Dr Carmel McGrath

Fantastic Fete

Congratulations to all parents and community supporters who helped with the organisation and running of our biannual fete.  The atmosphere and well-designed layout meant the crowd of over 3000 were able to move freely throughout the various stalls, rides and activities easily throughout the day.  Convenor Laura Watson led a great team of fete reps and volunteers who spent many long hours ensuring everything was planned and ready.  We were extremely fortunate with the weather which held out until our final auction item was sold. 

On behalf of the students and staff at New Farm, I wish to sincerely thank all of you who have supported our school community at this year’s fete.  It was a wonderful success, great atmosphere, wonderful variety in rides, food, crafts, activities and entertainment.  Thank you one and all. 

Art Display

Stem Display

Performances

Rides and Family Fun

Staffing Updates

There are a number of staffing changes to be aware of for end of term 2 and term 3. 

Term 2 - Ms Forsberg currently on leave, Mr Trevor Cohen covering until end of term 2.  Ms Jenny O’Neill currently on leave until end of term 2 with Mr Scott Young replacing.  Mrs Rachel Fletcher currently on leave until end of term 2, Ms Stephanie Lynch replacing. 

Term 2 – 3 - Deputy Principal Mrs Kay Bradley will be on long service leave from next Wednesday until end of week 2 term 3, with Curriculum Coordinator Mrs Rachael Seibhur taking on the Acting DP role during this period. 

Term 3 – HPE teacher Mr Kent Rainbow is on leave for approximately 6-8 weeks in term 3, with HPE teacher Ms Eliza Horn replacing him. 

Typing Club Start Up

I am pleased to invite students in Year 2-6 to our Typing Club which will run our new typing program each Tuesday 8:15 – 8:45am in the school lab A Block.  Typing skills are becoming more important for students to master and this is a great way to have a little extra practice.

School Uniforms

Thank you to those parents who have now purchased school jumpers.  Please ensure they are labelled clearly as they do tend to be discarded during the day when it warms. 

Mascot

Some of you may have seen Kookie, who flew in as a V.I.B. on fete day.  The kookie costume has been kindly donated to the school and will be used to promote our Positive Behaviour for Learning framework. Everyone will get to meet Kookie on the P.B.L. launch day early next term.

• Before School Play Zones

Just a reminder that before school play zones are the Netball court for Prep –Year 2 and the oval for Year 3 – Year 6. All other areas are ‘out of bounds’ until 8.45 a.m.  We appreciate you not moving to class areas, before the 8.45 a.m. bell, as this is valuable preparation time for our teachers.

• After School procedures:

All families at the 3.20pm bell are required to leave the school premises or have their student booked into Jabiru OSHC.

For Jabiru  enrolments please email: newfarm@jabiru.org.au    

   P.B.L. FOCUS OF THE WEEK

New Building- T Block (Temp block)

Moving date is set for Tuesday 25 June from 7am. Mini Mover will be onsite to assist with this move and we are confident to have all classes settled by the end of the day.

Classes which are involved in the move are:-

5R – Mr Ramos will be in classroom 1 lower level

5C- Mr Conde will be in classroom 2 lower level (closest to the oval)

4W- Mr Woods will be in classroom 3 upper level

4/5F- Mrs Fletcher will be in classroom 4 upper level (closest to the oval)

Class 3D- Mr Davies will then move to A Block level 2 classroom 3 to join the other Year 3 classes on this level.

From Wednesday 26 June students can report to their new room from first bell at 8.45am on this day.

These moves will all happen over the course of the day. Classes will be asked to vacate their classroom whilst the removalist enter the classroom. We will have the majority of the new furniture delivered by Friday 21 June. There is a delay in fulfilling some of our student desk order. These will be here after the holiday. All classes will take their current furniture for this move and have the new desk installed after the holidays.

Oval Refurb

• Fencing in Heal Street will be completed next week. The contractors are awaiting some final panels.
• One panel is still to be installed at the new stairs on the oval.
• Honeywill project managers have visited and noted some defects and are following up on these items.
• We would like to thank Kane from Lauder and Sons for working with school staff over the course of the project.

Fete 2019

Thank you to the P&C committee and especially Laura for their tireless effort with the recent Fete. Thank you for valuing our school property and facilities. All areas have been left in good order and this is most appreciated by the school. It is not easy to have a very large crowd of people on site for such an event. Thank you to the cleaning team for their hard work on Monday morning to have everything ready for start of the school day.

The beginner Band BLITZ held on Tuesday the 4th of June at Windsor SS saw our New Farm year 4 band students take part in sectional lessons for their instrument as well as concert band rehearsals before performing in the end of workshop concert to a packed house of eager families and friends. Our students where part of the "Blue" 134 piece concert band formed from 6 neighbouring schools and conducted by Mr McIntyre with 263 students from 17 schools actually attending on the day. They performed a piece about an ancient hidden temple and another piece about the Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale. They will be performing at assembly this week so listen out!

Congratulations to all the students involved, great representation of the school in attitude and musicality, on what was truly a memorable day.

Congratulations to the year 5 and 6 students, our concert band, who performed with distinction an the fete last Sunday. They played with excellent rhythm and pizazz despite the brand new performance environment and lack of recent rehearsals.

Enrolments for 2020 entry are now  open. Expression of Interest and check list can be found at the link below.

https://newfarmss.eq.edu.au/Enrolments/Pages/Enrolments.aspx 

Or for further information, email:enrolments@newfarmss.eq.edu.au 

The students competed in their second Evening Debate on Tuesday 11 June 2019.  The topic was "that we should change the Australian flag".

 The teams included:

Congratulations to all of the students for all of their hard work.  Students had presented strong evidence to support their arguments.  We would like to welcome Harley to the Club and to welcome back William. The Affirmative Team secured a win in Debate 1 and the Negative Team were the winners of Debate 2.  If you would like to join The Debating Club @ New Farm State School then please contact debatingaustralia@gmail.com or 0402 618 890.

Get involved in the School Banking program.

New Farm State School is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students.

School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards.

The rewards available during 2019 are:

* Scented Stackable Highlighters 

* Snowy Origami Set                 

* Icicle Slapband Ruler 

* Yeti Fluffly Notepad 

* Arctic Owl Fluffy Keyring

* Scratch Art Cards

* Water Skimming Bounce Ball 

* Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year.

Getting involved in School Banking is easy!

All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:  

1. Online

Visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account. 

2. In branch

Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.

If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet. 

School Banking day is every Friday (except for the first and last Friday of each term). Each week you just need to hand in your bank book between 8.15 - 8.45am outside the Library.

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2019 School Banking program information pack at banking on Friday morning or visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

For further information, please contact Belinda Hill on bjyates12@hotmail.com

Badminton is suitable for many children as a racquet sport for life long fun. We are glad to be able to use some modified sized racquets and portable pop-up nets as an avenue for hand-eye striking practice for the upper school – thanks to last year’s Coles collection!

STEAM display.

Thank you to all the teachers and students for all your efforts in developing the STEAM display for the fete.  There were many positive comments from visitors as they viewed the school resources and the STEAM class tasks.

John

POST FETE SALE

On  Friday 28 June there will be a few fete stalls getting together to sell off left over goods Come along a find a bargain up to 50% off.

We have I love New Farm lollies, Bees wax wraps, plants , DIY craft packs, and lots more.

DONT MISS OUT

Excess Dinosaur Dig eggs for sale:

$2 for a single egg, $5 for 3 eggs

Mixture of baby dinosaurs and glow in the dark treasure stones.

Grab some and stash them for school holiday fun.

If you have a birthday party for your little dino fanatic coming up, let me know and you could nab all our remaining stock for a bulk price.

We will have remaining eggs up at the school next Friday 28 for sale if not sold out prior.

All proceeds from the sales of the eggs go back to the Fete.

Fiona Rendalls – 0415 191 323

Fete Sponsors

Dear Parents,

A make up lesson for June 4 will be held in the first week of Term 3 on Tuesday 16th July 2019 at 3.15pm-4.00pm.

Term 3 class will then begin the following week. Enrolments for Term 3 will be open on Monday online with the brochures being distributed sometime next week.

Many thanks,

Emma Lane