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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.
Inclusion Pillar
This week a number of staff are attending Queensland Association of Special Education Leaders conference. This conference focuses on creating connections among schools and opportunities to showcase excellent practices in Inclusive education. Over the 3 days of the conference 8 of our staff will participate in a range of practical workshops to enhance their knowledge and gain ideas to implement across our whole school community.
100 Days Of School Celebration
Congratulations to our Preppies for reaching their first 100 days of schooling. It was such a fun day for the students Tuesday as teachers and teacher aides organised a range of hands on activities to celebrate the 100 day milestone. Thank you to Ms Burridge, Ms Navarro, Mr Nash and Ms Dunne.
Year 5 Emu Gully Camp
Last week with some very cold weather our Year 5 students headed off to the annual adventure camp near Gatton. This is a fabulous outdoor camp with some challenging team and individual activities. The students should be commended for their excellent behaviour and team spirit. Thank you to Mr Lawrence, Mrs Baker, Mr Fleming and Ms McLeod for supporting the students during the camp and spending time away from their own families.
Staff Update
Ensuring we have adequate levels of staff for our classes has been particularly challenging this term with high incidents of illness. As this is also happening for all the inner-city schools, it has impacted on sourcing relief staff. I appreciate your patience and understanding with the ongoing changes in staffing. We are doing everything in our power to ensure continuity of curriculum delivery and maintaining good routines for our students.
Health
As a state school we follow directives from Education Queensland and ultimately Queensland Health. The main query I continue to get from parents is about the wearing of masks. Following is directing from our recent advice to schools:
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
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.
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, pictured below.
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
Winter hours:Wednesday only
In addition, school shoes should be predominately black.
Invoices
When we book an incursion, excursion or camp, we as a school reserve places and pay in full. If students do not attend, we are still liable for the costs. This means that we are unable to provide refunds for non-attendance including those due to holidays and illness.
Second Step
The focus of Second Step lessons, this term, is Emotion Management. Students have been learning Calm Down strategies. I’ve included a summary of the Calm Down language used in class. It’s really helpful if students can use some of the same language at home.
It’s okay to have strong feelings. But when you have strong feelings, it can be hard to think about what to do. You can get back in control by calming down. The first step is to use a stop signal to catch your own attention and to tell yourself to stop. You might say “Chill out!” “Stop!” or “Relax!” Next use your feeling detective skills to name your feeling. When you recognize your feelings, the thinking part of your brain can start to manage them. Take a moment to decide what stop signal you will use.
When you have a strong feeling, it’s hard for your brain to think. After you use your stop signal and name your feeling, you’re ready to calm down! You can calm down by doing some slow deep belly breathing, counting, or using positive self-talk. Think for a moment about your favourite Way to Calm Down. Remember to use it this week if you need to. Calming down helps you think clearly!
Using our Calming-Down Steps helps us be better learners! There are many opportunities to practice your calming-down skills at school. You may have a strong feeling when you have to wait, or when you make a mistake, or when you have trouble finishing a difficult task. These are perfect moments to practice using your stop signal, naming your feeling, and calming down. When staff and students at our school calm down our emotions, it helps us all learn.
Active School Travel – Now on Fridays
Park and Stride
You’ve probably heard of ‘Park and Ride’, but what about ‘Park and Stride’?
Our Active School Travel program encourages students to walk, cycle, scoot, car pool and catch public transport to and from school, but some parents still need to drive their children to school as part of their journey to work or other activities. Or you may live a long distance from the school and can’t actively travel all the way from home.
Even though you might need to drive to school, you can still participate in our Active School Travel program by walking or riding PART of the way. Use our Active Travel map to find your Park and Stride starting point. Make sure it’s at least a few blocks away so your child can put their hand up in class to say they walked or rode on their active travel day.
Park and Stride allows everyone to be part of New Farm School! Active School Travel is one of the easiest ways to incorporate physical activity into everyday life for all children.
Even walking or riding a short way sets the pathway for a healthy, active lifestyle.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
All Qld State Schools plan, teach, assess and report against the Achievement Standards and Content Descriptors with the Australian Curriculum. Students are taught using this national curriculum, and teachers collect evidence regarding student’s capabilities against these standards. Assessments are moderated across the year level and the Brisbane City Cluster, so that there is a consistent approach to making an on-balanced judgement for End of Semester Reports. ‘C’ results are at the Australian Curriculum standard for the year level and a result to be acknowledged. Of course, we strive to have students achieve above year level standard, but sometimes the evidence does not currently exist for that judgement to be made.
Our Semester 1, 2022 results to be celebrated include overall 13.8% of students receiving As, 49.2% of students receiving Bs, and 34.6% of students receiving Cs. Recently our Assistant Regional Director discussed our increase in C-A results for students with disabilities. This is also an area to be celebrated as Differentiated Teaching and Learning sits at the peak of the School Improvement Hierarchy.
If you would like further information regarding our curriculum please-
- Visit the australiancurriculum.edu.au website
- Visit our school’s website ‘Curriculum’ tab
- Review your child’s year level Term Overviews
- Contact your Class Teacher or our Head of Department Curriculum, Judy Loudon
PLAYGROUP PROGRAM
We are extending the Transition to Prep Playdate Program to commence later this term. Invitations will be sent to local Early Childhood Education Centres and shared via the School Newsletter and DoJo. This will be a once per week 1.5hr program (9:30-10:45 for program and 10:45-11:15 pack up). Our Teacher Aide, Jo Keehan has successfully run this program for many years and it has been recognised by parents to be a valuable part of their child’s transition to Prep. We are looking for a parent/group of parents who may be willing to provide their time each week to support this program. They will be mentored by Jo Keehan and Judy Loudon (HOD Curriculum). Please email admin@newfarmss.edu.au if you are interested in helping out with this initiative.
TRANSITION TO PREP PARENT SURVEY
A Transition to Prep Parent Survey was distributed in Term 2. The results included-
- 7% of children were supported well by the school.
- 5% of children transitioned very well and mostly well
- Email and Class DoJo were the most important source of information
- Enrolment interview session was the most frequently referred to transition activity.
- Challenges included COVID restrictions and full days
Lunchtime Library
The new library at New Farm State School hasn’t quite opened yet, so there is a lunchtime Library club opened every day, upstairs in A Block next to the new music room. Students can play chess, games and have access to a collection of books to borrow.
Opening Times:
Lower School Prep – Year 3, First Break 11:15 – 11:45am
Upper School Year 4 – Year 6, Second Break 12:50 – 1:10pm
Book Week 2022
Book Week will be in week 7 Monday 22 August this term!! We will have the annual book parade, reading in the garden and an author visit.
Author Visit
Dannika Peterson and Megan Forward will co-present the Scribbly Gum Workshop based on their new title ‘Scribbly Gum Secrets’, on Friday 26th August for Year 1 – Year 3.
“Their interactive workshops foster creativity and ecological awareness for children in a gentle and joyful way. Dannika and Megan share why & how nature inspires them in their work, encouraging curiosity, hypothesising, problem solving, team work and questioning. Then it’s time to get creative with a nature inspired art activity.”
Other book week activities for all year levels will be announced closer to the date.
Happy Reading,
Mrs Lamb
Classroom Awards Term 3 Week 2
| Class | Student Name | Reason |
| Prep A | Clancy | For a terrific start to Term 3! You are kicking goals Clancy! |
| Prep B | Edie | For writing amazing rhymes and including adjectives to make your rhymes more interesting. Reach for the stars Edi! |
| Prep C | Kyron B | For showing lots of progress with your writing. Keep up the super work Kyron! |
| Prep D | Sophie | For your amazing detailed writing about your school holidays. Keep up the fantastic writing Sophie! |
| 1A | Eliza | For being a helpful and kind member of 1A. Great work, Eliza. |
| 1B | Beau | For moving forward with your writing. Well done Beau! |
| 1C | Edward | For a fantastic start to Term 3. You are always trying your best, keep it up Edward! |
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| 2B | Yuma | Amazing work completing your spelling this week. Keep it up! |
| 2C | Taylor | For working hard to complete all tasks. Great work, Taylor. |
| 2D | Ezra | For being an enthusiastic and dedicated student! Well done, Ezra! |
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| 3B | Lillian | For being super kind and caring towards your teacher and peers. |
| 3C | Frankie | For an excellent start to Term 3! Keep up the great work Frankie. |
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| 4B | ||
| 4C | Erin | For a positive start to Term 3 and writing some wonderful goals. |
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| 4/5A | ||
| 5B | ||
| 5C | ||
| 6A | Elonna | For an enthusiastic start to a new semester. |
| 6B | Elise | For her great writing skills and excellent improvements in her English grades |
| LEADERSHIP AWARD: | ||
| Students who missed previous assembly presentation (award already printed out) | ||
| 5C | Alexa | For impressive work and dedication throughout the assessment period and always interacting with her peers with maturity and respect. |
| 1B | Markus | For displaying a positive attitude to learning and being a friendly class member |
Classroom Awards Term 2
| 2023 Assembly - Classroom & Leadership Awards | ||
| TERM 2: Week 8 | ||
| Prep M | Henrik K | for using puppets to retell a story which included lots of details. |
| Prep K | Tom J | Incredible work retelling the beginning, middle and end of The Very Hungry Caterpillar! You are a star, Tom! |
| Prep D | Edgar K | For your hard work drawing illustrations of the Very Hungry Caterpillar story. Fabulous Edgar! |
| 1M | Danny E | For your incredible use of adjectives and verbs within your character description assessment. You are a super star Danny! |
| 1D | Tristan C | For your wonderful use of adjectives in daily writing. Great work, Tristan! |
| 1S | Mabel Ea | For being an active learner in all class situations. Well done Mabel! |
| 1K | Eva D | For being a super learner and trying your absolute best in all that you do. You are a role-model to your peers, Eva! |
| 2K | Isa | for beginning to think about what she has done well and what she needs to do next to progress. You're an active learner Isa. |
| 2J | Kiran F | For being a kind friend and including everyone during play times. You're a great role model Kiran. |
| 2V | Rhett W | For your incredible work ethics and being a responsible student of 2V. Well done, Rhett. |
| 3T | Xavier K | For excellent research and presentation of Information Reports. Great work Xavier. |
| 3F | Bianca H | For being a respectful and dedicated student who always gives her best in all learning tasks. Well done, Bianca! |
| 4N | Arthur P | For his attention to detail and using scientific knowledge to design an incredible mouse tent. Good job, Arthur! |
| 4K | Dom R | For sharing great insights and knowledge especially in Science when designing a wonderful mouse tent. |
| 4A | Aspen O | For demonstrating high levels of care and understanding to your peers. You are a leader Aspen and 4A is lucky to have you! |
| 5S | Jagger B | For being a good listener and finishing your task promptly in Chinese. Well done! |
| 5F | Oliver Mo | For demonstrating high levels of respect and leadership throughout school Gala Day events. |
| 6J | Joshua V | For excellent work and high performance in class. |
| 6Z | Flyn M | For being the resident class I.T. expert. Very helpful! |
| 2023 Assembly - Classroom & Leadership Awards | ||
| TERM 2: Week 9 | ||
| Class | Student Name | Reason |
| Prep B | Estella S | For recognising and reading fifty-seven new tricky Red Words in one week. What a FABULOUS effort Estella! |
| Prep M | Georgia H | for making enthusiastic progress with reading |
| Prep K | Oakley S | For trying extremely hard to write sentences in daily writing! |
| Prep D | Frankie T | For being a caring and respectful member of our classroom, who gives her best efforts in learning. Amazing effort Frankie! |
| 1M | Beth G | For your creative independent writing. You are an incredible writer Beth, keep it up! |
| 1S | Nicholas M | For showing a huge improvement in making positive choices in the classroom. Well done Nicholas! |
| 2B | Austin K | For being a responsible and dedicated student who always gives his best effort. Well done, Austin! |
| 2K | Isla | for beginning to think about what she has done well and what she needs to do next to progress. You're an active learner Isa. |
| 2K | Harry | for being a reflective learner who continually takes on board feedback to help him improve. |
| 3M | Lachlan H | Lachan approaches each day with enthusiasm, cheerfulness and a willingness to apply himself to all tasks. Well done, Lachlan. |
| 3F | Shayla N | For an impressive portrayal of the lion in the drama of The Lion and The Mouse. |
| 4N | Claire B | For being a responsible and respectful member of our classroom, who gives her best efforts in learning. Awesome job Claire! |
| 4K | Harriet W | For being engaged in learning and making a huge effort in her learning. Well done Harriet. |
| 4A | Montse D | For always being the smiling face in 4A, your positivity is unrivaled. Well Done Montse! |
| 5F | Samuel 0 | For always following teacher instructions and supporting his peers. |
| 6Z | Josh Evans |
For working hard toward achieving his goals |
