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What an exciting week it has been for our Foxwell State Secondary College community.
Our stand out for this week was our Design Your Future School workshop aboard The Yot Club. Thank you to the students, parents and carers, and staff who worked collaboratively through a range of questions allowing us to define what success looks like for our school and our students.
We truly value the level of communication and collaboration that has occurred to date in our school community, and we will ensure this continues into our future. We will be sharing the findings from this workshop at the upcoming Information Night.
We have now held over 100 Enrolment Interviews and I have been impressed by the level of confidence and passion for learning that our students have demonstrated during their interviews. I look forward to meeting more of our enrolling students over the coming weeks. We have held our first two uniform try-on days and the feedback from our uniform supplier, UMS has been incredibly positive. They work with many schools across Australia and have commented that our students are particularly polite, respectful and show true gratitude.
We are particularly grateful for the support of our local community and I want to take this opportunity to thank a few stand-out organisations for their generosity and partnerships. Thank you to Picnic Creek State School, Coomera Rivers State School, The YOT Club, IGA Coomera Waters, Stocklands Foreshore, Hardy Boys Cafe - Westfield Coomera, Coomera Springs State School, Coomera State School, and of course our amazing building team from FKG.
Our school site is progressing well and you would have seen the recent clearing of our land for the two full size sports ovals and the preparation work for our bus bays and signalled intersection.
The building of our school is on schedule. Our team can’t wait to move in during December of this year, and more importantly can’t wait until we welcome our first students through the gates in January 2020.
Until next time
Kym Amor
Principal
Our next information night will be held on the evening of Thursday 28th November at TAFE Coomera. This event will give everyone an opportunity to hear more information about our new school, see in person the full suite of uniforms and meet more of our 2020 teaching team.
We will also be joined, on the evening, by Linda Pitt from Apple Education who will host a session for parents/caregivers on Screen Time and the digital tools built-in to iPads that help support healthy and appropriate use of technology.
On Monday 9th December, we will welcome all 2020 enrolled students to our Transition Day.
Students will wear their current school uniform and enjoy a day of getting to know their 2020 classmates and teachers.
Further information will be emailed to parents and carers closer to the day.
Save the date!
We have previously introduced the Foxwell State Secondary College Team on our School Facebook Page and on the School website. The current Foxwell State Secondary Team are based out of the South East Department of Education Regional Office at Hope Island until the School contruction is complete. In 2020 the Team will expand to include 2 more Head of Department, 10 Teachers, Teacher Aides, Schools Officer, Administration Officer and Cleaners.
Principal - Mrs Kym Amor.
Deputy Principal - Mrs Zana Schroeder.
Deputy Principal - Miss Kate Shepherd.
Head of English and Humanities - Ms Danielle Goddaer.
Head of Maths and Science - Ms Jennifer Barkley.
Head of The Arts - Mrs Cara McLennan.
Business Manager - Mrs Kimberley Knowles.
Community and Engagement Officer - Ms Celeste Fishburn.
Teaching and learning at Foxwell State Secondary College is inspired by 'The Global Goals for Sustainable Development' and is underpinned by our schools philosophy of 'a world of opportunity'.
Our pedagogical framework is guided by 'New Pedagogies for Deep Learning' and prescribes our school's ways of working and signature practices in ensuring consistent and cohesive delivery of curriculum standards, while allowing for differentiation for each and every student.
Further information is available on our school's website at:
Reference:
"Deep Learning - Engage the World, Change the World."
Michael Fullan, Joanne Quinn, Joanne McEachen