October 30, 2014
ISSUE 34
From the Principal, Errol Slingsby
([email protected]
[email protected])
Teachers Take A Bow
This week I am going to be a little indulgent and reflect on the value of
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my own profession - Teaching. This Friday 31 October is World
Teachers Day and it is an opportune time to reflect on the work done by
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our teachers every school day. While parents and guardians are, and will
remain a child's first and most influential educator, it is a teacher who
is charged with enhancing this learning through providing a program of
formal education. Teaching has always been a complex profession
requiring a mixture of skilled pedagogy, a deep and wide knowledge of
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curriculum, knowledge of how children learn, and large amounts of
patience and understanding. Similar to other professionals a teacher
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Snr Parade 2.20pm
School Hall
Instrumental Music
Information Night for
Offered Students
6.30pm School Hall
Yr 5 Leadership
Workshop
Last day of Interschool
Sport
Parade Cancelled
continues to be a learner for as long as they are in the profession. It is
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a never ending quest to acquire the knowledge, skill and understanding
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that will best equip our students for the world they will inherit. Therein
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10.30am School Hall
lies the rub - that future world is increasingly unpredictable. Each new
advance in technology accelerates the rate of change in our society and
Remembrance Parade
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Jnr Rotary Award Night
subsequently the relative value of particular skills and knowledge to
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that society. Today's teachers, in contrast to past decades, continually
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have to adapt to a changing educational landscape. Through all of this
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change our teachers strive to provide the best possible education for
every student in their care and I believe they are doing a fantastic job.
Friday 7 November is Tuckshop Day
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Jnr Parade 2.20pm
School Hall
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I would like to take this opportunity to express a special thank-you to
Sandra Dickinson and her band of volunteers who provide the students
G20 Public Holiday
Meeting Place Concert
Hall 9.30am – 11am
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and staff of Indooroopilly State School a wonderful menu every day.
Snr Parade 2.20pm
School Hall
Over the years I have seen tuckshops develop from a service to
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Yr 1 Reverse Garbage
provide occasional treats for children to an essential service to assist
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Workshop 9am-3pm
Mums and Dads to provide a healthy lunch for their children on a daily
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Yr 6 & 7 MAD Day
basis. Our school would not be the same without the tuckshop and we
owe a huge debt of gratitude to Sandra and volunteers who ensure its
success.
School Dance
From the Deputy Principal, Jill Elsworth ([email protected])
Reminders:
Brisbane G20 Holiday, Friday 14 November. SCHOOL IS CLOSED FOR THE DAY.
International Teachers Day Friday 31 October. Please send a note of gratitude to your teacher.
2015 Year Level Booklists have been distributed this week.
2015 Student Leadership Selection Process
This week Mr Slingsby and I had the privilege to speak personally with each of the 24 nominees for the
school captain positions in an interview. We were very impressed with the manner in which each student
attended the interview and confidently discussed his/her ideas for the future of our great school. Every
nominee was certainly proud of the school and took real pride in his/her own personal achievements and
opportunities offered by our staff. Thank you to all our interviewees.
Six students were shortlisted to go to the next level of the process: the 3 minute speech and voting by the
Year 5 cohort. The students vote for 1 girl and 1 boy school captain in 2015. The successful school captain
positions are announced on Thursday 6 November to the Year 5 cohort and school. School captain nominees
who are not successful then have the opportunity to go onto the ballot papers for their other selected
positions.
The other leadership positions are voted upon by Year 5 students on Wednesday 12 November. The tech
captains are informed of their position wins immediately after the vote but all the other positions are
announced to the community at the Awards Parade on Wednesday 3 Dec at 11.30am.
Good luck everyone and we are proud that you are giving leadership a go.
Band and Strings Music Fest and Competitions
INTERMEDIATE STRINGS: Congratulations on receiving a Silver Award at Music Fest on 18 October. A
fantastic result.
SENIOR STRINGS: Congratulations on receiving a Platinum Award at Music Fest on 18 October. An
outstanding tribute for our senior students. Thank you Mr Thompson for all your efforts in preparing our
students for these Music Fest competitions.
SENIOR BAND: Congratulations on receiving a Gold Award at Music Fest on 22 October. A great night of
outstanding music. Thank you Mr Grainger.
JUNIOR STRINGS: Congratulations on receiving a Silver Award at Music Fest on 25 October. Well done to
our youngest ensemble. Thank you Mr Thompson.
JUNIOR BAND: Congratulations on receiving a Gold Award at Music Fest on 29 October. A night to celebrate
with our young musicians. Thank you Mrs Lee Long.
Student Council’s News: Next meeting Friday 21 November at 8.00am in the Library.
Our Student Council will be holding a Wear Purple And Crazy Hair Day on Thursday 6 November to raise
awareness and funds for research into Epilepsy. Come to school looking wacky for a gold coin donation.
Our school dance will be held on Friday 28 November for Prep to Year 7. Parent Reps will be again asking for
parent support to assist with supervision in the near future.
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Thank You To These Special Kids: Kids Magical Trivia Day
This year we had some outstanding fundraisers with fantastic sponsors supporting their responses for the
Trivia Day. Our Year 6 students were the MCs for the day and did a wonderful job entertaining the year
levels and asking the trivia questions. A big thank you to the following students for helping to raise $7,000:
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Andrea
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Stella
1A
Kerstin
4E
Emily
2D
Thai
Urgent Request: Plastic Shopping Bags for Recycling
Outside the Tuckshop will be a container for plastic shopping bags. We are collecting these so that the mums
who sort the lost property can put clothes in the bags and return them to the student at the end of term.
Please help by sending in your bags.
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion - Ms Janelle Lee Long ([email protected])
Mr John Grainger ([email protected])
Band Students
Many congratulations to members of the Junior Concert Band who performed at Ferny Grove State School as
part of MusicFest 2014 last night and won a Gold Award.
Upcoming Performances & Important Reminders
*All Groups Semester Concert – Wednesday, 19 November 6 for 6:30pm
*Year 6/7 Music Excursion Day – Tuesday, 25 November 9am-1pm. Permission slips have been distributed and
must be returned to the school as soon as possible.
2015 Recruitment
Parents or Guardians of students who accept enrolment to commence participation in the Instrumental Music
Program in 2015 will be required to attend an information evening on Tuesday, 4 November at 6:30pm in the
hall.
From the Deputy Principal,
Principal, Karen Newton ([email protected])
Calling All Volunteers
The staff and students of Indooroopilly State School are grateful to all the generous parents and citizens
who share their time and talents with us without any compensation. Volunteers are worth their weight in gold
and we feel it is crucial to acknowledge your contributions and let you know you are valued. To thank you for
your work and support this year, you are cordially invited to our Volunteers’ Concert and Morning Tea on
Tuesday 2nd December 2014
9:30am to 10:30am
Indooroopilly School Hall
To attend, please RSVP via email to Karen Newton - [email protected] by Monday 24th November. In your
email please provide the following details; your full name, the capacity in which you volunteer at the school.
Looking forward to hearing from you all. Please see the formal invitation at the back to this newsletter.
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Music News, Margaret Hoey ([email protected]
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Music: Count Us In
Today at 11.30am Indooroopilly State School students joined the nation of voices to sing ‘Paint You a Song’.
Count Us In (MCUI) is Australia’s biggest school initiative, with more than 500,000 participating students
from over 2,100 schools nationwide. Growing in reach and impact since 2007, MCUI exists to support
teachers to deliver music in the classroom, addressing a lack of training and experience in this specialist area.
Music education has been proven to improve students’ literacy, numeracy, school attendance and confidence.
Music: Count Us In brings teachers, parents, students and the music industry together in celebration, as
more than half a million people unite to sing the same song at the same time, right across the country.
Why is Music: Count Us In needed?
In late 2005, the federally-funded National Review of School Music Education was handed down. The Review
found that most students miss out on meaningful music education in schools. It said that we needed to lift
the status of music in schools, to remind teachers, parents, principals, kids and the community about the value
and benefits of learning music.
What are those benefits?
Decades of research shows that learning music can help students’ self-confidence, self-discipline and team
work. It can help students engage in school, can improve school attendance and can even help students make
healthy life choices. There are also strong links between music learning and academic skills in literacy and
numeracy. Research shows that music is unique in its flow-on benefits to students who learn it.
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Chappy’s Chat, Julia Banks
The Excitement Of A Shoebox – A Story from Cambodia
The day has finally arrived and the air is full of excitement. We’re in Siem Reap, Cambodia – an area filled
with poverty. The children are in neat rows waiting patiently for our arrival. After a few games, the
shoeboxes are handed out quickly because we’re just as excited as they are. The countdown begins… “3, 2, 1,
OPEN THE BOX!”
The air erupts with squeals of delight as each child dives into their box. Things that we take for granted are
clutched as if they were the most precious gift. A young girl with unkempt hair discovers a hairbrush and her
face breaks into a smile as she immediately begins to run it through her hair. A boy finds a brand new pair of
shoes but only tries them on for a moment so they don’t get dirty! A few children only peek into their box
before closing it and hugging it tightly, this is the first gift they have ever received and they want to
examine it in private.
Indooroopilly – A Generous Community
It is so exciting to see the pile of shoe boxes growing in the office and to hear the stories of students using
their pocket money to buy gifts for an unknown child in another country so they can know they are important
and cared for. Thank you Indooroopilly families for being a part of Operation Christmas Child and making a
difference in a child’s life.
There are still a limited number of boxes available at the school office. If you are using your own box they
need to be no larger than 30x21x12cm. If you pay for postage online you can track your box and find out
which country it gets delivered to.
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GIFT-FILLED SHOE BOXES + $9 FOR POSTAGE NEED TO BE DROPPED AT THE OFFICE BY FRIDAY
7TH NOVEMBER.
6 things to light up the world of a child in need (remember all items need to be new):
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SOMETHING TO LOVE: Teddy bear, doll, soft toy
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SOMETHING FOR SCHOOL: Exercise book, pencil case, pens, pencils, colouring pencils, sharpener,
eraser, chalk
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SOMETHING TO WEAR: T-shirt, shorts, underwear, cap, beanie, sandals, thongs
SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH: Tennis ball, cars, skipping rope, marbles, musical instrument, yo-yo,
slinky, finger puppets, wind up torch (no battery operated items)
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SOMETHING FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE: Soap and face washer, toothbrush (no toothpaste),
hairbrush, comb, hair-clips, scrunchies
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SOMETHING SPECIAL: Carry bag, sunglasses, bangles, necklaces, craft kits, stickers
What NOT to pack in a shoe box:
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items that leak or melt (including toothpaste, shampoo, bubbles, playdough, batteries)
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food or lollies
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used or damaged items
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breakable items (glass, ceramics, mirrors)
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items that can scare or harm a child (toy guns)
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gambling-related items (playing cards, play money)
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anything of a religious, racial or political nature
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Tuckshop News
TUCKSHOP ROSTER WEEK 5 TERM 4
Monday 3 November
Yvonne Veremaito
Thursday 6 November
HELP NEEDED
Friday 7 November
Angela Perry
Ida Kusz
Tuesday 4 November
Suja Mathew
Forough Ghasemi
Wednesday 5 November
Karen Donchak
Nayana Ketter
Community News
Kenmore State High School
German Immersion and Extension Program
Are you beginning secondary school at Kenmore State High School as a Year 7
student in 2015? Would you be interested in doing the highly successful and
regarded German Immersion and Extension Program? Where even HPE is taught in
German!! There are still a few places left in COG (Click onto German – laptop class).
Contact the GIEP Admin Officer on 3327 1538 for more details. https://kenmoreshs.eq.edu.au
For Sale
1 / 4 size Violin, Montanari , only played for 1 year
Includes bow, case and KUN shoulder rest
$150.
For more information call Ingrid on 0400779544 or email [email protected]
STUDENTS TRANSFERRING (YEARS PREP – 5)
My child/children will be transferring from Indooroopilly State School at the
end of this term to
_______________________________________________ School in 2015
Child/Children’s Names: _______________________Class: ____________
________________________Class: ___________
________________________Class: ___________
Signed: ______________________________________________
Date: _________________________________________________
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS GROWING
AT INDOOROOPILLY STATE SCHOOL
And so is the School Garden!
The ISS Growing Community has hosted a very
successful working bee. Planting herbs, okra, beans,
beetroot and silver beet and a few flowers to attract
bees and deter pests.
Thank you to the 5 families that came – what a
satisfying morning of work!
You’ll see we’ve covered the garden with shade cloth
and straw mulch to protect our little seedlings from
this heat and keep the soil moist and cool.
But there are Sunflowers and more vegies to be
planted!
Next Working Bee
8 November at 9.00
Please come and join us and have a hand in creating
something beautiful that our kids will remember.
Bring tools and gloves and don’t forget hat, sunscreen
and water bottle. Children welcome!!
RSVP to Sue Bentley
[email protected] OR 0422 000 976
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