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Email:Email: the.principal@ipswichshs.eq.edu.auPhone:Phone: 07 3813 4488

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16 October 201516 October 2015

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESKThe term really started at a frenetic paceand we had a number of potentially seriousissues last week. All parents will havereceived a letter from me describing thelockdown which I put in place on Thursdayfollowing a credible report of an intruder.

In today’s environment schools cannotafford to be complacent about this sort of

information, and I would like to commend the behaviour of thestaff and students who reacted very quickly to what could havebeen a difficult situation. I de-briefed the whole school followingan immediate police response and a thorough search of thegrounds.

I now need to inform the community that following theirinterviews and subsequent enquiries the police havedetermined that the report was a deliberate hoax. I take thissort of silly, mindless action by students very seriously. I, andmy staff, cannot afford to gamble with your students’ safety butthe disruption caused by the irresponsible action of a couple ofstudents was considerable and could easily have created panicin the community.

On a much more positive note, the school has been presentedwith a number of awards recently.

The Young Families’ Connect program, previously known asthe Parent and Pregnanting Program has been recognised withboth the Regional and State Child Safety Week Awards; theScience Faculty of the school and particularly their work withthe Western STEM project has been recognised by the PeterDoherty Science School of the Year Award; and the staffWellness program, led by Jenny Shard, is one of only two inschools across the state which has been given a Silver statusby the Queensland Department of Health’s Healthier. Happier.Workplaces initiative.

Enrolments continue to roll in, but we are approaching ourcapacity for year 7 next year, so if you live in the catchment youmust book now for an enrolment session so that I am able tocreate an effective timetable and manage the school resources.

Thank you for trusting us with the education of your child.Please remember that we are only one part of this partnership,and you are the other. Please make sure your child attendsevery day, on time, in uniform and with the necessaryequipment to do their work.

If you were a carpenter you wouldn’t turn up for work in flip flopsand without your tools; if you were a chef you wouldn’t leaveyour knives at home; if you were a doctor you wouldn’t forgetyour stethoscope. Your students need proper equipment too.

Simon RileyPrincipal

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING?

Our students experiencing the World of Work

Super Hornets Badges

Congratulations to the following students that have obtained aCertificate I in Retail Services.

Rachael Langlands

Reshuan Kinnaird

Thomas Karrasch

Monica Garang

Melissa Smith

Phoebe Maclean

Hannah Cripps

Elizabeth Bentley

Brian Burton

Tyson Bartlett

Taylar Dureau

Rhiannon Lene

Laura Brown-Carrington

Jordan Erihe

Morgan McKerrow

Mayah Lawson

Niall Rankin

Nikita Stenner

Allyssa Sygrove

Congratulations to the following students that have obtained aCertificate I in Core Skills for Employment and Training.

Luke Geary James Neller

The following students have obtained a Certificate II in eitherRetail Services, Tourism or Workplace Practices.

Jackson McKittrick

Katherine Yeates

Sophie Brooks

Melissa Ohsorge

Melanie Mulloy

Jackson Dove

Cody Wensley

Phoenix Harvey

Courtney McKerihan

Molly Mackay

Chloe Christensen-Bake

We would like to celebrate the success of a number of year 8and 11 English students who achieved great results in the ICAStest last term. They were tested on their English knowledge andskills and competed against other students across the country.Today we acknowledge the outstanding achievers in both years8 and 11.

The following students achieved the highest award, which is aCertificate of Distinction and a maroon academic badge.

The following students also received an outstanding level ofachievement and were awarded a Certificate of Credit. Thesestudents received a certificate and a blue academic badge.

The next group of students achieved a Certificate of Merit in thesame competition and were presented with certificates.

At the end of last term, the school hosted MultiFest- a culturalfestival celebrating cultural performing arts. Congratulations toall of the participants for their outstanding performances on theday.

We would like to acknowledge the work of some of ourstudents behind the scenes. The following students volunteeredtheir time to cater for the event, making coffee, preparing foodand serving lunch for our invited guests, who praised theirexceptional work effort and professional conduct. Theyreceived a blue community badge.

Congratulations also to Reuben Mills in year 7 who currentlyhas a piece of work being exhibited in the Ipswich Art Galleryas part of their Mental Health Week exhibition. Reuben waspresented with a blue cultural badge for this achievement.

• Sara Fishburn

• Isabella Rankin

• Aidan Corrigan and

• Lachlan Doman

• Dakota Moore

• Flynn Roberts

• Emerson Small

• Maddison Bailey

• Kylan Finch

• Molly MacDonald

• Oliver Goodwin

• Connor Beck

• Halle Miller

• Carla Neilsen

• Amerbel Mallard

• Ben Willet

• Jamie Bottriell

• Laura Smith

• Leah Scott

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The school has had a number of great sporting achievementsin the past few weeks that we would like to acknowledge inour badge presentations. The first is to Fesilia Nelu in year 7who has successfully made the Queensland netball team. Shereceived a gold sporting badge.

Our next sporting achievements were made from the sideline,in the form of a giant shark and jet pilot. For the entire lengthof the 2015 football season, year 12 students Travis Finn andWilliam Sampson have played ‘Jimmy Jet’ the Jets mascot,entertaining the crowd at Jets home games. Over the holidays,the boys were invited to play Jimmy Jet and a Shark mascotat Suncorp Stadium at the Intrust Super Cup grand final game.They impressed the organisers so much, they were invited toreturn next year to don the State of Origin mascot costumes.These boys received blue community badge.

WHAT’S NEW

Do you want to keep up with your child’sassessment at school??

All students have access to their personalised assessmentplanners via the one school webpage.

https://oslp.eq.edu.au/

Click on the above link or cut and paste it into your webbrowser. Your student then needs to login using the schoolaccount.

The following home screen will appear.

From the drop down menu select “student course planner”

Select 2015 Semester 2 and assessment.

Click generate report and your student’s assessment plannerwill appear.

UPCOMING EVENTS

ISHS Showcase and Subject Selection evening

On Tuesday 20th October ISHS will be hosting a SchoolShowcase and Subject Selection evening for all students goinginto year 7, 2016.

An Enrolment Session will be held on this day 20th October,2015 @ 3.30pm. Booking are essential. Please call 38134488.

Information stalls and the subject selection process will beoperating in the hall and library from 4-7pm. Students and theirfamilies can attend at any stage during this time.

For your convenience, the Finance Department and UniformShop will be available to take payment for school and subjectfees.

ENROLMENT SESSIONS for 2016

The Ipswich State High School is now takingEnrolments for Year 7 in 2016.

Sessions will always be held on the last Tuesday of each monthat 3:30pm in the Resource Centre at Ipswich State HighSchool. Other sessions will be scheduled according to need. Ifyou are interested in attending an Enrolment Session can youplease contact the school on 3813 4488 to register your namealong with your child’s name and the Tuesday of your choice.

Next sessions are Tuesday, 20th October @ 3.30pm.

Parents are required to bring a copy of their student’s latestschool report and their birth certificate. Please note if there isany legal documentation can you please bring this along on theafternoon.

Families enrolling from state primary schools will be providedwith a pre-populated enrolment form on attendance providedthey have registered in advance. This will save time and helpstreamline our procedure.

Please note:- The school is now only able to guaranteeenrolment to those families living within our designatedcatchment area. You will need to provide evidence confirmingyour address at the time of enrolment – this could include arates notice, electricity bill.

Those families living outside the catchment will be placed on awaiting list, and their enrolment will be confirmed during Term 4.A non-refundable enrolment fee of $20 is required in this case.

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STUDENT PAYMENTS

2016 Student Resource Scheme Fee

The SRS fee of $250 has been approved by the P & C. Thepayment due dates are as follows:-

Yearly due 20th November 2015 $250Term 1 due 20th November 2015 $85Term 2 due 11th March 2016 $85Term 3 due 10th June 2016 $80

Specialist subject fees – Student Resource Scheme fees areto be paid in full and the subject fee paid in full prior tocommencement of the subject.

Invoices for the 2016 school fees have been issued earlier togive parents the opportunity to forward plan and budget fortheir student’s school fees. We are now accepting paymentsfrom our parents.

Student payments being made via Direct Deposit-pleaseremember to use your student’s EQ ID# as the reference forpayment (this can be found at the top of your student’stimetable) and an abbreviation of what the payment is for.

Eg. 1212121212V SRS

Some abbreviations that may be useful are:

Abbreviation Short For

SRS Student Resource Scheme (school fees)

Camp School year level camps

Please note payments made via direct deposit may take upto 48hrs to be shown as a deposit into the school’s bankaccount- a receipt of this payment cannot be generated to yourstudent’s account until this payment has been verified throughthe school’s bank account.

School Invoice Payments (only)

What is BPoint?

BPoint is a new online payment facility which can be accessedby customers and parents via weblink,https://www.bpoint.com.au/Payments/dete. This link is on thebottom of invoices.

Payments made through BPoint require a valid invoicenumber and customer reference number (CRN) which arelocated on the bottom left hand side of our school invoices andstatements. It is important that this information is provided sothat the payment will be automatically matched to the invoice.

DATES TO REMEMBER

19thOCTOBER

PUPIL FREE DAY

20th October SCHOOL SHOWCASE & ENROLMENTSESSION

20THOCTOBER

YEAR 9 & 10 HISTORY EXCURSION

28THOCTOBER

SPORTS AWARDS NIGHT

4THNOVEMBER

AWARDS NIGHT

17THNOVEMBER

YEAR 12 FORMAL

20thNOVEMBER

2016 SCHOOL FEES DUE

Parenting Ideas

(Building Parent-School Partnerships)

Subject selection

By Lakshmi Singh

Subject selection, career direction and planning for the futurecan put pressure on secondary students. Lakshmi Singhoutlines a step-by-step approach to making this process asstress-free as possible.

Subject selection, career direction and planning for the futureare all hot topics in high school kids’ lives at this time of year.

Understanding interest areas, strategically planning how manysubjects to study, keeping an eye on current industry trends,while listening to advice from family and friends, may all seemlike an overwhelming amount of information to take on.However, with the right support, a bit of confidence andinstilling trust in their own reasoning, the decision makingprocess doesn’t have to be painful for high school students.

The Parent Trap?

Parents always want what’s best for their kids, however, it isimportant that parents stick to their role as advisors and allowkids some space in this regard, says Dr. John Taccori, CareersCounsellor from www.careersdoctor.net.

Instead of making decisions for them, parents should letchildren “own their decisions” and not overly try to influencetheir child with their beliefs and prejudices, he says.

Using the school’s resources

It is worthwhile taking a three-pronged approach to seekingout information about the subject selection process, advises Dr.Taccori.

“Firstly, attend the subject selection evening at your child'sschool.”

“Secondly, make an appointment (for the child and parent) tosee the school's career advisor. Have a list of questions youwould like to ask.”

It doesn’t matter if the aim is to just clarify a career paththey’ve already chosen and running the chosen subjects by asvalidation or if the conversation takes on a more “I have no ideawhat I want to do” tone.

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Finally, the child should discuss with specific subject teachersto gain insight into the course they would like to do.

Other sources of information

Several publications, outlets and services now exist specificallyto help guide students navigate the subject selection period.

Books such as the UAC guide, portals like the MyFuturewebsite and services and events like career expos and privatecareer advisory practices allow students to explore options,express concerns, seek guidance and even get a taste of whattheir future career could look like.

Interest areas

It should come as no surprise that a child’s interest in aparticular subject will and should influence what they choose.Even if they don’t seem themselves as having a career in thatarea, they should still pursue it, says Dr. Taccori.

Complementary and necessary subject areas that are related totheir career intentions also need to be considered, he adds.

Strategy

Strategy plays a big role in children selecting what subject theyare going to do and how many they are willing to take on, saysDr. Taccori.

“We know that if a child loves a particular subject and does it,then they are most likely going to get much better grades thanif they did a subject they hated.”

Similarly, choosing to do different subjects to cover of allallotted units of study during Years 11 and 12 may beconsidered a good insurance policy for some.

Or having done a subject that incorporates VocationalEducation Training (VET) may mean doors to certainapprenticeships are open, allowing for more to choose from.

Taking the plunge

It is important to consider different information sources and theadvice from teachers, parents, careers advisors and peers, butDr. Taccori says, above all, students should listen to their owninner voice of reason.

There is no such thing as a wrong subject choice.

COMMUNITY NEWS

BICYCLE IDENTIFICATION CARD

Thousands of stolen bicycles are recovered by police everyyear. Most owners never see their bikes again simply becausethe owner cannot be located. Report bicycle thefts to the policeregardless of the value of the bike and provide the details thatyou have recorded.

Notice of Maintenance Works - Hancock BridgeBrassall

Ipswich City Council's Infrastructure Services Department willshortly commence work in your area involving maintenanceworks on Hancock Bridge. Work is expected to commence

on Monday, 14 September 2015 and is scheduled to takeapproximately 5 months to complete, weather permitting.

Hancock Bridge is a crucial part of the road network beingthe main link between the North Western suburbs of Ipswichand the Ipswich CBD. These maintenance works will preventthe bridge from further deteriorating by improving the bridge'sstructural integrity, restoring flexibility and limiting water entry tocritical elements.

During this period some night works will need to take placeto minimise delays to traffic during day time periods. Councilanticipates that night works will occur between the hours of4:00pm and 5:00am on some weekdays. This could mean forlocal residents a potential increase in noise during these times.Council will endeavour to manage the impact of noise levels asmuch as possible during these periods.

These maintenance activities may also affect residents/businesses in the following ways:-

The Project Manager for these works is Derek Durocher. Pleasedirect any enquiries to Council's Customer Call Centre on 073810 6666 at any time. As the completed works will be ofbenefit to residents/business and the community at large, yourco-operation and patience will be greatly appreciated.

• Periodic traffic restrictions across Hancock Bridge toallow the work to be completed safely.

• Full bridge closures will be restricted only for setperiods of time outside of peak use.

• Variable Message Sign Boards will be used to notifythe public prior to closures taking place. Trafficdiversions will be in place during these times andCouncil encourages all residents and businesses touse these alternative routes.

• Minor increase in noise with machinery movementand associated works.

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