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A warm welcome to all our Year 8 students and families. My name is Ms Nahdia McClymont, and I have the distinct privilege of undertaking the role of Deputy Principal of Year 8 for Term 1.
Many of you will know me from my previous position at the College, as Head of Physical World. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to lead in this space over the last two years at Foxwell. This has allowed me to develop a deep understanding of our community and form strong relationships with many of the students and families in Year 8. I am excited to continue to strengthen these relationships as I lead the cohort of Year 8 students. Working alongside me will be the Head of Year 8 Mr Jason Breese, and the Year 7/8 Year Level Advisor Ms Sara Tiller.
Currently, we are at the end of week 3 in the school term, and students should be well adjusted to their timetable and forming routines in establishing themselves for success at school. This includes ensuring iPads are charged every night, getting at least 8 hours of sleep, eating breakfast, leaving phones in lockers during the school day, and wearing the full College uniform with pride at all times.
It has been great to get into the classrooms this week and see the students and teachers in action. Whether it be analysing historical sources and body systems in Physical World, reading The Rabbits to understand features of a text in Social World, or identifying qualities of respectful relationships in Healthy World, Deep Learning is alive at Foxwell.
I would like to gently remind families that students are not permitted to use their mobile phone to purchase food at the canteen. The only acceptable form of payment is card and cash. Student lunches can be ordered ahead of time using our QuickCliQ online ordering and payment system, which can be accessed at https://www.quickcliq.com.au/.
I am excited and optimistic for the term head, working with all 271 Year 8 students as they continue to develop and grow through the last phase of their Wonder Years at Foxwell.
Warm regards,
Nahdia McClymont (she/her)
Deputy Principal
nmccl31@eq.edu.au
(07) 5555 3333
From the Principal,
When we know more we can do more to support our students and families!
Embracing community contributed ideas for improvement forms a large part of our Parent and Community Engagement Framework, and I continue to welcome your feedback. Thank you to those families who have reached out to me directly to share your concerns as they might pop up, and for the suggestions you always provide. Please don't ever hesitate to reach out to us here at school.
We may not always be able to tell all parties the specific details of an investigation or the consequences for any breaches of our Code of Conduct, but rest assured that they will be dealt with. If you ever have any issues, please address them with members of our Leadership Team, or me personally. Making unnecessary social media comments or posts only ever serves to damage the reputation of our College in the community, which is never in the best interests of your children in both the short term and the future. Those who know me and my team, know that we will listen, we will act and we will communicate openly and honestly. That is our promise to you. Remember Foxwell – Together we are great.
I would like to assure our community that over the past three weeks we have been in regular communication with the bus company that provides the school service for our students, Kinetic. Today I have been advised that the Kinetic Planning Deparment are in discussion with Translink in regards to this service. Over the next week Kinetic will be collating data and conducting surveys to support the school's request to improve the school bus network.
I am looking forward to providing you with an update.
Acting Principal, Kate Shepherd
Hello and a very warm welcome from Mr Breese, the Head of Year 8.
It was my privilege to join the Foxwell community this year, in the Head of Year 8 role. I have been a teacher for 15 years, and have worked in both private and public schools in both the Gold Coast and Brisbane. I am a specialist Humanities and History teacher but have also taught both HPE, and English. I look forward to working with all the Year 8 students, and to help them feel that their journey through the Wonder Years of Foxwell is progressing both comfortably and enjoyably.
To that end, it is important that I remind all students of the basic expectations that we have at Foxwell. Basic expectations are important as they create a sense of equality across the student body and provide purpose. Schools require equality to ensure that our students develop a sense and respect for group identity. It is also important that we respect individual identity in our students. I believe that Foxwell does this exceptionally well.
I encourage all Year 8's to work on the following basic expectations that can be applied each day:
• Arriving to school and each class on time, with all learning materials including IPad, stylus and books
• Ensuring that they are interacting with both peers and teachers with respect and with a sense of social understanding
• Supporting each other to handle the social and academic expectations of each day
• Reflecting and taking ownership over anything which may occur throughout the day
We encourage open dialogue with our families, so I encourage you to reach out to any of the Year 8 team if you have any concerns or enquiries.
Mr Jason Breese
Head of Year 8
jpbre0@eq.edu.au
Year 7 and Year 8 students will be participating in a Sexual Health session to support understanding and knowledge within this area. Each session is catered to the Year Level and will be appropriately managed and supported by Gold Coast School-Based Health Nurses and school staff. Session outlines are as follows:
- Puberty and changes throughout the body
- Reproductive Health
Year 8 Sexual Health
- Healthy Relationship and Consent
- Basic Understanding to Contraception and STIs
- Influence on healthy relationships
This session is support by up-to-date research and will be delivered to students in one of their four lessons throughout the day.
If there is any reason that your child should not participate in these sessions, please email Bryce Berrell for Year 7 – bdber0@eq.edu.au or Mr Jason Breese for Year 8 – jpbre0@eq.edu.au