We are excited to welcome over 830 students to our College in 2022 across Years 7,8 and 9. It is hard to believe that we are heading into our third year as a College. We are so proud of our existing students and are looking forward to getting to know our new Year 7 members of the Foxwell Family.

ENTRY TO SCHOOL

To be COVID safe, next Monday the 7th of February entry to the school will be different to usual. Please see below for details. Unfortunately with COVID Safety Plan requires that no parents will be permitted on site to drop their child off unless pre-arrangements have been made due to their child's vulnerability.

Year 7 students will enter through the main front gates and make their way to the Sports Performance Centre to collect their timetable and for a briefing.

Year 8 students will enter via gate near the lecture theatre under the direction of staff. Signage and staff will be on hand to guide the way. Year 8 students will collect their timetable from teachers stationed on the ground verandah. When the bell rings, Year 8 students will go directly to their period 1 class.

Year 9 students will enter through the gate at the new Performing Arts Centre. Year 9 students will move to the centre court area and will collect their timetables from teachers stationed there. When the bell rings, Year 9 students will go directly to their period 1 class.

LOCKERS - MOBILE PHONES

On Monday no students should be on the verandahs before school unless they have already been assigned their 2022 locker.

For those who have paid their locker hire fee for 2022, by 5pm Sunday 6th February, lockers will be assigned during the course of Monday. Until that time, if students have a mobile phone they are to keep it in their bag and once they have been allocated a locker, ensure the phone is secured there.

To pay your hire fee for a locker, please follow the instructions below.

UNIFORM

All students are to wear their full formal uniform on Monday including the formal hat, all black, plain leather shoes and accepted school bag.

We understand that there has been some delays with uniform availability. If your child has an item on backorder please attend the uniform shop on Saturday the 5th of February between 8.00-11.30am or Monday the 7th of February between 8.00-8.30am to discuss your free substitute formal uniform item.

If in the event of extreme extenuating circumstances, your child is unable to wear the full formal uniform on Monday, please ensure you complete the Application for Temporary Uniform Variation form and send it with your child.

Currently, all high school students, including those who are under 12 years of age, need to wear a mask both indoors and outdoors, including on dedicated school transport*, unless they are seated or are able to maintain a 1.5m distance from others.

Below you will find information that is most relevant to our Foxwell State Secondary College community. In addition to the COVID safe measures currently in our college, the following will also be in place from 7 February to 4 March 2022:

• if your child is sick or feeling unwell, please keep them at home. Students can receive priority access to RATs at Queensland Health testing clinics. Visit a testing clinic near you
• parents and carers are also asked not to come on college grounds. You will be asked to remain in your vehicle for school drop off and pick up where possible. Alternatively, please stay behind the black fences on the car park side of the 2 minute Stop-Drop-Go lane.
• school camps, excursions, whole of college assemblies and large gatherings have been suspended and limits have been placed on external contractors, face-to-face staff meetings, parent–teacher interviews, and professional development

  INFORMATION ABOUT RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS

  The Queensland Government has a plan for priority rapid antigen testing for school staff and students.

  To keep our college community COVID-19 safe, students and staff must not attend school if they are unwell or have COVID-19 symptoms.

  If your child or our staff are sick/symptomatic

  • they should attend their local Queensland Health testing clinic where they will be prioritised to receive a rapid antigen test (RAT);
  • parents cannot collect a RAT kit from the school for this purpose;
  • if the test result is negative and the staff member or student is well, they can return to school;
  • if the test is positive, the staff member or student will need to follow Queensland Health quarantine and isolation requirements.
  • Students who are sick or too unwell to engage in learning will not be expected to complete learning from home. Students who are well will be supported to continue with their learning from home for their period of quarantine or isolation.

  If your child or a staff member becomes symptomatic at school

  • your child will be immediately isolated in a safe place, and you will be contacted to collect your child.
  • when you collect your child, you will receive a RAT to administer at home.
  • staff members will immediately leave the school and be provided with a RAT to administer at home.
  • if the test result is negative and the student or staff member is well, they can return to school.
  • if the test is positive, they will need to follow Queensland Health quarantine and isolation requirements.
  • students who are sick or too unwell to engage in learning will not be expected to complete learning from home. Students who are well will be supported to continue with their learning from home for their period of quarantine or isolation

CONFIRMED CASE/S OF COVID-19 ON OUR COLLEGE SITE

We will follow the advice and requirements from Queensland Health, and will work to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of staff, students and visitors are prioritised.

We will inform our community via our Schoolzine Bulletin when advised that a COVID positive case has been on site. You will be advised:

• that there has been a COVID-19 case at the college [we will keep the details of the case confidential]
• to monitor for symptoms and to stay home if unwell.

We ask parents to notify us of the positive result of any student who has been on our school site during their potential period of infection.

WHAT IF A STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER IS A CLOSE CONTACT?

We will continue to follow the latest testing, isolation and quarantine requirements for confirmed cases and close contacts as outlined by Queensland Health. As at 27 January 2022:

• You are a close contact if you have been with a person that has COVID-19 for more than four hours in a house or other accommodation, a care facility or similar. (Usually, this means you are a close contact if you live with a person that has COVID-19. But, if you have stayed away from them, you are not a close contact. For example, if they are in a separate part of the house that has a separate entrance and no shared common areas, and if your contact with them wasn’t more than four hours.)
• You are not a close contact if you have had COVID-19 in the past 4 weeks.

Follow these steps if you are a close contact:

1. Immediately quarantine

Quarantine means you need to stay away from other people as much as possible because you are at highest risk of getting COVID-19 and if you do, you may spread it to others.

If you are a close contact, you need to immediately quarantine yourself at your home, or other suitable accommodation, for 7 full days from the date you last had contact with the person that has COVID-19. If you live with them, your quarantine will last the same amount of time as their isolation period.

If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild, when you find out that you are a close contact, you must get tested. You can get tested using a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) or a PCR test.

Children/students must follow the same requirements as adults if they are close contacts.  Children cannot go to school if they are a close contact. This applies even if you are a critically essential worker and are allowed to leave quarantine to work.

Once you complete your quarantine period, you are not considered a close contact. For 7 days after completing your quarantine period, you must:

• monitor for COVID-19 symptoms.
• get a COVID test if you develop COVID-19 symptoms, and quarantine while you wait for the result

The College House allocations for incoming students are updated yearly and based on the first letter of surnames.

The House allocation for Year 7 in 2022 and any incoming 2022 Year 8 and Year 9 students is as follows:

Moreton: A-C

Coral: D-H

Oakey: I-P

Pacific: Q-Z

If you have already purchased one of the college bucket hats in the incorrect house colour, please make arrangements to exchange it for the correct one at the Uniform Shop

NB. Year 7 2022 students with siblings currently enrolled will be placed in the same house group. Please arrange purchase of the bucket hat which is the same as the sibling's.

Online Ordering

To save your child waiting in lines at the canteen, you can order their canteen food and drink items online thrugh QuickCliq. It is easy and free to register at www.quickcliq.com.au.

Looking for an easy way to ensure your child has lunch every day? Have you considered the canteen's Feed Me Deal where for one low price, your child will receive a hot lunch every day as well as a snack for morning tea. The 2022 cost for Feed Me is $35. This must be purchased before 8.30am each Monday morning.

Our new 2022 Canteen menu can be found below

Have your child’s school memories captured forever

School Photo Day is

Friday the 18th & Tuesday the 22nd of February 2022

Please take time to read the relevant information on the MSP Photography order envelopes , when they come home with your child and remember these helpful points:

• Ensure your order is placed by photo day to avoid any late fees.
• Ordering online using your child’s Unique Shoot Key is the easiest, safest, and most secure way to order. If you do not know their Unique Shoot Key, please call our office on the number below.
• Sibling photography envelopes are available for collection from your school office. Please read them carefully as appointments are limited.
• If enclosing payment inside an envelope, please ensure the correct money is provided as no change is given. Cash orders only are accepted.
• Don’t seal envelopes inside each other. You can pay for all children in one envelope. However, each child needs to have their own envelope on photo day. Please indicate on the child’s envelope that contains all sibling payments the names of the children you are paying for.

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact us on:

e  admin.gcnr@msp.com.au

p 07 5668 9110          f 07 5618 8298

Students have three breaks per day:

Break 1: 10.05am - 10.20am

This is a short break for students to eat a small snack, go to the bathroom and to have a drink of water. 

Break 2: 11.30am - 12.30pm

This is the main lunch break for the day. Between 11.30am-11.45am is the designated eating time and the sporting facilities will not open until after this time. Students have the opportunity to eat their main lunch and engage in lunch time sports, play or extra curricular activities.

Break 3: 1.40pm - 1.50pm

This is a short break for students to go to the bathroom and to have a drink of water. 

Please ensure that your student has a packed lunch from home or has placed an order at the Canteen. Students can access the Canteen at the first and second breaks of the day. The Canteen is closed for the third break of the day. 

ALL students are to ensure that they bring a water bottle. Only water is permissible during class time. Students can also purchase a Foxwell water bottle, the bottles are $12.00 each and can only be purchased online through the Qkr! app. 

Parents/Carers please remember to update your phone, address and email details with us when they change as soon as possible. Should we need to reach you in the event of an emergency it is vital to have the most up to date contacts. 

If you believe your details have changed after your enrolment interview please email admin@foxwellssc.eq.edu.au and we can update your details. 

We thank you for your support.