Dear Families,

Cross Country and Junior Sports Carnival

This week we held two of our yearly sports events. On Tuesday we held our cross country and all our students participated with enthusiasm and persistence. It truly was a cross country course and well done to our competitors who completed it!

Yesterday we held our Junior Sports Carnival for our Prep-Year 2 students. This is such a wonderful event and it was great to see so many of our parents attending to join in the fun. Our students participated in running races and a variety of skills-based games to earn points for their houses. Mr Kirby even convinced me to play a round of dodge ball – the year 2 students have a very good aim! We are looking forward to our Senior Sports Carnival next week.  A very big thank you to Mr Heidrich for organising these events.


Assessment and Reporting

Students and teachers are currently finalising first semester learning tasks which will be used to assess student learning against the Australian Curriculum achievement standards and inform first semester report cards. These reports will be emailed to parents in Week 10.


School Support Staff Week and Cleaners Day

This week we acknowledged and celebrated our cleaners and support staff who are essential to the operation of our schools. You do an amazing job helping us to ensure that our schools are safe and accessible places to learn. Thank you!


Count down to the mid-year holidays

With only one week to go until we go on our mid-year break, I would like to thank our teachers and staff for the awesome job they do each day to help our students be successful learners. Thank you also to our students for their commitment to their own learning and our parents for supporting us. Have a safe and relaxing break and we look forward to continuing our work together next semester.

Kind regards,

Nikki

Semester One Learning, Assessment and Reporting

Semester One reports will be emailed home at the end of week 10, Term 2.

If you have changed your email address recently, please update your details through QParents or contact our office staff directly on 07 3350 8777.

Please make sure you add Application.ONESCHOOL@dete.qld.gov.au to your list of safe senders to ensure the report card emails aren’t sent to the Junk folder.

 

PBL & Social-Emotional Learning

The focus for the fortnight is:

Be a safe in all Environments – Right place, right thing, right time – in the classroom.

It is important for all children to be safe whilst at school, including while learning in the classroom.

We have been revising the importance of being in our expected place, completing our expected task at the expected task.

At Craigslea SS we:

• know why it is important to be in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing.
• know where to be during learning time so everyone is safe.
• get adult help if we need it.
• follow adult instructions and move to the expected place when directed.

 

Active School Travel

 

Walking Wheeling Wednesday’s

Wednesdays at Craigslea, are Walking Wheeling Wednesdays! There is one last Walking Wheeling Wednesday for Term 2, so we are making it a special one!

As it is also senior sports day, on Wednesday 21 June, all students P-6 can earn a point for their sports house to go towards the points at senior sports day. Actively travel to school on Wednesday, 21 June, wear your sports house shirt, enter through either the Kittabilla Street gate and see Miss Bec or the Hamilton Road gate and see Ms Marhinin and get a point for your sports house! Super easy to help your team. How will you actively travel?

Wednesday is also the last chance for classes to win the Golden Boot Trophy for June. The class with the highest percentage of active travellers who come to school by bike will win the trophy for June. Who will it be? 6B are currently in the lead, 3S are not far behind, Wednesday is the decider!

Check out how your class is going with actively traveling to school:

Key Dates for 2024 Prep

Enjoy the last week of term and have a safe and happy holiday,

Natalie Marhinin and Erin Wiles

 MONDAY 19 June PROGRAMME – Senior Track & Field Carnival

9.15am - 9yo 600m & 10, 11 & 12yo 800m    

10:00am – 2.30pm - High Jump events for 9-12yo ongoing throughout the day                             

10.00am - 10yo, 12yo, 200m Heats                                                                   

11.45am - 200m Heats continued (9yo and 11yo)     
                      

Wednesday 21 June

SPRINTS, FIELD EVENT & BALL GAMES: AGES 9yo-12yo

Program:

9.20am - 200m      Finals (9-12yo)

10.00am – 2.05pm – Rotations – see table below

11.00am - Lunch Break

1.45pm - LUNCH BREAK

2.05pm – 2.40pm - 100m Sprint Finals for 9yo – 12yo

2.45pm - Presentations

Cross Country

Well done to all of our Cross Country runners this week.

Performing Arts

Well done to our Year 1 Bear Dancers and Mrs Doyle. They put on a wonderful performance at our Junior Assembly.

Northside Regional Junior Strings Workshop

Last week, eight of our Craigslea strings students attended the Northside Regional Junior Strings Workshop, held at Windsor State School.  During two days of intensive rehearsals, they worked with several teachers and many second-year strings students from different northside schools, playing in an orchestra of approximately one hundred and twenty-five students!  They also worked in a massed choir and produced a concert performance attended by parents at the conclusion of the second day. Pictured are Olivia (cello), Christopher (violin), Ella (viola), Emily (violin), Georgia (viola), Felix (viola), Zoe (violin) and Arwen (cello) – all in Year Four - under one of the beautiful big trees at the heritage listed venue, enjoying a play break.

All parents of Craigslea second-year strings students are reminded that their children will be joining the Craigslea Senior String Orchestra permanently as of Week One of Term Three:  every Tuesday morning at 8.00am in the Music Room.

Year 3 Incursion

Year 3 students loved having a visiting artist who helped them to make clay animal sculptures.

Principal’s Academic Award  

Consistent Effort in all Curriculum Areas  

• Tries their best in all areas of the curriculum  
  
  
• Completes all tasks—neatly and on time  
  
  
• Completes all homework—neatly and on time
  
  

P&C News

In this edition… 

1. Ballinger St Parking Changes to improve child safety
2. Colour Fun Run (23/06/2023 at 2pm) and Pie Drive (collection 16/06/2023 before 3pm)
3. Volunteers – we simply can’t do it without you!

Also….

• In Term 3, the Tuckshop will be getting a “Tune-Up”. Tuckshop experts will perform a thorough review to see where we can improve our menu, processes, and operations. The outcome will be an even better Tuckshop!
• The P&C have committed $500k to the upgrade of the Prep and Year 1 Playgrounds. The scope of works is close to being complete, and work will hopefully commence later this year. Additional funds were committed at the last P&C meeting to upgrade the softfall from bark to rubber (which is cleaner, more durable, longer lasting, more sustainable, and cheaper in the long-term).
• The P&C will purchase an automatic paediatric defibrillator for the school. Should the need arise, this device will potentially save a life. Hopefully, we never need it.  
• Can you help? Volunteering opportunities available
• P&C Contacts – Get in touch
• Fundraising Opportunities

1. Ballinger Street Parking Changes

• The P&C, school, and Brisbane City Council have all worked together on changes to Ballinger Street parking
• The changes are aimed at improving child safety in this area
• Brisbane City Council will enforce these changes – as well as parking in surrounding streets – through parking inspectors
• Please ensure you are driving and parking safely in and around the school

2. Colour Fun Run and Pie Drive  

• Our Colour Fun Run is next Friday afternoon. Please ensure your child has a white shirt on the day
• Please keep fundraising for the Colour Run! There are great prizes to be won. All funds raised will go towards Prep and Y1 playground upgrades later this year
• Pies will be available for pick-up this Friday afternoon. Please ensure all pies are collected by 3pm as we are unable to store them

3. Volunteers – we simply can’t do it without you!

• P&C activities and events need volunteers to be successful
• Even a small amount of time (30mins) or effort can make a big difference
• Volunteering opportunities are posted in the newsletter each fortnight and on Facebook
• Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped in the tuckshop and at events so far this year (disco, working bee, pie drive, Mothers and Others Stall, and more!)  
• If you would like to help, use the Volunteer Signup Links below or reach out to any of our contacts

Can You Help?

Help to make Craigslea State Primary School a better place by volunteering for these activities:

1. Colour Fun Run (Friday 23^rdof June):volunteersignup.org/LRTWR  
2. Web Developers (help us to update and migrate the P&C Website): https://volunteersignup.org/AF3AH
3. Trivia Night (9 September 2023): Coming soon…

P&C Contacts

The Hub (Carol)

3350 8741 or operations@craigsleapandc.org.au

Tuckshop (Carol, Jolei, Kirstin and Emily)

3350 8744 or tuckshop@craigsleapandc.org.au

Bookshop and Uniform Shop (Emily)

3350 8741 or uniforms@craigsleapandc.org.au

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) (Kylie)

3350 8724 / 3256 3688 or oshc@craigsleapandc.org.au

Sustainability Group (Jen)

sustainability@craigsleapandc.org.au

https://www.facebook.com/groups/223902536111469/

Swim Club (Andrew)

info@craigsleaswimming.com

Fundraising Opportunities

• Entertainment Books: Craigslea State School link - https://au.entdigital.net/orderbooks/225332?utm_campaign=2021-130521
• We currently have spaces available for advertising on our electronic school sign at the front of the school.  Should you be interested, please contact Carol on either 3350 8741 or operations@craigsleapandc.org.au