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IMPORTANT NOTICES
What if my child is unwell?
Any child who is showing signs of illness or feeling unwell, should 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.
Chinese New Year – Lion Dance
Thank you to Mrs Chen and Ms Lee for once again organising our annual Lion Dance Performance. Prep – Year 6 students and staff enjoyed the performance last Friday afternoon. The performers were full of energy and the audience loved it.
Look Out Program
Thank you to all parents who have registered for our Look Out Program – registering means you understand the rules of our Pick Up / Drop Off zone and get a name tag for display on your car visor. Most drivers are doing a great job and we really appreciate the cooperation shown. Some concerns I still have are:
- Drivers should not park and leave their vehicle when using the Annie Street zone
- Many cars do not have student name tags clearly displayed
- Parents with children are walking in between cars to cross the road rather than using the crossing which is available. This is a major safety concern and distracting for staff who are helping students in and out of cars.
- Drivers using Heal Street should be aware this not our designated ‘pick up / drop off’ zone and not supervised by staff. It is important drivers follow the usual traffic rules.
- Infringement notices are under the realm of Brisbane City Council and Traffic Police. The school does not have any influence on such.
See attached the Look Out Registration form – once you send that in to the office your child will get a new label for your car. Thank you for helping us get this working well.
2024 Student Leaders – Congratulations to all our Captains, see below. These students will receive their captain’s shirts on assembly this week. The official leaders’ induction and badge ceremony is scheduled for later this term on Thursday 14 March. Year 6 parents and families are welcomed to attend.
Uniform Reminders
Whilst we acknowledge there is still a supply issue relating to school hats, it’s important all students have a wide brimmed hat for play. Until supply issues are resolved, any broad brimmed hat from home will be suitable.
Black shoes are part of our uniform. A few bits of colour is acceptable, but shoes for school should be predominately black.
Class Parent Reps
Parent Representatives play an important role in keeping our families connected. From welcoming new parents to the class, organising get togethers to supporting teachers in any special projects it’s an important role.
In order that our communication pathway is clear, we need to collate a list of all Parent Reps.
It is therefore important that all Parent Rep nominees email the P and C Treasurer directly, not class teachers, at the following email address:
Schoolyard Explorers Incursion
Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre will be visiting our school on Thursday 15thand Friday 16th February.
Schoolyard Explorers is a two-hour incursion designed to immerse our prep students in the sensory investigations of living things, through exploring the natural and built environments in school. Our students will determine the basic needs of the survival of animals and plants through a series of observations.
Preps will embark on a sensory walk. The students use magic eyes and collect samples of insects and complete a habitat survey. Students sketch an insect collected on their walk to consider why the organism was found there and discuss the basic needs for its survival.
The program concludes with the class collaboratively creating a classroom collage of their sensory walk and discussing the human impact on living things.
Street Science Incursion
On Tuesday 20th February year 1 students will enjoy a 45 minute Signature Science Show where they will experience science in action. Guided through a dazzling display, students will expand their understanding of the material world by describing observable changes to materials and sensing sources of light and sound.
Following the show classes will engage with the Cheeky Changes Workshop where students will be making, comparing and describing the physical changes of a bouncy ball.
Looking at Living Incursion
Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre will be visiting our year 3 students on Thursday 29th February and Friday 1st March.
Looking at Living is a two-hour incursion that provides students with the opportunity to consolidate their learning about grouping living, non-living and once living things before extending their knowledge by investigating macroinvertebrate samples from a local creek.
My Lifecycle Program
On 4th and 11th March Year 6 students will engage with the My Lifecycle Program run by True Relationships (formerly Family Planning).
My Lifecycle is a highly effective program that covers puberty and healthy relationships. The students will receive two sessions by True Relationship's experienced educators. The program includes a variety of interactive experiences for students including class discussion, a quiz and group work.
A Parent Session covering the focus of the My Lifecycle Program will be held in the library on Thursday 29th February 6:00-7:00pm.
Dance Extravaganza – Save the Date
Years 3-6 Dance Extravaganza will be held on Tuesday 26th March between 5-7pm. Students have been practising their dance routines throughout the term and would love to share them with you!
As we approach the midway point of Term 1, we are in the process of finalising our accounts as various events and activities unfold throughout the term. We understand that amidst the busyness of the term, it's possible for invoices to go unnoticed.
To ensure clarity and transparency regarding outstanding invoices and credits on accounts, we will be issuing statements of accounts to all families in the coming days. Should you find a credit on your account, it will be displayed as a negative figure (e.g., -$15.00). If you require clarification or assistance in understanding your account status, please don't hesitate to reach out to our administrative team, who will be more than happy to assist you.
At our school, we strongly encourage families to consider entering into payment agreements to alleviate any financial strain associated with fees. Our aim is to ensure that all children have equitable access to resources and events. Payment plan application forms are readily available for collection from the administrative office.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Should you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to contact us at your convenience. Your cooperation and support are greatly appreciated.
The school has received a number of complaints regarding traffic infringements issued along James Street to families collecting students as well as poor driver behaviour particularly in the Heal Street side of the school.
Contact has been made with Transport and Main Roads and the formation of a School Safe Travel Committee has begun with a school traffic review scheduled for early March. This committee comprises a representative from Police, Council, TMR, as well as a school and P&C representative.
The School reminds drivers to be aware of road rules and ensure to always conduct yourself in a considerate and safe way when on the roads. It is not the School's responsibility to monitor or educate driver behaviour.
Brisbane City Council will be moitoring the area in the coming days.
P&C General Meeting - Thursday 15 February 2024 @ 6pm at the School Library.
Please note this is also an online meeting which you are welcome to join as per below.
Meeting topics include:
- Principals report
- Treasurers report
- Habitat report
- Minutes from previous meeting
We look forward to seeing you all then.
NFSS P&C Executive Team
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 495 682 638 651
Passcode: Gkyg4H
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Thank you to the parents who came along last Friday to our Parent Information session on our New Farm State School reading program, Read Write Inc (RWI).
If you missed the session there are spare handouts at the office or you could follow the links below to the Ruth Miskin website where you can read more information and watch videos about the program.
Ruth Miskins Parents’ Page:
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/
Ruth Miskin Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/miskin.education
Free e-books for home reading:
http://oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/
On Friday 1st March 1pm to 3pm, we will be running our Colour Explosion School Run 4 Fun! It’s going to be a really fun day, so make sure you’re here. All children will need to bring a WHITE shirt for the Fun Run, to make the colour extra bright. But your teachers will remind you closer to the day too so you don’t forget!
BBQ and BAR after the Fun Run (near the memorial area)
After the Colour Explosion Fun Run, from 3pm we are inviting all children, parents and carers to stay and meet some other New Farm State School families. This is the first time this year we have the opportunity to bring everyone together and look forward to seeing you there. All are welcome. We will also be holding a BBQ, with bar – where you will be able to purchase a sausage sizzle, drinks, and snacks.
Incentive Prizes
Fundraising for our Colour Explosion School Run 4 Fun is entirely online. At the end of the fundraiser either order prizes to receive or donate to a cause – Carbon Neutral (tree planting), Great Barrier Reef Foundation (coral planting or turtle protection), The Smith Family (reading support) or OzHarvest (providing meals).
You only need to raise a minimum of $10 to receive an incentive prize and $20 to donate to a cause!
Monty the Monstar Prizes!
Monty the MonSTAR is giving away lots of extra prizes to help you reach for the fundraising STARS! Will you collect them all? Check out your sponsorship booklet to see what Monty has up for grabs.
$10,000 Budget Booster Bonanza Shopping Spree!
What would your family buy with a $10,000?! The highest fundraising student in our school will go into the draw to win: $2,500 Coles Card, $2,500 Woolworths Fuel Card, $2,500 Harvey Norman Card and a $2,500 Visa Card.
Win a PlayStation 5 Gaming Bundle!
Do you have a need for speed? The highest fundraising student in Australia will take home an awesome PlayStation 5 gaming bundle, complete with a NEW PlayStation 5 Console, VR2 Headset and Sense Controllers!
You have to be in it to win it! If you haven’t already, make sure you start fundraising online at www.australianfundraising.com.au. Happy fundraising!
Come and join in - Kingfishers Club Superstars!
Wow, what an epic splash-tacular start we had to our swimming adventures! The energy, the laughter, the camaraderie—everything was off the charts! A massive THANK YOU to each and every one of you for making it such a memorable night!
Next Club Night: Get ready to dive back in for another round of aquatic awesomeness! Join us this Friday, February 16th, at 5:15 PM sharp for a 5:30 PM splash-off! Trust me, you won't want to miss it!
Spread the Word: Calling all water enthusiasts! Help us make a bigger splash by bringing along new families and spreading the word far and wide! Remember, everyone is welcome in our splash-tastic kingdom!
Race Ready: No need to stress about registration! Simply listen out for your race calls and get ready to make waves! Just make sure the little champs come prepared with their swimmers, goggles, and caps for maximum swimming fun!
Delicious Treats: Did someone say sausage sizzle? Oh yes, we're back with even more scrumptious treats for you to enjoy! So come hungry and get ready to feast on some mouthwatering delights!
Keep It Clean: Let's show our love for our swimming spot by keeping it spick and span! Remember to pick up any rubbish and help us keep our poolside paradise sparkling clean!
Calling All Heroes: Remember, our club is powered by the passion and dedication of our amazing volunteers! We need YOUR help to keep the fun flowing smoothly! Whether it's firing up the BBQ, marshaling the kids, or starting races, every pair of helping hands counts!
Capturing Memories: We'd love to capture some of the joy and excitement of our swimming club and share it with our members and schools. If you prefer your child not to be in any published photos, please let us know. Your privacy and comfort are our top priorities!
How You Can Help: If you're up for lending a hand (and having a blast while you're at it), reach out to Dave Treloar (0409167261) if you're keen to take help with the BBQ/food stand. And if you're ready to dive into any other volunteering roles, just let us know by email or catch us on the night!
Let's keep the momentum going and make every club night bigger, better, and more splashing than the last! Can't wait to see you all there for another unforgettable evening by the pool!
Splash on,
Paul Scott
Kingfishers Swimming Club - Making Waves, Building Community
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 |
With school back for 2024, we need to keep safety top-of-mind when travelling through active school zones and around our school community.
School zone times have been standardised in Queensland to help motorists remember when to slow down. The standard operating times for most school zones in Queensland are 7–9am and 2–4pm, with some operating all day between 7am–4pm.
Speeding remains a significant concern, contributing to fatalities and injuries, and police will be on the lookout for speeding motorists. Keeping below the signed speed limit in school zones helps keep everyone safe. This simple adjustment may have minimal impact on travel time but has the potential to significantly contribute to saving lives.
Children's crossings are identified by children's crossing flags, displayed near crossings before and after school hours.
When the crossing is supervised, you, as a motorist, must:
- Wait until all pedestrians, bicycle riders, or personal mobility device riders have crossed the road and the crossing supervisor has returned to the footpath.
- Abide by the direction given by the School Crossing Supervisor.
Please keep our children safe by staying alert, slowing down and obeying our school crossing supervisors who are there to help kids cross the road safely.
You can also help children become more road safety aware by:
- Showing them how to look for vehicles coming in and out of driveways and discourage them from playing behind parked cars, or with toys or balls when walking to school.
- Ensuring your child knows the safest route to and from school. This is usually the way with the least traffic and the fewest roads to cross and teach your child to always walk on footpaths.
- Showing your child how to cross at traffic lights when the green 'walk' sign is showing at pedestrian crossings when vehicles have stopped and at supervised school crossings when the supervisor has signalled it is safe to do so.
- Accompanying children when walking or riding to school until they are old enough to understand road safety (usually around 10 years or older).
- Teaching your child if they catch the bus to never cross in front of or behind a bus; wait until the bus goes before crossing the road.
- Making sure wheeled devices (bicycle, scooter, skateboard, or rollerblades) used to travel to school are well maintained and that the appropriate protective and safety gear (for example, helmet, visible clothing, knee and elbow pads) are used.
Visit the Street Smarts website for more information about what to do at pedestrian and children crossings.
If your child/ren have a medical condition requiring regular or emergency administration of medication, please make sure you have supplied school with the following:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 9am – 3pm daily.
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.
If you wish to enquire about enrolling your child/ren in the service or have any other queries about the service, contact the services direct email, newfarm@schoolplus.com or mobile 0458052153
Working bee dates across the year are as follows:
March 2nd
April 6th
May 4th
June 1st
July 6th
August 3rd
September 7th
October 5th
November 2nd
December 7th
Please email interest to admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
