World Admin Day Friday 06 May

Happy World Admin Day to Jenny, Yvonne, Viv, Natalie and Karen who work in our administration team.  Thank you to all our staff who manage our finances, facilities, resourcing and communications for our school.  We really appreciate our professional and approachable staff and welcome staff, students and parents to acknowledge their amazing roles this Friday.

Evacuation Drill

This week we are conducting our term evacuation drill and in the next fortnight our lockdown drill.  Thank you to staff for ensuring students know the procedures and follow directions well during these practices.  Visitors to our site are reminded to sign in using our Passtab system.

P&C

All welcome – next meeting Tuesday 10 May 6-7pm

NAPLAN

School Photos

Eco-Marine Leaders

Thank you to Ms McLeod for supervising our EcoMarine captains Alexis, Denzel, Kareena and Sophia on their excursion to Moreton Island yesterday.  The group joined other students and staff in a training day which focused on hands on activities and lessons about the importance of community conservation efforts.  We look forward to hearing more about their ideas and pursuits throughout the year.

TENERIFFE FESTIVAL 

Plans are underway for our school’s involvement in the Teneriffe Festival on Saturday 28th May. Please consider supporting our school on the day, and whether your child can be involved. So far, our plans include- 

Performances (10:00-10:20 and 11:30-11:50am) 

• Year 3-6 Dance Performance from Term 1 supported by Creative Dance Industries 

• Prep Performance ‘Bear Hunt’ 
• Year 1-2 Signing Choir, from Harmony Day ‘We Are One’ 

Display- 

• Visual Art from Around the World 
• Work samples/projects 

• iPad tour of the school 
• Djembe drums 
• Enrolment packs 

It’ll be a great day out and a wonderful way to showcase some of the work of our school. A letter will be sent home via Schoolzine for you to indicate your child’s involvement on the day.  We will be seeking volunteers to assist on the day, this can be indicated by emailing admin@newfarmss.ed.edu.au Thanks for joining in the fun! 

LIFE EDUCATION 

The Life Education Team will be visiting our school again between 8th-16th June. Attached to the newsletter is the ‘Life Education Primary Module Overview 2022’. Further information can also be found at Life Education Hub | Life Education QLD. The Life Education Modules will be delivered in the hall as unfortunately the Life Education Van can’t be on site this year. All the modules the students will be learning about are connected to their year level Health Curriculum. Please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher, or our Head of Department Curriculum, Judy Loudon if you have further queries about this program.  Overview-

QLD ASSOCATION OF MATHS TEACHERS CONFERENCE 

Proudly our school is hosting this state-wide event on Sunday 22nd May. Our staff are provided with complementary registration. This will also complement our registration for the Infinite Ideas Online Numeracy Festival, 16th May - 9th June. 

 The Primary School Nurse Health Readiness Program will be screening at New Farm State School commencing on Monday, 30 May 2022.  This is a Queensland Government service that offers Free Vision Screening to all children enrolled in Prep.  If your child is in Prep and you would like their vision screened, you will need to complete a consent form. Only one parent/guardian needs to fill in the consent form per child. The consent form link will close on Sunday, 22 May 2022.   

Please click on the following link to access the Online Consent Form and Parent Information Letter: https://visionscreening.health.qld.gov.au/ParentalConsent/0712HrM1. 

HOME READING REMINDER 

Just a reminder that the students in Prep, Yr 1 and Yr 2 need to bring their home reading books/activities back to school on a Thursday for them to receive new books to take home on a Friday. Please ensure the books are returned each week on the correct day so we have enough variety of books for all of our young readers.  

Home Reading Timetable 

This term, some of our students have begun designing their projects for the Premier's Coding Challenge #digitalfuturesqld (education.qld.gov.au). Primary aged students from Year 3 and up are challenged to create an interactive game or app that represents the future.  

Students will focus on a topic (e.g. transportation in the future) and a user group to design their digital solutions around. While students will have a short amount of time each week during morning tea with the Innovation Coach to work on their projects, we encourage students to continue their work at home between meetings. We also encourage parents/caregivers to get involved. 

Apps can be designed and coded using App Lab | Code.org. This is a Java based platform and will require more advanced coding skills.  

Games can be coded using Microsoft MakeCode Arcade, Sprite Lab | Code.org or Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share (mit.edu). Each platform uses visual/block-base coding, which is often more intuitive for young coders. The Year 3 and Year 5 students are learning to use Code.org  and MakeCode Arcade, respectively, for their Digital Technology unit this year.