Caloundra State High School

🌿 Day One at Emu Gully! 🌿

What an incredible first day our students have had at Emu Gully Adventure Camp! 💪

The day was all about teamwork, perseverance and sacrifice, with students taking on challenging activities including Temeltons Crossing and Bringing Up the Guns. There was plenty of mud, plenty of teamwork and definitely plenty of laughs! They embraced getting muddy and pushed themselves well outside their comfort zones.

Students also had the opportunity to learn how to drive the buggies, putting their new skills to the test. 🏎️

After dinner, it was time to slow things down with a singalong around the campfire 🔥 before taking on The Battle of the Nek, an activity that recreates the conditions and challenges faced during the Gallipoli Campaign.

A huge first day filled with challenges, courage, teamwork and plenty of muddy memories! 👏

We can’t wait to see what Day Two brings! 💚

🎶Not long until MUSIC NIGHT! 🎶
We’re getting ready for a fantastic afternoon of live music at Caloundra SHS Music Night 2026! 🎷🥁🎸🎹

📅 Monday 31 August
📍 CSHS Performing Arts Block - P Block

🎵 4.00pm - Instrumental Music Concert
Featuring our Concert Band and Small Ensembles.

🎤 5.00pm - Classroom Music Showcase & Awards
Featuring student soloists, duos and bands plus our music awards.

🍿 Staying for both?
Snacks and drinks will be available to purchase during intermission.

🎟️ Tickets are just $5 per person via QKR!
One ticket gives you entry to both concerts.

Bring the family, grab your tickets and come along to celebrate the talent of our Caloundra SHS musicians! 🎶👏

🛠️ It’s National Skills Week from 24 to 30 August!

This year’s theme, Life Changing, encourages young people to discover where vocational education and training, apprenticeships and traineeships could take them.

🎓Explore the different skills and career pathways available and learn more on the National Skills Week website: www.nationalskillsweek.com.au/

Turning the tables! 💪

Our Certificate III in Fitness students have been putting their knowledge and skills into action by training some of our very own staff!

The students love the chance to switch places with their teachers and take the lead, planning and delivering fitness sessions while sharing what they have learned throughout the course.

A huge thank you to our wonderful staff volunteers who were brave enough to step up, get involved and let the students put their coaching skills to the test! 👏

✂️ THE CHALLENGE IS ON! ✂️
Our Student Council is taking on the World’s Greatest Shave and this year we’re raising funds for Bloomhill Cancer Care. 💙

On 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟭 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, some very brave members of our school community will be saying goodbye to their hair, but there’s a catch…

💰 They each have a fundraising target to reach first!
And the BIG target?
🎯𝗜𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 $𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬, 𝗮 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱! 👀🪒

Who could it be? You’ll have to help us get there to find out!

Every donation gets us closer.
👉 DONATE HERE:
https://www.worldsgreatestshave.com/fundraisers/CaloundraStateHigh2026

Let’s see what the Caloundra High community can do! 💙

🏉 Rugby League Team Lists - Week 7 Term 3
This week our Year 7s & 8 teams are off to round one of the Struddy's Cup Finals!

📅𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁
🏟 Caloundra SHS
• Year 7s vs St Marys College - 1:00pm

🏟 Greenbank RLFC
• Year 8s vs Bellbird Park SSC - 2:00pm

💙 Go Seahawks!



Weber Constructions Qld Bebrok Excavations Yianni Mooney Property Arcare Komatsu Australia Shadforth Civil Tom Hearn Painting, Ford Brothers Fencing, TTG Consulting

𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴

50 Years of Deadly- Our NAIDOC Week Artwork

To recognise NAIDOC week this year, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, non-Indigenous students, staff, families and community members were invited to add their handprint to our 50 Years of Deadly artwork. Watching it grow across the day was a wonderful experience. What began as a beautifully painted base, created by Year 11 Art students Delaney P and Amelie N, became something that now belongs to all of us. Every handprint is different, but together they have created a reminder of what can happen when our school community comes together.

This year’s NAIDOC theme, 50 Years of Deadly, marks five decades of NAIDOC Week celebrating and recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture, voices and achievements. It honours those who have come before, while recognising the strength of culture and community continuing into the future. The word “deadly” means something excellent, awesome or something to be proud of. It can also speak to strength, courage, identity and pride in who you are, your mob and where you come from.

Our community BBQ gave us another opportunity to bring people together. Community members were invited to add their own handprints, ensuring that this artwork represents not just our students, but the people, parents/guardians and community members who support our school.

For us, this artwork is more than a celebration of 50 Years of Deadly. It captures a moment when our whole school community came together to recognise the strength of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and community. Each handprint represents a person leaving their mark and contributing to something created together.

🏉 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗪𝗞𝗦 𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗕𝗬 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗦 - Years 8 - Opens
Calling all students interested in representing the Caloundra Seahawks in 2027!
Trial dates have now been confirmed for our Year 8 through to Opens Seahawks teams.

📍 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭.

📅𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 3:30 to 5:30pm
Current Year 7 & 8 students
Trialling for the 2027 Year 8 & Year 9 Seahawks

📅 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 3:30 to 5:30pm
Current Year 9, 10 & 11 students
Trialling for the 2027 Year 10 & Opens Seahawks

🏉 Register below if you are not currently in our Rugby League Program:
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2027CSHSRLTrails8Open

Save the date, register your interest and get ready for Seahawks 2027!

Our Senior Dance students swapped the studio for an Escape Room!

As they prepare for their Senior Dance External Exams, students put their knowledge, problem-solving skills and teamwork to the test in a fun and challenging escape room experience. It was a great way to revise key Dance concepts while thinking creatively, communicating with their team and racing against the clock!

A fun way to learn, revise and level up their exam preparation!

LAST CALL, CREATIVE MINDS! 📚🎨
Our Cover to Cover Design Competition closes tomorrow 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧!

If you've been sitting on an idea, now's the time to turn it into an album cover.

Remember, your entry needs:
🎧 An original album cover
🎤 A fictional artist or band name
💿 An album title
🎨 Original artwork inspired by your chosen fiction book

You can also include a short album blurb explaining the idea behind your design.

🏆 Five awards are up for grabs, including the People's Choice Award, which will be voted on when entries go on display in our Book Week Book Beats Gallery.

FREE ENTRY | ALL STUDENTS | ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY

Let's see those books become beats! 🎶📖