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22 February 201922 February 2019

From the PrincipalThe start of the year has been a great one for both studentsand staff. We have started the year with more students enrollingwith us yet again. Our official enrolment day, day 8, had a totalof 1186 students with 268 year 7 enrolments this year. Thecommunity confidence in our school continues to strengthenand this increase in enrolment is testament to the great work wedo both in and outside our classrooms. These year 7 studentshave settled in well following their orientation week. This wasa great week and opportunity for students to meet and get toknow other students in their new classes, as well as the staffthat they will be working with throughout the year. I would liketo welcome all our new and returning families to the school andI look forward to the next 6 years of working with your child.

The rest of the school community has also settled in well andwe are off to a flying start! This is an important year for our year12 students who not only complete their year 12 schooling withus, but are the last cohort to sit the Queensland Core Skills(QCS) test. We will be working with students to maximise theiracademic opportunities to receive their OP.

Our year 11 students have started their academic journey underthe new QCE conditions. This is a change for both studentsand staff and we will be closely tracking and monitoring theirprogress. It is essential that students are passing all theirsubjects to receive an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank(ATAR).

The key to academic success continues to be attendance.It is essential that students are attending school, each andevery day, engaging in their learning. Students find difficultyattempting to fill gaps in their knowledge when they miss classand extra pressure is placed on them to catch up. How can you

assist your student? Ensure they attend school every day andare ready for learning.

Ms Julie LearoydPrincipal

From the Deputy Principal - Teaching andResourcing

INVESTITURE

Congratulations to all of our leaders for 2019 who werepresented with their badges on Monday February 18. Thesestudents have already excelled in their leadership roles and I amlooking forward to seeing great things come from this group in2019.

SENIOR CURRICULUM

Opportunities to change subjects has now closed and allstudents will be remaining in their existing courses until atleast the end of semester 1. With the change to the NewQCE system for our Year 11 students and the existing OPsystem running for our Year 12’s, this year will be exciting andchallenging for all involved. As always our focus is on yourstudents’ academic success and doing our best to ensure thatwe work with you to achieve this.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Our first round of school photos will be taking place onWednesday February 27. If students are not in attendance onthis day, Tuesday March 5 has been set aside for catch-upopportunities. Students will be required to be in full uniform andany facial piercings must be removed before a photo will betaken. Year 12 students will be required to be in full formaluniform with blazers being provided on the day. Student IDCards will be issued to students following the photographs.Information about ordering photos was brought home bystudents earlier in the term and can also be located below.Please be aware, that the ordering of photographs is donedirectly with the photographers and not through our schooladministration.

If you would like to order online, please click the below link anduse the online order code - 3EH C2F BAX.

https://www.advancedimage.com.au/keycode/keycodefinder.aspx?keycode=3EHC2FBAX

Deputy PrincipalMr Rob Burke

From the Deputy Principal - Learning

Welcome to Hervey Bay State High School

Welcome to Hervey Bay State High School for 2019, andespecially a very warm welcome to new families to the schoolthis year. I am looking forward to working with our Year 8 andYear 11 cohorts this year and hope to build strong, workingpartnerships with students and carers alike. Should studentshave issues arise, please encourage them to contact oursupport services in G block, or discuss with their casemanagers to ensure that their school year runs smoothly.

Year 11 Students

Year 11 sees the start of your child’s two year journey ofsenior schooling. This is the time that they need an increasedfocus and commitment to their schooling by developing healthylearning and study habits. Students are reminded that they arenow in the post compulsory phase of schooling, and if notcommitted to their studies they can expect consequences putinto place as per the Academic Good Standing Policy (for moredetails please consult your school diary). Students who fail toattend school, and/or don’t meet the academic requirements oftheir subjects may find their enrolment cancelled and the end ofthe Good Standing process. We encourage families to seek outassistance early if issues arise as it is certainly much better tointervene and support prior to it becoming a major problem.

Literacy and Numeracy Focus

Literacy and Numeracy form our key focus areas for 2019.Our staff are dedicated to improving the literacy and numeracyoutcomes for our students, and are working on whole schoolstrategies to do so. Our Head of Department Literacy, MsRose Whittingham, continues on our literacy journey with usthis year. Mr Mark Thomson joins us again this year as ourLiteracy Mentor. Ms Whittingham’s literacy team has alreadystarted testing our incoming year 7 students to see who would

benefit from our intervention programs. Our successful ReadingProgram will continue again this year, and our Learning SupportTeacher Aides are busy gathering information on wherestudents are at for their participation in 2019. We were verypleased with the progress our reading students made last yearand are keen to continue that level of success. Keep tuned forfurther details in coming weeks.

Our numeracy team, led by Mr Brett Moffett (Head ofMathematics), are continuing their work this year assisting allfaculties to implement numeracy strategies. We once againhave Mr Shane Folker this year as Numeracy Mentor, andwill continue working with Mr Rob Proffitt-White (previousNumeracy Regional Support). We are fortunate to have such afantastic team!

Road Safety

The end of the school day is always busy, and can be a difficulttime for students to manage their way home in a crowd. Pleaseremind your students to use the designated crossings, and notto run out into traffic to jump into vehicles. We have witnessedseveral very close calls while on bus duty last week and wouldnot like to see any student endanger themselves further.

Ms Sharyn ThomasDeputy Principal

From the Acting Deputy PrincipalA great start to the year for Hervey Bay State High School. Asa new Deputy Principal to this fantastic school, all students andstaff have been very welcoming and I have really enjoyed mytime here so far. As Deputy of Years 7 and 9, almost half of theschool being the two largest cohorts, I am very excited to beworking with these students. I look forward to 2019 school yearhere at the school.

Year 7 “O” Week

The first week of high school was very exciting for the Year 7’swith “O” week. Miss Josh organised a number of activities forall of the students to transition and get a feel of what it will belike being in high school and attending Hervey Bay State HighSchool. A great week had by all students and staff.

Year 7 Vaccinations

Hervey Bay State High School is participating in QueenslandHealth’s annual School Immunisation Program. All Year 7students have been offered free vaccinations as recommendedon the National Immunisation Program schedule. Envelopescontaining permission forms and information have beenprovided to students last week and were requested to bereturned by Monday 18 February, as a representation from thevaccination provider will come to collect them from the schoolafter this day. If your child didn’t receive an envelope last week,please call into the office to collect.

Only students with a signed and completed consent card,indicated “Yes to Vaccination” will be vaccinated. An externalprovider, OzCare, has been contracted by Queensland Healthto undertake the vaccination program. They will collect any

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returned forms from our school for the next round ofimmunisations.

New laws require the school Principal to disclose student andparent information for eligible students to the schoolimmunisation provider if requested. This information will enablethe school immunisation provider to determine those who haveand have not consented, and directly follow-up with parentsof students who have not yet returned a consent card. Thisdirect follow-up ensures all parents are offered the opportunityfor their child to participate in this important school healthprogram. It may also assist you in making decisions about yourchild’s immunisation needs. Parents who have indicated “No toVaccination” will not be followed up by the provider.

School immunisation providers will be bound to comply withthe Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld). This Act stipulates therequirements for the secure collection, use, storage anddisposal of personal information. The vaccinations will beconducted by a team of authorized registered nurses and/or a medical practitioner. Parents are encouraged to ensuretheir children have an adequate breakfast on the morning ofvaccination, and adequate food and drink for the day.

The vaccination team will be visiting the school to give the freevaccinations on Thursday 7 March for Year 7 and then againfor the second round on Thursday 17 October. For furtherinformation about the School Immunisation Program please call12 HEALTH (13 43 25 84) or visit:

http://www.health.qld.gov.au/immunisation

Mrs Carrie TaylorActing Deputy Principal

Welcome to Year 7!What a fantastic start to high school our wonderful Year 7cohort have had. Our first week of school consisted oforientation activities to help us transition to high school withease. We learnt about our school rules and expectations, cybersafety, being a good friend, met our support staff, signed up forall our exciting clubs and sports and made new friends.

Our Day camps to the Hervey Bay foreshore were hot, buta great experience for students to meet teachers and makenew friends. Students took part in team building games andchallenges before heading to Wetside for the afternoon. Wethank our student leaders who came along to help on thesedays.

Our lunchtime activities have been a huge success with themost popular clubs being Zumba, Yoga, Chess Team,Pokémon League and Cattle Team. Thank you to all theteachers and students going along to these activities andmaking them a success.

We were also fortunate enough to have the theatre companyShake and Stir come along and perform a very accurate showabout what Year 7’s experience when coming to high school.This performance was very entertaining and we thank theschool for this opportunity.

We have had about 50 Year 7’s come along to the first fewstudent leadership meetings and they are starting to get

involved in community and school activities. The first beingClean Up Australia Day on Sunday March 3rd. Students havecollected notes and these are due back now for this event.

Thank you to all students, parents and carers for a successfulstart this year. If you have any concerns regarding your student,please contact their case manager.

7A, 7B, 7C,7J Mr Andrew Hinks

7D, 7E, 7F Ms Tracey Gist

7G, 7H , 7I Mr Andrew Garty /Ms Leisha Richardson

7K Miss Stacey Josh

Miss Stacey JoshHead of Department – Junior Schooling and LOTE

Welcome to 2019 Lunchtime Activities!We have a broad range of activities on every day and open toall students at Hervey Bay State High School.

Our most popular so far this year are Cattle Team, Chess Team,Yoga, Zumba and Robotics.

Keep yourself busy at lunchtimes and meet new friends withsimilar interests. Lots of clubs are working on projects so makesure you are getting involved and enjoying these wonderfulopportunities.

Don’t forget Homework Club which is on Thursday afternoonswith a range of different teachers there to help you with yourassessment or to catch up. Come along, grab a snack, and usethe computers to type up assignments, research or print. Thisgoes from 3.10-4pm on Thursday afternoons in the eHub.

In addition to these activities on Monday, Wednesday andFriday Miss Jo has opened up a meditation room/chill outroom for some students who want to start their day with somemindfulness or are a bit overwhelmed and need some of thatcalmness in the mornings. This is in K3 from 8:30am on thedays mentioned.

Thank you to our teachers for giving up their lunchtimes tofacilitate these groups.

Miss Stacey JoshHead of Department – Junior Schooling and LOTE

Congratulations to our 2019 StudentLeaders

This year we welcomed over 70 student leaders to our team.These students went through an application and interviewprocess at the end of last year. This year we are hoping work

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with interested Year 7 students on events and projects tocontinue raise our profile within the community.

Our student leadership team have already been busy this yearassisting in Year 7 Orientation Week, Lunchtime Activities andplanning for the year. Our first event is Clean Up Australia Dayon March 3rd, where we will be helping clean up our area andpromoting this message to our community.

Hervey Bay State High School’s 2019 Student

Leaders

8 9 10 11 12

QuaillaAnaru

TaraCooke

LucyAndersen

CaitlinBrummell

AneeshaBeaven

TylerAshmore

EboneeDodd

AnnekieBlack

JessicaBurke

DaynaKatene

EmilyAshton

VincentDoo

MatthewBone

PetaColes

TamsynManderson

Tara Beal CassandraHall

SavannahBuchan

CourtneyDekoning

HarlandPlater

LachlanCrack

EmilyHamilton

TrinityDarby

BiancaFairfull

StephanieRoots

ZoeFleming

CharleeHarper

MisharleahFogarty

HayleyFox

TaniaRoots

NadiaFogarty

MitchellHoare

KaylaFyffe

PeterJohnston

EllisaSendall

HaileyMarsh

SophieHughes

TaylorGilmore

AimeeLewis

TylerMcGrath

ZoeMason

BethaneeJenner

KobeMcNaught

PaigeMcNaught

MasonMcLaren

ChayseKingston

LaurenSearles

KaydenMilburn

MontanaO’Flanerty

KeishaAnn

Morris

RohnanScott

ChloeMorgan

AlyiciaParker

EmmaMorton

CydneeSimon

TamikaMorris

ChanaePeaker

DamonOpresnik

Maia Tait

TaylahNeeson

HayleySearles

GriffinPowell

EllaWalters

ImogenPeaker

EloiseStokes

LayneScanlon

ZanderPlater

MitchellSullivan

TiffanySelmon

HollyPrentice

EllaTracey

BronteShinner

EllaStevens

MakaylaVan

GenevieveTurner

Erin Tait AbbyWalker

Hervey Bay State High School’s 2019 Student

Leaders

JackWingard

EllahWilliams

TaleishaWinterton

Below are some date claimers for not only our leaders butanyone else who would like to be involved.

Date Event Venue

Sunday 3rdMarch

8.30am-11am

Clean UpAustraliaDay

The Great Hall.

Wednesday13th Marchbefore schooland recess 1

Shave for aCure

Before school, outside thetuckshop have your haircoloured for a gold coindonation.

Recess 1, any coin entry tothe Great Hall come andwatch your brave classmatesshave their heads

Thursday 14thMarch6.30pm-830pm

ZumbaDisco

The Great Hall $5 prepaidtickets only. Tickets availableat Zumba on Tuesday andThursday

Friday 15thMarch

NationalDayAgainstBullyingandViolence

Activities throughout the dayfor you to get involved in.Listen to the student notices.

Friday 26thApril -Sunday28th April

LeadershipCamp

Brisbane City – For Year8-12 Student Leaders.

Miss Stacey JoshHead of Department – Junior Schooling and LOTE

Science 2019Science in 2019 has started in full swing with Year 7 and8’s practicing being safe in the laboratory and using Bunsenburners. Year 9’s have been learning about heat. The Year9 extension class, seen in the photos, investigated whichcoloured soft drink can is the best.

Year 10’s have started the forensics unit learning about bloodtyping and finger printing.

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Year 12 chemistry have been experimenting with equilibriumand how particular reactions change colour with addition ofheat.

Mr Michael McLarenTeacher – Science Department

Supporting Students’ SuccessThe start of the school year can be an emotional rollercoasterfor some students and their families.

We are fortunate to have a diverse support team that assiststudents and their families who are faced with various barriersin reaching their potential. The Support Team provide strategiesand specialised support at an individual, group and schoollevel. Our aim is to create a safe and healthy environmentthat supports ‘the whole’ student and we are committed toproducing well-rounded individuals who can participateeffectively in the wider community as citizens of tomorrow.

To access the Support Team, students are to make anappointment at G Block during recess. The Hervey Bay StateHigh School Support Team consists of:

Guidance Counsellors – Bernadette York andMatt Eden

Students are able to access registered psychologists forsupport five days a week. Our Guidance Officers provide arange of counselling services around mental health, career andalternative pathways, family support (which includes mentors,financial and relationship) and psychoeducational assessmentsto ensure students are reaching their learning potential.

Bernadette YorkBernadette York Matt EdenMatt Eden

School Chaplain – Paul Featherstone

Our School Chaplain is onsite Monday to Thursday each week.“Chappy” provides pastoral care, support around personal/family/friendship issues and is a male mentor for many of ourstudents. He also delivers a number of our support program ata group level including VITAL, Peer Mentor Training and also theRock & Water program.

Paul FeatherstonePaul Featherstone

School Nurse – Debbie Tuche

Deb, a registered mental health nurse, is onsite Tuesdays toThursdays each week. Deb provides support around any healthconcerns including growth and development, healthy eatingand general health issues. Deb also delivers a number ofprograms promoting hygiene, healthy relationships as well assmoking/drug/alcohol free lifestyles. Deb is also theco-ordinator of our successful lunch time craft group.

Debbie TucheDebbie Tuche

School - based Police Officer - Senior ConstableTom MacKinnon

Officer Tom is onsite Tuesday and Thursday each week andprovides support on matters of the law, deals with truancyand compulsory schooling issues, conducts home visits as wellas delivering our Cultural Vital program and Driver Educationpresentations.

Senior Constable Tom MacKinnonSenior Constable Tom MacKinnon

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Youth Support Counsellors – Louise MacDonaldand Megan Colby

Louise and Megan are available Monday to Friday each weekto provide support around friendship and bullying issues, timemanagement and study skills as well as running ourDRUMBEAT, Team UP and LIFT programs.

Louise MacDonaldLouise MacDonald Megan ColbyMegan Colby

Mindfulness Coach – Jo D’Emilio

Miss Jo works across many of our support programssupporting the mental wellbeing of our students. With Jo,students participate in yoga, meditation, acrobatics, jugglingand mindfulness.

The Mindfulness room is open Monday, Wednesday and Fridaymorning 8.30am – 8.55am and provides students with acalming, mindful and empowering space before school to sitand check in with themselves and prepare mindfully for the dayahead.

Jo D’EmilioJo D’Emilio

Head of Student Support – Natasha Steinhardt

Natasha provides support to all students across the school,however, intensively case manages year 8 and 9 students.Natasha co-ordinates all of the support programs offered atHervey Bay State High School and delivers the Focussing onInstilling Values and Engagement (FIVE) program and Rock andWater.

Natasha SteinhardtNatasha Steinhardt

Please feel free to contact the Support Team if you have anyconcerns about the emotional and social wellbeing of your

child. They can be reached through the main office on 41943777.

Ms Natasha SteinhardtHead of Department – Student Support

Supporting Programs Helping StudentsSucceed

The full suite of support programs are up and running. Theprograms cater for all students and provide opportunities forthem to develop specific skills and reach their potential thatwill aid their success both in and out of school. The programsare delivered by a number of Support Staff, teachers as wellas our peer mentors and school leaders. Students receivedinvitations to participate in programs last week and need toreturn completed forms to Students Services as soon aspossible.

PROOGRAM PROGRAM GOALS When

VitalYear 8 Boys &Girls

Girls –Period 3Wednesday

Boys –Period 3Thursday

(termprogram)

• Increasedconfidence andself-worth

• Greater value of,and respect & carefor others, theirschool and theircommunity

• Improvedconnection to andproductiveparticipation inschool, learningand community

• Enhance eachstudent's potentialand confidence tobe productive

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PROOGRAM PROGRAM GOALS When

D.R.U.M.B.E.A.T.Year 8 girls

Period 1Monday

(termprogram)

Rock & WaterYear 10 Girls

Period 2Monday

(termprogram)

RAGEYear 7, 8 & 9

Period 3Monday

(termprogram)

F.I.V.E.(Focus onInstilling ValuesandEngagement)Year 7, 8 & 9Girls & Boys

Girls - AlldayTuesday

Boys – AlldayThursday

(fullsemesterprogram)

PROOGRAM PROGRAM GOALS When

Boys ClubYear 9 Boys

Period 1Friday

(termprogram)

Girls UnitedYear 9 Girls

Period 1Wednesday

(termprogram

If you require any further information on the programs, pleasecall Natasha Steinhardt Head of Student Support on 41943777.

Ms Natasha SteinhardtHead of Department – Student Support

School Based Youth Health NurseMy name is Debbie Tuche, I am the School Based YouthHealth Nurse at Hervey Bay High. I work in Student Support (GBlock) every Wednesday, Thursday, and alternate Tuesday’s.Please see the attached flyer about my role within the schoolcommunity.

members of theschool andcommunity

• Increased mentalwellbeing

• Increasedknowledge andunderstanding ofrelationship issues

• Reduction inpsychologicaldistress

• Reduction inantisocialbehaviour

• Improvedself-regulation

• Increased socialand emotionallearning

• Increasedempathy

• Increasedself-control andself confidence

• Development ofeffectivecommunicationtechniques

• Development ofself-defencetechniques

• Development ofresilience

• Understandinganger

• Development ofself-awareness

• Identify individualtriggers

• Development ofcoping strategies

• Re-engage inclassroomenvironment

• Decrease inBehaviour referrals

• Increase inself-esteem andself-worth

• Development ofpositiverelationships

• Removingthemselves from“social dramas

• Re-engagementwith school

• Develop healthyattitude towardsself, females andfamily

• Encouragedevelopment ofstrength,understanding andself-awareness

• Understand placeand worth insociety

• Develop resilienceand discipline

• Enhance teenagegirl’s positivesense of self

• Boost self-esteemand resilience

• Provide a variety ofpositive lifeexperiences

• Encourages goalsetting behaviours

• Exposesparticipants tohealthy female rolemodels

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Information for patents regarding Head Lice!

Please visit the link below to receive up to date informationregarding the management and treatment of head lice and nits.

https://raisingchildren.net.au/guides/a-z-health-reference/head-lice

This site is recommended by Queensland Health and hasaccurate and up to date information on numerous health,growth and development issues which you may find interesting.

http://raisingchildren.net.au/

Mrs Debbie TucheSchool Based Youth Health Nurse

Parents & Citizens Association NewsThe Parents & Citizens Association (P&C) warmly welcomes allfamilies for the 2019 school year, and a special welcome tofamilies joining our HBSHS community.

The P&C will be holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM) onThursday 14 March 2019 at 5pm in the School Administrationbuilding. The March general meeting will follow the AGM.

Future P&C General Meetings are held every 2nd Thursday ofthe month at 5pm during school terms.

We are a very small and friendly bunch and we wouldencourage you to come along to support your school. It is onlytogether that we can build a strong community and supportive

environment for our kids and staff, all parents and caregiversare warmly welcomed.

If you have any questions or concerns which you would like toraise, but cannot make the meeting, please email the P&C atenquiry@herveybayshs.eq.edu.au.

Canteen NewsWelcome to a new year. We are excited to bring you all avariety of healthy meals for breakfast and lunch daily. Pleasesee the Students notices and the boards in the canteen tosee our delicious daily specials. We have added a third registerto the canteen to help speed up the process with so manynew students. We will also have an extra EFTPOS soon for theseniors which should also help. Thank you for your patience.

A huge thank you to the 5 new volunteers we have this year.They are all working super well and fit in with our crazy crewlike they are old friends (they even came back the next week!).Thank you ladies!

ORDERING

If you would like to order any items, please do so before9.00am. Pre-ordering, particularly our daily specials, avoidsdisappointment of missing out. Every day we have a selectionof fresh sandwiches, rolls, wraps and salad’s which can betailored to your tastes (but order before 9am).

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

25/2/19 26/02/19 27/02/19 28/02/19 1/03/19

J. Quinn

S. Martin

T. Smith

*

RoastBeef

TurkishBread

J. Quinn

N. Parry

Kirsty

*

HawaiianBeef

Burger

J. Quinn

S. McLure

B. Ewans

*

SouthernChickenBurger

S. Martin

K. Nixon

*Peri periChicken

wrap

J. Quinn

K. Clews

*

HomestylePizzas

4/03/19 5/03/19 6/03/19 7/03/19 8/03/19

J. Quinn

S. Martin

T. Smith

*

Pesto,Sundriedtomato &

FettaTurkishBread

J. Quinn

N. Parry

Kirsty

*

MexicanBeef

Burger

J. Quinn

S. McLure

B. Ewans

*

SummerChickenBurger

S. Martin

S.Petersen

*Lambwraps

J. Quinn

K. Clews

J. Cooke

*

HomestylePizzas

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Please remember that all students need their manners andfull school uniform to be served.

EFTPOS is only available for senior students (Yrs. 10-12),however, all EFTPOS transactions incur a $0.20 surcharge.

Our menu can be found on the school website:

https://herveybayshs.eq.edu.au/Facilities/Tuckshop/Pages/Tuckshop.aspx

Mrs Kylie AtkinsonCanteen Manager

Bring Your Own Device (BYOx)Bring Your Own Device (BYOx) is available now! Maximisestudent learning by ensuring they have access to a device inclass.

Hervey Bay State High School encourages all students toparticipate in the school’s BYOx program. Innovation,technology and access to online tools and resources isessential for students today – both at home, and at school.Compatible devices include Windows laptops/netbooks, iPadsand Apple laptops.

With BYOx devices, students move seamlessly between homeand school with all of their learning, revision and study materialat their fingertips. Our BYOx program is supported by a widerange of online tools and resources that students regularlyaccess for their learning – including accessing all learningmaterials, homework and study material via online portals suchOneNote, Virtual Classrooms and cloud storage.

For More Information

See our school’s website for device specifications and furtherinformation:

http://www.herveybayshs.eq.edu.au/Facilities/Computersandtechnology/

Parents/carers are able to purchase a compatible device fromlocal retailers, or via one of the available purchase portals onour website.

Ms Sarah BrierleyHead of Department – Teaching & Innovation

School Dental VanThe Pialba State School Dental Clinic is now pleased to offerHervey Bay SHS students of year 7-10 a free Dental check-upand any treatment that is required. Expression of interest DentalForms are currently being issued to students through class andare also available from Student Services. If you would like toaccept this offer please complete this form and return it to theschool office ASAP, or register your Child via phone on (07)4122 8861.

Please note a parent or legal guardian will need to attendeach initial appointment for their child. For any enquiries, pleasecontact the School Dental Administration on (07) 4122 8861,thank you.

School Dental Van

Find a Frog

Kids and adults love frogs. They are an important part of ourenvironment and everyone can be part of the annual citizenscience ‘FIND A FROG IN FEBRUARY’ program to help protecttheir future.

All people from the Fraser Coast, Gympie, Noosa and SunshineCoast council areas are encouraged to look for frogs and sendin their records. We are relying on the involvement of CitizenScientists to assist us to know where our frogs are andtherefore monitor environmental health.

Records can be gathered as photos and/or recordings of callssubmitted via a phone app or data sheets. There’s an easyon-line identification key to have fun with.

Teachers – go to the frog Teaching Module created by localteacher, Jean Pink in edStudio. Great educational exercises forstudents to be accessed there! For ALL information on Find aFrog in February go to

http://mrccc.org.au/frog-in-february/

Call the MRCCC to discuss class involvement options or howyou can be involved as a Citizen Scientist – 5482 4766.

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