Redland District Special School in Thornlands, Queensland, Australia | State school

Redland District Special School

Locality: Thornlands, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3488 6333

Address: 51-53 Panorama Drive, 4164 Thornlands, QLD, Australia

Website: https://redlanddistrictspecs.eq.edu.au

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25.01.2022 MYB have been super busy this week learning about multiplication making groups of and rows of. They also love talking about fractions and counting. Exciting times!

23.01.2022 In recent months this year we have welcomed many new staff to our school. Sumari and Kaelon are teaching in the Early Years team. Ruth, Preeti, Lucy and Clara are members of staff in our Middle School, and Charlotte and Monicah are teaching Junior Secondary students.

23.01.2022 Next week is International Week of the Deaf. Join in the celebration by learning some Auslan! Follow along with Sally and learn some common phrases. #SignLanguagesForEveryone #IWDeaf2020 #IDSL2020

22.01.2022 Op Shop is on this Wednesday. Open from 7 am until midday. Everything $1. Social distancing measures will be in place. No parking inside the grounds. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Thanks for your support.

22.01.2022 Last week EY F enjoyed a shared reading of an imaginative text about Incy Wincy Spider. Students viewed the images on the screen, listened to their teacher read the story and "turned the pages" by pressing a switch. Afterwards, they used their communication systems and answered yes/no questions to give their opinions about spiders which they used to write their predictable chart. Their teacher, Kaelon, was a super star, modelling communication on an eye gaze device and two different types of PODDs (Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Displays). One was a high contrast partner assisted auditory visual scanning PODD and the other was a direct access PODD.

21.01.2022 This Friday we will be celebrating Bookweek by dressing up as our favourite book characters - costumes can be as simple or as elaborate as you like. Two RCC library staff will be visiting to deliver story telling sessions to the early years classes. It should be a fun day!

21.01.2022 War cries, sprints, ribbons, sack race, crazy hair, cheering, popper and chips, jumping, throwing, tug of war, smiles. JS SS Sports Day 2020.

21.01.2022 Students will have the opportunity to purchase a gift from the Father's Day stall on Thursday. Gifts are $10 each. Maximum of 1 gift per student. Junior Secondary students will purchase their gifts tomorrow - Wednesday 31/08/20.

21.01.2022 This week is the rescheduled NAIDOC week due to COVID19. We celebrated NAIDOC week at its usual time earlier this year and some classes reflected on this during this week or engaged in additional NAIDOC week celebrations this week. Here are some photos from our celebrations earlier this year.

21.01.2022 Junior Secondary students shared the same habitat as a few creatures last Monday. The Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre delivered a presentation about living things and their needs for survival.

21.01.2022 Congratulations to our 2020 Seniors! What an amazing night! A huge thanks to the senior team for all their hard work organising such a wonderful celebration for our students and their families. Enjoy a sneak peek and keep an eye out for the full post to come!

20.01.2022 The results from Week 1 are in! Please keep supporting us

20.01.2022 Students in JSB are busy in Design and Technology. They are creating the colourful shirts to be worn for their performance in our school concert in November. The students will perform dressed as Trolls!

20.01.2022 Senior students participated in the Learn to Move It Safely course with our Occupational Therapists today. They were supported in both the theory and practical components of the program. Well done!

20.01.2022 At the end of last term, the Redland Sunrise Rotary Club held a colouring competition for the school. They then presented prizes to the 10 lucky winners.

18.01.2022 This morning four JS Classes ventured to the Discovery Centre to get up close and personal with some native animals and Bushland habitats. We explored the forest and enjoyed the natural playground. We had fun!

17.01.2022 It’s Show Time! Filming of our school musical is wrapping up today. Stay tuned for more details...

17.01.2022 Call out for any unwanted lego or Duplo!! If youre having a Spring clean out and come across any Lego or duplo we would love it for use in a range of different literacy and numeracy activities.

17.01.2022 As part of Childrens Book Week, today we celebrated our love of reading and books by dressing up as book characters. The theme this year was Curious Creatures, Wild Minds! There were so many amazing costumes! We couldnt get a photo of everyone but here is a slection of the book characters students and staff dressed up as. Thank you to all the parents who went to the effort of helping their child to dress up and thank you also to the Redland City Council library staff who visited the school hall today to deliver story telling sessions to the Early Years classes.

17.01.2022 23rd-29th August is Speech Pathology week! We are extremely lucky to have 2 wonderful and highly experienced SLPs, Sheryn Wescott and Jenny Matthews, visit our school and ECDP to help our students communicate with confidence. A big thank you to Sheryn & Jenny for all you do to support our students and staff!

15.01.2022 Semester One student reports were emailed or sent home. If you have not received your childs report please contact the school.

15.01.2022 A huge thank you to Adventist Fundraisers for the generous donation of $400.00 to go towards end of year festivities for our students. Here is Brock representing the Adventist Fundraisers presenting the cheque. Thank you Brock.

14.01.2022 What do teachers do after a busy day wearing their words? They spend their afternoon moderating evidence of student learning in preparation for report cards.

14.01.2022 Happy Outdoor Classroom Day! Students from Prep right through to Seniors have been enjoying outdoor learning this week at RDSS. Whether that be reading Wombat Stew in the outdoor library or painting and hiding rocks for other to students to find in the Redlands Rocks! activity, students have had a great time learning in the outdoors.

14.01.2022 Happy Father's Day to all the Fathers, Grandfathers and Carers who are the prominent male role model in the lives of our students.

14.01.2022 Students will have the opportunity to purchase a gift from the Fathers Day stall on Thursday. Gifts are $10 each. Maximum of 1 gift per student. Junior Secondary students will purchase their gifts tomorrow - Wednesday 31/08/20.

12.01.2022 Its Teacher Aide Appreciation Week! Our school is grateful for the amazing way you work alongside our teachers and students - thank you! https://www.facebook.com/QueenslandDepartmentofEducation/videos/720614285157189/

12.01.2022 Today outdoor classroom celebrations finished with a visit from Redland City Council Library staff for story telling sessions with the Early Years classes in our outdoor library. Thank you Redland City Council Library! Our students always love your story telling sessions.

12.01.2022 The year ten students are studying the science unit Producer, Consumer, Decomposer this semester. They examined microbes in our worm farm, and planted trees last week when the Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre sent staff for an incursion last week.

11.01.2022 The Middle Years Sports Day provided opportunities for all of our students to enjoy the sunshine. Everyone did their best during the races and games. F U N !

10.01.2022 Last $1 Op Shop for 2020 is on TODAY!!! Friday 6th November from 7am- 12pm. Located at Redlands Special School: 51-53 Panorama Drive, Thornlands. All welcome but please park offsite on Panorama Drive. Cash/Card available. Loads of quality items- clothes of all kinds, shoes, toys, books, jewellery, homewares, cds, dvds etc...... all must go. Huge end of year clearance. Don’t miss it!!! Everything is $1

10.01.2022 The Care Expo happening this weekend may interest many of our parents and carers. Entry is free but you do need to register.

10.01.2022 Auslan Tutor app is FREE!! (Usually $20) In addition to National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) this Wednesday is International Day of Sign Languages. Thanks to @r...oyal institute deaf and blind children Find it at the link below: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/ridbc-auslan-tutor/id307217026

10.01.2022 Our parents of children transitioning to mainstream Prep next year might be interested in this

10.01.2022 Dancing Jo had a full house this morning- three middle years classes getting their groove on! F U N times with lots of smiles!

09.01.2022 Remember this when trying to engage many of our students.

09.01.2022 In science, the habitat and life stages of bees is the focus for JSC this semester. Today the class presented Mr Thompson with information around insects and what is required for their needs to be met. The students will be planting insect friendly bushes and designing some bee hotels to place in the garden near their room.

08.01.2022 Congratulations to the fabulous Redlands Ravens for playing an awesome game of basketball today against Southport Special School in very hot conditions. I couldn’t be prouder of the team, they showed teamwork, sportsmanship and determination. Each and every player has shown great improvement throughout the season. We were delighted to wear our new team uniform for the first time. We thank the team at BAYBREEZE DENTAL CARE for providing the sponsorship money to purchase these fantastic shirts. We really do look like a professional team now!! Big thanks to Robina Jones and Kelly Hargrave for all their hard work with the team!

08.01.2022 Great work by those who spent time today setting up the right room

07.01.2022 Reminder: Tomorrow, Monday 10th August is the Ekka Public Holiday for the Redlands. Have a great day and see everyone back at school on Tuesday!Reminder: Tomorrow, Monday 10th August is the Ekka Public Holiday for the Redlands. Have a great day and see everyone back at school on Tuesday!

07.01.2022 It beginning to look a lot like Christmas-fun literacy, numeracy and art activities to end the 2020 school year.

07.01.2022 P&C Meeting Hi everyone, just a reminder that our first P&C meeting since the lifting of some of the Covid restrictions will take place tonight. 7.00pm in the Admin building. Hope to see you there.

06.01.2022 Today our Preps celebrate 100 Days of School. What a magnificent milestone.

06.01.2022 A reminder that Friday September 4 is a Pupil Free Day

06.01.2022 Today we held our Early Years Sports Day. Our sports houses Coochie, Macleay and Stradbroke competed in running races, sack races, egg and spoon races and a staff race! This was followed by rotational activities such as parachute, long jump, big ball, art relay and more. Thanks to PE teacher, Kelly, and PE teacher-aide, Robina, and all of their helpers for making it such a fun day for our students. Look out for photos from our Middle Years and Secondary Sports Day next week!

05.01.2022 This semester, Early Years students are exploring a variety of Literacy and Science concepts surrounding the theme Sensing my world. Today they looked, listened, tasted, smelled and touched (with their hands and feet) their way through a range of sensory experiences in the Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centres sensory incursion.

05.01.2022 2 more weeks to go! Please keep supporting us!

04.01.2022 Op Shop is back again Wednesday 19th August. 7am-12pm Come along and grab a bargain. Everything is $1

04.01.2022 Today is Wear you words day for staff at RDSS. We encourage our staff and students to wear their words each and every day so that Augmentative & Alternative Communication systems are available for students to say what they want, when they want, to who they want and how they want. But on Wear your words day staff go all out dressing up to celebrate how far we have come as a communication accessible school.

04.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the Fathers, Grandfathers and Carers who are the prominent male role model in the lives of our students.

03.01.2022 The excitement is building as we get closer to kicking off our 2020 year 12 graduation.

03.01.2022 Our sporting schools program this term was Tin Pin bowling. This program was delivered by an external coach to some middle years classes. The students had a great time learning new skills.

03.01.2022 This morning we had the opportunity to thank our wonderful Teacher Aides for their commitment and dedication to the students in our school. Teachers contributed to a morning tea to show their appreciation.

02.01.2022 Colour explosion this morning at RDSS.. thanks for visiting our school Beenleigh! So much FUN!Beenleigh Special School

02.01.2022 REMINDER: SCHOOL PHOTO DAY TOMORROW

02.01.2022 Each Monday we begin our school week with a PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) Parade. This week we learned how the reindeer and elves are going to be safe moving around the South Pole leading up to Christmas. Students receive awards for following our school behaviour expectations, as well as a prize draw for students who have received a Gotcha for great behaviour in the playground! It’s awesome to see how are students are being safe, respectful learners.

02.01.2022 Our students LOVE swimming at our local pools. Our PE teacher, Kelly, supported by our PE teacher-aide, Robina, run swimming lessons focussing on water safety right up to stroke correction depending on students’ needs and abilities. Kelly makes sure AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication) is always available even in the pool with her kick board core word board!