14 October 2021

From the Principal

Zoe Smith

Hello,

Welcome to Term 4!

The Spring Fair is on and we are now in full swing preparations. The committee are amazing and are committed to making this a great day! WE NEED YOUR HELP! The volunteer roster has gaps to be filled. If you have not yet put your name down to help out, please contact your class rep. The student market stall has some great products and we hope you can come along from 11am to 1pm to have a look and make some purchases! There will also be food, rides, entertainment and fireworks!

This is a big term. We have so many activities happening!

• Year 5 camp 13-15 October
• Year 4 camp 21-22 October
• P&C meeting 20 October 7.30pm
• Sport and Music photos 26 October
• World Teachers Day 28 October
• Spring Fair 6 November
• Year 6 Graduation 7 December

The P&C meeting is on Wednesday 20 October at 7.30pm. All parents are welcome to attend or zoom into the meeting. Please see the P&C for details in how to zoom into the meeting.

We will be starting our student leadership process for 2022 very soon. I wish all of the children who have nominated for positions the best of luck in the process.

Don’t forget we have a public holiday on 29 October! No children come to school that day.

I am going to both school camps this term, so please be aware that I will not be able to respond to communications while away. If important, please call the office rather than email and a Deputy Principal will be able to help you.

Have a great day,

Zoe Smith

Newsletter Articles

Deputy Principal

Maree Hass

Welcome back to term 4, a busy and exciting time especially for our new 2022 preppies who will commence visits to school to start familiarisation with this new environment for them. Please see important dates and events on offer for this term.

Get Set for Prep sessions: Focus on Reading, Focus on Fine Motor Skills, Introduction to Speech & Language Development

At this stage, we will plan to proceed with face to face sessions, although we will have to wait and see health and safety directive. Families must RSVP for these sessions using the booking system (link below0. Please select the sessions you wish to attend as we will have a limited number of spaces for each session.

Session 1: Wednesday Oct 20 OR Friday Oct 22, 9 – 10:30am Focus on Fine Motor Skills
Session 2: Thursday Nov 4, 9 – 10:30 Introduction to Speech and Language Development with our School Speech Language Pathologist
Session 3: Monday Nov 8 OR Friday Nov 12, 9 – 10:30am Focus on Reading

Prep Orientation meetings: Thursday November 25

A letter will arrive at home before this date with details about your child’s class and time to come for orientation as this is in smaller groups.

Meet the class session: Thursday December 2, 9 – 10am

Junior Assemblies in term 4 are at 2pm

Please see the schedule for assemblies for this term below. Parents and care givers of those hosting or performing a class item are invited to join us for Junior Assemblies in the hall. Due to continuing COVID restrictions, please ensure you are wearing a mask. These assemblies will be for all Prep to Year 2 classes. We also like to recognise birthdays and present awards to students from across all classes.

Below is the calendar for term 4 for assemblies:

Deputy Principal

Lisa McKeaten

Date Claimer: Sports and Music Photo Day Tuesday 26th October

The new Date for Public Holiday to replace Ekka Wednesday is Friday 29th October

Safety issue

This week we had an issue with a student bringing a glass water bottle to school. This bottle ended up smashing on the ground and an injury occurred. If you use these type of water bottles at home, please make sure your child doesn’t bring them to school. Any glass items can easily break and cause an injury. I also suggest leaving glass storage containers at home.

Year 6 Graduation – Tuesday 7th December

A ‘Save the date’ flyer was sent home to all Year 6 parents this week, for our Graduation. It will be at the Riverlife church at 17 Mile Rocks again this year. Last year was the first time we had the Graduation at an outside venue and it was very successful, as well as COVID safe. In the next couple weeks, myself and a Year 6 teacher representative will meet with the School Captain’s parents, to start the process involved with organising this event. Everyone will receive further information after this meeting.

Music News

Naomi Lindh

Last week we were able to hold our annual 2 day instrumental workshop for all of our instrumental students. This involved students alternating between full ensemble rehearsals and playing in small groups with a specialist. The workshop had been postponed from term 3 due to the lockdown. It was fabulous to have our hall filled with music again! Students performed a concert for some year levels and although we were not able to have parents/guests present due to space limitations and current COVID guidelines, it provided students with the experience of performing, listening to each other play and the opportunity for some of our students to hear the band and string ensembles. Thank you to our teachers, Mr James Kukulies and Mr Alex Chin, all of our IM students and also our visiting tutors for their hard work over the 2 days. We hope our students enjoyed the opportunity to improve their skills and musicianship at the workshop!

Thank you to the students who have returned an expression of interest to join the instrumental music program in 2022. Our instrumental teachers will meet with all of the students who have returned an EOI and will be considering a range of important factors as part of the recruitment process. Instrumental offers for 2022 will be sent out by the end of the term.

We have been working on arrangements for some musical performances at the Spring Fair. We are now able to confirm that the Senior Band, Junior Choir and Senior Choir will be performing. There are a number of logistical factors we have needed to take into consideration to finalise these plans. We are also organising performances for all instrumental ensembles at an assembly this term. Please see the performance times below. It is important for us to have all members present for these performances. Please note that the Spring Fair performances will be held in an outdoor area in the quadrangle, which means that these performances will also only be possible in fine weather and if restrictions permit, however we hope they will be able to happen.

Additional performances for the string and band students have been finalised for this term. Due to current COVID restrictions, we are inviting one guest/adult per child to the performance. These will be in lieu of a concert, due to our hall space, number of students in the program and current COVID restrictions. Conductors will also be sending out recordings of our choral and instrumental students performing so students have an opportunity to share their music with their families.

We look forward to our upcoming performances!

Performance Schedule

Spring Fair - to be held in the quadrangle

2:00pm - 2:20pm Senior Band - students will be asked to meet Mr Kukulies approximately 30 minutes prior to the performance time
2:30pm - Junior Choir (2 songs)
2:40pm - Senior Choir (2 songs)

Senior Assembly IM performances

Week 4 - 27 October - Beginner Strings, Junior Strings and Senior Strings (one guest per child is invited to attend this performance)
Week 6 - 10 November - Junior Band and Senior Band (one guest per child is invited to attend this performance)

Rehearsal schedule for 2021

Monday 7:45am - 8:30am - Junior Choir (students in years 2 and 3) - in the music room
Tuesday 7:45am - 8:30am - Senior Choir (students in years 4 - 6) - in the music room
Wednesday 7:45am - 8:30am - Junior Strings (this is for second year string students) - in the music room
Thursday 7:45am - 8:30am - Senior Strings - in the music room
Thursday 2:50pm - 4:00pm - Senior Band - in the hall
Friday 7:45am - 8:30am - Junior Band - in the hall

Music teacher contact details

Alex Chin - String teacher and conductor (Wednesdays and Thursdays)
email: axchi4@eq.edu.au
James Kukulies - Band teacher and conductor (Thursdays and Fridays)
email: jkuku2@eq.edu.au
Naomi Lindh - Classroom music teacher and choral conductor (Monday - Friday) email: nclos1@eq.edu.au

Uniform Shop

Michelle Fanning

Hi all!

Welcome to Term 4! I hope you enjoyed the holiday break and had some time for a little R&R.

Time has flown by and here we are coming to the end of another year. Just 8 more weeks!

DRESSES

Please note that due to fabric issues we now have limited stock in our dresses . I will not be ordering any more in the near future so if you know you would like one for next year, please don’t delay!

PLAN AHEAD WITH AN APPOINTMENT

Term 4 is extremely busy with many new Prep parents and new families needing attention. Stock flies out the door in record time so to avoid missing out and waiting periods, you can easily book an appointment ahead of time via the link below.

OPENING DAYS AND TIMES FOR

TERM 4

We will remain appointment only as well as having the online store for easy ordering. The appointment days are Tuesday and Thursday of each week from 8:15am – 10:15am

For any reason you cannot make your appointment time, please cancel online asap so others don’t miss out. When visiting the store, it’s important to enter and exit the school grounds via the Oxley Road gate near the tennis courts. The uniform store is located just to the left of the courts.

ONLINE STORE

The uniform shop has an online store, so if you already know what your child needs you can order and pay online and it will be sent to your child’s classroom.

The online store and appointment bookings can be made via the following link below:

DONATIONS

We are always grateful for donations of 2nd hand uniforms that are in freshly washed clean, saleable condition. We also ask that donations are our SCHOOL BRANDED ITEMS ONLY, so no items from any outside stores. Thank you for your generosity and understanding.

We encourage you to use Eftpos or credit cards when purchasing.

Please be advised that refunds will ONLY be given if you have the original receipt and items should not have been washed, worn and any tags should still be attached.

Email address for school uniform store is:

www.uniformshop@gracevillepandc.org

Thanks everyone
Michelle

Tuckshop News

Tuckshop News 2021 – week 3/4

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Welcome back to Term 4!

How crazy is it that we are now in the last term for the year! We hope everyone has come back from break refreshed and ready to tackle the next few weeks. We are looking forward to seeing familiar faces and new faces drop by and/or volunteer this term. Term 4 is our busiest time of the year so we would LOVE to see you!

THIS WEEKS NEWS

CANCELLING ORDERS:

Please remember that if your child is sick and you have ordered tuckshop for the day then YOU MUST CANCEL THE ORDER BEFORE 8AM USING THE QKR! APP. Any cancelled orders after this time then please give us a call at Tuckshop and we will try and help you.

SUSHI/RICE PAPER ROLLS

Our Wednesday Special is made fresh to order from Cilantro Fresh at Corinda. Don’t forget to get your Sushi and Rice Paper roll orders in by Midday Tuesday every week for Wednesday. Sushi/ Rice Paper Rolls are $3.50 each and you have the choice of:

• Avocado Roll
• Chicken and Avocado Roll
• Chicken and Mayo Roll
• Tuna and Avocado Roll
• Tuna and Mayo Roll
• Chicken Rice Paper Roll
• Pork Rice Paper Roll
• Tofu Rice Paper Roll

ICEBLOCKS

We are still not taking cash over the counter so please order any Iceblocks/Slushies through the Qkr! App for your child.

RETURNING MENU ITEM

SLUSHIES ARE BACK!!! Now we have hit the warmer months we have Slushies back on the menu!

We have 3 flavours – Mango Passion, Strawberry Banana and Purple Lemonade. At $3.00 each they are the perfect cold treat for break time.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns and you’d like to speak with us please email tuckshop@gracevillepandc.org.au or pop in for a quick chat we’d love to hear from you.

See you at Tuckshop!
Alex and Emma
Tuckshop Convenors 2021

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