Dear Parents/Carers,

CAMP 

I would like to thank Year 6 staff and students for their enthusiasm and effort which  contributed to an excellent camp at Tangalooma. In Week Five, we will see the Year Five staff and students off on their camp to Currimundi. Staff give generously of their time to enable students to go on camp and I would like to thank them on behalf of students and their families.  We have just completed a parent survey regarding the destination of the Year 6 Camp in 2023.  Canberra was the preferred destination chosen by current parents of Year 5, so we are in the process of making plans which willl be shared with them in due course. 

THURSDAY'S SPECIAL  ASSEMBLY 9.15am 27th Oct (YEAR 1 to 6)

Assembly will be on at a special time next Thursday morning at 9.15am. This assembly is to farewell Ms Green who was Craigslea's former Deputy Principal of nine years. We hope that as many parents/caregivers can join us for a cuppa in the hall foyer afterwards. 

WORLD TEACHERS DAY 28th October

We will celebrate World Teachers' Day on Friday morning with a cuppa from the coffee van and cake for teachers sponsored by the P and C. We look forward to celebrating our teachers and showing them how valued they are by our community.  

Have a great week,

Kathy

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 Independent – We are responsible for our own actions.  

This fortnight we have been discussing the importance of taking responsibility for behavioural choices and accepting consequences. At Craigslea, we have a range of supports to acknowledge the positive choices made by students in following our expected behaviours. Positives include the use of verbal and non-verbal praise, Gotchas, parade certificates, admin rewards and classroom rewards such as drops in the bucket, Corkin Cash and Little Rippers. At times when poor choices are made, logical consequences follow as per our Student Code of Conduct. The explicit teaching and regular review of expectations helps students to develop and extend their capabilities in self-management and personal responsibility.

NAPLAN ONLINE 

In 2023, our students in years 3 and 5 will be undertaking the NAPLAN Online in March. Since the test will conducted earlier next year than previous years, we will start familiarising the current year 2 and year 4 classes with the online platform this term. The assessment platform brings many advantages, including a test design that offers test items tailored to students' knowledge and ability.

2023 NAPLAN KEY DATES 

Parents and caregivers of children who will be in years 3 and 5 in 2023 will be emailed additional information soon. 

ACTIVE SCHOOL TRAVEL

Day for Daniel Walk - 26 October 2022

Join in on the Active School Travel fun on Wednesday 26/10 as we meet up at a one of two designated parks (Redbourne St and Craigslea St) and walk to school with the Active School Travel Team.

Wear red to show your support in keeping children safe and the Daniel Morecombe Foundation at our Day for Daniel Walk.

Bring a gold coin donation or donate online at https://danielmorcombe.com.au/get-involved/donate/ 

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Have a great fortnight!

I will be delivering a Reading Workshop for parents of students in Yrs 3-6 or who will be entering year 3 next year. This workshop will be a brief rundown of Reading in the upper years at Craigslea State School. I will also cover some basic pointers for reading with your child at home.

I will run the session twice, once in the morning in the library and again in the afternoon on Teams.

Hope you can make it!

When:  Thursday 3 November at 9am  &

         Thursday 3 November at 5pm 

(TEAMS LINK) HOC Parent Workshop - Yrs 3-6

Have a great week!

Erin Wiles

Year 3 Spark Lab and Queensland Museum Excursion

Year 3 out and about today exploring, asking questions, investigating and wearing our inquiry hats as we go through Sparklab and the Museum. Lots of 'oohs' and 'aahhs' as our learners delved into the magical world of science.

Kaden from Year 5 at QLD Primary Schools Track and Field.  Kaden received 4th in QLD  for Shotput with a distance of 10.34 meters!  Congratulations Kaden for holding onto 1st place for 2 throws and then 2nd until the last throw.

2022 Toy Drive

Salvation Army Toy Drive - I like to take the opportunity to teach the children that Christmas is not about getting presents, but it can be just as rewarding by giving presents. I’m asking the parents and children of the Craigslea community to donate an unwrapped (new/NOT second hand) present suitable for a primary school child. The donations can be brought to school and put under the Christmas tree in the music room by the 23rd of November. At our Christmas Concert, we will gift all of the donated presents to a representative from the Salvation Army to give to children in need.

Principal’s Academic Award  

Excellence in Literacy 

Criteria:

• Reads a wide selection of fiction and non-fiction           
• Borrows regularly from the Library  
• Demonstrates an understanding of the written word  
• Demonstrates competency in year level skills  
• Able to write using a wide variety of genre  
• Demonstrates excellence in writing skills   
• High level use of spelling,  grammar and punctuation skills