The Ipswich State High School video transcript
Welcome to our school, The Ipswich State High School. 

My name is Taylor and this is Ty. Come with us on a journey through our school.

Our school is not like any other school in Queensland. We’re located in Ipswich which is about 40 minutes’ drive to Queensland’s capital city Brisbane and only about an hour’s drive from the sunny beaches of the Gold Coast.

Our school is the largest school-based registered training organisation, offering over 30 nationally recognised vocational certificate courses as well as offering four excellence programs in the school.

If you are looking for academic or sporting subjects or hands-on learning subjects our school can cater for you.

Let’s see what they are up to in dance, one of the four excellence programs.

Well that was spectacular; I wish I could move like that. Now for the academic side of things, I wonder what they are up to in here.

Here we have the award-winning science, technology, engineering and mathematics class, also commonly known as STEM classes. Our school won the Peter Doherty Award [for Excellence in Science] in 2015, and two of our teachers won the BHP Billiton Best Queensland Science Teacher for two consecutive years.

Amazing! What about sports though?

Well let’s check out the footie boys then.

We also have girls’ football programs.

Yes, but did you know that we’ve had some of our footballers picked for NRL teams.

Oh yes, we are kicking goals with our football program. We are pretty talented.

Did you say pretty? That reminds me of our hair and beauty program which is also part of the school’s award-winning excellence program.

Did you know that we were the 2015 State winner of the Showcase Award for Innovation in Schools?

What about the $5million Trade Training Centre facility – it houses a number of elements in construction trade. Let’s go and have a look.

Titles:
Carpentry
Metal work and welding
Graphics and the use of information technology

There are a lot of hands-on elements. So I get it, there are lots of fabulous programs at this school.

What about the people though?

I always like the fact that as a school we come together as one, even though there are so many people from different backgrounds. So, not only do we recognise and celebrate different cultures, we also celebrate and recognise the traditional landowners, the indigenous people.
 
We really do have a school like no other as we just saw, but international students will also receive support from the school staff, including the student welfare facility which has a student welfare officer for every year, and there’s an international student coordinator and a homestay coordinator.

Plus, they get computer success, an international room and access to a kitchen with a fridge and a microwave.

Why would you go anywhere else?

Have a look at our website and apply today.

See you soon.

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