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.

Report Cards 

Report Cards will be emailed home this Thursday 7^th December.

Report cards are also accessible via Qparents. If you have not yet registered with Qparents, please do so, at your earliest convenience. 

To ensure your child’s report is not sent to your junk folder, please set application.oneschool@qed.qld.go.au to your safe set of senders.

If you wish to change your email contact details, kindly email the office at admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au as soon as possible, so that the new contact details will take effect.

Library

The library is now closed for borrowing. Please ensure all library books are returned as soon as possible.

Curriculum Fun!

Recently, our teachers have been familiarising themselves with the new version 9 English Australian Curriculum. By 2027 all learning areas will be using this version of the curriculum. Did you know our Science curriculum is using the new version already?

Thanks to our dedicated teachers who are always looking for innovative ways to engage our NFSS students inside and outside of the classroom.

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.

If your child/ren have a medical condition requiring regular or emergency administration of medication, please make sure you have the following ready for drop off in 2024:

1. A CURRENT Action Plan for Asthma and Allergies – these are to be reviewed on a yearly basis, if your current action plan expires by the end of March 2024 please arrange a new one over the school holidays as the start of the year can be very busy.
2. An accompanying letter from a Doctor for all medication that may need to be administered during school hours – detailing when, why and how much medication is required to be administered at school.

IF YOUR CHILD/REN SELF ADMINISTER THEIR MEDICATION THIS NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY DISPLAYED IN BOTH THE LETTER FROM THE DOCTOR AND IN THE ACTION PLAN

Parents are also required to provide a letter detailing their consent for their child/ren to administer their own medication.

1. Medication must be in the original container and must have a pharmacy label with your child’s name and the prescribing Doctor/Dentist’s details.
2. If required, Parents will need to fill out an “Administration of Medication” form. If your child requires more than one medication, a form for each medication will need to be filled out.

Please note that unless all of these are received, staff cannot administer medication during school hours.

Providing Medication to the School

Parents are welcome to drop medication to the Admin Office between Monday 15^th January and Friday 19^th January from 9am – 3pm daily.

If you cannot make these times, you are welcome to drop into the admin office between 9am & 12pm during Week 1 of term (starting 22nd January).

Students are not permitted to transport their own medication. An adult must attend and provide medication and complete any require consents.

For all emergency medication, once it has been received and recorded by administration, all medication (e.g. asthma medication, anaphylaxis medication) will be put into a labelled box and stored in the administration building First Aid Room.

If your child/ren’s medical status changes (e.g. asthma action plan no longer relevant, allergy severity decreased etc) please let the school know via email through firstaid@newfarmss.eq.edu.au so that we may update our systems.

The office wishes you all a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to seeing you all return in 2023.

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.

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.

Registration Form

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

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

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