Principal Report
Welcome to Term 2 at Charleville State High School. Many parents, carers and community members may have seen some of our activities, events and celebrations on our Facebook page, but it is worth another recognition.
What we've done: Celebrations & Acknowledgements
- This term, we have re-established a Belonging and Engagement Team, consisting of our School Based Youth Health Nurse, Chaplain, Industry Liaison Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Youth Support Coordinator, Social Worker and Beyond Broncos Coordinator. The focus of this team is to:
- Welcome every student = attendance
- support their unique needs = student champions
- promote a positive culture that promotes a sense of belonging, wellbeing and safety to support their engagement in learning.
The initial objective is clear – re-engage students who are chronically absent.
- Delivered a Peer Skills program with 12 Yeat 10 male students. It was exceptional, due primarily to the student's engagement and the trust that was developed amongst the students and facilitators, encouraging challenging conversations on our way to building better men. Each of the twelve students were a credit to themselves and their people. Thank you to Ethan Capewell, Mel Doolan, Jed Owen, Tegan Russell, Dani from lifeline and Katie McLeod.
- We had 16 students attend the Duke of Edinburgh launch before school in the Kitchen at J Block. Elizabeth Cunningham developed an engaging and informative session. We have already had eight students sign-on, and it is an example of how our school is #cultivatingexcellence.
- Thank you to the student leaders who have prepared and, in some cases, constructed the ANZAC parade on Friday afternoon. Jakob Owczarek found and interviewed Ron Reid, a local veteran, encapsulating student leadership, community engagement and honouring those that have served Australia. Thank you to everyone who participated on Friday and represented our school at the parade on Saturday.
- We covered each other with all the colours during our colour run.
What we're doing – academic support and maximising pathway options
- Supporting students academically. There are now timetabled additional support classes for English in Year 7 and Year 8, following a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support model, where students are grouped and extended or retaught important skills and concepts.
- There are also supports for senior students during Wednesday period 4, and attendance at these sessions is as important as any other timetabled classes.
- TAFE Trade Tasters: we are proud to partner with TAFE Queensland in both our Certificate II in Electrotechnology as well as TAFE Trade Tasters, where year 10 students will spend a week completing hands-on activities in fields like mechanics, hospitality/tourism and agriculture. All of this is funded by TAFE and free for students.
- SETPLAN 2026: Planning for SETP has begun, aligning key events like work experience, TAFE Trade Tasters, our ongoing focus on certificate courses as well as Deadly Choices Shearing Camp. Kudos to Ange Walton, our Industry Liaison Officer, for her work in planning and setting the strategic direction for Industry Liaison.
Kind regards,
Mr Jarlath Scannell