4 September 2020

Newsletter Articles

WHAT: Literacy- Greater than 75% of students will achieve a C standard in English.
HOW: Positive Relationships and High Expectations
WHY: Literacy is the key to a life of choice not chance

Principal’s News

Dear ELSS parents, carers and community,

What hasn’t changed is your continued support and partnership during this challenging time in 2020. Thank you. For the last 6 months, I have been taking direct advice from Queensland Health, and will continue to do so.

I understand your concerns about the recent news about a person associated with the school community having been diagnosed with COVID-19. This person visited the YMCA Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) service operating at our school on 27 August 2020. The Metro South Public Health Unit (MSPHU) has assessed the risks to the school community and advised the Department of Education there is negligible risk to members of the school community. Due to the negligible risk to the school community, Queensland Health have advised the school is safe for students and staff to attend.

Please be assured that our school has been taking all appropriate precautions regarding health and hygiene of students and staff. Rest assured, the health and well-being of your children remains our number one priority. Please continue to be alert to your child’s health and to the health of your family, and to contact your GP or 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84) if you have any concerns. Thanks for your understanding around this.

Again, what hasn’t changed is the schools focus to engage, inspire and empower EVERY student to a life of choice, not chance. All staff work extremely hard to deliver teaching and learning for your students to SOAR to success. Below are some photos of students who have received student of the week awards. This awards are for being SAFE, RESEPECTFUL and a LEARNER.

Below is an article that was shared for parents- 8 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do. How can you help build resilience in your child?

We also have a Triple P Parenting webinar on Tuesday 15th September 10am-11.30am to support building resilient children.

A huge shout out and appreciation to all our Teacher Aides and Support Staff. You are all hardworking and a dedicated team for our school. Thanks for MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

School operations-

• ELSS, like all Queensland Government schools is a non-smoking school. No-one is permitted to smoke onsite or within 4 metres of the boundary fence. Please be mindful of this whilst waiting outside our gates for your children.
• COVID-19 it is important we all work together to keep our schools 'COVID-Safe' environments:

- Keep up the great work with social distancing! Parents please refrain from entering the school grounds unless you have first sought permission from the administration. Remember, adults should stay at least 1.5m apart!

- Remember to practice great hygiene; on your own, and in front of your kids. Sneeze in to your elbow, and wash hands frequently.

- If your kids are showing any signs of illness, they must stay at home. Be on the lookout for persistent runny noses, sore throats, fever or fatigue.

- If you have a link to any people or places advised by Queensland Health, you must get tested and stay home until you receive your results. However if you are still unwell and clear, you must stay at home.

Thank you for your ongoing support in this difficult time. These key messages are important for keeping ALL of us safe.

Continue-

• To support our work, please be reminded of the two foundations of Edens Landing State School- Positive Relationships and High Expectations.
• Our school supervision starts at 8.30am, please do not drop students at school early, we cannot ensure safety.
• Our three PBL school wide expectations are: At ELSS I am SAFE, I am RESPECTFUL and I am a LEARNER

I welcome your feedback, please reach out if you have any questions, ideas or constructive feedback.

Clint Curran
Principal

Deputy Principal’s News

The term is racing past and students are busy working on their assessment tasks. It is very important that students attend school every day so they are best prepared for EVERY child succeeding at Edens Landing State School.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

Parent teacher interviews started this week via phone call. Next week they will continue with Year 1 on Monday, Year 4 on Tuesday and year 5 on Thursday. Thank you to the many families who registered for interviews to share information about students working as Partners in their child’s Learning.

Year 4

Our year 4 students are busy writing and publishing their amazing poems.

Year 5

Thinking like a scientist is EXCITING!

Our ELSS Year 5 students have been enjoying ‘hands- on’ Science to learn about the properties of liquids. They have asked questions, made hypothesis’, conducted experiments, observed and recorded their results to learn about the viscosity of different liquids.

Year 5 Camp

This week our Year 5 students attended their two day school camp at the Runaway Bay Sports and Excellence Centre. They left full of excitement and with a little bit of apprehension about what was ahead of them. They threw themselves into every challenge and activity and showed their teachers how determined they can be. The bus ride home was considerably quieter, with many students sleeping after their big adventure.

These experiences for our students are only possible through the hard work and personal generosity of our staff. Many hours are put into the organisation to make the camp run smoothly, then teachers give up a night with their own families to support their students. If you haven’t already done so. Please take the time to thank the staff who made this camp possible and an enjoyable experience for your children.

Year 6 Camp

Year 6 Camp will take place in week 9. If your child has never been on camp before, please let your child’s teacher know if they are likely to be worried about being away from home. This three day camp is a wonderful opportunity for students to grow as individuals to lead themselves with determination and a positive outlook towards challenges. Those students remaining at school will be involved in an alternate program designed by the Year 6 teachers.

Year 6 information – Transition to High Schoool

Transition to high school is also about the social and emotional changes students will encounter. At times, this can cause anxiety for some of our transitioning students.

Anxiety

• Normal to experience anxiety and worry.
• It helps us to respond efficiently to threat and danger.
• Helpful versus not helpful behaviours
• Ongoing worry or fear associated with a situation
• Anxiousness stops your child participating in activities
• Interferes with ability to complete activities in comparison to peers
• Worries are disproportionate to event
• Anxiety – affects one in 14 children and young people (Beyond Blue, 2019)

What does anxiousness look like?

Physical

Stomach aches, diarrhoea, headaches, sleepiness, trouble sleeping alone, nightmares, difficulty joining in to group activities,

Emotional

• Irritability, difficulty concentrating, crying, requires frequent reassurances, oversensitivity to criticism or feedback
• Avoidance of situations/presentations/school/events/party
• Exhibiting excessive perfectionism when completing a task
• Negative thinking and always expecting the worst

What’s the difference between Anxiety and Stress?

• “With stress, we know what’s worrying us. But with anxiety, you become less aware of what you’re anxious about [in the moment] and the reaction becomes the problem.”
  (David Spiegal, Assoc Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, Stanford University)

Strategies to support anxiousness in children

• Provide validation - It’s okay to feel worried! It’s normal!
• Teach alternatives – breathing techniques, mindfulness, talking to friends.
• Model helpful coping – verbalise “This looks a bit scary, but I’ll give it a go.”
• Recall situations where they’ve succeeded despite being anxious, to strengthen their self-belief they can cope with and manage their anxiety
• Physical activity and engagement in pleasurable activities
• Help build resilience –try to support independence to solve issues

If you are concerned…

• See your GP – A Mental Health Care Plan may be helpful
• Flag it with the Guidance Officer at the high school who can support a plan of attack

Typically, anxiety can be short lived and may disappear as an individual develops coping strategies and learns to deal with stressful situations.

Yours in Education

Cheryl Gibson
cgibs2@eq.edu.au

Deputy Principal’s News

The year 1 students are exploring Characters in books and describing how the author uses words and pictures to describe how a character looks, feels and changes through the story.

To help your child in this learning, parent can ask some questions about how the character feels in different parts of the story, and how they (your child) would act if something similar happened to them

For English over the next few weeks the students in year 2 are writing recounts. To support them in creating a sequenced story and make links to the science concept of life cycles, they went out into the garden with chef to pick the radishes they planted earlier in the term.

Gardening with Chef

On Friday, 1/2 W went to Chef’s garden. Chef and 1/2W talked about the 4 things a radish needs and the things the seed has. It has food, 2 leaves, roots and a stem. Chef pulled out a radish and looked at the roots. And we got to take a radish home.

Written by Chloe

Gardening with Chef

First thing Friday morning, 1/2W went to Chef’s garden to pick some radish to take home. Did you know a seed has four things? It is food, two leaves, roots and the stem.

Written by Peter

In the Garden

First thing in the morning, 1/2W and I went to Chef’s garden to pull out our radish. We talked about the roots, about what plants need and what a seed has in it. We got to take them home and I got a big one. I wonder what it tastes like? We got a photo of us holding our plants up.

Written by Eva

Gardening with Chef

On Friday, 1/2W went to Chef’s garden and Chef showed us how to pull a radish out of the ground. He talked about what a seed has. It has, food, roots, 2 leaves and a stem. We pulled a radish out of the ground. We got our photo taken. Chef helped me pull one of my radishes out of my cup.

Written by Samuel

Gardening

In the morning on Friday, 1/2W went to Chef’s garden to see the radishes. He told us about the roots. We pulled out the radish to take home.

Written by Adam

Playgroup – weeks 2- 9 Next term

Anthea Grant
Deputy Principal

Office News

Semester 2 Inter-School Sport, Prep Incursion

Reminder: To be eligible to participate in Inter-School Sport, the individual student must have no outstanding SRS fees.

2020 Student Resource Scheme

We’ve come to the time of year when SRS payments are overdue, unless using Centrepay. We realise that families have many competing priorities. Remember that school policy outlines that without full SRS payment students will not be eligible to participate in optional activities, including camps, excursions, incursions and Inter-School Sport.

Thank you to those families who have paid in full or are using Centrepay to make payments for the SRS.

If you are experiencing hardship and wish to discuss payment options for the SRS please make an appointment via the office to speak with me.

If you have any questions about this process please contact the office staff for assistance.

Cash Payment No Longer Accepted

The payments window will be open as usual on Wednesday and Friday mornings, 8.30 – 10.30am, for EFTPOS payments. BPoint is the easiest way to pay for school activities. Payment information and a hyperlink are on the bottom left-hand corner of each invoice. The hyperlink makes the payment process very easy, providing a simple and quick link to the payment portal for that individual invoice.

Report Student Absences

Text message your childs absence to 0429 904 926

Text first and last name of your child, date, duration and reason of absence.

to leave a message. Alternatively you may also use the absence email - absences@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au. Please record your child's name, class, date of absence/s and reason for absence.

Late Arrivals

Students who arrive to school after 9.00am must report to the office windows for a late slip prior to going to class.

Change of Details

Please email the school on office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au stating your child’s name and class to confirm your email address and if applicable advise of any contact details that may have changed, to ensure we are able to contact you in an emergency.

Thank you for your continued support

Charmaine Johnson
Business Manager

PE News

$150 Fair Play Vouchers

Edens Landing has been successful in receiving 15 Fair Play vouchers.

Parents, carers, guardians can apply for a voucher valued up to $150 for their child which can be used towards sport and active recreation membership, registration or participation fees with registered activity providers.

There is a limit of one voucher per child per calendar year

You can apply if your child

• is a Queensland resident aged from 5-17 years at the time of application
• did not receive a Fair Play voucher this year
• experiencing financial hardship
• holds, or whose parent, carer or guardian holds a valid Department of Human Services Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card with the child’s name on it

If you meet this criteria, please contact kodon30@eq.edu.au

Interschool Sport

Training sessions have commenced. All students who are a part of an Interschool Sport team need to ensure they attend training sessions.

Touch Football-Thursday and Friday mornings 8am
Soccer- Monday and Wednesday mornings 8am

Junior and Senior Sports Day

Junior Overall Winners- Riley
Team Shield winners – Riley
Track and Field-winners – Nicolson
Overall Champions winners - Nicolson

Age Champions:-

8 year girls - Maya
8 year boys - Nixon
9 year girls - Brooke, Jayde
9 year boys - Lyncoln
10 year girls - Harper
10 year boys - Edward
11 year girls - Paige
11 year boys - Joshua
12 year girls - Ruby, Stephanie
12 year boys - Sami

Overall Age Champion - Sami, Nixon

Congratulations to Jacob who broke the 11 years boys high jump record setting a new height of 1.28m.

Hats

Over the course of the year, lessons will be held on the oval. It is essential that your child/ren has a suitable school hat for all lessons. A note will be issued to students who fail to bring a hat to lessons. If your child/ren is unable to take part in a lesson due to an injury or medical reason, please provide a note.

Yours in Sport

Ken O’Donnell & Michelle Linsdell
Health and Physical Education Teachers

Ken O’Donnell- kodon30@eq.edu.au (grade 4-6)
Michelle Linsdell- mhlin0@eq.edu.au (prep to 3)

P&C News

Next P&C meeting held October 19 at 6.15pm in the Admin Staffroom.

Tuckshop News

Due to the current COVID 19 situation we are NOT accepting money and you can only order tuckshop through Flexischools. Please do not send cash with your children to order tuckshop.

Flexischools cut off is 8.00 am the day of service, please have your orders in before this time. If you have ordered lunch for your child and they are absent from school on the day you have ordered, please contact the TUCKSHOP on 38057999 to let me know by 9.00 am to either cancel or hold over the order for another day. If no contact or late contact is made the order will stand and no refund or hold over of the order will be available. Please do not contact the busy office staff nor leave a message on the absence line, the absence line is for absences ONLY.

There are some new features that have been added to Flexischools. There is now a BEFORE SCHOOL MENU, you can order your children slinky apples, cheese and bacon rolls, poppers, and milk to be picked up at 8.30 am when the tuckshop opens. If you use this service, please make sure your child comes to the tuckshop to pick up their items.

Another addition to Flexischools is an IOU feature. If your child has forgotten their lunch and you are contacted by the office and wish the tuckshop to supply lunch for your child, you will receive a yellow note from the tuckshop letting you know how much you owe. You can then pay that amount on the flexischools IOU feature. For example, if your bill comes to a total of $6.80 then click onto the IOU icon and select the different denominations to the amount of $6.80 (3 x $2 and 4 x .20 c) that amount then is transferred to the tuckshop and your bill is paid. I receive confirmation each time an IOU is paid. It is a fast and simple way to know your bill is paid and as the tuckshop is not accepting money at this time, it is an ideal way to pay.

I have had a few people ask why they cannot find the specific lunch menus whether it be before school, first break, second break and IOU.

If you are using the Flexischools App

• scroll down to FOOD
• swipe across to find the appropriate menu
• click on ORDER for any of the 3 different FOOD selections or click PAY on the IOU section

If you are using the website, the three different food times are at the top, the IOU section is below that and uniforms is below that.

Getting online is easy and only takes a few minutes to register. Simply go to at the link below and click “Register Now”. You will be sent an email with further instructions on how to complete the registration. Once registered, you can start placing orders immediately. If you have any questions, Flexischools provide a great help desk on 1300 361 769, or you can contact them via their website, there is also a highly informative help section on their website. At the current time, their phone lines are not in operation, you can find email contact information on their website.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any issues with tuckshop or would like to come and volunteer. There is no need to stay the whole day, a couple of hours at the most is normally only what is needed. The tuckshop can only provide lunches to children if volunteers help. Many hands make light work.

Have you seen our official P&C Facebook page yet? If not, please search Edens Landing State School P&C Association and click the like button. Important information regarding the Tuckshop will be posted on our P&C page, so have a look to like and follow our page.

Annette Honnery
Tuckshop Convenor
tuckshop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au
3805 7999

Uniform Shop News

The uniform shop will not be open as per normal for term 3, this is due to parents not being permitted onsite during the term (as stated in the school newsletter). What has been done to help during this unusual situation is we have added an additional ordering day. Uniform shop Flexischools orders will now be available for term 3 on the regular day of Thursday and the new day of Tuesday.

This will allow parents to be able to order over 2 days in term 3 and the orders will be delivered to your child in their classrooms on the selected days during middle session.

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, Please email uniform_shop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au or contact the school office on Phone: 3826 0333.

If you are a new family or need new sizing for your child, you are able to email the uniform shop to make an appointment to come and try on and purchase uniforms.

(Eftpos only as there is no cash accepted onsite again in term 3).

Any other questions can be emailed to the uniform shop and will be answered as soon as possible. uniform_shop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

Make sure you like our P&C Association Facebook Page for any updates as they will be shared on our Facebook page.

Getting online is easy and only takes a few minutes to register. Simply go to the link below and click “Register Now”. You will be sent an email with further instructions on how to complete the registration. Once registered, you can start placing orders immediately. If you have any questions, FlexiSchools provide a great help desk on 1300 361 769 (unavailable at the moment so please email them), or you can contact them via their website. There are a variety of payment options supported, including Visa, MasterCard (credit and debit) and Bank Transfer. The system operates via a pre-paid account.

FlexiSchools has a cut off time of:

Monday 4:00pm for Tuesday orders each week,
and
Wednesday 4:00pm for Thursday orders each week.

* If you have any uniforms your children have outgrown but that are still in good condition you can donate them to the Uniform Shop.

Thank you.

Outside School HOURS CARE- OSHC

Vacation care begins on the 21st September. All bookings are to be made via the My family lounge app or your online account. An email will be sent to all families with the program within the next few weeks.

My Family Lounge app is back online
Please Log in on a computer/laptop and request your bookings for Term 3. Current Bookings remain until the end of the year.
Permanent bookings will need to be requested via your online account.
Please use the app to book casual places, Mark as absent
And make any cancellations.

NEW ENROLMENTS

To enrol your child please email the service ael@ymcabrisbane.org
Or follow the OSHC links to register on the YMCA Website
http://www.ymcabrisbane.org

Important Messages

Reminder to parents and families regarding parking.
Parking is NOT permitted in the top administration car park or in the staff car park at any time.

Outside School HOURS CARE- OSHC

Opening times:

Monday to Friday
Before school: 6am – 9am
After school: 2.30pm -6pm

Pay as little as $3.50 per session after ccs

YMCA Edens Landing OSHC

P: 07 3805 1233
M: 0459 899 887
ael@ymcabrisbane.org

Important Dates to Remember

Contact Details

• Have your contact details changed?
• Have you moved address?
• Do we have your current phone number in case of an emergency?
• Are your emergency contacts still current?
• Are you receiving our newsletters by email?
• Do we have your current email address?

PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE TO UPDATE YOUR DETAILS

Phone 3826 0333 or Email office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

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