17 September 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,

Welcome to the end of term 3. We have been thrown many challenges however I am extremely proud to see ELSS rise to the challenges. We have celebrated success, engaged with the community and seen students SOAR with their learning. Our mission is to Engage, Inspire and Empower EVERY student to a life of choice not chance… I see this daily in my walk throughs into classrooms.

The term three 95&0 Pizza and Disco for students who have an attendance rate 95% or above and 0 major behaviour incidents in this term was fantastic. We had 412 students invited to eat and dance in celebration. I have laid down the challenge for more numbers in term 4. Will your child join the 95&0 club?

The start of term 4 will see many events- Life education, hearing screeners, GALA Sport, ELSS soccer participation, Prep excursion, Public Speaking event, Fireman visit. I am sure after a well-deserved break; our students and staff will continue on the journey to ELSS improvement.

On behalf of all the 80 staff at Edens Landing State School, I hope you have a wonderful school holiday, stay safe and enjoy the opportunity to refresh. Our 700 students have successfully worked through different learning challenges. Congratulations and thanks for being partners in learning.

Reminders-

• PUBLIC HOLIDAY- MONDAY 4 OCTOBER: ELSS will be CLOSED.
• Meeting with any ELSS staff member is still by appointment only. If you wish to meet with a teacher, please contact them directly. If you wish to meet with a member of the Administration team, please contact office during business hours or email office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au
• Respectful conduct is expected by all staff, students and families at ELSS. This is covered in our code of conduct for face to face meeting, email and social media. Let’s be kind to ourselves and others.

Attendance, Uniform and celebration-

Congratulations ELSS village!! We have moved our whole school yearly attendance in 2021 to 89%. It has been sitting below average at 88%. Shout out to Prep and Year 1 who have shown improvement. Our school goal is 93%. All COVID-19 and lockdown leave doesn’t impact these figures.

Prep- 87
Year 1- 88
Year 2- 88
Year 3- 88
Year 4- 89
Year 5- 89
Year 6- 90

I look forward to seeing all students in full school uniform when we return from holidays. I have issued 100 uniform reminder notes to families of students who are out of uniform. We have worked closely with the P&C to build a strong focus on pride and unity through our uniform.

Reminders-

SeeSaw/Email 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.

BULLYING- NO WAY is EVERYDAY at ELSS. ELSS process for how our students are to respond to an incident: TALK-WALK-REPORT. If you have concerns of an incident, please contact your child’s classroom teacher, if needed it will progress to Deputy Principal. Thanks for your support of the process. Edens Landing SS does not tolerate Bullying.

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

HPE NEWS

Representative News

Congratulations to Lyncoln, Diya, Kai and Joshua who competed at the Pacific District Athletic Trials. All students competed extremely well! A special mention to Kai who set a new PB in the 800m, Lyncoln who placed 4th 200m, Diya who placed 4th Shot Put and Joshua who placed 3rd Shot Pt and 1st Discus. Well done team!

School Swimming

In week 8 and 9, students in grades 1-4 will take part in a school swimming program. Students in grade 1-2 will take part in a lesson every day for one week and year 3-4 will take part in an intensive swimming day. Further information regarding this program will be sent home shortly.

Interschool Sport

Next term, grades 5 and 6 will take part in a five week gala sport competition. All forms and payment should have been made and returned.

$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

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 & Shannon Beck
Health and Physical Education Teachers

PBL News

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.

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.

Rewards day this week is shaping up to be lots of fun with a large number of students attending both Gold and Silver.

Rule of the Week

Weeks 1 & 2 Term 4: Students will revisit our school expectations: I am Safe, I am Respectful, I am a Learner.

Office News

office@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

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

P&C News

Cookie dough was a smashing success our goal was to sell 800 tubs across the school, we sold 880 tubs. Well Done Edens!!!

The next P&C Meeting will be held on 18th October at 6:15pm in the staff room.

There are a few more fundraisers in the works. To be the first in the know please follow our Facebook page - Edens Landing State School P&C Association. We also require volunteers for these events, if you can help even for 20-30 mins it is appreciated. Without volunteers events can not run.

Should you ever need to to ask questions please drop us a line at our Facebook page (Edens Landing State School P&C Association) or you can email us - PandC@edenslandingss.eq.edu.au

This is a great way to come along and discuss changes we can make to the school that benefit our children’s learning and make the community better. It also a great way to get the heads up on fundraisers, meet new people and make friends.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Outside School HOURS CARE- OSHC

Vacation care is fast approaching! Please book via the MY FAMILY LOUNGE app.

If you need to enrol see details below

Absences

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

My Family Lounge app

NEW ENROLMENTS

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

Or follow the OSHC links to register on the YMCA Website

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 School 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

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

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