Our House Connect Oct 2021 V2
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OUR HOUSE Springwood State High School Newsletter PAGE 1 OCTOBER 2021 ISSUE 2.1 Our Year 11 and 12 senior students are now well into their exam block. Senior students have been sent home with permission forms to be signed if they wish to stay home or return home after exams. These forms need to be returned to administration asap. Supervision will be available for students wishing to engage in independent study. Term 4 is always a busy time of the year for students, families and our school. We started the term off with our PBL Rewards Day with fun times spent at bowling. It was such a lovely way to recognise excellence in student effort and behaviour. After being cancelled for COVID restrictions several times, it was terrific to be able to go. Students are to be commended on their manners, behaviour and dress and appearance on the day, as well as their bowling skills! We are looking forward to celebrating more of our students’ successes over the coming weeks as we head into our Graduation and Awards Ceremonies. Our Personalised Learning Plan (PLP) meetings and parent and teacher interviews are being held next week. We are excited to be building on our Culture of Care and focus on student effort and voice. Our PLP meetings are being run with all Year 7 and 11 students and their parents. Each family are to book an appointment to jointly set goals for the their child’s learning with our teachers. In 2022, we will be holding PLP meetings for all students. Parent teacher interviews are available during PLP day for students in Years 8, 9 and 10. Our normal SOBS booking system will be used for both PLP meetings and interviews. Parents will have received an email with the information letter on Friday. Please note, students are learning from home on this day, 9 November 2021. Students at school will be placed in tutorial groups to work on their learning from home materials. Our strategic planning for 2021 is well underway with a focus on progressing our 21st century teaching and learning next year. Our commitment to Fullan’s New Pedagogies for Deep Learning as our educational research base is providing a guiding lens to our next steps in making learning engaging for our students. We are committed to listening to and catering for our students’ interests, abilities, voice and choices to design curriculum programs students are interested in. More exciting announcements about advancements in our deep learning, inquiry focused curriculum, and teaching and learning will be announced by our students at our Awards Ceremony. Enrolment Interviews are now being held for Year 7 in 2022. If you haven't already enrolled your current Year 6 student into Year 7 at SSHS for next year, please contact our Enrolments Officer - Lisa - via email - [email protected] to confirm your details. Students are still required to wear masks in classrooms unless seated or can maintain 1.5m to physical distance. These are government directions and we are obliged to follow the directives of the Department. We thank parents/carers for ensuring your child has a mask each day for school. All students received their SSHS fabric mask last term. Surgical masks are available from the student reception as back-up option for $1.00. We are excited to release our school video this week. Keep an eye on Facebook and our website as we showcase our students and the wonderful programs on offer in our school. We are looking forward to seeing as many families as possible on the 9th of November and then again at Graduation and Awards Ceremonies on the 19th of November. - Ms Melanie Harth
Transcript of Our House Connect Oct 2021 V2
OUR HOUSESpringwood State High School Newsletter
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O C T O B E R 2 0 2 1 I S S U E 2 . 1
Our Year 11 and 12 senior students are now well into their
exam block. Senior students have been sent home with
permission forms to be signed if they wish to stay home or
return home after exams. These forms need to be returned
to administration asap. Supervision will be available for
students wishing to engage in independent study.
Term 4 is always a busy time of the year for students,
families and our school. We started the term off with our
PBL Rewards Day with fun times spent at bowling. It was
such a lovely way to recognise excellence in student effort
and behaviour. After being cancelled for COVID
restrictions several times, it was terrific to be able to go.
Students are to be commended on their manners,
behaviour and dress and appearance on the day, as well
as their bowling skills! We are looking forward to
celebrating more of our students’ successes over the
coming weeks as we head into our Graduation and
Awards Ceremonies.
Our Personalised Learning Plan (PLP) meetings and
parent and teacher interviews are being held next week.
We are excited to be building on our Culture of Care and
focus on student effort and voice. Our PLP meetings are
being run with all Year 7 and 11 students and their parents.
Each family are to book an appointment to jointly set
goals for the their child’s learning with our teachers. In
2022, we will be holding PLP meetings for all students.
Parent teacher interviews are available during PLP day
for students in Years 8, 9 and 10. Our normal SOBS
booking system will be used for both PLP meetings and
interviews. Parents will have received an email with the
information letter on Friday. Please note, students are
learning from home on this day, 9 November 2021.
Students at school will be placed in tutorial groups to work
on their learning from home materials.
Our strategic planning for 2021 is well underway with a focus
on progressing our 21st century teaching and learning next
year. Our commitment to Fullan’s New Pedagogies for Deep
Learning as our educational research base is providing a
guiding lens to our next steps in making learning engaging for
our students. We are committed to listening to and catering for
our students’ interests, abilities, voice and choices to design
curriculum programs students are interested in. More exciting
announcements about advancements in our deep learning,
inquiry focused curriculum, and teaching and learning will be
announced by our students at our Awards Ceremony.
Enrolment Interviews are now being held for Year 7 in 2022. If you haven't already enrolled your current Year 6 student
into Year 7 at SSHS for next year, please contact our Enrolments Officer - Lisa - via email -
[email protected] to confirm your details.
Students are still required to wear masks in classrooms unless seated or can maintain 1.5m to physical distance. These are
government directions and we are obliged to follow the directives of the Department. We thank parents/carers for ensuring
your child has a mask each day for school. All students received their SSHS fabric mask last term. Surgical masks are
available from the student reception as back-up option for $1.00.
We are excited to release our schoolvideo this week. Keep an eye onFacebook and our website as weshowcase our students and thewonderful programs on offer in ourschool.
We are looking forward to seeing as many families as possible
on the 9th of November and then again at Graduation and
Awards Ceremonies on the 19th of November.
- Ms Melanie Harth
Year 12 Formal - Sirromet Winery
Arriving in style...
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Year 12 Formal is the much anticipated event for the year for the graduating class. This year's plans were again thrown intochaos with Covid19 and a last-minute availability at Sirromet Winery saved the day (or night in this case)
Some creative arrival options were on show on the night,lots of fancy cars and some more unique displays of
transport.
Softball - Coby W represented the U18QLD and has now gone on to become amember of the Australian DevelopmentSquad. Good luck and congratulations!
Sporting superstars!!
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Futsal - Zac N andZak B areattending the MetroEast RegionalTrials - wish themluck for Regionalselection!
Basketball - Our Year 12's broughthome a Bronze medal from theBasketball School Championships.
Boys Volleyball - our Senior Boys'team had great success at theVolleyball Schools Cup Tournament,earning a bronze medal.
Creative MindsYear 10 Visual Arts students have beenworking on "altered books" - creatingnew artwork from an existing book. Some themes explored include concernsfor climate change, homelessness andisolation due to the pandemic.
ONLINE ORDERING Available now from www.schoolshoponline.net.au
Questions or concerns can be emailed to the P&C at
P&C NEWS
DATE KEEPERS
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CONNECT WITH US...Phone - 07 3380 6111
Email - [email protected]
Follow us on Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/springwoodshsqld
UNIFORM SHOPONLINE ORDERING
Available now from www.schoolshoponline.net.au
STORM CAFEOPEN HOURS
Breakfast from 7:00am - 8:20amFirst Break - 11:00am
Second Break - 12:50pmThe uniform shop has taken up residency in D block -
just up from Administration.
Open for fittings and shop access on
Mondays 7.30am - 9am
Online ordering available every day.
Collection from Student Reception in Administration
during first break on
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.
Term 4
Year 12 External Exam Block (week 4, 5, 6 & 7) - 25 October - 16 November
Year 11 Exam Block (week 5 & 6) - 1 November - 12 November
Year 12 Alternate Program - 17 & 18 November
Year 12 Graduation Ceremony - Friday 19 November
Awards Ceremony Years 7 - 11 (by invitation) - Friday 19 November
Year 12 FINAL DAY - Friday 19 November
P&C Meeting FINAL 2021 - Tuesday 23 November
Year 10 & 11 FINAL DAY - 26 November
Year 7 (2022) Transition Day - Thursday 2 December
Year 7, 8, 9 FINAL DAY - 10 December
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