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Carmel McGrath
Dance Extravaganza
It was great for the students in Year 3-6 to finally get their day to showcase their term 1 dances. Thank you to our talented Dance Instructors and to all our parents who attended and shared the experience with our students. The performances were full of energy and fun.
ANZAC Day
Thank you again to all parents and community members who attended our school ceremony on Friday 23rd April. I was so proud of our students for the respect they demonstrated throughout the morning and when laying their class wreaths. Once again we were grateful to the special guests Minister of Education Hon Grace Grace, Federal member Hon Trevor Evans, RSL representative Paul Johnstone and Dan Quigley on trumpet, as well as our parents and community guests including Returned Services personnel and our Grandfriends. The Year 6 student leaders represented the school by hosting the event, speaking about the significance of ANZAC Day, and singing in the choir, laying wreaths and raising the flag.
Literacy Focus
This week I am visiting Prep and Year 1 RWI lessons. The prep teachers are now teaching students according to their term 1 assessment results and students are quickly adapting the new teachers as their move to their ability group. The consistency across classes has been outstanding and this has made the transition to new groupings ever so much easier.
The Year 1s are also now in new groups as they progress through their RWI levels. I am so impressed with the level of engagement during their learning sessions; students are focused and enjoy the consistency of process and management strategies across groupings and among staff. At home parents will hear terms such as Fred Talk, Special Friends, 1,2,3, Myturn – Your turn. These common terms are used in lessons as they proceed, as well as a high level of non-verbal cues for directing students or giving positive feedback such as thumbs up.
Upcoming Events
- Friday 30 April – PJ day fundraiser
- Friday 07 May – Prep – Year 2 FUN RUN on school oval
- Week 6 and 8 – Term Evacuation and Lockdown drills
- NAPLAN Online (Year 3 and 5)
Kay Bradley
Parent Teacher Interviews
We have had 328 parents make a total of 528 bookings, for this week’s parent teacher interviews. A couple of reminders to ensure the smooth running of these interviews:
- Log onto Parent Teacher online site and use the PIN that was emailed to you a few weeks ago, to check your appointment time.
- When you arrive at school, check in with the Check in Qld App.
- At your interview time, you can make your way directly to the teacher’s desk, there is no need to sign in. Teacher’s tables are organised in alphabetical order.
- The adventure playground will be closed to reduce the noise. If you are bringing your children with you please supervise them and ensure they do not go on the playground.
- There will be a one minute warning given, near the end of the your interview, at which point teachers will ‘wrap up’ conversations; we would appreciate your cooperation with keeping things on time.
Melinda Norman
GarageBand
Ms Davis is engaging students using a digital platform called GarageBand during Music lessons this term. GarageBand allows users to create music that uses an array of various instrumental effects, and voice recordings designed for students explore and be creative with their musical talents.
“You can create your own music and give it your own style” – Pearl 6L & “It is easy to use and you can make whatever type of music you like” – Eva 6L
“You can create music using a variety of instruments” – Jamin 6L
Faces of New Farm Art Show
Prep and 1 students have been very busy this term producing amazing artwork on display at our New Farm State School Art Show. A HUGE thank you to Ms Davies and her wonderful students for making this event such a success! Also, heartfelt thanks for all proceeds raised through donations. These funds will go directly into the purchase of new display boards for future shows.
Free Community Connections Workshop
Come along to our free Early Years Community Connections workshop Thursday 13th May at 6:30pm – 7:30pm. Pathways will be presenting ‘Parent with The Brain in Mind’ at Community Place: 17b Skyring Terrace, Newstead. All welcome!
FREE Dance Workshop by Creative Dance Industries
Creative Dance Industries is offering FREE workshops to celebrate International Dance Day.
Their Street Tread Studio is located in Bulimba, 1 Barramul Street, at the Bulimba Community Centre. The workshops will be on Friday the 30th of April from 5:30pm-7:30pm for primary school - high school aged students.
Sign up here >> https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/index.php?account_id=20278
Judy Loudon
Parent Forum
On the first Tuesday of Term 2 we had a small group of parents of diverse learners attend a parent forum to provide further feedback for consideration. Thank you to our parent representative Christel Middledorp who initiated the idea of the forum, as well as members of the Leadership Team who attended. Our Inclusion Pillar Committee will be looking at this feedback further to continue to develop action plans to optimise the social and academic inclusion for diverse learners at our school
QASEL Conference
We have been offered to present a workshop at the upcoming Qld Association of Special Education Leaders (QASEL) Conference in June at the Brisbane Hilton. The team will be presenting about our best practice in implementing multi-tiered systems of support across the school, and how we used collective efficacy and inclusive mindsets with the Australian Curriculum to achieve personalised learning outcomes for our students. It’s a real honour to be able to share our journey at a state-wide event.
When a person is diagnosed with COVID-19, Queensland Health will conduct contact tracing. Public health officers will assess the movements of the person with COVID-19 while they were infectious and determine who in the community are considered ‘close contacts’. Information collected at the businesses about customers and staff will assist in identifying and contacting the relevant close contacts. This will assist public health officers to contain and respond to the spread of COVID-19 within the community.
Use of the app will assist in the timely delivery of contact details to Queensland Health contact tracers (if required).
Once you have created a profile in the Check In Qld app, the app will remember your details, saving you time in the future and providing easy check-in across other Check In Qld participating venues.
The Check In Qld app is free, easy to use and convenient.
| Class | Student Name | Reason |
| Prep B | Eliza | For your spectacular tricky pattern making! |
| Prep E | Thomas | For your incredible effort in our Retell Writing lessons. Keep it up Thomas! |
| Prep M | Edward | For your incredible focus in independent writing. Keep it up Edward! |
| Prep P | Isa | For doing a awesome job in settling into NFSS this week. Super work Isa! |
| 1D | Isla | For being a kind and responsible member of 1D and always looking for ways to help others. |
| 1H | Ezra | For excellent work in identifying and creating growing patterns. |
| 1MS | Billy | For being an enthusiastic and independent learner. |
| 1S | Ava | For a great start to Term 2 . Well done Ava! |
| 2M | Isabelle | For being an enthusiastic and independent learner. |
| 2R | Oskar | For concentrating in acheving your best handwriting. |
| 2S | Eli | For consistently trying his best and listening in class! Great work Eli! |
| 3B | Joshua | For an amazing effort towards his behaviour and learning goals. |
| 3D | Oliver | For a wonderful start to the term. Keep up the great effort Ollie! |
| 3T | Frankie | For writing a great narrative, well done Frankie. |
| 3/4A | Lilla | For her thoughtful and reflective contributions to classroom discussions. |
| 4C | Vinnie | For a wonderfully focussed start to Term 2. Great effort Vinnie! |
| 4G | Jessica | For consistently managing your time well and giving your best effort in all of your school work. |
| 6L | Emily | For always giving 100% effort and completing her work to a high standard. |
| 6Z | Nina | For her excellent dance skills in both class and group dances |
Week 1 Focus: Rewview of 4 Kookie Rules
Pyjama Day is coming up this Friday the 30th April! Our Community and Charity Project members are also running Senior and Junior Movie Sessions in the hall during lunch times that day!
Wear sensible pyjamas next Friday for a gold coin donation. Remember to wear your normal school shoes and hat.
We are also screening a movie for Years 3-6 during the lunchbreaks and an exciting one for Prep-2s also during their play times for an extra gold coin donation. They can also bring a pillow! Meet us at the hall if interested.
Project Captains Addison and Ava are coordinating the fundraising for The Smith Family Foundation, to help underprivileged Australian children and also donate to Breast Cancer research.
Inter House Cross Country Years 3-6
Congratulations to Binkinba House for winning the House trophy for the Cross Country day at New Farm Park last Wednesday.
Thank you to the parents who helped set up, and parent tuckshop helpers who made lunch available in the park.
Special thanks to Mr Lawrence and Mr Fenton for their assistance in setting up and packing up afterwards.
The Age Champions in each age were:
9 Years – Simon & Amira
10 Years – Hamish & Charlotte
11 Years – Jamin & Marleina
12 Years – William & Addison
Up to 40 students born 2009-2012 will be going to the District trials this Friday to compete for our school and to be selected to go to Regional trials.
Congratulations on being selected
A number of students have successfully trialled for District teams in a variety of sports. Their participation in competitions are upcoming in the next weeks and months, and we wish them success!
Lachlan – Field Hockey
Daniel – Football
Matthew – Rugby League & Rugby Union
Book Fair 2021
We are very excited to announce that Book Fair 2021 is coming this term!
When is it?
Thursday 13th May to Thursday 20th May.
What can we buy?
Current Fiction and Non-Fiction books, posters and stationery.
When can students go?
All students will visit the Book Fair with their class and will be given a wish list. They will peruse the books and items for sale and create a Wish List.
How can we buy books and other items for sale?
Students can purchase from the Book Fair using cash, or parents can make a payment online at https://parentpayments.scholastic.com.au/BookFairs.
For online payments:
- Make your payment online. Note: this is a total payment of all items purchased.
- Write the receipt number on the back of the wish list and highlight the items purchased.
- Send the wish list with the receipt number to school with your child. They will collect their items from the book fair.
NFSS gets a commission from every purchase – we can’t wait to purchase more books for our library with these funds!
Can adults visit?
Parents and carers may visit the book fair following the current COVID-19 regulations. Adults will be required to check in using the Check in QLD app and follow the space capacity requirements.
Any queries please email me alamb105@eq.edu.au.
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition
New Farm State School is now registered for any students from Prep to Year 6 who would like to enter their poems in the annual Dorothea Mackellar Poetry competition for school children. Students have until June 30 2021 to enter their poems online. There is an optional theme of ‘Rich and Rare’, however students may choose any theme for their poem.
Online submission – Detailed instructions on how to enter student’s poems are on the Dorothea Mackellar website. Please use the login alamb105@eq.edu.au and password: newfarm
Awards – See here for the fantastic awards and prizes for Lower Primary (Year P – 3), Upper Primary (Year 4-6) and Schools award.
Tips and tricks - For some poetry tips and tricks see the learning resources on the Dorothea Mackellar website. Enjoy writing your poetry!
Happy Reading and Learning!
Mrs Lamb
Tuckshop
A reminder to all parents that the tuckshop will NOT be open on Tuesday May 4th, but will reopen as normal for Wednesday and Friday.
P&C News
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