PUPIL FREE DAY IN TERM 3

FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED ON THIS DAY

QPARENT APP

We now have 315 parents that have registered for the app. Thank you to parents who are using it to record their child's ABSENCE. This is very helpful to the office staff and you can record this 24 hours a day. Don't forget you can pay your fees directly from the app and see what is outstanding.

TERM 3 2022

Jingeri families

It was fantastic to see so many families in attendance to celebrate our Academic Awardees for Semester 1 2022. On the day, I shared words about excellence. An Awards Assembly is specifically to celebrate our students who have demonstrated excellence in their academic achievements – these students have worked hard and their strengths are worthy of pride and acknowledgement! We congratulate these students on their achievements and encourage them to keep up the momentum in Semester 2.

However, excellence comes in many forms and we each excel in different areas. We know that many students work extremely hard to achieve a C. Or that some learning areas might come more easily to some of us than to others. Diversity in our learners is what makes our school all the richer.

When our school vision refers to our learners being “empowered to excel”, we are not referring solely to academic excellence. We are referring to giving each individual a strong platform to shine in their own way. This platform has a foundation in literacy, numeracy and thinking skills – as well as developing our social and personal capabilities.

When we hold high aspirations for every student to exceed their potential, and take active steps to support them in their learning journey, we meet our vision to empower students to excel.

Stacey Wood
Principal

Dear parents and caregivers, 

As parents we often find it near impossible to slow down our days and minutes to focus on the great learning and achievement of our students in the everyday.  In a fortnights time we will be celebrating our students learning, so far, and I encourage each of our families to engage with our teaching team, to hear the many successes and challenges our students. I look forward to connecting with our many families in the upcoming student led conferences, and celebrating the many achievements of our young people.

Winter Uniform

With the end of appearing these past week/s it is timely to remind families that our school has a P&C endorsed Dress Code. In addition to our summer uniform, students are allowed to wear:

 Green track pants

• Navy blue fleecy or zip up jacket (sew on badges also available from uniform shop)
• Bottle Green or Navy Blue plain or ribbed tights may also be worn under shorts.

 Tights or track pants in any other colour are not acceptable, nor are jeans. Jumpers of varying colours are also not allowed. We would appreciate if you can please ensure your children are dressed appropriately in accordance with our School Uniform Policy.

The coffers of our lost property have reached their capacity and over the coming weeks after school we invite parents to review our lost property on the front lawn prior to the end of day.  I would also use this time to remind families that the proactive naming of these items will help this process in the year to come.

Cyber safety and cyber relationships

Making an Impact with 'The Impact Centre'

Students in the upper school, in Years' 4, 5 and 6, have been offered the opportunity to engage with the Impact Centre. Students will be engaging in this program once a week for an hour, which will commence this coming week, facilitated by passionate teachers online.  

Critical thinking is a vital and foundational 21st century skill. It facilitates the development of other 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, empathy, creative thinking and more.  

Participation in our Critical Thinking Series ensures that your students learn to explain and justify their thinking at an advanced level. They also develop important virtues such as the ability to predict, analyse and evaluate other points of view, and the humility to change their view based on the quality of reasons and evidence offered by others. 

The following programs have been co-designed with experts in the field. Your students' critical thinking skills will be explicitly developed, and enhanced through the intersection of critical thinking with media literacy, entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy.

For more information about what the Impact Centre does visit https://impact.edu.au/  

1 Inspiring introduction to Critical Thinking and online learning skills
2 Think Critical—Just do it! Why be a critical thinker?
3 Pre Assessment—What do I know?
4 What is an argument? Introduce idea and reason
5 More Arguments. Introduce counterargument and rebuttal
6 Putting Arguments together.
7 Opinions—everyone is having them. Fact/Opinion. Justification/Explanations.
8 Fairness—Strategies for the development of counterarguments
9 Evidence—What is credible evidence? Where do we go to find the good stuff.
10 Collaborative Argument Development
11 Post Assessment—What do I know now?
12 Where to from here? Celebrate Succes

Ekka Meal Deal Thank You -

Our school operates because of the hard work and effort put in by many dedicated parents and workers of our Parents and Citizens Association at Rochedale South.  This week our school was able to celebrate this year's Royal Show at our school with the offer of an Ekka Meal Deal.  Thank you to all of the volunteers; Danara Blom, Louise Patterson, Kylie Taipaleti, Melanie Johnson and espcially Mel Tracey and Alina Orams, who brought some of the Ekka magic to our doorstep.  

Stop-Drop-Go

The Stop-Drop-Go is there for everyone’s convenience but becomes unmanageable if cars are left parked in the zone. School staff supervise this area after school to ensure our students are safe as they leave school when waiting for pick up. However it is not the school’s responsibility to manage the “STOP, DROP GO” zone. School staff do not have any authority over road users.

Police and Local Law Officers have informed me that there will also be regular patrols to ensure drivers are adhering to the road rules. It is the responsibility of the driver of a vehicle to be aware of the Queensland Traffic Act and to drive and use the roads appropriately.

There is no one in our school that would not agree that the safety of our school’s children is of the highest priority and making our “STOP, DROP GO” work properly will add to a safe environment for all. Some points to ensure you follow are listed below.

 If there is no space available in the “STOP, DROP GO”, zone you need to move on (go around the block) or find another place to park.

• Under no circumstances do you park across the school driveways or any other driveway. The school driveways must be left clear for disability access, staff access, school service providers and emergency services.
• Always move as far forward as possible in the “STOP, DROP GO Zone to enable effective and safe use of the zone. This may mean you and your children need to walk a little further.
• Never leave your car parked in the “STOP, DROP GO" Zone during operation hours. The zone operates from 7am to 9am and 2pm – 4pm on School Days.
• If you are a pedestrian, set the example to your children as well as respect road users by using our designated crossing areas.
• Above all be patient and respectful, our children’s safety depends on you. Remember children learn by your example.

Thank you to Logan City Council and Parents in keeping our Stop, Drop and Go a safe place for our families.

Yours in Education,

Craig Charles
Deputy Principal 

DISTRICT ATHLETICS 

Well done to all of our students who competed in the Logan District Athletics Carnival at Sheldon College on Wednesday 2nd August. We had 18 students in the 10-12yr age range compete in track and field events across the day and all students competed with excellent effort in all their events and did our school extremely proud. There was an incredible level of team spirit I noticed in our group this year with a lot of our students super keen to move around to different events throughout the day and even stay back after their events to loudly cheer on, encourage and support their fellow RSSS teammates in competition, even for students not in their age group. It was so nice to see that level of school spirit on display. 

A few great results to report  - A big congratulations to Hendrix Seipel who came 2nd in the 11yr Boys Long Jump and 3rd in the 100m Sprint. A big congratulations also to Bella Saylor who came 3rd in the 12yr Girls Shot Put. Special mention and well done to students who showed excellent commitment and enthusiasm in showing up to our morning training sessions before school the week before the carnival to train for their events. A big thank you to our amazing Teacher Aide Ms Podmore who was our Team Manager for the carnival and did a wonderful job marshalling our  students to all of their events and took some great photos of our students in action. Thank you to all parents who provided transport for students and for supporting our students on the day. 

Marcus Stilianos
HPE Teacher 

Casual Cleaners Required

We are looking to increase our pool of casual cleaners we can call on if our regular cleaners are away. If you or any one you know has cleaning experience and is able to work from 5am to 8am of a morning or 2pm till 6pm of an afternoon, please email your resume to me at BSM@rochedalesouthss.eq.edu.au  including your availabilities, experience and references for consideration.

Interschool Sport Update

Interschool sport commenced last week, Basketball onsite and Netball offsite. Invoices for Netball have been emailed home, please check your inboxes and let me know if you didn’t receive one so it can be resent. Payment plans are available as it was a short notice time frame for payment this time.

We had the basketball and tennis courts cleaned last week in preparation for the basketball competition and think they have come up a treat, lets hope the rain stays away and we can get a decent season in!

Statements sent home this week

As we approach midterm, we will email statements home this week as a reminder of what, if any, fees are still outstanding for the year. We do ask that all Student Resource Scheme payments be finalised by end of this term so that we can finalise our spending for the year, to ensure the students get the most out of the resources. This includes all Laptop SRS and Consumable SRS, unless an agreed payment plan is in place.

Wendy Grocott
Business Manager

CHAPPY CHAT

Next up regarding RESILIENCE…. gleaned from the work of Maggie Dent in her booklet Building Children’s Resilience - One building block at a time, is the impact of meaningful involvement with positive adults..

At school, your child interacts with multiple adults on a daily basis who are safe and positive role models.  But it’s also important to nurture meaningful involvement with positive adults outside of the school environment.  Children need adult role models who will spend time with them, affirm and encourage them, challenge them to grow and improve themselves, adults who will be part of the ‘village’ that raises your child.  These adults will be people who are genuinely interested in who your child is, will be a good listener, caring and empathetic, and someone your child enjoys being with.

You may not have a close support network of adults in your own life but there are things you can do to build relationships with other adults who can be a positive influence in your child’s life:

• Participation in a local sporting club, scouts or similar, with coaches who encourage and build confidence
• Attending a local faith community gathering, local church or mosque, and participating in the children’s programs (youth groups, Sunday school, Quran class)
• Meeting other parents at the park – being intentional about talking with each other’s children, valuing their sharing and asking about things that interest them
• Special visits with relatives who dedicate time to being with your child – reading them a story, playing together outside, gardening or going for a walk together.

*it is recommended confirming that any adult facilitating a children’s activity is a blue card holder and is approved to work with children. 

WHAT’S ON…

Colour Explosion Fun Run SATURDAY 27 August 2pm

Parents – if you can volunteer at the Colour Event please email Chappy Cassie ASAP cassie.love@suchaplaincy.org.au

We need safety supervisors and powder throwers! 

Register now – limited places left!  Registrations close soon!

Start your fundraising at myprofilepage.com.au

1. Limited student registrations still available - must have $10 min. online sponsorship to run
2. Online fundraising ONLY
3. If each person raises $60 we will reach our target!
4. Colour Merchandise Stall will be open selected days in Week 7 on front lawn: tutus, tattoos, leis, bandanas, raffle!!! Watch FB for details.
5. Early check in available to receive your race pack - at the Colour Merch Stall Week 7 (pack includes arm band, head band, glasses, magnet)
6. Non-student family members can run the course for a $2 donation.  $5 donation includes headband and glasses!
7. ALL RUNNERS MUST WEAR GLASSES
8. Wear a white shirt for the best colour impact!!

UPDATES ARE ON YOUR PROFILE PAGE – CHECK ONLINE FOR SPECIAL EVENT INFORMATION

We need some parents to join our Chaplaincy Committee!  Please…

Being on the Chaplaincy Committee involves attending 2 meetings a term (could be evening or after school), and supporting the Chaplain with events throughout the year.  Events include: Pick of the Crop activities, Sorry Day/Reconciliation Week/Naidoc, Chappy Week, Under 8s day, Parent Coffee Mornings, staff appreciation events, and 2 major fundraisers.  If you’d like to know more please contact me.

Blessings,

Cassie Love
School Chaplain: cassie.love@suchaplaincy.org.au  

0434 789 465 (direct work line)

Dear Parents

Term 3 has gotten off to a great start with our fundraising raffle up and running, forms have gone home and we look forward to seeing many more names in the barrel for a chance to win one of the following prize packs -  Scooter, Girl’s art pack, Boy’s art pack, Picnic pack, Quartz wall clock, Steam engine. Tickets $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. All proceeds will go to upgrades for our Tuckshop.

The raffle will be drawn 31 August. Please drop your form and money into the Tuckshop.

This week we successfully ran the Ekka meal deal through our Tuckshop and it was a HUGE success, with over 220 orders placed! We could not have run such an amazing day of tasty food for the children without our wonderful Tuckshop staff and our super team of volunteers. 

Ahead of us this term is the Father’s Day stall, and we are still chasing volunteers to join us and help make it as big a success as our Mother’s Day stall earlier in the year!  Our Father’s Day Stall will be held on Monday 29 August and Tuesday 30 August. We have gifts for Dad’s , Granddad, Grandparents, Grandpa, Pop, and unisex gifts ranging from $1.00 up to $10.00.  Raffle tickets will also be on sale with first prize being a Wonderboom speaker, second prize a Brisbane Lions Packand, third prize is a family pass to the Gingerbread Factory. Tickets will be $1.00.

All classes will have a chance to visit the stall over these two days, and a timetable will be sent home with students shortly.

We are also hopeful to get a disco organised for Term 4, and would be very grateful for any and all help from our wonderful community.

As always, we extend a warm welcome for more amazing members for our P&C! Meetings are monthly and only an hour of parents time, and it’s a great way to keep in the know, and to be actively involved in changes and events happening around the school. 

I personally look forward to meeting more of our beautiful community as the year progresses, and hope to see more faces around our school as our future events unfold.

All classes will have a chance to visit the stall over these two days, and a timetable will be sent home with students shortly.

Danara Blom on behalf of
P & C Secretary

UNIFORM SHOP

Uniform Shop hours:  8:30 - 9:00 Monday & Tuesday .

 Uniform shop is open every Monday and Tuesday morning from 8:30am to 9:00. Our full range of stock is available to order online through FLEXISCHOOLS (through SZapp). Once you have placed your order it will be delivered to your child's classroom.  Please allow 2 days for delivery to the classroom.  

TUCKSHOP

Trading Hours 8.40-2.30

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (Closed MONDAY)

Tuckshop pratices COVID Safe requirements and both myself and Alina (Deputy) have our COVID-19 Safe Online Course Certificates. Tuckshop window will be open at 8.40am. Please send correct money or as close to if possible. If change is required, it will be given to the student at time of ordering. The Window will be open for both breaks for cash sales for ice blocks/snacks. Flexischools is available for online ordering.  Cut off time for placing orders through Flexischools is 8.30am. If you have yet to set up an account with Flexischools, just visit their website www.flexischools.com.au or go through our SZapp - Tuckshop Orders tab.

Thank you to everyone who supported our EKKA Meal Deal Day. It was a huge success, special events like these would not be possible without our amazing volunteers.  A special thank you to those who helped on the day.  

 Melissa Treacy
Tuckshop and Uniform Convenor

2022 Enrolments are now available online.

Would you like to enrol or have a tour please contact us.              E: ars@ymcabrisbane.org

M: 0437 332 970        P: 3841 6613                      

Important messages from your Coordinator

Lost Property

Are your kids missing water bottles, hats and jumpers? Chances are we have it. Our lost property treasure chest is bursting at the seams!

Enrolments & Bookings

The enrolment process is now exclusively online via QKEnrol, and bookings can be made via the My Family Lounge App. If you need to make or cancel a booking with us and the app is not working for you, please send us a text or email and we can make changes to your bookings on your behalf. Below you can find some details that will help with the new online process.

New parents or anyone who needs to register for use of QK Enrol or My Family Lounge can access registration through this website below:

https://www.ymcachildcare.com.au/rochedale-south.html

 Existing parents can log onto this website below:

https://www.qkenhanced.com.au/webui/Account/Logon

Fun Experts

Making the most out of every moment is a great philosophy to live by and kids are naturals at it. Creating and maintaining a healthy environment for children allows them to express their truest selves and voilà, big smiling faces, laughter and good vibes all round. At Rochedale South YMCA we pride ourselves on providing that environment where kids feel free to express themselves and at the same time feel safe and supported to do so.

The YMCA Rochedale South OSHC Team