Dear Parents and Caregivers,

LEARNING CURVE WELLBEING FOCUS

This week in our Learning Curve Program, we are focussing on the Wellbeing Element of Meaning and Purpose. The wellbeing builder is: Strength of Character.

The focus this week is about using your character strengths such as courage and kindness for 3 things: to be kind to others, to say sorry when it is needed and to forgive others. Sometimes, when something happens and we feel like we should apologise to someone and we don't, we tend to carry that around with us as emotional baggage and we tend to feel guilty. If we use our character strengths to be kind and courageous, we will then be able to say sorry and forgive others. When we do these things, we are letting go of that emotional baggage and helping ourselves to feel better. This is why in the How - it says be kind to others and be kind to yourself. So, this week think about showing courage and kindness to your peers, which will ensure you are able to say sorry and can forgive others. 

MULTI-PURPOSE ROOF

As explained yesterday in the letter sent out to all families, the craning in of the steel for the roof project over the multi-purpose court is now well underway. Due to some sudden changes, the school oval on Thursday-Friday this week will be unusable to ensure the project remains on track. We will experience slight disruptions over these two days with school access. The small gate next to the church from Laurel St will be the only gate open at the back of the school. Students and parents/caregivers will still be able to access the school from South Pine Road. There will be no access to the EPAC, EPAC walkways, the Library and the Yr 3-6 end of the oval. We think this is the best outcome to enable the project to continue on track.

FULL SCHOOL REVIEW

This week we received the reports from our Full School Review that was held in the last week of last term.  As outlined at the exit meeting with leadership and the school staff they found some very positive affirmations and have made some recommendations which will guide our Quadrennial School Review (QSR) process this year to feed into our Strategic Plan for the next four years from 2024-2027. Their findings have been summarised into the infographic below.  The Executive Summary Report will go up on our school website shortly and school leaders will begin to unpack the full report with staff and plan the QSR process.

 CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to our Cross-Country runners who represented our school at the City District Cross Country trials last week.  From all reports they performed well and represented our school well.  Well done runners and thank you to Mr Woodrick and Mrs Fitzpatrick for their superb organisation and supervision of our students on the day.  Thank you to those parents who were able to go along to support them also.

P & C DISCO

It was lovely on Friday night to see our students and parents having a great time at the disco at Everton Park SHS.  A huge thank you to the P & C and parents who helped out in the night with serving food and drinks and supervision on the night. 

It was great to see our families supporting the P & C who support the school both in-kind and financially through strategic projects and also provide services to our school community through the uniform shop and Tuck Inn.

CHAPLAINCY

Just a reminder that we are supporting Chaplaincy Week in School from May 22 to May 26.  During this week we welcome Chappy Twinkee and we celebrate the launch of the Slime Run with a Colour Explosion Dress Up day on Tuesday 23 May.  The Slime Run will be held on the second last day of the school term in the last session as a major fundraiser for the Local Chaplaincy Committee which funds the shortfall in wages for us to keep a Chaplain in our school 2 days per week. We look forward to as much community support as possible for this event.  Students should have received their packs of information about the Slime Run and parents should now have a portal page set up to manage their child’s fundraising online.

OPEN DAY

On May 26 we will hold our first Open Day for this year aimed at families who are looking to enrol here for 2024 either in Prep or other year levels.  If you know of families who live in our catchment and are hoping to come to Enoggera State School please let them know of the coming Open Day which will commence in EPAC with a talk about the school which will be followed by a tour of the facilities.

I will be away at the Qld Association of State School’s Principal’s (QASSP) Conference at the Brisbane International Convention Centre at Bowen Hills on Thursday and Friday (11 and 12 May). While I am away Deputy Principal, Mrs Tina Burrows will be Acting Principal. 

Till next time,

Mrs Anne Robinson

Principal