Education Queensland International CRICOS Provider Number: 00608A STUDENT ABSENCES Please text 0429 347 300 (SMS ONLY), email [email protected]or call 3327 8393 before 9.30am on the day of your student’s absence 11th Edition - 22 July 2016 This newsletter can also be accessed via our web page www.indoorooshs.eq.edu.au July 28 Australian Maths Competition 29 Year 8 Medieval Day 29 Year 11 BCT Excursion August 1 Immunisations Years 7 and 8 2 ICAS English Years 7-9 2 West Brisbane District Field Events Carnival 2 Brisbane Interschool Chess Championships Round 3 4 Open Day 2.00pm-7.30pm 5 West Brisbane District Track Carnival 8 Year 11 Leadership Day 9 Years 7-9 Winter Gala Day 2 9 P&C Meeting, Administration, 7.00pm 10 EKKA holiday 11 Year 9 Geography excursion 12 SETP Interviews for Year 10 students and parents 13 Grounds and Bush Care, 7.30am 15 Year 10 and Open Gala Day 16 ICAS Maths Years 7-9 16 Year 9 into Year 10 Parent Information Evening 18 Senior Music Evening 28 Opti-Minds 30-31 Year 12 QCS Tests September 5-9 Year 12 Exam block 6-8 Regional Track and Field Carnival 8 Term 3 Lightning Chess Tournament 12 Year 12 Safe Drive Training Course 13 P&C Meeting, Administration, 7.00pm 16 End Term 3 17 Grounds and Bush Care, 7.30am QAMT Problem Solving Competition 2016 Indro students performed brilliantly in this most difficult of the annual Maths competitions, held earlier in the year. Participants had to solve six questions in two hours where the elegance of solutions is taken into consideration. Senior students achieving well in this competition are invited to participate in the National Mathematics Summer School in Canberra. This year, ISHS students strongly demonstrated their mathematical ability in scooping many prizes and commendations. Year 8 Hannah Mills ($50 Prize) Misha Kulakov (Commendation) Year 11 James Pham ($30 Prize) Janet Pham ($30 Prize) Nick Nguyen ($30 Prize) Andrew Doan (Commendation) Oskar Hornbeck (Commendation) Brendon Duncan (Commendation) Congratulations to all participants. Kim Milford Head of Department, Maths & Engineering QAMT winners
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Education Queensland International CRICOS Provider Number: 00608A
STUDENT ABSENCES Please text 0429 347 300 (SMS ONLY), email [email protected] or call 3327 8393
before 9.30am on the day of your student’s absence
11th Edition - 22 July 2016
This newsletter can also be accessed via our web page www.indoorooshs.eq.edu.au
July 28 Australian Maths Competition
29 Year 8 Medieval Day
29 Year 11 BCT Excursion
August 1 Immunisations Years 7 and 8
2 ICAS English Years 7-9
2 West Brisbane District Field Events Carnival
2 Brisbane Interschool Chess Championships
Round 3
4 Open Day 2.00pm-7.30pm
5 West Brisbane District Track Carnival
8 Year 11 Leadership Day
9 Years 7-9 Winter Gala Day 2
9 P&C Meeting, Administration, 7.00pm
10 EKKA holiday
11 Year 9 Geography excursion
12 SETP Interviews for Year 10 students and
parents
13 Grounds and Bush Care, 7.30am
15 Year 10 and Open Gala Day
16 ICAS Maths Years 7-9
16 Year 9 into Year 10 Parent Information Evening
18 Senior Music Evening
28 Opti-Minds
30-31 Year 12 QCS Tests
September 5-9 Year 12 Exam block
6-8 Regional Track and Field Carnival
8 Term 3 Lightning Chess Tournament
12 Year 12 Safe Drive Training Course
13 P&C Meeting, Administration, 7.00pm
16 End Term 3
17 Grounds and Bush Care, 7.30am
QAMT Problem Solving
Competition 2016
Indro students performed brilliantly in this most difficult of the annual Maths competitions, held earlier in the year. Participants had to solve six questions in two hours where the elegance of solutions is taken into consideration. Senior students achieving well in this competition are invited to participate in the National Mathematics Summer School in Canberra.
This year, ISHS students strongly demonstrated their mathematical ability in scooping many prizes and commendations.
Year 8 Hannah Mills ($50 Prize)
Misha Kulakov (Commendation)
Year 11 James Pham ($30 Prize)
Janet Pham ($30 Prize)
Nick Nguyen ($30 Prize)
Andrew Doan (Commendation)
Oskar Hornbeck (Commendation)
Brendon Duncan (Commendation)
Congratulations to all participants.
Kim Milford Head of Department, Maths & Engineering
QAMT winners
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Welcome back everyone to a busy term 3, which has begun with a couple of major activities – Parent/Teacher Interviews and Year 10 into 11 Subject Information evening. If you were unable to make an appointment to see your student’s teachers as a follow up to semester 1 reporting, please make contact by either email or telephone. Please remember also that if at any time you have a student concern, you are encouraged to contact the subject teacher, designated Year Coordinator, Head of Department or Deputy Principal. We have settled in to our new Administration Building, which has two dedicated meeting rooms to allow parents to meet with staff in privacy.
STUDENT SAFETY As previously advised, parents who have appointments to meet with school
staff should park in the Ward Street car park or on the street. Parents requiring a disabled parking space within the school are invited to contact the school office to obtain a permit prior to your visit. The school grounds should not be entered simply to drop off or pick up students. Parents of a student with a temporary or permanent disability who require on-site access can similarly request a permit. Sincere thanks for adhering to this safety measure.
NEW TELEPHONE PROCESS As the school has grown larger, it has been necessary to try to better manage incoming telephone calls. Whilst I think most of us agree that the human voice is always preferable to a machine, we now have a more comprehensive call direction message on our 3327 8333 number which has been kept as brief as possible to avoid unnecessary waiting. For your information, options are as follows:
1: Student absences (you may also text 0429 347 300)
2: Student Services, Enrolment and International Student Program
3: Finance – Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
4: Personal Assistant to Principal and Deputy Principals
5: General Enquiries
You may select any of these options at any time. Please let us know if you experience any difficulties with the new system.
NEW DEPUTY PRINCIPAL TEAM Our long-time Deputy Principals, Deirdre Hall (Junior Secondary) and Derek Weeks (Learning and Teaching), have been joined this term by two other permanent Deputy Principals. Our school gained entitlement to these additional positions over the past year owing to enrolment growth. Maja Bogicevic is now fulfilling the Senior Secondary role and Tim Baraud has been appointed to the new position of Partnerships and Transitions. In our next newsletter Tim will explain more about this role. So that you can put faces to the names, I caught our DPs at this week’s Parent/Teacher Interviews.
NEW WEBSITE Indooroopilly prides itself on being A community of forward thinkers and our recently launched website stands to illustrate this for our community.
Our newly built website has a variety of new functions for both students and parents, including blogs, calendars, posts, forms and services. The website is vibrant, colourful and extremely reflective of our school community. It is technically responsive so will accommodate the many different sized device screens in a modern world. Information has been translated into six different languages and has other features such as audio and video streaming.
Another powerful feature worth exploring is the search function. Users can easily find their intended topic by typing in the search bar. Located under Student Services is a ‘Service’ tab that is thoughtfully designed to make operations more convenient for parents and students.
We are committed to improving communications and processes for parents and students and I would like to congratulate Nathan Pugliese for the outstanding work he has done in providing this wonderful new resource. If you have a suggestion for the website, I encourage you to email Nathan on [email protected].
As noted in previous newsletters, the Trivia Night held on 13 May 2016 was a roaring success. The P&C raised over $6000 and as a P&C committee we agreed an amount of $500 would be donated to the Student Welfare Fund and the rest has gone to support Chappy Dave and the Chaplaincy Program.
P&C Meetings
Our future meetings will be held on:
9th August
13th September
18th October
8th November
13th December
Entertainment Books
The Entertainment Books are back for 2016-2017. If you haven’t bought your book yet (or your digital membership) please order through our payment page www.entbook.com.au/220y080. Remember, $13 from the sale of every book or digital membership comes back to the school. It’s a great way of fundraising without expending any energy!
If a book is ordered it will be delivered to the Administration Office and your child will need to pick it up for you. You will receive a message from me advising that it is ready to pick up.
Open Day 4th
August 2016
On our Open Day afternoon and evening, the P&C operate a free sausage sizzle and we are looking for helpers to assist on the day. You can stay as long as you like and I have hourly shifts to fill.
The shifts required are:
1.30pm-2.30pm 4.30pm-5.30pm
2.30pm-3.30pm 5.30pm-6.30pm
3.30pm-4.30pm 6.30pm-7.30pm
If you are able to help at any time, please contact me on 0406 533 293 and I will add you to the list. We need about 4 people each shift and I will be there most of the afternoon.
Time has flown by and we are now in term 3 and I would like to share with you two new processes.
Most people pay bills using the Internet and now you can include school invoices in this method. The Department of Education and Training now has BPOINT as their preferred payment method which allows parents to pay invoices via the Internet, reducing administrative time in the processing of these payments.
By logging in to our secure portal http://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete you are able to make a payment against a specific invoice.
As a security feature each debtor has been allocated a unique "Customer Reference Number" which is used to identify you and this will be found in the box on the bottom left of every invoice.
At different times of the year the line for making payments at our Finance counter is extremely long so next time you receive an invoice from the school please try this payment method and experience this quick and simple way of paying bills.
Have you registered for QParent?
QParent allows you to log in to a secure portal to access details relating to your student. At the moment you are able to view Report cards, absences and outstanding invoices (including a link to BPOINT) with future enhancements in the pipeline.
Please email Deputy Principal Tim Barraud on [email protected] to receive an invitation.
Robyn Forbes Business Services Manager
School Opinion Survey
It is the time of year again when the Department of Education and Training (DET) undertakes a survey of parents/caregivers, students and staff members to gauge their satisfaction with important aspects of schooling.
Sixty students in each of Years 8 and 11 are randomly selected to participate in the survey. All staff members can choose to complete surveys and all parents are also able to participate.
The results of the survey help us to evaluate and to reflect on how well the school is functioning, and identify areas for future development. In addition, your responses can provide validation of those aspects with which you are satisfied. The survey results are also an important part of the School Annual Report. For these reasons, I hope that you will complete the questionnaire and help make the school a better place for your student/s.
The survey is to be completed online and will be conducted this week and will remain open until 29 July. A letter which provides the online access details for the Parent/Caregiver Survey has been distributed to students today. If you do not receive the letter please contact me. The surveys are not linked to individuals, and you cannot be identified in the survey results that will be reported back to the school or by the department.
Years 8 and 11 students have completed the survey this week.
Please contact me on 33278333 or [email protected] if you have any Survey queries or requests for translations.
It gives me great pleasure to write to you following my appointment as a permanent Deputy Principal, Senior Secondary at Indooroopilly SHS. I cherish the opportunity to work with everyone in the school community to help our students find success and achieve high quality outcomes, academically and socially. Over the last four months, I have had the opportunity to learn about Indro’s community of forward thinkers, to listen and observe, and I feel privileged to continue to be in a position to make a positive impact on students’ learning. I look forward to strengthening the relationships I formed with all members of our community and, in particular, forming new partnerships with parents who play a key role in our students’ lives. From my experience, students are only able to realise their full potential if they have solid support from home. Thank you for your ongoing support of our teachers and staff in educating your children.
One of the great examples of teachers, parents and students working together to provide Quality learning at Indro is the Academic Coaching process for Year 12 students, introduced at the start of this year. Academic Coaching aims to bring parents, students and their Academic Coaches together to discuss student progress, suggest strategies for improvement and celebrate successes, focusing on relentless support of students to maintain excellent results. Twice a year, parents are invited to attend Academic Coaching Interview Nights. The interviews are designed to assist students in understanding subject-related Levels of Achievement, their position within the cohort and how these results could potentially impact on their Overall Position Score. The final Year 12 Academic Coaching Interview Night was held last Wednesday in the Hall, with over a hundred Year 12 students, and their parents, attending the evening. Parents’ feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and the coaches have appreciated parents’ interest, engagement and support. Moving forward, it is important to remind students to meet regularly with their coaches, especially if they need help navigating the last few months of high school.
With not much time left before Graduation, our Year 12 students will be working hard to make the most of their high school experience. Through respect for Each person’s dignity, Our community’s diversity and always using Open communication, we will celebrate great successes and create wonderful memories.
Maja Bogicevic Deputy Principal, Senior Secondary
Junior Secondary
This term students in Year 9 will be making their subject selections for next year. On Wednesday this week, the process for selecting subjects was explained to Year 9 students. During the next two weeks, Heads of Department will be speaking to students with regard to the subjects they will be able to select in Year 10.
As students transition into their first year of Senior Schooling, a change has been made to the Year 10 structure to reflect closer alignment to the course of study in Years 11 and 12. To begin their preparation and inform them about the subjects offered, students were advised to access the Senior Curriculum Handbook which is available on the school website.
An information evening for parents of Year 9 students will be held on Tuesday 16 August in the School Hall. Details about the evening will be forwarded to parents closer to the time.
Deirdre Hall Deputy Principal, Junior Secondary
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Year 11 Congratulations students on your hard work and commitment last semester. This semester I encourage you to continue working with diligence and utilise the support systems we have here at school with Maths Clinic, Literacy Lounge, the welfare team and your classroom teachers.
This term will be a big one, with Leadership Day on Monday 8 August and student elections. Year 11 Leadership Day comprises guest speakers, giving back to the school and thinking about what leadership means on a community, school and personal level. This day is linked directly to the election process for student leaders in 2017 as well as shaping what it means to be a leader as a member of the class of 2017.
Moneth Montemayor Year 11 Coordinator
Year 12
Reminder: Safe Drive Training Course for Year 12s - Monday 12 September 2016
Prior to the end of Term 2, a flyer advertising the above course was emailed to all parents and carers of Year 12 as well as each Year 12 student. The course will take place on Monday 12 September. At a future Year Level Assembly, a staff representative of Safe Drive Training (Aust) Pty Ltd will address the Year 12 students, explaining the day in as much detail as possible and addressing questions any students may have about the course. Forms will be available immediately after Assembly for students to collect. It is an excellent course for young drivers, aimed at reducing accidents in a high risk age category. Please encourage your student to give it serious consideration.
Date Claimer: Year 12 Pre-Formal, Thursday September 15, from 6.00pm-7.00pm
Please note the above date and time for the Year 12 Pre-Formal to which parents and family members are invited. Invitations will be emailed in the near future with the necessary details and payment information. Please ensure that your email addresses are up-to-date on our school records.
End of Year for all Year 12 Students
The official last day of the school year for all Year 12 students in Queensland is Friday 18 November 2016. All students must be in attendance up to and including this date in order to receive all official certificates and documentation from the Department of Education and Training. At Indooroopilly State High School, the Year 12 Graduation Ceremony will be held on Thursday evening, November 17, commencing at 6.00pm.
Monica Wood Year 12 Coordinator
Years 11 and 12 News
Welcome New International Students
During the holidays the International team hosted a two day orientation for our new International students. This term we have fifty-three new students, of whom twenty-eight students are being accommodated through our homestay network. Indooroopilly has the Department of Education and Training’s largest International Student Program and we currently provide services for one hundred and seventy-six students. We would like to welcome our new students to our community and acknowledge the many International student helpers who gave up their time over the holidays to assist with the orientation. We would further like to acknowledge the many parents who travelled with the students to meet us during the orientation. We wish all of our new students a great term.
Nathan Pugliese Head of Department, Student Services
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TOASTED at Indro
Many studies have shown and I personally hold to the old adage that, ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. I understand that not every child has or makes time to sit down for breakfast before coming to school. However, breakfast is an everyday occurrence that students should engage in. If they don’t do this, it is the start of a poor life habit and leads to a lack of energy which in turn impacts learning during the day. Ensuring students begin the day with an adequate breakfast improves their productivity throughout the day. Putting on breakfast also provides a focused event where connections can be made between students and staff in an informal setting, while building stronger relationships.
We have chosen to call the breakfast program Toasted because it is short and simple, to the point and avoids the clumsiness of breakfast club, brekkie club or other similar names. Toasted is hosted by the Chaplaincy service each week on Wednesday mornings before school. The service currently provides toast, spreads, juice and fruit, from 7.30am–8.30am allowing enough time for students to come, eat and be ready for their connect classes at 8.50am.
The local community supports and sponsors Toasted each week. Our Chaplaincy service is grateful for this support and sponsorship, as we couldn't run Toasted each week without it. Special thanks to the Toowong Rotary Club and Kenmore Baptist Church for all their help and support.
Many students have commented that Wednesday is their favourite school day because it starts with Toasted.
When, Where, Who, What
When: Weekly on Wednesdays
Time: 7.30am – 8.30am
Staffing: Chaplain and volunteers
Equipment: Four large tables, power for toaster, industrial toaster, platers
Supplies: Bread, spreads, juice, cutlery, fruit, serviettes, etc.
Some average weekly statistics for you:
10 loaves of bread (220 pieces of toast)
1 tub of butter
2 jars of Nutella
2 jars of jam
1/2 jar honey
1/2 jar Vegemite
24 litres of juice
13kg fruit
200 cups
250 serviettes
‘Chappy’ Dave Leth School Chaplain
Toasted set up at Town Square
Weekly breakfast
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2016 has been another big year for MTC. Four hundred students from 24 schools participated in the annual MTC, held at our school on Friday 27 May.
Parents as well as former students were a great help on the day. Many thanks to everyone.
Our big and small mathematicians performed brilliantly. Intermediate Team (Shahroze Ali, Bridget Midgley, Zac Smit, Isabelle Irons and Hilary Le) placed Third and Senior Team (Brendon Duncan, Daniel Booth, James Pham, Uyen Bach, Agnes Lee and Lynn Shim) placed Second in their respective divisions.
Congratulations to all students.
Kim Milford Head of Department, Maths & Engineering
Maths Team Challenge 2016
Encouragement from former students Aidan and Shahmir
400 students hard at work
Peleg, Bryce, Wilbur and Seb and students from many other schools
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On Thursday 23 June students from the Year 11 Aerospace Studies class participated in an excursion to the Qantas maintenance facilities at Brisbane Airport. Nick Nguyen, Harry Vo, Karan Sivia and Sangeerthan Thiyananthan (pictured) were seriously considering becoming Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineers before the visit and this desire has now been confirmed. They also toured the nearby Aviation Australia pre-apprentice training facility where they would train in the year following their completion of Year 12. This excursion highlights one of many excursions which Years11 and 12 Aerospace Studies students participate in during their course of study.
Similarly, many students may have a vague idea concerning future careers. Others may have an interest in things aeronautical and may consider doing a subject that caters for those interests. Students in Year 10 will soon be needing to select elective subjects to be studied in Years 11 and 12. One of those offered is Aerospace Studies. This OP subject is offered at Indooroopilly State High School to students interested in and perhaps considering careers in the burgeoning aerospace industry in South-East Queensland. Possible future careers could, of course, be airline and/or UAV pilots and flying instructors but also maintenance engineers, air traffic controllers and one of the myriad of airport and aircraft support careers. Students study one theme per semester:
Semester 1 - Archerfield Airport: Excursion to Archerfield control tower, airport administrators and flying schools (and are offered a trial introductory flight). They learn basic aeronautical knowledge and the history of aviation. They practise their flying skills in the school’s flight simulator.
Semester 2 - Amberley: Excursion to Amberley RAAF base and Flying Fighters at Archerfield. They learn about the history of military innovation. Use of the simulator continues.
Semester 3 - Brisbane Airport: Excursion to Brisbane Airport to collect data from aircraft turnarounds and make recommendations concerning that data. Visit the air traffic control facilities. Again use of the simulator continues.
Semester 4 - Cape Canaveral: Students do an assignment where they make rockets to test thrust of various motors.
In all semesters students study Aeronautics and/or Astronautics, Safety Management Systems, The Business of Aviation and Aerospace and Aviation Operations.
Following on from high school, students are eligible for direct entry to local universities offering aviation and aeronautical engineering, as well as Aviation Australia which offers training in flight attendant, aircraft maintenance engineering and Certificate II courses in tarmac management. Indooroopilly High is well supported by Aerospace Gateway Schools.
Thank you to Jennifer Harrison from Aerospace Gateway Schools for organising the tour for the boys as well as for organising the work experience for Lakshmi in the related article in this newsletter.
Year 11 Aerospace Excursion & Related Aerospace Studies
Information for Future Students
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New Student Services Number
A direct line to notify all absences
Please note: we have a new phone number that will take your call directly to Student Services.
Tel: (07) 3327 8393
Work Experience - Brisbane Airport Corporation
During the second week of the mid-year vacation, I got an opportunity to work at Brisbane Airport Corporation for two roles: Airside Operations Officer (AOO) for the first two days and Duty Terminal Manager for the next two days. It was very informative and interesting to know how the airport works (behind the scenes) as we usually see the ‘mask’ which is just the foundation of the industry… ‘A flight takes off and lands on the runway’. But it is not like that. There is so much ground work, collaboration and lots of staff support to make it work successfully. However, there are many factors which seem insignificant but affect the overall safety outcome immensely.
I had the chance to work with the ground staff and closely observe what they do. For the AOO on Monday and Tuesday, we did runway inspections three times a day. Brisbane Airport has two runways: The Long Runway (01/19) which is 3500 metres long and very busy; the small runway (14/32) which is 1700 metres long and wasn’t used when I was there.
Part of our job was wildlife harassment. We had to harass all the wildlife on and around the runway(s) without interrupting the flight path. We used a siren or any other similar sound to scare them away. If they don’t move initially (which is rare), a browning shot gun is used to shoot different levels of fire crackers (B – smallest sound; 3 – a bigger one; 6 – the biggest one). Necessary equipment, such as snake tongs, bird trapping gloves, first aid kit, fire crackers (all sizes) and a browning shot gun (the trigger has to be locked if the car goes to landside for refuelling), is stored at the back of the car. While we harass, we have to enter what species we have harassed, how many and in which zone in a log book immediately. I was also able to push back an A380 which was departing to Auckland….and got an opportunity to look at the cockpit of Dash 8-400 aircraft as well.
For Wednesday and Thursday, I was working in the terminals (Domestic on the first day and International on the second). We were allocating bays for the aircraft which were flying into Brisbane airport. We were also observing when the aircraft is pushed back to record the times for the day. I am so excited about working there and am grateful to Ms Breen, Mr Rolandsen and Ms Jennifer Harrison for offering me such a lovely opportunity.
Lakshmi Vadlamoodi Year 12 Aerospace Studies Student
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Senior Film Club
This term in Senior Film Club, we have moved on from our study of directors, and are now having a closer look at the stars that populate screen space. Stars are a very important part of our culture; they are actors who excel in their profession of acting, and attract a large following of fans. This time around we decided to focus on Leonardo DiCaprio’s journey from unknown child actor, to high profile Academy Award winner. We started our study with the little-known science fiction film Critters 3 (1991) directed by unknown Kristine Peterson. The Critters franchise tells the story of little furry ball-like creatures that crash land on Earth via a meteor. While they look cuddly and fluffy, they are far from friendly. These little terrors will wreak havoc and destroy entire towns, and it’s only up to a group of teenage children (led by our unknown Leonardo DiCaprio at age 16) to save the planet. The next instalment was to contrast this substandard performance with the more credible and notable performance from the critically acclaimed Scorsese-driven The Departed (2007). A film concerned with moral ambiguity, Departed focuses on the experiences of an undercover cop trying to stay alive, and the mafia’s own undercover informant in the police force trying to evade detection. This is a far more engaging and complex narrative that is led by the compelling performances of DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson.
What we as a group noticed in the contrast between these two films was the notable shift in maturity in DiCaprio’s performance. Evidently this has a lot to do with the increased experience of DiCaprio himself, but also we cannot discredit the involvement of Scorsese himself. With so many films under his belt, particularly mafia films, Scorsese has the benefit of being able to work DiCaprio toward the portrayal required to make the story function. When DiCaprio was at age 16, it would be somewhat difficult as a director to elicit that same kind of performance. Thus we decided to explore DiCaprio’s latest work in The Revenant (2016) to see if skill in acting is the work of the director or of the actor himself. Since DiCaprio won the Academy Award for Best Actor in this film, we knew we would be in for a solid performance. But, what we found was quite surprising. Much of DiCaprio’s performativity in Revenant is very similar to what he produced in Departed, which seemed to indicate that the director has very little to do with DiCaprio’s work. Much of his performance utilized to portray the mental anguish of his character was the same in both films; we found his “yelling in pain” to be the same, and his “mental breakdown” to be the same. This was interesting for us because we were able to discern very clearly that there is a preferred manner in which DiCaprio will approach certain human behaviours in his acting.
As for whether this mandates an award? Well…there is always divided opinion on that isn’t there? Senior Film Club is open to any and all senior students in Years 11 and 12, so if you are a film buff, or just enjoy watching good movies, then feel free to come along. We hold our viewings twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays during first break, in room L10. We hope to see you there.
Matthew Beattie Senior Film Club Coordinator
DiCaprio in Critters 3
The Departed
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Year 12 Visual Art
During Semester One, Year 12 Visual Art students examined a range of contemporary artists from QAG, GOMA and beyond, whose art reflected an appreciation of culture and aesthetics. The students’ task was to complete a body of work which inquired into this concept through their own chosen focus. They had worked diligently to explore ideas, materials and techniques to produce some very high quality artworks and supporting research.
Three of our students, Elissa Stapleton, Kit Nelson-Molloy and Pier Angela, whose worked displayed exceptional use of materials, techniques, technologies and processes to convey their concept, have been chosen from the cohort to enter the Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art which will be exhibited in late August with winners announced on the night. In the past, Indooroopilly State High School students have done well in the competition: 2006 - winner of the region with work touring the state; 2010 - three finalists and one highly commended for the region; 2015 - highly commended.
Tammy Gilmore Visual Arts Teacher
Elissa Stapleton
Pier Angela
Kit Nelson-Molloy
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CAS Update
As part of the International Baccalaureate, students are involved in a wide range of activities, providing a balance to the academic rigour of the educational program. This gives us the means to learn through experience and enables us to enhance our personal development, providing us with opportunities for self-determination and collaboration with others.
An experience from which we accumulated both a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment was volunteering at the 2016 Brisbane French Festival. The event spanned a period of three days during which we undertook a variety of challenging tasks, from managing the stage and entertainment to registering volunteers and supplying food and T-shirts. Additionally, during the months leading up to the event, we were part of the planning and organisation team, which helped us immensely with CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) as well as making the weekend especially fulfilling. Throughout this time we designed visual tools for the stage, organised publicity around sponsors and aided in other small administration tasks.
Since we are both from a French background, taking part in this event enabled us to immerse ourselves in our culture, meet community members in a similar bicultural position as ourselves, and share and display French customs and traditions in Brisbane. After a long weekend of 12 hour shifts, we were exhausted but equally content.
Overall, the CAS programme is a perfect way to alleviate the academic pressure of the IB through experiences such as volunteering at the Brisbane French Festival. It is both challenging and enjoyable, and provides us with a personal journey of self-discovery.
Clemence Magisson and Alizee Le Goff Year 12 students
Clemence volunteering at the French Festival in Brisbane
Ethan at the French Festival
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Over the last six months, I (and the other students in IB) have been involved in countless Creativity, Activity and Service experiences as a part of the IB curriculum. This part of the IB (CAS) is there to make sure that we maintain balance in our lives, while going through the academically rigorous course. This is evident when I was a part of the regional school under 19s football team, earlier this year. Even though CAS has a focus on helping the community and doing a service, there is also one third of CAS, which is focused primarily on Activity, which is important for students to maintain. In my experience, I was exposed to the learning outcomes of Commitment and Perseverance, Ethics of Choices and Actions, Collaborative Skills, Initiative and Planning, Strength and Growth and Challenge and Skills. For this experience, I went through trials to be eligible for the Under 19s team and luckily at the end of March, I was chosen to be involved in the team, which was flying up to Townsville in May. Therefore, that meant that we had a little less than two months to train and work as a team together, thus demonstrating Collaborative Skills throughout the experience, as well as Initiative and Planning. I had to make sure that I could get to every training and I had to make plans with some of my teammates when I knew I couldn’t get there on my own (Collaborative Skills/Initiative and Planning). In addition to those two learning outcomes, I was able to see when Ethics was used in our team sports and how we played because of them (Ethics of Choices and Actions). I also learnt a lot about myself throughout this experience and throughout activities like these when working with a team; it opened my eyes and I know by the end of the experience I have grown as a person and learnt more skills that I can take with me into the future and, because the experience ran over a longer period of time than other activities, I was able to notice my challenges and I was able to progressively improve over that time period. I personally think it’s important for all IB students to be involved in the Activity part of CAS a lot more, as it gives us social skills that are needed when working in teams after we graduate from high school. Also, Activity in the form of exercise produces endorphins, which reduce stress by releasing chemicals to our brain, which is what students need in the school year. In summary, this is why the IB mandates that CAS is compulsory and IB students are still involved in the local and school community as well as focusing on their studies.
Catrin Gardiner Year 11
Met West Townsville
Year 11 Perspective on CAS
Catrin Gardiner and team at the State Champions at Townsville in May -
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Future Pathways Information Bulletin
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Future Pathways Information Bulletin
Australian Catholic University (ACU):
July 23rd 2016 Open Day Brisbane 9.00am-2.00pm
Bond University (BOND):
July 23rd 2016 Gold Coast Open Day
Queensland University of Technology (QUT):
July 31st 2016 Open Day Gardens Point (city) campus
University of Queensland (UQ):
August 7th 2016 St Lucia campus 9.00am-3.00pm August 21st 2016 Gatton campus 9.30am-3.00pm
University of Southern Queensland (USQ):
August 7th 2016 (Toowoomba campus) August 14th 2016 (Ipswich campus) August 21st 2016 (Springfield campus)
CQUniversity (CQU):
August 11th 2016 Brisbane Open Day 3.00pm-6.00pm
University Open Days
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CALLING ALL MATHEMATICIANS
We have just the opportunity for you.
Students entering Year 7 at Indooroopilly SHS will have the option of joining an innovative and challenging course in Maths and Engineering. This course takes students through the Maths curriculum in a shorter time than the usual 6 years. It also incorporates broad-ranging enrichment activities and exposes students to pathways which are mathematically oriented. The program, including University of Queensland-linked studies (for final year students), is designed to foster and enable students with high mathematical ability to perform at their best.
The program covers the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) secondary Maths program, as follows:
Junior Maths: Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 completed in Years 7, 8 and 9
Senior Maths B and Senior Maths C completed in Years 10 and 11
Are you really good at Maths?
Do you find “doing” Maths easy?
Does your Maths class go too slowly for you?
Do you like puzzles?
Do you solve Maths problems very quickly?
Are you interested in mathematical challenges?
Do you enjoy Maths competitions?
Chinese Acceleration Program
What is the Chinese Acceleration Program?
This program of Chinese language studies allows selected students to complete an intensive program across Years 7 to Year 9.
The program will equip students to excel in QCAA, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme or Chinese Proficiency tests (HSK)
Indooroopilly SHS boasts one of the most successful and innovative Chinese language programs in
Queensland. The program is taught by well-credentialled and dedicated teachers with over 10 years of
experience in foreign language teaching and acquisition. Indooroopilly graduates have won scholarships to
continue their Chinese language studies in China.
Why Study Accelerated Chinese?
More people speak Chinese than English. Chinese is the second most widely used language in the world.
China is one Australia’s biggest trading partners and source of tourists. Australia’s economic future is
inextricably linked to China through trade, education and tourism.
China is the biggest exporter of students to Australia.
Chinese is an intellectually challenging and rewarding subject.Chinese language lessons are conducted in a non-threatening and enjoyable environment.
Spanish Immersion Program
What is an Immersion Program? An Immersion Program provides students with the deepest possible exposure to a second language and culture.
In these programs:
English-speaking students in Years 7 to 9 receive instruction in 50-60% of the curriculum in Spanish
Key Learning Areas such as Maths, Science, History, Geography and Health and Physical Education are taught in the second language
Why Spanish Immersion? After English, Spanish is the fastest growing language. It is currently the 4th most spoken language in the world with over 500 million Spanish speakers in the world. In the past decade, enrolments in Spanish at University level in Australia have increased 80 per cent.
Indooroopilly SHS has an established program of Spanish instruction in both our International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (Years 11 and 12) and QCAA Language programs
Indooroopilly SHS has developed successful links with the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies of The University of Queensland. Students may have the opportunity to travel to Madrid, Spain, where they will attend classes at the prestigious Real Colegio Alfonso XII High School.
Beyond Year 10, students may complete their Senior Spanish studies in Year 11 and may choose to study Advanced Spanish at the University of Queensland in Year 12. Alternatively students may choose to undertake the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Years 11 - 12.
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
WHAT IS THE IB PROGRAMME?
The IB Diploma Programme is designed as an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examina-tions that prepares students, generally aged 16 to 19, for success at university and life beyond. The programme is normally taught over two years and has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities.
Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate Organisation aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through inter-cultural understanding and respect. To this end the IBO encourages students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
For further information contact IB Coordinator Peter Day on [email protected] or (07)3327 8333.
CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY PROGRAM
The Networking Academy Program is a two year course offered by Indooroopilly State High School in conjunction with Cisco Systems, a world leading manufacturer of networking equipment.
What do Students Learn? Students learn to construct and configure Local and Wide Area Networks (LANs and WANs) using state of the art equipment. LANs and WANs interconnecting our computing equipment and the entire global internet. A student who has successfully completed the course and attained certification will be able to build, maintain and interconnect computer networks. The student will be able to configure networking equipment such as routers and switches which direct and manage network data. For further information contact CISCO Coordinator Andrew Waddell on [email protected].
AVIATION STUDIES
The sky’s the limit’
New Recreational Pilot Licence half the price of
Private Pilot Licence
Aviation Studies is a subject for students who are looking forward to either a career in aviation or flying for pleasure.
Students are able to enrol in Aviation Studies as a sixth subject in Years 11 and 12.
Students go to a flying school at Archerfield Airport each week during the year. Initially students work towards
performing their first solo and must be 15 years of age to do so. Students work towards a Recreational Pilot Licence
(RPL) and then, after successfully completing navigation flights, gain a Private Pilot Licence.
Students will be required to pay their chosen flying school each week for their lesson. This is a pay-as-you-go
arrangement with the hire rate of an aircraft and instructor plus landing fees meaning that each flying week costs
approximately $300. The total cost to attain solo flight is estimated to be $6000, with a further $4000 to Recreational
Pilot Licence with the total cost of a Private Pilot Licence being roughly $21,000.
The theory, comprising Flight Radio Operator’s Licence (FROL), Basic Aeronautical Knowledge (BAK) and Private
Pilot Licence Theory (PPL), is studied during weekly class time and study at home. Topics include: aircraft
familiarisation, aviation terminology, communications, aircraft general knowledge and control, rules and procedures of
flight, theory of flight, meteorology and navigation. Students also practise flights in the school’s flight simulator during
Greater Brisbane Junior Tennis (GBJT) conducts weekly Tennis Fixtures at the Queensland Tennis Centre, Tennyson and The University of Queensland for children up to 18 years of
age.
Grading day for new players is to be held on Sunday 24 July at the Queensland Tennis Cen-tre, Tennyson from 3pm to 5pm.
Further information is available at www.gbjt.org.au or by phoning Mrs Peta Davis on 3374
