Carmel McGrath

 Gala Days

Gala Day was a great success for our year 5 and 6 students. The year 5 and 6 boys’ soccer teams played 3 games each at the Brisbane Grammar Fields and all of our teams enjoyed the day with some fantastic results, including our senior division 1 boys being undefeated. Both of our girls’ soccer teams wore the Gala Day uniform with pride and played very well, winning most of their games until they played against each other at the end of the day. The girls’ netball teams played their absolute best and although some results did not go their way, they continued to improve game by game and are looking to build on their skill development going into the next round of matches.

High Achievers

14 of our year 5 and 6 students have been attending the High Achievers Program at Kelvin Grove State College on Wednesday afternoons. Thank you to parents for their support and to Judy Loudon and Nick Fenton for organising this year’s excursions. These students have been identified by their Class Teachers as requiring extension. They have been attending activities run by the college including-

• Digital Technologies
• Drama
• English
• Maths
• Science
• Visual Art

This Wednesday sees the conclusion of this program with a special afternoon celebration at Kelvin Grove SC. Congratulations to Matthew, Max, Yanna, Brent, Kyren, Vivienne, Leonard, Emma, Jaxon, Georg, Aurey, Hugo, Thomas and Emily!

P&C Meeting – Thursday 10 June – all welcome

Just a reminder that all parents are welcome to come along to our general meeting this Thursday.  Meeting will be held in Admin Block.  This is always a great way to contribute to the school and find out more about our school and P&C planning.

Prep Enrolments 2022

Our prep ’22 enrolment interviews are underway and will continue weekly as enrolments are received.  Our enrolment officer Camille Vanderzant will confirm your interview times once you have submitted all required documentation and evident of residency and birth certificate. Please email your applications to:  enrolments@newfarmss.eq.edu.au

Lockdown Drill – Term Practice

Each term we conduct practice evacuation and lockdown drills with staff, students and any other visitors or contractors on our site at the time of the drill.  We conducted our evacuation drill recently and this week we will revise and implement our lockdown procedure.  Thank you to staff and visitors for ensuring our students are aware of the procedures and supported throughout.

Upcoming events:

• P&C – Thurs 10 June 6-7pm
• Planning days – Mon 14 June to Friday 18 June
• Last Day Term 2 – Friday 25 June

Kay Bradley

Winter Uniform

 A reminder that during cooler months, a school jumper is part of our uniform.  Other jackets, sweatshirts, vests can be worn to and from school but need to be swapped for the uniform jumper, when at school. Each class has access to washed ‘pre- loved’ jumpers, for students to borrow if they forget their school jumper.

A number of our younger students have been bringing lip salves to school to treat or prevent chapped lips.  Please ensure that any lip salves are naturally coloured.

Senior Gala Days

Our final gala day will be held on Friday the 11^th of June.   Booking restrictions for the fields mean that there is no make-up day available for the cancelled day on the 4^th of June.

Melinda Norman

GarageBand

Students in 4C and 5B proudly shared their amazing musical talents using GarageBand this week. It is wonderful to see the excitement in the students as they play their individual pieces. Well done to Miss Davis for supporting students to integrate technologies into the Music curriculum. Great creative work everyone!

5B Students: Andrea, Ava, Elise.

4C Students: Alexa & Azalea

3T’s Information Reports

It was delightful to visit 3T this week to see the wonderful Information Reports students are creating relating to bees. They have even created wonderful colourful bees to decorate our garden.

Did you know we have our very own stingless bee hive at New Farm State School?

Our stingless beehive is located in our edible garden, opposite the hall. Come and take a look, but please take care not to disturb these "true blue" Australian bees!

Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees, comprising the tribe Meliponini. They belong in the family Apidae, and are closely related to common honey bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, and bumblebees.

3T students: Archie, Lonni

Badminton Fun!

Florence in Prep E challenged Mr Ramos to a game of badminton this week. It is great to see our students using the outdoor equipment available during playtime and even encouraging our teachers to have a go too.

Mr Ramos and Florence Prep E enjoying badminton in the sunshine

Prep E’s Book Creator

Prep students have been integrating technologies into the curriculum using Book Creator with some fabulous results!

Ayla has created her very own take on The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. She included her voice into her work with incredible expression and her images were fantastic. I was blown away by her outstanding work. Well done Ayla!

Ayla - Prep E 

Proof Reading and Editing

All of our NFSS students have been working on their proof reading and editing skills this year during Daily Proof Reading sessions. These brief sessions (up to 15 minutes) are regularly provided each week with a particular focus on handwriting, punctuation, grammar and spelling during this time.  

Scarlett - Prep E

Judy Loudon

High Achievers

14 of our year 5 an 6 students have been attending the High Achievers Program at Kelvin Grove State College on Wednesday afternoons. These students have been identified by their Class Teachers as requiring extension. They have been attending activities run by the college including-

• Digital Technologies
• Drama
• English
• Maths
• Science
• Visual Art

This Wednesday sees the conclusion of this program with a special afternoon celebration at Kelvin Grove SC. Congratulations to Matthew, Max, Yanna, Brent, Kyren, Vivienne, Leonard, Emma, Jaxon, Georg, Aurey, Hugo, Thomas and Emily!

Saturdays-

Infrastructure work for water mains- these works will commence over the next few Saturdays there will disruption to water supply in the surrounding streets. Neighbours have been notified by Paynters for these works. No access to school staff onsite during this time.

Road closures in Annie and Hawthorne Street will be in place at these times as well.

comms@paynters.com.au

Focus of the week: Be Respectful in the Playground!