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22nd February 2019
Principal: Sheldon Hooper Email: [email protected]
Deputy Principals: Kim Triggell and Jayson Gilbert Website: www.redcliffspecs.eq.edu.au
Telephone: 3897 5111 Address: Klingner Road REDCLIFFE QLD 4020
Newsletter No. 1 Week 4 Term 1 2019
Partnership – Student Transition
I would like to once again issue a warm greeting to all students and their families and hope that your child
is settling in to Redcliffe Special School for 2019.
This year sees another cohort of students who have transitioned from Woody Point Special School to
Redcliffe. Ric Day (WPSS Principal) and Bronwyn Paxton (WPSS – Deputy Principal) recently dropped in
to visit students who have transitioned from WPSS.
Meet and Greet 2019
Another successful “Meet and Greet” afternoon was held on Thursday 24/01/2019 between 1:30-3:00.
We had 40 families come in and meet their child’s new teaching team for 2019. RSS will look at further
developing for 2020 to ensure all families are notified through various mediums.
Day 8
At close of Day 8, we had 111 students enrolled at RSS for 2019. We still have a couple of students who
may enrol in the coming weeks from interstate. We will get our final staff allocation in the next few weeks
and this will see a slight increase in FTE for Teachers and Teacher Aides since the beginning of the year.
School Student Leadership Parade
The newly elected Student Leadership group were presented with their badges on Friday 08/02/2019.
It was wonderful to see so many proud families take the time to come and join in the celebration. Students
also showed their commitment by taking a pledge focussing on the RSS Way.
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The School Captains and House Captains also attended a Leadership breakfast at Mueller College with
other school student leaders from the various schools from the Peninsula. From some brief conversations
with students and staff who attended, the day was beneficial to all.
P&C Annual General Meeting
The 2019 Annual General Meeting will be held at Redcliffe Special School on Wednesday 13 March 2019
at 1:30pm.
From the P&C President
Redcliffe Special School's P&C is here to help further our children's education, by helping raise the profile
of the school and the needs of our children. We engage with various local businesses for their support,
organise various fundraisers throughout the year, and work alongside our school community with the aim
of helping provide for even more valuable learning experiences for our amazing kids. We are committed to
supporting our great school and encourage all parents and carers to be a part of something great too.
Every day counts at school
Did you know that research shows a 1% improvement in a child’s attendance leads to a 2.6% improvement
in their educational success? Children who are unwell should always remain home but if you and your child
are having issues with attendance that do not relate to health and you’d like to discuss this please contact
your class teacher or a member of the school leadership team. The beginning of the school year is the
perfect time to establish good attendance habits for students. We are committed to working with families to
improve the attendance of every child. Remember Every Day Counts.
The Department of Education and Training has developed a range of free resources to promote the
importance of going to school, every day.
Research shows that school attendance leads to positive student outcomes, and can help children to build
social and emotional skills.
The new Every day counts resources, developed with the input of Solid Pathways
(www.indigenous.education.qld.gov.au/school/Pages/solid-pathways.aspx) students, includes an
animation, comic book, posters, as well as tips to help encourage students go to school every day.
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Check out the new resources and see if you can spot some of your favourite NRL footy players — visit the
Every day counts website (www.everydaycounts.eq.edu.au).
Strategic Direction / 2019 Priorities
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AIP Annual Improvement Plan
EIA Explicit Improvement Agenda
PCEF Parent and Community Engagement Framework
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Our Senior School Leaders went to a captain’s breakfast at Mueller College. We learnt how to be
influential leaders by personal development. People follow you because you develop them personally
by:
Positive Words
Daily Encouraging Words
Being polite
Being kind
Being well mannered
5 good things about today:-
Meeting new people
Building our self confidence
FOOD
Speaker: Mark Broadbent
People follow because they like you
1 thing to improve on:
Be there by 8am!!
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J1 have been working on getting to know each other and working as a team.
Friday is exercise program to get fit and healthy. Here are some of
the students. We have just started “Boot Camp” today, and it was fun.
J2 consists of 8 awesome students who have agreed that 2019 will be their
BEST YEAR YET!
We all fit together just like a Jigsaw and we have managed to complete
some fabulous work already! We are motivated to do our best, but we will
have lots of fun along the way!!!
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This semester, J3 are working on developing a personalised health plan. In
preparation for this, students have been preparing simple healthy snacks
as part of their cooking program. The most recent was guacamole and pita
bread chips. Students had fun using the garlic press and squeezing lime
juice into their mashed avocado.
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J4 has enjoyed seeing other classes greet each other in different ways - so
we made up our own.
Fist bump, high five, using a communication device to say “Hello” or “Good
morning”, thumb high five, wave, pinkie shake, hand shake, make a claw,
elbow high five or give a smile!
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Hi, Everyone!!!
Welcome to Term 1 2019! We have been off and running getting into our
programs and settling down for the busy year ahead.
I would love to introduce you all to M1. We are learning about ‘Friendships’,
‘About Us’ – being healthy (looking at food and exercise). Keep posted for
more about this as the semester goes on. Thank you!!
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M2 each made their own Coat-of Arms over the past few weeks. It shows
things they like, where they live, along with some art work.
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Introducing the Awesome M4 some!
Jordan, Eli, Elizabeth and Daemen have spent the first few weeks getting to
know each other and their teaching team Karen, Tash and Majella. They
have been developing new friendships in which Jordan has been a great
role model in following the RSS Way by showing others how to be kind and
caring to others.
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