I am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to work as Principal here at Enoggera State School. Over the last two weeks I have really enjoyed getting to work alongside staff and meet the wonderful Enoggera children. I have received many a warm welcome – it is a great feeling to be greeted by children throughout the school day.

We held our first assembly on Monday and it was lovely to see the whole school come together to celebrate the achievements of our students of the week. It was also really lovely to have the parents of these children attend to join in the congratulations.

What a beautiful facility EPAC is. I was invited to watch the 4-6 Arts Enrichment program on Friday and was blown away by the amazing performing arts space! It is a facility that is really unique to this school. I was also really impressed with the number of children involved in the Arts Enrichment program – which is no surprise given the arts culture that is embedded within this school.  The passion of both students and teachers was evident. It was a real highlight of my week.

Since the start of Term, I have spent time in both the playground and classrooms, working to build relationships with students and staff. It is evident from my visits that there is a real sense of school pride and both staff and children have a real love of the place. This is really a special thing to see and be a part of. I am thoroughly looking forward to my 6 weeks here at Enoggera.

Today Eunice Webb our Assistant Regional Director visited Enoggera State School.  She was incredibly impressed with the 'vibe' of the school and how settled and calm the school was.  One of our students found Mrs Webb trying to locate the office and kindly introduced himself and escorted her to the Administration Building.  She said that it was a real credit to the school to have students conduct themselves the way this young man did.

If you would like to get in touch for any reason, please feel free to make contact at ewilk66@eq.edu.au

Eliza Borsht

Acting Principal

Welcome back to Term 4. I can’t believe how quick this year has gone by.

This term is going to be very busy, as we try to catch up due to the COVID restrictions.

We started the week with School Photo Day on Monday. After having to rearrange a few classes in EPAC (thank you to my Arts teachers for being so understanding) we managed to get all the photos taken before the School Assembly at 2.30. A big “Thank You” to MSP Photography for being so accommodating.

Tuesday saw the 2021 Prep Interviews get underway. If you know of any families in the area, whose child is due to start Prep next year, please get them to contact the school for an Enrolment Package.

Today was Chappy Sarah’s “Multi Colour Pillar Day”. All of the students looked great in their Green (Relationships), Red (Safety) and Blue (Learning) free dress.

Tomorrow (Thursday 15 October) the Prep Vision Screening will be taking place. This service is conducted by Qld Health each year free of service.

Next week we have Book Week Dress Up day on Monday. The theme this year is “Curious Creatures, Wild Minds”. The class parade will begin at 9am. Unfortunately, parents/carers are not able to attend this year, but don’t worry, we will be uploading photos on our Facebook page.

The Year 6 cohort finally get to go on Camp from Wednesday 21 October to Friday 23 October. After having to postpone the camp in Term 2, I’m sure the Year 6 students and teachers are looking forward to this camp. Just a reminder that the camp must be paid in full by Monday 19 October for your child to attend.

The Year 2 students are off to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary on Thursday 22 October as part of their English Unit this Term. Payment for this excursion is due by Thursday 15 October (tomorrow). If payment is not received on time, it may mean that your child may miss out on attending the excursion.

Over the past several months, you may have noticed our Swimming Pool has been having a long awaited makeover. With an upgrade to the change rooms, canteen facilities and the grandstand, as well as the pool being painted, it really looks fantastic. Swimming for students will begin next week.

The 2021 Book Lists were emailed out today. Orders can be place by either ordering online or by visiting Bedrock Books at Brendale. We have also attached copies of each year level here for your convenience.

The upcoming State Election is on Saturday 31st October, 2020, polling is available here at Enoggera State School in EPAC.

And lastly, we would like to welcome Adam Sheppard to the Enoggera State School community. Adam will be filling in as our Schools Facilities Officer while Colin is off on leave.

Leanne Haslam

lhsl2@eq.edu.au

Year 4

Over Term 4 we will maintain our strong learning focus on Reading and Spelling programs which are proving to be fantastic.  The students continue to be involved three times a week in each area, together with their classroom teacher teaching the explicit strategies required to be a literate student.  We are focussing on advertising as our unit work over the term. 

We are continuing our Geography unit which looks at recycling and reusing to sustain our environment and mapping.  In digital technology we use computers which gets us thinking digitally.  We hope to enjoy science where we will design games using force, and investigate power through push and pull.  We have some great pinball machines coming into school and thank parents and carers profusely for their assistance.

4A welcomes a prac student to their room, Ms White, who is in her final year of a Masters Degree.  We already love her contributions and look forward to working with her.

Swimming training for the swimming carnival will take place and will hopefully be a welcome relief on a hot day.  Swimming will begin in Week 3.  We have begun practise for Arts on Stage in our drama lessons and love showcasing our talent.

 As we draw near to the end of the year we will be working hard to retain our focus whilst looking forward to the celebrations of Christmas.  Report cards will be distributed in the last weeks of Term 4.  Education Queensland has confirmed that Thursday the 10th and Friday the 11^th of December will be pupil free days this year.

 Please contact us if you have any queries:

Term 4 sees a number of our families preparing to post out of Brisbane at the end of the year, looking at new schools, houses and jobs in their new location. Given the Covid situation, MWDU is also greatly on the rise for families and DCO and other services are putting together a number of support options for families during this time so keep an eye on my regular emails. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you would like further information or have specific requests this term. Please also remember to keep either myself, your child’s classroom teacher or admin in the loop of any changes impacting on your family.

DCO have teamed up with Mates4Mates, RSL QLD, Kookaburra Kids, Open Arms, Defence Health and Defence Families, for Veterans’ Health Week 2020 across Queensland. On offer will be a great range of physical and virtual events, including a number of events for the whole family to get involved in. This year’s theme is focused on social connection, so there has never been a better time to get involved with your defence community. Whether its trivia, an open day, or online yoga, there is something for everyone. Events will be running during Veterans’ Health Week from October 24 to November 1, 2020. Register for more information: https://www.veteranshealthweekqld.org/register

Jody Kellin

jkell551@eq.edu.au

Best wishes to our senior students attending Everton Park High School for the First Lego League Interschool challenge. Students will be attending the robotics program on Thursday afternoons across 7 weeks.

Thank you to Megan Murphy (Primary Liason Officer - EPHS) for organising this fantastic opportunity. Additionally, a huge thank you to our caregivers for arranging student transport and supporting this wonderful program.

Mrs Melissa Wilcox

wilcoxm@eq.edu.au

Welcome back to the final term of 2020. What a year it has been.

As always, our library is a hive of activity. Preparations are underway for Book Week this term. This year’s theme is

Our BOOK WEEK parade will be held on Monday 19^th of October in Week 3.This is when we will get to celebrate our love of reading and books.  However, due to COVID restrictions, our parents, carers and wider community will be unable to attend. The parade will be held at approximately 9am on the soft fall outside of the library and prizes will be given for the “BEST CLASS BORROWERS.”  Photos of the event will be posted on our school Facebook page. We look forward to seeing all of our students and staff dressed up as their favourite book characters.

Also in Week 6 is our much anticipated Book Fair. The year’s theme is

The Fair will be open Friday 6^th November until Wednesday 11^th November from 8.15 until 8.45 in the mornings and from 3.05 until 3.30 in the afternoons. Only students will be able to visit the fair. In the past we have offered parents the opportunity to attend an evening BOOK FAIR event, however, due to the current COVID restrictions this will have to be revised and will we will send out information closer to the date.

The Scholastic Book Club brochure for Issue 7 will be sent home this week and orders need to be put in before Thursday 22nd October.  If you are interested in making any purchases you can find out how on the second last page of the brochure. 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.

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.

The 2020 Premier's Reading Challenge has now finished and the students who completed the challenge will have their efforts recognised through the receipt of a Certificate of Achievement signed by the Premier of Queensland in the coming months.

Happy Reading

Rehearsals are on at their regular times this term. Students, please make sure you’re at rehearsal each week in order to be prepared for our end of term performance.

Senior Choir: Friday 8am

Junior Choir: Monday first break

Recorder: Friday first break

Mariel Hopper

Classroom Music Teacher

mxhop2@eq.edu.au

Welcome back to a wonderful term in the pool. Our facilities are looking amazing with some off-season renovations bringing them new life.

Week 3 will see us kicking off our swimming lessons for each class.  Parents are reminded to please mark all swimming gear and uniforms with names to avoid confusion and allow us to return those forgotten items.  If your student cannot swim any day for any reason make sure you send either a note to the class teacher or email me jjard16@eq.edu.au 

We have swimming carnival events scheduled for week 9 of this term in two groups Prep-2 and Years 3-6 the same breakdown as our athletics carnival. The exact make up of these days will be dependent on guidelines at the time so more details will come out closer to those events.

Jo Jardine

jjard16@eq.edu.au

Congratulations to Shalana (PB teacher) & Edward on their marriage which took place on Friday September 25th, 2020

We wish you both many blessings for your future together.

MANGO FUNDRAISER

As you will have seen via the letter issued last Friday, we are selling trays of North Queensland mangoes as a fundraiser for our multi-purpose court roof. 

A single layer tray of Kensington Pride mangoes will sell for $25 and will come to you directly from the farm.  Each tray contains approximately 7kg of mangoes and the number of mangoes per tray will vary depending upon the size of the fruit.

All orders must be placed by 30 October and mangoes will be delivered in the week commencing Monday 30 November from the back of EPAC.  We will provide further details around mango pick up times/dates closer to the delivery window.

Orders for ESS families can be placed via the QKR! App and for non-ESS families, the details are below.  Please feel free to share this with your friends and families as we would welcome orders from our extended school community.

For any further details, please contact Naomi Dorland on 0407209355 or e-mail naomidorland@hotmail.com

UNIFORM SHOP - NEWS AND IMPORTANT DATES

Our Uniform Shop continues to remain open during Term 4 on Tuesday mornings between 8.15am and 9.00am.   The uniform shop is located under the school administration building.

Prep 2021 orders

For those families with Prep students starting in 2021, our Uniform Shop will unfortunately not be open during the prep orientation this term due to COVID restrictions, however Prep families are still able to purchase new uniforms via the QKR! App on the Tuesday prior to their orientation session.  Our Uniform Shop volunteers will then package your order up ready for collection from EPAC at your orientation session.  For your information, those order days are:

Tuesday 10 November (for families with an orientation day of Thursday 12 November)

Tuesday 24 November (for families with an orientation day of Thursday 26 November)

January 2021 opening times and hours

The uniform shop will also open at the following times in January:

Tuesday 5th Jan 8.15am - 10.00am

Wednesday 6th Jan 2.30pm - 5.30pm

Wednesday 20th Jan 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Thursday 21st Jan 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Friday 22nd Jan 4.00pm - 6.00pm

Monday 25th Jan 8.15am - 10.00am

Wednesday 27th Jan 8.15am - 9.15am

Please be patient if there is a queue at the Uniform Shop and adhere to the marked stations to maintain social distancing at all times.  And a reminder that all uniform shop staff are volunteers whose time is given freely for the good of the community  - a smile or a quick thanks, your patience and gratitude makes their job more pleasant and shows your appreciation. 

All enquiries about uniforms should be directed to ess.uniforms@gmail.com

Second hand uniforms

We welcome any donations of second hand uniforms that are in good condition and can be re-sold to ESS families.  Please send your donations into the school via your student or drop them off at the Uniform Shop on Tuesdays.  Second hand uniforms can only be purchased from the shop on Tuesday mornings or during the January opening times.

We have an updated menu on offer at the Tuck Inn this term.  You can download a copy of the menu via the school website or check the QKR! App for more information including ingredient details.

Volunteers required

We are still in need of a few volunteers for the Tuck Inn during Term 4 on Wednesdays between 9am and 10am and on Fridays between 9am and 11.30am.  If you are available to help out or have any questions, please email esspc.volunteers@gmail.com.  Volunteers do need to wear a mask and bring your own apron.

CONTAINERS FOR CHANGE

Please keep helping us to fill up those Containers for Change bins with suitable containers for recycling.  To check if your containers are eligible, check the back of the container for the 10c symbol (lids must also be removed).

If you wish to visit the depot and deposit your own containers and contribute to the ESS scheme, our school scheme ID is C10051863.

ESS BUILDING FUND

If you ever wish to make a donation to the ESS Building Fund, tax deductible donations can be made via this link:

http://www.givenow.com.au/enoggerassbuildingfund

NEXT P&C MEETING

The next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 27 October, 2020 2 6:15pm via Zoom.  Details will be emailed out to P&C members in due course.

Vice President – Patricia Cabrera

Secretary – Ainslie Fiene

Treasurer – Bec O’Donnell