4 August 2021

Newsletter Articles

Executive Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and friends

Once again, we find ourselves in lockdown, learning from home. Thank you so much for your patience and support as we quickly had to respond to the snap lockdown. This outbreak as you know is just a little bit too close for comfort. We have had low numbers of students at school which we have really appreciated given the threat of the Delta strain and its impact on young people. It also allows us to ensure we are 100% focused on delivering effective online lessons with our students.

This time we are able to enable more interaction through Microsoft Teams and we have witnessed some very effective lessons being delivered online. While not completely ideal, it is great that teachers can check in with students and interact with them, checking for understanding and answering questions.

A piece of comfort for our students while in lockdown is the companionship provided by the Tokyo Olympics coverage. The strength and resilience of our athletes in what has been the most isolated event in history presents reassurance for our students that there are some people out there drawing on all their strength and resilience and still giving 100%. What wonderful role models our students have right now as they navigate lockdown and isolation.

On a more positive note, the lockdown has enabled us to complete some valuable facilities upgrades. We have just installed four new refrigerated water bubblers – complete with bottle fillers. These have replaced the old taps that hardly worked and had no refrigeration. This will be a welcomed addition in the summer months for students.

We are also erecting a range of new outdoor tables and seating for the students in a variety of areas across the school. They will certainly add colour and shape while providing more space for students to sit and eat their lunch or collaborate. Hopefully a nice surprise for the students on their return to school.

Our thoughts are with all those school communities and families that have been impacted by this recent outbreak and are currently in quarantine.

Please stay home, stay safe and thank you to all those parents, carers and community members out there in essential service roles working to support the health and wellbeing of our community.

Helen Jamieson
Executive Principal

Coming Events (pending lockdown ruling)

Some of our best

Tennis Excellence at Corinda

In June some of our Tennis Excellence students travelled to Rockhampton to represent Corinda in the State Finals of the QLD Schools Teams Tennis competition. Our Girls team played very well all tournament and came away with the Bronze Medal from their 3rd V 4th playoff game against Sheldon College.

Our Boys team were crowned State Champions after beating The Southport School, Sheldon College, Toowoomba Grammar and then Kelvin Grove State College in the Grand Final!

Congratulations to all students that were involved, you have done Corinda proud!

Football Excellence

Congratulations to Rani Sharma (Year 7 FEX) who represented Met West at the 12 years QLD School Sport Football Championships in Harristown. Their team finished 2nd overall at the competition! We are so proud of Rani’s wonderful achievement.

Gala Success!

In the last week of Term 2 and the first week of Term 3, Corinda SHS teams participated in the Junior and Senior Winter Gala Days. The sports on offer for Winter Gala Day included Football, Netball, Volleyball, AFL 9’s and Tennis. We had some great results on the day and our teams did us proud, winning 12 Pennants as District Champions! Well done and congratulations to all teams, you have done us proud.

Teams and Results:

School News

Learning@Home

As per government advice Corinda State High school will commence learning from home for the remainder of the week. Please be assured that our school has been taking all appropriate precautions regarding health and hygiene and we will continue to take the advice of Queensland Health. We all have a role to play to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our community. If you or any members of your household develop symptoms or feel unwell, please isolate and get tested.

Further information including interstate hotspots, contact tracing alerts, symptoms of COVID-19 and when to seek medical advice and prevention, can be found via Queensland Health. It would be appreciated if you could regularly check the school app, school Facebook page and your emails for updates while the lockdown continues. Please see below correspondence from the Principal and the helpful handbook for Learning@Home.

Student Council Applications

It is that time of year where we begin the process of appointing our Student Council Leaders for 2022. Application instructions and documents have been emailed to Year 11 Students to nominate for the School Captain Positions for 2022.

Any questions can be emailed to Caitlin Brown, Dean of Students and Leadership Coordinator via email: cbrow585@eq.edu.au

First lamb of the season!

Last weekend we were excited to welcome our first lamb for the year. He was born on Sunday at Oxley Common. Both mum and the lamb have been relocated back to our school farm along with all the other pregnant sheep. We expect that we will have between 20-30 lambs born in the next couple of months and are also expecting some goats to birth their kids soon too!

Here to support you!

If students or parents would like to make an appointment to speak with the School Based Youth Health Nurse during remote learning, please email the nurse at nurse.corinda@health.qld.gov.au.

Community News

Lung Foundation Australia – Vaping Fact Sheet

Lung Foundation Australia is the Australia's Peak Lung Health Advisory Body to the Australian Government's Department of Health. They are a not-for-profit organisation working to strengthen the lung health of all Australians and supporting those experiencing a lung disease. Take time to read the fact sheet attached which outlines the dangers of vaping and e cigarettes.