Science Week

Next week we celebrate Science Week with a series of interactive Science activities being set up in our Country Farm play area. The theme this year is ‘Food- Different by Design’. We are very grateful to our JCU Scientist in Schools, Louise Costanzo and our Learning and Teaching Advisor, Aleesha Rockemer for creating some fabulous learning experiences for our students. There will be opportunities to engage the senses, make bread and butter, get creative with grape structures and mushroom printing amongst many other things.

Book Week

We celebrate Book Week from 23-27 August with our Book Week Parade on Friday morning after assembly. This event has become quite a highlight on our calendar each year with many students dressing up as their favourite book characters. The theme this year is Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds so basically the world is your oyster as far as ideas. Please don’t feel pressured with costumes; simple is usually best.

Pupil Free Day

Please be aware there is an upcoming student free day on Friday 3 September. This is a statewide day for schools to use for reflective practice and moderation. Our OSHC service will have some places available for the day if required.

Young Speechmakers Competition

Congratulations to Emmalisa for winning the Year 6 division of the Young Speechmakers Competition at Southern Cross last night. This is a wonderful achievement for Emmalisa. We are very proud of all our participants, Declan, Chloe, Emmalisa and Lilliarna for representing our school so well in a very challenging contest. It takes a lot of confidence and preparation to compete in this contest. 

Photography

Photos of children participating in school activities and with their friends are a great source of enjoyment for many families and they are a way of creating future memories for us all to look back on. When taking photos on school grounds, please be respectful of the right to privacy for members of our community. If you are invited to school for an event like an assembly or for Burgers by the Billabong, it is commonplace to take group photos and this is generally acceptable. Please know, you cannot however photograph individual children who are not from your own family or small groups of children without the consent of someone at school or from their parents.It would certainly be inappropriate to share photos of other children on social media. Let’s be mindful of this and continue building a supportive community.

Have a fabulous week. 

Cheers

Penny Collins