Hi 23 November 2018

Newsletter Articles

UPCOMING EVENTS

November/December 2018

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Playground

Construction of the new early years playground will begin next week! The children are very excited. I am sure they will enjoy watching the construction take place.

This project has required: significant drainage works on the school site to minimise the overflow of water in wet weather; the removal of the dental unit; relocation of existing play equipment; and, significant earth works to prepare the site. This week, the P and C Association has kindly donated the funds to install synthetic turf under the tree to make a robust surface for early learning.

Scholastic Book Fair

Thank you parents / carers for your support of the recent book fair. The Scholastic Book Fair provided the opportunity for children to purchase quality, reading materials. Book fair sales were $2 418. This provides 846 credits, to purchase class readers and new home reading materials for the library.

2018 School Opinion Survey Results

Each year the Department of Education invites school students, parents and staff to complete a school survey. The survey asks opinions, thinking back about their school, in the last twelve months.

The 2018 School Opinion Survey indicated:

Parents (136 respondents from 513 families)

• My child likes being at this school. 96.3% (State 94.2%)
• I can talk to my child’s teachers about my concerns. 97% (State 94.6%)
• This school is environmentally friendly. 88.1% (State 91.4%)
• This is a good school. 87.3% (State 93.2%)

Students (120 students from year 5 and 6)

• I like being at my school. 93.3% (State 88.9%)
• Teachers at my school treat students fairly. 87 % (State 81.7%)
• Teachers care about me. 92.4% (State 87%)
• I use computers and technologies at my school for learning. 97.5% (State 92.4%)
• Student behaviour is well managed at this school. 78.7% (State 75.1%)
• This is a good school. 88 % (State 87.9%)

Staff (57)

• I feel that students receive a good education at my school. 97.3% (State 96.2%)
• Students are encouraged to do their best at this school. 96.5% (State 96.9%)
• Last week of term is generally as productive as the rest of the term. 94.4% (State 84.4%)
• This school looks for ways to improve. 89.1% (State 93.9%)
• This is a good school. 82.5 % (State 93%)

School Priorities for 2019

In 2019 the school will continue to focus on the improvement areas of:

• Writing
• Inquiry Learning
• Reading Comprehension

Investing For Success (I4S) funds will support the purchase of:

• Mathematics resources
• Additional teacher aide time for early years classes
• Funding for specialist Science Teachers (1.4FTE) to provide Making Time for Great Teaching. (This initiative has been successful over the last four years to support collaboration time for teacher peer coaching and feedback, collaborative planning, moderation of teacher judgements for assessments. The initiative also provides specialist science teaching utilising the scientific methods.)
• Additional administrative support for communications

In 2019, Aspley State School will undertake a School Review and the feedback from this review will be applied to create a strategic plan that will guide Aspley State School for the next four years 2019- 2022.

Booklists 2019

Booklists for 2019 have been published on the school website and also emailed to parents.

The Student Resource Scheme provides valuable resources for each child. This scheme provides a cost effective, method to provide additional school resources for your child e.g. subscriptions to online websites including Mathletics, IXL (Maths and English), Dept of Education’s eBook Library, Sunshine Online and Literacy Planet. It also includes shared materials e.g. textbooks, novels, dictionaries, atlases, reference materials production of relevant workbooks and other materials relevant to the student year level.

2019 Classes and Step Up Day

On Wednesday 12 December 2019, students will visit their new teacher and classroom from 9.15 am – 10.15, as part of Step Up Day. This initiative gives students the opportunity to familiarise themselves with their new teacher, classroom and new classmates. Please note that if student enrolments change, this may necessitate the restructure of classes in early 2019. Where this may be undesirable, it is sometimes necessary.

International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme

Aspley State School is a candidate school* for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme and is pursuing authorization as an IB World School.

IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision.

*Only schools authorized by the International Baccalaureate can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.

During the January 2019 Student Free Days teachers will participate in a three day, professional development course Making the Primary Years Programme Happen, where they will learn more about the International Baccalaureate (IB) -Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the associated practices and standards. Teachers will increase their understanding of the IB mission statement, transdisciplinary inquiry as a pedagogical approach, and will learn how to plan, teach and assess the Australian and Queensland Curriculums, through a structured, inquiry approach.

For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit the IB website.

SchoolWatch

Recently, we had two illegal entries to the school and one entry included a small fire set by the intruders! If you see anything, or anyone, acting suspiciously at school, please report this to Crime Stoppers Ph: 1800 333 000.

Thank You Parents and Citizens’ Association Members

The Parents and Citizens Association is a vital part of the school. Their contribution and your support enhances the spirit of the school and provides an enriched environment for our young people. The P&C have achieved much this year, with $30 000 to the refurbishment of two classrooms, $40 000 towards the new playground; $80 sports equipment for chaplaincy and $10 000 for synthetic turf in the new playground area. Congratulations to the P & C members for their hard work in recent years that has enabled this significant contribution to make our school a wonderful place of learning for the children.

Volunteers Afternoon Tea

On behalf of the school community, I wish to convey a very special thank you to the dedicated school volunteers at Aspley State School. There are many people who regularly contribute to our school in many ways e.g. school banking, working bees, tuckshop, reading groups, class help, excursions, school council, Aspley Foundation, P & C Association etc. As a token of our greatest appreciation, school volunteers are invited to attend the Volunteers Afternoon Tea to be hosted by the hospitality students at the school hall on 5th December 2019 at 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm.

Olympics Unleashed

Olympics Unleashed brings Olympians, Paralympians and athletes aspiring to compete at Tokyo 2020 into Queensland primary schools to inspire and motivate students.

It aims to bring out the ‘Olympic spirit’ in all students to pursue their passion, whether that’s in sport, the classroom, the playground or at home. Athletes will have time after the presentation for photographs and autographs with students and staff.

On Monday 19 November 2018 during the 45-minute presentation for students, Olivia Tauro (Athletics Champion) shared life lessons on goal setting, building resilience and overcoming challenges.

Please see attached her Athlete Profile.

Olympics Unleashed is provided at no cost to schools and is supported by the Queensland Government and the Australian Olympic Committee.

Sparrows Soccer in 2019

In 2019, Sparrows soccer will continue as a very popular, before school, soccer program for students enrolled at Aspley State School. In 2019 the program will be led by the trained staff from Pro Football Academy. The program will operate in Terms1, 2 and 3 and will run from the term weeks 2-9.

Students are invited to register for the 2019 program:

• year 3 and year 4 students - Friday mornings 7.30am – 8.25 am
• year 5 and year 6 students - Tuesday mornings 7.30am – 8.25 am

To register for Sparrows in 2019 please visit the link below or enquiries to Jaimie Phone 0420 590 479

I wish to thank the kind parent volunteers and teachers, Mr Schmidt, Mrs Molloy and Ms Lisa Oliver who have given their time and skills to enable Sparrows to be successful in 2018.

For additional information please see the attached flyer

DEPUTY PRINCIPALS NEWS

Orientation Morning for Prep 2019 on Wednesday 5 December

All newly enrolled Prep students and their families are invited to attend an Orientation Morning from 9 am to 10:15am at the school hall.

MSP photographers will be onsite at this session to take a photo of the new Prep students for their classroom teachers.

For the parents, it is a great opportunity to build new relationships with other parents from your child’s classroom and make a connection with their teacher.

For the students, this session helps them meet their teachers, ‘check out’ the Prep classroom and meet some new children to form friendships.

At this session, the Prep families will receive a pack with some handouts about the Prep year and activities to do with the Prep child.

Eleven more sleeps to go!

P-3 Christmas Concert

On Friday 7 December, the Preps, Year Ones, Twos and Threes will be delighted to showcase to their families and friends what they have been learning at Footsteps during our P-3 Christmas Concert. It will be the last concert for the Year 3’s as they go to upper school next year.

Claim this date in your diaries, as you will not be disappointed with the performance.

Step Up Day

On Wednesday December 12, all Prep to Year 5 students will be involved in Step Up Day

Students will have an opportunity to familiarise themselves with their new classrooms and their teachers so new friendships and connections can be made before the 2019 school year.

Letters announcing new classes and teachers will go out to families in the next few weeks.

Finishing strong

Please have conversations with your child/children regarding the next few weeks of the school year. It is still important to keep working until the last day.

We have many fun activities happening in the next few weeks but we need children to remain focused and continue their learning journey during this time. They need to keep up with reading every night, number fact repetition for easy recall, learning of their sight words to assist in their writing and homework.

These are non-negotiables for every child as it helps build discipline and adds to their learning behaviours.

Compton Garden and Music tour

It was with great pride that I attended the Compton Gardens and Hypermarket music performances this week. The students in the Senior Concert Band, Stage Band and Senior Choir performed with a high level of professionalism, skill and joy. Not only were the performances exceptional so were the students’ manners, behaviour and engagement with their audiences, especially at Compton Gardens. This tour gave the students the opportunity to perform to a wider audience and I congratulate Ms Christine Jabs and Mrs Briony McIntyre for facilitating this event. The quality of music teaching at Aspley State School was evident to many during the performances. The school received a phone call from Lyn (Community member who was at the Hypermarket) to congratulate all staff and children on a very professional performance. Well done!

Year 6 – End of Year Events

Planning for the graduation activities are in full swing and the students are getting excited. A friendly reminder that any payments for these activities need to be made by the due date and no later. If you are paying on line or through QParents, please be mindful that payments may take up to three business days to process.

Habits of Mind

For the remainder of the year the Habit of Mind focus will be on Thinking about your thinking (metacognition). When you think about your thinking, you are able understand you thought processes, your problem solving strategies and the effect these have on others.

Assembly - Monday 26 November 2018

The Student Leadership and Captains for 2019 will be introduced to the school community during the next assembly on Monday 26 November at 2.00pm. Students will receive their leadership and captaincy badges during a special Investiture Ceremony on Monday 18 February 2019 at 2.00pm.

The last assembly for this year will be Tuesday 11 December at 2.00pm. At this assembly the 2018 Captains will formally handover the leadership of the school to the 2019 Captains.

Assembly

Learning Showcase

Class showcase items from assembly you may have missed:

• 3N enlightened the audience on the elements of poetry,
• 4R have been learning about the management of waste through Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) curriculum units,
• 4P entertained the audience with their knowledge of the power of advertising, and
• 6M wrote a letter to the future about what life is like today.

Curriculum News

8 Word Story Competition

Our 8 Word Story Competition continues to generate a large number of entries from not only students but also staff and parents!

A reminder that entries are to be 8 words. The story is not a definition of the topic word. Instead it aims to show what the topic sounds like, looks like or feels like in 8 words without using the actual topic word. It is not as easy as it sounds!

All entries are to be submitted by close of business Wednesday via email: aspleywriters@aspleyss.eq.edu.au

You can continue to read the winning entries on our electronic noticeboards and on locations around the school. Congratulations to all of our weekly winners.

Home reading

Home reading is a strategy to encourage positive reading behaviours. It allows students to read easy material in a more phrased and fluent manner to build reading confidence and stamina. Your interactions also help foster a life-long love of reading. As students approach high school they are required to read across many subject areas nightly and reading stamina is certainly needing to be built in the primary years. Reading to your child helps build knowledge of English sentence structures and builds an exploration of new vocabulary, favourite authors and information about new areas of interest. We acknowledge and thank you for the effort you take each night to support your child’s reading development, recording his/her progress in the Home Reading Journal or homework log. A certificate of recognition for students who have achieved 200 nights and over of home reading is planned in the final week of school to recognise this marvellous achievement. Please ensure your child/ren bring in their reading log consistently so that this information can be gathered and actioned next week.

Art with Year 5

This term, year 5W have completed some interesting works of art. Below are examples of some of these. The children used oil pastels, water colour and acrylic paint. Collages were completed using a variety of paper to best enhance the designs.

Technology in Year 3

In Design Technology, grade three investigated the needs and opportunities for designing a product out of waste. They worked individually to design, make and evaluate their designed solution. The results were innovative, socially and environmentally responsible design projects, which demonstrated a creative desire for sustainability and/or a cost effective approach.

Year 2 Spark Lab Excursion

On Thursday 15 November 2018 we went to an amazing place called SparkLab. We had so much fun playing with the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities, while learning at the same time.

At SparkLab we got to do may different things to do with STEM. We got to touch electricity through a ball and watch an experiment that used salt, tomato sauce, vinegar, a tablet and baking soda. The tablet made it explode and we were all oohhhhing and aaahhhhing.

Mr Simpson could even lift an 80kg fridge by using a rope connected to a lever!

At the end of the day everyone gathered for a group photo. We all decided to say a big thank you to Ms Gothman who led the organisation of this fabulous excursion. We thanked our wonderful parent helpers and the team at SparkLab.

Thank you Ms Gothman, we enjoyed the excursion and wish to go there again!

By Elliot, Eloise, Alyssa and Layla.

Microsoft Office for Students (It's free!)

The Queensland Department of Education have secured a deal so that Microsoft Office 365 for Students is available to install at home on up to five devices for free.

Instructions to download and install the Microsoft Office applications is available in the following two documents: -

Finance News

PAYMENTS FOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Aspley State School has a variety of options available to parents and caregivers to pay for the many excursions and activities in which your child participates.

For each activity or excursion that involves the collection of a payment, the school chooses a due date for payment. We make this date as close as possible to the date of the activity, taking into consideration cut-off times for final numbers. This is usually one week prior to the excursion, unless it involves overnight stays, which requires more notice to the provider. We are unable to accept payments after this due date because the cut off time is the absolute latest we can adjust numbers.

The school has many activities and excursions happening and often the due dates for payments overlap. A due date is set so the office staff have sufficient time to reconcile payments and provide to the teachers a participant list and relevant medical details. The due date will always be clearly marked on the letter sent home to the parent / carer. It is the parent / carers responsibility to ensure that the payment is made on or before the due date. If you require a payment plan, please contact the office BEFORE the due date, so a plan can be arranged.

Student Absences

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 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.

Music News

ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to the Senior Concert Band for their beautiful performance on assembly this week. We look forward to hearing the Year 6 instrumental group ‘Fruit Salad’ next Monday on assembly and the week following the combined Senior and Junior Choral ensembles. We look forward to seeing you at these assemblies supporting our young musicians.

MUSIC TOUR – SENIOR CONCERT BAND/SENIOR CHOIR – CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to our Senior Concert Band and Senior Choir who combined for a special music tour this week to Compton Gardens Retirement Community and Aspley Hypermarket. Wow! What an amazing day! Our young performers represented Aspley with pride whilst being out and about in the local community with the patrons at Compton Gardens Retirement Community loving the music making that occurred on this special day. It was wonderful to see our young students mingling and chatting with the elderly whilst enjoying morning tea after their performances, provided by the Compton gardens. A very special performance indeed. We then ventured on to Aspley Hypermarket where the students performed magnificently to the many patrons and family members who were at this venue. We must say such a very big thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and friends who attended this performance at the Hypermarket, it was so lovely to see you all supporting our young musicians and choralists and we know that the children loved performing to you all.

Thank you to the parents and Aspley staff who accompanied our young musicians for this musical excursion. Your support helped to make this special community performance day such a hit! Congratulations everyone!

JUNIOR CHOIR

A reminder to all Junior Choristers and their families that Mrs McIntyre and Junior Choir members will be having their choral workshop afternoon, to be held in the Music Classroom followed by a Twilight Soiree for the families of our young Junior Choir members, this Friday 23rd November. Please take note of the following details for this workshop afternoon:

We look forward to performing for you at the Twilight Soiree and thank you for supporting our choral program at Aspley State School.

CHORAL ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our young choralists and their families for such a marvellous year of choral singing! Families, thank you for supporting our young choralists in their singing endeavours, I have just loved the opportunity of directing both the Senior and Junior Choral Ensembles through-out this year and I am very much looking forward to a fantastic 2019 with the Aspley choralists.

Please note the final choral ensemble rehearsals for Senior and Junior Choirs for 2018:

• Monday 26 November – Senior Choir cancelled
• Friday 30 November – Combined Senior/Junior Choir rehearsal 1.15pm – 2pm
• Monday 3 December – Combined Senior/Junior Choir rehearsal 10.30am – 11.15am (final rehearsal for 2018)

CURRENT AND UPCOMING MUSICAL EVENTS – TERM FOUR 2018

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NEWS

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC RESOURCE SCHEME PAYMENTS/CONTINUING FORMS – 2019

All students beginning and continuing in the instrumental music program for 2019 have now received a copy of the 2019 Instrumental Music Student Resource Scheme Parent Information Letter. It is a requirement that every child in the Instrumental Music Program pays the resource scheme of $60.00 per student per year (regardless of how many instruments learnt). Students who are using a school instrument, an additional hire fee of $120.00 per school loan instrument will be applied. If you are using your own instrument in this program, you do not pay the $120.00 instrument loan hire fee, however the $60.00 Instrumental Music Student Resource Scheme must be paid. Full payment is required by Friday 30 November 2018. Failure to make this payment will result in the withdrawal of your child from this program.

We value your support and with it, we look forward to your student enjoying and achieving success in the program.

FINAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSONS FOR 2018:

Please note below the final lessons/ensemble rehearsals that both Ms Jabs and Ms Jerram will have with our wonderful instrumental music students for 2018:

1. Monday 26 November – Junior Concert Band will be held on this day. Junior Woodwind/Brass/Percussion students will have their final lessons with Ms Jabs. All loan instruments and sheet music must be returned during this final lesson for 2018.
2. Wednesday 28 November – Senior Concert Band and all lessons will be cancelled on this day as Ms Jabs is at McDowall SS Celebration Concert.
3. Thursday 29 November – Senior String Orchestra is cancelled, however students will have their last group lessons with Ms Jerram on this day. Students will be required to return all loan instruments and sheet music/books during this lesson.

Happy Music Making to you all
The Aspley Music Department

Sports News

Swimming Carnival 2018

Congratulations to all the students who trialed for the 50m swimming events over the last few weeks. All qualifying students will be posted up at the hall and outside the pool on the noticeboards on Monday 26th of November. Students who have qualified for any 50m event do not swim the 25m event in the same stroke (eg: students that are not swimming any 50m will have the opportunity to swim 25m in each of the four strokes). Good luck to all students and let’s see which House will rise to the top!

The swimming carnival for students in years 3-6 will be held on Thursday 6 December 2018. (Wet weather reserve day is Thursday 11 December 2018.)

A sausage sizzle, drinks and ice blocks will be sold on the day. Prices include: Sausage Sizzle $2.50; (Vegetarian option available.) Water $1.00; Fruit Juice $ 1.50; and, Superdooper Ice block $1.00. Students are asked to pay at the event. Funds raised from this event will support the 2019 Year 6 Canberra Trip. We are seeking parent helpers to prepare food, cook the BBQ and serve on the day. If you are available to assist please email: admin@aspleyss.eq.edu.au and state the time you are available.

Swimming instruction for students in year 1, 2 and 3 will be in term one, 2019. A permission note will go home next week for this valuable and potentially lifesaving program. Our learn to swim program is conducted by Swim Solutions staff with their class teacher, who provide a quality swim programme for students at all levels.

Swimming Lessons Make Up

Due to pool maintenance in week 6, some classes will participate in a makeup lesson during week 8.

Students will continue with swim instruction as per the existing timetable. Classes who missed a lesson will participate in lessons increasing their knowledge an understanding of water safety and life saving strategies. As these classes will be increased in size, additional staff will be employed to enable this program to be effective learning opportunity and ensure student safety.

Tuesday 27 November 2018

9.30 am – 10:10 am :        4G
10.10am -  10:50 am:        4M
11.15 am – 12.35 pm: 4P & 4R
12.35 pm – 1.55 pm:   5F & 5V

Wednesday 28 November 2018

9.30 – 10.50 am: 6O & 6DA
11.15 am – 12.35pm: 6M & 5W
12.35 am – 1.55 pm 6H

The music students that missed the catch up lesson will also be included in the above time table. Classroom teachers have a list of students required.

I would like to acknowledge the high quality swim program that Swim Solutions provides for the students at Aspley State School. I wish to thank their dedicated staff for their care, diligence and effective swim lessons.

In term 1, 2019 the students in years 1, 2 and 3 will be invited to participate in swim lessons commencing in week 2 2019. A detailed permission letter will go home to parents/carers next week.

Socceroos V North Korea

Football Australia selected 3H Aspley State School student Dana G to lead out Korea and the Socceroos last Saturday at Suncorp stadium. Dana grew up in South Korea and got the chance to play football on the ground at half time. What a wonderful experience!

Library

End of Year Library Activities

The school year may be starting to wind down, but here in the library, we are gearing up to offer some exciting activities in the final few weeks. We have Christmas themed craft activities planned and a special guest is coming to live in the library for weeks nine and ten. Watch for the photos of our mischievous guest in the next newsletter.

Lost or Overdue Books

Thank you to those families who have been unearthing missing library books and returning them to the library as this ensures that we have resources that are available for others to use. Overdue Notices are printed every second week and given to class teachers for the students in their class who have overdue library books. If the book is not returned, then an invoice is generated and sent home via the parent’s email address to assist in the replacement of the missing book/s.

At Aspley State School, we are committed to encouraging students' reading in its many different forms. Promoting responsible borrowing of our library resources is a critical element.

As we want to encourage students to read as much as possible, students who have one overdue book will be placed on Restricted Borrowing. This will allow them to borrow one book while they have one overdue book.

Students who have more than one book overdue will be unable to borrow until the overdue books are either returned or the invoice is paid (if one has been issued).

Roll Class Overdue Notices are printed fortnightly and class teachers remind students and communicate with parents via their regular communication channel e.g. Class Dojo, email, class newsletter, notes home etc.

Invoices for the replacement of the overdue book are issued via the parent's email address when it is overdue by six weeks. They are also issued by the request of a parent when the book is known to be lost or damaged.

Once the book is returned or the invoice is paid, the student will then revert to the regular borrowing allowances for their year level.

This will also apply to students who still have carry-over overdue book/s as of the start of 2019.

Caring For Our Books By Always Using a Waterproof Library Bag.

One of the easiest ways we can care for our library books is to always have a waterproof library bag when borrowing and returning our library books. Your support in ensuring that your child uses a waterproof library bag rather than a calico/cotton bag or a plastic folder is appreciated. The Uniform Shop sells the recommended library bag (green) for $15.00.

Library Opening Hours

The library is open every morning before school from 8:00 – 8:30am for parents to bring their children to borrow. After borrowing, the student must return to the waiting area at the hall. The Library is also open for student borrowing every day after school until 3:15pm, excluding Tuesday. We are also open at first break playtime. Please remember that your child can only borrow if they have a waterproof library bag with them. A plastic folder or a calico/cotton bag is not suitable and students will not be able to borrow from the collection using these items.

Linda Hamilton
Teacher in Charge of the Library

Chaplaincy

Hi there, I hope everyone is going well as we come to the end of a busy term! This is a great time to celebrate the work of some unsung heroes in our community, so along with a school volunteer afternoon tea in week 9, we will be hosting representatives from the local emergency services at our school assembly on Monday the 3rd of December. They will be presented with a small gift and thankyou poster and invited to stay to observe our assembly (if they have time). We are excited to thank our emergency services for the work they do in our community! If you have any questions or would like to chat to me about anything, email me anytime on sineadt@chappy.org.au . Have a lovely week

P&C News

This week we’ll quote Europe – it’s the final countdown…

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

• PLEASE NOTE: Any shirts that have been hired throughout this year are due back at the Uniform Shop. If you or your student cannot drop it by during opening hours, please leave it at the office with the name and class of the student who hired it. As per the hire agreement, shirts that are not returned will be invoiced for the full cost by the school.

2019 Opening Hours – Week Before Term 1 begins

• Wednesday 23/1 - 8 - 10am, 4 - 6pm (Flexischool orders pick up ONLY)
• Thursday 24/1 - 4 - 6pm
• Friday 25/1 - 7:30 - 9:30am
• Saturday 26/1 - 9 - 11am

• It is a very busy time of year, and the uniform shop would value any parents who could offer some help during one of the above times. Please email Jodie at Uniforms.AspleySS@gmail.com if you can help.

• If people would like to drop off second-hand items for donation, you can do so at any time (uniform shop or office)
• New school bags have arrived.
• Any out of stock items are due in by the end of November. Thanks for your patience.
• Normal opening hours 8-9.30am Monday; 3 to 3.45pm Thursdays.

TUCKSHOP NEWS

The tuckshop is now serving salads in re-usable containers, so please return these to the tuckshop if they happen to make it home. All containers are labelled for easy identification. Thank you to Jane for her initiative in bringing sustainability into our school tuckshop.

EVENT UPDATES:

P&C Meeting 20th November: Big thank you to the members of our community who made it to our final P&C Meeting of the year. Despite my promise to keep it short and sweet, there were just a few too many things on the discussion table. The P&C have rounded up the year with a number of financial contributions to our school community, including:

• Up to an additional $10,000 to support the completion of the Early Years Playground re-build.
• Additional funding to the sustainability program to purchase and build a shed.
• Funding for equipment to assist the Chaplaincy program.
• Student representation awards gifted to a number of students who reached State and National level of achievement in 2018.

Our next P&C meeting is scheduled for 12 February 2019 (Week 3, Term 1). Please save the date now!

COMMUNITY

Book Club

Vipers Netball

Road Safety

Meeanjin Markets

Confident Kids Resilience Program

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