Dr Carmel McGrath

2019 School Captain Selection

Congratulations to all our Year 5 students who participated in the School Captain selection process last week. The quality of student speeches was extremely good with students showing confidence and preparedness. I am very pleased to announce our successful candidates are:

2019 School captains – Charlotte Seriser and Trey King

2019 School Vice Captains – Scarlett Rudy and Lysander Cameron

This week we begin our House Captains and the following week our Project Captains. Please see key dates below. The main criteria for all selections are: 

Participation, Behaviour and Leadership. The process involves student speeches, voting, shortlisting and interviews before final selection. Best of Luck to all.

Summary of key dates:

• Monday 19 – Tuesday 20 Nov times TBC (classrooms)  – House captain speeches and Year 4 and 5 student voting
• Thurs 22 Nov – Principal interviews shortlisted students
• Thurs 22 Nov – Principal announces the 2019 House Captains
• Mon 26 Nov 9:15am (Hall) – Project Captain speeches and student voting
• Thurs 29 Nov 9am - 11am – Principal interviews shortlisted students
• Thurs 29 Nov 12noon – Principal announces the 2019 Project Group Captains
• Tues 04 Dec – 2019 School, House and Project Captains introduced to school on assembly

Instrumental Music afternoon – Congratulations to Marina Thacker and Colin McIntyre for the fantastic Instrumental Gala Event on Sunday 18 November. The quality of the student performances was outstanding.  It is pleasing to see our audience for the event is growing steadily each year. Congratulations to all the performers: Junior and Senior bands, New Farm Beats, Senior Choir and our Shine Winner Trslr.  

Congratulations to our soloists in the choir: Camille, Greta and Sila who led the choir beautifully. Mr McIntyre also acknowledged the senior students leaving New Farm at the end of this year and wished them well in their music for secondary school. Special mention was made for our Year 6 soloist Dakota who has had numerous scholarship offers from a range of prestigious secondary schools. Lottie’s xylophone solo was a highlight of the band’s performance and her achievements in music have been noteworthy. Mia was commended for achievement in the honours selection in the metro schools this year. Special thanks also to Sunday Ali who accompanied the Choir and Djembe and James Byrne who accompanied on Base Guitar. Their contribution made the performances all the richer. 

Christmas Dance Concert

A reminder to ensure you purchase your family tickets for the Dance Concert. It is sure to be a wonderful night of dance performances.  

Reporting Period

Students are in the midst of finalising assessments which will inform their overall Semester 2 results. Teachers have been involved in moderation of assessment tasks over the past fortnight and will be completing report cards which will be sent home in the final week of school. 

Thank you for the warm welcome at New Farm State School last week.  It was fantastic to see so many parents attend the meeting before school and discuss the exciting opportunities that will be available for students attending Inner City North State Secondary College.  I also had the opportunity to speak to the school students, staff and parents on Assembly and spend some time with Year 4 and 5 students gathering their ideas about the school.  What an impressive group of students!  So many good ideas.  It was clear that some of them have been thinking about how they can contribute to the culture of the school already.  I’m looking forward to getting to know and working with the New Farm SS community in the lead up to the first day of the new school on Tuesday 28^th January, 2020.

 At this stage, the best way to contact me is via email.  Feel free to email with any questions or concerns or to make an appointment if you’d like to come in to see me at my office on site (585 St Paul’s Terrace). My email address is Sharon.Barker@qed.qld.gov.au

There are many external agencies available to schools and families that provide advice, resources and professional development in regards to catering for our students and children with additional needs. At New Farm, we access these supports regularly. Below is a summary of the Autism Hub. 

For further information, visit https://ahrc.eq.edu.au/ .

 The Autism Hub provides evidence-based information, support and advice to assist schools to actively include, retain and engage students with autism.

They have established strong partnerships with a range of key stakeholders to ensure innovative and cohesive delivery of services for students with autism and their families across Queensland, including Autism Queensland.

These strong connections enable them to support students, their families and educators to navigate and access the wide range of dedicated autism support services and programs offered by the Queensland Government and non-government agencies.

They provide information and deliver professional learning that supports educators to include, retain and engage students with autism and empower parents to partner with schools in their child's education.

Mrs Fletcher - 4F

Today we interviewed Mrs Hyams (as Mrs Fletcher sadly wasn’t here at the time) and class 4F, this is what they came up with.

 How many students do you have in your class?

“22 students”

What interesting things have been happening in your class recently?

“Swimming, playing handball, Chinese, music and dance lessons”

What new discoveries have the students found?

“Finding out that everybody has different strengths and weaknesses”

Are you ready for next year?

“Yes, (majority of the class)”

After that we interviewed Mrs Hymes, but even though Mrs Hymes is a substitute teacher she said 4F is very well mannered and they have a very high level standards.

We asked her if:

If she had the chance to work fulltime for this class, would she take that opportunity?

“Without hesitation I would take that amazing opportunity if I had a chance and I don’t say that often.

Do you think this class works well as a team?

“They are very supportive of each other”

Do you think they are ready for grade 5?

“Yes they are absolutely ready for grade 5”

Year 2 celebrated Diwali in Week 5. On Thursday, they listened to the story of Diwali.  Ananya, Blossom and Lakshay wore traditional Indian clothes and they acted out the story.

All Year 2s joined in activities like drawing and painting Rangoli patterns, constructing paper lanterns and elephants, and puzzles. Some 2G mums, Manisha Arora, Seema Masih and Jyothsna Upperpalli drew Rangoli patterns on hands using felt pens.

On Friday, Manisha created a colourful “Happy Diwali” sign under A Block using traditional Rangoli salts.

 Comments from students:

Francis: It was fun getting my hand painted.         

Emma: Me too!! Nicholas: Me too!!

Emma H: I loved the Rangoli painting in the sand, the colours were beautiful!     

Lexie: My favourite part was the acting!

Matthew: I loved the play too!

Obi and Elonna: The hand painting was fun and the Happy Diwali sign was fantastic!

ICAS COMPETITION

Congratulations to all of the students who competed in the Australia wide 2018 ICAS English and Maths tests.

19 of our students in Year 3 to Year 6 participated in English and were awarded 1 High Distinction, 2 Distinction, 5 Credit, 2 Merit and 9 Participation certificates.

18 of our students in Year 3 to Year 6 participated in Mathematics and were awarded 6 Credit, 1 Merit and 11 Participation certificates.

Principal’s Awards

Congratulations to Euan Mortimer for receiving the Principal’s Award for English. Euan received a High Distinction scoring 47 out of 50 marks. That mark put him in the top 1% of Yr 6 participants throughout Australia.

Congratulations to Dominic Jones for receiving the Principal’s Award for Maths. Dominic received a Credit scoring 28 out of 40 marks. That mark put Dominic in the top 15% of Yr 5 participants throughout Australia.

Sandy Chambers

ST:L&N and EAL/D teacher

Congratulations to all the band students for a fantastic concert last Sunday. The applause you received was well deserved. Also thanks to the wonderful audience for encouraging our young musicians. Best wishes to the year 6 students heading to secondary school next year, keep up the music making. And the year 4 and 5 students are encouraged to keep up the home practise to maintain the momentum gained from the concert.

Colin McIntyre  

Senior Instrumental Music Teacher

TUCKSHOP NEWS

EFTPOS NOW AVAILABLE

We now have EFTPOS available at the Tuckshop!

MONEY OWING

Please remember to check the board to see if you have money owing to the Tuckshop. We still have a lot of student with outstanding amounts.

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

The tuckshop will be having a limited menu for lunch ordering on Friday 14 December. We will have available sausage sizzle, drinks, home bake and $1 snack items (pretzels, Japanese rice crackers & popcorn)

NEXT TUCKSHOP HOMEBAKE STALL

The next Tuckshop Homebake Stall will be on Wednesday 5^th December from 2pm.

WE NEED JARS

We are looking for jars that we can use for chutney and jams. If anyone has any medium sized jars (preferably label free and washed) that they are able to donate to the tuckshop, we would love to have them.

WEEK 7 TUCKSHOP ROSTER

Thanks to 2F for volunteering this week in the tuckshop as well as all our regular volunteers.

Monday:

Baking - Rowena

Wednesday:

Counter - Kate, Renee

Tuckshop - Elsa

Baking - Kim

Friday:

Counter - Sher

Tuckshop - Ele, Harriet 

Baking - Mel, Michelle, Gill

HOUSE SWIM RASHIES COMING SOON

• Queensland designed and made 
• Sustainable fabric - 80% Recycled Nylon (using a regenerated nylon thread made from discarded fishing nets and plastics recovered from the ocean) 
• UPF50+ 
• Ultrachlorine resistant
• Cost is $49.95

Congratulations to Yutaro (1G) on winning the CBA Term 4 Raffle prize. Well done Yutaro!

If your child would like to be involved please open a Youth Saver account for them at your local Comm Bank.

(You can pop in without your child, just take their birth certificate and your photo ID). Then they can just turn up with their bank book and we will set them up in the school banking program.

Friday mornings (not the 1st or last Friday of each term) 8.15am outside the library.

 Any questions, please contact Belinda Hill on 0431 721 687.

                           Third Space Charity Drive

3rd Space, formerly known as the 139 Club, is a drop-in centre where homeless people and those doing it tough find practical support, friendship and dignity.

Next Thursday, the 22^nd of November is a free dress day for all students at New Farm State School and please bring along a food item (as listed below) or a gold coin donation. Do remember to wear sun safe and appropriate clothes, school shoes and school hat for outdoor play. All donations will go to Third Space.

We will be doing a collection of items such as;

Cans of tuna, soup, baked beans, spaghetti, pasta sauce, corn etc, 1L and 250mL UHT milk, Milk powder, packets of cereal, Oats, Boxes of crackers/biscuits, Packets of pasta, Muesli/snack bars, 600mL water bottles, Large canned fruit, Tea bags, Coffee sachets, Raw sugar and toiletries like soap, shampoo and conditioner or deodorant.

If you are giving food items, please ensure that they have not expired or nearing their use by date. 

For a more festive support, donations of Santa hats, Christmas cards and/or a gold coin donation will also be very appreciated.

Thank you for supporting Third Space and the Community and Charity Group!

SWIMMING INTENSIVE HOLIDAY PROGRAM

BE WATER, SMART BE WATER WISE, BE WATER STRONG.

Bigfish Littlefish is running two swimming intensive programs during the holidays

Intensify your swimming, build new skill, develop and strengthen current skills.

Intensives are a fun and effective way to help students gain new skill, build confidence and enhance current abilities.

We offer lessons from beginner through to advanced swimmer. We have well developed formats to help create confident, strong swimmers. Working on group development and individual students skills to help each student reach their potential and feel good about their achievements. I have a team of experienced and qualified instructors ready to teach all students a skill for life.

 Program cost $85 per 5 day intensive

visit -; www. bigfishlittlefish.com.au

Call Jo 0414 486767 

Catchment map

With the establishment of every new school, a catchment area is defined to assist in managing enrolment demand.

To find out if your property is within the proposed Inner City North SSC catchment please use our interactive web map.