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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.
Creative Generation
It is wonderful to see our students participating in this year’s Education Queensland Creative Generation Extravaganza. Ms Davis, Ms Kennedy, Ms Nav and Ms Eurell are supporting students and parents with dance practices on weekends in preparation for the culminating event being held term 3 week 1.
Teneriffe Festival
Mrs Loudon is coordinating our student performances for this year’s Teneriffe Festival on Saturday 28th May. Festival Chairman Michael Wilkson spoke to students on a assembly this morning to tell them about the history of the festival and encouraged all families to attend this year’s festival. We proudly have around 100 students performing in various groups.
NAPLAN
Congratulations to our Year 3 and 5 students who completed their NAPLAN over the past fortnight. Thank you to parents and staff for supporting students during this period. It can be a new experience especially for our Year 3 students who likely have not undertaken work in exam-like conditions. Thank you to Mr Curby for coordinating this year’s NAPLAN; very much appreciated.
What is National Reconciliation Week?
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.
Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
New Farm State School is now taking 2023 Prep enrolment enquiries.
Please head to the Enrolments tab on our website (Enrolments) for more information. If you have any enquiries please contact the school by email at enrolments@newfarmss.eq.edu.au or call our office on 3358 7333.
See our Virtual Tour
See our Prep Tour
Our Prep Open Day date and time will be advised.
To determine when your child can commence their prep year, use the prep ready reckoner calculator.
To check whether you live in our catchment, use the catchment map.
Date Claimer -Parent Teacher Interviews Term 3
We are pleased to be able to hold parent teacher interviews, in person, on Wednesday the 20th and Thursday the 21st of July, in term 3. Important information:
- online booking system will be open nearer the time – NO BOOKINGS ARE POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME
- these will be the only dates available for interviews.
- one interview time, is available for each child. If you have exceptional circumstances e.g. legal orders, that mean you are not able to attend together, please contact kbrad27@eq.edu.au
Tuckshop
If your child has any food allergies, please remember to complete the Alerts section of Flexi-schools when ordering at the tuckshop
The Tuck Shop Crew use the Alerts section of Flexi-schools to carefully prepare meals for children with allergies.
- Open Flexi-schools
- Click 'Order Food'
- Click on the day you want to order
- Select 'Alerts'
- Select any allergies relevant to your child from the drop-down list
- Confirm the item
- Return to category list to complete the order.
Today Kookie was around the school meeting students. Kookie found so many jumpers around the school without labels. Remember to label your jumper and put in your bag, if you don’t need to wear it.
School Jumpers
As the weather begins to cool, now is a good time to order school jumpers. Other jumpers and jackets can be worn to and from school, but as we are a uniform school, the only jumpers permitted at school, are the jacket fleece and vest polar fleece.
You can order online, at theschoollocker.com.au or in person at the uniform shop on Wednesdays between 8 a.m. and 9.30 a.m.
Uniform Shop open 8.00-9.30am
hours: Wednesday only
Cross Country
Congratulations to Teneriffe house for the winning the Interhouse Cross Country Trophy.
It was great to get down to New Farm Park and run around such a beautiful place. Thank you to all the staff who helped to make it a safe and enjoyable day.
Our 2022 Age Champions for 9-12 Years are:
9 Yrs – Harrison & Claire
10 Yrs – Simon & Amira
11Yrs – Charlie & Bodie
12 Yrs – Matthew & Emma
First 5 finishers in the races for those born 2010-2013 were eligible to run at the recent District Cross Country trials.
Congratulations to all the representatives for showing some New Farm spirit competing against 70-90 students of the same age from the many schools in our District.
District Sport
Congratulations to Matthew who has been selected in the District Rugby Union team to compete at the Metropolitan North Regional Carnival.
All the best Matthew!
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
Tuckshop Online Ordering closes at 8.30am (Wed, Thurs, and Friday )
Great news! The number of orders for TuckShop is increasing
and online orders will be closing at 8.30am to ensure enough time
for preparation. You can register for Flexischools online ordering system
at this link: Flexischools
Tuckshop is recruiting for an assistant
Because the number of orders is increasing, the P&C is recruiting
an assistant to help our wonderful convenor Paula.
Hours: 15 hours per week
Role: Assist with food preparation, packing lunches, cleaning and volunteer coordination
When: Wednesday and Friday every week during term.
To apply provide your CV to president@nfsspandc.com.au.
Applications close Friday 20 May 2022.
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.
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.
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.
