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- Positive Behaviour for Learning Celebration
- Harmony Week and Bullying No Way Day
- Chappy Chat
- P&C -AGM Announcement
- MyTime
- School Banking
- Uniting Care Early Childhood Early Intervention
- Cooby View Farm Stay
- Timeless Car Cleaning
- School Offer Contributions
- Covid Guidelines Weekly Updates
- P&C Container Refund & Recycling Scheme
- Communication at Mudgee
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Today our Student Council Representatives participated in an off campus clean-up event for Clean Up Australia Day by cleaning up a local park. We demonstrated our school value of ‘I am Respectful’ when learning about the importance of keeping our classroom, school and local community environments clean. Students across our campus pledged Mudgeeraba Special School’s contribution to the environment using the hashtags #cleanupAustralia and #stepuptocleanup.










Week | Event |
Week 7 |
My Time Tuesday P&C Meeting Friday |
Week 8 |
My Time Tuesday Somerset Storyfest Wednesday - Friday |
Week 9 |
Senior School Markets at Robina Town Centre Monday My Time Tuesday P&C AGM Friday |
Positive Behaviour for Learning
During the school week our students will look at this teaching focus in a number of ways. Through explicit and incidental teaching when students are learning in groups, teaching will focus on the skills that are required to help or peer tutor classmates with success. This week students will look for opportunities to help their fellow classmates by obtaining items and objects for peers to complete tasks, or simply by sharing their reading skills and reading to a fellow classmate.
Parents can partner this learning at home by encouraging your young person to help with specific chores around the house. They may assist older or younger siblings to set the table, play a game and make a drink or snack. Helping increases self-esteem and your young person may require support to assist another member of the family.
The $180.00 payable Student Offer incorporates:
- Book list requirements
- Student Consumables
- Reprographics including printing
- Student Communication Diary
The Student Offer is based on the 40 school weeks. This Student Offer of $180.00 for whole school activities can be paid annually, by semester (2x $90.00), by term (4 x $45.00) or weekly (40 weeks x $5.00). A receipt will be forwarded and collected through the office or via student communication diary.
Classes will require further support for their individual user pays programs and will forward the details and invoice to you in writing once their projects have been approved through P&C Association and Administration, for example class cooking programs. These user pays programs will include: School Performances such as the one held yesterday, swimming, camps etc.
Swimming fees for 2021 will reflect the training required to cover instructors as per our departmental guidelines and we will only offer to select teams in 2021.
Non-payment of the school Student Offer may result in a need for alternative programming for your child. It is crucial for these programs to be successful that all families participate.
The School Offer
The School Offer payable for the year is available in the attached information and published on the schools website.
This also includes the updated Textbook Resource Allowance (TRA) component, which has been deducted to reduce the overall School Offer payable for Years 7 to 12.
The TRA
The Department of Education provides a Textbook and Resource Allowance (TRA) to assist parents with the cost of textbooks and other education resources including Skill Development and Certificate Courses preparation and delivery for all Years 7 to 12 students.
TRA will now be applied to reduce the cost of participation, thus the School Offer you receive will be the full cost of participation in the School Offer excluding the TRA granted to the school via our departmental budget.
School Performance Followup
All students attended the school performance yesterday "All Around The World" in good faith with the request that families follow through payment as soon as possible to assist with payment to the Schools Performance Team.
Cashless School
Your assistance with payments through the school bank account using your young persons name and program name to identify payment or through the use of BPoint as shown on the bottom of invoices will assist us with reducing cash onsite and therefore reducing financial risk.
To deposit directly into school bank account:
BSB: 064-430
Account Number: 00090761
Reference: Student name and program name e.g. C Hope Offer
Example of BPoint payment option (only to be used when an invoice has been issued):
Covid Guidelines Weekly Updates
Stop the Spread of COVID-19Maintaining 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.
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) in these continuing concerning times.
P&C Container Refund & Recycling Scheme
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.
Scouts recycling partner have dontated one Hundred percent of the donations go to our P&C Association.
- 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: Steve Dowlan
Heads of Personalised Learning:
Bree Nairn & Danielle Turner
Senior School Pedagogical Leader: Laine East
Administration Team:
Business Manager: Samantha Kilpatrick
Admin Officer: Lorraine Yorke
Admin Officer: Belinda Chisnall
Current P&C Executive:
President: Mel Colenso
Vice President: Anne Conroy
Secretary: Karen Lee
Treasurer: Deborah Hopkin
Current P&C Voluntary Roles
Uniforms: Coordinator: Toni Sarten
Fundraising Team:
Jo Benjamin
Jaime Morris
Jody Mcfarlane
Michelle Jensen
QCPCA Representative:Alison Atkinson
Project Planning & Grants Officer : Maurie Rowe
Community Partnership Role
My Time Coordinator: Anne Conroy
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