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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.
Term 3 Lunchtime Clubs
Students are really enjoying the additional choices for play and activities at lunchtimes. Thank you to all staff and parents who have volunteered to run these additional clubs for students.
Monday 1st Break: STEM Club (Mr Curby)
Monday 2nd Break: Lego club (Ms Joynson)
Tuesday 2nd Break – Optiminds (Ms Kemph)
Wednesday 2nd Break – Art and Writing in Little Patch (Ms Smith)
Thursday 2nd Break – Eco Marines (Ms Baker and Ms Fletcher)
Friday 1st Break – Crochet & Knitting club (Dr McGrath and Ms Krohn)
Staffing Update
Mrs Angela Lamb (Teacher Aide) has been successful in gaining permanent employment with Qld Health and has now ceased work with EQ. Mrs Peta Wright ( Teacher Aide) will retire from the 07 July. Ms Annette Twiddle (Teacher Aide), Ms Karen Matheson (Admin) and Ms Blackadder (Teacher) will continue on leave until the end of the year. Mr Hayden Lawrence will continue as class teacher for Year 6B for the remainder of the year. I thank Mrs Wright and Mrs Lamb for their dedication to our students and school and wish them every success in their future ventures. I will be on Long Service Leave for week 1 of term 3 with Mrs Kay Bradley Acting Principal for the period.
Sports Days
Thank you to Mr Kent Rainbow, Mr Hayden Lawrence and all staff who helped organise and facilitate the track and field events for this year’s athletics days. Field events on the oval and memorial area last week were a huge success and Year 4-6 had a wonderful day of activity. This week Yr 3-6 students and staff are at Windsor Park for the annual Athletics day competition. It was great to see the students and staff supporting and wearing their House Colours and showing excellent participation and sportsmanship.
School Review
As part of our Quadrienniel School Review cycle, we will be participating in a review in Tuesday 29 Auust to Thursday 31 August this year. For those of you who have been through a school review you will know that this is a chance for an external team of educators to speak with staff, families, students and our school networks and to review our documentation so as to give us an independent report on what we are doing well and suggestion for our next 4 year Strategic Direction. This informs the development of our School Strategic Plan. Further information will be coming as we get closer to the review date. See attached a facts sheet on the school review.
Semester 1 Report Cards
Student report cards will be emailed home in this last week of term from Thursday 22 June. Thank you to Ms Norman and Mr Curby for coordinating this year’s process.
Prep ’24 Enrolments
At end of Term 2 we have 25 confirmed enrolments. We continue interviews in Term 3 with another 20 awaiting confirmation. Please encourage any families with prep aged children to get their enrolments in as soon as possible as we hope to conduct the majority of interviews in Term 3. This is an essential part of predicting student numbers, allocating staffing and forming classes for 2024.
- Term 3 – Pre-Prep Playgroup will run for 6 weeks and a ‘Tour of the School’ for prospective families will be arranged.
- Term 4 - Pre-Prep Playgroup will run for 6 weeks
Inclusive Education - Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)
The NCCD is a needs-based model of supporting students with disability in alignment with both the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) and the Disability Standards for Education (2005). Education Queensland’s Inclusion Policy also aligns with these key policies and gives guidance to how we develop our inclusive practices at New Farm SS. Our Inclusion Coach Cath Eurell is leading the annual data gathering for NCCD and integrates this work as part of our regular consultation and support processes. The main aspects include:
- knowing our students well,
- identifying the characteristics of individuals through consultation with students, parents or carers, specialists and teachers,
- identifying the impacts on access and participation in school,
- identifying the barriers which a person’s disability may have on their learning and participation, and
- developing adjustments to the curriculum, teaching strategies and assessments to support and enable every student to participate on the same basis as students who do not have a disability.
Pillar Champion Awards – Special Assembly Friday 23 June 2pm in the hall
We will hold a special assembly on the afternoon of the last day of term to recognise staff and students who have been nominate as doing excellent work in the areas of Inclusion, Innovation, Curriculum and Well-Being. Award recipients will be posted on dojo and will receive a special badge for one of these pillars.
Upcoming events:
- Last Day Term 2 – Friday 23 June
- First Day Term 3 – Monday 10 July
Daily Writing
Are you creative? Would you like to get our students excited about Daily Writing? With Daily Writing as one of our Signature Practices we like to inspire our students. I am looking for an interested parent or a group of parents who could transform the window of the office in reception into a writing stimuli, for week 5 of term 3.
Please contact me if you would like to get involved.
Kay Bradley kbrad27@eq.edu.au
Uniform Reminders
Remember your child/children will need a school jumper for the cool part of term 3. Please ensure you label it and any other uniform items clearly.
Kookie’s Playgroup
Kookie’s Playgroup for children starting Prep in 2024 will begin next term in week 3 (Tues 25 July) and run until week 8 (Monday 29 August). Sessions will run also in term 4 (Tuesday 17 October – Tuesday 21 November). If you or someone you know has a prep student beginning in 2024, let them know to come along! These sessions are not compulsory, however offer a great opportunity to have some fun at our school while preparing for Prep. Come and join us for a play!
Triple P free online sessions
Set your tween up for success
Do you have a tween in Years 5 or 6? Some big transitions are coming their way. This 6-module interactive course for parents offers practical steps for building strong, resilient and confident teens. Teen Triple P online is FREE and you can start now. Visit: Teen Triple P Online
UQ Research Study
Do you have a child who is about to, or has recently started primary school?
Researchers at the University of Queensland would like to hear about your experiences and/or need around your child's transition to school. See Flyer.
New Farm State School is now taking 2024 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.
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.
New Library Books
All of these new library books were purchased from reward points gained from previous Book Club and Book Fair orders. We still have reward points to use and will be purchasing more books throughout the year. Thank you everyone for your ongoing support of our school library.
Book Club Issue 5 arrives in week 1 of Term 3. Book Club magazines and online magazine copies will be sent out when they arrive.
Prep Vision Screening
The Primary School Nurse Health Readiness Program will be screening at New Farm State School commencing on Tuesday, 29 August 2023. This is a Queensland Government service that offers Free Vision Screening to all children enrolled in Prep. If your child is in Prep and you would like their vision screened, you will need to complete a consent form. Only one parent/guardian needs to fill in the consent form per child. The consent form link will close on Monday, 14 August 2023.
The following video explains the benefits of having your Prep child’s vision screened – “What is Prep Vision Screening?”
Please click on the following link to access the Online Consent Form and Parent Information Letter: https://visionscreening.health.qld.gov.au/ParentalConsent/2411YhT9 Alternatively, you can scan the QR code below:
The Look Out Program is a Pedestrian and Traffic Interaction program that “looks out” for our kids – the implication is one of care and concern. The Look Out program assists the school to help manage the flow of traffic in our 2 minute pick up zone on Annie Street, in an orderly, safe way. The Look Out Monitors are volunteers / representatives of the School. Please be respectful and courteous.
The 2023 Premier’s Reading Challenge is now on!
Reading period concludes on the Friday 25th August.
The Premier's Reading Challenge is an annual state-wide initiative for state and non-state schools and home-educated students up to Year 9, and children enrolled in an early childhood centre or program.
The challenge is not a competition but aims to improve literacy and encourage children to read widely for pleasure and learning.
For Prep — Year 9 students to successfully complete the challenge they must read or experience an allocated number of books based upon their year level during the reading period.
students who complete the challenge will have their efforts recognised through the receipt of a Certificate of Achievement signed by the Premier of Queensland.
For further information visit the Premier's Reading Challenge website.
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 |
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.
