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KIPPA-RING STATE SCHOOL
Newsletter
Term 3, Week 1
16 July, 2020
Dear Parents/Carers, Students and Members of the Kippa-Ring State School Community,
Welcome to Term 3 Week 1!
Focused Teaching Support rolled out this semester
Staff at Kippa have already been working hard this week to
review how we support student learning in class to ensure
we are inclusive; that no student is ‘left behind’.
As per our 2020 vision, we aim for 12 months growth in a
year and will continue to support student learning around
our English curriculum, ensuring as many as possible gain
an A-C result. Obviously it is not possible for us to give
every student one-on-one support so we must make the
most of our resources by pooling them into one support
bucket.
During this semester, we are continuing to strengthen our
PODs (groups of classes eg. 1/2’s & 2/3, 3/4's, 4/5 &5/6’s)
by each of the Leadership Team going in to support a POD
with their English unit of work. We are calling this process,
Focused Teaching Support where the Leadership Team
member will co-plan and co-teach with their identified
class for a 2-3 lessons a week, to support students to pass
their current English unit. This will look slightly different in
each class, as we need to meet the needs of the students in
each class. Therefore, if your child talks about Mr Lunnon
being in their class teaching, this will be why.
Mr Lunnon will support the three 3/4 classes, Mrs
Drummond will support the three 5/6 classes, Mrs
Shannon will work with the three 1/2 and 2/3 class, whilst
Mrs Powell will support the 4/5 class, as well as continue to
support students with a disability as per her role.
I look forward to seeing how this strategy improves our
students’ learning outcomes for the current English unit.
With the team supporting classes much more, we are
hoping student engagement will also improve. I will keep
you posted.
New P&C Executive Committee
I would like to congratulate our new P&C executive
committee for 2020:
President - Corey Lunnon
Vice President - Rachael Edgar
Secretary - Kristle Maund
Treasurer - Kirsty Wiemers
I look forward to working with the new fresh faces with lots
of exciting ideas about supporting the school with fund
raising.
A huge thank you to our outgoing executive who have
supported Kippa-Ring School for many years, even though
they no longer had children attending.
Wednesday 21 July at 5:30pm is our next meeting in the
hall. All are welcome to attend. We will be discussing
developing a working party for fundraising ideas to help
support the school with resources like more technology
devices, electronic sign for front of school, air conditioning
the hall. I look forward to seeing more parents next week.
Semester 1 Reports issued Week 3
We will be will be emailing Semester 1 reports home by the
end of week 3, please ensure we have your current correct
email details. Remember these will be a reflection of the
Term1 work and Class Teacher judgement on student
abilities from Term 2 due to the extended “Learning at
Home” period through the COVID lockdown.
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TERM 3 Tuesday 18 August
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School Opinion Survey for 2020- COVID style
Just a reminder to Parents and Caregivers that you still
have time to participate in this year’s School Opinion
Survey and have a say about schooling during the COVID-
19 lockdown. You are also given the opportunity to
provide feedback about our school more generally.
Participation in the survey is anonymous and you are
encouraged to take this opportunity to have your say. The
survey form has been designed so that it can easily be
completed on a computer or smartphone. The online
survey will be available until Friday, 17 July 2020, and
should take less than five minutes to complete.
To access the survey, please click on the link below or copy
and paste it into your web browser:
Parent survey –
https://survey.qed.qld.gov.au/form/Parents-HaveYourSay
Please contact the school if you have any questions about
the survey.
Until next time, keep safe.
Regards,
Lindy-lou Brown
Principal
LATE ARRIVALS
The School day starts at 8.50am each morning. Students must be at school by the 8.40am bell. This ensures an organised start to the day. Being on time is a positive habit for life.
Children arriving after this time are missing important schooling, and interrupting the learning of students who have arrived on time.
The ‘Stop, Drop and Go Zones,’ on Elizabeth Avenue and Korsch Street will continue for Term 3 and are manned by
staff between 8.15am and 8.40am.
For their safety and wellbeing, NO student should be on the school grounds before 8.15am, as there is NO supervision available before this time.
Students arriving after 8.15am will be directed to their supervised waiting areas.
By the 8.50am bell, students are expected to be ready for learning in their classrooms.
It is an important legal responsibility for parents to have
their children at school on time. On time arrivals, and
excellent attendance makes a
huge difference to student habits,
and learning outcomes.
All students arriving to school
after 8.50am must present at the
Office to collect a “late slip.”
OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE Helping Hands Network has joined
the Kippa-Ring State School
community to deliver onsite Outside
School Hours Care – before school,
after school as well as during school
holiday periods and staff
development days.
It is a licencing requirement that any child using the
service must be enrolled. As there is no fee to enrol with
Helping Hands, it is recommended that all children are
enrolled so that the service is available for your family,
even if only on an emergency needs basis. You can enrol
online through the parent portal at:
www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au
GET SET FOR PREP 2020 Prep is the first year of school and provides the foundation
for your child's education. It is compulsory for Queensland
children to undertake Prep prior to Year 1. Prep is a full-
time program in primary schools and
has a defined curriculum.
Children born between 1 July 2015
and 30 June 2016 are eligible to start
Prep in 2021.
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School tours are available with the Principal or Deputy
Principal by appointment. Please contact the Office on
3897 5333 to start your child’s enrolment process.
UNWELL STUDENTS
During these continuing
unprecedented times, for safety
and wellbeing of our school
community, unwell children will
no longer be able to ‘rest’ in the
sick bay, as previously done.
If your child presents at the sick bay stating that they are
feeling unwell, parents/caregivers will be contacted and
asked to collect their child immediately. Please ensure
your contact details, and those of your child’s emergency
contacts, are up to date.
Directive from QLD Health – “If an educator or staff
member suspects a child in their care is unwell with a
contagious illness, they must notify the parent or guardian.
The parent or guardian must collect the child as soon as
possible, and the child must not return to the school or
early childhood service until they are well or enough time
has passed that they are not contagious.”
If your child is sick, we ask that you do not send them to
school, as you will most likely be called to collect them.
If your child is unwell and unable to attend school, please
notify the school via the following options:
Student Absence Line Telephone - 3987 5360
or send a text message to 0429 314 309.
Unexplained absences are recorded on your child’s report cards.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Updating Contact Details
Have you moved house recently? Have your contact details
or those of your Emergency contacts changed? If so, it is
important to update them with the school. Please advise
the Office by calling 3897 5333.
Birth Certificates
At your child’s enrolment interview, it was discussed that it
is a legal requirement that we sight your child’s Birth
Certificate to complete their enrolment. We currently have
43 students across all year levels that have not yet
produced their birth certificates.
Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2006 states that
proof of age and identity must be sighted before
enrolment into a child’s first year of school.
A Birth Certificate is the best legal evidence of a child’s age
and their relationship to the person wishing to enrol them.
The purpose of a birth certificate is not only to verify the
child’s details (ie age and
identity), but also to
establish that the person
applying for the enrolment is
the parent/carer of the child
and therefore eligible and
obliged to enrol them.
Letters were sent home to families before winter break,
asking them to provide a copy of their child’s birth
certificate, or a receipt from a Government office to prove
that it has been ordered. The school will still need to sight
a copy of the birth certificate once it arrives.
Early Collection & Messages to Students
Early Collection - If you are wanting to collect your child
from school early, we ask that you please call the Office
first, so that we can arrange to have your child waiting for
you.
Early collection during break time can be difficult, as
classrooms are locked, and class teachers are usually on
duty in another area.
If we are notified earlier that a
parent/caregiver or other
nominated person is collecting at a
specified time, we can ensure your
child has their belongings with
them and are ready to go.
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Break times are as follows:
First Break - 10.50am to 11.45am
Second Break - 1.30pm to 2.10pm
Messages to Students – Whilst we are happy to pass
messages onto students during the day, we ask that these
messages be advised before 2.30pm. We cannot
guarantee that messages received after this time will reach
students before the end of the day.
We thank you for your cooperation in these matters.
AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST CHILD SAFETY LESSON
Australia's Biggest Child Safety Lesson is an annual
initiative of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. It is a 20
minute educational video which covers the important
personal safety topics. Students will learn about their right
to be safe and how to recognise, react and report unsafe
situations.
Kippa Kids will be watching “Australia’s Biggest Child Safety
Lesson” over the next few weeks.
Our Year 3-6 students live streamed the program into their
classrooms on Thursday 25 June. Our Preps – Year 2’s will
be doing their live streaming and viewing this term on
Thursday 10 September at 10am in their classrooms.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
School Photos have been rescheduled (again) for Term 3.
Advancedlife will be coming to the school on Tuesday 18
August to photograph our students.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions and health & safety
measures, students will be photographed individually for
their class photos, instead of the traditional whole group
photo.
Orders for packages and sibling photos can be placed
securely online at www.advancedlife.com.au using our
school’s unique 9 digit advanceordercode: N6N GNY 8HE
Photo envelopes that were sent home towards the start of
the year, can be used for cash payments. If using this
option, please note that the correct amount must be
enclosed in the envelope, as no change can be given, nor
are EFTPOS facilities available.
We will have a limited supply of envelopes available at the
Office, for those parents/caregivers wanting to pay by cash.
Portrait and group package orders will be accepted
up to and on the day of photography.
Sibling photographs must placed no later than the
day before photography day, and photos will only
be taken if an order has been received.
Should you have any queries concerning school
photographs or online ordering, please direct them via
email to: [email protected]
A letter with more detailed information will be attached
with this newsletter.
NAIDOC WEEK
NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. NAIDOC Week is always celebrated in July and is an opportunity for all Australians to come together to celebrate the rich history , diverse cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the oldest continuing cultures on the planet. Always Was, Always Will Be is the theme for 2020.
This week, our Kippa kids have been celebrating NAIDOC by working with renowned Indigenous Artist, Arthur Conlon to complete our ‘gallery area’ outside the Hall. Photos of the beautiful artwork will be put up in next fortnight’s newsletter.
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Mr Maund (Kippa parent), has sent us a video of the Gubbi Gubbi greeting for hello and goodbye, so our students and staff can learn and use this greeting in class. The Gubbi Gubbi greeting is ‘wunya’ for both hello and goodbye.
PARENT’S & CITIZEN’S ASSOCIATION
TUCKSHOP NEWS
The Tuckshop will return this term on Thursday’s and
Friday’s with the ‘full’ menu (attached). Parents /
Caregivers are now able to access the Tuckshop to place
their child’s lunch orders, with access via the Korsch Street
gates only.
Parents/Caregivers will not be permitted to walk through
the school site to gain access to the Tuckshop, and are
asked to maintain the social distancing requirements that
are in place, whilst on the school ground.
If you are unable to place your order at the Tuckshop, we
ask that you contact the school on 3897 5333, between
8.30am & 9.15am and your call will be put through to the
Tuckshop.
Volunteers will be welcomed back to help Mel out on
Tuckshop days. If you have some spare time, and would
like to help in our Tuckshop, please contact the P & C.
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS
The Uniform Shop has re-opened and will only be trading
from there at this time. NO purchasing of uniforms will be
done from the Tuckshop, until further notice.
Uniform Shop Opening times are as follows:-
WEDNESDAY: Morning 8.15am to 10.00am
Afternoon 2.15pm to 3.15pm
FRIDAY: Afternoon 2.15pm to 3.15pm
If you are requiring uniforms, please download the ‘Price
List/Order form’ from the Kippa-Ring State School website,
and email it to [email protected] .
Collection, with payment will be available only on the days
and times of opening. Please ensure you report to the
school office before attending the Uniform Shop for
purchasing.
Library Bags are due this week. We will notify
parents/caregivers once our order arrives.
School Shorts have arrived and are now is stock
Winter Jackets are available. ‘New’ style – navy blue with
press button clips @ $40. “Old’ style – navy blue & light
blue with zip @ $30.
Fundraising activities are currently on hold, until the
restrictions due to COVID-19 are relaxed. Watch this space
for the date of the next Fundraising meeting.
P & C Meetings - The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday 21 July @ 5.30pm in the School Hall, with
access via the Korsch Street gates only. All are welcome to
attend.
Kippa-Ring State School P & C Association thank you for
your continued support
COMMUNITY NEWS
ROAD SAFETY REMINDERS
With everyone back to school and families returning to the
work place it’s a great time for a reminder on how to be
safe around the school crossings.
As we all know children can be unpredictable so extra care
must be taken when driving around schools and the
crossings. This ensures the safety of both the children and
our School Crossing Supervisors.
Here are some tips to make sure that we all remain safe:
Obey the STOP sign displayed by the school crossing
supervisor, do not drive through the crossing until
the pedestrians have cleared the crossing and the
supervisor has returned to the footpath.
Do NOT make a U-turn:
- across a single or double continuous centre line
- across a continuous line to the left of a broken
line
- over a painted island in the centre of the road.
Watch your speed – School Zones are in operation
from 7-9am and 2-4pm, some schools have all day
school zones. The speed limit for a school zone is
40km.
Everyone has after school activities, please don’t
speed through the crossing or try to cut ahead of
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other cars queued on the crossing. This puts many
lives at risk.
Do not park in a no standing zone or in the crossing
area, doing this impacts the visibility for the school
crossing supervisor and makes it difficult to see
what is ahead.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
‘Students, Parents and Teachers – Partners in Learning’
Term 3, 2020 Newsletters: Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9
Week 1 Monday 13 July
Wednesday 15 July
Thursday 16 July
First Day of Term 3 ~ “Welcome Back!”
NAIDOC Week Activities with Arthur Conlon
NAIDOC Week Activities with Arthur Conlon
Week 2 Wednesday 22 July
Quadrathlon for selected students
Week 3 Tuesday 28 July
Wednesday 29 July
NED Show – live streamed in Hall
Semester 1 Report Cards sent home
Week 4 Wednesday 5 August
Thursday 6 August
District Athletics @ Zammit Oval
District Athletics @ Zammit Oval
Week 5 Monday 10 August
Tuesday 11 August
PUBLIC HOLIDAY ~ Moreton Bay Council Area “Ekka Show Holiday”
Year 6 Transition Day at Clontarf Beach SHS
Week 6 Tuesday 18 August School Photo Day
Week 7 Monday 24 August
Week 8 Friday 4 September Student Free Day
Week 9 Thursday 10 September Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson – Prep to Year 2
Week 10 Thursday 17 September
Friday 18 September
Colour Run and Rewards Day
Last Day of Term 3. School Returns Tuesday 6 October.