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- What's on at Mudgee?
- News from Junior Secondary 5
- Senior School News
- Senior School - Parent Information Session
- Harmony Day and Bullying No Way Day
- Week 10 Sound of the Week
- Positive Behaviour for Learning
- Positive Behaviour for Learning Celebration
- P& C Life Membership Award
- Chappy Chat
- P&C 2021 & EOI Grants Coordinator
- MyTime
- Year 7 & Year 10 School Vaccinations Happening Soon!
- School Banking
- Next Steps Survey for 2020 School Leavers
- School Offer Contributions
- Afford - Teen Camp
- Suppliers for Swimming & General Incontinence Aids
- Free Wildlife Adventure! Fleays Wildlife Park TEENAGE ADVENTURE CAMPS
- Covid Guidelines Weekly Updates
- P&C Container Refund & Recycling Scheme
- Communication at Mudgee
- Contact Us
The formalisation of our 2021 P&C Executive engages our endeavours of including community voice and our transparent and accountable commitment to our students and their learning. We are pleased to announce the continuation of these members that have INVESTED their commitment of the school community's behalf to create a high performing school. I encourage you to connect with the members and consider joining our very committed team.
Regards
Colleen Hope
Principal
| Week | Event |
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Week 10 |
Monday: Whole School Assembly Monday: International Dance Day Wednesday: Easter Hat Parade Thursday: PBL Celebration: Community Helpers Thursday 1 April: Last day of school for Term 1 |
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Week 1 Term 2 |
Monday 19 April: First Day of Term 2 Thursday 22 April: Whole School Assembly - ANZAC Commemoration with Mudgeeraba RSL at 1.30 pm |
Today our school community recognised Harmony Day and Bullying No Way Day which had been postponed due the recent weather. Staff and students wore orange and engaged in activities within the classroom and as a school. Students responded to the question, "What do good friends do?" on their entry to school for a whole school chart writing process. Each classroom created a square of a collaborative art project which was pieced together by the Student Council. The afternoon ended with a group photograph and Friday Fest dance with some international songs.
During the week 10 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 of always trying for our personal best, whether this is connected reading, writing or communicating in general. Teachers will use student centred goals from the ICP or the bump it wall to encourage students to attempt new skills and try for their personal best work in all Key Learning Areas.
Parents can partner this learning at home by encouraging your young person to try for their personal best by making their bed each day, assisting with the recycling or any other household chore that your young person participates in. During the holidays they could try for their pesonal best in many aspects with house hold assistance and being a role model by demonstrating honest caring and respectful behaviour for their siblings.
Year 7 & Year 10 School Vaccinations Happening Soon!
Queensland Health’s annual School Immunisation Program provides secondary school students in state and non-state schools across Queensland the opportunity to be vaccinated against a range of diseases.
The following vaccines are offered for Year 7 students:
• Human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough)
The following vaccine is offered for Year 10 students:
• Meningococcal A, C, W and Y
The Gold Coast Public Health’s Immunisation team will be providing vaccinations to all Year 7 students on Monday 19 April 2021 (1st day of Term 2) and Monday 1 November 2021, and Year 10 students on Monday 19 April 2021.
You should have received an email from admin.immunisegc@health.qld.gov.au to the address you have nominated with the school (please check your junk mail folder). If you haven’t received this email you can contact Gold Coast Public Health’s immunisation team on 1800 940 750 or drop into the school office to collect a hard copy form.
2021 Next Step survey
The Queensland Government is conducting its annual statewide survey of all students who completed Year 12 in 2020. The Next Step survey is a brief, confidential survey that gains a comprehensive picture of the employment, study and life choices made by Queensland school completers in the year after they finish Year 12.
Between April and June, all our students who completed Year 12 last year can expect to receive instructions to complete a web-based survey or a telephone call from the Queensland Government Statistician’s Office. Please encourage them to take part. If their contact details have changed, please assist the interviewer with their updated details or forward the survey to their new address so they can participate.
Thank you for your support of the Next Step survey in 2021.
Further information on Next Step, including results from previous years, is available online at www.qld.gov.au/nextstep or on toll free telephone 1800 068 587.
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):
Families we have had request for suppliers of general and swimming incontinence aids. We hope you find this list useful to support your young person or elderly person.
Independence Australia
Tel: 1300 788 855
https://store.independenceaustralia.com/continence-aids/swimwear
Brightsky Australia
Tel: 1300 886 601
Conni
Tel: 1300 721 710
https://shop.conni.com.au/conni-containment-swim-shorts
Night n Day Comfort
Tel: (02) 9531 2011
https://nightnday.com.au/collections/all/incontinence-swimwear
Theraquatics
Tel: (07) 3865 4420
https://www.theraquatics.com.au/browse/browse.asp?DeptID=161&CatID=1085
Eenee
Tel: (03) 6225 3457
https://www.eenee.com/contents/en-us/d56_swimmers-incontinence-bathers.html
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.
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.
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.
Celebrations from Scouting Qld: Just a quick update on the RED BIN we swopped over earlier this month, there were x 1163 eligible recycle containers counted. Awesome effort by everyone !!!
PLEASE save your recyclables over the Easter Vacation and Holiday period.
- 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.
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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
2021 P&C Executive:
President: Mel Colenso
Vice President: Anne Conroy
Secretary: Karen Lee
Treasurer: Deborah Hopkin
2021 P&C Voluntary Roles
Uniform Coordinator: Toni Sarten
Fundraising Coordinator: Jaime Morris
QCPCA Representative:Alison Atkinson
Project Planning Coordinator: Maurie Rowe
Grants Coordinator: Vacancy
Community Partnership Role
My Time Coordinator: Anne Conroy
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