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- Save the Date - Year 6 Graduation Ceremony - Mon 5 Dec 22
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- New Farm Kingfishers Swim Club Season 2022/23
- Newsletter publication for Term 4 - fortnightly
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- Safe Work Month - October
- Qld Mental Health Week
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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.
2022 Prep Classroom Visit
This Thursday 27th October our 2022 preppies will be visiting our school and meeting the Prep Teachers and Teacher Aides. Below is a brief outline of the procedures
9:00am
- Staff meet parents and children arriving outside the hall.
- Parents record their information at the sign on table.
- Children farewell parents and move to allocated area with staff.
- Staff escort children to their activities
9:15am Activities commence
10:10am Activities end. Booklets are distributed to the children to take home.
10:15am Children move to the hall veranda in their groups and await parents to collect.
RSVP to Enrolments Enrolments@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
2023 Student Leadership Selection Process
In Term 4 we will be selecting our 2023 School Captain, Vice-Captain ad House Captains. The Project Captain process is undertaken in Term 1 of 2023 once student have selected their project group. The current Year 5 students are now invited to participate in the process. Below is the outline of key dates. Role descriptions, timelines and nomination forms will be given to students and available on the website.
Summary of key dates:
Please note that specific dates for activities in weeks 3-6 will be given to staff and students but changes may need to be made due to unforeseen events in the day to day running of school.
Term 3 Week 10
- Wednesday 14th September – Student leadership information disseminated to Year 5 students
- Wednesday 14th September – Assembly & Newsletter announcement about Leadership selection process
Term 4 Week 2
- Friday 14th October – nominations close 3pm. Nominations should be handed in at the main office F Block.
Week 4
- School and Vice-captain speeches and student voting (Year 3-5 only)
- Principal / Deputy interviews shortlisted students
- Principal announces the 2023 School and Vice Captains & Letters to parents
Week 5
- House captain speeches and student voting (Years 3-5 only)
- Principal / Deputy interviews shortlisted students
- Principal announces the 2023 House Captains & Letters to parents
Weeks 6
- At Assembly - 2023 School and Vice-Captains and House Captains introduced to school.
2023 Term 1
- Project Captains are selected by teachers from their practical participation and leadership shown during project participation.
- Announcement made and letters sent to parents in week 6 and 7.
Badge Ceremony – to be announce – anticipated around week 8 Term 1 2023.
Instrumental Music extra curricular – thank you to Colin McIntyre for organising the performances for Term 4, including Musicfest (31 Oct) and Gala afternoon (21 Nov). Thank you also to Dan Quigley for his support and guidance with the school instrumental performances.
Classes 2023
We will soon be starting the complex process of forming 2023 classes. At this stage, we welcome parent input.
If you would like to share information relating to your child’s learning, personality clashes and other important family information, you are able to do so through the following link:
https://forms.office.com/r/gSkHAwK0Ld
This link will be open until 3 p.m. on Friday the 16th of September
2022 Term 3
Curriculum Champions-
- Kyla Kerrisk- for her application of writing case management processes in her classroom to improve the literacy skills of her students. She presented this to all teachers on Pupil Free Day. Kyla demonstrates an understanding and application of the Australian Curriculum and pedagogy beyond her years.
- Julie McAllister- for Curriculum for the outstanding work she has done with Little Patch, being willing to speak with classes about the garden and being instrumental in ensuring access and participation for all in Little Patch.
- Bodiel H - She has an understanding and uses the marking guides to gain feedback to improve her learning
Innovation Champions-
- Andre Abelita- for consistently and conscientiously attending to requests for IT assistance. Andre is always willing to help and does so with a smile. Thanks Andre....you are very much appreciated!
- Elvis S- for always having the most creative ideas and the ability to initiate activities.
- Max G- for applying knowledge to create plans for a sustainable hotel and assisting year 1 buddy students to build a house with essential liveability needs and requirements.
Inclusion Champions-
- Wendy MacGregor and Marg Smith- for opening up their classroom, collaborating with staff and actively seeking to support all learners.
- Asher D - inclusive to all of her peers in and outside of the classroom. Demonstrates kindness, patience and inclusiveness.
Wellbeing Champions-
- Natalie Morris- Natalie is a multi-tasker extraordinaire. Despite having many responsibilities at any given time, she is always willing to help you with a pleasant and friendly manner. Thanks for being so approachable and supportive Natalie!
- Tony Ware- Nothing is ever too hard, he always has time to listen (students and staff), he cares about the environment.
- Lilian F and Maya K- for consistently giving up their own time to ensure everyone is included in all playground activities.
Save the Date - NFSS- Fun Day - Whole school - Tues 11 October. P&C fundraiser.
Students to wear their house colour shirt on this day. Details to follow, parents welcome to attend.
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 |
Refreshments this Friday 16 September for tuckshop volunteers and friends
This Friday 16 September at 2.00pm the Tuckshop crew invites volunteers and people potentially interested in volunteering to drop in for refreshments.
Swim Club starts Monday 10 October
The amazing New Farm Swim Club is due to start on Monday 10 October 2022. You can register and pay on Flexischools and you can download the registration form from this QR Code:
New Farm State School Halloween Dance - Friday 28 October
We are excited to announce the the New Farm State School will be holding a Halloween Dance on Friday 28 October from 5.30pm. Cover cost is $10 per family and registrations will open soon on Flexischools. Keep the Date! And think about volunteering for just one hour to make the event a success!
New Farm Tuck Shop success
A big shout out to Paula and Michelle from the Tuckshop and all of the volunteers. P&C Executive member Lyn Moore has been a guiding force and the Tuckshop is getting stronger and stronger by the day. Orders are increasing and thanks to everyone involved, the Tuckshop is financially sustainable!
Gathering to explore ideas for play and garden spaces and to develop a guiding plan for our P&C
On Tuesday 11 October at 6pm-8pm the P&C is hosting a special event to gather parents to seek your input on our direction as an association. In particular we will be seeking your guidance on how to apply funds to garden and outdoor projects. As a P&C we want to have a strategy to guide us based on what parents and families think. This includes forward consideration of fundraising for 2023 and how we might create memorable events that build our school community. Please RSVP to president@nfsspandc.com.au
Seeking volunteers to work on Hats and Heels
The P&C will be launching 2023 with a Hats and Heels event at a local venue. We are seeking a group of about 4 volunteers to help with planning the event. Express your interest to president@nfsspandc.com.au.
Newsletter publication for Term 4 - fortnightly.
Publishing for Term 4 will be in week 2, 4,6, 8 and 10. Other important items will be sent via schoolzine as required.
Isolation period update
From Friday 9 September 2022 the COVID-19 isolation period will reduce from 7 days to 5 days, provided you have no symptoms and don’t work in aged care, disability care or home care.
All other isolation requirements will remain the same.
School Watch
The School Watch Program is a partnership between Education Queensland, the Queensland Police Service and the State Government Protective Security Service. It aims to reduce criminal activity in Queensland schools and encourages everyone to look out for after-hours crime in our schools. If you see anything suspicious, please don’t attempt to intervene.
Call the School Watch number – 13 17 88
Let’s work together to help create safer school communities.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
October is Safe Work Month, which is an annual event aimed at putting the spotlight on the importance of safe and healthy workplaces, improving rehabilitation and return to work outcomes for injured staff, and taking time for mental health.
The department’s theme for Safe Work Month this year is ‘Safety 365’, which is about working together to demonstrate and ensure our commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of ourselves, students and anyone else who steps into our schools and workplaces every day of the year – not just in October.
Safe Work Month also ties in with the department’s value 'Work safe, learn safe, be safe'.
