Calendar Dates

A reminder that there are two days that our school is closed this term:

Wednesday 16^th August for the EKKA holiday

Friday 1^st September for a departmental Student Free Day. 

Other Dates to mark in your calendar:

Friday 4^th August – School Council Dress Up Day – Wear your Pyjamas!

Thursday 24^th August – Wakakirri Performance at Logan Entertainment Centre

Friday 25^th August – Book Week Parade

Wednesday 30^th August – P&C Fathers’ Day Stall

Thursday 31^st August – Feed your Fella BBQ Breakfast for Chaplaincy

Saturday 9^th September – P&C Family Fun Day

These dates and other events can all be located in the newsletter calendar and on our school Facebook Page.

As the weather remains cold over the winter months, a reminder that students are required to either wear a school jacket available at the uniform shop (open Tuesday morning from 8am); or a plain jumper in a school blue colour.  Students are not permitted to wear hoodies or jumpers with any printing or designs on them.   Girls are permitted to wear blue stockings (or black if blue is unavailable).  All students can also wear plain school blue tracksuit pants.  A reminder that girls should be wearing suitable earrings and headbands to school.  Headbands should be in school colours and earrings should be limited to plains studs.

This Dress Code was developed collaboratively with the school community and supports the wearing of a school uniform to promote a sense of belonging and school pride.   It also promotes a supportive environment fostering mutual respect among individuals at school by minimising visible evidence of economic, class or social difference.   Thank you for your support of our School Dress Code.

Facebook

Our school has a very active Facebook page with daily posts to keep our school community informed of what is happening in our school.  Our events are posted throughout the term to allow parents time to be prepared for the term ahead.  Click on the more tab and then the events tab in the dropdown menu to go to our events. 

The more you interact with the page by liking and commenting on posts, the more our page will appear in your newsfeed.  A reminder that Facebook is not the best platform to ask questions that you need immediate or urgent replies to, as we don’t always see questions in the comment sections of a post.   This is best done by emailing the teacher/admin or calling the office.  Facebook is also not a site for posting complaints or negative comments about staff or school processes.  If you have some constructive feedback for the school or an issue that you would like to raise, we would respectfully ask that you make an appointment to speak with the Principal to discuss your concerns.   Any inappropriate or derogatory comments will be removed from the platform.  

Please remember to never make comments on the page referencing a child’s name for privacy reasons.

Pillar Practice

Our three school pillars including Safety (Be Safe); Relationships (Be Respectful); and Learning (Be a Responsible Learner).  Each fortnight at Assembly, a Pillar Practice is shared with staff and students that becomes our focus behaviour improvement.  This fortnight, our Pillar Practice is around our Learning Pillar focusing on:

1. Listening Carefully
2. Following Instructions (the first time)
3. Working Quietly – not disturbing teaching and learning

All class teachers are provided with a poster for their classroom and will explicitly teach our school expectations around the relevant pillar and behaviour.   Students are reminded daily about our focus behaviour with the goal of improving this behaviour across the school. 

The Student Engagement and Behaviour committee reviews behaviour data across the school at their meetings to discuss future focus areas for identified behaviours of concern.   This process is documented in our Student Code of Conduct and is part of our explicit teaching of behaviour in our school.  You can support us by being aware of the current Pillar Practice and discussing the expectations with your children at home.

Best Line Up and Best Eating Area

Congratulations to our winners of the Best Line Up and Best Eating Area for the past fortnight.  Mrs Robinson and Mrs Burrows were out and about monitoring over the last two week.  There has been a huge improvement in the eating area behaviour with a special mention to the improvement in the Prep Eating Area.  Line up has also improved with a special mention to Year 3 and Year 1 for their improvement.  The winning class and year level will be rewarded with additional 10 minutes playtime on a Friday afternoon of their choice supervised by Mrs Burrows and Mrs Robinson.  Keep up the great work everyone!

One of our current School Council parent representatives, Lisa McDonald, has recently stepped down from their position.  We are very grateful to Lisa for the valuable contribution she made to the School Council.  This has created a parent representative vacancy on the School Council and the opportunity for any interested parents to submit a nomination form. 

The School Council meets once every term on a Monday afternoon from 3:15pm for approximately an hour.  The meeting is both in person and via teams, so you do not have to come to school to attend the meeting.   Nominations will be voted on by the current members at the meeting on Monday 28th  August. The meeting has been postponed for 2 weeks from the original date due to scheduling conflicts.   

Nomination forms should be email to Tina Burrows (tburr11@eq.edu.au) as the current chair of the School Council by Friday 25^th August.

We look forward to receiving any nominations and welcoming a new parent representative to our School Council. 

Olympian Visit

Our Year 5 and 6 students will attend a special visit from “Olympics Unleashed” on Tuesday 15^th August in the EPAC.  This is a free program where Olympians and athletes aspiring for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and beyond share lessons from their Olympic journey that every student can learn from.  Presented in an interactive and engaging way, athletes will share how they set goals, overcome challenges and demonstrate resilience throughout their athletic journey.