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 Gooding House once again reigns as champions. Having lost the swimming carnival to Laver earlier this year, Gooding has bounced back to take the lead.
There were a great number of participants this year from both the interschool sports teams and curriculum students. This year was highly competitive and the top ten runners from each age group fought hard for first place.
Along with the House competition, we continued with the “Champion Interschool Sport Team”. To be considered as a champion team this year, interschool teams were required to have at least 65% of their team compete in the cross country. The boys basketball 15 yrs were successful this year and the girls soccer 14 yrs team were convincing winners on the day. Congratulations! Thank you to all staff and students who were involved in making it another successful carnival.
Nigel Wilson
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Recently, BP offered Queensland schools the opportunity to apply for an Education Grant for projects based upon one or more of the following themes:
- Science and Technology
- Environmental Issues
- Energy
- Engineering
The grant aims to provide students with the necessary resources to engage in projects and activities beyond the traditional classroom environment.
The Science Department at Robina SHS has been the lucky recipient of BP’s generosity, with a $2000 grant being awarded for the construction of two wind tunnels. The wind tunnels will be constructed in Semester Two for ongoing use in Term One by the Year 12 Physics class. Physics teacher Mr Travis Dunn has been fundamental in the grant application process.
Each student will be required to conduct an Extended Experimental Investigation (EEI) and the wind tunnels will be used to obtain primary data for their EEI. The wind tunnels will enable students to design experimental methods to study the relationships that exist between lift and drag when airspeed, angle of attack and aerofoil design are varied. Additionally, it is anticipated that many of the higher achieving students will experiment with lift augmentation devices such as flaps and slats; or seek out ways to reduce drag.
A substantial amount of the money received will go towards incorporating technology into the wind tunnel’s design. Force probes will interface with computers and graphics calculators to provide accurate and meaningful data. The quality of the data will be a step up for the students.
The success of the project will be measured by the level of engagement experienced by the students. It is anticipated that this project will encourage many students to conduct research that exceeds that of typical Year 12. The long term goals of this project are to encourage more students to develop an interest in Physics, hopefully culminating in a desire to study aerodynamics or engineering design at University level. |
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 Robina State High School students and the Robina community commemorated our ANZAC heroes at a ceremony held at Robina State High School and Robina Community Centre.
Mudgeeraba RSL President, Peter Franklin, local councillors Ray Stevens, Jan Grew and Margaret May attended the ANZAC Ceremony on Wednesday, April 22 at Robina State High School. Students listened intently to Mr Franklin as he reminded us all of the grave sacrifices our Diggers made to ensure those that they left behind would live freely. The last post echoed around Robina State High School, a minute of silence for fallen soldiers.
Robina State High School students also attended the Robina ANZAC Day Ceremony at the Robina Community Centre, Saturday, April 25. Senior Leaders assisted MP Jan Grew as attendants and ushers, a great service to the community. The main group of students gathered, ready to march, at Robina Town Centre, some adorned with medals from family members who had served. Students fell into step as they marched proudly down the street remembering our Diggers. After saluting the cenotaph, students marched into the Community Centre where they continued to commemorate the ANZACs during the official ceremony. School Captain, Cameron King, read a moving poem which explored the essence of a being an ANZAC Hero. A military representative also spoke about remembering those who we have lost just this year in Afghanistan.
Robina State High School students commemorated our ANZAC heroes in many ways this year, Lest We Forget. |
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Generous Support of Shave for a Cure |
 Seventeen of our teachers shaved their heads in support of the Leukaemia Foundation's 'Shave for a Cure' in March. Countless students gathered to watch the hairdressers from 'Heads of Robina' and Mackintosh College hairdressing students work feverishly to get all heads shaved during lunch time. Additionally, many students paid to have their hair sprayed in crazy colours. Di Reilly, State member for Mudgeeraba, also attended to lend her support and spray a few heads as well. Over $1400 was donated on the day in addition to the hundreds of dollars privately donated through the Leukaemia Foundation's website. Many in our school community have been touched by cancer in one way or another and were keen to show their support. |
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STUDENTS GAIN FITNESS CERTIFICATE |
 Robina SHS is now the first and only school in Queensland recognised as a Registered Training Organisation offering a Certificate III in Fitness.
The Cert III in Fitness is run by the school’s Science Department led by teacher Mr Chris Wood, who is both the trainer and assessor for the Certificate course. Chris holds an Exercise Science Degree and has a strong background in fitness training. The program is also supported by physiotherapists, dieticians and gyms in the local area.
Students who successfully complete the course over two years (Years11 and 12) will receive 8 QCE points towards their Queensland Certificate of Education. In addition, they will hold the entry level qualification for employment in the fitness industry. |
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 To celebrate the Year of Creativity the Arts department showcased several events throughout the week. Our Arts Week artist-in-residence was Sean Choolburra, Australia's number one indigenous entertainer. Sean is a dynamic and versatile comedian, rap singer, dancer, storyteller, actor and hip-hop didge player. Sean gave performances and ran workshops throughout the week, including dance, storytelling and boomerang throwing. Arts week also featured performances by The Arts Council and snippets from our very own school musical, "Circa Mistique". |
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Baseball Visit A Great Success |
 Robina High has hosted 35 students from the Urawa Gaukin Baseball Program. Urawa Gaukin is ranked in the top ten baseball schools amongst the 2000 schools in Japan. This is an outstanding group of baseballers. Our visitors had a great time at Robina High and attended a variety of classes including Biotechnology, HPE lessons (where they learned our national summer sport - cricket), English lessons and baseball training on our newly refurbished diamond, plus a weights session in our school gym. They also enjoyed the company of their buddies from our Baseball Excellence Program and really liked the grass baseball diamond we use everyday here at Robina. Our students learned a lot about the discipline that the Japanese students have both on and off the field and were amazed at their training structure and routine that has taken them to a top ten school in Japan. The two days were concluded with a game between Robina and Urawa Gaukin at Surfers Paradise Baseball Club. All players enjoyed the experience immensely and it was a great contest. |
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