Principal - Carmel McGrath

  NAPLAN Online Trial

Last week a sampling of our Year 2 and 4 students participated in a NAPLAN Online trial.  The students were reassured the trial was not about their abilities but rather a trial of the school’s capacity to conduct the testing.  Mr Rafter and Ms Seibhur managed the process and were pleased with the result for our school.  Additionally, the trial was a good opportunity to see what else we could do to enhance our facilities and also to maximise our preparation for students so that they can participate with confidence in 2019. 

 PBL

Thank you to our school community PBL team who have been steering the work this year.  On Wednesday the committee will attend the final module training day and review the work undertaken this year.  The school mascot ‘Kookie the Kookaburra’ has now been finalised and we look forward to seeing a lot more of ‘Kookie’ in 2019.

 Meeting with Minister Grace Grace

This week our P&C President David Armstrong and Treasurer Belinda Hill, School Captains Lottie and Nate and I will attend a BBQ at Parliament House with other city cluster school P&C and school leaders to discuss the new Inner City Secondary School and to meet the new Principal Ms Sharon Barker. We look forward to finding out more about how the plans for the school are going and have an involvement in the consultation process. A reminder that Sharon will be available to meet with New Farm parents next Tuesday 06 Nov in our library 8:15am and will also speak with students at and after our assembly.

 LOCKDOWN and EVACUATION Drills

This week we have held our term lockdown drill and reviewed our procedures for both drills with students. Thank you to staff for ensuring students know their procedures well and respond in a calm and efficient manner.

 Facilities Projects

We have a number of projects in the works at the moment as we continue to grow in enrolments.  Thank you especially to Yvonne in her role as Business Manager (Facilities) for ensuring the work is managed efficiently. The main project this term and over the Christmas holidays include:

1. Master Planning – continuing consultation for our growth
2. Oval / Play space upgrade
3. Make-A-Space refurbishment on Library Veranda – as we are growing the current Make-A-Space area will most likely become a classroom in 2019 and therefore we are working with Honeywill Consulting to design a fit out for the library storage and Make-A-Space area.

 2019 Student Leadership Selection Process

Over the next few weeks I will disseminate information to all year 5 students, parents and teachers for the 2019 Student Leaders Selection Process. The main areas that our selection is based on includes: Participation, Behaviour and Leadership. The process involves student speeches, voting, shortlisting and interviews before final selection. The student voting is a major part of the selection process and I believe that this is done very sensibly and responsibly as we work with our students to reinforce the selection criteria and importance of their selections. This year’s selection of our captains Nate, Lottie, Euan and Jessica are testament to a very successful process and I have great faith in our students in their selections. 

Many children jump to conclusions when an unpleasant situation occurs, thinking and acting impulsively rather than thinking rationally before reacting. (This is not just the domain of kids, by the way!) While these snap judgements may be justified, in reality they are the least likely to be the right ones.

https://www.parentingideas.com.au/blog/teach-kids-not-to-jump-to-conclusions/

  From the Deputy Principal - Kay Bradley  

Mascot Revision

 As our original mascot design had incorporated 6 designs the committee thought that the end result was a little busy.  Many thanks to Arnoud for his patience in making some small changes to ‘Kookie’.

Kookie will be part of our PBL branding from January 2019

• B.L. Focus for Week 4

TUCKSHOP NEWS

GALA DAY THIS FRIDAY

Grade 5 and 6 students have Gala Day on this Friday, so don’t forget to cancel any standing orders you have with Flexischools.

WEEK 4 TUCKSHOP ROSTER

Thanks to Prep 1/B for volunteering this week in the tuckshop.

Wednesday

Counter: Emily

Tuckshop: Kelly, Elsa

 Friday

Counter: Emily, Sher

Tuckshop: Ele, Lyn

Baking: Gill, Kim & Michelle

On the 23 of October, Zara, Lucas, Tom & Cooper, represented New Farm State School in the Brisbane International Schools Challenge at Shaw Park. Our team has shown tremendous effort against some tough opposition. There were great comebacks and tiebreak wins, but unfortunately, they lost by a narrow margin of overall game points.

The students have also represented the school with excellent behaviour and great sportsmanship on the day. Well done New Farm!

GALA SHIRTS

I have Gala Shirts available for purchase from the Uniform Shop. You can pay by EFTPOS or by cash.  Sizes 8, 10, 12, 14+

Community Survey and Feedback

Have your say on what you would like to see on offer with the New Farm State School P&C’s Community Education Program in 2019. We're conducting a survey and your input would be appreciated, even if you have never used the program before. Thank you for your participation! Never heard of the program? Head to www.nfsspandc.com.au to find out more! Survey Link - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D9XP9RH

2019 Waitlist Sign Up

We are getting ready for 2019. Our waitlists have (almost) managed to be filled this year with very few people on the waitlist we are wanting you to sign up, we often get cancellations at the last minute or students moving on, especially at the end of the year so now is the time to sign up for the following classes

• -Coding and Robotics
• -Private Piano Tuition
• -Private Vocal Tuition
• -Private Guitar Tuition
• -Private Drama Tuition

Please go to https://www.nfsspandc.com.au/waitlist-sign-up to find out more information for each class and be placed on the waiting list. 

Thank you for your continued support of our program, we look forward to an exciting 2019.

Emma Lane - CEP Coordinator
nfsscommunityed@live.com.au