In this issue

Senior News…

As I’m writing this month’s article, Years 11-12 have completed their first week of examinations and Year 10 have completed revision week. It’s a busy time of term and in just two short weeks, seniors will have the benefit of their spring break.

Years 10-12 Assessment and Self Care

As seniors navigate through this demanding exam season, I encourage them all to approach their studies with diligence and determination. However, amidst the hustle, to always remember the significance of self-care and that alongside their academic efforts, to plan on and find moments for connection with God and for doing things that recharge them.

Thank you for your continued support in your child’s educational journey as your children balance commitments to strive for excellence, whilst practicing kindness towards themselves by maintaining a healthy equilibrium between academic pursuits and personal health.

 Year 12’s Thriving in Independent Study Mode!

The images are some snapshots of our Year 12’s in some recent study sessions during their trial exam period.

These moments are more than just quiet study sessions – they’re all about fostering connections, teamwork, and individual growth. As our Year 12s gear up for their final subject assessments, certificate course work, and upcoming exams, this dedicated independent study time plays a crucial role.

Why is Independent Study Time Important?

It’s not just about hitting the books; it’s about fostering a sense of autonomy and responsibility. Our students are taking charge of their own learning journeys, diving deep into their subjects, and making the most out of every moment.

Connecting and Collaborating

While everyone is focusing on their own subjects, these study sessions are also a time for our Year 12’s to connect with their peers. They’re collaborating, exchanging ideas, and supporting each other through the challenges. It’s all about that positive peer synergy!

Preparing for Success

These study sessions are a stepping stone toward success. Our Year 12’s are honing their time management skills, perfecting their study strategies, and ensuring they’re ready to shine in their final exams.

Thank you for cheering on the Year 12 students and upholding them in prayer as they embrace this important time at school, as well as create their own times for study and make strides toward their bright futures.

Coming Up in Senior

The next couple of weeks are full of curricular and extra-curricular activities; it’s going to be busy but it will be another great end to a school term. Please note, normal classes are running all week in amongst the various activities, so we expect full attendance until the end of term.

Mon 11/9: 

• Years 7-12 RU Ok Day
• Year 10 AV Care Packs (selected students)
• Years 11 & 12 RAAP Program

Mon 11/9 – Tues 12/9: 

• Year 12 Cert II/III in Hospitality  – W Hotel

Tues 12/9:

• Year 10 Global Leadership Summit

Wed 13/9:

• Year 10 Food Bank Cooking (selected students)

Wed 13/9-Fri 15/9:

• Year 11 Leadership Camp – Emu Gully

Saturday 16/9 – Sunday 24 /9:

• Years 10-12 Goodoi ‘On Country’ Trip

Tues 3 October 2023

• Term 4 commences

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact us.

Your child’s teachers, Home Class teachers, and Year Level Coordinators can be a great help.

Blessings,
Rebecca Wallis
Head of Senior College

We are already at the end of a busy, but exciting term 3 for Middle School. Many different opportunities and activities for our students which have occurred, and still more to come in the remaining weeks.

Year 9 Solo Camp: The Rite Journey

On Wednesday 23^rd to Friday 25^th August, Year 9 students headed to Somerset Dam for two nights to challenge themselves as part of The Rite Journey program. Students participated in a series of activities that challenged their teamwork and problem solving skills. Then, on the afternoon of the second day, students were isolated in their own individual tents in a solo experience, insisting on zero interaction with other students until the following morning. During this time, students were challenged to reflect on their personal journeys to that point, and to consider who they are and who they want to be going forward. The Rite Journey is designed to encourage students to move forward into personal development on the journey to adult behaviour and thinking through a supportive and year-long process.

The solo camp was a great success. Many thanks goes to the supervising teachers: Mrs Amberlie Sutton, Mr David Kong, Mr Joshua Prevett, Mr Michael Braun, and the program coordinator, Mrs Anna Harder. We are grateful for the time and passion that you are imparting into our year 9 cohort, and the future fruit of your labours that we will see in years to come.

For parents of current year 8 students: you will have received a home communication regarding the information evening for the Rite Journey 2024, which is occurring in October this year. I would encourage all parents to avail themselves of this night, and to come and learn about his amazing growth opportunity for your child.

Exam Week – Week 9

For all secondary students, week 9 of term 3 is Exam Week. A whole week of the program is given over for students to complete subject exams across all year levels. Week 8 has been revision week – a week of deliberate preparation for examinations, and opportunity to finish off assignment work for term 3.

All of these preparations and logistics are created to allow our students to find focus in their assessments, and encourage them to succeed to the best of their abilities. We wish all our students the best in this assessment season.

Week 10 Activities

There is plenty of activities happening in the last week of term for Middle School. Our school will acknowledge RUOK Day on Monday 11^th of September. Students can wear a yellow accessory on that day as we highlight the importance of mental health and community encouragement as a college.

On Wednesday 13^th September, Year 7 will be headed to Camp Warawee for year 7 camp. This is going to be a fantastic opportunity for students to learn teamwork and perseverance through various activities over three days.

On Thursday 14^th September, our year 9 students will walk 20km to raise money and awareness for an organisation called ‘Top Blokes’ – a group which looks to support men in the community. We will be organising an activities day for year 8 during this week – keep an eye out for information coming soon.

Over the course of a busy term, it is also important to celebrate the success of our students as they have worked very hard, and we are very proud of all of them.

Communication

Communication continues to be so important in our society. In a world where we seem to have instant contact with people, we don’t seem to be effective communicators. We are constantly encouraging our students to clearly communicate their thoughts, feelings and intentions in order to help those around them understand more about who they are and how they operate. These skills take time to develop, and require support from both school and home settings.

The key ingredient to effective communication is time. Time spent with others in person, and not on technology, allows us to further develop people skills, which in turn serve us faithfully in our various vocations in life. God created humanity to interact with Himself, and with each other. Here at Parklands, we will continue to promote personal interactions as the positive ideal for all our students to strive for.

We would encourage parents and community to take time to engage with your children, imparting into each of them a sense of worth through the time you spend with them, and encouraging them to further prioritise the personal connections which can be made. Those interactions develop in each of them great traits of empathy, patience and understanding, as we continue to navigate the complexities of this world together. During this coming holiday break, I encourage you all to set aside time for family, and enjoy the time which God has given us.

Blessing for this season.

Mr Colin Elvery
Head of Middle School

It is with great joy and a sense of purpose that we approach the end of another term at Parklands. As I reflect on my first three terms at Parklands, the culture of care resonates so strongly. I feel so blessed to be a part of the Parklands family and trust you do too. As we come together as a community of educators, parents, students and wider community, we are reminded of the timeless wisdom found in Proverbs 22:6. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Thank you for entrusting us with
the privilege of partnering in the education and care of your precious children.

Building Update

What an exciting time to be a part of the Parklands community. I am sure that you, like myself, feel excited for 2024 every time you drive up Hillcrest Road. I am very pleased to be able to inform you that in 2024 all students in years 1 to 6 will have a classroom in the new Primary Precinct, while our Prep students enjoy the renovated Prep classrooms. These learning spaces are looking amazing, and teachers are beginning to sort their resources in preparation for end of the year moves.

Congratulations Wakakirri

Wakakirri is a nationwide Festival for Australian schools that provides students with the opportunities to express their thoughts, ideas and aspirations through the art of storytelling and dance. Inspired by the belief that great stories can inspire change, Wakakirri is designed to promote student engagement and well-being in schools through the creation and performance of captivating Story-Dances. 51 of our primary students in years 4 to 6 have spent many Wednesday afternoons until 4:30pm practicing their dance moves under the
wonderful guidance of Miss B, Mrs Jackson and Mrs Bazley. These students recently performed at the Logan entertainment centre, achieving a highly commended for group composition. Further achievements to be announced in Term 4.

Car Park

This week, after receiving a couple of emails from teachers and parents about our car park behind prep, I also received an email from “Road Safety and Traffic Rules Awareness” which I thought I would summarise and share.

• Approximately 1.3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes;
• Between 20 and 50 million people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a
  disability as a result of their injury.
• Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged
  5 – 29 years.
• The main reason behind these road accidents is not following/knowing traffic &
  road safety rules.

Trafficquiz.com is FREE to use website developed with an aim to spread awareness regarding traffic rules and road safety rules. Through trafficquiz.com school students can learn and test their knowledge about traffic & road safety rules in an entertaining way i.e. by playing quizzes. Teachers and Parents can also use trafficquiz.com  regularly to refresh their knowledge about traffic, road safety & child safety rules. This can save many lives.

Students 5 to 9 years:  https://trafficquiz.com/road-safety-quiz-junior-level-1/

Students 10 to 15 years: https://trafficquiz.com/road-safety-quiz-secondary-level-1/

Parents (Child safety quizzes): https://trafficquiz.com/child-safety-quiz-for-parents-level-1/

Parents (Road safety rules quizzes): https://trafficquiz.com/road-safety-quiz-for-adults-level-1/

With this in mind, I kindly request that if you are parking in the area near our current prep and year 6 classrooms that you enter at gate 5 rather than at gate 6 and turning right. Please also take this as a reminder to cross the road at the crossing.

Maximising Tuckshop Preparation Time

Can you please support the tuckshop workers to maximise preparation time in the morning by ensuring you have ordered tuckshop by 8:30am. Thank you for your support!

Date Claimers

• Monday September 11 – R U OK? day picnic
• Monday September 11 to Friday September 15 – Auslan Week
• Friday September 15 – Free dress day to raise funds for Empower Assistance Dogs
• Friday September 15 – Last day of Term 3
• Tuesday October 3 – First day of Term 4
• Friday October 20 – Cubing Club Summer Championships
• Friday October 20 – Year 4 Star Gazing Night

Many Blessings

Anne-Maree
akingston@parklands.qld.edu.au

Year 9 Solo Camp

The year 9 cohort practised putting up their tents, and spending time in silence and reflection in preparation for their Solo Camp.

Year 10 Trade Taster

Our Term 3 Year 10 Trade Taster brekkie happened today and this time we had the pleasure of hosting Bedford Construction, who are the builders for our new buildings going up here at Parklands. These guys were fantastic and gave plenty of their time to talk with our students over a bacon & egg roll, about different career options available in the construction industry. There were sparky’s, plumbers, concreters, brickies, chippies, plasterer’s, concrete trucks, project managers. It was great to see our students asking questions of what it’s like to be a tradie. Bedford Constructions offered our students the opportunity to walk through the building site and our students got to see first-hand the construction methods used to create the new buildings. Big thank you to Nick Bedford and all the guys from Bedford Construction, Mr Flaxman, Mr Braun, Mr Olivier & Ms Wallis for their time today.

Logan Artwaves 2023

Celebrating its 31st year, Artwaves 2023 is an annual art exhibition of work sourced from the talented high school students in the Logan region. Selected by visual arts teachers in conjunction with gallery staff, Artwaves aims to demonstrate the wealth of imagination and creativity present in the City of Logan and adjacent areas secondary schools.

This year we are proud to announce Parklands has 3 artworks featured in the Artwaves exhibit. The artists behind these works are Cambria Rivers and Shania Dean from Grade 12 and Florentina Mariuta from Grade 11. The exhibition is free to visit and will be at the Logan Art Gallery from the 8^th of September to 14^th of October. We strongly encourage you to come along, support our students and experience some incredible art! Hope to see you there!

Year 2

What a marvellous month we have had with all the Book Month activities!!! The students looked amazing on Book Character dress-up day. Thank you for all your efforts to make this Book Month one of the best.

Science and Design Tech have been joining together to learn about materials, forces and design processes. The students were so clever with their vehicle builds. They problem solved, created and designed. It was wonderful to see them applying their learning.

English has been so much fun, tying in perfectly with Book Month as we investigated narratives and wrote some of our own. We may have some future authors in our midst! Our students thoroughly enjoyed their visit from the Year 8 English class who read their stories to them. Our students also read to the Year 8’s.

Once again, we are sadly approaching the end of term. We are so proud of our students and all their hard work. Below are some pictures illustrating the fun we have had over the past month.

Year 3

We had such a great August in Year 3 with Book Month! All of the students have enjoyed participating in competitions, showing off their skills, listening to stories and completing all sorts of activities about all things books! Books are always amazing but we truly enjoyed all things books this month!

We would like to congratulate all of the students who entered any of the book month competitions and a special mention to Paityn Mane who won the colouring competition, Jacob Moodie who won the poster competition, Isaac Carkeet and Clifford Gerard who came third in the lego competition. There are still some other competitions to be announced. We are super proud of all students who entered the competitions and attended the book month activities whether they placed or not. It is great to be a part of our community and to participate in different activities and improve our skills and attitudes.

Of course the Book Week Costume Parade was a major highlight for the month. A big thank you to all the parents who supported their children to be inspired by books and to inspire others to read by dressing up. It was a fabulous day of fun and we all saw some books we would like to read in the future. It was also great to learn about and celebrate top quality Australian books as well as the greatest book ever written, the bible.

Two other Book Week highlights for Year 3 were reading with the Year 11 English students and watching ‘Fractured Fables’ by the theatre company ‘Shake n Stir’. It was fun to join together with older students and read together, everyone was so engaged (including the Year 11 students). Shake n Stir is always such an experience to watch and a good way to experience another type of text.

Thanks for all your help and support as we celebrated books this month! We now look forward to finishing off the term and having some warmer and healthier weather!

Year 3 Team
Mrs Dayna Davis, Mrs Renée Imms, Mrs Sue Martin and Mrs Christine Uwamurera

Fun in Year 4

The last week has brought much fun in Year 4. We have been learning about the Earth’s surface and how it changes. Some of the fun activities we did included identifying rock types and erosion around the school grounds, looking at how water moves soil and what factors influence that and working in teams to design a solution to prevent beach erosion.

We conducted surveys, tallied our results and constructed column graphs as part of our data unit in mathematics.

This month has also seen us create our own scratch art to celebrate God’s creation. Additionally, we have been using lots of learning games to consolidate our learning about decimals and finding unknown quantities.

This month has also included Book Week, which saw us dress-up with gusto to celebrate reading, viewing plays and getting to talk to authors and touching and learning about marine creatures. It’s been a great month!

Parklands Touch Football

August has been a busy time for Parklands Touch Football. We had our senior mixed team and primary boys training since term 2 in preparation for the South Queensland Touch competition which was held on the Gold Coast over 2 days. This is a regional level carnival and a great atmosphere to test our team’s preparation.

The primary boys had some narrow losses against St Matthews and St Andrews on the day and the senior team was able to get a 5-4 win on day two of the competition against Merrimac. It was great to have the senior team supporting the primary boys and serving them throughout the day with encouraging words, running waters and helping them refine their craft. It was a great competition to be a part of and we look forward to sending more teams next year.

These teams have embodied the Parklands Pride Values throughout the season. Their commitment to training, learning, and growth for the better of the team has been a shining example of what we strive for when representing the College. Well done to all the students on an outstanding effort, and we look forward to bigger and better things in the future.

E-Sports

Our Fuse Cup team competed in the annual Mario Kart competition held at McAuley College at the end of July. Mr Millward and Mr Richter have been working with the primary and secondary students through term 2 and 3, and they were ready to play. We had great results on the day with 9 making it through to quarterfinals and 3 of those making through to semi’s.

The player who demonstrates the FUSE Cup values the best receives the MVP award for the day, Theo Ross was awarded this medal for his team spirit and support for his players.

Well done to all the students

CSSAQ Track + Field

On August 15th we took our 9-18 yrs athletes to compete at the CSSAQ Track + Field Carnival. This is a big team event where we compete as a school to try and win the overall and percentage titles. Our 9-12 yrs gave it everything during the day with some good individual results across both the track and field events. Sienna Leathley came home with 2nd overall age champion which is a great achievement. After putting in their best efforts they finished 11th in the overall and 8th in the percentage titles.

Our 13-18 yrs students competed at night and fought challenging conditions during their events. We have seen a big improvement in our 13-18 yrs athletes and this was reflected in the results. Our 14yr girls won their division, 13yr boys came 3rd and the 15yr boys came second, as well as some great individual efforts with Tayla Thomson and Luke Unwin receiving overall age champions, Hudson and Justin Hunt finishing 2nd overall and Brandon Bainbridge finishing 3rd. There were outstanding results across all athletes which helped Parklands finish 2nd in the percentage and 5th overall which is the College’s highest result in the 13-18yrs competition. Well done to all the students for a big Track + Field season.

CSSAQ Soccer

Thursday and Friday of week 6 we had 4 teams competing at the CSSAQ Soccer Tournament. The junior and intermediate boys both found success with wins on Thursday and finishing 5th overall. Junior Girls and Senior Boys had to fight strong winds and strong teams all day for their competition. The biggest win from both days was the competitive attitude all players came with. Regardless of wins and losses, each team’s commitment to training and to play for each other was evident throughout the whole season. These are great building blocks for success in the future.

Representative News

Sienna Leathley

Sienna’s Met West team came away with 3rd place last weekend for Queensland representative school sport 10-11 years netball state championship, which was held in Roma.  It was such an achievement and amazing experience as this was Sienna’s first rep team she has made. She even managed to achieve MVP against the Capricornia team.

Psalm 98:5-6 “Sing your praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious song, with trumpets and the sound of the ram’s horn. Make a joyful symphony before the Lord, the King!”

What a busy term it has been! There have been so many performances & exciting events this term, we hope you have been able to get along to some & enjoy the hard work of your students. Congratulations to all staff & students involved for their continued hard work.

Soloist’s Soiree

Our second Soloist’s Soiree for the year was held in week 6 on Tues 15^th Aug. This was an extremely popular event for performers, as it was last time, and we ended up with a wonderful variety of ages & instruments! Many of our Give It A Go! students did their first “solo” performances ever, and it was so good to hear how far they have progressed in such a short time. From Flutes to Clarinets to Baritones & Double Basses – it was a veritable smorgasbord of sound! Congratulations to all the student for their wonderful performances.

Lunchtime Concerts

As part of the Give It A Go! programme, both the Give It A Go! Band & Petite Strings will treat our Primary school to lunchtime concerts in the last few weeks of this term. Besides being a great opportunity for the Give It A Go! students to perform for their peers, this might also be the first time students have seen some of these instruments in real life. What an exciting thing, to see & hear something new!

Lessons & Rehearsals

All instrumental lessons continue in Term 3, including those in the Give It A Go! Programme. If your child has missed a lesson due to a public holiday or teacher absence, that lesson will either be rescheduled for another time or not included on your term 3 account. All Choir & Ensemble rehearsals also continue, with a few adjustments:

Ensemble & Choir rehearsal schedule:

All Choirs are open to all students regardless of whether or not they’re having lessons, and no experience is necessary. We are particularly keen to have more students in our Secondary Choir, especially those who do music as a subject. For a small amount of time each week, just 1 hour, students will reap many benefits & have a great time.

The Give It A Go! Band & Petite Strings are generally reserved for students in the Give It A Go! Programme as they cater for beginner students, although other beginners may also join. Other wind, brass & percussion students having lessons at school will play in the Wind Ensemble, and other string students having lessons at the College will play in Andante Strings. Any other students who have lessons outside the College are also welcome to join the appropriate ensemble!

Give It A Go! Band Programme

GIAG lessons are humming along well & students are learning plenty! Year 3 students will very soon be starting their enrolment process, so your child may come home talking about playing an instrument. There will be an information letter coming in a few weeks, so please have a read of that & watch the Youtube video for details about how the programme works.

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

–       Flute
–       Clarinet
–       Saxophone
–       Trumpet
–       Trombone
–       Euphonium
–       Percussion (includes drums, auxiliary & mallet percussion)
–       Violin
–       Viola
–       Cello
–       Double Bass

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, string 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. Many places for this are currently filled, however we do have a number of vacancies across most instruments. If your child is in Year 4 & 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, & 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, guitar & voice. Lessons are again scheduled mostly during school time, & 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

Navigating friendship!

Friendship issues are common. In fact, most students will struggle socially or experience friendship issues in their schooling years. We would also go as far as to say that not only are these experiences normal, but they can also be healthy and vital for personal growth and social learning. Some exposure to conflict and friendship issues can build resilience, create self-awareness, teach students how to communicate and learn compromise.

As a college, we want our students to receive support, guidance and help in how to resolve and manage any of the difficult circumstances or social interactions that they face. Some examples of some of the friendship issues we might encounter from our students on a daily basis might include the following:

• Rough play
• Teasing, swearing and name-calling
• Choosing not to include someone in a game
• Not allowing someone to sit with them
• Ignoring or avoiding someone
• Not sharing
• Giving someone a bad or mean look
• Disagreeing in a game
• Speaking unkindly about someone to others

Whilst these behaviours are not acceptable or encouraged at Parklands, we understand that as imperfect humans and children (professional mistake makers), they will occur. When they occur, we want to make sure we are able to support and provide education to the involved students. Discussions that we might facilitate include things like learning empathy (ie. How would you feel if someone did that to you? How do you think that behaviour made that person feel?), assertiveness (ie. How to say “no” or stand up for oneself in a healthy way) and forgiveness and releasing of those who have hurt them.

Sometimes as adults, we can be too quick to jump in, become too involved and try to resolve these issues for children. And for good reason too! We don’t like to see children hurting or upset or issues occurring longer than they need to. We do this with the best intentions and from a place of protectiveness. But something that this job has taught us is that children are clever and with support and healthy and positive advice, are more than capable of resolving things themselves (with our help in the background). Our role as adults is to model healthy relationships and conflict resolution to the children in our lives. This means we should be teaching them to be responsible for themselves and their own behaviour, regardless of what others choose to do. We should be teaching them that it is healthy to apologise when mistakes are made, even if it was an accident or unintentional. And we should be releasing them to go and try these things with their peers and friends and then asking how they went implementing those strategies.

Additionally, the answer isn’t to ignore the problem altogether. When friendship issues are ongoing and
unresolved, it can be damaging to those involved and we have avenues and processes to address these concerns.

At Parklands we incorporate the Friendship 8 strategies into learning as soon as students begin school in Prep. These strategies support students to be powerful people and learn how to find solutions and make choices during conflict. We find it can take repetition and mistakes but students do learn and find real benefit in applying these.

How can you help your child resolve friendship concerns?

• Encourage them to try the ‘Friendship 8’
• Ask them to let you know how they went and praise them for successfully putting these strategies into practice.
• Remind your child about the importance of forgiveness and moving on.
• Encourage your child to talk to their teacher if they have tried these friendship steps and still have been unable to resolve it.
• If your child has been through these steps OR the seriousness warrants, encourage your child to report to the RTC.

Recently we had youth communicator and author, Michelle Mitchell present two workshops to Grade 5 and 6 students. They had already watched Michelle’s ‘You, Who?’ series in the classroom ( which we recommend for every ‘tween!’). She discussed valuable information and tools relating to confidence, identity, friendship and conflict. As part of her presentation she introduced to the students 10 Principles of Friendship (as pictured) – these expand on what the students already know and provide further age-appropriate strategies for dealing with friendship conflict. The Student Care and Wellbeing staff have since visited Grade 5 and 6 classes to consolidate some of the learning from these sessions. We are always excited to hear that students have been using these tools and strategies to navigate conflict and build healthy friendships!

Book of the month

How to be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them – by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown

This is a fantastic book for primary students and The Student Care and Wellbeing Team have a copy in RTC that we read and work through with students if they need some extra support navigating friendship conflict. It has great ideas and tips regarding healthy friendships, boundaries, kindness, safety and expectations. If you would like your child to read this through with us, please get in touch!

Dear Parents

A huge THANK YOU to all who attended our Annual Bush Dance.   It was most definitely a fun-filled night … great music, exceptional dance moods, the best bbq and yummy desserts!    It was also wonderful to have so many parents helping out on the night.

As Friendlies we are committed to playing our part in fostering a strong sense of connection and community within our school.  School can sometimes feel like a separate world for our children.  However, when parents actively participate in school activities they send a powerful message : that we are all in this together.  This sense of unity helps our children feel more secure, valued and a part of something larger.

Praying that you all enjoy a wonderful Spring Break.

Warm regards,

The Friendlies Committee

Park Ridge Pirates Junior Football Club

Park Ridge Panthers FC

Park Ridge Panthers

Foster Carers Needed

You-Be-You-Newsletter

1.You-Be-You-Information-Kit

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

Free Dental Care

FREE DENTAL CARE

Tuckshop news

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 2023

Enrolment Flyer

Parklands Outside School Hours Care is situated within the school grounds of Parklands Christian College.

The OSHC service caters for children from Prep to Year 12, operating before and after school care and also vacation care.  Prep children who are starting their first year of schooling are able to attend vacation care commencing January 2023.   Before-school care offers a simple but nutritious breakfast for the children and activities and programs are based on the children’s interests, ideas and feedback.  During the school term, the service operates daily from: 6.30am-8.30am, and 3pm-6pm (with office staff available from 2pm).  Vacation Care runs from 6.30am-6pm.

Parklands OSHC has qualified educators and is an open-door service that welcomes and encourages all family’s input, suggestions and feedback.

Should you wish to discuss any care needs, please pop in to see us or contact us via:

Phone.  3297 0577 \ 0417 009 408

Email:    parklandsbookings@bigpond.com

Please note a current enrolment is required for all bookings including casual and emergency care bookings.

We look forward to assisting with all your care needs.

Miss Rachel

Parklands OSHC

Uniform Shop Hours

(School Days Only)
Mondays 8.00am – 10.00am
Tuesdays 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Thursdays 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Uniform Shop Location Address/Parking:

24 Hillcrest Rd, Park Ridge Qld 4125 (located on the left hand side, at the end of Hillcrest road).

For further information:
Phone: (07) 3380 4256
Email: service@theschoollocker.com.au

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