| Aldridge Newsletter - Edition 17 - 14 November 2007 |
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The AFTA's
Wesley Richardson receiving the Network 7 Most Outstanding Film & Television Student Award from Mr Selwyn Connell from Network 7 Wide Bay.
SPORTS AWARDS
 L-R: Daniel Poppi (Sportsman of the Year), Julia McNeilly (Junior Sportswoman of the Year), Alice Williams (Sportswoman of the Year), Gavin Soper (Junior Sportsman of the Year)
From the Principal
This is a wonderful time of the school year when we get a chance to see and hear the achievements of our students and staff.
Fresh from the formal pleasures of Awards Night, I attended the more informal Sports Awards Night. Along with many other people I enjoyed seeing our students gain rewards and the close relationships that had been built up between students and staff.
Our Film and TV Night was on Wednesday, 31 October. I noted that the technical aspects of the films have continued to improve this year.
Well done to our new school leaders at Remembrance Day on Sunday - they represented our school and community with distinction.
The school is still buzzing after the performances on the weekend of our Dance Production at the Town Hall. The productions were well supported and went off very well. Our students seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves, with the productions being very entertaining.
ED MANLEY
Principal
Year 8 & 9 Report Cards
Year 8 & 9 Report Cards will be issued to students on Thursday, 13 December 2007 at 2.45 pm in a special form class—REPORTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THIS TIME. Students MUST be in attendance at school on this day to collect their report cards at 2.45 pm. Students will not be permitted to sign-in in the afternoon to collect report cards. Reports will not be available for collection by students or parents on the Thursday afternoon.
Students and parents can collect report cards on Friday, 14 December 2007 from the school’s administration office between 8.00 am and 12.00 pm.
If parents wish to have their students reports posted, an A4 stamped, self-addressed envelope must be provided to the office prior to Thursday, 13 December 2007.
We thank you for your understanding in this matter.
CRAIG TEWES
Deputy Principal
School Holiday Office Closure
The school administration office will be closed for the Christmas vacation period from 3.30 pm Friday, 14 December 2007, until Friday, 18 January 2008. The school office will reopen at 8.00 am Monday, 21 January 2008. We apologise for any inconvenience that this closure may cause.
Year 8 Students will resume school on Tuesday, 29 January 2008, Years 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Students will attend on Wednesday, 30 January 2008.
The 2007 AFTA’s
The Aldridge Film and Television Awards Evening was held on Wednesday, 31 October 2007. Student films from Mr Gunn’s Year 12 Film and Television classes were exhibited and winners of Best Films and Technical Awards announced.
The 2007 Network 7 Most Outstanding Film and Television Student Award was presented by Mr Selwyn Connell from Network 7 Wide Bay and was awarded to Wesley Richardson who was also the G.L. McNamee Award for Excellence in Film and Television for 2007. The proceedings were professionally conducted by Year 11 Film and Television students Candice Dennis, Oliver Kennedy and Nyaire Rose.
 Compares for the evening—Oliver Kennedy, Nyaire Rose and Candice Dennis.
Thank you to those who contributed to making the night a success including Miss Jenni Taylor, Mr Paul Phersson, Mrs Lyn Sanderson, Mr Selwyn Connell, Miss Rebecca Harrison, Mrs Fiona Reynolds, our Principal— Mr Ed Manley and especially Mr Will Gunn.
The evening was rounded off by the screening of Mr Gunn’s Tribute film which demonstrated the effectiveness of our new green screen capability in Film, Television and New Media and Junior Media classes.
Thank you to parents and staff for attending the evening and giving the students your support.
JO McNAMEE
Film & Television SAC
Sports Awards Evening
The Annual Aldridge State High School Sports Awards Evening was held on Monday, 05 November 2007. There was well over 300 people attending to see the sporting stars of 2007 receive their recognition.
It was a great night with a number of highlights.
These included:
Ø The announcement of the Sportspersons of the Year.
Ø The announcement of House Captains for 2008.
Ø The Slide Show.
Thank you to all the following for helping make it a great night:
Ø House Captains for setting up and assisting on the night.
Ø All those who helped decorate and set up the hall.
Ø Lyn Sanderson and the Auxillary for catering.
Ø All the PE staff for yet another job well done.
Major Award winners from the night are:
Sportsman of the Year
Daniel Poppi
Sportswoman of the Year
Alice Williams
Junior Sportsman of the Year
Gavin Soper
Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Julia McNeilly
Team of the Year
U/13 Girls Volleyball
PE Staff Encouragement Award
Nathan Brake
House Captains 2008
Chappell
Alice Williams and Tom Einam
Goolagong
Rhian Higgins and Anthony Mollee
Gould
Kellieann Milzewski and Christopher Schulz
Langlands
Kellie Burmeister and Ty Taniora
Pierre De Coubertin
Aimee Coleman
Gold Awards
Alice Williams, Jay McCarthy, Cameron Poppi, Teale Burroughs, Tessa Burroughs, Emily Cantrill, Hayley Hinchliff, Ashleigh James, Brooke Robertson, Karla Simpson, Jodie Zagami.
Semester 2 Meritorious Certificate Awardees
Year 8
Sarah Aldridge, Chloe Armstrong, Jayde Baker, Chloe Bargenquast, Sean Bellert, Tahlia Bennetts-Swinburne, Jessica Black, Karlia Bosel, Teale Burroughs, Tessa Burroughs, Sarah-Anne Burton, Jacqueline Bygrave, Rebecca Cockburn, Teazia Cockburn, Rowan Collins, Billy Connell, Tara Conway, Tegan Costello, Brenley Cronau, Ebony Cronau, Brady Cronk, Jacinta Dargusch, Irene Davenport, Ian Dickinson, Courtney Edwards, Juelle Evans, Sherri Fletcher, Nicholas Frahm, Blake Frehmann, Krystal Gaitz, Lindsay Gaskell, Brianna Hall, Samantha Hansen, Kyle Heselwood, Sarah Hill, Kahla Hohlweck, Lynece Horne, Mitchell Horton, Riley Jackson, Ashleigh James, Cullen Kenny, Marlee Klein, Mickeelie Kunst, Dorislen Lakin, Blake Magee, Adam Marold, Zoe Matthews, Katie McMillan, Talitha Mears, Karlie Morrison, Tamara Muller, Rebecca Myers, Tiffany Peters, Lisa Petersen, Abi Pfeiffer, Tori Pickard, Kate Power, Courtney Prove, Kayleen Rainbow, Kayla Reid, Stacey Reinikka, Emileigh Rice, Brooke Robertson, Holly Robinson, Brendan Rockemer, Kimberley Rodgers, Chad Rohloff, Andrew Simpson, Iain Simpson, Hayden Sommerfield, Bryk Sproates, Kyle Stretton, Nathanael Tomlinson, Sarah Tydd, Kate Walker, Ashley Ward, Kristie White, Jodie Zagami, William Zagami.
Year 9
Duncan Barber-Sperling, Marcus Barnes, Amy Bates, Samantha Beale, Dillon Blair AKA McLerie, Erin Brabiner, Louisa Brain, Nathan Brake, Natalia Butler, Alex Clark, Christopher Clarke, Katelyn Clarkin, Bethaney-Rose Coombes, Talia Copley, Tegan Cousins, Amy Cripps, Brodie Cronau, Joshua Cunningham, Jarna Darmody, Hannah Dionysius, Lorann Donson, Matthew Eagle, Mitchell Emery, John Ethell, Bryen Faithfull, Stevie Farrance, Thomas Feldman, Kira Fielden, Hamish Flynn, Jade Gallizzi, Emma Gambie, Justin Garner, Hannarh Geary, Kit Gidall, Georgina Gott, Colin Greentree, Kate Greentree, Stacey Heidenreich, Jasmin Henningsen, Alex Higgins, Kyle Hilliard, Kelsey Jacobsen, Alischa James, Tyler Jocumsen, Rebecca Jurd, Vanessa Kaarsberg, Leigh-Jordan Kempster, Jessica Larner, Adrianna Lidbetter, Imogen Loft, Hope McAdams, Jessica McCall, Lyall McDonald, Katie-Maree McElligott, Tayla McGrath, Tyler McKenna, Kobi Meehan, Jessica Melody, Bronwyn Miles, Amanda Milzewski, Katherine Morris, Christina Mottram, Brock Newton, Jessica O’Donnell, Kyle Phersson, Elise Rampton, Keeva Reddish, Keron Redman, Frank Richmond, Sarina Ritchie, Henry Robinson, Haylee Rodhouse, Alicia Smith, Jessica Stanberg, Jamie Sturgiss, Hannah Van Den Berg, Rachel Vandersteen, Samantha Watson, Kristie Whalen, Jacqueline Whitaker, Teagan Whitbread, Benjamin Wical.
Year 10
Chelsea Anderson, Claire Bailey, Ziea Baker, Katelyn Ball, Adam Bassett, Lucas Belz, Emma Biggs, Jamie Bryant, Elyse Burraston, Danielle Bygrave, Stephanie Coleman, Ashlee Connell, Brenna Costello, Melinda Cronau, Saphiye Davis, Luke Donaldson, Brett Einam, Clayton Forknall, Hannah Gibbs, Daniel Gillen, Candice Gilmore, Danielle Harris, Brayden Horne, Stacey Horton, Trent Houston, Jacqueline Irwin, Liam Jackson, Sarah James, David Jespersen, Eliza Kassulke, Damian Kauwhata, Patrick Kenny, Kiarney Laherty, Bryn Langeberg, Melissa Lidbetter, Samuel Manley, Brenden Marold, Kyle Massicks, Kym Matthews, Hannah McMillan, Julia McNeilly, Corey Mellor, Amy Morrison, Kerri Mowat, Caitlyn Muller, Samuel Nagl, Ashley Nicholson, Benjamin O’Brien, Daniel O’Brien, Lauren O’Neill, Jessica Pavey, Alanna Paxton, Pauline Pierson, Daniel Poppi, Kailah Riley, Casey Robertson, William Ross, Coral-Lee Ryan, Isaac Sanderson, Ben Sheppard, Lewis Shields, Melissa Simpson, Emily Smith, John Sutcliffe, Naomi Van Den Berg, Rebekah Van Den Berg, Hayley Westbrook, Danni White, Aliesha Yeates, Kyle Zagami, Nicola Zelow.
Year 11
Chloe Arblaster, Jessica Barnes, Dale Beasant, Julie-Anne Beck, Veronica Bonnar, Deane Brieschke, Kellie Burmeister, Jayden Campbell, Sally Collins, Candice Dennis, Matthew Donaldson, Jessica Donnelly, Thomas Einam, Michael England, Benjamin Feldman, Callie Fielden, Duncan Fraser, Chelsea Gibbs, Sam Glazier, Anthony Gott, Nicola Hardman, Perri Hewson, Rhian Higgins, Luke Hilliard, Georgia Hinkley, Sara Hose, Damien Hughes, Kristen Hughes, Monique Kopp, Alayna Kuilboer, Gareth Langeberg, Cassie Lewis, Cameron Lewty, Rebecca Linwood, Kristina Long, Alayna Lynch, Rachel Mackie, Katherine Manz, Casey Massicks, Casey McMillan, Lorinda Medill, Kellie Milzewski, Jordan Minniecon, Anthony Mollee, Jason Moore, Amanda Petersen, David Pierson, Rebecca Porter, Michael Putman, Aimee Radunz, Nicole Rampton, Kristine Ree, Amanda Renshaw, Caitlin Riley, Rebecca Riley, Nyaire Rose, Nathan Rowe, Justin Rudolph, Mikaela Sanders, Christopher Schulz, Jared Taylor, Scott Taylor, Benjamin Terrell, Ashlee Tong, Rhiannon Weir, Stephanie Wical Alice Williams, Kelly Williams, Andrea Wockner, Bradley Youngberry.
Year 12
Blake Armstrong, Alana Aspinall, Travis Barber-Sperling, Andrew Barrass, Matthew Bates, Bethany Bayntun, Daniel Beatty, Krystie Bellert, Kairee Blackwood, Eamonn Brabiner, Emily Brown, Thomas Butler, Mark Byrne, Aimee Coleman, Judith Coleman, Emily Collins, Michael Cortis, Kaylee Cousins, Chelsea Dalbeth, Stacey Dale, Zartisha Davis, Victoria Dreger, Clarissa Edwards, Gakotah Elliott, Hannah Farry, Annabelle Franklin, Lauren Gambie, Brock Geary, Amanda Gilbert, Hannah Gorst, Kymbaly Head, Tyson Henry, Shannon Hughes, Kyle Jacobsen
Biobus
Biobus is coming to Aldridge! On the afternoons of 22 and 23 November, you will have an opportunity to see the Biobus as it presents careers and research in Biotechnology. From 4.30 pm to 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 21 November and 3.15 pm—4.30 pm on Thursday, 22 November the exhibition will be open to the general public, FREE OF CHARGE. For more information please contact Leonnie Hamill on 4120 8461. This is something not to miss. See you there!
LEONNIE HAMILL
Guidance News
QBuild School Based Apprenticeship
QBuild invites applications for the following school based apprenticeship commencing in February 2008—Maryborough—School Based Carpenter.
It is anticipated that applicants will commence Year 11 in 2008.
Applications can be submitted online at www.qbuild.qld.gov.au. Applications must be received by Monday, 19 November 2007.
Enquiries can be directed to:
David Henderson
Apprentice Training Advisor
Phone 32245273 or email
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STAVROS AMARANDOS
Guidance Officer
Dates For your Diary
More important dates for your diary.
Ø Friday, 16 November—Year 12 Final Parade.
Ø Wednesday, 21 November— Year 12 SAI’s published on Common room window.
Ø Thursday, 22 November—Year 11 Exams in Hall.
Ø Friday, 23 November—Year 11 Exams in Hall.
Ø Monday, 26 November—Year 11 Exams in Hall.
Ø Monday, 26 November—Year 12 reports available from office.
Ø Monday, 26 November— Friday, 30 November—Year 10 Industry Placement for those student attending
Ø Friday, 30 November—Last day for Years 10 and 11.
Ø Monday, 03 December—Friday, 07 December—Year 10 Industry Placement for those Volunteering.
Ø Monday, 03 December—Friday, 07 December—Year 11 Industry Placement for those Volunteering.
Ø Monday, 03 December—Year 7 Orientation Day.
Ø Monday, 10 December—Year 10 and 11 reports available at the office for collection.
Ø Tuesday, 11 December—Special Programs for Years 8 and 9.
Ø Wednesday, 12 December— Special Programs for Years 8 and 9.
Ø Thursday, 13 December—Year 8 and 9 reports issued to students at 2.45 pm.
Rams Win Wide Bay Lions Cup
The Aldridge Rams have won the Wide Bay AFL Lions Cup competition.
The Grand Final saw them upset the more fancied North Bundaberg State High School in a tight match. The win was set up in the first quarter. Captain Travis Sperling lost his first toss for the season so the Rams were kicking against a strong breeze. The loss through injury of valuable mid-fielder Daniel Beatty meant the Rams would be under pressure at the centre bounce. The mid-fielders responded magnificently. Tim O’Brien, Tom Pherrson, Zac Edmondstone and Ben Hannam won the clearances time and time again, and racked up numerous possessions around the ground. Two clever snaps for two goals from Davin Walker and a strong mark and goal to Brad Wex meant Aldridge was one goal up at quarter time.
The middle two quarters were a hard fought affair. The Aldridge boys were playing their best football for the year. At three quarter time the Rams were one point down, but had a strong breeze to kick with in the last quarter. The Rams attacked relentlessly in the last quarter, with Brad Wex dominating in the air, well supported by smaller players around the packs.
Unfortunately Aldridge could not kick straight, and they accumulated seven straight behinds. With one minute to go, and with the Rams only five points ahead, North Bundy swept the ball forward. A mark only 15 metres out from goal seemed to have sunk the Rams. The crowd groaned as the kicked appeared to go straight through the goals. The field umpired was aware enough to realise Brad Wex had touched the ball off the boot, so only a behind was recorded. The Rams held on to this four point lead for a historic win. Hero Brad “Fingers” Wex was fittingly awarded the best on ground medallion. Best players for the Rams could not be singled out, it was a true “team effort”.
Scores (quarter by quarter)
Aldridge Rams—3.1 5.2. 7.2 7.9.51
North Bundaberg—2.13 17.3 7.5.47
Goal Scorers: Brad Wex 2, Davin Walker 2, Ben O’Brien, Sam Chew, Sam Nabaa.
PETER DUCK
Coach
For Sale
The School Farm has for sale by ‘Expression of Interest’ one 5 tonne Silo.
To view this please call into the farm between 6.30 am and 3.00 pm or contact Mr Kev Collins on 0414426588.
JACKSON DODD
HOD—Effective Teaching & Learning
Maths News
Are you smarter than a ninth grader?
The denominators of two fractions are consecutive natural numbers. Both fractions are in lowest terms.
Their sum is: .
Find the greater of these two fractions. (Time limit six minutes).
During term three a group of our Year 9 Mathematics students competed in the Australian Problem Solving Mathematics Olympiad. Students were required to answer a total of 25 extremely difficult mathematics problems without the use of calculators.
A total of 3913 students across Australia competed in the competition.
Four students have achieved exceptional results.
In the top 10% of all competitors were:
Alec Higgins
Jet Nickson
Amanda Milzewski
One of our students scored the perfect 25 out of 25. A remarkable result! This places her in the top 0.5% of all competitors.
Tayla McGrath
Congratulations to all of our participants..
(Answer: )
STEVE WHITAKER
HOD—Mathematics
A Japanese Student from Hokuba Junior High School, Kumamoto City, will be attending Maryborough High School in 2008. The young lad has studied English for four years, and loves Tennis, Baseball, Pop-Music, PE and Cooking.
We are looking for host families who can offer a friendly, supportive and caring home environment to this male student for a term, or perhaps two terms. The student is here to study at our school to improve their English conversation skills and experience life in Australia.
In return host families benefit by learning about the Japanese culture and making friends with a person from another country.
For further information, please phone Sharon Polley on 4123 1715 or leave your name at the School Office.
Octobeard
The finale for Octobeard was held Monday night, 29 October were over $9000 was raised. There were many different categories that the participants could enter such as 'the worst beard', 'patchiest beard', 'most creative beard', 'fullest beard' etc. The Best Overall beard was taken out by 15 year old Aldridge State High School Student Patty Kenny. One individual participant raised over $1700. Octobeard - The Chaplaincy Fundraiser that grows on you - was a roaring success, with fun had by all. Thank you to all those who support the vital work of chaplaincy by participating in or supporting an Octobeard participant.
JILL DUNCAN
Chaplain
State Athletics Championships
Recently we had five Aldridge students represent Wide Bay at the Queensland Athletics Championships in Brisbane. All five did fantastically well even if their placings did not necessarily reflect this. In most cases, students did a personal best or at least were close to their best. Alice Williams was the star with two gold medals and a bronze in the three throws. Aimee Coleman also threw well in discus and javelin to finish 7th and 8th respectively for her best result at state titles.
All the final results are as follows.
ALICE WILLIAMS
Discus 1st
Shot Put 1st
Javelin 3rd
AIMEE COLEMAN
Discus 7th
Javelin 8th
DANIEL POPPI
800m 14th
3000m 14th
1500m 15th
GAVIN SOPER
1500m 18th
AIDEN HETHERINGTON
200m 23rd
Congratulations to all competitors on a great performance.
JIM McKEE
Sportsmaster
‘Strategies for Success’ Seminars
In the January 2008 school holidays, Learning Performance will again be holding the popular ‘Strategies for Success’ seminars. There will be four day seminars for students in Years 10, 11 and 12 and two day seminars for students in Years 8 and 9. Three main areas of learning are covered:
Ø Learning skills that help students to learn easier and more efficient methods of approaching study. These include organizational skills, essay planning, note taking, memory skills and speed reading (speed reading in four day seminar only).
Ø Motivation skills. A close look at how self motivation works. Learn how to get motivated and stay motivated.
Ø Stress management. Simple techniques for relieving stress, especially important at exam time.
Students leave the seminar with the skills needed to improve their ability to study, improve their school results and make a success of their years at high school. Quality materials are used alongside films, group activities and lectures. Investment in the four day seminar is $400 and the two day seminar is $210 (GST included). Seminar will be held at QUT Gardens Point Campus in Brisbane and Bond University on the gold Coast. For more information and a free brochure call (07) 3281 1400.
Community Notices
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