Gympie Special School
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52 Cootharaba Road
Gympie QLD 4570
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Email: admin@gympiespecs.eq.edu.au
Phone: 07 5480 2333
Fax: 07 5480 2300

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to the first school newsletter of the 2020 school year. Published every 4 weeks in Week 2, 6 and 10 of each term our newsletter keeps you informed with all the happenings in the school. It shares and celebrates the learning achievements of our students. The newsletter will contain messages from the Principal, Deputy Principal, our Head of Curriculum, class articles, dates to remember, celebrations, community information and learning updates from each class.

In addition, we will have very regular posts on our ‘Gympie Special School’ Facebook page. If you have not yet ‘liked’ our Facebook page, please go onto Facebook today and join our school community page. We will be posting news, photos, celebrations, inviting you to events and keeping you regularly informed via our Facebook page. To let us know you have read a post- hit the thumbs up or send us some love!

Our new Gympie Special School website will also be launched on Monday 10th February. This is another informative site to find out what is happening in our school. 

A warm welcome goes to our  two new students and their family who join our school community! There are also some new faces on our teaching staff and we would like to introduce Rachael Pelling, our acting Deputy Principal, Shellie Pursey, our new Head of Curriculum, and Grace Quaglio our Junior Secondary teacher. Together, these staff members bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from previous placements in Queensland state and special schools.

Successful and Engaged Learners:

Classrooms are buzzing with excitement as students settle into routines, make new friends and get to know their teachers and teacher aides. Walking through classrooms each morning it is exciting to observe students focused on their learning. Our senior students from years 7 to 12 begin swimming next week at the Gympie aquatic recreation centre. Our primary students will be swimming in term 4 this year.

Empowered Staff:  
                                                                         
Teachers and Teacher Aides engaged in three full days of professional learning during the last week of the school holidays. These days are opportunities for staff to build on their knowledge and continues throughout the year with professional development afternoons, twilight sessions and some full day opportunities with other providers. We highly value building our staffs’ capability to meet the needs of our students to engage with the Australian curriculum. 

Our Teachers and Teacher Aides have begun completing assessments and getting to know each student to prepare for Individual Curriculum Plan meetings. Teachers will be making contact shortly to arrange meeting times. Thanks in advance for joining with our teachers to ensure great learning for our students.

Engaged Partners:

Parent/Carer access to school classrooms: If you are visiting the school during the day, or arriving late with your child, please enter and exit through admin. As the first lesson of every day starts at 8.45am, I would encourage all students to be at school prior to this starting time. We appreciate your support in having your student at school on time.

All parents/carers are required to sign in and out. This is an Education QLD Health, Safety and Wellbeing required procedure for safety. We appreciate your support.

Parade: Parade is each Monday at 2.00pm in the performing arts room. Parents and Carers are most welcome. We look forward to you joining with us!

I am really looking forward to a fantastic 2020 and working with our terrific staff, students and families.

Warm regards,

Sarah Lester