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WEEK 9 TERM 2

                                                                            Iron Bark Press
                                                                                                                    17 June 2020

                                                                                       Week 3 Term 2, 2021
                                                                                          5 May 2021

                                                     Principal’s Message
Our Samford Community                                                   NAPLAN Online
I am grateful for the many kind words of support, encouragement         From next week, our Year 3 and Year 5 students will be
and acknowledgments from our school community today in the              participating in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and
wake of recent media activity. Please note that while we take this      Numeracy (NAPLAN). For the first time in our school’s 149 years
seriously, it does not define our school. I know from the many          of history, our students will be doing this online, allowing for
emails and conversations I have had today, that you are as proud        tailored tests. Instead of the static approach of paper-based tests,
of our students, staff and school as I am. We have plans in place       tailored tests better align with student's abilities.
that we continue to adapt and refine, a very dedicated team and a
passion to deliver our vision of creating lifelong learners who         All students attempt the same number of test items in the same
positively impact the world around them. Many thanks for your           amount of time. However, based on their responses to previous
ongoing support.                                                        items, the tailored test design delivers groups of items more
                                                                        aligned to their individual ability and provides a more accurate
                                                                        snapshot of a student’s literacy and numeracy capabilities.
150th Celebration
Last week our 150th Celebration group of dedicated volunteers met       Our school has been conducting readiness tests to ensure our
to map out our next steps and this week we have some very               bandwidth and hardware can cope with the network load and to
important announcements.                                                familiarise students with the different approach to assessment.
                                                                        You can view the sample questions and get more information at
At this stage, we are proposing a 150 th festival date of Saturday,     the NAPLAN public demonstration site. Or you can download the
10 September 2022. This is Week 9 of Term 3 in 2022. To make            NAP locked down browser which has sample tests and questions
sure this date does not clash with any other significant local          for all year levels from the App Store or Google Play.
events, we put it out to the community for feedback. Please email
us here if you see this date claimer as clashing with anything else.    If your child will be away for these assessments, please notify the
                                                                        school ahead of time. Similarly, if you have any questions or
We are also launching a competition to design the official logo for     concerns about your child’s participation, please make a time to
the 150th year. This logo will appear on our 2022 letterhead, school    talk to me or your child’s class teacher.
promotional materials, email footers, badges, website and social
media posts for the year. We have chosen the theme of ‘growth’          School Banking
which encourages us not just to look back, but to also pay it
forward aligning with our values of growth mindset, citizenship and     School banking services will cease to be offered in our school and
respect. The competition closes on 25 June 2021 (Week 10). See          all Queensland state schools from 31 July 2021. In line with
the flyer in the newsletter on page 6 for more information.             several other states and territories, the Department of Education’s
                                                                        decision is in response to the Australian Securities and
We are also seeking a volunteer to help us capture the history of       Investments Commission’s (ASIC) Review of School Banking
our school, especially the last 25 years. We have books dedicated       Programs report from December 2020. Students will be able to
to the 100th and the 125th celebrations, we would like to update this   maintain their banking relationship directly with their bank.
ready for our festival next year. While we will still publish a book,   Samford State School’s last banking day will be on
we are also keen to modernise and capture the history of our            Wednesday, 23 June 2021.
school through video, photographs and audio recordings and to
publish on our website. Ideally, this would be a small team of          Brad Clark
volunteers as there are many parts and a lot of research involved.      Principal

Thanks to the Samford District Historical Museum, we already             School absences contact before 9:00am
have a lot of materials, but in the near future we will be putting a     School absence line: (07) 3430 9160
call out for anything that you may have that could be of interest for    School email: absences@samfordss.eq.edu.au
our 150th celebration.                                                   Advise via QParents App
                                                                         OSHC Absence Line: (07) 3430 9145
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Administration
Payments and Permissions
                             Term 2 newsletters were sent out to parents last week. The newsletters include information regarding the
                             upcoming excursions, incursions and camps for the term, along with important dates and permission slips. A
                             reminder that payment and permission is required for your child to participate. Payments are due by this
                             Friday, 7 May 2021. Please make payment via the Qkr! app or via the payment window. Tanya
                             Buskens can be contacted by emailing tbusk1@eq.edu.au to discuss payment options or to get an update
                             on your account.

Naming Property
With the cooler weather almost upon us, now is a great time to make sure school jumpers are labelled correctly with your child’s name
AND correct class. Winter jumpers are the main source of lost property over the winter period, with children removing them as the day
warms up, putting them down and forgetting that they left them ‘somewhere’. To keep students warm (and to save you buying a
replacement), please ensure all jumpers are named. We aim to return all named lost property back to students.

Amenities Refurbishment
A reminder that refurbishments to D Block (Year 6 classrooms) are now underway and will continue for the duration of Term 2.

Nunzi Hyde, Business Manager, & the Administration Team

                                            Upcoming events
                           MONDAY                TUESDAY             WEDNESDAY              THURSDAY              FRIDAY
                           3 May                 4 May                 5 May                  6 May                7 May

                                                                   SCHOOL PHOTOS           Yr 5 World Expo   NWD Cross Country
    WEEK 3                                                                                 MOTHER’S DAY      Term Payments Due
                                                                                              STALL

                          10 May                 11 May                 12 May                13 May              14 May
                         Yr 6 Camp              Yr 6 Camp               Yr 6 Camp             Yr 6 Camp          Yr 6 Camp
                                             NAPLAN Online           NAPLAN Online         NAPLAN Online      NAPLAN Online
    WEEK 4            Yr 1 Street Science
                              Visit                                                                           Interschool Sport
                                            Yr 4 Geckos Wildlife   Yr 4 Geckos Wildlife
                         P&C Meeting                Visit                 Visit                                     Yr 4-6
                    6:30pm Seminar Room      Junior Assembly                                                 National Walk Safely
                                                 (Yr 2-Yr 3)                                                    to School Day

                           17 May                18 May                  19 May               20 May              21 May
                       NAPLAN Online          NAPLAN Online          NAPLAN Online         NAPLAN Online      NAPLAN Online
                       Senior Assembly        Junior Assembly      National Simultaneous
    WEEK 5               (Yr 4-Yr 6)            (Prep-Yr 1)              Storytime
                                                                                                                 BOOKFAIR
                                                                                                              Interschool Sport
                        School Council                              Yr 3 Street Science                             Yr 4-6
                           Meeting                                          Visit
                                                                                                                  P&C Day
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P&C
                            Mother’s Day Pop-Up Shop
                            This Thursday, 6 May 2021 is our Mother’s Day pop-up shop. Given last
                            year’s efforts were made difficult by Covid, our Events Coordinator, Kylie
                            Neville, is raising the bar this year:

                             Every class will get the opportunity to visit the pop up shop.
                             More awesome gifts to choose from.
                             The kids will be able to really spoil their special person. We suggest
                                sending no more than $20.
                               You can pre-pay on Qkr! so your kids don’t lose the money.                Next P&C
We would love it if you could help students choose presents and serve at the pop-up shop. Each time       Meeting:
slot is only 45 minutes so please use the link to sign up: https://www.volunteersignup.org/7cpfj. There
are a few spots available so get in early to secure your preferred time!
                                                                                                          Monday Night
                                                                                                           10 May 2021
Mother’s Day Raffle
                                                                                                             (Week 4)
We have 15 prizes to be won for Mother’s Day. Tickets are
available on Qkr! for $1 or can be purchased from the pop-up shop
on Thursday at school.                                                                                       6:30pm
                                                                                                             in the
                                                                                                          Seminar Room

Bake Sale
It was a SELL OUT!!! Thanks to everyone that contributed to the
bake sale. We almost raised $1,000 for our P1 committee. Why not
come to our next P&C meeting to see how these funds will be
invested back into this great school of ours.

Next P&C Meeting
Not a member? That’s ok! You only have to attend one meeting to
sign up. This will give you access to all meeting minutes and voting
rights. Come join us and bring a friend. Our next meeting is on
Monday night, 10 May 2021 in the Seminar room from 6:30pm.

Jeff Mychajlyszyn
P&C President
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P1 Committee
Hello Everyone!
A quick hello from the new Chair of the P1 Committee - my name is Liz te Kloot and I am a Mum to a Year 1 student and a 2022 Preppie
(and also a 2027 Preppie!).

Its my pleasure and honour to take over the role from the amazing Tahnee Ross who has left some big - and organised - shoes to fill. But
with the guidance and support of our new P&C Business and Events Coordinator Kylie Neville, I am sure we can kick some major goals in
2021. If the Bake Sale which was held at the Junior Cross Country was anything to go by, we are in for a great year.

The Bake Sale was a huge success and our profits were well up from the sale in previous years. Huge thanks must go to the parents and
friends who baked and cooked up a storm to create the goodies for sale. We had loads of variety and simple and delicious things to offer
both the kids and grown ups alike.

The most wonderful part of volunteering is the connection you make with others and meeting new faces around the school, and with the
teamwork of the amazing volunteers who manned the stall to sell the goodies - we seriously rocked it. The sun was shining, a cool was
breeze blowing and so much cheering and happy faces around the oval. The woeful memories of "socially distanced" 2020 are sure to be
soon forgotten!

The Bake Sale fundraiser collected just shy of $1,000 which is a massive achievement and can go a long way towards the needs of Prep
and Year 1 students,

Liz te Kloot
P1 Committee
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Prep 2022
                              2022 Wait List Application For Samford State School

                              Our Wait List application is for students seeking to enrol at Samford State School in 2022 who reside
                              outside our catchment area and do not have a sibling enrolled at Samford State School who will be
                              continuing their enrolment in 2022. If you are unsure if you need to complete this application, please call
                              3430 9111 to speak to our Enrolment Officer.

                              Our Wait List for 2022 is NOW OPEN. The Wait List application is available here.

                              Please complete a separate application for each child in your family eligible to enrol.

                              Prep 2022 Enrolments

We are very excited to announce that we are accepting expressions of interest to welcome Prep students in 2022. Please complete the
form to register your interest here. Your details will be collected to communicate all Prep 2022 events. These include: Under 8’s Day,
Prep Open Day and enrolment interviews (see event calendar below). Enrolment packs will be available for collection at our
Administration Office from Monday, 19 July 2021. We look forward to welcoming your family to our Prep 2022 cohort.

Prep 2022 Events

Please see below the exciting events planned this year for Prep 2022 students and their families!

Trish Bennell-Kling
Deputy Principal - Prep & Year 1
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Under 8’s Day
Friday 28 May 2021
We are excited to announce the Samford State School Under 8’s
Day on Friday 28 May, from 11:30am-1:30pm. Activities and events
include craft, a disco, Lego, bubbles, a visit from Emergency
Services and much more. The P/1 Committee have kindly
sponsored a baby animal farm to visit on the day too.

The Chaplaincy Committee will be running the BBQ, and a sausage
sizzle and drink package is available for $3.00 and can be ordered
on Qkr!. Parents are welcome to escort their children around the
Under 8’s activities, as staff will be running the events. Should you
have any queries, please email txben3@eq.edu.au.

Many thanks for your support.

Trish Bennell-Kling
Deputy Principal - Prep & Year 1
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Student Council
Term 2

Congratulations to all students representing the Student Council
for Term 2. This term, the School Council Year 6 leaders are
James B and Georgia-Rose S. The leaders help to negotiate who
will be responsible for which activity and what action needs to
happen to make sure the job gets done.
                                                                                          Student Council Members:

Watch this space for news of their next exciting fundraiser!               Front Row: James T, Mia M, Cara W, Taya R, Asha L, Jack C.

                                                                          Back Row: Ellen O, Josh C, Liam M, Alex D, Holly D, Jackson B,
                                                                                             James B (School Leader).
Thank You For Supporting Free Dress Day!                                Absent: Sam D, Oscar R, Chitra P and Georgia-Rose S (School Lead-

The Term 1 Student Council held their first fundraising event in Week 9 of last term by holding a free dress day to raise money for Bravery
Box. Bravery Box is a local charity that supports children and teens who have cancer, providing toys, funds and family support.

The Term 1 Student Council are excited to announce that $827.40 was raised for Bravery Box!

Thank you to the students and parents who supported this important fundraiser.

Susan Kirkpatrick
Student Council
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OSHC
                                                     Growth Mindset
Practice Makes Progress
Practice is a fundamental principle of growth mindset. The more we practice something, the better we get at it. Practice is what turns
hard into easy and can be an exercise itself in persistence. When we practice we are helping our brain to permanently remember new
information. We are also learning to do things automatically which helps to free up our brains to focus on learning things that are more
complex. It may not always feel enjoyable, but every time we practice something with focused effort, we are improving our performance.
Every little bit of practice time adds up and can make a big difference.

Ideas to get in the habit of practice

         Set a timer. Just 5 – 10 minutes is pretty doable
         Create a practice schedule – think about the times that work best for you
         Keep track of your practice – find a way to visually represent the minutes
          of practice you’ve put in
         Set yourself goals – goals can help us to keep motivated
         If you’re finding it hard to get started, begin with something you’re
          already confident with and then move on to the harder stuff
         Reward yourself – having something enjoyable planned for when you’re finished up practising

Deb Rennick
Guidance Counsellor

                                                                                 Outdoor Spirit Bush Kids
                                                                                After School Care Program
                                                                        After a day of uniforms, bells, bookwork, and iPads, let your child
                                                                        unwind and reconnect with nature. When children immerse
                                                                        themselves in nature, they explore, discover, take risks and learn
                                                                        about themselves, others, and the natural world.

                                                                        Outdoor Spirit Bush Kids weekly activities may include:
                                                                        exploring, nature journaling, eco arts, scavenger hunts, shelter
                                                                        building, fire making, and natural weaving. A healthy dose of
                                                                        unstructured play is also encouraged under the supervision of our
                                                                        trained staff.

                                                                        We follow the forest school philosophy where we provide the time
                                                                        and space for children to learn new skills through play. The aim is
                                                                        to promote children’s holistic development, which in turn fosters
                                                                        resilient, confident, independent, and creative learners. Benefits of
                                                                        which include: social and emotional development, physical fitness,
                                                                        love of nature, improved mental health, learning by experience,
                                                                        and exposure to manageable risk.

                                                                        Our Program is held at Undambi Reserve, a beautiful natural
                                                                        setting where the South Pine Creek meanders through native
                                                                        bushland in the heart of Samford Valley.

                                                                        Our Bush Kids program runs:

                                                                            On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:30pm till 5pm
                                                                                $35/child (5-11yrs) on a casual basis, or $280/child
                                                                           for a 10 week term booking (pro rata from the date you start)

                                                                                    Please Contact Tammy on 0424276141 or
                                                                        email info@outdoorspirit.com.au to register your interest. You
                                                                         can also find us on Facebook and Instagram Outdoor Spirit AU.
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ANZAC Day Ceremony
Lest We Forget

Last Friday, 23 April 2021, our school held two ANZAC assemblies (lower and upper school) to honour all of the people
that have fought for our country, with particular attention to those in Gallipoli. Thank you to Mark Orreal and Jeff
Mychajlyszyn for attending. Thank you to 6E for running such a respectful and professional assembly. Lest we forget.

Cilla Butler
Year 6 Teacher

                                                     Go Blue For Autism
Go Blue For Autism

It was wonderful to see so many children wearing blue last week, for our Autism Awareness Day held on Tuesday, 27 April 2021.

Here is Prep D showing their support by sporting splashes of blue (and lots of smiles too!)

Amanda Taylor
Head of Student Services
& the Targeted Teaching Team
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‘Tutus and Tiaras for Koalas’
                                 6D Fundraiser

                                 Recently, the incredible efforts of 6D Samford State School students culminated in the hilarious spectacle
                                 of teachers, staff and school leaders running around the oval in tutus and tiaras!

                                 After becoming aware of the challenges facing koalas and other native fauna in our local area, the Year 6
                                 students were keen to do something to help out. They designed and created posters, organised costumes
                                 and visited classrooms to promote the charitable event. Their hard work paid off last Thursday and Friday
                                 morning, as hundreds of students donated a gold coin and eagerly gathered on the school oval to cheer,
                               laugh and support the event. All of the money raised will go to the local charity, 'Life for Wildlife'. This
                               fantastic organisation supports local wildlife carers in acquiring food and other necessary equipment to help
                               injured native animals.

                             Undoubtedly, a very worthwhile cause to get dressed up in a tutu and tiara. A huge thank you to everyone
                             who donated and especially our wonderful staff and school
                             leaders who enthusiastically joined in to support this local
charity. (The amount of money raised and the class winner will be announced in the Week 7
newsletter!)

Jannice Shackleton
Year 6 Teacher

                                                        Values Tickets
5D Class Party!

In Term 1, 5D worked hard to demonstrate the Samford State School values, inside and outside of the classroom. We defined what this
may look like and set ourselves a goal. As a class, we were aiming to achieve a total of 450 values tickets collected in Term 1 and if this
was achieved, we would hold a 5D class party to celebrate. The class absolutely smashed it and achieved a total of 743 tickets in Term 1.

Kyle Walker
Year 5 Teacher                                                                     5D
Music
QYMA - Senior Concert Band and Vivace Choir

Our Senior Concert Band's upcoming performance at the Queensland Youth Music Awards is being held at St
Peter’s Lutheran College Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday 19 May at 5:30pm.

Our Vivace choir’s upcoming performance at the Queensland Youth Music Awards is being held at St Peter's
Lutheran College Performing Arts Centre on Thursday 3 June at 5:30pm.

A reminder that performance uniform must be worn to these QYMA events.

I wish our students the very best of luck for this performance. It is also a great opportunity to listen to other schools' performances and we
ask families to stay for the entirety of the evenings.

Updated Music 2021 Calendar

‘Baby Shark’ rehearsals

Prep D were lucky enough to have a visit from Harry L-M of 4E
recently who played Baby Shark on his clarinet whilst the students
sang along, practising for their big performance at Junior Assembly
yesterday.

A big thank you to Rhonda Haringcaspel for all the hard work she
does in teaching her students each week and a shout out to Harry
for all the hard work he’s put into practising playing his clarinet!

Bridget Anese & Mandy Colen
Music Teachers
Sport
Senior Cross Country Results

Well done to all the students who participated in the Junior and Senior Cross Country. It was great to see everyone giving it a go. A big
thank you to those parents who came and cheered on the runners and to the Sports Leaders for the fantastic job they did at the Junior
event. House results will be announced soon.

Steve Lewis
P.E. Teacher

                                           Place        Year 3 Girls    Year 3 Boys         9 Girls         9 Boys          10 Girls
                                                        (8 year olds)   (8 year olds)
                                             1          Maddison S        Gabriel B      Elizabeth D        Nate S         Arliyah A
                                             2            Maddy R         Angus E          Billie R        Joshua C        Scarlet A
                                             3           Amelia O         Finlay P         Echo B          Atticus R        Mindi P

                                             4            Amelia T        Brady D         Sienna C          Levi T         Jessica E
                                             5            Ruby R          Caden W         Amelie C          Ethan F         Emma D

                                           Place          10 Boys          11 Girls        11 Boys          12 Girls        12 Boys
                                             1            Flynn B        Miabella C        Toby B          Chloe C         William M
                                             2            Toby H           Annie H        Fletcher W       Jessica P         Lee M
                                             3           Cooper S         Ariane L        Samuel D         Grace D           Will J
                                             4            Hugh S          Louise B        Zachary H        Brianna S      Frederick S
                                             5            Cobe S          Loretta P        Sean S         Charlotte C       Riley O
Tuckshop                                   Uniform Shop

                                                                         Shop Hours
                     OPENING HOURS
                                                                  Tuesday 8:00am - 10:00am
                     Monday - Friday                             Wednesday 8:00am - 10:00am
                                                                  Thursday 2:00pm - 3:30pm
                     8:00am - 3:30pm
               Breakfast, 1st and 2nd breaks                      Online Ordering through QKR
                                                                  Samford.uniforms@gmail.com
                      Ph: 0477 537 465

                                               Winter Uniforms
Grazing Boxes for Mother’s Day                 Get your winter jackets and bottoms - winter stock is available now!
                                               Click here to see our full winter range.
Mother’s Day grazing boxes are
now available to order - they
must be ordered by 4:00pm this
Thursday, 6 May 2021.

Please collect from the Tuckshop
on Saturday 8 May between
9:00am and 11:00am.

Sarah & Brent Wastie                           Kylie Neville
The Three Little Pigs                          Uniform Shop

                        0477 537 465
@ The Library
                                             National Simultaneous Storytime - 19 May 2021
                                             Imagine astronauts reading stories from space to school children & families!

                                             National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to
                                             promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book. Every year a
                                             picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read
                                             simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops
                                             and many other places around the country.

This year, NSS will be an intergalactic experience with the book being read by
the astronaut Dr Shannon Walker from the International Space Station!

Readers’ Cup
We are very proud to announce Samford State School’s 2021 Readers’ Cup
team which will be competing in the CBCA Brisbane Central Readers Cup Year
5/6 Regional Final at Hilder Road State School on 9 June 2021.

                                        Honey T, James T, Miabella C, Ellen O and Skye L.

Our team will be required to read the following books in the lead-up to
the district competition:

        Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
        Sick Bay by Nova Weetman
        A Great Escape by Felice Arena
        A Darkness of Dragons (Songs of Magic #1) by S.A. Patrick
        On Track by Kathryn Apel

Our guest Author at this year’s final is Remy Lai, who wrote Pie in the Sky.

Book Fair
Book Fair will be held in the Seminar Room from Friday 21 May (Week 5) to
Wednesday 26 May (Week 6).

Book Fair will operate as per previous fairs but with a few COVID-19 related changes:

          1.   Opening times will be limited.
          2.   Students and year levels will be allocated break times to visit and purchase.
          3.   Purchasing items are the same – in person, via the brochure or through a
               wish list.

Brochures will be sent home at the end of next week (Friday 14 May).

Book Fair Opening Times
Please note that opening times have been changed for this Book Fair to comply with a COVID-19 Safe Plan. These times will be
limited to:
            Students Only:                      Parents:
            Friday 21 May                       Book Fair will be open to parents and family groups for four sessions only, be-
            Year 4 – 6: 1st Break               fore school:
            Year 1 – 3: 2nd Break                                    Friday 21 May 8:00am – 8:45am
            Monday 24 May – Wednesday 26 May                         Monday 24 October 8:00am – 8:45am
            Year 1 – 3: 1st Break                                    Tuesday 25 October 8:00am – 8:45am
            Year 4 – 6: 2nd Break                                    Wednesday 26 October 8:00am – 8:45am

                Please note, there will be no afternoon sessions this year. More information to follow in the next IBP.

Deb, Jodie & Kerry
Library
OSHC
                                                Chaplaincy

                                      Hello!                                           How can I support the
                                                                                        Chaplaincy Service?
                                      With Chaplaincy Week fast approaching I
                                      thought I would let you know of some              Support School Chaplaincy
                                      exciting things coming up. Chaplaincy               Fundraisers & Events
                                      Week is run from 24 to 28 May, in Week 6.
                                                                                       Consider making regular tax
                                      Each year Chaplaincy week is held to               deductable donations
                                      celebrate and raise awareness of the work
                                      SU QLD School Chaplains do in their             Donate goods for Chaplaincy
                                                                                           lunch programs
                                      schools across QLD. Chaplaincy Week is
                                      also a great excuse to plan some fun           Donations of games and craft are
                                      activities for the staff and students!         always welcome. Wool, loom bands,
                                                                                     coloured paper, games, puzzles etc
   Chaplaincy Week
      Activities
 Week 6! Monday - Friday                                                          SU QLD chaplains, or ‘chappies’,
                                                                                  provide spiritual and emotional
                                                                                  support to school communities. They
    LEGO Guess Free Entry                                                         are in the prevention and support
      Students will have the                                                      business: helping students find a
 opportunity to guess how many                                                    better way to deal with issues
                                                                                  ranging from family breakdown and
 pieces of LEGO are in the jar. If                                                loneliness, to drug abuse, depression
  they guess the closest number                                                   and anxiety.
        they win the LEGO
                                                                                    They provide a listening ear and a
                               th                                                    caring presence for children and
  Free Dress Day Thursday 27
                                                                                  young people in crisis, and those who
 More information coming soon.
                                                                                   just need a friend. They also provide
 $ Gold Coin donation for School                                                      support for staff and parents in
     Chaplaincy at Samford.                                                                school communities.

    Under 8’s Day Friday 28th                                                      www.suqld.org.au/services/chaplaincy/
 Order a sausage on bread and a
   drink for Under 8’s Day! For
       Grades Prep – 3 only.

           Only $3.00

       Order through Qkr!

      Orders must be in by

          Friday 21 May

                                               Go to www.suqld.org.au/donate and select Samford State School

                 How can I contact Chappy Joss or get more information about School Chaplaincy?
Contact the school on (07)3430 9111         Email: jcath27@eq.edu.au          Samford SS website under Support
OSHC
                                                                OSHC

Damper!
In OSHC, we greeted the term on a cool winter’s morning with some damper and a clean-up of our garden
space. The children made the damper in our fire pit that we built a few years ago. They all got to participate
in getting the fire ready, understanding the importance of how to be around a fire safely and turning our
damper so it did not burn.
The children were involved in great discussions with each other and the educator and added in the herbs
around the garden (basil, rosemary and salt plant) to change up the flavours.
The garden space had a clean up that involved a mow and trimming back our plants to help them grow
better. We purchased some new compost bins so they were easier for the children to turn the compost and planted some new seedlings
which were donated from Millen Farm.

Kristy, Bubbles, Mikaela & the OSHC Team
Community Notices
Community   Notices

                      Our state school students are
                      back on stage and ready to
                      entertain.

                      Showcasing some of
                      Queensland’s best young
                      performers, Creative
                      Generation – State Schools
                      Onstage 2021 (CGEN) is not to
                      be missed.

                      Tickets are now on sale for
                      shows at the Brisbane
                      Convention and Exhibition
                      Centre on Thursday 15, Friday
                      16 and Saturday 17 July 2021.
Community Notices
Community   Notices
Community Notices
                                                    Community   Notices

Helping children recognise and understand their
emotions
Meet Allen from the Allen Adventure app. He’s a friendly alien visiting Earth
who wants to fit in and make friends.

This free, fun and interactive app for children aged 3 to 8 explores social and
emotional skills which are critical when making friends and dealing with
difficult situations.

It is never too early to talk about online safety and the Allen learns about
technology poster introduces 5 rules for safe online behaviour.

Download from the App Store or Google Play and visit the Bullying. No Way!
website for other fun activities.

Created by Bullying. No Way! with all Australian education authorities
working together to create safe and supportive school environments.

                                                    Let’s get involved in National Reconciliation Week
                                                    National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our
                                                    shared histories, cultures and achievements.

                                                    NRW, which is held from 27 May to 3 June, provides an opportunity for all of us to
                                                    explore how we can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

                                                    This year’s theme is ‘More than a word. Reconciliation takes action’, which urges
                                                    the reconciliation movement towards braver and more impactful action.

                                                    The dates for NRW commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation
                                                    journey: the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision,
                                                    respectively.

                                                    For more information and resources, visit the NRW website.

                Celebrate Year 6 students who make a positive difference in their local or school community.
        Nominations are now open for the annual Fred Hollows Humanity Award, recognising Year 6 students who
                           demonstrate compassion, integrity and kindness towards others.
     Parents and carers, teachers and wider community members can all nominate a student by Friday 23 July 2021.
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