wednesday 21 march 2018 issue 09 · 2018-03-22 · [email protected] phone: (07) 3374...
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DATE CLAIMER March
Thursday 22 Running Club—All welcome
8.00am oval
Junior Choir Years 1 and 2
8.10am Music Room
P-3 Assembly 1:50pm - Hall
Young Engineers—Coding
3:15pm Library
Friday 23 Friday Morning Soccer— all welcome
8.00am Oval
Ride2School Day 8am meet at Huntington park
Interschool Sport Years 5 & 6
Bus from School
Monday 26 Senior Band 8:00am Hall
Intermediate Choir
8.00am Music Room
Tuesday 27 Running Club—All welcome
8.00am oval
Senior Choir 8.00am Music Room
Wednesday 28 Senior Strings 7:30 E Block
Marimba—Yellow 8:00am Music Room
Chess Club 11am PCYC room
WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
2.00pm Hall
Thursday 29 Last day of Term 1
Running Club—All welcome
8.00am oval
Junior Choir Years 1 and 2
8.10am Music Room
Free Dress Day
Please bring donations for cake stall to classrooms
Young Engineers-Coding
3:15pm Library
April
Tuesday 17 First day of Term 2
2018 Newsletter Term 1 Week 9 From the Principal—Cate Whiting National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence Last Friday we recognised the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. At Brookfield State School, all students are taught to keep their hands and feet to themselves, keep objects where they belong and speak in a friendly way. They are also taught to report physical harm and threats of physical harm to a responsible adult straight away. Check out 4C’s reflec-tions on important anti-bullying and anti-violence messages.
Staffing Update I have been extended to continue in Term 2 while the recruitment and selec-tion process is run at Brassall State School. My brain has certainly received a workout this term learning about the community, activities and work of Brookfield State School. Thank you for your assistance and understanding throughout the term. I look forward to continuing to support and add value to the important work being done to ensure your children receive outstanding educations and fulfilling school lives. I am really impressed by the support-ive, cooperative nature of our entire school community – parents, students, staff and wider school community members. There have been a number of staffing changes this term that have had impli-cations in other areas of the school. Thank you for your questions, under-standing and feedback with these changes. We welcome Mrs Jenny Krisch, teaching German on Mondays and Tuesdays, replacing Alicia Nembach who is now teaching 5/6. Welcome to Mrs Taryn Potgieter on 1A on Fridays, replac-ing Alicia Nembach. We did not receive a full time allocation for a Special Education teacher so Grant Stephens is teaching 5/6 on Thursdays.
Wednesday 21 March 2018 Issue 09
Mrs Stephanie Weigel will commence maternity leave in Term 2 for the remain-der of the year. All the best, Steph! Mrs Mariko Viliko Edwards will take over 4C on Mondays to Wednesdays from 23 April with Mrs Manase covering the class for the first week while Mrs Edwards moves over from New Zealand. Mrs Edwards will also replace Tracy Findlay on 4B on Fridays and work as a school based relief teacher on Thursdays. Special thanks to Lizel Moore who has been teaching 4B on Fridays this term. Mrs Amanda Swain has also joined us as a teacher aide providing student and administrative support. Ride to School Day This Friday students and parents are invited to participate in Ride to School Day, meeting Mrs Michele McClary at Huntington Park (Rafting Ground Road) to ride safely to school on bikes. Helmets are required! Andrew from Bicycle Queensland spoke on assembly today about important cycle safety messages. Further information is inside this Banter. Thank you, Michele, for organising this. Anybody who would like to ride their horse to school is invited to meet Rowena McIntosh at the Pony Club Grounds at 8:10am. I haven’t had horses ridden to any school I’ve been at before, so how special! If your children walk or ride to school without you, please regularly go through what they should do to stay safe. It’s even worthwhile running through the route on weekends or if you have a spare moment before or after school to check their safety. P&C Thank You A big thank you to Leanne Crossland and her team of helpers who organised the Bush Dance last Friday night. What a wonderful school community event! An event of its calibre takes a lot of planning and work, so thank you, Leanne! Thank you also to the many parents, family members, staff members and children who supported the Bush Dance. It was great to catch up with people in between chasing an 18 month old child (who also had a ball). P&C Executive Committee Thank you to our 2018 P&C Executive Committee who are volunteering to support the important work of the P&C at Brookfield State School: President – Graham Knox Vice President – Rebecca Harrison Secretary – Lauren Urquhart Treasurer – Fiona Dent Thank you also to those people who have agreed to lead P&C Committees. Seeking Your Feedback on the Banter We are reviewing the format and frequency of the Banter and whether it is needed weekly. Given that class newsletters are also sent home, I’m mindful of the amount of reading involved in a weekly Banter and class newsletters – espe-cially for those parents with multiple children. Let us know your feedback. Do you read the Banter every week? Where else do you get your information or would like to get your information? Do you have any suggestions for the infor-mation that we provide?
Cate Whiting Principal
From the Deputy Principal – Katie Lewis Embedding Formative Assessment with Dylan Wiliam Jodie Drew, Leah Cathcart and I attended a full day workshop with Dylan Wil-liam. Dylan Wiliam is Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at Univer-sity College London. In a varied career, he has taught in inner-city schools, di-rected a large-scale testing programme, served a number of roles in university administration, including Dean of a School of Education, and pursued a research programme focused on supporting teachers to develop their use of assessment in support of learning. Dylan worked with a large contingent of teachers and leaders from Queensland schools regarding embedding formative assessment in practice to enhance stu-dent achievement. We are excited to share the findings of his work and apply
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these actions to our setting over the remainder of the year. Brookfield Every Student Succeeding Together (BESST) and Curriculum Planning Over the remainder of the term, teachers are being released in their year level teams to work through the In-quiry Cycle as part of our BESST process. This enables teachers to interrogate their data and devise support and extension opportunities for students in their classrooms and across the year level cohort. Further to this, teachers will work in year level teams with our Curriculum Co-ordinator, Mrs Jodie Drew, to plan their units of work for Term 2. This is an exciting and busy time of term for our teachers and students. Brookfield State School Council – Elected Parent Representatives - Vacancies FINAL CALL – NOMINATIONS ARE DUE 28 MARCH. Refer to previous Banters for more information.
Have a great week,
Katie [email protected]
Parent-Teacher Meetings BOOKINGS ARE STILL OPEN FOR REMAINING CLASSES! A meeting between parents and teachers is a wonderful opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, celebrate their achievements and set goals for the term ahead. Parents are encouraged to book a suitable time in the upcoming round of meetings. When: Beginning of Term 2 for remaining classes—(please see below) Duration: 1 5 minute interviews Where: Classrooms How: Follow this link: http://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/ or the link below If bookings have closed please contact your child’s teacher directly.
Deb Minczanowski
6B Classroom teacher
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Lisa McKay 2A
Kirsty Cunnington 2B
Tracy Findlay 4B
Alicia Nembach 5/6
Resource Centre News T1W9 Writing Festival- Week 9
Write – Excite – Celebrate
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* Sizzling writing is on display from classrooms in CPA 2 , outside the tuckshop!
-One Big Long Growing Story – Classes are adding sentences to grow a collaborative school story.
Writing Competition 2018! Write a story and enter it to Mrs Allison by Monday Week 10 March 17
–Makerspace STEAM Activities have been attracting many P-3 students at the Library
Fairytale Inventions Makerspace P-3 Monday – Thursday first breaks
OUTSIDE: STEM CHALLENGES- STEM Club members in attendance Mon-Make a raft for the billy goats to get across the river. Tues-Make a new bed for Goldilocks Wed- Make a pulley for Rapunzel
INSIDE: STEAM CHALLENGES Make a fairy tale stick puppet… and make a show with it! Make a your own magic crown.. and feel the part!
Writing Competition 2018 Write a short story on any topic of your choice! The story needs to: 1) Have a title 2) Be the student’s own work 3) Be edited Length: P-3 - handwritten – no length limit Yr 4-6 – typed and less than 750 words Due Date: Please put your entry in the box in Mrs Allison’s office by Monday Week 10 March 26. Prizes: All participating students will receive a certificate and there will be one book prize in each year level.
Read and recharge
Fiona Allison Teacher Librarian
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SEP NEWS Autism Awareness Month.
April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day. It's also the start of Autism Awareness Month in Australia and Autism Queensland's annual Go Blue for Autism campaign. Autism Awareness Month is designed to raise community recognition of the needs and accomplishments of children and adults with Autism. It's also a time for us to embrace difference, raise awareness and acceptance of Autism. Autism is a complex, lifelong developmental disability that affects a person's ability to communicate, interact with others and cope in everyday situations. The cause of autism is not fully understood, but structured early intervention, therapy and education delivered by professionals with expertise in ASD can make a significant difference. From March 27 the Story Bridge and Victoria Bridge will turn their lights blue in support of the Go Blue for Autism campaign. While Brisbane City Hall will turn blue on April 2.
Grant Stephens SEP Teacher
MUSIC NEWS Yesterday. twenty of our advanced instrumental students travelled to Kenmore State School to audition for WestCent Music camp later in the year. Results will be out after the holidays. Fingers crossed for places on either camp!
MELISSA McMILLAN Classroom Music Teacher
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Rugby League Any student interested in trialling for the district Rugby League team both boys and girls please let Mr Skehan know by the end of this week. Boys’ Soccer Any student wishing to trial for District Soccer please see/email Mr Skehan with the following information 1. DOB 2. Preferred position 3. Club and division currently playing 4. Representative experience. The number of students wishing to trial will determine whether a selection process has to take place. If a selec-tion process takes place it is likely to occur in Wk 1 of Term 2 Please remember that only 2 students per school are allowed to trial for a district team, unless otherwise stated. This is due to the larger number of schools in the district and the time constraints that team selectors have – usually only one or two afternoons to make selections. Students will need to be currently playing the sport they wish to trial in to a high standard – at least division 1 or equivalent. It is possible that the school may determine that that no student meets the standard required (unlikely) for district trials and no nominations will be put forward. Students will be trialling against 12 yr olds in Yr 7. This means it is highly unlikely that a 10 yr old in Yr 5 would make a district team. Any questions please do not hesitate to ask. Interschool Sport Training Times Training times are as follows, Yr 5 Touch - Thursday 11:15 -11:45am Netball - Thursday 11:15 -11:45am Soccer - Thursday 11:15 – 12:15 Training times can also be found on the school’s website.
RIDE2School Day National Ride2School Day is this Friday 23 March....it’s a day when everyone can ride! So get Mum or Dad on board, and prepare to ride to school meeting Michele McLary (Teacher Aide) and crew at Huntington Park on Rafting Ground Road at 8am. It’s going to be rawrsome! Please remember—'no helmet, no ride' FREE DRESS DAY
Thursday 29th March is Free Dress Day to support the Brookfield Cake Stall, held every year at the iconic Brookfield Show. Run by the P & C, this is one of the schools largest fundraisers and an area in need of community engagement through donations and help on the stall. On the day, in exchange for free dress, please bring to your classroom a gold coin or one of 3 baking ingredients (and place in the box provided): Flour, Sugar or Condensed Milk All proceeds go towards fudge workshops and baking for the show. See further detail under the P and C section of this Banter...
SCHOOL OFFICE NEWS ROAD SAFETY Road safety and constantly reminding our children as to the rules is of paramount importance. A number of local residents have contacted the school with concerns regarding our students safety on our local roads, specifically those riding bikes. There has also been concerns regarding children crossing the road unassisted, specifically, please do not ask your child to cross the road to you especially at Brookfield Store. And parents, put children’s safety first and don’t u-turn in the pick-up areas, please go around the block or u-turn further down at Gate 4 (near the creek).
Here are some basic tips for parents to share with your child to ensure they have a safe trip to and from school each day: Children under the age of 10 should always be accompanied by an adult (on foot or bike). When crossing a road, always STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and THINK and keep looking and listening while you cross. Where possible, young children should always hold a grown-up’s hand when crossing the road. Always cross the road at a marked pedestrian crossing and if none is available choose a safe place to cross where
you can see traffic in either direction. When children are old enough to walk or ride to school on their own (10 or older), it’s important to show the child
the safest route. Make sure your child gets in and out of the car on the footpath side, away from traffic. If travelling by bus, always wait until the bus has stopped before getting off and wait for the bus to move away
before finding a safe place to cross. Ensure your child is aware that they should never play on or around roads and encourage them to play in parks,
backyards or other safe places instead. As parents and carers, the best way you can teach your child road safety is to set a good example yourself. Queensland Transport have put together a Back-to-School road safety kit to help parents instil these vital safety skills in young children. For more information, or to download a copy of the kit, visit Queensland Transport’s website at: www.transport.qld.gov.au/backtoschool Coles Vouchers 1 Week to go! Please continue to return the Coles vouchers, the tally is really rising now thanks to our wonderful school community’s support and we’re all very much looking forward to all the sporting gear we will receive from this fundraiser. Lost Property Please remind your children to check lost property before the end of term. Unfortunately there are a lot of items without name tags.
TUCKSHOP NEWS Only 2 weeks to go, hasn’t this term flown by? Thank you very much to the la-dies below for giving up your time to come and help ! Please don’t forget we will be selling Easter cupcakes for $1 in the tuckshop next week on Wednesday and Thursday! Susan Sansbury 0449 115 888 Netball buddy program Netball will continue again this year in terms 2 and 3. All are welcome to participate in skills, drills and a bit of netball fun. Details as follows: Day - Wednesday (start 2nd week back term 2) Time - 8am Where - netball/basketball courts at Brookfield State School. (near the tennis courts) If you would like to help volunteer, please let us know as the extra hands are always welcome. Please bring a netball if you have one. Contact Meg Garrett with any questions. Meg will also be collecting phone numbers to set up a group contact on ‘whatsapp’. That way you can be kept in the loop with details particularly regarding cancellations due to weath-er. [email protected] PCYC NEWS
Vacation Care Program is out and we are so happy to invite you to an absolutely smashing 2 weeks of awesome fun. We have everything on offer and we don’t want anyone to miss out. There are excursions to Charlie’s Raw Squeeze and the Wintergarden Strike Lazer Skirmish and for the incursion, we have the amazing Geckoes com-ing in to do a wildlife visit with some awesome furry and not so furry friends. We also have an inflatable waterslide for a ‘Rockin’ day of watery fun too. The inservice days are also packed with so much, and the excite-ment is real, there are challenges, obstacles, quests and so much more. Also vac care mean food and we have some awesome stuff to share. So remember to book your children in and see Jess for any information. To add, if your kids have some cousins or some friends that want to come, just tell their parents to do a booking for a cas-ual visit. They can be done so quick and in no time at all. Trust us, Jess can talk really fast and get a lot of infor-mation out quickly. So if you are interested there is a copy attached with this Banter, write an email to [email protected] or call and a program will be sent to you. Or even easier, drop in for a paper copy.
So until next time. Get excited
;-) The PCYC Crew
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Rebecca A
Sarah S
Candace L
Baking – Morven
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Alicia W
22nd
Taryn N
Catherine M
Natalie C
HELP NEEDED 12-1:30
Andy D Paula S Emma C
23rd
Rowena M
Emma P
Mandy J
Emma P
Wednesday Thursday Friday
28th
Sue W
Alice V
Emma G
Skye S
(cupcake
duty!)
Alice V
Taryn N
29th
Dinie M
Megan W
Anna C
HELP NEEDED 12-1:30 Tracey H
Danielle B
30th
GOOD FRIDAY
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
CROSS COUNTRY 2018 Well Done to everyone who ran their best in the Cross Country Carnival this year. It was so good to see everyone competing and cheer-ing each other on. During next weeks whole school assembly the winning house will be announced and age championship medals will be presented to children first in their age group from 9yrs -12yrs. Thank you to all the parents who helped with the set up and around the course. Thank you to the teachers, staff and students who did a great job with the set up and clean up and organising their houses. Also a big thank you to all the parents who helped Mrs Moore and Mrs Knox to train the students before school 2 mornings a week this term. Well done to the following students for their achievement coming top 3. Prep boys
Prep Girls
Yr 1 Boys
Yr 1 Girls
Yr 2 Boys
Yr 2 Girls
Yr 3 8yr old Boys
Yr 3 8yr old girls
1 Robbie M
2 Joshua R
3 Liam W
1 Phoebe W
2 Bronte E
3 Eliza W
1 Aston S
2 Liam B
3 Rayyan W
1 Lauren B
2 Sophie G
3 Ivy T
1 Andrew M
2 Mac C
3 Acer E
1 Flora W
2 Jessica B
3 Poppy N
1 Jasper F
2 Jack M
3 Ben T
1 Hannah C
2 Mia D
3 Emma W
9yrs girls
9yrs boys
10yrs girls
10yrs boys
11yrs girls
11yrs boys
12yrs girls
12yrs boys
1 Bella M
2 Ava K
3 Kealee W
1 Liam N
2 Scott M
3 Cooper S
1 Zara M
2 Maeve M
3 Millie F
1 Alex W
2 Paddy P
3 Alfie B
1 Sophie H
2 Ella K
3 Brooke V
1 Ben M
2 Zanda S
3 Daniel H
1 Erica M
2 Zara K
3 Sarah W
1 Troy S
2 Alex B
3 Connor F
P and C News
CROSS COUNTRY CUPCAKES A HUGE thank you to all of our wonderful families that donated cupcakes, poppers and their time for our cross country stall today! Leftover cupcakes will be sold at tuckshop over the next few days and empty containers
will be available for pick up from the table outside the tuckshop.
Only 8 weeks until the Brookfield Show!
Our Brookfield school cake stall at the Brookfield Show is one of the biggest fund raisers for our school, and each year we ask parents to ‘’make and bake’’ wonderful home-baked goodies to sell. Next Thursday (29th March and the last day of Term 1) will be FREE DRESS for a Donation Day. Instead of bringing a gold coin to pay for free dress, bring a cake ingredient! We're
looking for white sugar, sweetened condensed milk and flour. Take your donated ingredient to the classroom and they'll go towards fudge (a huge favourite at the Brookfield Show) and cake-making drives for our cake stall at the Brookfield Show. Or you can bring a gold coin instead (or as well) and all money raised will go toward buying cake ingredients. So if you want to “make and bake" in the school holidays, swing by the tuck shop on Thursday afternoon (29th) to grab some jam jars and/or cake ingredients for your favourite recipes. For more information please contact Jill Pierce on 0413 637 789. Thank you! Community News
Please be advised 'Our first Partnered' working bee for 2018
Sunday 25th March
Starting at 0830 until 11.00 Assemble at - Boscombe Road culvert - Brookfield State School - Gate 4 entrance Activity: Hand weeding between our newly established, Beautiful plants (creekside) Refreshments at Brookfield Store
Please do come if you may !! Please bring hats, sunscreen, water bottle and gloves
Kind regards Damien
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