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Wednesday, August 4, 2021
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Sydney joins local training legacy
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Oakey State High School Year 12 student Sydney Bodkin has won the 2021 Darling Downs and South West region School-based Apprentice or Trainee of the Year joining a cohort of other local students who took out the prestigious prize in recent years.
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The local student has completed her Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and at Care Charley’s Place through education provider Kath Dickson Institute of Early Childhood Studies. Sydney is now the first Oakey High School student to commence studies towards a Diploma while she is still at school. Oakey State High School Vocational Projects Officer Haley Darr said Sydney is a great example of someone suited to working in early childhood education. “Sydney is very passionate about working with children and I think it comes through when
she talks about working in the industry,” Ms Darr said. Via the online awards announcement Sydney said the Certificate III has given her a clear career path. “The training I have received has changed my life because I really had no idea what I wanted to do and being given the opportunity to do my traineeship has given me a solid pathway,” she said. Continued on page 3 RIGHT: Local student Sydney Bodkin is continuing her work with Charley’s Place in Toowoomba. - Photo, Syd Owen
COVID-19 restrictions extended
The lockdown in South East Queensland will continue until 4pm this Sunday with any Oakey region residents who visited one of the affected local government areas since 1am on Saturday required to follow the lockdown restrictions.
The impacted areas include: Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Noosa Shire, Redland City, Scenic Rim, Somerset and Sunshine Coast. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said anyone who
visited these areas and members of their household must only leave their home for essential reasons and wear a face mask. “The only permitted reasons to leave your home are to obtain essential goods, services or healthcare (including COVID-19
tests and vaccinations); exercising in your local area; attending essential work or school; assisting a vulnerable person or family member,” she said. Anyone who has been in one of these regions and has COVID-19 symptoms is urged to get tested.
To get tested without a referral or booking is the Baillie Henderson Fever Clinic on Burnview Avenue, Toowoomba which is open from 8.30am to 4pm seven days a week. For more go to: www.qld. gov.au/health/conditions/healthalerts/coronavirus-covid-19
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