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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.
Dr Carmel McGrath
Little Farm
Classes are now accessing Little Farm as a play and learning space within our grounds. After a long wait the students and staff are thoroughly enjoying the newly established area. We are all caring for the plants to help establish the new gardens. It is a beautiful area and students seem to be loving the chance to explore it.
Also a huge thank you to our parent group who tend to our Little Patch area which looks amazing at the moment. The ground work in this area has now been approved and should be underway soon.
Term 3 Drills- Evacuation and Lockdown.
This week we have run our Lockdown and Evacuation Drills to ensure all staff, students and visitors on our site are familiar with procedures for emergency drills in our new facilities. Reminder to all vistors to sign on at the office when you attend the school to volunteer.
EKKA - public holiday Wednesday 10 August – School will be closed on this day. School Plus also closed.
City Collective Schools – Student Leadership Project
Thank you to Ms Zayn Al Abidin for supporting our Year 6 student project leaders, Max, Giselle, Brayden, Elonna, Alexis and Denzel, as they participate in the City Collective Schools’ annual Legacy Project. Student are supported by Year 11 Kelvin Grove SHS students Alicia and Tom. This year’s New Farm student senior legacy project is purchasing and painting river stones with individual names or designs which will be integrated into our new Little Farm area. Students will be leading the fundraising events for this project.
COVID safe requirements
Who is required to wear a face mask?
Face masks are not required to be worn in Queensland, including at schools and early childhood centres, except for close contacts or anyone following isolation requirements for confirmed cases of COVID-19. More information is available on the face masks page.
What are schools doing to keep our children safe?
Schools and early childhood services have a number of measures in place to create a COVID safe environment for our children and staff, including hygiene measures, cleaning, physical distancing and ventilation. More information is available on the creating a COVID safe environment page.
Who is required to be vaccinated for COVID-19?
There is no longer a requirement for workers attending an education setting, including parents, carers, workers and volunteers, to be vaccinated for COVID-19. State schools do not need to verify the vaccination status of visitors, including workers or volunteers, and the Check In Qld app is not required to be used in schools.
In conjunction with Brisbane City Council’s Active School Travel program, we are able to offer free scooter skills and bike skills training for Year 4 and 5 students.
Scooter Skills
Year 4 and 5 students are invited to participate on Monday 5 September, in school time. All participants are to bring their own scooter and helmet. All details of the event and how to register are at this link. Registrations close Thursday 25 August:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/new-farm-state-school-scooter-skills-training-tickets-358281849657
Bike Skills
Available for Year 4 and 5 students on Thursday 8 September, in school time. All participants are to bring their own bike and helmet. All details of the event and how to register are at this link. Registrations close Thursday 25 August:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/new-farm-state-school-bike-skills-training-tickets-358274547817
PLAYGROUP PROGRAM - Prep 2023
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.
SPARK THEIR FUTURE
A new website for parents/carers of teenagers has been developed to find ways to inspire your child to enjoy school and learning. Go to https://www.sparktheirfuture.qld.edu.au/
This website includes topics such as-
- Finding their spark
- How to help your child with homework
- Learning from failure
- How to talk to your child’s school
- What to do if you think your child is being bullied
- Anger management for teens – how you can help
TEACHER AIDE POSITION
3 hours per day, 5 days a week.
Start date to be finalised till 9 Dec 2022.
New Farm State School is looking for a part-time Teacher Aide to work in our First Aid, reception and could include working in Inclusion and Literacy areas.
We need you to have:
- Full First Aid Certificate
- Administration Skills
- Passion to work in our Inclusion and Literacy areas
- Current Working with Children (Blue Card)
If this is YOU – PLEASE send a 1 page letter telling us about your skills and why you would like to work at the school.
Email to bsm@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
Closing date : Friday 12 August 2022
District Track and Field Days
Monday 1 August and Tuesday 2 August, were two brilliant days of effort by our representatives. There were several personal bests in field events and some students simply excelled by making semi-finals and finals.
We especially appreciate those students who turned up to make it possible to run teams in all the relay events!
Thank you to all the parents who were able to come and support our students.
The following students placed highly in their events and will attend the Met North Regional trials:
Ava (Discus 2nd)
Giselle (Discus 1st)
Sander (Discus 4th, Long Jump 1st, High Jump 1st)
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 |
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
