Berserker Street North Rockhampton QLD 4701 Subscribe: Subscribe: https://nthrckhs.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe Email: Email: [email protected]Phone: Phone: 07 4924 7888 Fax: Fax: 07 4924 7800 13 October 2017 13 October 2017 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE What a start to Term 4! I would like to congratulate all staff and students for their actions and support during our fire evacuation on Wednesday 4 October. I am very thankful that we had no injuries and everyone followed procedure as practiced. It is a big task to evacuate 910 students, 130 staff and visitors and to then keep everyone safe and calm with little knowledge of what is happening and when it is likely to end. I am very proud of our staff and students and the professional manner in which they conducted themselves. I am also very grateful for the wonderful response from our emergency services who had fire brigade, ambulance and police to the school almost immediately. The quick response certainly reduced the damage and possible loss of our Home Economics kitchens and the staffroom in D Block. As usual with a significant event there are lots of stories about what happened and not all of them are true. The facts are as follows; We are very aware of the lack of shade on the oval. This time next year it will not be a problem as the new sports shed will provide cover, toilets and water so should resolve most of this problem. • Smoke was reported coming from D Block just after 10:00am. • There were no staff or students in D Block at the time. • The electric bells did not work due to an electrical fault and a hand bell was used to alert staff and students. • Students and staff evacuated to the oval quickly and safely. • Several students were taken from the oval to hospital in ambulances as a safety precaution. • The fire brigade was called and was here very quickly and the fire was extinguished. • The power was cut to the entire school during the emergency. • The school did not have access to phones or computers until the power was restored. • During an emergency the control of the school goes to the emergency services Chief Officer and they decide when the evacuation can end and staff and students are able to access buildings again. • The building has been assessed to see what damage has been caused and what repairs are needed. • The fire was caused by an electrical fault. • The asbestos warning letter was emailed to parents/ carers as the building contains some asbestos materials. No students or staff were exposed to this material. • The building is now an out of bounds area and students should stay outside the temporary fencing that has been erected. • Classes that were scheduled in D Block have been issued a new timetable and room changes have been organised. • We will be unable to access the two kitchens for an extended period of time as repairs are done. This will impact Home Economics classes.
I would like to congratulate all staff andstudents for their actions and supportduring our fire evacuation on Wednesday 4October. I am very thankful that we had noinjuries and everyone followed procedure aspracticed. It is a big task to evacuate 910students, 130 staff and visitors and to then
keep everyone safe and calm with little knowledge of what ishappening and when it is likely to end.
I am very proud of our staff and students and the professionalmanner in which they conducted themselves. I am also verygrateful for the wonderful response from our emergencyservices who had fire brigade, ambulance and police to theschool almost immediately. The quick response certainlyreduced the damage and possible loss of our Home Economicskitchens and the staffroom in D Block.
As usual with a significant event there are lots of stories aboutwhat happened and not all of them are true. The facts are asfollows;
We are very aware of the lack of shade on the oval. This timenext year it will not be a problem as the new sports shed willprovide cover, toilets and water so should resolve most of thisproblem.
• Smoke was reported coming from D Block just after10:00am.
• There were no staff or students in D Block at thetime.
• The electric bells did not work due to an electricalfault and a hand bell was used to alert staff andstudents.
• Students and staff evacuated to the oval quickly andsafely.
• Several students were taken from the oval to hospitalin ambulances as a safety precaution.
• The fire brigade was called and was here very quicklyand the fire was extinguished.
• The power was cut to the entire school during theemergency.
• The school did not have access to phones orcomputers until the power was restored.
• During an emergency the control of the school goesto the emergency services Chief Officer and theydecide when the evacuation can end and staff andstudents are able to access buildings again.
• The building has been assessed to see what damagehas been caused and what repairs are needed.
• The fire was caused by an electrical fault.
• The asbestos warning letter was emailed to parents/carers as the building contains some asbestosmaterials. No students or staff were exposed to thismaterial.
• The building is now an out of bounds area andstudents should stay outside the temporary fencingthat has been erected.
• Classes that were scheduled in D Block have beenissued a new timetable and room changes have beenorganised.
• We will be unable to access the two kitchens for anextended period of time as repairs are done. This willimpact Home Economics classes.
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We are also aware of the confusion that comes with studentswanting to go home or parents wanting to collect students. Itis very difficult to provide information and make decisions whenwe do not know when the power will be returned and clearanceto access buildings/areas will be given.
If you have any suggestions as to how we could improve ourmanagement of events such as these please email the [email protected]
Janet Young - Principal
YEAR 11 CO-ORDINATORWeek one saw the Year 11 Leadership Camp head off toCooee Bay in Yeppoon for two days of activities andchallenges. The group began with team building gamesculminating in the “milk crate challenge”. A local record wascreated as students worked together to create a free standingstructure of 35 milk crates on top of each other. A quickcalculation had the structure standing 14 metres tall, animpressive example of what team work can achieve.
Students also hit the water in the canoes where ideal conditionssaw students paddle in pairs from Lammermoor Beach to theYeppoon Sailing club, a distance of several kilometres. Forsome students with limited canoeing experience, this was thehighlight of the camp and it was high fives all around as pairsemerged from the water exhausted.
The visit to the Centenary of ANZAC Memorial Walk at EmuPark was a sombre affair as students studied the stories ofthe service men and women intently. The legacy of thoseAustralians who served unselfishly so others could live freely isan example not lost on the students of North RockhamptonState High School.
I would like to thank the students who attended for theirexemplary behaviour and effort as well as Mr Hinds, MrsAddison and Chappy Aaron for ensuring the camp was asuccess.
We now move into the final term of 2017. Students would beaware this is only an eight week term with assessment reachinga peak with exam block starting in week seven. I would askall students to ensure they are on task, and as always, ensureattendance is as high as possible to ensure they are preparedfor the demands of their schooling.
Kelly McGuire
BUSINESS HOD
Annual CQ Uni Business Challenge
During Term 3, Gordon Stewart from the Faculty of Businessand Law attended a Year 12 parade. There, he officiallypresented a trophy to North Rocky High School as regionalwinners of the 2017 CQ Uni Business Challenge. The schoolteam consisted of Sarah Coker, Kohde Pitcher, Lizzie Hiley andFelicity Finlayson. The challenge involved several local schoolsand is an annual event staged by and at the university. Thechallenge took in a format of four rounds of multiple choicequestions regarding economics and law; accounting, businessand management as well as current affairs and generalknowledge. The winning students received a scholarship forstudy in the Faculty of Business and Law at CQ Uni. Ourstudents also participated in the national final held in July 2017.North Rockhampton High competed against the winningschools from various regional centres where CQ Uni have acampus. Schools from Cairns all the way down to Melbourneparticipated through a videolink. The overall winner was aschool from Townsville. Our students were very competitiveand demonstrated excellent knowledge in all areas of thechallenge.
Year 12 Legal Studies students Elizabeth Hiley, Corey Hardyand Ethan Suli represented North Rockhampton State Highin the Interschool Law Debate organised by the CentralQueensland Law Association and Central QueenslandUniversity. This year was an especially momentous occasionwith the debate being judged by Her Honour Justice CatherineHomes, the Chief Justice of Queensland, local Supreme Courtjudge, Justice Duncan McMeekin and Regional CoordinatingMagistrate, Cameron Press.
These three students demonstrated exemplary research skillsand showed maturity beyond their years in arguing for thenegative on the topic of ‘Parole is no longer appropriate intoday’s society’. Even though our students lost to the overallwinners of the night, the judges praised our students on theirthorough investigation of the topic and level of composure.
With the assistance of the two legal mentors, SamanthaLegrady and Charles Shepherd, students were able to gain aninsight into the degree of expertise required to argue a casebefore a judge. All three students represented our school withpride and enjoyed being able to converse with the Chief Justiceand local Rockhampton Justice and Magistrate following thedebate.
Justice McMeekin, Corey Hardy, Ethan Suli, Chief JusticeJustice McMeekin, Corey Hardy, Ethan Suli, Chief JusticeCatherine Holmes, Samantha Legrady and Elizabeth HileyCatherine Holmes, Samantha Legrady and Elizabeth Hiley
Bronwyn Fechner – Acting HOD Business
SENIOR SCHOOL YEAR 10 CO-ORDINATORI would like to welcome new and existing Year 10 studentsback to Term 4. The final term has come round very fast andI would like to thank students, staff and parents in supportingmy role as Coordinator. Although the terms often fly by, theend of this term will arrive quicker as Year 11 approachesquicker than anticipated. The term has definitely started witha lot of excitement in the school. More importantly, we had agreat number of Year 10 students attend and participate in theswimming carnival in the first week back. Congratulations toLiam Maxwell who won15yrs Age Champion.
As part of the Senior School, students are excited that theyonly have eight weeks left of school with an early holiday periodstarting at the end of Week 8 if they are not participating inSummer School. Weeks 8 & 9 of Term 4 are full of opportunitiesfor students who would like more preparation for Year 11.Students who are not participating in Summer school have theopportunity to take master classes in certain subject areas.Information regarding this will be available closer to the end ofterm.
It is often about this time of year that students are becomingtired and the realisation dawns that another year is almost over.At weekly parades we have discussed keeping attendance,grade and performance levels up as Year 10 prepare tobecome leaders within the school next year. Support fromhome and teachers will help to keep students motivated.Students are encouraged to have conversations with theirteachers about how to maintain or improve grades. Throughoutthe term, tutoring is available before school and during lunch forMaths and English.
I wish all students and parents the best for the final term of2017.
Erin Bills – Yr 10 Co-Ordinator
SPORTS NEWSCongratulations to Keppel on winning the Swimming Carnivaland to all the students who showed up and competed greatwork – it was a great day. Congratulations also goes to our agechampions.
After-school Hockey starts this afternoon – the draw only camethrough the this morning and has been put up on thenoticeboard. Today the Boys play at 4.30pm and the Girls playat 5pm.
Oztag Schools Challenge is on this Sunday at Saleyards Park.The draw will be out tomorrow and on the noticeboard. Wewill meet on Friday to discuss meeting times on the day. Therewill be no training for the Oztag teams this week. See me afterassembly to get your consent form. The consent forms need tobe returned to me by Friday or you can’t play.
Girls Rugby League will start next Monday – consent forms willbe out on Wednesday and need to be back by Friday. Todaythere is a clinic for Girls Rugby League run by the NRL atVictoria Park which is across from Rocky High. The clinic startsat 4pm. It was meant to be at North Rocky High but due to thefire and some work being done on the building at that time wecannot use the grounds.
Big congratulations to Jared Lebeter who was successful at theKarate nationals winning 3 x gold medals – great stuff Jared.
Walson Carlos, Sportsmaster
Congratulations to Year 12 Students Sarah Coker, FelicityFinlayson and Steven Kyriazis, who recently competed in theRoyal Australian Chemical Institute’s Titration Competition atthe CQ University. Titration is a type of chemical analysis todetermine the concentration of solutions. Students performedvery well in the competition as a team and individually. SarahCoker was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for her degreeof accuracy being within 0.25%.
NORTH ROCKHAMPTON HIGH FACEBOOKPAGE
We invite all members of school community to view our NorthRockhampton State High School’s official Facebook page.
To find our page search for @NorthRockhamptonSHS and lookfor our logo. We will share our success stories and memorableevents on our Facebook page as well as on our website.
Students’ photos cannot appear on our Facebook page unlessan updated consent form indicating parental approval for the
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publishing of photos on social media has been returned, signedby parents/ guardians.
SCHOOL NURSEA big thank you to the business who contributed towards ourfestivities for Mental Health Day during week 2 of term 4. Thankyou to J&M Transport Plus, Woolworths at Stockland ShoppingFair, Peter Boodles Quality Meats, and Bernie’s Bakery. Yourcontributions towards our sausage sizzle and the teachersbreakfast is greatly appreciated by the North RockhamptonState School Community. Thank you again for your support tomake this event a reality.
CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGENorth Rocky now has a P & C Facebook page. Have a lookand see what’s happening and keep up-to-date with the latestevents.
http://www.facebook.com/NRSHSPC
DATE CLAIMERSThese dates are subject to change and will be updatedthroughout 2017:
TERM 4
Fri 13 Oct One Night Only Concert
Mon 16 Oct Student Free Day
Fri 27 – Sat 28 Oct Capricorn Film Festival
Fri 27 Oct Chappy Fundraiser
Free dress day
Fri 3 Nov AIME Yr 7-8 Experience
Mon 6 – Fri 10 Nov Yr 12 Exam Block
Tues 14 Nov Yr 11 Exam day
Red Food day & Yr 12 Activities
Wed 15 Nov Awards Evening
Thur 16 Nov Yr 12 Graduation
Yr 12 Formal
Fri 17 Nov Yr 12 Last day
Fri 17 Nov – Wed 22Nov
Yr 11 Exam block
Yr 10 Exams
Thurs 23 – Fri 24 Nov Yr 11 QCS Practice
Fri 24 Nov Yr 10 & 11 last day
Rewards Day Yr 11
Mon 27 Nov STEM Challenge across schools
Mon 27 Nov – Wed 6Dec
Summer school & Master ClassesYr 10
TERM 4
Tues 28 Nov Year 7, 2018 Transition Day
Thurs 7 Dec Rewards Day Yr 7 – 9
Fri 8 Dec Last Day Term 4
COMMUNITY NOTICES
We would love to encourage not only students but alsoteachers and parents.
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On 7 September, Lions District Governor Rod Sommervilletravelled to Rockhampton to install twelve year nine studentsinto the Griffins Leo Club at North Rockhampton State HighSchool and present them with their Club Charter and badges.A function was held at the Trade Training Centre at the schooland was attended by students, parents, staff and Lions Clubmembers from four clubs as well as Leos Club members fromCQ Leos in Gracemere.
The Rockhampton Fitzroy River Lions Club have sponsoredthe new Leos Club with the support of Principal Janet Youngand her staff and the school Chaplain Aaron Schick. Clubmembers have worked closely with Aaron and the studentsover the past four months to set up a Leos Club Program atthe school that will enable students to develop and practiceleadership, organisational and social skills while supporting theircommunity. Students meet twice monthly at the school duringlunch breaks and it is hoped that over time and with ongoingsupport, students will gain confidence and valuable life skillswhile working on projects to improve and support their schooland their community.
A big thank you to the business who contributed towards ourfestivities for Mental Health Day during week 2 of term 4. Thankyou to J&M Transport Plus, Woolworths at Stockland ShoppingFair, Peter Boodles Quality Meats, and Bernie’s Bakery. Yourcontributions towards our sausage sizzle and the teachersbreakfast is greatly appreciated by the North RockhamptonState School Community. Thank you again for your support tomake this event a reality.
Mischa LawfordSchool Based Youth Health NurseRegistered Nurse/Midwife
BREASTSCREEN QUEENSLANDIt is so important that women of screening age book their2yearly appointments in. Currently close to 40% of eligiblewomen do not keep up with their screening, and we would liketo see that changed in Central Queensland this year.
Even if you aren’t part of that age group, by sharing with womenwho are you can help be part of this change.
