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INDIGEE NEWS SEMESTER 2 - 2020
A WORD FROM THE TEAM
I would firstly like to express my great thanks Centenary Heights State High School
to the students and staff at Centenary Heights acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and
State High School for a fantastic year. My Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We
acknowledge the Giabal and Jarowair peoples,
sincere thanks and appreciation goes to our traditional custodians of the lands on which
Indigenous leaders, Dakota and Bella for their our school is located and where we further our
ongoing mentoring and support of Indigenous education. We pay our respects to ancestors and
students. Another massive thank you to Rosie Elders, past and present.
Parsons, our CEC and Beyond the Bronco’s
worker. She is an inspiration to all students at I would like to express great appreciation for
Centenary Heights. Thank you so much Rosie all staff who supported our students and family
for your work. throughout this crazy year. A special mention to
Mr Curthoys, Miss Dargan, Rosie Parsons, Miss
Rosie, Dakota, Bella and their team did a Asmus, Big Buddy program and the support team.
sensational job preparing and delivering Centenary Heights is committed to honouring
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
all that was NAIDOC week. A tremendous peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships
celebration of the relationship that exists at to the land, waters and seas and their rich
Centenary Heights between students, staff contribution to society
and our community. The lunchtime events,
ceremonies and an amazing NAIDOC parade all We would like to farewell Deidre Dargan. Deidre
celebrated what we need to acknowledge each has been a part of the CHSHS community for
and every day at Centenary Heights. over 11 years. She will be dearly missed and we
thank her for all her support with our Indigenous
We have also been very fortunate this year that students.
Kathy Donovan and her Big Buddy program
have accessed our school to support students.
Kathy has introduced such great programs, Rosie Parsons
including resume writing, first aid, and many Community Education Counsellor
cultural activities. Thanks so much Kathy for
allowing Centenary to be part of the Big Buddy
program.
QATSIF recipients will be acknowledged in
early 2021, and will be printed in our first
Indigee news for 2021. Well done to all those
who will receive a scholarship.
To conclude I would like to say how honoured
I am to work so closely with the Indigenous
leadership team at Centenary Heights State
High School.
Wishing you a safe holiday and a very Merry
Christmas.
Will Curthoys
Deputy Principal
Indigenous Captains - 2020
This year has been challenging with the Coronavirus
pandemic and isolation changing a lot of plans we had
for this year. We are proud of our fellow Indigenous
students and how they persevered with hard work during
a challenging year. Each term we looked forward to our
Beyond The Broncos Workshops where we were taught a
different topic, from cultural identity to saving and financial
advice. We would like to say a big thanks to Rosie, our
Community Education Counsellor and Beyond The Broncos
Mentor who helped us to plan and organise activities for
our Indigenous students.
Centenary Heights has also been lucky enough to be
involved in the first Big Buddy Program which started
in Term 3. This program includes one-on-one help for
Indigenous students to create a resume and apply for jobs to assist in gaining employment. Assistance with
homework and assignments is also offered if needed.
We are very grateful for this program and would like to thank everyone involved for their help and understanding of
our Indigenous students.
Term 3 saw NAIDOC Week being postponed to Term 4. This has helped our team to be more involved in the
parade and being able to include more features than we have explored in the past. As we hit the end of Term 3,
Ms Dargan, our CEC, moved to Sydney and we wish her the best for her future endeavours. Thank you for all your
help over the years.
Although this year has not gone as planned Bellah is looking forward to leading our Iindigenous students in 2021
with some fresh ideas we would have liked to have implemented this year. Thank you to all the teachers, students
and community members for your support for us this year.
Dakota Anderson and Bellah Bennett-Payne – Indigenous Captains
Indigenous Captains - 2021
To receive the position of Indigenous Captain for 2021 is a huge honour
and I cannot describe the excitement I feel about the coming year with our
Indigenous students as well as involving other students at the school! I
am excited to stand with the 2021 Indigenous Vice-Captain to be a voice
together and create change and new beginnings. There is so much instore
for 2021 that we would like to achieve by celebrating our culture, whether
that will be through music, dance, art, sport and more. Providing knowledge
about significant cultural history to not only the Centenary school community
but also the surrounding community will be a major goal to aim to complete.
Bellah Bennett-Payne I cannot wait to see our school and the community enriched by our culture.
Indigenous Captain
As a proud Indigenous person, I am excited and honoured to be the
2021 Indigenous Vice-Captain. Leadership positions are not powerful or
privileged but an opportunity to serve our people by nurturing their physical,
spiritual, mental and emotional wellbeing. My goal is to support Indigenous
students along with non-Indigenous students and bring us closer together as
one student body and embrace the opportunities afforded to us by our great
school. I really look forward to encouraging and motivating us to be the best
we can be.
Leroy Dempsey
Indigenous Vice-Captain
Thank you and good luck Ms Dargan
Ms Dargan, as Community Education Counsellor, has worked hard to develop and improve programs and
co-ordinate events for all Indigenous students at Centenary Heights State High School.
Many Indigenous students have been successful in participating in programs such as Deadly Trackers,
Solid Pathways, the Broncos program and QATSIF with the assistance of Ms Dargan.
Students and staff at CHSHS will miss Ms Dargan and we wish her well in the next part of her journey as
she moves to Sydney to spend more time with her family.
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Big Buddy Is a new program that has been running for the last nine weeks coordinated by Catholic Care workers, Kathy Donovan and volunteers. This program has been engaging Indigenous community members to support our students. The program includes cultural activities, employment opportunities, mentoring and teamwork. Students who attended the Big Buddy program had the opportunity to attend the big Buddy camp during the September holidays. Ashton Brown, Bellah Bennet-Payne, Magenta Anderson, Laidyn Vaughan, Savannah Brown and Hailey Douglas attended the Big Buddy camp at Emu Gully. DEADLY LEADERSHIP CAMP 2020 Bellah Bennett-Payne and Laidyn Vaughan attended the 2020 leadership camp held in Brisbane which ran over the three days. Students had the opportunity to meet other Deadly leaders from academies within the Brisbane, Southwest and Toowoomba Region.
Farewell to our Year 12 Indigenous Students
Congratulations on completing your school education.
We wish you all the best as you start on the next part of your journey in life!
Hannah Sheridan Brody Ott Leigh Melville
Congratulations Gold Level Students - 2020
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9
Tori Gibbs Clarke Anderson Magenta Anderson
Sharissa McKewin Eddie Burke Chloe Glasgow
Amelia King Siena Dawson Harrison King
Mia Wilson Hailey Douglas Beau Robinson
Myah Wolff Olivia King
Melody Krause
Year 10 Year 12
Caiden Bartholomew Hannah Sheridan
Courtney Bonell
Esther Ward
Congratulations to all our Indigenous Gold Level Students.
You have upheld the Centenary Heights State High School ethos:
Safety, Respect and Learning
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NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATIONS
Harrison King kicked off NAIDOC Knowing that the first fleet’s aim
week by raising the flag in honour was to wipe out the Indigenous
of past and present students of race, we pay respect to our history,
Centenary Heights SHS. the struggles we have experienced
and acknowledge the strengths that
NAIDOC was a great week to continue to inhabit us today.
celebrate with fun activities that
the students organised and As Australia's First Nation People
participated in. The 2020 NAIDOC we are grateful that we can
parade was a celebration of continue practising our culture.
empowerment of our students, During Wednesday lunch time,
learning and inhabiting 65,000 students participated in the teachers
years of knowledge and culture versus student touch game which
that our ancestors passed through was won by the teachers this
the generations. year 6 to 2. Throughout the week
Students who participated in CHSHS has been showcasing
the parade wanted to focus on Indigenous culture through art,
empowering each other through storytelling, movies and dancing.
the resilience of our ancestors.
Opening of the Caldwell Building O U T AN D ABO UT
BEYOND THE BRONCOS
Beyond the Broncos Academy Term 3 workshop was a success
with a large number of students attending this Cultural Identity
workshop hosted by Scotty Prince, Ali Brigginshaw and Justin
Hodges.
Students had the opportunity to interact with each other,
completing group activities and yarning about their culture and
identity. Many students come from different tribes, different
beliefs with different languages.
Well done to all students who improved their attendance and
achieved over 90%. With a roller coaster of a year, Beyond
the Broncos values each student’s hard work, efforts and
demonstration of positive behaviours throughout this year.
Arrow Energy Scholarship
Congratulations to Olivia King
Arrow Energy Scholarship 2020
This scholarship acknowledges the hard work that Olivia
has put in throughout the year to meet the criteria to apply.
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Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages refers to all the languages
spoken within Australia prior to colonisation. These languages inform a holistic
world view of land, culture and identity, and are linguistically different to English.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creoles and related varieties are languages that have
evolved through contact between people who speak different languages. A number of
different creole varieties are spoken throughout Southwest Queensland. These creoles
may not be officially recognised, but may be referred to in their communities through a
range of names such as Murri, Slang, Lingo and Aboriginal English. Many Torres Strait
Islander students speak Torres Strait Creole, now known in the Torres Strait as Yumplatok.
QATSIF
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