23 June 2023

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

 

As we round out another term, and you become 100% responsible for your student[s] for the next fortnight, it is time to remind you of a few things.

• Semester reports will be available early next term, and you should use these to determine whether you should seek an appointment with one or more teachers at the Parent-Teacher interviews scheduled for Tuesday 18th July – we would welcome your attendance
• If you have a child in Year 6, and are expecting to enrol them here @ISH for Year 7 next year, keep an eye out for the dates and times of our Enrolment Sessions, and get in early
• The days will start to get longer from now on, and hopefully the reduction in darkness will be accompanied by an increase in warmth
• Our attendance and uniform expectations have not changed, and nor have our expectations linked to them – please let us know if your student is absent, and remind them to visit the Uniform Exchange if they are unable to wear the correct school uniform for any reason
• If you have created a payment plan for your school fees, please remember to keep it going so that your child[ren] have the opportunity to participate in any rewards days when their attendance and grades make them eligible; one further eligibility criterion is being up-to-date with school fees
• If your child[ren] is in Year 11, please encourage them to think of becoming a senior leader in 2024 – the process will start mid-term
• Access to the carpark is changing over the school holidays and entry to those allowed on site will be a left turn just after the groundsman’s shed

Finally, I hope you have an opportunity to spend time with your child[ren] during the school holiday; many of them are quite remarkable young people who are fully committed to their future.  Encourage them to take a breath, smell the roses, catch up with friends as friends and not just work colleagues, and take some time to reflect.  Remember, they can’t change the past, but they can certainly learn from it and perhaps create a different future.

Happy holiday.

Simon Riley
Executive Principal

ISHS SCHOOL EVENTS FOR TERM 3 2023

Newsletter Articles

ENROLMENTS FOR 2024 ARE NOW OPEN

ISHS RUGBY LEAGUE ACADEMY IN 2024

Ipswich State High School will be holding trials to be part of their rugby league academy in 2024.

Ipswich State High School is the premier Rugby League School in the Metropolitan West Region and has produced over 40 students over the last 8 years who have signed NRL contracts with various NRL clubs.

In 2022, our Opens Boys team became the best schoolboys rugby league side in Australia, winning the Langer Trophy (SE QLD), Phil Hall Cup (QLD) and NRL Schoolboys (National) trophies in an unprecedented undefeated year consisting of 12 consecutive wins over some of Australia's best rugby league schools.

We invite all current year 6 students who are interested in joining Ipswich State High School’s Rugby League Academy to register their interest and attend our upcoming trial by clicking on the QR code on the attached poster.

The trial for students in year 7 in 2024 (current year 6 students) is being held on Thursday 3rd August, 2023. We would like to invite any students who wish to trial to complete the form.

On these trial day, students will have the chance to take part in skills, drills and games to demonstrate their ability to join the Rugby League Excellence program.

The trials will run from 9am to 12pm.

Students will need to ensure they meet at Ipswich State High School’s - front oval (Located off Hunter Street) and register their attendance at the start of the day.

They will also be required to bring the following equipment;

• Boots
• Mouth guard/protective equipment
• Training shirt & training shorts
• Water bottle

Students who have successfully gained a place within our program will be notified after the trial date via email.

We look forward to working with your students and thank you for your support and time in this process.

ISHS YEAR 7 Modern Chef

Mrs Gilroy’s Year 7 Modern Chef had their Afternoon Tea Party for parents/guardians and staff as part of their Design Brief assessment this semester. Students planned the event and produced food to serve to guests. Thank you to all parents and staff who supported the Modern Chef students. They enjoyed the party and had fun spending time with their guests!

ISHS YEAR 9 HPE

Throughout the term, the year 9 HPE classes have been participating in Basketball drills and games. The focus has been on leadership and fair play within their teams and against the opposition. The level of participation has been amazing with most teams playing for the entire 70 minute lesson.

ISHS YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE WEEK.

This week our year 10 students took part in Work Experience week! Nickolas is working hard at Fourth Child Café, while Mia was continually impressing her employers, at the Salvation Army Aged Care Centre, with her interaction with the residents on their excursion to Wivenhoe Dam and their gardening club at Bunnings. Chelsea was helping to run student activities on the oval for Junior Sports Day at Churchill State School; Riley was working on the big trucks at Dave's Diesels, priming the fuel pump during a service and assisting in the pit inspecting trailer legs. Colin and Jackson have been practicing their customer service skills at Limelight Cinemas while on Work Experience, and Emily was learning her way around a motor at QTK. Bradley applied primer, ready for waterproofing a bathroom renovation as part of his work experience with Melbros Tiling Services while Lachlan has been busy diagnosing gaming issues at #1 Computer Shop. A number of students are learning about working with children at Brassall Child Care. Laura assisted with a cooking activity, Emily took on the role of hair model, Jennifer was a customer at the shops, Ariana assisted children with their motor skills and Mikayla helped the children with their play dough creations. Brooke, Elizabeth, Chloe, Chayse, Zakery and Sophie have been busy assisting with classes and NAIDOC Week activities at Brassall State School for their work experience while Blake has been learning how to take professional photos of properties for marketing with Zoom Media and Jasmine, Tylor and Isaac have been working at Woolworths and Coles at Riverlink Shopping Centre. Sahari giving a wash and massage at She Bangs Hair, Indiana stocking shelves at Skinnys, Kurtis working at Goodlife Gym, Luke on clean up duties at A Wood Shed, Noah building his skills at Ipswich Basketball and Hayden assisting with the installation guttering at Kyalda Property Maintenance.

ISHS YEAR 10 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERING CLASS

Our Year 10 Cert l Active Volunteering students assisted with deliveries for Meals on Wheels in week 8, they met a spritely 91 year old with some good advice for young people as well as many other characters. You too can volunteer with Meals on Wheels, even for just a day. Phone Ipswich Meals on Wheels for more information!

ISHS YEAR 12 STUDENTS

The Tertiary Expo (TSXPO) is coming to Brisbane Ekka Grounds Sat 15/7 and Sun 16/7.

Free admission.

Lots of ideas and information for tertiary studies and jobs after school.

Highly recommended.

Please be aware that Term 3 is the term for many University Open Days which I encourage you to take advantage of.

ISHS JUNIOR SIGNING TO SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS

Congratulations to Ipswich State High School Rugby League Excellence Program student Jaylan on receiving a junior scholarship from the @ssfcrabbitohs

ISHS STUDENT ON THEIR SEMESTER 1 REWARDS DAY

Students had a SUPER start to Rewards Day at Movie World! It was fantastic to see so many students celebrating such great effort and behaviour in Semester One!

ISHS MUSICAL CAST

Our musical cast has gotten lost on the way to Wonderland! They somehow found themselves at Movie World on Rewards Day last week. Come see them on the 1st or 4th of August to see if Alice finds her way to Wonderland

ISHS STUDENTS WHO WERE CROWNED OCBC JUNIOR & YOUTH OCEANIC BOXING CHAMPIONS

Congratulations to Ipswich SHS students JT and Neitani who competed in the OCBC Junior and Youth Oceanic Boxing Championship in Samoa this May. Both students, who represent New Zealand, returned home with Gold medals.

JT had 3 fights beating Fiji, Tahiti and Australia in the finals at 57kg weight division and Neitani fought Samoa in the finals winning the gold medal for the 54kg weight division. Well done!

ISHS DANCE EISTEDDFOD

Amazing efforts from our Junior Dance teams at the Ipswich Junior Dance Eisteddfod held at the Ipswich Civic Centre on the 12th June.

Our Seniors Teams performed 13 routines on Thursday the 13th June

What an amazing effort by all.

ISHS KNEADED PROGRAM

Thank you to Stokes Honey for the kind donation of 3kg of Bluegum and Ironbark honey to the Kneaded Program. Students used it to make one of their all-time favourites - Honey Oat bread. Yum!

ISHS DEBATING TEAM

The Ipswich Secondary debating competition has concluded for the year and our ISHS students have had some fantastic results with both intermediate teams picking up a win during the last round and the Seniors getting a win via forfeit.

A huge congratulations to our Intermediate 2 team who finished in third place on the season. The senior team made the top 4 while our intermediate 2 and junior team finished in the top 6.

A huge result for these dedicated students in their first year in the competition! ISHS extends its gratitude and congratulations to the 29 students, 5 coaches and 4 adjudicators who gave up their lunchtimes, after-school meetings, and Monday evenings to participate!

HAIR AND BEAUTY

The last term has gone so quickly in HAB, all students have learnt new skills moving towards completion of their certificates and future employment within this industry.

In Hair, year 11 students have learnt basin services, styling techniques and customer service. Year 12 have been focusing on all things colour. Our students had the opportunity to provide services for students from Ipswich Flexible Learning involved in the Deep Blue Line program, and everyone involved enjoyed the day. Next term all students will be working on their look for Showcase, which will be held on Wednesday 23rd August. More information will follow in the coming weeks. Enjoy the break.

ISHS STUDENTS IN BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Congratulations to James, Axxe, Axel and Lukas Our amazing rock band performed at the Ipswich Battle of the Bands on the weekend.

ISHS REFUGEE WEEK

This week ISHS is recognising Refugee Week. We have a number of refugee students in our school, who are contributing to our school community and are enjoying their new life in Ipswich. We are discussing Refugee issues in CSI this week with a special Switch points competition, and Year 12 student Mei has started work on our Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Hub mural at H block. Well done to O’Hanlon 8A and Sullivan 11C for first prize Monday and Tuesday in the Switch points competition!

RAILSMART PROGRAM

Thank you to Kyle from Queensland Rail for visiting our Year 10, 11 and 12 students on the 14th June, with the RailSmart program. The RailSmart program promotes and encourages safe behaviours and positive choices across the QR rail networks. Students were reminded of level crossing and train platform safety, the dangers of high voltage electricity and train etiquette.

IPSWICH GIRLS RUGBY TEAM FIXTURES FOR TERM 2 & 3

FORMER STUDENTS WHO HAVE MADE THE UNDER 19’S ORIGIN TEAM.

ISHS could not have been prouder to have several of our past students who where successful to make the top 30 selection for the Under 19’s State of Origin teams for both male and female.

Past students who made the top 30 were, Josiah Pahulu, Caleb Jackson, Gabriel Satrick, Rilee Jorgensen.

Congratulations to former Ipswich SHS student Rilee Jorgensen who made the women’s team and Gabriel Satrick who made the men’s team are set to take the stage in the QLD u19s State of Origin team!

ISHS SCHOOL UNIFORM

The cold weather is here! Jackets with a school logo are available from the uniform shop or on QKR. Alternatively students are able to wear a plain navy blue jumper/ cardigan without a logo, or their senior jersey. Students may also ware plain navy-blue tracksuit pants with no logos.

The uniform exchange is open each day from 8:15am - 10:15am for any students who do not have the correct uniform items. Exchanged items are required to be returned to the uniform exchange at the end of the school day.

The full uniform and dress code can be found on Pages 15-17 of your student's diary or on our website:

ISHS SECURITY ON SITE.

Please be aware that there is currently security on site at the driveway and you may be asked to state your business at the school prior to entry.

Please also be reminded that there is no drop off or pick up zone located within school grounds, except for when picking up students from sick bay. During the next school holidays a construction fence will be erected around the Manual Arts building near the carpark. This fence will remove a number of parking spaces and further reduce access for visitors. Disabled and emergency parking will still be available.

Students can be dropped off in front of the school, on either Hunter Street or Vogel Road, and walk into the school grounds from there. We thank you for your assistance in this.

ISHS TRADE TRADING SALON

ISHS WINTER CANTEEN MENU

Our staff, students and volunteers who are always working hard at making delicious menu option have been at it again and have a new winter menu for 2023. Please see the flyer attached.

LAPTOP CARE

Please remember to be responsible and take care of your laptop. Do not leave your laptops or laptop bags where they could sustain damage.

Please also remember to be respectful to the belongings of others during school time.

ISHS FINANCE NEWS - FINAL 2023 SRS INSTALMENT PAYMENT

Reminding parents and/or caregivers that the due date for the 2023 Student Resource Scheme is the 23 June. If you are paying by instalments, it is $125 for years 7-9 and $75 for years 10-12. If you are paying the fees in full, years 7-9 is $350 and 10-12 is $250. You can also refer to your latest monthly statement that was sent out on Thursday for the balance that is owing for your child.

During term 3, students will begin to look at their specialist subject options for 2024. To secure your child’s place in their chosen subject, the fee for that subject as well as all outstanding fees is due by Thursday 16th November 2023. Where 2023 Subject fees and SRS remain unpaid on your child’s account, your child may then need to choose a non-fee paying subjects for 2024. Please contact the finance office on finance@ipswichshs@eq.edu.au if you would like to set up a payment plan or if you have any queries. For those subjects with a higher cost, starting a payment plan now will certainly take the burden off household finances. We are happy to explain and help you with a payment plan.

Year 12 Formal and Mystery Tour & 2024 Senior Jerseys

For students to be eligible to attend the 2023 Formal and/or Mystery Tour or who want to purchase a for 2024 Senior Jersey, one of the requirements is that accounts are up to date by the end of October. If a payment plan was started in June, that is approximately 10 fortnightly payments. To calculate the required amount, just refer to your last monthly statement to check your owing balance and divide this by 10. You can set up Centrepay or Bpoint through the finance office by emailing finance@ipswichshs.eq.edu.au or make payments via the QKR app or eft to the school bank account.

FACILITY HIRE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY USE

Sharing our Facilities with our Community

The Ipswich SHS has a number of facilities available for hire for Community Use, either regular weekly use or one-off events.

Our facilities include a hall, ovals, performance and dance spaces, pool, meeting rooms and general classroom space.

We have disabled access to most areas and external lighting and parking for afterhours events.

Coming into swim season, we are seeking Learn to swim, Aqua aerobics or squad swim hirers to use our Solar Heated school pool. Please email us with your hire proposal.

Please contact facilities_hire@ipswichshs.eq.edu.au if you have any queries.

BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE FOR YEAR 10, 11 and 12 STUDENTS IN 2023

The Ipswich SHS Bring Your Own Device (BYOx) program, established in 2021, will continue for students in Years 10,11 and 12 and helps ensure that the Ipswich SHS is able to provide learning opportunities anywhere, anytime, which will prepare students with career and life skills for their future.

Students who are in Year 10 for 2023 are required to bring a device to be engaged in their timetabled classes.

It is anticipated that the device will have a three (3) year life at school and as such will continue to be a vital tool in your student's learning continuing in Year 11 and Year 12.

As a courtesy, all of our families who have students in these year levels have been contacted to discuss requirements.

More information about the specifications of the laptop can be found at the link below, under the curriculum tab Bring Your Own Device

UBER RULES FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18

You must be 18 years or older to have an Uber account. This means that you must be at least 18 years old to ride unaccompanied in a vehicle. Account holders can’t request a ride or delivery for someone under the age of 18 who will not be accompanied by either the account holder or another adult during the ride or when collecting the delivery. When ordering food, children are also not allowed to use an adult’s Uber Eats account by themselves. These age limitations apply unless our local guidelines, terms, or other policies say otherwise.

If, as a driver or delivery person, you notice at pickup or delivery that your rider or Uber Eats user looks under 18, you can decline the trip or delivery and report it to Uber. Refusing or cancelling a trip or delivery on this basis will not impact your driver or delivery partner rating.

When ordering items, children are also not allowed to use an adult’s Uber Eats account by themselves. All deliveries to schools should be made through the school reception, unless otherwise directed by the school.

Consequently, we will not accept Uber deliveries or pickups for any student.

INVIGILATORS NEEDED

If you were an invigilator last year or wanting to become one, the QCAA is now seeking applications from Queensland community members for external assessment invigilator positions.

Background

The QCAA appoints members of the Queensland community to observe the administration of external assessments. The invigilator role is independent; they are appointed to observe and report on the administration of the external assessments.

Invigilators play an important role in promoting public confidence in the Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) system and ensuring that proper and fair administrative procedures are implemented.

Please follow the links below.

1. Read the External assessment invigilator position description and the frequently asked questions, available on the QCAA website at www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/assessment/external-assessment/external-assessment-invigilators
2. Obtain your paid blue card/exemption card from Blue Card Services or, for teachers, hold a current QCT registration.
3. If necessary, register for a QCAA Portal account, following the instructions on the External assessment invigilators webpage at: www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/assessment/external-assessment/external-assessment-invigilators
4. Submit your application for an external assessment invigilator role via the Assessor Jobs application in the QCAA Portal.

Finding out more

Please email externalassessment@qcaa.qld.edu.au or phone 1300 239 227.

Alison Smith Executive Director, Strategy, Planning and Corporate Support