Assembly Social Skill Awards

Week 1 - “NFSS School Rules”

Congratulations to the following students:

Prep/1 - Finnlay & Sila

Assembly Student Awards

Congratulations to the following students:

Prep - Mia & Teva

Respect Yourself Respect Others Respect Property

Manners Matter

Focus:

Manners are an important social skill and are

necessary when interacting with friends,

teachers, parents and other people in the

community.

Looks Like

Students looking at the person speaking to them.

Using positive body language.

Sounds Like

Students using positive language (Please/Thank you/May I).

A positive tone of voice.

Feels Like

Respecting others.

Feeling appreciated.

Getting along with others.

Colouring in Competition Winners!

Thank you to Sherrie Storor from Place Real Estate for including our students in the colouring competition for the Teneriffe Festival. Congratulations to Angie who won first prize of an Ipad and being published in the Places Magazine and Clea came second winning a $50 voucher from Mr Toys Toy World.

NEW FARM STATE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Cnr James & Heal Streets, NEW FARM QLD 4005

P O Box 2358, Fortitude Valley BC QLD 4006

Telephone: 3358 7333 Facsimile: 3358 7300

email: admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au

Monday 21 July, 2014 DIARY DATES

July 21 Red Star Dance

Performance at Assembly

23 KG High Achievers 24 NAIDOC

Celebrations 28-1 Evacuation Drill 29 ICAS - English 30 KG High Achievers 31 Disco for Prep

August

5 Shine - First Heat 4-8 Homeless Person Week 12 ICAS - Maths 13 Ekka Show Day

Holiday 18-22 Book Week & Read-a-thon 19 Book Week Dress

Up Day 20-22 Year 5 Camp 25-29 Evacuation Drill

REMINDERS READING CLUB Tuesday morning 8.15 am in Library. STUDENT BANKING Banking will resume this Friday.

See inside for details.

Upcoming City District Trial dates: 4 & 5 August (if wet - 11 &12) - Track & Field (12yrs) 22 August - Cricket (11&12yrs boys) 9 Nov - Triathlon by direct entry to MN trial (12yrs)

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”

Charles Dickens From the Principal’s Desk….

Social Skills

This week’s Social Skill is “Manners Matter”. This fits within our rule of “Be

Respectful”. More information on the back page.

NAIDOC Week Celebrations

NAIDOC Week is generally held in the first full week of July. It is a time to celebrate

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and an opportunity to recognise the

contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and our society.

We are pleased to be holding a special Assembly on Thursday 24 July at 9.00 am to

celebrate NAIDOC. Further information will be in next weeks newsletter.

Newsletter by Email

As of this week, we will be gradually introducing the emailing of the weekly

newsletter. We are still in the process of entering email addresses into our system,

but hope to have this completed by next week. If in a few weeks you are still not

receiving the newsletter via email, please contact the office. Thank you to the Parent

Reps for assisting Elena in collecting email addresses.

Senior Shirts

The Year 6 and 7 students now have their senior shirts, which

look fabulous. Many thanks to David Eeles for sourcing these

through his wholesale contacts.

David's help meant that we could produce the shirts for $21

each instead of the $45 other schools have paid for the same

shirts. Thank you also to Desiré Gralton, Kris Webb, Tracy

Musgrave-Sturm and Julie-Ann Alcorn for all their wonderful

work and support. Congratulations to Elisa (artwork for Year 7)

and Tahlia (artwork for Year 6) for having their artwork chosen

to appear on the shirts. Great job!

Now Taking Prep Enrolments for 2015

Thank you to all of the parents who have contacted us and have started the

processing of enrolling their children for 2015. Information about interview dates and

the Open Day date and time will be published in the newsletter in the coming weeks.

Keep your eye out for the upcoming information.

Sayso Speech Pathology

New Farm Adults and Children

Speech, Language, Literacy, Stuttering Assessment

and Therapy Walking distance to NFSS

T: 0413 307 167 E: dimity.williams@speech-

pathologists.com.au

Mrs Buckley on Long Service Leave

We hope Mrs Buckley enjoys her long service leave over the next 2 weeks. Thank

you to Miss Bradley who will be stepping into the Deputy Principal role in her

absence.

After School Sports Activities

We will be offering another program this term for netball (Grades 4-7), cricket

(Grades 4-7), tennis (Prep–Grade 3). The program is currently being finalised and

there will be more details in next weeks newsletter. We expect the program to

commence in Week 4, 4 August. Students will have the opportunity to register for

only one of the sports.

Shine 2014 - NFSS Performers Quest

Shine will be an opportunity for NFSS students (Grades 3-7) to prepare an item to

perform for the whole school. Shine will be held at lunch times during Term 3. The

performance may be a solo, duo, trio or group item. For more information and to

register please collect a form from the office and return to Ms Thacker. Please

note that the first heat will now be held on Tuesday 5 August instead of

Wednesday 30 July as mentioned in last weeks newsletter.

Undercroft Project (Under the Hall)

We have recently met with the Project Manager for the Building Works Project. We

expect to commence building just prior to or over the September holidays with the

building to be completed in time for Term 1 2015.

G20 Public Holiday for Brisbane Schools

Friday 14 November is a public holiday for the G20 Summit and our school will be

closed for the day. Enjoy this special, one-off break. www.education.qld.gov.au/

G20

Lunchtime Disco!

The Community and Charity Leadership group will continue to host lunchtime dances again this

term.

The first disco for Term 3 will be for Prep students, and will be held in Week 3 on Thursday 31 July, at second lunch on the second bell.

Cost is $2 for admission and an icy-pole OR $1 for just admission. There is also

a prize for the best dancer, and the per-

son wearing the best dance accessory! So

come along, dance your heart out and

have FUN!!

SCHOOL COMMUNITY EVENTS AND NEWS

TUCKSHOP NEWS Tuckshop opens two days a week - Wednesdays and Fridays.

ONLINE ORDERING We have on-line ordering available for tuckshop. To register go to www.flexischools.com.au. We encourage you to use this website, it is quick and easy and orders can be done in advance to save that rush in the morning. WEDNESDAY MENU We have lunch size pizzas and vegetarian pasta available on a Wednesday only. There is Ham & Pineapple ($3.50) or Cheese & Tomato ($3.00) pizzas available. Yoghurt, fruit and drinks are also available. On-line orders close at 8.00am. Counter orders must be in before 9.00am. The pizza and pasta sauce is made by our lovely cook Jin with fresh ingredients. FRIDAY TUCKSHOP To avoid the long queues on Friday mornings you can order online. Cut off time is 8.00 am on Fridays. If you order over the counter, please have your order in before 9.00 am and make sure you have your child's name and class clearly marked. All the meals, sandwiches, fruit, boiled eggs and popcorn are made fresh. TUCKSHOP ROSTER - 18 July Tuckshop - Heidi Gerton & Wendy Peard-Castles Counter (8.30 - 9.15 am) - Kris Webb & Paul Donatiu Baking - Gillian Penrose, Susie Levy, Kara Chudleigh, Sarah Millar, Sam Bryce, Iris Stacey & Lyn Zollo Thank you to everyone who supports the tuckshop.

Terri-Anne and Jin

Rise of the Eco Warriors Towards the end of last term we held a screening of the Rise of the Eco Warriors. It was a great night with about 100 people getting warm and cosy in the school hall to follow the journey of a group of young eco warriors travelling to Borneo to save the rainforests and give hope to endangered orangutans. After paying the screening costs – which helps to pay all the people who made the film – we raised a further $170 which we have donated to RainforestConnections.org to help pay for a new electric fence enclosure to protect the orangutans at the Sintang Orangutan Centre in Borneo. Thanks to the parents who helped to make popcorn, delicious pumpkin soup and bread to sell at the event. We asked everyone to bring their own mugs for the soup which means we generated hardly any waste! We left taking one small bag of rubbish at the end of the night – what a great outcome and a good learning curve for future events. We hope to do another movie screening this term, so watch this space!

STUDENT BANKING — FRIDAYS AT NFSS

Banking will resume this Friday.

The winner of the Mary Ryans gift card was Farrin in Prep. Congratulations!

NFSS UNIFORM SHOP UPDATE The Uniform shop is open every Wednesday morning from 8.15 to 9 am for this term. “Now in stock”, a limited number of chair back bags. Ideal for students who need a little extra room for their books and other items. Cost for these are $9 each. I still require one or two more volunteers to help out in the Uniform Shop on Wednesday mornings. Please come and see me if you can help. Also I’m low on second hand school polo shirts. Please drop off any pre-loved uniforms to me at the Uniform Shop or to the office. Thanks for your help. Regards Katherine

NFSS COMMUNITY EDUCATION TERM 3 ENROLMENTS Enrolments are open now for Term 3. Please visit our School Website - https://newfarmss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/New%20Farm%20SS%20Community%20Education%20Term%203%202014.pdf

https://newfarmss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Term%203_2014-Syllabus.pdf CALMER CLUB FOR CALM AND HAPPY

KIDS Every Tuesday lunchtime from

1.30 to 1.50 pm Children will be learning yoga techniques for healthy and supple bodies, and meditation techniques for healthy minds.

With Mrs Alcorn in the hall.

All students from Grade 1 to 7 welcome.

BOOK WEEK AUGUST -

DRESS UP DAY

Tuesday 19 August

It's time to start thinking about a costume. Book Week starts Monday 18 August and as part of the celebrations, we are asking children to come dressed up as their favourite book character. You might like to start giving this some thought. A hat or accessories maybe a simple solution. Please no swords, guns or plastic knives as accessories for costumes.

READ-A-THON

We are also having a Read-a-thon as part of Book Week. In-formation sheets will be sent home with students soon.