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Learn | Believe | Achieve

Edition 3, 201829 March 2018

“Teaching them to observe all things”

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESKPaul talks about providing a safe online environment for our studentsAs we know there is a tendency to write things when contributing to social media that you may not say in person – this is one of the negatives with having a conversation with someone solely on email. Taken a step further, we know the online world can be a fertile space for unpleasantness and sometimes bullying. With the recent focus by Federal and State governments and the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, schools have redoubled their efforts on combatting bullying in schools, with particular focus on online behaviour. Social media usage is now part of daily life and whilst it is tempting to want to “ban the internet” to make our children safer, unfortunately that approach is not an option. Consequently most experts see education as the key, teaching children how to use it appropriately and learning how to effectively call out those who don’t.Western Sydney University recently published a study on teen’s social media usage. Their findings are interesting as a starting point regarding cyberbullying:• Facebook is less popular than it was for teen users• Instagram is very popular with teens, who may access it between 1 and 30 times a day• Increasingly teens have a real account (a “rinsta”) and a second or fake account (a “finsta”)• The “finsta” account is used to relieve the pressure of maintaining a picture-perfect online profile – it usually shows a more authentic personality to a small group of trusted friends or to pursue interests that may provoke ridicule from their wider online network• Use is continually shifting in new ways in response to changing platforms, age and social context.

Another interesting article can be found at ‘Online Safety on the Edge’, held November 1 – 3 2017, Sydney, conference jointly co-hosted by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner, Australia, and Netsafe, New Zealand here – the conference report can be accessed as a pdf.Whilst “sexting” and access to pornography are key concerns, a recent tragic case in outback Australia brought cyberbulling into the national conversation. We sometimes feel a little helpless, as many of our children have an almost separate life online that we are not privy to. From a practical standpoint, as a parent, how can you help your child combat potential bullying situations online? Here are 8 tips for helping prevent cyberbullying of your child (from the website nobullying.com).* Tip #1 – Demonstrate Proper Behaviour

When Using Technology – First, make sure you are a good example. When you’re using technology, avoid joking about or harassing other individuals. Your children will learn a lot from your behaviour when you use technology.

* Tip #2 – Talk to Your Children About Bullying and Cyberbullying – Take the time to talk to your kids about bullying and cyberbullying. Let them know that they need to respect other people and explain that bullying can be hurtful. Make sure they know that bullying, whether offline or online, is never okay.

* Tip #3 – Teach Kids the Consequences of Misusing Technology – Share some of the dangers of cyberbullying with your children and make sure they know the consequences of misusing technology. For example, misusing technology could get them in trouble with police or could damage their reputation.

* Tip #4 – Get Involved in Your Child’s Use of Technology – Be involved with your child’s use of technology. Let kids show you how they

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use their smartphone or the web. Ask if they have experienced any harassment online.

* Tip #5 – Limit Cellphone Use and Internet Use – Cellphone and internet use should both be privileges. Limit it to a certain amount of time each day. Keep kids off phones and the internet at night, which is when most instances of cyberbullying occur.

* Tip #6 – Keep Computers in Visible Areas – Don’t allow kids or teens to have computers in their bedroom. Ensure the computer is in a visible area of your home.

* Tip #7 – Let Kids Know They Should Talk to You If Cyberbullying Occurs – Ensure your kids know that they can talk to you if cyberbullying ever occurs. Ask your kids about cyberbullying from time to time.

* Tip #8 – Use a Good Blocking and Filtering Software – Using a good blocking and filtering software can help you set online time limits, block hateful, offensive content and allows you to monitor the online behaviour of your kids. It’s one more way that you can work to protect your child from cyberbullying.

At TAS, we apply a number of strategies to defend against cyberbullying.(i) At TAS smart phones are not allowed to be used during the school day without specific permission. Smartphones usually access the internet through personal data plans which we cannot monitor.

(ii) We use Cyberhound as our main filter on the school network (and thus school machines) and are able to intervene pastorally when we pick up inappropriate content by our students when used on our network. Of course, this does not apply when the device is used outside our network (and some students will try to gain internet access outside the school network). (iii) Later in Term 2 we will be hosting well-known cybersafety expert Brett Lee who will run workshops with our secondary students, staff and parents. (iv) As members of the Anglican Schools Commission, staff at TAS are kept up-to-date with recent information and parents have access to the CyberBytes newsletters. The recent February 4 issue is available on our website and is well worth reading.(v) Mr Terry Reid is a member of the Anglican network of “cyber safety champions” and travels to Brisbane to meet with other Anglican school staff to share ideas and strategies. He has direct access to Mr Steven Windows, the Anglican Schools cyber-safety expert.We will continue to work to provide a “safe as possible” online environment for our students and thus allow staff and students to make use of the incredible range of learning platforms available. Thank you to the large number of parents who work with us collaboratively to ensure this happens.

Paul


Congratulations to White Rock Junior teacher, Ms Gry Sloan who was recently awarded a Master of Arts, Majoring in Writing, from James Cook University. It is wonderful to see how many of our TAS teachers continue a life of learning.

Ms Gry SloanMaster of Arts, Majoring in Writing

Term 1 Interim ReportsYears 7 to 12Term 1 Interim Reports will be delivered electronically to Parents/Guardians via Parent Lounge on Wednesday 4 April 2018. The Interim Reports provide parents/guardians with an overview of student progress both in terms of Academic Achievement (Achievement Levels A to E), as well as an Effort rating within the classroom (1-Very Good to 5-Unacceptable). In terms of Academic Achievement, student Achievement Levels are based on summative assessment tasks completed during Term One. Parents/Guardians will be able to discuss student progress with individual teachers during the scheduled Parent Teacher Interview Sessions. These will be held on Monday April 30 and Tuesday 8 May 2018. Bookings for these Parent/teacher Interview sessions will be available early in Term Two.For further queries, please contact Mr TIm Manea, Director of Innovation, Teaching & Learning.

Start Smart WorkshopsIt’s never too early to learn about Money!Students recently attended an engaging and interactive Start Smart workshop about money management to help equip them with the confidence and competence to make smart decisions about money.


Start of Day CelebrationQueen’s Baton Relay

TAS Kewarra Beach was honoured to be appointed the Start of Day school for the Queens Baton Relay on Friday 16 March. The morning started off with the TAS Rock Band entertaining our visitors and the junior school prior to the actual ceremony. It was great to see so many of our TAS Community there to support the event. Ruby Colbridge (Year 5) demonstrated great school spirit while acting as our school ambassador and was the first person to hold the baton for the day. Isaac Burton (Year 8) was selected as the first bearer of the day, and carried the baton out of TAS.


Outdoor EducationTAS World Challenge India 2019TAS World Challenge Expedition Number 5 will be to.......drumroll.....the

Indian Himalaya December 2019

The official launch of this trip is not until early Term 2, however we’ve been fielding a lot of questions from interested students and parents. The experience will be open to students in Years 9 and 10 in 2018, who will be in Years 10 and 11 in 2019 when the expedition itself happens.

The 28-day experience occurs out of school time, leaving immediately after school finishes for the year in 2019 and return just in time for Christmas. The launch of this trip to students will happen in Sports Assembly on Wednesday 2 May, with the main launch evening, for parents and students, being Thursday 17 May. To express initial interest and to be kept in the loop for all future correspondence, please email [email protected].

Round SquareSwitzerland VisitWe congratulate India Rowbottom (Year 10) who has been selected to attend the most prestigious Aiglon College in Switzerland for 4 weeks after Easter. India was one of only two students world-wide invited to participate in this program. Bon Voyage India and safe travels.


Coles Sports for SchoolsHave you dropped in your vouchers?

Astrid Grant and La Bella Carolan were spotted dropping their vouchers into the Coles Sports for Schools collection box at White Rock Senior this week.

Each time you shop at Coles, ask for your Sports for Schools vouchers and send them into any

of the three reception areas. Vouchers will be exchanged for useful and valuable sports gear. The more vouchers you collect, the more sports gear TAS will receive.

Start collecting today because, as they say on the TV commercial .... “the race is on!”

Round SquareSwitzerland Visit


Queen’s Baton RelayTAS Students were honoured to be Baton Bearers


Annual GeneralMeeting

Monday 30 April | 6pmBishop Centre, White Rock

We have a lot to thank our TAS P&F for. Their hard work and passion in fundraising for our school has enabled new equipment to be purchased, and student opportunities to be supported. Over the past few years, the TAS P&F have raised funds for:• Shade Sail WRJ ($20,000)• Student travel sponsorship ($1,800)• Round Square Donation WRS ($500)• Playground KBJ ($45,000)• Portable Sound System x 2 WRJ/KBJ ($5,000)• Playground WRJ ($30,000)• 3 D Printers WRS ($10,000)• Spheros Class Set x 2 WRJ/KBJ ($2,000)• Bee bots class set x 2 WRJ/KBJ ($1000)• Ride on Cars (Road safety) ($1400)• Sporting equipment WRJ / KBJ ($1,100)• Handball Courts KBJ ($200)• Number Grid/Games Prep/Kindy area KBJ ($200)There are a number of ways you can become involved. Membership of the TAS P&F is open to all TAS families, across all three campuses. You can choose to help out at one or more specific events; or nominate to become part of the Executive Committee.Everyone can help - and if each family can contribute to “Just One Thing”, it would benefit us all. From discos, catering for events, virtual volunteer work and holding school stalls, through to roles within the Coconut Carnival, there is a job for everyone. See our TAS website for details on the Just One Thing options, or ask at any TAS reception area.The Annual General Meeting for the TAS P&F was adjourned last week. Due to rain and flooding conditions, a number of families who planned to attend were unable to make it through. The new date for the AGM is Monday 30 April commencing at 6pm. Kindly, the current committee have agreed to hold their positions on a temporary basis for another month - and we thank them all for their incredible ongoing support.

Trish Merchant (President),Kylie Wenck (Vice Presidenet WR)Sharon Kildall (Vice President KB)Terri-Ann Christensen (Secretary)Nic Morris (Treasurer)Lisa Streeter, Amanda Millyard and Tiffany Hard


Harmony Day and PIZZACelebrating diversity

Kewarra Beach Junior shone brightly on Harmony Day. Students dressed in colourful clothing and national costumes to celebrate the diversity of nationalities in our school whilst learning more about the cultures of their classmates.

The TAS newsletter is now the TASObserver, thanks to the imaginative efforts of TAS students and staff. Congratulations to 5M at Kewarra Beach Junior who received the Pizza Lunch for participating in the competition and suggesting some wonderfully creative names. Thanks to Mr Sjogren for delivering the pizzas!

Coins for Kubangu DayRaising funds for our World Vision Child


CongratulationsKBJ Artists of the Week

Charlie Hard

Lauren Xheng

Rhys Stevens

Scarlett Ross

Tyler Kildal

Peninsula Selections:The following students have been selected in Peninsula teams for their respective sports:• Annabel Galea, Jasmine Harpley, Flynn Martin

& Hugo Loveridge (Swimming)Pythons Netball Selections:• Hayley Go Sam Henry, Chantelle O’Reilly and

Sarah Wonnacott have been selected to play for the Cairns Pythons representative netball team for their respective age groups.

• Ziggi Norris was named as a shadow for the Pythons team also.

Water Skiing:• Josh Parsonage recently competed in New

Zealand and placed third in jump and a personal best of 47.3 meters and his team (Australia) won overall.

Triathlon:• Well done to Emma Simpson who has

been competing at various elite Triathlon competitions over the last month, the latest being in New Zealand. Emma has consistently been placing in the top 10 at these events which is an excellent result.

FacebookThe TAS Sport Facebook group is a great way of receiving up to the minute sporting news for TAS, as well as learning about sporting events in the wider Cairns community. To keep informed log in to your facebook page, search for “TAS Sport” and then ask to join the page.

CongratulationsSport


Congratulations to Year 12 student Sophie Kalkowski-Pope for winning a place in the prestigious Marine Discovery Scholarship Program which allows students to go and study the marine biology of Maria Island, located off the coast of Tasmania. The 5-day field trip is a university accredited course run through The University of Tasmania (UTAS). After their research, students will present a report at IMAS (Institute for Marine and Antarctic studies). Four other students received scholarships from interstate, with another five Tasmanian winners.

Marine ScholarshipCongratulations Sophie

Creative DesignersClothes made during Craft at WRJ


Top of the StateOutstanding Piano Results

When Sophie Kalkowski-Pope is not engrossed in marine biology and conservation, she is also mastering her musicality. Sophie recently sat her Australian College of Music Grade 5 Piano exam and the result was the highest score in the State of Queensland.Congratulations again, Sophie. Year 12 is a busy year for you.Congratulations also to Vinuka Gamage was awarded the highest score for Grade 1 and Joanna Chen, the second highest for Grade 3 with the same exam board.

International SportsBilleting Opportunities

Later this year we have a real treat for our students in terms of International School Sport. We have three visiting international school teams coming to play our teams, all in the same two day period. For both the Rugby School from England and Blue Mountain College from New Zealand, it’s the fourth time they have visited our school and we have a special relationship with both of these schools. We also have a visit from Merchant Taylor’s Girls School from England. All of the games will be after school, with a boys rugby, girls netball and mixed volleyball game on Wednesday 18 July and then a hockey round robin mini-tournament and another netball game on Thursday 19 July.

We will also need to billet 30 girls from the Rugby School on both 18 and 19 July, so we are looking for families to volunteer. Our teams for these matches will be arranged later next term, but will most probably be our more senior / experienced players in all of the sports. If your family can look after a couple of these girls from Rugby School can you please email [email protected].


Reduce | Reuse | RecycleCairns Regional Council PresentationMr Scott Patterson from the Cairns Regional Council visited White Rock Junior to teach the Year 5 students about reducing, reusing and recycling.We learnt that reducing was the most important thing that we can do for a sustainable future. This is because all the rubbish we throw away that isn’t recyclable goes straight to landfill. This is approximately 64 million tons of rubbish a year, so imagine how big the hole must be!Reusing is also an important step to help maintain our environment. To reuse waste, you could make craft with it and lots of other creative things. For example, you could get a plastic bottle, cut it in half and after a few more simple steps, a plant could grow in it!Now for recycling. Some people just throw recyclable items into the waste bin. This is extremely sad because these recyclable items end up in landfill too. Just think how much less rubbish there would be if people put things in the right bin.We ended the day with a recycling relay race. Both classes had a great time and would like to send a big thank you to the Cairns Regional Council for carrying out this presentation.


Focus on EnvironmentClean Up and Lights Out

A big thank you to the Student Representative Council who organised the Schools’ Clean Up Australia Day for students at Kewarra Beach Junior recently. Students did a wonderful job removing all litter and rubbish from our beautiful grounds and gardens. Thanks to our teachers who prepared their respective classes for the activity and arranged for them to collect rubbish from their area.

Once again, our students and teachers participated in the ‘Lights Out’ event for Earth Hour Schools’ Day on Friday, 23 March. All non-essential lighting was switched off for the whole day and students learned how this one small action could have such a big impact on the conservation of energy and the earth’s resources.


NAGANO SENSEIThanks to Nagano Sensei for their wonderful dancing and singing performances at our assembly last week. We are fortunate to have a relationship with schools from other countries who enrich our school with their customs and culture. The Fun-E-Farm group visited to show the Nagano Sensei and Kewarra Beach students some baby animals to the delight of our Prep students in particular.

International VisitorsIncreasing our global perspective

OYAMA NATIONAL INSTITUTEWe were fortunate to have Oyama National Institute of Technology visit our senior school. All Japanese students who study at an Institution of Technology must study English as one of their subjects. As part of their program, the Oyama students travelled to Cairns to broaden their English skills While they were here, they joined our students and experienced practical science classes with TAS students.Mr Key’s STEM class displayed their knowledge of drones, coding and electronics in the class on Wednesday morning. The Japanese student enjoyed learning how TAS students design and build our own drones during class time.


Chess ChampionshipsWhite Rock Junior | 2018

A record 102 students from Years 3 to 6 participated in the WRJ Chess Championship 2018 this week. All grades and houses were represented which made for a high quality seven-round competition. The overall winner of the event was Jack O’Neill (Year 5) who scored and a solid 6.5 even though he was put under pressure in a few of his games. Second went to Vinuka Gamage (Year 4) and third place was Hayden Coombes (Year 4). The year level prizes were hotly contested and were all determined in the final round. The following players came first in their year level:• Charlene Chen (Year 3), • Liam O’Shea (Year 4), • James Nguyen (Year 5) and • Andrew Robertson (Year 6).

The WRJ Girls Chess Champions were • Frances Gale (Year 6) in first place, • Angela Xiang (Year 5) in second place and• Larah Turnbull (Year 6) in third place. The Best and Fairest prize was awarded to Brant Clubb (Year 6) who demonstrated good sportsmanship during the tournament and played high quality chess to finish amongst the top competitors. Kennedy won the interhouse trophy. Warm congratulations go to all the players for their excellent ideas and enthusiasm that made it a fun day of competitive chess for everyone


Interhouse SwimmingThe Interhouse Swimming Carnival was held on Friday 3 March at TAS Aquatic Centre. Congratula-tions to Mulligan House for taking out the event. Congratulations to all of our age champions listed below.


Interschool SwimmingThe Interschool Swimming Carnival was held on Friday 9 March at Tobruk pool, with TAS students rep-resenting the school proudly. TAS finished 2nd overall, and many athletes excelled by swimming their personal best times.The following athletes placed in the top three for their age group:• Lauren Morris U/12 Age Champion• Amber Robinson U/12 Runner-up Age champion• Thomas Chen- U/13 Age Champion• Jasmine Harpley- U13 Runner-up Age Champion• Yuri O’Halloran- U13 Third Age Champion• Ella Goddard- U/15 Age Champion• Flynn Martin- U/16 Age Champion• Emma Simpson- U/17 Age Champion• Harriet Grant- U/17 Runner-up Age Champion


PHOTOSWho doesn’t like seeing photos of the happy smiling faces of TAS students? These pages contain a variety of photos from a number of activities across the school. Who knew school could be so cool?



In Townsville last week Katie Spuler represented Cairns (and TAS) in the District final of Lions Youth of the Year, and was awarded the shield for Community Service. The Youth of the Year District Final was of exceptional high standard in both the public speaking and the interview stage. It was decided by a very narrow point between these fine and young students and future leaders. Kate took out the community award for her outstanding volunteer duties as well as excelling academically in her school studies.TAS also congratulates Anna Chapman who took out the best public speaking award, and David Bin took out the overall award.

Lions Youth of the YearDistrict Finals

Gold Medal WinnerQueensland School Sport Championship

A Gold Medal and Queensland School Sport Champion - congratulations Flynn Martin.Flynn achieved:• a Bronze medal in the 200m IM • won an incredible race in the 200m

Breastroke to come out with a Gold medal and the new Queensland School Sport Champion

• the fastest 200 Breastroke of the meet across all age-groups, and a new FNQ record by nearly 3 seconds.

All together 4 state medals for Flynn representing our Peninsula region.


UPCOMINGEvents and ActivitiesSporting Events

Tuesday 17 April Trinity Term 2 commencesTuesay 24 April Junior School Anzac Day ServicesWednesday 25 April Anzac Day Public HolidayThursday 26 April Year 7 Vaccinations Year 11 Legal Studies Excursion Year 7 to 9 Outdoor Eduation Informa-tion EveningFriday 27 April KBJ School PhotosMonday 30 April WRS parent Teacher InterviewsThursday 3 May Senior School Transition Evening - Year 6 to Year 7Thursday 3 May WRJ Kindy and Prep Open Day | 9am to 12 noonFriday 4 May Year 11 Geography Excursion

Friday 20 April Year 3 to 6 Interhouse Cross CountrySaturday 21 April TAS Football Season commencesTuesday 24 April Senior School Interhouse Cross CountryWednesday 23 May Senior Athletics Half-DayThursday 24 May Senior Interhouse Athletics Carnival

Academic EventsAlso available on our website calendar


Outdoor Education FoodHave you ever wondered what our students eat on camp?

TAS Outdoor Education employs the services of Juli and Barry Neale for all junior school outdoor education program catering. Juli makes the majority of her food from scratch, using a significant amount of local, organic ingredients. Students love her food, with highlights being home-made muesli bars, home-made dips with vegetables and corn chips, frozen fruit of various descriptions, lasagne, chocolate pudding and pancakes. Our students are instructed to eat at least three fruits/vegetables with every meal. There is always plenty of food available, with almost every student having seconds at each meal. Juli’s signature dessert, chocolate pudding, is special in that it has no refined sugar, using red kidney beans as a starch and dates as the sweetener. Students gobble this down and are later told how healthy it is! Home-made dips as snack food can also be used as an educational opportunity, teaching children about the large amount of waste packaging on our normal snack foods. A discussion about the concepts of reduce, re-use and recycle often happens with groups using this as a primer. With older students topics such as food colours and flavours are also be discussed, as the dips are made with all-natural ingredients.

TAS SwimmingLong Course Swimming ChampionshipsCongratulations to TAS Swimming, who have claimed the Long Course Regional Championships for the 2017-2018 season, backing up the win from last year. What a display of dominance with an incredible eight Age-Champions and one runner-up. Well done to TAS students• James Harpley,• Thomas Chen,• Ella Goddard,• Flynn Martin,• Harriet Grant, and • Age Champion Runner-up Lauren Morris.

MTAQ Music Bursary


Do you have a Story to share?

We would love to hear from you. Contact Ms Sue Wicks Director of Admissions and Marketing [email protected]

with any submissions we can feature in our monthly TASObserver.

Entertainment BookDiscounts Galore!

When you order your Entertainment Book through us at TAS, you not only get bundles of good deals and special discounts, you also help our sponsor child, Asmita. Plus the discounts are now available in an App instead of buying a book that you can accidentally leave at home. What are you waiting for?

Our TAS International Department has chosen to sponsor Asmita, to cover the costs of her school fees, stationery, uniforms and school food. She is 13 years old and in Year 6 and has two younger siblings. They live with their father in a room, in a building adjacent to the school. Asmita wants to continue studying to be a teacher and our sponsorship will help her to achieve her dreams.

When you purchase an Entertainment Book through TAS, you will be supporting Asmita so she can finish secondary school and reach her goal. Help us by sharing this link with your family and friends. Thank you for your support.

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/27032x2

CongratulationsMTAQ Music Bursary

Myuri Gopalapillai was presented with a MTAQ Cairns Branch Junior Music Bursary for 2018. This bursary was awarded to Myuri based on her performance on piano and flute. The judging panel were also impressed with the way she presented herself for the auditions. Congratulations on this achievement, Myuri!


TASObserverEdition 2, 2018

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