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March 2015
Volume 2
Newsletter
From the Principal
MARCH:
Dear all
The year is now well underway with the focus well and truly on teaching and learning. It has been
wonderful to see some of the rich learning experiences recently in our classrooms making a
difference to our students. Also over recent weeks, there has been some significant school events
that brought the whole school community together, and undoubtedly left a positive impact on all
of us.
Firstly, thanks and well done to Terry Mahoney and the HPE staff for recently coordinating a
successful swimming carnival at the Cleveland pool. The day was certainly a colourful and
enjoyable one with school and house spirit well and truly alive. Following on from this event, we
had many students represent our school with pride and commitment at the District Carnival.
Secondly thank you to Karen Conningham and Kim Paulson for coordinating a special leadership
and acknowledgment of Quandamooka Country and Indigenous art work ceremony a few weeks
ago. This ceremony exemplified the importance of inclusiveness and leadership, for any
organisation to be highly effective and successful.
Finally, thank you to Samantha Carr and Grant Stephensen for their organisation of, and
commitment to our youngsters at the year 8 camp that took place at the Sunshine Coast this
week. Together with a great team of teachers, our students had a wonderful time and have
brought back some fabulous memories, learning experiences and newly built friendships. All of
these events take an enormous amount of work behind the scenes to ensure both staff and
students have a memorable experience – so thank you to everyone involved in all activities over
the past month.
On the school community front, I would like to thank all parents of our new year 7 and 8 students
who took up the invitation to attend afternoon tea a few weeks ago to meet the teachers and
leadership team that work closely with each student. This was an opportunity for us as a staff to
connect with our new parents and provide them with first hand insight to whole school and
individual department expectations, so that we can forge positive relationships and work together.
The feedback from parents was positive and I look forward to more events like this in future
months with parents of other year levels.
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From the Principal
Reading chart
WPSHS Policies
Reading at Wello
Junior Secondary Literacy and Numeracy
Senior Schooling News
Welcome Yr 7s
Successful 7s
From the Guidance Officer
Sport Update
Social Media at WPSHS
Dance Troupe
Yr10 Art Excursion
Talent Quest
Encore News
Literacy at home
Titans 4 Tomorrow Girls Academy
Finally, last week I had the opportunity
to attend the State Principals’
Conference at the Brisbane Convention
Centre. These conferences traditionally
operate every two years and bring
together primary and secondary
principals across the state to provide
valuable professional learning that
contributes to the effective functioning
of schools. The theme this year was 'A
great school has a great school down
the road - Collaborate, Innovate,
Elevate'. This fits in nicely with our
current agenda to elevate Wellington
Point State High school in status
through
innovation,
a
high
expectations culture and working
closely with our feeder primary
schools. The research provided at this
conference will contribute to our
discussions on how as a school we can
continue to improve to ensure growth
and provide quality education to our
students.
BASE
Canteen News
Adverts (pgs 11/12)
Sue Dalton
Principal
School Camps
Yr7—25th to 27th
Immunisation
Yr 8 & 10 (round 1) - 9th
Talent Quest
Evening—11th
Sport
Cross Country—13th
Schools’ Touch League—30th
Inter School Sport
Summer Jnr—Tuesdays
Summer Snr—Wednesdays
Summer Yr7—Thursdays
Excursion
Yr11 Aerospace—12th
Encore Art—18th
Exams
Yr11 block exams— 20, 23, 24
Yr12 block exams—23,24
Term break 3-19 April
APRIL (from 20th):
Sport
Cross-Country Carnival—24th
Inter School Sport
Summer Jnr—Tuesdays
Summer Snr—Wednesdays
Summer Yr7—Thursdays
Rehearsals
Encore actors @ RPAC 21-24th
Assembly
ANZAC Assembly
OTHER:
P&C - AGM—10th March
Newsletter # 3— 1 April
For up-to-date calendar
information go to
www.wellpoinshs.eq.edu.au >
Calendar and news > Events
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Office hours: 8am—4pm
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WPSHS POLICIES
UNIFORM POLICY
It is mandatory that
all
students
Wellingto n
State
wear
Po int
High
the
at
School
approved
uniform as per the
uniform code.
CODE OF BEHAVIOUR
Work with pride
Punctuality
Social courtesy
Honesty and trust
Self discipline
ATTENDANCE
Student attendance is imperative to
enable them the very best opportunity
to learn, continually improve and
achieve. It is attendance and
commitment, that also enables positive
relationships with school staff to be
formed, that further enhances student
performance.
Rachel Gilberd —HOD Reading
What’s happening around Reading at Wello?
Every Child a Reader is a foundation belief at WPSHS. To promote positive reading behaviour, this year we have introduced a fortnightly Reading Focus; you
may have noticed it flashing on our sign on Birkdale Road. The focus is also in the student notices every day and explicitly taught in all subject areas when
reading a new text.
Our WPSHS Reading Strategies are based around the research and work of respected literacy expert, Sheena Cameron. The processes good readers go through
have been categorised into “Before Reading, During Reading and After Reading” strategies.
This fortnight our focus is on the “Before Reading” process of “Set a Purpose”. There are sentence starters and questions associated with each strategy, for
readers to use as a prompt. A copy of the table has been included opposite so you can also use this tool at home when reading with your child.
See table on page 2
Junior Secondary—Literacy and Numeracy —Mrs Fiona Intelisano, HOD Junior Secondary
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” Sir Richard Steele
In line with our core priorities of high expectations and excellent teaching and learning, the Junior Secondary school has put some amazing strategies and
programs in place to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of our students. Reading CAFÉ, Cars and Stars, Focus Literacy Intervention, Numeracy skill
sessions and focused reading lessons are some of our enhancement programs running in Term 1.
Staff, along with focused Literacy and Numeracy coaches will work on tracking student data, identifying skill gaps and designing targeted strategic plans for
improvement.
Student target groups have been selected from all abilities and classes to assist with the tracking and monitoring process.
Take the opportunity to get involved with your student’s learning, and encourage them to work on the literacy and numeracy tasks, booklets, and activities
that will come their way.
Senior Schooling News —Ms Kim Herholdt, HOD Senior Schooling
Welcome to all the new Seniors and to our new Year 12 cohort!! We have hit the ground running and have already participated in 2 days of the QCS Skilling
and Practice Test. This was very successful with a 100% attendance for both days and it was the day after the Year 12 activities at Kindilan, so well done Year
12s for a great start to your focus and dedication for 2015!!
Our first CTSC Certificate I Construction course has begun with 14 to 15 new contenders learning the basics of carpentry and construction with an Industrybased instructor working on projects around their school.
School based traineeships and apprenticeships are always on the go and are opportunities for our students to acquire a Certificate III and have practical
working experience with an employer as well as being paid for the work they do. It is also an opportunity for any parent/employers who are looking to train
young people into their business and there are Government incentives available to assist and encourage that involvement.
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Welcome Year 7s to Wellington Point State High School —Ms Penny Westcott, HOD
IT/eLearning
We have introduced a new subject, Digital Literacy, this year especially for our Year 7 students. They have two lessons per week for one semester in a
computer lab. By the end of the year all students will have completed the subject.
Students have just completed their first piece of assessment on Computer Basics.
During the semester, students will expect to cover the use of computers on a network, the Internet and Webmail, cyberbullying, digital citizenship, as well
as learning necessary skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These skills should give them an adequate foundation to cope with the demands of
their other subjects.
If you have any queries about the subject, please feel free to contact the Head of Department, eLearning, Ms Penny Westcott on 3820 4213.
R to L: Stephanie Marston, Lucy Gillies
L to R: Shaun Sharma, Richard Verhoeve,
Alex Ye, Ethan Nielsen
Successful 7s —Ms Lisa James (Yr7 Coordinator) and Ms Jan Drury (Guidance Officer)
Resilience is the ability to cope in times of stress or hardship.
In order to set up our wonderful Year 7 students with the skills to be as successful as possible, we will be looking to build their resilience. We all want what
is best for our children/students, though sometimes in our endeavour to help them, we take control of a situation, and make decisions, that are not always
in their best interest.
Michael Grose (Parenting Educator) talks of 7 resilience robbers that reduce a child’s development of resilience.
Each newsletter, we will look at a different ‘ROBBER’ that you can discuss at home. The year 7 teachers at school will try to reinforce the same ideas.
Together, we will look to build resilience and give all the students the best chance at success.
ROBBER 1- Fight all their battles for them
This should be the last resort not the first option. We want our children to have strategies that will help them manage difficult situations.
Solution: Give kids the skills and opportunity to develop their own resourcefulness. Remember there are always two sides to a story. Be the consultant not
the problem-solver.
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From the Guidance Officer —Ms Jan Drury (Guidance Officer and SWPBS Coach)
Tax File Numbers
A tax file number (TFN) is a unique nine digit number that the Australian Tax Office assigns to individuals and organisations for tax purposes. Students will
need a tax file number for full or part-time work (including apprenticeship/traineeships), as well as for TAFE or uni studies.
The Australian Tax Office decided last year that schools will no longer facilitate the Secondary Schools Tax File Number Program. To get a tax file number now,
students need to apply online with the Australian Tax Office and then need to have their identity verified through an interview at a participating Australia Post
Office. For more information on how to get a TFN see https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Ind/Apply-for-a-TFN-on-the-web. For info on proof of identity
documentation see: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Ind/Apply-for-a-TFN-on-the-web/?anchor=Proof_of_identity#Proof_of_identity
Students of any age can apply for a tax file number, however most wait until they are at least 13 years of age. This is when you can sign the form yourself, and
not have to get a parent to sign your form for you. See: https://www.ato.gov.au/Forms/TFN---application-for-individuals/?
anchor=whoshouldsignyourapp#whoshouldsignyourapp
It is never a good idea to leave this application to the last minute. All students in grades 10-12 should already have a tax file number – if you haven’t got one,
get on to it! I would expect the grade 9s to be applying this year.
Is your son/daughter an Australian citizen?
Australian citizens are able to access HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP programs to assist with the costs of future study at university and TAFE. Students who are not
Australian citizens may be faced with upfront fees for university studies. More information on the requirements of these programs can be found at
www.studyassist.gov.au .
New Zealand citizens were hoping for a legislation change that would allow them to access HECS-HELP in 2015. This has not yet occurred. For further
information see: http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/studyassist/helpfulresources/pages/faqs-nz
Non-Australian citizens may also face higher costs for TAFE studies. Please contact the individual TAFE colleges to ascertain this, prior to application. See:
TAFE Brisbane - http://tafebrisbane.edu.au/ ; TAFE Skillstech– http://tafeskillstech.edu.au/
Queensland Certificate of Education
Students in grades 11 and 12 have been reminded of the requirements for achieving their QCE by the end of yr12 over the last two weeks. The main points are
that students must pass all subjects and have limited subject changes. All students have been emailed this presentation. If parents wish to view this, students
should be able to access their student email accounts from home.
School-wide Positive Behaviour Support – SWPBS
Wellington Point SHS has been actively implementing the School-wide Positive Behaviour Support strategy since 2011.
SWPBS promotes and maximizes academic achievement and behavioural competence. It is a systematic approach for
implementing proactive school-wide discipline and is currently being implemented in many schools around Australia.
The purpose of SWPBS is to improve school climate and prevent student problem behaviours across all school settings.
Essential elements of SWPBS include:
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Building a culture within the whole school that will serve as a foundation for both social and academic success,
Emphasizing early identification and prevention of problem behaviour,
Directly teaching appropriate social skills to all students, and modifying or rearranging the school context when
behaviour,
Using a three-tiered continuum of behaviour support practices in order to prevent problem behaviour, and
Actively using data for decision-making.
necessary to prevent problem
SWPBS focuses on achieving social and academic achievement outcomes by establishing data, systems, and practices. All students receive the support they
need for success based on a continuum of need and intensity.
Each week, Wellington Point SHS staff deliver a SWPBS lesson targeting a particular behaviour (you will see the
SWPBS focus of the week on our school noticeboards regularly). Staff then reinforce and reward this behaviour over
the next few days. Students are able to collect SWOOP rewards from staff for demonstrating behaviours linked to our
3 school rules – Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be a Learner. Individual students and Welfare Classes vie for as many
Swoops as they can. We hold regular rewards assemblies where students who have accumulated Swoops go into a
draw for some great prizes like ITunes cards, movie vouchers, theme park tickets and pizza parties. We also hold
Orange Rewards Days where students can participate in fun activities and earn double Swoops.
The SWPBS strategy at WPSHS continues to yield positive results. Students and staff have enthusiastically embraced
the positive approach to student behaviour change and the rewards system has proven to be extremely popular. We
also have Ollie the Osprey, our school mascot, helping with the rewards program!
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Sport update —Mr Terry Mahoney
The Big Splash
Kick starting the calendar year of sport at Wellington Point SHS was the Interhouse swimming carnival which proved to be a great success. “The Big Splash” is
a combination of fun and serious events aimed at getting as many students as possible into the spirit of the day. The new year 7s and 8s were thrown into the
deep end of mass novelty events, competitive racing and house competitions. I would like to congratulate the new champions in the pool –Hume House who
won the carnival from a gallant reigning champion in Cunningham. This was one of the closest competitions in years with Hume gaining the upper hand by
only 5 points.
Final results
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Cunningham-1016
Leichardt-933
Bass-822
I would like to acknowledge the House Student and Teacher Leaders who worked tirelessly on mass participation by all members of their house. Similarly, the
‘gun’ swimmers of the day, our Age Champions deserve mention and they will make up the bulk of our team moving on to the interschool Bayside
competition.
Age Champions:
 Year 12 Boys –Brayden Collie and Girls –Kalesha Thomas
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Year 13 Boys-Dom Scocchera and Girls- Savannah Freeman
Year 14 Boys- Caleb Watson and Girls-Renee Rivers
Year 15 Boys- Jason Hutchins and Girls- Gerogia Williams/Susannah Thompson
Year 16 Boys-Kane Brady and Girls –Rebecca Hannan
Open Boys-Tyler Denning and Girls- Amelia Smith
Overall with the shortened school day, a late bus and rain we completed the House dash, talent quests, water volleyball competitions and swimming races.
This was a massive feat achieved only because of the organisation of the wonderful staff at Wellington Point State High School. Thank you to all involved. All
students who qualified for Bayside were informed of this on the day. With only four days to the next Representative carnival I would like to thank all the
parents for being so vigilant in returning the information for the team to be organised.
Bayside Swimming Championships
As mentioned, our team to represent WPSHS at the Bayside Swimming Championships, set off for Chandler at 7.00am on Thursday Feb 19. Traditionally, we
recognise two members as captains to lead the team into battle and this year the successful students were Kane Brady and Rebecca Hannan. Both did a
fantastic job in fulfilling this role.
This year in Sport the Bayside region has been restructured to be one of the largest regions in the State. Now comprising of twelve schools and extending from
Wynnum to Victoria Point the competition and standard are extremely high. With the inclusion of the year 7 students the organisation of this event and in fact
all sport will be a challenge for all organisers in 2015. Congratulations to Mike Hale –Redlands College who convened the swimming this year.
Considering this, I would like to congratulate the following students from Wellington Point who qualified for the Met East swimming trials on Tuesday March
3rd.
Kane Brady – Age Champion- 6 events
 Dom Soccerha- 4 Events
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Stuart Williams-2 events
Jason Hutchins- 2 events
Rebecca Hannan-1 event
Overall, the students of Wellington Point performed to the best of their ability and we had 35 improved times from our carnival day. All events were filled and
all swimmers were happy to jump in and do their best. In particular, one student, (Year 7) Ara Dugandzic (who was sick on our own swim day) filled in for an
absent swimmer in the Open Girls Breaststroke race. She was very nervous but some of the team including Paige McClennan convinced her that it wasn’t as
scary as she thought when you compete against students 5 years older. She gave it a go!! She won the B division event and finished 5th in the overall times for
that event. That’s the ‘Wello Spirit’ Ara! Overall, the team finished 7th and I am very happy with the results and especially impressed with how the students
represented themselves and their school. I look forward to reporting on the success of these swimmers in the Met East Championships.
‘Run for your Life’ - Cross Country 2015
It’s now your turn land ‘animals’. Dust off your runners and get ready for the upcoming school cross country on March 13. Students can wear their sports
uniform all day on the 13th. The course is being prepared (4 km for everyone) and some PE classes have already started to get the students ready for this
event. Training practice will begin with the ESAP students on some mornings for anyone who would like to start now.
HPE week
Week 7 from the 9th-13th March we will be celebrating Health and Physical Education, culminating in the Interhouse Cross Country on Friday. Activities and
challenges will be run throughout the week. Some of these activities will be run by students in Yr 12 Health Education and part of their Action Research
Project into improving physical activity levels in the school community.
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ESAP
The ESAP students have been training hard already this year, and we can’t wait to see how they perform in the Interhouse Cross
Country next week. The highest beep test result so far this year was by Callum Jackson in Yr 11, with 13.2, which puts him in the
top 5% of Australian students.
Callum Jackson, Yr11
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Performing Arts—Ms Jaye McElhinney, HOD Performing Arts
Dance Troupe
We have experienced some exciting first few weeks back in the Dance Department at Wellington Point SHS. The Junior Hip Hop Team auditions involved
an outstanding 80 students and the successful applicants joining the large team have commenced rehearsals every Thursday from 2:50 -4:50pm for the
upcoming eisteddfods. The team consists of students from year levels from years 7-10 and already they have demonstrated their dedication, enthusiasm
and talent in the rehearsal process. Along with the Junior Team, the Senior Contemporary, Musical Theatre and Jazz Teams are well underway.
During week 5, the Year 11 dance students along with some invited students from year 10 participated in an amazing (yet very challenging) Hip Hop
workshop with MnB Entertainment’s Bessy, Shaheem and Latrice Kabamba. The seniors will be using this piece as a Performance task for class
assessment.
We have a very promising year of Dance ahead of us at WPSHS.
Year 11 Hip Hop Team Workshop
Junior Hip Hop Team rehearsal
Year 10 Art Excursion—Ms Tamara Beale (Visual Art Teacher)
On Monday, 16th February, the Year 10 Art students attended a day of drawing
workshops at Old Government House and the Queensland Museum. Students arrived
at QUT- Garden’s Point to find ‘O Week’ in full swing, giving them a great glimpse of
university life. The Education Director of the QUT gallery took students on a tour of the
William Robinson exhibition and then directed a drawing workshop in Old Government
House focussing on perspective drawing. Students then undertook a number of
drawing tasks at the Queensland Museum where the permanent collection offered
some unusual and interesting subject matter. The day was a great success and students
received compliments on their behaviour and participation from members of the public
and our bus driver. Mr Maass and I were extremely proud of the success of the group
and look forward to extending the drawings into major artworks.
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Encore News
Encore, our excellence program in Performing and Visual Arts launched on Monday 2nd February and we have all been very busy ever since.
Out senior Encore actors are working with DeBase Theatre Company and other schools in the Redlands on the Redlands Combined Schools Drama Project, to
create a performance to commemorate 100 years of ANZAC. They’ll perform at the Redlands Performing Arts Centre on April 23 rd and 24th.
Our junior Encore actors, led by Ms West and Miss Townshend have prepared an hilarious skit for our Talent Quest on Wednesday 11th March.
Our Encore dancers and singers have joined forces for a project in Musical Theatre and choral-ography. They are working on songs from Wicked and Rent in
preparation for some competitions next term.
This semester our Visual Artists will create self-portraits and have been exploring and experimenting with some amazing works, techniques and styles to hone
their skills before commencing their own art works. They will also venture into the city on Wednesday 18 th March to visit a gallery and participate in a
workshop at Eckersley’s Art Supplies.
The highlight this term has definitely been our trip to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre to see Wicked The Musical. This was an excellent experience for
our students, some of whom had never attended live theatre before. The performances, costumes, set design, lighting, sound and professionalism of the
technical crew were outstanding and we were extremely lucky to meet with two of the show’s dancers, Danielle and Igor, after the show. These two young,
lovely and talented members of show biz enlightened us all on the life of a performer, while they’re training, auditioning and working in the industry. It was
inspiring and intriguing to see the show from their unique perspective.
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Literacy at home—Ms Carolyn Burke HOD English and LOTE
As you know, improving children’s literacy is vital to their overall success as students in high school. All students in Years 7, 8 and 9 are participating in the
CAFÉ (comprehension, accuracy, fluency and extending vocabulary) during their English lessons. These lessons allow students to work in small groups with
their teachers and teacher aides to improve their reading in these four key areas. There are also three simple ways we can help students improve their
literacy outside of school:
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Allow your child to select something they wish to read. Research shows students are likely “to read more, understand more and continue reading if
they have the opportunity to choose what they read” (Allington and Gabriel, 2012).
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Encourage your child to write something personally meaningful. Literate adults rarely write using a prompt. Rather we write for a purpose within a
variety of contexts. Encouraging young people to write something meaningful allows them to use their reading skills in a different way. When students
are able to concentrate on crafting written work they care about, they share their thoughts and opinions. While young people should always be
encouraged to write with accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar, personal writing allows them to concentrate on their ideas without worrying
about ‘losing grades’ or dreading the idea of red pen covering their hard work.
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Model reading texts which you find meaningful, and discuss your thoughts about your reading with your child. Listening to an adult model fluent
reading, increases students' own fluency and comprehension skills (Trelease, 2001cited in Allington and Gabriel, 2012), as well as expanding their
vocabulary, background knowledge, sense of story, awareness of genre and text structure, and comprehension of the texts read (Wu & Samuels, 2004
cited in Allington and Gabriel, 2012). While it is not expected that parents will continue to read stories to their children when they become teenagers,
developing the habit of sharing texts that interest you is an opportunity to expose your young people to a wider variety of texts including news articles,
magazine articles, biographies, car manuals and many others. Reading an excerpt from something that you enjoy and discussing your opinions with
your child allows them to see how reading is useful in many contexts.
Your children’s English teachers are looking forward to helping our students improve their literacy and experience success at Wellington Point State High
School.
Titans 4 Tomorrow Girls Academy —Natashya Kitchener Liaison Officer
Nktic10@eq.edu.au
Hi to all our new and existing Titans Academy girls and their families.
Welcome to a new year at Wellington Point State High School.
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Natashya Kitchener and I work as the Titans 4 Tomorrow Girls Academy Liaison Officer. This is an Indigenous
girls’ program aimed at supporting their current schooling and future successes.
I will be working out of C3 which is located near the tuckshop and will be available every Thursday and Friday from 8:00-4:00pm. The only exception to these
days will be when the Titans Academy holds their Thursday workshops. And the first workshop for the year is Thursday 2nd April from 8:40-11:40am.
It is a reminder that enrolment forms are a necessary part of the Academy. While you will not be excluded from workshops if your paperwork is incomplete, it
assists the process in organising and finalising the Academy participants. These forms can be left at C3 even when I’m not at school.
Part of my job will be to attend classes for in-class support. On most occasions that's where I will be however if you have any questions or queries please
contact me on Ext 283 or via email.
I am totally looking forward to attending my first workshop for the Titans for the year and hope to see all the girls there.
International Women’s Day breakfast —Amanda Crowe—Year 10 co-ordinator
Three Year 10s - Eliza Connell, Sarah Shelper and Chloe Canard as well as Olivia Williams in Year 12 attended the
International Women’s Day breakfast at Alexandra Hills Hotel as representatives of WPSHS (it started at 6:30am so I
was impressed with their commitment). The girls were excellent representatives and it was a great morning.
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COMMUNICATION DURING SCHOOL HOURS
To minimise interruptions during lesson time, communication with students and teachers will only take place during
the following breaks:
Morning Tea
10:00-10:30am
Lunch
12:50-1:30pm
Office staff will not make announcements or phone calls to staff rooms outside of these hours.
PAYMENT WINDOW
Hours of operation are: 8:30-1:30 Monday to Thursday. Preferred payment method is EFT and the bank details are:
BSB 064-138, A/C 00090537
Description: Student Name and event
PROCESS FOR COLLECTING YOUR CHILD DURING SCHOOL HOURS:
A friendly reminder to parents and guardians - if you wish to collect your child early from school for an appointment
please write your student a note to hand in at Student Services – this will save you waiting whilst we check
timetables and walk to classes to advise students that they need to leave, thank you.
Base is a free tutoring service that is offered to all students in the library every Wednesday and
Thursday from 3pm – 4pm. This is a free service and teachers and senior academic leaders are on hand
to provide support, guidance and mentoring of students who are:-
a) Researching concepts, issues or events for assignments
b) working to improve literacy, numeracy and thinking skills
c) completing homework activities and/or
d) require access computer programs or the internet
Students don’t have to sign up to attend—just turn up on the day.
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Canteen news
PRE-ORDER
COUNTER
WELLINGTON POINT STATE HIGH SCHOOL
No need to line up for your food.
Go to the pre-order counter at
the canteen before school starts
in the morning to pre-order and
pay for your food.
If you have special dietary
requirements these can also be
accommodated.
At lunch time you pick up your
order at the window around the
corner (window before the
Uniform shop).
Our next meeting which happens to be our
Annual General Meeting/General Meeting
will be held on Tuesday 10th March
2015. It starts at 6.30 pm and is being held
in the Conference Room, Administration
Building.
Your input and ideas are
important to us so please come along and
get involved in supporting our school.
UNIFORMS
OPENING HOURS
8:00am-12:30pm MON-FRI
We stock uniforms in sizes 8-28
If you have students outside this range,
please place the order for their uniform by
July/August of the previous year (i.e. for
2016 please order July/August this year).
If you can spare one day a month
(especially either Tuesday or Wednesday)
between the hours of 9am and 2pm
We’d love you to join our friendly tuckshop staff in preparing
and serving food to our lovely friendly polite students.
Even an hour or two would be very much appreciated.
Please ring Chris on 3820 4225
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Bulimba Women’s Hockey Club
are seeking
PLAYERS/COACHES for
2015 Hockey Season
Aged from 5 years for.....
Senior, Junior and Masters Turf Teams
Senior and Junior Grass Teams
Modified Teams
Training held at State Hockey Centre, Lytton Road, Morningside
For further details please contact:
Kay Beirne - 0409621033 or Gaye Swaffield - 0408339891
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