A survey has been launched by a small group of parents to determine which uniform option Kenmore State High School students and parents prefer to be adopted as the current policy at KSHS, despite the P&C’s expression of support to the Principal and the current uniform policies.
Under the controversial survey, the students and parents will choose whether to support the current policy or change the policy to “uniform choice”, which will allow all families to choose from either the formal or sports uniform, to be worn everyday.
Education Queensland requires that all changes to uniform should have prior approval by a majority of parents and students. To help in the uniform policy review, a survey has been launched to have those against and those that are for the new policy to have their say about the uniform policy.
The current uniform policy at Kenmore State High School requires Years 7 to 12 students to wear the formal or day uniform daily. Sports uniform should be worn only on days when they have curriculum based sport, PE, or dance.
Beginning 2020, however, this policy shall apply to all students, which have divided the school community. Some raised complaints citing lack of consultation from last years forums and approval process.
Some issues the families have with the uniforms are that they are of low quality and do not conform with Education Queensland Sun Safety guidelines.
Serving food on a meze table is a hallmark of Greek-style entertaining. If you want to know what it’s like dining this way, tuck into a meal at Stavros the Greek Restaurant in Kenmore.
Eating in this restaurant will make you feel like you are instantly transported to the European country itself, with a distinctive cycladic blue and white interior, high ceilings, sleek decor, and of course, delicious home-style Mediterranean dishes.
Favourite dishes include charred pita bread with Stavros house dips, slow cooked lamb shoulder and Mooloolaba split king prawns. There are also fresh fish, kebab skewers, salads, and slides.
There’s also a kids menu featuring whiting fillets, chicken kebab, and lamb kebab, all paired with chips.
Greeks love eating their grilled octopus with ouzo, a dry anise-flavoured aperitif. At Stavros, ouzo is mixed with lemon juice, simple syrup, and sparkling wine to come up with a refreshing cocktail.
They offer the ‘Pick Your Own Love Potion,’ a three-step DIY gin menu providing 11 Australian and overseas gin options, plus six premium tonic choices, both flavoured and traditional.
Stavros the Greek Restaurant is located at 4 Wongabel Street, Kenmore. They are open for dinner from 5:00 pm until late daily and for lunch from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm on Sundays.
For more details about this Greek restaurant in Kenmore, check out their website or follow them on Facebook.
A proposed mixed-use residential development in Kenmore raised concerns from some nearby residents due to its potential traffic impact on the surrounding area.
Based on the development application lodged in March 2019, the proposal seeks to build 34 serviced apartments plus an on-site manager’s apartment and a 3,044-sqm commercial space at 22 Brookfield Road and 17-21 Princeton Street.
The centre activity uses may be a restaurant or café, boutique cinema complex with associated uses, community facilities, serviced offices, strata-titled offices, education facilities, medical facilities, or car parking for tenants, owners and visitors.
Plans provided by Holgar Architects showed the apartments include terrace and balcony areas as well as a pool and outdoor entertainment space on the rooftop.
The plan also includes creating 150 car park spaces, with 129 dedicated for centre activities. If approved, the service apartments will be accessible via Bingham Street and the Centre Activities will be accessible via Princeton Street.
“I own a business in Kenmore accessed off Princeton Street. This is a very narrow street and cannot take the increase in traffic this will cause. The Kenmore roundabout is already unable to handle current traffic volumes from Brookfield Road. This will add to that congestion,” one resident wrote.
Another resident said that there are already a number of cafes, gyms and townhouses in the area.
Brisbane City Council has carried out an initial review of the application and said the land use, height and scale of the proposal is not considered compatible with the surrounding development and the existing pattern of development in the area.
BCC said the proposal reaches a maximum height of 6 storeys, inconsistent with the two-storey maximum height in Princeton Street and Bingham Street’s low-density residential area.
The applicant needs to amend a number of matters relating to building design, engineering, bushfire, noise and air quality if the application were to be pursued further.
For further information about the proposed mixed-use development in Kenmore, see Full DA- A005160079.
Students from Kenmore and across Brisbane participated in a #ClimateStrikes protest staged at Sandgate Road held on the 3rd of May 2019 in Albion. The school strike was just one of the 75 strikes that were held across Australia organised under the School Strike 4 Climate.
The School Strike 4 Climate’s series of strike was a follow-up to the global school strike held last 15 March participated in by 150,000 young individuals and their supporters.
The recent strikes were held at Federal MP offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and Hobart, as thousands of students turn out to call for climate leadership.
"We are here to sound the alarms. We are in a climate crisis and our politicians are blind to it." – Sara, Kenmore State High, Brisbane#Climatestrikepic.twitter.com/rH7aSgvPxY
— School Strike 4 Climate Australia (@StrikeClimate) March 15, 2019
“May 3rd is our last chance before the election to push politicians to commit to real, meaningful action on climate change. We, students, are leading this fight – but everyone will be affected, and so we invite the whole community to get involved in urging our politicians to show the climate leadership we need,” Kenmore State High student and one of the student organisers, Sara McKoy said.
“Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing the world and it isn’t being addressed quickly enough.”
School Strike 4 Climate
School Strike 4 Climate are calling politicians to take action to meet their demands: stop the Adani coal mine; no new coal, oil, and gas projects; and 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.
— School Strike 4 Climate Australia (@StrikeClimate) May 3, 2019
“We are school students from cities and towns across Australia. Most of us have never met before but are united by our concern about our planet.
“We are striking from school to tell our politicians to take our future seriously and treat climate change for what it is – a crisis,” the School Strike 4 Climate website said.
— School Strike 4 Climate Australia (@StrikeClimate) May 3, 2019
Why Stop Adani?
The Carmichael thermal coal mine and rail project by Adani Mining is set to be the largest coal mine in Australia and of the largest in the world. The Adani thermal coal mine project, to be built north of the Galilee Basin in Queensland, has been a controversial one and met a series of legal challenges, causing its six-year delay.
Despite the project’s claim of economic benefits, environmental groups, activists, and civilians have strongly opposed the development because of its potential environmental impact.
“Critically, if allowed to go ahead, Adani’s Carmichael coal mine will unlock the Galilee Basin – one of the world’s largest untapped coal deposits – paving the way for at least eight more coal mines to be built. All in a time when the world knows it must be walking away from coal and investing in clean energy.”
#StopAdani Movement
#StopAdani movement said that if built, Adani’s Carmichael thermal coal mine and rail project will:
Destroy the ancestral lands, waters and cultures of Indigenous people without their consent.
Allow 500 more coal ships to travel through the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area every year for 60 years.
Get access to 270 billion litres of Queensland’s precious groundwater for 60 years, for free.
Risk damaging aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin.
Add 4.6 billion tonnes of carbon pollution to our atmosphere.
The annual Brookfield Show is back! Experience and celebrate the community spirit by participating in the activities to be held at the Brookfield Showground, located 5.3 kilometres from Kenmore, from Friday, the 17th of May 2019 to Sunday, the 19th.
The event, hosted by the non-profit Brookfield Show Society Inc., will actually mark its opening with the announcement of the winners of the Art, Children’s Art and Crafts, Photography, Sculpture, and Woodwork contest on Thursday night. This competition was participated in early April by students from Brookfield State School.
Sculpture, and Woodwork contest on Thursday night. This competition was participated in early April by students from Brookfield State School.
Then the next morning at 9:00, the pavilion will open its doors to the actual activities of the Brookfield Show with the Equestrian Events. There will be more fanfare in the afternoon, such as:
Rodeo
Sideshow entertainment
Live Music (at the Member’s Bar)
The Brookfield Show will also have a session for riders with disabilities, which will be introduced for the first time at this year’s event.
Saturday and Sunday’s activities, on the other hand, will feature more entertainment and exhibits at the pavilion. Sections will be divided into the different show as well as arts and crafts competitions.
There will also be a dog show at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
To know which exhibits you can visit, check out this map from the organizers.
It’s that time of the year again! Dispose of your large household items as the annual Kerbside collection day in Kenmore comes along on 29 April 2019.
The list of acceptable items include: bath and laundry tubs; bicycles and sporting equipment; carpet and rugs; electronic waste such as televisions and computers; furniture and white goods like fridges and stoves; small household appliances including fans and toasters; and wood products that are less than 1.5 metres.
Keep in mind that the following are considered as unacceptable items and illegal dumping fines may apply if these materials are not removed within seven days of the notified collection period:
bricks and concrete
commercial builders waste
car parts and tyres, including car batteries
dirt and stones
garden waste (e.g. trees, grass, potted plants)
gas bottles
general household waste (e.g. food scraps)
glass and mirrors
hazardous wastes (e.g. chemicals, oil, asbestos)
household waste that normally goes into your waste or recycling bin
liquids
Aside from the annual Kerbside Collection, there are other resource recovery options, such as donating to organisations like GIVIT and NACRO for recycling and reuse of your large household items. Alternatively, you may visit any of the council’s resource recovery centres and bring your materials for disposal or recycling.
Repurpose Old Items
You don’t necessarily have to throw away your old furniture or electronic wastes. If you’re feeling creative, why not check out these clever repurposing ideas and start your own upcycling project.
Old television cabinet turned into a lovely doll house.
The Council advises residents to place their acceptable items for collection on the kerbside in front of their respective home by 6am at the start of the collection period. Please note that illegal dumping fines may apply if you place your items on the kerb outside the collection period.
Since its opening on 24 February 2014,
Vinnies Thrift Shop in Kenmore, has been raising funds to assist disadvantaged
members of the community.
Vinnies Kenmore sells pre-loved,
donated goods including men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, accessories,
bric-a-brac, furniture, books, and lots more, all at affordable prices.
The shop also accepts good quality
items such as books, clothes, furniture and bric-a-brac that other people can
still use. Donated items are either given to people in need or sold at the
shop. By donating to Vinnies, not only are people helping others, but they are
also reducing the amount of items thrown to the landfills.
Proceeds from Vinnies sales help
finance various programs of St. Vincent de Paul Society in support of
underprivileged Australians.
Photo credit: Vinnies QLD / Facebook
Fighting Social Injustice
St. Vincent de Paul Society is a lay
Catholic organisation whose members believe in putting their faith into action
by assisting people in need and fighting social injustice across Australia.
They feed, clothe, house, and assist fellow Australians who are forced onto the
margins of society.
With the increasing number of children living below the poverty line in Australia today, one of Vinnies’ programs seeks to support underprivileged children and their education.
According to the Australian Council of
Social Services (ACOSS), one in six children are living in poverty. In 2018, it
was found that approximately 739,000 children are living in homes where the
income is below the poverty line.
Children living below the poverty line
face challenges every single day. Their parents struggle with stretching the
daily budget which is why these children can’t afford school items, clothes,
bags or even packed lunches. This is unacceptable in a country like Australia.
Credit: Image by _Alicja_ from Pixabay
Support for Disadvantaged Australians
Vinnies recognises the importance of
education in breaking the cycle of poverty. As part of its program, Vinnies’
network of members work individually with underprivileged families to make sure
that children have the resources they need to get the most out of their
education.
Assistance may come in the form of home
visits, homework clubs, kids’ camps, mentoring programs, school supplies, food,
clothing, household items or medicine.
Vinnies also holds parent education and
training programs to teach mums and dads the kind of support they need to give
their children’s education besides showing them how to manage their budgets.
Credit: Image by ambermb from Pixabay
Located at 8 Brookfield Road, Vinnies
Thrift Shop is open from 9:00am- 5:00pm on Mondays to Fridays, from 9:00am –
3:00pm on Saturdays, and 10:00am – 3:00pm on Sundays.
Drop by and shop or donate an item to
Vinnies and help support an underprivileged child’s education.
A seven-storey
development, including a cinema, has been proposed for 22-24 Brookfield Road in
Kenmore.
A recent development application has put the cat amongst the pigeons by proposing a mixed-use development on a site bounded by Brookfield Road, Princeton Street and Bingham Street in Kenmore, just across the road from Kenmore Village Shopping Centre.
Location of the proposed multi-use development in Kenmore. (Photo credit: pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au)
A
five-screen boutique cinema is part of the proposal as well as 150 car parking
spaces, 35 serviced apartments, offices and retail in over seven storeys.
Restaurant, café and wine bar tenancies are envisioned to occupy the ground
floor fronting Brookfield Road.
View from Brookfield Road (Photo credit: pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au) Centre view from Bingham Street (Photo credit: pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au)
Centre
activities could include serviced offices, strata-titled offices, educational
facilities, which may be a private college, a dance studio or a yoga/Pilates
studio. The centre may also be home to a medical facility and community
facilities such as meeting rooms.
All
in all, a gross floor area of 3,3044 square metres will be dedicated to centre
activities.
The
DA submitted in March 2019 is already courting controversy for its size and potential
traffic flow impact.
Conceptual pedestrian and vehicular flow going to and coming from the proposed centre. (Photo credit: pdonline.brisbane.qld.gov.au)
“Brookfield
Road has become one of the worst rush hour bottle necks in the Western Suburbs,
which then feeds into Moggill Road at the Kenmore Village roundabout, causing
huge morning tail-backs for commuters and school drop off,” says Ken Ryan,
a local town planner.
“The
scale of this proposal greatly exceeds its need and has not included an
Economic Needs Analysis.
“To
me it’s grossly overdeveloped because of the excessive height, the bulk of the
building, and the potential for impact of the 150 additional car parking
spaces. This is on congested Brookfield Road and the side streets in Princeton
Street are often parked on either side, and it’s my view that it’ll be a major
adverse effect on the efficiency of that local area.”
The
town planner says that locals interested in the future developments in the area
can lodge objections. He also thinks that the council should advise the
developer to limit the scale of the project to two or three stories.
It
should also be proven that there is an economic need for such a centre
development.
If you’re looking for authentic, D.O.C. Napoli-style pizza in Kenmore, one restaurant name always seems to come up. Pizzeria Violetta on Wongabel Street is proud of its reputation as a D.O.C. Napoli pizza establishment, and it has made efforts to maintain this reputation over the years.
The first thing you’ll notice when you step inside Pizzeria Violetta is this big, white tiled oven marked with the words “D.O.C. Napoli” on the front. The restaurant has an open kitchen so diners may actually watch how their orders are prepared.
Now, this custom-built wood-fired oven is what makes every pizza order taste just like the ones served in Naples, Italy.
D.O.C. means “Denominazione di Origine Controllata” and it’s the highest standard for defining the authenticity of Italian food or wine. A D.O.C. Napoli seal of approval means that the pizza prepared in this restaurant passed the strictest Neopolitan standard.
With this wood-fired oven, Pizzeria Violetta can ensure that the temperature stays at 204°C (400°F) to allow for the pizza to cook in 90 seconds. However, it’s not just the specially-designed oven that brings authenticity to the dishes as Pizzeria Violetta also makes use of the best ingredients imported from Italy.
Pizzeria Violetta’s menu consists of mostly pizza, but the restaurant also offers sides and salads, coffee, cocktails, and wine. Guests may also request to make their pizza gluten-free.
“The food here is excellent. Pizzeria Violetta is on a quiet street tuck out of the way so there no rush. Excellent!”
“Best pizza in Brisbane, hands down and our regular go-to place! My american partner says it’s the best pizza he’s had anywhere in Australia in 9 years.”
“This pizza place is one of our favourites. Great pizza…..all Italian staff and wonderful ingredients. Definitely compares to most of the pizzas we’ve had in Italy. Great little place with indoor and outdoor seating. Pizza done the original Italian way. Absolutely recommend this place.”
Judy Magub, President of Kenmore & District Historical Society, is coming to Kenmore Library on Brookfield Road to talk about her book, “The Kenmore War Memorial,” on Friday, the 29th of March at 10:00 p.m. The free event is open to residents young and old who are interested to learn more about the history behind the construction of the monument.
Called the “Digger” and designed by A L Petrie & Sons, the monument originally stood at the center of Moggill and Brookfield Roads until its transfer in 1988 near the former site. It was erected to honor the men from the Shire who fought in the South African War from 1899 to 1902.
The Kenmore War Memorial subsequently included plaques of commemorations for other Australian soldiers who gave up their lives during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the conflicts in Malaysia, Borneo, and Vietnam.
Ms Magub will be highlighting the stories of 79 soldiers during her visit at Kenmore Library.
Ms Magub served as a Toowong councillor for 13 years. She retired in 2007 and became one of the key figures of the Kenmore & District Historical Society.
She worked on “The Kenmore War Memorial” with journalist and military historian Philip Castle. The book was published in 2018 to coincide with the 100th Year of Armistice Day.
