Tully State High School eNewsletter

From The Principal

Dear Parent and Carers,

Congratulations to the following Year 12 students who attended the QATSIF Graduation Ceremony in Cairns on Wednesday this week:

Abijah Chamberlain
Elijah Kane
Morgan Kelly
Louise Koraba
Lucius McAvoy
Nicholas Muriata
Rosealee Norris
Bella Samperi
Dakoda Sanders
Brecken Zammit

QATSIF was created to give Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families increased educational choices and life opportunities. It is an independent, not-for-profit trust, managed by The Public Trustee for Queensland and operates through a small Secretariat.

QATSIF provides educational scholarships across Years 11 and 12 to support eligible First Nations students with the educational costs of their Senior studies. Students are required to meet strict criteria to be eligible each semester.

Congratulations to our students, their families and teachers, in supporting the wonderful success of this program at Tully SHS!

Teacher Strike Action

Thank you to the Tully community for your support on the Teacher Strike Action Day. It is vital that we stand together on valuing the role that teachers play in educating and developing our students in our community.

Tully SHS has a very proud tradition of developing early career teachers; however, we are definitely feeling the impact of the current teacher shortage: it is significantly affecting our daily operations.

As a school community, we must continue to value the role of a teacher and develop and encourage our own students to pursue this most rewarding career!

School Events

Transition Day

Thank you to all the Year 6 students who attended our transition day last week. The day was outstanding and provided a wonderful opportunity for students to spend a day at high school. A massive thank you to Rachelle Paton and Angela Bevan and our teaching staff for taking on extra lessons. The feedback from so many of the students was that they wanted to start high school the next day!

Mrs Paton and Mrs Bevan will be visiting the primary schools for enrolment interviews. We strongly encourage all students in our local schools to attend our wonderful community high school!

Cassowary Coast Southern Zone Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to all our students who participated in the Cassowary Coast Southern Zone 13 – 19 Years Athletics Carnival last Friday in Innisfail, and the Southern Zone 10 – 12 Years Carnival today at Lower Tully State School. Some records have been broken and this information will be shared in the Sports News section. All the best to our students competing at Peninsula level.

Year 10 Student Education Training Plans (SET Planning)

Term 3 is the time when a high school commences the timetable planning for the following year. This work begins with preparing Year 10 students for subject selection for the following year.

Thank you to Jarred Rohl, Isabelle Bushby and Rachelle Paton who are leading this work with our current Year 10 students.

The students have had multiple opportunities to engage in Career Expos in Townsville, Innisfail and Cairns to guide them to select suitable subjects for their chosen career path.

SET Plan interviews for all Year 10 students form part of this work. All parents/carers of Year 10 students are required to have a student and parent interview. Please contact Mr Rohl or Ms Bushby if you have not received this information.

Facilities Work

Next week, Tully SHS will welcome back Lavinia (Art by Lavinia Murals) to complete the second mural ‘All things sea’ with our Year 8 Art students.

No new learning Day

The Term 3 No New Learning Day is planned for Friday 22 August. At this stage, we are reviewing the format for this day. Further information will be published late next week.

With so much going on in our school community, we thank our staff, students and parents for ensuring we are always focussed on safe, respectful relationships at all times!

Yours in learning,
Ms Helen Carne
Principal

World’s Greatest Shave - Tully Way

Every year the Student Leadership Team stages their iteration of the World’s Greatest Shave, encouraging students to nominate and seek sponsorship to have their hair cut or shaved.

On Monday 4 August, four students – Will Dodds, Tait Cali, Liam McCormack and Bella Samperi - honoured their commitments, and in front of their cheering peers, lost their locks under the expert hands of barber Laurens, apprentice Jack, and Teacher Aides Laurice and Carrie.

Bella donated 25 cm of her long, never-coloured hair to be made into a valuable wig. Liam and Will emerged with completely shaven heads, a little shocked to feel that cold air on their exposed skulls, while Tait’s closely cropped hair gave him a stylish, trendy look.

Most importantly, these students raised an amazing $2,473.80 between them: Will topping with $1,000.80 in sponsorship, Bella close behind with $944, and Liam and Tait donating $307 and $222 respectively.

We are proud of these students for their community- minded spirit, for the time and energy they have given to this cause, and the fine example they have set to their peers.

Thierrine Bromley

Year 12 QATSIF Students:

Year 12 QATSIF Students – Graduation Ceremony JCU Smithfield Campus

Tully SHS Indigenous leader Rosealee Norris co-hosted the event.

Congratulations to all!

Tully SHS Sports News

Congratulations to:

Aimee Z – Shadow selection for Peninsula 14 Girls Rugby League

Seb D – Peninsula 12 Boys Cricket

Ameilia D – Peninsula 12 Girls Rugby League

Liam Q – Peninsula 15 Boys Rugby Union and 10-12 QRSS Touch Football Referee (Student Official)

Cassowary Coast District Athletics Team – Peninsula Trials

Good Counsel College took out the annual 13-19 Years Cassowary Coast Athletics Carnival for the second year in a row, with Tully SHS coming in third place. Congratulations to all athletes on the day, in very wet and cold conditions at Castor Park in Mourilyan. There were some great individual performances, with four of the eight new records broken by TSHS students.

Lilou C – 13 Years 400m (1.06.11)

Jackson S – 16 Years Discus (34.39m)

Shaun R – 13yrs Discus (49.17m) and Shot Put (14.16m)

Congratulations to the Junior and Senior Girls Relay teams on first place in both races. What an amazing achievement!

Age champion results will be announced at assembly in Week 5.

PENINSULA TRIALS

Congratulations to the students who have qualified for Peninsula Athletics trials (top two from 10-12 Years at Southern Zone, and top four from 13-19 Years at CC. Information has been emailed home to parents with a timetable of events. All Peninsula paperwork will be provided to the officials on the day – students will not need to take their own paperwork (unless communicated otherwise).

Please advise the Sports Coordinator (Mrs Parkes) if your child does not wish to attend the trial / withdraw from an event.

FUNDING FOR REPRESENTATIVE SPORT

Funding is available for students who are selected in Peninsula and Queensland School Sport teams. Funding is usually available from $50 to upwards of $200 (State) and $500 (National) and is often available up to six months after the championships. Please check eligibility criteria and information on applying at the links below:

Cassowary Coast Council Community Grants

Emerging Athlete Pathways Funding

Local Sporting Champions Sport Australia

TSHS P&C – Letter required to request support pandc@tullyshs.eq.edu.au

Queensland Sport and Recreation

Play on! Vouchers:

The Play On! Sports Vouchers program is now OPEN for applications.

Queensland sporting organisations, this is your chance to grow.

More sign-ups
More members
More kids getting active

The Play On! Sports Vouchers are more inclusive, so now’s the time to check your eligibility and apply.

If you're a registered provider of previous Queensland Government voucher programs, you’ll need to log in, confirm your details, and accept the new Play On! terms and conditions to keep redeeming vouchers.

Check your details here: https://sr-cp.sr-enquire.cloud/login

Let’s get more Queensland kids into sport and active recreation!

www.qld.gov.au/playon #PlayOnQld

Tully SHS Student Absences:

Tully SHS Absence Reminders

A friendly reminder to please notify the school if your student will be late, absent, or requires an early leave pass.

You can contact us via:

Text: 0429 043 650

Call: (07) 40 684 555 (Press 1)

QParents: Log in and submit your student’s absence online

When notifying us, please include:

Student’s full name

Year level

Reason for the absence/early leave/late arrival

Thank you for helping us keep accurate records and support student safety and wellbeing.

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!

Tully SHS P&C

🧥 Uniform Shop Reminder
Just a reminder that the uniform shop is only open on Wednesdays 8am – 9am.
The new hooded jumper is now available for just $35 – get yours while stock lasts!

P&C Announcement

We have had to make some changes to up-coming meetings due to clashes with other school events.

Please note the new dates:

Term 3 Wednesday 30 July 5.30 Grandstand Meeting Room

Wednesday 20 August 5.30 Grandstand Meeting Room

Term 4 Wednesday 15 October 5.30 Grandstand meeting Room

Wednesday 19 November 5.30 Top Pub

If you have students needing to travel for representative activities both Local or State the P&C is available to provide some financial support, if requested.

The student will need to send a letter of request to panc@tullyshs.eq.edu.au.