/her health, such as anxiety. The School does have support processes in place to assist students and their families in ensuring that school attendance remains a priority because we know that there are serious long-term implications, not just in terms of academic achievement, associated with ongoing absence from school. From DETE’s paper, “Performance Insights: School Attendance” (2013: 5):

Student attendance is monitored via roll marking (according to procedure Roll Marking in State Schools) with the data being recorded using the department’s OneSchool platform. Queensland state schools are guided by nationally-agreed standards for reporting student absence. When a student is absent, even for part of a day, the parent/caregiver must contact the school and provide a reason for the absence. It is at the school’s discretion as to whether or not absence is authorised, even when a reason has been provided. Student absence is categorised as:

• authorised for example, illness, undertaking a medical procedure or attending a funeral
• unauthorised for example, shopping, visiting friends and relatives, fishing or camping, or
• unexplained when no information has been provided by parents/carers or students and the absence is pending the school’s own investigations.

We have reviewed our Attendance Tracking Processes and students and their families can expect regular communication if there are concerns regarding attendance as well as a consistent response to truancy. We also encourage and recognise students by promoting positive patterns of behaviour through the “Green Club” for students with a rate of 95%+ for attendance and Letters of Congratulations for students with a rate of 100% for attendance.

Please take advantage of opportunities to discuss with your child the importance of regular attendance and ensure that you follow-up on any communication sent home by the School. As always, our Heads of Year can support you and can be contacted via email if you require any further information or assistance regarding your child’s attendance. Thank you for supporting us in ensuring all students are focusing on reaching their potential by making every day count.

A message from our Community Engagement Deputy Principal

Technology and Youth

The Internet and other communication technologies offer many benefits to children and young people. Social networking, gaming and chatting present many opportunities. They can communicate with friends and family from all over the world, access all types of information for school projects, and express themselves creatively, all with the click of a button or touch of the screen.

Young people are quick to take up the latest developments in technology and are often the first to know when something new comes along. They are growing up in an ever-changing technological environment and can have a lot of fun doing so.

You may wish to talk to your child and see what applications they use to have fun online. We want to encourage you to learn more about the ways your child is using technology positively, rather than just being concerned about the potential misuse of technology. It’s important to have a balanced view of the role technology plays in all our lives. Not all young people are the same, so take the time to talk with your child about what they like to do online and why they find it fun.

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is the repeated use of the internet, mobile phones and other technologies to bully, intimidate and humiliate others. It differs from other bullying because it often continues outside of the school and school hours. It can be 24/7 and sometimes you may not know who is behind it.

The rates of cyberbullying in Australia vary between 1 in 10 children and 1 in 4 children experiencing cyberbullying. The rate of cyberbullying is still far less than the rate of traditional bullying but its effects can be much more harmful. Cyberbullying can occur 24/7 as children and young people can always been accessed via their mobile phone or the internet. It is often categorised as covert bullying as it goes unseen or unnoticed by adults.

Sometimes, the perceived anonymity of the internet and the inability to see the immediate reaction of someone can lead children and young people to engage in behaviour which they wouldn’t necessarily engage in a face-to-face situation.

What are the key steps I can take?

Help your child to think before you post.

Teach your child how to block and report people on the sites you use.

Encourage empathy and putting yourself in the other person’s shoes.

I want to know more…

Most young people won’t cyberbully and most won’t be cyberbullied, the majority will, however, be aware of it happening to others. This powerful group of bystanders can play a pivotal role in preventing and managing cyberbullying. Bystanders can play one of three roles:

Positive – supporting the person who is cyberbullied.

Negative – encouraging the person who is cyberbullying and perhaps joining in.

Neutral – not getting involved in the incident, however their silence may be perceived as endorsing the cyberbullying.

It is crucial that we equip children and young people with the skills they need to develop their own strategies for standing by their friends without putting themselves in harm’s way and creating a culture which does not tolerate bullying in any of its forms. This might include social and emotional learning (SEL) techniques and providing young people with the opportunity to work with their peers on youth-driven initiatives.

What can I do?

In the first instance cyberbullying should be reported to the website, app or social media platform on which the cyberbullying has occurred. You should keep a record of this report and the date and time that it was submitted.

You may also wish to consider reporting the incident to police or your child’s school if it involves other students from the same school.

Remember: At Shailer Park State High we strongly believe in ‘Lifting Aspirations through Big Plans and Bold Ambitions for a Bright Future.’

A message from our Dean of Studies

SENIOR SCHOOLING

Mentoring

Students, do you know what you want to do once you leave school? The greatest way of achieving your goal is to HAVE a goal!

Teachers and guidance/industry staff are working with students throughout the year to ensure they have identified their goal and have a clear strategy of achieving it.

Senior Students are encouraged to be thinking about their goals and pathway options in preparation for these meetings!
Students can see the following staff for support and advice
Ms Winkeler (Dean of Studies) in G Block
Mrs Lee (Industry Liaison Officer) in F Block
Mrs Fleming or Mrs Reilly (Guidance Officers) in Administration

Thinking about the future – YOUR FUTURE

Things aren’t the same in the Australian job market as it was 10 years ago. Students need SKILLS to be innovative, independent and collaborative and flexible as they are likely to have upwards of 7 different career changes in their lifetime. It isn’t so important what JOB you want to do but WHAT SKILLS you HAVE – like appropriate communication skills and computer literacy as well as analytical and evaluative skills.

What this means for students

It’s important that we keep our goals in mind and keep learning different skills in all areas of learning so that we are flexible, innovative and collaborative. Students really will benefit from setting goals now and planning to use their time well. We have been looking at careers and dispositions in our ACE classes. Improvements in effort and attitude have positive effects on assessment and results. This is important to consider heading into assessment.

Year 10’s are reminded to keep this in mind as they start to set goals for subjects they would like to pursue in Year 11 and 12. We have started to work with students regarding Career choices and SET Planning, and have been working on understanding career options and pathways in our ACE programs.

Upcoming Events for the Calendar

All senior students should keep Sat 21st and Sun 22nd July in their diaries to discover more about careers and Tertiary Studies of all kinds – TAFE, Uni etc.

Our year 11 and 12 students who are university bound are invited to attend a careers day at UQ on June 5th. Forms need to be returned with subject preferences ASAP.

ATAR Information

Messages from our Students

Leadership Meet and Greet

The school captains, along with Principal Jensen, all attended a captain’s meet and greet at Marsden High School with many local schools. It was a very good experience for us all and provided an insight into what the schools in our local community are planning for their students. We discussed the plans for our school, and what our legacy would be. It was an extremely inspiring and enlightening experience for us all, and we hope to have more events like this in the future.

Big Sleep out 2018

Over the last 6 weeks, our school captains have been living and breathing our school mission, to have Big Plans and Bold Ambitions! Shailer Park SHS has run the Big Sleep Out for a number of years, however, this year, our captain team wanted the event to be the biggest yet. With numbers almost doubling, 150 students attended the sleep out at the school MPS to raise $1500 for Youth off the Street.

On the evening, both students and staff took part in a number of games run by the captains and then everyone settled down to watch some movies.

Special thanks to all of the teachers who helped plan and supervise the event: Ms King, Ms Tiainen, Ms Lewis, Ms Currie, Mrs Gould, Mr Gould, Mr Chang, Mr Smith, Mr Davis, Mr Culverwell and Ms Woolley. Also, thank you to the following people for donating food for the evening: Foodworks Bryants Road, McDonalds Bryants Road and the Maangi-Ryder family.

Messages from our Student Services Team

Guidance Officer

The Guidance Officer area has had a few changes this term.

Ms Susan Fleming is still with us, and will remain at Shailer Park SHS until the end of the year. She will be working 2-3 days a week for the remainder of the year.

Mrs Jessica Reilly has joined our team and will be working 4 days per week until the end of this term.

Ms Sarah Mitchell, is our new school nurse and is available every Monday and Thursday.

The Guidance area offers support for students, parents and staff. We provide a counselling service, on a one on one basis or in groups, as well as careers advice. The Guidance Officers are also able to liaise for parents and students with outside agencies such as Headspace.

Students can make appointments to see one of the GO's or the school nurse, via Lynne in the main office. Parents please feel free to contact us if you have any concerns

School Based Youth Health Nurse

Shailer is proud to introduce Sarah Mitchell, a Clinical Nurse working for Children’s Health Queensland in the School Based Youth Health Nurse Service who will be based at our school on Mondays and Thursdays.

The Youth Health Nurse works with students, school staff and parents to:

1. Address concerns or problems about health & wellbeing
2. Help create a more supportive, healthy school environment
3. Connect people to other support services outside the school

The School Nurse works with individuals and school members to identify and act on issues that affect both the individual and the health of the school community. This includes helping with curriculum, teaching and learning activities, supporting an environment and school culture that supports health and wellbeing and working with community and other services.

Sarah can see young people in private to talk about:

• health concerns
• relationships
• sexual health
• personal/ family issues
• smoking, alcohol & other drug use
• feeling unhappy/stressed
• puberty

Or to give a referral to other services where necessary.

The nurse’s office is in the Admin block (on the end) next to the Guidance Officers room and students can have appointments at any time. Parents and students are welcome to phone or make an appointment through the office with any concerns. There will also be regular health information articles in the school newsletters.

Sarah is a Paediatric trained Clinical Nurse and has worked in the areas of Children’s Oncology, Diabetes, Meningitis and general medicine. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in community nursing, having been in School Based Nursing for 10 years here in Australia and nearly 10 in the UK. Most recently Sarah was working at Marsden State High School for the last 5 years.

‘I have now a handful of full days at Shailer Park SHS and know already that I will enjoy working here. All staff I have met to date have been very welcoming and seem pleased to have a nurse back on board. I have met with a few students and they have been extremely respectful.

I am originally from the UK and moved with here with my husband and children in 2008. I love the outdoor life and sunshine; my favourite things to do are spending time with my family, cattle dog and reading.

I look forward to meeting many of you.’

Year 11 & 12

This term has seen our senior students continue to achieve great things in many areas. Our senior leaders have most recently hosted our annual Shailer Sleep out event, raising $1500 to be donated to Youth off the Streets. This year’s event was the most successful yet with tickets selling out! 150 students from years 7-12, (and a hardy band of teachers), braved the cold and slept out in the multi to gain a small appreciation of what it might be like not to have a warm bed to go home to. Congratulations to all that supported this very worthy event.

In other news, two of our year 11 students, Sam Fairbrother and Daniel Clarke, have been accepted into the Kokoda Challenge Youth Program and have been undergoing extensive training in preparation for upcoming challenges. Samuel and Daniel are training really hard at the moment, pushing their personal limits every week and we look forward to their progression as the KCYP continues. They are about to participate in the Brisbane 30km Kokoda challenge and we wish them well

Congratulations must also go to Tarly Brindley in year 12 who has been selected for the Australian Women's Youth Team in futsal. Tarly will be travelling overseas and representing Australia in term three, we look forward to hearing about the achievements of the team.

I would like to encourage all students to make the most of opportunities that may arise for them. These students are prime examples of what can be achieved through effort, dedication and persistence.

New Staff

We are proud to introduce to the community some of our new staff members at Shailer High. This newsletter we hear from Scott and Andrew.

All staff contact details can be found on our website

Scott has completed a bachelor of Applied Science and a Master’s degree in Pure Mathematics. Mathematics and Physics have always been his primary interests and he spent a year conducting mathematical research in the area of network analysis and mathematical modelling at RMIT University in Melbourne. Scott has extensive experience teaching Science and Mathematics and is looking forward to this year at Shailer Park SHS. He will be teaching Mathematics and Science to Years 8, 11 and 12.

Hi, I’m Andrew Tacon and this year I am been graciously given the task of teaching Year 7 Maths, Science and ICT in addition to Year 9 Science and Year 11 Math A. This is my first year of teaching. Prior to becoming a teacher I spent many years working in the television industry, most recently for CNBC, an international financial news network where I was responsible for the technical operations of the Australian bureau. Before this, I worked at the Weather Channel and spent a number of years cutting my teeth in community television. My academic background is in Chemistry and Digital Media Production and I also spent six months at TAFE one year learning how to design, pattern-make and sew garments. I smile every morning as I come to work at Shailer Park SHS. It is a very supportive and positive environment for both staff and students and that is a real asset. I enjoy working alongside my students and opening their eyes to new things. I also have very high expectations of them academically and believe they are capable of reaching these.

NEXUS Academy

Bright future...The year 7 NEXUS classes have been working on a project where they have chosen a location that is affected by the World Water Crisis and practiced their resourcefulness to propose a solution to help the people in the area. This week our NEXUS students had an amazing opportunity to participate in a workshop and present their group projects to the members of the Thankyou Organisation, who work tirelessly around the world to improve the lives of others. The students were engaged in the workshop and were able to see the real-world application of what they have been learning. Well done to all these students in your relational learning in this workshop.

Science

Year 7 Science

The students in Year 7 Science are currently studying Balanced and Unbalanced Forces. In order to investigate this Physics concept, students were challenged to design a balloon powered car. Students developed a prototype, tested and refined their design and raced their cars against other class members. Students used this experience to write a scientific report that forms the first assessment piece of this term.

Year 8 Science

The students in Year 8 Science are investigating Cells and Body Systems. All students participated in a yeast respiration experiment to prove that yeast is a microorganism that is respiring and producing carbon dioxide. Students will be linking this learning to cellular respiration within their own bodies before moving on to reproductive technologies.

Year 9 Science

Students are currently studying basic Chemistry and Chemical Reactions. Students have just submitted a research task on the atomic model and the changes to the models over time. In the next few weeks students will be experimentally investigating the Law of Conservation of Mass and how atoms rearrange in chemical reactions to form new products.

Year 10 Science

Year 10 students are in the middle of their second assessment task of the term on Rockets. Students have been investigating Newton’s Laws of Motion and in the last week have designed rockets for maximum velocity and distance travelled. Students are currently testing their rockets on the lower oval in lesson time and will use the data to write an experimental report explaining the link between their design and Newton’s Laws.

Science Ambassadors

The science ambassadors are currently creating prototype catapults that can launch grapes at a target. The focus is on precision and accuracy. Once their prototype has been refined and tested, students will be building a catapult 3 times larger to launch heavier masses – the plan is rockmelons. Students will be engaged in small inquiry tasks on alternate weeks to engage in all aspects of STEM including Elephant’s toothpaste and Hydrogen Balloons. Science Ambassadors runs on every Thursday in N01 at first break.

New Science HOD

Ellen Grant joined Shailer Park in Week 6 of Term 1 as the new Science HOD. Ellen has completed a bachelor of Applied Science and Education Secondary as well as a Master’s degree in Education. Chemistry is her passion with a particular focus on forensics. Developing STEM education and engaging inquiry science opportunities for all students is a priority and she has done extensive work in this area resulting in being awarded the BHP Billiton Science Teacher of the Year in 2016 for Queensland. She will be the Head of Department for Science and teaching Chemistry to Years 10 and 12. Ellen is looking forward to working with the students and staff at Shailer Park in 2018.

Humanities

Legal Studies

Students have been investigating the legal system and the various elements of the investigative process. The Queensland Police Museum’s (QPM) presentation, ‘The Suitcase Murder’ exposed students in Years 10 & 11 to a range of scientific and investigative thinking, as well as the methodology used by Queensland Police Investigators and Analysts.

The workshop involved the students demonstrating Shailer Park values of the 4Rs. Students showed their relational skills towards the victims of crimes and working with museum personnel. They also utilised their resourceful skills by applying their knowledge to real world situations.

Tourism

This year saw a return to Dreamworld for our students to conduct a site report featuring workplace health and safety, provisions for different nationalities and abilities, employment information as well as a behind the scenes tour. The presentations were conducted by the education officer for Dreamworld and also one of the veterinary nurses.

The day began with students seated in the boardroom, completing their informational booklet whilst interacting with the education officer as she made her presentation.

Then we were led to a behind the scenes tour which gave students the knowledge of how sick and injured animals are treated, fed and housed prior to their introduction to the zoo.

There were some yucky parts to this – very different smells and experiences – even touching mealy worms and snakes!

As the presentations concluded we were lucky enough to stumble on koalas with their managers, where students got to pat them and see them being weighed and cared for. Students were also given food to feed the kangaroos.

Thank you Year 11 and 12 for your exemplary behaviour.

Creative Industries

Instrumental Music

Fanfare

Recently our Symphonic Wind Group and Jazz band both competed in the South East Regional playoff of Fanfare 2018. Both bands achieved a Silver award. As usual they conducted themselves brilliantly. Well done Mr Court and students.

Music

Students from the Year 9 and Year 12 music classes have been studying film music and were recently given a “real world” opportunity to participate in a state-wide music film scoring competition. Students were given a silent film to score and were asked to create their own compositions that met the director’s requests, while still reflecting upon the mood and actions shown on screen. We had some great entries across both classes, which has led to 16 students being entered into the 2018 SCORE IT! Film Scoring Competition, run by Queensland Music Festival.

We are so proud of all of these students and wish them all the best in the competition!

Health and Physical Education

Sting Volleyball Academy

Volleyball Met Finals

We had 3 out of the 4 teams win their games on 8 June and are advancing on to Round 2.

Year 8's - won against Groves College 2-0
Year 9's - won against verse Beenleigh 2-1
Year 10's - Lost to Marsden 3-2
Open's - won against Woodridge 3-0

Congratulations to all the students and a huge thank you to Anthony Lee for his coaching and organisation assistance on the day.

Queensland Intermediate Schools Cup

Our students competed in the Queensland Intermediate Schools Cup on the weekend, alongside over 2000 other students from all over Queensland.

Shailer Park sent 4 teams to this State Championship who competed in the top divisions. They all showed impeccable sportsmanship and behaviour throughout the 3 days. They played some amazing high level volleyball, whilst demonstrating great attitude both on and off the court and having fun. They also learnt some fundamental life skills such as working together, being part of a team, washing their own clothes and dishes, cooking, and keeping to a tight time schedule. All skills that will help them in their futures and careers.

Our results from the weekend include;

• Year 9 Girls Honours - only lost one game in the highest division
• Year 9 Boys Div 1 - 7th Place
• Year 10 Boys Div 1 - 7th Place
• Year 10 Girls Div 2 - 8th Place

Overall it was a great weekend! Excursions like this take a lot of time and effort by a lot of people. Thank you to all the coaches and teachers who volunteered their time and supported us with coaching and driving the buses on the weekend Mr Lee, Ms Campbell, Mr Simpson and Mr Baker. Special mention to our quality student coaches who did a great job too, Ahmed Ibrahim and Sam Fairbrother and also our super amazing parents who assisted with the food preparation for all the teams Mr and Mrs Geary.

To the students who participated, you made everybody extremely proud with your performance and attitude.

Training Schedule

Sting Futsal Academy

Calvary Shailer Challenge

Many thanks to the school staff and administration for supporting The Sting Futsal Academy in our 4 games on Wednesday afternoon.

The teams were incredibly successful winning 3 of the 4 games by significant margins and played with a lot of spirit and exemplary sportsmanship. The Calvary Christian College Director of Sport was very complimentary about our students’ behaviour and ability on the pitch. Thanks to the school coaching staff and Health and Physical Education Head of Department, Jarrod baker, for this support.

Library

May monthly book borrowers’ draw

It is a well-established fact that reading is the source of knowledge whether for academic success or recreational enjoyment. Encouraging your child to pick up a book early in life will provide long-lasting legacies, developing language and writing as well as listening skills, expanding creativity and imagination, and setting them up for future endeavours. Therefore, it is no surprise that at Shailer Park State High School, reading is a top priority for educators in every subject area. One way that this culture is fostered by the library is the monthly book borrowers’ draw.

Following a bumper month of book borrowing, it was time to draw the lucky winner for a prize valued at $20. From a pool of some 225 entries, Year 8 student, Tayla Warner scored herself a JB HI voucher, simply for borrowing a book or magazine. Congratulations Tayla!

Happy Reading

Vocational Education

More Women in Aviation!

The call has gone out – on Sunday 27th May, Qantas hosted a S.T.E.M. Aviation Careers Day for Young Women at their Hanger near Brisbane Airport.

Our Industry Liaison Officer, Ms Annette Lee attended with Demi H, one of our year 10 students (pictured here next to the engine of a 737 jet).

Students and staff from many other schools were also present.

“We were fortunate enough to hear from a panel of very talented, well-accomplished women who have made aviation their careers, from International Pilots, to Domestic and Regional Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers, Royal Flying Doctor Service Nurses and Pilots, Airforce Squadron Leaders and Pilots, plus Aeronautical Engineers and Maintenance Engineers as well as women involved in the highest security levels of our Defence forces” Ms Lee said. “They spoke about how they got to where they are now, what their journey was like, some of the costs involved and of course their love of the aviation industry and the opportunities that are available”.

Following the Panel, attendees were escorted through some smaller industry discussions with different organisations including: Defence; Qantas Link; Redcliffe Aeronautic Club; GE Aviation; Air Traffic Controllers and the Air Traffic Investigation Squad.

The morning finished off with a tour of the hangar and various aircraft on display.

• The Royal Flying Doctor Service where a Doctor and Nurse spoke about their roles and showed us the inside of the RFDS plane used to transport patients;
• An on board tour of a Dash-8 used for regional runs in Queensland, getting to climb into the cockpit.
• Finally onto the bigger Boeing 737, checking out the engine, power connection, up and into the baggage compartment, then into the Flight Deck to get a birds-eye view from a pilot’s perspective.

Some of the key messages from the morning were:

• We need more women to choose Aviation as a career
• There are a variety of roles available, from pilots to air traffic controllers, air investigators, aeronautical engineers, maintenance engineers, Defence positions, doctors, nurses and many more.
• Qantas are opening their own Qantas College in 2019 where students can start their training to become a pilot, specifically for Qantas.
• There are many pathways into Aviation, most requiring University, some not.
• Crucial subjects for you to be studying and doing well in at school are: English, Maths and Science.

Qantas will be running the event again next year and we hope to be able to have more eager Shailer Park High students there to take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to talk with industry, hear amazing stories from these equally amazing women and be able to get up close to see the insides of these astounding machines.

Vacancies on Website

Please access the Shailer High website for current opportunities and vacancies, including apprenticeships, traineeships, TAFE trades and courses.

TAFE QUEENSLAND – MID YEAR INTAKE FOR SENIOR STUDENTS

The following courses are open for Mid-Year intake at TAFE. Please read the information carefully. If you are interested in applying, please contact Ms Annette Lee the ILO as soon as possible. Traffic Light System criteria apply: passing subjects, over 90% attendance, 1 or less behaviour issues and school fees paid or payment plan in place.

The course days are still to be confirmed and the information provided is still subject to change.

Assistance is available. Please contact our Industry Liaison Officer, Ms Annette Lee on 3451 2782 or alee296@eq.edu.au

Traffic Light System Criteria applies.

If you are interested, please see Ms Annette Lee the ILO in F5.

Messages from Business Services

Email statements/Invoices

In the interest of streamlining our processes and reducing our carbon footprint and costs, from next term all statements and invoices will be emailed. Please ensure your email address is up to date with our office by sending an email to office@shaiparkshs.eq.edu.au

School Fees

A friendly reminder to those families on payment plans for school fees, the second payment was due at the beginning of this term and is now overdue. The 3rd and final payment is due in the 2nd week of term 3, 27 July, 2018.

All Academy fees for Sting, Ignite, Instrumental Music, are due by the end of term, 29 June, 2018.

There are numerous ways to make payments including

• Direct Deposit BSB 064 170 Acc# 00090123
• In person at our finance window between 8.00am – 3.30pm, Monday to Friday
• Alternatively, you can contact our Finance Office on 34512703 to make payment over the phone with Credit Card.

Thank you to all those families who are up to date with their payments.

Excursion Fees

NO late payments will be accepted for excursions after the due date (generally 1 week prior to excursion). All school fees and other payments must be up to date, paid in full, or payment plan in place; otherwise students risk losing excursion and/or academy privileges.

Business Services Team

Messages from our Parents and Citizens

P&C Day

Dear Shailer Park SHS P&C,

Thank you for your ongoing efforts and commitment to lift the aspirations of our school to support students achieve their big plans and bold ambitions to ensure a bright future.

We appreciate your service to our school and we take the opportunity on P&C Thankyou Day to specifically celebrate the contributions that you all make individually and collectively. The partnership between the P&C and the school is valuable in cultivating a learning community and makes a significant positive impact for our students.

Thank you for your tireless fundraising efforts and for your commitment to our school.

Dorothea Jensen,
on behalf of Shailer Park SHS staff and students.

Coles Sports for Schools

Thank you to everyone who collected the Coles Sports for Schools tokens. If you have any more of these could you please get them in to the office as soon as possible so we can send them off before 15 June. We look forward to sharing with you what the School receives for our students.

Lean Cluster concert

Our next fundraising event will be the Lean Cluster concert on Friday 22nd June. This event will involve students, teachers, parents and music support volunteers. We will be hosting a sausage sizzle with other hot food. The lean cluster concert is the presentation of new skills and music learned at the workshops during the week prior and has been a successful event in the past.

Jen Dick
Secretary
Music Support Group

Meetings

Thank you to all those who attended our May Meeting. Our executive team can be contacted via email pandc@shaiparkshs.eq.edu.au.

Our next meeting is Tuesday 19 June 2018, at 6pm in the common room. We welcome all new members. Please go to the P&C section of our School website for more information.

Below is our membership form and meeting dates for your calendar.

19 June
17 July
21 August
18 September
16 October
20 November

Kevin Thomas
P&C President

Announcements

Principal Tours

Principal Tour dates are 2 August and 20 November.

Please consult our Facebook events page for more information.

Or email us enrolment@shaiparkshs.qu.edu.au

Register for our Principal Tour event at Eventbrite

We are now accepting expression of interest paperwork for 2019.

Canteen

Please come by the canteen to order from our hot food and snack range, helping keep our students warm in winter.

Canteen Team

School Calendar