18 May 2018

Newsletter Articles

UPCOMING EVENTS

MAY / JUNE 2018

PAYMENTS DUE

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Congratulations School Leaders

This week I was delighted to present the second round of school leaders with their leadership badges. At assembly, I spoke to the community about the meaning of school leadership. It is what they do each day to proudly represent both themselves, their families and Aspley State School. Congratulations to these 13 students who have proudly accepted the responsibility to take up this important leadership position.

Safe Schools

Today I had the honour to attend a special breakfast meeting hosted by TUH. The guest speaker was renowned, teacher and boxer, Mr Jeff Horn.

Jeff Horn is currently a world champion, professional boxer holding the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight title since 2017, after defeating Manny Pacquiao. Jeff  represented Australia at the Olympics in 2012, reaching the quarter finals of the light-welterweight bracket.

Jeff Horn spoke of his hard training regime and the technical aspects of boxing. He was modest and gracious and he presented that hard work, diligence, skill and strategy supports his success. He spoke of the support from his team, as integral to his success. He also spoke about being a teenager who had challenges with other teenagers bullying him. He said it was then, when he took up boxing as a sport. He became a successful boxer as a young adult.

As a teacher, Jeff Horn spoke being dedicated to listen and provide thoughtful advice to young people who have been effected by bullying.

The national definition for Australian schools defines bullying:

Bullying is an ongoing misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that causes physical and/or psychological harm. It can involve an individual or a group misusing their power over one or more persons. Bullying can happen in person or online, and it can be obvious (overt) or hidden (covert).

Bullying of any form or for any reason can have long-term effects on those involved, including bystanders.

Single incidents and conflict or fights between equals, whether in person or online, are not defined as bullying.

Today, I called the students of years 4, 5 and 6 to a special assembly to remind them of the school rules. I spoke of the Aspley State School’s core values of being: responsible; prepared; independent; and successful. I also outlined the Responsible Behavior Plan for Students and that behavior that was prejudicial to the good order and conduct of the school, will be managed through resulting consequences. Sadly, this week has resulted in the suspension of children who failed to show respect to others, be safe or refused to complete the assigned learning tasks.

Resources for parents to support their young people who express concerns about bullying are at:

Resources for parents to support their young people with cyber safety are at:

I recommend parents /carers access these sites to read this useful information.

Working Bee

We will be holding a three hour working bee to paint some outdoor concrete floor areas, games lines and characters on concrete and classroom interiors (Ms Harvey’s Year 1 classroom and the LOTE room). On Saturday, 19th May 2018 at 1.00 pm – 4.30 pm and on Sunday 20 May 2018 at 8.30 am to 12.00 noon. Please consider if you can help at one of these sessions.

Parents and carers – do we have your latest contact details?

There are times when we may need to get in touch with you. Do we have your most up to date details? If not, please contact the school on admin@aspleyss.eq.edu.au so we can update our records. These details include your name, address, phone numbers, email address and emergency contact details. Please remember to let the school know if any of these details change.

ABC Stargazing Live 2018

Let’s get inspired about the wonders of the universe with ABC Stargazing Live. Back for its second year and presented once again by Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro, Stargazing Live runs from 22 to 24 May.

With the focus on how schools and people at home can get involved, the show aims to be a catalyst to inspire a lifelong interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematic subject areas.

Find out more via the link below or tune in on 22 May.

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL'S NEWS

Under 8s Day

On Friday 25 May, we are celebrating Under 8’s Day at Aspley State School. All the classes from Prep – Year 2 will be involved in a range of activities in and around the hall and in the Prep grounds beginning at 9.00am. The students will be able to choose from  from the vast variety of activities on offer.

Activities include: making crowns, wands, octopus wind socks, paddle pop puppets, playdough, necklaces or newspaper lions, decorating biscuits, painting, making and blowing bubbles, dancing, having nature play and constructing using mobillo. The students will get an opportunity to decorate their own paper bag to store the pieces they have made for the day.

After first break, from 11:30am-1:15pm, the students will be engaged in a range of rotational activities organised by Sports World Australia on our school oval.

Students are encouraged to wear their House coloured shirts, their school hats, sunscreen and closed school shoes on this day. Both breaks will be at normal times and students will return to the classroom to finish the day after second break.

Waiting areas for students (request for continued support)

Thank you to the families who support us in reminding your child/children to wait at the Eastern Hall before school begins every morning. It is important that your child is in this area for their own safety.

Self-managed Behaviours (request for continued support)

This term, we would like for you to assist us to encourage your child to be more Self-Managed. We will also communicate this through Assembly in the next couple of weeks.

What this might look like:

• Packing and unpacking their own bags for school and when they return home
• Giving appropriate notes and/or messages to teachers or parents
• Ensuring that they care for their property like hats and winter clothes (beginning to get a little chilly!)
• Organising their own desks, equipment at school.
• Remembering messages – where to wait to be picked up.

Focus rule- what we said on Assembly

At assembly, we reminded students to STOP, THINK and DO. These three words are very powerful and help students to make positive and strong choices after taking some time to think about their actions before enacting them.

2019 Prep Enrolments

Aspley State School is now open for Prep Year 2019 enrolments for siblings of current students and all prospective students from our catchment area. Children born between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014 are eligible for Prep in 2019.

If you have a child /children born within this timeframe, please collect the Prep Year enrolment pack or ring the school office between 8:00 am and 3:30 pm from Monday to Friday for further information.

All completed forms need to be in on or before close of business on Monday 28 May 2018. Interviews for new Prep students will be held on Friday 8 June 2018.

Aspley State School is enrolment managed. To find out if you live in the catchment area please refer to:

Bookings open on Friday 1 June @ 6 am and close @ 5 pm on Wednesday 6 June 2018.

(only one booking per family is required irrespective of number of adults attending)

To book your enrolment appointment time please go to the link below on the opening dates.

• Click on Parent/Teacher Interview Bookings
• Click on the Parent access tab on the left hand menu.
• Type “Aspley” in the keyword search
• Click Search
• Click on Aspley State School
• Click on Parents
• Follow the prompts from then on.

Our interviews are conducted at the school hall, on the date nominated above. You will have the opportunity to book for an interview at a time convenient to you on the given date.

Each session will run for 30 minutes. You are required to bring your child/children, who are to be enrolled, for the interview. While you are undergoing your interview process, your child will be involved in a series of activities with staff members.

These activities will provide staff with useful information about learning programs, to be put in place, to assist your child with their learning in 2019.

We look forward to meeting you at the interview.

If you have any concerns or questions, please ring the school office.

Open Day -Out of Catchment Enrolments for 2019

The process for the day:

There will be a short talk and a tour of the school, then an expression of interest form will be handed out to be completed and returned to the enrolment officer. Successful applicants will receive a letter inviting them for an interview.

• Venue: School Hall
• Time: 9am
• Date: 1st June

Please refer to the Aspley State School enrolment management plan for information about school catchment areas.

The Aspley State School Enrolment Management Plan is at:

The State School catchment maps are at:

National Sorry Day

Each year, Noonga Reconciliation Group commemorates National Sorry Day with a ceremony.

In 2018 the National Sorry Day commemoration will be on Friday, 25th May 2018 from 10:00am at Kalinga Park, Wooloowin.

Local schools & community members are involved in the event through performances of dance, song and personal tributes. Aspley State School will provide an activity where attendees can write a message on a bunting to be displayed at the event at Kalinga Park. All are welcome to attend.

This year we will reflect on children being removed in the past and currently from Aboriginal communities throughout Australia. Speakers will share their knowledge and show how colonisation has disadvantaged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities today.

Aspley State School students are invited to attend this event accompanied with their parents/ carers. Please advise your child’s class teacher if your child will be absent from school to attend this event.

More information is at:

Student Achievement

Aspley State School would like to recognise the sporting achievement of Elaine C and Luke M who have been selected to represent the state of QLD in the national swimming titles in Tasmania.

On Assembly , on Monday 14th May , the students who received recognition for their sporting achievement in making the North Districts Cross country team were, Stephanie L, Emma R, Ryan T, Jalan I, Oliver I, Eli A, and Sebastian H. We would also like to congratulate Tyrone B who has made the Metropolitan North team for Rugby League and will be attending the State titles and Hayden M who will be representing the North District at the Metropolitan North Cross Country.Well done to all of our athletes.

Student Absences

NEW ABSENCE TEXT MESSAGE MOBILE NUMBER – 0427 286 794

With the introduction of ID Attend to help us streamline absence notifications for students, we now have a new mobile number that parents can send a text message to, so we are notified of upcoming absences.

Please put this number into your mobile phone as “Aspley SS ID Attend Absences” and send the school a text message for any absences (including future absences) with the following information:

Name of student
Class
Reason for absence (for example… sick, family reasons or holiday, etc)
Date of absence/s

This new text messaging line is the preferred method to notify the school of student absences.

The existing school absence line, email absence address and Q Parents are still functioning.

We appreciate your help with this matter to ensure all students are attending school and safe.

Road Safety

Early Act

Starting Thursday 31st of May, the Earlyact Club will begin our ‘Litter-Free Thursday’ campaign. The aim is to encourage all students to bring a lunch that is free of single-use packaging once a week. Members of the club will promote the campaign during assembly and provide ideas around more environmentally-friendly ways of packing lunches. Hopefully, with some encouragement from our members, the idea will catch on and everyone will have a ‘Litter-Free Thursday’ and do their part to care for our environment.

Thank You
Mr Grove

Library News

National Simultaneous Storytime

Next Wednesday, 23 May, we are celebrating National Simultaneous Storytime Day at Aspley State School. Prep to Year Three students will be involved in this event. Prep students will have their story read to them during their first break eating time. Year One to Year Three students will come into the hall once eating time is finished and then go out to play after the story reading. The book chosen this year is the Australian picture book Hickory Dickory Dash.

Library Team

We would like to congratulate the following successful applicants of the 2018 Library Team;

2K – Grace, Layla and Ethan
2S – Chloe McC
3B – Izabella
4P - Nivi, Yashika and Shiona
4M – Lily S
4G – Hamish
4R - Amelia and Tessa
6O – Jaskiran and Tanya
6H – Fabia

These students join our Library Captains, Rianna (6D) and Alex (6M), in assisting to deliver interesting lunchtime activities for students while learning and putting into practice their library literacy skills.

Lunchtime Activities Roster

The library is open both play breaks, unless a Wet Weather Break is called. Students are welcome to come into the library to read, browse and borrow. In addition to this, we have added a lunchtime activities roster. Please see below the activities available for the remainder of this term.

Scholastic Book Fair

The first Book Fair for the year was a terrific success with funds raised being used to purchase books and resources for the library.

Just For coming through the fair with their class and completing a Wish List, two students won for themselves a $20.00 voucher to spend at the fair. Congratulations to Max (Prep S) and Vincent (1N).

Our Family Afternoon on Thursday 10th was well attended. Our special guest, Cranky Bear, surprised everyone with a pop-in visit and Oscar (3B), pictured, was the lucky winner of the $20.00 Book Fair voucher, just for attending on the afternoon.

Brisbane City Council Libraries Gold Star Reading Club

If you haven’t already done so, please check out the Brisbane City Council Gold Star Reading Club program which commenced in Council libraries on 1 May. This program runs for three months so there is still time to sign-up and participate. For more information about the Gold Star Reading Club, visit your local library or call Council on 3403 8888.

ICAS

Our next ICAS assessment will be the Science on Tuesday 29th May. This will once again be held in two locations due to the increased numbers of participants. Years 3 and 4 will be in the A Block Computer Room and years 5 and 6 will be in the Administration Computer Room. Arrival time for both groups is 7:30am. All equipment required will be provided. No further reminder will be sent out to participants. Please note that as in previous years, we are unable to conduct make-up assessments for students who miss their assessment.

Sports News

P-2 Athletics Carnival

Proposed Program

March Past
Sprints (running races)
Tabloid Rotations (7 different activities)
Finish

Yr 3-6 Track and Field Carnival 2018

Proposed Program:

District Sport

Congratulations to Hayden M (grade 4) who will be representing North District at the Met North Cross Country and Tyrone B (grade 6) who has made the Met North Team for rugby league and will be going to the QLD Championships.

**Any students who would like to attend these trials will need to see Mr Schmidt to get all the necessary permission forms and information. Parents can access the Met North website for details of any of the sports trials this year for North District.

Gala Day

More photos of the Year 4 A and B teams for Netball. Team A has been undefeated so far after two Gala days. Team B is learning skills and enjoying being out there, having fun. We are looking forward to our final Gala day on the 1st June 2018.

Thanks,
Ms Harvey

School Swimming Program

At the end of last Term the years 1 -3 swimming program culminated with an Aqua Fun Day delivered by Swim Solutions. It was a great day where all the children got to put their newly learned or practiced skills into action doing some fun activities (both in and out of the pool). Unfortunately, the year 2’s were ‘stormed out’ and had to wait until the beginning of this Term to finish their session, but it was worth the wait.

Pictures definitely tell a thousand words as the photos show

Janelle Lee
Swim Solutions

Music News

Aspley Choral Program

Albany Creek Uniting Church Performance– Junior Choir

Congratulations to our wonderful Year 2 and Year 3 Junior Choralists who performed at the Albany Creek Uniting Church Annual May Fair on Saturday 12th May. This was a wonderful opportunity for our talented Junior Choir members to perform to the wider community in a caring, friendly and fun environment. Mrs Macca was so very proud of your performance and I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate our young performers and to thank parents and caregivers for supporting our young Junior Choir for this performance. Your support is truly valued in making these performances exciting for our young singers. Thank you to Mrs Griffith Baker and Mrs Antoni also for supporting our young choristers at this performance. The children just loved seeing you there

The Junior Choir are looking forward performing to you once again at the upcoming Music Performance Evening on Wednesday 13th June 2018.

Aspley Performance Uniform

The Aspley Performance Uniform has now arrived at the Aspley Shop for families who pre-ordered the music performance uniform to collect and pay. There will be a small number of uniforms available for families who did not pre-order.

Aladdin Musical Excursion

Fifty Year Four and Year Six students had the amazing opportunity this week to attend the Aladdin Musical at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC. All students were inspired and had an amazing time at this magical theatre experience. Please read below a recount of this excursion from Leala V:

As I sat waiting for the lights to go down and the curtain to open I felt so excited. When it finally happened, out came the genie bursting with energy and humour. This was the start of an amazing show filled with colour and magic.

The genie was my favourite character, who was covered in bling and could really sing. He made me laugh with all of his funny lines, actions and voices. Definitely the star of the show!

As Aladdin and Jasmine sat on the magic carpet and flew around the stage, I watched in amazement wondering how this was happening. This is one of the theatre’s biggest secrets. The stars twinkling above the stage and the two of them singing created a magical moment where the two characters bonded.

The singing was spectacular and I really loved the song “Proud of your boy”, because he put a lot of emotion into it and connected with me. I really enjoyed watching the dancing and acrobatics, as I really liked seeing them do all of their different tricks. Each scene was filled with magical moments and at the end of one of the songs there was an explosion with tinsel shooting out into the audience. They even changed costumes in a cloud of smoke.

Aladdin was the most surprising musical that I have ever seen. The magic tricks, the singing, the dancing and of course Genie’s funny lines made this excursion the best one yet.

By Leala V

Music Performance - Kaboom Percussion Incursion – Prep – Year Six

On Tuesday 29th May, 2018, students in all classes in Prep to Year Six will be invited to attend the Kaboom Percussion Incursion to be held at the Aspley State School Hall.

The Kaboom Percussion incursion performance is designed to inspire and amaze, showing the exciting possibilities of music through the fascinating world of percussion. Students and teachers alike will be captivated by Kaboom Percussions unique brand of music making, combined with elements of magic, juggling, and comedy to create an unforgettable experience that students will rave about.

The Kaboom Percussion show is not something to just sit and watch - the audience is an integral part of this interactive performance! It features a wide range of traditional and found percussion instruments, with a focus on creating incredible music with simple and common instruments and objects, and demonstrates how easily students can make music with things in their own environment.

This performance is part of Aspley State Schools Music Education Program and will build upon work completed by Mrs McIntyre and Mrs Napur and the Aspley school children in the music classroom where they explore and develop their musical skills and creativity through a practical approach to understanding musical elements. Presenting a live concert experience to school students is one component of this program that aims to inspire and motivate students through music. Outlined below are the three Kaboom Percussion shows that will be held through-out the school day on Tuesday 29th May 2018.

Please ensure that the permission slip with payment is returned to the school office by Tuesday 22nd May, 2018. Mrs McIntyre and Mrs Napur are looking forward to seeing everyone joining in with Kaboom Percussion!

Semester One Music Performance Evening – Wednesday 13th June 2018

The Aspley State School Music Program will hold its Semester One Music Evening at the Aspley State School Hall on Wednesday 13th June, 2018 commencing at 6.30pm. Our children have had a fabulous first semester of music making and we are all very excited to share our achievements with the Aspley Community. All instrumental and choral students will be bringing home a parent information letter outlining the finer details of this performance event next week.

The following ensembles – Senior Concert Band, Stage Band, Junior Concert Band, Senior String Orchestra, Senior Choir, Junior Choir and Boys Choir will be performing. All members of these performing ensembles are expected to attend this performance evening. Please note that the Beginner String Students (students who commenced learning in 2018) are not required to perform at this event.

We would appreciate parent support with various jobs, both on the day of the music evening and during the evening’s performances. If you are available to help, please tick your preferred choice on the tear off slip and return to the school office by Wednesday 30th May 2018. Please remember to write down a contact number for the music staff to contact you prior to the performance event.

If your child is not available to participate in the Aspley Music Evening, please contact the school in writing by Wednesday 30th May 2018. If this information is not received in writing, they will be expected to attend.

Our Semester One concert is a highlight on our school calendar and we hope you will join us for this very special event. Please contact the school if you have any queries.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING MUSICAL EVENTS - TERM TWO 2018

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NEWS

2018 ASPLEY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TOUR – FRASER COAST –

Thank you to families who have returned the expression of interest and the $100.00 deposit to be involved in the 2018 Aspley Instrumental Music Tour to the Fraser Coast in September. This Music Tour will be a tremendous experience for all involved and we look forward to your child participating in this exciting and unique event. Further information regarding this exciting musical event will be forwarded to families in the very near future.

EDUCATION QUEENSLAND METROPOLITIAN REGION NORTHSIDE JUNIOR STRING CAMP & JUNIOR BAND BLITZ

Thank you to the Instrumental music students and their families for returning the medical/consent forms and payment to participate in the both the Education Queensland Metropolitan Region Northside Junior String Camp and Northside Junior Band Blitz. Please read the information below regarding these exciting camps. For further in-depth detail, please refer to the parent information letter that was distributed to participating families:

Northside Junior Band Blitz – Woodwind/ Brass/ Percussion 2018 Beginner Instrumentalists

The Junior Band Blitz one-day workshop will bring together Instrumental Music students from a number of cluster schools to participate in intensive tuition from Instrumental Music Teachers, ensemble playing and at the conclusion of the workshop a free concert for parents. This event promises to be a wonderful opportunity for children to be involved in an intensive workshop with many students from the area. All Woodwind/ Brass/ Percussion students who commenced learning an instrument at the start of this year will attend the Northside Junior Band Blitz Workshop on Wednesday, 6th of June 2018 at Aspley State School.

Northside Junior String Camp – (String students in Year 4 or students in their 2nd year of learning strings ONLY)

The Northside Junior String Camp will bring together Instrumental Music students from a number of cluster schools to participate in intensive tuition from Instrumental Music Teachers, ensemble playing and at the conclusion of the camp a free concert for parents/carers. This event promises to be a wonderful opportunity for your child to be involved in an intensive workshop with many students from the area.

The details for the camp are as follows:
Dates: Tuesday, 5 June 2018 to Thursday, 7 June 2018
Venues: Tues 5 June & Wed 6 June at Stafford State School, 314 Stafford Road, Stafford.
Thurs 7 June at Old Museum Building, Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TIMETABLE

A reminder to students to ensure that you refer to your instrumental lesson times on the timetable that your instrumental music teacher has distributed to you for your weekly lessons and ensemble rehearsals. Please note the following changes/additions (outlined on your timetables) for the following dates:

1. Wednesday 6th June – Senior Concert Band and all group lessons will be cancelled this day due to Ms Jabs attending the Education Queensland Band Blitz Junior Music Camp which will be held at Aspley SS.
2. Thursday 7th June – Senior String Orchestra and all group lessons will be cancelled on this day due to Ms Jerram attending the Metropolitan Region Junior String Camp.

Happy Music Making to you all
The Aspley Music Department

School Study Tour 2018

Our school will be hosting a Study Tour this year. A study tour is a group of international students coming to Australia (Aspley SS) to learn English and be immersed in the cultural experience of going to an Australian school and staying with Australian host families. A group of 17 Japanese students aged 14-15 years old, will be arriving on the 19th of August and departing on the 1st of September. This particular group of students are from a prestigious school in Japan called Ritsumeikan Uji Junior High School, which is located in the Kyoto Prefecture.

An important aspect of Study Tours is in providing “homestay” for the Japanese students. Information about providing homestay and the application form follows this message. If families are interested in providing homestay, please complete the application form and return it to the Administration Office.

I will keep you all up-to-date with any details regarding the Study Tour in future newsletters. Miss Mira Ponti (LOTE Teacher) has recently been accredited as an Officer of Study Tours and she too will be working with me on this Study Tour. We both hope that you will be able to help us in providing homestay and that it proves to be a rewarding experience for you and your family.

Thank you.
Rowena Mina (6M) and Mira Ponti (LOTE Teacher)

Camp Australia

P&C News

VOLUNTEER WEEK and P&C DAY

We are gearing up to celebrate P&C Day next Friday, 25 May 2018, as part of National Volunteer Week, 21-27 May. Aspley State School has a vibrant community of volunteers, so we want to ensure you are celebrated and acknowledged – without U there is no US!

Please join us for a FREE breakfast and talk with Richard Holt, of Holt Bolt and ex-Aspley State School student. Richard’s talk is aimed at Year 4 to 6 students and talks about building resilience and having the Unbreakable personality. We thank Richard for choosing Aspley State School to launch his Project Unbreakable. Years 4 to 6 students are welcome to attend without an adult present; and all parents are welcome however the content may not be as relevant to younger children.

If you are attending the breakfast AND/OR the talk, please RSVP at the link below . This will help us cater appropriately and set up the Hall as required. Bookings close on May 21st. You are also welcome to email the P&C at AspleyEvents@gmail.com if you would like to RSVP.

Click here to RSVP for the Breakfast Event

If you cannot attend the breakfast, we’d like to invite you to morning tea in the OSHC/Camp Australia room from 10.30am – join us for tea/coffee and cake. Again, please RSVP to AspleyEvents@gmail.com

We would love to chat with you between Under 8s activities.

WORKING BEE

Tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon from 1 to 4.30pm and Sunday morning (from 8.00 to 11.30am), we will be sprucing up our school rooms and grounds. Come for an hour or stay for four, any help is greatly appreciated. Children are welcome to join in and we have a few painting jobs which they will no doubt enjoy. We will be around the Year 1 classrooms if you are looking for us. Thank you to our working bee organisers, Simon Pritchard and Dave Kerr.

If anyone has a pressure cleaner or low step ladders, please bring it along.

We will also have light refreshments after each session so we can admire our handiwork – we hope to see you there!

RAFFLE BONANZA

This is your last chance to buy tickets and spread the word about our Raffle Bonanza

Check out our Facebook Page @AspleySSPandC for a special message from Brad Thorn, Coach of the Queensland Reds. Many thanks to The Liquidator Furniture Warehouse (Robinson Road, Geebung), AEG Ogden, Suncorp Stadium and Review Australia for their donation of our Major Prizes; and to the half-dozen businesses who have contributed to our general prize draw.

Manual ticket purchases are available until Monday 21st May (complete the slip at the bottom of the note sent home and return to the office); while online sales will close on Thursday 24th May, to be drawn at P&C Day on 25th May 2018. For full terms and conditions of our Raffle Bonanza, please email the P&C

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

• Winter accessories (jumpers, tracksuits) will soon be available to order from Flexischools. There is a small supply of jumpers and tracksuit pants available currently in the Shop. We apologise for the manufacturing delays.
• Music Uniforms are available to collect from the Shop if you have pre-ordered, and there is a small amount of extra stock on hand if anyone is still needing uniforms.
• Uniform Shop hours are currently Monday 8-9.45am; and Thursday 3-3.45pm.
• Uniform Shop Volunteer Roster: Help is needed to sort stock and serve:

Second Hand Uniform Sale!

The Aspley State School uniform shop will be holding a second hand uniform sale on Monday 28th May 8am-9:45am. All second hand uniforms will be $5 and will be sold for cash only.

TUCKSHOP NEWS

• We are seeking feedback regarding the Tuckshop menu – what are your favourite menu items and what do your children like to order? Please email AspleyPC@gmail.com with your feedback
• Our menu specials on offer are slightly different this term – so keep an eye out on the noticeboard outside the Tuckshop or check Facebook or Flexischools each week to see what’s new. Jane’s Taco Boats in Week 3 and Green Chicken Curry in Week 4 were very popular. All our meals are made with fresh ingredients in the Tuckshop so you can be rest assured children and staff are enjoying quality food.
• Tuckshop Volunteer Roster: Thursdays and Fridays are our busiest days. Just two parents per class = one shift per term. 8.30-10.30am. Please help us:

ANZAC BEARS TO SCHOOLS:

This year commemorates 100 years since the end of the Great War (World War I). Parents and staff are invited to chip in to donate these specifically designed bears to our school library, so that our school can have access to a wonderful resource

Thank you to Optimise Potential for donating our second bear – Grey Wilson the Great Coat Bear, and Kedron-Wavell Services Club Inc. for donating our third bear – Bernadette O’Meara, the Nurse Bear. If you or a business you know would like to support our school, please share the details and use the code B0132 to process the order. You can see a full list of the bears donated to our school at

COMMUNITY NEWS

Vipers Netball

Wavell State High School – Open Information Afternoon.

Kinetic Kids Aspley

Positive Parenting

Jump up Occupational Therapy

Does your child pick up an object on the left side of their body with their left hand but if it’s on their right side, they use their right hand? They may have difficulty crossing their midline which can make other daily activities such as reading, writing, even sitting more difficult! Some activities to help develop your child's ability to cross their midline include, playing cars on a large path using their dominant hand to drive the car, use large paint brushes and rollers to ‘paint’ the side of the house with water and practicing windmills (ie: bend to touch hand to opposite foot then stand upright and repeat with other hand and foot). For more information or to talk to an OT visit the link below or call Madeline on 0423 162 478