26 October 2018

Newsletter Articles

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear Parents/Guardians

Please find Deb’s video report.

This is the link to the esafety website Deb spoke about in her report

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Absence Line: Ph: 5499 8101

Please leave a message before 8am if your student will be absent from school on that day.

Collection of Students during school hours:

If you wish to collect your student(s) during school hours, please ensure that all arrangements are made prior to the student attending school, as we do not have phones in classrooms. Please provide a note or a phone call to the school detailing/outlining the departure time, reason and who will be collecting the student.

CANTEEN AND UNIFORM SHOP

Please note the uniform shop is open during the following hours only:

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 8am till 11am

Why not register for ‘Flexischools’ to purchase your school uniforms online, 24 hours, 7 days a week! Pick up is available 5 days a week.

Once registered, you can purchase uniforms OR pre-order from your tuckshop!

Flexischools

Online ordering is a convenient way to place orders, providing a 24/7 payment and ordering system that can be accessed from home, work or a mobile device.

Online ordering is faster and more accurate, giving parents peace of mind that their order and payment is received accurately at the school.

This service is available for canteen and uniform orders for Maleny State High School.

Registration Instructions:

Free, easy, online registration.

Step 1: Click the REGISTER button below.
Step 2: Enter your email.
Step 3: You will be emailed a link to an online form - follow the link.
Step 4: Choose a username and password and complete the form.
Step 5: Add each student and their class.
Step 6: Top-up the account - VISA, Mastercard or Direct Deposit.

ART DEPARTMENT NEWS

OPEN STUDIO A REAL TREAT

It is not every day that you meet your idol, but during the September holidays I was lucky enough to have done just that. As part of the school's professional development program, I attended a workshop held by Wendy Sharpe and Bernard Ollis in Sydney. These two professional working artists opened up their studios to give invaluable tips on painting, work methods, materials strategies and approaches. Both artists have extensive teaching experience and it was a real opportunity for me to learn from their artwork, and ask questions regarding their teaching methods.

A three-hour drawing workshop saw us develop several different compositional viewpoints that are so evident in both Wendy and Bernard’s paintings. Overall, it was a fantastic experience, which will definitely enhance my artistic process, allowing better educational outcomes for students.

Arjanne Reilly
Experienced Senior Visual Art Teacher

ENVIRONMENT NEWS

Terracycle Colgate Community Garden Challenge

The Terracycle Colgate Community Garden Challenge is a competition for Australian schools, from pre-school to high school. Points are collected from votes and by donating old dental care products. The prize is one of five recycled garden sets.

Your plastic dental products are a major pollutant. Toothbrushes, dental floss containers and many similar products are not uncommon items in oceans and landfill. Teracycle is collecting this waste and recycling it into garden sets (which our school has a chance of winning), so it doesn’t end up in the environment.

We need points! You can donate your old products at the Student Services window. One unit of waste is worth 10 points.

If you go to their website at the link below or google ‘Terracycle Australian School Competition’ you can vote for Maleny State High School. Every vote is a point.

Clothing Consumerism is Killing Our Planet:

We’ve come a long way since recent times. No longer are we bound by a tiny, repetitive closet. You can now change your look as fast as the months, or even weeks, go by. But have we really advanced? The Fast Fashion Industry is killing our planet and there are some things you can do to stop it.

The fashion industry is the second biggest polluter in the world, beaten only by oil. Whether it’s the mass amounts of harmful chemicals and resources used in its production, or how much we are throwing away, the demand for style is a monstrous problem only just beginning to rear its head to the general public.

Some chemicals commonly used in clothing production are carcinogens, phthalates and formaldehyde. These chemicals have various functions, all of which are health concerns. Many of the chemicals used in the manufacture and material growth, leach, or are dumped, straight into rivers and other water supplies, often without treatment, causing huge devastation to wildlife and people alike. The Guardian stated that around 70% of rivers and lakes in China are now contaminated. However it’s not just the countries who do the manufacturing and growing that are affected as the chemicals and other waste from the industry can make its way into the ocean, moving around the globe. This is an issue that affects everyone. Some of these chemicals may take a few washes to get out of your clothes, meaning you could be exposed.

Then there is what we throw away, and what doesn’t get to the stores in the first place. Each Australian buys an average of 27 kilograms of textiles a year, making us the second biggest consumers in the world of these products. As a country, 500,000 tonnes of textiles ends up in our land fill annually. Since the 1990s, the amount of clothing we buy has increased by 400 percent. This is a startling figure and can’t be explained away with population growth as it’s been adjusted to account for that.

The good news is that you can do something to make a difference. Yet again, the three Rs come into play here: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. To start with, why not try buying less. Giving to charities and up-cycling your old clothing where you can. Do you want to shop ethically, but don’t want to do the research? Well there are apps you can use and, among them, is good on you. This app is free and looks at the sustainability and ethics of brands, rating them accordingly and suggesting similar brands. Everything you do makes a difference. Whether it makes our future environment better or worse is your decision.

If you would like to know more, or think this issue isn’t something you need to worry about, I would recommend you watch The True Cost, a spectacular documentary available on Netflix that not only addresses the environmental impacts of the industry, but how it’s affecting people and our planet. So I urge you, next time you want to buy clothing, think of the consequences and think of our future.

By Anika Sumby

ENVIROWEEK: A YEAR OF ACTION
A WEEK OF CELEBRATION (22-28 OCTOBER)
TAKE ACTION ANYTIME

Aussie kids take action and see the impact of positive everyday choices for themselves, their school, and our environment. Enviroweek gives schools and students the chance to have fun while connecting with their local environment and community. Be part of the solution.

MALENY SHS ACTIVITIES/EVENTS

The following activities were held at MSHS during Enviro week:

TUESDAY 23/10 – TUESDAY 30/10: optional Emu Parades

For the first few minutes of period 4 lessons, classes cleaned up the immediate vicinity outside of their classrooms using gloves and/or buckets and/or garbage grabbers.

TUESDAY 23/10: Enviroweek displays over both lunch breaks

Chalk drawings/messages with an Environmental theme e.g. War on Waste/Drastic Plastic etc., in the undercovered area/walkway pavements near the Environment Committee Notice Board. Recycling programs of bins/boxes displayed with information (mobile phones/accessories, batteries, aluminium cans, soft plastics, Colgate Community Garden Challenge Dental Hygiene Waste, L’Oréal Beauty products – skin, hair and cosmetics packaging).

Individual or an Inter-house competition with prizes (from the Environment Committee prize box)

WEDNESDAY 24/10: Upcycling DIY - No Sew T-shirt Bag Workshop in 2nd break in RT02

Students brought their own T-shirt/s and made upcycled T-shirt bags.

MONDAY 29/10: A MIGHTY FORCE Documentary Screening 2nd break in RT02

This 30-minute documentary captures the power and passion of people taking extraordinary action to stop Adani from building one of the biggest coal mines in the world, threatening our water, our climate and our Great Barrier Reef. From remote central Queensland where the mine is proposed to be built, to rallies in metropolitan Melbourne and Sydney, this David and Goliath battle is one of the most determined and focused campaigns in Australia’s recent history. #StopAdani: A Mighty Force reveals an unstoppable movement for change in action.

SPORT NEWS

Interschool Sport

Year 7 Sport:

This term, students are participating in an interclass competition during Sport time on a Thursday afternoon. For the first five weeks of the term a touch football competition will run, before finishing the year with a basketball competition. There’s already some healthy rivalry between classes after the lunchtime futsal competition that was held during Term Three.

It’s important that all students come to school in their full sports uniform on a Thursday, as well as bring their hat and water bottle.

Good luck to all classes.

MALENY HIGH JERSEYS:

Some Year Seven students still haven’t returned their Maleny High jersey from the Term Three interschool competition. To avoid a $50 replacement fee, please ensure your student returns their jersey to the HPE staffroom as soon as possible.

Thank you

Year 8 Interschool Sport:

The Year Eights have started their last round of interschool sport for the year. Maleny has fielded basketball, fast 5 football, tennis, softball, touch football and AFL teams in the competition. Teams have both ‘home’ and ‘away’ games on a Wednesday afternoon for the remainder of the term. On the weeks that students travel to other schools, buses return to Maleny High by 3 pm for normal transport home. Sport is a wonderful opportunity for students to make new connections, improve fitness levels and learn new skills, as well as develop team spirit and display sportspersonlike behaviour.

Good luck to all teams. Go Maleny!

FROM THE P & C

The First Annual Maleny Monster Mash

The P&C's BIG fundraiser for the year is the Maleny Monster Mash. If you haven't already marked the 27th of October on your calendar, then please do so now. You don't want to miss the First Annual Maleny Monster Mash. This isn't just going to be an amazing event, it's a fundraiser, which means every penny you spend is going to a good cause - our school. You don't want to be late because we are giving away 100 FREE showbags to the first 100 people through the door. Doors open at 6pm and not a moment sooner. There will be Door Prizes, Raffles, Spooktacular Food & Drinks, Live Music performed by Chris Ramsay & The Febs, sideshow alley games and prizes as well as a Haunted House walk-through. You don't have to come in costume to have fun, but you do if you want to win one of our fabulous prizes awarded to the costume contest winners. We have students that will be acting in the Haunted House at the event, which is sure to be a BLAST. This is an event you don't want to miss.

Two talented Maleny High Students have created the two flyers seen above for the Monster Mash. These two students are Aveli Cook-Wilkinson and Igor Ejmont. You can see these flyers PROUDLY displayed around the school and shared via social media. Thank You to Aveli and Igor for creating this wonderful artwork.

Thank You to ALL of our AMAZING Maleny Monster Mash Sponsors!!

Our P&C is very grateful for your support and thanks you for sponsoring not just our event, but for having faith in us, our school and, most importantly, our students. It's because of sponsorships that we are able to put on events like this to help us raise much needed funds for our school and our students. We couldn't do it without you!!

R. O. Dillon Accountant - Major Sponsor
Maleny Supa IGA - Major Sponsor
Star Discount Chemist Maleny - Major Sponsor
Bank of QLD Maleny
Mountain Mowers
Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World
Coral Street Automotive
RHEE TAEKWON-DO
Maleny Yoga Centre
Six String Studios
Maple Street Meats
Indigo Counselling Services
Maleny Dairies
Maleny Water Deliveries
Spicers Tamarind Retreat
Landsborough Screens & Security
Barung Landcare Association
Shotgun Espresso
Total Water Solutions
Majestic Cinemas Nambour
Bargain Max Maleny
Dimmeys – Nambour
The Bunker – Beerwah
Hinterland Tyres & Automotive Services
Maleny Credit Union
Dr. Tracy McNab
Maleny Apex Club
Australia Zoo

Recycle Recycle Recycle

The P&C is trying to do our part for the environment. We have been participating in the Beauty Products Recycling Program through Terracycle. It costs the P&C and the school absolutely nothing to participate in this program. Terracycle provides Terracycle Points for every package of acceptable recyclables that we ship to them. Each unit of personal care and beauty product packaging that we send to Terracycle can be redeemed for a payment of AU$0.02 to our school. However this isn't about the Terracycle points, it's about being part of the solution and helping to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in our landfills. We want our children to inherit a beautiful planet and good recycling skills, so this is a simple and responsible way to help that cause. The drop-off location is the main administration building of the High School. We are asking everyone to please get behind this recycling program.

Here is a list of the accepted items:

Beauty Products Recycling Program accepted waste:

1. Cosmetic packaging such as used lipstick and lip gloss, mascara, eye shadow, bronzer, foundation, eyeliner, eye shadow, lip liner, and concealer packaging.
2. Hair care packaging such as used shampoo and conditioner bottles and caps, hair gel tubes and caps, hair spray and hair treatment packaging.
3. Skin care packaging such as lip balm, face moisturiser, face and body wash soap dispensers and tubes, body and hand lotion dispenser and tubes, and shaving foam packaging.

Danielle Watt
P&C President

SKI TRIP 2018

Over the first week of the spring school holidays 34 students and 4 teachers travelled to Perisher for 5 days of skiing or snowboarding. The Maleny High School Ski Trip has become an integral part of the extra-curriculum options for senior students. It provides an opportunity for students to develop a range of personal and group skills in an environment which many students would otherwise not experience. It takes advantage of learning in environments outside the school setting, and has proven to be valuable motivational component in broadening the education of our students. The students in attendance were an absolute pleasure.

The Ski Trip contributes significantly to the values and interactions students have experienced in their Care Class programs. The Ski Trip challenges, and has a focus on the nature and importance of human functioning. An unfamiliar environment tested the students’ self-reliance and enabled the students to develop their own identity. It also enabled the students to focus on their relationship with their peers and teachers. Students learnt about, and developed the knowledge and skills needed, to function effectively in group situations.

Students:

• Participated in a creative, challenging and enjoyable activity.
• Learnt new physical skills. Practised and improved their performance by working both individually and in small groups.
• Were responsible for themselves and each other.
• Understood the challenges and risks involved in an unfamiliar environment and how to minimise such risks.

Thank you to all teachers involved in making this trip a huge success.

Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2019 Ski Trip. See Mrs Fox in N Block staffroom for a form. The 2019 trip is currently open to Year 11 and 12 students in 2019, and will be capped at 30 students, so get in now so you don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity.

Elisha Fox
(Ski Trip Organiser)

NEPAL ORPHANS HOME VISIT TO MALENY

The September holidays were a busy time for the participants of our Nepal humanitarian group that travelled to Kathmandu last Easter holidays. Six of the staff from the Nepal Orphans Home, four of whom are children who were raised in the orphans’ home, arrived in Queensland on the 26th of September. We spent a wonderful 18 days with our new friends. During their stay we visited many iconic Australian places here on the coast. The ocean was a revelation for them as some had never seen the sea before. Watching them negotiate the waves was simultaneously scary and humorous. The Australia Zoo experience was amazing as we were interviewed by all the T.V. news stations and met the usual suspects: koala, echidna and python, up close and personal.

The most rewarding thing from the visit was being able to reinforce the connections, the close bonds and friendships, which we had begun to grow in Kathmandu. We had an opportunity to explore our different perspectives in more detail and see our own world through fresh eyes. The most important thing we all learnt was that cultural differences do not have the power to divide us, and that our life is enriched if we find the capacity to acknowledge that the most valuable things in life are not things, but are people.

We have approval from Ms Stewart to mount another excursion to the same charity in Easter 2020 and in the next few weeks expressions of interest from students who are currently in grade nine and above will be called for by the Himaleny team here at school. If you have an interest, feel free to contact Robyn Jones, Ashleigh Ebenezer or Natasha Collis.

Namaste.
Robyn Jones

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Maleny Golf Club

Maleny Golf Club has changed the day of their Junior clinics to Monday 3:30pm to 4:30pm

For further details, call the Golf Club Manager / Head Golf Professional, Ellesha Michie, on 0411 515 402 or email mgc.manager@malenygolfclub.com.au

Ellesha Michie – Golf Club Manager / Head Golf Professional
Ph: 07 5499 9960 Mob: 0411 515 402
Email: mgc.manager@malenygolfclub.com.au
Website: www.malenygolfclub.com.au
15 Porters Lane, Maleny, QLD, 4552

World Education Program Australia Limited

World Education Program (WEP) Australia is a not-for-profit student exchange organisation. WEP offers high schoolers the opportunity to complement their secondary studies with time overseas, attending school and living with a volunteer host family. Students return with second language abilities, enhanced maturity and skills for life.

Application deadlines for student exchange programs departing in January 2019 are now open. Please encourage any interested students to enquire about their options now, so as not to miss out.

Planning for Success

Department of Transport and Main Roads workshop on how to teach a learner driver is on the 15 November 2018. Please see flyer below.

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