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- Prep 2024 Enrolments CLOSING SOON
- Ray White's Fete Auction Cheque Presentation
- School Plus Update
- Classroom Awards
- Christmas Holiday Acting Workshops
- Home Reading Books
- NFSS Band's Music Concert Invitation
- 2024 Instrumental Music Expression of Interest
- BigFish LittleFish Mini Squad
- Invitation For Our First Nations Families
- School Plus Job Vacancy
- School Crossing Supervisor EOI
- Position Vacant - School Locker Uniform Shop
- EOI Casual Positions: Administrative Officer, Teacher Aide & Cleaning Team
- Look Out Program
- Lost property - F Block
- Community News
- Sponsors
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Uniform Shop Term 4 |
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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.
Flexible School Hours
Over the past few weeks there has been some media reporting and commentary that mistakenly suggested schools would be moving to a four-day week.
Queensland State Schools are operational and will continue to operate five days per week. Where flexible school start and finish times are considered, such as is at Fortitude Valley State High school, there is always rigorous consultation with all stakeholders and a strict process to follow.
I wanted to clarify, with all parents, that the hours of operation for New Farm State School will remain the same and there are no plans to alter start or finish times.
School Vision
As you will be aware, we recently took part in a whole school review process. This review process, helps us plan our Strategic Direction for the next four years. The next step for our strategic direction, is to ensure our vision reflects the direction of our school for the next 4 years.
We value your input into the process and invite your contributions. From next Wednesday to Friday, there will be display boards outside the Prep playground, before and after school. These will have some questions relating to areas for development e.g., wellbeing and curriculum.
Please stop by and add your voice, comments and statements to these display boards. Alternatively, come along to a Vision Workshop in the library at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday the 29th of November.
Classes 2024
On the Tuesday of week 10, our students will meet their 2024 teacher, in their new classroom. At the end of this day, they will bring a postcard home introducing their teacher. If a student is away on holiday, this postcard will be emailed to you. Prep 2024 students will have their postcard emailed to them.
As we take new enrolments continuously, the classes remain in draft until day 8 of the new school year. Occasionally classes are changed to reflect these new numbers
- Prep – Year 2 Dance Extravaganza
The Prep-Year 2 Dance Extravaganza will be held on Tuesday the 5th of December.
We ask that the Prep-Year 2 students dress up in Christmas-themed costumes. Any white/red/green/sparkly tinsels etc would be great. If students are choosing to wear a skirt or dress, please wear shorts under, so they feel more comfortable while dancing.
Join us in the hall 5:30pm – 7pm.
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Performance Time |
Classes |
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5:30pm – 5:40pm |
Prep B and Prep D |
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5:45pm – 5:55pm |
Prep K and Prep M |
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6:00pm – 6:10pm |
Year 1M and Year 1K |
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6:15pm – 6:25pm |
Year 1D and Year 1SM |
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6:30pm – 6:40pm |
Year 2J and Year 2V |
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6:45pm – 6:55pm |
Year 2K and Year 2B |
Library
The library is now closed for borrowing. Please ensure all library books are returned by the end of this week.
QParents
We kindly ask that all NFSS families register with QParents.
QParents is a parent portal that we are progressing towards making our one-stop-shop platform for parents. Recent upgrades to the functionality of QParents, means that it will become a portal for permissions for school excursions.
QParents is available via either a website or a handy app, which enables fast access to pay multiple invoices at once and provide multiple permissions at once.
Prep 2024 enrolments CLOSING SOON !
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.
Tom Lyne and Haesley Cush from Ray White New Farm visited the school today to present Mel Norman Acting Deputy Principal, George Gallantree P&C Fete Representative and Rachael Frizzo P&C President with a giant cheque representing the $25,000 donation Ray White have generously donated to the New Farm State School P&C.
The money was raised at a live auction at the school Fete on 11th November which saw the netball court a buzz with bidders while Haesley weilded his gavel while entertaining the crowd.
The lucky winner of the bidding won an enormous prize package to sell their home with Ray White consisting of:
Exclusive listing by Ray White New Farm
A dedicated Ray White New Farm agent to sell the home
Full page advertisements over 3 weeks
Premier listing on realestate.com.au
Platinum listing on Domain
Ray White Collective listing
Press package
Property video campaign
On bahalf of the New Farm State School Community we would like to extend our emense gratitude to both Tom, Haesley and everyone at Ray White New Farm for their huge contribution to our P&C and subsequently, our students' future.
Thank You!
TERM 1 WEEK 2
| Prep B | Leo Soderman-Aro | For remembering lots of his classmates names. What a great memory you have Leo! |
| Prep N | Mia Wenham | For confidently settling into Prep. You have listened carefully and followed instructions well. An awesome start to school, Mia! |
| 1M | Vivienne Tran | For a fantastic transition to Year 1. You have followed all of Kookie's Rules, keep shining Vivienne! |
| 1T | Maxwell Flook | For a great start to Year 1, a happy hard working class member. Well done Max! |
| 2B | Summer SINCLAIR | For settling into your new school so well. You show determination and focus in all class activities. I look forward to a great year ahead! |
| 3B | Madison Gray | For being a responsible and respectful class member of 3B. Well done on a great start, Madison! |
| 4K | Lachlan Humrich | For a wonderful introductory letter about himself and settling well into Year 4K. It is going to be wonderful year! |
| 4M | Quinn Hansen | for demonstrating insightful understanding of student and teacher expectations for learning. |
| 5F | Montse Donatiu | For always demonstrating attentive listening and applying herself across all subject areas. |
| 5W | Curtis Vatnabar | For demonstrating our school rules right from the start, you are set for a fantastic year Curtis. |
| Class | Student Name | Award |
| Prep B | Hazel | For your amazing ability to copy and write the alphabet letters correctly. What a champion! |
| Prep D | Saskia Svarc | For showing kindness and helping her classmates. Prep D is lucky to have you Saskia! |
| Prep K | Lily Packer | For confidently settling into Prep and trying your best with all activities! Great job, Lil! |
| Prep N | Romelson Cantor | For enthusiastically and respectlly showing his knowleldge in all lessons. Awesome work, Romelson! |
| 1J | Elle Fraser | For being kind, caring and helpful towards new students. You're a wonderful friend Elle! |
| 1M | Ziggy Oughton | For your wonderful retell of The Four Dragons cultural story. You are a super star learner, Ziggy! |
| 1T | Noah Foster | For arriving at school each morning with a smile and ready to learn. Well done Noah! |
| 2J | Vivien T | For a wonderful start to year 2, participating in all class activies with positivity and enthusiasm. Great work Vivien! |
| 3B | Rhett Warren | For having an enthuastic and positive attitude in all learning areas. Well done! |
| 3D | Dylan Wenham | For your enthusiastic and insightful participation in class discussions. Keep it up, Dylan! |
| 3K | Sari Brown | For being such a kind friend and diligent learner, making you a role-model to your peers. We are so lucky to have you in 3K, Sari! |
| 3M | Lila Tampiyappa | Welcome to New Farm! Thank you for immediately and happily joining into classroom activities with interest and positivity. Great start, Lila. |
| 4K | Shayla NELSON-CHAPMAN | For being an active class member and engaging in all class activities with enthusiasm. Keep it up Shayla. |
| 4M | Elvis Senese | For focused work writing noun groups. |
| 4D | Evie Troy | Welcome to New Farm, Evie! Your prompt involvement in classroom activities, along with your positive energy, is off to a fantastic start. Keep up the great work! |
| 5F | Harvie Whearty | For a genuine love of learning always follow up Math's investigations with curious questions and clarifications. |
| 6F | Hunter McGraw | For showing great courage in a difficult situation. |
| 6Z | Alexander Celebrin | Well done Zand for settling in seamlessly to New Farm State School and for contributing positively to class discussions |
| LEADERSHIP AWARD: | ||
| 6F | Samuel O'Gorman | For encouraging the opponents team members, keep up the great work! |
| 6J | Adèle Ravis Dennington | Awarded for outstanding participation and active engagement in the classroom. |
TERM 1 WEEK 4
| Class | Student Name | Award |
| Prep B | Tori Chin | You are a delightful, happy and kind class member. Prep B is so lucky to have you in their class! |
| Prep D | Xavier Troy | For your fantasic whole body listening and following instructions. You're a star Xavier! |
| Prep N | Angar Tulgakhuu | For the carefully formed letters in your sentence writing. Awesome work, Angar! |
| 1J | Chloe Xu | For being a super learner! You're always 'ready to learn'! Keep up the fantastic work, Chloe! Your enthusiasm shines bright! |
| 1M | Oscar Lake | For your incredible focus during carpet time. You have outstanding listening skills Oscar, keep it up! |
| 2J | Hugo H | For being an enthusiastic learner completing all tasks to a high standard. Keep up the fabulous work Hugo. |
| 3B | Eloise Boyd | For being a respectful and attentive learner in 3B! Well done on a fabulous start to the year, Eloise! |
| 3D | Jacob Reese | For the confidence and enthusiasm you displayed during Maths lessons this week. Keep it up, Jacob! |
| 3K | Kaan Savas | For enthusiastically providing insightful contributions and ideas during our persuasive writing lessons. You're an amazing learner Kaan! |
| 4K | Indiana Kenny | For working hard in all learning areas. Keep it up Indiana! |
| 4M | Jude Pfeiffer | for further investigation of odd and even numbers. |
| 4D | Zumchung Balkin | For consistently delivering outstanding work promptly, all while maintaining a respectful and responsible manner. Great work, Zumchung! |
| 5F | Eli Hatch | For being a role model for his peers and producing high quality work |
| 5V | Ally Hold | For being an active listener and an active learner. Great work, Ally! |
| 6F | Ruby O'Connor | For being diligent learner and role-model to your peers. Keep up the great work Ruby. |
| 6Z | Anthina Chan | For consistently making positive contributions to classroom discussions. Well done Anthina! |
| LEADERSHIP AWARD: | ||
| Lolita Green | For completing her Project Captain responsonsiblities with dedication and excellence | |
| Samuel Holliday | For completing his Project Captain responsonsiblities with dedication and excellence |
Fraser Coast Films presents 3 acting workshops in Brisbane these Christmas Holidays for children aged from 7 to 18 years old.
'Create-a-play' workshop on 11th Dec where students will participate in improvisation and drama games to create a play to perform.
Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/CNMXV
'Self taping/audition' workshop for screen acting 12th Dec where students will learn self taping and audition techniques to get into the screen industry.
Book here: https://christophersommerscoachingsession.as.me/?appointmentType=55100289
’Screen acting master class' Tuesday 9th January - a class to help students learn and hone screen acting skills and techniques, working with professional film directors (please email if interested).
For more information email tam@frasercoastfilms.com.au or phone 0424303312
RETURNING HOME READING BOOKS
All Read Write Inc Phonics lessons (except for Prep RWI lessons which will conclude at the end of this week), one to one tutoring sessions and home reading have now finished for the year. Please return all outstanding Read Write Inc and levelled home reading books to school as soon as possible to ensure we have enough resources for our students in 2024
All students in year 3 in 2023 are invited to apply to participate in this program from 2024.
Detailed information including the online link to apply is attached.
A hard copy application is available upon request if you would prefer this to the online survey.
Contact: Our band instrumental music teacher Mr Colin McIntyre via email cmcin13@eq.edu.au if you have any questions
New Farm Public School is committed to fostering inclusivity and representing the diversity of our students. We are currently reaching out to invite First Nations parents and family members to participate as First Nations representatives at our monthly P&C meetings.
The P&C meetings are a platform where parents and family members can actively contribute to the decision-making processes and support the school in creating a nurturing environment for our students. By having First Nations representatives on board, we can better ensure that the voices and perspectives of our First Nations students and their families are represented and heard.
Responsibilities of First Nations parent and family representatives may include:
- Attending P&C monthly meetings and actively participating in discussions
- Voicing concerns, suggestions and recommendations from a First Nations perspective
- Collaborating with staff and parents to promote cultural awareness and inclusivity
- Providing suggestions about cultural activities, celebrations or educational initiatives that celebrate First Nations culture within our school community.
Welcoming the participation of First Nations families in our P&C meetings, as well as collaborating and engaging with First Nation community members and organisations signifies a crucial and foundational step in our journey towards reconciliation.
If you know of any potential First Nations community connections, Elders or organisations open to establishing connections or engaging in collaboration with our school, or if you are interested in the role of a First Nations representative, have further questions or would like to know more please email Talia on txjoh11@eq.edu.au
Please email interest to admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
Paid position available from November in the School Uniform Shop, run by School Locker.
School Locker are motivated to fill the position as soon as possible to allow maximum handover time with Gayle the current Coordinator.
The schedule will consist of two 3 hour shifts per week during terms 1 and 4, and one 3 hour shift per week during terms 2 and 3. More hours available during December and January during lead up and back to school time, as well as the opportunity for shifts at the Northlakes School Locker location should the applicant be interested. The position is covered by the General Retail Industry Award. The shop is currently open each Monday and Wednesday 8am-9:30am if you would like to call in and have a chat to Gayle about the role.
For more information and to arrange an interview please email School Locker Operations Manager Paul Thomas paul.thomas@theschoollocker.com.au
We are seeking motivated and passionate individuals to join the team at NFSS.
The successful Administrative Officer candidate will assist in providing key and critical administrative duties in the front office. Teacher Aide applicants will be working with all year levels as well as in the Inclusion Team. Our Cleaning Team work together to ensure our school is an inviting place for our students, families and staff.
This talent pool is open to accepting applications for 6 months. It's purpose is to gather potential candidates for future vacancies that may emerge withing the various roles.
Please forward a cover letter and resume to bsm@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
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.
