Fairholme Annual report 2018

2018

PRESENTING FAIRHOLME

‘Blessed is the night, for it reveals to us the stars.’

- Henry Clay Trumbull

PRESENTING FAIRHOLME | 2018

Contents From the Chairman

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From the Principal

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Christian Education 08

Junior School 10 Junior School Arts

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Junior School Sport

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Middle School

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Senior School

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Teaching and Learning

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Junior School NAPLAN RESULTS

Boarding

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Distinctive Curriculum Offerings & Co-Curricular Activities

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04 Dr Linda Evans

17 Middle School NAPLAN RESULTS

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The Arts

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Business

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Careers

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English

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Health, Sport and Physical Education

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OP/QCS Results

Home Economics

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Humanities

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Information Technology

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Boarding

Languages

40

Mathematics

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Greta Centre

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The Arts

Greta Junior

Science

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Service

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Pastoral Care

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VET

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Information Technology Services

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Senior School

From the Chairman MR IAN ANDERSEN, CHAIRMAN

We launched the Fairholme College Strategic Plan 2018 - 2022 in April. It outlines the way we propose to take this College forward over the coming years.

One of the key strategies is to prepare a Master Plan for the refurbishment and building of spaces in line with contemporary research, seeking to develop places and spaces that enhance the enjoyment of living, learning and connecting with one another.

This year Fairholme College moved into its second century of operation on our beautiful site on the escarpment in Toowoomba.

It has been a wonderful college year, a year where we have sought to honour our motto, Ardens sed Virens – ‘burning yet flourishing’.

A key role of any Board of Directors is to set the strategic direction of that particular organisation. This year we finalised our new Strategic Plan, following extensive consultation with Staff, Students, Parents, Community Members as well as past Parents and Students, using focus groups, surveys and finally a very successful ‘Town Meeting’ with approximately 150 people representing these various stakeholder groups.

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As a result, the College will embark on a journey to redevelop, reinvigorate or reinvent our College Campus.

The Master Plan will enable that process, catering for our developing pedagogical needs; changing societal impacts, particularly environmental and technological impacts; as well as Student, Staff, Parental and Community needs and expectations.

To do that, the Board has appointed the very well - credentialed Brisbane firm - m3architecture - to develop our plan. M3 is a small architectural firm that specialises in working with schools and comes highly recommended, having developed similar plans for Brisbane Girls Grammar School as well as Nudgee College to name just two.

They will carry out a three-phase process while developing our plan: •

Phase 1 will gather information including, but not limited to,

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information about our site and current buildings, Strategic Plan, stakeholders, heritage, uniform and colours, house structure and names, demographics, town planning constraints, learning spaces, technology needs – including meeting with Students, Staff, FOGA, Parents and the Board.

Phase 2 is about designing the plan, and involves feedback, staging options and preparation of estimates.

Phase 3 will finalise and present our Master Plan.

M3’s mantra is that this process should be enjoyable, rigorous, by and for our Community – we look forward to working with them on that basis. To start the process, the Board Executive has already meet with M3’s Principal Director, Mr Michael Banney, to discuss the development of the plan.

As this process unfolds, I encourage each and every one of you to be involved when the opportunity presents itself.

Serving on the Fairholme College Board of Directors is a special privilege and I thank Board Members for their commitment and passion throughout this year. We are fortunate to have talented and committed people on our Board, people who make a significant contribution of their time and expertise to the College.

Picture: Fairholme College 1930

Board stability is a very positive attribute for any organisation, and we are fortunate to have a number of members with varying lengths of service. Conversely, Board renewal is always positive and we welcomed the Right Reverend Mike O’Connor to his year-long term on the Board as the Moderator of The Presbyterian Church of Queensland. We also welcomed Mr David Johnston to fill the vacant Parents’ and Friends’ Association position on the Board.

In 2018, the College continued to spend substantial sums to improve our facilities and infrastructure.

This year, projects totaling almost $1.76 million were approved and completed, including: •

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Boarding House improvements – refurbishment of Jean Tassie Dormitory at a cost of almost $1 million. This finalises the refurbishment of the Boarding House.

Reconfiguration and refurbishment of the Swimming Pool male change rooms and toilet facilities.

Installation of new Playground facilities for the Junior School.

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Completion of the refurbishment and reconfiguration of part of the original Administration area.

Ongoing upgrade and replacement of IT Equipment.

Furniture, Fittings, and Plant and Equipment replacements.

students, staff, parents and friends – the extended Fairholme Family.

To conclude - I assure you the College is well placed to meet the challenges and opportunities into the coming years.

The Board approved the 2019 Budget at its November meeting. The Board continues to be mindful of the many competing factors in developing the budget each year, including the realities of daily life, ongoing financial difficulties confronting many of our families, as well as the need to continue to improve our facilities and provide the very best education for our students. With this in mind, the 2019 Budget provides for a 2.95 per cent increase in tuition fees; no increase in boarding fees, recognising the significant difficulties many in the rural sector are experiencing; and the capital levy will increase by 3.0 per cent.

I believe it is important that we reflect on each year as it passes, in order to celebrate our successes, learn from our mistakes, and to just reminisce.

I encourage you to do just that.

After all, Fairholme is about us all –

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From the Principal DR LINDA EVANS, PRINCIPAL

Atticus was right. One time he said – you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.

The famous words of Harper Lee’s Scout Finch – in To Kill a Mockingbird – remind us that perspective is a powerful influence.

What’s your outlook on 2018? So much depends upon where you stand, the view you look out upon, and the way you harness words to tell your story. We can’t determine our circumstances, God does that, but we can choose our vantage point.

Through social media we can create it via a filtered version of reality. Or we can gain it by doing – girls who help at Rosies gain it, girls who travel to Cambodia gain it, those involved in homework help gain it; in fact, all who volunteer, gain it. We can seek it out – I seek it in travel, in places with names like Ljubljana, Graz, Takayama … in the most enticing way, I am forced to view the world from another cultural perspective, to discover myself as just

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a tiny pin on the global stage … it’s humbling as well as exhilarating but it’s also a fleeting shift in perspective.

There’s an ephemeral quality about travel. Leaving school gives perspective. Travel gives perspective.

But service and adversity, struggle and hard work give deep perspective, perspective that changes the way we view life and interact within it.

‘Blessed is night, for it reveals to us the stars.’

In early October I sat at Narita Airport, Tokyo, awaiting a flight to Brisbane. Christina Meelen (Senior 2017) was waiting for the same flight. She had just completed six months as a volunteer in Shiso, a tiny rural community, at a facility, Hanshin Jiritsu no Ie, (translation: Hanshin Home of Independence) supporting adults with disabilities.

Christina had grown up five years, in just six months. It would seem

that volunteering gives the gift of perspective – the vantage point to stand back and reimagine life; to confront difficulty and to find the treasures within.

So much of learning is the same, about confronting difficulty, persevering and reaping the benefits of seeing things differently. No girl who has played sport, been part of a music ensemble, group or choir, or who has achieved academic results they never imagined possible, has managed to do so without some sort of struggle. I mused at Christina’s words, ‘I don’t think I would have been ready to leave home, move to Brisbane and start studying at the beginning of the year. It was too daunting, too difficult. I wasn’t ready.’ Yet here she was, an 18 year old, confidently negotiating an international airport, who had travelled solo throughout Japan and worked in a facility supporting people for whom life is challenging daily. Further, she began at her workplace without knowing anyone …

communicating in Japanese – a high school subject but not her second language. In describing her six-month experience she said,

‘I think the best thing is that I’ve gained perspective.’

I learned so much more than Japanese.’ Each international student brings with them yet another cultural outlook that stretches our boundaries and theirs. Miki Moto who spent five terms with us tried to articulate its effect, when she said, ‘At Fairholme I found myself, I could be myself – and I could delve deeper into who I am and what is possible.’ Emi Yamanake from Tokyo spent a term at Fairholme, hosted by the Wagner family in 2012. One weekend Emi and two other students from Japan travelled with he Wagners to their farm. When they stopped to cross a creek, the girls got out of the car.

There they saw a clear, gigantic and expansive Australian night sky. Not one of those three girls had ever seen stars before. Those three girls stood under that magnificent open sky and

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wept. ‘Blessed is night, for it reveals to us the stars.’ It reveals perspective.

Every time Fairholme accepts a new enrolment, we take up a new perspective of the world – diversity provides richness to our community.

This year staff have discovered the richness of that diversity in their visits to meet with incoming 2019 students from all parts of New South Wales, Queensland and Japan. When guest speaker, Sara Al-Bostanji (FOGA, 2010 and Presenting Fairholme Guest speaker 2018) spoke of the Fairholme sisterhood as a guiding light in her darkest times, there was no exaggeration. This perspective, this beacon of hope, is a powerful force that unites and propels our school leavers into their futures.

Perspective can be a chosen mindset, or thrust upon us when we are handpicked, without our consent, to see things differently. In the text, Penguin the Magpie, Sam Bloom’s story expounds the perspective thrust upon her when a tragic accident led to paraplegia. Whilst this text gives voice to a heart-rending example, it does demand that readers reflect upon what we might do in such a

circumstance. In fact, what happens when life unravels, when the perfect becomes imperfect and when we fail to achieve the goals that we have set either implicitly or advertised to all via our social media platforms? Herein lies a line of distinction between the perfectionist and the seeker of excellence – or so writes Carol Dweck. As a lecturer in Psychology at Stanford University, Dweck calls upon her first-year students to write about their life hero and to examine the path taken by that person to achieve heroic status. In years of setting this task Dweck has never had a student who identified a hero’s smooth run to achievement. Every essay submitted details a road constructed by setback, failure and obstacles. It’s never been effortless to achieve goals that matter.

Perhaps this is why Hugh Mackay in his book, The Good Life states that ‘it is self-discipline, not self-esteem that is more useful than IQ as a predictor of all-round school performance.’

Further, Mackay writes of the Utopia complex which he believes is symptomatic of twenty-first century living; a utopian perspective of how life should be. It is living characterised by ‘unprecedented material

prosperity, mobility, convenience and comfort’, the type of living that Mackay believes is seen by many as an entitlement – an entitlement to 100% happiness, success and … the good life. He believes that, sadly, ‘the real victims of the Utopia complex are our children, those who have been so deeply conditioned to expect the best to be provided for them – admiration and rewards for everything they do and constant support and guidance from parents anxious to remove every obstacle from their path – expectations that may make their arrival on the threshold of adulthood quite a shock.’ He believes that in our quest to buoy up our children’s self-esteem and make every experience positive, we have lost our perspective.

According to Mackay, the term ‘good try’ has become a parental response to their children’s failure to achieve, even when the failure is the result of zero effort.

Nossall (2014), too, reminds that if our perspective is focused only on what we can get, what accolades we can count, or what certificates we can tally, then we are robbing ourselves of the experiences of effort, along the way. There’s always a next achievement to focus on, so accomplishments provide only fleeting satisfaction on the path to a subsequent goal. Such a mindset is ultimately exhausting, stressful and, in a phrase Nossall (2014) coins, ‘perfectionism is poison’ – literally and metaphorically. Whenever there is heightened distress, the hormone cortisol is released and high levels of cortisol on a frequent basis can have a damaging effect upon psychological and physical health. This hormone interferes with almost every system within the body, including, but not limited to memory, digestion, and heart function. Its constant presence is associated with anxiety and depression. Strive for excellence and not for perfection … it’s a fine line

but it is important to err on striving rather than expecting an errorless existence. ‘The emotional chokehold of perfectionism’ (Nossall, 2014) requires our attention, lest we become anxious about failure, constantly having to plug the holes in our perfect dam (Dweck, 2013) and developing risk aversion as we go.

The mantra, if it’s not good enough then I mustn’t be good enough, is a thin line crossed from seeking excellence to wanting to be perfect.

It’s also a point at which perspective is desperately needed. Seeker of excellence or seeker of perfection?

May our school-leavers be wellversed in perspective-seeking.

These school-leavers get to experience life beyond the tartan from a vantage point of their choice.

They are leaving school at a time where it is believed that as many as 65 per cent of them will be employed in jobs that don’t yet exist. Yet, they are also the most service-driven generation, the most imaginative, the most tech-savvy. They are change creators and inventors who place social responsibility over greed.

Leaving school gives perspective.

Travel gives perspective. But service and adversity, struggle and hard work give deep perspective. The future is in good hands – the hands of perspective-seekers. May we be fearless in the perspective we choose. May we never be afraid to walk in the shoes of another. Because therein exists perspective, and around its corner: deep gratitude.

REFERENCES Dweck, C. (2013). On Perfectionism. https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgUF5WalyDk MacKay, H. (2013). The Good Life. Sydney.

NSW: Pan Macmillan Nossall (2014). Wellbeing notes: Perfectionism and Mindset. http://nossalhs.vic.edu.au/ wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Perfectionismand-mindset.pdf

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Christian Education

MS CATH BUTLER, HEAD OF MINISTRY AND MISSION

their personal need for Christ and subsequent love of him and his ways.

Importantly, they also have a growing desire to love others, reflecting the love God has for the world.

Each year, I have the privilege of working closely with the Year 12 students who form the leadership committee for Student Ministry. This committee is comprised of a group of girls passionate about engaging their peers at Fairholme with the message of Christ.

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)

JUNIOR SCHOOL In the Junior School, Mrs Rebekah Scott was appointed as the new teacher of Christian Education (CE) following Mrs Kerrie Jessup’s Throughout 2018, the girls in this retirement at the end of 2017. In committee met regularly to encourage addition to teaching CE, Rebekah and support each other, and to plan successfully organised and ran a and brainstorm together. They had a special program for Holy Week leading strong voice in both the planning and into Easter and conducted a Christmas execution of chapel services, assembly Chapel service at the end of Term 4. devotions, and special programs and Rebekah is in touch with issues for they worked closely with me in the young girls and wise in her approach promotion of Christ-Centred Faith in encouraging them in faith. Her at Fairholme. It can be confronting, work to date has been a wonderful uncomfortable and challenging in our asset to the ministry at Fairholme. society today to have your personal faith on display, opening yourself MIDDLE AND SENIOR SCHOOL and your behaviour up to scrutiny On 20 April, Fairholme Middle and and to critical examination. Yet, year Senior Students celebrated being after year, I see girls maturing in Thankful, Hopeful, Resilient, Inspired, their understanding of God’s nature,

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Valued and Empowered through the annual THRIVE day and chapel service. During the day, girls provided items to pack backpacks to donate to Hope for Our Children – a local agency providing backpacks for children placed in emergency foster care in the local area. During the chapel service, Emma Terry (Fairholme Old Girl), gave her testimony of coming to faith in Christ. Further enriching the time together, three current staff members – Mrs Vicki Anderson, Ms Eve Murphy and Mr Rod Edgerton – spoke about the importance of Christ-centred faith to them personally.

Family Worship Services occurred in Terms 1-3 and despite the best-laid plans for an outdoor community carols evening in Term 4, the weather did not permit this and so the event was held in the hall. Yet still enjoyed by all in attendance!

The Presbyterian Church offered a bursary for two students to attend the Y-Net Christian Leadership training camp at Mount Tamborine in July. Arya Forbes (Year 11) and Ruth Johnston (Year 10) were the recipients of this bursary and found the experience enjoyable whilst also strengthening them in their faith.

In August, 14 students in Years 11-12 travelled to the Bible Society Masterclass for High School students.

These students were privileged to

hear from internationally recognised speakers on matters relevant to their stage of development.

BOARDING Jenny Sutton continued to maintain a pastoral presence in the Boarding House, opening her space for the girls to share their day with her. She ran Bible Studies for students and had roughly 80 Boarders in attendance over the course of a week. Boarders continued to have chapel or church throughout Sunday mornings in the term. It is our hope that students boarding at Fairholme have positive experiences of worshipping together.

As the year draws to a close and as we look back on a very full year, I give thanks for God’s continued presence among us by his Holy Spirit. I am also humbled and encouraged by the approach and actions of the Year 12 committee members and other students in the school who have a personal sense of commitment to the Christian Faith. Despite the cultural norm to deny the supremacy of Christ and to promote self [rather than love of God and others], these girls who deeply prize Christ’s love for them, add much more to the fabric of Fairholme than perhaps they, or many of us, may realise. Looking forward, may we continue to pursue Christ-centred Faith – along with Respect, Collaboration, Enjoyment and Excellence.

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Fairholme Junior

MRS ERIN TONSCHECK, HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL Fairholme Junior School enjoyed a positive 2018. We continued to engage in a range of academic, sporting and performance-based activities.

Clarification of assessment within our academic program and renewed attention to reading comprehension have provided teachers with opportunities to refine their skills, and have also brought about even more focused and purposeful class learning.

Whilst excellent academic results continue to shine light on our successes, it is the whole child we support.

Discovering who she is across many domains beyond academia delivers the true strength that underpins each girl’s journeys. Knowing our girls, and making specific consideration for their social, personal, mental, physical and spiritual care, supports their very special passage through the formative years.

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Fairholme Junior School continues to support many extra-curricular academic experiences including: OptiMINDS, Maths Olympiads, Chess and Digital Technologies Clubs, with a team of girls winning a place to compete at the OptiMINDS State Championships.

Artistic endeavours continue to abound with students enjoying lessons in Music, Visual Arts, Drama and Dance. Our year began with Gary the Giant, this year’s annual Junior School Musical. The Junior School Chorale, Year 2 String Program, Year 3 StEP String Ensemble, Year 4 Band, and Years 5 and 6 F@B Programs have enjoyed a very strong year of instrumental music and have grown to include the Year 6 Fusion Band. Our year concluded with our Christmas Nativity Concert with an Australian Bush Theme, performed by every student from Kindy to Year 3.

Fairholme Junior continued to enjoy participation in the Andrews Cup sporting competition. Our girls have engaged in a range of sports at both Zone and Regional level, with great success.

Fairholme Junior students enjoy the opportunities that are provided across the three domains of academia, arts and sport. Our results, both the measurable and the less quantifiable, tell us that Fairholme Junior is an exceptional school – with wonderful families, extremely dedicated staff and incredible students – nested within a Christ-centred faith that shows us a way to live, love and look after each other.

Junior School NAPLAN RESULTS Year 5

2018 MEAN SCORE Comparison

45+27+2836+25+39 47+27+26 36+27+3732+38+30 509

542

506.1

502.5

529

545

501.1

496.7

Reading

503.6

Spelling

Fairholme

Grammar/Punctuation

494.2

527

464.6

504

487.6

453.9

Numeracy

Writing

State

National

529+496.7+502.5 Year 3

2018 MEAN SCORE Comparison

43+26+31 47+26+27 41+29+3039+29+32 39+3229 433.8

498

429.7

Reading

417.8

509

410.9

Spelling

431.7

496

429.7

Grammar/Punctuation

407.7

464

407.2

467

399.2

397.7

Numeracy

Writing

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Junior School Arts

MRS BELINDA ELDRIDGE, CO-ORDINATOR OF JUNIOR SCHOOL ARTS MUSICAL Our year began with Gary the Giant, this year’s annual Junior School Musical which featured every student from Years 1 to 6. Gary had taken over Fairyholme Castle and, along with his trolls, held old King Kevin and his 16 Princess daughters captive. A rollicking adventure saw the Knights of Knightsbridge and the Sages of Sage Mountain rescue the royal family, along with the help of the fairies, the flowers, the mice and some delicious rocky road. Our final discovery was the true identity of Gary the Giant.

INSTRUMENTAL AND CHORAL The Junior School Chorale has had a lovely year of singing, with the highlight being the Sing Out Choral Festival at the Empire Theatre in June, with 500 students from Toowoomba schools and guest conductor, Mr Paul Holley.

Our Year 2 String Program, Year 3 StEP String Ensemble Program, Year 4 Band Program, and Years 5 and 6 F@B Programs have resulted in a very strong year of instrumental music at Fairholme Junior. Our ensembles have flourished and this year have grown to include the Year 6 Fusion Band.

Many wonderful results were achieved at the Toowoomba

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Eisteddfod, as listed at right.

Once again, we have run a series of Lunchtime Concerts each term, where students who learn musical instruments have been given the opportunity to perform. We also enjoyed the Singing Studio Recital in October.

CLASSROOM MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA Our Junior School students have enjoyed lessons in Music with Mrs Belinda Eldridge, Drama with Mrs Katrina Bailey and Dance with Mrs Brigid Baker in Term 1 and Mrs Eve Murphy in Terms 2 – 4.

PERFORMANCES Performances enjoyed by the Junior School this year have included Lucas Proudfoot, Indigenous performer, and a trip to the Empire Theatre by our early years classes to see Josephine Wants to Dance.

Our year concluded with our Christmas Nativity Concert with an Australian Bush Theme, performed by every student from Kindy to Year 3. The musical gave each child the opportunity to gain some stage experience whilst delighting our appreciative audience.

Queensland Eisteddfod Results 1st Place

Year 2 String Class Primary String Beginning Ensemble

3rd Place

Junior String Orchestra Primary String A Grade Ensemble

2nd Place

String Ensemble Small String Ensemble (Primary School)

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String Quartet String Trio/Quartet – Primary School

3rd Place

Fusion Band Primary Instrumental Ensemble

2nd Place

Junior Flute Ensemble Primary Woodwind Ensemble

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Junior School Sport MRS LEE-ANN GRANTHAM, CO-ORDINATOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT Fairholme Junior Sport offers a wide range of sports and activities for the girls, and involvement and participation rates are excellent in Interhouse activities.

SPORTING OPPORTUNITIES Interhouse competitions occur across Swimming, Cross-Country, Athletics and Gymnastics, with Tennis and Aquathlon being optional. The Interhouse Junior Swimming Knockout Tournament is by invitation.

Fairholme Junior also engages in local Interschool Carnivals in Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country and the Andrews Cup sporting competition in the following sports: Swimming, Athletics, Cross Country, Tennis, Touch, Track and Field, Netball, Softball and Gymnastics, plus an Invitational Basketball carnival between the 10 competing schools.

Zone and Regional Sports include Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country, plus Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Cricket, Netball, Softball, Touch, Aquathlon, AFL, Orienteering and Girls’ Football (Soccer).

Interschool Friday Sport for Year 5 and 6 is organised through the Toowoomba Primary Sports Association, and the Year 4 girls compete in a friendly competition with The Glennie School Junior Years and Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory School at least three times a term in Touch, Netball and Softball.

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ANDREWS CUP The Andrews Cup competition continues to provide an avenue for development and training in several team sports after school on a Wednesday afternoon, including Touch, Tennis, Netball, Softball, Track and Field and Cross Country.

Additional training opportunities include: Swimming – before school sessions in the lead-up to the competition Cross Country – Monday afternoons Basketball – Tuesday afternoons Gymnastics – Friday sport sessions in the lead-up to the competition.

Over 75% of all Year 2-6 students were involved in Andrews Cup competitions throughout the year, with many of them attending four or more carnivals.

DEVELOPMENT SQUADS and QLD ALL SCHOOLS COMPETITIONS Athletics: The development squad, under the coaching of Mr John Sessarago and his specialist junior coach, Miss Kirsten Murry, Miss Lara Nielsen and Miss Courtney Otto continues to flourish.

Swimming: The FAST swimming club, under Mr Dave Negus, Miss Hayley Wolff and Mrs Judy Dickinson, continues to develop a squad of

juniors who have achieved highly in the local club competitions. The girls also have represented their regions at both club and school levels.

Cross Country: Mrs Katie Davidson, Miss Lauren Threlfall, and Mrs Lee-Ann Grantham assisted with preparing the girls for Cross Country competition. Some junior school students attended the Qld Primary All Schools Individual Cross Country event earlier in the year.

Touch: A team participated in the All Hallows carnival, 2018 South West Region Primary Touch competition and the Queensland Primary All Schools Touch competition. Thank you to Craig Collins and Brenda Rackemann for their coaching expertise.

ZONE AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATION

The tables below indicate the number of Junior School students involved.

Swimming

Zone Darling Downs

Representatives 10 (4) 3 (1)

Athletics Zone Darling Downs State

8 (4) 4 (2) 1

Netball Zone Darling Downs

1 (5) 1 (2)

Aquathon Darling Downs

1 (1)

Tennis Zone 2 Darling Downs 1 Basketball Zone 2 Darling Downs 2 Cricket Zone Darling Downs

1 1

Cross Country Zone Darling Downs

4 (4) 2 (1)

Orienteering Zone Darling Downs State

1 (1) 1 (1) 1

Junior School Students SPORT representation Range Zone Darling Downs Queensland

29 16 (12) 2

( ) indicate Middle School Year 7 students.

Highlights and Achievements Achievements are best displayed by the number of girls achieving selection in the zone and regional teams. There were 29 Junior School students in the Range Zone teams in various sports. In addition, 19 Middle School students were 12yrs representatives. Sixteen girls from the Junior School alone competed for Darling Downs teams, as well as one State representation in Track and Field. Some of these girls represented in more than one sport.

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Middle School

MRS JAYE ROSS, HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL 2018 has been a very successful year for the Middle School girls. We welcomed 75 new Year 7s to the Middle School in January and these girls quickly adopted the Fairholme culture and attitude and got in and enjoyed all that was on offer to them.

There have been many academic successes throughout the year but sporting success and participation in The Arts has balanced out the year for the girls.

Fairholme girls have once again achieved well above State and National averages in all areas of the NAPLAN test. The results are a credit to the girls and are proof of their hard work and exceptional attitude towards learning.

CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES • Debating: Three Year 7 teams, two Year 8 teams and three Year 9 teams were involved. Six of these teams made it through to the Finals Rounds of the Queensland Debating Union

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competition.

Year 7/8 Maths Quiz: Two teams competed successfully and one team made it through to the Regional Final Robotics: Year 7 and Year 8 students enjoyed a specialist STEM subject throughout the year and also a lunchtime club The Arts attracted many girls to the wide range of opportunities available to them in Dance, Music, Drama and Visual Art Middle School Box of Chocolates Concert: an opportunity for Middle School girls to try out performing in front of an audience.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES It is important that Middle School girls develop an understanding of how they can contribute to society through helping others. The following highlights demonstrate the work of the girls in this area: • Middle School girls have supported a number of

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charities such as Cancer Council and RSPCA through various fundraising activities as part of the Yr 9 Business subject Year 9 Eco Trip to North Queensland; the girls travelled to Cairns this year and learnt about how to support the fragile ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef Support for Hike for Homeless to help raise money for struggling Toowoomba families Raising funds to buy Christmas presents for the newly arrived Refugee children of Toowoomba.

INCLUSIVE ACTIVITIES Girls of Middle School age need to feel valued, known and welcomed in their school community. Fairholme Middle School fosters this through a variety of fun activities designed to make every girl feel like she belongs.

• Year-level camps at the beginning of the year • yLead team building activities for Year 7 and Year 9

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Father and Daughter games afternoon to foster strong relationships between girls and their Dads Socials and sporting afternoons with St Mary’s and Toowoomba Grammar School.

Competitions including: Book Week Dress Up Day and

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Treasure Hunt, PCG Lip Syncing, Amazing Race, Just Dance and Christmas Cake Decorating Lunchtime activities such as: Trivia quizzes, Chalk Drawings, Hand Ball, Mother’s and Father’s Day card making, Mr Squiggle Competition, Middle School has Talent and Teddy Bear Picnic

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Middle School Buddies: Yr 7s and Yr 9s were buddied up through buddy games such as the Easter Egg hunt and games, and morning teas together.

Middle School NAPLAN RESULTS 2018 MEAN SCORE Comparison

Reading 605 605 577.8 578 597 Spelling 597 580.1 580 634 Grammar/Punctuation 634 579.6 579 585 585 Writing 527 527 Numeracy 613 613 588.4 588

Fairholme

Year 7

541 582 439 538 542 601 541 571 537 594

Year 9

594

537.5

571

541.9

601

542.2

538

487.6 493.5

582

541.7

State

529+496.7+ 19

Senior School

MS CATRINA SHARP, DEPUTY PRINCIPAL/HEAD OF SENIOR SCHOOL

In a community such as Fairholme – a place where we live, learn and lead together, it is rather amazing to see that ‘the extraordinary’ is something we see each day. This is courtesy of girls who are gentle yet courageous, supportive of one another and focused on their community.

The girls in Years 10 to 12 are immersed in a learning phase that enriches and responds to their chosen journey; it can be a time of discovery or purposeful specialisation – or both – as the girls explore their academic,

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vocational and service learning opportunities.

In addition to traditional academic pursuits, it seems that whatever their passion, our girls are able to engage in rich learning within The Arts and Sport, through activities such as Cadets and mooting, amidst a range of Service activities and via the leadership structure in the Senior School.

Our girls are working towards careers that we are yet to fathom as the world, communities and industries evolve faster than we’ve ever known.

Vital to the girls’ success are skills in communication, collaboration, creativity and connecting with, and responding to, people in new ways.

We see these qualities strengthening each day as each girl’s Fairholme life unfolds.

…there is learning everywhere and in every moment …

The Senior School is a dynamic illustration of rich learning and serving. The following offers a mere glimpse of its vitality.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES Girls travelled to England, Germany, Switzerland, France and Cambodia in 2018. Language skills were honed, new cultures were embraced and great friendships established across our globe. We welcomed girls from Japan, France, Switzerland, Germany and New Zealand and we thank them for their friendships and for enriching our community!

MOOT POINT The Senior School Mooting Teams enjoyed unprecedented success in 2018! Our Year 12 Team of Stephanie Millar, Charlotte Thelander, Racquel Clark and Laura Howe reached the national finals of the Bond University Mooting Competition! Locally, two Year 11 teams participated in the University of Southern Queensland competition. Alissa Woods, Sienna Davis and Lilli Anderson won the

competition under the tutelage of Fairholme Old Girl Dr Katie Murray.

Alissa was named the Orator of the Moot in the Final!

NAVIGATING TOGETHER Our Senior Leaders led the community via the 2018 motto of LET’S NAVIGATE 20-one-8! With the sub-themes of PARTICIPATE, CREATE, ELEVATE OTHERS and CELEBRATE, our leadership cohort stepped the community through a vibrant program. Their fine work, which encouraged connections and acknowledged girls’ successes, culminated in a sensational HOLME Day celebration! HOLME Day was a wonderful community festival that drew everyone in for a fabulous day of fun before final exams and graduation! Bravo, Seniors of 2018!

SERVICE LEARNING Our Year 12 Leadership Committees led in their chosen areas and very clearly strengthened these aspects of College life: Communications, Junior School, Middle School, Ministry, Environment, Restorative Practice, Pastoral Care in each House, Wellness and Teaching & Learning, Technology. In the latter part of 2018, the formation of a new Innovation Leadership Committee helped to expand the suite of committees for 2019.

FUTURE LEADERS Three of our Senior Leaders were acknowledged for their leadership in 2018. The national Future Leaders group acknowledged Elizabeth Stumer as one of five Australian recipients of the Future Leaders Future Justice Award and they bestowed upon Chloe Bignell one of the two Helen Handbury Leadership Awards. Chloe’s award included significant financial support for future

service work in an international community. We also congratulate Theri Grogan on receiving a 2018 QATSIF Young Indigenous Leader Award, acknowledging her leadership of the College’s NAIDOC Week celebrations and for increasing understanding of Indigenous culture within the community.

SPORTING SENSATIONS 2018 has been a year of sporting excellence! Individuals have stood on the dais with state and national titles, and have been selected in Australian sporting teams for 2019.

Our equestriennes stood proud as Australian Champions and our Prefect for Sport was a member of the Australian Team that won the Youth Touch World Cup in Malaysia. The daily training, team work and tenacity has been impressive. The year rounded off with our athletes again qualifying to compete in the national schools’ athletics competition – Nitro Athletics!

Chancellor’s Scholar, La Trobe University Regional Excellence Scholar, Igloo Residential Scholar, The Bond University Judge John Newton Mooting Scholar and the three Bond University Excellence Scholars.

Additionally, we congratulate our two Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Foundation’s QCE Scholars.

SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE Senior School girls were acknowledged for academic excellence, contribution to the College and for engagement in learning. We acknowledge our Australian National University Tuckwell Scholar, Queensland University of Technology Vice-

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Teaching and Learning

MR STEWART PEACOCK, HEAD OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

that not all learning occurs in the classroom and that skills learnt in the workplace or through community service are just as valid as a measure of an ‘educated’ person. We have endeavoured to keep the Fairholme community abreast of the changes through a monthly bulletin as well as face-to-face information sessions, and these will continue in 2019 as the changes unfold.

LEARNING HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2018 • In January, many of our 2017 Seniors returned to participate in the Commencement Assembly and progressing through to Year 12, We are often asked what it is that at the beginning of the new we have offered advice to our girls makes Fairholme different from other school year. Our guest speaker, as to how they might make the best schools. The answer, I believe, lies Abby Love, held a captive use of their skills and abilities in in our approach to teaching. We are audience. Additionally, it was the transition to further study and intently focused on preparing our also a great pleasure to present employment. Above all, we want girls for the task at hand – achieving 117 Certificates of Academic them to consider what will bring at their full potential. At the same Excellence for Semester 2 2017 them personal satisfaction and help time, we want to ensure that our to current students. them make good choices, based on students acquire the academic skills, • In Semester 2, we awarded a where their best chance at future organisation and self-awareness record number of Certificates of employment lies. needed to become independent Academic Excellence in both the learners who are well prepared for Middle and Senior Schools for One of the College’s key learning life after Fairholme. This pedagogical Semester 1 2018. and teaching goals is to utilise philosophy once again has formed the • Year 12 student Jane Lafrenz was innovative pedagogical practices with backdrop to yet another outstanding one of only five students across technology. The implementation of academic year across all year levels at Queensland to be selected for MyFairholme, using the Schoolbox the College. the Queensland University of platform, gives practical expression to Technology’s STEM Internship this principle. During 2018, we have PEDAGOGY program. Jane spent part of her gone to great lengths to ensure that In preparation for the new senior April holidays working alongside MyFairholme provides our students assessment and tertiary entrance Dr Alison Carey and a team of with an extensive range of tools to systems to be introduced in 2019, researchers from the Institute engage in creative and critical thinking Fairholme College maintains an of Health and Biomedical tasks that extend their knowledge and extensive range of subject options.

Innovation. promote collaborative and empathetic Whilst ‘traditional’ subjects and • The outcome of several months learning. courses hold their own, we have seen of planning and feedback from a greater interest in areas of Business teachers, parents and our The Queensland Certificate of and STEM subjects aligning with students will see the College Education (QCE) and, in particular, future university and employment introduce Design, Psychology, the shift from OP to ATAR, will have prospects; a sign of the everFashion, and Information a significant impact on students changing times. As such, a review of Technology as new areas of presently in Year 10 and beyond. As current subjects and proposed new academic study in 2019. a College, we believe the changes academic offerings formed a continual • All Year 11 students travelled will be a more meaningful form exploration and point of discussion to Brisbane or the Gold Coast of certification, compared to the throughout the year. on our annual University Road present system, as it will require the Trip. The day included tours of attainment of minimum standards Through our series of pathways the Queensland University of in all subjects. It will also recognise interviews, commencing in Year 10 Technology (Gardens Point and

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Kelvin Grove), USQ Springfield • Campus and the University of Queensland (St Lucia). Those who journeyed to the Gold Coast visited Bond University, including the impressive Institute of Health and Sport, and ended the day with a tour of Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus.

• We extend our congratulations to Year 11 student Rene Beci who gained entry into the University of Queensland’s 2018 – 2019 Young Scholars’ Program to be held during the December holidays.

Year 11 students Maggie Grigg and Rene Beci were successful in their applications to attend the National Youth Science Forum for 2019. Both students spent • 10 days in January 2019 at the CSIRO in Canberra in this oncein-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Greta Centre continues to evolve to encompass a dedicated learning space designed to utilise technology and support specialinterest learning programs catering for the learning enhancement of all students and teachers.

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In the latter half of the year, Fairholme aligned with the STEM Punks organisation to provide hands-on, practical learning experiences in science, technology, engineering and mathematics across a range of year levels.

In Year 10, our wide range of Specialist elective courses has opened the doors for many students, creating pathways towards tertiary study, enhancing employment opportunities and improving their workplace and life skill-sets. Coupled with work experience in the last week of Term 2, these beginnings of a pathway program have once again proven successful.

Buoyed by the record number of Fairholme students admitted to the Bachelor of Medicine programs across Australian universities at the start of 2018, an increasing number of our Year 12 students sat the Undergraduate Medical Admissions Test (UMAT) in July this year.

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING At the forefront of the 2018 learning and teaching masterplan was a focus on excellence in enhancing a guaranteed and viable curriculum in light of the transition to the new QCE and ATAR system in 2019. This involved significant training for staff, where much of this professional dialogue and training occurred within departments and workshops hosted by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA). Scope for cross-curricular staff discussion and lesson observation to enhance the practice of teaching at Fairholme continued to strengthen our schoolwide pedagogical approach. Mindful of current recommendations from the Gonski review, a full audit of these recommendations was undertaken, with positive outcomes.

ACADEMIC MILESTONES We continued our strong record in NAPLAN performances in 2018.

Our Year 3 students had some of the highest NAPLAN test results in Queensland, ranking 6th overall in literacy and numeracy. Fairholme College was the only Toowoomba school to be ranked in the top

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Following on from our excellent OP results of 2017, our Year 12 students in 2018 celebrated outstanding results, with a significant number of OP 1 - 5 scores. Having improved consistently over the past five years, these fantastic results underpin the College’s culture of high- expectation, alongside Fairholme’s holistic approach to learning.

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Of course, the results in NAPLAN, QCS and Overall Positions are only part of the year’s success story, and with academic success comes the continual raising of the bar. Nonetheless, our major emphasis remains the role we have as an independent school seeking to meet the needs of our students as 21stcentury learners. Education ultimately goes beyond marks, aggregated data and comparisons between schools and systems. We are shaping thinkers of the future; we are influencing character development; we are encouraging social awareness and responsibility; and we understand the richness of diverse pathways to success, helping all students to discover their talents and consider their contribution to our world.

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Congratulations to our entire Year 12 cohort for a strong finish to the academic school year. At right are two sets of data that reflect on their academic performance for 2018. You will discern strong relative results in both QCS (refer to graphs on page 21) and OP figures when compared to Queensland statewide data. Additionally, a table (below) of five-year historical data showing the consistent performance of our students is included.

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An emphasis on further strengthening our skills in the Queensland Core Skills Test (QCST) was a high priority this year.

In the months leading up to the test, dedicated weekly QCST preparation lessons were provided by staff and numerous student-led workshops were conducted by the 2018 Teaching and Learning Technology Leadership Committee. During the rigorous two days of examinations, our students were focused, prompt, well prepared and courteous in their dealings with staff and QCAA-appointed supervisors.

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Boarding

MS MARGUERITE DUNNE, HEAD OF BOARDING

As one of the largest all-girl boarding schools in Australia, Fairholme College continues to be a leading education facility in the residential care of young women.

In 2018 there were many successes and highlights to be celebrated.

The Boarding House continued to maintain the College’s strong connection with rural families, with 44 new girls and their families being welcomed into the Fairholme community at the start of the year.

Current students predominately come from country areas of Queensland, New South Wales, and Northern Territory, with some from metropolitan areas and overseas countries. In 2018 the Boarders, ranging in age from ten to 19 years, constituted approximately one-third of the student body in the Middle

School and close to half of the Senior School, as well two girls in the Junior School.

The final stage of the four-year-long renovation project of the whole Boarding facility was completed over the Christmas break prior to the start of the 2018 school year, and the girls were excited to return to find the living spaces, common rooms and bathrooms in the Jean Tassie Building reconfigured and beautifully modernised. The makeover included comfortable bedrooms with individual study areas, vanity units and ample cupboard spaces, and relaxing common areas with kitchenettes available on each floor.

The increased number of single and double rooms now available throughout the Boarding House ensures that the older girls enjoy a beautiful single dorm room throughout the year.

With the modern and vibrant boarding facilities (including the fully

equipped Health Centre offering 24-hour care by trained nursing staff), staffed by a team of caring and trained professionals, the Fairholme Boarding experience enables every girl to maximise the many and varied opportunities available to them at the College. Learning to live in a community is a vital skill for life and boarding at Fairholme offers the girls many opportunities for enrichment and enhancement.

The Boarders form close, often lifelong, friendships with their fellow boarders and develop values such as independence, tolerance and resilience, often much earlier than others who are not given the same educational opportunities. The vertical structure of the Boarding House, where all age groups are across the various floors, created an environment that fostered friendship and support amongst all the girls.

2018 was a year full of many special moments as the Fairholme Boarders, with their endless spirit, celebrated

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many successes in academic, sporting and cultural endeavours.

The Boarders were well represented across the breadth of the College’s activities and their participation and support at school events is legendary.

Outstanding academic results gained by the 2018 Year 12 boarding cohort included three Boarders gaining OP1s.

Study routines and supervised ‘Prep’ (homework) time throughout the week assisted the boarding students in their academic work and the availability of academic staff to help with study in the evenings was invaluable and supported the girls’ academic performance. In preparation for the Queensland Core Skills testing, the Year 12 Boarders instigated regular peer-to-peer QCS learning sessions in the weeks leading up to the assessment.

The Boarders attended weekly Services at the College Chapel and

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at numerous local churches. The Boarding House Bible Discussion Groups (Junior, Middle and Senior) have continued under the watchful guidance of the Assistant to the Boarding House – Pastoral Care.

Life in the Boarding House was full of regular weekend sporting, cultural, art and craft activities and excursions on offer for the girls, including visits to theme parks, theatre performances, and socials with other boarding schools. The morning walk/run group and the Boarders Fitness Classes (through a partnership with Willows Health and Lifestyle Centre) have continued in 2018. The City Family program continued with the Daygirl/Boarder Year 7 Sleepover in the College Assembly Hall being a highlight for the younger girls.

A number of committees operated in the Boarding House, giving girls rich opportunities for leadership and personal growth and an avenue for them to be proactively involved in positively contributing in many aspects of boarding life. The work of the committees (Boarder Representative, Pastoral Care, Service,

Environment & Communications, and Recreation) led by the Head Boarder and the Boarder Prefects enhanced the caring and nurturing environment in the Boarding House.

Service activities extended the girls’ learning beyond the Boarding House.

The boarders supported numerous fundraising activities, including the Cancer Council Biggest Afternoon Tea and the Leukaemia Foundation’s Shave for a Cure, as well as holding various themed dinners to raise money for several charities, the Cambodia Service Trip and their sponsorship of a World Vision sponsor child in Africa. In April, the Boarders attended the Anzac Day services at the Mothers’ Memorial in Toowoomba, displaying their Anzac spirit.

The support and recognition given to younger girls by more senior boarders is a significant contributor to a caring atmosphere of acceptance and tolerance in Fairholme College Boarding. Through the Big Sister Program, all new younger boarders had a senior buddy who, from the

first day, spent quality time with their ‘little sister’, assisting them through the process of settling in and adjusting to their boarding life. Recognising that the Boarding House is built on many strengths, another student-driven project, the Great Wall of Boarding, saw each Year Group of Boarders lead a week of various activities that acknowledge and celebrate a chosen strength that they see in their boarding community.

Another very successful Orientation Program was held at the end of Term 3.

The Boarding House welcomed the new 2019 Boarders and their families to stay overnight in the Boarding House, building connections with staff and other families, and familiarising themselves with the routines in the College and the Boarding House, thus easing the path of the girls for their start at the College.

The experienced Boarding House staff continued to contribute to the success of boarding through their efforts in ensuring the wellbeing of the girls in their care. In July, overseas Gap-Year Students from Canada and Germany joined the boarding team in the roles of Floor Resident Assistants. During the year, staff participated in numerous professionallearning workshops, conferences and courses to enrich their practice.

Throughout 2018, members of the leadership team, boarding and academic staff visited many of our current, past and future families in their home towns, extending our sense of community beyond the College grounds. The Boarding House continued to be greatly indebted for the valuable support given by the Friends of Boarding Parent Group, particularly through their assistance at many College events and functions, acting as Parent Ambassadors and welcoming new families to the Fairholme community, providing delicious homebake at carnivals and other events and, of course, running another highly successful Cent Sale at the College Spring Fair.

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The Arts

MRS KAREN HAYWARD, HEAD OF THE ARTS The Arts encourage the development of creativity, innovation, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, motivation and self-confidence… skills seen as essential for the 21st Century work environment.

The educational space occupied by The Arts has the potential to inspire in our students innovative ways of

Arts Events 2018

Arts Muster Annual Sign-on for 30 Arts Co-curricular Offerings Junior School Musical ‘Gary the Giant’ Kaleidoscope Concert Series 2018 Twelve Concerts across the year encompassing students from Junior, Middle & Senior Schools, Including the Limelight and A Box of Chocolates Concerts which encompass all of the Arts disciplines.

Facets of Fairholme Art Exhibition Including Guest & Student Artists, Senior Chamber Choir, Instrumentalists, Singers and Dance Troupe Get SmART Arts Festival 10 week program – involving all Arts Disciplines and Elective Opportunities Get SmART Finalé and Curtain Call Arts Festival, Arts Awards Presentation and End-of-Year Showcase Interhouse Choral Music and Dance Competitions 2018 Winners – Choral (Cameron House) & Dance (Cameron House) Annual Interhouse Cultural Trophy presented to Cameron House thinking that can then be expressed creatively. These creations reflect imagination and endless possibilities for the future. The very tools of the creative and performing arts are a vital element in equipping our students to be change agents that serve others.

In 2018, The Fairholme Arts Department has continued to be a

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vital part of the College’s academic program by offering engaging and empowering learning opportunities that develop astute critical thinking, creative illumination and enlightened appreciation of and for The Arts.

Furthermore, the co-curricular programs have continued to flourish, with outstanding achievements, fantastic performance opportunities and a wonderful array of creative experiences for all students.

Co-curricular Offerings

DANCE Dance Collective (Open to Years 7 – 12) Dance Troupe (Auditioned Group) • Kingaroy Eisteddfod • Toowoomba Eisteddfod • Excursion – ‘Aladdin’ QPAC, Brisbane • Women of Strength Luncheon 2018 • Excursion – Expressions Dance Company, ‘4Seasons’ QPAC, Brisbane • Year 12 Dance Showcase 2018

DRAMA Troupe de Loop – Senior School Muse – Middle School Individual Tuition in Speech & Drama • Excursion: ’39 Steps’ QPAC (Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane) • Excursion: to Moorlands • Year 10 – 12 Research for ‘The Mayne Inheritance’.

• Year 10, 11 & 12 Drama Showcase – ‘The Mayne Inheritance’ • Queensland Theatre Company – Scene Project (Years 9, 10 and 12 Drama) • Toowoomba Eisteddfod – Speech & Drama sections.

MUSIC Individual Tuition in Voice, Instrumental Music, Music Theory, Aural Musicianship and Music Technology • Junior School Musical, ‘Gary the Giant’ • Lucas Proudfoot Performance (Kindy – Yr.6)

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Sing Out Empire Theatre – Junior School Excursion to University of Qld. Music Programs The City of Toowoomba Eisteddfod Junior School ‘Twilight Concert’ ‘Crème de la Crème’ Music Extension Concert Junior School Pre-Eisteddfod Concert Junior School Mother’s Day Luncheon at St. David’s Church Pipes & Pizza Workshop – St. Luke’s Church Spring Fair Performances Fairholme Singing Studio Annual Recital – celebrating 30 Years of the Studio ‘Presenting Fairholme’ Performances.

CHORAL MUSIC Junior Chorale Years 4 - 6 College Choir (Years 7 – 12) Middle School Chamber Choir (Auditioned Years 7 – 9) Senior School Chamber Choir (Auditioned Years 10 – 12) • Excursion: ‘Pirates of Penzance’ Empire Theatre (featuring Yr. 12 student Emma Scanlon, FOGs Anna Roche-Kelly & Emma Baker) • Choral Music Camp (Brookfield QCCC) including performance at Brookfield Uniting Church • ‘Extensions in Music’ Concert (Middle Ridge Uniting Church) • St. David’s Church Service – College & Senior Chamber Choirs • Anzac Day Choir • Brisbane Contemporary Church Music Festival – St. John’s Cathedral, Brisbane • ‘Facets of Fairholme’ Choir Performance • ‘Crème de la Crème’ Senior Extension Music Recital, St. David’s Church • Year 8 & 11 Performance Music Recital, Homestead • Paul Morton Memorial Choral Music Festival.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CO-CURRICULAR GROUPS • Symphony Orchestra • Symphonic Wind Band • Stage Band • Brass Ensemble • Chamber Strings • String Quartet • Flute Ensemble • Saxophone Ensemble • Clarinet Ensemble • Guitar Ensemble • Highland Bagpipes & Percussion • Year 4 Band • Junior Band • Junior Strings Orchestra • F@B Program.

EVENTS • SHEP DD (Qld. Conservatorium of Music) – 6 Fairholme student selected to attend.

• Instrumental Music Rehearsal Weekend • ‘Opening Night’ Concert (KCS) • Junior School Lunchtime Concerts • Middle School Lunchtime Concerts • P&F Gala Ball – String Quartet • Pre-Eisteddfod Concert • Blue Care Garden Settlement – Chamber Strings • Women of Strength Luncheon 2018 • Perth Instrumental Music Tour • ‘Pre-Eisteddfod’ Concert.

VISUAL ART Co-curricular Groups Nokie Middle School Art Group (Years 7 – 9) Eikon Senior School Art Group (Years 10 – 12)

EVENTS • QAGOMA Excursion – Patricia Piccinni, ‘Curious Affection’ (Years 10 – 12) • Delvene Cockatoo-Collins Traditional Weaving Workshop • USQ ‘Future Visions’ Art Awards • Toowoomba Art Society ‘Chronicle Junior Art Expo’ • NAIDOC Art Activities & Mural • Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art • ‘Facets of Fairholme’ Art Exhibition – student artists.

• Displays of Student Art in Greta Centre.

OTHER ARTS-RELATED OPPORTUNITIES • Sound & Lighting Crew Sound & Lighting support for numerous Events, Concerts and Assemblies. Training Workshop

by Empire Theatre Staff.

• Debating (Years 7 – 12) Queensland Debating Union Regional Competition Teams (Years 7 – 12) • Public Speaking Rostrum Voice of Youth Competition, Lions Youth of the Year Quest, UN Evatt Trophy Competition).

ARTS ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2018

First Place - Jazz Second Place -Hip Hop Second Place -Contemporary Dance Toowoomba Eisteddfod Dance Results: Fairholme Dance Troupe – Open Jazz / Uptempo Modern – Highly Commended.

DRAMA • Empire Theatre’s IMPACT Youth Arts Program – Bridget Bailey (12) and Sienna Davis (11) CHORAL MUSIC Toowoomba Eisteddfod Choral Results 2018 Senior Chamber Choir • 1st – Secondary Modern Choir Section 2nd – Secondary Vocal Ensemble Section • College Choir 1st – Hymn & Spiritual Song Section 3rd – Spiritual / Gospel Section • Middle School Champer Choir • 3rd – Middle School Section Instrumental Music • State Honours Ensemble Program – Darling Downs selection: Matilda Bath (Violin), Jemima Brodie (Violin), Breanna Collins (Violin), Madeleine McDonaldSmith (Flute), Gabby Pellow (Violin), Lara Tosh (Violin).

DANCE • Dance Force selection 2019 – Holly Bradley and Emily McKellar • Kingaroy Eisteddfod Dance Results:

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TOOWOOMBA EISTEDDFOD 2018 – PART 2 JUNIOR SCHOOL RESULTS: • Year 2 Strings Class – 1st in Primary Strings Beginning Ensemble • Strings Ensemble – 2nd in small String Ensemble (Primary) • Second Place – String Ensemble – Small String Ensemble – Primary • Year 5 and 6 Flutes – 2nd in Primary Woodwind Ensemble • Year 6 F@B Flutes – 2nd in Primary Woodwind Trio / Quartet • Junior Flute Ensemble – 2nd in Primary School Woodwind Ensemble • Junior Strings Orchestra – 3rd in Primary String A Grade Ensemble • Fusion Band – 3rd in Primary Instrumental Ensemble • String Quartet – Highly Commended in Primary String Trio / Quartet.

TOOWOOMBA EISTEDDFOD 2018 – PART 2 MIDDLE / SENIOR SCHOOL RESULTS: • Fairholme College Symphony Orchestra won the Heather Schnitzerling Trophy and were placed 1st in the Secondary School Orchestra Section • Stage Band – 2nd in Secondary School String Ensemble • String Ensemble – 2nd in Secondary School String Ensemble

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Clarinet Ensemble – 2nd Secondary Woodwind & Brass Ensemble Brass Ensemble – 2nd Secondary Woodwind & Brass Ensemble Chamber Strings – Highly Commended Small String Ensemble Symphony Wind Band – Highly Commended in Secondary B Grade Concert Ensemble.

VISUAL ART USQ ‘Future Visions’ Art Awards Award Winners: Zoe Brown - Packers’ Prize for her work, entitled, ‘Web of Lies’ Claudia Hiscox – 2nd Place for her work entitled, ‘Imprisioned Mind’.

TOOWOOMBA ART SOCIETY ‘CHRONICLE JUNIOR ART EXPO’ AWARDS Award Winner: Eve Wilkes’ work was awarded the David Curtis Memorial Prize for Open Printmaking.

DDSWQ CREATIVE GENERATION EXCELLENCE AWARDS IN VISUAL ART Certificates of Participation – 3 Certificate of Commendation – 1 ‘FACETS OF FAIRHOLME’ ART EXHIBITION AWARDS The Mary Snow Memorial ‘Emerging Artist’ Award: Meg Hansen The Supporters’ of Fairholme Arts ‘Current Student’ Awards: Natalie Kehoe, Ruth Johnston Laura Craft, Georgia Gouldson,

Elindre Lamprecht, Eve Wilkes.

DEBATING Fairholme College fielded more teams than any other school in this year’s Toowoomba Regional QDU competition, with 14 Teams across Years 7 – 12 and 11 in the Finals. Then Year 12 Team (Annabel Cocks, Nohan Kassab, Jasmine Price and Charlotte Thelander) defeated the Toowoomba Grammar School team in the Finals, to become Grand Champions. Fairholme College was also awarded the trophy for Best Overall Debating School, for the third consecutive year.

PUBLIC SPEAKING Lions Youth of the Year Quest and Public Speaking Competition: Head Girl, Ellie Randall (winner of stage 1), and Head Day Girl, Natalie McHugh, competed in the competition.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS Fairholme Singing Studio – Eisteddfod Results and Annual Recital celebrating 30 Years of the Studio.

Outstanding Contribution to the promotion of The Arts at Fairholme College to the Wider Community Award – ‘Facets of Fairholme’ Art Exhibition (Student Artists, Senior Chamber Choir, Dance Troupe, Instrumentalists and Singers).

Business

MRS KATRINA MAHER, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT – BUSINESS The world of business has changed and today, globalization is the new normal. Sushi-burritos are a thing, apps can bring you hundreds of languages at the touch of your fingertips, and cryptocurrency is giving money a run for its money. Whether you are planning to enter fashion or finance, or something in-between … study business and (see)how it can open a world of possibilities for you.

Overaker, R. (2018). 6 Reasons why you should study business. Retrieved from http://www.hult.edu/blog/reasons-tostudy-business/

BUSINESS 2018 saw the introduction of Business into the Year 9 curriculum, with 64 students choosing this elective.

Participants studied aspects of Financial Literacy for a semester and then had the opportunity to run a Venture for their Enterprise unit in the remaining semester. Their choice of Ventures ranged from a Car Wash to a Sausage Sizzle; Fudge, Fairholme Eats, Boost Juice, Burgers, and many more.

In the Financial Literacy unit students were exposed to the use of Excel to complete personal budgets and they gained an understanding of their financial goals and values.

effective use of the computerised accounting program MYOB. The foundation skills and knowledge are gained through the study of Year 11 Accounting.

ECONOMICS This year, the Year 11 students delved into the fundamentals of Economics – undertaking an exam in first term on the basics of markets, the supply and demand model and economic flows. Next, their unit of study focused on understanding Industry and Market Concentration. They each presented their findings to the class in a multi-modal presentation of a company case-study which flouted MARKETS AND OPPORTUNITIES the conventions of the all-important Markets and Opportunities continued economic precept of perfect as an elective in Year 10. The purpose competition. In Term 3, students of this course is to expose students to conducted a Cost-Benefit analysis of the offerings of Business subjects for the Grand Central Re-development their Senior years. As such, a term was Project and learnt how business spent respectively on an Introduction enterprises make decisions in the real into Accounting, Economics and Legal world. Lastly, students undertook two Studies, with the final term providing assessments on population and its an opportunity for the girls to also run integral relationship to the economy. their own Ventures. These included The Year 12 group successfully Zumba Zone, personalised pencils, completed their studies of Economics and a Christmas stall with the Junior in 2018. It was a whole-year focus School as the target market, as well on macroeconomic issues. In Term 1, as Vintage Clothes, Scrunchies, Bath students studied Income and Wealth Bombs, Socks, Scrubs, and many Distribution, learning the importance more. of getting the balance right between individual and collective prosperity.

Over $4800 was raised by these two Next, students learnt about the year levels and donated to various objectives-based management of charities. the Economy and wrote a report as expert researchers. Following closely ACCOUNTING in content was an exam focused Accounting in Year 12 provides the on the federal budget, fiscal and opportunity for students to develop monetary policy. Lastly, students a template in Excel for Budgeting studied International Economics and purposes, to ascertain if they will be presented a multi-modal presentation able to afford to purchase a car or on a contemporary issue, and then house in the near future, as well as completed an analytical essay on the culmination of the majority of Trade and Globalisation. our practical topics, navigating the

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LEGAL STUDIES Legal Studies enables students to have confidence in approaching and accessing the legal system and provides them with a better appreciation of the relationship between legal and social issues.

There is immediate relevance of Legal Studies to students’ lives.

Year 12 students analysed how the law deals with the issue of domestic violence, their rights and responsibilities as a consumer in regards to the Law and Technology, and the often controversial topic of Human Rights and its relationship to International Law. The girls also had the opportunity to investigate a legal topic of their own choice.

In 2018, Year 11 students investigated areas of Criminal and Civil Law and delved into the often grey area of the laws surrounding Doping in Sport.

This year, Fairholme Mooters had unprecedented success in both competitions. The Year 12 team participating in the Bond University competition was selected, along

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with teams from 18 other Australian schools, to contest the Final. This team consisted of Stephanie Millar, Charlotte Thelander, Racquel Clark and Laura Howe. In addition, Stephanie and Charlotte were awarded Individual Orallist Awards for the Preliminary Rounds, due to their notable oratory and advocacy skills. Furthermore, Stephanie was a very worthy recipient of the Judge John Newton Mooting Scholarship.

Two Year 11 teams took advantage of the opportunity to develop their Mooting skills in the USQ competition. Zahli Bahnisch and Eve Wilkes in Team 1 progressed to the Quarter Finals, whilst Team 2, consisting of Alissa Woods, Sienna Davis and Lilli Anderson, succeeded in winning the Grand Final. Additionally, Alissa was recognised by a panel of judges as an incredible orator and advocate, and accordingly was awarded the Best Wilson Buckley Award for Best Advocate. In acknowledgement of their achievement, both Alissa and Sienna were beneficiaries of a fullyear scholarship to study law at the

University of Southern Queensland.

These teams were extremely fortunate to have been coached by Fairholme Old Girl, Katie Murray (Sutton).

Academic Results Legal Studies

40+60+I 21+21+4216I

HA 60%

Year 12

LA 16%

SA 42%

SA 40%

VHA 21%

Year 11

HA 21%

Careers

MRS LAURA ANDERSON, CAREERS ADVISOR

At the 2018 Presenting Fairholme evening, I was genuinely touched by the story of our Japanese students who were so in awe our beautiful outback night sky they were brought to tears. It was a timely reminder to me how often we take what we have for granted. I have since taken time to remember to look at our night sky and focus on the beauty around us and to remember how vast and unique our country actually is. Whilst this can be an invigorating feeling for someone my age it tends to be a very daunting thought for young people who are getting ready to begin their lives as independent young adults.

For the first time in their young lives our Year 12s are being asked to develop an independent plan for their own futures. This encompasses not only their academic learning but also their personal growth. This separation from their parents and school is something they have dreamt of – but the reality can be overwhelming and quite different from what they imagined. I believe that one of the points of difference at Fairholme College continues to be the focus on each student as an individual in her own right but also as a contributor to their local and broader communities.

They have been prepared well for this next phase of their lives – they are ready but this does not mean they are not feeling a degree of stress at the daunting prospect of taking responsibility for their futures.

prospect of spending time at home with family after many years of boarding. Whichever choice Year 12s make, the staff in the Pathway Centre have continued to work tirelessly to offer guidance to each student on an individual level. We have also continued to work hard to allow each student to feel the joy of making her own decisions and choices related to her current aspirations, whatever that may be.

Year 10s completed their Career Avenues profiling and Work Experience. Opportunities of this nature allow our Year 10s to develop an understanding of themselves and the world of work so they feel prepared for their Senior Education.

Year 10s are also preparing to be the first ATAR students in the Qld system and we look forward to working with them throughout this dynamic shift in Queensland Education.

Year 11s were offered an opportunity to prepare for their Senior year through their participation in the Year 11 Career Engagement Day. The guest speakers maintained the focus on finding your passion and developing a sense of purpose. We also focused on the importance of personal branding and how to ensure our own personal brand was nurtured As with previous years, a large and developed through social media. proportion of the 2018 Year 12 Cohort As with previous years, each Year applied for tertiary studies. Many 11 student participated in a mock will accept the offer they receive interview, which is an invaluable from the relevant tertiary admissions opportunity to assist with developing centre but that does not mean an understanding of industry and they will begin their tertiary studies employability. Earlier this year our immediately. Some have planned a Year 11s also enjoyed a full day in gap year that includes overseas travel Brisbane or the Gold Coast, visiting and work, others have started the leading universities to expand their research into finding employment, knowledge of tertiary education and while others are enjoying the life as a university student.

Year 9 students were introduced into the concept of career development in the later part of Term 4. During this session, students completed the My Future Finder activity and were also given information to help them begin their exploration into their 2019 Work Experience Placement.

In 2018, Senior students enjoyed the additional challenges of participating in the Go Griffith Go Health Program, University of Southern Queensland Headstart Program, Central Queensland University SUN Program, UMAT preparation and the University of Queensland’s Young Scholars Program.

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TRENDS OF YEAR 12 APPLICANTS

BY FIELD OF EDUCATION Produced by QTAC on: 29 Nov 2018

Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies Pref 1 – 4 Students

Architecture and Building Pref 1 – 1 Student

Creative Arts

Pref 1 – 4 Students

Education

Pref 1 – 7 Students

Engineering

Pref 1 – 3 Students

Health

Pref 1 – 41 Students

Management and Commerce Pref 1 – 12 Students

Natural and Physical Sciences Pref 1 – 3 Students

Society and Culture Pref 1 – 11 Students

35+24+21459H James Cook University

Griffith University University of New England USC

INSTITUTION Students First Preference

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UQ

English MR ROHAN DAVIS, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT - ENGLISH A recent article by Jordan Peterson, claims, ‘it is a matter of pure historical fact that The Gulag Archipelago, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’ played a primary role in bringing the Soviet Empire to its knees.’ Moreover, he continues, its ‘revelations made it positively shameful to defend not just the Soviet state but the very system of thought that made that state what it was.’ Such is the unimaginable power of the written word, but more importantly, this demonstrates the positive legacy of literature. We might look for further explanation from the

Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, who claimed, ‘I can’t think of a case where poems (literature) changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.’

In 2019, we launch our new suite of Senior syllabuses for English: Literature (of course), English, Essential English, and English & Literature Extension, and it will be with the potential for poignancy and power that we will embrace these changes. What other causes might there be by which our students are inspired or provoked?

Academic Results

28+62+10I 12+56+32I 28+54+18I 34++221I43 34+51+132I 28+54+18I SA 9.6%

VHA 28.4%

SA 12%

VHA 32%

Year 7

Year 8

HA 62.2%

SA 17.2%

VHA 27.6%

SA 22.2%

Year 9

HA 43.4%

LA 2.4%

VHA 34.1%

Year 11

HA 51.2%

VHA 33.3%

Year 10

HA 55.2%

SA 12.2%

LA 1.2%

HA 56%

SA 19.2%

Year 12

VHA 26.3%

Queensland Debating Union Grand Final – Champions Year12 Charlotte Thelander Annabel Cocks Jasmine Price Norhan Kassab

Grand Final – Runners Up Year 9 Zarabella Bambling Zoe Crooke Charlotte Kath Abby Phipps Ashling Teahan

ACAS English Competition Distinction Janithya Dharmawardhane Isabella Lewis Eden Mellish Isabelle Watts Scarlett Barwick Erin Hoffensetz Eliza Kingston Cosme McPhie Ella Clews Madeleine MacDonald-Smith Lily Seckler Olivia Campbell Charlotte Kath Charlotte Thelander

Lions Youth of the Year District Finalist Ellie Randall Charlotte Thelander

UN Evatt Trophy Finalists Stephanie Millar Grace Elliott

UN Youth Voice

Queensland Delegate Mahsa Nabizada

Heartfulness National Youth Seminar Youth Speaker Mahsa Nabizada

HA 54.5%

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Sport and Activities

MR TONY TREGASKIS, HEAD OF SPORT AND ACTIVITIES Fairholme College set the scene for another outstanding year of achievements in Sport in 2018.

Renowned as the premier girl’s sporting school on the Darling Downs, Fairholme’s year was filled with sensational team and individual results. Considering the number of girls’ in the school (503) compared to other schools, the College certainly punches well above its weight. Remarkable results include: 77 girls representing the Darling Downs region in 108 sports, 15 representing Queensland and 4 representing Australia.

It must be acknowledged that our girls participate in a multiplicity of sports outside the range offered by School Sport, and they also achieved significant results. The data provided below is for School Sport only.

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS • Junior Nitro Athletics Team finishes 3rd at State Championships in Brisbane in September. Invited to National finals in Cairns in December.

• Toowoomba Secondary School Sport ‘Double Crown’. We retained our Cross Country and Athletics titles (26th consecutive year for Athletics).

• Darling Downs Schools Hockey Champions and Queensland All Schools Hockey Championships, placed 5th in Queensland overall.

• AFL Queensland Schools Cup 2nd in Queensland overall.

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS • 108 Darling Downs, 15 Queensland and 4 Australian School Sport Representatives • Fairholme Equestrian girls winning 3 individual National Championships – Amilia Schooley (2) and Rebecca Gillan (1) • Zoe Webster – Australian Touch team to World Cup in Malaysia • Briana Suey and Tatum Stewart – Australian Hockey selection • 2 State Cross Country Medals – Chloe Randall 1st, Celeste Pratt 2nd • 2 National Cross Country Medals – Celeste Pratt 3rd, Chloe Randall 3rd • Medals at Darling Downs Swimming: 10 Gold, 12 Silver, 6 Bronze • Medals at State Swimming: 1 Silver, 2 Bronze • Medals at Darling Downs Cross Country: 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze

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Medals at State Cross Country: 1 Gold, 1 Silver Medals at Darling Downs Track and Field Champions: 32 Gold, 15 Silver and 14 Bronze Medals at Queensland Track and Field Championships: 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 5 Bronze.

AFL • Darling Downs Tribal Cup AFL Regional Champions Year 10-12, 3rd in Year 7-9.

• Played in State Finals of the Tribal Cup AFL. Fairholme are the only Darling Downs team, either boys or girls, that have made it that far in the competition.

BASKETBALL • 3 Friday Night Teams • TSSS Year 9/10 Runners Up • U18 Darling Downs Armstrong Automotive Basketball Challenge Champions • Year 10 Darling Downs Armstrong Automotive Basketball Challenge Champions • 5 Darling Downs 13-19yrs Representatives.

CHESS • Teams and individuals competing at Toowoomba schools tournament.

CRICKET • 2 Darling Downs Representatives CROSS COUNTRY • Interhouse Carnival: Champions – Cameron House

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Toowoomba Secondary School Sport Champions and Champion Darling Downs School Trophies – 5 out 6 age groups 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze Events participated in: St Aidan’s Invitational Cross Country, St Hilda’s Invitational Cross Country, Toowoomba Grammar Relay Meet, State All Schools Individual Championships, State All Schools Relay Championships 15 Darling Downs Representatives 3 Queensland Representatives – Chloe Randall, Celeste Pratt and Amilia Schooley Medals – Darling Downs: 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze, Queensland: 1 Gold, 1 Silver Nationals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver Queensland All Schools Cross Country: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze Queensland All Schools Relay: 4th best school in the State, 3 Bronze medals - U14, U16 and U17.

EQUESTRIAN • Convenors of Fairholme IQ Show Jumping, Pittsworth • 11 Regional Competitors • 6 Darling Downs Representatives • At Darling Downs and South West Queensland Championships – Champion Elementary Dressage, Champion CT 105, Reserve Champion CT 80, Reserve Champion CT 95, Reserve Champion Show Hunter, Champion Show Jumping 70cm, Champion Show Jumping 120cm, Reserve Champion Show Horse Team and Reserve

Champion Secondary Show Jumping Team 5 Queensland Representatives – Rebecca Gillan (Qld Captain), Phoebe Riordan, Torra MacDonald, Amilia Schooley and Bronte Rigney.

3 National Champions – Rebecca Gillan (1) and Amilia Schooley (2).

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FOOTBALL • 1 Association Team – School Club • 2 Darling Downs Representatives.

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FUTSAL • 2 Association Teams • 1 SWQ Futsal Team. U19 team – Champions • 2 Interschool Teams • Term 4 - B Grade Premiers, C Grade Premiers.

HOCKEY • 1 Association Team – School Club link with North’s Hockey Club • 4 Darling Downs Representatives • 2 Queensland Representatives – Brianna Suey and Tatum Stewart • 2 Australian Representatives – Briana Suey and Tatum Stewart • DD Schools Cup - Winners • Queensland All Schools Cup – 5th Overall.

LIFESAVING • Secondary School State – Lifesaving Championships 4th overall, 2 Bronze Medals • Australian Pool Lifesaving Championships – 2 representatives, 1 Silver Medal.

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28 Association Teams – Saturday & Wednesday nights – 7 Association Teams were Grand Finalists in their divisions, 1 Team – Premiers Senior Vicki Wilson Team – Regional Champions and 7th in Queensland finals Laura Geitz Shield Competition – 3rd Overall 5 Darling Downs Representatives.

ORIENTEERING • 2 Darling Downs Representatives • 3rd place Champion School at Queensland Titles • 2 Queensland Representatives – Rani Brennan, Ella Rogers.

RUGBY LEAGUE • 2 Darling Downs Representatives.

RUGBY UNION 7S • Over 50 girls training and playing in U14, U16 and U18 • Scots PGC 7s U18 3rd • South West 7s Competition – U14 -3rd, U16 – 3rd, U18 – 2nd SOFTBALL • Queensland Representative – Ms Gierke (Official) • Darling Downs Golden Glove convenor – Ms Gierke • Golden Glove Darling Downs Runners-Up. SWIMMING • Interhouse Carnival Champions – Cameron House • Toowoomba Secondary School Sport - Trophies: Aggregate Runner-Up, 14s, 15s & Relay Champions

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9 Darling Downs Representatives 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd at State Championships Medals – Darling Downs: 10 Gold, 12 Silver, 6 Bronze.

Senior, Middle and Junior School Swimming Tournaments.

TENNIS • Knowles Cup Tournament • Sacre Coeur Tournament, Toowoomba • 1 Darling Downs Representative • Queensland Secondary School Cup – Regional Champions • Fairholme Open Tournament TOUCH • 5 Association Teams – A Grade Semi-Finalists • 5 Summer Touch Teams • 7 Darling Downs Representatives • 1 Queensland player • 1 Australian player • Queensland All Schools Tournament – 3 teams, 1 top eight and 1 top 16 finish (carnival was abandoned before finals) • SWQ Tournament – 5 teams – Open 1 Semi-Finalists, U13 Runners Up, U15 Runners Up • All Hallows’ Tournament – 5 teams – Open quarter finalists, U15 plate semi-finalists, U12 shield semi-finalists, U13 Shield winners.

TRACK AND FIELD • Interhouse Champions – Powell • Toowoomba Secondary School Sport – Champions (26th consecutive year) • 25 Darling Downs

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Representatives Medals – Darling Downs: 32 Gold, 15 Silver, 14 Bronze, Queensland – 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 5 Bronze.

4 Queensland Representatives – Chloe Randall, Bella McLoughlin, Jess Johnson, Celeste Pratt (13-19yrs) and 1 Queensland Representative 11yrs – Rose McLoughlin Senior Nitro (previously the Knockout competition) Athletics Team finished of 3rd at State Championships & qualified for Nationals in Cairns Fairholme Athletics Club.

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Semester 1 TVA A1 competition 3rd place Queensland Schools Cup participation in Senior (4th in State) and Intermediate (12th in State) Darling Downs Senior Schools Cup 3rd Overall.

WATER POLO • 2 Association Teams • 3rd in Toowoomba Association competition.

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INTERHOUSE OVERALL CHAMPION HOUSE Cameron House

VOLLEYBALL • 4 Association Teams • 1 Darling Downs Representative, 1 Queensland Shadow player • Semester 2 TVA A2 competition 3rd place

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PIERRE DE COUBERTON AWARD 2018 Awarded by Queensland Olympic Council for outstanding sporting achievements, commendable, sporting behaviour and exemplary leadership to: Zoe Webster.

TRIATHLON • 10 Darling Downs Representatives and 1 Aquathlon Representative • Triathlon Club and Training into third year at Fairholme; this also includes other students for other schools being involved in training • 2 reserves for Queensland team.

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representative – Emma Dann 2 Queensland Academy of Sport Rugby League representatives – Abbey Holley and Georgia Voll National Swimming Long Course Silver Medals – Naia Anderson 1 Australian Touch representative – Zoe Webster 3 Queensland Athletics Club representatives National Cross Country Olympic Mountain Bike – 3rd Laura Craft 3 Queensland Cricket representatives – Emma Jackson, Ruth Johnston and Georgia Voll Queensland Short Course Swimming – 1 Gold, 1 Silver – Naia Anderson Australian Gravity Enduro Mountain Biking Junior and Under 15 National Champions – Laura and Sarah Craft.

OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OUT OF SCHOOL • 2 Cricket Australia representatives – Ruth Johnston and Georgia Voll • 1 Triathlon Australia

Fairholme Medal Tally Individual/Team Events Individual

Darling Downs

490+330+210 110+ 1000 50+30 49

Team 11

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21

5 2

Individual 7 5 7

Queensland

Australia

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70+1000 50+70 20+70 1000 Team 1 7

Individual 2 3 3

40+1000 50+50

Home Economics

MRS MANDI-JOY MEISE, HEAD OF SUBJECT HOME ECONOMICS

‘Forward thinking and innovative the next generation of designers are poised to shake the industry world wide’ (Mary Ann Potter) Since Design Technology is a key area of focus in the new Australian Curriculum, Home Economics within Fairholme is evolving to meet the trend and needs. With content and name changes to Design Technologies Food and Fibre as of 2019. Responding to this adjustment and our students awareness ‘that all things are designed’ (Potter, 2018), Design has become a key area of focus within Home Economics this year and will continue to develop further over the next few years.

This year, the emphasis within the classroom was to start encouraging students to take risks; to not be afraid to make mistakes; to design and redesign to concentrate on the possibilities and not the limitations.

Most importantly though, students were encouraged to have fun and enjoy the process of creating and designing within the disciplines of Food and Textiles.

With Design a key emphasis in this year’s Spring Fashion Parade, the Design Awards drew inspiration from the 1980s, a decade that can

be remembered as one of the most questionable (but daring) decades in fashion history. It was thus fitting that Fairholme’s young designers and stylists alike pushed the boundaries in their creative interpretation and reinvention of on-trend ensembles.

With the 2018 Design Awards seeing a record number of designers entering the competition, the quality and standard of work was of an exemplary level, representative of the next generation of forward thinking designers. Guest Judges Clare Greenhill (Rowan Couture), Katherine Kirkwood (Director Ivy) and Carolyn Taylor-Smith (Local Designer) all agreed that Fairholme’s support and encouragement of emerging designers within the school system would ensure future success and development of design capability, regardless of discipline.

‘This year the Year 12 cohort continued their journey in seeking excellence with a record number of girls achieving VHAs.’

Highlights Year 11 and 12 Brisbane Fashion Excursion Guest Designer Workshops Fairholme Fashion Week Design Awards Food and Nutrition Year 8, 9 and 10 Individual design challenges Product development Design Awards Food Technology Year 7 Design challenges around the fundamentals of Design Production of aesthetic cushion & functional apron Design Awards

Academic Results

43+43+14I SA 14%

Year 12

VHA 43%

HA 43%

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Humanities

MS KIM SCUDAMORE, HEAD OF HUMANITIES

Highlights

At the turn of the 20th century, American humourist and social commentator Samuel Clemens observed that,

‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.’

Clemens, who is perhaps better known by his nom de plume, Mark Twain, lived during a period of rapid technological advancement and globalisation, and thus it is unsurprising that he sought comfort in the patterns of history.

As we prepare to transition to the new Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) system in 2019, and contemplate both returning to – and beginning anew – external Senior examinations, it is reassuring to note that while assessment practices may change, the fundamental skills remain the same. The ability to empathise, to understand new perspectives, to organise ideas and information, to evaluate information critically – all of these skills equip Humanities students to adapt to the future.

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Handscape Enrichment Day and Gab Fest (Year 7 English and Humanities)

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Place and Liveability Local Community Study (Year 7 Humanities)

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‘Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives’ at the Queensland Museum (Year 7 Humanities)

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‘Fightin’ the Kaiser’ World War 1 Performance (Year 9 Humanities)

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‘Follow the Crowd’ program in Brisbane CBD (Year 9 Humanities)

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‘I Was Only Nineteen’ Vietnam War Performance (Year 10 Humanities)

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‘Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives’ at the Queensland Museum (Year 11 and 12 Ancient History)

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Brisbane Urban Study Field Trip (Year 12 Geography)

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North Stradbroke Island Environmental Study Camp (Year 12 Geography)

Academic Results Year 7 Humanities Year 8 Humanities Year 9 Humanities Year 10 Humanities Year 11 Ancient History Year 11 Modern History Year 12 Ancient History Year 12 Geography Year 12 Modern History 40

VHA 34% HA 54% SA+120 12% 340+ 540 VHA 26% 600 HA 60% SA 14% 260+ +140 VHA 39% HA 55% SA 5% 390+ 550 +50+10 LA 1% VHA 27% 600 HA 60% SA 14% 270+ +140 VHA 19%750 HA 75% SA +60 6% 190+ VHA 19% 670 HA 67% SA 14% 190+ +140 VHA 28% 360 HA 36% +360 SA 36% 280+ VHA 16%770 HA 77% SA 7% 160+ +70 VHA 19% 620 HA 62% SA 19% 190+ +190

Information Technology Faculty MR CHAU CHUC, HEAD OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

The Year 8 ‘Digital Technologies’ subject was introduced this year. This course builds on the programming concepts and electronics from Year 7 Digital Technologies. The course aligns with ‘The Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies’ learning area.

The course has been academically challenging as students were encouraged to explore, develop and apply skills in coding.

In Year 10, ‘Information Technology Studies’ has continued to enjoy strong interest and growth, with the 2018 cohort being the largest ever. The inclusion of coding to this course has extended the usefulness and relevance of the course. In 2018, students completed units of work in Coding and Electronics, Operating Systems, Graphic Design, Animation, Multimedia Production, 3D Modelling, Cyber Safety and Web Authoring.

The Senior ‘Information Technology Systems’ students this year completed a semester units of Multimedia Design, Web Design, Graphic Design and 3D Modelling. The units of study are approached from the perspective of project management, problem - solving techniques, client relationships and social and ethical issues.

The Senior ‘Information Technology Systems’ (ITS) course will be replaced with ‘Information and Communication Technology’ (ICT) with the move to the ATAR system in 2019. In 2019, Year 11 will have the option to study ICT, while Year 12 will be the last ITS cohort.

The 2018 cohort of Year 12 Information Technology Systems has received excellent results. Of the 13 students completing the course, 10 received a VHA, 1 received a HA and 2

received a SA. Congratulations to the graduating students for their efforts and determination throughout the last two years.

2018 Year 12 ITS Award Recipients: Camille Fitton

Academic Results Digital Technologies (End Semester 2 Results)

40+53+7I 58+42+0I 68+12+20I 47+20+33I 77+8+15I SA 7%

HA 53%

VHA 40%

HA 42%

Year 7

Year 8

VHA 58%

Academic Results Information Technologies SA 20%

HA 12%

VHA 68%

Year 10

(End Semester 2 Results)

SA 15%

SA 33%

Year 11

HA 20%

VHA 47%

(Cumulative Result for Whole Year)

HA 8%

VHA 77%

Year 12

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Languages

MRS JODY FRIEND, HEAD OF LOTE, HEAD OF BLACK HOUSE There have been great opportunities for students to develop their language skills through interacting with visiting and enrolled students from France, Germany and Japan. A number of our girls also enjoyed exchange programs in France and Germany over the Christmas holidays.

Alex Grimmett was be one of two Australian delegates at a Youth Conference on Sustainable Development Goals hosted by CHUBU UNIVERSITY HARUHIGAOKA HIGH SCHOOL in Nagoya, Japan, in December.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Teachers continued to prepare for the implementation of the new Senior syllabuses in 2019 by

attending workshops and assisting QCAA Principal Education Officers with developing and reviewing resources. Teachers have undertaken Accreditation Courses online with QCAA to further their understanding of new processes related to quality assessment, assessment item and instrument construction and understanding and using marking guides.

Mme van Cauwenberge, teacher of French, is a member of the District Panel for French.

Frau Erdelyi is the District Panel Chair for German.

Friend sensei is a member of the State Panel for Japanese.

Teachers have worked with colleagues from other local schools to develop assessment items and teaching resources to support the new syllabus documents.

Highlights

Teachers incorporate PoLT into teaching practice.

Octoberfest for Teens – Girls travelled to Brisbane to enjoy a fun day celebrating German culture.

Bastille Day Celebration – The annual themed lunch for students dressed in French-inspired costumes.

Academic Results FRENCH Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12

38 17 670+ 310 +10 34 19 590+ 330 +805 19 15 11 410+ 330 +240 +20 6 6 460+ 460 +801 7 5 4 440+ 310 +250 6 7 3 380+ 440 +180

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Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12

21 17 510+ 420 +703 26 15 5 570+ 330 +100 5 1 830+ 170 3 3 500+ 500 1 2 330+ 670 3 1 750+ 250

JAPANESE

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20 5 +130 4 +301 670+ 170 9 12 4 360+ 480 +160 4 2 670+ 330 3 1000 2 1 670+ 330 2 2 1 400+ 400 +200

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Mathematics

DR CAROLE HILL, HEAD OF MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS Recognising the importance of the skills learnt in Mathematics for active participation in society, the Mathematics Department endeavours to cater for the needs of all students.

Students are offered opportunities to participate in a number of extra - curricular activities which are fun and challenging. They may also seek support in Maths Tutorial sessions which are offered weekly in the Mathematics Department and at the Learning Enhancement Centre.

The current text in use, Cambridge Essential Mathematics for the Australian Curriculum (along with the online support of HotMaths), provides students with valuable resources for Years 7-10. Students have been encouraged to use the online component to support classroom learning as extra exercises, revision or even just for the joy of completing maths games and activities!

Competition results and academic results follow.

DARLING DOWNS MATHEMATICS TEAMS CHALLENGE The competition consists of two rounds. The first is a collaborative event where each team is given a set of 10 questions to solve as a group.

The second is a relay in which team members work in alternating pairs to solve as many problems as possible within a time limit. The questions are interesting and challenging and often require students to think beyond classroom learning.

The following girls were selected to participate in the Darling Downs Mathematics Teams Challenge.

Year 8 – 2 Teams: Scarlett Barwick, Evie Imray Mia Anderson, Charlotte Patterson Mahsa Nabizada, Ava Marjoribanks Emily Mailler, Eliza Kingston Mia Rogers, Monika Bruggemann QAMT YEAR 8 QUIZ A competition, especially for Year 8 students, the QAMT Quiz consists of sections which test students’ ability to do mental calculations and problem solve individually and as a part of team. Nine of our girls competed this year. For Round 1 of the quiz, a large number of Toowoomba schools were present.

Well done to Scarlett Barwick, Monika Bruggemann, Emily Freeman, Eliza Kingston, Emily Mailler, Ruvarashe Maphosa, Isabelle Watts, Johannah Whittle and Wassan Yusaf.

2018 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS: MATHEMATICS This year, students elected to participate in the ICAS Mathematics Competition. Seven Distinctions were awarded to Charlotte Kath, Rani Brennan, Mali Brennan, Eden Melish, Isabelle Watts, Janithya Dharmawardhane and Eliza Kingston.

A High Distinction was achieved by Lilly Biernoff in Year 7.

TDMTA One-Day Workshop for Talented Mathematics Students This workshop was held on Friday 26 October. It was hosted by the Toowoomba and District Mathematics Teachers Association and held at USQ. The workshop was a handson opportunity for students across Years 7-11 to work with like-minded students from other schools. They work on Mathematics concepts which are not part of their normal school curriculum. Ten students from Years 7 and 8 were accepted into the workshop. These were Eliza Paffey, Chloe Ecroyd, Isabelle Watts, Mali Brennan, Skye Bleney, Ruby Wilkes, Harriet Davoren, Eliza Kingston, Milly Clifford and Nabizada, Mahsa.

Academic Results

50+ I 14 + 36 61+ I 6 + 33 50+ I 14 + 36 43+37+19+1 28+38+34 6+52+36+6 38+53+10 13+45+28+15 20+60+20 SA 14%

HA 36%

SA 6%

VHA 50%

HA 33%

Year 11 Maths C

SA 14%

VHA 61%

Year 12 Maths C

HA 36%

Year 8 Maths

28+46+15+10 25+75 20+47+26+7 38+17+38+7 20+80 Year 9 Specialised Maths

Year 7

Year 11 Maths B

Year 9 Maths Methods

Year 11 Pre-Voc Maths

Year 12 Maths A

Year 10 Specialised Maths

Year 10 Maths Methods

Year 12 Maths B

Year 12 Pre-Voc Maths

VHA 50%

Year 11 Maths A

VHA HA SA LA

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Greta Centre

MS ALISON SCOTT, HEAD OF THE GRETA CENTRE

‘…see the promise of being the makers of things, and not just the consumers of things…’

- Barack Obama

We live in a world where anything is possible, and it is the ‘anything’ that educators and libraries must prepare our students for if they are to build fulfilling and successful lives beyond their education at Fairholme.

President Barack Obama saw the power in such a ‘promise’ back in 2009 when he launched the ‘Educate to Innovate’ campaign as part of his first term in office. Students need to be encouraged to ‘make’ and aspire to something more, rather than ‘consume’ and repeat what has come before.

The concept of making and makerspaces is not new, and is steadily gaining traction around the world; in keeping pace with truly innovative educational practices,

the Greta Centre has embarked upon its own makerspace this year: the Fairground. Through providing students with the opportunity to explore their creativity, discover new technologies and interact with their peers to solve challenges, we are building mindsets that will, we hope, go out into the world and create ‘anything’ they can imagine. This is, of course, complemented by access to wonderful resources and enriching reads that feed the mind and inspire.

Here are some of our ‘inspiring’ moments from 2018: • • • • •

Book Spine Poetry ‘Create’ Space Communal Art Project Book Week: Find Your Treasure PCG Dress Up Competition and Treasure Hunt Ada Lovelace Sphero Competition LED Circuit Christmas Cards

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Highlights BOOKS BORROWED Winning House is…

1. Stephens House - 567 2. Cameron House - 514 3. Black House - 475 4. Powell House - 419 MOST POPULAR READS Year 7 Mockingjay

by Suzanne Collins Year 8 The Fault in our Stars

by John Green Year 9 The Girl from Snowy River

by Jackie French Year 10 The Fault in our Stars

by John Green Year 11 The Elite

by Kiera Cass Year 12 The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

Greta Junior

MS PAM STAINS, HEAD OF GRETA JUNIOR It is our goal and vision for Greta Junior to be a warm and inviting space for our girls to build, develop and be supported in their love of reading. We believe that promoting a love of reading will give every girl the tools and life skills to become inquisitive, independent and successful learners and thinkers in the future.

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Professor Krashen (2004) from the University of Southern California, claims that children have a greater chance of understanding phonics and developing phonemic awareness when they have been read to from an early age.

Loved children’s author, Mem Fox, has devised a list of ‘Read aloud commandments,’ for parents when reading to their children, and I have included five for you to enjoy:

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Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud.

Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring.

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Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot.

Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly about the pictures, or anything else connected to the books.

Look for rhyme, rhythm or repetition in books for young children, and make sure the books are short.

Never ever teach reading, or get tense around books.

‘When I say to a parent, “read to a child”. I don’t want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.’

- Mem Fox

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National Simultaneous Story time where all students from Kindy – Year 2 enjoyed listening to Hickory Dickory Dash Author visits and writing workshops from award winning authors: Tania Cox, Emma Mactaggart and Chris Collin Book Week ‘Find Your Treasure’ Scholastic Book Fair

ACCELERATED READER Year Quizzes no. of words 3 1683 10,475,715 4.1 451 3,818,559 4.2 498 8,393,507 5.1 804 20,123,667 5.2 536 8,626,305 6.1 162 72,526,637 6.2 89 4,851,150 TOTAL 4,223 128,815,540

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Science

MRS FRAN BRAZIER, HEAD OF SCIENCE

With the forthcoming implementation of the new Senior Curriculum in Year 11 2019, the Science Department has been busy with unit and assessment professional learning and planning.

Assessment tasks have been developed in Years 9 and 10, to reflect those in the new Senior syllabuses.

This inclusion will be better prepare students for what lies ahead in Senior Science subjects.

The inaugural Year 9 Camp to Hastings Point Marine Environment Field Study Centre, will take place next year and planning is well underway.

It will be a Science-based experience focusing on Rocky Shore, Mangrove and Coastal Dune ecosystems, their communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment.

Agricultural Science students continue to propagate plants and produce excellent harvests at the ‘Ag Plot’, culminating with their plant stall at the College’s Spring Fair.

A Year 7 Robotics extra-curricular opportunity continued again this year with Mr Whittle. The Middle School Robotics Club initiative focuses on • developing the interest and enjoyment of girls in STEM subjects • teaching coding • promoting innovative design and construction • reinforcing the scientific process and collaboration.

This project was in response to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training ‘Restoring the focus on STEM in schools’ initiative.

The department continues to utilise more Information and Communications Technology, specifically the MyFairholme Learning Management System platform, for the improved design and delivery of engaging learning across Science subjects.

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As always, our aim is to immerse the students in the Engineering Design Process that incorporates innovative, analytical and critical thinking, to solve problems in collaborative teams.

75% of students in the classrooms now, will work in a Science and Technology-related field in their lifetime. The Science Department’s focus is to develop and consolidate the skills necessary to achieve success in STEM related subjects and careers.

Learning experiences beyond the classroom included: Eight participants (Yr 7-11) attended the Alliance Combined HASSE Space School Expedition to Houston in December 2017. Quinn Procter, Madeleine McDonald Smith, Lily Seckler, Holly Frey, Cameron Grimmett, Sophie Walker, Maggie Grigg and Alex Grimmett.

Year 8 Science Excursion to the Old Toowoomba Basalt Quarry in order to develop a proposal for the rehabilitation of the site, as part of their assessment in the Earth Science unit.

Three-day Year 11 Biology Camp at Hastings Point in Northern NSW, to study Rocky shore, Beach, and mangrove ecosystems.

Year 11 Agricultural Science excursions to the Kerwee Feedlot, UQ Gatton Sunflower Competition and STEM Punks incursion – Smart farming – Drones in Agriculture.

Twenty-six Year 10 girls participated in the University of Southern Queensland Regional Science and Engineering Challenge. Group winners for the Catapult Activity were Elizabeth Perrignon, Hayley Finch and Georgie Scouller.

Lilly Biernoff, Gabrielle Pellow and Maeve Toombes, attended the four day STEM Horizons for High Achievers program for Year 7 students, run by the Department of Education and Training. Activities were designed

to be ‘hands on’ and provide opportunities to actively engage in higher-order thinking and problem solving.

Accolades/Competitions The Year 11 Agricultural Science class participated in the the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Hermitage Research Facility’s schools plant science competition. This year’s theme was ‘Game of Drones’.

Students were required to complete a series of tasks involving the use of digital software to analyse the growth of sunflowers and create a time-lapse video of their experiment. Fairholme was award 3rd place in the Year 1012 Senior Category for overall class results.

Sophia Walton was awarded a $450 Scholarship to attend the FEAST program in 2019. This is a five-day residential program held at the University of Queensland for students, interested in careers in the agriculture, animal, plant and food industries.

Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s Chemistry Competition Ellie Randall (Yr 12) High Distinction and Libby Stumer (Yr 12) Distinction.

Ellie Randal, selected by Rotary District interview, attended the National Youth Science Forum in January 2018 in Canberra. Year 11 students Maggie Grigg and Rene Beci, have been selected to attended the Forum in January 2019.

In this year’s International Competitions and Assessments for Schools – Science Competition, 5 Distinctions, 19 Credits and 6 Merit Certificates were awarded to Fairholme students.

Certificates of Distinction Year 7: Lilly Biernoff, Mali Brennan, Janithya Dharmawardhane, Eden Mellish.

Year 9: Gabrielle Neal.

Service

MS CATRINA SHARP, DEPUTY PRINCIPAL/HEAD OF SENIOR SCHOOL

We recognise that serving others is an important aspect of our everyday experience as we live and learn within this community.

Understanding how to be strong, compassionate and effective members of a community is vital to everyone’s experience at Fairholme.

Service is seen daily through considered and intentional care of others. Moreover, Fairholme consciously reaches out to serve those beyond our immediate community – locally, nationally and globally. Girls may be involved at many levels, whether as direct participants, as supporters of particular projects or through leading service campaigns for the community.

I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear.[1] The College Interact Club Board, headed by President and Prefect for Service, Ellen Noble, led many service activities which raised awareness and funds to support a variety of organisations. The following groups were among those supported by the Club: Queensland Medical Research Institute; White Ribbon Day; Drought Angels; and our three young international sponsor children.

The Leukaemia Foundation received in excess of $50,000, raised by a team of 2018 Senior Leaders, which resulted in the girls receiving the award for the Highest Fundraising per student, and in total, in Queensland.

LOCAL CONNECTIONS The Year 11 program included two Mornings of Service, where the girls took the opportunity to help a variety of local groups. The girls support such enterprises as Baked Relief, BUPA & Lourdes Nursing Homes, Cobb & Co, Toowoomba City Library and Bright Side Respite.

The Toowoomba Refugee and Migrant Service Homework Program at Darling Heights State School was well supported by the Year 10 and 11 girls and led by Mrs Ross. While our girls helped with homework, the friendships struck with their young companions have left a positive and lasting impression!

We have been engaged with Rosies Friends on the Street for 18 months now. Monthly visits to support our Rosies friends are important; we value the company of our Rosies friends a great deal.

In September, a group of Year 11 girls supported young children with special needs over the four days of the annual Sony Foundation Holiday Camp. Four Year 12 girls assisted in managing the Year 11s and their wonderful young companions.

Again in 2018, our Middle and Senior School girls contributed to two bountiful Christmas hampers that were shared with our Rosies Friends and The Base Services.

REACHING OUT A group of girls travelled to Arnhem Land with Ms Butler and Mrs McDonagh in the winter break. Their outreach prompted self-discovery and a greater understanding of life lived with such incredible connection to country.

The annual Cambodia Discovery Trip engaged a new crew of Year 11 girls in 2018! Together, they were engaged in building projects and became involved in work around environmental sustainability.

Historical and cultural experiences were, of course, significant.

The Eco Discovery Trip to the Whitsunday Islands contributed to valuable research that will help to secure a better future. The Year 9 students worked to support a cleaner and more sustainable environment for those creatures who inhabit the stunning islands.

[1] ‘The Servant Song’ by Richard Gillard

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Pastoral Care When people feel safe, well supported and connected to others, they are well placed to thrive.

The College holds this thinking and its Christ-Centred Faith at the heart of its wellness and pastoral care programs.

Our dynamic approach moves with the girls’ needs and involves all staff members as carers in the day and boarding community. A deliberate and considered approach to this care is led collaboratively by the Wellness Team – a staff group whose expertise spans emotional, academic, health, boarding and spiritual care.

All girls are members of a Pastoral Care Group and meet with their PCG teacher daily, in PCG time, College Assembly, Chapel or House Meetings.

Additionally, groups initiate activities

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to celebrate together, serve the community or to simply enjoy time together as a small family unit. Our multi-faceted system promotes inclusivity and finds foundation in a restorative approach to managing relationships.

Positive connections are valued and nurtured through daily interactions and a variety of events including Interhouse sport carnivals and cultural competitions, House Day and activities for students transitioning into and through the College. Key to the success of student-led care are the four House-based Pastoral Care Leadership Committees. These Senior Leaders work closely with Heads of House to support all girls – relationally, academically and through proving an array of opportunities to strengthen positive connections with others.

As the suns sets on 2018, we thank Mrs Cathy Mason for her expert care as the Head of Stephens House. Her significant skill and ability to nurture gently has meant that many girls – Stephens House and otherwise – have benefited from her expert care.

Not only this, she has been a pivotal member of the staff Wellness Team, and thus has supported others in their provision of care to members of the community. Naturally, we are pleased that she continues her work in Stephens House as a Senior School PCG teacher.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) MS ARLIE HOLLINDALE, CO-ORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The Specialist Elective Program (largely embedding Vocational Education and Training within our curriculum) continues as one of the three compulsory elective subject lines in Year 10, as well as providing further and advanced study options for Year 11 and 12 students. The program embeds the study of Certificate III, IV and Diploma level qualifications, Community Service and Arts elective. It also includes Schoolbased Traineeships.

These qualifications can assist with university entrance and tertiary preparation, GAP year employment, scholarship and residential college applications and direct and immediate employment outcomes. A qualification gained at a Certificate III level and above provides our students with a Tertiary Selection Rank, in addition to their OP, allowing them a dual-entry opportunity to apply for tertiary study.

The 2018 Health Services group has held approximately 30% of Year 10 student Specialist Elective choice each year, over the past three years. Our unique partnership with Brisbane’s Mater Hospital’s registered training organisation, Mater Education, has been in growth and development

Areas offered in 2018 are detailed below with enrolment percentages.

over 4-5 years and the Certificate II and III in Health Services is our most consistent and popular choice of qualifications to study over the Years 10-12 cohorts. This course is the industry entry level into the acute nursing care and first aid areas in any hospital and aged care facility. Our Year 12s, each year, show a majority and growing trend in choosing Tertiary pathways into the Health, Nursing

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10% *Music, Dance, Speech and Drama (no cost) 1% Beauty (Cert III) 4% Crime and Justice (Cert IV) 5% Fitness (Cert III)

and Medical industries and most students who choose this qualification continue to study and choose Health in their future pathway planning.

2019 should see further development and offerings, with some new initiatives including study in the areas of Aviation and a STEM-based experience.

9% *Active Citizenship and Service (no cost)

8 % Hospitality (Cert III)

10% Agriculture and Animals (Cert III)

28% Health and Medical (Cert III)

14% Business (Diploma)

11% Education (Cert III)

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Information Technology Services MR CHAU CHUC, HEAD OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

The IT Services team is focused on supporting students’ educational experience, by providing friendly face-to-face support for students, ensuring their teachers can get on with the job of teaching, providing the platforms to administer the College and continued development of the IT facilities.

The major development that students would notice this year has been the managed rollout of myFairholme, our new elearning system. Students response to myFairholme has been positive and educational outcomes will direct future development.

The Fairholme College Facebook page continues to be a great medium to keep in contact. The most significant change in the last 12 months is the increase of ‘engagement’ by our Facebook friends. Fairholme Facebook fans are mostly residents of Australia but a significant number are from overseas. Data from 28/11/2018 are: Country Number of Fans Australia 4025 UK 47 France 30 USA 27 Japan 25 NZ 17 India 13 PNG 12 Canada 8 Hong Kong 6 Other countries 65 FAIRHOLME COLLEGE FACEBOOK GROWTH 2017 2018 3769 fans 4275 fans 29,942 people reached The Fairholme laptop program 43,074 post engagements

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The Fairholme laptop program continue to provide efficient and consistent access to technology for students. The DELL 3350 and 3380 laptops with rubberised edges and toughened glass screens were designed to meet student academic needs and withstand student handling. Use of these laptops has reduced the accidental damage claims by 80%.

As usual, the IT Helpdesk has been busy meeting the needs of students.

In 2018, up to the end of September, approximately 18,685 jobs were completed.

Fairholme College’s model of inhouse engineering and administering of IT systems continues to deliver timely and efficient IT services to students and staff. Listed below are some facts and figures for the technically minded.

EMAIL AND INTERNET TRAFFIC • Average number of emails sent and received (per month): 180,000 • Average number of blocked incoming emails - spam or infected (per month): 14,000 • Average volume of internet download (per month): 9.5TB HELPDESK SERVICES • Average number of Helpdesk jobs per month (other than laptop services): 820 • Average number of battery swap-and-go services per month: 845 • Average laptop and hardware services per month (free technical support such as data recovery, insurance claims or warranty claims): 290

HARDWARE INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDES: • 1 Video Conferencing system (Polycom) • 815 laptops (all with SSDs) and desktops • 35 iPads • 80 Data Projectors • 20 interactive whiteboards • 230TB network storage • 86 printers • 5 scanners • 8 physical servers (library converted to VM) • 25 virtual servers • 70 network switches (1G or 10G capable) • 9 fibre links (10G capable) • 10gig backbone through entire server infrastructure • Full Xirrus wireless infrastructure - 114 dual radio ‘AC’ wireless access points, 4 quad radio ‘AC’ arrays, 4 outdoor extended range antennae panels • 200/200 mbps ethernet internet (WAN) connection through fibre.

SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDES: • Single Sign On • Reach Boarding • myFairholme (second year of deployment) • Windows 10 Education (64 bit) • Office 2016 Professional Plus • Office 365 • Adobe CS 6 Master Collection • Windows Server 2016 • Exchange 2016 • System Centre Endpoint Protection (antivirus) • Hyper-V (server virtualisation) • SysAid (helpdesk software) • Synergetic (school management software) • Family Zone (Internet Management Platform).

Our Medical Centres St Andrew’s Toowoomba Medical Centre St Andrew’s Hospital Toowoomba Campus 280 North Street Toowoomba T 07 4690 7000 Mon – Frid 8:00am to 5:30pm, and After Hours Mon – Frid 5:30 pm to 7:00pm Sat 8:00am -Noon Sunday & Public Holidays 9:00am – Noon

Chronic Health Needs Health Assessments Care Planning Skin Checks 24 Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring

Your Doctors St Andrew’s Toowoomba Medical Centre

Platinum On North Medical Centre St Andrew’s Hospital Toowoomba Campus North Street Toowoomba T 07 4690 7070 Mon- Frid 8:00am – 5:30pm

Kate Craft Sharyn Donaldson Robert Heffernan Gary Porter Susan Dragone

Wilsonton Medical Centre Wilsonton Shopping Centre First Level Suite 11, 8 Hooper Street, Toowoomba T 07 4633 1939 Mon – Frid 8:00am – 5:30pm

Platinum On North Medical Centre

Village Medical Centre Village Shopping Centre Shop 8, 66 Highfields Road, Highfields 4352 T 07 4696 8877 Mon- Frid 8:00am – 5:30pm Sat 8:00am – Noon Pittsworth Platinum Medical Centre 10 Weale Street, Pittsworth 4356 T 07 4619 8412 Mon – Frid 8:00am – 5:00pm

www.platinumhg.com.au

Jesse Carroll Roy Nichols Sangeetha Ponnusamy

Michelle Dahl Richard Grundy Bertie Huskisson Sidya Raghavan

Michael Gordon Phil Stark

Wilsonton Medical Centre

Rhiannon Bevan Cameron Carmody Peter Hopson Jan Krepski

Village Medical Centre

Shirley Butler Nick Meyers Muhammad Ali

Cormac Carey Julie Crozier Kyle Dunlop

Alex Coe Roland Owen Boon Toh

Pittsworth Platinum Medical Centre

Laura Lee-Allison Masato Kato

Kate McEniery

Children’s Immunisations Family Medicine Wound & Dressing Care Travel Medicin Health Assessments – General & Chronic Disease Sports Medicine Employment Medicals Skin Check Minor Surger Audioology ECG Veterans’ Affairs Assessemnts Psychologist David Else Karen Reid Jennifer Smith Diabetic Educator Katrina McNalty Podiatrist Alfonso Que

Diabetic Educator Katrina McNalty Physiotherapist Construct Health

Psychologist Sari Silvonen Brooke Tumbers Physiotherapist Construct Health Podiatrist Alfonso Que

Employment Medicals at Online Appointments Diabetes Management Mental www.platinumhg.com.au

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