Book Fair Enjoyment

It has been wonderful to see the Book Fair being enjoyed by so many of our students. Every morning the library has been a buzz of energy as children look at and select book to purchase. A big thank you must go to Shannon Green who has organised and supervised the whole event. It is evident that it is something that the children really enjoy and what a great way to encourage a love of reading by all.

Prep Transition Afternoon – Thursday 12^th November

Tomorrow we welcome half of our 2021 Prep cohort into the school for their transition day. This days aims to foster a positive connection to Enoggera State School and gives children the opportunity to work and play in a Prep classroom and meet our Prep teachers. Parents will hear messages from the school leadership team regarding starting school and daily life at Enoggera. I look forward to welcoming these families tomorrow.

The other half of the cohort will attend their transition afternoon on Thursday 26^th November. 

Student Code of Conduct

Enoggera State School is committed to providing a safe, respectful and disciplined learning environment for all students, staff, parents and visitors. 

We are currently working on the development of our Student Code of Conduct, which sets out the responsibilities and processes we use in our school to promote a productive, effective whole school approach to discipline. 

Its purpose is to facilitate high standards of behaviour from all in the school community, ensuring learning and teaching in our school is prioritised; where all students are able to experience success and staff enjoy a safe workplace.  

As part of the community consultation process, we are looking to gain parent feedback around our school culture and how we currently enact our school wide Responsible Behaviour Plan. A questionnaire has been developed by the Principal for students, staff and parents to complete. Data from these questionnaires will then be shared and discussed in order to identify next steps. The questionnaire for parents can be accessed through the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LGVF53H

Jacqueline Philips our school P&C President is available for parents to contact should you wish to make additional comments or suggestions through this consultation process.

Mobile: 0413 109 399

Email: phillipsjac06@gmail.com

A draft of the Student Code of Conduct will be published in the school newsletter for all community members to read and give further comment on before a final copy is endorsed by the P&C and School Council.

School Council Meeting

Due to not having a quorum on Monday afternoon this week, we have rescheduled the School Council Meeting to Monday 16^th November at 3:15pm in the Staff Room.

Carol's Return 

We look forward to welcoming Carol back from her extended leave and to hearing about all of her travel adventures. I have very much enjoyed my time here at Enoggera SS and will continue to work here, in a Deputy Principal role, alongside Carol for the rest of the term. I am thrilled to be able to continue to work at this great school. 

School Sport

Enoggera State School is situated within the Metropolitan North School Sport region.

School Sport offers opportunities for students aged 10 -19 years to compete in many popular sports such as hockey, softball, football, AFL, basketball, baseball, volleyball and netball. 

Is your child a keen sportsperson?  Click on the link below and subscribe to keep up to date with the latest sporting information, trial dates and event calendars.

https://metnorthschoolsport.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe

Eliza Borsht

Acting Principal

ewilk66@eq.edu.au

NAIDOC WEEK

This week Enoggera State School has been celebrating NAIDOC Week.  The 2020 theme Always Was, Always Will Be - recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.  We started our celebrations this week by watching a beautiful video created by some very talented Indigenous students at assembly. Students have had the opportunity to create a beautiful hand painting using colours traditionally used in indigenous artworks.  These hands will be incorporated into a mural which will hang around the grounds.  A huge thank you to Chappy Sarah for all her work in bringing NAIDOC Week to life at Enoggera State School for 2020!

Remembrance Day

Today Enoggera paused to commemorate Remembrance Day – the 11^th day of the 11^th Month at 11:00am. Rememberance Day 2020 marks the 102nd anniversary of the Armistice which brought World War I to an end after four brutal years on November 11, 1918 in which more than 60 000 service men gave their lives.  We honour the fallen and thank those who continue to serve in our armed services today.  A huge thank you to our students who showed impeccable manners throughout this event.  Thanks must also go to Mrs Kellin for her help in organising the ODE.

Amy O'Malley

aomal3@eq.edu.au

Please note: Last day of Term 4 is Wednesday 9th December 2020

YEAR 6 CAMP

On Wednesday 21st October to Friday 23rd October, the Year 6 students, with Mr Roxburgh and Mrs Leeson, went on school camp to Garapine (which is near Gympie, along the Mary River).

Over our 3 day, 2 night camp, we participated in activities such as; group initiatives, archery, kayaking along the Mary River, high ropes and the highlight for many, the giant swing! This activity saw each of us being pulled up as high as possible by our team mates and then the individual letting go, free falling then swinging out high across the treetops. The butterflies certainly were there the moment before letting go, as were some screams on the way down!

The first night after dinner (which was Spaghetti Bolognese) we participated in a whole range of fun activities such as building the tallest tower we could out of dry spaghetti pasta and marshmallows and fun music quizzes. After that it was bedtime and of course we all fell asleep quickly and easily… isn’t that right Mr Roxburgh and Mrs Leeson?!?

After a full day of more activities, let’s just say the second night was somewhat quieter for all, we watched an old school movie that Mrs Leeson and Mr Roxburgh said we’d like, we weren’t quite sure, however, they were right and the movie didn’t disappoint – we highly recommend ‘Cool Runnings’.

Lots of funny moments were shared on camp, memories that we’ll cherish for many years to come and we would like to thank our Year 6 teachers enormously for their time in organising our school camp and encouraging us during all activities and waking to us, well some of us, through the night whist on camp! We really appreciate your time and effort in being there with us creating these memories.

By Charlotte and Ruby

Below are some insights into a few of the activities we experienced on school camp, from the perspective of some of our fellow Year 6 classmates.

Camp - Night Activities

The first night of camp, we did lots of different games after dinner. In one game, we had to hold hands in a line and pass a hula-hoop through the line without letting go of each other’s hands. There were two lines. My line won. Another game was where we were in lines again and the leader had a cup of water. We had to pass it back over our heads without looking back or spilling it. The games were fun, but we also watched a movie, ‘Cool Runnings’ on the second night which we really loved!

By Gabby

Camp – Kayaking

Kayaking was my favourite part of our Garapine camp compared to the other wonderful activities we experienced. At first, I was scared that I would capsize into the cold river, however, I overcame that fear by controlling our kayak and working with my partner. We adapted quite quickly into kayaking and we won a race that we got involved in. We had this whole plan to splash our teacher’s kayak although this resulted with accidently hitting my teacher with the paddle and our kayak filled with water like a cold bath. Although most of our trip in the Mary River was exciting, we kayaked straight into a problem. Around six kayaks, including mine, got stuck in a narrow stress point. The water was nearly 20cm thin and had a lot of seaweed and fungus living in it. We were stuck for quite a while and were so tired but relieved when we made it out. We hit the problem again on the way back but this time we knew how to resolve it. Overall, I had a great time and hope to go again in the future.

By Aomi

Camp - Group Initiates

On camp we did many activities, but the one that stood out the most to me was the group initiatives. It was our first activity and our loudest by far! The first initiative was balancing a see-saw with everyone on. After a couple of arguments and group meetings, we all sat down with some people lying down in the middle to balance it. On to the next activity and we had to balance everyone on a 50cm platform that you had to swing onto. After two meetings, many techniques tried and failed attempts later, we successfully balanced everyone on the miniscule platform. Our technique was two people round the corners with their arms out as a barrier to stop others from falling. Then came the fun game. You and your two other team mates had to compete with four other teams. Blindfolded, we had to hit cans off two milk crates. It was challenging but people worked through it and hit the cans off. Through courage and teamwork we finished the group initiates.

By Elizabeth

Camp - Archery

On the first day of camp my group did archery from about 3pm-5pm. First we went through safety instructions but then straight to Archery! Oh and of course we got told where to aim, how to fire etc. Everyone got a turn relatively quickly and it basically worked like this; four people would step up toward the target and grab their bow and arrows and each person would have five shots and would fire!! We would then carefully go and retrieve the arrows and bring them back to the next person. Many people managed to hit the target and I even hit on my first attempt but the most impressive shot was when someone managed to hit a bullseye (Well done Chevy!) Overall, I very much enjoyed archery it was my favourite activity while on camp and probably will stay that way. It may be hard to aim but it is in my opinion the best camp activity.

By Connor

Arts on Stage

Thank you to all the families who have returned the Video Consent Form for Arts on Stage. Unfortunately, students will be unable to perform next week without this permission. A huge shout out to Nicole and Paul for filming this event. Best wishes too with the 150^th Anniversary celebration filming for next year.

On Monday 16^th November, all participating students need their costume items and instruments for a dress rehearsal. After the rehearsal, students are welcome to leave their costumes, clearly labelled in the EPAC change rooms for Friday’s performance.

We cannot wait to share the work of our Arts students and celebrate their mighty efforts. Thank you for your support and assistance with this event.

Did you miss out on one of our recent live webinars? Don’t worry, DCO have recorded the following webinars and they’re now available on the DCO website to view at your convenience:

Robotics Club is held every Tuesday in the computer room. Prep to Year 2 students can participate in  Robotics Club at first break while students in Years 3-6 meet during second break.

Logan (Year 6), Will (Year 5) and Liam (Year 5) have shown superb leadership skills in running sessions for participating students. Club members have been introduced to Spheros, Make-Bots and OzoBots. The Students have enjoyed solving weekly problems and exploring robot functionality.

Mrs Melissa Wilcox

wilcoxm@eq.edu.au

It has been another action packed couple of weeks down at the library. We have a display out the front for Remberence Day, another display going up for NAIDOC week and of course our annual BOOK FAIR.

Thank you to all of the school community who has supported our BOOK FAIR. It is so inspiring every year to see our students embrace a love of books.  The FAIR finishes up today so in the next newsletter we will let you know how much we have raised to go to new resources for the library. 

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.

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

Rehearsals

Senior Choir, Junior Choir and Recorder ensembles will have their final rehearsals for the term in Week 8.

Arts on Stage

We are running a dress rehearsal for Arts on Stage next Monday 16^th November. Please can all students involved bring their instruments and outfit requirements for this rehearsal

Ms Mariel Hopper

Classroom Music Teacher

mxhop2@eq.edu.au

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

P&C CONTACT DETAILS

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 Executive

President – Jacqui Phillips 

Vice President – Patricia Cabrera

Secretary – Ainslie Fiene

Treasurer – Bec O’Donnell