Welcome back to all families and students to Term Two. We have had a very settled start to the term and already many reasons to celebrate.

A big shout out to the Science and Engineering Challenge Team that competed at UTAS on Wednesday. This day is a fantastic opportunity for our students to demonstrate their creative problem solving skills against some very challenging activities. The day culminated with a bridge building challenge, with our team designing and building an “unbreakable” bridge. Our Queechy team finished second on the day, our highest placing for many years! Thank you to Kaleb Clark and Colin Pearson for your support of the team on the day.

Our opportunities for students to explore their future pathways continues this term with recent excursions to explore the Australian Defence Forces and attend Agfest with a focus on careers occurring last week. Our students are in a strong position to make informed choices about the next stage in their learning journeys. Our number of students attending work placements has also ramped up with students from
Grade 9-12 making the most of these opportunities.

Attendance update.
We have lots of reasons to celebrate an improved attendance across the school in Term One this year. The percentage of students attending more than 90% has increased by more than 6% compared to the same time last year. Our overall attendance is up with a significant improvement in our
Grade 11/12 space. Well done to all students and families as we aim to keep this improvement growing during the remainder of the year.

A reminder to all families to reach out to us if you have any concerns about your young person’s ability to engage with us here at Queechy.

A heads up to families that we will be holding our
House Challenge Day and Cross Country on Friday 16^th of May. Our expectation is that all students will attend on this day as normal. Your support in ensuring this happens is greatly appreciated.