Issue No : 04 Date : 10 th March 2017 we strive for the best ADDRESS Valley Street / PO Box 8333 MT PLEASANT QLD 4740 PHONE 07 4963 1666 STUDENT ABSENCES 07 4963 1666 (opt 1) FAX 07 4963 1600 EMAIL [email protected]WEBSITE www.macknortshs.eq.edu.au FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ Mackay.North.SHS TWITTER @macknortshs STYMIE www.stymie.com.au NORTH HIGH CHESS TEAMS DOMINATE RECENT MACKAY/WHITSUNDAY SECONDARY CHESS TOURNAMENT At the first chess tournament for 2017 our chess teams did very well. Our first team consisting of Khang Trinh (captain), Jayden Cali (vice captain, Mike Teylan and Jared Morgan came first, followed by our third team – Daniel Rowlands, Hayden Benson, Zane Cavaliere and Joseph Garcia. In third place was our second team – Jeremy Noack, Jonah Boal, Luke De Brincat and Angus Nicol. Khang Trinh was placed first, Mike Teylan second, Jeremy Noack third, Hayden Benson sixth and Hayden Rowlands seventh out of forty five players. Currently, MNSH Chess teams are the 2016 Champions who won the shield. Our chess players meet every Friday in annex 1, second break. They continue to practise so that they can maintain their record of success under the watchful eye of coach, Mr McCann. The North High Newsletter is posted to the school website fortnightly and may be accessed through QSchools as well. Chess players happy with their placement ribbons First team - 1st place -Jared Morgan, Khang Trinh (captain), Mike Teylan, Jayden Cali (vice captain) Third team – 2nd place – Joseph Garcia, Hayden Benson, Zane Cavaliere, Daniel Rowlands.
Congratulations to Meghan Malone, Eden Whittaker and Jeremy Rees for
performing in the first round of the Lions Youth of the Year competition last
weekend. The students secured the trophy with Meghan placing first in the
speaking section and first overall! Meghan will now go ahead and compete in the
Regional Final.
The 2017 Junior Secondary Meet and Greet was again a great success. Parents
had the opportunity to meet and interact with teachers, Year Coordinators and
Heads of Department. Presentations were also delivered by Rachel from STYMIE,
Sue McMurtrie (Numeracy Coach) and John Doolan (Technology HOD). Thank
you to all parents who attended the evening.
Last week I attended the biennial Principal’s Conference. The key message links into DET’s strategic plan –
Every student, every school: lighting the path for innovation, equity and impact. Throughout the conference
we were inspired by the who’s who of the education world including Professor John Hattie, Professor
Douglas Fischer, Dr Adam Fraser, Kate Jones MP, our Director General Dr Jim Watterston and Deputy
Director Patrea Walton. We also heard from some great leaders in their own fields of expertise including
netball player Liz Ellis, Victoria Cross winner Mark Donaldson, and journalist Kerry O’Brien. The words and
messages from these talented people certainly provoked much discussion and vision for our own school
communities.
Congratulations to the Mackay North SHS F1 in Schools
team. After attending the National Finals in Adelaide last
week, they returned with the Best Manufacturing Award in
their class and third place overall in the Development class.
This a huge commitment that students, parents and our
staff undertake to allow our students to compete in these
events. Well done and great effort to all those involved!
Our annual International Women’s Day breakfast was held on Wednesday in the Junior Secondary Precinct.
Eden Whittaker and Dana Costigan delivered powerful speeches on the history of International Women’s Day
and the issues that women still face across the world today. Thank to our senior male students and staff who
helped prepare breakfast for our Year 7 and Year 12 students, and to the Mackay North SHS ZONTA Club
for hosting the breakfast.
The North High Z Club went to the International Women’s Day Breakfast at Magpies on Sunday. Meghan Malone and Tamara Dobbie were both nominated and short-listed for the ‘Young Women in Public Affairs’ award. Well done!
Sadly, we say goodbye this week to one of our Special Education teachers, Emma Taylor. The students
surprised Ms Talyor with a farewell morning tea on Thursday and delivered words of thanks to this wonderful
Mackay North State High School’s Z Club members, Dana Costigan, Jazlyn Bauer, Eden Whittaker,
Tamara Dobbie, Meghan Malone and Jana Bassan had the privilege of joining more than two hundred people in Mackay
to celebrate Zonta’s International Women's Day Brunch on Sunday 5th March at Magpies Sports Club.
The annual event celebrates women in our local region who are involved in the organisation and facilitation of projects
that assist women in our local community and at an international level.
Tamara Dobbie and Meghan Malone were publically commended for their contribution to empowering women worldwide
through their dedicated service and advocacy. Both ladies were short listed applicants for the 2017 Young Women in
Public Affairs Award. Mackay North State High School and the Mackay community were able to celebrate the
commendable efforts of both Meghan and Tamara as they were given an opportunity to showcase their fantastic
achievements at the brunch. Congratulations Tamara and Meghan for your outstanding and inspirational effort.
We would also like to thank our fellow Mackay North State High School Z Club members and community for your
continued support.
Have your personal details changed recently? If your personal circumstances, home address, phone numbers or email address have changed please get in contact with the office to ensure that your details are up to date. It is very important to inform the school of any changes to your contact information in case of emergencies. Pink Change of Details forms are also available from the school office for you or your student to collect.
Australian F1 in Schools National Finals Australian F1 in Schools National FinalsRecently, after a few very stressful days of competition, Cooper Grant, Jack Donohue, Stephane Schott and Aaron Gray, our F1 team, attended the Awards Dinner for the Australian F1 in Schools National Finals. I was very proud of the team when it was announced that they got the Best Manufacturing Award for their class. This was due to Aaron’s unique design for machining the rear wings of the car as no other team in the competition had used the method.
Just a few minutes later the boys were awarded 3rd place overall Champions for Development Class. It is the best result North High has ever achieved in F1 in Schools and the team is now more driven to compete again in the new season.
Then the boys had to dismantle the Pit Display Booth that they had made and pack it ready to fly back home to Mackay. Thank you again to the staff and parents that helped the boys get to Adelaide and I will see you all on Monday.
Thanks also to the Dept. Innovation & Science, Dalrymple Bay, D & T Hydraulics and Kurtz Mining for their assistance.
Mr Rowan Cahill Industrial Technology & Design Teacher F1 in Schools Regional Coordinator
Year 7 and Year 12 girls enjoyed a delicious breakfast cooked by Mrs Wallace and her student helpers, and served by the Senior boys. School captain, Eden Whittaker and Zonta Club representative, Dana Costigan gave inspirational speeches about the significance of International Women’s Day.
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CATCH A MATHS MOMENT Mrs McMurtrie (Numeracy Coach) is running the ‘Catch a Maths Moment’ competition, where students are asked to find
a moment, capture an image and make a poster showcasing the mathematics involved.
Prizes include tuckshop vouchers for the best posters and participation award (pizza party) for anyone who has entered
their poster in the competition.
Students can upload a digital image of their poster to www.elearn.eq.edu.au in the course ‘Catch a Maths Moment’.
Alternatively, if a hard copy poster is preferred, it can be handed to a Maths teacher or Mrs McMurtrie in 2503.
Can you spot the Maths in these moments?
TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE!
Just a reminder that USB do die eventually, and once dead, it is very difficult to retrieve assignments and information
etc. from them. Sometimes it is impossible. So, before students save any valuable work to a thumb drive, they should
save their work to a laptop, PC or an external hard drive. In this way students can have a backup for any lost work due
to thumb drive failure. It would also be advantageous for students to save their work to a third location such as a cloud
location like OneDrive. If that is not possible then students should save their work to another USB or external hard
drive.
May Fair
Friday 19th May
IMPORTANT MARCHING BAND REHEARSALS
Just a reminder that there are FOUR very important
marching band rehearsals coming up. ALL members of
the marching band are required on Monday afternoon,
March 24 and Friday afternoon, March 27 until
4.00pm. The Brisbane marching band members are
needed for an extra TWO rehearsals that both finish at
4.30pm on Tuesday afternoon, April 18 and Friday
afternoon, April 21.
MARCHING BAND TRIP TO THE STATE ANZAC
PARADE
It is very pleasing to see that all places in the marching band
trip to the State Anzac Parade have now been filled. We will
be taking eighty-eight students to the parade which is our
twenty-third performance in the prestigious State Anzac
Parade. For all students involved, it will be a truly
memorable experience. Congratulations to all students who
have been successful in receiving and accepting offers to
attend the parade as members of our marching band.
Please remember that if students need to order a marching
band polo shirt from Uniform Solutions (corner of Alfred and
Sydney Streets) for the trip, the deadline is March 11.
YEAR 7 MARCHING BAND REHEARSALS
Congratulations to our Year 7 marching band students who
have made an excellent start to their training for the band.
They have been very reliable in attending the Friday
afternoon rehearsals and their “about face in march time”
manoeuvre last Friday was the best we have ever seen in
initial training. Keep up the great work!
VOCAL ENSEMBLE – KMEIA CHORAL FESTIVAL
The first performance for the vocal ensemble this year is at
the KMEIA Choral Festival at the Mackay Entertainment
Centre on Monday evening, March 20. All vocal ensemble
students will need full cultural uniform for this event. The
school has some second hand uniforms available, but if you
prefer a new one, it is available at Uniform Solutions on the
corner of Sydney and Alfred Streets.
If you have not paid the annual vocal group levy of $20.00,
can you please attend to this by the end of this month.
ANNUAL INSTRUMENTAL LEVY
If you have not yet paid the $60.00 annual instrumental levy
for the instrumental program, it would be greatly appreciated
if you could finalise this payment by March 24 please.
Kathy GEORGE
HOD – Performing Arts
PERFORMING ARTS NEWS
CULTURAL CALENDAR – 2017
March 19-20 KMEIA Choral Festival
April 22-27 Marching Band Trip – Brisbane
(Trip leaves 8.00pm April 22/returns 7.00am April 27)
May 19 Fair
(Junior Secondary Concert & Stage Band)
May 27-28 Mackay Cheer Competition
June 6 Twilight Concert
July 6 – 10 Aussie Gold Cheer Competition
July 22 Lions Sugartime Rock Pop Mime
Aug 15 Dance Showcase Night
Aug 25-27 State Honours Program
Sept 5 Senior Drama Production
(Tech Run 4 Sept)
Oct 2-22 Eisteddfod
Oct 24 Showcase Concert
Nov 1 Awards Night
Nov 2 Year 6 String Orientation
(Ice-cream Party)
Library News Congratulations to all students who have applied to be Library Monitors. Interviews are continuing and the successful applicants will be notified soon.
Tourmament Chess 2017
INTERHOUSE SWIMMING CARNIVAL 2017
Following on from the success of our Junior Swimming Carnival, the Senior students recently took to the pool for the second half of the Interhouse Swimming Carnival.
All students who attended swam until they couldn’t swim any more, giving 100% for themselves and their house for a chance at victory. Out of the pool, students enjoyed themselves, even breaking into a war cry or two, plus dancing to the Macarena and giving their own rendition of a well-known Australian song…
After all the swimming/dancing/singing had concluded, Fitzgerald were victorious by a very small margin (5 points) in the Senior Championship, from Norris, Spiller and Bagley. This was the second victory for Fitzgerald in the 3 years of the Senior Championship.
Combining the results from the two parts of the carnival, Spiller were the champions for the second year in a row, with a margin of 3 points over Norris, followed by Fitzgerald and Spiller. The next time the students compete for Interhouse supremacy will be for the Cross Country.
The Interhouse Cross Country will be held on Wednesday 19th April (second day back of Term 2) during Period 4. All students are expected to attend this as it is a normal school day. Students will need to bring a hat, water bottle and any medication (eg. asthma puffer) with them on the course, sunscreen will be provided. Should students want to run in their house colours (shirt only), they may change in to these at the beginning of 2nd break. If your child is unable to participate due to medical reasons, a note (written and signed by parents/caregiver) must be returned to Mr Smith before 3pm Tuesday 18th April. Special arrangements will be made for these students.
If your child would like to train, there are some sessions being conducted at the school by Miss Beathe, Mr Crawford & Mr O’Neil. Also, any student who is turning 12yrs of age this year and wanting to trial for Northern Suburbs must do these sessions as they are being used as a trial. Should your child want to participate, they will need to collect the form and return it to Mr Smith before attending any sessions. These sessions are conducted on a Tuesday and Friday morning. Thank you to all the students and staff who have participated in these sessions.
Spiller seniors, Summer Axisa and Taylah Dyne with bribes for their team
Spiller House captains with the winning shield
SPORTING REPRESENTATIVES AT NORTH
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected in Mackay School representative sporting
teams to attend Capricornia trials in the near future:
AFL
15yrs Boys Isaac Mehaffey Ryan Ollington
16yrs Girls Alana Gee
Desley Kliese Arnika Smith Lily Tarlinton
SOCCER
19yrs Girls Kenzie Nichols
Courtney Sleeman
19yrs Boys Liam Carey Noah Khalu
Benjamin Mandall
HOCKEY 19yrs Girls
Montannah Best Hannah McWhinney Emmerson Rebetzke
Tyla Wicks 19yrs Boys
Edward Westcott
TOUCH FOOTBALL 15yrs Girls
Takiah Buchanan Zali Mooney
Jasmine Peters 15yrs Boys
Koby Boody 19yrs Girls Zoe Aitken
Jessie Callaway Chloe Miller
Paige Steindl-Corrie 19yrs Boys
Stefan Mawer Zak Starr
NQ CYCLONES – TOUCH FOOTBALL
This weekend will see 3 of our students attend the National Touch Football Championships in Coffs Harbour as part of
the NQ Cyclones team. We all wish the best of luck to Zoe Aitken, Chloe Miller & Jasmine Peters in your matches, and
may you bring the title back to North Queensland!
WAKEBOARDING NATIONALS
Recently, North had six students attend the National Wakeboarding Championships – “Boardstock” – at Bli Bli. It is the biggest
standalone wakeboard event in Australia, with more than 100 riders at the event (including some internationals). Mackay North
SHS students achieved some great results in under 13s, under 17s and in Pro Wakeskate.
The results from the competition are as follows:
Congratulations to all of the students and we all wish you the best for your next event.
Under 13s
Max Brotherton – 7th place - Year 7 Matthew Green – 10th place - Year 7
Kyler Morgan – 13th place - Year 7
Under 17s Declan Wheeler – 1st Place – Year 11
Luke Webley – 4th place – Year 11 Kye Brotherton – 6th place – Year 11
Professional Wakeskate Kye Brotherton – 4th place
Declan Wheeler om the winner’s podium
Family Matters NORTH HIGH STAFF WELLNESS Here is a very happy and relaxed Strength and Flexibility Group that meets every Thursday after school at North High. They train for approximately 50 minutes doing basic Powerlifts and Compound exercise using weights. They also do a combination of Yoga, Pilates and Balancing. The sessions finishes with Meditation and Gratitude. The group just LOVE it and reportedly gained improvement in mobility and muscular endurance...regulars are Mr and Mrs Sambell, Mr and Mrs Savage, Mrs Heissenbuttel, Mr Drezwiki, Mrs L . Wood, Mr Shaw, Mr Himes, Mrs Cridland, Ms Egorov and Mrs Jarrett some of whom are in this photo.
Ms Smith leads this class for staff and partners.
Busy time of year We often do not get a chance to tell our students how proud we are of them, especially when assessment is due and exams are looming, so I took these pictures of my 10 A English students while they were not looking with the sole intention of doing just this … congratulating them on their work ethic and comradery in a very public way. I just wish I could have fitted all students in the frame but I was trying to be sneaky. Maybe next time!
Mrs Ilich
Artwork of the Month
Masks by Year 12 VAP
Moesha Harris
Insane Clown Posse
Artwork of the Month
Masks by Year 12 VAP
Kayla Sullivan
Festival
Key dates for the Enrolment Process for Mackay North SHS Year 7 – 2018
