Term 3 Week 4 Newsletter 2022

Principal's Report

We are pleased and excited to inform you that we’ll be producing a new eNewsletter with Schoolzine. The move to this new format will enable us to communicate with the school community across multiple channels. It will promote and enhance our engagement with parents, students and the wider community.

We believe you’ll find the eNewsletter highly engaging, as it will provide us with a more efficient and effective means of connecting with you. The new format will allow the inclusion of video, photo galleries, online bookings, feedback forms, calendars and so much more.

Respect

There have been so many highlights over the last few weeks at KSHS

• Instrumental Music – Symphonic Band receiving a highly commended at the Toowoomba Eisteddfod with a score of 90/100 for their performance
• Champion School at the EKKA for Parading and Judging of Cattle making KSHS the most successful school team at the EKKA this year
• Art exhibition of student artwork at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery
• The Year 11 students being involved in the UPP leadership sessions as they begin their transition to school leaders for 2023
• Rugby League Grand finals with 2 big wins and an enormous amount of effort and display of school spirit at the Broncos Challenge
• Celebrations of our indigenous cultures at our NAIDOC day
• Junior Science Olympiads
• Social Science Geography excursion to Rainbow Beach.

We are so proud of our students and their wonderful achievements. What fantastic opportunities students have here at Kingaroy State High School!

Responsibility – 2022 Annual Implementation Plan progress

Resilience Introduction of Parent TV

As part of the focus on resilience via activating partners, students and staff wellbeing and inclusion, KSHS have partnered with schoolzine to make available Parent TV as a way of working with families and carers to help build resilience in our young people in our care.

This week's topic – Discipline without damage doesn’t mean without limit, boundaries or growing up.

Happy Learning!
David Thomson
Principal

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Opens Rugby League Grand Final

The Under 18 team defeated Murgon in the final of the Bronco’s Challenge, at Lyle Vidler Oval yesterday. The boys gave away an early start to the visitors, with Murgon running away to a ten-point lead in the opening minutes of the match. This was mainly due to poor discipline and a nervous start on our behalf. Soon the boys settled into the match, and played simple straight forward percentage football. Kingaroy had Murgon beaten in the forwards and needed to shut down their left edge. A team shuffle and settling into the game plan saw Kingaroy scoring 3 tries in 20 minutes. Going into the break the boys led 14-10.

The tries kept coming in the second half but the conversions didn’t. In all the Kingaroy team scored 8 tries but only kicked 2 conversions. Kingaroy were run out winners at 36-24. Man of the match was Joe Meikle who put in a tremendous effort at fullback; defusing the Murgon attack, leading with some inspirational runs and taking with consummate ease a spiralling bomb which would have challenged Selwyn Cobbo. All of the boys were inspirational school leaders, true champions on and off the field. To win a grand final in their final year of schooling will be a remarkable dream come true for many of our boys.

Mr Perrett
Acting Opens Coach
A/Deputy Principal Middle School

Rugby Grand Final

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Meet the Teacher - Mr Jamie Shirlaw

I moved to Kingaroy in 1995 with my family and enrolled into year 10 at Kingaroy SHS, completing the senior years of high school here.  My favourite subjects at school were science, music and graphics.  In year 12 I joined the school Rugby Union team coached by Mr Jones.  This made a big difference to the rest of my life as I am still associated with Rugby as the President of the local Rugby Union club the South Burnett Thrashers.

In 1998 I moved to Brisbane and started my Bachelor of Education at Griffith University. My plan was to only focus on science subjects, but soon fell in love with Maths.  I changed my plan to major in Chemistry and Mathematics.  My first teaching job out of university was at Cairns State High.  I taught maths and science there for three years before moving back to Kingaroy to work at KSHS.

I was lucky enough to work alongside my teachers from high school.  Mr Jones and Ms Sudull who are still on staff were teachers of mine.  Mr Jones was my science teacher and rugby coach and Ms Sudull taught me Music and as a result convinced me to join the school choir. 

After teaching back in Kingaroy for two years I decided to move to the UK to work and travel.  The first school I worked in was Walmer Science college, a school with a focus on Science on the South East coast of Kent in the UK.  I then moved to The Westlands school in Sittingbourne in the North of Kent.  My final school was Enfield Grammar School, a school in North London founded in 1558.  This was an amazing experience getting to teach students in a very different schooling system on the other side of the world.

When I returned to Australia in 2010 I completed a year contract at MacGregor SHS before returning to Kingaroy SHS the following year.  I have taught Maths and Science at Kingaroy SHS since then.  I am now at a point where my past students have returned back at KSHS as teachers.  My past students who are now teachers here are Ms Cush and Ms Hilsley.

Jamie Shirlaw
Mathematics & Science 

2022 Employment Forum

9 Kingaroy Y11 and Y12 boys attended the annual Clontarf Employment Forum held in Toowoomba. Over 90 students in the Darling Downs attended this event as well as 20 Employers from Brisbane and the Darling Downs. The displays were hands on as well as one on one interviews with the best student winning a drone.

All participants gathered at Mt lofty State High School for a 2 course meal and finished it off with a table tennis challenge.

The event came to an end with North V South game of league with South running out winners in a close hard fought game.   

Michael Brown,
Kingaroy Clontarf Academy

2022 Employment Forum

Drama MovieWorld Excursion

Year 10 Drama students – plus some keen Year 12 students travelled to Movieworld to complete the Lights, Camera, Action program.

 The students participated in a workshop on the day focusing on confidence,  characterisation and improvisation. The students really enjoyed the workshop and lots of students were asked to get up and volunteer on working on these skills.

Students then walked in the park and spoke to all the entertainers – particularly focusing on characterisation.

Drama MovieWorld Excursion

Welfare Committee - Pyjama Day!

The school's Welfare Committee organised an event to raise money for the Pyjama Foundation which provides children in foster care the opportunity to change the direction of their lives with learning, life skills, and confidence. 

Pyjama Day

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Mountain Bike Team

On Sunday some of our Kingaroy State High School students had a training ride in preparation for the upcoming Sunshine Coast Schools MTB Competition in week 6.

They rode at the McEuen Forestry trails in Wondai and were joined by a staff member and student from Nanango SHS. Members of the South Burnett MTB Club gave some skill and technique advice, and it was great to see riders gaining confidence on some of the more technical features.

Gamez Knight - Dungeons & Dragons Supplies

A huge thank you to Alex from Gamez Knight for donating so many incredible resources to our school Dungeons and Dragons Club. The students were estatic and can't wait to put all the items to good use!

D&D Club

Champion School at the 2022 EKKA

Kingaroy State High School student Gorgie Plowman won champion school parader at the Ekka. This is an incredible achievement! Harrison Campbell led 4th placed steer 401 to 445kg class and Rhiannon Braithwaite led Big Mac who was highly commended in the junior led steer 446 to 490kg class.

The Kingaroy State High School cattle judging team, consisting of Jaimie-Lee Webb, Liam Cullen and Rhiannon Braithwaite won first place in the schools team cattle judging competition which is another incredible achievement.

After all points were tallied in the judging, Kingaroy State High School was judged the most successful school, repeating the result from the last Ekka in 2019. What an incredible result for the Kingaroy State High School team!

A massive thank you to our dedicated staff and parent who were in Brisbane supporting our students to success: Mr Steven Langton, Mr Cameron Webster and Mrs Candice Braithwaite

2022 Ekka

Aussie Angus Brangus Sale

Kingaroy SHS Palyah stud will be selling two bulls through the “Aussie Angus Brangus Sale” to be held at 11:00 am  on the 20^th of August at the Coolabunia saleyards. The profits the school receives from the sale will be reinvested into the schools agricultural education programs, so this is a great opportunity to pick up a quality bull and support agricultural education at the same time.

If there are students or parents who would like to help with serving morning tea and lunch on the day, we are chasing volunteers so please give Mr Langton or Mr Webster a call at the school.

Noorook Cover Competition & FLAIR Updates

The Noorook Cover Competition has officially begun! Get your pencils, styluses, cameras and crayons ready and start designing for your chance to win a voucher, as well as have your deisgn featured on the Kingaroy State High School Noorook cover for 2022. Please email your designs to Mrs Penfold cpenf10@eq.edu.au 

Auditions have officially begun for FLAIR with a number of talents students (and TEACHERS!) coming down at their allocated time during break to show off their talents and skills. 

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