Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

Congratulations to Prep P who won the most amount of Kookie awards this week.  I hope they enjoyed their extra playtime.  Well done to 4W who were awarded the Kookie mascot and journal for this week.  Mr Woods Year 4 class were commended for excellent focus in class ‘Being Learners’. 

QSR Update

Thank you to all the parents who have completed the revised parent survey and returned them to admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au or handed them in at the office.  You have until September 6 to complete these surveys.

Please also note that the final committee meeting will be held on Wednesday 18 September now – changed from Tuesday 17 due to Community Spirit awards ceremony.

STEM focus

Year 6 students and teachers have really enjoyed the trial of one-on-one devices in their classrooms.  The teachers have reported the increased engagement in learning and attention to tasks.  Students have enjoyed the opportunity to have the technology at hand and their individual creativity with STEM.

2020 Prep Enrolments

We continue to enrol new students with our current enrolments at 522 up from 504 at day 8 this year.  Our current 2020 prep enrolments are 60 which equates to 3 classes and we anticipate this could likely increase to approximately 90 by December. 

Our playdates are planned and our Open Day will be held on Tuesday 29 October 9-10:45am.

Canberra

Our staff and Year 6 students headed off to Canberra this morning.  Very excited and looking forward to their week away.  Their itinerary is packed with many and varied educational and fun activities which we look forward to hearing about.  Photos and updates will be shared as they are sent to us by the staff on the excursion. 

NAPLAN Reports

Our individual student reports for Year 3 and 5 students have arrived and will be processed and sent home this week.  Congratulations to all students for their results.  This is a point in time test and parents are reminded that results should be considered in the broader sense of all relevant assessment across the school year.  This Year our Yr 3 results have shown an outstanding improvement in all areas of the testing.  Further analysis of the whole school data will occur in due course as we reflect on whole school results and focus areas for the coming year.