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Dear Parents/Carers,
50th ANNIVERSARY: SEPTEMBER 10 (12 to 4pm)
We look forward to all joining together with former students and staff to celebrate Craigslea's big birthday which is just two short weeks away! Please click here for the flyer. There will be rides, activities and performances for the children as well as food trucks, music, a bar, reunions and tours for the adults. Historical displays and student work for the time capsule will be on display for young and old. Please find below the warm up and performance times for each year level as well as their dress for the performance. Students wear free dress on the day so they can easily partake in the activities so if their performance costume is comfortable, they can just keep wearing that.
YEAR LEVEL AND BAND PERFORMANCES (PLEASE ARRIVE AT COMPUTER LABS FOR WARM UP TIME. ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE IN THE HALL)
We do not expect families to go to additional expense. Items located around the home are absolutely fine.
| Year Level/Group | Warm Up Time | Performances | Dress (if possible) |
| Band and Choir | 11.30 (inside hall) | 12.00 | Free Dress or just wear item for year level performance |
| Prep | 12.30 | 12.45 | Tropical florals |
| Year 1 | 12.45 | 1.00 | Brown, black, white, grey or beige (bear colours). The outfits can be shorts, shirts or trackpants (not dresses or skirts) Shoes must be worn (school shoes ideal) No hair accessories that might fall off such as headbands or clips. |
| Year 2 | 1.15 | 1.30 | Wear one colour as they are representing a crayon. Not dresses or skirts and closed in shoes. |
| Year 3 | 1.45 | 2.00 | Giraffe colours: yellow, orange, brown, black, white or grey. This could be shirt, shorts, tracksuit etc. Wear shoes and socks. If possible, wear a tail. This tail can be made by using a safety pin to attach an old sock to the back of outfit with a weight in it so it swings (a couple of stones). |
| Year 4 | 2.15 | 2.30 | Coluured shirt to match colour of student boomwhacker, party hats or other birthday regalia such as badges, leis etc. |
| Year 5 | 2.45 | 3.00 | Green and/or yellow shirt with denim bottoms (jeans, skirt etc) |
| Year 6 | 3.00 | 3.15 | Dance through the eras. Costumes are different for each row. Parents each child has been told what they will need to wear or bring with them. Please check with classroom teacher if unsure. |
There are a number of significant events coming up over the next few weeks before school breaks for the term. Please check "Around the Grounds" and the School Calendar so you can be informed about these.
Have a good week and hope to see some of you if you can give up even an hour to help at Sunday morning's working bee between 8 and 10am,
Kathy
Prep 2023 Update
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.
Parents of children enrolled to start Prep in 2023 will be contacted in the next couple of weeks to arrange a prep experience for your child. This requires an hour or two of your time. Please keep an eye on your email for this invitation.
PBL & Social-Emotional Learning
The focus for the fortnight is:
Be a Friend – We speak positively and politely to each other.
There is always a reason to smile. The politeness and respectful courtesies given by the students each morning as they start the day are a reason someone smiles everyday at our school. I want to extend our appreciation of the care and time given by families to nurturing values that will continue to stand our students in good stead.
This fortnight, students are focusing on the importance of speaking positively and politely. Students are encouraged to speak positively and politely to all students, staff and visitors at CSS always and in all settings. We can make others happy or hurt their feelings when we speak. Students will understand that speaking unkindly can affect how people feel and that it is always important to be kind and fair.
Bridge Builders: Be Kind
Being Kind is not only showing respect, care and generosity to the other person but scientists’ have found that when we are kind it makes us feel good too; it can give us a ‘warm, fuzzy feeling.’ The science of being kind shows us that when we are kind we release good hormones like oxytocin which helps us to be friends and trust each other. When you are kind you feel better and so does the person you are kind to. Others who see you being kind can also copy you and be kind to others.
Being Kind to someone who has hurt you doesn’t always seem to make sense. It can feel like the last thing you want to do, especially in a conflict. However, there are many important reasons why Being Kind is a great choice to make.
Let’s have a look at the top 10 reasons:
- It makes you the hero
- It shows others that you can manage your emotions
- It's an important leadership skill
- You don’t know why the other person is hurting you - maybe they’ve been hurt themselves
- Other people might be watching you - you can set a great example to them
- Being kind builds bridges to better understanding - conflict is often caused by misunderstandings
- Every behaviour has consequences - you only choose your own behaviour, you don't choose others' behaviour
- You feel happier and more confident when you are kind to others
- It helps you to feel you belong to a community
- Kindness is contagious
Active School Travel
Walking Wheeling Wednesday
Dawdling with Dads and Dogs – 31 August 2022
Join in on the Active School Travel fun on Wednesday 31/8, as we meet up at one of two designated parks (Redbourne St and Craigslea St) and dawdle with Dads, dogs and the Active School Travel Team to school.
For a bit of pre-Father’s Day fun, grab a Dad, the dog, grandad, uncle, brother and/or friend and meet us at the park to dawdle to school together.
If you normally come to school by car, why not park and stride with us!
Have a great week!
Sarah Abdy and Natalie Marhinin.
ICAS News
Quick reminder that next week is the final week of ICAS. Please note that it will be Monday 29th as per SchoolZine. This change is due to staffing availability.
HOC Workshop Via Teams
You're Invited!!!
Please feel free to join our HOC workshops on Teams. The first one will be held Week 8 Wednesday afternoon at 5.00-5.30pm. We will cover Parent Reading from Prep - 2.
Please join via the link below. See you then.
Have a fantastic week!
Erin Wiles
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Prep C |
Luca |
For being a friendly classmate and always having a go. |
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Prep D |
Ellie |
For being a thoughtful friend and trying her best when completing tasks. |
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Prep K |
Nuh |
For consistently working hard and always demonstrating the LIFE values. |
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Prep T |
Lachlan M |
For working hard at developing his confidence in writing. |
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1C |
Ivy |
For consistently giving her best effort across all learning areas. |
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1H |
Nishaun |
For working hard to improve his active participation in all learning. |
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1R |
Simon |
For working hard to improve his handwriting. |
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1S |
Mishaela |
For being an active learner in all curriculum areas. |
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2C |
Alex |
For being an enthusiastic learner and showing care for his classmates. |
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2G |
Oscar |
For working enthusiastically and being rightly proud of his achievements. |
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2H |
Thomas T |
For building his confidence in reading and using his strategies to figure out his words. Well done! |
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3H |
Tyson |
For his excellent effort in attempting all learning tasks to the best of his ability. |
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3HD |
Emmilea |
For consistently trying her best and displaying great confidence in oral speaking tasks. |
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3K |
Riam |
For continually being a positive learner in all situations, striving to do his best, asking questions and participating in every learning task. |
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3M |
Hannah |
For being an active learner who shows enthusiasm, dedication and resilience in all classroom tasks. |
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4D |
Cameron |
For his wonderful effort when completing tasks to a high standard. Cameron also consistently demonstrates our LIFE rules in all areas. Well done! |
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4J |
Kester |
For consistently demonstrating a positive attitude towards his own learning and trying his best. Kester you show respect for yourself and for others. Well done! |
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4W |
Ethan |
For showing great friendship qualities and having a positive attitude to his learning everyday. |
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4Y |
Naomi |
For consistently applying herself diligently to all tasks to produce high-quality, well-presented work. |
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5C |
Jairus |
For consistently applying himself in all aspects of his learning. |
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5J |
Tyler |
For showing kindness in the classroom by including others. |
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5M |
Diya |
For consistently being an engaged learner and working to bump up her mathematics responses. |
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6H |
Kailani |
For persevering with and having a positive attitude towards tricky work in maths |
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6K |
Hanna |
For being a dependable and responsible student in and outside the classroom. |
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6M |
Aidan |
For his steady progress in Maths and showing a real commitment to improving his writing. |
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6W |
Naveen |
For attempting tasks with a positive attitude and always trying his best. |
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Prep |
The Prep children are learning about location and direction. We have been using lots of direction words to help our friends find hidden toys. In writing we have been adding details to our sentences to give the reader more information. We are looking forward to Junior Sports Day and Under 8s Day celebrations next Thursday. We hope you can come and watch us compete! |
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Year 1 |
This week Year 1 explored the structure of a narrative and wrote the problem and ending to a story. In Mathematics we are counting on from any number all the way to one hundred! We are also measuring the capacity of objects and ordering them from ‘holds the least’ to ‘holds the most’. |
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Year 2 |
Year 2 are learning how to write persuasively in English. In HaSS, we have begun exploring significant places around Australia, like Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef. We are loving learning our dance with Mrs Doyle for the 50th anniversary and our next assembly performance. |
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Year 3 |
Year 3 have started to plan and write their informative texts about the Great Barrier Reef. In Science we are exploring how heat can be transferred from one object to another e.g., how does heat effect corn kernels (in other words – making popcorn). In HaSS we are reading rainfall maps and discussing how different parts of Australia are impacted by the amount of rain they receive. In maths, it's all about ‘show me the money’ – and tick-tock time. |
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Year 4 |
It’s super eggsiting in Year 4 this week with our new feathered additions. While we aren’t experts at raising chicks, we are certainly going to give it a go and ‘wing’ it! Seriously though, what better way to learn about living things and their lifecycles than watching it happen before your eyes. We have our incubator, eggs, and chicks until next Friday. Cracks have already begun to form on our eggs and we are eggsited to watch what happens next. Don’t worry, we are capturing it all on a timelapse so we can watch it over and over. Pop in and visit our chirping friends if you like. |
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Year 5 |
Year 5 are learning all about ‘Financial Mathematics’ and real-world application by planning a class party with a budget. In Science, we are getting hands on with experiments as we continue to explore ‘Light’. We are also enjoying practising our performance for the 50th Anniversary. We hope you all come to watch! |
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Year 6 |
Year 6 have begun looking into the processes involved in the federal government and how bills may be passed into laws. We also had the opportunity to interview the Honorable Senator Anthony Chisholme who kindly volunteered his time to address Year 6 students about a range of ideas. We asked some hard questions but he was very gracious and understanding in his answers. Thank you Senator Chisholme. |
Real-life life cycle studying in Year 4
It has been a cracking week! Year 4 was eggcited to watch our new hatchlings come into the world. Without being too cocky, we think they are pretty cute chicks. To view the YouTube videos of sped-up versions of the eggs hatching in the incubators please click the links below. So much to shellebrate in Year 4!
Year 6 were visited by the Honorable Senator Anthony Chisholme. We asked some hard questions but he was very gracious and understanding in his answers.
Congratulations to Kaden from Year 5!
Kaden made it through to Met North for shotput at UQ School Athletics with a distance of 8.29 (in 3rd place), which is a PB for him. Well done Kaden!!
UPCOMING EVENTS
The next couple of weeks are very busy. It is easy to miss something. However, by reading the newsletter, looking closely at the calendar and by reading Weekly Happenings you can stay on top. Next week (Week 8), some of the whole school activities are:
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We will then drag ourselves into School Holidays! We return on Tuesday October 4 after the Queen's Birthday Public Holiday on Monday October 3 ready for Year 6 Camp to Tangalooma not long after our return!
All day 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM All day All day All day All day 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM All day All day 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM 29 May 2025 - 30 May 2025 All day 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM All day 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Gala Day
Eco Club - Term 2
Term 2 Coffee & Connect - Student Code of Conduct held in the Sensitivity Unit
Assembly - hall
Truck Cat 2025 National Simultaneous Storytime book
Prep Excursion to Lone Pine
Year 2 - Step into history incursion
Gala Day
Eco Club - Term 2
Outdoor Classroom Day
P&C Day
Trivia Night
Parade Performance - Strings
School Photos
Gala Day
Eco Club - Term 2
Eco Club - Term 2
Under 8s Day
P&C General Meeting
Music Workshop
Choir, Band and Strings will perform in a nighttime concert in our hall
Eco Club - Term 2
Music Gala
