We are in the final countdown to the opening of our school and we couldn’t be more excited.

We are looking forward to seeing our Year 7 students proudly walking through the front gates as the Foundation students of Foxwelll State Secondary College.

This is an important transition moment for them as they enter their secondary education and we assure you as parents that we will do all that we can to make this transition a positive moment in their lives.

FIRST DAY PROCEDURES

In the preparation for the first day there are a number of important things to consider and do. Please make sure that your child has the best opportunity for success by ensuring they have necessary requirements on Day 1.

We will commence our first day of teaching on this day, after we have taken our students on a tour of the school to ensure they comfortably know their way around and know how to find the important facilities in the school. We ask that students arrive to school no earlier than 8.15 and no later than 8.45 on Tuesday 28th January. There is ample parking spaces available for families to walk your child in to school or to use the stop-drop-go lane to drop you child off.

Please remember when using the stop-drop-go lane to always go to the very front of the lane and do not stop just anywhere along this lane as it will cause a traffic jam and is disrespectful to your fellow parents and carers.

Let’s always think about how we can be a kind and supportive school community member.

Students will be directed to their first meeting location by staff on site. They will be expected to be seated by 8.50am ready for the exciting day ahead of them. They will need to have their book list requirements, their iPad, a water bottle, and food for their morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Please ensure that all belongings are clearly marked with your child’s name.

All students MUST be in full formal uniform on this day and be wearing their formal hat at all times. We encourage students to put sunscreen on before they arrive at school, and have sunscreen in their bags if they wish to reapply during the day. By 9.00am parents will be asked to leave the school grounds. We have the support of a local cafe who will providing a special deal for parents who may wish to go and have a relaxing coffee/tea and cake to celebrate this very special day in the life of your family.

We will be holding our first school assembly at 2.30 pm on the first day. Parents and carers are most welcome to attend.  

STAYING SAFE ON THE SCHOOL SITE

Whilst the majority of our school development will be completed ready for Day 1 there are still a number of projects to be completed over the coming months. These areas will be fenced off and clearly marked as construction sites. No member of the school community is permitted to enter these sites at any time (including our staff).

Please stay safe as we bring you one of the most innovative and well designed schools in the country.  We thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.

Although our school ovals will not be completed for Semester 1, we will have smaller ovals on the school site ready from Day 1.  We also have access to local sporting fields and buses to transport students to events should this be required. Our school has quite a substantial amount of playing space and also has an age appropriate playground and kinesiology room/gym to encourage our students to be active during the school day.

Of course we also have the most extraordinary sports centre which is home to two full size sports courts ready for use by our students from Day 1. Rest assured that our students will be well catered for in relation to their sporting opportunities at our school.

BUS TIMETABLES

Looking for the best way to get to school? Check out the bus routes that will service our school and local area.

Click on the below link. Scroll to the bottom of the school list you will findFoxwelll State Secondary College.

DRINK BOTTLES

Foxwelll State Secondary College is excited to provide each student a water bottle.

Your student will receive their water bottle in the first week of School.

FOXWELLL SPIRIT

We are proud of our school and our school community and we take the FOXWELL SPIRIT seriously as it guides all that we do in our school.

We will promote Kindness as the Foxwelll Way. We will address bullying should this occur.

We will expect respect to be demonstrated by all members of the Foxwell Community - students, staff and parents.

We will address inappropriate behaviours and teach our students that engaging in their education and being respectful, responsible learners is to the key to their success in life.

We will provide the very best education possible for your student. To truly achieve this, we must be partners in the education and development of your child.

Let’s make 2020 the very best year. It’s time to make a difference - together!

Welcome to Foxwelll State Secondary College.

Kym Amor

Principal

Our Carpark will be open from the 20th January 2020. Once you enter the Carpark from Foxwell Road you are only permitted to follow the ramp and directions. You may enter the Carpark and select a space to park or you can continue to the stop and go drop off zone. There is no parking permitted in the stop and go zone. 

Upon enrolment to Foxwell State Secondary College all Students and Parents/Carers  agree to abide by the Student Dress Code. 

Foxwell State Secondary College is an iPad school. Our school's pedagogy and curriculum is specifically designed with iPad placed as the central learning tool for both students and teachers. Teachers use them as an environment to facilitate deeper engagement in the learning process, access higher order thinking skills and accelerate student-driven learning. 

Foxwell State Secondary College operates a bring your own device program so we are unable to provide these technology requirements to students. 

Information about our technical requirements and specifications can be found by following this link:

School Locker have made available for our community a Foxwell State Secondary College Portal. You are required to create a Student Advantage Account on The School Locker website to access the special Foxwell pricing. You can visit The School Locker website here:

Please note that there is no obligation to purchase specifically from The School Locker.

iPad and associated accessories purchased from any location will work as equally well for your child’s education, as long as they are in line with our outlined requirements and specifications. Information about technical requirements and specifications can be found by following this link:

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team at admin@foxwellssc.eq.edu.au

At Foxwell State Secondary College, we operate a BYOx solution that enables students to use their privately owned iPad to access school email, learning applications, printers and shared network drives at the school. Microsoft Intune, a mobile device management platform, allows the school to image to student devices all required learning applications and settings required for a seamless commencement to the school year. iPads can be enrolled into Microsoft Intune from any location with any WIFI connection. We ask that families enrol student devices into Micrsoft Intune prior to the commencement of the school year.

Enrolling your child’s device into Intune, will mean your child will be able to: 

• access the school Wi-Fi network and have school email automatically set up and configured
• access the school’s learning applications and websites
• self-manage their device

For this process your students MIS Identification is required. All students who have previously been enrolled in an Education Queensland school will have access to their MIS Identification.

Directions for enrolling your student into Microsoft Intune, downloading the require applications and setting up email can be found in the following document. Should you have any issues during the enrolment process please email kshep115@eq.edu.au.

Please see below PDF link for instructions.

If your student is currently taking a medication that is to be administered during the School day we will require documentation to be submitted to the School prior to Day 1. 

This also includes asthma inhalers. All inhalers must come with a Asthma Management Plan that is signed by your treating Doctor. 

Please contact Admin@foxwellssc.eq.edu.auto submit your medication documentation or your asthma management plans. 

Parents/carers are to ensure that your student has packed a healthy lunchbox with enough food to sustain them for Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea. 

Please note that there are no facilities provided to students to refridgerate their lunch items or to heat items of food.

Alternativley our Canteen will be available to purchase food and drink items from. You will find further details about the canteen in this newsletter. 

At Foxwell State Secondary College, we operate a House System. At this point in time, the House allocation of students is by colour only. Our four house colours are: maroon, pale blue, green and yellow. Students will be allocated to houses based on the alphabetical order of their surname. We will make all attempts to maintain house groups with approximately the same number of students.

 House groups:

• Maroon:            A - G
• Green:             H - M
• Red:                N - R
• Blue:               S - Z

When school uniforms are collected, students will receive their reversible bucket hat with their House colour.

Early in Term 1, we will run a competition to name our houses. Students in each house, will then have an opportunity to design a house logo. Our amazing, Community Engagement Officer and resident Graphic Designer, Celeste Fishburn will support the design process for creating our house logos.

Students will be able to earn house points across the fields of Academic, Sporting, Cultural and Leisure/extra-curricular activities.

 In addition, house points may be awarded for, but not limited to the following:

• Consistent demonstration of our Spirit Values [Service, Perseverance, Integrity, Respect and Responsibility, Inclusivity and Teamwork]
• Consistent demonstration of our School Rules [Responsible, Respectful and being a Learner]
• Attendance

Each year the Foxwell House Cup will be awarded to the House with the highest number of points.

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. 

MOBILE PHONE POLICY

Upon enrolment all Students and Parents/Carers have agreed to abide by the Foxwell Mobile Phone Policy.

The Mobile Phone Policy starts immediately and will be enforced from Day 1. 

The Mobile Phone Policy states that students are only permitted to bring mobile phones and digital technologies to School if they follow strict protocols for their use. 

Bringing personal technology devices to School is not encouraged by the School because of the potential for theft and general distraction and/or disruption associated with them. Phones and digital technologies must be stored (and turned off ot to silent) in the secure phone lockers that are available to all students. The School accepts no responsibility for lost phones or digital technologies. If Parents need to be contacted due to an emergency, this can be done through the office. 

LOCKERS

Full size and Mobile Phone size lockers are available for rental from Foxwell. 

Parents are able to pay the rental fee through the Qkr! App. Lockers will not be provided to students until the rental fee has been paid. 

Please see the below instructions on how to download and register your student in the Qkr! App. 

Full size lockers are $80.00 per year.

Mobile Phone size lockers are $40.00 per year.

No payments for lockers will be accepted through the Finance window at the School. 

The canteen will be open from Day 1.

Below is the sample menu released at the information night. 

The final menu and the details for online ordering will be emailed directly to Parents next week. 

Learning commences at 8.50am and concludes at 3.00pm. There are four periods during each school day that run for a length of 70-80 minutes each.

The first bell will ring at 8.45am and it is expected that students are at their classroom with all required learning materials prior to 8.50am.

There are two break times during the day of 15 minutes and one larger lunch break of 50 minutes. The canteen is available for students during the first break of the day and lunch.

Prior to school we operate “What I Need Time”, also known as “WIN”. This program occurs each day. “WIN” time consists of different workshops and tutorials specific to student needs. At the conclusion of week 1 we will publish the “WIN” timetable for Term 1. Students can choose to attend “WIN” of their own volition, alternatively teachers may recommend that a student attend a session/s.

Our school Learning Hub is open and available for students after school until 4.00pm. Students can access this space after school to complete homework, classwork, study or to engage in school activities. Similarly, after school activities such as extra-curricular training and rehearsals will take place as per the activities outlined schedule.

How to read your child’s timetable:

On day 1, your student will receive their first timetable. Upon receiving this information their teacher will explain to them how to read and interpret.

We operate a two-week rotational timetable at Foxwell State Secondary College.

Week A – odd numbered weeks

Week B – even numbered weeks

During a two-week period, your student will participate in the following timetables classes:

Social World – based on the Australian Curriculum for English and The Arts

Physical World – based on the Australian Curriculum for Science and Humanities

Health World – based on the Australian Curriculum for Health and Physical Education and our school’s philosophy of Positive Education

Mathematics – Australian Curriculum MathematicsJapanese – Australian Curriculum JapaneseTechnology – Australian Curriculum Technologies

Enrich – based on the needs of each individual student

For further assistance with interpreting your student’s timetable, please do not hesitate to contact the school administration once school has commenced.

A email was sent home to Parents regarding student nominations for the Swimming Carnival.

If your student does not currently swim for a club they will be able to nominate to participate in the carnival once School returns.

Please see the nomination form below. Completed forms should be emailed through to Elle Bullock at emgil0@eq.edu.au.

If you have any questions regarding the 2020 Foxwell SSC Swimming Carnival nominations please don’t hesitate to contact Elle - Head of Department: Healthy World.

If you know that your student will not return to School by the 28th January 2020 we are required to obtain written notification from Parents and or Caregivers. 

If this applies to your family or student please complete the attached form and return to admin@foxwellssc.eq.edu.au

Your support regrding this is appreciated.

Foxwelll State Secondary College invites Foxwell families and the Gold Coast community to our Twilight Community Evening - Friday the 7th of February 2020, 5.00-8.00pm

We will have live performances, food trucks, an artisan market and guided school tours to celebrate the opening of our new school.

The official opening ceremony will be held later this year.

We will be collecting a gold coin upon entry in an effort to raise funds to assist with the current bushfire crisis. The benefiting community organisation will be selected by our Year 7 cohort and announced prior to our event.

We would encourage everyone to follow us on Facebook and to visit the event page. This event page provides the most up-to date information on stall holders, food trucks and entertainment.

Remember! This is not just a School event, we would encourage all members of the wider community to attend. Please show your support by sharing our event on your Facebook Page!

If you have any enrolment enquries please email enrolments@foxwellssc.eq.edu.au

Families will be invoiced for the Student Resource Scheme by the end of Week 1 2020. 

Payments are to be made online using BPoint or at the School using the EFTPOS facility. Cash payments can be made using exact change.

If you have any enquries in relation to the finance department at Foxwell please email finance@foxwellssc.eq.edu.au

Sporting Minds students are provided with a kit as a part of their Sporitng Minds program fee. The delivery of these kits is expected to be by the end of February. 

If you have any enquiries regarding the kit or the program fee please contact Kimberley Knowles - kknow13@eq.edu.au - Business Manager Foxwell SSC.