RGS Newsletter Monday, 15 March 2021
© The Rockhampton Grammar School, Term 1 2021
RUGBY SEASON: RGS rugby players have been busy on the field in recent weeks, including in the schoolgirls competition on Thursday afternoons.
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Final preparation for this Friday’s 2021 Year 12 Formal is
RGS News well underway. The Formal Committee have worked very hard and are looking forward to celebrating with their peers. Stymie Year 12 students can collect their wristbands from the Secondary School Office for distribution to their invited guests. Guests must wear the provided wristband to gain admission to the event and must continue to wear the wristband whilst on venue grounds. Prior to entering the Showgrounds, all guests are required to sign in, using either the School’s EVA check in app and QR Code (this will be displayed at Gate 2) or manually sign in at the entry desk. The Walkthrough will start at 5:30 pm sharp, with students starting to arrive in their chosen method of transport. Parents/guardians and invited guests are asked to arrive at the Showgrounds from 4:45 pm onwards to allow time for Stymie Founder Rachel Downie (RGS 1987) visited RGS last check in. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, no food or drink week to talk to students and staff about Stymie – an will be provided at the Walkthrough. anonymous harm reporting tool that schools are proactively Students will arrive in their chosen method of transport to using to support their students to say something without the Showgrounds (via Gate 9 on New Exhibition Road fear. RGS is now a member of the Stymie programme. entrance ONLY) and enter via the red carpet at the Robert Rachel spoke with students from Year 6 to Year 12 along Schwarten Pavilion (outdoor area) and assemble on the with RGS staff. grass area behind the stage. Students cars will exit via For more information on Stymie visit - Gate 5. Students are asked to arrive by 6.00 pm at the https://about.stymie.com.au/ latest. It is suggested that students start to assemble at Gate 9 by 5:15 pm to start the drive through the RGS at Beef Australia 2021 Showgrounds by 5:30 pm. Students are asked to drive slowly and carefully. Parking for student vehicles, parents/guardians, invited guests and staff is in the surrounding streets. Some students may prefer to enter the event on foot.
RGS is making final preparations for our Trade and Show Students who do so will enter the function via Gate 2 with Cattle Team sites at Beef Australia 2021, held in all other guests. Rockhampton from 2 - 8 May. On arrival, parents/guardians and invited guests must be At Beef Australia, the School would also like to recognise seated and remain seated for the duration of the our families that live on the land and represent our rural Walkthrough. industry. If you have any family photos you would like to share please At 6:45 pm Year 12 students and their parents/guardians email Rachael McDonald, RGS Communications and or invited guests, will move in to the Robert Schwarten Development Officer, at [email protected] Pavilion using the main entrance at the front of the Pavilion for the Formal dinner. The Walkthrough will be livestreamed and can be viewed via 2021 Year 12 Formal the following link 2021 Year 12 RGS Formal NO Year 12 classes will not run-on Friday 19 March. Year 12 students are asked to ensure their hair colour, cut and length, nails and other aspects of their appearance conform to all RGS expected dress and appearance codes and policies before returning to school on Monday 22 March. Students who have gone to extremes can expect to be asked by the Headmaster not to come to school, or the Formal, until the matter has been satisfactorily addressed.
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2021 Year 10 Outdoor Education, Adventure and New School Flashing Lights Service Programme The Department of Transport and Main Signed Web-Preference selection preference forms were Roads has replaced the existing school due to the Secondary School Office (SSO) at 9 am today, zone signs on Agnes Street with Monday 15 March. flashing school zone signs. The If your signed preference selection form has not been installation of flashing school zone returned, please return it as soon as possible. The School signs improves visibility of school zones wishes to finalise all trip groups and programmes as soon and serves as an active reminder for as possible and cannot do so without all signed forms. motorists to slow down. In the short term, there may be slight worsening of traffic congestion, but it should Fast Food Deliveries ultimately improve the safety of our The Secondary School has been faced with an increase in students. Thank you to the RGS Parent food deliveries during the day for individuals and small Association for their ongoing support groups of students, often via apps such as Uber Eats and and engagement in traffic management Menulog. We have examined the benefits and costs of the around the School. services and have concluded that these deliveries cannot be accepted during the school day. Students who do not bring food from home, are to make use of the canteen. Of course, if a student forgets their lunch or lunch money, they are welcome to speak to their Head of Year and arrangements will be made.
As you all know, the school has been striving to optimise student safety and wellbeing in a variety of forms. We have Literacy at RGS become one of the first schools in the country to seek and obtain accreditation with the Australian Childhood Foundation’s Safeguarding Children Program. All volunteers and casual staff are required to obtain a Blue Card certifying them as appropriate for roles involving close contact with children. We have also sought a balance between isolating the school during the pandemic and involving parents as much as practicable. This involves a Jeffery Deaver: The Bone degree of bureaucracy and oversight which is simply not Collector practical for delivery drivers or reception staff. The prospect of unknown delivery drivers entering the school The Bone Collector is a grounds and making direct contact with students is clearly 1997 novel by Jeffery Deaver. at odds with these initiatives. The book introduces the Furthermore, both in terms of healthy eating and the character of Lincoln Rhyme, amount of rubbish produced, fast food deliveries are a quadriplegic forensic criminalist. undesirable. Given the notoriously flexible delivery windows, A single human hand has been delayed deliveries have also resulted in students being late found, buried on a deserted into class. railway track on New York’s West For all of these reasons, students should not order food to Side – the hand belonging to a be delivered. Staff will be asked to reject deliveries of food. man who got into a cab at the airport and never got out. If not returned to the provider, the food will be discarded. The driver was the Bone Collector. We ask for your understanding and co-operation as we implement this wellbeing initiative. The Bone Collector, a killer and kidnapper obsessed with old New York, leaves clues that only Lincoln Rhyme can RGS Bus Service decipher. As the minutes count down toward each Information on the RGS Capricorn Coast and North successive death, Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, the female Rockhampton bus services is available on the RGS website - police officer acting as his arms and legs, race to locate http://www.rgs.qld.edu.au/bus the victims by unravelling the Bone Collector’s clues. The Bone Collector was adapted into a film in 1999, and a television series based on the novel made its broadcast premiere on January 10, 2020.
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Winner of a Nero Award in 1999 and a New York Times The School is a proud member of the Belmont Agricultural bestseller, The Bone Collector is a perfect read for those Alliance which the Certificate III forms a significant element who are fans of crime and thriller books. and RGS would like to thank its partners of AgForce, CQUniversity and the Maynard Cattle Co. You can find the series of Lincoln Rhyme novels in the RGS library! RGS Senior Agriculture Science students visited
CQUniversity’s CQIRP learning all about Agritech and Mat Recommended for ages 15+. Science from Dr Jamie Manning last week. By Headmaster, Dr Moulds
Awful Auntie
Awful Auntie is a non-utterance, mysterious and fabulous novel which has been written by David Walliams and illustrated by Tony Ross in 2014. It revolves around Stella Saxby, who is the sole heir of Saxby Hall, a prestigious mansion. Aunt Alberta wants to claim the invaluable house for herself and for Music her great Bavarian owl, Wagner. But fortunately, Stella had Over the weekend RGS music students, in Years 9 – 12, an unbelievable and frightening secret weapon. It was were involved in the annual State Honours Ensemble fantastically unveiled to completely eradicate maleficent programme for the Capricornia region. The programme, Alberta. Stella must show miraculous traits to accomplish held at North Rockhampton State High School, selects the her task. best of our regions students to work together over three This novel won the UK national book award and various days in intensive workshops led by professional musicians other achievements. Major multi-media companies like, The from across Australia. Students from RGS represented the Telegraph, praise Mr. Walliams saying, ‘It is extraordinarily school both in the symphonic wind band and in the choir. brilliant’. This novel is perfect for fans who love intriguing, The students had a wonderful time learning new skills and marvellous and unique stories. will bring plenty of ideas back to their groups at school. The programme concluded with two successful concerts on Recommended for ages 9+ Sunday morning. By Ekamjot Singh, 6M RGS students who attended SHEP were: Samantha George (Year 12), Lance Torres (Year 12), Sally Adamski (Year 12), Alex Niven (Year 12), Thayaghan Vignarajah (Year 12), India Department News Iwers (Year 11), Mikaela Hilber (Year 10), Amelia Trippet (Year 10), Savannah Fletcher (Year 10) and Alastair Agriculture McKenzie (Year 9). The Year 11 and 12 students have been busy in their Certificate III Agriculture programme in Term 1.
The Year 12s have been busy being assessed in their units they commenced last year, completing tractor operation, as well as running a research project into the effect of multivitamin injections in dams on calf weight gain, as well as mending some of the fences at Belmont
Year 11 students have been working with the university in putting up Walk over Weigh Datamuster systems ready for the BEEF 2021 Belmont property tour. They have also been completing operate motorcycles as well as demonstrating their understanding around WHS in an Agricultural environment.
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Social Science On Friday, 5 March, the Year 12 geographers visiting Great Head of Secondary School Keppel Island to investigate the effects of invasive species (especially feral goats) on the island environment for their - Academics IA2 assignment. The weather on the day was clear and bright. Although above 30° C, there was a lovely cool breeze which provided for a pleasant and productive day’s fieldwork. With the assistance of our Geography teachers, Mr Oakes and Mr Waddell, as well as the resourceful Mrs Macarthur, the students explored a number of key sites in and around the estuarine environment near Putney Beach. The trip allowed the students to collect a great deal of useful data for our study, which included transects of ground cover, soil compaction tests, hoof print counts (not Year 12 Internal Assessment 1 (IA1) to mention goat faeces), identification of invasive plants, All students enrolled in a Year 12 subject completed their and observations of soil erosion. We even sighted a herd of assessment late last week. goats which caused much excitement. At the end of hard day’s fieldwork, the students enjoyed a well-deserved swim Under the new SATE/QCE system the governing education at the beach before catching the ferry back to Rosslyn Bay. body, the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority Over the coming weeks, we will be processing and (QCAA) require the School to submit all results by analysing the data we collected, consulting secondary Wednesday 17 March. The School will then receive sources, and making recommendations for how the issue of notification as to which student samples QCAA wishes to invasive species on GKI can be better managed. review. This review process is known as Confirmation. George Plumb and Jacqueline Sleaford (Year 11 Under the old senior schooling system, schools selected students studying Year 12 Geography) nine student sample folios, regardless of subject cohort
size, for QCAA panels to review.
Completing a Confirmation involves a trained assessor (confirmer) transect of reviewing the sample work to determine the accuracy of the vegetation to school’s judgement. RGS has prepared for this process for understand goat several years and significant discussion and professional gazing patterns. development has occurred. The School is fortunate to also
have a number of staff serving on Confirmation Panels
across a wide variety of subjects. Their training by QCAA
has proven insightful in ensuring the School is fully
prepared for this process. Sample work will be reviewed
early in Term 2 (mid April). Following this, the School will
receive Confirmation decisions mid-Term 2. As such, it is important for students and parents to remember all Year 12 subject results are provisional until officially confirmed.
Year 12 External Examinations Measuring soil QCAA has not, as yet, released the official timetable of Year compaction and 12 external assessment items. It is hoped the 3 week long ground cover to timetable will be released prior to the end of Term 1. Year assess the impact of 12 students and parents will be notified as soon as a copy goats along a high- of the timetable is available. The timetable is constructed traffic goat by QCAA so it is important students are available for their thoroughfare. assessments as catch ups are not allowed.
Help? Questions? A reminder if you have any questions of an academic nature please feel free to contact me via email on [email protected] or 4936 0609.
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While a number of students may believe that they need Head of Year Reports good luck to perform well on tests/ exams/ assessment the reality is that it has nothing to do with luck but is about Year 7 applying themselves to prepare well.
• Learning effective exam techniques enables students to use growth mindsets to overcome the challenge of tests, exams and assessment; • not only doing the right thing but doing the thing right; • using their top strengths to look for good things they are doing to build their grit and wellbeing fitness.
was the topic for Year 7 Assembly and Tutorial Chill Out! To cultivate growth mindsets in our students, it makes last week. The session focussed on the importance of sense to introduce them to relaxation, laughter and building an awareness of when our feelings are getting beyond our control. The main aim of • effective reviewing and revising methods from early in the session was to help students understand ways of the year; overcoming unhelpful emotions such as stress and worry • the structure of Thinking Tools to build new and strong that affect their physical and psychological health. (Barrett, brain pathways; P, 2012) Students were all given an opportunity to try a • a revision plan to follow so that they will be well mindful meditation from the APP ‘Smiling Minds’ with some prepared when tests, exams and assessment occur; reminders of ways to relax and recharge. I hope that some • encouraging them to adopt these strategies will enable of these ideas we discuss are becoming topics of them to strive, thrive and flourish. conversation at home as you talk to your children about their day.
Year 8
As we approach the pointy end of Term 1, the Year 8s are gearing up for their exams and assessments. The air of expectation weighs heavy on some of our Year 8s but I have been proud of the way they have persevered in the completion of their work. The next two weeks will be
intense and I ask that you speak to your child about how Whole Year 7 cohort participating in a Smiling Minds they are feeling and how their studies are going. If you or meditation at assembly. your child have any concerns, please feel free to contact
me either by email [email protected] or phone
4936 0621. At the end of the assessment schedule, Exam Preparation teachers will complete an interim report that will be sent to As we approach the business end of Term 1, our students you outlining how your child is going in each subject. begin to hand in assignments, present oral tasks in class and prepare to sit exams. For our Year 7 students they are 8A and 8B are the first two Form groups to go on camp. I approaching their first high school exam period and many know that the students are looking forward to this of them are feeling overwhelmed. Our message to them is experience. 8C through to 8F are scheduled for early Term that being prepared, asking questions, revising, believing 2. The information and consent for the camp can be found they can do it and exchanging negative self-talk with on Parent Lounge and I would encourage you to read this positive self-talk, are all great ways to settle into this exam information. As your child’s camp date approaches, I will period. email you some more specific details about the camps.
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The Year 8s continue to behave and interact well but a It is important to note that this reporting system does not gentle reminder of treating people how you would like to be replace any other support structure, but it is an add-on to treated yourself is always welcome. I look forward to assist wellbeing and help for students. The Round Square working with the Year 8s for the remainder of this term and programme continues to expand online in a COVID-19 the remainder of the year. world. Opportunities for students are attached at the end of this newsletter, as a strategy to remain engaged with other Round Square students and schools. As week 7 Year 9 draws to a close and week 8 opens, students are entering the assessment, examination and reporting phase of the term. It will be essential that students plan and prepare well. The School Diary used to enter all due dates is a great tool to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely fashion. The last-minute panic is not productive, or ideal for desired outcomes. It is also important students get good sleep over this period to optimise performance. Late nights on computers, games or video are best left for holidays and not at this time. House Cross Country will be on the last day This week marks the beginning of term exams for the Year of term. The event will conclude at lunch and students will 9 cohort. All students will have both Science and Maths be free to depart for the holidays at that time. Students that exams this week and possibly Social Science. Other need to return to school and/or wait until the conclusion of subjects also are busy with many reports and assignments the day for departure can do so and staff will be on campus due. It is important that the students are fully prepared for for that time. these exams and revise accordingly. There still appears to be a lot of sickness in the community as well at the moment, resulting in student absences. If it is likely that illness is going to prevent a student sitting an exam, please Year 11 let me and the classroom teacher know as soon as possible so that alternative arrangements can be made. In Tutorials we continue to focus on the emotional needs of human being and how Love and Belonging in particular is a human emotion and need that drives us for most of our existence. By Year 9, our need for love and belonging changes quite dramatically as we search for different sources of love in life, which can be both challenging for the student and for their family. With only three weeks of this term left before the Easter I would firstly like to say a big congratulations to those Break, I encourage all students to continue to work hard, students who sat exams during the first Year 11 exam live healthy and make positive and constructive choices in block. This can be quite a nerve-racking time for students’ all the decisions they make. and I am very proud with how you conducted yourself. I received some positive feedback from one of the invigilators that students were very well behaved during these exams. Year 10 With many assessment items due in the final few weeks of term and exams both last week, Physical Education this coming Friday and Aquatic Practices exam in week 9, we have been looking at time management, assignment and exam strategies and study groups during form classes. Strategies covered during these important Form periods will be invaluable to all students during the next two years of their schooling and beyond. Last week we had our school counsellors, Rosie and Alicia come into our CP
The School has acquired an online reporting system called session to discuss Character Traits and how best to use Stymie. This is another ‘string’ to the pastoral care ‘bow’ these, in conjunction with our passions to set goals and live and allows for reports to be made by students about our best life. Many thanks to Rosie and Alicia for sharing themselves, or by concerned students about another. It is their invaluable knowledge with us all. another serious and important way that the School can From the beginning of Term 2, Day students will have the ensure student care. Students were inducted into the option to go home during their spares on a Wednesday and programme and how it operates by the founder of Stymie. Thursday Period 9 and 10. Please note that this only
RGS Newsletter Monday, 15 March 2021 www.rgs.qld.edu.au applies to the Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, not any other spares in your timetables. It is still expected that you Careers Information are on campus for all other spares throughout the school day. In order for students to sign out, parental permission must first be provided. An email from parents stating this permission will need to be sent to Mrs Cook. Students without parental permission, or those students who wish to remain on campus on a Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, will be expected to attend set tutorials or complete independent study in the SRL or Deck during these times. If you have any questions, please let me On March 5, 14 Year 12 Students visited CQU for the CQU know. Experience Day. Finally, I would like to thank all the Formal helpers in Students were able to experience the life of a uni student advance. The number of Year 11 students assisting is which included two interactive sessions of their preferred considerable and the time and effort that you will be university courses. Some of the preferred courses students contributing in the coming week will be sure to make the chose included: Allied Health, Nursing, Engineering, Year 12's day. Business and Agricultural and Environmental Science. The event was a great way to inform and excite students about studying and to help kick start the conversation in the lead up to applying for University or TAFE. On March 9, Larissa Burnett, Future Student Advisor at Year 12 James Cook University, visited Grammar and set up an information booth for students in the Islay Lee Learning Centre. The students were able to ask her a range of questions including course information, scholarship opportunities on offer, accommodation options and work experience opportunities. On behalf of the school, I thank Larissa for dedicating her time to our students.
Congratulations to the Year 12 cohort on the completion of what has certainly been a challenging period complete with exams, co-curricular endeavours and Formal preparations. You have coped admirably with what is undoubtedly a difficult time of the year and you should be justly proud of your efforts. Formal preparations are now being finalised and the excitement is beginning to build within the group. Dancing practice has continued over the past fortnight to ensure that we collectively look the part on the big night. A reminder that the evening itself is governed by COVID-19 regulations and as such, it is not possible to make late additions or amendments to guest lists now that planning has been finalised with the venue. From a pastoral standpoint we have explored important topics such as consent and sexual harassment/assault to ensure that our 12’s are well informed and prepared to support each other in the weeks and months ahead. Additionally, I would like to extend a thank you to Darrin Shadlow, Detective Inspector at the Queensland Police Service, for his visit this week. Darrin provided our students with some guidance around various areas of the law, provided a policing overview of the Rockhampton community and discussed drug and alcohol culture. I certainly hope our Year 12’s learnt as much from his session as I did.
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Important Dates and Information Sessions USC News Students interested in studying at University of Sunshine 1 March UCAT Bookings Open Coast are encouraged to consider the Headstart programme. The Headstart gives Year 11 and 12 students 16 March Student Australia and New Zealand Exchange Live Online Information a real university experience and sets you up for your future, Program Session allowing you to study first-year uni subjects and receive credit to take time off your degree. Register for the online CCUSA Online Information Session information session via the following link 17 March Defence Gap Year Information https://www.usc.edu.au/community/schools- Careers Session Rockhampton engagement/on-campus/headstart-information-evening Leagues Club 18 March JCU Virtual Careers Fair CCUSA Camp Counsellors USA is a company that has been running AIE Interactive Entertainment for 30 years. They specialise in overseas work, intern and Information Evening adventure programs including our Camp Counselor 23 March TAFE Nursing Information programs, Work Adventure Canada, Working Holiday USA Webinar and Volunteer programs. The Working Holiday USA and Work Adventures Canada programs are ideal for students WEP (World Student exchange that are looking at adding to their resume once they Education information session commence tertiary studies. CCUSA is hosting an online Program) information meeting specific to these programs. The details USC Headstart Information for this session can be found HERE. Evening 24 March QUT Advice night CCUSA are also having a live Q&A information session with one of our Canadian employers Friday, 19 March, at 10am AEDT. HERE is the event information for students who are interested. 30 March QUT Start QUT Information Webinar Dominos Allenstown - Casual Work ACU Online Entry and Pathways Any students interested in benefitting expanding their skill Information Session – set while also working a job with very flexible hours, are Guarantee Early Offer encouraged to send their resume and cover letter to Nick Program Seeds, Manager of Dominos Allenstown. 21 April UQ Parent and Student [email protected] Medicine Information Night 23 April JCU Science and Engineering NIDA Workshops Challenge (St Ursula’s, Yeppoon) Workshops will be held in Brisbane for secondary school 27 April Charles Sturt Online Parent Information aged students during the coming holidays. For more University Session information please visit 4 May Charles Sturt Medicine Information https://www.open.nida.edu.au/courses/how/school+holida University Session ys?near=brisbane/4101/10 17 May JCU Early Offer Nominations Open Miss Annie Belonogoff 17 July Tertiary Expo Brisbane Showgrounds Careers Advisor
For more information and registration links for the events listed above, please visit the RGS Careers website https://www.rgscareers.com/calendar-of-events
RGS Information Sessions
St Leo’s College Wednesday 24 March 10:30 – 11:10 MAH Cromwell College Wednesday University Admissions Monday 19 July: 7pm For Presentation Year 12 students and parents.
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Boarding Co-Curriculum
Week 8 already, of a 10 week term. Just a note that the Rockhampton District Sport Term 1 school holidays commence with Easter long Rockhampton District Sport Trial Dates. Interested students weekend, so the last day of Term 1 will be Thursday of the and parents can join Rockhampton District Sport on final week, not Friday. Happy to confirm that at this stage Facebook for up to date information. Sports Administrator, cross country will proceed as planned that day, Thursday 1 Liza Coetzer can be contacted at [email protected] April, with Term concluding at lunchtime after the cross if you have any queries. country and presentations. Parents are welcome to spectate, abiding by COVID-Safe practices (to be Touch Football Trials 1st Trial – 16 March 2021 announced) specific to that event at Rugby Park. Thank you . Girls 10-12 for arranging pick up of your child(ren) either directly from . Venue: Rockhampton Touch Rugby Park after cross country, or from the School anytime . Time: 4pm – 6pm that afternoon from midday onwards. Boarder buses will run, for which Tricia will call for bookings this week. Football Trials – 22 March 2021 RGS Boarding is at one with the School in welcoming the . Boys 10-12 addition of Stymie to the measures that students and staff . Venue: Kettle Park can use to report incidents of bullying or harm, safely and . Girls 10-12 anonymously, further promoting a culture of care and . Venue: Bouldercombe State School intolerance to bullying in our community. Staff and students . Time: 4pm – 6pm alike were impressed by the in-person presentation on 4 March by Stymie founder and director, and RGS past Touch Football Trials 1st Trial – 24 March 2021 student, Rachel Downie, who edified us about overcoming . Boys 10-12 the bystander effect and becoming an upstander instead. . Venue: Rockhampton Touch Stymie is now readily accessible to everyone in the RGS . Time: 4pm – 6pm community via www.stymie.com.au Touch Football Trials 2nd Trial – 26 March 2021 Continuing the ongoing exchange between RGS and . Boys and Girls 10-12 boarder districts, this week the Headmaster, Registrar and . Venue: Rockhampton Touch Head of Girls Boarding are visiting Emerald, Clermont, Moura and Biloela, to meet with families interested in an Cricket RGS education inclusive of boarding. Visits such as this go some way toward to maintaining our direct connection with the districts of boarder families. Enormous thanks to Phillip, Marissa and Raquel for their dedication always, and over the next few days on the road.
A constructive meeting of Boarder Parents took place at the notified time of the AGM and Term 1 Meeting on Friday February 19, however there was not a quorum present to effect the significant business of election of office bearers and adopting amendments to the Boarder Parents’ Association Charter. Consequently the AGM has been postponed to coincide with the Term 2 meeting on
Wednesday April 28 at 4.00pm via MS Teams only (no in- person attendance at School). Invitation/notification will Congratulations to the Year 7-9 Boys Cricket team who follow, with an rsvp requested to ensure a quorum of 15 in defeated St Brendan’s College last night in the attendance. Rockhampton District Grand Final of the State T20 Competition. Batting first RGS made 4 for 97 with Oscar
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Donovan top scoring with 55 from 65 balls. The side was to everyone who plays a part in helping the netball season able to defend this total keeping SBC to 44 runs from their start and continue. 20 overs. The side will now play the winners of the North Please remember to sign in at the courts, to wear your RGS Queensland region in Term 3. netball shirt to and from the netball venue and to let your Our First XI also played on Friday and defeated Emmaus coach know if you are not able to play or train. College to advance to their Rockhampton final against TCC this Thursday evening. The School’s Third Grade team have RGS Netball Polo Exchange also advanced to their semi finals finishing third in the The RGS Netball Club has a player’s polo that recognises its Rockhampton Cricket Competition and will play Gracemere wonderful sponsors and it’s an expectation that all this weekend for a chance to advance to the finals on 28 netballers wear this shirt to matches. Our goal is to have all March. players wearing these shirts by the start of term 2 RNA and Schoolgirls netball. Due to the short season last year, we Football have carried over our 2020 sponsorship into 2021. Registrations have now opened for Term 2 Boys Football Therefore, we would like to do a shirt exchange for all (Soccer). All interested players will need to sign on using secondary netballers who have shirts that may be too the online registration process – teams will be entered in small. the Rockhampton District Competition based on registered Students can drop their shirts into the Sports players. Training will commence on Wednesday, 17 March Administration Office, at the end of the MAH, for the Netball and continue every Wednesday until 31 March. If you are shirt exchange. involved in Term 1 Futsal, please attend those games For new netballers at RGS this year we will purchase a shirt instead of this training. Training will be held on the Top Oval so please drop into the Sport Administration office to let us from 3:30pm to 4:30pm and players are to wear boots, know your size for the 2021 order. socks and shin pads. These sessions are open to players from Year 7 to 12 but players will be split in to Junior and Rowing Senior groups. If you have any questions, please contact Mr RGS Rowing held its AGM on Wednesday 3 March. We are Nick Berry [email protected] pleased to welcome the following committee members for There will also be a pre-season game lined up against TCC 2021: Rod Hewitt (President), Marcus McCosker (Vice on Wednesday, 24 March, at Kettle Park. President), Rebecca Stewart (Secretary), Brad Sparks Closing date for the registrations is 22 March 2021. (Treasurer) and Laura Lloyd (General Member). Best of luck to our National Rowing Squad who depart this Music Saturday for Tasmania for the National Rowing RGS Music Council held its AGM on Wednesday 3 March. Championships. Laura Sypher, Olivia Cook, Riley Godwin, We are pleased to welcome the following committee Marshall Leeson, Chad Willet, Fletcher Hewitt and Ryan members for 2021: Andrea Reid (President), Donna Earle Dillon have all been preparing for this event since October Morrison (Vice President), Sharon Cooper (Secretary), Jodie last year and it will be a great reward for all the students to Upton (Treasurer), Michelle Ilott (General Member) and compete and challenge themselves at this level. Rebecca Stewart (General Member). The next meeting is on Sign On: Sign-On for the 2021 Rowing Season was on Thursday 6 May, 6:30pm in RGS Music Rooms. Saturday, 13 March at the RGS Rowing Club. If you missed the sign on you can still go to Student Café or Parent Netball Lounge to register your interest in rowing in 2021. Sizing RGS Netball has had a positive start to the year with more for team shirt will be available at the PE staffroom during than 20 teams entered so far into the pre-season week 8 of Term. Once registered, rowing will commence in competition at Rockhampton Netball Association. It has Week 1, Term 2 and conclude at the end of October. A been so great to see our students enjoying their netball as rowing handbook is available for all relevant 2021 rowing training and playing starts. We are looking forward to information. seeing our Primary school teams commence next week on the courts. Our netball captains this year are Roni Peff, Arnika Forrest, Hannah Boyce, Maddi Acton, Zoe Cilliers, Aleisha Paul and Breannah Mackenzie. They share captain duties at Jardine Park across Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights so please say hello if you are at the courts. A big thanks to our coaches, parents, supports and especially our umpires who by volunteering their time keep our games of netball able to be played and help to develop our students’ netball talent throughout each season. As players, make sure you continue to show your appreciation
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Rugby Union Student Achievements Cricket
Regional Rugby Championships The School can be very proud th in hosting the 4 Annual Regional Rugby Championships Well done to Josh Driscoll with his triple hat-trick at the at Rugby Park during the first Queensland School Sport Cricket Championships in weekend in March. Travelling Brisbane last week. Schools included Downlands College, Ignatius Park College, Swimming Marist College from Emerald and St Brendan’s College. The First XV had a win over Downlands College Red and Ignatius Park in the round matches. In the grand final, Downlands College First XV were too strong defeating RGS First XV 38-12. Spencer Smallacombe was named RGS’ Player of the Carnival.
Rockhampton District School Sport Rugby Union Taryn Roberts competed at the Queensland State Sprint Finals Championships in February where she received Gold in the The local Rockhampton District School Rugby Union finals 14 Years 50m Breaststroke as well as the Open Women has been scheduled for Sunday, 28 March for both 50m Breaststroke. Taryn also won the U15 5km Open Schoolboys and Schoolgirls. All games will be played at Water Swim at the Australian Open Water Swimming Rugby Park: Championships. Congratulations Taryn! Jack Lynch also had 3:00pm U13 Boys a great swim placing 14th. Both swimmers posted massive 4:00pm – U13 Girls 7s personal best times. 4:30pm – U15 Girls 7s
5:00pm – U15 Boys Rockhampton District Secondary Schools 6:00pm – Open Girls 7s Representatives 6:30pm First XV Boys.
AFL 13-15 Years Secondary Robotics Olivia Whitehead. Secondary Robotics Club will start Monday Week 9 in W1 from 3:30pm to 5pm. Please organise your registration Basketball 10-12 Years Boys through parent lounge and the payment process is stated Sam Driscoll. on the form your parents read when they register you. There will be a meeting Wednesday Morning Tea in B8 Rugby Union 7’s in Week 8. Mrs Mikkelsen will send out a reminder before Culley Bacon and Anna Wass. this meeting. Rugby Union Boys 17-18 Spencer Smallacombe, Luke Whalan, Carter Wight, Joshua Sparks, Griffin Keating, Hugh Ross, Joe Schottelius, Angus Johansen, Hayden Hanson, Jake Phillis, Lachlan Burns and Nicholas Crouch.
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Capricornia Secondary Schools Representatives
Hockey Attachments: Cooper Mackenzie. • Easter Raffle Swimming • Round Square Molly Cottam, Will Salmond, Peyton Goudie. Touch Sophie Smith, Bronson Carlos, Kai Williams, Mason
Broadhurst.
Water Polo
Riley Denham, Lily Cottam, Lana Horwell, Chad Willet, Molly
Cottam, Asha Verma, Thomas Arber, Liam Germann, Maddy Lynch, Alice McDonald and Kai Williams.
Triathlon Peyton Goudie.
Notifications of Achievements Due to the vast array of core and non-core sporting activities that students participate in, can all students’ sporting achievements be emailed through to Mrs Liza Coetzer, the Sports Administrator. We have set up a new email address for everything relating to sport at RGS – [email protected] This will assist the School in providing information in newsletters and collecting information for the annual sports dinner.
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