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Ironside State School
NEWSLETTER
19 February 2015 / Edition 2
2 Hawken Drive
St Lucia QLD 4067
Telephone: 07 3258 3111
DATE CLAIMERS
STUDENT ABSENCE LINE: 3258 3160
[email protected]
Facsimile: 07 3258 3100
Web: www.ironsidess.eq.edu.au
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
SCHOOL LEADERS 2015
20.2.15
Year 1 - 6 Religious
Education Class
Commence
Congratulations to all our school leaders for 2015:
School Captains: Keva C. and Jake H
School Vice Captains: Sophie M. and Tim L.
Chappy Sausage Sizzle
24.2.15
First P&C General
Meeting (6:30pm)
2.3.15
Year 4 Excursion
(4HS, 4C & 4J)
Sports Captains: Cook - Malia G. and Jack D.
Flinders - Eloise D. and Declan J.
Oxley - Ellia W. and Tomas MW.
Sturt - Lucy C. and Archie B.
Library Captain: Areebah K.
6.3.15
Friday Sports
Commence
9.3.15
Year 4 Excursion
(4M & 4B)
12.3.15
Prep - Year 6 Hands on
Art Evening (6:00pm)
18.3.15
Overseas & Australian
Family Network Meeting
(2:00pm)
We also acknowledge the leadership role undertaken by all our Year 6
students who will be recognised through their exemplary role modelling
of the ‘Ironside Way’ and unique Year 6 shirt throughout the school year.
27.3.15
Last day of Religious
Education Class
STOP DROP GO ZONES
19.6.15
International Breakfast
and Concert (7:30am)
Parent Reps Meeting
(2:00pm)
Choral Captain: Cantabile - Annabelle H. and Joseph G.
Legato - Ellia W. and Alexander J.
Music Captains: Band - YingJie W. and Jack D.
Intermediate Strings - Chloe M. and Sam S.
Senior Strings - Lucy C. and Isabel C.
Chamber Strings - Amy S. Amitai R.
Traffic conditions near schools can seriously affect the safety of school
children. The traffic environment around schools is one of the most
complex road transport environments normally encountered by
motorists, and the most complex traffic environment encountered by
children. This is because traffic density and pedestrian movements are
concentrated in short periods of usually 30 minutes in the morning and
15 minutes in the afternoon.
The guidelines are intended to provide a single point of reference for
any organisation or authority involved with, or seeking information
about, traffic management and road safety at schools. Please take time
to familiarise yourself with school zone parking and pick up rules that apply from 7:00am - 9:00am and 2:00pm - 4:00pm at https://
www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/rules/schools/
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Poor driver behaviour not only endangers the lives of our students but also creates havoc for all other drivers
trying to utilise the zones in a lawful manner.
Thank you to our parents who have been using the stop, drop and go zones as they are intended during the
morning and afternoon.
GROWTH MINDSETS IN STUDENTS - Dr CAROL DWECK (AN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER)
In 2015 we will be working towards creating growth mindsets within and beyond the classroom based on the
work of Dr Carol Dweck.
One way parents can really help their children is by carefully choosing the words that are used when they
praise them. Every word parents say and action they perform sends a message to their children. These words
and actions tell children how to think about themselves. Parents should always praise their child’s effort instead
of praising accomplishments. The following table includes some examples:
Do Not Say
Do Say
You are really athletic!
You are so smart!
You really work hard and pay attention when
you are on that field!
You work hard in school and it shows!
Your drawing is wonderful; you are my little
artist.
I can see you have been practising your
drawing; what a great improvement.
You are a great athlete. You could be the
next Tim Cahill.
Keep practising and you will see great results
You always get good grades; that makes
me happy.
When you put forth effort, it really shows in
your grades. You should be so proud of
yourself. We are proud of you!
Yours in Education
Angela Douglas
Principal
NEWS FROM MS RUDDICK
2015 JAPAN STUDY TOUR
Expressions of Interest for Years 5 and 6 students to participate in the 2015 Study Tour to Japan in the September
School holidays was sent home yesterday. Please return any forms by Tuesday 24 February.
NOHARA PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HAGA, JAPAN
Since 1981, Ironside students have been visiting the Nohara Primary School in Haga, Japan. Sadly due to low
enrolment numbers, the school is closing and joining several other schools to form the New Haga Primary School
in early April. A closing ceremony at the school is being planned for Sunday 1 March by the Nohara Primary
School Community. I have organised for a small tree to be planted with a special plaque placed near the tree
to commemorate the 34 years of friendship between Ironside State School and Nohara Primary School.
OVERSEAS AND AUSTRALIAN FAMILY NETWORK
Thank you to the many families who attended our first meeting yesterday afternoon. The following countries
were represented: Indonesia, Peru, South Korea, Norway, Japan, United Kingdom, St Lucia in the Caribbean,
Jamaica, Zambia, China, Pakistan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Iceland and India.
Our next meeting is planned for Wednesday 18 March at 2:00pm in the EAL/D classrooms near the staffroom.
We will start planning for Ironside’s International Breakfast and Concert which will be held on Friday 19 June.
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PARENT REPS
Thank you to the parents who attended last week’s meeting and for taking on this very important role. Once
the mail merge of all e-mail address has been completed, I will forward a copy of the minutes from the meeting
to you.
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 19 March at 2:00pm in the staffroom.
HANDS ON ART EVENING
Important Calendar Date:
Wednesday 12 March 2015
Commencing at 6:00pm and concluding at 7:30pm
This is a fun evening for all students from Prep-Year 6 and their parents to attend. The Chamber String Orchestra
will be performing at the beginning of the evening. Approximately 30 art/craft activities will be set up for this
event which will be held in the Hall, in the Library Basement, near J Block and on the Oval. Entry fee to attend is
a gold coin donation which will go towards the cost of materials for the activities. The Friends of the Art
Committee will be providing refreshments and there will be a stall selling calico bags and cards showing art
work from our 2014 Ironside students.
If any overseas families would like to show and teach a particular art/craft from their country, please contact
me or our Artist in Residence, Mrs Clare Dyer. Already our Japanese community has offered to teach the art of
origami as one of the activities.
Students attending this event must be accompanied by at least one parent.
WELCOME BUSH DANCE AND BARBEQUE
Thank you to the families who attended the Bush Dance and BBQ organised by the Chaplaincy Committee on
Saturday 7 February. It was great seeing so many families having fun dancing and participating in other
activities.
CHAPPY SAUSAGE SIZZLE
Just a reminder that there will be a sausage sizzle during first break on Friday 20 February. Cost is $2 per sausage
on bread with sauce.
Congratulations to all our students who received their leadership badge at Ironside’s Investiture Assembly on
Monday and a special congratulations to Year 6 student Alexander J. who became Ironside’s first Star of the
Month.
I am taking two week’s long service leave from Wednesday 25 February and will be back at Ironside on
Wednesday 11 March. During this time, I will be travelling to Japan and will be visiting Nohara Primary School
and the Kobe University School, Akashi. If time permits, I will visit Tomiokahigashi Primary School in Sakai. I look
forward to seeing you all on my return. Mrs Lewis will be acting Deputy Principal in my absence.
To all our Chinese families – Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy New Year)
Kind Regards
Janice Ruddick
Deputy Principal
NEWS FROM MR KNIGHTS
CYBERSAFETY
The culture of a school is set by the Administration team and teachers, but it is students and parents that can
really make it strong. When students feel empowered to work with adults, to create opportunities for positive
relationships and make commitments to engage in positive behaviours they can establish a positive peer group
culture that makes a huge contribution to the school culture. Teaching your child to be cybersafe will help
them to engage with the online world safely, responsibly and discerningly and can assist to protect them from
online risks.
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Sometimes children are faced with online situations that they simply don’t know how to handle. Common
cybersafety issues for children include cyberbullying, accessing or sharing inappropriate content and
protecting their personal information. Children and young people must have the knowledge and skills they
need to prevent bullying and other inappropriate behaviours they see online, to intervene effectively when
incidents occur, to celebrate diversity, and to promote friendship and positive social behaviours.
This year we will again invite INESS and Mr Brett Lee to speak with all students and parents regarding safe and
protective behaviors when online.
BEFORE SCHOOL
If you arrive before the bell (8:15am onwards) then students are expected to go to a supervised area. For
students in Prep - Year 2, you are required to go under G Block. For Students in Years 3 - 6, you are required to
go to the Library Basement.
YEARS 3-6 TEACHER/PARENT SESSIONS
Thank you to all parents who attended the parent information sessions. In the coming weeks there will be an
opportunity to meet one on one with the teacher to discuss your child’s progress. Notes and times will go home
with students so please ensure to check bags.
INTERSCHOOL SPORT
If there are any outstanding sport forms yet to be handed in please make sure they are returned to Ms Walters
as soon as possible.
MOBILE MUSTER
Its time to clear out the old phones from drawers and send them in for recycling. Drop them into the front office
and they can be added to our cache. This year we are aiming for 10kg of phones.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE)
Religious education starts tomorrow and will conclude in week 9. If there are any concerns regarding classes
please contact the front office.
COMBINED CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
As part of an holistic education, the opportunity to conduct weekly classes in Religious Instruction (RI) is
provided by Education Queensland in Year 1-6 in Queensland. Here at Ironside State School, accredited
representatives from local faith groups conduct 30 minute classes each Friday in the middle session, following
curriculums approved in accordance with Education Queensland guidelines. RI starts this week at Ironside but
you may still wish to consider opting in to the program.
In 2014 a Combined Christian RI- group was established. This is a group of 6 local Churches ( St Lucia Uniting,
Chinese Christian Church, St Lucia Bible Church, Christ Community Church, Taringa Baptist and 5:17
Church) which has come together to teach a common curriculum of the central beliefs of all Christian groups.
If you would like to see these curriculum documents or have further questions then please contact Karen
Grenning ([email protected] or 0408493421 or Peter Lockhart 0412921242). Alternatively you might like
to look at the website www.whysre.com.au, which is the website for Christian Education Publications, which is
the curriculum used in Year 1 and 6.
We would encourage you to consider religious education as an opportunity to help your child engage in the
religious dimension of life and the community in which we live.
Adam Knights
Deputy Principal
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YEAR 3 NEWS
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P&C News
The work of the Ironside State School Parents and Community Association, its sub-committees and working
groups make an important contribution to the school. If you are new parents I would strongly encourage you to
check out the work of the P&C at https://ironsidess.eq.edu.au/Ourcommunity/PandC/Pages/PandC.aspx
P&C ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At the AGM on Tuesday 10 February, the members of the P&C Executive and Sub-committees stepped down. A
number of the P&C Executive Committee were filled, as follows;
Ray Osborne
- President
Michelle Johnson
- Vice President
David Whytes
- Assistant Treasurer
This left a number of important vacancies to be filled. Subsequent to the meeting, interest has been expressed
for the position of Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary and Assistant Secretary, and it is strongly anticipated
that these people will be voted onto the Executive at the first P&C General Meeting to be held in the staff room
at 6:30pm on Tuesday 24 February 2015. There is still a vacancy for a Vice President, and for a Swim-a-thon and
Skip-a-thon co-ordinator, which I am confident, will soon be filled. A full list of the P&C Executive will be
published in due course.
The positions on the Shops and Swim Sub-committee’s were filled, as follows:
Shops Chairperson
- Laurel Zaicek
Shops Treasurer
- Treena Wigin
Shops Secretary
- Tim Noble
Swim club Chair
- Jon Irons
Swim club Treasurer - Melissa Lennon
Swim club Secretary - Chris Cashion
BBQ coordinators
- Isobel Khursandi/Karen Freeman
Other positions filled were Care & Concern Coordinator – Karen Barazza, and Spring Fare Coordinator – Michelle
Johnson. The majority of the people on the Sub-committees served in 2014, and I thank them for their continuing
support of the important work of these sub-committees.
P&C SHOPS – VOLUNTEERS
We are still in DESPERATE need of volunteers for the Tuckshop and Uniform and Bookshop for 2015. We will not be
in a position to open the shops unless we can fill a monthly roster. Unfortunately this is not an idle threat, but a
reality, as it is not physically possible for a Tuckshop coordinator to provide the service, other than processing the
on-line orders, so PLEASE consider volunteering your time. You are more than welcome to volunteer with a
group of friends to make the day more social. You can volunteer for the tuckshop by emailing [email protected] or for the Uniform and Bookshop on [email protected]
TUCKSHOP
At the end of last term Gina Noble was appointed as one of two tuckshop coordinators, and will job share the
role with Iana. There is a new tuckshop menu for Term 1 2015. There are many new items and we have worked
to make some of our existing items healthier. A number of items, however, have had to be dropped from the
menu as a result of the lack of volunteers, as these items require preparation time, and cannot be provided if
there are insufficient people in the tuck Shop.
P&C GENERAL MEETING
The P&C General Meeting to be held in the staffroom at 6:30pm on Tuesday 24 February 2015. You don’t have
to be a member of the P&C to participate in the meeting; all parents and citizens are welcome. If you were
thinking of joining in we would love to see you there. A form can be found at
https://ironsidess.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/
Documents/P%20and%20C/pandc-application-for-membership.pdf
Sincerely,
Ray Osborne
President Ironside State School P&C Association
[email protected]
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MUSIC NEWS
BAND STUDENTS – Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
SENIOR CONCERT BAND REHEARSAL (continuing & advanced students)
What an excellent turn-out to our first two Senior Concert Band rehearsals for the year. The band is
already sounding fantastic!
It’s so nice to be back into the routine of weekly lessons. Please remember to check your timetable for your
weekly lesson time so that you can always be punctual to lessons. Remember to bring a pencil and eraser to
lessons and band rehearsals.
ADULT STARTER PROGRAM
The Adult Starter Program commenced on Wednesday 11 February and will continue for the next five weeks on
Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm-8:30pm in the Indooroopilly State School Hall. Please contact John Grainger
for more information if you would like to participate. This program is available to all parents/guardians and
friends.
Happy music-making!
Ms Janelle Lee Long ([email protected]) & Mr John Grainger ([email protected])
Instrumental Music Teachers - Band
SPORT NEWS
DISTRICT SWIMMING
Congratulations to the 14 Ironside Swimmers who competed at St Peters last Tuesday at the District Swimming
trials. A fantastic performance by Ironside overall, with 11 of our students subsequently selected into the District
team!! What an amazing effort and we wish the following students all the best at the Met West trials at Chandler
on the 25th of this month:
1. Lucy C
2. Iris L
3. Sophie M
4. Molly N
5. Lara O
6. Joshua C
7. Jake H
8. Willem H
9. Xavier K
10. Peter W
11. Max Z
FRIDAY SPORT
Parents and guardians, if you could please ensure your child in Year 5/6 returns their Friday sport slip to their
classroom teacher signed and complete with three preferences as soon as possible, that would be greatly
appreciated. I hope to have sports allocated by mid next week, as the program will begin on Friday 6 March.
Thank you for your patience and support.
REPRESENTATIVE SPORT
Students born in 2003, 2004 & 2005 are eligible to trial for a range of team sports to represent the West Taylor
Bridge District, which leads to regional & state representation. Students wanting to trial for any sport (trials held
after school except Tennis) must be of a very high standard and have experience in the game either at school
or club. A sporting calendar will be uploaded to the sport page of the Ironside website (under the Extracurricular tab) as soon as possible.
There is a sign-up sheet outside Miss Walters’ office in J-block to nominate for a trial which has more information
and a list of sports. Trials will be beginning soon for a number of team sports, so all interested students are asked
to ensure they listen out for announcements and see Miss Walters as soon as possible. If you would
like further information please don’t hesitate to contact Miss Walters.
Sarah Walters
HPE Specialist
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ART STUDIO UPDATE
Welcome to the first Art Studio update for 2015.
Year 1 and 6 are currently coming to the studio for their 4 weeks of Art Studio, and the
Year 2’s will be coming next. For those new to the school, each class has the
opportunity to come to the Art Studio for an hour lesson in a 4 week block twice a
year. As an Artist-in-Residence, I collaborate with the class room teachers and often
base my program on the curriculum they are covering in their classroom but extend
that concept to explore different art materials, techniques, art concepts and a little
art history thrown in as well.
For example; the Year 1’s are studying emotions in their
classroom. In the Art Studio we looked at how artists use
COLOUR to convey an emotion. At one stage Picasso
painted with predominately blue paint to show the
sadness he felt after the death of a friend. This is known
as his “blue period”. In other art works yellow is often
used to show happiness, green is calm and red shows
anger. We then explored how emotions are expressed
using our eyes, eye brows and mouth and used this
information to draw portraits of Happy, Sad, Calm and
Angry, then coloured them using an appropriate colour.
Here are some of the results.
This week we had the opportunity to print
using Liquid Amber leaves on black paper, we then used foam stampers
to apply autumn coloured paint. Don’t they look effective!
Year 6’s are studying landscapes. We are focusing on how space or
depth is shown in art by Scale (things further away are smaller), Detail
(more detail in closer objects), Colour (paler and bluer in the distance),
Perspective and Overlap. After a brief history of landscape painting
each student chose a photo of an Australian landscape. They then used
black oil pastel to simplify and draw in the main shapes in their
landscapes. We learnt about different watercolour techniques including
wet-on-wet, wet-on dry, oil pastel resist, pen and ink, salt and three
different ways to paint a sky. These are not finished yet but I thought I
would show you some work in progress.
Clare Dyer
Artist-in-Residence
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TUCKSHOP NEWS
Term 1: Week 5
Date
Tuckshop
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
23/02
24/02
25/02
26/02
27/02
Date
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Homebake
23/02 Lisa Foster, 2 volunteers required
24/02 Nadia Fernandez, Andrea Webb-Jolly, 1 volunteer required
25/02 Min Chen, 2 volunteers required
26/02 Mara Christa, 2 volunteers required
27/02 Lisa Foster, 2 volunteers required
Kathryn Page, 2 volunteers required
Akiko Kitano, Maki Mogis, 1 volunteer required
Theresa Ryan, 3 volunteers required
Uni Yang, 3 volunteers required
Wendy Nicholson, Audrey Jourbert, Behnaz Behi
Term 1: Week 6
Date
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Date
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Tuckshop
02/03
03/03
04/03
05/03
06/03
Jackie Clark, Ai Nakanishi, 1 volunteer required
Chunxuan Shen, Emma Parr, 1 volunteer required
Nicole Seeto, Nadira Pathirana, 2 volunteers required
Xiuli Xu, 3 volunteers required
Audrey Joubert, Hanae Harvey, 1 volunteer required
Homebake
02/03
03/03
04/03
05/03
06/03
Jyothi Madala, Laura Bridger, Eva Simak
Treena Wigan, 2 volunteers required
Genevieve Bruce, 2 volunteers required
Katrina Samios, Isobel Khursandi, Karen Freeman
Rebecca Schwennesen, 2 volunteers required
TUCKSHOP AND HOMEBAKE VOLUNTEERS FOR 2015
We urgently require more volunteers for the 2015 roster. Forms were sent home with all students last week. If
you are able to help out one day each month in the Tuckshop we would love to hear from you! Either
complete the form and send back to us via the Tuckshop box in your child’s classroom or send an email to Iana
or Gina.
Currently we have no volunteers on the 2 nd Tuesday 3rd Monday of each month and we require additional
volunteers on 1st Tuesday, 1st Thursday, 2nd Monday, 2nd Thursday, 4th Monday, 4th Wednesday and 4th Thursday
of each month. If we don’t get volunteers over the counter sales will not be available on those days.
If you were volunteering in 2014 and would like to go on this year, please, re-register using details below.
Iana Golitsyna (0407 893 711)
Gina Noble (0405 064 132)
Tuckshop Conveners
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Come and try Cubs and Scouts
Sunday 22nd February
9:50 am to 12:45pm
31 Woodstock Avenue, Taringa
Scouts provides young Aussies aged 6 to 25 with fun
and challenging opportunities to grow through
adventure.
The Taringa-Milton-Toowong Scout Group is an active
Scout Group and we would be happy for you to visit
and learn more about our activities on our open day
followed by a sausage sizzle.
Activities include:

Camp fire & Marshmallow toasting

Water slide

Construction

Games

Bazookas
For more information please contact us at
[email protected] and register on the day.
Bring some coins for the sausage sizzle, towel,
covered shoes and clothes to get wet in.
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