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Mediterranean Drive Email: office@benowashs.eq.edu.au
Benowa QLD 4217 Phone: 07 5582 7333
Subscribe: https://benowashs.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe Fax: 07 5582 7300
02 September 2020 Mark Rickard
Principal
From the Principal
P&C
Thank you again to all of our school families for your strong
support of our teaching and learning programs in Term 3 and
special congratulations to staff and students for the intra-school
sports competition that we have enjoyed for the first time in the
school this term. The high levels of student participation have The next Benowa State High School P&C Meeting will be held
been fantastic and so has the competition between Houses. on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 at 6.30pm in W Block
Conference Room (multi storey building off Mediterranean
Exciting news for our school community that the P&C is
Drive).
refurbishing the school tuckshop to deliver a faster more
efficient service to students. Design consultants were in the Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.
school yesterday to commence the process in the hope that
To conform with the current COVID-19 guidelines, attendance
much of the work can be done in the Christmas holiday period
will be limited at this meeting. Please register your interest
and so ready for 2021.
in attending via our Facebook page or by calling our
Looking ahead also to 2021, Deputy Principal Ms Douglas has Administration office on 55 827 333.
worked with the school wellbeing team to develop a survey
tool to assist us with our planning for student wellbeing support
programs in 2020/2021. We would really appreciate your
responses to help us design programs that aim to better meet Leaving The School Grounds
the needs of our students.
Thank you to Mr Wolski and his team who have been
– Leave Pass
supporting parents/caregivers and students in Year 10 through
their SET Planning in preparation for subject selection into Year
11/12 senior pathways. Just a reminder to Year 10 students
and families that completing the SET Plan process into Year 11
is an essential step in enrolment for Year 11 in 2021 and vital to
securing a choice of subjects to study next year.
Take care everyone … still washing hands and social distancing
is the advice.
Students are not allowed to leave the
Intra-School Sport
school grounds unless a Leave Pass
has been obtained and the note signed
Competition – Bandler
by a Deputy Principal who has
approved the request to leave school
Continues to Dominate!
grounds.
In the interest of student safety, a leave Round 3 of the Intra-School
pass may only be obtained by Competition on Wednesday, 19
supplying a parent signed note detailing the students name, August was another success with
house group, time and reason for the leave pass to the Bandler continuing to dominate in
Deputy Principal before school starts. Once the Deputy both the junior and senior
competitions. The next round will
Principal has signed the note, a leave pass will be issued by
be in Week 10 (Wednesday, 16
the “Student Services Window”. Requests for leave passes
September) where students will
are not accepted by email or SMS. If a student becomes
participate in their next rotation of
unwell during the school day, they should seek entry to the
games. A reminder that all
sick bay (the student should not contact parents to organise
students need to be in their full sports uniform and bring a hat
a leave pass). The student signs into sick bay, a member of and water bottle.
staff will monitor the student and will contact the parent/
carer to organise collection of the unwell student from the
school. Competition Table
Phone calls will only be accepted in the case of emergency. Position House Points
1 Bandler 842
2 Wright 721
Teacher in the Spotlight 3 Hinkler 707
4 Laver 675
Dr Ronan Serrier 5 Murdoch 637
6 Hollows 539
What is your current role/ teaching area? 7 Florey 524
8 Wake 482
I am an experienced senior teacher in our
French Immersion program, teaching
French, History and Geography.
What do you love most about your job?
What I like the most about my job is the contact with my
students as they offer me fascinating insight into the future. It
helps me understand the world better.
Particular contributions you have made?
I try my best to encourage our young people to grow into
beautiful beings. I don’t judge my students but I listen to them
and advise them the best I can. I believe they know/feel that.
Junior Council
What qualities make you stand out?
Junior Council Team Meet with Local Councillor
Brooke Patterson
A quality that particularly makes me stand out is my ability to
take distance from conventions and rules in order to be able to On Monday, 24 August our Junior Council senior delegates
stand up. were graced with the presence of our local Councillor, Brooke
Patterson. This was a great opportunity for Vicki Serras, Year
11 and Ryden Camara, Year 11, to advocate local concerns
and Junior Council successes over an informal chat with our
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newly elected local representative. Mrs Kerry Cable, our Junior
Council representative at the Gold Coast City Council was
instrumental in securing this unique ‘leadership’ meeting. Mr
Rickard, our school Principal, offered some considerable insight
into leadership experiences at the school level.
Vicki and Ryden discussed issues about how young leaders
can contribute towards and be a support for the vision of the
Gold Coast. Already, our Junior Council is heavily involved in
many community service events, in their own time and during
school holidays. They learned that Cr Patterson finds it
extremely fulfilling in her own leadership position working for
the local council. The topic of leadership was significant and
both Vicki and Ryden acknowledged the wide spectrum of
interpretations behind the meaning of ‘leadership’ as it is so
personal to everyone.
‘Dark Emu’ by Bruce Pascoe presents evidence from diaries
and records of early Australian explorers to put forward an
argument for reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for
precolonial Aboriginal Australians, showing that Indigenous
Australians were domesticating animals, planting and reaping
crops, plus irrigating and farming. ‘This is Not a Test’ by
Courtney Summers, is another apocalyptic novel where six
students take cover at school from zombies trying to get inside.
They soon realise that being safe inside is not perhaps the best
place to be either as they try to survive this ordeal.
Ms Kate Stanley Ms Kate Stanley
Junior Council Teacher in Charge Library Teacher
@ The Library Senior Schooling and VET
information
New Books! New Books in the Library!
Every fortnight the Library releases a selection of new titles for
students to borrow. As usual they cover a range of Genre, so Reminder to Year 11 & 12
read on to find out our new books for August! Post Apocalyptic students, please register in the
genre is popular these days with teen readers and the Dust QCAA student portal. You will
Lands trilogy, by Moira Young, fits that bill, where the world be able to see your personal
has become a dried up waste-land and twin siblings must fight details, subjects you are
against the harsh realities of an uncivilised new world! This is an enrolled in and access the
action packed adventure. Academic Integrity course,
which we would like you to
complete. If any details in this
account are incorrect,
students need to see Ms
Howden in the Senior
Schooling office so changes
can be made.
They will need their 10-digit Learner Unique Identifier (LUI) and
initial password to log into the learning account.
If you don't know your LUI, you can log onto your OneSchool
account and find it there, look on the notice board outside my
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office at B block or come in and ask for it. The initial password
is their day and month of birth in ddmm format.
The Student learning accounts user guide explains how to
activate and log into the learning account as well as how to
recover a forgotten password and/or LUI.
Just a quick reminder that to gain a QCE students MUST:
1. pass at least three core subjects over four semesters
Please use the above login code for all Term 4 Trade Taster
giving them at least 12 points. This may mean they
applications at Livingstone College.
need four core subjects as they may have failed one
semester in a subject therefore only giving them 3 If you intend on enrolling in this course you must let Ms Pignolet
points. or Ms Howden know in the senior schooling office so that your
2. pass at least one semester of literacy and numeracy, timetable can be adjusted and permissions sorted.
and News from our Industry Liaison officer Janneke
3. gain twenty points to hit the jackpot. Pignolet
If you are unsure about how your child is tracking and are Hello again to all. We are fast approaching the end of what
concerned, please feel free to email me, mbeva16@eq.edu.au seems like a very long term and no doubt Christmas
decorations will start appearing in retail outlets fairly soon. What
The RSA course is being offered in a crazy year it has been.
week 3, 20 October Term 4. It
In the past week some exciting new opportunities have been
costs $25. If you want to get your
brought to my attention so I wanted to share these with you.
RSA qualification please email Mrs
West rwest51@eq.edu.au there The owner of Stepz gym, here in Benowa Gardens, is looking
are a few spots available. for some trainees in the area of Business to help with their
reception tasks and administration. Please ask your child to
send me their resume if they are interested in this position and I
can forward this on to the employer.
(New) - Term 4 – Trade Taster Program For any budding fashionistas out there, Herz Design Studio,
(Construction Focus) – Livingstone Chrisitan College located in Australia Fair and specialising in formal and bridal
We are offering a Fully Funded Trade Taster Program that will wear, are looking for a trainee in the area of Business and Retail.
be running in Term 4 at Livingstone Christian College. Successful students would also get to learn about design in the
process. If this sounds like it would suit your child, please ask
If you are in Year 10 and are able to get to Livingstone Christian them to email me their resume so that I can pass this on.
College (Ormeau) and wish to take advantage of the Trade
Taster Program in Term 4 please apply ASAP. Subway Benowa Gardens and Ferry Road are still looking for
trainees. We have had some students sign up in the past few
Trade Taster Class – Term 4 (Livingstone Christian College) weeks so congratulations to them on starting their traineeship
Details: journey!
Start Date: Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Beyond Beauty is still looking for
Note: Please note that there will be an additional class the right candidate. The position
day on Monday, 12 October 2020 to make up the involves managing their social
9 classes. As Term 4 runs over 8 weeks we’ve media and posting photos and
had to include an additional class on Monday, 12 images on their social sites to help
October 2020. promote the business. They are
Location: Livingstone Christian College looking for someone who is really
Address: 62 Reedmans Road ORMEAU QLD 4208 interested in beauty, art and
Important: Students must apply under their legal name and someone who is a savvy social
must provide their Unique Student Identifier (USI) media user. The application process involves students
number in the application. downloading the ‘Canva’ app and putting together an image
If you are interested students need to apply via that could be posted to Instagram and Facebook to reach
www.tafeapply.com and use the login code: potential clients. If you think this would suit your child’s interests
TQGCT4TT and select Livingstone Christian and skills, please ask them to email me a resume and come and
College as their preferred location. see me in the senior schooling office as soon as possible, with
an image that they have created.
Please see the example below: Little Scholars in Nerang is looking for two school-based
trainees in early childcare and is a lovely centre that has
partnered with Amazing Education. We have recently had three
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students sign up with Amazing Education and Little Scholars Late to School Lunchtime Detention
Centres, and they are thoroughly enjoying their new roles. B08
Please note that this traineeship can lead to a Diploma of 1.05 PM
Early Childhood Education under the Higher Level Skills funding Don’t Attend Lunchtime After School Detention
program or a school-based apprenticeship that students can Detention B01
follow on with after the completion of the Certificate III 2.55 PM to 3.25 PM
traineeship. From a cost perspective, this means that the
Don’t Attend After Suspended From
Diploma would be either under $100 or would be free (under an
School Detention School
apprenticeship), as opposed to the $10 000 you would normally
pay to gain this qualification. Completion of the Diploma would
also allow students acceptance into University should they WHOLE SCHOOL CORE VALUES: Diligence: Strive
decide to take this pathway. for personal growth.
Some other new positions include traineeships at Captain Our current Stymie this week is ‘Encourage courage!’ We are
Nemo’s Pool, Spa and Marine in Helensvale and this would be linking this stymie to our core value of diligence and striving
a customer service role with a Business qualification. for personal growth because it takes a lot to be courageous.
Our young people find it hard to be strong and to never give
Coomera Town Medical Centre is looking for a Medical
up. This is because they may lack resilience or support. It is
Receptionist (also a Business qualification) and Hinterland
up to us to fill them with courage, because this comes from
Dance Academy is looking for a student to help them with their
our environment and everything around us. Our character and
administration and assisting them with their customers.
abilities grow with our courage and our belief that we can do
Brooklyn Depot in Surfers is looking for two school-based anything we set our minds to.
trainees on either Thursday or Friday and this will be a
Hospitality qualification, so ideal for a Year 10 student. Year 11
students can also apply, however they would need to commit
to working two shifts per week to complete the qualification
One of the
in the required timeframe to graduate. The successful student
hardest things for
will also gain their RSA through this course. Please ask your
our children to do
child to forward me their resume if they are interested and I can
sometimes is be
follow up with the relevant training organisation to meet with the
different.
student, once this has been received.
It is important
Please take the time to read the latest vacancy emails, which
that they
are sent out each Friday afternoon, and email me if any of the
remember to have courage and be kind,
positions suit your child.
have courage and follow the rules, have courage and share their
Thank you passion.
Janneke Pignolet
Ms McAlpine: Dean of Students Florey, Hinkler, Laver and
Industry Liaison Officer
Murdoch
Mrs Price: Dean of Students Bandler, Hollows, Wake and
Wright
From the Deans' Desk
Term Three begins to draw to a close. Students scramble to
English - Plagiarism
complete assessments and our Year 12s draw closer to the
end of their twelve years of schooling. More than ever our
students need support to see things through to the end. Again,
may I remind everyone that this is a time when we all need to
work harder, be our best and never give up. Attitude is the key
and the test.
A school rule reminder for this week is if you are late to school
you will receive a lunchtime detention. If you don’t attend the
lunchtime detention you will receive an after school detention.
If you don’t attend the after school detention you will be
suspended from school.
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Benowa State High School’s English Department takes won’t happen at all. It is the responsibility of students to submit
plagiarism very seriously. their own work and act with integrity.
Plagiarism includes: And even though it’s a parody, unfortunately Saturday Night
Live can be very close to the truth sometimes. Hopefully this
• Paraphrasing ideas from someone else’s work
gives you a laugh and ends a fairly serious article with a smile!
• Copying the work of another student, either in full or – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDxN4c_CmpI
in part
https://www.youtube.com/embed/yDxN4c_CmpI?showinf
• Letting other students copy your own work o=1&rel=0
• Copying and pasting sentences, excerpts or ideas
from the internet or other texts
Matt Pickersgill
Sometimes students think that if they paraphrase another Head of Department - English
person’s work by using synonyms, this is enough for it to
be ‘original work’. That is not the case. Students must have
their own ideas and analysis that they write from their own
perspective. While research can help them sharpen their own Student Absence SMS
ideas, they should not reword the ideas of others using
synonyms. Even if this is unintentional, it is still considered Service
plagiarism.
This TED-Ed video describes how many students in high school
and university try to plagiarise, and how it can easily be
detected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrjoaaIxaJI
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SrjoaaIxaJI?showinfo=1&re
l=0
In English at Benowa we use the website Turnitin.com to check
for plagiarism. In senior years (10-12), all students use this
website to submit their assessment. In middle years (7-9),
teachers also use the website to routinely check student work
for plagiarism when it is suspected. Turnitin.com checks
student work against the internet for plagiarism, and also
matches student work to other students, checking for originality
and authenticating submissions.
To avoid plagiarism, students should not give copies of their
own assessment work or drafts to peers. If students are found
to have plagiarised from one another, the plagiarised section
will not be marked for either of the students involved. Students
should also be very careful not to plagiarise through
paraphrasing someone else’s ideas. Even in an exam, if
students memorise and replicate someone else’s work, this is
considered plagiarism. COVID-19 Recovery Service
The best way to avoid plagiarism is for students to think of
their ideas themselves, and use the classroom activities and
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unit work to help generate their ideas. They should never be
copying and pasting from any source, or changing words, or
copying whole ideas and just rewriting them with their own https://benowashs.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/1130/
sentences. All of these forms of plagiarism will be detected and covid19_recovery_service_information.pdf
will significantly impact student results.
Standard practice is that any plagiarised section of an
assessment item is not marked. The grade will be based on Employment
sections that are not plagiarised. In many cases this could lead
to a failing grade. Students cannot resubmit plagiarised work. It
will be marked accordingly, so it is always best not to plagiarise
in the first place.
In the event of students plagiarising their English assessment,
teachers or the Head of Department will be in contact with
parents to explain how much of the work has been plagiarised
and how it will affect their grade. But we always hope that this
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