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19 March 201919 March 2019

Date Claimers

STYMIE PARENT EVENING

Thursday 28 March held in the Lecture Theatre room in theScience Language Centre

YEAR 11 CAMP

Halliday Bay Wednesday 3 April to Friday 5 April

JUNIOR SCHOOL JAPAN CULTURAL TOUR

Wednesday 3 April to 13 April

See “English and LOTE Department” for more information aboutthe tour.

Principal Perspective

EDUCATION MINISTER VISIT

Education Minister Grace Grace recently visited our school andundertook a sod turning, announcing a $20 million investmentin infrastructure upgrades over the next 2 years. This includesa new learning centre, with STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering & Maths) specific learning spaces, a PerformingArts Centre and additional improvements across the school.

This is an amazing opportunity for our school, deliveringmodern facilities catering for the interests of our students inthe region, whilst maintaining current and modern curriculumoptions.

(L-R) Education Minister Grace Grace, School Captains Taylor(L-R) Education Minister Grace Grace, School Captains TaylorKoolman and Sebastian Heatley and Principal Don McDermidKoolman and Sebastian Heatley and Principal Don McDermid

PARENT AND SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT

At Proserpine State High School, we welcome and encourageparents and carers to engage and contribute to their child’slearning. Parent engagement is a meaningful relationshipbetween the parent/carer and teachers with the goal of betterlearning and wellbeing outcomes for the student. Parentengagement goes beyond ‘parent involvement’ at school.Parent engagement directly benefits a child’s learning at schooland at home.

The benefits of parent engagement for students include:

I encourage parents to set appropriate expectations for theirchildren that will translate into success in the classroom.Children that think they are able to improve and achieve aremore successful than children who don’t believe this. Iencourage parents to talk with their children about theiraspirations and dreams, setting high expectations of your childand supporting them to be accountable and responsible fortheir actions.

• Improved levels of achievement

• Improved attendance and retention

• Improved behaviour and social skills

If done well, parent engagement could add the equivalent of 2or 3 extra years of schooling for a child. (Hattie, 2008)

https://education.qld.gov.au/parents-and-carers/community-engagement/parents

PARENT COMMUNICATION

Proserpine State High School has a new way to communicatewith you – SZapp. It allows you to access the school calendar,website, Facebook, school forms & documents, assessmentplanners, newsletter, a student absence form and more, allat the press of a button. As a school, we will be using thisapp to communicate important messages and reminders toparents and students. This free app will allow you to choosewhat information you prefer to receive. For example, yourpreferences could include Junior School or Senior Schoolinformation, Instrumental Music, Rugby league, etc. Iencourage you to download this free SZapp to your phone soyou do not miss any important school information.

PARENT ONLINE RESOURCES

Our new parent resource School TV provides an abundanceof information on supporting and improving your teenager’slearning and wellbeing. Each edition addresses a major topicwith expert interviews, fact sheets, parent quiz, recommendedapps, books and much more. This month’s topic is Grief andLoss. Grief is a natural response to loss. It might be the lossof a loved one, relationship or even a pet. The more significantthe loss, the more intense the grief is likely to be. Children andadults grieve differently due to their developmental stage, andthis can prove difficult for parents to understand.

In this edition of SchoolTV, parents can learn how toacknowledge their child’s feelings and the best way to supportthem through the grief.

If you have any concerns about your child, please contact theschool Guidance Officer for further information.

Here is the link to this month's edition

https://proserpineshs.eq.schooltv.me/newsletter/grief-loss

QATSIF PRESENTATIONS

It was a privilege to present QATSIF scholarship holders withtheir certificates on our full school assembly this week. A totalof 8 students are recipients of these scholarships and endorsedby the school.

Under the QCE Scholarship Program, QATSIF provides atwo-year scholarship funding to support students commencingYear 11. The intention of the funding is to increase Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander student retention in Years 11 and12, supporting success pathways beyond year 12, andcomplementing existing school community programs andsupport for individual students.

QATSIF encourages building tomorrow’s leaders within schoolsand I was also privileged to present Jack Handley with hisQATSIF Leadership Certificate and badge. Over the past threeyears Jack has engaged in several leadership and personalextra-curricular initiatives through acceptance into theIndigenous Leaders Program, attending the ASSET Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program at

University of Newcastle, attending InspireU Camps for Law andEngineering at the University of Queensland and selected toaccompany the ASAN Black Diggers study tour of South-EastQueensland. Jack is currently the Proserpine State High SchoolVice-School Captain and Indigenous School Leader, and simplyan outstanding role model for our school community.

(L-R) Principal Don McDermid, Jack Handley and Community(L-R) Principal Don McDermid, Jack Handley and CommunityEducation Councillor Arthur GabeyEducation Councillor Arthur Gabey

Items of Interest

2019 NEXT STEP SURVEY

This survey captures information about the journey from schoolto further study and employment. All students who completeYear 12 at government and non-government schools inQueensland are included. Insights gained from Next Stepassists schools to review and plan their services for studentsand school system personnel to evaluate education policiesas they affect the transition from school to further study andemployment.

The suite of surveys include:

The Queensland Government Statistician's Office conducts thesurvey fieldwork on behalf of the department and Minister forEducation.

Further information about Next Step is available at

http://www.qld.gov.au/nextstep/

WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE

The school hosted a Leukaemia Foundation “World’s GreatestShave” on Friday 15 March. This is a fundraiser to aid inresearch into a cure for Blood Cancers, including the diseases

• Next Step Year 12 Completers survey for all studentswho completed Year 12 (and were awarded a SeniorStatement) in the previous year in Queensland. Thisincludes international students.

• Next Step Early School Leavers survey for studentswho left school before completing Year 12 in theprevious year in Queensland.

• Longitudinal studies that annually track targetedcohorts of Year 12 completers and early schoolleavers.

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of Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma. It has been 20 yearssince the school lost Year 11 student, Peter Cook to thisdisease as well as losing former students and extendedmembers of the school family. For the 21st year we have raisedfunds and are currently over $7600, exceeding our $7000target but still behind last year’s record $8600! This is anotherfantastic effort from all those who participated, the whole schooland Whitsunday community who supported the participantsand the Leukaemia Foundation.

Before the big shave eventBefore the big shave event

This year Jack Dwyer and Hannah King, both shaving for theirthird year, were the top fundraisers, raising over $1300 and$1200 each so far, and Stella Duggan has raised over $500shaving for the second year in row. Miss Kate Thomson raised$600 and has lovely magenta highlights in her plaits again whileNatasha Simpson and Bella Taylor donated their long locks forwigs for sufferers who have lost their hair due to Chemotherapy.Beau Allan and Alex Wilson participated by shaving for theirsecond year while Hayden Cairncross did his first, raising over$300. Mr Cox participated for his 21st year and shaved forthe 12th year in a row in memory of students, friends and hisfather that all lost their battles against Leukaemia. Many morestudents donated to have their hair coloured by student councilas part of Funky Hair Friday. The student hair dressing team dida fantastic job on the day keeping up with all their clients.

The end resultsThe end results

Thank you to all students, parents and families who donated.You and your families should be proud of your contributions.Let’s make it bigger next year and keep hoping for bettertreatment and a cure for blood cancers. It’s not too late todonate if you haven’t had the chance yet. Log on to WorldsGreatest Shave and donate to the Proserpine State HighSchool team or donate through Care Groups or the box in theschool office.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_CpjrwaZ6E

Mr Andrew Cox

Assessment Schedule Changes

YEAR 11 ESSENTIAL ENGLISH

Due to unforeseen events, the Year 11 Essential English spokenassessment dates have been pushed back to allow studentsenough time to successfully complete the task requirements.The draft due date has been pushed back to Wednesday, 24April (Term 2 Week 1) and the final due date has been pushedback to Wednesday, 8 May (Term 2 Week 3).

YEAR 11 SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS UNIT 1

FIA2 Exam – Periods 1 and 2 Tuesday 7 May 2019Please mark these changes to your Assessment Schedule.

Senior Schooling

COMMUNITY COMMITTEE REPORT

Clean Up Australia Day

This past week, the school’s Community Committee held awhole school clean up event in honour of Clean Up AustraliaDay. The event was welcoming and involved all members ofthe school’s environment, staff and students included. DuringThursday morning care group, Flinders and Cook houses wereeach given specific areas to clean and look after; suffice tosay, they delivered. Friday morning care group saw Oxley andKennedy doing the same. It was an engaging and rewardingexperience to see the entire school put in their efforts to keepnot only our resources, but out home clean as well.

Taylor KoolmanCommunity Committee

INDUSTRY NEWS

Work Experience

Work Experience is an excellent opportunity to gain anunderstanding of the industry that a student is considering fora career and assist with the transition from school to work.Valuable industry contacts can be made, added to a resume,or the experience used as a pre-requisite for further study. Itallows students to see the nature and diversity of employees in

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the workplace and the ability to improve work ethic, maturity,confidence and self-reliance. It can also be the opportunity toextend learning in the classroom into practical applications inthe workforce.

With the holidays fast approaching, don’t leave it to the lastminute to try out an industry or profession as you may miss out.Application forms can be collected from B4.

Wilmar Work Experience

Applications for work experience at WilmarSugar are now available for Year 12students for the first week of the holidays 8April – 12 April. Hours of work are from7.00am to 3.16pm daily. Positions arelimited and are on an application basis.Fields include electrical, fitting and turning,boiler making, stores, administration andengineering (chemical and electrical)

graduate. If students are successful they will be required toattend a compulsory Mill Induction at Proserpine State HighSchool at a time to be determined.

Successful applicants will have shown satisfactory results ineffort and behaviour on school reports.

Work experience students must provide their own workclothing;

Helmets, safety glasses and personal protective equipmentrequired to perform given tasks in a safe manner shall beprovided by the mill. Visit B4 for application forms.

Work experience opportunities will also be available during theJuly and September holidays.

Pick up application form from B4.

Please visit B4 for more information on the positions available,school based traineeships & apprenticeships, or workexperience.

Student Support Services Team

FROM THE GUIDANCE OFFICER

Anti-Bullying Week - National Day of Action AgainstBullying and Violence

As the theme of National Action week was “Take a StandTogether”, our school started the week on Monday’s wholeschool parade where all staff, all wearing Bullying No Wayribbons, were drawn together to stand at the front of assembly,whilst a presenter spoke to the importance of standing togetheragainst bullying and violence. The staff presented a unitedpresence, then the entire parade of students were asked tostand with us, which all 1000 plus students did. Studentsthen were encouraged to add their voice to the campaignby responding “No Way!!” to the prompt of “Bullying”. Hencea powerful reverberation of some 1200 voices chanted-BULLYING. NO WAY for some minutes. The presenter thenspoke to the importance of reporting bullying and of not beinga bystander. There was an emphasis on everyone being uniqueand deserving of respect, and the important role all studentsplay in providing a safe, supportive, positive environment hereat school for all students. This assembly provided the basis andinertia for the following days actions.

During Care Group sessions, PowerPoint presentations werediscussed and students were asked to define and identify thedifference between conflict, being mean, and bullying. Yearlevel parades continued the presentation of similar themes andemphasised the use of Stymie as an anonymous reporting tool.Friday saw a Pink Shirt day as a way of further highlighting antibullying action, and students decorated the administration withpink balloons and streamers. Posters representing the StandTogether Against Bullying and Violence theme were placed onnoticeboards throughout the school. We also did events onFriday, towards fund raising for World’s Greatest Shave.

Whilst it is important to highlight action against bullying andviolence during a week of action, it is always emphasised tostudents that such action needs to occur every day of everyyear. And students have a vitally important role to play in actionagainst bullying and violence.

Cyber Safety Presentation

Please note, the Cyber Safety Parents Evening to be held onthe 28th March at the school will be a great opportunity for

• The clothing consists of long cotton drill worktrousers and a long sleeved, high visibility, cotton drillwork shirt (local Op shops may stock these items)

• Shirts must be tucked into the trousers with sleevesrolled down and buttoned up

• All work experience students must wear steelcapped, all leather work boots (which they providethemselves)

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Parents/Carers to listen to a Cyber safety expert. RachelDowney is the developer of Stymie which we use at our school.She has considerable experience in presenting to students andparents/carers, so it should be both informative and interesting.We look forward to seeing you there.

Get Your Techno Power Back!Proserpine State High School, 28 March. 6pm

in the School Lecture Theatre

Let’s Set Some Boundaries

Rachel Downie - eSafety speakerwill be presenting important informationabout your child’s use of technology.

• Are they safe online?• What are they sharing?

• Having trouble managing technology?• Want to know what they’re really doing?

Rachel will give you tips on howto manage kids’ devices and help you to identify

potential addiction and device usage issuesin your home. For more information please visit:

http://www.racheldownie.com/

*Please note that students are not permitted to thissession

OPTIONS CAREER INFORMATION BULLETIN

CAREERS/JOBS/CAREERS/JOBS/UNIVERSITIES-Resource

Options Career Information Bulletin is an extensive resourcethat covers many and varied topics relating to career decisionmaking and pathway options.

I encourage students and carers to take time and browsethrough the document - you may be surprised what youfind. Go to the ‘Senior Info’ for Options Career Bulletin - 4 onthe side panel to the left of the newsletter.

Mr Stan LarkinGuidance Officer

HEALTH MATTERS

Head Lice

It has been bought to our attention that there have been somecases of head lice within the school. Please check yourchildren’s hair and treat if lice are present.

YARNING CIRCLE

Creative Arts Competition

For Years 7 to 12 (under 18). Theme is 'Grounded in the Truth,Walk Together with Courage' or 'Voice, Treaty, Truth. Let’swork together for a shared future.' (Naidoc Week 2019)

Closes on the 10th May, 2019.

QATSIF CERTIFICATES

The Queensland Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Fundrecipients for Round 10 received their Certificates ofAcknowledgement from the school. William Allan, JasperBraun, Imogen Davey-Grigg, Alisha Radley, Lachlan Wake,Tatiana Wereta, Domanick Schulte and Jordon Miller were allsuccessful in achieving either a one or two year scholarshipfund. We are grateful for QATSIF in supporting our Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander students and ensuring that theyachieve their goals in education and provide financial supportfor the families. We also encourage our senior students toapply for Round 11 later in the year to continue representingProserpine State School as a QATSIF school.

(L-R) Lachlan, William, Imogen, Tatiana, Jordon and Domanick(L-R) Lachlan, William, Imogen, Tatiana, Jordon and Domanick

Summer Camps:

InspireU Health Science Camp – Year 11 and 12.

Science and Infrastructure Development (SID) – Year 10, 11and 12.

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See me in the SAC Building on Monday, Tuesday orWednesday for more details on these camps.

See yah when I’m looking at yah.

Student Achievements

Keyra Smith - U17 Female State ChallengeSelection – Women’s Cricket

Congratulations to Keyra Smith who has been selected byQueensland Cricket to play in the U17 Female State Challengeon the Sunshine Coast in April. Four teams compete in theChallenge, which will see the 48 best U17 female players inQueensland participate.

Keyra also made the U17 Queensland Indoor Girls Team andwill participate at the 2019 Australian Indoor NationalChampionships in Melbourne in July.

Good Luck!

View other student’s achievements by visiting the website andclick on the ‘Our School’ tab or click on link below to view them:

https://proserpineshs.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Performanceandachievements/Pages/Performanceandachievements.aspx

Student Voice

Stationary/Schools Supplies Drive for floodvictims

This year, the Senior Student Council had a rough startdue to the flash flooding that plagued the Whitsundays,ultimately effecting the attendance within school for thefirst two weeks of term one. But nobody got the roughweather worse than Townsville. With homes and schoolsbeing destroyed, and people within the community ofTownsville losing everything, we can’t help but reflect onwhat it was like to be in Townsville’s shoes when CycloneDebbie struck the Whitsundays two years ago.

In response to this natural disaster, the Senior StudentCouncil have set up a Stationary/Schools Supplies Driveto support the students out west and up north who havelost everything due to the flooding. Students have beeneagerly helping by putting in unused notebooks, pens

and other school supplies. If you have any spare suppliesleft over from shopping at the start of the year, feel free todonate in the office or give to your child to bring into theschool. Let us help Townsville like they helped us duringour time of need.

Year 12 students, Mikayla and Molly Pepper, proudlyYear 12 students, Mikayla and Molly Pepper, proudlyholding up one of the many boxes already full to sendholding up one of the many boxes already full to send

west and north for students in need.west and north for students in need.

By Kashmir BrunkerSenior Student Council

Faculty News

ENGLISH AND LOTE DEPARTMENT

Many wonderful things are happening in the English andLanguages faculty this term.

Junior School Japan Cultural Tour

Excitement is building among our 29 students and 3 staffheading off on the Japanese Cultural Tour. On the 2nd ofApril, they leave for their 12 day adventure, experiencing thecultural and linguistic delights of Japan. Beginning in Osaka,our students will spend three days exploring the highlights ofDotonbori and Kaiyukan, enjoying the region’s fusion of modernand traditional Japan. They will then head to Kyoto – the culturalcapital. Rich in tradition, the historic temples and shrines ofthe city offer many uniquely Japanese experiences. Finally, ourstudents will spend three days engaging with their host familiesand students from Asaka-Nishi High, discovering the wondersof Tokyo and strengthening the bonds with our sister school.

Ms Hall and Mrs Morris-Blair have been very busy this term withpreparations, including running lunchtime meetings every weekto ensure our students, and third staff member, Mr Jensen, areready to go.

Whitsunday Voices

The Whitsunday Voices Short Story Competition is on again.We had a lot of wonderful stories entered last year and hope foreven more in 2019. This year’s theme is Express Yourself andentries are due by the 17th May.

The IEUA Literary Competition is also in full swing. Withstudents able to submit poetry, short stories or non-fiction

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prose, this competition caters to a greater variety of writingstyles.

There are some great monetary prizes on offer with both ofthese competitions, so get those creative juices flowing and getwriting!!

See Mrs Raiteri, Mr Sainsbury or Mrs Noble in C WestStaffroom for more info on either of these competitions.

Our staff and students have embraced the new writing programwe have introduced to help improve our student writing acrossall faculties and genres. With a variety of sentence andparagraph structures, as well as a range of great resources, ourstudents have the opportunities to build their skills. We hopeto see some of these skills shine in our entries for both theWhitsunday Voices and IEUA Literary Competitions.

SCIENCE AND MARINE DEPARTMENT

Over two days on Tuesday 12 March and Thursday 14 Marchthe Year 12 Aquatics classes went to Peter Faust Dam to dothe practical component of their boating unit. As can be seenfrom the photo the conditions were perfect with sunny skiesand light winds. A great day was had by all with the studentsorganising a sausage sizzle for their lunch. As an added bonusmay of the students were able to get their recreational boatlicence as part of this unit. A very handy thing to have when youlive in the beautiful Whitsundays!

Peter Faust DamPeter Faust Dam

THE ART NEWS

Year 11 Visual Art

An experimental lesson with Year 11 Visual Art in Practicestudents, learning how to use long exposure photography.

Photo by Abbey BennettPhoto by Abbey Bennett Photo by Cassidy LaffinPhoto by Cassidy Laffin

Photo by Chille FitzgeraldPhoto by Chille Fitzgerald Photo by DanicaPhoto by Danica

YEAR 7 Music

Jam Junk Assessment

These students had to create their own musical instrument outof junk. Then forming a band, they had to compose a rhythmicsong, rehearse and perform it in front of the class. Videos of theperformances will be displayed at Culminating Day in Week 9.

Sports Section

RUGBY LEAGUE

Airlie Action Scaffolding Year 8s

A great start to the Year 8 Rugby League competition for theAirlie Action Scaffolding Year 8s winning against Mirani 40-0.The boys played exceptionally well, particularly in the middlewith some great attack and defence. Xavier Raginiwa-Thomas(1 try), Iaden Fredrickson and Callan Simpson (1 try) madeeasy metres up the middle and were able to start getting somesecond phase football happening. Jake Upston benefitted fromthis to score 2 tries while Jett Hiscox came to life in the secondhalf making the most of Mirani’s tired defence to score 2 triesalong with Blaide Plowright and Mitch Hinton 1 each. BraithTetley and Corey Dwyer had solid games directing the team

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around the field as well as kicking two conversions each. Bestand Fairest results - 3 Xavier, 2 Callan, 1 Jett.

Whitsunday Martial Arts/Plasta Whitsunday Year 10s

The WMA/Plasta Whitsunday Year 10s alsostarted with a strong win 42-12. CaptainDarcy Turner had a barnstorming gameconstantly bursting through tackles andscoring 3 tries while Ashton Sinnott alsoscored 3 tries with some strong edge running, good back upplay and footwork close to the defensive line. Asher O’Donnellalso used changes of direction at the line to be a handful allgame for Mirani’s defence as did Blake Hiscox. Callum Barberhad a strong defensive game in centre while also scoring 2 trieswith Jack Briskey solid as the other centre. LachlanEdmondson showed great promise in developing his onfieldleadership and direction of the team and will grow into this rolethroughout the season while Luke Handley and MichaelPettiford were their reliable hardworking selves doing plenty ofwork bringing the ball back to start sets. An all round teamperformance with plenty of improvement to make with theirattacking game plan.

Cane Country Tyres Open Boys

Again the Cane Country Open RugbyLeague side opened their season with agood solid win over Mirani at home at LesStagg Oval. After the first game beingcancelled due to wet weather the side was pretty keen to seewhat they could do and they didn’t disappoint. The sideenjoyed the majority of possession in the first half and afterspilling too much ball went into half time leading 8-0. First halftries to Jesse Reichelt and Noel Waipape finally came after westarted to hold onto the ball. There was plenty of strong defencefrom both sides on show.

In the second half the team started to finally find their feet andwent on with the job. Second half tries to Connor Spence, JoshSturma and Brenton Talbot with two conversions by JacobSturma saw the team surge ahead to a 24-0 lead. A lateconsolation try by Mirani had the score at fulltime 24-6. Whilethere is still lots of room for improvement it was a good solidstart for the team considering it was the first hit out for the year.

Student Resource Scheme

Have you paid your student’s resource schemefees for 2019?

There are still a number of families who have not yet joined theStudent Resource Scheme for 2019. This may be due to anoversight. Please check your records to ensure that paymenthas been made to enable your student to receive the manybenefits of the scheme.

The aim of the scheme is to provide the best educationalstandards for all students at a minimal cost to families. The

Student Resource Scheme funds are fully expended on studentneeds.

If there are special circumstances for the Student ResourceScheme fees remaining unpaid, the school needs tounderstand your situation. Please notify the Principal or MeganDrennan on 4945 0111. In order to be of assistance to families,good communication with the school is essential.

STUDENT ID CARDS will be available for collection soon,only for students who are up to date with Student ResourceScheme payments.

Competitions

WHITSUNDAY VOICES SHORT STORYCOMPETITION

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IEU LITERARY COMPETITION

Community News

IDRIVE JUNIOR DRIVING PROGRAMS

iDRIVE is a young driver training program that WhitsundaySporting Car Club established in early 2014. The concept ofiDRIVE is to introduce new juniors into the fun and excitingworld of motorsport in a supportive and safe club environment.Participants, aged 12-17, can develop their driving skills toa level where they can confidently compete in the club levelmotorsport events.

iDRIVE is structured around the basic discipline of Motorkhana.Motorkhana’s are a great introduction to motorsport. They testa participant’s acceleration, braking and manoeuvrability skillsin a variety of small tests marked out by traffic cones off regularstreets or roads and other traffic.

Our experience shows that young drivers who learn carhandling skills in an off road safe controlled environment aremore inclined to know the limits on the public roads. Our clubhas 4 small hatchbacks to use as the iDRIVE training cars andparticipants will have a driver trainer in the car with them at alltimes.

Each event is set out to cater for individuals and participantswill improve their driving skills if attending all four iDRIVE trainingsessions.

2019 DATES:

GROUP 1 (SATURDAY

LESSONS)

GROUP 2 (SUNDAY

LESSONS)

GROUP 1 (SATURDAY

LESSONS)

GROUP 2 (SUNDAY

LESSONS)

iDRIVE LESSONS:

Details on how to register – visit the link below or phone: 0403032 217

http://www.wscc.com.au/

Limited numbers available – pre-nominations are essential.Please complete the WSCC Club Membership Form andthe CAMS Junior Licence Form and transfer $50.00 toWhitsunday Sporting Car Club to sure your position.

HOST FAMILIES NEEDED IN MAY

OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE A NEWCULTURE AT HOME, IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE

STUDIES, MAKE NEW FRIENDS, REDISCOVER ANDSHARE THE BEAUTY OF AUSTRALIA

In May, June, July and August, we will be receiving exchangestudents from France, Denmark and Sweden. Our new arrivalswill live with a host family and attend a local school for 3, 5 or 10months. As we plan for their arrival, we are keen to hear fromsuitable families who might be interested to host a student.

Hosting an exchange student can be a truly rewardingexperience. It allows a family to experience a foreign culture firsthand, be exposed to a new language and pass on a bit of ourown culture. They might even make a friend for life!

All students have at least basic levels of English, would attend aschool in your local area and live the life of a local.

Student Exchange Australia New Zealand LtdPO Box 1420, Mona Vale NSW 1660 Australia

T: (02) 9997 0700 F: (02) 9997 0701W: www.studentexchange.org.au

• Saturday 6 April • Sunday 7 April

• Saturday 1 June • Sunday 2 June

• Saturday 6 July • Sunday 7 July

• Saturday 31 August • Sunday 1 September

• 12-17 Year Olds

• 10am to 1pm

• Tonker Park Motorsports Complex, Lascelles Ave(Proserpine Airport Road)

• Club Car provided

• Participants must wear enclosed footwear

• Parent/Guardian needs to be in attendance for theduration of the event (please bring a chair &refreshments)

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CANNONVALE LEARNING AND LIFESTYLE

WHITSUNDAY BRAHMANS WOMENS RUGBYLEAGUE FOOTBALL

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NTS WHITSUNDAY NAVY CADETS

MAX PORTER – SHAVE FOR A CUREFUNDRAISER

YOUTH SPACE

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