BOOKLIST ORDERS MUST BE COMPLETED ONLINE BY Sunday 1st December 2019

Year 1 Book List 2020

Year 2 Book List 2020

Year 3 Book List 2020

Year 4 Book List 2020

Year 5 Book List 2020

Year 6 Book List 2020

Dr Carmel McGrath

2020 School Leader Selection

We have now completed our selection process and were very pleased to welcome our Congratulations to 2020 Captains:

• 2020 School Captains

School Captains:  Olivia Basile and Finn Morris

School Vice-Captains: Claudia Wallwork and Louis Andrews

• 2020 House Captains

Teneriffe Captains – Ashley Blackman and Korey Fuglevik

Merthyr Captains – Sophie Larsen and Cooper Lowe

Binkinba Captains – Ava Seredenko and Mika Raeli

• 2020 Project Captains

Environment – Sophia May and Siri Connell

Arts – Erin King and Jackson Eustace

Community and Charity – Greta Penrose and Isaac Giang

Quadrennial School Review and Strategic Planning

A draft of our strategic plan was presented at last week’s P&C and will be further reviewed with the overseeing committee when we meet with Education Consultant David Curran on next Thursday 27 November.  Following that, the document will be shared with the school community and will inform of our next 4 year planning period.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) information session for Year 3 parents

This Thursday 21 November we are holding an information session for current Year 3 parents as we are now planning for our pending 2020 Year 4 pilot for the BYOD. A “FAQ” letter will be sent to parents this week.

Instrumental Music Gala Performances

Our annual instrumental music afternoon is being held on Sunday 24 Nov from 2-4pm in our school hall.   Parents and families are very welcome to attend and enjoy this wonderful afternoon of band, ensemble and choir performances.  A huge thank you to Colin McIntyre and Chris Chapman for the marvellous work they have done this year in encouraging a love of music and in developing the musical performance skills of our young students.  I would also like to acknowledge and thank the very generous and musically talented Dan Quigley who kindly volunteered his time and expertise to our school so that the Junior Band had weekly lessons.  I look forward to seeing a wonderful crowd supporting the students on Sunday.

Finish Strong

I have spoken with students and staff in relaying one of my key messages for the end of term and end of year,that is ‘Finish Strong’.  The meaning is couched around the importance of instilling consistent routines are maintained for students as they become tired and excited about a holiday period.  This is not the time to make changes and loosen routines, rather maintaining a keen work ethic is crucial to maximising student learning opportunities and maintaining good behaviours within our classrooms, playgrounds, especially as we get into the last couple of weeks with end of year events and celebrations.

You will be receiving your student/s Report Card/s via this email address during the last week of Term 4.

We will send a Test email in the next couple of weeks.

If you wish to change your email contact details, kindly complete the attached Change of Details Form and email to the office at admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au  by Tuesday 26 November 2019 so that the new contact details will take effect.

Change of details form

The Queensland Family and Child Commission has launched the #doiknowu campaign to raise awareness of the behaviours that lead to online grooming. It educates young people, parents and carers to recognise, respond and avoid the trap of doing something they don’t want to do by highlighting the tactics predators use to engage young people. A range of resources are available to help young people stay safe online.

important information

Wednesday 4 December and Friday 6 December are our Inter-house Swim Carnival Days!

Wednesday 4 December

Prep and Year 1 (morning session)

Year 2 and Year 3 (Middle session till 2.30pm)

Friday 6 December – Year 4 to 6 (all day)

We look forward to a great time as usual, full of house spirit, friendly competition in the strokes and fun races mixed in there too.

To help your child be prepared for the day can you please remember the following:

• House colours are encouraged to be worn
• A swimming cap, sun-safe rash vest, sunscreen, water bottle, school hat, towel and their own goggles are required.
• It is a participation carnival and students are expected to swim in all events they are capable of.

Please note:

It is a student only event, as since our numbers and pool area size do not cater for extra spectators we ask parents and carers do not attend unless volunteer roles have been given.  There are numerous adults already organised for the Junior Carnival to assist less strong swimmers in the lower year levels.

After a fun and busy year, we have 3 members of our P&C retiring in 2020. The role of Treasurer and Secretary will be available at our AGM in March 2020 and the role of Swimming Club Co-ordinator is available from Jan 2020. The incumbents in these 3 roles will be available to do a full handover and assist the incoming Treasurer, Secretary and Swim-Club Co-ordinator. These roles can all be shared by two people as well.

Our P&C representative on the PBL Committee is also retiring and we are looking for a parent to join the committee, which meets every 3 weeks on Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. during the term for 45 minutes.

Please contact secretary@nfsspandc.com.au if you are interested and would like any further information."

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