Issue 14, 29th August 2024
From the Principal
"For Every Child Fully Fund Public Schools"
"For Every Child Fully Fund Public Schools" is one you may see at other schools across Queensland this week. It's part of the advocacy work of the school leader professional association called QASSP (the Queensland Association of State School Principals). The Association represents the 337,500 state primary school students in this state.
The message is intended to highlight to parents and the wider community how important the investment in public education is for the students of this country. This information is to provide you with an understanding of the issues behind the impasse in negotiations between the Commonwealth and the States regarding the funding of public schools in the National Schools Reforms Agreement (NSRA).
The Association views the signing of the NSRA as absolutely vital for every student, school, staff member and school leader across the country. Government primary schools in Australia service 1.6 million students, yet less than 30,000 of them are fully funded. Twelve years ago, David Gonski delivered his report highlighting decades of underfunding of public schools.
The Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) was developed by the Gonski panel as a minimum funding requirement for every school, yet less than two percent of students attending government schools in this country are currently funded at this level. State schools in Queensland are funded at less than 91% of the Schooling Resource Standard with 70.5% coming from the State Government and 20% from the Federal Government.
QASSP members are calling for an agreement to be reached for the 2025 school year, for the sake of every student in our state school system. State schools in Queensland are great schools and offer a range of excellent learning opportunities for our students, however our school leaders know we can do an even better job for our students if we were funded at the full 100% of the Schooling Resource Standard.
Last year a Commonwealth commissioned expert panel identified that schooling in Australia is becoming significantly segregated. Should an agreement not be reached, it may potentially enshrine segregation in government schools across the country. The funding method was developed by the Federal Government, so far it has failed to provide public school students in this state with 100% of SRS in any of the twelve years since its inception. In a rich and prosperous country, it is fair and reasonable to expect that our largest schooling sector is properly funded to ensure every student can be a part of the future prosperity of the nation.
Weekly Update by Hayden and Kylen
From the Leadership Team
Our Ready, Set, Prep! Transition Program has begun for 2025 Prep enrolments. Use the link below, book your enrolment interview to get the ball rolling!
https://hilliardss.eq.edu.au/enrolments/prep/ready-set-prep-2025-prep-transitions-program
After attending an enrolment interview you will receive an invitation to attend "Come and Play" afternoons, and finally our orientation morning, where our Pre-Preps will meet their teacher for the first time!!!
#ReadySetPrep #HilliardLittleHeroes
Expectation of the Week
Term 3 Event Calendar
From the Office
Changes to Excursion, Camp and Activities Process
From next term we will be changing our processes regarding consent and payment for camps, excursions and activities.
- Notes and permission forms will be distributed digitally (using Qparents)
- Permissions received by the due date will be invoiced for payment
- Payment / cut off dates will be strictly enforced
We ask for your patience as we navigate these new processes.
Today I was fortunate enough to accompany some of our instrumental music students in the Level 2 band workshop at Birkdale State School. It was a very entertaining day, and great to see students from so many local schools participating to create some amazing instrumental music! Well done to all!
Miss Katy
Enjoy the Student Free Day! We will see you back at school on Monday!!
Student Celebration
Sophie, in year 2, achieved her black belt in martial arts on the weekend, after 2.5 years of hard work and dedication.
She had to perform 12 hand drills from memory, as well as all the kicks, punches and blocks required for each belt. Sophie also had to perform a kick boxing drill with 10 parts and split a piece of wood with her foot with a kick of her choice. Sophie has shown focus, respect and dedication to achieve this, we are very proud of her!
EcoMarines
From the P&C
Yura families,
I would like to say a big thank you to all the parents who have helped over the last few weeks at the IGA BBQ, Night of Dance, Father’s Day stall and in the Tuckshop. We really cannot run these events without the help of volunteers so any help that you can give us is greatly appreciated. Also thank you to everyone who has supported our Father’s Day stall and raffle. There are only two more weeks left of this term and the countdown is on!
Term 3 fundraising events:
IGA BBQ raffle: The amazing Dan from our local IGA is running his annual BBQ raffle for the month of August with all proceeds coming to the school. We can’t thank Dan enough for all the amazing ways he supports our school. This year the prizes are:
1st prize – a BBQ plus a $150 voucher
2nd prize – a $300 voucher
3rd prize – one month of free coffee
Wow, they are some awesome prizes!! I encourage everyone to visit the IGA this month to buy some raffle tickets. We will be at IGA again this Saturday to help sell tickets and raise further funds for the school. The raffle will be drawn on Saturday afternoon.
Subway Day is on Tuesday 3 September.
Term 4 fundraising events:
Gold4Good This fundraiser allows families to turn their old, broken or unwanted gold or silver jewellery into much needed funds for the school. Special envelopes will be handed out shortly so families can start collecting their items over the school holidays.
State Election Are you a whiz on the BBQ or in the Kitchen, have a green thumb, excellent customer service skills or just want to help where you can? The Hilliard State School P&C are holding a BBQ, Plant and Bake Sale at the upcoming State Election. Saturday 26th October 2024. Everyone Welcome! Not free on the day but would still like to help? We are also looking for donations of BBQ supplies, plants and sweet treats - to keep costs down and increase profits! To register your interests please go to https://volunteersignup.org/events/election bbq
Movie Night Our Movie Night is promising to be bigger and better this year with 8 food trucks, a P&C BBQ, entertainment from our own students, a fabulous magician, Santa and his elves, a designated arts and craft area, games, face painting and hair braiding, a petting zoo, a special raffle with some amazing prizes and our Lob-a-Choc game will be back due to popular demand!! To make this event a success we would really appreciate all the help we can get from our school community. A register will be set up shortly for you to be able to register your interests so keep any eye out for this.
Christmas Stall Please let me know if you would like to be involved in running this stall in December. We would love some help in sourcing the gifts to be sold at the stall.
If you have any questions about the upcoming events or anything P&C related, please do not hesitate to email me at hilliardpandcpresident@gmail.com
Thanks so much
Sam Eady
President
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