In this issue

Welcome back to Term 4! 2022 is certainly flying by and I have a feeling Term 4 will continue this pattern!  Term 4 is traditionally quite action-packed with lots of key school events coming up.  Term 4 has always been one of my favourite times of the year, as I always look forward to celebrating the progress and achievements of our precious students.  As we begin Term 4, a few exciting things are happening…

Schoolbox Pilot Program

Behind the scenes this year, teachers have been working hard to set up our new learning management system, Schoolbox, which will replace a number of existing systems like Google Sites and Google Classroom next year.  We are looking forward to a full launch in  2023, and we’re excited for streamlined communication with our families regarding many aspects of school life, most notably around due dates, assessment items, grades and event notices just to name a few! But with new systems come new ways of working, and we are looking to trial some of the features of Schoolbox with students this term, to ensure we have things well set up for next year.  If your child’s class is involved in a trial, please enjoy your sneak preview of the platform – we look forward to opening up the parent portal next year!

Subject Selections for 2023 classes

In Year 8 and 9, students should have now selected their subjects for 2023.  Please check in with your child to ensure they have done this.  If you need any information, please contact me for Year 9 in 2023, or Mrs Rebecca Wallis for Year 10 in 2023.

The theme I have set up for Middle School students to round out the year is one of finishing well.  To do this, I have asked them to consider setting some goals early in the term, maybe for academic progress or perhaps personal behavioural goals, to ensure they can finish off the term well.  Proverbs 3:5-6 says “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight”.  My prayer for Middle School students in Term 4 is that they will have God’s strength and courage to finish the year well, through setting goals and committing them to God, who will help them on their paths!

Kristie Schulz
Acting Middle School Coordinator

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In Sync Kids OT have a satellite clinic within Parklands Christian College providing private Occupational Therapy Services specifically to students of the school. In Sync Kids Occupational Therapy specialises in sensory integration and neurodevelopment.  Kelsey Hackett is the Occupational Therapist and point of contact for the satellite clinic within Parklands Christian College.

Kelsey Hackett has experience working as a paediatric occupational therapist since 2015 in the United States and has relocated to Brisbane in 2021. She has her Bachelors of Psychology and Master of Occupational Therapy degree. She has worked in the clinic-based and school-based settings with children of all ages and a wide range of diagnoses for the past 7 years.

For any additional information regarding Occupational Therapy services, please contact Kelsey Hackett kelsey.hackett@insynckidsot.com  and feel free to look at the In Sync Kids OT website for more information http://www.insynckidsot.com

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Parklands Athletics Carnivals

With rescheduled dates, Term 3 started off with the Joshua-Samuel rivalry in full flight.

We hosted both our Primary and Secondary Track + Field carnivals on Thursday and Friday of Week 1.

Secondary’s standard was high with many records being broken on the day. From Joshua we had Pippa Campbell set the new open girls’ record in the long jump and Luke Unwin set new records in the 13 boys 1500m, 200m, 400m and 800m events. Whereas from Samuel house we had Tomas Clarke set the new HJ record for the Open Boys, Jacinta Hicks in the 16 girls Javelin and Ethan Jackson in the 15 boys Shot put. Students were showing great team spirit throughout the day and getting involved in any way possible, whether it was running the BBQ, marshalling events or measuring distances, it was a great day of building community within the school. Despite Samuel’s best efforts, it was Joshua who dominated the carnival, winning with 1747 points over Samuel’s 1551. Thank you to all the teachers and volunteers who helped make the day a great success.

The 9-12yrs carnival is always a day full of colour, competition and comradery. With massive numbers competing from the outset, it was going to be a close competition. Joshua house had 5 Record Breakers with Chloe Bobermien setting the new record for 12yr girls Discus, Gabriella George-Coker equalling the 11yrs girls 100m and breaking the 200m event, William Reise in the 9yr boys 800m and Lilee Unwin for the 11 yr girls 800m. Samuel had 3 with Agaw Buol breaking the records in the 10yr girls HJ and the Discus, Abraham Carkeet in the 10yr boys HJ and Jaxon Roberts in the 9yr boys Shot put. All students were brave and competed to their best, but there can only be 1 winner, and the 2022 Track + Field Champs were SAMUEL with 1436 points over Joshua with 1398. Well done to all the students for competing, helping and cheering on the day, and to the staff and volunteers, thank you for making these days happen.

Age Champions

9yrs – Miranda Adams – Connor Iwrin
10yrs – Agaw Buol – Abraham Carkeet
11yrs – Gabriella George-Coker – Cooper Harbourn
12yrs – Emmy Campbell – Lachlan Mane
13yrs – Hayley Thomson – Luke Unwin
14yrs – Georgia Holland – Justin Hunt
15yrs – Tayla Thomson – Austin Cresswell
16yrs – Ella Harbourn – Hudson Hunt
Opens – Pippa Campbell – Zacary Brown

In Term 3 we had 23 students represent the Southern district, with 5 of those representing the Met West Region. Congratulations to all students, and we look forward to seeing the results from the Track + Field State Championships later in the year.

ARTWAVES EXHIBITION RECOGNITIONS

During Chapel yesterday four students were acknowledged for their hard work and the selection of their artwork to be displayed at this year’s Artwaves. Artwaves is an annual event that is held by Logan Art Gallery. Each year, Artwaves recognises, promotes and celebrates the creative excellence of young artists in the region. The Artwaves exhibition brings together about 31 different schools and almost 180 students from years seven to twelve. This year Timothy Krueger, Florentina Mariuta, Jacinta Hicks and Malvika Naidu had their artwork selected to be on display. The Artwaves exhibition is running from the 9th of Sept to the 15th of October at the Logan Art Gallery. Entry is free and is open from 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday to Saturday.

9 Food Technology & Textiles

Last term Year 9 Food Technology and Textiles students were busy in the kitchen producing and evaluating healthy meal ideas and recipes to feed the average Australian Family. Students have been asked to generate a recipe that would be suitable as a ‘HelloFresh’ Meal Kit which is a food delivery service that focuses on providing healthy, easy, and sustainable dinner meals to families of 2 or 4. Food delivery services such as ‘HelloFresh’ have become more popular during challenging climates that impact access, ability, and availability to nutritious meals. Year 9s worked hard to understand and evaluate weekly recipes that consider the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating and Australian Dietary Guidelines for health.

10 Food & Nutrition

Last term the 10 Food & Nutrition students discovered what it was like to be a food technologist. Each week the students had to conduct a series of food experiments and participate in product sensory evaluations of food products. Part of this process was to understand the chemical and functional properties the ingredients played in each food product. Students experimented with flour, yeast, sugar, butter, eggs and aquafaba.

Food waste and sustainability were also considered. To ensure food security for the world’s rising population we need to rethink how we consume, purchase, use, store and source our ingredients.

Global Leadership Summit

The Year 10s participated in the Global Leadership Summit – Next Generation, which equips thousands of young people worldwide each year through a dynamic leadership program. It was a great day for Parklands students as they were able to hear from world class speakers, engage in group discussion, leadership activities, problem solving and learning practical life lessons.

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Secondary Students please note all hot food purchased from the Tuckshop needs to be preordered online.

From Year 6 Teacher, Simon Ashley

Welcome back to Term 4! How did we get here so quickly?

We are looking forward to making the most of our last term together. This term we will be exploring Sound and Light during Science lessons and will take a look at Family Celebrations and Traditions in HASS.

We’ll investigate a variety of topics in Math, including money, addition and subtraction, as well as measuring length and capacity.

1C will have the pleasure of having a Student Teacher visit us for part of the term. Please make Brigitta Anau feel welcome if you see her around.

Gymnastics begins in Week 2! The children always look forward to this during their PE lessons.

We pray all our Year 1 families enjoyed the Spring holiday break! We are looking forward to hearing all about it, the first week back!

Until next time, take care!
Mrs Clausen, Mrs Brown, Mrs Mane, Mrs S and Year 1!

Year 2

End of term was a whirlwind for Year 2 with so many things happening. We finished off the last of our investigations on Material Use and Forces in preparation for our Design Technology model vehicle build. Students participated in the last swimming lesson for the year and we celebrated International Dot day. After many assessments and a very full on last day of school we were all ready for the holidays!

As a part of our forces unit, students investigated the push force on a balloon by making balloon rockets. We also investigated the effect of friction by trialing our vehicles on different surfaces. The students were able to determine the best surface to test their model vehicle on next term. We had loads of fun building ramps and investigating the best angle and the surface needed for a speedy but smooth descent.

Our last day of term was spent celebrating the message of Peter H. Reynolds’ book ‘The Dot’. It is an inspiring message to kids about allowing their creativity to come out. Reynolds’ encourages kids to ‘make a mark and see where it takes you’. The students created dot paintings, decorated their own dot, played with Orbeez, ate dot looking foods, played balloon ping pong and dot painted rocks among other activities. The day was an awesome celebration of creativity as a personal expression of who we are as an individual.

Looking forward to next term…

As always, Term 4 will be a whirlwind. Students will be creating their model push/pull vehicle, visiting Wolston Farmhouse as a part of our HaSS unit on how technology has changed our daily lives, participating in gymnastic lessons, reviewing all three writing texts: informative, narrative and persuasive, mastering telling time to the quarter hour, investigating fractions and learning the language of chance.

Outside of our learning we will be celebrating the birth of our Saviour in various ways, participating in our Awards ceremony and thoroughly enjoying our last term together.

The Year 2 team thanks you for your support and help over the term. We look forward to walking your child’s educational journey with you throughout Term 4. As always, you are in our prayers.

Julia Jackson, Christine Hollenberg, Heidi Hackett and Julie Koplick

Year 3 had an exciting and busy September! One of our major highlights this term was our Design and Technology unit. We completed a unit which focused on Food and Fibre Production. We learnt about how cotton and milk are produced and how we can make food and fibre production more sustainable. As part of this unit we went on an excursion to the Summer Lands Camel Farm.

It was a fabulous day. It started out with lots of rain, resulting in a true farm experience with mud and all things dirty! But the rain soon cleared and we had sunshine and amazing experiences with the camels and the products. We all got to try camel milk, camel sausage and camel cheese! Students also got to pat and feed a camel. We saw and learnt about the life cycle of camels and how they produce camel milk. We also learnt about how camel products can be more sustainable. We ended our excursion with Camel Gelato and some old fashioned games on the big fields of the farm, while the camels watched! A big thanks to all those parents who came along and helped on the day.

The assessment piece for our Food and Fibre unit was to design a burger for a local cafe. Students did an amazing job thinking about and evaluating their design. We were so thankful to the Secondary Food Technology staff who invited us to come to the Cully Hospitality Centre to actually make the burgers that the students had designed! This was an awesome opportunity for Year 3 students to use these amazing facilities and experience a commercial kitchen. Students also learnt how to cut and grate ingredients and safely prepare their burgers. Of course the best bit was eating their creation! It was a great opportunity and a huge learning experience for everyone.

We are looking forward to a speedy but fun Term 4 where we finish up our year and celebrate all things Christmas!

Dear Parklands Community,

I’m writing to you now after recently returning from our second annual On-Country Trip.  On a rainy morning on Saturday 17^th September, 32 students, 3 alumni mentors and 10 staff in 3 vans, 2 cars and a very full luggage trailer, set off toward Toowoomba for our first stop and to meet up with the RAW crew who would be facilitating the trip.

RAW Impact (RAW – Raising Awareness Worldwide) is an organisation that promotes positive social change and invites students, families and organisations to participate in making a tangible difference in the world. Before COVID restrictions, Parklands partnered with RAW in Cambodia and has done so now for 9 years, undertaking 7 student trips (2013-present) and 4 adult trips (2016-19).  In 2021, we joined with RAW once again and travelled to Mitchell to learn from and serve with the Gunggari People.

After meeting with RAW in Toowoomba and reuniting with the RAW crew, we headed off to Mitchell. After 8 hours, and way too many toilet breaks later, we arrived on the Yumba, home of the Gunggari People. The following day we started our adventure in earnest.  Our day was full of project work, followed by an afternoon of learning about Gunggari culture and history.  Our project work centred around improvements to the Yumba as the Gunggari People prepare for their first reunion since 2012. We cleared, weeded, cut firewood, did plumbing, painted and made many improvements to the Yumba.  It was a privilege to contribute in some small way to the restoration of the Yumba and the Gunggari Nation.

During our time on the Yumba, we got to yarn with several Gunggari Aunties and Uncles over several days, learning about some of the tragic history of our Indigenous Peoples. This created great discussion with our students who wanted to better understand modern Indigenous culture.  I was struck by the graciousness of our teachers and their encouraging hope for the future, both for the Gunggari Nation and Indigenous Peoples all over Australia. Our team were touched by our hosts’ transparency and kindness, which built a warmth and empathy in the hearts of our team.

After our farewells, we left the Yumba with a Parklands prayer of blessing before continuing on to Carnarvon Gorge.  While staying at Carnarvon, we hiked through some incredible Australian scenery.  On our final day our rather exhausted and somewhat smelly team came together to debrief and reflect on our amazing experience in the outback.  Each student had a takeaway and lesson learned.

During our week away, our students were challenged in many ways.  Some were challenged by the work, the camping and the bugs. Some students missed home and their families.  Many of us were challenged by the history of the Gunggari Nation and were inspired to reconsider our posture toward our Indigenous People.

I am proud of the entire team and the personal journeys they all went on.  It was a privilege to connect with our students anew and get to know them better; we really do have an amazing student population at Parklands.

Gary Cully
Principal

I trust that you had an enjoyable, relaxing school holiday spent with family and friends or just enjoyed having the children at home and not having to prepare lunches, do homework, stress to get them to school prepared and on time.

We are continuing to review our process and procedures in the Primary in order to ensure the school is one in which great education & teaching is presented and CLEAR values of Christlikeness, Learning, Excellence, Attitude and Respect are presented and followed daily.

Labelled Uniforms

For the start of term 4, can you kindly check that ALL of your child’s Uniform Items and Lunch Boxes and Drink Bottles are clearly labelled with their FULL name? Can we also please ask that you assist us in ensuring the students are correctly dressed in the right uniform each day? We are experiencing students wearing their sports uniforms when not required and have also noticed that some students are starting to mix and match their uniforms/shoes. If unsure about uniform items or correct uniform requirements, please feel free to check the school’s website, or contact your child’s teacher or the RTC.

Primary Building Plans

• All existing buildings and services have been moved
• Site has been cleared
• The earth has been prepped to get it to structural standards
• Steel foundations are currently being built on site
• We hope to see a slab in the next few weeks.

End of Day Procedures Reminder

Students may be collected anytime from 2.30pm but will unfortunately miss Structured Play time.

Students leaving at Structured Play need to be electronically signed out up at Student Services using their NEW ID NAME TAG.

At the end of Structured Play (3.05pm), students go to class, line up for class roll call, collect their ports/bags and are walked by their class teacher to the Undercover Area, where they wait to be collected by parents/guardian or older sibling. No student can leave the Undercover Area without any supervision. At 3.30pm those students who have not been collected will be taken up to Student Services until collected.

Thank you for not requesting students to make their way ‘on their own’ and meet you at the car. If you need them before 3.10pm, please come up to the Undercover Area and collect them there.

Thank you for your support and assistance in this regard, as we wish to keep all our students safe, sound and accounted for!

2023 Class Placements

“I have learned to be content” (Philippians 4:11)

We believe God has a destiny for every student in our school. He has already placed within them the skills, gifts and talents that they need to become the person God intended them to be. We are also blessed to have excellent teachers at Parklands because of God’s call on their life.

Class teachers, Aides, all specialist teachers, RTC, LE Staff and myself spend an enormous amount of time discussing, praying about and working through the issues involved with student & class teacher placements and in trying to ensure that classes are well balanced. The matters of learning style, academic ability, behavioural concerns, student & staff personality, friendships, as well as social and emotional needs are earnestly discussed in the whole class selection process!

A reminder, because we know the children and teacher/class environment, we do not accommodate requests from parents to swap class placements. An extremely difficult task is complicated by requests for and against staff and other students or friends. We ask that you would pray for wisdom and discernment for us as they look to care for and meet the needs of each student.

Thank you for your understanding and support in this regard and look forward to seeing a wonderful working relationship continue to develop between teacher, student and parent!

The secret to confident kids

By: Michael Grose

The first habit from Stephen Covey’s wonderful book “The 7 habits of highly effective people” states that we should start every project or undertaking with the end in mind.

This principle holds true for any activity whether it’s planting your veggie patch; renovating a house or raising children. When you know what you are trying to achieve then choosing the right strategies becomes easy. The end game or goal for parents and teachers is Redundancy. Yep, you read it right. Your job is to make yourself redundant as an adult from the children you raise and teach at the earliest appropriate, possible age. When redundancy is your aim most of your time, effort and energy will go into promoting independence.  You’ll stop doing things for kids and start giving them opportunities to do things themselves.  You’ll spend most of your active parenting and teaching time teaching, explaining and prodding your child toward independence.

Independence leads to the 4 C’s 

When independence becomes your priority then suddenly you’ve found a pathway to the development of other positive qualities and traits in your children including the key four – confidence, competence, creativity and character.

Here’s how:

Confidence comes from facing your fears and doing things for yourself.

Competence comes from the opportunity to develop self-mastery that independence offers.

Creativity is developed when kids solve problems themselves as opposed to someone solving them on their behalf, or worse, keeping kids safe. It’s amazing how resourceful kids can be when they are given the chance to resolve their own problems.

Character, which is essential for success, is forged under hardship and is needed if kids are to live a sturdy life. Kids need to be exposed to disappointment, failure and conflict if character strengths such as grit and perseverance are too be forged.

Independence takes many forms and adults are the gatekeepers for children’s independence.

Allowing kids to take responsibility and own their own problems builds confidence and competence. Start by expecting kids to help out at home and at school. Look for ways to develop self-help skills and don’t take their problems on as your problems.

Create junior versions of independence

It can be scary and also difficult developing independence in one big step. So smart adults intuitively develop junior versions of independence by breaking up big activities into digestible bits.  Want your three year old to make the bed? Then start by arranging the teddies and the pillows (a junior version of making the bed) and let them work their way up from there.  Similarly, want your ten year old to walk to school yet it’s currently out of their skillset? Then accompany them most of the way and let them walk the last 200 metres to school on their own. That’s a junior version of walking to school.

In all the noise and commotion about raising kids today it’s easy to forget that the job description for parents hasn’t changed since the dawn of time. Love them, bond with them, teach them and spend time with them. But also work like mad to develop their real independence so they become capable of handling what life will throw their way.

Trust you have a great term and rest of the year.

Psalm 33:3 “Sing a new song of praise to him; play skilfully on the harp, and sing with joy.”

Practice

It’s the only way we learn anything. Children become good at speaking by talking, good at riding bikes by riding bikes…and good at music by playing & singing music. Even if you aren’t confident in your ability to help your child with their music practice, your most important job is actually as their cheer squad & motivator. If you listen to them play & compliment their progress or their effort, they’ll want to do it more! Practice is essential to becoming more skilled on a musical instrument, just like it’s essential to learning spelling or times tables. Proficiency almost never happens by accident, so give your child a boost & figure out an incentive to encourage them to practise regularly!

Performances

On Wednesday 19^th October, in the Church Auditorium, we will be holding our Arts Gala, as a final opportunity for Ensembles, Choirs & Drama students to perform pieces they have been working on throughout the year. The night will be divided into two halves; the first, beginning at 5:30pm, will have more of a Primary focus while the second, beginning at 7:30pm, will have more of a Secondary focus. There will be lots of artwork on display and even some up for sale through a silent auction – bids will close at 7:30pm, so make sure you take a good look around before then!

Our Choirs & Ensembles will be involved in other school events throughout Term 4, so it’s shaping up to be a busy term. We’re also busy coming up with great plans for 2023, so watch this space for some new & exciting initiatives.

Lessons & Rehearsals

All instrumental lessons will commence in Week 1 of Term 4. With our Arts Gala performance coming up in Week 3, it is essential that all students attend all rehearsals from Week 1 of Term 4. Give It A Go! lessons will finish at the end of Week 6, at which point students need to return their instrument to school, while all other lessons (group & private) will finish at the end of Week 7.

Ensembles & Choirs involved in the Arts Gala include:

–       Primary Junior Choir (Year 2 & 3) – Wednesday, 7:50-8:20am in Mrs Patane’s room

–       Primary Senior Choir (Years 4-6) – Thursday, 2:30-3:10pm in Mrs Patane’s room

–       Give It A Go! Band (Year 4 GIAG woodwind, brass & percussion students) – Thursday, 7:30-8:15am in L5

–       Wind Ensemble (Years 4-12, woodwind, brass & percussion students with minimum 12 months experience) – Tuesday, 7:30-8:15am in L5

–       College Worship Team (Years 7-12) – Tuesday, 3:20-4:45pm in the Church Auditorium

Choirs are open to all students regardless of whether or not they’re having lessons, and no experience is necessary. The Give It A Go! Band is generally reserved for students in the Give It A Go! Programme as it caters for beginner students. Wind, brass & percussion students continuing to have lessons at school will play in the Wind Ensemble, and anyone else who has lessons outside of school is also welcome to join this ensemble.

Give It A Go! Band Programme

Our current cohort of Give It A Go! students are nearly finished! With their last lessons & return of instruments happening in Week 6 of Term 4, it will be the end of another interesting year and the students should all feel proud of what they have achieved in this time. We sincerely hope that many of them will want to continue learning in 2023.

We’re also excited to be getting ready to send offers to our next group of Give It A Go! students for next year! Those offers should be in Year 4 parents’ inbox during Week 1 of Term 4, so please watch out for those and return your forms as soon as you can.

Instruments on offer in the Give It A Go! Band Programme include:

–       Flute
–       Clarinet
–       Saxophone
–       Trumpet
–       Trombone
–       Baritone/Euphonium
–       Percussion (includes drums, auxiliary & mallet percussion)

There are a number of ways to be part of our growing Instrumental Programme – here’s how your child can be involved:

1. Give It A Go! Band Programme – Year 4 students only

This is a one year beginner programme for Year 4 students, giving them the opportunity to learn a woodwind, brass or percussion instrument in small groups during school time. There is a one-off $400 levy for the year which covers all lessons & band rehearsals, a tuition book & use of a school instrument for one year. If your child is in Year 4 in 2023 & would like to be involved, please contact us at instruments@parklands.qld.edu.au

2. Private lessons

Private lessons are available for piano, guitar, drum kit, voice, most woodwind & and all brass & stringed instruments. Lessons are scheduled mostly during school time, and fees are billed by & payable directly to the instrumental teachers at $33/30mins.

3. Shared lessons

Shared lessons are available for all of the above instruments except piano & voice. Lessons are again scheduled mostly during school time, and fees are also billed by & payable directly to the instrumental teachers at $20/30mins for a Group of 2 or $15/30mins for a Group of 3, pending availability.

Enrolment forms can be downloaded below, and are also available by emailing instruments@parklands.qld.edu.au

02 PCC Instrumental Tuition Program guidelines and enrolment

Parklands Outside School Hours Care is situated within the school grounds of Parklands Christian College in the Prep Building Area.  The service operates for before school, after school and vacation care.  Before and after school care offers a nutritious breakfast/afternoon tea and children are able to engage in a variety of activities based on their interests.

During the school term the service operates from 6:30-8:30am and 3:00-6:00pm (with office staff available from 2pm), and vacation care from 6:30am-6:00pm.  Parklands OSHC have qualified educators and encourage parents and families to pop into the service to discuss any care needs, suggestions or ideas or alternatively via phone 3297 0577 or email: parklandsbookings@bigpond.com.

We currently have limited spots available for before and after school care and advise families that a current 2021 enrolment is required to accept all bookings including emergency care bookings.

We look forward to assisting with all your care needs.

Uniform Shop location and parking: 24 Hillcrest Rd, Park Ridge
(located on the left hand side, at the end of Hillcrest Road)

Please Note:

As from January 2022 we no longer accept any additional second hand items to sell. We will still be selling second hand uniforms that we have previously received. If you would like to sell your uniforms second hand, please sell them privately or through our parent managed and monitored Facebook page: Facebook Link

Uniform Shop Facebook Page/PCCUniforms

Purchase Uniforms Online

Uniforms can now be purchased online through QuickCliq.com.au

Tuckshop news

Great News! Your tuckshop has received a 5 STAR rating on the EAT SAFE LOGAN CERTIFICATE for the second year in a row. This is a great achievement and all credit to our wonderful Tuckshop convenor and staff.

The tuckshop will be open EVERY day this year, Monday-Friday!

Secondary Students please note all hot food purchased from the Tuckshop needs to be preordered online.

There is an opportunity for parents to contribute to the life of the school by volunteering their time in the tuckshop.

The tuckshop has been growing since moving to the new facility and with growth in sales we would really love your help!

Please contact our Tuckshop Convenor, Marie Rushin, on 0422 637 370 or email tuckshop@parklands.qld.edu.au

Tuckshop Menu 2022

Term Dates 2022 final

School Transport Assistance Scheme

The Queensland Government offers financial assistance to parents of both state and non-state school students travelling to and from school daily by private arrangement. This is known as STAS (School Transport Assistance Scheme).

Please phone the Gold Coast office on 5630 8857 to clarify your eligibility. Alternatively you can visit their website http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/schooltransport

Bus Pass Information for 2022

Bus Queensland is making a number of changes to schools runs for term 1 2022 that may impact your child’s travel arrangements. A list of these changes can be found at https://www.busqld.com.au/term-1-2022-changes. If you have any concerns or queries, please contact us at customers@busqld.com.au or 3802 1233.

PRT Term 1 2022 Notice of service changes

More Bus Services?

We have had a number of enquiries requesting if we could get our existing Bus Qld bus routes extended into more areas south of our College. For Bus Qld to consider this, they require you to email them directly. If the added service could be of benefit to you and your children, please email Bus Qld at reception@busqld.com.au

For bus travel in the Logan Reserve area, please call Logan Coaches on 5546 3077.