Eyes Open Social Media Safety Workshops

In term 3, Eyes Open Social Media Safety workshops will occur for students in years 5 and 6, and year 7 students from Yeronga State High School. These workshops will focus on Education about the possible risks & dangers associated with social media use and assistance, helping parents to add adequate privacy & security to your social media and gaming accounts.

These workshops will occur in 3 stages:

Stage 1: Student Awareness workshop – year 5/6/7 students– 4/8/22 9:15-10:15am

This session covers the 5 primary risks and dangers online including Inappropriate material and current laws, identity theft and fake accounts, predators, bullying, digital footprints and the permanent nature of content, practical ways to manage issues and reduce chances of harm.

Stage 2: Parent Awareness workshop  – year 5/6/7 parents – 4/8/22 6-7pm

Similar to the student workshop, this sessions covers the above 5 risks, but delves further into these issues from a parent lense. 

Stage 3: Student and parent workshop – year 5/6/7 students AND parents – 18/8/22 6-7pm

This workshop is a hands on practical session where participants bring in their devices and we teach them step by step how to apply privacy and security for personal account/s to significantly reduce the risks and dangers.

These workshops are free, so please come along. 

If you DO NOT wish your child to participate in the school workshop, please email Deputy Principal Stef Kirk: skirk70@eq.edu.au
There will be more information to come about registering your participation to the parent sessions.
For more information on Eyes Open Social Media Safety workshops, please see their website: https://eyesopensocialmedia.com.au/

Yeronga State High School Creative Writing Workshop

On 4^th May, some year 5 students joined the Yeronga State High School creative writing workshop today. Students with a passion for creative writing nominated for this Masterclass, covering writing fundamentals, to plan, draft, write and edit a story throughout the day. We eagerly await for the publication of their stories.

Year 2 – Make and Meld Incursion

In week 3, all Year 2 classes were excited to listen to the presenters and watch them create a new toy from scratch using a variety of materials.  They learnt a lot about hammering, screwing, and sawing! This incursion lends itself to the year 2 Inquiry unit on forces and materials. As designers, the children were set the challenge to plan the construction of a toy with a moveable part that also has at least one recyclable material. In early June, all children will have the opportunity to make their toy with the ‘Make & Meld’ crew when they return.  We look forward to seeing the end results!

New Play Area – The Outdoor Amphitheatre

The beautiful new play area behind the library is complete!  A huge thank you to the P&C for funding this project. We are calling this space the Outdoor Amphitheatre.  The Outdoor Amphitheatre will be accessible by the year 2 and 3 students during play times.  All other year levels will access this as an outdoor learning space during class.

Please be mindful that this space is licensed to YOSHC before and after school, so is out of bounds for all other students at this time.