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Monday & Wednesday |
Uniform Shop open 8.00-9.30am | |
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Tues 19 Jan 8-12.00 Wed 20Jan 8-12.00 Mon 25 Jan 8-12.00 |
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Although Accounts have closed for 2020, payments by BPOINT are still available for unpaid invoices. |
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| Wed 9 Dec |
Last Day of Term |
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| Thurs 21 Jan |
Open School Session 8-8:45am |
Not compulsory |
| Mon 25 Jan |
Student Free Day |
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| Tues 26 Jan |
Public Holiday |
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| Wed 27 Jan |
Term 1 begins |
all students |
Welcome Back to Year 2-6 Students
Thank you to all staff and student leaders who helped make this weeks ‘welcome back’ a great success. It was exciting for many students and families to return to some normality with school and family routines. Coming back to school after a long period away can also cause some anxiety for others. For this reason, teachers will spend time this week focusing on the well-being of students:
- Re-settling into school routines;
- Re-establishing class and school expectations;
- Facilitating the reconnection of friendships; and
- Re-establishing the highly important teacher-student relationships.
Food and Drink
Our tuckshop will reopen on Wednesday 27 of May. In the meantime students will bring their own lunches and where possible their own water bottles.
For the time being shared birthday treats e.g. cakes and ice blocks will not be allowed.
Staffing Update
We have a few staff changes as we settle back into school again. Ms Zayn Al Abidin and Ms Scott remain working from home and replacing them are Mr Schon Hansen (6Z) and Ms Annabel De Boer (1SC).
Other changes include: Ms Aimee Schouppe (3D)
Welcome back to Ms Blackadder (5B) and Mrs Fletcher (4/5F) who return to their classes this week. Ms Middleton also returns to her role in first aide and classroom support.
Thank you to Staff
Many parents have sent some really lovely appreciation messages over the past week, and I have shared these with staff. The staff have certainly been very grateful for the patience and understanding of all parents and carers during this very unusual period of learning at home. Parents have done a wonderful job with their children and our teachers have continued to impress me with the flexibility and agility they have demonstrated in adapting to a very different way of working in a short period of time. We have all learned so much and our skills have been improved and broadened as we were thrown into the online learning. Despite the initial technical challenges, I would say we had a majority of teachers and parents very engaged with the learning.
Now our teachers will take time to resettle the students back into school life and then begin re-assessing student progress. Teachers will take time to do this over the remaining weeks of this term. Melinda Norman our HOD (Curriculum) has outlined the timeframe and process for assessment and reporting so that parents understand the process and allow teachers the space and time to undertake this work.
Drop Off and Pick Up – LOOKOUT Program
We are urging as many parents as possible to sign up for our LOOKOUT program so that all those who utilize the area fully understand and follow the rules outlined in the program brochure. With so many drivers, using the drop off, it is essential everyone follows the rules in order to keep children safe and reduce driver frustration.
National Reconciliation Week 27 May – 3 June
Each year, National Reconciliation Week is celebrated from 27 May–3 June. The theme for 2020 is In This Together. On this journey, Australians are all In This Together; every one of us has a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories and cultures.
Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider community, and Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
As part of our Reconciliation Week celebrations, we will talk to students about significance of "National Sorry Day", the 1967 Referendum and Mabo Day.
In class students will be learning more about National Sorry Day. They will hear about the significance of the Day and will make the ‘Sorry Day’ flower. The flowers that represent National Sorry day are the five-petal Native Cotton, Desert Rose, or Native Hibiscus chosen by members to symbolise the scattering of the Stolen Generations and their resilience to the policies of Australia.
Attached for children at home is a template of the flowers which you could decorate anyway you like using the colour purple (e.g. paint, tissue paper, glitter, colouring in etc.). Once completed you can place these in your classrooms around the school or in your home garden.
For further information to share with children also refer to: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/national-reconciliation-week/
Kay Bradley
Kay Bradley- Year 5 and 6 Camps
In light of restrictions around camps and excursions, we have decided that both Yr5 and Yr6 camps will be cancelled this year. Although we are hopeful that most restrictions will be lifted, it is too uncertain to book and plan these camps. We understand that this is very disappointing for our students, especially our year six students and will endeavour to organise some special year 6 activities for our senior students.
Our office staff will begin to refund any camp deposits collected so far. We appreciate your patience, whilst this is done on an individual basis.
- After School Play
As a community, we are adjusting to new rules on limiting adults on the school grounds. It is a challenge at 3pm to empty the school of all our students, whilst keeping our social distancing for adults and transitioning to After Hours School Care. I have noticed that a number of student are remaining on the grounds to play until 3.20 p.m. to play. It is important that all our students either wait in one of the pick-up zones, meet parents or walk home after dismissal.
We do not have the space or adult supervision to have students staying on the grounds to play.
- Heal Street Pick Up Zone
Our drop off zone, in Heal Street, works really well in the morning and is now a Pick Up zone at 3 p.m. The procedures for using this zone are:
- From 2.30 p.m., Heal Street is a Loading Zone Parents parking in this area before 3pm will be asked to move on.
- At 3pm, students utilising the Heal Street Pick- up zone, assemble on the benches outside C block. This is adjacent to the gate closest to James Street.
- Students are supervised inside the school grounds and will only be allowed to move onto Heal Street when their car is outside the gate. Look Out signs on windscreen visors really speed up this part of the process.
- The gate nearest Jabiru, on Heal Street, is for pedestrian use only.
- Parents should inform their student which pick up zone they will be using.
- Any student not collected by 3.20 p.m. will be taken to the school office.
- Hawthorne Street Pick up Zone
The procedures for using this zone are:
- From 2.30 p.m., Hawthorne Street is a Loading Zone
- At 3pm, students utilising the Pick-up zone, should assemble at the gate on the Netball court.
- Students will be supervised inside the school grounds and will only be allowed to move onto Hawthorne Street when their car is in the turning circle. Look Out signs on windscreen visors really speed up this part of the process.
- Parents should inform their student which pick up zone they will be using.
- Any student not collected by 3.20 p.m. will be taken to the school office.
We appreciate your support in following these procedures as they will ensure the flow of traffic and the safety of students.
P.B.L. FOCUS OF THE WEEK
Appreciation
The professionalism and commitment of our NFSS teaching and non-teaching staff during this challenging time, has been so inspiring. We have continued to strive for high quality learning experiences with a modified curriculum that supports all students. The regular contact parents have had with teachers has been invaluable in helping us to support all students’ unique learning needs in varying circumstances. Thank you for maintaining this contact and working with teachers so closely.
Life Education - health and safety measures
With our upcoming incursion from Life Education due to be held next month (9th – 19th June), Life Education staff will adhere to strict hygiene measures during this incursion. This will include:
- Handwashing and hand sanitising, particularly before and after each session;
- Regular cleaning of any materials used.
Physical distancing measures remains an important consideration for our school during this visit to help reduce any transmission of COVID-19. Although this is not required for students during classroom activities, Life Education staff will continue to maintain appropriate social distancing measures during their visit.
As an alternative space for learning, all lessons will be conducted in classrooms, rather than inside the van. This is in order to minimise gathering the children in a confined teaching and learning space. This aims to:
- reduce the use of common areas and mixing of classes;
- ceasing use of “high-touch” equipment and;
- enhancing ventilation.
Revised academic reporting
Report Cards
Academic reporting involves the way in which NFSS communicates information to parents, carers and students about student achievement and progress for each learning area/subject undertaken, at a point in time. Report cards provide valuable information about your child’s progress, learning needs and areas for improvement. For students, especially those in upper primary report cards can be a motivating factor to engage in learning and assessment.
Reporting is designed to build the school-parent partnership to improve student learning, however given the recent home-based learning arrangements a modified curriculum has been implemented from the Australian Curriculum in line with our Curriculum Plan resulting in a modified program of learning. Modified assessment and reporting for Term 2 and Semester 1 reflects the nature of learning at this time.
NFSS revised curriculum, reporting and assessment involve the following:
- Report cards will be distributed to families at the end of week 3 in Term 3
- English, Mathematics, HASS and Science will be the reportable learning areas on each report card
- Other learning areas have also been taught and assessed, during this period. Other learning areas taught may include Technologies, Health and Phyisical Education, Languages (Chinese) and The Arts (including Music) however the implementation of these learning areas have also been modified
- Assessment requirements for reporting will occur from weeks 4 onwards for years prep and 1; and weeks 6 -10 for years 2-6 with these assessments completed during and after classroom learning
Curriculum Committee
Our NFSS Curriculum Committee meets every Monday twice a term in week 4 and week 8. If you are interested in joining us feel free to let me know via email (mnorm36@eq.edu.au). We would love to see you there!
With warm regards,
Melinda Norman
Head of Department (curricululm)
Welcome back to the library to all students at New Farm State School!
We have a lot of new books in the library for students to borrow. Students can borrow in their class time as well as before school from 8:30m and during their play break.
Scholastic Book Club
This week students will take home Scholastic Book Club Issue 4 catalogue. In the catalogue you will find great award-winning books, as well as old and new favourites. They span a wide range of children’s reading levels and interests and are great value.
Limiting ‘Screen time’ is a concern in most homes. Book Club is a great way to re-engage in books at home. Kids are excited about reading, especially when they get to choose a good ‘fun’ book themselves and kids tell us they are more likely to enjoy and finish a book that they have chosen themselves.
Take a look at the benefits of participating in Scholastic Book Club at https://scholastic.com.au/media/5452/scholastic_book_club_parent_guide.pdf
Orders can be made online at Scholastic LOOP Ordering and purchases will be delivered to the school and distributed to students in their classroom. All orders should be placed by Friday 12 June.
Happy Reading!
Angela Lamb
New Farm State School are pleased to announce The School Locker opened the school onsite uniform shop on Wednesday 27 May at 8am – 9.30am. Please enter school grounds only if it is absolutely necessary to purchase school uniforms keeping in line with the current government restrictions.
New Farm State School Uniforms are currently available from The School Locker website as well.
https://theschoollocker.com.au/schools/new-farm-state-school/uniforms
Customers have the option to choose DELIVERY to their home for a small nominal fee.
They can also choose PICKUP which would allow them or their student to pick up the parcel from the school office.
When creating an account please add the student name and class after your surname. This will show on the order so the order is easily identified.
Fatality Free Friday is an annual campaign run by the Australian Road Safety Foundation. It is Australia's largest community-based road safety day to raise awareness of the human cost of careless driving by calling for extra vigilance behind the wheel. In 2020, the national day of action is Friday 29 May. The Department of Transport and Main Roads is proud to support this important campaign, and calls on all Queenslanders to take the pledge to choose road safety, not just on Fatality Free Friday, but every day.
Take the pledge online at https://arsf.com.au/take-the-pledge-fff/
