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.

Premiers Reading Challenge

The Premiers Reading Challenge has begun!

For a student to complete the challenge, they must read or experience a book with a parent, the allocated number of books for their year level, during the reading period.

Students may pick up a form from the library or print one from here: Student reader record form.

Completed forms to be returned to the library to Mrs Lamb by the end of August.

New Library!

I am very excited to let you know that New Farm State School will have a brand new library in Term 3!

To assist with the big move, student class borrowing time will cease at the end of week 4.

Students may still visit the library for games and quiet reading until the end of term 2:

All students - 8:30 – 8:45am

Lower School – 11:15-11:40am

Upper School – 12:50 – 1:10pm

Now is a good time to find those library books that are hiding at home and return them to the library so we can get organised and start packing!

Don’t forget, students still have access to the EQ Digital Library through SORA to borrow ebooks and audio books. Try out these always available reads on SORA available through to August.

Students only need their MIS login. No password is required.

Happy Reading,

Mrs Lamb

WE’RE TAKING IT IN OUR STRIDE ON Thursday 19  MAY 2022
Well it’s that time of year again when our school seriously starts talking about walking!

Walk Safely to School Day asks that we all consider our transport habits and try to incorporate more walking as part of a healthy, active way to get around. And although walking all the way to school isn’t realistic for many of us, it’s quite easy to figure out how you can build a walk into your family’s daily routine.

You can teach your child the healthy habit of walking more by:
• Walking with them the whole way to school
• If they get the bus or train, walk past your usual stop and get on at the next stop
• If you have to drive, park the car a few blocks away from the school and walk the rest of the way.

Regular exercise like walking with your child not only helps them (and you!) beat chronic problems like
obesity, heart disease, behavioural and mental health issues and diabetes. It also gives you a great
opportunity to teach your child safe ways to behave around roads and traffic.

Remember, Active Kids are Healthy Kids so get planning your own Walk Safely to School Day journey for Thursday 19 May 2022!
For more information, visit www.walk.com.au

Building a register of volunteers and ensuring helpers for the tuckshop

We know our school community is diverse and  talented. Please consider registering as a volunteer using this form and tell us how you can help. It can be as little or as much as you want. It will only take two-three minutes to complete. 

Helping out on Polling Day 21 May 2022: Cake and Sweets' Stall donations and help with the BBQ

The Lions' Club will be helping with a BBQ on Polling Day and we are calling on school families to donate baked goods and lollies for a Cake and Sweets Stall. You can help by donating lollies for lolly bags or by making cakes and sweets. We will also need helpers on the day serving, setting up and packing up from 7am-1pm.

Please let us know if you can help at this link. Donations can be dropped off from 2.30pm on Friday 20 May or early Saturday morning on polling day.

Tuckshop is open for Prep- year 6 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Orders close at 9am and are all online through flexi-schools.

AGM Update

There was fantastic participation in the New Farm State School P&C AGM.  Over 40 members signed-up!  Importantly all key positions were filled and the new committee consists of:

Lyne Moore as Secretary

Dahna Gallantree as Treasurer

Tania Shapiro as Vice President

Fiona Caniglia as President.

Thank you to the P&C Executive

The outgoing P&C Executive has done an amazing job weathering two years of COVID with significantly reduced opportunities to gather the school community and raise funds for key school improvements. As we start to emerge more and more, we will take the foundations they have laid for us this year and work with the whole P&C and school  to bring forward opportunities to get together, build our school community and have fun. On behalf of the new committee we thank Louise and the P&C Executive for the huge responsibility they have shouldered.  There will be more opportunities to recognise their efforts as we find our feet as the new Executive over the coming weeks.

Next steps for the P&C

Our next steps include:

1. Careful handover from the outgoing committee to ensure a smooth transition
2. Pinning down each sub-committee and its membership (we are already part of the way there)
3. Planning for fund-raising fun on election day at the school polling booth
4. Helping the Swim Club prepare early for a bumper term in Term 3
5. Getting regular communications out to the school about how they can connect with the P&C and get involved (a little or a lot)
6. Building a register of volunteers from across the school so we know who can help and how
7. Making sure the Tuckshop's transition to the new convenor succeeds and we have enough volunteers.

The next P&C meeting

Everyone is welcome to attend:

Tuesday 10 May from 6.00pm.(face to face)

New Farm P&C

Bake stall on Polling Day

We are excited to say that the New Farm State School P&C is holding a Bake Stall on Polling Day. There will also be a BBQ and drinks for sale in partnership with New Farm Lions' Club and the Brisbane Scouts.

We are seeking donations of baked whole cakes, slices, cookies, brownies, cup cakes and sweets. We are also accepting donations of lollies to make the ever- popular Lolly Bags.

You can also let us know if you can volunteer on the day serving from the Tuckshop. It will be great fun and you get to meet and greet so many people from the local community. We are seeking volunteers from 7am-1.00pm on 21 May.

Donations of lollies can be dropped of to the Tuckshop between now and Thursday 19 May and volunteers will make them into fun lolly bags.. Baked donations can be dropped off at the tuckshop from 2.30pm-6.30pm on Friday 20 May or from 7am Saturday morning on polling day.

Email president@nfsspandc.com.au if you can volunteer on the roster. 

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Reminder - Students please do not ride your bike or scooter in the school grounds before or after school.

The Active School Travel (AST) program offers Brisbane primary schools a suite of free resources, tools and incentives. The program encourages students, parents, carers and teachers to leave the car at home and actively travel to school. Since 2004, 162 schools and more than 113,000 students have participated in the Active School Travel (AST) program.

In 2019 our AST schools achieved the following results:

• 24,300 students from 45 schools engaged with the program
• almost 1 in 2 families left the car at home
• on average, 47% of students actively travelled, with some schools reporting up to 75% of their students actively travelling to school
• walking trips increased from 17% t0 31%, which equates to almost 5000 more walking trips per week from students in the first year of the program.
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Active School Travel - Scootering 

Riding a scooter makes the school run fun! For parents, it’s easy to walk or ride alongside a child on a scooter. Plus, it’s easy to carry the scooter home if it can’t be stored at school. Scooting is one way to actively travel to school and incorporate physical activity in the everyday life of children. 

Scooter skills sessions

We want more students to ride to school and we want them to have the skills, confidence and experience to ride safely. Reminder - Students please do not ride your bike or scooter in the school grounds before or after school.

Meet Scoot

The Active School Travel character, Scoot rides his scooter to and from school with his friends every day! He wears his helmet and is always watching for cars coming in and out of driveways.

Scoot's Top Tips for travel

• Always wear a helmet and make sure it's done up.
• Check your brakes before you leave on your ride.
• Keep your speed down and watch for pedestrians.
• Be extra careful when crossing driveways.
• Ride in a group with your friends – it's fun!

• Reminder - Students please do not ride your bike or scooter in the school grounds before or after school. 

Foundation Principal, Sharon Barker invites students and their parents/carers to attend a Fortitude Valley State Secondary College Open Day.

We looking forward to welcoming you on Wednesday 18 May or Saturday 21 May to discover our award-winning facilities, meet our inspiring staff and students and hear about our exciting approach to curriculum.

You can also meet and support the FVSSC P&C who will be selling sausages, drinks and sweets at both our Open Day.

Register now at https://fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au/enrolments/open-days

Enrolments for 2023 are open. For more information on the FVSSC enrolments process, please visit our website https://fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au

Please note that there is no parking on-site at FVSSC – parking details are available on our website.

We can’t wait to meet you.