14 July 2017

Newsletter Articles

UPCOMING EVENTS

July 2017

PAYMENTS DUE

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Welcome back to school for term three. This term will be action packed and one of great learning and challenge.

Creative Generations: state schools on tour

Today fifty Aspley State School students who are members of the performing arts programs and six teachers went to QPAC to witness the culmination of five months of work by a cast and crew drawn from 127 state schools. Creative Generations is a kaleidoscope of colourful entertainment! The performance made us reflect on what a bright future we have in our state with the calibre of these young people in state schools. Thank you to Mrs Agnew for coordinating this excursion.

Congratulations to Ian and Luciella from Aspley State School who performed so capably in the choir. These students have been outstanding ambassadors for our school. A special thank you to Mrs McIntrye for her support of these students and her dedication to coordinate our students. We are looking forward to Aspley State School children participating in 2018.

School Priority to Improve Writing

At Aspley State School teachers support students to identify their learning goals in writing. Ask your children to articulate their writing goals and ask them how they are progressing to achieve their goal. Having a clearly defined writing goal is key to writing improvement. The year one students participated in BOOST to support writing development in term 2 and they can be proud of their great improvements and increased confidence.

Student / Parent / Teacher Meetings

Parents of Preparatory students are invited to attend student / parent / teacher meetings to discuss student learning progress on Wednesday 2 August or Thursday 3 August in the Prep S classroom. Mark this date/s in your calendar. Bookings will be taken in week 3.

Parents in Years 1-6 are invited to attend student / parent / teacher meetings to discuss student learning progress on Wednesday 23 August or Wednesday 6 September in the school hall. Mark this date/s in your calendar.

Aspley Speaks Out

In term 3 all students from year 5 are invited to participate in Aspley Speaks Out. This is an opportunity for students to write and deliver a speech. Finalists will compete on Wednesday 30 August. This is a wonderful event and exciting learning opportunity for students.

Aspley Art Affair

Students have begun to prepare for the Aspley Art Affair which is an exhibition of student and community artist works to be held in the school hall on Friday 20 October 2017. Students in each year level will engage in an arts experience depicting the theme of sustainability. Students will work with a professional guest artist to create an individual piece of work which they will keep after the exhibition. Students will also work on collaborative artworks which will be auctioned on the night. Students will be invoiced for $25.00 next week. This fee will cover the art lessons with the professional artist and the cost of their artwork which they will keep after the exhibition.

Local community artists are also invited to exhibit and sell their work at the Aspley Art Affair. So get creative within the theme of sustainability and exhibit your work in our school community Aspley Art Affair.

My special thank you to our resident artist Wendy for leading the Aspley Art Affair. Also thank you to the visiting artists.

All Australian Curriculum learning areas contribute to learning about sustainability which is a cross-curriculum priority. Learning about sustainability enables the Aspley State School students to work with ecological and human systems and to appreciate their interdependence. It promotes a contribution to the development of world views necessary for students to act and create a more socially and ecologically just world. It challenges students to consider sustainable futures and to design and take action that recognises projected future economic, social and environmental impacts. Students develop the understanding and skills necessary to act responsibly and persuade others to take action for sustainable futures.

Athletics

Congratulations to all the students who demonstrated strong skills in athletics in term 2. Kennedy house lead the competition with 1511 points and admirably Mitchell with 1479 points and Oxley with 1459 points. House Captains led their teams with pride and the fantastic cheering urged students on to be their best. Special acknowledgment to the students who achieved age champions.

Congratulations to the 45 students who were selected to represent Aspley State School at the North District Athletics Carnival to be held on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July. It is important that all students who wish to represent the school return their permission forms and payment to the school office by Monday 17 July 2017.

Staffing Update

We welcome Mrs Amanda Troy who is the acting Business Manager in semester 2.

Mr Paul Robinson has transferred to Samford State School to allow him to be closer to his home. Mrs Wright (MTTF) and Mrs Sheldon (W) will be taking year 5R for semester two. Thank you to Mr Rob Wickham who is taking the class whilst Mrs Wright enjoys long service leave in weeks 1-2. Mrs Sheldon will take the class in week 6 of this term as Mrs Wright attends year 6 camp.

Mrs Antoni continues her leave in term three and Mrs Boaler will continue to act as Deputy Principal. Mrs Naidoo will continue to act as Head of Special Education.

Mr Luke Grove will go on Long Service Leave from 24 July till the end of term and Mr Robert Wickham will take his class at this time. Mrs Maria Pearce will go on long service leave on 21 August – 6 Ocober 2017 and Mr George Pentas will teach year 4P during this time.

We welcome Mr Matthew McEwen who will commence as an Internal Relief Teacher in week 2.

Aspley Architecture

In term 2 at Aspley State School we completed the removal of asbestos flooring in the administration and library office. We completed the refurbishment of the sick bay and installed new joinery in the library office. Also completed was the removal of the asbestos ceiling in E Block. I wish to thank the year 2 teachers and students for relocating their classes in week 10 to accommodate the new reinstatement of the ceiling.

The central room in A block has been refurnished to include a collaboration space and meeting room.

After a lengthy process, the dental unit has been removed. I have engaged PDT Architects to complete a landscape design and scope of works for the early years play area, incorporating an outdoor learning area with tiered seating and bush tucker garden. The P & C Association have funded extensive drainage works to mitigate the water damage to this area. The new plan will incorporate a dry riverbed and alcoves for seating and outdoor learning spaces. The existing shade sails will support the main outdoor learning space.

In term 3 I will refurbish two classrooms to include new furniture and create learning spaces that are contemporary and flexible.

Teacher Study Tours in Term 3

In term three teachers will have the opportunity to go on a study tour to visit local Brisbane schools to learn more about inquiry based learning and the International Baccalaureate Program –Primary Years Program.

Mrs Boaler was fortunate to be selected to travel to China in September 2017 as a guest of the Queensland University of Technology, Confucius Institute and Department of Education and Training. Whilst in China, Mrs Boaler will visit Chinese schools and inquire about the Chinese culture and language.

The school leadership team will attend the Australian Primary Principals’ Association (APPA) national conference being held here in Brisbane in September. This conference brings together school leaders from State, Catholic, and Independent schools.

2016 School Annual Report

The 2016 School Annual Report is located on the school website on the home page under Annual Reports please select the below link to veiw the current document.

This report highlights the success and the achievements of the Aspley State School learning community in 2016.

Aspley State School P & C Meeting

All parents are invited to attend the next P & C Association meeting to be held on Tuesday 18 July at 7.00 pm in the school library.

Community Coffee Evening

Parents / carers, teachers and students are invited to attend an informative Community Coffee Evening on Wednesday 2 August 2017 at 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm. At this information night Open Eyes Social Media will give parents, children ranging from Year 3 – Year 6, and teachers a clear understanding of why they need to protect themselves and what tools are available to help create more secure accounts and use of these sites.

Please Select the below link to find out more information about the evening.

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Welcome back

Welcome back to everyone and in particular, a warm welcome to our new families that have joined our school over the winter vacation

Focus Rule

At Assembly on Monday, we spoke about the value of learning as one of our focus rules. A challenge was set for all students to learn something new every day. Term 3 will be another busy term of doing our best to learn all that we can.

BOOST – Years 2 and 4

Our BOOST cycle for this term is on Years 2 and 4, strengthening students’ literacy skills across the next 8 weeks.

This cycle, the Year 2 and Year 4 BOOST groups will have a strong focus on the skills and structure of writing – including conveying key ideas, sentence formation, paragraphing, grammar and punctuation.

The Year 4 BOOST sessions will be conducted from 8:40am – 9:30am on Tuesdays – Fridays, commencing on Tuesday 18 July 2017.

The Year 2 BOOST will be conducted from 9:30am – 10:30am on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays commencing on Monday 17 July 2017.

It is important that students arrive at school on-time each day, in order to maximise their participation in BOOST – particularly the Year 4s who commence BOOST at 8:40am sharp.

Year 5 Leadership Training

Our Year 5 students commence their leadership training next week, as part of the Aspley Leadership Program. This process includes focus sessions at school and the Kokoda Challenge excursion, prior to the formal Senior Leadership process for 2018.

At the end of this term, Year 5 students interested in Senior Leadership in 2018 will complete an Expression of Interest as the first step in the Senior Leader process. In line with previous years, the Round 1 Senior Leaders are confirmed in mid-Term 4 2017, prior to all captaincy ballots being completed by the end 2017.

Further information will be provided to the Year 5 students as part of this process and outlined in future school newsletters.

CURRICULUM NEWS

Aspley State School E-Library

The Australian Curriculum acknowledges the importance of using digital media as a tool for learning. We are delighted to introduce an e-library to our school website celebrating some of the learning our writers have produced. You can access these books by clicking on the curriculum tab located at the top of the school website page and clicking on any of the tabs beneath it. The e-library tab can be seen on the left hand side of the page. Simply click on the text you would like to read. Currently we have uploaded a cyclic story, "What Good Luck, What Bad Luck" in four instalments. This was written by a group of Year 1 students during Boost last term. Read all four chapters to see what happens to our heroine Susie. Our second text is a collection of Haiku poems by 4C. We look forward to adding more texts this semester!

LITERACY PLANET Word Mania 2017!

LiteracyPlanet Word Mania 2017 is Australia’s biggest literacy competition for students from Year 1-6.

Word Mania is a fun and effective way for students to improve their literacy skills.

To participate children simply log in to their LiteracyPlanet account with their personal user name and password and click on the Word Mania icon, or download the free LiteracyPlanet Word Mania 2017 app. (iOS and Android).

Word Mania 2017 Dates

Practise from Thursday, June 1
Competition Round 1 - Monday, July 31 to Friday, August 4.
Competition Round 2 - Monday, August 7 to Friday, August 11.
Final Round - Wednesday, August 16 to Wednesday, August 18.

How to Play

Word Mania is an interactive online word building game. Players are given a board of 15 randomly generated letters, and have three minutes to create as many words as they can. Every valid word formed earns points. Longer and more complex words score higher, and scores can be boosted by building valid words consecutively, and using special Gold and Diamond letter tiles.

Word building uses various literacy skills: phonemes, morphemes including affixes and plurals, spelling, word recognition, vocabulary and word knowledge.

Students can play as many times as they like, and the sum of the highest 50 game scores by at least five students from the same grade will be their school’s score for that year level.

There is more than $350,000 in prizes for schools including TeachStarter subscriptions, trophies and cash for winning schools.

For more information please visit the link below

Jump Rope for Heart

This year our jump off day for Jump Rope for Heart will be Friday 11 August (week 5). Students in years 1 to 6 will be practicing so they can participate on the day. We are asking that students gain sponsorships to raise funds for the Heart Foundation and in so doing will earn themselves great prizes. Sponsorship forms will be handed out in week 1 or you may prefer to take advantage of the online services which provide even greater prizes.

to raise money online and gain even better prizes.

Flick your friends and family an email, asking them to sponsor your Jump Rope for Heart efforts. Last year we raised an amazing $5054 and our goal this year is match or better this total.

So get skipping, ask for some sponsors and have some fun whilst getting fit.

Thank you for your anticipated support.

Elaine Dooley (year 6 teacher), Kendall Simpson and Fiona Smith (Year2 teachers).

Jump Rope Co-ordinators

Aspley Art Affair

With Artist Wendy

The Year 6 students are still passionately working towards completing their collage faces on canvas which represent their thoughts on sustainability and how it effects their future.

Year 1s have almost completed their wonderful Eco warrior portraits. This is a watercolour version of themselves in school uniform ready to rescue our native plants and animals. We have all read a fantastic book entitled Eco Warriors to the rescue, which will be donated to the library by one of our talented visiting artist, Miss Kym.

Preppies have completed their colourful pastel flower creations and learnt about the importance of flowers to our ongoing existence in this planet. They know all about the way pollen is spread by bees, butterflies and even bats! Just ask them!

Next up is year 5 about to start work on their version of the Great Barrier Reef and the importance of protecting our sea life and surrounding environments. We have a wonderful artist coming to offer the children an informed education session on this topic, sharing her expertise on colour and 3 D construction.

Naidoc Week 2017

This week, we celebrate Naidoc Week. The 2017 theme, “Our Languages Matter” celebrates the unique and diverse languages that our indigenous people use to maintain cultural identity. These languages provide the link to their land and water through story and song.

In the late eighteenth century, some 250 languages with several of their own dialects were used all over the continent. Unfortunately today, only around 120 of these languages exist and with elders passing on, the risk of further languages being lost is high.

Our students and teachers have celebrated Naidoc Week in their classrooms in order to show our support of our local and national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Attached is a collection of posters designed by 6O

MUSIC DEPARTMENT NEWS

ASPLEY MUSIC PROGRAM

Welcome back to our Instrumental Music Students and Choralists to a very busy and exciting Term 3 for our Music Department.

WELCOME MRS NAPIER TO THE MUSIC CLASSROOM

Mrs Macca will be taking leave on a Friday of each week commencing Week Two of Term Three to spend time with her young son Clancy. We welcome to our school Mrs Rosanna Napier, a wonderful music teacher who shall be taking on the Classroom Music Teacher role every Friday. Mrs Napier will be here at Aspley this coming Friday and we give her a big Aspley welcome.

EDUCATION QUEENSLAND SINGFEST 2017

The Aspley State School Senior and Boys Choral Members in Years 4 to Years 6 ONLY are invited to participate in the Education Queensland SingFest 2017. Senior and Boys Choralists will this week receive a parent information letter outlining the finer details of this exciting musical event.

SingFest is an annual massed choral music event for Education Queensland Primary School students. It features students from across the Metropolitan Region coming together to learn selected choral repertoire at school, then participate in a one-day workshop with a Guest Conductor, Mrs Justine Favell.

Mrs Justine Favell is a graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and has pursued her interest in the specialized area of choral music. Justine is the Assistant Conductor for the Brisbane Chorale. Her association with these choirs has allowed her to work with many international conductors and watch many fine choirs whilst touring. Justine has been on the staff at the Queensland Conservatorium for many years and also works as the choral director at Hillbrook Anglican School, Ferny Hills Primary and Padua College. Justine Favell will be accompanied by Mrs Kylie Los, an incredible piano accompanist. Justine Favell will guide and inspire the children throughout the day to achieve their best at choral singing with a set repertoire, providing humour, enthusiasm and great fun, before presenting the choral works as a massed choir at a Twilight Concert.

Boys Choir members who choose to participate in Singfest will be required to attend Senior Choir rehearsals on a Wednesday 1.15pm – 2.00pm from Weeks 1 – Week 7 in Term Three to ensure they know the selected repertoire for this special performance. This repertoire will not be covered in Boys Choral rehearsals on a Tuesday morning. Thus, Boys participating in Singfest will have 2 rehearsals each week from weeks 1 – week 7 ONLY.

A reminder that participating students/parents are expected to return the Medical/Consent Form and the tear off slip below with the correct payment by Tuesday 15th August, 2017 to the school office.

The Senior and Boys Choral Ensembles have been working with Mrs McIntyre learning the repertoire in readiness for this exciting event. It is truly a wonderful opportunity for your child and Mrs Macca encourages everyone to participate in this memorable event.

EDUCATION QUEENSLAND – CREATIVE GENERATION

Luciella and Ian will this week participate in the Education Queensland Creative Generation Performances to be held at the Brisbane Convention Centre this coming Friday and Saturday participating in both day and night time performances. These two young students have been learning a lot of repertoire with special conductors for this special event and are both very excited to perform and share what they have achieved. We wish both Luciella and Ian the best of luck for this special event and we look forward to hearing all about your endeavours.

CHORAL ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS

Junior Choir will be changing their weekly ensemble rehearsal day from a Friday big lunch to a Thursday big lunch. This rehearsal change for Junior Choir will commence in week 2 of Term 3 and continue on a Thursday until the end of the school year for 2017, as Mrs McIntyre will be taking leave every Friday commencing Week 2 of Term 3 to spend time with her young son Clancy. Mrs Macca is looking forward to seeing Junior Choir members next Thursday at their first rehearsal for Term 3.

Please note that all other choral ensemble rehearsals will stay as previously held in Semester One of this year (please see below):

CURRENT AND UPCOMING MUSICAL EVENTS - TERM THREE 2017

Please take note of upcoming musical events for Term Three below:

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NEWS

EDUCATION QUENSLAND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC HONOURS MUSIC CAMP

Instrumental Music Teachers have invited suitable Senior Instrumental Music students to audition to attend a senior, primary schools’ instrumental music camp which will be held from Tuesday, 5 September 2017 to Friday, 8 September 2017 at Everton Park State High School Hall, 668 Stafford Road, Everton Park. The camp will be non-residential, starting at 8.00am and conclude at 3.30pm on day one to three, and after the concert on day four. Places will be offered for woodwind, brass, string and percussion instruments.

Camp activities will include performing in concert bands, combined choirs, string orchestra, specialist tuition in instrument groups as well as the opportunity to perform new and challenging music with other performers of a similar level. Guest tutors have been scheduled to work with students throughout the week. The camp will conclude with a free concert for parents/carers the final day of the camp at Everton Park State High School Hall, 668 Stafford Road, Everton Park commencing at 1.30pm.

Students who have indicated that they want to audition please remember to return your permission slips to the school office by this Friday the 14th July.

WOODWIND/BRASS/PERCUSSION NOTICES

A reminder to all Woodwind/Brass/Percussion instrumental music students that Ms Jabs is currently on leave. All instrumental music lessons and concert band rehearsals are cancelled for the first two weeks of school. However, Ms Jabs will be returning to Aspley in Week 3 of this term, with all lessons and ensemble rehearsals commencing throughout Week 3. Please ensure you look at your timetables regarding lessons.

STRING NOTICES

Senior String Orchestra ensemble will be held this Thursday morning at 8am in the hall on the stage with Ms Jerram. She is looking forward to seeing you all there bright and early. Lessons for all string students will be on this Thursday through-out the school day. Please look at your timetables for lesson times.

A reminder to String students who are auditioning for the Honours Music Camp to be held in September that your auditions will be filmed by Ms Jerram next week on Thursday 20th July. Happy practising and we wish you luck.

Happy Music Making
The Aspley Music Department

SPORTS DEPARTMENT NEWS

Congratulations to all who participated in the Athletics carnival and Junior sports development day.

The carnival was a great success!

Our Age Champions for 2017

House placings

1st Kennedy – 1511
2nd Mitchell - 1479
3rd Oxley - 1459

To see more images for our fantastic carnival please click on the link to our photo gallery

Upcoming sporting events…

• Our Ball games carnival is on Friday the 21 July for years 3-6
• The North District Track and Field Carnival is on 24 – 25 July

EARLY ACT CLUB

The Aspley State School Early act Club was established in 2015 with the support of Aspley Rotary Club members, Margaret Buchannan and Brian McIntyre.

The aim of the club is to promote student community service to benefit others within our school, local community and overseas.

Previous projects conducted by the club include; supporting The Smith Family Christmas Appeal, a book drive to support less fortunate students in neighbouring Pacific islands, and various other school-based activities.

This year the Early act Club is looking to support the charity organisation Our Rainbow House based in Zambia, Africa. Our goal is to raise $760 to sponsor a student to attend this school for a full year. This amount will cover all tuition fees and provide a child with two meals a day.

In order to raise funds, the Early act Club will be organising a free dress day on Friday 28 July (Week 3 Term 3). The theme for this day is to come to school dressed in all the colours of the rainbow. Students in free dress will be asked to donate a gold coin.

On Friday 28 July we hope to see everyone dressed in their brightest to support a child in need.

YEAR 6 CANBERRA TRIP

Just a reminder that all forms and documents for the Canberra Trip should have been completed and returned to the school office by 14th of July 2017.

These forms need to be collated and the information sent off immediately to our organisers in Canberra. Thank you for attending to this matter promptly.

Nelma Wright

Library News

Premier’s Reading Challenge.

There may have been some confusion when sheets were handed out, two types went home, one for school registered participants and one for individual participants. If you received the individual participants, please ignore the dates at the bottom. You may still use the form and return it to the class teacher, Library or office when complete. Additional forms will also be available from the office or library.

Premiers Reading Challenge Dates:

15 May Start Reading
25 August Stop Reading
25 August Return Student Forms to School for inclusion in Database.
October/November Certificates returned for awarding to students

I would encourage you to have your student set their own goal to the requirement for achieving a certificate or higher, as the Library is challenging all classes to set and achieve their reading goal. Have your child write their goal on their sheet on the banner at the top of the page.

Your students may read a wide range of books, but it is expected that competent readers will read books at their reading level. This is a challenge meant to enhance and improve students reading skills and rigour.

Suggested Reading lists for each level are below, and the library will have a display from these lists in the library for students to borrow.

Book Week: 18 - 25 August 2017.

This Year the theme is “Escape to Everywhere” the Book Character Parade will be held on the Monday of Book Week at assembly. This is a great opportunity for students to have a bit of fun and dress to the theme. They have plenty of time to “get Creative” and dress as the character they would like to ‘escape’ as. It would be great if students also carried the book their character is from.

Library Team.

Finally, we have had our first meeting. We only have a small team this year. We have arranged to have a training session every second Wednesday at Morning Tea to teach team member a few skills to enable them to become productive team members. Already they have been of invaluable help in getting some new resources into the Home Reading section.

Hope Francis
Teacher-Librarian

P&C NEWS

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 3! At the beginning of the year, we asked every family to consider #1thing they could do to help the P&C support the school. Time is always appreciated but we understand it cannot always be given.

We start this term with a pure hand-in-your-pocket Fundraiser. The LOOSE CHANGE CHALLENGE is an opportunity for you to give up those loose coins and help the P&C fundraise to improve the outdoor spaces of the school. Many of you would have experienced walking along the path from the stairs at Maundrell Terrace, past the Early Years Playground, up to the classrooms. This area is often destroyed by heavy rainfall and it’s time to put a stop to this. Proper drainage is needed so that the students have a safe place to play all year round. You don’t need to dig deep – all those little coins will make a big difference to this area.

As mentioned in the last newsletter, this term sees an updated Tuckshop menu and pricing, not only to reflect smarter food choices to grow healthy minds and healthy bodies, but also to enable the P&C to continue providing an invaluable Tuckshop service to the school. The new menu is now live on Flexischools, and a copy available on the school website.

The only P&C Meeting for this term is being held on 18 JULY (next TUESDAY) at 7pm in the library. We welcome all members of the community to come along and contribute to the discussion and decision-making process. If you have any feedback or questions about the P&C, you’re welcome to contact Brenden, P&C President on 0412 405 462, or email pandc@aspleyss.eq.edu.au.

Are you on Facebook? Find the Aspley State School P&C Page and follow the link to help our school win a MOVIE NIGHT! Tag your friends and get them to like our school logo too!

REMINDERS:

TUCKSHOP

• New menu available below

• Order tuckshop via Flexischools by 8.30am or parents can place student orders over the counter from 8.15am (EFTPOS also available for transactions over $5).
• Judith loves meeting new people - do you have an hour or two to help feed the hordes? Plenty of space for pram parking. Volunteers Wednesday to Friday needed especially. Please contact Judith tuckshop@aspleyss.eq.edu.au to volunteer or sign-up on Flexischools.
• Can’t donate any time? What about non-perishable items such as self-raising flour, caster sugar and brown sugar? Eggs are also appreciated. Thanks for your support.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Term 3

LOOSE CHANGE FUNDRAISER 14th July to 28th July

• Start collecting any Australian coins to participate in the easiest fundraiser of the year. The outdoor learning spaces around the school need significant work, and we are fundraising to ensure we do it right! The class that collects the most change will win a special morning tea.

P&C GENERAL MEETING – 18th July, 7pm, Library (only meeting for Term 3).

• Come and be a part of the decision-making process of how the P&C supports the school.

FAMILY BUSH DANCE FUN NIGHT – FRIDAY 4th August 5.30pm to 8.30pm

• Yee-haw…get ready to keep warm by boot-scooting and do-si-do-ing around the school hall. Lots of fun games planned – mark your diary now!
• Pre-purchase your tickets and $AVE!!! Tickets = $5 on Flexischools or $6 on the night. Invite the grandparents and other family members for a night of fun.
• Thank you to the Aspley Hotel for sponsoring this event. The Aspley Hotel have also given the school tokens that, when surrendered at the time of placing a meal order, will result in a dollar donation back to the school. Planning a meal out? Why not consider the Aspley Hotel and email Aspley Events to get some tokens before you go.
• #1thing: Sign up now to be part of the fun. Email AspleyEvents@gmail.com to volunteer just 30mins to help set up, serve, or pack up.

FATHER’S DAY STALL – THURSDAY 31 August 9am-2pm; before school Friday 1 September (7.45am to 9am).

• Volunteers are needed to help with packing before the event. Jodie has saved a variety of dates, and new faces are always welcome. Meet at the P&C Shed from 8.30am for an hour or two, and get a sneak peek at all the wonderful gifts coming up. Dads and grandparents welcome!
• Monday 17 July
• Wednesday 26 July
• Tuesday 1 August
• Thursday 10 August
• Friday 18 August
• Please contact Jodie on 0408 392 367 or email AspleyEvents@gmail.com to volunteer your time. #1thing

Term 4

P&C GENERAL MEETING – 17th October, 7pm, Library
ASPLEY ART AFFAIR & ART SHOW – Details to come.
P&C GENERAL MEETING – 21st November, 7pm, Library – Final meeting for 2017

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SCHOOL BANKING VOLUNTEERS

The ladies who do the student banking are looking for volunteers to help on a Wednesday morning.

If anyone can help, could you please contact the office.

Thank You

SPARROWS SOCCER PROGRAM NEWS

A Sparrows welcome!

The Sparrows Soccer Program kicks off for semester 2 with skill-development, team-work and most importantly fun, the goal for term 3!

Term 3 Training resumes Thursdays 7.30am

Remember to get your name marked off the Sparrows attendance list.

The award-winning Sparrows soccer program spreads its wings!

Aspley State School’s award-winning Sparrows Soccer Program has become a very popular activity within our school community. The program currently supports the development of soccer abilities in over 100 students – both girls and boys, from Year 4 to 6 at Aspley State School.

Due to the ever-growing numbers of students wishing to join the Sparrows and to permit Year 3 students to also benefit from the program, from Term 4 onwards Sparrows training will be amended as follows:

Years 3 & 4 boys and girls – TUESDAY morning – 7.30-8.15am Sparrows training

School Facilitator: Mrs Elissa Molloy (Prep M)
Parent Coaches: Mr Andrew Revie, Mrs Cindy Le Vieux, Mr Brett Testa
(collectively, these are parents of students currently in years 1, 3, 4 & 5)

Years 5 & 6 boys and girls – THURSDAY morning – 7.30-8.15am Sparrows training

School Facilitator: Mr Kym Farrow (6F)
Parent Coaches: Mr Andrew Revie, Mrs Leigh-Ann Rohde, Mr Brett Testa (collectively, these are parents of students currently in years 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6)

Please return permission slips

Year 3 and (returning) 4 students wishing to participate in the Sparrows Soccer Program from Term 4 onwards need to return a signed permission slip to the school office before the end of Term 3.

The Sparrows Need You!!

The Aspley State School Sparrows Soccer Program is FREE to participants. It is a community-orientated initiative designed to get kids playing and enjoying soccer. It would not operate without the valued input of the teachers and parents who volunteer their own time each week to support it.

We are ALWAYS eager for additional help. If you would like to volunteer your time to support the Sparrows please follow the link to complete the Volunteer Expression of Interest form and/or contact parent volunteer program liaison Mrs Jodie McLagan on: 0403 186 609 or email: Jodie@ozrig.com.au

Contacts for Sparrows information:

Kym Farrow, Class 6F teacher & Sparrows coordinator, kafar0@eq.edu.au | 07 3863 9111

Jodie McLagan, volunteer program liaison, jodie@ozrig.com.au | 0403 186 609

COMMUNITY NEWS

Brighton Roosters Softball

The Brighton Roosters Softball Club are holding their Summer SIGN-ON on Wednesday August 2nd from 5.00pm to 8.00pm at the Brighton Roosters Football Club (10th Avenue, Brighton). Softball is open to both BOYS & GIRLS from 5yrs of age, and senior Men and Women of all skills. Please come along to our come and try day or sign on if you are interested, visit our website, or call our Club President Graham McLeary on 3269 6531 or Club Secretary Tracey Rhys on 0417 700 198 for more information.

No Dirt Just Dance

Classroom Calendars

Humming Bird House

Junior Tennis Fixtures

Greater Brisbane Junior Tennis (GBJT) offers juniors up to and including year 12 tennis fixtures on a Saturday afternoon at the Queensland Tennis Centre and the University of Queensland during school terms. For more information, please visit our web site below or phone Mrs Peta Davis, Secretary on 3374 0516.’