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.

Dr Carmel McGrath

Year 6 Student Legacy Project

Thank you to Ms Davis for supporting this year’s project for Year 6 students. Year 6 project group have engaged with Kelvin Grove SHS and QACI Year 11 Mentors who supported the projects across the City Collective Schools.

2025 Prep Enrolment

We are currently undertaking Prep Interviews with 42 already enrolled. Please encourage any families who are yet to submit their prep applications to do so as soon as possible. Throughout Term 3 and 4 we have planned a number of Kookie Playgroup dates and in Term 4 we hold our annual open morning for parents and new preppies meet the Prep staff.

Thank you to HOD Mrs Mel Norman and Inclusion Coach Cath Eurell for coordinating the play dates.

Term Drills

We have completed both our term Lockdown and Evacuation Drills ensuring all staff, students and visitors on our site are familiar with procedures for emergency drills in our new facilities. Thank you to teachers for their efficiency with the drills.

Year 5 Camp

The cold weather did not deter our Year 5 staff and students from thoroughly embracing all that Emu Gully Adventure camp had to offer. The students begin camp with limited experience and knowledge of the hardship endured by our ANZACs but through the brilliant program, storytelling and simulated activities, they gain some insight into the reason the qualities of our ANZACs are valued and remembered as part of our Australian History. The students learn to work together to achieve challenges successfully and are often stretched to beyond their initial expectation.  The enthusiasm and conduct of the students were very pleasing and I am very grateful to the staff team of Mr Fleming, Mrs Baker, Mr Thaker and Ms Pool-Warren who spent time away from their families to ensure students had this wonderful experience.

Prep Musical Extravaganza

A huge congratulations to the Prep students and staff on the fabulous performance ‘Imenagerie that!’ Thanks to the creative brilliance of Mr Peter Nash and Ms Bec Davis, every prep student was actively involved in this musical performance brought to life through a collection of favourite children’s stories. Mr Nash single-handedly created indicate costumes and sets for the performance. Amazing and cuteness overload!!! Thank you for your initiative Mr Nash.

Staff Update

Congratulations to Mrs Krohn who has been seconded to the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) for 3 days per week for the remainder of 2024.  Mrs Krohn will be part of a team developing HASS curriculum materials and professional development programs for the new Australian Curriculum Version 9. Ms Amanda Halsey has now been appointed to the part time role on staff and will work with Year 4M Monday – Wednesday for the remainder of the year. 

Upcoming events Term 3:

• 2025 Prep enrolment interviews – Tuesdays
• Kookies Pre-prep playgroup Tuesdays Term 3 weeks 3-8
• EKKA Holiday Wed 14 August
• National Anti-Bullying Day Friday 16 August
• Pupil Free Day – Friday 30 August
• Teacher Aide’s Day Friday 06 September
• P&C Whole School Fun Day Thursday 12 Sept
• Last Day Term 3 Friday 13 September

Melinda Norman

Year 1 Nudgee Beach Excursion: Everybody's Backyard

Our Year 1 students will be visiting Nudgee Beach for an excursion that links to their Science unit of work on Monday 22^nd July (1T & 1S) and Tuesday 23^rd July (1J & 1M).

Please ensure you arrive to school by 8:30am on your allocated day. 

ALL Students will need the following:

• Hat
• Sunscreen 
• Insect repellent
• Closed in shoes that can get wet – NO GUM BOOTS OR CROCS
• Light long sleeves or at least a t-shirt – NO SINGLETS
• Light long pants or shorts
• A change of SHOES including socks
• A complete change of CLOTHES
• A Raincoat
• A Towel
• A BAG to put dirty shoes and wet clothes in if required

A reminder to ensure permission and payment has been made for your child to attend this excursion.

First Contact Excursion

On Friday 19^th July all year 4 students will visit Moreton Bay Environmental Centre for the First Contact excursion.

A reminder to ensure permission and payment has been made for your child to attend this excursion.

Formation of Classes 2025 

This term, we will begin the process of forming classes for 2025. This involves gathering information from teachers, students and parents. 

Students will be asked to nominate three to five peers who they would like to be in the same class with, in 2025. From this list, they will be guaranteed one peer. They may decide to choose children they play with only at school or children of a different gender. Although you might discuss this list at home, it is an important part of the process that students are allowed their own voice.

As parents, you will be invited to share some information relating to your child’s learning and any particular personality clashes that you would like us to consider, when forming classes.   Parent voice in this process, does not include requesting certain friends or particular teachers.

As a teaching team, we consider academic data, behaviour, learning styles, English as a Second Language and disabilities in forming class groups.

Please do not send any information or requests at this point; a link will be distributed later in the term. 

As always, when classes are formed, they remain in draft until day 8 of 2025.

Merrilyn Krohn

Teacher Planning

Our Prep – Year 2 Teachers will be planning this week on Thursday and Friday to ensure that all our students have multiple opportunities to achieve the best grade possible.

Kookie’s Playgroup

Do you know anyone who has a child starting Prep next year? Kookie’s Playgroup runs on Tuesdays, 9:15-10:15am in weeks 3-8 of Term 3 and 4 only. Dates are as follows for Term 3:

• Tuesday 23^rd July
• Tuesday 30^th July
• Tuesday 6^th August
• Tuesday 13^th August
• Tuesday 20^th August
• Tuesday 27^th August

Our enrolments for 2025 have now opened, be sure to submit your expression of interest now!

Tracy Baker

Peer Support

Our Students at New Farm State School will continue to meet in their Peer Support groups every even week on Thursdays. This term they will  continue learning about the importance of friendships.

Types of friends was the focus at the end of Term 2. Children explored what encourages them to form friendships with different people (common interests, admirable qualities etc). Through activities, children identified that friends can fall into categories of 'best friends', 'friends' and 'people we know'. Children also discussed the fact that frienships change over time for various reasons. Discuss the different friends they have in their life and how friendships change. Some friends may be more important at different times in life. 

This week in Term 3 Week 2 the Peer Support session, children will be focusing on the importance of support networks and the roles that friends play in each other's lives. Children will construct a visual representation of this during the session. Encourage your child to identify friends they have who can provide support if the need arises. 

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:

1. All medications must be in the original container and have clear chemist labels with the students name
2. Any allergy/asthma/anaphylaxis plans must be completed and signed by a GP
3. All parents must also complete a consent to administer form that aligns with the GP directed plan - there must be a form completed for each medication

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.

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.