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IMPORTANT NOTICES
What if my child is unwell?
Any child who is showing signs of illness or feeling unwell, must stay at home.
If a child is showing signs of illness at school, the school will contact the parent or carer to collect the child.
Carmel McGrath
Dance Extravaganza
Prep to year 2 students put on a wonderful dance performance for parents this week. It was a wonderful showcase of their dance lessons for term 4 and a great fun event for our last week of school. Thank you to our marvellous dance instructors.
Art Exhibition
Thank you to Ms Davis for helping organise the ‘Faces of New Farm’ Art Exhibition for Years 3 / 4 and 4 classes. It is wonderful to see the different mediums used by students to express their portraits.
2022 Enrolments
On Thursday 09 December students will meet their 2022 teacher and find out their classes. They will receive a teacher postcard and will take that home to share with parents.
Prep students will receive their teacher postcards via email in December and will have the opportunity to meet their teachers on Friday 21 January when we hold an Open Classroom Session (8.00 – 8.45 a.m.) All students and families are welcome for this visit and many find it useful in settling anxieties about the New Year and for delivering their book packs before day 1.
Year 6 Graduation Ceremony
Today we gathered to celebrate the Year 6 Graduation. Thank you to parents and carers, who attended this significant milestone event. Thank you to teachers Ms Zayn Al-Abidin, Mrs Baker, Mr Cohen and Mr Lawrence for ensuring the event was very well organized and a special thanks to Ms Burgess and Mr Ware for helping coordinate the venue and covid plan. Congratulations to all students, we wish you all the best for secondary school. Well done to special award recipients:
- The Trevor Evans Leadership Award - Lachlan and Marleina
- The Margaret Suttie Memorial Academic Award - Georg, Emily and Nerea
- The RSL Citizenship Award - Aven and Hazel
- The Music Award - Jolie and Jamin
- The Grace Grace Cultural Achievement Award - Jaxon
- The Vicki Howard Sports Achievement Award - Lachlan
- The Teacher’s Achievement Award
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- 6L: Jamin
- 6b: Daisy
- 6Z: Sasha
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- The New Farm State School Principal’s Award - Eva
Year 6 Final Roll Call
The last day of term 2021 is Friday 10 December. As part of our Year 6 tradition, we hold a very special final roll call for our Year 6 Graduates. Parents are welcome but please adhere to social distancing.
- At 2:55 pm all classes assemble from A Block and around towards the Netball court. The students make a guard of honour for the Year 6 students.
- Parents are welcome to join the fun.
- Our Year 6 students line up on the A Block veranda.
- At 2:59 pm the school counts down from 10 to 1 and then the old school bell is rung.
- Then Year 6 students walk down the stairs and through a full school community guard of honour. The students receive high 5s and lots of applause as students, staff and parents to celebrate their final departure from New Farm SS.
Important Dates and Events:
- LAST DAY – Friday 10 December 3pm
- 2022 Open School Session Friday 21 January 8-8:45am
- 2022 First Day Monday 24 January 8:45am
Report cards
On Tuesday afternoon, all academic reports were sent home via email. This is a great time to unpack learning with your child and celebrate how far they have come. You can also access previous report cards through an active QParents account.
ICAS Results
Due to Covid there has been some delays with certificates being sent to the school. If your child has not received their certificate, please contact UNSW directly by clicking the link.
https://www.icasassessments.com/
BYO iPad Program
Please refer to the Spark Page for all information regarding the program. This includes setup guides, App lists, recommended devices and accessories and much more.
Holidays
Yes, I am off to do some fishing!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your families and enjoy every moment with your little ones.
Nick Fenton
Acting Deputy Principal
Judy Loudon
Christmas Dance Concert
Our Christmas Dance Concert for Prep-Year 2 was a huge success. Thanks to all the parents and friends who attended.
Term 4 Art Show
The Faces of New Farm Art Show is available for viewing before and after school. We look forward to viewing the work of students from years 3/4A, 4C and 4G. The display is set up inside the Art room (go downstairs under the hall building), and is available for viewing before and after school until Thursday morning. Thank you to Ms Rebekah Davis for all her hard work and dedication improving our student’s knowledge, skills, understanding and appreciation of art.
Kindy Counts for a Lifetime
At kindy, children can build confidence, play, learn, explore new environments and have fun learning with friends. No matter where you are from, kindy can be a welcoming community for children, families and educators and an important step in a child’s early learning journey. Many of the skills learnt at kindy will benefit a child well into their future. This campaign is an important component of Queensland's strategy to achieve universal access to kindergarten. The campaign encourages families to enrol their kindy-aged child in a Queensland Government-approved program, and promotes the lifelong benefits of attending kindy. Visit the Kindy counts for a lifetime webpage for information for families about kindergarten enrolment and the importance of early learning along with supporting children in the early years. https://earlychildhood.qld.gov.au/early-years/kindergarten
Jo Minto
Dear New Farm Community
It has been a pleasure to work with the New Farm school community over 2021.
My highlight this year was definitely our gorgeous Harmony Day assembly and celebrating the rich diversity of cultures we have represented here in our school community. I am also grateful to have worked with some of our students who stepped through challenging periods and developed and grew their toolkit of responses to challenge and change.
As we enter the holiday period, I am sharing some links that might be of assistance over the Christmas vacation along with links to some activities that might be worth exploring:
The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) has some fantastic exhibitions and they are free! The children’s activities are well worth a visit. https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/whats-on/kids
The Queensland Museum https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/ another wonderful, educational and free outing.
Queensland Museum Science Centre https://sparklab.qm.qld.gov.au/ Ticketed
https://www.familiesmagazine.com.au/school-holiday-activities-brisbane/ - online guide to activities over the holidays for families
Of course, there’s always picnics, the beach, park visits, art and craft, board games, backyard fun, walks, swimming and play along with opportunities for ‘downtime’ rest and recuperation after another BIG year.
Support and parenting links:
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents
The eSafety Commissioner website is an excellent website with advice for parents and carers to help children have safe experiences online.
https://www.familychildconnect.org.au/
Excellent free support available for when the wheels fall off… or you just need some support when things are tough.
https://parentline.com.au/
Free counselling for parents and carers
An online community service directory for Queensland parents, families and professionals looking to find support
Finally, I would like to wish you and your families a wonderful festive season and holiday period and look forward to working with the school community again in 2022.
Stay safe and well and enjoy your time with friends and family.
Happy Christmas!
In 2022, Year 3 to 6 students will be involved in the BYO iPad program. All students in these year levels will be given the opportunity to voluntarily bring along an iPad to support and enable their learning. Teachers in other year levels may allow personal devices as a form of differentiation, depending on need.
The only device allowed in our New Farm State School’s BYO program is an iPad.
Click the link to access our 2022 iPad Setup Guide.
Pre-loved Childrens’ Book Stall: $650 raised for the Library! – Fantastic effort New Farm Community! We look forward to next year’s stall.
Thanks to the generous donations of books from the school community, and all our shoppers, the Pre-loved Children’s book Stall raised $650 and donated dozens of books to our fabulous school Library. There is enough money to purchase some special books from independent retailers, while putting the remaining funds towards the new library fit-out. The stall was such a success we’re planning another one during book week in 2022!
Pre-loved Uniforms Shop: Over 800 items donated this year have found a new home!
We want to pass on a very large “thank you” to our wonderful school community for supporting the Pre-Loved Uniform shop this year. Throughout the year over 800 items of clothing were donated and we now only have a handful of items left (except jumpers).
Thank you for helping our community to support a sustainable lifestyle by reducing textile waste.
Pre-loved Uniform Shop – January 2022 – Opening Hours
Tuesday 18th through to Friday 21st 8am-10am
Volunteers are needed to support our convenor, Natalie Chin for an hour or two each day. Any help would be gratefully received – email preloved@nfsspandc.com.au
The uniform donation box will be located with Jabiru during the school holidays so donations can be received during the holidays ready for the new school year.
Tuckshop Convenor:
The position of Tuckshop Conveynor is available starting Term 1 2022. The base pay rate is in accordance with the Parents and Citizens Associations Award – State 2016 between $23.24 and $23.33 plus loadings dependant on casual or part-time status (negotiable). Approximate weekly hours of 15-20 hours depending on operational capability. Must have Blue Card and be fully vaccinated. Highly desirable Certificate III in cookery.
To express interest and to get a full position description, please email secretary@nfsspandc.com.au
Beeston Street Community Garden:
We are well on the way to raising the $5,000 to complete the next stage of the garden implementation.
Cookie Dough Fundraiser
We are delighted to announce that by supporting the Cookie Dough fundraiser, you have raised $2,177 to purchase plants and habitat for the Beeston Street Community Garden!
A special shout out goes to the following top sellers:
100 tubs Mackenzie T-K
44 tubs Archie M
40 tubs Grace F
36 tubs Ava S
Beeston Street CG Website Donations
Over the past few months we have been very fortunate to receive wonderful donations for the Garden, including:
$290 Animal Shelters
$65 Medicinal Shrubs
$50 Pathways, stairs and signage
$500 Fish and Frog ponds
The P&C would like to thank the 7 families, local community members, and the Lions Club for their kind donations, and all the families that bought Cookie Dough. Further planting commenced over the weekend, there is now a beautiful wooden bench seat and a fantastic pond. We can’t wait until the animal shelters arrive and the bees can be brought over from their temporary home near Dblock.
Congratulations and Salutations to Year 6 and leaving families:
64 Year 6 students will be leaving our New Farm school community to begin their next schooling journey this week. We are also bidding farewell to 49 families as they follow their youngest child.
To our departing families,
Thank you for all the reading, raffle ticket selling (& buying!), cakes, brownies, biscuits, school trips, tuckshop helping, setting up and pulling down, fete stalls, swim meets, sausage sizzles, and donations of every kind. Our school has been very fortunate to have had (and have) such passionate and giving parents.
There are a number of families in particular that have given an inordinate amount of time and enthusiasm to events and activities. Without them, New Farm SS would not be what it is today.
We wish all our departing families all the very best for the next chapter in your children's lives.
To our returning families, we look forward to starting the year off with a bang and hit the ground running!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
The P&C wishes you all the best for the festive season and 2021. Have a wonderful break!
