REPORTING
On Friday at the end of the day the semester one student reports will be emailed home.  If you have changed email addresses please ensure your up to date email address is recorded with admin on One School as this is the email address that will be picked up for the reports.  Also, ensure that your email address will accept an email from so that the reports do not go into your junk mail.  If you require a hard copy of the reports this can be collected from the office after the break once the email process has finalised.

Whilst primary school reports are just a snapshot in time of your child’s development at school it is a good opportunity to have a conversation with your child around how they have performed this semester and make some goals as to what they could improve next semester.

However, we all need to keep in mind that whilst valuable information for parents on your child’s development it is not the end of the world if a child does not receive the grades you or they were hoping for.  As long as they are working to capacity and trying their best and have a positive disposition to learning they are setting themselves up for a successful journey of lifelong learning.

At the Principal’s assembly I left the students with a quote from one of my favourite authors Brene Brown which says:

What we know matters,

Who we are matters more.

I explained that whilst grades are important, being a good person is more important and that includes our interpersonal skills and how we relate to others.  What sort of friend we are and the skills we need to manage friendships  and relationships throughout our lives will ultimately be more important and help us more in life than our primary school report card.

So I ask parents to keep this in mind as you have the conversations with your children and move into the winter break.

If you have concerns re your child’s progress and whish to discuss this with the classroom teacher in the first instance please make an appointment after the break.

STAFFING CHANGES
Mrs Alison Leeson will commence her maternity leave this Friday.  She will be replaced by Mr Andrew Woodrick for the rest of the year.

Also, find attached to this newsletter an advertisement for the Defence School Mentor role at our school for 8hrs per week.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS ASSEMBLY
It was great that we could reinstate the face to face Principal’s Awards assemblies after a hiatus due to COVID last year. I was privileged to present three awards to each class to students who have displayed success this semester around Academic, Positive Behaviour and Pride.  It was also great to hear from our Instrumental Music program again and I thank Yvonne Moore and the students for the wonderful exhibition. Congratulations to our award recipients for the Principal’s Awards for Semester One.

EVENTS
We have been fortunate to finish off the term with some important events including the Athletics carnivals and the Under 8’s morning tomorrow.

The athletics carnivals were well organised thanks to the PE staff Mrs Jardine and Mrs Prill with the support of school staff. It was great to see so many parents supporting their students as they had an opportunity to demonstrate their skills around the various athletic events, whilst earning some points for their house. 

Likewise, the Under 8s morning tomorrow (weather permitting) has taken much organisation by the early years staff under the direction of Mrs Currell, so we look forward to that exciting event to finish off the term. Well done to everyone!

And finally, I hope everyone enjoys some down time on the holidays and if travelling please stay safe and I hope everyone has an opportunity to reflect and refresh ready to go again when school returns on July 12. 

Till next time,

Mrs Anne Robinson
Principal

School Council Nominations

The School Council Nomination Process has now closed.  A big thank you to those parents who have nominated to be parent representatives on our School Council Committee.  The School Council will meet on Monday 19th July at 3:15pm to elect all new committee members (Week 2).  Information pertaining to the School Council will be communicated to the school community in week 4's Newsletter.

Amy O'Malley
Head of Curriculum

Year 2A and 2B News

We have had an eventful Term 2 in Year 2! At the Samford Historical Museum, Year 2 explored what school, work and home was like in the past. We enjoyed how interactive and immersive the experiences were. We have also enjoyed exploring push and pulls in science. We have investigated and created different toys to explore forces such as toy parachutes, spinning tops and toy cars. In literacy we have thoroughly enjoyed reading Georges’ Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. We made our own marvellous procedures that we would give to Georges’ Granny!

Samford Historical Museum

Science

2A’s Handmade rolling toys

Literacy

Our Procedure Posters

Track and Field Carnivals
Our final events for Term 2 are happening this week with our Senior (year 3-6) Track and Field held on Wednesday. 

Congratulations to Banksia House for taking out the win for the carnival.

Our age champions have done a wonderful job in all of their events.

Well done to: 

It’s always so wonderful to watch the efforts of not only our champions but of all students who give their personal best in every event.

Thanks to the staff and spectators who have supported this event.

Our Junior Carnival is schedule for Thursday and we look forward to seeing all the excited faces dressed in their house colours.

Term 3
The City District Track and Field Event is scheduled for August 9 and 10. Details of who has been selected to attend will be available in the first week of term 3.

On a sporting front term 3 will be much quieter in terms of events with the Primary Schools Volleyball Cup scheduled for September and one district trial left on the calendar.

Happy and Safe Holidays
We want to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. Time to recharge and get ready for another full term of learning.

PLEASE NOTE:
Students who are interested in applying for the Sports Excellence Programs at Kelvin Grove (Football, Tennis, Golf and Volleyball), that applications for 2022 close Friday 23 July. 

https://kelvingrovesc.eq.edu.au/curriculum/excellence-programs/sporting-excellence-programs

LIBRARY NEWS 

We have already had some enthusiastic readers return their Premier’s Reading Challenge forms. The students were very excited to return them completed to me and I was as excited to receive them.  

This is a really easy challenge for the students to compete in as they only have to read 20 books for Prep to Year 4 and 15 books for Year 5-6 and they have until Friday 27^th August to return their completed forms to either their classroom teacher or to the library. 

The requirement for Year 5 and 6 to read 15 books acknowledges that older students are likely to select longer, more complex books that may take them longer to read.

The following activities can be counted towards the challenge:

• reading independently
• shared reading
• being read to (Prep – Year 2 only).
• printed books
• e-books, virtual books and digital publications
• graphic novels and comic books
• audio and braille books
• newspapers, magazines and recipe books.

Each student has now been issued with a SCHOOL READER RECORD FORM and of course 100% participation would be fantastic! As an added incentive, the class with the highest participation rate will receive a small prize.

So good luck everyone – set yourselves a reading target and read, read, read!

Next term we will celebrate BOOK WEEK in late August with the announcement of the CBCA winners of BOOK OF THE YEAR and a book week dress-up parade. More details to come early next term.

We still have a fair few overdue books from the first half of the term. If your child has overdue books could you please help them look for them and return to the library as soon as possible.

Hope you have all had a wonderful first semester and look forward to seeing everyone back refreshed after an enjoyable holiday.

Happy Reading
Shannon Green 

Wakakirri News

We are in the last stages of finalising orders for tickets, merchandise and DVDs.  Families will receive an invoice shortly. Just a reminder that it is the parent/caregiver’s responsibility to organise their child’s transport home from the venue.

The live performance is on Wednesday 25^th August we are super excited to perform!

Next term, students will receive a list of costume/makeup items required for the live performance day.

Chookas everyone and have a fabulous break!

Melissa Wilcox and the Waka team

Term 2

Term 3

https://mccbrisbane.org/courses/technicolour-multicultural-festival-2-2/