Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome back to Term 3!

NEW STAFF   

We have some new staff joining us this term. We look forward to working with them.

• Leanne Jones is Year 4 Targetted Learning Teacher
• Kendall Simpson is backfilling David Heidrich as PE teacher
• Rose Bartley will be relieving across a range of classrooms to provide some stability during this period of persistent illness.                                                                                                         

REPORTS

Reports have been distributed via email this week. Please check your junk email if they haven't been received and then phone the school office. If you have any questions regarding your child's report card, please contact your child's teacher. Late this term, teachers will schedule face-to-face interviews through the School Online Booking System (SOBS) to share information and plan forward into Term 4. 

SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY

The annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted 18 July to 12 August 2022. All families, school staff and students (Year 5 and 6) will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well and how we can improve. The Department of Education will commence email invitations to participants in the first week of Term 3.  Keep an eye out for yours!

Have a good week,

Kathy

Welcome back!

This term we are looking at holding some HOC workshops, to up skill parents on our ways to work with your child at home. Please click on the link below by 22/07/2022 and fill out the survey to give feedback on the types of workshops that our community would be interested in. Please click - HOC Parent Workshp Survey to complete.

Enrol Now for Prep 2023!!

Enrolments are now open for children starting Prep in 2023. Children born between 01/07/2017 and 30/06/2018 are eligible to enrol. Enrolment forms are available on the school website https://craigsleass.eq.edu.au/enrolments. Please email your completed forms to enrolments@craigsleass.eq.edu.au as soon as possible.

PBL & Social-Emotional Learning

The focus for the fortnight is: Be a Learner – We are prepared.

As we start the term, we have been reviewing the importance of being prepared for learning and how being prepared can help us be successful in our learning journey.

Being prepared looks like:

• Having had a good night’s sleep
• Eaten a healthy breakfast
• Dressing appropriately in the school uniform
• Arriving on time and being outside the room on the first bell at 8:55am
• Having all necessary school items here and ready to work (These include sharp pencils, eraser, wooden ruler, hat and filled water bottle)
• Having the right mindset and attitude for learning

At Craigslea SS: We are prepared. We manage our time so we can finish on time. We make sure we have all materials and resources that we need so we can start promptly. We set goals to help us be prepared and organised – we set up a simple plan or to do list to get the job done. We keep things tidy – We have a place for everything and put everything in its place.

Active School Travel

Wednesdays are Walking Wheeling Wednesdays at Craigslea State School. Wednesdays (and every other day) we promote students choosing an active mode of travel to school. This is a fun way to not only reduce the amount of traffic on the roads around the school, but a way to promote physical activity.

This Wednesday, 20 July, to make Walking, Wheeling, Wednesday even more fun we are encouraging everyone to come to school in their pyjamas!!

Students are welcome to wear their pyjamas, beanies, onesies, oodies or dressing gowns, but please remind students that they will still need to have covered in shoes and dress that is appropriate for their normal school activities.

Craigslea’s Pyjama Day is running in conjunction with National Pyjama Day (Friday 22 July). National Pyjama Day is all about wearing your favourite pair of PJs to help The Pyjama Foundation raise much-needed awareness and funds for children in foster care. 

The Pyjama Foundation is a non-profit charity who help support the literacy skills of children in foster care. Volunteers called ‘Pyjama Angels’ are recruited to read books and support the literacy of those who need it the most. 

There are two ways in which you can show your support and donate to the foundation.

• On the day students are welcome to bring along a gold coin donation and hand it to the student council members who will come to their classrooms.
• Make a donation via the Craigslea State School group fundraising link through the charity’s website found at https://fundraise.thepyjamafoundation.com/fundraisers/craigsleastateschool

2022 International Competitions and Assessments (ICAS)

If you wish to have your child undertake any of the competitions this year, please take note of the information below and log on to the website to pay and enrol for this to happen by 1 August, 2022. Go to the link at https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps and enter the school code: RKD947

Year 5 Planetarium Excursion 

Year 5 enjoyed their visit to the Planetarium and Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens to learn more about their universe.

Year 4 Robots

Year 4 used Sphero robots today to combine their mapping and coding skills.

Senior Sports Days

We have had two great days of Senior Sport one before the holidays and the other on Wednesday this week. Before the holidays, we held the 800 metre and 200 metre races. We also held trials to select district representatives for field events. This week, we had the 100m sprints, ball games and relays. The weather was glorious and the staff and students participated with gusto. Thanks to the parents/carers who attended to cheer on students. 

The Winning House was Webster on 559 points. Hamilton was second on 496 points and Maundrell was a close third on 468 points. 

Ball Games were hard fought with a tie between Webster and Maundrell on 88 points and Hamilton scoring 80 points. 

Our Age Champions were selected from a combination of points from district trials and the two days of events. It has been a mission to get these carnivals organised this year. Reluctantly, we will not award Age Champions for 9 year olds because they participated in a limited number of events in 2023. 

10 year old girls: Peyton 

10 year old boy: Kaden 

11 year old girls: Chynna 

11 year old boys: Josh 

12 year old girls: Olivia 

12 year old boys: Will 

Photo below is of Sophie with her coach and manager after they won the 10-12 years qss hockey tournament in Ipswich.  Sophie has also recently been selected for Brisbane U11 Team 1.  Congratulations Sophie.