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23 April 202023 April 2020

Principal’s News

TERM 2

This week, we have had a start to a schoolterm like no other. We are truly thankful foryour words of support and encouragementas we navigate this new way of learning forour students.

Your patience and understanding as ourteachers, students and families have grappled with technicalissues this week has been greatly appreciated. Many of theseissues were out of our hands and we hope that they can beresolved in the near future. Further update, our department isworking on managing the increased web traffic due to onlinelearning and the Microsoft Corporation continues to work onissues they are experiencing across Australia with a number oftheir products, particularly OneNote and SharePoint on-line.While Microsoft is responding to these issues, our teachers areworking on how and when they can upload files and videos totheir online learning platforms for our students withoutoverloading the system.

Our teachers have done an amazing job planning for ourstudents and have been incredibly patient and flexible whentechnology has failed us. For those parents who have studentsat home, thank you also for your patience and understandingas you navigate what learning at home looks like for your family.We have communicated with many parents this week and weare in awe of your patience and resilience as well as how youare problem-solving issues that arise. You are doing a greatjob and we can only ask that you do the best you can. Thisweek, the focus was settling into our routines for this new wayof learning and supervising the learning as best we can.

Together, we can make this work for all of us. Once again, if youhave any questions or concerns regarding your child’s learning,whether they are at home or school, please don’t hesitate tocontact your child’s teacher or line manager. We are here tosupport you.

ATTENDANCE AND ROLL-MARKING

It is important that our teachers are ‘checking-in’ each daywith their students for roll-marking purposes. This has proveddifficult this week due to our online platforms being affectedby technical issues. Teachers will be communicating with youthe best way to ‘check-in’. If we have not heard from yourchild or yourself by 11am, you will receive an automated SMSmessage. We have now managed to have this messagechanged for the COVID-19 period. Without a response fromthis text message, a ‘U’ for unexplained will be entered inOneSchool for your child.

For students attending school, please notify the school office ifyour child is sick or not attending school that day. This is so thecorrect absenteeism code can be entered.

ATTENDANCE SURVEY FOR PARENTS

As of next week, our department has provided us with an onlineattendance survey which collects data around students who willbe attending school, students learning from home and studentswho will be alternating during the week with learning at homeand learning at school. This survey needs to be completedweekly. All parents are required to complete the online surveyby Friday 3pm for the following week.

Please complete the survey by visiting the link below byMonday 27 April at 3pm.

https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/anon/3939.aspx

If your work arrangements have changed from Week 1,in that you are now required to attend your workplace and

no other arrangements can be organised to supervise yourchildren at home, please contact your child’s year level linemanager to discuss.

Line Managers:

ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIONS

Traditionally our school conducts an annual ANZAC DayCommemoration Service and our students participate in localANZAC Day events. I believe it is vital to continue this traditionfor our students, staff and community and to take the time toremember and thank all the men and women who have andare currently serving in the armed forces. We are organising thefollowing for this week.

ANZAC DAY Commemoration Service

Our School Leaders lead us through our school ANZAC DayCommemoration. We had filmed the commemoration and willbe uploaded for parents and students via online learningplatforms and our P&C Facebook page.

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN ‘LIGHT UPTHE DAWN’

As we are unable to participate in dawn services or other localANZAC Day marches and services this year, we thought itwould be great to encourage our school community to becomeinvolved in ‘Light up the Dawn’ this Saturday, 25 April at 6am.This year, let’s stand in our driveways, on our balconies or inour living rooms holding our candles to remember all those whohave served and sacrificed for our freedom.

To support this, we have arranged for students at home andat school to make a candle holder (see photo) for ‘Light up theDawn’ and a wreath to hang on their letterbox/front door/fenceetc.

We would love to see photos of your familyparticipating in this event. You can sharephotos of your family's activities to our P&CFacebook group - simply request to join theJSS Support Squad via the Jindalee StateSchool P&C Facebook page. Once yourmembership has been approved, go to thePhotos section and look for the Anzac 2020album - photos can be uploaded directly to here. Alternatively,you can email your photos to supportsquad@jsspandc.com.auand we can post them for you.

Together we will remember them.

Subscribing to the newsletter

If you would like to have the newsletter automatically sentto your email each fortnight, please go to the JindaleeState School website and click on Schoolzine. This islocated in the Quick Links on the right hand side underthe rotating photos.

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We are now taking 2021 Enrolments

Get your enrolments for 2021 into theschool office ASAP.

School Banking

Message from Commonwealth Bank

The health, safety and wellbeing of our communities and ourpeople remains our highest priority. Due to the ongoinguncertainty surrounding coronavirus, the School Bankingprogram will remain on hold. We will continue to monitor thesituation and keep you informed with any updates includinghow we will be managing Dollarmite tokens for students.

In the meantime, here are some handy online resources forparents who wish to maintain momentum with their child’sfinancial education:

• Prep and Year 1 –Diana Ghusn dghus1@eq.edu.au

• Year 2 and 3 – Louise Whittering lwhit82@eq.edu.au

• Year 4 – Penny Grant pgran31@eq.edu.au

• Year 5 and 6 – Petra Cooke pccoo0@eq.edu.au

• Start Smart : these resources have been created toimprove children’s moneymanagement skills, and is aligned to the AustralianCurriculum and the National Consumer FinancialLiteracy Framework.

• The Beanstalk : offers videos and fun activities forchildren to learn about money.

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School Crossing

Safety awareness

Our lovely crossing officers’ endure the daily task with safetycontrol involving traffic and ensuring safety of pedestrians.

Some simple guidelines when using the crossing

The purpose of a crossing supervisor

If travelling by car, please be mindful of following the crossingsupervisors’ instructions by slowing down and making acomplete stationed stop. There have been reports ofdangerous behavior with vehicles which must be avoided. If yousee any of this behavior, please contact the school office or thepolice.

eSafety News

Covid-19 Staying Safe Online and Offline

As we all know, our situation in Australia regarding thecoronavirus (COVID-19) is constantly evolving, so it’s importantto stay informed and to keep yourself and those around yousafe.

It also means an increasing number of Australians are stayinghome and having to rely on the internet to stay connected.

While it can be challenging to adjust to these conditions,eSafety is here to support you. We’ve pulled togethertrustworthy advice and resources to help keep you and yourfamily safe online.

COVID-19: an online safety kit for parents and carersWe’re providing vital resources for those working from homeand for those parents and carers who may be supporting theirchildren through remote learning during the pandemic.

Social distancing without the isolation: helping older Australiansconnect online

With so many people practising social distancing in the face ofCOVID-19, you can help your loved ones avoid social isolationby helping them get established online.

You can download the Get Started app for ideas on how toinspire your loved ones to get online.

We’ve also put together a guide to help older Australians findaccess to reliable information, stay connected with friends andfamily and shop for essential items like food and medicine.

Student News

Issued Term 1, week 9

PREP C

Joshua andCharlee

2MR

No classawards given.

4W

Lara and Amanda

PREP F

Ollie andLillyanna

2S

Matilda andDaniel

5HI

Tommy, Arielle, Ethan and Leah

PREP N

Alexis andThomas

2T

No classawards given.

5K

Cooper and Dinuli

PREP R

Cassandra andRonan

3C

No classawards given.

5S

Emmett, London and Alira

PREP T

Ethan andPaulie

3D

Jake and Willo

5B

Dion and Sophie

1CB

Annalise andAmelia

3FW

No classawards given.

5/6H

Natashya, Alicia, Jayden,Phoebe and Chirathi

1L

Alex and Evie

3K

Ruby and Elsie

6B

Isaac and Chayse

1R

James andMilla

3R

Candice andGerald

6BL

Benjamin and Winter

1W

Olivia andAustin

4HF

Hudson andVictoria

6N

Grace and Jesse

2C

Buddy andValencia

4JP

Ayva andRobert

6R

Molly and Layla

2H

No classawards given.

4T

No classawards given.

• Please remain behind the yellow line as instructedfrom the supervisor, wait for the whistle.

• Follow instructions from the officer, as they aretrained to ensure your safety is met.

• Do not run while crossing, always walk

• You must remain between the red and white stripepoles parallel to the crossing lines, you must not walkon the outside of them.

• Parents/carers refrain from allowing young ones pushto get in front, this can cause an unsafe situation.

• Parents/carers be polite and respectful to thecrossing supervisors.

• Provided for safety around schools by enhancing theperformance of pedestrian traffic.

• Provide additional measures for the safe and efficientmovement of students and parents.

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GRIP Student Leadership Conference

At the end of last month, our student leadership team waslucky enough to be able to attend the GRIP StudentLeadership Conference at Chandler. This conference wasattended by about 60 schools from around South-EastQueensland. GRIP stands for Generosity, Responsibility,Integrity and People. These values were the primary focus ofeach of our activities.

This conference helped us improve our leadership skills andteamwork ability. It also helped me improve personallybecause now I know how to uphold my leadership positionbetter. At the conference we learned a lot, especially in theLoud Noises session where we had to listen carefully tounderstand and participate in the activity.

Overall, we would like to bring back all the values that welearnt so that our leadership team can be successful in 2020.I would like to thank Senior Constable Ben Harm, the JindaleeGolf Club and Mrs Cooke for making this day possible. We allhad a great time and look forward to the opportunity to usethese skills to help you.

By Lachlan

Our Student Leadership Team went to the GRIP LeadershipConference. This conference was attended by many studentsacross Queensland. GRIP was an amazing experience for allof us, and at the same time was extremely good fun!

At the beginning of the day, we were given a booklet that wehad to fill out during the day. Personally, my favourite part ofthe GRIP conference was the Loud Noise sessions in betweenlessons. They are an extremely fun way to get out all of ourenergy and noise, so we were ready to listen until the nextbreak.

During these sessions, we were split into two sides and wewould do competitions and games, and would be shoutingand yelling the entire way through. When some of our Jindaleestudents joined the activities, we all cheered extremely loud.

At the GRIP conference, we learnt that there is more to beingjust a good role model, but it this means leading the way. Wealso learnt that good ideas and projects don’t have to cost alot of money. It also showed us it is ok to make mistakes aslong as you don’t deny them.

The GRIP conference was extremely social and veryinformative. We were often talking to students from differentschools and sharing ideas. It was entertaining and we all hada lot of fun.

Written by Jemma

With the guidance of Constable Ben Harm, Mrs. Cooke andthe ten school leaders attended a leadership conference atSleeman Sports Centre called GRIP. We went on a mini buskindly donated by Jindalee Golf Club. GRIP stands forGenerosity, Responsibility, Integrity and People.

At the conference there were three sessions. In session 1 welearnt about leading the way in our school and out of school.We also learnt that anyone can be leader whether they have abadge or not.

In session 2, we were learning about two topics: topic 1.Generosity and topic 2. Ideas to lead the way. For topic1 we focused on the character traits of generosity andunpacked various ways that student leaders can usegenerosity to influence others by using fun role plays, storiesand discussions. Topic 2 was about: ideas to lead the way.We learnt that leading the way is about taking action. Thisfocus showcased dozens of practical ideas that students inthe past have implemented in other schools around Australia.

In session 3 we were learning how to bring our own ideasto life. We discovered that to lead the way, a student leadershould follow through and bring their idea to life. This topictaught us a helpful four-step acronym for bringing our ideas tolife: Introduce, Demonstrate, Encourage, Others, Advance.

Then we had a Q&A with the GRIP Leadership Team.

In between each topic, the Loud Noise Brothers would comeand make some loud noises with us. This was the best part ofthe conference!

Written by Madeleine

The GRIP Student Leader Conference was an amazing event.It had different activities about leadership skills. Our leadershipteam got a GRIP booklet. We had to complete the bookletby listening to the people who were informing us how to be agreat leader. However, this event wasn’t just learning. We hada lot of fun games. Some of the games were dancing activitieswhen we had to copy the moves of the students when theywere on stage.

We also had different kinds of people informing us like theLoud Noise Boys. The Loud Noise Boys liked being very loud.Their role was to get our energy up and going, and to choosestudents to join in their fun activities.

One of the skills I learnt about being a leader was three simplesteps of leading the way:

Know the way means I have to know to respect people orknow the rules. Go the way means to do it and Show the waymeans to show other students do the right thing.

This day was very informative but fun at the same time.

Written by Stella

1. Know the way

2. Go the way

3. Show the way

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The 2020 Student Leadership team were lucky enough toattend the GRIP Student Leadership Conference on 28February 2020.

This course provided us with a learning opportunity to becomebetter leaders and provide Jindalee State School with Leaderswho have the potential to become great leaders and improvestudents schooling experience.

This was a full day Leadership course that focused on‘Leading the Way’ including, planning skills to help us ‘Knowthe Way’, ‘Go the Way’ and ‘Show the Way’. What this meansis for someone to be a leader they need to know what isexpected and to act the way we expect others to act and thento show others how to do what is expected.

The highlight of this course was the different tasks that testedour skills and ability to apply what we were there to learn.One particular task was pairing up with someone and havingthem explain how to draw an object without telling us what thepicture was going to be. This was testing our skills in 2 ways- 1. Providing instructions to another person; 2. How anotherperson would interpret how we explain things.

Overall, this was a great opportunity to understand how tobecome better leaders and we will all be sure to apply themto our roles as Jindalee State School Leaders in 2020 andthroughout our lives.

Written by Cody

Letters of Support

This week, in 4W, we took some time out of our curriculumwork to discuss the current situation and how people may beaffected. We wrote letters and drew pictures to create as manynotes as we could to share joy, gratitude and positivity to thosewho need it. The doctors and nurses were very grateful toreceive the letters and the kids were so excited to be able to dosomething to help.

Camp Goodenough

4 March could not come quick enough for 120 excited Year5 students and staff to head over the border to CampGoodenough. Although greeted with heavy rain, ouranticipation was not dampened. What a variety of adventurousactivities from billy cart making, and of course, test-drivingthem, to crate stacking, the record of 18 being met. Theneven higher to the giant swing, where many a scream washeard. Some completed the muddy obstacle course and otherscompleted the indoor rock climbing challenges. Who said campfood was ordinary? Most had seconds. Who would havethought ice cream would be on the menu? The washing upwasn’t too bad.

Camp was great for hanging out with friends and making newones. Everyone had a go and tried out the new activities. Whata great camp!

Camp GoodenoughCamp Goodenough

Camp Goodenough Part2Camp Goodenough Part2

Harmony Day

Serena and Janaki from 5/6H celebrated Harmony Day bywearing an Indian dress called a Churidar. This is mostly wornall around India. Churidar is a tight fitting trouser worn by bothmen and women. Women usually wear it with a tunic, andmen generally wear a kurta. This eternal piece of clothing hasgraced all forms of Indian ethnic wear and fashion for centuries.Most women wear churidars when going out or even at home.They also wear sarees when attending functions like weddings,birthdays and funerals.

Serena and Janakai

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Chess

Chess Competition

Members of our Chess Squad competed inthe Gardiner Primary West InterschoolChess Competition at Grand Avenue StateSchool. Our team, consisting of Yehansa S, Nadinsa S, Isaac H,Bobby V, Lyubcho V, Sehasa W, Thenuka W and Anuj D, allplayed with enthusiasm and pride. While we did not come awaywith any awards this tournament, each one of our young teammembers eagerly discussed their chess moves and highlightswith Mrs Cooke after each game. These students are growingin skills and strategy every tournament, and we are very proudof them. Well done, Chess Squad! As always, many thanks toour chess parents for supporting our students by driving themto the tournament, and to Mr Patrick Byron, our chess tutor, forhis assistance with organising.

P&C News

JSS P&C 2020 Annual General Meeting -postponed

New date to be confirmed

JSS AGM/GM Postponed

In light of recent and rapidly evolvingdevelopments with regard to the COVID19virus, the JSS P&C has decided to postponeour 2020 AGM as well as our GeneralMeeting that was to be held straight after.This decision has been made in consultationwith P&C Qld and is supported by the school’s leadershipteam.

We believe that under the current circumstances, it is in ourcommunity’s interest to minimize disruption to the delivery ofour service to the school and broader community. In continuingwith our current, experienced Executive Committee, for theforeseeable future, we are well prepared to support our schoolcommunity in every way possible.

Our Executive Committee are committed to serving our P&C foras long as is necessary and when the appropriate time comes,we look forward to engaging the community to forge ahead witha new team.

We hope you understand this decision has not been madelightly and appreciate your understanding and ongoing support.

We will advise our community of when our meetings will be heldwith the appropriate timeline of 14 days’ notice.

Jindalee Support Squad Mailing List

In these very challenging times, it is more important than everto stay connected within our community. Our school staff andleadership team are doing a great job of communicating themost up to date information as it comes to hand, so pleaseensure your contact details are current with the school office.

Our P&C Support Squad mailing list may be used to send outsupplementary information/requests for assistance/importantupdates, so if you haven’t already signed up, click on thefollowing link to register your details:

https://mailchi.mp/cd2882343e7e/supportsquad

Prom Night - Class of 2020

JSS P&C made the difficult decision to postpone our annualGames & Trivia Night until Term 4 2020.

Tickets purchased are transferable to the new date (expectedto be early in Term 4) or will be fully refunded on request (upto one week before the new date). To request a refund, pleaseuse the 'Contact Presenter' button via Yapsody:

https://jsspandc.yapsody.com/event/index/520496/prom-night-class-of-2020?fbclid=IwAR3Sf0bjqWcxFnJE4v1oNS4S1Sx-Mw3NxKe9Yjp4jY-w9SXR9OIULJ42-Ew

So hang your Prom dresses/tuxedos/costumes up for now, butbe ready to dust them off in Term 4!!

Uniform Shop

In 2018, the JSS P&C Association introduced a new style ofGirls Formal Uniform, in line with changes to the QueenslandDepartment of Education student dress code guidelines. At thesame time, the Boys Formal Shirt was updated to include theschool logo.

Donations of the old style of uniform (without the JSS logo)for both girls and boys, in good, resalable condition, will beaccepted at the Uniform Shop until the end of 2020 and moneyfrom these sales will go towards P&C projects in the school.

Second hand, old style uniforms will be on sale through theUniform Shop until 1/4/2021 and can be worn at school until10/12/21.

Hours of opening:

Tuesday – 8.30am to 9.30am1st Wednesday of month – 4.30pm to 5.30pmAll other Wednesdays – 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Ann can be contacted on:

Email - uniformshop@jsspandc.com.auShop - 3725 5715 (during open hours only)

School Age Care Program

For the latest information regarding ourSchool Age Care Program, check out theirFacebook page (@Jindalee School AgeCare Program):

https://www.facebook.com/Jindalee-School-Age-Care-Program-1560015587620292/

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Hours of opening:

Before School Care 6:30am - 9:00amAfter School Care 3:00pm - 6:00pmVacation Care 6:30am - 6:00pm

The Athlete's Foot

Cash back for Jindalee State School P&C

Did you know that if you purchase shoesfrom The Athlete’s Foot, Mt Ommaney or Indooroopilly andmention Jindalee State School, the P&C receives $5 for everypair of shoes?

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