Thank you to the parents who have used Stop Drop Go over the past 3 weeks. It is really pleasing to see that, due to the great work by everyone, the line of cars rarely extends beyond the car park. Here are this week’s tips to make the process even more efficient –

• If you are the car at the front of the line, please drive all the way to the green striped pole before stopping. This helps us to fit more cars in the area.
• For the safety of students, we will only load the first 3 cars at any time. Please be patient - it’s surprising how quickly you get to be one of the first cars!

From next Monday, there will be a second Stop Drop Go area in Laurel Street, near the double gates close to the playground. Brisbane City Council has set up the area with the same green striped poles and there is room for 6 vehicles at a time. From Monday, there will be a staff member on duty in this area and, just as with the existing Stop Drop Go, please stay with your vehicle and we will load the first 3 cars at a time. Once again, students will be supervised until 3.15pm in this area so there’s no need to rush to line up. Please let your child know if you will be trialling this area next week so they know where to go.

Term 3 bell times and after school procedures will depend on the efficiency of the two Stop Drop Go areas.  More information will follow.

What do social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Tiktok share? One commonality is that you should be 13 years old to sign up; however, we are aware of students who have accounts with one or more of these programs. If this is your under 13 year old, you might like to consider the following and cancel their access until they are able to legally sign up for an account.

• Is your child able to withstand negative online experiences? 
• Does your child understand the importance of protecting their personal information?  
• Does your child understand how privacy settings for social media work? 
• Does your child understand what is safe to share online? 
• Does your child know how to report cyberbullying and other kinds of abusive content? 
• Is your child willing to let you establish clear rules and supervise their social media activity?
• Are you aware your child may view Adult content?

School staff are unable to control home access to these programs and therefore it is difficult to deal with issues that arise from their use at home.

After a couple of weeks with students back at school, there has been plenty of hard work going on in classrooms. Now that we are back to school routines, we are working towards the teaching and learning goals in our school strategic plan. Our support and classroom teachers are working together to plan and teach lessons, using strategies to differentiate for student learning needs. With so much expertise in our teaching staff, this is an opportunity for our teachers to learn from their colleagues.

Congratulations to Henry and Elizabeth, who participated in the Cross Country @ Home event earlier this term. At this stage, it is unclear what the rest of the year will look like around sporting events. Athletics will form part of the term 3 teaching unit in PE, however whether it will be possible to hold a carnival remains to be seen, as restrictions on numbers able to attend events are lifted. We will also be communicating information on District and State Athletics events as details are known.

Planning Days

Our Teachers are currently working very hard at finalising teaching, learning and assessment for Term 2 . Over the next few weeks (on Thursdays) Teachers will be taken offline to work with myself and the student services team to plan, engaging and appropriate learning programs for Term 3.  Whilst this occurs Ms McKenzie and Mrs Wilcox will be taking classes and continuing regular classroom learning and routines.

Classroom Practice

At present all classes are introducing WALT posters and terminology with students in English and Maths.  WALT is an acronym for We Are Learning To...  This process is a clear, explicit and visual way for students to recognise, grasp and comprehend the concept / concepts of the day's lesson.  Mrs Butler and I will be visiting classrooms over the coming weeks to ask students about this process and how it is assisting in their learning success.

Report Cards and Parent Interviews.

Just a reminder that Report Cards will be available for parents on Friday of Week 3 Term 3 for 2020.  These will be emailed and available via QParents.  Parent Teacher Interviews will be available in Weeks 8 and 9 of Term 3.

Amy O'Malley

aomal3@eq.edu.au

Year 4

Welcome back to Term Two.  Thank you greatly for your patience and dedication during the start to the term with home schooling. Whilst I’m sure the students revelled in staying home with you, they have largely transitioned back to school eagerly and happily.

This semester we continue to have a strong learning focus on our Reading and Spelling programs, which are proving to be fantastic.  The students are involved three times a week in reading groups and three times a week in spelling. The classroom teacher is also teaching the explicit strategies required to be a literate student.  

We are diligently working on learning to write a traditional story that teaches a moral.  We have all the resources we need and have already made a start.

In Mathematics, we are covering a range of topics including number, patterns, chance and data, mapping and direction, measurement and space.  It has been interesting to note how much basic number facts impact on most areas of both mathematics and our lives.

We are also concluding our History/HASS unit, which looked at pre and post first Australian contacts throughout history.  We will launch into Geography both now and in Semester Two. HASS will be reported on only in Semester Two.

In Science, we have looked at soil and erosion, plants and their needs and we are beginning a research task about an Australian endangered animal.

We are also working on PE, health, technology, digital technology and art.  We have looked at and enjoyed drawing self-portraits and we are working towards looking at colour and exploring tint, tone and shade. We are excitedly dancing and continue with music. 

Overall, despite our unusual start, it has been a productive and positive year, which we are all embracing.

The Year 4 Teachers

Ms Kerr

rkerr31@eq.edu.au

Mr Schwarten

mschw13@eq.edu.au 

Wakakirri News

Wakakirri has started! The Year 5/6 students have commenced learning their sections of the work and they are looking fab! Our Year 4 students will move to Wakakirri as soon as their Dance assessment is completed. Students in lead roles have been working hard on a Friday afternoon. This time has been invaluable in developing the story line and characters.

As stated in previous newsletters, we are still waiting to hear about the live performances. In the meantime, we are forward planning in preparation for at least a school community performance at the end of the year.

We are after some donations:

• Toys/dolls that are a minimum of 30cm tall (students will be dancing with these so they need to be sturdy)
• Grey and green recycled garbage bags

Please place any of the above items in the Wakakirri bin located in the office. Thank you for your assistance in advance. Finally, thank you to all the students who have completed set designs or provided information about potential costumes. A big thank you to our staff team members too who include Mrs Leeson, Ms Kerr, Mr Schwarten and the artistic Mr Roxburgh who will be starting on the sets this week.

We also have some fabulous canvas prints of past Wakakirri performances now on display in EPAC. Make sure you check them out, they’re awesome and a touch of history!

Mrs Wilcox and the Waka team

wilcoxm@eq.edu.au 

Senior Choir begins this Friday morning 12^th June 8-8:40am. New members are welcome! A commitment to rehearsals is required and please bring along a folder to store your music in.

Junior Choir begins next Monday 15^th June. First break after eating. New members are welcome!

Mariel Hopper

mxhop2@eq.edu.au 

Inter-school, District and other Sporting Events

While we are all keen to get sport and sporting events back up and running, like many other aspects of life at this time, they form part of the staged relaxation of restrictions.

Currently, Education Department Guidelines restrict sport (with the exception of PE lessons), whole of school events and excursions, all of which form part of any school sport, inter-school, district or regional program.

What this means simply is that all sports events are currently on hold, cancelled or postponed. Decisions about:

• when to resume,
• how to resume,
• what will resume or ultimately be cancelled,
• what modifications will need to be made to events,
• can they fit into the calendar,

are all being made by various departments and groups outside of the schools control.

These departments and groups will communicate with schools when relevant decisions are made outlining the path forward.  In turn, the school will then work on the appropriate plans to move forward within our own settings.

We are looking at various potential scenarios and making some preparations where possible, in readiness for the return to sport.  When we have a clear picture of what the programs look like we will communicate this information to parents and families. 

In the meantime, please be patient – understand that there have been no decisions released and any ‘whispers’ you hear are just that ‘whispers’ and speculation.

Each school is working within its own context and in the best interest of its own student body as a whole. The school down the road, that your friends children go to or maybe an older siblings school maybe doing something entirely different, that doesn’t mean they have any more information than we do, it just means they are working in a direction that suits the context of their school.

Jo Jardine

HPE

jjard16@eq.edu.au 

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P&C AGM

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at Enoggera State School via Zoom at 6.15 on Tuesday 23 June 2020. 

A zoom link will be sent by email and posted on the P&C's Facebook page on the day of the meeting.

All nominees for executive positions will attend the meeting in person at EPAC along with the current P&C Executive and Mrs Butler.

If anyone would like to attend the meeting but cannot access zoom, please contact us via enoggerapandc@gmail.com  and we will work towards accommodating your attendance.

Nominations for Executive and Communications Officer Positions

Nomination forms for all the Executive Positions and the Communications Officer position can be downloaded here.

Please submit completed nomination forms by 12pm on the day of the meeting to: AGMElection@enoggerass.eq.edu.au

Please note this email has been set up solely to receive nomination forms and is being managed by Mrs Butler. No other P&C representatives will have access to the list of nominees until the day of the meeting.

All nomination forms previously submitted by email prior to the previously cancelled AGM in March will remain valid. 

Membership 

Applications for Membership to the P&C can be downloaded here, the P&C Code of Conduct can be viewed here

Please submit completed membership forms via email by 12pm on the day of the meeting to: enoggerapandc@gmail.com

All membership forms submitted by email prior to the previously cancelled AGM in March will still be valid. 

All existing members who wish to continue their membership, will need to submit a new application for membership. Please note that the AGM is the only meeting which allows the P&C to accept applications for membership without your attendance at the meeting.

Accordingly, we encourage you to complete your membership forms and submit them to the email above prior to the meeting, regardless of whether you are able to attend the meeting.

We look forward to virtually seeing as many of you as possible and welcoming our new members.

A General meeting will immediately follow the AGM.

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop continues to operate via the QKR! app.  Orders will be processed and packed Tuesday mornings and can be collected from the Uniform Shop from 8.15am-9am. If you are unable to collect your order during this opening time, the order will be placed in the school office for collection at your convenience. 

Should you require sizing, and need to attend on Tuesday morning to try on items,  please email ess.uniforms@gmail.com in advance so we can safely facilitate this.

The preferred payment method is either QKR! orders or EFTPOS. 

TUCKSHOP

The tuckshop menu has been reduced to allow for Rosetta to work with one volunteer.   

Orders can only be accepted via the QKR! app. No cash or counter sales are available.

This also means there will be no counter sales during 1st or 2nd break. 

Wednesday we will offer Pasta Bolognaise as an additional Hot option, and Friday will be Beef or Vegetarian Nachos. This will continue until the end of Term 2.

Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey at the end of last term.

We are adjusting the Term 3 menu currently and look forward to bringing exciting new winter options next term.

CONTAINERS FOR CHANGE

Due to COVID-19 the number of containers collected have been lower compared to our usual takings. We would love to get this back on track.

Please note that parents are allowed on school grounds to drop off containers to the purple bins.

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 at drop off or pick up time. It is that easy. 

Remember, a little bit of effort on your part will make a big difference for our school and the environment.

If you wish to visit the depot Our school scheme ID is C10051863

The purple bins will be out during Term 2 if you would like to drop your collection off between 7am and 3pm.

Remember to only dispose of eligible containers and not rubbish. Check the back of the container for the 10c symbol.

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