It has been a privilege to work alongside staff and parents over the past weeks, as we prepared for students to continue learning. There have been some frustrations as we have navigated new ways of learning, but overall there has been an air of positivity and optimism. There has also been some innovative programs developed by teachers and creative delivery of learning by parents. 

We are looking forward to having students back at school, however I am waiting for the official Department of Education advice rather than speculating about the many ideas we are hearing through the media. I will advise parents and families of any advice or decisions as soon as they are received from the Department. In the interim, the advice remains that only children of parents working outside the home are able to attend school.

Thank you to the many parents and carers who have spoken to school staff, emailed or sent a text - your comments and feedback have been appreciated. Thank you also to parents who have shared photos and stories for inclusion on our Enoggera State School Facebook page. It has been such a joy to see the fabulous activities going on at home. Keep those stories coming to keepingessconnected@enoggerass.eq.edu.au One common feedback received from parents is that children are not getting work completed. It’s fine not to get through all the work provided as teachers will be reviewing key concepts when students return to school.                          

To those who were able to connect for one of our iSee sessions – I hope your children enjoyed them as much as teachers did. If you struggled to connect to iSee, please let us know by emailing Anita ( acoat35@eq.edu.au ) with screen shots of any errors or issues and we will endeavour to provide some IT support. Please understand that our Technical Officer is only available two days per week so support won’t be instantaneous. Teachers will be emailing you about further iSee sessions in the coming days as we include this new technology into our teaching and learning.

Once again take care and keep well.

Carol Butler

Prinicpal

Hello please note if you are installing iSEE on an Apple computer can you please ensure you right click on the installation file after download and then select open from the menu that will appear. See image for example.

If you simply double click on the installation file you will be prompted with an error message saying something along the lines of “iSeeQLDDoe installer can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. Contact developer”

The Year 1 teachers would like to say “thank you” to all parents and caregivers for your patience and support as we all traverse this new learning paradigm.  We will continue to check in with you on a regular basis but please do not hesitate to contact your class teacher if you have any questions or concerns with the learning at home materials.

This week, each class has had an on-line session with students via the iSee platform to enable students and teachers to see and talk to each other.  We are hoping to have further sessions in the coming weeks.

We have included two fun, independent scavenger hunt activities that students may wish to complete while they are at home.

Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Kind Regards

Kim Turner, Mel Webb, Rebecca Nelson

Year 1 Teachers

Digital Technologies and Dance

Welcome to Term 2. We are all doing our very best to maintain continuity by delivering learning to students through various platforms. Each year level has a sequence of online lessons through edStudio on The Learning Place. A hard copy of materials is also available upon request.

EdStudio access keys

Digital Technologies/Dance Prep to Year 4: Access Key S597258089

Dance Years 5 & 6: Access Key S31259555

Some year levels have either a dropbox or discussion component on their edStudio page. Students are able to upload completed work into Dropbox as well as ask questions about their learning (or just check in) through Discussion.

Wakakirri

We are yet to hear from Wakakirri as to how it may proceed in 2020. As soon as we have information, we will pass it on to families. In the meantime, our Years 5-6 students have been given some design challenge tasks through their edStudio space. Designs too may be uploaded through Dropbox.

The payment fee of $50 is still on hold until further notice.

As the 2019 National Health Category winners, we were recipients of a free cyber bullying workshop. The workshop was to be delivered on May 8^th however, given current circumstances we are liasing with BullyZero Victoria for a virtual delivery upon students return to school.

These are certainly unprecedented times. Thank you for your understanding and support. Wishing all of our families well.

Mrs Melissa Wilcox (and the Waka team)

wilcoxm@eq.edu.au

Welcome back to a very different and interesting Term 2. I hope everyone had a safe, healthy and fun Easter break.

Even though we are all learning differently this term and everything is a bit strange for us, it is actually a fantastic opportunity to read on many different platforms. We can’t wait to hear about all of your reading adventures when we are all together again.

This term Scholastic Book Club aren’t issuing paper brochures. If you are interested in purchasing from them, the link for the virtual brochure is below. On the last page of the brochure you will find how to order. For anyone who does make a purchase, when your order arrives at school, I will call you for collection. Don’t forget that as a bonus the school receives free resources with any purchases made. But more importantly your child gets to build on their own personal book collection.

https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/virtual-catalogue-1/

E Books Digital Library - Now Available!

All Enoggera State School students have now been registered to borrow eBooks from the eBooks Digital Library until 31 December 2020.

The eBooks Digital Library contains over 40,000 eBooks and audiobooks, including fiction and non-fiction reading material for students, which you can borrow and read 24/7 at home, at school, on your PC, laptop or mobile device.   You can also access the collection by downloading the free Sora app on your mobile device.

To login click on the following link and, if prompted, enter your child’s ESS username (MISID).  Please note this website is best viewed in the Google Chrome web browser.

https://soraapp.com/welcome/login/100423

This collection of eBooks includes easy readers, comic and graphic books, science fiction and fantasy resources.   Please take the time to look through the huge selection of books that are available for students to read and for you to read to your child.

Happy Reading                                                             

Donagh McKenzie and       

Shannon Green

Edstudio

If you have any questions surrounding the online Music program- mxhop2@eq.edu.au

Choice grids have been provided for lessons with some containing a recommended activity- this means that not everything needs to get done. 1-2 activities is plenty depending on how large the activity is (approximately 30 mins is the aim).

Junior Choir and Senior Choir

Term 1 songs (lyrics and backing tracks) have been added to the Music Edstudio so that any keen singers can get on there and keep practicing. Hopefully we can sing together again soon.

Mariel Hopper

Classroom Music Teacher

mxhop2@eq.edu.au

Metropolitan North “Virtual Cross Country”:

We have received information for those of you interested in running of a “Virtual Cross Country” Competition being offered directly through Metropolitan North.

Missing all your smiling faces at Enoggera!!

It is super important that you know that although we are far apart we are still part of the ESS community and you can access community resources.

So what resources and support are available:

1. edStudio ‘Well-Being and Chaplaincy’ page, has weekly activities, questions and little bit of fun as well as a two different resources pages.
2. edStudio Resources Pages have resources for parents and a Scripture Union link to help support any spiritual needs your family and more resources again.
3. Emmanuel Uniting Church ‘Community Helping Hand’ Program is still open Monday and Thursday 9am-12pm. You can attend Emmanuel Uniting Church during these hours and access a food hamper. If you cannot get there during this time you can email myself and I can pick a bag up for you and look at arranging an alternate pick up time for you.
4. The Chaplain is always available for phone support or video call to support parents or similar with children (in consultation with Ms Butler)
5. I have a podcast called ‘Chappy Chats’ which is available on Spotify and iTunes which is played on Radio Station 96Five
6. There is also an Instagram account that I run that you can view called Chaplain_life if your child or yourself is so inclined.
7. If you would like written encouragement for your child in the form of a letter please request this also by contact sarahp2@chappy.org.au
8. I am also able help you access other support services that may be needed if you contact the above email or call the school.

Remember that we are ALL going through this challenging time together and that we all at some point will need encouragement to get through.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Chappy Sarah

sarahp2@chappy.org.au

Dear ESS families,      

We hope you are doing ok with the current health guidelines and their restrictions.

In this unprecedented time we have been working to keep the P&C ticking over and will continue to do so. We are hoping to run our AGM by the end of term (online) and will keep you updated and ensure plenty of notice is given if it goes ahead.

We want to thank the Staff at ESS for helping guide our children through this time. The current framework for their education is new and we understand it takes a lot of work behind the scenes to set up and roll out. We appreciate that you too may be learning new skills in order to work this way and we thank you for your diligence and commitment to our children’s education. We also thank you for ensuring that for those of us who struggle to facilitate these kind of lessons at home, that the message has been clear that there are many ways and activities for children to learn, and that they are all relevant and enough.

We look forward to re-connecting in person when it is safe to do so.

EVENTS   

Due to the current health climate we have postponed our events taking place over the next couple of months.

Mother’s Day Stall has been cancelled and all goods donated and made will be held over for the 2021 stall.  We thank our stall convenors for their many hours of preparation and care given to creating, sourcing and packaging gifts for the special women in our student’s lives.

Steve Biddulph raising Girls/Boys seminars have been cancelled. Tickets will be refunded, please check your email for further details.

Susan McLean- Cyber safety seminar has been postponed. As with most events we are looking to reschedule to a later date but will need some time to coordinate with Susan and her team.

We will be rolling all ticket sales over to the new date but in the meantime should you wish to proceed with a refund please let us know.

If you are unavailable to attend the new date you will be able to get a refund.

Crazy Colour School Fun Run has been postponed and we are looking at possible dates for Term 3. Ideally we will run this event as soon as possible and look forward to celebrating with you all once it is safe to do so.

CONTAINERS FOR CHANGE

WE NEED YOUR CONTAINERS

Unsure which drink containers to bring to the school?

Just check the back of the bottles for the 10c refund symbol. If the 10c refund is noted on the bottle they can be collected and brought to the school for disposal in big the purple bins.

For a full break down of the included and excluded containers, please follow this link to the Containers for Change website: how-it-works.

Unsure how to collect your containers?

You can collect your containers using whatever you like! There is no need to have special bags for the collection. Just put your containers in a bucket, tub, storage container or even an old shopping bag and when it is full, put it in the boot of your car and empty the containers into the purple bins located at the front and back of the school between 7am and 3pm. It's that easy. 

Remember to only dispose of eligible containers and not rubbish.

Our school scheme ID is C10051863

GET IN TOUCH

Keep up to date via our Facebook Page-  Enoggera State School P and C Association

We welcome any questions or feedback. Please get in touch with anyone from our committee via email pandc@enoggerass.eq.edu.au

P&C MEMBER DETAILS

President – Jacqui Phillips                     Vice President – Patricia Cabrera

Treasurer – Bec O’Donnell                     Secretary – Ainslie Fiene

Is your child in need of a little bit of Wonder? Are they driving you Mad as a Hatter? Now could be just the time to dive down the rabbit hole and join our flourishing and supportive studio Speak Up family. 

With new content each week, engaging live video lessons, unlimited teacher feedback all rolled into an easy to use online learning environment, Speak Up can offer the right kind of drama, for right now.

Our theme this term is “Welcome to Wonderland” and students will be creating fabulous Alice in Wonderland performances for Speak Up TV. 

Enoggera State School Classes are on Wednesday afternoons on Zoom: 

• Explorers 3pm - 3.30pm (prep & grade 1, $270 per term)
• Storytellers 3.30pm - 4.15pm (grade 2 & 3, $300 per term)
• Inventors 4.15pm - 5.15pm (grade 4 - 6 $330 per term)

"I really love the online package and so does Oliver. Oliver particularly likes striking a pose and filming himself. He described the weekly catch up as, "So cool because I get to see all of my friends!" I love that Oliver gets to be social and engaged with his own speak up crew.” - Elizabeth Dixon