Firstly, once again I would like to thank our whole school community for working

together so well to keep us all safe. Each and every one of you has done a

wonderful job. As you may be aware, yesterday the Premier announced that,

thanks to the efforts of people in the affected Local Government Areas (LGAs)

and the efforts of those who adhered to home quarantine requirements, including

a number of our staff, from 4pm Friday 20 August there will be an easing of

restrictions. I just wanted to outline what the easing of restrictions will mean for

our school community.

Parents/carers on school site

For our school, the easing of restrictions means that we will once again welcome

our parents/carers, visitors and external providers back onto our school site, with

the requirement they adhere to the ongoing direction regarding the wearing of

masks.

This means masks must be worn by all adults inside school buildings (unless they

can stay 1.5m apart from other people) but may be removed outdoors, as long as

they can keep 1.5 metres apart from other people. Please be mindful to try not to

congregate in large groups.

Pick up and Drop Off

We have been having our Preps and Year 1 being collected a little earlier in the

afternoons. We will return to our normal procedures in the mornings and

afternoons.

School activities

Assemblies and other large group activities instrumental music groups, choirs,

performances, extra curricula sporting activities, and dancing are permitted,

adhering to COVID-19 health directions. So next week (Week 7) we will

recommence a range of activities:

Principal’s News

Collingwood Park State School

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‘We acknowledge the Yuggera, Jagera and Ugarapul peoples, the traditional custodians of this land on which we work, travel and live. We pay our respects to the

Elders, both past, present, emerging and future, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australians.’

TERM THREE DATE CLAIMERS:

23rd and 24th August Year 4 Camp to Runaway Bay

31st August & 1st September Parent Teacher Interviews

1st & 2nd September Father’s Day Stall - Seminar Rooms

3rd September Student Free Day

8th September The Great Book Swap and Indigenous Literacy Day

14th September Junior (P-2) Sports Day

15th September Book Week Celebrations

15th September Name the Crane Competition due.

TUCKSHOP OPEN:

WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND

FRIDAYS ONLY Please place your online

order by 8am or your over the counter order

by 9am

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Brekky Club

Running Club

Band Practice

Playgroup – Thursday 9:30 -11:00

Robotics Club

Premier’s Reading Challenge – Premier's Reading Challenge 2021 closes on Friday 27 August.

Book Week 2021 – We will celebrate Book Week on Wednesday 15 September. This gives everyone

plenty of time to create some amazing costumes, using resources you already have. We don’t want parents

rushing out to buy costumes, as the idea is that students will use materials readily available to them. The

theme for this year’s book week is Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds, so lots of scope there.

Junior Sports Day

We will also hold our Junior Sports Day, for our students in Prep to Year 2, on Tuesday 14 September.

Camps and excursions

Camps and excursions are permitted. This is great news for our Year 4 students who are off to Runaway

Bay on Monday. Students will need to be at by 7:30am on Monday morning. We are sorry for the short

notice, but were unsure whether the camp would be going ahead.

Parent Teacher Interviews

We are At this stage, while observing COVID-19 restrictions, we have planned to hold our Parent/Teacher

interviews in Week 8 (Tuesday 31 August and Wednesday 1 September). Letters will be sent home by

Monday 23 August outlining days and times, as well as procedures for booking interviews, so please look

out for this letter.

Student Free Day

Friday 3 September is a Student Free Day. Previously, this Student Free Day has occurred on the third

Monday of Term 4, but has been moved due to the new senior moderation processes.

Take 5, get out alive

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) firefighters put out almost 2,000 house fires last year.

To make sure everyone gets out safely, Queensland families are urged to take 5 minutes to check their

smoke alarms and make a home fire escape plan together.

Resources on the QFES Home Fire Safety website include a page just for families to help parents

and carers create an escape plan with their children, including tips to make practising it fun. Taking a few

minutes to talk about home fire safety may just save their lives.

Activities for families

Talking Families has released more new activities you can do together as a family. They are centred on

the theme 'Let nature get your thoughts in order', in recognition of nature’s positive impact on family wellbe-

ing. The Talking Families website is a great resource to support parents navigate the ins and outs of par-

enting. For more information, visit the Talking Families website .

Cybersafety

Snapchat continues to be a very popular app, used by many of our students. Here are some sites which

offer information about the app. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/parents-ultimate-guide-to-

snapchat and http://carlyryanfoundation.com/resources/fact-sheets

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Prep 2022 enrolments – being accepted now! Please do not leave your child’s enrolment until later in the year if you have a child due to

start Prep in 2022.

As a school, we are already in the planning stages for this important beginning to your child’s educational journey, and we hope to finalise arrangements well before the year is finished, and certainly in time for your child to participate in the annual transition mornings which will be held in November this year.

Meridee Cuthill Principal

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Collect a school reading record sheet from your class teacher or from

Mrs Harrington at the library. Please remember to neatly fill out the details of the

title and author for each book read or ‘experienced’.

Prep to Year 2: Reading Requirements

You need to read or “experience” 20 books to complete the Challenge. This means that the

books can be read to you, shared with you or you can read the books independently.

N.B. You cannot use home readers as part of the Reading Challenge.

Year 3- 4 : Reading Requirements

You need to read 20 books – independently. However, if you are not a great reader, you can

“experience” 20 books - i.e. the books can be read to you or shared with you.

Years 5- 7: Reading Requirements

You need to read 15 books independently. (Why only 15 books rather than 20?) Being an

older student, you are likely to select more complex books and because of this, it may take you

longer to read them.)

HINT: Make sure you choose books that are a “Good Fit” for you. If you are in Years 4 or 5,

you can use your Lexile score to guide you.

Once you have completed the challenge, hand your reading record sheet to your

class teacher or go direct to the library and hand your sheet to Mrs Harrington.

Good Luck

Mrs Harrington

Teacher/Librarian; Premier’s Reading Challenge Co-ordinator

FINISHING DATE – FRIDAY, 27 AUGUST, 2021

Overdue Library Books:

If a student's book is overdue; there will be a reminder notice; written by the student, in the student diary.

Once the book is overdue for more than a month, parents will be sent a reminder text message.

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CBCA BOOK WEEK 2021

Theme: Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds

Dates: Term 3: August 21-27

Artwork: Shaun Tan

#CBCA2021

#ownwow

CBCA

CBCA Book Week is held in August every year and this week is

such a special time at Collingwood Park. The celebration of

Australian children's books sends a powerful message; reading

is vitally important and books are worthy of being cherished.

Anything we can do to help light the reading spark within every child should be celebrated.

Our school Book Week celebrations will be held in Week 10 i.e. Monday 13 September to

Friday 17 September, of this term.

The theme for Book Week this year is "Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds". This gives you a

multitude of avenues to choose from- historical, present, future, fantasy etc.

Every year I am astounded by the creativity of the individuals and groups of students and staff who dress

up. Every year, we wait in anticipation as to what the teacher aides will dress up as a group effort. Also,

who can forget these stunning costumes? Prep teachers all dressed as Cpt Underpants, Yr 1 teachers -

Chicken Divas, Willy the Wimp characters, Mr and Mrs Powell- Mr and Mrs Twit, Joel Mozes as Moses, the

Piranha from "Piranhas don't eat Bananas", Pig the Pug and the list goes on. So many clever ideas! I'm

certain that this year it will be bigger and better!

There is a prize awarded for the most creative/imaginative costume worn by a student in each class. N.B.

We do not want you to buy or hire a costume but to come up with an idea that is made from materials that

you have @ home. It can be as simple as a paper or cardboard mask with the child dressed up in clothes

from home that suit a particular book character. He/she can be carrying the book that the character

appears in. Here's a link for you re some dress up ideas to get you started. https://scholastic.com.au/

dressuptime

Most importantly, celebrating Children's Book Week is about having fun and sharing great literature @ the

same time. Please note that students will be able to borrow all of the shortlisted books and winners from

Children's Book Week on the week after Children's Book Week finishes. The shortlisted books will be on

display in the foyer of the school library in the next few weeks and during Children's Book Week

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ommunication orner Next week, August 22-28 is Speech Pathology Week. Communication is a basic human right and Speech Pathology Week

seeks to make Australians aware of this. Did you know:

1.2 million Australians live with communication disability;

communication disability is largely invisible. Unseen and out-of-sight;

support for communication disabilities helps maximise educational, health and social outcomes; and

communication disability can include the inability to speak, difficulty pronouncing words, difficulty

understanding what others say, difficulty expressing your thoughts clearly, stuttering, and difficulties

with reading and writing.

Speech pathologists study, diagnose and treat communication disability, including difficulties with speech,

language, reading and writing, stuttering and voice.

They work with Australians who have communication disability that may:

emerge during early childhood e.g. speech and language disorders, stuttering, difficulties learning to

read and write, literacy

arise from premature birth, or may be present from birth e.g. cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, fragile X

syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, hearing impairments and cleft palate

occur as a result of physical, intellectual or sensory disability or a mental illness; or

occur during adult years e.g. traumatic brain injury, stroke, head/neck cancers, neurodegenerative dis-

orders such as motor neurone disease

develop in the elderly e.g. dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease.

If you or someone you know has difficulty with their communication, reach out to a speech pathologist for

support and advice. Madeline Wild & Jo Henderson Speech-Language Pathologists

Positive Behaviour for Learning

Happy Speech Pathology Week!

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Chappy Chat "We are at our best, when we serve others"

This week I discovered the following story... "Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a

student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to

talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had

been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.

You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts.

No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has

bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.

Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."

'We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.'

In this ever changing climate, financial circumstances can change in the blink of an eye. So many generous

people and organisations out there 'doing their best and serving others' just as Mead has mentioned.

If your circumstances change and need that extra support, please check out on Facebook "Westside

Community Care Network" who regularly have food available for collection and "Lighthouse Care" who

actually provide food delivery on a Wednesday).

As a Chaplain, I am here for the school community, if you need support, a listening ear or be put in the

direction of outside support services, please don't hesitate to contact me at school. My work days are

Monday-Wednesday 9-2pm.

Kylie O Chaplain

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My Crane’s Name is: ______________________________________________________ Why? (25 words or less) _____________________________________________________________________________________

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Your name? __________________________________________________________________________

Your age? ____________________________________________________________________________

Your School? COLLINGWOOD PARK STATE SCHOOL

RETURN YOUR ENTRY TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE BY THURSDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2021

About your privacy - Information Privacy Act 2009 - Collection Notice The Information Privacy Act 2009 governs how

your information is collected, used, disclosed and stored. The information gathered on this form will only be used in

regard to the Name the Crane competition and will not be disclosed to any other third party without your written or

verbal authorisation, unless required to by law.

As the parent / guardian of the above entrant, I give consent for the entrant to attend the on-site event if they are chosen as the competition winner or an attendee. I consent to their appearance in photo or videos being taken by BESIX Watpac, West Moreton Health and/or the media, and used to promote the competi-tion online and in print. Name ___________________________________ Signed __________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Name the Crane Competition Collingwood Park State School students are invited to participate in the new Ipswich Hospital Acute Mental Health Unit ‘Name the Crane’ competition. Construction of the new Ipswich Hospital Acute Mental Health Unit is now well underway. An 80m high tower crane with a 55m luffing boom (arm), capable of lifting loads up to 8 tonnes, has arrived on site. In celebration of this significant milestone, BESIX Watpac and West Moreton Health invites your school to participate in our Name the Crane competition. The competition is open to primary school students in Years 1-6 from the surrounding area. The winner will receive an iPad and the winning name will be displayed at the construction site. The winner, their teacher, principal and four guests will be invited to the Name the Crane ceremony in term four with local media. Each entry needs to be signed on the back by the entrant’s parent or caregivers to ensure they have per-mission to join this event and be photographed. To participate, students need to colour in the artwork, complete the information above and have it signed by their parents or caregivers, with their suggested name for the crane, then return it to the school office by 3.45pm on Thursday 16th September. Good Luck.

Collingwood Park State

School

Pathway to Knowledge

Burrel Street

COLLINGWOOD PARK

QLD 4301

Postal Address: P O Box 75

Redbank, QLD 4301

Phone: 07 3381 4333

Fax: 07 3381 4300

E-mail:

admin@collingwoodparkss.eq.edu.au

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STUDENT ABSENCE LINE

Ph.: 07 3381 4333

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Email:

absences@collingwoodparkss.eq.edu.au

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We’re on the Web…….. www.collingwoodparkss.eq.edu.au

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Our school frequently sustains vandalism.

Please keep your eyes and ears open and if you

see or hear any suspicious activity please phone

School Watch on 13 17 88 immediately.

Finance News

The following excursions/camps are now due. All

excursions also require payment, permission and

medical forms to be returned.

These invoices listed below are now overdue. Please make payment as soon as possible. Our preferred payment options are either by BPoint or in person by EFTPOS.

Margaret Simpson

Financial Administrative Officer

Excursion/Invoice Cost Due date

Year 5 Camp Full payment due 10 September

Year 6 Camp Full payment due 05 November

School Communication Diary $8.50 overdue

Student School Fees $60.00 overdue

Prep Protext Storybooks $5.70 overdue