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12 February 201612 February 2016

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESKWelcome to the first formal newsletter for 2016. Welcome tooto the more than 300 new students who have started here thisyear; 261 year 7s and about 80 who have joined across everyother year level @ISH. We also have 18 new members of staff.

Our newsletters keep you up to date with recent events andsuccesses as well as preparing you for those just around thecorner. School photos take place next Tuesday for example,and this will be a formal uniform day.

The start of any year is a mixture of emotions, and this yearwas no different as the school community struggled to come toterms with the drowning death of one of our year 12 students,Duncan Wilmott.

This is not the forum to go into details, and I’m sure most youwill be aware of the story. A significant representative group ofhis friends, teachers and other school leaders will be attendinghis funeral on Friday, and I would like to commend the wholecommunity for the support they have provided his family, andthe way in which this terrible situation was managed,particularly at school.

New families are invited to a Welcome Evening next Tuesday,and those with students in Year 11 and 12 should also attendon Wednesday Evening to prepare themselves to work inpartnership with the school as their students head into theSenior phase of learning.

Here @ISH you will hear and read a lot about partnerships,and Community Engagement is one of the three pillars of theschool’s strategic plan for this year – the others are Readingand Quality Teaching. More about this in subsequentnewsletters.

Thank you for being part of our community for 2016. I lookforward to meeting you in due course. I am on leave for the next

fortnight, returning on Monday, 29 February. While I am away,Michelle Campbell will be Acting Principal.

Simon RileyPrincipal

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING?

Active Volunteering students assist orphans

The SAAVI Active Volunteering students recently helped with abulk mail out of over 400 letters to assist International ChinaConcern!

Cert l in Community Services class

The year 10 Cert l in Community Services class has beeninvestigating working with children!

Safe Parking Program

Welcome back students, families and staff. I trust you allenjoyed your time off and are excited for the new year thatlays ahead. This week Ipswich City Council and the QueenslandPolice Service have come together to launch the ‘Safe ParkingProgram’. Over the coming weeks I will be working with a

compliance officer from the Ipswich City Council. We will bea visible presence out and around the school during thedesignated school traffic zone times, during these times wewill be educating drivers on how to keep our children safeduring the drop off and pick up times. I look forward to workingwith you this year. If you have any questions please come andapproach us and say hi.

In the meantime, please do not enter the school grounds fromHunter Street to drop off or collect your children unless youhave a disabled permit. Use the Vogel Road entry in themornings, and park on the road in the afternoons. It’s muchsafer!

CheersSenior Constable Storm

Dance

Congratulations to our Certificate I and II Dance Students whoparticipated in an intense Hip Hop Workshop on Friday 5thFebruary with MnB Entertainment. The students workedextremely hard during the workshop and enjoyed the newroutine which will be part of our Senior High PerformanceTeam’s routine. Keep up the excellent work!

Congratulations to Erin Nobel and Brock Major who are ourSmart Dancers for this week. Their hard work, kindness andrepresentation of the SMART Dancer attributes have beennoticed and will receive an exciting dance prize. Well done andstay tuned for next week’s recipients.

UPCOMING EVENTS

School Photos are 16th February 2016

Would you like to host a Japanese Student?

If you wish to host a Japanese student and engage in learningor enhancing language skills from 11 March to 24 March,please see Miss Walsh in F Block for more details.

School Immunisations 2016

Parents – Please note that Year 7 and Year 8 will be receivingImmunisations this year. Immunisation forms have beendistributed to your child, can you please complete in full andsign all forms even if you do not wish your child to receive theimmunisations. I f you did not receive a form please get yourchild to collect forms from Student Services. Completed formshave to be returned to no later than 26th February, 2016.

Dates and Immunisation being given this year are as follows:

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.

• Thursday 10th March – HPV 1st dose and Boostrix

• Thursday 26th May - HPV 2nd dose and Chickenpox( This date has been re-scheduled from 12th May)

• Thursday 13th October – HPV 3rd dose

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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.

ISHS P & C AssociationAt our last P&C meeting the P&C discussed the parentcontribution we ask families to contribute.

We understand that finding even $25 per family can be difficulton the tight budgets most of us are on. So, instead we ask thatyou find just $5 per term and contribute it toward the P&C.With approximately 800 families in the school that’s $4000 perterm to help pay for extras.

DATES TO REMEMBER

16THFEBRUARY

SCHOOL PHOTOS

16THFEBRUARY

YEAR 7 WELCOME EVENING

17THFEBRUARY

SENIOR PATHWAYS INFO EVENING

22NDFEBRUARY

P & C MEETING

4TH MARCH SCHOOL LEADERS INDUCTIONCEREMONY

10th MARCH IMMUNISATIONS YEAR 7 & 8

14TH – 16THMARCH

YEAR 7 & 8 CAMP

COMMUNITY NEWSSACRAMENTAL PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST RITE OFPENANCE: The Ipswich Catholic Community invites baptisedchildren and youth (10 years and older) to celebrate theSacrament of Penance. The program will commence with aParent Information Evening on Thursday, 18th February at7.00pm in the foyer of St.Mary’s Primary School HALL, MarySt, Ipswich. This will be followed by two Parent and Childsessions. The Sacrament will then be celebrated on Tuesday,8th March. For more information and to register, please contactthe Ipswich Catholic Community Parish Office on 3281 2133.

SACRAMENTS OF CONFIRMATION AND FIRST HOLYCOMMUNION: Late last year Archbishop Coleridge launched a

revised policy covering the celebration of Baptism, Confirmationand Holy Communion. In this newly revised policy children fromthe age of 8 years (year 3) will be prepared for the Sacrament ofConfirmation only and when they are 9 years of age (year 4) willcelebrate their First Holy Communion. The children, before theycelebrate their first Holy Communion, will celebrate a modified2nd Rite of Reconciliation appropriate to their age, and whenthey have turned 10 will be invited to celebrate their First Riteof Penance. Therefore, this year in the Ipswich CatholicCommunity, the children who are 8 years and over will beinvited to enrol in preparation for Confirmation only (more detailslater). For a more detailed explanation of this process copies ofthe revised policy are available at the doors of the Church.

Are you storm, flood and disaster ready?

On Saturday 13 February 2016 at the IpswichShowgrounds Emergency Services and Disaster Agency

Displays will be exhibited to provide the Ipswichcommunity with vital information to ensure you and your

family are safe this storm season.

Please view the attached flyer for further information

FREE ENTRY

For further information contact www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/emergency

Female football (soccer) trials

Western Pride Football Club is looking for sport loving girlsaged 10 to 13 years to represent the Ipswich region in football(soccer). The club invites girls who have some footballexperience and were born in 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2006 to tryout for Pride’s U10/11 and U12/13 Girls. Please register yourinterest by sending an email to the club’s Technical Director attd@westernpridefc.com.au and come along to training any timein February to show your skills to our female coaches. Girls whowere born in 2003 and 2004 (U12/13) train on Monday andWednesday at 5:30pm, girls who were born in 2005 and 2006(U10/11) train on Tuesday and Thursday at 5:00pm. More infoabout the club: www.westernpridefc.com.au

Blackstone United Dragons

Come and sign up to play soccer with the Blackstone UnitedDragons in 2016! It’s a great way to exercise, have fun andmake new friends. Blackstone United Dragon’s have teams forthose aged 5 and upwards. All games are played on Saturday.Details can be found on our website http://blackstonesc.org/club/

Sign on day: Saturday 13 February between 8am and11:00amAddress: Blackstone Soccer Field, 6 Thomas Street,Blackstone.

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