Deputy Principal News
A reminder that there are two days that our school is closed this term:
Wednesday 14th August for the EKKA holiday
Friday 30th August for a departmental Student Free Day.
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 Friday 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 plain 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.
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.
Pillar Practice
Our three school pillars include 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 improving our behaviour in two key areas as identified by the students at their recent Student Council meeting.
- Walking Feet – students are reminded to use their walking feet when transitioning around the school, moving to and from the toilet, and returning to line up areas. There is currently a lot of running on the concrete.
- Toilet Trust – students are reminded to show respect when using our toilets including respecting privacy, not taking food into the toilets, not playing games in the toilet block, using the soap correctly and sparingly, not wiping hands and soap on the mirrors.
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.
Student Council- Pyjama Day – gold coin donation – Friday 2nd August
- Subway Meal Deal – Monday 2nd September
The Charity being supported by the Student Council this term is the National Endangered Species Foundation. Students will be able to bring their favourite stuffed animal to school on Friday 6th September and donate a gold coin to this charity.
The Wellbeing Initiative for this term will be an Appreciation Week. There will be more information provided prior to this event in Week 5 of term. Students will be demonstrating their appreciation visually in our school. Look out for our Gratitude Pin Wheel garden that will be planted very soon!
Thanks for your support of the Student Council.
AlphaBucks Competition
If you did not hear the broadcast of Bronte on B105 for Alphabucks this morning, you can listen to the podcast via this link https://omny.fm/shows/stav-abby-and-matt/alphabucks-school-championships-enoggera-state-sch
Congratulations to Bronte who answered 8/10 questions correctly thinking of answers beginning with the letter M. We will eagerly wait to hear if Bronte makes into the finals with the chance to win $1000 for herself and $10 000 for the school!
Clubs and Activities
Our Lunch time Clubs and Activities program has been updated this term with some new activities and the continuation of some favourites. New activities include a Comic Book Club, Board Games, Construction, Quoits and Giant Games. Some favourite activities are continuing including Chess Club, Kids’ Yoga, Karaoke, Bubbles, Chalk Drawing and Just Dance Club. Visual posters are on display in all classrooms and the library for students to know what is happening each break.
School Musical
Tickets are on sale now! Don’t miss out!
Book Week
We are launching Book Week 2024 with our Book Week Parade on Friday 16th August. This event is for all year levels and parents and caregivers are welcome to attend. Weather depending, the Book Parade will take place on the multi-purpose court. In the case of rain, it will be moved to the EPAC.
Ms Tina Burrows
Deputy Principal