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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
Creating a positive school culture
At New Farm State School we pride ourselves on our positive school culture and with your help we can make it ever stronger. You can do your part by speaking positively about the school and our staff. If there is an issue that needs addressing ask for a meeting to discuss your concerns and understand that there may be times when compromises are necessary.
No one benefits from negative comments or gossip about other school community members – including students – whether it’s in person, in writing or on social media.
Please recognise that staff are responsible for supporting the whole school community and every student is important. Remember we are all working together for your child. Your child, our student. One team.
Parent Teacher Information Sharing
Each term in week 1 parents will receive the Year Level Term Overview and these have already been sent out for Term 1. Our main methods of communication are class and school DOJO, as well as schoolzine for the school newsletter and other permissions and payments. Due to current restrictions our face to face parent teacher information sessions will not be held on site this Term; however, teachers will be making and sending videos about their specific class routines and ways of working over the next fortnight. In relation to curriculum specific information, students in Years 3-6 will also be accessing and utilising Seesaw for sharing curriculum work with parents and teachers.
Term 1 P&C Meetings
Thank you to parents who attended last week’s first P&C meeting. This term we will be holding one more general meeting as well as the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM involves the relinquishing of all executive positions and the voting and electing of our new 2022 P&C Executive. P&C is a great way to become involved in your child’s school and I encourage you to become involved. The dates for meetings are advertised in the newsletter.
Health
Just a reminder that anyone who is unwell should stay home until recovered before returning to school. If Covid positive, please notify us and isolate as per guidelines. If your child becomes unwell at school and is presenting with cold or flu-like symptoms, headache or temperature, you will be contacted to collect your child and given a Rapid Antigen Test.
Our 2020-23 Strategic Priorities include:
- Innovation
- Inclusion
- Well-Being
- Curriculum
Our 2022 Explicit Improvement Agenda is improving educational outcomes for all students in Reading and Writing. Our work in this area is responsive to student needs and aligned with our school and regional targets. In each year level team, teachers will work together to know their student reading levels and develop high quality consistent practices including Read Write Inc Synthetic Phonics Prep-Yr2 and RWI Spelling Yr2-6. For improvement in writing, we implement the 3L (Language and Literacy for Learning) program across P-6 as this program focuses on the importance of grammar within different text types.
Kay Bradley
- Supervision before 8.45am.
A reminder that there is no supervision at school until 8.30 a.m. We currently have a number of students arriving very early to school and who are not booked in to Jabiru. Children in this situation can become bored and engage in risky behaviour.
- Second Step: Skills for Social and Academic Success
At New Farm, we want your child to be as successful as possible at school. Success in school is not just about reading and maths. It is also about knowing how to learn and how to get along with others. This year we will be introducing the Second Step program, in every classroom, to teach these critical skills. This program was researched and selected by our 2021 Well Being committee, as part of our quadrennial school improvement agenda. The Second Step program will work with our existing Positive Behaviour for Learning Framework.
The Second Step program teaches skills in the following areas:
- Skills for Learning – skills to help you learn.
- Empathy –identifying and understanding your own and others’ feelings.
- Emotion Management – learning specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings.
- Problem Solving – learning processes for solving problems with others in a positive way.
Throughout the year, your child will be learning a lot and your class teacher will be sharing Home Links with you along the way. These Home Links are simple, fun activities for you and your child to complete together. It’s a great way for you to understand what your child is learning and for your child to show you what he or she knows.
Welcome to the 2022 school year, and specially our new students, families and staff. Wonderful news!! In Semester 2 2021, 98.3% of our students achieved a result at year level standard or above across all learning areas. In fact, 47% or our students achieved a B equivalent level result. This is due to our school’s work across all aspects of the School Improvement Hierarchy, inclusive curriculum, effective and consistent pedagogy and the use of assistive technologies. This is a result above the region’s target and something for our staff, students and community to be very proud of.
For your information-
- Our Dance Program will commence the week of Monday 14th February
- There may be some minor changes to your student’s incursion/excursion schedule. If this applies to you, you will be notified accordingly.
- This week you will be sent a Term 1 Overview which provides information about the main focus of the Term 1 Learning Areas for your student.
- The first meeting of the Curriculum Pillar Committee will be on Thursday 17th March 3:15-4:15pm. If you are interested in participating in this committee for 2022 please send your Expression of Interest to Judy Loudon admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
- Transition to School resources, particularly for the early years, can be found at https://www.transitiontoschool.net/
- The World Science Festival is being held in Brisbane in March. Although excursions have been put on hold, you may wish to take you child. Information can be found at https://www.worldsciencefestival.com.au/
Tuckshop- Tuckshop closed till further notice.
Thursday 10 March 6pm events/fundraising planning meeting
Tuesday 29 March 6pm Annual General Meeting of the P & C. All executive positions available for nomination. A Block Level 1 curriculum room beside reception.
Contact secretary@nfsspandc.com.au for more info.
Swim Club recommenced Monday 14 February 5:30pm at the school pool. Electronic registration form here https://forms.gle/JGoXXnjVHQXWTwtg9, paper copies available on the night. Registration form- Swim_Club_Registration_T1_2022.pdf
Calling for nominations for executive officers for the P&C
School Watch
The School Watch Program is a partnership between Education Queensland, the Queensland Police Service and the State Government Protective Security Service. It aims to reduce criminal activity in Queensland schools and encourages everyone to look out for after-hours crime in our schools. If you see anything suspicious, please don’t attempt to intervene.
Call the School Watch number – 13 17 88
Let’s work together to help create safer school communities.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
