March 2014 Vol 16 Issue 3
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Women celebrate in Cooloola
X RAINBOW Beach State School student, • What to do in the Elise Parton says her youngest children school holidays Frankie (10 months) and Skye Hanlon (4 years) • Walk for the are loving playgroup. It’s on every Thursday coastguofard on March 8, thousands events are held morning with the new times of Annually 8.30-10.30am throughout the world to inspire women fill and celebrate at Rainbow Beach State School. • Get your
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of prawns at When playgroup shuts down forThrough the holidays, rallies, conferences, markets, theatre and Can Bay’s Tin you’ll find there is still lots to do all over fashion, localthe activities connect women across the globe. Seafood Festival Cooloola Coast - and you’ll find Three it all inside events are scheduled on the Cooloola Coast - a this edition. Lioness Lunch celebrating Women in the Defence Forces, a Surf Girl lunch and community expo.
Education Qld stops coastal students accessing Gympie high schools
Originally set up to challenge oppression and inequality of women, last century saw more women in the boardroom, greater equality in rights, more role models in every aspect of life, one could think that ‘all the battles have been won for women’.
The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women’s education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men. he new policy for Gympie hasOnly a big facilities growth as they may be required. recently, women in Australian armed forces have impact on Rainbow Beach and been Cooloola The around other breastfeeding aspect of policies. enrolment granted rights Coast families. Choice of public education management plans is to ensure the quality of wasn’t until 1980 that all whilst Queensland Surf Lifesaving institution is now restricted. Once Itagain, State Schooling maintaining a range Clubs welcomed female active members. this is another example of how government of curriculum offerings across schools. Both forces increase disadvantage towards rural Beach James clubbie, Nash andGlenys GympieKidd Statesaid, High“RBSLSC Schools Rainbow and isolated communities. have reached or exceeded thiswomen benchmark began in 1965/66 when roles of men and were The new changes dictate that different Rainbowto today. whichThe hasclub triggered of housethe wasimplementation for the boys. Girls Beach students fall under the Tinwere Can Bay enrolment plans from early not allowed in the management building.” School catchment, and Grade 11 and 12 next semester. outside the clubhouse and actively students feed into Gympie StateWomen High metWith an enrolment management plan fundraised. Glenys remembers, as awill girlfriend, “I wasn’t School. in place each school have identified allowedofin the club - I areas used to To manage the increasing growth catchment for students and as such sleepHigh outsideeach in the ute -iswhilst student numbers in James Nash State school required to ensure that there continued on pg 4 School and Gympie State High School for is sufficient my husband slept inside.” capacity to enrol all students 2015, both high schools have been identified who live in that catchment area and wish to as requiring enrolment management plans attend their catchment school, before the as they lead up to 2015. school looks at enrolling students from the All Government Schools in Queensland catchment area of other schools. who reach an enrolment capacity of 80% are The history of enrolments in Gympie has required to put an enrolment management shown that families choose the schooling Island Point Fishing Charters and brought in plan in place. These plans aim to ensure that option that suits their child best and this Pearce says is a sensational fish and highly enrolment growth is effectively managed has resulted in a significant numbers of agree February has been a great month for and then to seek to efficiently target future Continued page 3
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• Visitor guide - where to eat, what to do... • Local people, local businesses, local stories • “The Badging”, page 20