28 January 2022

Newsletter Articles

Balonne Shire Australia Day Award Recipients

St George State High School had a number of students nominated for awards at the Balonne Shire Australia Day ceremony. Congratulations to Year 9 student Lillian Stenhouse who won the Junior Sports Award and 2021 graduated student Yasmin Sullivan who won Young Citizen of the Year. Well done to everyone!

Public Health Direction

Do students in high school need to wear a mask?

Yes! All high school students, including those who are under 12 years of age, need to wear a mask unless they are seated indoors or outdoors or are able to maintain a 1.5 metre distance from others.

Do students travelling to and from school on a bus need to wear a mask?

Yes! All High School students need to wear a mask while traveling in the bus. Primary school students are exempt, however, are encouraged to wear a mask should they wish to.

Do Staff need to be fully vaccinated?

Yes! Anyone who works in, undertakes an educational placement in, or volunteers in a school, early childhood centre (such as a kindergarten) or childcare centre is considered a worker in an education setting.

• This includes:
• teachers
• teacher aides
• cleaners
• administration officers, business managers, schools officers, IT staff, agricultural assistants, and all school support staff
• an employee of a company that supplies services to an education setting, such as plumbing, electrical and building services
• a contract teacher or early childhood instructor engaged for relief work
• volunteers who assist in delivering support activities and services in education settings such as tuckshop, reading programs, etc.
• chaplains, entertainers or support workers visiting education settings
• university students on practical placement, school work experience or traineeship in education settings including early childhood education and care settings
• psychologists or therapists providing support for individuals in education settings
• a dentist in a school dental clinic
• identified staff within regional and central offices who are required to be present in a school as part of their work duties, i.e. where attendance at a school is necessary to fulfil the requirements of their job.

Schools are considered high risk environments in terms of COVID-19 and as such this new direction applies to a broad range of work arrangements (e.g. contractors, volunteers).

Our school is required to ensure that any workers who come on-site during school hours have evidence of their vaccination status and report to the front office for check in purposes upon arrival.

From Deputy Principal Nicole Hyland

I hope everyone was able to enjoy the Christmas and New Year period and spend time with friends and family. This is an unusual start to the school year, but one that we will all work through together. I can assure you that all teachers are working very hard on planning and preparation for the year ahead and are looking forward to when students return to school again for learning.

Year 11 & 12

The Year 11 and 12 students will commence learning from home next Monday (31st January). Teachers will communicate directly with students via a mix of technology. The first lesson will start at 9am. Students need to complete set work given by the teachers.

Uniforms

If you need to purchase uniforms, please log onto the booking site at this link:

Swimming carnival

Please mark on your calendar the date of the swimming carnival: Friday 11 February. Of course, this is with the understanding that we cannot predict the future at the moment in terms of COVID restrictions.

Not returning

If your student is not returning to St George SHS this year we need to know. If they are enrolled at another school please phone the office and let them know. Students can leave school when they finish year 10 or turn 16. However, they must also be employed (minimum of 25 hrs/week), or be involved in further study or training. The school requires evidence of this before students can be removed from the roll. Please call the office if you require assistance with this.

From HOD Senior Deb Addison

Another interesting start to the new year. Teachers of year 11 and 12 classes have been working tirelessly to make sure that resources for the online week of learning next week are ready to go. I am excited to be back from maternity leave and to start my fifth year here at St George SHS. I continue to learn so much about the town, school and students and I am looking forward to continuing my journey as HOD Senior Schooling. Thank you to all who organised meetings to collect laptops and textbooks. I will continue to meet with people next week, however classes do start at 9am on Monday so it is best for your student to have access before then so they can have a successful start to the year. With this extended break and unusual start to the year it is expected that all students return to school on February 7th on time. Attendance is always important to students success but this term more so as it is shorter, however we still have a lot of teaching to do. I look forward to working with you and your students and hope that they enjoy coming to school every day. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me via the office or at daddi4@eq.edu.au

Mrs Deborah Addison, HOD Senior Secondary

From BSM Jo Withers

Financial Obligations for Parents Enrolled at St George State High School

Payment for the Student Resource Scheme can be made using one of the options outlined on the “Student Resource Scheme Participation Agreement”.

Payment options include:

• payment in full by the end of week 2 of school starting back in Term 1; or
• payment by instalments of one third (⅓) before the end of week 2 in Terms 1, 2 and 3.

Parents will be invoiced for the student resource scheme and any applicable subject levies and these must be paid for. If you have difficulty paying the account, please contact the Business Manager to discuss payment options including payment plans and CentrePay deductions (Centrepay no longer offered for uniforms).

Please Note: Parents who have not paid the instalment due each term by the end of Week 2 nor have a payment agreement in place, can expect their student/s will not be permitted to participate in any extracurricular or end of year activities and may not be allocated additional scheme resources.

New Staff

Year 12 General English

Year 12 General English students remember you need to have finished your novel before remote learning starts on the 31 January 2022.

Home Ec News

It would be lovely to think that Year 9 & 10 Home Economics students are busy at home whipping up meals and snacks to use the great kitchen skills they learnt last year.

A few reminders – Year 9 HEc is a big class and will need to select from teacher provided recipes for Term 1 rather than individual choice. You will probably start providing your OWN ingredients from Week 5 onwards, with Tuesday Period 2 as our cooking day.

Year 10 HEc will still go ahead with the two planned Textiles projects – covering a folder with fabric and decorating to provide recipe storage and making an apron that you can use for kitchen work or give as a gift. Since we are studying “Sustainable Textiles” our projects will be made from existing fabric. PLEASE DO NOT buy new fabric. Look for tablecloths, curtains or pieces of cloth big enough for the job – ask relatives and friends or search at the Op Shops for something thicker and hard wearing. Recipe folders (A4) will be provided so only a small amount of fabric will be needed for this task. There is fabric at school that you may choose from for each of the projects.

Stay well
Mrs Julie Worboys
Design & Technology Teacher – Home Economics

Swim Carnival Friday 11 February

The Balonne High School Swim Carnival is Friday 11 February, starting at 8.50am. Students are expected to arrive directly to the St George Pool ready to do their best for their houses. The swim carnival will finish at 3pm and students will be dismissed directly from the St George town pool. We encourage students to get into their house spirit and come dressed in house colours. Please note no body paint or excess zinc will be allowed in the water.

School Leaders Induction
Monday 14 February

The School Leaders Induction will be held in the Rec Centre 14 February 2022 at 2pm. Invitations will be posted in the near future to parents whose children are receiving badges and or certificates as a leader of the school.

From YSC Leisa Mulholland

Congratulations to Ashley Ferguson who was signed with Busy@work at St Pats school where she will complete a Cert 3 in Support Education over the next two years . Certainly is a good step in the right direction for Ashley to pursue her goal of working in Education. Ashley has commenced her work as an employee of St Pats School on January 27.

Calendar

P&C Uniform Shop

Uniform shop will be selling from the Tuckshop next week:-

Thursday 3 February & Friday 4 February 10am to 2pm. Cash or Direct Deposit ONLY. Please use the back entrance. Due to COVID restrictions we recommend everyone, if possible, use the following link to book a time to purchase uniforms.

Any questions please email pandc@stgeorgeshs.eq.edu.au

Griffith University

Wal Dunsdon Memorial Scholarship

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