Term 3 - Week 8 - August 2024

From The Principal

Dear Parents and Carers,

Congratulations to new the 2024 - 2025 School Leaders. We look forward to working with you to lead our school community. 

Farewell and thank you to our outgoing 2023 - 2024 school leaders.  You have done an amazing job and we are very grateful for your efforts to improve our school.  All the very best in your future endeavours.

Year 12 Formal

The Year 12 Formal is planned for next Thursday evening.  Arrivals are scheduled from 5.30pm, with the reception commencing at 6.45pm.  We encourage our school community to come along and cheer on our arrivals.

(Our Week 10 Newsletter will be featuring all of the Year 12 Formal photos and arrivals).

Staffing Update

All the very best to Warren Giffin, who commenced leave last week.  Warren is on extended leave for the rest of year and into next year.

Congratulations to Sarah Cronin, who is taking on a position at Kennedy State School as Community Partnerships Officer for the next 18 months.

Assessment

With only two weeks to the end of term, students should be busily preparing for their exams and finishing assessment tasks.  Making every day count is critical!  If students are having trouble or are concerned about an assessment, they must seek help from their class teacher.

Yours in learning,

Ms Helen Carne
Principal

Congratulations

Congratulations to Imogen Scott and Jesse Lund for being selected to attend Griffith University's FNQ State Honours Ensemble Program in Cairns recently. It was an awesome experience where these two musicians had the opportunity to work with other like-minded and highly accomplished players in a band setting.

Well done to be selected for this prestigious event!

SLT News

The Student Leadership Team has been very active in the last couple of weeks, working to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation, and helping Dylan Crema travel to the World CrossFit Games in Texas. A core group also participated in a workshop with representatives from the Cassowary Coast Regional Council.

Students responded generously to ex-student Dylan’s appeal, dressing up as Super Heroes in acknowledgment of Dylan’s avatar, Spiderman: gold coin donations totalled $400.00.

As for the World’s Greatest Shave, the final total of all donations was an impressive $3,800.00, with $2,200 of that amount coming from the fantastic efforts of Maddy Jenkins, who, along with friends Ayla Steinke and Addison Wells donated her long plaits as well. Well done, girls! Teacher Blair Mortimer ditched his hair for a close buzz-cut, and overshot his goal of $500 by $150.00. All participants were pleased with their new hairstyles, thanks to the professional ministrations of the talented Teacher Aide Laurice McGowan, with help from Heather Cousens (Admin) and Teacher Aide Carrie-Anne Gleeson.

In amidst all this activity, key members also met with officers from the CCRC who were keen to solicit suggestions about potential youth-focussed activities the Council could institute. They were impressed with the sophistication of the ensuing discussions. Knowing that these initiatives so easily exhaust themselves, we plan to develop this further in the coming months.

The next SLT meeting in Week 9 will be the last one for the Year 12 leaders of 2024, who will be replaced by the successful candidates among Year 11 students, whose election is imminent. This 2024 team has achieved an amazing amount beyond raising funds for important charities: they have boosted student morale; represented the student body at workshops and public events; highlighted issues of student concern and effected changes, and served as admirable role models for other students. Younger members of the team will advance to the 2024-2025 SLT, where their experience and commitment will be invaluable.

Thierrine Bromley

TSHS Sports News

Cassowary Coast Track & Field

There were a record 56 students selected from TSHS to compete in the Cassowary Coast team at Peninsula trials for Track & Field in Cairns. The results from the District Carnival are a reflection of the TSHS talent on display, with several record holders and Age Champions awarded.   Tully finished second overall, behind the champion school, Good Counsel College. 

Congratulations to new Cassowary Coast District record holders:

Georgia Adams: 18-19 Girls Shot Put - 9.87m & Discus - 24.48m
Jamie Muriata: 18-19 Boys Long Jump -5.52m

A Special Mention to Shadrach Guglio who, in second place, also broke the 100m 18-19 Boys record.  All top three runners broke the record in a very fast finish!

Age Champions (first – third places):

17 Girls – 1^st Ellie Jenkins
15 boys – Lance Ivey
13 boys – 3^rd Liam Dunkerton
15 girls – 3^rd Layla Jenkins, 2^nd Charlize Gee
15 boys – 3^rd Regan Dean
16 girls – 2^nd Santana Fawkes
17 boys – 2^nd John Tinirau & 3^rd Nicholas Muriata
18-19 girls – 2^nd Brianna McFarlane & 3^rd Georgia Adams
18-19 boys –3^rd Shadrach Guligo & Jamie Muriata

Coach Zoe

Congratulations to Zoe Waters (Year 12) on her role as coach of the 10-12 years Peninsula Girls Softball Team.  Zoe participated as a student coach, demonstrating a high level of commitment and professionalism in the role.  Several opportunities in coaching and officiating roles are available to all students.  Make sure you get involved in 2025 if this is an avenue you wish to pursue.  Year 7 student, Mackenzie Law, was in the team. 
Congratulations on your success girls! 

Pupcakes for Paws’n’Claws

The Student Leadership Teams most recent fund raiser – baking and selling cupcakes for the Cassowary Coast Animal Refuge – also marked the last concerted effort by the Senior leaders, who are now turning their full attention to their final exams. The new team will be launched during Week 1 of Term 4.

The photos below give some indication of the wonderful array of delicious cupcakes donated by both SLT members and other students. The day’s takings totalled close to $500, an amount that will certainly help support the caring work of Paws’n’Claws.

Free Home Internet

To qualify for this offer: 

You must - be caring for a school age student at your home

                  - not have an active NBN connection at your home now or in the past 14 days. (Having a mobile internet service does not affect eligibility)

                  -  live in property that can access the NBN network through a standard connection.      

Apply for the offer by 31 December 2024 to get free home internet until the end of December 2025  

Contact the National Referral Centre to apply on 1800 954 610 Monday - Friday, 10am - 6pm (AEDT) or visit:

What’s included in the offer?  

• Free home internet until December 2025  
• Free WI-FI router (you can keep it)  
• Unlimited data  
• 50 / 20 plan (this is a typical household plan)  
• No lock-in contracts  
• Choice of participating Internet Providers  
• Ongoing support from the National Referral Centre to apply – call-back, webchat, and interpreting services available.

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School Student Broadband Initiative – Australian Government

To boost educational opportunities and narrow the digital divide, families without home internet are encouraged to apply for the School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI). Access to internet at home can support children to build their digital skills and participate in a world that is more reliant on digital technology.

The Australian Government is supporting the National Broadband Network (NBN) to implement the SSBI to provide free home internet until 31 December 2025 for up to 30,000 unconnected families across Australia with school aged students.

To be eligible for SSBI, a family must:

To be eligible for the School Student Broadband Initiative, families self-nominating through the National Referral Centre, must:

• have a child living at home that is enrolled in a Queensland school (up to year 12 including from Prep).

• not have an active NBN® network internet service at home, AND not have had an active NBN connection during the previous 14 days. Having an existing ADSL and/or mobile internet service does not affect eligibility.

Note: Where an address has been disconnected from the NBN network in the previous 14 days, it will be found ineligible. To be eligible, a secondary check can be undertaken after the 14-day period has expired.

• Live in a premises that can access a standard NBN service.

• have their suitability determined via a questionnaire assessment conducted by the National Referral Centre.

How do you apply:

To apply contact the National Referral Centre directly at:

National Referral Centre

1800 954 610 (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm AEDT)

Call-back and webchat functions are also available via the National Referral Centre website.

The NRC will ask some simple questions to establish your eligibility.

SCHOOL DECISION: You may wish to include the ‘SSBI – How to get connected’ flyer, available on the OnePortal SSBI page under Resources for Schools.

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