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- Remembrance Day
- FINAL P&C Meeting Moved to 20 November
- Expression of interest Student Escort 2021
- Multicap News 2021
- School Immunisation Program
- Bond University Camp Application Information
- QCPCA Parent Link
- Fun To Move
- Covid Guidelines Weekly Updates
- P&C Container Refund & Recycling Scheme
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This year NAIDOC Week will be celebrated from the 8th to the 15th of November. This year’s theme is ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’. The week provides a great opportunity to participate in activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
The 2020 National NAIDOC Poster, Shape of Land, was designed by Tyrown Waigana, a Noongar and Saibai Islander (Torres Strait) man.
Tyrown’s artwork tells the story of how the Rainbow Serpent came out of the Dreamtime to create this land. It is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.
Students and Staff Wellbeing:
Families it is vital that if students are unwell that we support their wellbeing at home. We have had cases of tummy upsets and colds and we want to minimise the impact on the students themselves, their peers and their staff. Public Health and our nurses implore us to employ rigorous hand washing practices and our cleaners are being even more diligent with our facilities cleaning regime. We have had no new reported cases of Gastro related illnesses or shingles.
School Payments:
As the end of the year we would greatly appreciate the finalisation of students school offer of $180 and an outstanding fees as we have 35 percent of families who have not contributed to 2020 School Offer. Your assistance assists us to provide necessary day to day resources for your young person.
The department requests all schools to consider in the new school year with invoiced School Levies and we are drafting our proposal of the Student Resource Scheme for 2021 options for P&C.
Thank you for supporting us with engaging community events again this week.
Regards
Colleen Hope
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This information night is aimed at families of current Year 9 and Year 10 students. Please RSVP to Katie Andrew Deputy Principal via the school office on 5559 3333.
During week 7, our students will look at these explicit teaching foci. Through incidental and explicit teaching scenarios during Community Outings and at other times across the year, students will learn the importance of respect for our school property with a focus on our buses. Teachers may explicitly pair road safety ideas into the Health & Physcial Education Unit as it is an important self safety message to sit in designated seats and wear seatbelts when travelling.
Parents can partner with the school and assist with this learning by modelling the same expectations when traveling in the car on the weekend or to and from school. Assigning seats to your young people if they are not still travelling in a car seats and encouraging them to participate or independently put on their own seatbealt each time they travel.
On Wednesday 11th November, two of our student leaders, Logan Farthing and Angel Marriott, attended the Mudgeeraba Remembrance Day Service at Elsie Laver Park. Our students experienced a local event acknowledging the significance of Remembrance Day, commemorating the loss of Australian lives in all wars, conflicts and peace operations. They made a wreath with other students within the Junior Secondary cohort and announced the laying of their wreath in front of Mayor Tom Tate and other Gold Coast dignitaries. Mudgeeraba Special School staff and students stopped at 11am to participate in a minute of silence to remember those who sadly lost their life in all wars.
We have a change of date for our next P&C meeting. It will be moved from 13th November to 20th November. Colleen is off-site on the 13th and as it’s our last meeting of the year.
Thanks for understanding
Mel Colenso
P&C President
Transport Student Escort Expression of Interest
Some of our young people require adult student escorts to be able to travel safely to school via Department of Education and approved by Qld Transport. We are looking to create a pool of potential student escorts for the 2021 school year. If you are interested in applying please find attached details on how to apply. A paid blue card and police background check is required for any successful applicants to be considered.
Multicap is one of our alliance partners please see attached upcoming opportunities:
Our Parent Talk magazine is a parent focused publication and published on a quarterly basis. It is circulated throughout Queensland state schools and P&Cs as a resource to provide parents and school communities with regular news and information on a wide range of topics relevant to parenting and education. Research confirms that where parents and community are engaged in their children’s education the outcomes vastly increase. Help us ensure Every Child has Every Chance to a successful education. All editions of Parent Talk can be viewed here - P&Cs Qld Parent Talk Publication.
Stop the Spread of COVID-19
Maintaining the required hygiene and physical distancing measures in place in our school. These are our most effective ways to stop the spread of COVID-19.
In Term 4 we will maintain limiting large groups of adults onsite or outside personnel from outside agencies eg therapists. All contractors for work repairs will adhere to Departmental guidelines.
The greatest news today is to hear that Graduations can now support dancing as an activity.
We would like to clarify that if a member of your household is sick, you are not required to stay home unless you have received health advice to do so.
Any person who is sick (staff, student or parent) should stay home and if they have any COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, get tested.
Symptoms of COVID-19 can include:
- Fever
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Runny nose
- Loss of taste or smell
- Tiredness and muscle aches
- Vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- Shortness of breath
If students or staff present at school as unwell we will follow up and request an imediate early departure until a medical clearance is provided and confirmation that the person is well.
We need to ensure we stay home if recurring flu like symptoms present to decrease the spread of influenza.
Further information about COVID-19 testing is available via the link below:
If you have any questions, please call your doctor or call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84).
Please bring in your recycling to the school. The mobile reciptacle is stationed at the front carpark behind the bus shelter in school hours as the students are part of the program and move the wheelie bin between 9.15 am and 2.00 pm.
One Hundred percent of the donations go to our P&C Association.
| Week | Event |
| Week 6 |
13th November- Pineapple Day |
| Week 7 |
17th November - MyTime - Disability Law QLD 17th November - Senior School My Time Parent Information Session for Year 9 and 10 Families. All Welcome 20th November - P&C followed by lunch |
| Week 8 | |
| Week 9 |
2nd December - Senior School Entreprenuer Day 4th December - Graduation Assembly |
- Student attendance 8.30 am till 2.45 pm.
- Phone the office and request the classroom. Please always be mindful of students' learning and teachers teaching times.
- If you are late to start the school day please attend the School Office and staff will assist with contacting your class.
- Utilise the students' Communication Diary and Seesaw.
- Request face to face meetings through your class teacher before, after school or in their noncontact time.
Via Social Media:
Executive Team:
Principal: Colleen Hope
Deputy Principals:
Jnr & Middle: Natasha Markwick
Jnr Sec & Seniors: Katie Andrew
Heads of Personalised Learning:
Bree Nairn & Danielle Turner
Senior School Pedagogical Leader: Laine East
Get Happier Project Leader: Steve Dowlan
Administration Team:
Business Manager: Samantha Kilpatrick
Admin Officer: Lorraine Yorke
Admin Officer: Belinda Chisnall
P&C Executive 2020:
President: Mel Colenso
Vice President: Anne Conroy
Secretary: Karen Lee
Treasurer: Deborah Hopkin
P&C Voluntary Roles 2020
Uniforms: Coordinator: Toni Sarten
Fundraising Team:
Jo Benjamin
Jaime Morris
Jody Mcfarlane
Michelle Jensen
QCPCA Representative:Alison Atkinson
Project Planning & Grants Officer : Maurie Rowe
My Time Coordinator: Anne Conroy
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