Term 4 Week 2 2023

Key Information

Term 4 Important Dates

• Swimming Sessions each week
  
• Wednesday 11th October, 10:30am-3:30pm - Rock Pop Rehearsal in Mount Isa 
• Wednesday 11th October, 4:15-5:15pm - Year 5 Camp Meeting 
• Friday 13th October - Assembly - MMS - 8.30am
• Friday 13th October - Bank Holiday (school closes at 12pm) 
• Friday 13th October - Rock Pop 2023 Performance - Mount Isa
• Monday 16th October, 3pm - Reconciliation Meeting (see email from Mrs Curley)
• Thursday 19th October, 3pm - Catholic Identity Meeting 
• Friday 20th October - Cycle to School Morning 
• Tuesday 24th October, 3-4pm  - FACE Meeting 
• Friday 27th October - Assembly - MMS - 8.30am
• Friday 27th October - Grandparents Day 
• Friday 27th October - Founders Day Fun Run - 2pm - School Oval
• Week 5, 30th October-3rd November - Year 5 Camp 
• Friday 10th November - Swimming Carnival 
• Friday 17th November, 8:30-10:30am - Move Up Morning 
• Wednesday 22nd November - Awards Evening & Christmas Concert 
• Thursday 23rd November - Year 9 Graduation Dinner 
• Friday 24th November - Last Day for Secondary Students 
• Friday 1st December - Last Day of School for Primary Students

Tuckshop News

Please email Jamie-Lea at jmcconachy@sjctsv.catholic.edu.au or call the office to let us know if you're available to volunteer!

Our special for Week 2 is: Chicken Gravy Rolls and Earth Cookies 

Please have your orders in by WEDNESDAY 8:30 am.

To order: https://myschoolconnect.com.au/

Uniform Shop

Our Uniform Shop is now located in the new office space (old library). We are open to orders being placed via the app, https://myschoolconnect.com.au/

Please give us 24 hours to organise collection for your order, we generally contact you when your order is ready to collect.

As this is a new system for us, please be kind and considerate while we find our feet in the new office space.

Miss Heather

End of Term Date Claimers

Awards Night & Christmas Concert Invitation

End of Year Mass Invitation

Principal's News

Welcome to Week 2, 

What an amazing start to the term we have had. Your child/children have settled in well to their final term of the year. I am currently writing this newsletter from Townsville, where I have joined other Principals from around the Diocese for two days of Professional Development. Mr Scott Murray as many of you would know departed St Joseph’s at the end of 2022 and took on the Acting Principal position at St Francis Catholic School in Hughenden, it is with pleasure that I announce Mr Murray will be relocating to Monto in 2024 as the Principal of St Therese’s Catholic Primary School. Well done Mr Murray! 

We have had some major changes to the school recently, on Saturday the ‘old’ primary school and administration building was knocked down! Thank you to our parents who had spoken to their children about this, it was great that they came to school prepared on Monday morning for what to expect! The rubble will be removed over the coming weeks ready for the building works to begin. The tender for the upcoming build closes tomorrow and we look forward for what’s to come!

Half Day - Bank Holiday Reminder:

A friendly reminder that St Joseph’s will be concluding the school day this Friday the 13th of October at 12:00pm for the Special Half Day Cloncurry and District Race Club TAB Meet Bank Holiday.

Emerging Leaders Roadshow:

We had our Emerging Leaders travel to Mount Isa last week with Mr James Delaney and Mrs Gayle Macnamara to participate in the Emerging Leaders Mental Health and Wellbeing Roadshow, where our students joined with the Emerging Leaders from Good Shepherd Catholic College. I have received fantastic feedback about our students' engagement in this event and their behaviour. This event showcased cultural and wellbeing workshops with a number of guest speakers including Ian Zaro, Tallisha Harden, Joel Thompson, Glen Thomas, Megan Samardin, and Toby Adams. A big thank you to James and Gayle for making this possible for our students. 

Rock Pop 2023:

It is Rock Pop Week! Our three groups will travel to Mount Isa tomorrow for their rehearsal on the big stage. There will also be a ‘sneak peek’ performance this Thursday evening for parents and friends of Rock Pop Performers and Staff (please see your emails for communication). There has been a lot of hard work and dedication that has gone into both the junior and senior performances and I look forward to seeing this come to life. I would like to formally thank the wonderful staff that have put so much time into this - to Mrs Rachel Delaney-Lovett, Miss Mae-Louise Brock, Miss Leonie Ansell, and Miss Erin Haley, thank you! 

The BIG SHOW is on Friday evening in Mount Isa, we hope to see you there. We would love to sit together this year to cheer on our school. We will put some picnic blankets and chairs out on the right-hand side of the stage - please join us. A reminder that your child, being a performer or not, is your responsibility at Rock Pop, and supervision will not be provided by staff or volunteers at the event. 

Swimming Lessons Commence this week! 

A big thank you to our parent volunteers for assisting at the pool. If you would like to assist please phone the front office on 4742 1633.

Staff Departures 2023: 

It is with a heavy heart that the St Joseph’s community will farewell Ms. Sue Hawkins. Sue joined our administration team at the end of 2021 and has managed our finances at St Joseph’s during her time here. Although Sue won’t be departing our community, it will be sad to see her leave Joey’s staff. Please congratulate Sue on her new career venture and thank her for the assistance you or your child may have received in her time at St Joseph’s.

2024 Enrolments:

Help us spread the word! We have had a number of enquiries this week about enrolments for 2024. Please note that enrolments are still open and we welcome new and returning families to join us. To find out more information about enrolments please pop into the front office, phone or email the school on (07) 4742 1633 or clncry@tsv.catholic.edu.au

Prep 2024 Orientation:

May God Bless you and your families for the week ahead,  

Mrs Samantha Kelley

Principal 

APRE News

Welcome to Week 2! 

Mission Month
This October, we are celebrating World Mission Month, a month dedicated to the life-giving work of missionaries around the world.

In 2023, students and their families across Australia will team up to support families in Timor-Leste facing health and wellness challenges. Catholic Mission’s goal is to offer generational care for vulnerable children in Timor-Leste. 

Pope Francis, World Mission message, invites everyone to answer the call to be missionary, sharing that "Mission is carried out together, not individually...". 

St Joseph’s will join in the efforts to raise funds to support Catholic Mission. These funds will assist with the projects on the ground, helping sustain and enrich the lives of vulnerable children who are in need of our support.

Catholic Mission Mass: (Socktober Shootout and Gold Coin Donation Day)
In Week 4 we will celebrate a Catholic Mission Mass on Monday 23rd October  at 9:20 am in St Mary MacKillop Shed, followed by a Socktober shootout competition during 1st lunch. Students are to bring in a Gold Coin to participate in the shootout. Students have also been asked to bring in recycled material e.g. bubble wrap, old socks, styrofoam, and plastic bags to assist in the creation of the Sockballs.  More information will be provided closer to the event.  Please view the following links for more information on the sockballs and Socktober

We will also have Icy Poles for sale each Friday starting week 3 to help raise funds for Catholic Mission.
First Reconciliation: This coming Monday 16th of October at 3 pm will be the first of two meetings. Please contact me if you have any questions, or would like your child to participate.
Have a Blessed week!

Mrs Therese Curley
APRE

Pastoral Care

So much on at the moment in our school and in Cloncurry, it is hard to believe it is only Week 2! 

This week we have our fortnightly Student Representative Council meeting and after months of practice, the APEX Rock Pop Mime show! It will be such a show with three groups from St. Joseph’s showcasing their talents! 

Next week sees our students donning their citizen scientist hats for the annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count. Citizen science creates opportunities for students to connect with the natural world, gain scientific skills, and learn about topics such as life cycles, habitats, adaptations, and interrelationships. Students will have the opportunity to participate at second lunch each day - but you can participate at home too!

Friday Week 3 - Ride to School

With the popularity of riding or walking to school, we will be holding our termly Ride to School next Friday 20th October.  Meet at Florence Clark Park on Scarr St at 7.45am! Let’s get active!

Get Active

(taken from the Australian Government - Department of Health and Aged Care)

Being active is important to good health and wellbeing at any age. Read about what we mean by physical activity and sedentary behaviour, how active Australians are, and why everyone should be active every day to stay healthy.

Physical activity is anything that gets your body moving, makes you breathe faster, and speeds up your heart rate. Physical activity comes in many forms, including:

• incidental activity – such as mowing the lawn, cleaning the house or walking to the bus stop
• exercise – structured or planned physical activity, such as going to the gym, a swim or a jog each day
• sport – such as playing rugby, netball or tennis
• muscle strengthening activity – such as weight training or body weight exercises.

You can be physically active at different intensities, including:

• light – where you might not even think about it, such as strolling around the garden, getting dressed or stretching
• moderate – where you are putting in some effort, but it is not strenuous, such as bike riding or going for a brisk walk
• vigorous – where you are out of breath and sweating, such as jogging, star jumping or doing sit-ups.

Physical activity can have instant, lasting health benefits. Whatever your age, you should be active most days, preferably every day. Being active is important for good health and wellbeing at any age. Everyone should be active most days, preferably every day.

Moving more and sitting less helps:

• improve physical and mental health
• improve quality of life
• increase energy
• reduce the risk of many health conditions
• reduce the risk of overweight and obesity
• maintain or improve blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

There are plenty of ways to get active in Cloncurry - you may like to join the gym, participate in PCYC fitness classes (there are free classes on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 5.30pm), head down to the Cloncurry Swimming Pool for lap swimming or for gentle water exercises, check out the Eddie Lee Field for kicking around a ball or running races, use the new walking track along Daintree St and out to Chinaman Creek Dam, the walking track along Railway St, or get up for a 5km walk or run with Cloncurry Park Run - every Saturday morning at 7 am at Mary K Park.

Mrs Toni Schneekloth
Pastoral Leader

Prep

Welcome to Week 2. 

Our story and writing stimulus this week will continue to be based on our construction site theme. The class will be encouraged to write about what has/is happening in our real-life construction site during literacy groups. The new words that are being taught this week are "some" and "come" and our new digraphs are "ng" and " ay". I have finally begun Initial Lit testing. This involves testing each child's recollection of all the Tricky Words that have been taught, their ability to read and write the corresponding letters for the sounds and digraphs that have been taught, writing short words that can be sounded out and reading sentences that can be sounded out and include tricky words. During math, the class is exploring addition and will move on to sharing. In Religion we are learning about the Rosary and Mrs Curley has been helping the class to understand the practice of reciting the Rosary. On Friday the 17th of September Prep will perform Going on a Bear Hunt at assembly. We will begin practicing this week. Mark the date on your calendar so you can come and watch!

Reminders:

The students are encouraged to play in the playground, not the classroom, until the bell goes in the mornings. This is in preparation for Year 1.

Tuesday - water awareness lesson at the pool. The Preps will change for swimming at school but will stay in their swimmers for the walk back to school as it will be time to go home when they get back. It would be helpful to send thongs/ crocs to wear down and back from the pool. They need to wear sun-safe swimwear that has sleeves. Please send sunscreen and teach your child to apply this if you require them to put sunscreen on.

Thursday - Tuckshop and return Home Reader Folders.

Friday - Library

Yours in fun and learning,

Mrs McLauchlan, Miss Tamara and Miss Brie

Year 1

Hello everyone, Welcome to week 2!

This week in Year 1 

English: In English this term we are learning to understand how characters in texts are developed and give reasons for personal preferences. We have created a bump it up wall together and identified what students need to do to succeed. 

In literacy, we have learnt that when you see the letters ge or dge at the end of a word you say the sound ‘j’.

Mathematics: In maths, we are completing our unit of work on data and graphing. Students have worked hard to collect data and identify what graphs need. 

Reminders:

Swimming starts tomorrow. Please remember to pack togs for your child!

Homework will be handed out at the end of Week Two. 

Reading Activities will commence in Week Two. Please send an email if you are able to help.

Just a reminder that we do have children in class with allergies/anaphylaxis to Kiwi Fruit and Watermelon. If your child does bring these fruits for brain break can you please just let us know so we can keep an eye on where the children are sitting.

Have a wonderful first week!

Miss Brock, Miss Haley and the always fun Year 1’s!

Year 2

Welcome to Week 2!

During Writing this term we will be looking at Persuasive texts. During HASS we will be looking at important places and caring for sites of significance. Our Maths topic for the next few weeks is Flips, Slides and Turns. In Science, we are looking into forces, particularly Push and Pull. We will also be looking at healing relationships with God and others.

There has been a change to our Library day. Library will now take place on Wednesdays (this was written as Friday last week! Sorry!)

Reminders:

• Sport (Swimming) - Tuesday
• Library - Wednesday
• Homework due Wednesday

Have a great week. 

Miss Leonie Ansell

Year 3

Welcome to Week 2!

Here’s what we are learning this week:

English: Students have learnt a range of poetry language features like similes and alliteration. They have also been learning all about Haikus which they will continue to practise writing!  

Spelling: Students will be focusing on the sound ‘oo’ as in too, which is represented by the graphemes oo, ew, ue, u_e, and u.

Maths: This week we will be conducting chance experiments to collect and record data. This data will be used to make graphs!

Religion: Students will be reading texts in the Bible to explore the life of Jesus and how the Bible is made up of different text types.

Health: Students will be discussing and valuing their diverse identities and character strengths for respect and empathy, particularly when valuing diversity. 

HASS: Students will be exploring the connections between people and place, particularly in First Nations culture. 

Science: Students will be questioning, predicting, and experimenting to investigate how freezing liquids can change their state to solids. 

Other Reminders:

• Homework - Homework will be taken home Monday

* a note on home readers: with the move, it has sometimes been challenging to source home readers. If the students do not bring them home, this is likely because we were unable to hand them out! I apologise for any inconveniences. All the students should have library books to read at home! 

• Swimming - On Tuesday in PE, students will start swimming. Please send them to school in their togs under their full uniform.
• Tuckshop - Must be ordered before 8:30am Wednesday 
• Chaplain’s Breakfast - Thursday at 7:45am in MMS 
• Rock Pop Rehearsal - Rehearsal Wednesday 10:30am-3:30pm in Mount Isa 
• Rock Pop Concert - Friday 5pm Mount Isa 
• No school Friday from 12pm (Bank Holiday)

Thank you,

Laura Cook

Year 4

Hi all,

Writing: Our sentence focus this week is The W-Start. The W-Start Sentence is a sentence that begins with a W-word. That doesn’t mean every W-word, like William, Weird, and Wallowing. No, it means these W-words: While, When, Whereas, and With.  

Check these out:

• With a massive boom, the alien spacecraft burst through the clouds. 
• While Dad made pizza for dinner, Suzie built a castle in Minecraft.
• When Fred Perkins walked through his front door, everyone yelled: “Surprise!"

Spelling: Our spelling-sound this week is ‘oo’ as in boot. This sound can be represented by the following graphemes (letter combinations): oo, ew, ue, u_e, u.

• The graphemes ew, ue, u_e and u can represent the ‘oo’ sound (e.g. grew, true, rude, ruler). However, they can also represent the sequence of sounds ‘y’ then ‘oo.’ (e.g. new, rescue, cube, music).
• The grapheme ou represents the ‘oo’ sound in a small set of words (e.g. group, route, soup, boulevard). Words containing this grapheme originate from French.
• Unusual graphemes for ‘oo’ used in high-frequency words include oe and ough (e.g. shoe, through).

Reminders:

• Tuckshop - Please make sure Tuckshop orders are placed by Wednesday morning.

• Library - Students don’t have a Library visit this week.

• PE - Students have PE on Wednesday. Please remember they need their togs

• Rockpop - Most of the class will be travelling to Mount Isa on Wednesday and Friday for Rock Pop.

Have a great week,

Mairin Borlase

Year 5

Dear Families,

Thank you to many people who helped us and came down to say hello on Friday's excursion to the Chinaman Creek Dam. Special mentions to Jess, Tamara and Toni who supported the ride for safety and to Gary who came on his day off to cook the sausages - all very much appreciated by the children, without your support and time excursions cannot happen. The cycling was fairly straightforward apart from two more challenging hills - only challenging if your gears are stuck in 6, or if you lose your saddle! With this amazing new walking/cycling track created by the Cloncurry Shire, it is important to use it as often as possible. It really is great fun, a good exercise workout and builds up a level of fitness that we all want for our children to maintain their health and wellbeing.

SWIMMING: Swimming lessons commence on Wednesday 11th October (and then weekly lessons). Please arrive at school promptly for our 8:20 roll so that we can head straight to the pool. Wear bathers/togs (or whatever you want to call them) under school uniform so that it can be a quick change at the side of the pool. Please remember towel, goggles and underwear - school shoes must be worn on walks to and from the pool.

It is a busy week for our Rock Poppers, as they prepare for Friday's event. We wish them good luck with their performance and hope all of their extra practices go well. Remember to thank all the adults who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make these events possible. Remember that we have a school closure on Friday afternoon - early pick-up at 12 pm.

Due to the Rock Pop rehearsal on Wednesday, all remaining learners will work with Y6 for the day.

CAMP INFORMATION MEETING: On Wednesday 11th October, we will host our Paluma Information Meeting in the Year 5 classroom from 4:15-5:15 pm. The main purpose is to share the information from the website and to be available to discuss any questions and queries families may have. We will also have Medical/Consent forms to be completed (Please see below the information you will need).

MATHEMATICS: We will conclude our Chance and Data work this week - focussing on events and outcomes - dice roll and spinners to discuss how likely or possible different outcomes are. When we collect data, technology supports us in generating data tables, charts and graphs. Learners will continue to investigate Google Sheets (like Microsoft Excel) to present the data they collect. We will also continue to investigate place value within decimals before continuing our fractions, decimals and percentages work. Think Mentals continues to focus on the revision of different strategies to solve problems involving all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

ENGLISH: This term, we will focus again on persuasive writing and our Daily Challenges with a focus on writing for a sustained period of time will continue this week. In spelling, we will focus on the letters (graphemes) used to make the sounds (phonemes) [z zz s se and s si] and also investigate suffixes that make plurals -s and -es and what happens when we add the suffix -y. In our reading comprehension, our focus will be on word meaning in context and facts/opinions used within the texts we read. There are a range of excellent texts which will be used throughout the term - mostly focussed on the connection to Biology and plant/animal adaptations. We will discuss the roles within a Socratic Debate - Director, Question Maker, Word Detective, Clarifiers, Creators and Connectors. The purpose of this 'reading circle' is to discuss texts that we read, contribute to the debate about vocabulary meaning and how we can connect reading with our own life.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Wednesday 11th October - Parent Camp Meeting 4:15 pm-5:15 pm
• Wednesday 11th October - SWIMMING LESSONS commence in Week 2 8:20-9:20 am (drop off at school for roll and walk down to the pool)
• Friday 13th October - ROCK POP/SCHOOL CLOSURE 12PM

Wishing you a great Week 2,

Mike Tarleton

Year 6

Hello Year 6 Families.

Welcome to Term 4! 

8 weeks to go for our soon-to-be Year 7 high school students! The year has flown by.

This week in Year 6, we have begun looking at the importance of timetabling in math–how to read timetables and understand and analyse the time it takes to get from one point to another. 

In English- We have started to look at Informative and Literary texts- and how their language features can be used in different ways to have a similar effect in delivering a message. 

The Year 6’s are very excited for their final Term in the Primary school and are looking forward to swimming kicking off in PE tomorrow!

Happy week 2 everyone!

Mr Dom Purcell 

Subject Spotlight

Year 8 English 

This term, the students will be working on responsive writing. We will be viewing the film, Remember the Titans, as a core text for this unit. Through viewing this film, students will respond in written and discussion formats, developing a portfolio that explores themes, techniques and ideas that are represented. This week, we have spent our lesson time viewing the film and stopping to hold small whole-class discussions at integral moments that change the direction of the plot. This unit is fast-paced and a great way to end their year 8 English learning journey!

Rachel Delaney Lovett 

Teacher Years 7-9

Year 9 Music 

During Term 3, Year 9 created some movie trailers in our Media Art lessons. This term students are taking it to the next step as we delve into music and the art of creating soundtracks to enhance our trailers. Have you ever tried watching a show without any sound in the background? I can assure you, chances are slim. Music is a means of helping people communicate – it is a language that traverses barriers and can be understood by all. In particular, we are looking at how music can evoke emotion within people, and how this can be paired with visual elements to create various effects. To achieve this, students will look at working off of a given chordal progression to set the tone. From this, they will need to overlay a melody and additional harmonies, as well as a strong rhythmic beat. Soon we’ll begin working in Soundtrap to bring it all together, a program I know students are looking forward to using due to their familiarity with it from last year.

Shara Humes 

Teacher Years 7-9

Year 7 Design 

Currently, our Year 7 students are hard at work to produce a wooden carry-all. This semester hasn’t been without its frustrations as many of the Year 7 cohort learn the valuable lesson of “measure twice, cut once”. Despite their setbacks, they have shown great resilience and perseverance — skills I really admire in our students. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, students' projects should be finished in Week 6 with the remaining lessons reserved for finishing touches and mini projects just in time for Christmas.

Dean Kelley 

Teaching and Learning, Teacher Years 7-9

Year 9 LOTE

This term in Japanese, we are exploring the exciting world of konbini (convenience stores) - yes, it really is as exciting as it sounds. Convenience stores make up a significant portion of everyday life in Japan. What can you do at a Japanese Konbini?

Whether it be full meals, on-the-go snacks and beverages, household items, stationery or even services such as banking and printing, konbini has it all. 

The students will learn a HEAP of vocab and sentences structures related to konbini, they will learn how to count money and how to use ‘yen’ as a counter classifier, and put all of the above together to role-play a konbini interaction between a customer and shop-assistant. The students will also use adjectives to describe and rate Japanese snacks and drinks on a weekly basis. 

James Delaney 

Teacher Year 7 to 9, LTA Year 5 to Year 9

Student Wellbeing

"How was your day at school?" "Fine"

"What did you guys do?" "I dunno"

"Who did you play with?" "Nobody"

Do you have a kid who answers after-school questions like this?

It can be really frustrating, because what you're trying to say is, "I love you and I was thinking about you today!" and maybe even, "I was wondering how your test went" or "I was feeling so empathetic with you about the friendship issues you're going through" or even "I knew you'd be encountering something new, and I just want to hear it went well."

I can all but guarantee you that -- well, with language modified to be child-appropriate -- any of those statements in the previous paragraph will go over better than the questions will. It's okay to question *yourself* instead, figure out what is at the root of your feelings. And then make a statement.

Statements are less demanding. They don't require response of a child, but they invite it if it's wanted.

This isn't a "trick" to fool kids into answering questions they don't want to. This is a genuine discussion about a means of connection. So that means that for some kids -- you'll make an open-ended statement and they'll still say, "Yeah." or "No." or nothing.

That's okay too. The point isn't to try to make your kid someone they're not.

And some kids just need time to mentally unwind from school before they can even begin to process out loud what it is that they did all day. Sometimes they're quiet for hours and then suddenly start talking at bedtime!

It's all okay. This is just a tool in your tool belt.

Credit to The Occupational Therapist for the article and  Lindsay Braman - Therapist & Psychoeducator for the image!

Library

The Glencore ‘Books in Homes’ catalogues have arrived. Each class will receive a set and every student gets to select four (4) options on a wishlist and will then receive three (3) of those four choices in Week 9, Monday 27 November. What wonderful timing to ensure there’s something new to read at home over the summer holidays! Orders are due at the Library by Thursday 19 October at the latest for submission to Glencore on Friday 20 October. Unfortunately, no late orders can be processed after this date. 

 I forgot to mention last week that Library lessons (including borrowing and returning books) occur every fortnight this term, as per usual. These lessons will be during every odd-numbered week of Term 4, that is, Weeks 1, 3, 5 and 7. The timetable is as follows:

• Tuesday      - Years 4 & 6
• Wednesday - Years 2 & 3
• Thursday     - Prep & Year 5
• Friday          - Year 1.

Every alternate week during the term - Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8 - the students will participate in the Resilience Program. 

As all Library books must be returned by Week 8 at the latest this term, please feel free to drop them off at any time when the Library is unlocked. All you have to do is pop them into the basket on the table at the Circulation Desk. If the basket is full, just put them on the table alongside and I shall check them in by the end of the day. Both the basket and the table have labels reading ‘BOOK RETURNS’, as per the image below. Thank you for your cooperation in this regard.

As always, happy reading!

Gillian Gardiner 

Teacher Librarian

No Smoking Law

FOR ACTION - New Smoke-Free Law 01.09.2023

From 01 September 2023, new Smoke-Free laws apply. Smoking is already prohibited at public and private school facilities and in a 5-meter buffer zone extending from the boundary of the school.  These new laws extend the smoke-free protection to include all carparks provided for school communities. This includes carparks located on council land that are intended for school community use.

Smoke-free requirements for schools apply at all times which means school carparks are also smoke-free areas outside of school hours, on weekends and in school holidays.  These laws apply to everyone using the school carparks (students, staff, parents, volunteers, visitors, contractors and clubs accessing school facilities).

Smoking products can include tobacco products, personal vaporisers (e-cigarettes/cigars, vape pens), e-liquids & e-cigarette parts, etc.

Community Information