Dear Parent and Caregivers,

Welcome back to Term 2 at Enoggera State School. We provide a warm welcome to the new families joining us this term from near and far. As always, Term 2 is a busy term focussed on learning- culminating with the assessment and reporting period, as well as many other exciting activities already on the calendar.  These include our annual inter-house athletics carnivals, Under 8’s day and whole school open day, just to name a few. We will also celebrate Chaplaincy Week from May 22-26 with a range of activities including a dress up day. Additionally, we will be hosting a Slime Run as a major fundraiser for the Local Chaplaincy Committee to support Chaplaincy in our school and to cover the government shortfall in Chaplaincy wages.

ANZAC DAY

We were very fortunate the rain held off for our beautiful school ANZAC service in our front memorial gardens on Monday morning. A big thank you to those who attended- especially our special guests, Major Cocker, Captain Colquhoun, Chaplain Petchell and Dan from Tim Mander’s office, as well as the parents and community members who attended. Our students were very respectful and participated very well. From our Captains through to our Class representatives who laid the wreaths - a significant display of commemoration from all.

A big thank you to Mrs Burrows for her superb organisation and  also to Mr Callaghan and the other staff who assisted with preparing the area and pack up on the day.

We also attended the Gaythorne March on ANZAC Day. Whilst our contingent was small we had a great march around the Gaythorne streets as the weather held off.  Our school captains did a great job leading the march and also laying a wreath on behalf of the school.

CAMP AUSTRALIA

At the end of last term we farewelled YMCA after 21 years of service to ESS and welcomed Camp Australia, who are now operating the service. We have completed our induction with their staff and they are settling into our school and routines. I have met with Camp Australia management to pass on feedback and to work with them around their launch activities and how they can support our school this term through sports days, Under 8s day and our Chaplaincy Slime run. Due to numbers being at capacity in OSHC on some days for some time now, we have applied with Camp Australia to extend the licence from 105 to 135 students and, consequently, have already added another room next door in D Block to the licence as a shared space. 

This means that Camp Australia can use the space before and after school while we still retain access to it during the school day for a flexible learning area, or break out space for our Yr 5/6 classes. As Camp Australia have already set up nicely in this space, they effectively have more room already than YMCA did, which will serve them into the future when the new licence is approved. This process can take 60-90 days to be approved by the Early Childhood Education and Care Department.

HOLIDAY FACILITIES

The work on the multipurpose roof project commenced over the holidays- with the framework for the roof is currently being galvanised, ready for installation. We have also had a range of other work completed during the holidays including: the coloured spray-crete of the school entrance and under D Block which has really brightened up the entrance to the school and looked great at the ANZAC ceremony. We also had a ramp and the path installed at the Laurel St entry next to the Church for bike and pram access to this part of the school. We have also had some work done on removing of mould from the external walls of the library ready for some repainting later in the year and also some investigative work on water damage to EPAC and the library as well as the air con in the library replaced.

FULL SCHOOL REVIEW

Our full school review was completed in the last week of term with some very positive feedback from the three reviewers who spent three days in our school interviewing staff, students and, parents and community partners.  We are awaiting our reports which will detail the affirmations and recommendations to guide the quadrennial school review process and ultimately our next four-year strategic plan for the school.  Thank you to those parents who were able to speak with the reviewers and provide such positive feedback around the school and the work that we do here.

CROSS COUNTRY

Our school Cross Country representative team will attend the City District Cross Country trials next week on May 3.  Those students successful at that event will be chosen to progress to the Regional Met North trials as part of the City District team.  We wish our runners all the best next week as they represent our school with pride.

CHAPLAINCY

On Monday's assembly, we farewelled Chappy Sarah. We thanked her for her wonderful service to our school community over the past 6 years, and bid her good luck as she has now commenced her new role as Chaplain in the Army.  Our new Chaplain (Chappy Twinkee) commenced work here last week.  I introduced her to every class and she is really looking forward to working here and supporting our school community.  She has a great mentor in Chappy Sarah who is staying on as the Chair of the Local Chaplaincy Committee this year.

OPEN DAY

On May 26 we will hold our first Open Day for this year aimed at families who are looking to enrol here for 2024 either in Prep or other year levels.  If you know of families who live in our catchment and are hoping to come to ESS, please let them know of the coming Open Day. This will commence in the EPAC with a talk about the school, followed by a tour of the facilities.

QEW SURVEY

This week and next week our students in Yr 4/5/6 will participate in the Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing (QEW) Survey, which aims to collect information from Queensland state schools in a consistent and systematic way to gain a better understanding of the engagement and wellbeing of our students.

It asks questions about many aspects of students' wellbeing, engagement and experience at school. Data from the survey is used to help schools monitor their school culture, school engagement and student wellbeing in line with the Student Learning and Wellbeing Framework (PDF, 535KB) External link and the Equity and Excellence: realising the potential of every student (PDF, 4.6MB) External link.

More information about the survey will be emailed out to Yr 4/5/6 parents this week with an opportunity to opt-out if you do not want your child to complete the anonymous survey at school.

Till next time,

Mrs Anne Robinson

Principal

WELCOME BACK

I hope that everyone enjoyed a relaxing Easter Break!  It has been a busy start to Term Two and lots of learning and events to look forward to as the term progresses. 

BEFORE SCHOOL PROCESSES

A reminder to parents about before school expectations:

• All parents who wait with their children before school, are required to wait under under C Block Students should be sitting with their parents at this time. We kindly ask that you do not wait under E Block as this is the thoroughfare to the boys’ toilets and easier to monitor with no parents and students waiting in this area.
• When the bell rings at 8:45am, Prep students will remain under C Block and line up for Mrs Egerton, Mrs Nelson and Mrs Rossiter/Miss Enoch. Parents are asked not to go upstairs with the students as it causes congestion on the stairs and on the veranda which is unsafe.  Parents are not required to wait with their prep students.  Any prep students without a parent sit under D Block and are supervised by staff.
• Students are not to deliver bags to their line up areas when they arrive at school, but to keep them with them until line up time.
• All students without parent supervision are to sit and wait under D Block. From 8:30 these students are permitted to play handball or skip on the AstroTurf if they choose. When the bell rings, students are asked to return their skipping ropes and handballs to the Year 5/6 volunteers, collect their bags and walk to their line up area.

Front Gate

In trying to be helpful, some students or parents are using a rock from the front garden to hold back the front gate on South Pine Road leaving it wide open!  This is very unsafe for our new preppies who may wander off and see the open gate that leads to a very busy road!  Please ensure that you keep our front gate closed at all times.  Thanks for your help with this.

Facebook

Our school has a very active Facebook page with daily posts to keep our school community informed of what is happening in our school.  Our events are posted throughout the term to allow parents time to be prepared for the term ahead.  We encourage all of our parents to follow our page so you can enjoy the wonderful experiences our school has to offer.  The more you interact with the page by liking and commenting on posts, the more our page will appear in your newsfeed.  A reminder that Facebook is not the best platform to ask questions that you need immediate or urgent replies to, as we don’t always see questions in the comment sections of a post.   This is best done by emailing the teacher/admin or calling the office.  Facebook is also not a site for posting complaints or negative comments about staff or school processes.  If you have some constructive feedback for the school or an issue that you would like to raise, we would respectfully ask that you make an appointment to speak with the Principal to discuss your concerns.   Any inappropriate or derogatory comments will be removed from the platform.

Stop, Drop and Go

A friendly reminder to parents that to ensure the Stop, Drop and Go Zone at South Pine Road (in the car park) is successful, it is essential that drivers proceed all the way to the first gate closest to the library. Parents are unable to leave their vehicles in this area to walk their students into under the buildings as it causes congestion to the flow of traffic and becomes a safety issue. Please do not drop your students at the first gate either as this causes cars to have to go around your vehicle and again causes issues with the traffic flow. This gate is locked in the mornings for safety. Thanks for your support with our safe drop-off.

The expectation is the same for Laurel St Stop, Drop and Go.  Please do not park in this zone and leave your vehicle as it doesn’t allow for the traffic to flow.  It is important to continually move your car to the front of the zone to allow cars to move in behind you.   Our staff are working hard to ensure the safety of our students as they leave the school grounds and we appreciate your support with this by following our pick-up and drop-off processes.

Pillar Practice

Our three school pillars including Safety (Be Safe); Relationships (Be Respectful); and Learning (Be a Responsible Learner).  Each fortnight at Assembly, a Pillar Practice is shared with staff and students that becomes our focus behaviour improvement.  This fortnight, our Pillar Practice is around safe play – play fairly; hands and feet to self; and be safe on playgrounds.  All class teachers are provided with a poster for their classroom and will explicitly teach our school expectations around the relevant pillar and behaviour.   Students are reminded daily about our focus behaviour with the goal of improving this behaviour across the school.  The Student Engagement and Behaviour committee reviews behaviour data across the school at their meetings to discuss future focus areas for identified behaviours of concern.   This process is documented in our Student Code of Conduct and is part of our explicit teaching of behaviour in our school.  You can support us by being aware of the current Pillar Practice and discussing the expectations with your children at home.

School Dress Code

As the days become cooler, students may need to start wearing a jumper.  Parents are asked to please follow our school Dress Code that requires students either wear the school jacket, or a plain blue jumper.  Blue jumpers with printed designs, colour jumpers and hoodies are not permitted.  Girls are permitted to wear navy or black tights as navy ones are often hard to find. Blue tracksuit pants are also suitable for both boys and girls to wear with their polo shirt.  This Dress Code was developed collaboratively with the school community and supports the wearing of a school uniform to promote a sense of belonging and school pride.   It also promotes a supportive environment fostering mutual respect among individuals at school by minimising visible evidence of economic, class or social difference.   Thank you for your support of our School Dress Code.

Student Council

The Student Council will hold their first meeting for the term on Friday next week.  The Student Council is planning a Meal Deal fundraiser with money raised going towards their legacy item.   They are also planning an Acts of Kindness Day as a wellbeing initiative for staff and students.  More details will be provided after the meeting.  Parents are also reminded that the Student Council has reintroduced ‘Wrapper Free Wednesday’, so please be thoughtful in how you package your child’s lunch on Wednesday to help up to reduce waste.

NOVA Radio Station – HANDBALL BLITZ

This morning, Angus from NOVA Radio Station visited Enoggera State School for the Nova Handball Blitz.  Kieran (2B) and his mother Rita, nominated ESS for this promotion.  Kieran was interviewed live on the radio this morning.  Many students who are regular handball players before school were also invited to come along to watch Kieran be interviewed and cheer him on. Nova donated a bag of handballs to the school which will be made available to the students in our lunchtime clubs and activities program, as well as for before school games. We don't have the audio link for this interview just yet, but will be sure to provide it in the next newsletter.

SLIME RUN

This term we are fundraising for the School Chaplaincy service with a Slime Spectacular School Fun Run with Australian Fundraising!   The Slime Spectacular School Fun Run will be on Thursday 22^nd June from 1.30pm

Students will be given free sunglasses and a rainbow headband for the event.  The students will be covered in non-toxic water-based slime from head to toe! (Safety data sheet is available upon request for the Slime).

Fundraising for our Slime Spectacular School Fun Run is entirely online. Follow the instructions in your child’s sponsorship booklet to create a cybersafe, online profile page at www.australianfundraising.com.au. At the end of our fundraiser students can order up to a total of 5 prizes based on their donations received. They can even mix and match!

For further information, please contact Chappy Twinkee on twinkee.polius@suchaplaincy.org.au or 07 3550 1333

Parliament House Visit

On Wednesday 10^th May, the School Captains and Mrs Burrows will be visiting Parliament House as guests of Tim Mander MP – Federal Member for Everton.  Mr Mander will take a group of leaders visiting from local schools on a tour of parliament house and host a lunch.   The 2022 captains from last year also attended Parliament House and it was an interesting and exciting experience.  We look forward to returning this year.

Hello everyone!

So, the Prep cohort has finished their first term of school! We have learnt most of our sounds, started to write sentences, read simple texts, explored numbers and investigated concepts about families and the weather. We celebrated the end of Term One with the Easter Bonnet Parade.

Term Two will see our Preppies create simple rhymes in English, investigate teen numbers for Maths, explore materials in Science and share our Memory Boxes as part of HASS. Readers will start to be sent home as part of Homework along with Magic 100 word lists and simple blending activities. We also have many special events to look forward to including our 100 Days of School celebration, Under 8’s Day and our Junior Athletics Carnival.

Hi ESS families,

My name is Laura Vinter and I am the new DSM (Defence School Mentor) at Enoggera State School. I am very excited to be here at your wonderful school and the staff and your children have made me feel very welcome thus far. I have loved getting to know your children over the past week. We have already built some wonderful rapports building connections in class, in the playground and at Defence Kids HQ club. The Defence Kids HQ club will now take place every Monday and Tuesday lunch time at 1:20pm. I bring with me to Enoggera SS, a wealth of experience and love for this role across multiple schools as a Defence School Mentor throughout the week.

As you may already be aware, the role of the Defence School Mentor is to support and assist young people from Defence families to integrate into the school community and to facilitate a supportive educational environment for them. This means providing your child with social and emotional support and any academic challenges that may arise. In addition to this on-site support, directing students to school, defence or external programs, services or opportunities that meet their support needs. 

A little bit about me. I am a mother of two beautiful children. I have a daughter in grade 3 at Oakleigh State School and a son who is almost 2! When I’m not working in my DSM role, I love to get out amongst nature and spending time with my family at the beach, local parks and local cafes. A fun fact about Miss Laura: Miss Laura played the Lead role of Sandy in the Highschool Musical ‘Grease’.

If you have any concerns or any information you would like to share with myself regarding your child and how we as a school can best support them in or out of the school environment, please don't hesitate to contact me. I will be on-site at school on Mondays and Tuesdays and can be contacted via email at lvint7@eq.edu.au. Alternatively, if you wish to have a phone conversation regarding your child I can be contacted through the school office line on: (07) 3550 1333.

I look forward to hearing from you and meeting you in the near future .

Kind regards,

Laura Vinter

Defence School Mentor

Welcome to term 2.

Email is certainly be the preferred method of communication – aawoo0@eq.edu.au so please ask me anything sports related, and I will endeavour to answer them or find out the answers from the relevant group.  

City District:

Good luck to our Cross Country trialists for the City District Cross Country next Wednesday. There will be lots of nerves but hopefully all participants can try their hardest and do themselves and the school proud. Runners, remember, start slow and finish fast!!!

Class PE:

With the cooler weather, swimming makes way for athletics. All classes this term will be getting involved with the full range of running, jumping and throwing activities in preparation for the school athletics carnivals later in the term.

Kilometre Club:

We will continue running club Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning again his term.

As we get closer into Athletics, we will change focus, but it always be about being active before school.

Students are to remain in their normal waiting place under the buildings until collected by Mr Woodrick.

P&C Welcome

Welcome back to Term 2 of 2023! What a busy time of year we have coming up.

We would love to add more members to our wonderful P&C community. Being a member doesn’t mean you have to volunteer for every event or come to meetings. Being a member means you have a voice in our community and that you will be kept in the loop on all the exciting (and sometimes not so exciting) projects and events that we have in the pipeline. If you’d like to be part of what we think is probably the best P&C out there, please email Chrissy for a membership form pandc@enoggerass.eq.edu.au

Tuck Inn

We are looking forward to a successful term in the tuckshop. Please sign up via the links below to help on a Wednesday and Friday or to help with the home baking.

TUCKSHOP ROSTER volunteersignup.org/B4JJ9

HOME BAKING ROSTER volunteersignup.org/CCAWB

Please note that all grandparents and family members who would like to help in the tuckshop are required to obtain a BlueCard before their first shift. This is a free application and can be done via the link. Please notify us first before applying with your Driver’s License number.

BLUE CARD APPLICATION https://my.bluecard.qld.gov.au/account/registration/privacy-notice

All volunteers are required to sign in at the office before each shift and then also sight and sign the Key Messages for the school. Once this is completed the school will keep a record and we encourage you to take a photo of this document and store it on your phone. The Key Messages are only to be completed once.

Qkr! Orders

We know when ordering on Qkr! it can get a bit tricky, and we have had an increase in the number of mistakes being made by parents and caregivers on tuckshop orders, resulting in children not having lunch supplied as expected, so here are some handy hints on making and cancelling orders. Please remember that you can always email or message our Facebook page if you need some help.

Please make sure all profiles are correct, and that you order for the correct child on the correct day.

If an ordering error does occur, the school will notify you and put you in touch with the tuckshop so a lunch can be provided. Please check your receipts in Qkr! to help identify the error and be considerate when speaking with our tuckshop convenor Rosetta or the volunteers as they help you to arrange a lunch for your child. 

Please note that when you order for the wrong day and your child arrives with no lunch they will always be fed, once you have been notified by the school.

Qkr! How to make an order

Please note: the cut off time for orders is 8.15am for tuckshop, and thus any orders MUST be done before 8:15am. The tuckshop cannot do any ordering for you via Qkr! – it must be done by the account holder.

To order, follow these steps via the Qkr! App.

• Select ESS and then from the menu select what break/event you want to order from (Image 1)
• If you have multiple profiles, this when you can select which person you are ordering for and which date (Image2)
• Click on the items you want to order and add to cart.
• You can use the back arrow to go back to other menus to order for different breaks/events/uniform shop.

The days will be highlighted in orange when they have an order allocated to them.

• Click on “Checkout, you may need to enter your password here and then “submit payment”.
• Confirm by clicking ‘OK’.

Qkr! - How to cancel an order.

Please note: the cut off time for orders is 8.15am for the tuckshop, and thus any cancellations MUST be done before 8:15am. The tuckshop cannot provide refunds or cancel via the Qkr! system – it must be done by the account holder.

To cancel part of or a complete order, follow these steps via the Qkr! App.

• Go into your ‘My Receipts’ in the top left menu (3 horizontal lines)
• Click on the order you wish to cancel.
• Select the red ‘cancel’ circle/icon (indicated with arrow in Image 1)
• Check which item or order you’d like to cancel (Image 2)
• Confirm by clicking ‘OK’

Qkr! will then add credit to your Qkr! account the amount of the orders/items you have cancelled. This amount of the credit note will be deducted from your next order. Please let us know if you have any questions about this process via email pandc@enoggerass.eq.edu.au

Adding to an existing order

Unfortunately, once your order has been processed you are unable to edit it or add to it. The whole order needs to be cancelled and redone.

Let’s Boogie Disco Night

We are so excited to have so many fun events coming up. Kicking off Term 2 we have our Let’s Boogie disco held at Everton Park State High School on Friday 5^th May from 5-8pm.

Please note this event is NOT a drop and go event- children must have an accompanying adult.

BBQ and Bar will be open from 5pm with the disco starting at 5.30pm. Come along to catch up with friends, dance and grab some dinner.  To help our wonderful volunteers with planning and on the night- please order your food and drinks via the Qkr! App

We are looking for some new faces to help on the night. Please sign up via the link below.

volunteersignup.org/YAFTX

Mother’s Day Stall -

The highlight for the Enoggera State School P & C Association every year are the Mother’s and Father’s Day Stalls. The students get so excited about being able to buy a special gift for the special people in their lives.

This year the Mother’s Day Stall is scheduled for Friday 12^th May, gift vouchers can be purchased from the QKR! App, up until 8.00 pm on Thursday, 11th May. The denomination of the gift vouchers available are - $5; $10 and $15. Upon entry to the Mother’s Day Stall, students will be given the gift voucher(s) purchased under their QKR! profile, and they can then select a gift to the value of the voucher(s). Please note to help our volunteers, vouchers that are purchased are colour coded by denomination and that is what the child will spend on each present. Eg- $5 vouchers will go to the $5 table and purchase 1 gift. One gift per voucher.

Purchase the gift vouchers via QKR! App

1. Under ‘EVENTS’ select Mother’s Day Stall Gift Vouchers.
2. Select the Student Profile you are purchasing the voucher(s) for. You will need to purchase voucher(s) per student profile if you have more than 1 child attending Enoggera, as the vouchers will be allocated via student names to their classes.
3. Select a gift voucher denomination. Up to two gift vouchers can be purchased per student, this allows 2 gifts per student.
4. Add to Cart and Checkout.

There will be a variety of lovely gifts available to suit all, including jewellery, relaxing soaps and bath salts, candles, manicure sets, gardening sets and plenty more.

Students are to bring a carry bag to take their gifts home in.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Enoggera P & C via pandc@enoggerass.eq.edu.au

Annual Mother’s Day High Tea Event

Ladies...... it’s time to frock up! ??????

After the success of our inaugural Mother’s Day High Tea, ESS P&C are very excited to bring this event back again for 2023!

Hosted at the gorgeous Soul Pantry on Saturday May 20th from 2.30-4.30pm- arrival from 2pm with a cash bar available.

Tickets include 2 hours of bottomless beverages, a delicious High Tea, and an entry into the lucky door prize.

This is a perfect opportunity for new parents to meet other parents, old and new friends to catch up and an excuse to enjoy each other’s company while feeling and looking fabulous!

Tickets can be purchased via the QKR! App.

There  vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options available- please select these when purchasing your ticket.

Battle of the Bands- Trivia Night

Who will be the Trivia champs of 2023?

Last year was our most successful Trivia Night and we are looking forward to surpassing all our goals for this year with another amazing evening- which this year will include a dance party afterwards!

The pressure is on to see who will dominate as most " Knowledgeable of things " at ESS.

This year’s theme is...... Battle Of the Bands- Music theme!

Come dressed as your favourite rock God/Goddess, musical genius, pop sensation, band, or music genre.

GO WILD!!!!!

Limited tickets/tables available $250 per table of 10 and $25 single tickets.

Purchase your table via the Qkr! app. Limited numbers.

Doors open at 6pm for all teams to decorate their tables- don't forget that there will be some amazing prizes up for grabs for best themed tables and costumes.

The Bar will start serving from 6pm and trivia will start from 7pm. This will be a cashless event.

BYO any snacks or food- you may even like to order in.

Good luck- and may the odds be ever in your favour ?

P&C Executives

For any questions or concerns please email pcsecretary@esspandc.com.au

The Enoggera State School P & C meets every 4^th Tuesday of the month.

Please note that due to ANZAC day our next meeting will be on Wednesday 26^th April at 6.15pm in the Staff room. The following meeting will revert to the usual 4^th Tuesday of the month, Tuesday 23^rd May.

Keep up to date on all things P&C via our Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/EnoggeraSSPandC