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WEEK 9 TERM 2
Iron Bark Press
17 June 2020
Week 3 Term 4, 2020
21 October 2020
Principal’s Message
2021 Classes Again, on the parent input forms there will be no space for parents
to choose the friends of their child or their child’s preferred teacher.
I am keen for our students and teachers to be focussed on learning We will only be asking for extenuating information that is relevant
with seven weeks of the year still to go. Before our teaching staff and crucial to the class placement process with emphasis placed
can turn their attention to class placements and structures for on learning needs.
2021, we will need to collate all relevant pieces of information.
Each year, we invite parents to have input into this process to The information on these forms is our final point of truth. Even if
ensure we have all of the relevant information when structuring you have discussed this with one of our staff members, please
classes. During the next two weeks, parents are able to provide include all relevant information on this electronic form. The online
relevant information about their child to be considered in the 2021 portal to complete this form will close at 3:00pm on Friday, 6
class placement process by accessing the online Parent November 2020 (Week 5).
Consideration form HERE. Please note, this online form will
only be available until 3:00pm on Friday, 6 November 2020 World Teachers’ Day
(Week 5). It cannot be accessed after this time/date.
We are thanking our amazing teachers this World Teachers’ Day
For 2021, we will be slightly modifying our processes for class next week on Friday, 30 October 2020. Students and parents can
placements. Our core business is learning and I felt last year we get involved in the celebrations. If you are looking for ideas on how
placed more emphasis on the social composition, especially to celebrate this day with your child’s class teacher, visit
friendship groups, at the cost of paying greater attention to the www.worldteachersday.com.au. This year is no exception to how
learner profiles. While friendship groups are important, our our teachers have to continue to adapt to meet the needs of our
teachers also take into consideration many factors such as students. I am proud of what our teachers delivered during the
academic, behaviour, and social/emotional profiles of each ‘Learning at home’ period in Term two, going above and beyond to
individual student. ensure continuity of learning whilst also staying connected to the
students.
We will again ask each student to nominate up to three learning
I have worked in many schools around the state and around the
buddies. Teachers will have individual conversations with students
world and I know first hand we have an amazing, dedicated group
to allow them to ask clarifying questions to gain deeper insight into
of teachers at our school. Our teachers not only do a very
specific needs of individual learners. As classes are formed we
important job, they do it with professionalism, dedication and
acknowledge it is vitally important for all students to feel like they
precision. I ask that you join me and find a unique way of saying
belong and that they have a social support network around them.
thank you to a teacher for helping your child grow to be the best
Our teachers spend many hours working with the students and as
version of themselves.
a result, they have a good understanding into the learner dynamics
and are very well placed to make evidence informed decisions.
Parent Rep Meeting
Please know that your child’s individual needs are examined, Next week, on Monday, 26 October 2020 will be our last Parent
discussed and considered during this process each year. I ask that Rep meeting for 2020.
you continue to extend your trust in us to make these decisions.
There will be other students in the class that may not be your If you are attending, a reminder that it’s extremely important to
child’s best friend or even students that they have had a remember to sign IN AND OUT on the morning by using your
disagreement with over the years. Not only is it not possible to mobile phone to scan any of the QR codes that are situated
place your child in a class that they hand select, it also does not throughout the school (there will be one at the Makerspace). There
set them up for success. By shielding students from working with a is no need to sign in at the office.
diverse range of students we are taking away opportunities for
them to learn important life skills. Some of the topics we will be discussing include:
Parent consultation re: Student Code of Conduct
School absences contact before 9:00am Term 4 procedures and events
School absence line: (07) 3430 9160 Class placement process for 2021
School email: absences@samfordss.eq.edu.au
Advise via QParents
OSHC Absence Line: (07) 3430 9145 Brad Clark
All student messages MUST be received by 2:30pm Principal
Administration
Change Of Date - Day for Daniel
The ‘Day for Daniel’ awareness day date has changed. It is now being held next week
on Friday 30 October 2020 (Week 4). Students can come to school wearing a red t-
shirt to help raise awareness of child safety. (This is not a free dress/gold coin day).
Student Resource Scheme 2021 COMING SOON
The 2021 Student Resource Scheme (SRS) is on its way. If you opted into the SRS program last year, your child/
children will automatically be continued in this scheme, you don’t need to do anything. If you have previously
opted in but now would like to opt out, you will be required to sign a new parent agreement form to ‘opt out’. It is
an Education Queensland audit requirement for schools to receive the signed form back for every student if they
are new to the scheme or changing participation option.
Our SRS consists of 3 parts:
1. Classroom Consumables - this consists of personal items per student e.g. exercise books, pencils, pens, Math workbooks etc
(booklist).
2. Classroom Resources - these items are shared throughout the year – paint, glue, laminating & printing, art and craft supplies,
STEAM resources etc. These are items which the school can source at a cheaper rate as we buy in bulk and can pass the
saving on to parents.
3. Digital Resources - subscriptions to digital resources used to support the curriculum e.g. Mathletics, Reading Eggs etc.
The SRS supplies all items listed above to every participant. If you choose to opt out of this scheme, you will be required to request a
booklist from the office for your student and source all items listed in dot point 1.
Items listed in points 2 and 3 form the levy and all students will be invoiced. For more information on SRS please speak to Danni-elle
Atkins via the front office.
Camps, Excursions And Activities
Payments Due Now Year Level Payment Amount
Camp Warrawee Year 6 $275.00
Dreamworld Excursion Year 6 $44.50
Maroon Dam Camp Year 5 $140.00
Luther Heights Camp Year 4 $325.00
Planetarium Excursion Year 3 $20.00
Life Education Van Prep, Year 1 & 4 $10.00
Timbara Christmas Show Prep & Year 1 $7.00
Student Accounts
In the last month of the school year we ask you all to finalise any outstanding student accounts. Each week you
will receive statements reminding you of any items that need paying. If your statement indicates a negative
figure e.g. -$13.00, this could specify an overpayment or a credit on your account - please see Tanya Buskens
in Administration for clarification. DO NOT PAY NEGATIVE AMOUNTS.
Please be aware if your child is in the Year 4 BYOD program, only outstanding Term 2, 3 and 4 payments for
2019 need settling. If you have a child leaving our school at the end of 2020, other than a Year 6 student,
please let us know as soon as possible so we are able to finalise our end of year processes.
Nunzi Hyde
Business Manager
Student Council World Teachers’ Day
National Bandanna Day - 30 October 2020 Let’s Celebrate! - Friday 30 October 2020
The Student Council will be selling bandannas next week (Week 4)
to raise money for Canteen, the Australian organisation for young
people living with cancer.
Students will be able to purchase bandannas for $5 outside the
office each morning from 8:15am. There are some great new
designs so get in early to pick your favourite!
We will then hold National Bandanna Day on Friday 30 October
2020 where students will be able to wear their bandanna at school.
For some great styling tips on how to wear the bandanna, click
here!
Student Council Friday, 30 October 2020 (Week 4), is World Teachers’ Day! This is a
great opportunity for families to celebrate and thank teachers for the
important role they play in making a positive difference to their child’s
schooling, both inside and outside of the classroom.
There are many simple ways to say thank you and show
appreciation - writing a note or making a card, drawing a special
picture, writing a story or poem, or simply picking some fresh flowers
from the garden on your way to school.
Please help your child to get involved in the celebrations!
https://www.worldteachersday.com.au
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
19 October 20 October 21 October 22 October 23 October
Junior Assembly 2021 Parent Book Fair
(Yr 2 - 3) Consideration Forms
WEEK 3 available
26 October 27 October 28 October 29 October 30 October
Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair World Teachers Day
Bandanna Day
WEEK 4 Parent Rep Meeting
9:00am Makerspace
Junior Assembly Yr 6 Camp Warrawee Yr 3 Planetarium Day for Daniel
(Prep - Yr 1)
Senior Assembly (Yr4-6) (wear a red t-shirt to
Chaplaincy Fundraiser Yr 6 Camp Warrawee school)
P&C Meeting 6:30pm (Dress as a Teacher Day) Yr 6 Camp Warrawee
2 November 3 November 4 November 5 November 6 November
Yr 5 Maroon Dam Yr 5 Maroon Dam Yr 5 Maroon Dam Yr 5 Maroon Dam Yr 5 Maroon Dam Camp
Camp Camp Camp Camp
WEEK 5 2021 Parent
Consideration Forms due
School Council Junior Assembly Outdoor Classroom by 3:00pm
Meeting (Yr 2 - 3) Day
Tuckshop Day
‘Day For Daniel’ Awareness Day Year 6 2020 Alumni
Join The Alumni!
Day for Daniel A ‘Year 6 of 2020 Samford State School Alumni’ group is currently
being created for our current Year 6 students. This group has been
now on set up as a wonderful opportunity for the students to continue
fostering the relationships they have built here in primary school,
Friday 30 October and to carry them on into their high school years.
2020 A list of Year 6 student names, the high school they are attending
next year, and a parent name/contact is currently being collated and
will be made available for parents who have consented to provide
Day for Daniel is Australia’s largest child safety awareness details.
and education day.
If you would like your current Year 6 student to be part of the alumni
We are asking that students wear a red shirt to school on group, please give your consent by providing the below details:
this day to raise awareness for child safety.
Student’s name
High School they will be attending next year for Year 7, 2021
Parent name
Parent contact number and email address
Please email bsmit1094@eq.edu.au with the above details if you
wish your child to be included in the new ‘Year 6 of 2020 Samford
State School Alumni’ - we have many Year 6 students involved
already!
Belinda Smith
Community Liaison Officer
Parent Rep Meeting
Time To Chat!
Next Monday, 26 October 2020 (Week 4), your Parent Rep will be
attending the last Parent Rep meeting for 2020. If you have
P1 Committee anything that you would like discussed on the agenda, please let
your Parent Rep know as soon as possible.
Prep Tea Towels
If you have a question that you weren’t quite sure who to ask, or if
Calling all prep parents! This term you have a great suggestion you’d like to offer or something
the P1 Committee are running a interesting to share, now is the time to let your Parent Rep know.
Prep Tea Towel fundraiser. The Communication and feedback are vital for positive progress!
unique tea towel is produced using
illustrations by all of our wonderful I look forward to seeing our Parent Reps next week!
Prep students. The drawings are
arranged by class in one
Belinda Smith
commemorative design and screen
Community Liaison Officer
printed onto high quality tea towels.
The tea towels look wonderful and
are a fabulous reminder for you and P&C Meeting
other family members of your child’s
first year at Samford State School.
These limited-edition tea towels cost $15 each and can be ordered
on the QKR app under ‘PARENTS AND CITIZENS Next P&C
ASSOCIATION’. Orders close on Friday, 6 November 2020. Make
sure you don’t miss out! Preserve your child’s artwork and
Meeting:
remember friends and classes forever. Monday 26 October 2020
6:30pm
Tahnee Ross
Seminar Room
P1 Committee Chair
Tuckshop Uniform Shop
Shop Hours
OPENING HOURS Our opening hours have changed
Mon - Fri Tuesday - Thursday 9:30am - 11:00am
From 8:00 am Online Ordering through QKR
Breakfast, 1st and 2nd breaks Samford.uniforms@gmail.com
New Contact Number Shop Hours
The Uniform Shop is continuing to operate on Tuesday,
We have a new mobile phone number. If you need to contact us,
Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30am until 11:00am.
please call: 0477 537 465
2021 Uniform Fittings
Sarah & Brent Wastie
Appointments are now open for the 2021
The Three Little Pigs
back-to-school uniform fittings. Avoid the
queues and reserve your spot now.
Tuckshop Day 2020 www.schoolinterviews.com.au
Mark Your Calendar! If prompted, use the event code 7dkbr.
Mark your calendar for Tuckshop Day on Friday, 6 November 2020
(Week 5) as we get set to thank our amazing Samford State School Kylie Neville
tuckshop team! Uniform Shop
Tuckshop Day is held each year to recognise and give a special
thank you to tuckshops in Queensland. Sarah, Brent, Kimberley
and Tammy from The Three Little Pigs have gone above and
beyond to provide an amazing service and nutritious meals to all of
our students and staff, in very different circumstances this year.
We would love you to help your child show their appreciation in
recognising the daily efforts they make every day by saying an
extra big THANK YOU on Tuckshop Day! There are plenty of ways
to celebrate Tuckshop Day, with ideas on the Education website,
including new colouring-in activities which can be used as thank
you cards or to decorate the tuckshop!
Sports Update
Track and Field (2020)
Senior Interhouse Carnival
1st Clark 1300
2nd Elliott 1218
3rd Jackson 1206
4th Cuthbert 1147
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Year Level Champions
Year 3 girls Mindi P.
Year 3 boys Isaac Z.
Year 4 girls Arliyah A.
Year 4 boys Hugh S.
Year 5 girls Zoe B. & Brianna S.
Year 5 boys Harper W.
Year 6 girls Arkie M.
Year 6 boys Ryker W.
Ball Games Trophy – 1st Clark (349)
2nd Elliott (317)
3rd Cuthbert (307)
4th Jackson (292)
March Past Trophy – The march past did not occur in
2020.
John Picken
Head of P.E.
2021 Senior Shirts 2020 School Magazine
Year 5 Parents - Reminder To Place Your Order Orders Opening Soon…
Don't forget to place your Senior Shirt orders via Qkr! before Friday, The 2020 School Magazine is
30 October 2020 (Week 4). Shirts are $38.00 each and you well underway and is only a few
can order as many as you like. Many parents in the past have weeks away from going to print!
ordered two shirts, one of them the next size up.
More details will be provided soon
If you don't have a Qkr! account, it's very easy to download the app about this wonderful keepsake,
and get it set up. Once in the Qkr! app you will need to go to the including everything you will need
'Parents and Citizens Association' section and into the '2021 Senior to know to order your copy.
Shirts' tab to place your order.
The magazine is an annual
compilation and one of the
wonderful traditions of our school.
(All Year 6 students will receive a
magazine at Graduation, courtesy
of the P&C).
Carrie Castle Belinda Smith
Year 6 Teacher Community Liaison Officer
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@ The Library
Book Fair
Book Fair will be held in the Seminar Room from Friday, 23 October 2020 to
Wednesday, 28 October 2020.
Book Fair will operate as per previous fairs but with a few Covid-related changes:
1. Opening times will be limited.
2. Students will be allocated break times to visit and purchase.
3. Purchasing items are the same – in person, via the Book Fair brochure or through a Wish List.
Catalogues have been sent home.
Book Fair Opening Times
Please note that opening times have been changed for this Book Fair to comply with a
COVID Safe Plan.
These times will be limited to:
Students Only
Year 1 – 3: 1st Break [Friday 23 October – Wednesday 28 October]
Year 4 – 6: 2nd Break [Friday 23 October – Wednesday 28 October]
Parents
Book Fair will be open to parents and family groups for three sessions only, before school:
Monday 26 October between 8:00am – 8:45am
Tuesday 27 October between 8:00am – 8:45am
Wednesday 28 October between 8:00am – 8:45am
(Please note, there will be no afternoon sessions this year.)
Parents are to sign in and out using the QR code or Sign- in Sheet.
Prep Students
Prep students will have the following opportunities to attend Book Fair:
1. A pre-booked time on Friday 23 October – Children are welcome to write a wish list.
2. During their scheduled Library session - Children are welcome to purchase during this session.
3. With a parent/family group – Monday 26 October – Wednesday 28 October between 8:00am – 8:45am.
** Entry to the Seminar Room will be via the door to the right of the Library entrance. **
** Exit will be via the rear door of the Seminar Rm and through the Library. **
Book Week Winners
The winners of the 2020 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards
have been announced. Congratulations to My Friend Fred by Frances Watts, winner of the Early
Childhood Book of the Year.
For those who wish to know the winners for each category, please go to the following website
https://cbca.org.au/winners-2020.
Happy Reading,
Deb, Kerry & Jodie
Library
Problem Solving Strategies
Let’s POOCH it POOCH problem solving process
A problem solving strategy to use with your children P – Identify the Problem
The first step is to identify what the problem or issue is. Try
I don’t mind problems. Just as well too because they are to narrow it down to just one thing. Decide if it’s even your
unavoidable. We all experience problems on a daily basis. Some problem to solve. Who else needs to be involved?
problems are small like finding the car keys, some are a little bigger
O – Explore the Options
like working out what’s for dinner and some problems are bigger still
like how we reduce our carbon footprint.
Work out what’s already been tried. What other options are
We can either feel frustrated and defeated when confronted with a there? Think about how you would prefer things to be and
problem or we can accept that problems are part of life and work backwards to identify the steps needed to get to your
embrace the challenge. Problems provide us with an opportunity to preferred future.
do things differently and perhaps make changes for the better.
When we dig into a problem we get the chance to sharpen our skills
and strengthen our resilience.
O – Discuss the Outcomes
Once all options have been identified, discuss the possible
outcomes for each option. What are the possible
If our children are to adopt a growth mindset attitude towards consequences? Are you OK with these consequences?
problem solving, they need to be shown that problem solving takes What are the pros and cons of each option?
time, effort and persistence. They need the opportunity to practise
C – Choose an Option
their own problem solving skills to build confidence in their own
abilities.
Re-look at the consequences of each option and decide on
The POOCH problem solving strategy allows you to work through which course of action to take.
each step with your child. The idea is for you to ask the questions
and then do the listening. Your child can do the thinking and with
some encouragement come up with their own action plan. So the
H – How did it go?
next time your child comes to you with a problem you can POOCH Time to review. What worked and didn’t work? Do we need
it...
to start the POOCH process again?
Deb Rennick
Guidance Officer
Chaplaincy Free Dress Day - Dress As A Teacher! Hello! Term 4 is looking to be a busy term with so many events on the school calendar. Coming up next Tuesday, 27 October 2020, is the “Dress as a Teacher” free dress day. There are many different types of teachers to choose from such as music teachers, art teachers, classroom teachers, PE and sporting coaches, university lecturers and much more. I cannot wait to see what the students come up with for their teacher inspired outfits. This free dress day will be a gold coin donation that will go towards the Chappy program at Samford State School. Art Club This term I am starting a Tuesday Art club at lunchtimes for students in the new Makerspace area. At first break, I run a program for Year 4 - 6 and at second break, Year 1 - 3. Last week was our first week and we had over 50 students participating as we focused on making different types of wool bracelets, anklets and bookmarks. In the next few weeks we will move onto other art styles and mediums, finishing with some Christmas crafts at the end of the term. I hope that you have all had a smooth start to Term 4 and that you enjoy the last school term for 2020. Chaplain Joss
OSHC
OSHC
What’s Been Happening!
We have had a lot happening at OSHC over the last few weeks. If you haven’t heard already from the children,
we have two new chickens to add to the OSHC garden space. The chickens were donated to OSHC from a
community member as the chickens needed a new home. The chickens (Henny and Penny) are very happy
and love their new home.
Loose parts continue to support the children’s play in interesting ways. In one such example, the children used
the loose parts and Lego to create individual and small group collective play where they challenged each other
to create as many things as possible within a specific time line. This challenged the children’s creative skills,
critical thinking and social skills.
The children have been exploring creative artworks in curious new ways. Using the different mediums of chalk, cement and mask ing tape,
we offered the children the opportunity to express and explore colour, texture and sense of self.
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