Dear Parents and Caregivers,

As all of the assessment and reporting is finalised for this semester we are right in the thick of ‘Events Week’ which includes the Principal’s Award’s Assembly, Jnr and Snr Sports Days, Slime Run for Chaplaincy and the Under 8’s morning on the last morning of term. What a week!  We will all need a rest after this one!

CULMINATING ACTIVITIES

It was great to see some our classes conducting culminating activities this week to showcase the students learning from the semester.  We had Yr 2 students showcasing their toy cars and how they move and then the Yr 4 students showcasing their pin ball games in a pin ball parlour complete with entry tickets and snacks.  Much thanks to the parents who must have been very busy helping some of the students produce such professional machines.  I got to play them and they were fantastic.

Our Yr 5/6 Digital Technology students have also created mazes using the Scratch program and these have been saved on the Student Sharepoint site so they can be shared with parents.  Again, there are some talented students with great coding skills.

INTERHOUSE ATHLETICS CARNIVALS

It was great to see all of our students giving the athletics events their best this week as we conducted the annual interhouse athletics competition.  After 2 ½ full days of competition and participation, today we met in EPAC to announce the final points and the winners of the age champion medallions.

I am pleased to announce that in a very tight competition the final points were:

Waratah-655

Banksia-565

Congratulations Waratah!

The age champions were:

9yrs girls-Rose Turner, 10yrs girls- Ivy Atkins, 11yrs girls-Isla Miller, 12yrs girls Alexia Taylor

9ys boys-Colin Buttenshaw, 10ys boys-Lachlan Bebel, 11yrs boys -Nicholas Cabrera, 12yrs boys-Ashton Poole

Congratulations to the age champions and a big thankyou to the staff, especially Mr Woodrick, who  put in many hours of preparation for the carnivals this week.

SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDELINES

With so many events on this week it is timely to remind parents around their responsibilities around media and also social media, as I have had concerns raised with me that some parents are taking photographs of others’ children at school events and are posting them on their own social media or are sharing the school Facebook images on other social media accounts. Whilst we have permission to photograph and post most of our students on our school social media account, this does not cover parents saving them from there or reposting them. The DoE guidelines for parents and the community around Social Media can be found below but it is particularly important to point out this section. https://behaviour.education.qld.gov.au/resources-publications/Documents/social-media-and-community-online.pdf

MULTI-PURPOSE ROOF

It is looking like practical completion for the roof project will be straight after the holidays so we anticipate getting back the use by the end of the first week.  We are still waiting to hear if we can go ahead with the lights with funding from the Stronger Communities Grant.  We are also waiting on two other rounds of funding from the Gaming Benefit Fund Grant for a new Prep playground which will be announced in October and also the Go For Gold grant for the heating of our school pool and this will be announced later in the yar also.

UNDER EIGHTS DAY

A reminder that Under Eights morning on Friday is shaping up to be a great morning with many of our local Kindies joining us a well as the Everton Park Library, Everton Park State High School and the Emergency Services. Of course, the morning does not work without the generous support of parents to supervise small groups of students around the activities, as the teachers are busy running the activities on the morning. AS reminder that parents of our students do not need a Blue Card (Working with Children) to help out but any other helpers such as grandparents do require a Blue Card to volunteer.  A reminder to volunteers to ensure they sign in at the office before reporting to the class teacher to be allocated their groups.  Groups will need to stay with their adult for the morning as they negotiate the activities on offer.

FULL SCHOOL REVIEW

I would like to share a second of the five  key affirmations from our recent school review. These affirmations were listed in the Executive Summary.

A collective commitment to inclusion and success for all students underpins the mission and values of the school community.

Staff recognise that each learner has diverse and changing learning needs, and are dedicated to supporting them to reach their potential. A variety of data-gathering methods are used to identify where students are in their learning and the next steps in teaching. Targeted teaching, teacher aide support, ability groupings, and differentiated expectations are amongst the most widely utilised adjustments. Many parents observe how teachers change their classroom practice to ensure their child is successful. 

Again, this was wonderful to have affirmed for our school staff and is very positive feedback. 

PERFORMING ARTS WINTER SOIREE

It was wonderful last fortnight to attend the Performing Arts Department Winter Soiree.  It was great to see the progress our performing groups have made thus far this year and to provide them with an opportunity for a mid-year performance.  Much thanks must go to the Performing Arts staff of Mrs Rees, Miss Dunstan and Mrs Harle for their work in preparing our groups and organising this evening of entertainment with a packed EPAC.

ROBO CUP JUNIOR AUSTRALIA CHALLENGE

On Saturday (June 10) we had some of our Senior Robotics students attending the 2023 ROBO Cup Junior Australia Challenge at Somerville House for the first time. They entered into the On-Stage Novice section as they used their new Wakakirri finale dance as their inspiration for choreographing their robots to perform the routine.  They had a great day but were over the moon when we were notified after the event that there had been an error in the judging and they had actually come 3^rd amongst some very stiff private school competition.  Well-done team and to Mr Harris for his work with these students.  I hope you were able to check out the video of their performance, which we uploaded to our Facebook account.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Our next round of Parent Teacher Interviews will be after the holidays in week 4 of term on Tuesday, August 1^st in EPAC from 3:15-7:30pm.  More information about booking an interview with your child’s class teacher via SOBS will come out after the holidays.  These interviews are a great opportunity to discuss the Semester One report card and to make plans for further improvement in Semester Two.

Till next time,

Mrs Anne Robinson

Principal

Semester 1 Report Cards

Semester 1 Report Cards were emailed to supplied parent email addresses on Thursday 22^nd of June (Week 10) from 3pm.  Please note that emails are sent by: Application.ONESCHOOL@qed.qld.gov.au

Just a reminder that adding this address to your list of safe senders will ensure that your report card emails for your child/children will be received and not sent to your junk folder.

NAIDOC Celebrations

To celebrate NAIDOC Week 2^nd – 9^th July 2023 students will have the opportunity to attend the Googabinj show on Wednesday 12^th July from 9:15 – 10:05am in EPAC. 

The show starts with a story about a young boy who is so uncontrollable that the tribe send him off to his uncle, a wise tribal elder who helps teach the boy about  respecting and caring for the land and its’ animals.

Thoughout the story the artist displays his wonderful collection of native artefacts and weapons and demonstrates how his hunter gatherer ancestors made very effective hunting tools like the boomerang, spear, nulla nulla and woomera from the natural environment.

Students are taught traditional greetings and guess which animals and birds are being impersonated on colourful didgeridoos.

The cost of this show will be $5.50 per student. 

Payments must be received by the School No Later the Monday 10^th July for children to attend.

Thanks for a great term 2.

The junior carnival was held on Tuesday and was so much fun.

Thanks to all the participants, you all tried your best at all the activities. Well done!!!

Special thanks to all the teacher and teacher aide support too. The days would not have been a success if you did not get in and help.

Finally, thanks to the parents who came and cheered the little champions on, I’m sure there were some tired bodies at the end of the day.

The senior carnival was on Thursday, so look out for an event recap next term.

Have a well-deserved break, and I’ll see you next term.

Andrew Woodrick

What a great way to wind up the Term, thanks to the Year Fours’ Pinball Palace including some Year 5/6 arcade video games. Pictured:

Some of our MakeCode and Scratch games are now online for the world to enjoy!

Looking forward to Term 3, the Years 3-6 Coding Club will be held Wednesdays, second break in the Lab. Coding Club students will be invited to participate in some fun and challenging extra-curricular activities such as BEBRAS, 2023 Minecraft Tournament,  National Computer Science School (NCSS )Blockly Challenge.

Senior and Junior Robot Clubs will be combined next Term. We shall meet every Tuesday and Thursday second Break in the Computer Lab. Students will form small teams and keep a weekly  journal of their progress as they develop a two minute performance for the 2024 Regional and State Competitions.

Students are encouraged to drop by the library or see Mr Harris during Digital Technologies, to join the Coding and/or Robotics clubs.

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Michael Harris

Digital Technologies Teacher

The Winter Soiree was held in our school EPAC on Thursday 8 June. What a marvellous evening we had showcasing our talented students in all things musical.

Have a lovely musical holiday!

Mrs Rebecca Rees and Mrs Ellen Harle

Dear ESS Community,

I am very excited to say that Enoggera State School Slime Run Fundraiser was an overwhelming success. Your response to fundraising resulted in $21,621.50 being raised. Each year the Chaplaincy service provides breakfast, meals, fruit, welfare support, care packages and programs to the students, staff and families of Enoggera State School. Your support will aid to continue going from strength to strength and making a difference in the lives of so many at the school. 

Such success would've been unthinkable without your participation, and so I am writing to express our deep gratitude for your commitment and participation. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

Here are a few reminders in regards to ordering prizes:

This is a Traditional Prize Ordering Fundraiser, Parents/Students will need to order prizes once fundraising closes!

• Prize ordering will open Friday, 23^rd June @ 12:01 am
• Prize ordering will close off on the 11^th July @ 11:59 pm or until everyone has ordered! (please note, the fundraising company have extended this out into Term 3)

Students can choose up to 5 prizes max to their final fundraising amount raised

• The fundraising company run off the lowest dollar value in each prize category!
• Example, Monty Raised $50, We could choose 1 x $50 prize or 2 x $20 prizes + 1 x $10 prize.

Have a fantastic holidays,

Chappy Twinkee

Defence Kids HQ Club

Defence Loose Parts Initiative:

This fortnight, our Defence Kids HQ students have been busy making lots of arts and craft from loose part items. We try to incorporate this also into our Defence club, so that children can see the wonderful uses of recycling of loose part items. We welcome all types of loose part items here in Defence Kids HQ for the purpose of variety and access to a range of craft items. As a Defence Club, we would be very grateful if families in our Enoggera community, have any boxes, ice-cream containers, buttons, milk bottle caps, just about anything you could recycle, we would be very grateful to take them off your hands and add to our Loose parts library for our defence students to re-use?. Please see photos from the last fortnight where our defence students have created lots of different masterpieces from loose part items. Don’t we have some creative children here at Enoggera State School.

Defence leadership roles and acknowledging students’ strengths:

One way that we can help to foster 21^st century skills, is through leadership roles. Miss Laura stepped away from the preparation of the Defence Kids HQ club last Tuesday and gave some of our senior defence students the opportunity to plan and organise defence club with her assistance. Our senior defence students Dakoda and Olivia worked together and planned a nature scavenger hunt for our younger defence students. This was a keen interest of both girls and they believed the importance of encouraging students to be involved in the outdoors to increase student wellbeing and engagement.

This week two of our Senior Defence students Kai and Toby, planned a Dino Dig Excavation for our younger defence students. Our younger students were excited to find hidden dinosaurs in eggs which they needed to excavate in pairs. Kai brought in some volcanic obsidian stones and amber fossil to share with our defence students. They were particularly fascinated that these originated back to prehistoric dinosaur times. All of our senior students have done a fantastic job over the last night ensuring all resources were prepared for the scavenger hunt and dinosaur dig. This is something that will be encouraged throughout the rest of the school year, supporting our defence students in their leadership roles to feel confident to share their talents and strengths with other defence peers. This encourages and builds confidence, cooperation, resilience and most importantly teamwork.

PARENTAL ABSENCES:

A friendly reminder that as Absences begin to increase in the ADF in particular the upcoming largest ever exercise Talisman Sabre, please update myself on any upcoming Absences. You can also email myself, let admin or your child’s classroom teacher know. This information is really important so that I can ensure I am there pre, during and post preparation in supporting your child during their parent/s absence.

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR JUNE:

Please Save the Date for the upcoming events in June:

 June

• 13th Coffee Connections – Brisbane
• 16th Kokoda Barracks Open Day
• 22nd Coffee Connections – Amberley
• 28th Coffee Connections – Darling Downs
• 27th ADF Equip – Brisbane
• 28th ADF Equip – Amberley

As always if you have any concerns or need to reach in, I am on-site at Enoggera on Mondays and Tuesdays and can be contacted via email at lvint7@eq.edu.au and the school office line on (07) 3550 1333

Have a wonderful break Enoggera Community!

Laura Vinter, Defence School Mentor

Battle of the Bands- Trivia Night - Saturday July 29th 

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 

Father’s Day Stall – Wednesday 30^th August

Do you love the Father’s Day stall and the fun and joy it brings the kids? We are looking for someone to lead the Father’s Day stall this year. You will lead a team of volunteers and be supported by the Exec Committee. Without stall conveners these events just can’t happen. If you are interested, please reach out via email or via our Facebook page.

Family Fun Day – Saturday 9^th September 2023

Do you have a love for books? If so, we need you! Our book stall at our 150^th celebration fair was extremely popular, and we would love to have it back for 2023. With the support of the Family Fun Day committee and volunteers, you will lead a team to collect sort and display a wonderful collection of books at the Family Fun Day. If this sounds like you, please get in touch via email or our Facebook page.

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.

Our next meeting will be July 25th.

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

https://www.facebook.com/EnoggeraSSPandC