Dear Parent and Caregivers,

150^th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONSWow! Wasn’t it a fantastic day!  There were so many positive stories, great feedback and smiling faces from the event on Saturday, which have continued on this week both in person and via our Facebook site and the past students’ group.

A big thank you to our amazing P and C Association under the direction of President, Renee Coyne and Vice-President, Belinda Dow, and all of the members and volunteers who got behind them to run the day.  A special thank you to Belinda who was the key organiser of the celebration. She did a fantastic job and should be most proud of what they achieved given the trying circumstances leading up to the day due to COVID and having to re-organise everything for a second time after the first cancellation.

Our sincere thanks also to the Past Students and Staff group under the guidance of Doug Appleton and Dawn Franzemann who have liaised with the P and C tirelessly since 2019 to make the 150^th a special event for our school community.

Special thanks also to our staff who chipped in on the day to help out where needed.  Thank you to our Arts staff, Mrs Wilcox, Mrs Hopper and Mrs Moore who worked hard preparing and rehearsing their groups in readiness for the big day.  It was wonderful to see all of our groups perform after such a long absence due to COVID restrictions.

A big thank you also the Mr Roxburgh and Chappy Sarah who were MCs on the day.  They did a great job keeping things moving along on the day in an entertaining fashion.  Thank you also to Mrs Burrows who supported the day by assisting where required and photographing and posting the updates throughout the day. 

All in all, everyone can be proud of what we achieved as I have had many positive comments and congratulations, particularly from our Assistant Regional Director, Mr Rob Van den Heuvel who commented on the great vibe to the day and that our performances were excellent and well-polished. He thought the day was well organised and was amazed with the depth of the historical memorabilia and information on display.

ARD VISIT
We were lucky last week to have our Assistant Regional Director in our school for the formal 150^th Ceremony at school on Thursday and then he was able to stay on to meet with the leadership team and to visit classrooms to check in on how they are going with the Australian Curriculum this semester. His visits were to Prep A and also 3B this time where he talked to students and the teachers around their current English units of work.  We look forward to his next visit to follow up on the work around supporting our students to move into higher grades on their assessment tasks  in English this semester.  I will be attending a School Leaders Day on Monday where this will also be some of the focus of the work.

ARBOR DAY PLANTING
It was lovely to see our classes that were here in the last week of term all out planting trees donated by the Brisbane City Council for Arbor Day.  A big shout out to Mrs Karen Kent who has been working closely with the industrious environmental students at break times around the recycling and planting. 

Already this week, they have taken the left over succulents from the 150^th to fill some spaces in our remembrance garden at the front of the school.  Well done team!

CAMPS
Thank you to staff who attended our Yr 6 camp before the holidays and also our Year 5 camp last week for the great work in organising and supervising our students whilst away.  I am happy to announce that both camps went of brilliantly with all students having a great time thanks to the excellent organisation.  Thanks to Mr Roxburgh, Mr Woodrick, Mrs O’Malley and Mrs Wilcox for their work with the Yr 6 camp and also to Mr Chinn, Chappy Sarah and Ms Kerr for their great work with the Yr 5 camp.  Thank you also to Mrs Burrows who supported the organisation for both camps and managed a visit to the Yr 6 venue along with myself, before the holidays.

WAKAKIRRI COMPETITION
It finally looks like all of the hard work this year and last year into the Wakakirri story/dance production will finally come to fruition with final rehearsals on Sunday and the trip to the Logan Entertainment Centre on Monday to compete.  A big thank you to Mrs Wilcox for all of her hard work and the staff who have supported her with sets, supervision, costumes, make up, ticket sales and finances etc.  Thank you also to the families who have offered support for the rehearsal and at the event on Monday and also to those who have worked on costumes etc .  We can’t wait to finally see our talented students on stage performing.  What a wonderful way to finish off this program for this year.  Well done to all involved!

STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Staff have been liaising around our student leadership processes and refining our processes for selection of the 2022 student leaders.  Next year we will add a student council to the team with a dedicated position for a Student Council Chairperson and also class Student Council Representatives.  The position of Student Council Chairperson will be like a Vice-Captain position which we have not got currently with the clear focus of running the student council with in the school.

We have also added a criteria card to the process for students to get signed off as part of their written application for a position.  Mrs Burrows and myself will be meeting with the a Yr 5 students shortly to go through the process and we will be holding a  series of workshops with the students to ensure they are well prepared in what student leadership involves and how to prepare their written application and if needed, speeches.

The positions available for 2022 will therefore be: 2 School Captains, 1 Student Council Chairperson, 2 House Captains for Banksia and Waratah, 2 Arts Captains, 1 Student Council Class Representative for each Yr 3-6 class.

We will announce the successful candidates for all except the class representatives at the final Principal’s Assembly of the year and we will hold a formal induction ceremony in Week 3 of next year.

Till next time,
Mrs Anne Robinson
Principal

This week I have had the pleasure of being on the Stop and Go Duty on Laurel Street.  It has been great to see that parents and carers are remaining in their cars in this designated pick up spot and are moving forward in the line while waiting for their children to arrive.  This keeps the flow of traffic moving and our children safe during this busy time after school.

A reminder that we have a very active School Facebook page.  Nearly every day there are new posts sharing the exciting events happening in our school.  If you are not seeing our posts on your newsfeed make sure that you interact with our page by commenting or liking posts to encourage it to appear more regularly on your newsfeed!  This is just one of the many ways to find out about things happening at Enoggera.  Each fortnight, a school newsletter is electronically sent out to parents and our Website is in the process of being updated as well.  Please ensure that you are reading communication from the school regularly so you don’t miss any events!

As we are now nearly half way into October, the weather is rapidly changing.  The days are definitely getting hotter and brighter as summer sneaks up on us!  Please ensure that your children are bringing a water bottle and school hat to school every day.  It is important for children to remain hydrated especially after running around in the heat during break times.

Year 5 and 6 students have been attending Sport Gala Days on Friday in Week 1, 2 and 3.  The students are participating in Cricket or Touch Football for the day competing against team from other local schools.  Our students are to be commended for their sportsmanship and outstanding behaviour at the recent Gala Days.

Term Four Swimming Lessons have begun for our Year 2,3 and 4.  Prep, Year 1 and Year 5 ,6  will also start swimming from Week 4 once Gala Days and Health lessons are concluded.  Notes have been sent home with the details of the days and times the students are participating in their swimming lessons.  Please ensure you email your class teacher if you are unsure of your child’s details. 

Day for Daniel – The public holiday is coming up on Friday October 29, so we are supporting Day for Daniel on Thursday 28^th October with a Mr Roxburgh ESS Special Radio Show at first break.

Students are invited to wear a red t-shirt with their school shorts and some red accessories and to meet on the soft fall at 11:00am to listen to important messages about safety and enjoy some music as we ‘Dance for Daniel’. 

Students are encouraged to bring a gold coin to donate to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.

World Teachers’ Day is also celebrated on Friday October 29^th so we will recognise this day on Monday 1^st November.  This is an opportunity for the school community to recognise the wonderful job our teachers do in our school every day.  Teachers (with support from parents and carers) have ensured education continues across the country this year, despite major challenges. It’s reinforced the significant role teachers play in the lives of children and students, their families, and communities.  How will your family say thank you to their teachers on World Teachers’ Day?   A simple thank you note, drawing or card would make your teacher’s day! 

Year 1 has jumped back into Term 4 and is having fun learning all about Procedure Writing.

Through following and sequencing written procedures, we are discovering that they can go very wrong when they are not written in a clear way.  The children are learning how to use verbs to discribe exactly how to complete a procedure method.

They are looking forward to getting creative through designing a precedure for a disgusting sandwich! We wonder what sort of disgusting ingredients will be chosen?

We look forward to sharing our creations with you in the near future.

Year 1 Team

Thank you to all of our incredible Arts students who performed at the Family Fun Day/150^th Celebrations. It was a very hot day and they all did incredibly well to share their extra-curricular studies with the community. Thank you to the P&C for organising such a fun and successful celebration!

Wakakirri

Our show date is fast approaching! Please find below some updates:

• Tickets and seating have now been finalised – where possible, tickets will be collected from the office on Friday 15th October at 3:00PM
• Don’t forget our Sunday rehearsal 2-4pm in EPAC
• Make sure you are familiar with the requirements for show day
• Wakakirri has advised that the Red Carpet event prior to the show has been cancelled
• We have enough parent help for show day hair and makeup – thank you!

LIVE STREAM

• The show will be photographed and live streamed.  Our school community can watch the performance at  https://www.wakakirri.com/live-streaming/

A huge thank you to the many parents and caregivers who have helped our show in some way. We are so grateful for your support. The students are super excited about performing live again and under theatre lights.

Chookas
Mrs Wilcox and the Waka team

Here we are at the beginning of yet another term, jam packed with sporting activities.

As always if you have any questions relating to sport, please email me at jjard16@eq.edu.au and I will endeavour to answer them or find out the answers from the relevant group.  

Gala Sports – Term 4 – Year 5 & 6
Year 6 students kicked off the Term with Gala Sport last Friday participating in Touch and T20 at various venues.  The year 5 students will join them this week with the final week being Friday 22^nd October.  Thanks to the teachers and teacher aides who are supporting out students at these events.

Please ensure that your student is at school ready to board the buses at 8.30am.

Skills Development Program – Term 4 – Years 3 & 4
While students in year 5 & 6 will be off participating in Gala Sports Programs, we have arranged for our year 3 &4 students to participate in some skills development programs for half a day on the same three Fridays.  From around 12.15 to the end of the school day, students in years 3 & 4 will participate in rotations involving practicing skills for the three sports – T20 (Cricket), Touch and Volleyball, they kicked off their first session last Friday and had a fantastic time.  While our year 3’s are on an excursion this Friday the year 4 cohort will continue with their program.   

Swimming – Term 4
Reminder that school swimming will happen during Term 4. 

• 1 /2, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A and 4 students in 4/5A will commence swimming in Week 1
• 5 & 6 Classes – students will commence swimming at the completion of the Gala Sports Program
• Prep A, Prep B, Prep/1 and 1A will commence swimming in Week 4 with Mrs Prill

Parent assistance has been requested for Prep to year 2 classes – please make sure you read the details on the note sent home (prior to the holidays) and email respective teachers if you are able to help.  This allows us to formulate our rosters to ensure students have the support they need.

Please make sure students have packed the following gear for swimming each week.

• Swimmers
• Sunshirt
• Swimming Cap
• Towel
• Goggles (if they wish to wear them)

Please make sure you are naming all equipment and school uniforms to support returning of lost items.

Important dates for this term:

• Friday 8^th, 15^th and 22^nd – Gala Sport – Year 5 & 6 Students
• Friday 8^th, 15^th and 22^nd – Skills Development – Year 3 & 4 Students
• Wednesday 1^st December – Senior Swimming Carnival (yr 3-6) – all day
• Thursday 2^nd December – Junior Swimming Carnival (Prep – 2) – morning and middle session.

Welcome back to our last term! It’s going to be a big one!

Family Fun Day
Congratulations to all of our Musicians who performed on Saturday. I am so proud of how you performed and conducted yourself. You all showed so much professionalism getting to all the different performances you had all while battling the very hot sun! 

Ms Mariel Hopper- mxhop2@eq.edu.au
Classroom Music Teacher

LIBRARY NEWS

Welcome back to our final term of 2021. Is anyone else wondering where this year has gone? It feels like just yesterday we were doing library borrowing with this year’s Prep students for the first time.

As always, we have another big term ahead of us in the library.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE
Congratulations to all of the students who completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge and returned their forms. We have now received the certificates signed by the Premier and Mrs Robinson will issue them to the students in class this week.

A special mention to Year 2A who had the highest number of participants this year. 18 out of their 20 students completed and returned their forms. Mrs Robinson will also issue you with your small class reward. A job well done.

Thank you to everyone who embraced the CHALLENGE to read.

BOOK FAIR

Every year, our Scholastic Book Fair is a much-anticipated event on the school calendar. This year’s event will run from Friday 12^th November to Wednesday 17^th November with our night viewing on Tuesday 16^th November. The theme is “READING OASIS – A Cool Place to Discover Hot Books.” More details will follow in the next newsletter.

OVERDUE BOOKS
As the end of the year is fast approaching, it would be much appreciated if you would help your child locate any overdue library books or home readers and return them to the library or classroom teacher ASAP. If you are unable to locate any books or you know that they may have been lost, could you please contact the school to organise payment for the replacement of the books. Thank you so much for your assistance.

Happy Reading
Shannon Green
ESS Library

150 Anniversary Family Fun Day – Thank You!

Thank you all for supporting the 150^th Anniversary Family Fun Day!  Everyone, past and present students had a wonderful time.  A current teacher summed it up well – ‘In these strange times of Covid, my heart felt so full to see our Big Little school bustling and full of fun and joy again’.  So many of us haven’t seen each other for a long time, so refreshing to see so many reunions and memories being created.  With over 120 past students and teachers attending the celebration shows Enoggera State School has left so many students with happy and treasured memories of their time at the school.  We are a very lucky school to have such talented and amazing students, teachers, families and school community!    

Commemorative Pins

A limited number of Commemorative Pins are available on QKR! App, under School Uniform Shop.  The pins are a great memory of the school’s 150^th Anniversary.  You will have a choice of a stick pin or a clasp backing.  They are $10 and can be picked up from the Uniform Shop on a Tuesday morning or picked up from the school office once ordered on QKR! App.

Uniform Shop

We are still seeking a Coordinator to take over the Uniform Shop in 2022.  We have had a couple of lovely parents volunteer to help out at the Uniform Shop but we need a Coordinator to mainly manage uniform stock; liaise with the Uniform supplier; and open the Uniform Shop on Tuesday morning for 45 mins.  The role will be supported by the Operations Manager and the current Coordinator, Amanda, will be available to transfer knowledge.   If you are interested and available to be a Uniform Shop Co-ordinator please contact the P & C via opsmanager@esspandc.com.au

String Instrumental parents please start to consider if your child requires a Music Shirt next year as they need to be ordered and take time to be made.  The Uniform Shop only has a small supply available.  If your child is current in the Beginner / Junior Ensemble they will require a Music Shirt next year.  Please visit the Uniform Shop if you will be requiring a shirt.

Mango Drive 2021

Brought back by huge demand the Mango Drive is back this year!  To support our North Queensland farmers purchase 4.5 tray(s) of Kensington Pride (Bowen Special) Mangoes by 31 October for delivery in early December.

From Friday, 15 October, you will be able to purchase the trays for $21 via QKR! App.  Order as many trays as you like. 

Due to a warmer winter than usual this year’s crop is resulting in a 60% - 70% reduction in the usual mango crop hence the smaller tray (4.5 kg) at a lower cost instead of the 7 kg tray sold last year.  The mangoes are coming directly from the farm to you.  Your mangoes aren’t being held for long periods in storage or ripening rooms.

Keep an eye on the P & C Facebook page for the launch on Friday!

Tuckshop

We are currently planning the Wednesday Specials menu so keep your eye on our Facebook page.

We are still seeking volunteers to assist in the Tuckshop for less than 3 hours on a Wednesday or Friday.  If you are looking to have some fun and meet other parents / grandparents the Tuck Inn is the place to be, it is a friendly environment!  Please contact the P & C via opsmanager@esspandc.com.au

Containers for Change

Continue to fill up those Containers for Change bins at school (purple 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).  You can visit the depot deposit your containers and contribute to the ESS scheme, our school scheme ID is C10051863

P&C Executives

The Enoggera State School P & C meets every 4^th Tuesday of the month – next meeting is 26 October 2021.

Follow Enoggera P & C on Facebook to keep up to date on planned events, activities, Tuckshop menu and Uniform Shop.  It is the best way to stay informed on all the latest happenings!

https://www.facebook.com/EnoggeraSSPandC

pandc@enoggerass.eq.edu.au

Enoggera Swim Club is returning!!!
Our 2021/22 season will commence Friday evening 22 October.

Come join the races and the fun for kids of all ages – including parents if you’re keen!

Register now online, email us for more info on essasc.inc@gmail.com or follow us on Facebook.