Dear Parent and Caregivers,

WAKAKIRRI

It was wonderful to attend the Wakakirri performance “I Am” on Thursday night at the Logan Entertainment Centre to see our students shine.  Our performance in the words of the Wakakirri Ambassador, Leah Clark, “Such a well-rehearsed and polished performance. Great choreography that supported but didn’t distract from the main story.  All students performed brilliantly with such confidence.  Great simple costuming, sets and projection.” 

We were awarded the ‘Ensemble Award for Overall Performance’ on the night and have consequently been invited back to perform again at the Showcase Awards night on September 8th.

On assembly this week we not only acknowledged the great performance and hard work our students have put across two terms, but we also acknowledged the staff who have made this happen.  We especially thanked Miss Dunstan for her choreography, leadership and creativity and her support staff of Mrs Hall, Mrs Harris, Mr Harris and Ms Kerr.  We also thanked Mr Edhouse, the Pre-service teacher who assisted on the night and also Mrs Rees who drove down to assist in bringing back props.

As usual our whole school community is behind our Waka team as they maintain their motivation and continue to polish their performance ready to perform again. We wish them all the best, or as they say in Waka land-Chookas!

 

PREP OPEN MORNING

Last week we held our final Prep Open Morning for the year with a number of families attending to hear about wonderful school and to go on a tour of the facilities.  Our Prep Enrolments Meeting bookings are now open for enrolled families to make a time to attend their Prep Enrolment Meeting.  There are slots available over the last two weeks of school currently and then if needed we can open up more spots early next term.

Once our in-catchment enrolments are finalised we will then be able to look at offering enrolment interviews to some of our 'out of catchment families' before we move to the Prep Transition mornings on Friday November 3 and 17.  On those mornings the 2024 Prep students will participate in a morning of activities in class whilst the parents participate in Prep Information sessions in EPAC.  The Transition mornings go from 9-11am on each of the days. The P and C will run a special uniform shop access for those mornings.

EXCURSIONS

Recently our Year 2 students attended Lone Pine as part of their learning for their English unit where they have to write an information report on an Australian animal. They had a great day leaning all about the animals their diet, habitats etc. 

Last week our Year 3 students attended the Nudgee Beach Environmental Education Centre to participate in the ‘Young Curious Scientist Program’ as part of their Science unit this term. Students were able to observe and group unique plants and animals in their natural habitat and learn how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples may have alternative forms of classification.

As we have several more excursions and off campus activities coming up over the next couple of weeks of this term it is a timely reminder to families that when students are leaving the school on excursion, they are representatives of the school and must be in full school uniform and of exemplary behaviour at all times.  If students arrive at school without the correct uniform parents will be phoned or students may be excluded from the excursion.  Likewise, if behaviour at school prior to the activity is not to a satisfactory standard, students may not be invited to attend these excursions/activities and camps as this can pose additional supervision and safety risks for the activity.

With all of these excursions/activities happening this term on top of some other incursions and all of them requiring permissions and some payments, I encourage parents to stay informed and to meet deadlines for permissions and payments. 

If activities have payment required the payment and permissions go to the administration office and if just permissions with no payments these can be managed by the class teachers.  It is the responsibility of parents to meet payment deadlines otherwise the invoices lapse and students will be unable to attend.

TEACHER AIDE APPRECIATION WEEK

This week across Australia is Teacher Aide Appreciation Week, where we acknowledge the great work our Teacher Aides do to support Teachers and students every day of the school year.  We are blessed here at Enoggera to have experienced and passionate Teacher Aides in our work force and we love nothing better to acknowledge them as the unsung heroes in our school. 

We presented our Teacher Aides with a certificate of appreciation on assembly this week and will also celebrate with them at a staff morning tea later in the week.  I know that some of our classes are also preparing a little thank you for the Teacher Aides who work in their classrooms as well.

READERS CUP AND MATHS TOURNAMENT

Our winning Reader’s Cup team have been working hard on their new books in preparation to represent Brisbane North at the coming State Finals Competition next Thursday.  We wish Layla, Jarvis, Charlee, Patrick and Adelyn all the best as they head off to do their school and region proud.

Some of these same students are in Wakakirri and have been rehearsing hard for that and are also in the Maths Tournament and have been preparing for that competition as well.  They competed in the Maths Tournament on Monday this week and whilst not placing on the day did very well to work together as a team to tackle some very difficult Mathematics problems.  We were represented by two Year 5/6 mixed teams on the day and both teams tried their hardest and showed amazing tenacity and resilience to keep pushing forward in the competition.  Thank you to Ms Burrows and Ms Kerr who have been preparing our Maths students and also to Ms Kerr and Mrs McKenzie who attended the competition with them on the day.

FAMILY FUN DAY

Our wonderful P and C are running their big fundraiser for the year on Saturday September 9.  This will be the Family Fun Day where there will be lots of things for families to enjoy together with rides, stalls, yummy food and activities to do. 

We look forward to the whole school community getting behind our P and C to support this bi-annual event on the school calendar. Our P and C have worked hard for many years to raise $187,000 towards the Multi-Purpose Court Roof. Now it is time to restock the bank account so that we can plan for the next big projects in the school and to supplement the grants we currently have in the ‘Gaming Benefit Fund’ for a new Prep Playground and also the ‘Go For Gold Grant’ for the pool heating and fencing refurbishment.

STUDENT FREE DAY

This Friday September 1 is the annual September Flexible Student Free Day on the DoE calendar, which was typically put aside for moderation purposes.  As our Teachers’ have completed their interschool moderation hours as twilight PDs after school this year with Stafford State School, our Teachers, Teacher Aides, Admin and Leaders will be off site on Friday with only the School’s Officer, Cleaners and Camp Australia on site on that day.

Till next time,

Mrs Anne Robinson

Principal