11 June 2021

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

Hi ELSS families and community,

Edens Landing State School Spirit is alive and well throughout the school. From sport, arts, learning and engagement, students are showing Safe, Respectful and Learner positive behaviours. We are receiving positive feedback from the community and continue to have new enrolments from the area. Thank you to everyone who plays their part to make this a great school. I look forward to coming together for the BUSHDANCE on Friday 18th June.

The foundation of our work is based on Positive Relationships and High Expectations. With these foundations we can Engage, Inspire and Empower EVERY student to a life of choice not chance.

Over the last fortnight, we have had a regional school review which explored our inclusive practices. They have outlined many celebrations and left us with some considerations for improvement. All staff are committed to BETTER and look forward to unpacking the report and sharing with the community.

We have celebrated student achievement at parade, daily staff acknowledge positive student behaviours with tokens and direct praise. Let’s not forget the 1000’s of high fives and thumbs up to students for encouragement. We have also given consequences and re-teaching to a small number of students who are still yet to display SAFE and RESPECTFUL behaviour. We do not tolerate physical or verbal misconduct.

Toys, School Uniform and attendance-

For the majority of our families, a huge thanks for role modelling respect by sending their child/ren to school in full school uniform (outlined in student diary and on website), on time, ready to learn. I urge all families to keep toys, coloured jackets and jewellery at home. Reminder that staff will direct students to put these items in their bags straight away- Pokémon cards, poppers, Beyblades, plush toys, necklaces, bracelet and multi coloured jackets (only school jacket or plain navy blue will do!). The school takes no responsibility for the loss of these items at school as they are not part of our uniform or resources. Please read the information in the student diary. If you have financial hardship with school uniform, we are always ready to assist.

Whole school attendance in 2021 is still below average at 88.8%. Shout out to Year 1, 2 and 5 who have improved their attendance over the last 2 weeks. Our school goal is 93%.

Prep- 86.35
Year 1- 88.88
Year 2- 88.47
Year 3- 89.52
Year 4- 89.50
Year 5- 88.52
Year 6- 91.16

Reminders-

SeeSaw communication:

Communication between home and teachers is a crucial feature of Partners in Learning. Please ensure this communication is kept between work hours and allow for a 24-hour response time by staff.

2021 School Priorities-

Our focus in 2021 at ELSS is about- “GROWTH”- We will build a positive culture for learning with focussed teaching and learning. The target is 75%+ of students achieving A-C in English. Three Priority Areas are: 1. Curriculum. 2- Data. 3- Culture.

Parents are a child’s first teacher. School staff are a child’s second teacher. Our learning walls are a child’s third teacher. Together we are Partners in learning.

Clint Curran
Principal

Deputy Principal’s News

Student Council Fundraiser

Thank you to the many families who have donated chocolates for our Lob-A-Choc stall at Bush Dance on June 18. The more donations we get the more chances everyone has to win a great prize, so please keep those donations coming. If you wish to donate any size or shape chocolate bar, please leave them at the office.

BUSH DANCE is almost here!

Please mark Friday June 18 on your calendar for our Annual Bush Dance. Every class will be performing a dance and the Ran Tan Bush Band has been invited back to perform. Once again, we will have a smorgasbord of entertainment, food and activities for the whole family. Please watch for the flyers which outline this wonderful community event.

We are looking forward to seeing all of our families enjoying the Bush Dance and joining in the fun.

From the Year 4 Team

Our Year 4 students have been cooking up a pancake storm during their speaking task this term. They have had lots of experience in the kitchen to make sure they knew what they need to present. They then channelled their inner chef to teach us all how to make pancakes.

From the Year 5 Team

Year 5 Bush Dance Stall 2021.

The Bush Dance is back and the Year 5 cohort are excited to be running the Lucky Pick stall. This stall replaces the Lucky Jar stall, using the same idea but replacing jars with zip-lock bags. We want our stall to be a big hit so are asking for every child in Year 5 (or any other class) to bring at least one zip lock bag filled with anything you like or items for us to put into zip lock bags. Suggestions: Lollies, lollipops, coloured popcorn, small cars, hair ties/clips and decorations for girls, marbles, toy animals, vouchers, small toys. Please leave Bags/items at the office.

We are also looking for parents to volunteer on the night to help the Year 5 teachers run the stall. If you are able to help for half hour or so, please let your child’s teacher know or complete the note sent home.

Year 5 Switch on to Science!

Does Water Temperature Affect the Ability of Salt to Dissolve?

Our Year 5 students have been busy developing their science skills and working in groups to design their own scientific investigations. Together they have planned their experiments, made predictions, organised materials and recorded their observations.

From the Year 6 Team.

Year 6 students are busily upskilling their research skills in preparation for their move to High School at the end of this year. Students are using laptops and iPads to learn the correct way to note-take and reference from a wide variety of websites, how to check the validity of facts and how to identify which sites are reputable. Students are finding that their explanation writing is improving dramatically, as they can now include more interesting facts and information about a wide range of topics including earthquakes and renewable energy sources.

Yours in Education
Cheryl Gibson
cgibs2@eq.edu.au

Deputy Principal’s News

Hello Everyone, It’s been a wonderful, busy and productive term at Edens Landing State School. So far we have had Pirates Day, Rewards Days and National Simultaneous Story time. All these activities are rich learning experiences to enhance your children’s time at school.

There are 193 school days in 2021. Attendance matters! Every day counts as it is an opportunity to learn. Our Student Planner lists the 4 steps you can help your child/ren to be a learner and ready for school - Make sure they have had breakfast, are in uniform, on time and ready to learn.

All students should have our school planner, why not take the opportunity to read it and check the wonderful information in there.

Year 1:

In Technology this term, Year 1 have been looking at different types of gardens.

They went out to our school garden to take pictures of Raised Garden Beds.

These pictures were then inserted into their Book Creator book that they are making about different types of gardens.

Our Premier, Ms Annastacia Palaszczuk has sent out an invitation to all students from Prep to Year 9 to participate in the Premiers Reading Challenge for 2021. Ms Palaszczuk is challenging all Queensland students to read or experience the allocated Number of books for their reading level (either 15 or 20 books) during the reading period form 10th May until 27th August.

If you would like your child to participate in this event, please register as an ‘individual reader’using the following link.

Please see a flyer with some helpful numbers and activities.

Acting Deputy Principal
Wendy Williams

PBL News

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL) AT ELSS

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL) AT ELSS

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a whole-school framework used in our school to promote positive behaviour. PBL helps us to develop a safe and supportive learning environment, build positive relationships and improve student learning outcomes.

Our school community has worked together to establish simple, clear and explicit expectations for behaviour. Student behaviour improves when students know what is expected of them and when good behaviour is recognised.

Our school takes a proactive, preventative approach, ensuring that all students receive the appropriate level of support to help them to succeed. Our PBL team constantly works to ensure that all students benefit and identified students receive additional support when needed.

Find out more about PBL in this video.

‘Go for Gold’ Day Term 2 – Friday week 10

‘Go for Gold Day’ Term 2 is promising to be the best rewards day ever! The theme for this term is Side Show Ally. The team have designed lots of fun activities as highlighted on the flyer below. Please check with your child how they are tracking with collecting their tokens.

Edens Landing is a PBL School. This means that we explicitly teach students about the behaviour we want to see repeated. The rules are explained on assembly each Friday and teachers follow up with lessons and activities in class.

Rule of the Week

Week 9 & 10 Term 2: I am respectful when I use kind words and an appropriate voice

Over the next two weeks, students will be learning about using respectful words and voice. One strategy they will be exploring is the THINK process. This is a great discussion starter when talking to your children about using kind words and appropriate voice.

Office News

Student statements were sent via email to parents this week, if you have any queries relating to the statements please email the office : office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

SRS REMINDER: 23 July 2021 is the final date for SRS to be paid in full, unless Centre pay deductions are in place.

Excursion/ Incursion permission system

The school is currently trialling a online permission form system, some of you will have already have used it. Parents will receive a text message asking to click on a link, then it will give you the information about the excursion/ incursion via pdf format and an option to give permission. The benefit of this system is parents will have instant access to the information on their phones and not having to look for forms at home. Invoices for payments will remain the same sent via email, bpoint is our preferred method of payment.

Cash Payment No Longer Accepted

The payment window will be open as usual on Wednesday and Friday mornings, 8.30am – 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 8.50am 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

Chappy News

Hi everyone,

On the 2nd of June as part of the Chic Chat program with the year 6 girls, we had a ‘Day of Influence’.

This event was held in our Multi-purpose hall during the middle session, with girls from Beenleigh, Mt Warren and Windaroo State Schools who are currently also doing the Chic Chat program. This day is where we invite an influential person from our community to come and speak to the girls about something that relates to the Chic Chat program.

This time we invited Tess Van Bennekom a motivational speaker. Tess talked to the girls about Influencer’s in our lives, people who might be a good or a bad influence. How others can influence us our actions our feelings etc. and how we ourselves can do things to influence those around us. We learnt that no matter who we are we can make a difference in our homes, schools and community by doing small things to influence others.

A reminder that our next two parents/carers afternoon tea will be on the 10th of June and the 15th of July from 2.15pm to 2.55pm, in the Resource Center. All carers and parents welcome.

Cheers,
Chappy Tricia

P&C News

P&C meetings: 21 June, 6.15pm – Administration Building Staff room.

Tuckshop News

Children absent from school

If you have ordered tuckshop for your child and they are not attending school on that day, PLEASE call the tuckshop DIRECTLY on 38057999 by 8.30am to have their order cancelled. PLEASE DO NOT contact the office staff to ask them to pass on a message to the tuckshop. PLEASE DO NOT leave a message on the absentee line/email that you want tuckshop cancelled. If you do not contact the TUCKSHOP by 8.30am your order will stand and will not be cancelled.

If your child’s order has been cancelled you will have to reorder when you want them to have tuckshop, there is no ability to hold over orders anymore.

Sushi at the Tuckshop

For a limited time only on Tuesday’s we are offering Sushi as part of our tuckshop menu. Orders for Sushi need to be placed by 12:00 noon each Monday. No late orders can be taken, as the Sushi is ordered from an outside company. All orders are to be placed on Flexischools as this is the only way to order Sushi and Tuckshop. Scroll across (on the APP) or click the arrow across (on website) to find the Sushi option.

If you order Sushi and your child is away from school on Tuesday, please contact the Tuckshop by 8.30 am to arrange collection. Your child can have the Sushi on Wednesday but after Wednesday the Sushi will be disposed of as it will no longer be fresh. There is no ability to refund the Sushi once you have placed an order.

Happy Birthday Buckets

This year the Tuckshop is offering Birthday Buckets for $16. Your child will receive a Quelch Fruit Ice Stick for every child in their class (plus one for the Teacher/Aide) and they will also receive a balloon to take home. When ordering please allow one weeks’ notice to be assured that the ice blocks are available and frozen. If you order the morning or day before, the ice blocks may not be in stock or frozen, that is why a weeks’ notice is needed. Click on ‘LOAD MORE DATES’ to find the date and day the following week that you want the Bucket. Please contact the Tuckshop (38057999) on the day you have ordered the Birthday Bucket to confirm the child is at school. The Birthday Buckets can be found in the First Break option in Flexischools. Any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you have not signed up for Flexischools or need help registering please pop up to the tuckshop on either a Tuesday or Thursday morning between 8:30 am – 9:00 am for us to help you set Flexischools up or email the tuckshop at tuckshop@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au or message the P&C Facebook page

Annette Honnery
Tuckshop Convenor
38057999

Uniform News

Uniform Shop is excited to announce it is now officially open, Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am- 9:30am, permanently.

You might think, wasn't it always? Answer: No, it was not!

It was just open Thursday and during covid last year we opened an extra day, and it has continued to work so well, we are keeping the extra day.

Effective and put in place 17.05.2021.

*THE UNIFORM SHOP IS ALSO COMPLETELY CASHLESS WE ONLY TAKE CARD/EFTPOS AS PAYMENT IN THE SHOP.

When coming into the Uniform Shop please follow all the schools Covid Safe plan as stated in the newsletter also on their official Facebook page.

No appointments needed for now so if you miss the Flexischool cut off pop on in and purchase during open hours.

Make sure you like our P&C Association Facebook Page for any updates as we post on there a lot about what is going on and it is also a platform for communication with the P&C.

New jumpers are here! They have the new logo on them, which looks fantastic!

Jumpers with new logo are now priced at $34.00.

Jumpers with the old logo are $31.00 and still available in some sizing. When they are gone, the new jumper with the logo will replace them.

Pricelist:

A new price list is being organised and will represent any new price changes and will be advertised ASAP.

Sports Shirts:

What stock we have left is now up on flexischools and ready for purchasing. Please keep in mind that this is all we have, once gone there is NO MORE coming in. They are $30.00 each and are in sizing 14 and above across the house colours some only have 1 or 2 sizing available which you can see on flexischools.

Flexischools:

Getting online is easy and only takes a few minutes to register. Simply go to the link below click “Register”. 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 is 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.

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

*If you have any uniforms your children have outgrown but that are still in good condition.

You can donate them to the Uniform Shop, we need items so families can still feel like they are purchasing a uniform and not missing out.

Uniform Policy sharing directly from the school’s official website.

Please take note of the sections regarding:

• Footwear
• Socks are white ankle socks (available in the uniform shop.)
• Winter Uniform
• Jewellery/Hair/Makeup

Please contact the school office if you need further clarification on the policy at: office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

Outside School HOURS CARE- OSHC

We have welcomed families back in to sign in and out, Please ensure you do this upon drop off and pick up. If you have not set up a pin number for this please see one of our friendly staff and we will help you set this up.

If your child is attending extra curricular activity you will need to sign a YMCA permission form.

Absences

Please ensure you email, text or call the service if your child will be absent for after school care.

My Family Lounge app

Please use the app to book casual places of mark as absent.

NEW ENROLMENTS

To enrol your child please email the service ael@ymcabrisbane.org

Or follow the OSHC links to register on the YMCA Website

REMINDER: Families need to log in to My family Lounge and resubmit their childs Enrolment form. Booking requests also need to be made. Bookings from 2020 do not roll over to the new year. (Must log in on computer or laptop)

Please use the app to book casual places or Mark as absent.

Information for Families

Family and Child Connect – 13 32 64 or visit the link below:

If you feel that you’ve lost your way or been side-tracked, Family and Child Connect can give you a hand to get back on track.

Important Messages

Reminder to parents and families regarding parking.

Parking is not permitted in the top administration staff car park or in the teachers/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

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