In this issue

QTIC Salute to Excellence

Hospitality Excellence is proud to announce that eight Year 11 & 12 students have decide to apply for the QTIC Salute to Excellence this year. Over the coming weeks, they will be busy writing their applications and developing their skills further both at 3 Trees, and with industry.

We wish the students the best of luck in their preparations:

Cookery

Connor Johnson, industry supporter Three Little Birds

Lachlan Peebles, industry supporter W Brisbane

Matthew Meadows, industry supporter The Star Culinary Institute: Brisbane Treasury

Noah Schepis-Wells, industry supporter The Star Culinary Institute: Brisbane Treasury

Food & Beverage

Chloe Donald, industry supporter W Brisbane

Savannah Inglis-Rakete, industry supporter W Brisbane

Shayla Klarich, industry supporter W Brisbane

Tia Sunbeam, industry supporter W Brisbane

Functions

Hospitality Excellence students have been busy preparing and serving a variety of functions in 3 Trees this term from the International Women’s Breakfast to the 2022 Year 12 Awards Cocktail Function to the CCCA Breakfast attended by the College’s community and industry business training partners.

The students also hosted their families for our Term 1 Showcase evening, that was Mexican themed. They planned, prepared and served a two-course meal that was a huge success. They were also able to connect with some of the 2022 Hospitality Excellence who returned as guests to support them.

Hospitality Excellence is looking forward too many more functions and excursions this year. If your student is currently enrolled in Year 10 -12 Hospitality VET and is interested in joining the Hospitality Excellence Program, please contact the Coordinator. Leah Cremen (lwell55@eq.edu.au), to discuss this further.

Students had a wonderful day this week at Parkinson Pool for our 2023 Swimming carnival! This year we had our year 7s along with our year 8s to 12s who had nominated to compete spending their time not only racing but being involved in a range of amusing activities throughout the day. Students could earn house points not only through the competitive races but also the many inflatable novelty races along with the salmon runs where they had a chance to cool off.

The teachers even got in on the action and raced the students and took home first place on the big red kangaroo, just beating out the pink flamingo who came in a close second. There were war cries, dance offs, and Ms Stott even gave students a lesson on how to dance to an old favourite, the Nutbush. Throughout the day Keera was up, but a last dash by Tharah saw them take out the day as the winning house.

A big thank you to all the PE staff, Mrs Cox and Mrs Thomas who made the day possible. Looking forward to another great Swimming Carnival next year!

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Ms Toich and Ms Cleeton are both assisting Reader’s Cup teams to prepare for this year’s competition.

Ms Toich’s Yr 5/6 Competition for Brisbane South will be held at Streeton College, on 9 June. Our team is all from Yr 6.

Thank you to Paul Harris, Kendall Sampson, Sebastian Messerschmidt, Naeema Sacur and Alex Isoif for volunteering to make up our JS Reader’s Cup Team this year.

The Year 7/8 Team are also part of the Brisbane South Competition, with their competition to be held at Emmaus College in Jimboomba on June 8^th.

(Permission notes have not yet been sent to parents or guardians as we are still shuffling our teams as they grow, and as members change their minds!).

The book list for this year’s 7/8 team has 5 interesting titles:

We look forward to a fun competition this year, and to walking away with the winning trophy!

Our Yr 7/8 Team this year includes the following students:

Yr 7 – Ambernoor Sangha , Sivananda Sabu Nair , Maria Kloska, Manaia Warbrick, Ruhab

Jahangir, Kaydn Merlo, Shivnoor Sohi, Gurshan Kaur, Jasreet Dhaliwal

Yr 8 – Ruby Nicholls, Aalia Sidhu

We are so glad to have these lovely readers on our teams from Yrs 6 to 8.

We wish them well, and encourage them to KEEP ON READING!

Good luck!

Ms Toich and Ms Cleeton.

School Refusal

School Refusal or Avoidance is an increasingly common problem across Australia.  Recently the State and Federal Ministers for Education met to discuss the reasons for and solutions to declining rates of school attendance. This March the findings of a senate inquiry will be reported to parliament and anecdotally families are feeling the increase in refusal from the young people they care for.

ReachOut have a great parents section which has an information page titled ‘Everything You Need To Know About School Refusal’- click the link here: https://parents.au.reachout.com/common-concerns/everyday-issues/things-to-try-school-and-education/how-to-help-a-teen-who-doesnt-want-to-go-to-school

The Department of Education also has a suite of tools on their webpage ‘Spark Their Future’ link here: https://www.sparktheirfuture.qld.edu.au/

Read more here: School attendance rates are dropping. We need to ask students why

If your family need support with attendance please contact your young person’s Deputy Principal to discuss your needs.

References:

Everything you need to know about school refusal.  ReachOut Parents. (n.d.).  Retrieved February 28,2023 from https://parents.au.reachout.com/common-concerns/everyday-issues/things-to-try-school-and-education/how-to-help-a-teen-who-doesnt-want-to-go-to-school

School attendance rates are dropping.  We need to ask students why.  The Conversation. (2023). Retrieved February 28,2023 from https://theconversation.com/school-attendance-rates-are-dropping-we-need-to-ask-students-why-200537

Spark their future. Spark their Future. (2022, September 9). Retrieved February 28, 2023, from https://www.sparktheirfuture.qld.edu.au/

Calamvale Community College’s latest Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Foundation  (QATSIF) Scholarship recipients were invited to the annual QATSIF New Recipients and Leaders’ ceremony at UniSQ Springfield

Congratulations to this year’s Scholarship recipients Shanieka, Rickell, Teiki, Kobie, Nikita & Chloe. Shanieka was also presented with a certificate and leadership badge for accepting the role of CCC’s very first ‘First Nations Secondary School Ambassador’.  Proceedings began with a Welcome to Country and Didgeridoo performance, followed by a special candle lighting by Auntie Sandra and Uncle Milton. We were then treated to traditional dances from the mob from Bremer State High School, followed by a heart-warming message from Aunty Ruth Hegarty. We were so honoured to be a part of the celebrations. We are very proud of our students and wish them the best of luck for their senior years at Calamvale Community College.

QATSIF was created to advance the education and life of our Indigenous students and assist in completing their Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). Built from the labour of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders under now-repealed laws, students are supported to complete their senior studies.  Under the QCE Scholarship Program, QATSIF provides two-year scholarship funding to support students commencing in Year 11. QATSIF funds successful schools which then provide scholarships to individual students. The intention of the funding is to increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander student retention in Years 11 and 12 rather than simply sustain existing retention rates, and funding has to be used to complement and build on existing school and community programmes and support for individual students.

Intensity builds as Calamvale RUSHES into the Inter-School chess tournament in Corinda SHS. Unstoppable force unleashed in to the tense full competition.  Go Calamvale.

Calamvale Team 1 came second in Division B and Jun Kim won 6 out of 7 games, 3-ways tie with the first place, rewarding in third place.

The College’s annual International Women’s Day Breakfast was hosted last Wednesday. This year’s invited speak was the Hon Leeann Enoch MP – Minister for Communities and Housing, Minister for Digital Economy and Minister for the Arts. Hon Ms Enoch shared insights around the unintentional, but unconsidered gender inequality that she had experienced systemically as a parliamentarian as well as the perceived roles of gender as a Mum and carer. Our senior Hospitality team did an amazing job hosting and preparing for their first function of the year.

Mid February we celebrated our newly appointed student leaders at a scaled-down version of the CCC Investiture Ceremony that we would normally host as a whole College Event in the Sports Centre. Regardless of the change of venue and scale, it was a great Prep-12 occasion with our students, parents and special guests. Congratulations to all our 2023 Junior School, Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary Leaders. Click on the image below and meet our 2023 Leaders!

Gold Coast Performance Centre – 8 to 10 February

Congratulations to Dave Brown and the Wolves 32 Team of Grant Sales, Shelley Bunn and Blake Bunn for the sporting performance camp they ran last month at the Gold Coast Performance Centre. Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Wolves 32 classes all engaged in a rigorous 3-day schedule of mixed sporting development activities, at this world class sporting center. A lot of planning and coordination went into this, and from what Mark Smith and I saw on our visit to the Performance Centre, it was a sporting program which was secondary to none. Great job all.

Year 11 General EAL English

In term 1, the Year 11 General EAL English students have been beginning their ATAR journey starting with Unit 1, language, text and culture. Students have been exploring how the culture of fast fashion and the plastic industry are interrelated to the environmental issues today. Students have been discussing, persuasively, about the dangers of fast fashion and the plastic industry. On Tuesday Week 4, the class visited the Towards Zero Waste Education Centre at the local Landfill Site at Rochedale to learn about these dangers and understand the importance of reduce, reuse, recycle. Students took a tour of the landfill site and were amazed at the giant deodorizers that are used to keep it smelling nice.
Students were taught about what really happens to their waste, why it is so important to reduce the amount plastic they use and the importance of understanding that buying from quick-made fashion outlets, only makes the issues worse! Brisbane Landfill taught the students most importantly, to reduce, reuse and recycle to better our city and the planet.

Biology excursion – Jacobs Well

Year 12 Biology students were very excited through the week as they embarked on a field trip to collect abiotic and biotic data at Jacob’s Well. Equipped with measuring instruments and keen observation skills, the students explored the ecosystem surrounding the nearby waterways. From testing water quality to identifying aquatic plants and animals, they immersed themselves in the scientific method, and learning about the importance of
environmental conservation along the way. These snapshots provide a glimpse into the students’ hands-on learning experiences, as they make meaningful connections between classroom theory and real-world applications.

ISUZU visit CCC Cert Street

Week 9 saw John and Andrew from Isuzu Acacia Ridge pay a visit to the CCC Cert Street, Automotive Class. Our guests were extremely impressed with the conversations they had with our students, as well as the strength of the program being delivered by Tactile Learning Centre. I think they may have their eye on a couple! Thank you to Dee Dobbyn for all your work in putting this together. Really great example of the caliber of industry partner, we have here at the College. We look forward to seeing them back here next week as part of our CCCA Breakfast in 3 Trees Cafe.

Kokoda 2023 – Night Hike Training

Kokoda is held on the first weekend in July and our 12 teams are well underway into their Thursday afternoon training. This week was night time endurance training!

Through extreme temperatures and humidity, our night hikers did exceptionally well.

Parents as Partners Program

Calamvale Community College is committed to ensuring that all members of our diverse school community have access to information about how the College works, including practices and procedures relating to student learning.
We are hosting a series of parent engagement opportunities to provide information and a forum for parents to ask questions in relation to the College. These events were in translated into Mandarin, Korean and Arabic. Our Elder in Residence, Aunty Roma Pregarc joined us in connecting with our First Nations’ families too.

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Five tips to help you learn about saving money.

There’s nothing more rewarding than finally hitting your savings goal after chipping away at it for months, even years on end. That feeling of accomplishment is a powerful motivator, no matter your age. That’s why it’s crucial to set the foundations for good savings habits for you.

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Set a savings goal for yourself and keep in the loop.

Keep a visual indicator of your savings target in the house, like on a whiteboard or on the fridge. Celebrate your progress together with your family, but don’t forget to see when something gets in the way of your goal. It’s okay to stumble now and then, as long as you jump right back on the wagon.

2. Always make a list before shopping

No matter what you’re shopping for, making a list will help you stick to a budget. Shopping with a list gives you a close estimate as to what you’ll be spending so you don’t go over budget. If we’re talking groceries, try click and collect or delivery so you won’t be tempted by all the possibilities in store.

3. Make it real or make it visible

Modern transactions are now mostly ‘invisible’ according to MoneySmart. Instead of handing over colourful bank notes or a pile of coins, we tap our phones, smart watches, and even our coffee cups to pay. But while cash remains legal tender, it can be a powerful tool for controlling spending and saving. Plan a trip to the ATM once a week, withdraw some cash to cover your weekly expense. Do not withdraw or spend any more than that set amount.

Once you understand the basics, move your money into a high interest savings account. Then, using an online banking app to see how their saving is going. This will help you get into the habit of regularly reviewing your accounts, which is useful for reflecting on recent spending and keeping an eye out for suspicious activity.

4.Understanding small rewards now VS a big reward later

Like many adults, you often choose the short-term win over the long-term goal. Instant gratification is a trap we all fall into, which is why it’s important to give you cues to remind of what you’re saving for.

Each time you’re tempted to spend your money on something else, ask yourself if it means more than reaching your goal.

5. Learn saving as a skill for life

Working towards a specific goal can be incredibly motivating. Whether it’s a new toy, new gadget, or an end-of-the-year holiday, having something to look forward to is often what keeps you on track. But saving shouldn’t always be seen as a means to an end. It’s a life-long habit that can provide security later in life.

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