World Teachers Day

Friday 30^th October we recognise World Teachers’ Day. World Teachers’ Day allows us the opportunity to stop and thank all of our teachers for the important role they play in the lives of our students. Inside the classrooms and out in the community, particularly across 2020 due to COVID, teachers have done an enormous job keeping our school communities safe while maintaining a strong focus on teaching and learning.

We celebrated our wonderful teachers on Wednesday with a shared morning tea. I am sure our parents and student community will also show their appreciation this week.

Day for Daniel – Wear a SPLASH of red

On Friday 30^th October, will we also be recognising Day for Daniel by wearing a splash of red. A gold coin donation from all those students who wear red will be collected and all funds will be forwarded directly to the Daniel Morecombe Foundation.

Cooperation with wet weather

A big thank you to our parents and carers for your co-operation during school pickups over the last few days with the wet weather. During these afternoons, getting children home to you safely in a quick and orderly manner is our priority. We appreciate you working with us at our pick up zones during the wet and all the traffic.

Arts on Stage and 150yr Video Consent Form

This week some communication was sent home regarding a Video Consent Form for two video projects:

• Arts on Stage - Due to the continuing Covid restrictions, Arts on Stage will be presented internally to students and staff on Friday 20th November. This will be filmed and then shared with parents and the community via a secure platform TBC.
• 150yr Anniversary Video - In preparation for Enoggera State Schools 150yr celebration, the P&C are working to put together a video that showcases the daily life of Enoggera students, the co-curricular and extra-curricular activities students have access to and all of the wonderful community and school events that celebrate and promote learning and a positive school culture.

One consent form needs to be filled out per child and returned to your class teacher by Tuesday 10^th November. Additional paper copies can be collected from the office, or if you require a digital copy again, please feel free to email me ewilk66@eq.edu.au

School Improvement – Catering for diverse students

Over the next few weeks a group of staff will be attending some regionally run professional development around the delivery of the Australian Curriculum and meeting the needs of all students every day. Over the course of the year, Enoggera SS has been working on building staff capability to cater for a diverse set of needs within the classroom setting. These professional development days are in support of the work that has already begun and will help to deepen teacher understanding of the curriculum demands and development of unit plans. I look forward to working alongside these teachers across the professional development days.

Eliza Borsht

Acting Principal

ewilk66@eq.edu.au

What a busy and productive start we have had to Term 4.  I commend our students for the positive attitude and commitment they are consistently showing towards their Learning across all curriculum areas.  It has been pleasing to see students demonstrating Safety and Relationships both in and out of the classroom.  These pillars develop kind, caring and engaged members of the Enoggera Family and help make our school the wonderful place it is.

Luckily, this term we have been able to reintroduce excursions, incursions and camps albeit with some adjustments.  These valuable activities allow students to ‘broaden their horizons’ and provide meaningful learning experiences in real world contexts. Last week our Year 6 students went to Camp Garapine and our Year 2 students attended Lone Pine Sanctuary.  I have it on good authority that our students represented our school very well with impeccable manners and behaviour.  A huge thank you to those parents who donated their time to assist the Year 2’s with their excursion.  Next week the Year 3 cohort will be attending Trevena Glen Farm.  I look forward to hearing about all their adventures on their return.

All class teachers have now provided a class letter providing a snapshot of learning to be conducted this term.  Should you have any questions or queries please contact your child’s teacher via email.  Please note that our teachers are busy but will respond to you in a timely manner (and may take up to 48 hrs).

Amy O'Malley

aomal3@eq.edu.au

Please Note: Last Day of Term 4 is Wednesday 9th December 2020

Welcome to another instalment of 5A news, written by and from the perspective of the students.

Book week

On Monday 19^th October, our Book Week Parade was held. Students and teachers dressed up as their favourite book character and classes walked around the playground area showing off their cool, groovy, sunsafe outfits. Everyone made extraordinary costumes and had a huge amount of fun, the teachers also had some crazy costumes. Mr Chinn dressed up for the first time, coming as Robert O’Hara Burke. If there was a best costume prize, he would have won it.

By Bella and Luca (adjusted by Mr Chinn)

STEM

Back in Term Three some students from Grade 4 to 6 got an extraordinary opportunity to go to EPSHS to build miniature rockets out of balsa wood. All those who attended this incredible interschool competition had heaps of fun and learnt heaps!

This term some students again will get to attend a robotics competition at EPSHS, where we will learn how to code Lego robots. We go every Thursday after school and we will end up competing in groups towards the end of our six weeks.

By Subrat and Oliver

Health

This term we are learning about being safe. We have talked about risks, rules and laws and rights and responsibilities. We have also learned about the “3 Rs”; recognise; react; and report. It has been very interesting and we have had lots of discussions over the last few weeks.

By Samantha

Pre-service teacher

For the first three weeks of this term we have had Mr Smart join our class as a pre-service teacher. He has jumped straight in and taught us some lessons, including, English, Maths and Science. It has been a great experience for all of us. He has been very helpful and hopefully he has enjoyed being here as much as we enjoyed him here. We wish him the best of luck.

By Lavinia and Jasmine

The process for next year’s student leaders is now under way, so watch this space, it’s about to get very exciting for many of us.

Thanks for taking the time to read our newsletter item.

All of 5A.

Please check your emails for recent information regarding Arts on Stage 2020 and Video Consent.

Unfortunately, the Covid restrictions around audience numbers has not changed and so we will be delivering our Arts programs via video. Students can only participate if they have returned their form indicating consent. Thank you to our extraordinary parents involved in the filming; we are eternally grateful.

A full dress rehearsal will occur on Monday 16^th November, 1.20-3pm, excluding Instrumental Music. Please ensure your child has all the requirements as outlined below.

Thank you in advance

Lego League

Well done to our participating students in robotics at Everton Park High School under the guidance of Mrs Murphy. The students are thoroughly enjoying tackling thought provoking challenges such as: building a robot from diagrams, coding the robot to turn 90 degrees and coding to win races!

This inspiration has led to some of our seniors requesting to run a Robotics Club for keen students in Years 1-3. It is fantastic that our students are so willing to lead and guide others. We will keep you posted.

Thank you to all the parents for organising drop offs and pickups to EPHS, your support is valued.

Mrs Melissa Wilcox

wilcoxm@eq.edu.au

What a great week we had celebrating BOOK WEEK. 

Monday saw our annual BOOK WEEK parade. There were some very creative costumes from both staff and students and prizes were awarded to the top library borrowers from each class. Congratulations to Ellia S, Ollie K, Liam H, Kenzie P, Subrat R, Heidi F, Noah M, Layla G, Edmond C, Olivia V, Adelyn B, Maggie M, Scarlett T, Kate S and Elk J. Thank you to everyone who participated and made the event enjoyable and we hope you enjoyed all of the photos of the event on our Facebook page.

During the week our Year 1 classes made their own CURIOUS CREATURES and had them asking questions using their WILD MINDS. Some of them are being displayed in the library.

At lunchtimes we have also been busy making our own curious creature while having fun using our own WILD MINDS.

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.

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.

As we are quickly coming to the end of the year we would ask if everyone could please look for any overdue books. As we borrowed out extras to a lot of the students prior to our COVID interruption, there are many still overdue since March. We appreciate your help in this matter.

Happy Reading

MANGO FUNDRAISER

Our mango fundraiser ends this week so please get your orders in via the QKR! App or via the direct method described below.  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 via QKR! must be placed by this Friday, 30 October and mangoes will be delivered in the week commencing Monday 30 November from the back of EPAC.  For any further details, please contact Naomi Dorland on 0407 209 355 or e-mail naomidorland@hotmail.com.

ELECTION DAY BBQ

Due to the expected reduction in voters attending physical voting booths on election day, our previously advertised Election Day BBQ will no longer go ahead at ESS.  Thanks to all who indicated they could assist on the day.

HOWEVER, we will be taking mango tray orders that day from the voting public so if anybody can spare a few hours on Saturday to assist with taking those orders, please contact Naomi Dorland on 0407 209 355 or e-mail naomidorland@hotmail.com.

ROOF PROJECT UPDATE

The construction of our new multi-purpose court roof is getting closer and closer.  We now have Project Managers appointed and they are in the process of preparing the information required to go to tender for the construction of the roof.  We will keep you up to date as this exciting project progresses.

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, if you wish to pre-order uniforms and pick them up on the day of your orientation.  The cut-off dates for those wishing to order Prep uniforms and pick them up on their orientation day 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 for all:

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 27 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.

THE TUCK INN

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.

A reminder that we will have our sushi special on Wednesday 25 November of Week 8. All orders via the QKR! App for sushi in Week 8 are required by midday the day before (Tuesday 24 November).  Sushi won't be visible to order on QKR! until late in Week 7.

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

SCHOOL BANKING – DOLLARMITES PROGRAM

ESS is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. School Banking is a fun way to introduce the concept of saving to children and children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards.  School banking day is every Monday and for more information, see flyer.

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

P&C Executive

President – Jacqui Phillips 

Vice President – Patricia Cabrera

Secretary – Ainslie Fiene

Treasurer – Bec O’Donnell