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25.01.2022 Zoe Franks in Year 11 Music in Practice composed a lovely piece for a string ensemble, and some of our Year 9 students, along with their awesome teacher Mrs Slater, tried it out in their lesson. It is fantastic to hear the piece played by such wonderful young musicians! Congratulations to Zoe for a lovey piece of music.

25.01.2022 Opportunity to learn a Musical Instrument Any instrumental music students who are new to the school or anyone who would like to learn an instrument, please come and see Mr Purnell in P Block on Tuesday at lunchtime.

25.01.2022 Carys Martin Workshop Carys Martin, highly regarded local ceramics artist and teacher, has been working with our teachers, building their expertise in clay. She has also been involved in some in-class workshops with our Year 9 art students, and they have created some excellent examples already!

24.01.2022 Annual Japanese Dinner Students who study Japanese from Year 9-12 had the opportunity of a Cultural Dining Experience at the ‘Japanese Teppanyaki Bar’, Raby Bay. Students enjoyed a banquet of salad, soup, fried rice as well as a range of teppanyaki vegetables, chicken and seafood. Learning languages requires consistent effort, both in the classroom and at home, and the students celebrated the perseverance and dedication everyone has demonstrated over the years. The night was a highly enjoyable evening with wonderful company and food! Gochisousamadeshita!

24.01.2022 Basketball 2021 will see the long awaited start of a Basketball Sport Development Program at CDSHS. Start the new year the right way at the Cleveland basketball camp. ... Come and develop your fundamentals and improve your abilities. Redcity Roar player and Cleveland High basketball Head Coach - Heath Gameren will be running the camp with help from an array of experienced players and coaches including Tidjane Diop a member of the indigenous Australian team. The camp will run on Wednesday the 13th of January: Juniors (12-14) will be in from 8am - 11am Seniors (15+) will go from 12:30pm- 4pm. For further details and registration visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2DHSQRS

24.01.2022 Year 10 Visual Art IB students working on their Sense of Self 3D sculptures. These artworks are the second resolved piece in their Experimental Portfolios this semester. Working with clay, students were asked to consider symbolic meaning about who they are, combined with portraiture skills, to complete a small ceramic sculpture.

24.01.2022 Year 7 Creative Arts Year 7B Media crew is hard at work filming their Stand up: Bullying documentary and filming/photographing all of the creative teams for their final Project in Creative Arts. Students have explored their choice of any of the Arts areas to develop a full class production that creatively explores the issue of Bullying. Their work will be collated into a slide show to send home to parents.

22.01.2022 Chinese Cultural Performance On the 7th of September we welcomed three wonderful performers from QUT Confucius Institute who demonstrated the Chinese Xin Jiang Dance and Wing Chun Kungfu to our students studying Chinese in year 7, 8 and 9. Our students had a fun go at Xin Jiang Dance and discovered lots of differences when comparing it to western dance and this might provide some inspiration to their future art projects! Later on, Master Ken brought to us some classic Kungfu techniques and the students enjoyed immersing themselves into the world of finding inner strength!

22.01.2022 Can we ask that parents check their email junk folder for school-related messages? We have had quite a few parents say they didn’t receive our communications and we know that the emails have been sent. Thank you.

21.01.2022 Tune in to Creative Generation to see some of our talented students participating in this amazing event https://www.facebook.com/198178923163/posts/10158548399853164/?vh=e&extid=nr8aTzStdphzDhkM&d=n

20.01.2022 FAMED - 2020 It was quite a year in Film! Sit back and enjoy some of the creative work done by our students, edited together by Mrs Hunter. Congratulations to our film students for producing such great work in a challenging year!... https://youtu.be/dSwqcKC800Q

20.01.2022 Alumni Incredible Achievement CDSHS Creative Arts has a proud history of highly successful graduates. One of our alumni is Kate Williams, who won Outstanding Musician at CDSHS back in 1993. Kate has since forged a successful career as a music therapist and academic, and is currently Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at QUT. Kate has recently written an article discussing the value of music to the successful school life of students, and a new program she is developing to help in this area. We are very proud to have Kate as alumni of the Creative Arts Department! https://bit.ly/3m3bEsV

19.01.2022 The Library Project Vanuatu A big thank you to Ormiston State School and their community for partnering with The Library Project Vanuatu. Last Friday The Project received 100 beautiful gift boxes filled with books, pencils, paper, a soft toy, soap and so much more! These boxes will be sent in March 2021 and we can’t wait to send teams over to hand them out and install more libraries.

19.01.2022 Attention CDSHS Basketballers Please see information about an awesome opportunity to improve your basketball skills by learning from some of the best around. This will be taking place right here in our school at the PBC during the September holidays: The RedCity Roar team are running a Roarin & Ballin holiday program at the Paul Bancroft Centre on the 29th & 30th Sept. It’s for anyone who wants to learn from the best Australia has to offer and play ball!... The RedCity Roar QSL Division 1 men and women players will be coaching and the days are being coordinated by the Community Development Officer, Nathan Farley. Format is coaching in the morning and games in the afternoon to apply concepts learnt in the morning. U14's and younger on the Tuesday 29th Sept 9.00am -3.00pm U16's and older on the Wednesday 30th Sept 9.00am -3.00pm The older group promo - includes a free ticket to the RedCity Roar vs North Gold Coast Seahawks game on the 3rd of October at the Paul Bancroft Centre. Players can register through our website www.redcityroar.com.au through "QSL Tickets" button or the following link - https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?embed&eid=642141

19.01.2022 Konnichiwa Genki? This term, Year 8 and 10 Japanese students have been taking advantage of our sister school relationship with Kani Technical High School in Japan through regular weekly video calls. Both sides have been enjoying the experience and the awkwardness of overcoming language barriers in intercultural communication. Authentic opportunities like this really help students to develop their confidence in their speaking skills, one of the most difficult to embrace. With the amazing support of Japanese teacher, Mr Hanson and his terrific technical skill-set, we’re witnessing more successful and happy student video calls each week. Arigatou gozaimasu Sensei!

18.01.2022 Senior Graduation for Macleay and Moreton House - Home groups is live now. Follow this link: https://youtu.be/udVPwOPEx2k

18.01.2022 Sporting Excellence Year 11 student Will Higgins won Gold in. Hammer Throw today in the 16 years age group - Queensland All schools Athletics Championships. Throwing 54:45 meters after months of interrupted training due to Covid restrictions .

18.01.2022 Last Day of Term 3 - Friday 18th September Unfortunately due to COVID restrictions we are unable to run our normal amazing Multicultural Festival. Staff have been working very hard to come up with a program for the last day that combines aspects of our sports house - athletics and novelty events carnival and some of the creative arts activities from our normal Multicultural Festival. There will be something for everyone and we are sure it will be an awesome day for all. Unifo...rm: This is a non-uniform day however, students are strongly encouraged to wear their Sports House colours. It is a requirement that students wear closed in footwear and Sunsafe clothing - including a hat. Students should also have a water bottle and wear sunscreen. Tuckshop Our normal Tuckshop will be closed on Friday however, our Student Council will be running an Aussie BBQ from 9.30 until the end of Lunch. There will also be several other food stalls operating under M Block. So be sure to bring money for the smaller stalls. EFTPOS will be available at the Aussie BBQ. Parents and Members of the Community: Unfortunately due to COVID restrictions, parents/carers and members of the community are not able to attend. Attendance: Friday is considered a normal school day - All rolls will be marked and all students are strongly encouraged to attend. We are all looking forward to a great finish to Term 3.

18.01.2022 Year 10 IB Students Year 10 IB students are spending the day on North Stradbroke Island today testing water samples from Brown Lake and Cylinder Beach as part of their Cert II Sampling and Measurement and Cert III Laboratory Skills. Congratulations students on completing this amazing qualification and thank you to ABC Training and Consulting for facilitating this for our students.

17.01.2022 Year 12 Dance Students are working on some fun ideas for Dance Fusion next term! Enjoy this lovely little clip.

16.01.2022 Outstanding Student Achievement Congratulations to current School Captain and Year 12 IB student William D’Arcy. The Australian Volleyball Academy (AVA) has announced that Will is joining its 2021 athlete cohort. The main focus of the AVA is to identify and develop Olympic potential athletes who aspire to reach the elite level of their sport. This exciting opportunity means a move to Canberra for Will who will start his program at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in... mid-January. We look forward to following Will’s progress in the future. http://www.volleyballaustralia.org.au//william-d-arcy-to-j

16.01.2022 Uniform Shop - No Walk-ins Uniform shop Fitting Appointments No Walk-ins. All customers need to book a uniform fitting appointment to ensure your student is completely ready for 2021. ... Simply click one of the following links, register and follow the prompts. So get in quick and book now. Please note: Current students may come in to collect any Flexischool orders and purchase items they need until the end of term without an appointment, however, parents with students needing new items for next year, whether current students or students about to start in 2021, will need to make an appointment. Appointments are for the last 2 full weeks of term 4 being 23-28 Nov and 30 Nov 4 Dec, and the 2 weeks before school resumes in 2021, 11-16 Jan and 18-22 Jan. We have restrictions on the amount of people allowed in store. Please see the school website Uniform Shop page for full dates and times as required. November / December Appointments: https://www.supersaas.com//CDSHS/Uniform_Apts_NOV_DEC_2020 January Appointments: https://www.supersaas.com//CDSHS_Uni/Uniform_Apts_Jan_2021

16.01.2022 Music Extension Concert WE ARE LIVE!!! The Creative Arts Faculty is very excited to premiere the first of our 2020 showcases - our Music Extension Concert! This concert was jam-packed with incredible talent, and was a highly memorable evening. Shot and edited by former student Julian Lily-Howe, you don’t want to miss this hour of entertainment!... The full length video will be available for a limited time from 12pm Friday 6 November until 10pm Sunday 8 November. So have a viewing party, invite your family, sit back and enjoy some wonderful music. The link to watch the full concert is: https://youtu.be/_j98JrCQQSM

16.01.2022 Lady Elliot Reef Trip Last week, 31 year 10 12 marine science and biology students and 5 staff spent 5 days snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef and exploring Lady Elliot Island. During this time we did a glass bottom boat tour, a guided snorkel and a number of other snorkels on the reefs surrounding the island. We also learnt a lot about the inhabitants and history of the island, including its formation and the human influences and changes over the past 170 years. ... The island is currently home to tens of thousands of migratory seabirds which visit from the northern hemisphere to breed as well as a large number of sea turtles, from 3 different species. The turtles are visiting to lay their eggs and we were lucky enough to get to see some of them digging their nests on our night walks. Under the water we also saw a range of turtles, fish, sharks, rays, corals, anemones and clams and were lucky enough to see a manta ray during the glass bottom boat tour. We also participated in a citizen science project taking photos of the reef to be uploaded for a reef census. It was a great trip and we highly recommend it to future students.

16.01.2022 Konnichiwa Genki? Video conferencing continues between our Year 8 and 10 Japanese students and our Japanese friends from Kani Technical High School and the technical side of things has become smoother each time. Students have thoroughly enjoyed the experience: ... It was uplifting and motivating. We saw students in Japan without leaving Australia! William Suters, Year 8 student Friday was a really fun day because we got to talk in real time to Japanese students. We talked about quite a few things, such as sport, food and anime. The people we talked to were super friendly and nice to talk to and we were always laughing. The language barrier wasn't much of a problem due to both sides being able to understand the answers quite well as well as gestures being a universal language. Overall, it was a really awesome experience and I wish we could do it again! Ashlyn Niotakis, Year 8 student Authentic opportunities like this really help students to engage with their language learning and, students who struggle with their confidence in their speaking skills, tend to shine in this social context. It’s an opportunity to demonstrate their inter-cultural skills and truly gain a global perspective through speaking another language.

15.01.2022 Cleveland District State High School Remembrance Day Display Today at 11 am, Australia stops and remembers our veterans who have died for us. Remembrance Day allows us a chance to stop and remember our past and present veterans who have served our nation. This year the 2021 Student Leaders with be representing our School at The Redlands RSL Remembrance Day Service and they created a Remembrance Day display in our library. This project was undertaken by not just the 2021 Lea...ders, but had assistance from the Mrs Gulliver, the Library Staff and Mr McKenzie from the IDT who made the poppies for our display. We were very fortunate to be able to show this display to some our local veterans and Mr McKeown who were all very impressed. A big thank you to Sargent John Butler, Afghanistan veteran Corporal Adrian Aiple and Corporal Ian Gray - Deputy President Redlands RSL. Cleveland District State High School would like to Thank all and past veterans for their service and sacrifice. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them (AWM). Lest We Forget

14.01.2022 Sayounara! Last week we said goodbye to international students Takato Nakahara and Riko Kondo. For Takato’s last Japanese lesson, a 4-way Zoom Session was organised including our Year 10 Japanese class, other participants of Takato’s exchange program, students from Takato’s High School in Kyoto, and primary school students who regularly interact with Takato’s High School. They were keen to introduce themselves to our students and taught our students about Kyoto. There were a...pproximately 50 students participating in this zoom session which went very smoothly, a testament to Japan’s fibre optic network. Takato’s reflection of his time spent with our Japanese class included the following: It was very interesting to know how students learn Japanese. By learning Japanese from a different perspective, I could know more about Japanese and also English. Also, I made friends by teaching Japanese. Japanese class was one of my favourite class and Mr Hanson was also my favourite teacher. Takato Nakahara We wish Takato and Riko all the very best and a safe return home!

14.01.2022 On the last day of term we held a modified track and field carnival as part of our Options Day. Overall, there were 19 new school records some were records that were set in the 1980’s! The final House Placings were as follows: Peel 451 Russell 742 Moreton 755 Macleay 812... Congratulations to Macleay House! For the final session of the day, the Creative Arts Faculty joined forces with members of the Multicultural Committee and Languages Faculty to present an afternoon full of highlights for our students. In the first half hour we enjoyed performances from our dance teams, an Erhu (Chinese violin) performance, a martial arts demonstration and more. The final hour was chock full of awesomeness: Jazz Collective and other acts performed in the Amphitheatre; Cleveland's Got Talent drew a big crowd; there was weaving, games to play, food to eat and fun to be had everywhere you went! Congratulations to all the participants on a memorable afternoon!

14.01.2022 Tuckshop News Please note - the Tuckshop can not accept large notes. If using cash - $50 and $100 notes will not be accepted at any time. Thank you for your understanding.

13.01.2022 Good luck to our Year 9 Girls Football team who are competing against Cavendish Road SHS in the Metropolitan Grand Final today.

13.01.2022 Amazing Football News The Schools Premier League has been taken to new heights with a new partnership with Brisbane Roar FC! This year, the SPL’s partnership with Brisbane Roar has provided access and opportunity to elite pathways through public education. BRFC has provided the SPL with coach education, player experiences and new opportunities for talent identification. Through this partnership Brisbane Roar FC (boys) and Queensland Academy of Sport (girls) will support the SPL through an inaugural Senior SPL Select Team. The SPL Select Team will include players from across all SPL schools which have been acknowledged for their performances this year. These games are set to play in Week 2 of Term 4 and will be steamed live online through the Courier Mail.

13.01.2022 One Week to Go !! We are still accepting all donations of non-perishable food items, Christmas treats and toiletries for the Red Bag Appeal until Friday 20 November, 2020. Donations can be delivered to students’ homegroup rooms or the library... We have had a great response so far and appreciate your continued support in helping us to provide bags of celebration to families who would otherwise miss out on the joy of Christmas. Now more than ever is the time to help each other.

13.01.2022 Take a look at the wonderful talent we have developing in our Junior Creative Arts! Mrs Murray asked her students to send her videos if they played another instrument (they are learning guitar in class), and was blown away by the submissions of our awesome students. The future is very bright!

12.01.2022 Creative Generation 2021 CGEN is back! Students should be checking the notices on DayMap to find out how to register your interest. Nominations close for Cleveland High students on Friday the 27th of November.... Get Excited!!

12.01.2022 Last Saturday, Year 12 Student Eden Gorrel competed at the 2020 Queensland All Schools Weightlifting Championships. Eden only started training for weightlifting about 3 months ago, and this was her first weightlifting competition. She had 6/6 successful lifts with a 44kg snatch and a PB 66kg clean and jerk, which resulted in Eden winning the gold medal by 1kg! Congratulations Eden! This is a wonderful achievement!

12.01.2022 IB Celebration of Learning Congratulations to our 2020 Year 12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme students. They have worked hard to complete their 6 subjects plus Theory of Knowledge, 4000 word Extended Essay and Community, Activity, Service components of the course. Many have been granted early entry to university courses, scholarships and even acceptance into the Australian Institute of Sport for one of our talented graduates.... We are very proud of these students and wish them every success with their future endeavours.

11.01.2022 Chinese Takeaway Lunch 140 Chinese studying students enjoyed a delicious Chinese takeaway lunch with a choice of Honey Chicken, Beef Black Bean, Crispy Fish Fillet with Sweet and Sour Sauce and Mixed Vegetables kindly prepared by Cleveland Chinese Restaurant. The students thoroughly enjoyed their lunch and this is a wonderful opportunity for students to experience an authentic Chinese meal. Thank you to both teachers and students who assisted with this incursion.

11.01.2022 New student free days added to Term 4! In recognition of the outstanding efforts of school staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, the last two days of the school year, Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December, have been declared student free days. Our school will be closed on these days. View the updated school calendar at https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/calendar/term-dates.

11.01.2022 Chinese Cultural Performances by CIQ Today our Year 7 and 8 Chinese studying students and Year 4 & 5 Chinese studying students from Bayview State School, had the opportunity to experience a wonderful range of Chinese culture including the Ribbon Dance, Kungfu and Animal Tai Chi performed by volunteers from the Confucius Institute QUT (CIQ). We thank Antoine Barnaart, Director of CIQ, together with Lisha Song, Business and Education Officer and their colleagues, Hongling Song and Jason King for their time today and ongoing support of our Chinese program. The students thoroughly enjoyed the various artforms contributing to their Chinese cultural awareness.

11.01.2022 Brisbane Roar Academy - School Holiday Clinics Find out more and register by clicking on: https://www.brisbaneroaracademy.com.au//brfc-elite-holida/

10.01.2022 Rock School is a newly formed ensemble under the direction of our guitar teacher, Aaron Andrews. This young group is developing very well! Enjoy the photos and video.

10.01.2022 NAIDOC Week Cleveland District State High School was very proud to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in NAIDOC week. From education and discussion in Access lesson, class activities such as the celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music to creating animated version of acknowledgement of country. Our students listened to and were mentored by guest speakers and engaged in a range of activities a...nd workshops every day of the week. We celebrated with traditional games on the oval, weaving and twine making, pottery, Jandai colouring competition traditional dance and performances and bush tukka just to name a few. Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students embraced their culture and shared their stories with pride. Congratulations to our students who won South East Region NAIDOC Awards for Academic Excellence in various subjects: Kasey Knight, Makayla Crawford, Electra Doyle, Jada Kingston, Niamh Matthews. We would also like to congratulate Aunty Glenda Nalder for being the 2020 Recipient of the S E Region Community Elder of the Year Award. Aunty Glenda has been a key member and driving force for the Moving Forward Together Group and has been instrumental in assisting schools on Quandamooka Country to find connections with the elders, community and between themselves. We are very appreciative of her many years of tireless support.

10.01.2022 Professional Development Support by CIQ for our Confucius Classroom Teachers On Friday, 20 November, Ms Ivy Tang, Chinese Teacher was invited by the Confucius Institute QUT (CIQ) to attend a cultural workshop at Maryvale State Primary School near Warwick. This was one of the few visits that CIQ has made to this school this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. Ms Tang together with the CIQ team, Antoine Barnaart, Director, Dr Phillip Sun, Visiting Chinese Deputy Director, Ms Li...sha Song, Business & Education Officer and volunteers they delivered a 1-day Chinese program to the 16 students ranging from 5 to 12 years old. The students usually learn their Chinese via Distance Education and Ms Tang was most impressed by the students’ level of Chinese and interest in the culture. This was a most memorable and influential teaching experience for Ms Tang as it was quite different to the teaching environment here at Cleveland High, however, Ms Tang endeavoured to introduce different aspects of learning that might help young children in remote areas like Maryvale discover more of themselves and their subcultures through learning a second language.

08.01.2022 A message from your School Based Youth Health Nurse Water safety

07.01.2022 Remembrance Day 2020 On the 11th of November, myself and the 2021 Senior and Junior Leadership team had the honour of representing Cleveland District State High School at our local Remembrance Day service at the Cleveland cenotaph. The service served as our first formal event as new school leaders and provided us an opportunity to witness the close relationship our school has within our local community. Our relations within the community, particularly with our local RSL has e...nabled our students to understand the importance of Remembrance Day, beginning with our Honour the Fallen project and culminating with our Remembrance Day commemorations. It was amazing to see how despite external circumstances this year, we were still able to come together and remember those who made personal sacrifices for the freedom of our country and way of life. The ability of the service to bring together people from all generations and life experiences made me rethink what Remembrance Day is truly about; coming together as a community and keeping the spirit of those who have served alive. It is important that us as students and young people do not forget the importance of this day and take our way of life for granted. I want to personally thank the local Redlands RSL for their continued work within our community, particularly Deputy President Corporal Ian Grey, Redlands RSL League Secretary Michael McDonnell Gunner as well as Ex Commando Sargent John Butler and Afghanistan Veteran Corporal Adrian Aiple, all of which we had the pleasure in meeting. Lest We Forget. Alex 2021 School Captain

07.01.2022 Final Performances for 2020 Term 4 featured some lovely performances from our Junior Creative Arts students and because other classes acted as audience members, the classes performed for each other, which was an awesome experience for all involved! https://youtu.be/4IJ4jeJe7y4

07.01.2022 Entrepreneurship Program - Nextgen Day 3 of the Challenge. Among other submissions today students had to create a slogan and the main marketing material. The team came up with a great name and an amazing slogan in 30 minutes - the magic of working under pressure! The photo shows the creative brainstorming process that started with the initial name Good2talk and ended up with the much catchier Havachat. The second pic is the actual flyer.... Another highlight today was meeting with the school Guidance Officer - Mr Damien Hepburn, who provided a lot of really good advice. In fact, after the meeting the idea morphed into a much stronger proposal. Instead of a mental health/psychological service, Havachat is now thought of as a service that seeks to draw students closer to the services that can be offered by the school but that are generally not approached spontaneously. As the slogan goes Having’ it hard?, Havachat! with fellow students: see that others are in the same situation, find what they have done and who they have talked to. You may too. This informal, student-centered approach is thought to be more appealing and less frightening than other counselling services around. As usual, go team1qld!

07.01.2022 Creative Arts Week 2020 Week 7 of Term 3 was the start of something special at CDSHS Arts Week! The vibe was electric, participation was fantastic, and our Creative Arts teachers and students were grateful to have the opportunity to share some of the amazing talent within our school community. Congratulations to all involved on a wonderful week. Follow this link to see just some of the highlights from the week:... https://youtu.be/BT1NExIlBv0 See more

06.01.2022 Year 11 IB students It’s an awesome day for science on Minjerribah! Year 11 IB students are completing fieldwork for their Cert 2 in sampling and measurement and Cert 3 in laboratory skills. A shout out to the team from ABC Training leading the learning today.

06.01.2022 French Food Experience The glorious food buffet continued this week! 130 French studying students enjoyed delicious French pastries with a choice of Chocolate eclairs, Millefeuille, Pain au chocolat, 3 petit fours and 3 mini pastries provided by Le Caprice, Bulimba. The students loved their pastries and thought they were absolutely delicious. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to experience authentic French delicacies. Thank you very much to both teachers and students who assisted with the organisation of this incursion.

05.01.2022 THANK YOU A massive thank you to our school community for supporting the Red Bag Appeal again this year. Yesterday we delivered approximately 100 bags, full of delicious treats and Christmas goodies to help families in need. ... Special thank you to Ms Richardson for again coordinating this project. Such a great effort for a very worthy cause.

05.01.2022 A reminder to all parents/guardians that have a student participating in the Badge Ceremony held at the PBC on Thursday 18th February 2021. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend and are required to book online. Please refer to the email sent 11th February for booking details.

05.01.2022 Year 11 student finishes the year with a PB On Friday Will Higgins threw a Personal Best of 58.99 (5KG) Hammer to end the year as number 1 in Australia for U17

04.01.2022 A message from your School Based Youth Health Nurse Cyber Safety 1. Care about the Share... NEVER share passwords, private/personal information, your location. 2. Privacy Matters Regularly check your privacy settings on social media, and always think before you post. It’s amazing where data ends up usually all over the internet. Respect the privacy of others. Treat others’ privacy as you would your own. 3. Spam, Spam, Spam, Spammidy-spam Learn how to tell the difference between real emails and messages, and dodgy things with dodgy links. Sometimes they don’t look so dodgy...always be suspicious of hyperlinks in emails. 4. Control the Troll Within There be trolls out there beware! Don’t feed them, don’t give them what they want: an angry response. Block/Report the trolls. But also: resist the inner troll. Don’t be part of the problem. 5. Cyberbullying and Harassment If you’re being targeted by this kind of behaviour, know what you can do, and where you can get help. Visit the National Centre Against Bullying website and the Office of the eSafety Commissioner's website. 6. Feel the Flow Keep Your Life in Balance Technology is incredible. Gaming, networking, appsonline shopping! But make sure you take time out and find the right balance for you. Too long on tech can put the world out of whack. 7. Have Fun, Friend Always remember to chill out and keep things in perspective. There’s too much information online to take it all in! Focus on each moment, and enjoy. More information at - https://www.esafety.gov.au/

04.01.2022 BRFC 2-20/21 Memberships are on Sale Now. BRFC has been a proud supporter of the School Premier League in 2020 and provided schools and students with football education and identification pathways. It’s now our time to support them! The only way to secure a seat at every home game this season + plenty of member exclusive benefits & discounts ... Learn more bit.ly/forthecrest See more

03.01.2022 Rock School Rock School is a newly formed ensemble under the direction of our guitar teacher, Aaron Andrews. This young group is developing very well! Enjoy the photos and video.

03.01.2022 A message from your Youth Health Nurse. Students will often her me going on about sleep. Sleep is like food for your brain and getting enough sleep is important for your physical and mental wellbeing. Sleep is the only part of the day that your body and brain gets to rest and repair. Without enough sleep, you may start to experience problems with thinking, concentrating and memory. Inadequate sleep can also cause tiredness during the day irritability... aches and pains in muscles and bones, and a weakened immune system. For further information and some ideas on getting enough sleep, you can contact Lisa or visit: https://kidshelpline.com.au/t/issues/why-sleep-so-important

03.01.2022 Singing lessons with the wonderful Anita Taylor are available now! Current cost for Vocal Tuition is $35 per half hour (Individual One on One Voice Lesson) and $15 each per half hour (2/3 Person Lesson). Lessons are available for all year levels. Lessons occur during class time, but on a rotating roster to avoid missing too much of any class. If you are interested in lessons, please fill out the expression of interest form available in the Performing Arts staffroom, or ema...il [email protected] with the following information: Student Name: Student Homegroup: Parent Name: Parent Email: One-on-One or Group Lessons:

02.01.2022 Annual French Dinner Thursday night, students had the opportunity to experience French cuisine at The French Table, Cleveland. Everyone enjoyed an entrée sampler of escargot, baguette, fromage frit and terrine; mains included a choice of boeuf bourguignon, crêpe à la reine or mushroom and truffle risotto and the dessert choice was either strawberry romanoff or chocolate moelleux. We were incredibly proud of our students as the restaurant wait staff complimented our students’... demonstration of maturity, kindness, respect and knowledge of French language and culture as exemplary. Students have worked on various units in which they studied French food and culture and, through this excursion, they thoroughly enjoyed putting their skills and appreciation of French culture into practice. Bon appétit !

02.01.2022 A MESSAGE FROM OUR YOUTH HEALTH NURSE This week is Child Protection Week. National Child Protection Week is a campaign held annually across ... Australia to raise the profile of all issues connected with child protection. Child abuse and neglect is preventable. If we all work together as a community, we can create an Australia where all children can grow up safe and well. What role can you play in supporting children and their families? Richard Cooke, CEO, NAPCAN For further information please visit: https://www.napcan.org.au

01.01.2022 Lions Youth of the Year Congratulations to Olivia Chissell and Gurkirt Singh, Year 12 IB students, who competed last weekend in the Lions Youth of the Year competition. This competition is split into three parts: an interview, two impromptu speeches and a prepared speech. Participants are also judged on their community involvement. Olivia spoke about the need we all have to connect with other humans, while Gurkirt spoke about the farmer protests in India.... We are so pleased to announce that Olivia was named the overall winner and will now compete in the regional round of the competition on March 13. The judges were very impressed with both students who represented our school with distinction. This is the third year in a row that a Cleveland District State High School student has won this competition outstanding work!!