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Message from the Principal ‘Tis the Season to be … Camping? Term 3 brings with it many highlights every year … Creative Generation, NAIDOC Week, Study Tour visits from Japan, the Australian Mathematics Competition, Interhouse Athletics, Volleyball Queensland Senior Schools’ Cup, my birthday, the QCS Test, our Trivia Night, the TYME Festival, and our Arts Day, to name but a few. One highlight that I haven’t mentioned above is our three Term 3 camps - our three-day Year 11 Leadership Camp, our five-day Year 10 Outdoor Adventure Camp, and our two-day Year 8 Outdoor Activity and Leadership Preparation Camp. Each camp has a different purpose, a different location, a different time allocation, and a different group of students and staff, yet achieves a common outcome of strengthening the lives of our students and developing their skills outside of the conventional classroom. In an era where some secondary schools have moved away from camps due to various factors, our Term 3 camps, combined with our Year 7 Adventure Day and Year 9 Emu Gully Day in Term 1, continued to remain foundational and essential in our school, both supporting and enhancing the Australian Curriculum. Our Year 10 and Year 11 Camps commence next week on August 19, and our Year 8 Camp commences in five weeks on September 16. I do understand that there is a cost involved, and time away for students from the comfort of their own home. I do, however, encourage all students and families to eagerly embrace these opportunities. I look forward to visiting our students and staff on each of these opportunities and to hearing their many exciting stories, adventures and experiences. Ken Green Executive Principal

Event Calendar

Utsunomiya Study Tour 9th - 14th August

TDSSS Athletics Carnival Wednesday 14th August

Year 10 Camp

Maroon Outdoor Ed Centre 19th - 23rd August

Year 11 Leadership Camp

19th - 21st August

OptiMINDS Regional Challenge Day

Sunday 25th August

Year 9 Geography Excursion 26th - 30th August

Year 10, 11 & 12

Careers Day Tuesday 27th August

Darling Downs

Track & Field Trials 29th - 30th August

Queensland Core Skills Test

3rd - 4th September

ICAS Science Test Thursday 5th September

National Teacher Aide Day

Friday 6th September

Year 12 Exam Block

Seventy First edition 12th August 2019

RED FOOD DAY Thursday 15th August

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Executive Principal Ken Green

Deputy Principals

BALKUIN - Craig Forknall BARANG - Leanne Monagle

BONDA - Ian Brackstone - Dale Potter Helen Parker

Business Manager

Elaine Fickling

Guidance Officers Judy King

Sue-Ellen Taylor

Student Managers (First point of contact

for Parents/Carers)

Junior Secondary BALKUIN - Adam Forknall

BARANG - Ian Jibson BONDA - Daniel Schick

- Liam Capewell

Senior Secondary BALKUIN - Brady Albrand

BARANG - Sue Burns BONDA - Ben McDonald

- Gavin Priest

Year Level Coordinators Year 7 - Lachlan Smith

Year 8 - Valma Cahill Year 9 - Tegan Krause

Year 10 - Jamie Krisanski Year 11 - Peter Dayus

Year 12 - Nick Clarry

P&C Shop 46368714

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Toowoomba Secondary School

Chess Tournament

Murtaza Aziz Ahmad continues to perform strongly in local tournaments. At the recent

Toowoomba District Secondary School Teams Chess Championship, Murtaza played

perfect chess to win all six of his games. Murtaza was well supported by Ulrich Spence,

Ryan Barlow, and Hunter Hammond. The Hawks team earned 14 points over the course

of the competition, and came equal forth out of 19 teams.

Chess Club meet every Tuesday during first break in room S101. Volunteer chess coach

Mr David Stephson talks tactics and strategies with the players and during second break

players can challenge their friends to a game of social chess.

Mr Stephson will be running the third annual Arts Day Chess Simultaneous Exhibition in

conjunction with Ms Alyssa MacDonald on September 20. This year the prize money

that will be awarded to any winning student has jackpotted to $20.

Players that are interested in taking their chess game to the next level are encouraged to

attend the weekly Toowoomba Chess Club, who meet on Friday nights from 7pm until

10pm in the QCWA Room, 263 Margaret Street, Toowoomba.

Guy McNicol,

Chess Coordinator.

P&C News The next P&C meeting is tomorrow night Tuesday 13 August 2019, 7.15 for a 7.30pm meeting in the Library.

At the last P&C meeting we discussed and accepted the design of the new sports t-shirt. It was decided that the new sports t-shirt would be available once stock of the current sports t-shirt was exhausted. We discussed the relocation of the P&C shop to the new building and a point of sale system for the canteen.

Agenda items for the meeting tomorrow night: 1. Student Resource Scheme 2. Installing the Point of Sale in the canteen 3. Fundraising ideas for 2020

We look forward to welcoming you to the next P&C meeting

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Football Academy FUTSAL The Girls Football Academy represented Harristown in the u16 and u19 divisions at the Champion of Champions futsal tournament in Oxley. The top teams from South East Queensland competed for the title. Harristown girls played well but were not able to make the finals, however they did get a shot with ex Brisbane Road player Henrique. RED LION CUP Red Lion Cup was held in Highfields with Harristown nominating teams in the Cup and Plate competition for boys and girls. The girls’ plate team achieved two draws and a loss but it was not enough to take them through to the semis. The girls’ cup team made the final and dominated the match with strong crowd support but went down 1 nil to Stanthorpe. The boys’ teams have made the semis with the cup team to play Highfields and the plate team is set to play St Josephs. Good luck boys!

2019 Athletics Carnival

Overall Girls Boys

1st Bonda 1616 Balkuin 788 Bonda 831

2nd Balkuin 1588 Bonda 784 Balkuin 800

3rd Dherwain 1308 Dherwain 677 Dherwain 631

4th Barang 1248 Barang 661 Barang 587

AGE CHAMPIONS

AGE DIVISION PLACE NAME HOUSE NAME HOUSE

12yrs & under

1ST Sienna Carr BAL Noah Brownlie BAL

Aliviah Gill BAR Matthew Ostrofski BON 2ND

Anika Gold BAR Jared Castle BAR

13yrs & under

1ST Imogen Moore BON Bradon Jenner BON

2ND Emily Hyne DHR Arthur Chadambuka BAL

3RD Felicity Koch BAR Xavier Sowerby DHR

14yrs & under

1ST Amy Potter BON Isaiah Blades BAL

2ND Bridget Fraser BAR Braedyn Davis BAR

3RD Kaliah Martin BON James Sipple-Hyne DHR

15yrs & under

1ST Naomi Thayer DHR Ky Richardson DHR

2ND Zara Moon BON Jack Oster BON

3RD Tahnee Madden BON Clancy Leadbetter BAR

16yrs & under

1ST Emily Potter BON Gabriel Da Costa BAL

2ND Kylie Janes BAR Thomas Phylakti BON

3RD Zoe Christodoulou BAL Dechlan Heilig BAR

19yrs & under

1ST Elise Cuskelly BAL Jayden Castles BAL

2ND Nyaruach Yak DHR Mason Hughes BAR

3RD Dakota Jones BAR Thon Angui BAL

RECORDS BROKEN New record Old record

Javelin 15 Yrs Girls Sophie Quade BON 22.57m Jayde Austin BAL 2013 21.44m

Shot Put 19 Yrs Boys Mason Hughes BAR 17.29m Joel Thornton DHR 2015 16.51m

800m 12 Yrs Boys Jared Castle BAR 2:49.9 Thomas Easdale BAL 2016 2:51.7

Discus 19 Yrs Boys Mason Hughes BAR 54.34m John Collins BAL 1993 49.0m

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Indigenous Education News

The Harristown Clontarf academy has had a massive 4 weeks. Last week saw all South East Queensland academies gather at the University Southern Queensland, Toowoomba campus for our Regional Senior Employment forum. The forum was launched at the official dinner on the Tuesday night, where the boys had the chance to chat to Clontarf partners in a relaxed setting before the major event the following day. With an intense focus on graduate employment, Wednesday's forum gave the boys had the chance to quiz partners about jobs with their companies next year. Clontarf partners Thiess, Hastings Deering, Kmart, APA, Suncorp, Aurizon and Protech and others were in attendance. The Harristown boys were awesome and every one of the 14 Hawks asked questions and provided information about their future. A very exciting time ahead for our fellas.

Over the coming weeks there will be a number camps for the boys, they include;

• Year 7 & 8 Rugby League and Rewards camp • Year 8 & 9 Contact time camp • Year 10 Rewards camp.

To attend your son must be involved in the Clontarf program and meeting a number of expectations.

We have a number of indigenous boys enrolled at the school and are not part of the program and would love them to be. If you would like to get your son involved please call me on 0404040841. Eddie Groom Harristown Clontarf Academy Director

In preparation for Unit 2 exam in Week 8, tutoring for General Maths will be twice a week, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon.

If you would like to attend, please obtain a permission note from Mrs Cahill.

Tutoring commences at 3.15pm.

All welcome.

Calling all Year 11 General

Maths Students

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School Opinion Survey - Reminder Each year the Department of Education seeks feedback from parents/carers, students and staff about how or school is going in relation to a number of categories.

All families will receive a survey form to provide a response in the coming fortnight. Your response is anonymous so the system does not link your name with your form.

Please take the time to fill these in and HAVE YOUR SAY.

Further details will be provided on the survey form itself. Forms are due back to the school office by Friday 23 August.

This fortnight sees the Library joining in the celebrations of reading with the CBCA Book Week announcements on the 17th August and the Premier’s Reading Challenge ending on the 23rd August. Years 7, 8 and 9 students can still record the books they’ve been reading at the Library and collect a PRC or CBCA bookmark, featuring the beautiful Bob Graham artwork. Remember that creating and maintaining a daily recreational reading habit helps students with academic performance and wellbeing.

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