Term 2 - Week 2 - April 2025

From The Principal

2025 Term 2, Week 2 Newsletter

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Term 2, Week 2 newsletter. It is wonderful to have our students back at school for another term.  Term 2 is always a very busy term with many short weeks, due to public holidays. 

ANZAC Day Ceremonies

A massive thank you to all students who turned up to represent our wonderful school in the various ANZAC day parades.  The Tully ceremony was impressive, with so many people and students supporting the parade.  A huge congratulations to our student leaders who represented our school with respect and pride.  Thank you to the students who marched in uniform or representing various community groups!  Great work Tully SHS!  

Special mention to Jake Ball (the bugler), who played the Last Post at the Masonic Lodge ceremony, Tully SHS ceremony, El Arish and Tully Dawn Parades and the Tully 10 am Parade. 

The Tully SHS ANZAC Ceremony was exceptional.  This ceremony was led by the Year 10 History classes with teachers Mr Jarred Rohl and Ms O’Farrell.  The parade was outstanding.  Congratulations to all the students involved in leading this ceremony.  Thank you to our students in the audience who displayed exceptional respectful behaviours at all times!

Student Results

All parents and carers were emailed your child/ren’s Interim Term 1 report card last Friday.  Please share a copy of the report with your child as it is essential that our students know their achievement level, effort and behaviour rating.  With this information, it is highly desirable that they are set learning goals.

Our school targets for 2025 are:

• 80% of students in Year 7 – 10 will achieve an A – C
• 40% of students in Year 7 – 10 will achieve A and B

For the Term 1 Interim report:

• For all subjects Year 7 – 10 – 81.4% of students achieved A – C
• For all subjects Year 7 – 10 - 46.9% of students achieved A and B

In Senior (Years 11 and 12), 83.4% of students achieved A – C and 55.6% of students achieved an A and B! 

This is outstanding!  Well done Tully SHS students and staff! Keep up the awesome work.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews are planned for Tuesday 6 May in the MPC from 3pm.  This is a wonderful opportunity for parents to meet with class teachers to discuss progress and improvement strategies for each subject.  Please follow link in email to book. 

Staffing

Congratulations to Mr Mark McLoughlin who has been successful as the Principal of Cooktown State School P – 12. Thank you to Mrs Rachelle Paton who will continue in Term 2 as the Acting Deputy Principal Junior, Mr Jarred Rohl as Acting Head of Department Middle and Mr Josh Zahn as the Acting Year Level Coordinator for Year 9.

Congratulations to Ms Chrystene Conder who has been successful as a Guidance Officer at Rochedale State High School.  Thank you to Mrs Tash Sankey-Laidlaw who has become the new Guidance Officer.

Congratulations to Ms Tegan Muriata, who is the new Community Education Counsellor.   

School Transport Infrastructure Program (STIP)

A huge thank you to the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and the Queensland Transport Dept. for developing a submission to apply for funding for the front of the school.

Tully SHS has been successful with this submission, being awarded $112, 500 to fund a school zone, new concrete and covered walkway outside the Multi-Purpose Centre (MPC).  At this stage, we are unsure when these works will commence, but will keep you posted.

Containers for Change Feedback

Tully SHS has been recognised for outstanding work in the Containers for Change program: The school does so well and we here at containers for change, are keen to find out what you are doing with the funds raised through the scheme. This will help us to guide other schools with ideas on what they can use their funds for. Since you joined the scheme in you have collected 135,223 containers which is staggering!!  That is $13,322 in refunds!! Just amazing effort all round as I know this would not have been an easy achievement.

A massive thank you to the community to donate to our school when also dropping off containers.  Further information is included in the newsletter to demonstrate what has been recycled.

Thank you to Mrs Glenda Tenni and Mrs Thierrine Bromley for leading and supporting the students with this program!

Invitation to Collaborate with Girringun & University of Sydney

Following on from the successful partnership between Girringun, the University of Sydney and Tully State High School in Semester 2, 2024, Tully State High School representatives have been invited to collaborate with Girringun on our upcoming Service Learning in Indigenous Communities (SLIC) Project Presentation/Exchange in Sydney from 18 May 2025 – 21 May 2025

Congratulations to the following students who have been invited and will be accompanied by Ms Tonya Grant:

1. Kyannah Rist
2. Breanna Muriata
3. Rosalee Norris
4. Ben Muriata
5. Isabelle Congoo
6. Paul Congoo

Awesome work students!

Student Attendance

Finally, we know  it takes a village to raise a child, and we encourage and support all our local businesses not to serve our students in uniform during school hours (8.45am – 2.45pm) without a parent/carer present or such students presenting a pass out slip.  We are hoping to share this message across our local community to support our students being at school. 

Have an awesome fortnight and all the best to our students representing our school in the various events planned. 

Yours in learning,

Ms Helen Carne

Principal

Student Leadership Team

Student Leadership Team Sets a Record!

Some months after the Containers For Change scheme was launched at the end of 2018, the SLT took up the challenge of raising awareness and redirecting entrenched disposal behaviours among the student body.
 
Of course this took some teething time, but over the years recycling drink containers has become the norm within the school community, and we have streamlined our processes. Bins have evolved from opaque rubber to wire cages, designed and manufactured on site; once per week during the last period of the day, a small, energetic group (adjunct of the SLT) collects and relocates containers to the retrieval location; reports and concerns are funnelled to the SLT, who in turn address the Assembly when necessary.
All funds raised are directed to student welfare – funding free barbeques, for example, Zooper Doopers, hot milo and other treats. A recent major purchase has been a cold-water drink fountain for over $11,000.
Our efforts have been noted by the Container Exchange, who have sent us their report summarising the environmental and social impact of our C for C scheme since July 2019: an impressive 135,223 containers diverted from landfill – 5.5 tonnes of material - and $13,520 raised! You can see further analysis and impact in the accompanying graphics.
The Container Exchange leadership, located in Brisbane is keen to know how we have managed to achieve such impacts. Shall we say – this is just the Tully High School way…?

Year 9 Art - Portraiture

Volleyball Tournament

Queensland Representative School Sport Leadership Program

Queensland Representative School Sport is continuing to empower student voice. In collaboration with Future Anything, The Big Ideas Sport Challenge will launch the Sports Leaders’ Program run by Queensland Representative School Sport. As part of the Challenge, participants will leverage their passions for sport and design an actionable project to implement in their school. 

 Students will refine their skills of creativity and curiosity by responding to this mission: As an entrepreneur, develop and pitch a school-based project that enhances participation in sport. 

As members of the Sports Leaders’ Students from across Queensland are encouraged to be involved with the support of their school. 

The QRSS Student Leadership Program and local school sport leaders will collaborate with Future Anything to discuss: 

• Access opportunities for all students in Queensland in all aspects of school sport.
• Building capacity of others through leadership.
• Bringing their ideas to life in their schools and communities.
• Reducing barriers and increasing opportunities to access sport for a long term positive impact.

  Registration link - https://forms.office.com/r/zvkTNErFsB 

• Session 1 – online session Wednesday 2nd April, 2025 – 8:15-8:45am. 

• Session 2 - April 30th 9-3pm, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley 

• Session 3 – 4 – online throughout the year – dates to be confirmed                                                                                        
  
• Session 5 – November 4th, 9-3pm, The Precinct, Fortitude Valley 

Sports News

Qld School Sport Championships Student Official Opportunities 

📢REGISTER NOW 📢 

2025 calendar  

✔Australian football (12 years) - https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/n/enZhnkB  

✔Australian football (15-19years)- https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/n/enZhnkB & https://www.cognitoforms.com/AFLQ.../QRSSAFLStudentUmpireEOI  

✔Basketball - https://forms.gle/rEQ2CCUhGTz5VYLRA   

✔Football - email referees@footballqueensland.com.au    

✔Hockey - https://www.hockeyqld.com.au/events/283839    

✔Netball - https://forms.office.com/r/gU8v8V8tXw   

✔Rugby league - https://forms.office.com/r/jgkgJyzsyM?origin=lprLink   

✔Rugby Union – to be confirmed with QRU 

✔Softball - https://forms.gle/cNLhopc5jSqTu7Lz5   

✔Touch football - https://forms.office.com/r/Efi0yLCc1F   

✔Water polo - https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/n/enZhnkB  

Do It For Dolly Day

Mental Health Apps

Using a mental health app can offer numerous benefits for adolescents, providing a convenient and accessible way to manage their well-being. These apps offer a safe, private space for self-reflection, journaling, and tracking emotions, allowing teens to develop healthier coping strategies. With features like guided meditations, mindfulness exercises, and mood tracking, they can help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Mental health apps can also foster a sense of empowerment, encouraging teens to take charge of their mental health in a way that feels manageable and less overwhelming. Plus, they can serve as a great complement to therapy or support from trusted adults, offering ongoing support wherever and whenever it's needed.

Five things to look for in a mental health app or digital tool (Black Dog institute).

While there are lots of digital mental health tools available to the general public, finding a good digital mental health tool that’s effective and suits your needs can require some investigation, mainly to see if it has been shown to improve mental health through evidence-based research.

Here are Black Dog tips on finding the right app for you and your situation:

• Don’t just look at app ratings – High star-ratings or numbers of downloads might indicate the popularity of an app, but this doesn’t equate to quality.
• Find out who developed the app – Do they have experience and a good reputation in mental health? What other apps have they developed?
• The privacy policy – It might not be glamorous, but it’s important to check that one exists. With health apps, it’s important to know how your data is protected.
• Look for evidence – Try to determine if there is any evidence that the app is effective in achieving its goal. Apps that are tested in empirical research trials will usually share information on the research studies. It’s even better if the research behind the app is published in peer-reviewed journals.
• Check if the app is built on evidence-based frameworks –  If an app doesn’t have a large amount of research to support its use, the core principle of the app could still be built on evidence-based frameworks. For example, many apps are based on principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) which is a proven method frequently used in clinical psychology.

Looking after your mental health is important, below are some apps that can help teens take charge of their mental wellbeing.

Mental health apps for youth

• Finch - (Finch is a free self-care app that uses a virtual pet to help users track goals, practice self-care, and improve their mental well-being)
• Catch It - Catch It is for anyone who struggles with feelings like anxiety, depression, anger and confusion. Catch It uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help you change the way you think and feel about things. 
• Calm – (a mental health app designed to help you manage stress, sleep better, and live a happier, healthier life)
• Happify - Happify's science-based activities and games can help you overcome negative thoughts, stress, and life's challenges.
• ClearlyMe® - is an app designed for teens aged 12-17 who are experiencing depressive symptoms, psychological distress or in other words, going through a tough time.
• Breakup Shakeup - Breakup shakeup is an app based on behavioural activation, which provides users with a tool to schedule activities with others or on their own to attempt to improve their mood. The app provides suggestions of activities and schedules users' activities into their calendar. 
• Sleep Ninja®- Sleep Ninja® is a free, evidence-based smartphone app shown to be effective in helping young people with sleep problems.
• BRAVE - An online program developed by a team of researchers from the University of Queensland that helps children and young people overcome anxiety. The program was developed based on 12 years of strong empirical research, and features cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques. BRAVE features 10 sessions where young people learn the skills through animations, quizzes, puzzles.
  

Mindfulness apps

Smiling Mind - A free mindfulness app developed by psychologists and educators for young people. It’s focused on daily meditation and mindfulness exercises, and can help manage stress, resilience, anxiety and depression, and improve general health and wellbeing.

Books of Tomorrow

Do you have any books suitable for children lying around, no longer being read? Books of Tomorrow is a charity in the Philippines that collects and distributes books for children. You may have noticed that quite a few of our cleaners are Filipinas: it is one of their daughters who is the Ambassador for this charity. The SLT wants to help by collecting any children's books that have been gathering dust on your shelves and donating them to this worthy cause. If you would like to give the children one or two or more of your books, please bring them to eLearning any time. We have already begun receiving some - lets 's break a few records! 

QParents - How to register

Creating a QParents account requires you to complete a 4-step registration process.

    1.Enter the invitation code

You must receive an invitation letter or email with your unique invitation code before you can complete this step. If you have not received an invitation letter or email, please contact the school via phone on (07) 4068 4555 or via email at info@tullyshs.eq.edu.au. To enter your code and get started, click register your interest at https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/landing.

    2. Verify your identity

Select next and after accepting the terms and conditions of use of QParents, you will be required to verify your identity by completing an online 100 point identification check using documents including Australian Passport, drivers license, birth or marriage certificate or Medicare card.

    3. Create a QParents account

You will be required to create a QParents account using an email address as your account name. That email address will need to be confirmed before your account will be activated. You may, optionally, also provide a mobile number which will be used by QParents to verify your identity (e.g. send you an SMS code to enter into QParents).

    4. Add your child

Step four, can be done either online or using the QParents app. You will need to request access to view your child's information. You will need to know your child's EQID to do this. You can find the EQ ID on your child’s ID card, report cards, OneSchool or school invoices. It consists of 10 numbers and one letter. The school can also provide this number if needed. After completing these steps, your request to create a QParents account will be sent to your child's school for final approval. 

Why do you need a QParents Account?

 QParents allows parents to connect instantly with their child’s school to access and manage their child’s student information, including:

• Attendance and absence details, as well as the ability to notify the school of an absence
• Behaviour information
• Academic report cards
• Providing consent for excursions and online services
• Viewing unpaid invoice details, payment history, and making payments online
• Viewing and updating student details, including medical conditions and address
• Enrolment details  
• Parents can view or update their child’s details without having to contact the school
• Available anytime, anywhere!                                                                                                                                                

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