School Newsletter Issue no. 16 - 8.09.2023
Message from the Principal
Opportunities in Term 4... Community, The Arts, Science and add some fun
With the last week of term 3 on the horizon, we are now preparing for a variety of activities in term 4. Some of the highlights of term 4 will be;
Swimming
Playgroup
Whole School Jacobs Well Excursion to the Environmental Centre
The Village School return visit to Yarranlea
Scary Dance
School Musical
Graduation
Two BBQs for a new Preps for 2024
EPIC Survey results – Opportunities for the future
The school has been part of the EPIC research program in conjunction with Griffith University for the last three years. The main objective of the EPIC survey is to identify as to what parents want as part of the curriculum. The themes suggested below arose from the survey we will look at for our future planning purposes
Internet Literacy
Community volunteering
Financial literacy
Entrepreneurship
A.I
Robotics
Collaborating with NGO’S
Environmental Education
Important Considerations for the Curriculum
Strong teacher and child relationships. Transparency when it comes to curriculum and still a strong focus on education, music, language and arts.
More socially-environmentally engaged education, less technologically dependent education, the introduction of the mindfulness curriculum - continuation in strengthening the relationships between educators, students, school and families, and investing in the emotional resilience of students.
Individual focus and engagement with students
Preparing my child for high school and the real world. Thinking critically, being helpful and kind to younger children.
I think there needs to be more focus on community and people, and less in technology.
Understanding how I can support my child to learn and develop.
Staying small and extending into High School
I think Yarranlea already does a good job of nurturing students academically, socially-emotionally and culturally. I would like to see this continue. I appreciate it when the school not only personalises my child's learning to meet his strengths and weaknesses but also understands how he best learns and develops i.e. what makes him tick socially and emotionally in terms of motivation, reward, holistic development etc.
We like the small, multi-age environment. Life skills like critical thinking and emotional intelligence are of more importance to me than ticking boxes in a curriculum. Yarranlea seems to have the right balance for all of these factors.
A Dash of Colour and Water add some Fun …. We have a Colour Fun Run
Our community was in full support last week with the annual colour fun run. Many thanks to all for their support on the day including our P and F who supplied the ice blocks etc. which helped everyone cool off.
Opti mind – the Critical Thinking and Collaborative Process
Well done to the two student teams that represented the school at the Griffith Logan Campus on Saturday, August 26th. Thank you to the parents for their support on the day. While we have not competed in a “live presentation” due to COVID restrictions each of the teams presented their solutions to their long term problems in front of the judges and to an audience on the day.
Reflection Quote
"The Best way to predict your Future is to create it." – Abraham Lincoln
School Drop Off and Pick Up Arrangements - Term 4 - Market Day
Road Closure - Term 4 - Thursday 5th October 2023
Griffith will be holding Markets/Events on the following date. On these days, as per term three we will use the Visitor's Circle Car Park and the Maintenance Building M17 (please refer to the image below - section highlighted in green). Teachers will be in attendance to escort our students down to the school.
Green Areas Marked on Map indicate revised drop off areas due to GU closure of roads
What's been happening
Weekly C.A.R.E.S certificates
Our students are issued with C.A.R.E.S certificates on a weekly basis as we strive to demonstrate these values.
C- Cooperation and
A - Appreciation of our environment and each other
R - Responsibility of self and resilience
E -Excellence and encouragement
S - Sharing
Congratulations to our students who received their C.A.R.E.S certificates
Dingoes NewsDesk
Hi everyone,
I hope everyone has had another wonderful week!
Our next whole school excursion is on Friday, October 6th to Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre. It is an Education Queensland facility located 20km from Beenleigh at Jacobs Well. Its close proximity to the islands and waterways of southern Moreton Bay, with its varied natural habitats, enables it to offer a unique range of environmental education programs.
The students will need to be at school no later than 8:15 am. We anticipate we will return by 2:45 pm.
Please ensure your student has the following:
1) Morning tea
2) Lunch
3) Hat
4) Water bottle
5) Full school uniform
6) Fully enclosed shoes
PLEASE FILL IN THE PERMISSION FORM BELOW.
Year 6 Attend Young Entrepreneur Summit
This Tuesday our Year 6 students and myself attended the Young Entrepreneur Summit (YES) at Logan. The one-day event was an interactive summit designed to inspire and empower a generation of brave, creative and entrepreneurial young leaders. Yarranlea was the only primary school to attend the event, with a number of younger children attending with their parents as well as high school students. The day was timed perfectly as our Dingo students have just delivered their own Shark Tank (or Dingo Den) pitches for a water saving device as part of our HASS program this term. We heard from a number of young entrepreneurs who all had different stories about how they came to run a successful business. Two of our students, Thomas and Jensen, even stood up on stage and delivered their own innovative pitch for a product in front of the whole audience. It was an inspiring day and I was very proud of how all of our Year 6 students represented the school. Speaking with a Year 9 economics teacher at the event, I told her about our Shark Tank pitches and our use of Canva and she was really impressed as she said those were the skills she was currently teaching to her students. I think this was a great example of how we provide opportunities to set our students up for success for high school. We hope to attend this event next year with our senior students.
Father's Day Fun
We hope all of our fathers and special people had a fantastic day last Sunday! The Dingoes had fun creating some eye-catching cards on Canva and then writing their messages.
Colour Fun Run
Kookaburras NewsDesk
Greetings
Kookaburra
Families
Our next whole school excursion is on Friday, October 6th to Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre. It is an Education Queensland facility located 20km from Beenleigh at Jacobs Well. Its close proximity to the islands and waterways of southern Moreton Bay, with its varied natural habitats, enables it to offer a unique range of environmental education programs.
The students will need to be at school no later than 8:15 am. We anticipate we will return by 2:45 pm.
Please ensure your student has the following:
1) Morning tea
2) Lunch
3) Hat
4) Water bottle
5) Full school uniform
6) Fully enclosed shoes
7) PREP- YEAR 3 MUST BRING AQUA SHOES TO CHANGE INTO
These can be found at most clothing shops: https://www.kmart.com.au/product/beach-aqua-sock-sandals-s157997/?sku=71557021®ion_id=400001&gclid=CjwKCAjw6eWnBhAKEiwADpnw9rVOp2WgXNxQcXU1FISRb117YUHoJfCtboyAjh-E1MZx6UbX9LF03BoC4kQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
PLEASE FILL IN THE PERMISSION FORM BELOW.
Emily with her BRONCOS Show and Share
The Kookaburra girlies who recently participated in Optiminds. These girls gave up so many of their lunchbreaks to plan and practice their performace, a truly commendable job! #WELLDONE #TEAMWORKMAKESTHEDREAMWORK
Home Project - TERM 4
For our Technologies Design unit next term, I am setting a home based project. This project will go for 10 weeks, aiming to finish Monday of Week 10, Term 4. The project combines students' knowledge of design technologies and their science units for the term. I am tasking the children to Design and Build a Toy using different materials for effect and purpose. The overall focus for this toy will be around the concept of PUSH AND PULL. It is encouraged that this is NOT an expensive activity, and students should aim to use and recycle items and objects they have at home already. I will be talking this task through with the students in Week 1 of next term, however, I just wanted to give families a heads up! More information will follow in the coming newsletters.
Just some ideas..
Basketball:
This week is our last week of Basketball with Mr C! I think it is safe to say the kids have loved their weekly lessons. Their enthusiasm and ability to try something new, as well as their team work skills have really shone through. Last week we even had our first try at a PROPER game! The children loved learning how to defend and put their shooting, passing and dribbling skills to use.
Book Reads:
Thank you so much to our class parents for their ongoing support with our Storybook Read Initiative! The children love having you in (more than you probably realise).. Once a parent is in for Morning Tea they talk about the books read for the rest of the school day!!
We are continuing our class storybook reads at Morning Tea time for the remainder of this year. Should you or a Grandparent like to come in and perform a storybook read, please reach out and email me with some dates that work for you and I will slot you in. Morning Tea is at 10:15-10:30 am, and parents have usually gotten through 2 storybooks with questions from the students in this time frame.
Abel and his mum Kristie
Thea and her dad Rob
Robbie and his mum Sally
Colour Fun Run:
I just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to any and all parents and carers who assisted us in the organising and operation of our School Colour Fun Run! The children all commented on how much fun they had, and I am very thankful the weather held out for us! The most notable comment from one of our puggles was "That was better than my birthday party!" (very cute)…
Puggles NewsDesk
Our next whole school excursion is on Friday, October 6th to Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre. It is an Education Queensland facility located 20km from Beenleigh at Jacobs Well. Its close proximity to the islands and waterways of southern Moreton Bay, with its varied natural habitats, enables it to offer a unique range of environmental education programs.
The students will need to be at school no later than 8:15 am. We anticipate we will return by 2:45 pm.
Please ensure your student has the following:
1) Morning tea
2) Lunch
3) Hat
4) Water bottle
5) Full school uniform
6) Fully enclosed shoes
7) PREP- YEAR 3 MUST BRING AQUA SHOES TO CHANGE INTO
These can be found at most clothing shops: https://www.kmart.com.au/product/beach-aqua-sock-sandals-s157997/?sku=71557021®ion_id=400001&gclid=CjwKCAjw6eWnBhAKEiwADpnw9rVOp2WgXNxQcXU1FISRb117YUHoJfCtboyAjh-E1MZx6UbX9LF03BoC4kQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
PLEASE FILL IN THE PERMISSION FORM BELOW.
Maths
This week in maths we have been exploring addition, subtraction, and place value. The students have been using unifix cubes and MAB blocks to understand the concept of place value. The Year One students have been exploring different subtraction strategies, while the Prep students have been learning different ways to make numbers.
Science
In science this fortnight, the Year One students observed the landscape and sky around the school. The students recorded what these places looked like and compared them to the observations they had made the previous week. We then discussed how the landscape and sky changed and predicted why this could be the case.
Colour Fun Run
Thank you so much to all the family helpers that were there on the day. It was so special sharing such a lovely day with our Yarranlea community.
Prep 2024 Meet and Greet
We would like to invite all of our Puggle Families to our Prep meet and greet on Saturday 28th October 2023 and Saturday 18 November 2023 at Oxley Common, Rocklea, from 9:30 am- 11:30 am. This is a wonderful chance for our Puggles to get to know the new Preppies coming in and help with the transition to 2024. If you are available to come and play with us for one or both of the days we would be very grateful to see you.
Parent Readers
Over the last fortnight we have had some wonderful parent helpers come in to read a story to our Puggles. This has been a wonderful new addition to our routine and the Puggles couldn't be prouder of their grown-ups. Thank you so much to our parents who have already come in. If any parent would like to read a story in class, please let me know your availability.
Father's Day
We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend celebrating the special people in their life!
Show and Share
Music and More
Hi Parents!
Our debaters were thrilled to win their debate today! Our opposition was a Melbourne school in Epping. We are still in the knockout stage of the seaon so stay tuned for another debate in the near future!
OSHC News
The weeks are flying by so quickly.....................
One week to go and hurray we are on holidays. Our vacation care program is out so if you have not made a booking so far, there is still time to book your child in to our exciting activities.
Please pass on our vacation care program to your friends who have children as they may also attend our vacation care.
Create a play date for them, however have them come along to on of our days.
For those that are going away on holidays, enjoy your holiday and stay safe.
WHAT'S COOKIN?
AFTERNOON TEA - After School Care HITS!!!
Cheerio Puffs, Apple and Yoghurt Muffins, Mini Muffin Pizzas
If you have a favourite recipe you would like to share with our families, please forward to me so that I can include in our newsletter.
Ten Pin Bowling
As we are coming to the close of Term 3 all of the junior league players are trying extremely hard to learn the different ways to be safe on the lane, as well as in and around center. Stopping to give right away on the lanes, as well as being safe and waiting for Zone bowling staff to bring back any bowing balls that may be sitting in the gutter on the lane, and receive an all clear, or waiting for the ball clearing gaurd rail to lif before bowling again. The newer juniors are really trying hard to complete there game, to knock pins down, most of them bowling instead of using a ramp as they grow stronger with their arms.
Each week we have games being bowled over average with Kou (33 over) and Matilida (29 over) bowling over 100. We also have several other children, Clara , William and Drew, all bowling over their weekly average.
I also brought in some of my trophies and wall placques to show the juniors for show and tell.
Remember over the holidays if you have some time and wish to share an activity with your child/ren to have a game of Ten Pin Bowling. Inform your Zone Bowling Centre that you are a league member Pricing is lower for league players........ having the children practice on their skills is a benifit to them.
Enjoy the holiday break and keep the pins falling ... coach graeme..🎳🎳
P&F News
ADDITIONAL - P&F MEMBERSHIP FORM AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTION INFORMATION
Dear Parents,
Below is a P&F Membership form. Can we please ask that all parents who would like to participate in the P&F complete a membership form. Please return form to: admin@yarranlea.qld.edu.au All parents of students currently enrolled at Yarranlea are automatically members of the P&F and can vote at the P&F Executive Committee Election - nominee of your choice
By completing this form a few of the things you will be able to do:
- Stay informed about what is happening
- Being a member gives you access to agendas and minutes of the meeting
- There are no fees - but lots of friendships to be made.
General Overview:
On Wednesday night from 5:30pm David will ask the current Executive Committee Members to step down from their positions. David will then call on all nominations to be made. These nominations will come from the completed nomination forms or from the 'floor'. Nominations can be made on the night.
Once all nominations have been received, David will commence with voting. The position being voted on will be announced along with the nominee or nominees. As each position is put up for election the Nominees(if there is more than one) will be asked to leave the room and will be called back once all voting for that position is completed. Where there is only one nominee there will be no vote and that person will automatically be elected to the position. If more than one nominee - a secret vote will occur, and paper will be handed out for you to record the name of the person you are voting for. These will be collected by David, Maree or attending Board members, counted, and confirmed. Committee Member announced.
The positions will be voted on in this order: 1. President 2. Vice-President 3. Treasurer 4. Secretary 5. Grounds