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ICPA Nebo Branch
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25.01.2022 Finally! Children who are attending a boarding school in Queensland and reside in either NSW or ACT have been granted a quarantine exemption. Thank you to the ICPA state branches for your continued advocacy and action on such a frustrating and worrying time for these families. #nobordersforboarders
24.01.2022 #bringourboardersback
24.01.2022 ICPA (Aust) would like to capture the stories at the heart of what makes our association so unique and special with a focus on why it is important for families ...to get behind ICPA (Aust) by joining or renewing their membership. The Faces of ICPA campaign is calling families to submit a photo with a quote or caption about how the ICPA has helped you. We would like to then showcase some of these entries over Facebook across the next month as we launch our 2021 ICPA membership drive so we can celebrate who we are and why the ICPA is important to so many families. We extend an invitation to all members to come on board with the campaign and share a photo and caption giving an example of how ICPA helped you. Please send your submissions through to [email protected] or via the ICPA (Aust) Facebook messenger page. ICPA NT ICPA WA ICPA - SA ICPA NSW Access to Education ICPA QLD INC - Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Queensland Inc #FacesofICPA See more
23.01.2022 News from the Qld Premier as to how lessons for term 2 will be delivered.
22.01.2022 Our State Branch has just notified us of a change in dates for the 2020 conference. We look forward to it proceeding later this year. In the meantime everyone stay safe and healthy!
22.01.2022 Motion feedback - travel - adding kindergarten children as allocations on school bus runs. Given the resistance met to this request it is likely that we will see this motion raised again.
22.01.2022 ICPA (Aust) has declared Tuesday 1 December as Geographically Isolated Distance Education Day! We invite all ICPA members and friends to try our temporary prof...ile picture frame to promote the day. You can use it from today! www.facebook.com/profilepicframes/?selected_overlay_id=180306170132220 ICPA NT ICPA WA ICPA - SA ICPA TAS ICPA NSW Access to Education ICPA QLD INC - Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Queensland Inc See more
21.01.2022 MEETING REMINDER AGM & general meeting this FRIDAY, 28th Feb @ Nebo Pub dining room 4:00 for a 4:30pm start. Reminder also that we encourage members, those interested in becoming members and supporters to join us at 6:00pm for a social evening of catching up at the pub following our meeting. MEMBERSHIP- a reminder also to please renew your annual membership online.... We look forward to seeing as many faces as possible - please don’t hesitate to contact us with any queries
20.01.2022 It’s day 2 of the annual state conference today! We thoroughly enjoyed the presentations, industry updates, portfolio updates of what has been successfully lobbied following last years conference and the discussions and debate that surrounded some very interesting motions yesterday. We again look forward to another great day hearing all the important issues for small, rural and remote schools!
20.01.2022 Motion feedback - Living Away From Home Allowance - this is one of the reasons it is so important to support your local ICPA Branch - this funding is subject to change yet is to vital to rural families being able to send children to boarding school each year. This motion in particular is one that continually needs to be brought to the attention of relevant Departments and Ministers. Whilst it is disappointing there is no changes at this point, we are pleased that the ICPA State Branch is remaining vocal on this matter.
19.01.2022 Announcement regarding return to the classroom for the remaining grades.
17.01.2022 Please tag or share with anyone you know that is a rural or remote student on a gap year that this may apply to and encourage them to take the time to provide the feedback on how Covid has impacted their year
17.01.2022 We are proud to have presented this motion which was carried unanimously
15.01.2022 Feedback from the relevant government department after being approached by the ICPA State Branch team, on a successful motion presented by our neighbouring branch Capricornia BOTA at the 2019 conference
15.01.2022 Attention members and followers - if you have any photos or stories you wish to share in the upcoming publication please send a message to our page as soon as possible with information and high res photos attached. Formal photos, remote learning, attending school events - anything relating to rural and remote learning!
15.01.2022 URGENT- AGM, MEETING & SOCIAL NIGHT POSTPONED due to overnight heavy falls, 3 of our 4 executive committee members, as well as a great number of other members, are flooded in! As we hope to have as many members present at the meeting and social night as possible we’ve made a call to shift the date to a tentative new date in 2 weeks time, of Friday the 13th of March @ the Nebo Hotel, 4:00pm for a 4:30pm start. We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause in shuffling your schedules and hope as many can still join us on that future date. Rain is always a blessing!! Thank you for your understanding and have a great weekend
14.01.2022 A MESSAGE FROM - YARAKA/ISISFORD ICPA - APPLY NOW CBA $2000 Tertiary Scholarship 2021 Application Criteria... This is a once only payment of $2000 from the Commonwealth Bank. ELIGIBILITY: 1. The scholarship is available ONLY to students going from Year 12 directly into Tertiary studies in 2021 2. The applicant’s parents MUST be current ICPA members of any Queensland Branch. 3. Applicants MUST be undertaking FULL-TIME University study or a two year Diploma course at a Queensland Rural Training College in 2021 PROCESS FOR SELECTION: Applicants are to submit (copies) of: 1. Year 12 Results/Senior certificate. 2. Proof of entry to University/College 3. Two references (school based are acceptable) 4. Resume of interests and achievements other than academic: e.g. sporting, cultural etc. 5. Two hundred word article WHY ME. (Student please sign this) 6. Cover page with contact details, including address, phone number and email Selection will be based on scholastic ability, evidence of non academic personal achievement, the content of the references and commitment by the student to return to a rural area with the qualifications gained. Representatives of the Commonwealth Bank, ICPA or the Community will select the winner. Presentation to take place at recipient’s closest CBA branch in June University holiday period. It is expected that photos and articles be made available to the media and to Yaraka/Isisford ICPA branch. applications to be in by Friday 9 April 2021. Email applications are acceptable. Send applications to: Mrs. Fiona Owens YARAKA/ISISFORD ICPA PO Box 589 LONGREACH QLD 4730 0418 870 186 Email: [email protected]
14.01.2022 It’s conference time!! The 2020 Qld State Conference is underway, for 2 days. We have moved to an online platform as sadly a physical conference schedule to take place in Roma could not got ahead due to covid restrictions. Our president Jessie Bethel is logged in as a registered delegate. We are looking forward to presenting 3 motions on behalf of the branch, relating to inadequate internet and phone connections, a lack of IT technical support and rural school bus conveyance allowance. We will keep you updated with how it all unfolds.
10.01.2022 Motion feedback - travel - school bus runs. This is a pleasing acknowledgement from TransLink.
10.01.2022 REMINDER- AGM & General Meeting to discuss conference motions is TONIGHT @ 4:30pm at the Nebo Pub dining room. Then please stay from 6:00pm onwards to have dinner and drinks and a social night of catching up with our members and supporters . We look forward to a great night with you!!
10.01.2022 Motion feedback - Internet Access - further developments on a crucial issue for our small schools.
09.01.2022 REVISED DATE: our AGM followed by a general meeting to discuss conference motions will be held this Friday, 13th of March, 4:00pm for a 4:30pm start at the Nebo Pub dining room. Our social night catch-up will follow straight after at 6:00pm. We hope you can all join in staying for dinner and drinks and a great opportunity to catch-up with ICPA members and supporters Any queries please don’t hesitate to contact us. If you can’t attend and would like a motion idea discussed please email or message our secretary Anna Black or President Jessie Bethel
09.01.2022 For any school leavers commencing tertiary studies, who live remotely, and will be moving away from home to undertake those studies - please share with anyone whom you think this may assist.
09.01.2022 What a huge relief for boarding families! #nobordersforboarders
09.01.2022 With rural families now taking on lessons from home amongst the COVID-19, it is going to seriously strain our already limited data allowances. ICPA is continuing to advocate for solutions during this time. It seems greater data usage is being granted, free of charge, and is going to be monitored as this unfolds. If you require assistance with providing lessons remotely please don’t hesitate to contact our state branch.
08.01.2022 Our Qld State Branch President Tammie - have a listen if you’re available this Sunday
07.01.2022 For any families with a senior this year - you may have questions - here's the number to call. #iamicpa
06.01.2022 If you have the time please provide your feedback on regional internet connectivity issues. As they say ‘the squeaky wheel gets the oil’
06.01.2022 MEMBERSHIP renewal reminder!! Please attend to your renewal or join our branch online. Every membership is valuable in showing support in numbers to our government of how important rural education is and to keep our concerns, challenges and wishes being advocated for! Any queries please don’t hesitate to contact us
05.01.2022 IMPORTANT - PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY BELOW RE DISTANCE EDUCATION AND WATCH THE CLIP FEATURING SOME LOCAL WOMEN IN CENTRAL QLD. Text shared from the Federal Branch Page:- Until this year no one truly realised the impact of having to teach your own children when you have no other choice. For many of the geographically isolated families ICPA represents however, this is a way of life. They have to do this on a daily basis, month after month, year after year a...s there is no other choice for educating their children where they live. It doesn’t work without an adult in the home schoolroom to support the students. There is however no recognition of this role and its importance to the success of geographically isolated distance education. ICPA continues to advocate for recognition and hope that data gained from this survey can be used to help us with this advocacy. See more
05.01.2022 Feedback from a 2019 motion regarding internet reliability for rural schools - this one is of particular relevance to the rural schools in our districts. This is a recurring issue for those in the bush, both for schools and those undertaking distance education. We will continue to raise the lack of reliability in the hope of having strong reliable internet services
04.01.2022 Pop this on your 2021 planners - it's going to be big - 50th year of ICPA Qld. #iamICPA
