PRINCIPAL

Michelle Lyons

DEPUTY PRINCIPALS

Stephen Guthrie

Teena Seidenkranz

HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS

Tracy Butland

Belinda Guthrie

Bridget Greensill

Greg Hamilton

Satya Singh

Leanne Stollery

Christina Uhlik

James Wall

Mary-Anne Zahnow

YEAR CO-ORDINATORS

Year 7 - Belinda Guthrie

Year 8 - Ben Vikionkorpi

Year 9 - Jamie Gardiner

Year 10 -Laura Gray

Year 11 -Greg Hamilton

Year 12 -Greg Hamilton

ATTENDANCE OFFICER

Kim Edwards / Gaye Hoffman

BUSINESS MANAGER

Cindy Chamberlain

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

COUNSELLOR

Julie Salam

GUIDANCE OFFICER (ACTING)

Melanie Goodman

SOCIAL WORKER

Anne Mayne

YOUTH HEALTH NURSE

Wendy Fry

OFFICE HOURS

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Monday - Friday

TELEPHONE - 07 4084 1333

POSTAL ADDRESS

PO Box 178

Mossman QLD 4873

EMAIL

info@mossmanshs.eq.edu.au

WEBSITE

www.mossmanshs.eq.edu.au/

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We acknowledge the Kuku Yalanji people, and in particular the Kubirri Warra Clan, the Traditional Owners of the land on which our school

stands and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise their custodianship and role in caring for and maintaining

Country over thousands of years.

Issue 16 15th November, 2019

Principal’s Message

Congratulations and farewell to our 2019 graduating class of Year 12 students. I have been so proud of how they have conducted themselves in recent weeks. The commitment shown to complete assessment, maintain high standards and support each other to the finish line has been fantastic. Many teachers have gone above and beyond in their support of our students to ensure all work is completed. Our support staff who often sit behind the scenes have been putting in extra to make sure results were published today and the Indoor Sport Centre set up for the farewell dinner this evening. I am pleased to announce that 100% of our year 12 students have achieved a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA). Heath Barry, Year 12 had a remarkable result finishing second in the Double Team Racing in the Taiwan International Gymkhana Prize last week. Congratulations to Couper Smith on your selection in the Queensland U15 Golf team. Best wishes for success at the Australian Championships. Ebony Burchill-Schonenberger and Ellie Zillfleisch have had the most amazing experience in Sydney this week along with teacher Thomas Vinter as part of the Big Ideas Forum. The experience of our students working with scientists on real world problems has opened up future connections and networking opportunities. Thank you to our emergency services for the realistic response to a ‘car accident’, as part of our Year 12 program. You may have heard the ambulance, police and fire truck sirens along with helicopter landing as they arrived on Thursday. The follow up debrief and talk aimed to raise awareness around safe driving and the impact accidents can have. Our Industrial Technology and Design area has now been fully gutted, new concrete laid outside and preparations made to start the new renovations. The temporary classrooms have allowed students to continue participating in these practical subjects. Students from Year 7-10 continue to focus on learning and are now entering the next assessment phase. Year 11 students have the opportunity to review their results and have started their next unit. 2020 will see our first cohort in the new QCE system and students receiving an ATAR to gain university entry. If you would like to provide feedback on our strategic direction for the next four years please contact the school. Kind regards

Michelle Lyons Principal

DATE CLAIMERS

Year 10 Drama Performance

“Snagged” ISC 6.00pm

Wednesday 20th November

Year 12 Reports emailed/posted

Friday 22nd November

Religious Instruction

Monday 25th November

Last Day Years 10 & 11

Friday 29th November

Newsletter Emailed

Friday 29th November

Certificate II Tourism Camp

Friday 29th November—Tuesday 3rd

December

Year 6 Day

Tuesday 3rd December

Year 10 & 11 Reports emailed/posted

Friday 6th December

Junior School Club 95 Rewards Day

Monday 9th December

Europe Trip

Thursday 12th December—Wednesday 1st

January

Year 7/8/9 Reports emailed/posted

Friday 13th December

Last Day Term 4

Friday 13th December

Four ways to make stress work for you

1. Read your body differently

Start to read your stress response as being there to help you prepare for the

challenge. Instead of seeing it as a threat, try to see it as a coping tool. When you are

experiencing stress, you can say to yourself:

I am feeling a li�le uncomfortable; my heart is bea�ng faster, but my body is

ge�ng me ready to compete.

2. Reframe the meaning of the event

Rather than framing exams as a threat, try to frame them as a challenge. Part of the

reason they are seen as a threat is because your whole future, iden�ty and worth

appear to be at stake. This is not true. Exams are one very small part of your life that

does not decide your whole future.

There are always other op�ons, different pathways and opportuni�es. Vera Wang

failed to get into the Olympic ice-ska�ng team and became a world famous dress

designer. Some�mes the path we imagine looks a li(le different.

Not all journeys are straight, and the best ones can have diversions.

3. Accept stress and nega0ve emo0ons

Some common ways people approach stress is to try to relax, ignore stress and try to

reduce it. These approaches actually reinforce that stress is “bad” rather than

accep�ng it as a natural and helpful response. These approaches also lead to poorer

performance and emo�onal exhaus�on.

Rather than ignoring the emo�ons, it’s be(er to feel them, accept them, and then

try to use them to your advantage. You can say to yourself:

I feel this way because this goal is important to me, and my body is responding this

way because it is ge�ng me ready to perform.

4. Add to your resources

Clearly, changing your mindset is only helpful if you have the resources to cope. It

would be like an athlete who is about to compete but has not trained. Put �me into

study, study in different ways (read, write ideas in your own words, talk about the

ideas, draw them) and give yourself �me to prac�se these ideas.

When you have done this, your stress response then draws on these resources.

Stress will always be present in our lives as we take on new challenges and grow as a

person. When we see low-level stress as a threat it becomes one. It becomes a red

flag that we are not coping, that these feelings are wrong and we should retreat. This

is not true.

STAFF ON LEAVE TERM 4

Anthea Crees—05/12/2019—13/12/2019

Renae Marano—05/12/2019--13/12/2019

Andrew Paterson-05/12/19--13/12/2019

QParents is here! Great news: Mossman State High School is providing our parent community with the opportunity to register for QParents.

The QParents web and mobile application provides a more convenient, easier way for parents and legal guardians of

Queensland state school students to interact with their child’s school. Parents will have secure, online access to their

child’s student information, anytime, anywhere, through a smartphone, tablet or computer.

QParents allows parents to connect instantly with their child’s school to access and manage their child’s student

information, including:

• Attendance and absence details, as well as the ability to notify the school of an absence

• Positive behaviour information

• Academic report cards

• Class timetables

• Downloading exam timetables and assessment planners

• Viewing unpaid invoice details, payment history, and making payments online

• Viewing and updating personal student details, including medical conditions and address

• Enrolment details

QParents will assist both staff and parents in sharing and responding to information in an efficient and effective way.

QParents won’t replace the traditional ways you communicate with our school, but it will provide another way to

communicate with us.

More information about QParents can be found at https://qparents.qld.edu.au/#/about

CONGRATULATIONS

TO OUR GRADUATING

CLASS OF 2019

BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE

PRESENTATION

EVENING 2019

Ellie Zillfleish Year 10 ADF Long Tan

Leadership

Connor Berzinski Dux of the School & Academic Excellence

Unity Beitzel Caltex Best All Rounder &

Senior Cultural Award

Rebekah Ives Year 12 ADF Long Tan

Leadership

Reagan Crees, Unity Beitzel & Jemma Morrison State Sport

Representatives

Year 11 Subject Awards Recipients

Year 12 Subject Awards Recipients

Year 10 Subject Awards Recipients

Year 8 Subject Awards Recipients

Year 9 Subject Awards Recipients

Year 7 Subject Awards Recipients

Lily Marr & Jayden Lovell JCU Encouragement Awards

Melissa Callander Senior Sportsperson

Ethan Crees Senior Sportsperson

Gwyneth Dowell Dux Junior School

PRESENTATION

EVENING 2019

Joshua Cowie Ambassador for Inclusion

Reagan Crees Junior Sportsperson

Cohen Barnes Junior Cultural Award

Peninsula Sporting Reps

Alyssa Jackson Gold Award for Instrumentalist of the Year

Year 7 Distinctions

Dana Cranswick Pathways

Student of the Year

Year 8 Distinctions

Year 9 Distinctions

Year 10 Distinctions

Year 12 Distinctions

Torana Cox Junior Citizenship

Alexis Ryan Senior Indigenous

Student of the Year

Ethan Crees & Tkoda Hewett Senior Citizenship

Year 11 Distinction

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Mossman State High School was represented at

Remembrance Day by Senior & Junior Leaders and the

School Band.

School Captain, Ethan Crees spoke of what

Remembrance Day means to the youth of the Shire.

Congratulations to Grace Samios and Brendan Richards

who were awarded the Remembrance Day Award. Art

teacher, Nada Petrasevic was recognised for her work on

the mural at the RSL Hall on Johnson Street.

As part of Qld Mental Health Week, Mossman State High school hosted

representatives from community organisations including Mossman Youth Centre,

CYMHS and Qld Health (thank you Nurse Wendy). The activities were for fun and to

remind us of the importance of taking care of our mental health.

R U OK Day was held late in September.

Students were reminded to check in with

other people and provided guidance as to

how to start a conversa0on.

JCU Club RHINO A group of students from James Cook University’s Rural

Health Club, RHINO (Rural Health in the Northern

Outback) visited Year 9 and Year 10 students at Mossman

State High school to share informa�on and showcase

different health careers. Students from various facul�es

including Medicine, Nursing, Den�stry, Occupa�onal

Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Laboratory Science

and Pharmacy providing an interac�ve 1-hour workshop

showcasing these professions. The group’s mission was

to inspire as many rural High School students as possible

with the message that a career in health is a possibility

for them!

Thank you P&C

A big thank you to the Mossman High School P&C for

their support throughout the year. They have donated

tuckshop vouchers in Terms 1 and 3 for eligible

students in Club 95 and acknowledged the work of

staff by catering for a special morning tea to celebrate

World Teachers ‘ Day.

TK Goes Top 5 out of 22,000 Graduating Mossman State High School Student, Tkoda Hewett was recently in receipt of one of the highest academic honours afforded to high school students across the state.

Her response to the 2019 Queensland Core Skills Test Writing Task exam is among five to be published in the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority Retrospective. Twenty two thousand candidates from state and private schools sat the test this year as the external component of attaining an OP score.

Less than one percent of students (about 200) were awarded a score of ‘1’ on the test and TK was then selected as being in the top five even in this rarefied company. I have marked the test at state level for many years and there are some truly exceptional writers among students in Queensland. To be among the absolute best is exceptional.

Exceptional but not entirely surprising. TK is a brilliant young writer across several genres and is currently being considered to undertake a degree in the field at Columbia University in the United States.

TK is the second student from Mossman High to achieve such a remarkable honour. Amy

Willing was published in 2011.

James Wall

HOD English