Production goes off with a bang!

The feedback around our production has been overwhelmingly positive. This has proven to be one of the most impactful activities we have done in recent years with a school-wide positive impact on students, staff and families. For those who were able to secure tickets they had an experience that was full of energy, good fun and some great performances.

The teaching team of Joel and Jocelyn are to be congratulated for going above and beyond to produce a production of extremely high professionalism, especially since we were starting from scratch in this area. Many staff contributed time and energy behind the scenes to make sure this production was high class, thank you all!

There was a lot we learned as a school and we now start planning for what our next production may look like. Watch this space as we will be making some decisions shortly about how we can repeat this success in the future!

Exams

Our Grade 10 students have spent the last two weeks engaged with a formal exam process in their Australian Curriculum learning areas. Students had the option of nominating for a 1 or 2 hour exam with large numbers choosing the 2 hour version. I saw students engaged and having a red-hot-go during these sessions. A huge thank you to the Grade 10 team who wrote, coordinated and marked the exams. These opportunities are a positive lead-in to Year 11 exams many will experience next year. I saw significant evidence of detailed preparation from many of our students who took this opportunity very seriously and who strived to put their best foot forward for all their exams! Well done to all students and staff who were engaged in this work, great effort.

Student Leadership Board 2026

I have had the pleasure of working with our prospective SLB students over the last week as they prepared for their speeches in front of our students. I was extremely impressed by the mature, organised approach to this challenge, the way they engaged with the interview process and the mature calmness during their speeches. We are going to have another outstanding SLB in 2026 and I look forward to once again working closely with them in their chosen portfolios next year. Well done to all candidates! You have already created a positive legacy for your time here at Queechy through the way you have engaged with this process.

It’s been a busy and exciting time in
Health and Physical Education for our Grade 10's at Queechy High! In Health, students have been exploring relationships and sexuality, learning about communication, respect, and decision-making to help them navigate their teenage years with confidence. They also recently completed their Grade 10 Health exam – a great chance to show off everything they’ve learned this year. 

In PE, the focus has been on lifelong target games like Croquet and Finska. These fun activities have challenged students to use strategy and precision while introducing them to sports they can enjoy for years to come. 

We’re proud of the effort our Grade 10's are putting into their learning – both in the classroom and out on the field! 

This term in Grade 7 Science, students have been diving into the fascinating world of forces and motion. Our unit has focused on understanding how different forces act on objects and influence their movement. The key concepts explored include balanced and unbalanced forces, net force, gravity, and the role of simple machines in making work easier.

To bring these ideas to life, students have engaged in hands-on investigations and interactive lessons. One of the highlights has been the parachute design challenge, where some classes are applying their knowledge of gravity and air resistance to create and test parachutes. This activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and scientific thinking.

We’ve also introduced a new digital learning platform called Stile, which has been a hit with many students. Stile allows learners to access lessons and resources from anywhere, making it easier to catch up or revisit key concepts at their own pace.

It’s been a dynamic and engaging term, and we’re proud of the curiosity and effort our Grade 7 students have shown in exploring the forces that shape our world.

This term in HaSS, students have been busy exploring the world around them through our unit on Place and Liveability. We investigated what makes a city “liveable” or “unliveable,” looking closely at factors such as transport, housing, access to services, safety, and the natural environment. Students also examined patterns of population distribution and density, as well as the reasons people choose to move or migrate between places.

To bring all of this learning together, students completed a summative assessment task where they compared the features of a liveable city with those of a less liveable one. This gave them the opportunity to apply their knowledge and practise their analytical and critical thinking skills.

We have now begun our next unit in Business and Economics. In this unit, students will explore the concept of economic scarcity, investigate the rights and responsibilities of individuals and businesses, and develop entrepreneurial thinking. Through discussions and activities, students will begin to understand how businesses operate, the importance of decision-making, and the skills needed to bring innovative ideas to life.

It has been an engaging and thought-provoking term so far, and we look forward to seeing how students apply their creativity and problem-solving skills in the weeks ahead.

This term, our Grade 8 students have been diving into the world of linear functions — a key concept in algebra that helps describe relationships between variables. Students have been learning how to write equations in the form y = mx + c, where m represents the gradient (or steepness) of a line, and c is the y-intercept (where the line crosses the y-axis). 

Through hands-on activities, graphing exercises, and real-life examples, students have explored how changes in m and c affect the shape and position of a line on a graph. They’ve also practised interpreting linear relationships in everyday contexts, such as calculating earnings, tracking distances, and predicting patterns. 

It’s been fantastic to see students building confidence with algebraic thinking and developing skills that will support them in future maths topics. Keep an eye out for their graphing work — it’s impressive! 

This term our Grade 9’s have been working through a unit about persuasive speeches. This unit is giving students the opportunity to explore a variety of passionate speeches presented by famous and influential people.

As part of this work, students engaged with
Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, exploring the context and analysing the rhetorical and oratorical devices used to make the speech so effective and memorable. Students communicated their new knowledge with their developing skills in structured paragraph writing as their first assessment.

They are currently working on creating and presenting their own speech about a chosen topic that they are passionate about. These topics range from introducing a four day school week, to social media's negative impact on adolescents. Students are required to thoroughly research their topic, write their speech incorporating rhetorical and oratorical devices and present their speech to their peers.

Some enthusiastic Grade 8 students attended an agricultural science day at Hagley Farm School this week.

The students had a busy day learning about crop nutrition, worm farming, organic vs. man made fertiliser, technology and its place in modern farming and soil types.

The day was highly engaging, hands on and we all enjoyed it!

We look forward to more visits to Hagley and utilising this incredible resource to support our extension science programs.

We would like to say a special thank you to the
School Association for the kind donation of a new BBQ for our SLB to use. 

Also, a thank you goes out to Bunnings North Launceston for helping with the costs. 

We really appreciate this, and are looking forward hosting many BBQ's here at The Q! 

At Queechy High School, you can study
CHC22015 Certificate II in Community Services. It’s a great way to learn real skills, get hands-on experience, and explore different careers in many different industries.

Want to know more? Come and have a chat with Steph Milner or Luke Tepper to find out how this course could be the right fit for you.