Term 1 - Week 2 - January 2024

From The Principal

Dear Parent and Carers,

It is with great pleasure that I write my first newsletter article for Tully State High School as Principal for 2024.  My goal as Tully SHS Principal is to lead the school community to achieve outstanding student success.  I am a huge believer in that it takes a village to raise a child, and Tully is an outstanding community to support this Chinese proverb. 

We will work tirelessly with students and staff to ensure every student succeeds whatever their selected pathway.  Tully SHS can deliver the vision a world of possibilities for everyone if students, parents, staff and community are supportive of our wonderful school.

In 2024, Tully SHS aims to publish a school newsletter every fortnight on the Friday of odd weeks in the term.  This first newsletter outlines events in the coming weeks that are essential for parents to attend. 

I have extremely high expectations of myself, staff, students and the community.  Our school rules are whole-of-community focussed:

• We are safe
• We are respectful
• We are responsible
• We are learners.

The purpose of schooling to receive an education! For this to happen, students and parents need to clearly work with teachers and staff to have the right equipment, mindset and to be always be willing to have a go and learn.  It is not acceptable for students to disrupt another student from learning and the teacher from teaching!  We understand that we are working with young people; however, our staff is highly skilled and able to support all learners.

Education is a partnership between student – teacher – parent – community!  Let’s do this together to ensure Tully State High School delivers on outstanding results for ALL of our students.

In this newsletter, I have included the Education Department’s Parent Code of Conduct.  Please review this brief document.  If you ever have any concerns or issues regarding your child’s education, please book an appointment with a member of our team to have a respectful conversation.

I look forward to meeting parents and carers at our school events, and in the community.

In closing, I would like to congratulate and acknowledge our school’s recipients of prestigious Australia Day Awards at the Cassowary Coast Ceremony last week – Richard Graham, Citizen of the Year; Nadine O’ Farrell, Service to Sport; 2023 Year 12 student, Hannah Beeron, First Nations Fire Award; and current Year 7 students Emily Muriata, for her Young Arts and Culture Award, and Shaun Riley, who received the 2024 Youth Sports Bursary. Recognition at this level is truly an honour!

Yours in learning,

Ms Helen Carne

Principal

Welcome to Tully State High

Name: Lauren Jarvis

Teaching area: Head of Special Education Services

Studied: University of Southern Queensland

Hometown: Grew up on a dairy farm in Victoria

Moved from: Emerald State High School

Likes/hobbies: Hanging out with my family, participating in musical theatre.

My name is Chris Calleja, currently at the school on a two-and-a-half-year internship through the Trade to Teach program instigated by ex-Principal Richard Graham to enable tradespeople to transition to the classroom. I will be working in ITD, studying as I go through the internship.

After completing a four-year carpentry apprenticeship, I gained my still current Builders Licence over 32 years ago, then recently completed my Diploma in Building and Construction. I have a beautiful wife, Colleen, who currently works in the office, and four wonderful children - Leigh 32, twin boys Zachary and Jay, 29, and Lauren, who is 24. A local boy from Innisfail, I love the outdoors, fishing and spearfishing, along with my greatest passion - playing golf. Thank you, Tully High, for this opportunity. I look forward to the next few years getting to know you all.

Name: Shane Murgatroyd

Teaching area: Marine Science, Agriculture

Studied: University of the Sunshine Coast

Hometown: Beachmere, S E Qld

Likes/hobbies: Greatly enjoy fishing, diving, hiking and swimming in waterfalls.

Name: Ebony Harper

Commenced at TSHS: Mid 2023 

Teaching area: Visual Art and Design

 Studied: Griffith University (B.Des) and QUT (M.Teach)

Hometown: I grew up on Brisbane's Bayside and relocated to South Mission Beach five years ago 

Likes/hobbies. Spearfishing, Boating, Arts, Design, Crafts ... and a good cup of tea!

Name: Cassie Maddocks

Teaching area: Visual Art and History

Studied: Brisbane

Hometown: Sawtell, Mid North Coast of NSW 

Moved from: Coolangatta, Gold Coast

Likes/hobbies: Making art, reading, being in nature.

Name: Tim Burch

Teaching area: English, Wellbeing

Studied: Ballarat University, Victoria

Hometown: Grew up on a dairy farm in Victoria

Moved from: Cairns

                                                          Likes/hobbies: Motocross, tennis, AFL, fishing.

My name is Kady Canfield and I am teaching English here at Tully State High School! I am from Cairns and have always loved Far North Queensland so I am excited to explore the natural beauty of the Cassowary Coast region.

I am looking forward to getting to know my students and their families across the year!

Name: Blair Mortimer

Teaching Area: HPE, Business and Math

Studied: Southern Cross University

From: Palm Beach Currumbin SHS, Gold Coast.

Name: Michelle Baldwin

Teaching Area: Agriculture

Studied: University of Tennessee, USC

From: Tennessee via Moreton Bay

Likes/Hobbies: I enjoy hiking, painting, fishing and baking.

2024 National Drone Racing Bootcamp

CDTCPL McMullen was chosen as one of the 32 of 19,000 cadets selected from all over Australia to attend the 2024 National Drone Racing Bootcamp held at the Gallipoli Barracks in Enoggera. The 8 day course covered build, program, race simulator training and flying in both 3 and 5 inch racing drones. The course was mentored by the Army Drone Racing Team. Congratulations Miki on becoming an FPV pilot!

 HOW TO BECOME A CADET

Do you, or someone you know want to try something new this year?! By joining the #AustralianArmyCadets you will better yourself, while bettering your local community.

If this sounds like something you're interested in, head to https://www.armycadets.gov.au/join/ to find out how to join us at Tully 💪 Our unit parades every Tuesday night at the Syrimus between 5pm - 8pm in school term with camps held in school holidays and some weekends throughout the year. There is a small unit joining fee of $50 with uniforms supplied by the Army at no cost. If you would like to see us in person to find out more feel free to come and chat on Tuesdays 5pm to 9pm.

First parade night is Tuesday January 23rd

 #AusArmyCadets #YouthDevelopment #ALLIN

Year 7 Meet and Greet BBQ

Thursday  February 1

5:00 – 6:00 pm

In the undercover area at TSHS

This is a fantastic opportunity to come and meet your child’s teachers as well as other staff and parents.

We would love to see you there and look forward to meeting you!

2024 Senior Investiture

Parent and Community Code of Conduct

New Group Reading Test (NGRT)

In weeks 2 & 3, we are, as is our practice, assessing all of the Year 7 students’ reading level.  This is done on an online platform through GL Assessment using the “New Group Reading Test” (NGRT).  The test comprises 2 parts – 10 sentences where students complete the correct word from given choices, then 3 reading passages with 8 – 10 questions. The test responds to the students’ answers and provides easier or harder reading passages depending on their progress.  Once the results are available, parents receive a letter with their child’s reading age from that test, and some recommended ways to continue engaging their child in the very important habit of reading.

Kathleen Macdonald  - M Ed  - Head of English

Mark McLoughlin | Deputy Principal - Junior School

Queensland Health School Immunisation Program (SIP)

Tully State High School participates in the Queensland Health School Immunisation Program (SIP).

The 2024 SIP consists of the following:

Year 7 - Boostrix (Diptheria, Tetanus & Whooping Cough booster)

    -  Gardasil 9 (HPV)

Year 10 - Meningococcal ACWY & Meningococcal B (2 doses)

Catch up sessions for other year groups are conducted where required.

Dates

Monday 11 March 2024 – Year 7 Gardasil 9 (hpv) & Boostrix  & Year 10  Men ACWY & Men B Dose 1  

Monday 22 July 2024 – Year 10 Men B Dose 2 & catchup’s  with 3 vaccinators

Immunisation Consent forms are available from the school, and will be handed to year 7 and 10 students over the first couple of weeks of term 1.

Consent forms are to be returned to Tully High School as soon as possible after being received or when remembered – with reply either “yes” or “no”. Immunisation sessions are conducted at your school by Q Health staff. Catch up immunisation sessions are conducted regularly by Q Health staff.

Arrangements can be made for immunisations to be given at the local Community Health Clinic should this be requested by the family please call Jane 0429645666.

For all of your Immunisation questions please contact your local School Immunisation Program Co-Ordinator:

Jane Nolan
School Immunisation Program Co-Ordinator

Cassowary Area Community Health
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service

jane.nolan@health.qld.gov.au
M:   0429645666

Frequently asked questions for parent, legal guardian or authorised person

 What is the School Immunisation Program?

 The Queensland School Immunisation Program offers Year 7 and Year 10 students in all Queensland

secondary schools free nationally recommended immunisations to protect against vaccine

preventable diseases. Year 7 students are offered vaccination against human papillomavirus and

diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough). Year 10 students are offered vaccination against

meningococcal disease.

How does it operate?

 The School Immunisation Program commenced as a statewide program in Queensland in 2007

as the most efficient and effective way to immunise adolescents. Queensland Health authorises

school immunisation providers to visit schools and immunise students. To be immunised in the

School Immunisation Program, students must return a consent card signed by their parent, legal

guardian or authorised person. If a consent card is not returned, the student is not vaccinated.

 What is the legislation relating to student and parent, legal guardian or authorised person information?

 The Public Health Act 2005 requires the school Principal to provide information to approved school

immunisation providers for the purposes of following up the parent, legal guardian or authorised

person of students who have not returned a consent card. This includes:

• the name and date of birth of a student
• the name, telephone number, email address and postal address of a parent, legal guardian or

 authorised person of a student, and

• any other information prescribed by regulation about a student. This may include whether the

 student is male or female, which class or group they are attached to, the languages spoken at

 the student’s home and the student’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.

 How does disclosing student and parent, legal guardian or authorised person information benefit the school immunisation program?

 In some schools a large number of immunisation consent cards don’t get returned to school. This

means parents, legal guardians or authorised persons may not be receiving information about the

program and given the opportunity for their child to be immunised.

 Disclosing student and parent, legal guardian or authorised person information means that the

school immunisation providers will be able to determine those who have and have not consented,

and directly follow-up with the parents, legal guardians or authorised persons of students who

have not returned a consent card. This direct follow-up ensures all parents, legal guardians or

authorised persons are offered the opportunity for their child to participate in this important

school health program and protect their child against vaccine preventable diseases. It may also

assist in making decisions about their child’s immunisation needs.

If my child returns a consent card to school, will I be contacted?

 No. If your child returns a consent card to school, you will not be contacted. However, you may be

contacted if the information you provided on the consent card is not clear or incomplete.

 Can I decline consent for my child to participate in the school immunisation program?

 Yes. You will need to complete the consent card to record your refusal in the ‘No to vaccination’

section and return the consent card to your child’s school. This will ensure you are not contacted by

the school immunisation provider.

 Is the Principal required to pass on student and parent, legal guardian or authorised person information to a school immunisation provider?

 Yes, unless the Principal determines it is not in the best interest of the student to pass on the

information. An example of this may be a child under a protection order.

 How will the information be protected?

 All school immunisation providers are bound to comply with the Queensland Information Privacy

Act 2009. This Act stipulates the requirements for the secure collection, use, storage and disposal

of personal information to be followed by school health program providers.

 How will information be transferred, used and stored?

 Student and parent, legal guardian or authorised person information will be given to the school

immunisation provider in a secure format agreed to by the Principal and the school immunisation

provider early in the school year. The information will be securely stored and only accessed by

authorised staff. School immunisation providers must store and dispose of disclosed student

information in accordance with the Queensland State Archives guidelines.

 Where can I get more information?

• Call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84)
• Visit Queensland Health’s Immunisation website:

 https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/immunisation/ adolescent.

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