Principal’s Message

WEEK 1 TERM 1

29 January 2020

Happy New Year

It was a welcomed sight last week to see rain, not just in our local area, but to many parts of the country that desperately needed it. The

end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 has been a tumultuous and testing time for even the most resilient amongst us. As our thoughts

and well wishes go to those affected by the recent bushfire crisis, I also thank the many in our community who led the way in supporting

the people directly impacted by this. We know our future is going to be positive when we see the way our children respond in times of

crisis, with many of them taking an active role in supporting those in need.

We start the year with record student enrolments for this millennium with just over 900 students attending the first two days. The first day

of school, like every other day of the year, should be filled with curiosity, excitement and laughter. It is not unusual for some students to

feel a bit anxious about moving into their new class, and if your child is experiencing this, I encourage you to make contact with your

child’s teacher so we can take action to address this sooner rather than later.

Our staff were at school last week, excited to get into the new year and learning about their new students. We

also welcome a few new staff members to our school. Please join me in welcoming: Inclusivity - Lyn Herrod

(Pierrehumbert); Prep D - Michelle Tooth; 2A - Kim Woods; 2B - Mel Kerr; 2C - Leyshani Naidu; 2D - Kristina

Craner; 3F - Eloise Hartung; 6A - Angela Diehm; 6D - Emma Madge and Kate Garcia.

Meet the Teacher

In Week 3 of this term we will again host the 2020 ‘Meet the Teacher’ evenings. This is a chance for parents and staff to get to know each

other to begin forging positive working partnerships. As we trialled last year, in between each session commencing, we will have group

sessions in the courtyard to introduce our new staff and to hear whole school messages. I would appreciate it if you were able to come

along to one of these sessions below that

commences just before your Meet the Teacher

session. There will also be food vans and stall

displays from our school community. The payment

window will also be open for payments/permission

forms.

As parents, you play an important role in the

education of your child and I hope that this will be the

beginning of a happy and rewarding relationship with

your child’s class teacher. Strong, committed

partnerships between our school and our parents

play a crucial role in our children’s development.

Brad Clark

Principal

Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCov

Attached to the newsletter email is a fact sheet about a new strain of coronavirus. While there is still a lot to learn

about this, we are taking a precautionary approach. While there are a range of symptoms ranging from mild

illness to pneumonia, please do not send your child to school if they are feeling unwell. If your child is going to be

absent, you can notify the school via the QParents app or the school absentee line on (07) 3430 9160.

Year 1 Parents

Tuesday 11 February 5:50-6:00pm in the covered games area outside tuckshop

Followed by ‘Meet the Teacher’ in the classroom 6:00-7:00pm

Year 2 Parents

Tuesday 11 February 6:50-7:00pm in the covered games area outside tuckshop

Followed by ‘Meet the Teacher’ in the classroom 7:00-8:00pm

Year 3 & 4 Parents

Wednesday 12 February 5:50-6:00pm in the quadrangle outside office

Followed by ‘Meet the Teacher’ in the classroom 6:00-7:00pm

Year 5 & 6 Parents

Wednesday 12 February 6:50-7:00pm in the quadrangle outside office

Followed by ‘Meet the Teacher’ in the classroom 7:00-8:00pm

School absences contact before 9:00am

School absence line: (07) 3430 9160

School email: absences@samfordss.eq.edu.au

Advise via QParents

OSHC Absence Line: (07) 3430 9145

All student messages MUST be received by 2:30pm

Welcome Back!

Welcome to our new families and welcome back to our experienced Samford State

School families. Wow 2020! Now this is the year that was always mentioned in movies

while I was growing up. Not to give away my age but I thought I would be getting to

work in a flying car in the Year 2020.

Just a few items this fortnight, I won’t bombard you while you are settling back into your

routines:

QKR

Did you know you can sign your permission forms on Qkr! - swimming

notes, SRS, RI and excursions are all uploaded to the app where you

can sign and pay (if required) all at once. This can be done anytime day

or night - now that’s handy! Email Tanya Buskens here or drop in to the

payment window if you would like further information on this app.

Instructions on how to download and use the app are included at the

end of this newsletter.

Assembly

Senior assembly (for Year 4-6 students) will commence in Week 3 on Monday

afternoon, from 2:00pm (due to Music Camp in Week 2). Senior assembly will then be

held every fortnight on even weeks (Week 4, 6, 8 and 10).

Junior assembly will be structured differently this year on Tuesdays. They will be split

across Prep - Year 3 to have two separate assemblies. On alternating weeks, we will

have Prep/Year 1 and on the other weeks, Year 2-3. The junior assemblies start from

2:00pm and run until approximately 2:20pm.

Therefore Junior assembly (for Year 2-3 students) will commence in Week 3 on

Tuesday afternoon, from 2:00pm. It will then be held every fortnight on odd weeks.

Junior assembly (for Prep/Year 1 will commence in Week 4 on Tuesday afternoon, from

2:00pm. It will then be held every fortnight on even weeks.

Class Newsletters

Class newsletters will be coming soon. All of your child’s/children’s class and year level

curriculum information including additional information regarding excursion, RI and SRS

will be enclosed.

Administration

2020 ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE

Year 4 - 6

(Senior Assembly)

Starting Monday W3

(due to Music Camp W2)

THEN MONDAY

EVEN WEEKS

2:00pm

Year 2 - 3

(Junior Assembly)

Starting Tuesday W3 THEN TUESDAY

ODD WEEKS

2:00pm

Prep/Year 1

(Junior Assembly)

Starting Tuesday W4 THEN TUESDAY

EVEN WEEKS

2:00pm

Friday 31 January

Beginners’ Music Camp

School Banking Sign-on 8:00am

Monday 3 February

Beginners’ Music Camp

Thursday 6 February

Prep Hearing Screening

Friday 7 February

Vivace Choir Camp (Hall)

Student Payments due

Monday 10 February

Senior Assembly

Tuesday 11 February

Junior Assembly (Yr 2-3)

Parent Information Night -

Year 1 & 2

Wednesday 12 February

Parent Information Night -

Year 3-6

Thursday 13 February

NWD Swimming

The School Calendar

is available on the

Q Schools App.

Meet the Teacher’ Evenings

On the ‘Meet the Teacher’ evenings on 11 and 12 February, 2020 (Week 3), the

payment windows will be open from 5:30pm until 8:00pm. If this is your preferred

method of submitting your permissions, you will be able to sign your RI selection and

other permissions as well as make payments.

Student Resource Scheme (SRS)

For those who are participating in the Student Resource Scheme (SRS) 2020, all

resources were delivered to your childs classroom ready for them to use on the first

day. For those who have joined our school or responded to the scheme after the

December 2019 cut-off, your resources are on their way. If you need further information

about the SRS, please email Danni-elle Atkins here. The second instalment of the SRS

payment is due by 10 February 2020. If you would like more information on your

student account, please email Tanya Buskens here.

School Magazine

If anyone ordered their 2019 School Magazine last year but has not

yet picked it up, please go to the office to collect. There are a very

limited number still available to purchase if you missed the QKR cut-

off date last year.

Correct Email address

With the beginning of the school year, it is a great time to make sure that your contact

details are up to date. Could you please ensure that you have your most current and

up to date email address registered with the school office.

Administrative Team and Roles

I would like to introduce to our fantastic administrative team (listed to the left) for those

new to our school community. The team are only too happy to help with any enquiry

you may have.

Nunzi Hyde

Business Manager

Sign-on this Friday

School Banking commenced today for existing bankers. On Friday 31 January, there

will be a sign-on for new students wishing to sign up for school banking. You will find

the sign-on outside the office from 8:00am.

All you need to bring along is a parent and their driver’s licence to open up an account

and banking will be able to be started next banking day.

If you have any questions, please come along as we will be happy

to help you out.

Our banking day is on a WEDNESDAY.

Andrea Rhind

School Banking

Administration

Nunzi Hyde Business Manager

Stella Sheil

Executive Assistant to Leadership Team

Rachel Whyte

Human Resources

Tanya Buskens

Student Accounts & Finance

Julie Hall

Accounts Payable & Reception

Mieke Brooks

Enrolments & Reception

Danni-elle Atkins

Student Resource Scheme (SRS) Administrator

Kylie Neville

Assets & Facilities Officer

Belinda Smith

Newsletter & Community Liaison Officer

Andrew Long

Schools and Facilities Officer

Administration Office

Opening Hours

Monday to Friday

8:00am - 3:30pm

Banking

First Day of Prep!

What a wonderful first day of prep we had with children getting to know their teachers, meeting new friends and meeting up again with some they already knew!

There was plenty of activity on the first day and it was wonderful to see the children head home with smiling faces and great ideas about tomorrow. I’m sure they slept very well after a big first day!

It seems that ‘Roo’ was a big hit and the children were delighted that their ‘Roo’ had the same name as them! The plush kangaroos will stay with them this week and then will visit the school on special occasions throughout the year! Over the years we hope this will be a lovely memento of their time in Prep.

It was also wonderful to see the parents at the Tim Tams and Tea morning. Thank you so much to those parents who were able to come along. Don’t worry though, if you didn’t make it there will be plenty of chances to be involved throughout the year!

Katie McIntyre

Deputy Principal - Prep

Welcome Prep Families

Here is Prep A with their ‘Roo’s’.

Email Belinda Smith here for an advertising

package or call (07) 3430 9104.

Support Your School...

Who and what is the P&C?

Samford’s P&C is a not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with our

Principal, Mr Clark, and the community to promote the interests of the school, facilitate its

development and further improvement, and to achieve the best possible outcomes for

students.

Run by an Executive Committee of volunteers, the P&C is responsible for OSHC, the

Uniform Shop, the Prep/Year 1 and Year 5/6 committees and Music working party. It is

also the fundraising body of the school, running events such as Mother’s Day and

Father’s Day stalls, Art Festival, Spring Festival, discos, bake sales, sausage sizzles etc.

You will no doubt see lots of updates from our new Business and Events Coordinator,

Jade. She joins us this term so please make her welcome!

Why is the P&C important?

There are plenty of things which we enjoy around our school which Education QLD

do not provide through their budgets for schools. This means that unless the P&C raises

funds to provide these things to the school, they would not be available for our children.

In the past 12 months, the P&C have contributed the following to the school:

Funds to create a nature space area, OSHC demountable,

soccer balls, worm farm, Makerspace roof, chilled bubblers,

sandstone blocks in the pick up zone, rubber soft-fall for the Prep

play area, shade sail over the senior playground, decodable texts for

Prep classes, library books, air-conditioning maintenance… the list

goes on. The year ahead will see the completion of our Makerspace

project - something very exciting for all children and teachers at the

school!

We can’t do it without YOU! How can you get involved?

P&C meetings occur twice a term and everyone is welcome to attend these

meetings. They are informal, friendly, a great way to find out what is going on around the

school and give us the opportunity to discuss the spending of hard-earned funds. Our

members will be notified of the agenda and reports prior to each meeting, so you can

keep up to date with what is happening.

Volunteers are crucial to the P&C’s success - without generous parents giving up

their time to help with events throughout the year, we wouldn’t be able to raise the funds

to improve the experience of every child at the school. You will see emails and

newsletter details about how you can help with our events and we would love for you to

get involved. There are various committees and working groups you can be involved in

too.

Don’t forget, volunteering is a great way to make new friends and feel great about

contributing to the amazing community that is Samford State School!

Our next meeting is on Monday 17 February at 6:30pm in the Seminar room (near the library). We would love to see you there!

Claire Limbrick

P&C President

P&C News

Jade Sercombe-Ford

P&C Business & Events

Coordinator

Hello! I am thrilled to be welcomed as the new P&C Business and Events

Coordinator at Samford State School! I look forward to a year full of exciting adventures. I invite you

and our wonderful school community to become inspired

together for the betterment of all, and take this journey with me!

With a passion for the creative arts, student and teacher wellbeing, I will be promoting P&C events with a new

twist! Offering fresh ideas and unique opportunities for your investment and involvement.

I’m sure I will meet you soon. Please

reach out during Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays to learn more about how

you can add a touch of magic to your incredible school community!

In the joy of learning together,

Jade Sercombe-Ford

P&C Business & Events Coordinator

Do you need any of these items?

Lunchbox coolers

Behringer and Verbatim headphones

Swimming caps and rashies

All items available on QKR right now or visit the shop during

open hours.

Kylie Neville

Uniform Shop

Uniform Shop

Shop Hours

Tuesday 8:00 am 10:00 am

Wednesday 8:00 am 10:00 am

Thursday 2:00 pm 3:30 pm

Online Ordering through Qkr

Music

Welcome back to Term 1. The Music calendar already looks

exciting for 2020!

Beginners Music Camp

Please refer to your Beginner’s Music Camp note for times and

locations. Camp will run on Friday 31 January and Monday 3

February.

Choir Camp

All Vivace choir students (Years 5 and 6) have camp on Friday 7

February in the Seminar Room. Children are to sign in at the

classroom and meet at the Seminar Room at 9:00am. The day will

run with normal breaks and students will be excused at 2:50pm to

go back to their classrooms.

Instrumental Timetable

Please refer to the timetable on the next page.

All instrumental lessons will commence in Week 3.

All choir rehearsals start in Week 3.

Junior Band - TBA.

Junior Strings - Term 3.

Bridget Anese & Mandy Colen

Music Teachers

Instrumental Timetable ~ 2020

Bridget Anese & Mandy Colen

Music Teachers

Music

MUSIC EVENT CALENDAR ~ 2020

TERM 1

DATE and TIME EVENT and LOCATION GROUP YEAR LEVEL ATTIRE

Friday 31 January

and Monday 3

February

Week 1 and 2

School Hours

Beginner Music Camp

Samford SS, Mitchelton SS,

Ferny Grove SS, Ferny Grove

State High School

All Beginner Music

students Year 3-4 School Uniform

Friday 7 February

Week 2

School Hours

Choir Camp

Seminar Room All Vivace students Year 5-6 School Uniform

Monday 23-

Wednesday 25

March

Week 9

School Hours +

Evening Concert

Metropolitan Choral Hon-

ours Program

Birralee HQ, Carwoola St,

Bardon

(Mon-Tues)

Old Museum, Bowen Hills

(Wed + Evening concert)

(Pending)

Select Year 6 stu-

dents from Vivace,

by invitation only

Year 6

School Uniform

+ Choral Hon-

ours Uniform

Wednesday 1 April

Week 10

5pm Sound Check

6.30pm Concert

Pemulwuy Prelude Concert

Venue TBA Boys from Vivace

and Allegro Year 4-6 TBA

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before School

Vivace Choir Miss Anese Music Room 7.30am From Week 3

Junior Band Mrs Haringcaspel Hall 7.15am TBA

Allegro Choir Mrs Colen Music Room 7.30am From Week 3

Songsters Choir Mrs Sherman 7.45am Music Room From Week 3 Senior Strings Ms Kariks Hall 7.45am From Week 3

School Hours

Woodwind/Brass Mrs Haringcaspel Music Block Percussion Mrs Berti Hall

Woodwind/Brass Mrs Haringcaspel Music Block

Strings Lessons Ms Kariks Music Block Junior String Ensemble Ms Kariks Music Block 2nd Break Semester 2

Welcome Back!

Welcome to the Library for 2020! We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s smiling faces as

they step through the door for the first time this year.

To all our new families, please feel free to pop in and have a wander through our relaxed and

welcoming Library space.

Class borrowing will commence in Week 2 but students are welcome to borrow during the break

times provided they bring their Library bag.

All children in Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 MUST have a waterproof Library bag of some description

to enable borrowing. The Uniform Shop sells Samford State School library bags or alternatively

a drawstring bag may be used. Please ensure you clearly name your child’s bag.

If you have any queries please call in and see us.

Happy reading,

Deb, Jodie & Kerry

Library

Library

Tuckshop

Term 1 Menu

Our delicious Term 1 menu has been set. Click here to view it.

Food can be ordered via the QKR app or via a brown bag order

over the counter. If ordering via a brown bag, please put the

correct cash payment into the bag, and clearly mark the bag with

your child’s name, class, what they would like to order, whether it

is for 1st or 2nd break, and the amount enclosed.

Trading Hours

Trading hours are:

TUESDAY TO FRIDAY

8:00am to 3:30pm

Please note - there will be

NO BREAKFAST this year

Coffee

Coffees are now $5.00, with the exception to long black and teas.

Pre-paid coffee cards remain the same. $20 - essentially paying

for 4, and getting the 5th FREE!

The Three Little Pigs Catering

Hello!

Welcome to Samford State School 2020. At Samford State School, we are lucky enough to run a Chaplaincy Service 3 days a week.

Josslyn (Chappy Joss) will continue her role in 2020 at Samford State School on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Chaplain Joss

Chaplaincy

What is a Chaplain?

A School Chaplain is a safe person for young people to connect with at school and provide a listening ear,

caring presence and a message of hope. Chaplains run positive, fun activities for students and assist in

fostering supportive, caring school communities.

Working with other members of the school’s support team, the Chaplain cares for students struggling with

issues such as difficult relationships with other children or family members, poor self-esteem, family breakdown

and depression.

The partnership between the school and the Chaplaincy Service, supported by local churches, businesses and

community organisations, provides a network of local support and assistance. These positive relationships help

young people to face difficult issues and provide hope, connection, meaning, and purpose.

The Chaplaincy Service is available to everyone in the school community regardless of their religious beliefs.

What does Chaplaincy look like at Samford State School?

Chappy Joss runs regular lunch time activities for students that offer a safe space for them to feel included and

have fun. She also provides pastoral support for students who are facing a range of issues including grief,

loneliness, friendship issues and family breakdown.

Chappy Joss is involved in a range of school activities including education support, mentoring, staff wellbeing,

assisting with school performances/events and works alongside the Guidance Officer to provide support for both

students and staff. Students may request to see the Chaplain on an individual basis for support in personal

matters. Parents will be consulted if their child wishes to be involved in ongoing one-to-one meetings with the

Chaplain.

If you would like to know more about School Chaplaincy or connect with the Chaplain regarding pastoral care

referrals or what activities are on offer, please feel free to contact Josslyn through the school or email her here.

Welcome to a New Year here at OSHC

At the end of last year we recently increased to a license capacity of 150, we moved into our new demountable, we upgraded the old sandpit in the senior playground to a new learning space deck, opened up the nature space in the pine forest, added some chickens to our garden space and much, much more….let’s see what we can do in 2020.

Summer vacation care 2019/2020

What fun we had over our summer holidays…this is what we got up to.

We bounced around at revolution which was great fun and used up a lot of energy, the bus trip home was much quieter than the way there that’s for sure.

We had bricks for kids come out and hold a workshop with us in the library with four different stations for us to explore, create and play with. We had themed days as well at OSHC - one of these was our ‘job day’, in which we explored what it would be like to be a film director and create our own movies. We created our own props, popped up a green screen and used our stop motion app to create a movie for everyone to sit down to and watch at the end of the day. We also dabbled with other jobs as well and cooked pizzas and built a motorised car.

We had a couple of swim days which was well received with the hot, humid weather we have been having of late and incorporated some water slide fun with this as well. We ventured on an excursion to Laserzone where we were able to battle each other in the laser arena whilst the other children played to their hearts content in the games arcade with unlimited games.

Summer camp day was also a big hit with our final activity for the day being our watermelon eating competition which was a great laugh with everyone wanting to have a go at competing. We even had a staff competition which was a bit more competitive than the children’s competition!

We hope everyone had an amazing break whatever they got up to and we can’t wait to spend another year with everyone.

Kristy & the OSHC Team

OSHC

Term 1 2020 Program

Please find below the Term 1, 2020 program of ASA classes.

Further information on the classes can be found here.

Kylie Neville

ASA Coordinator

After School Activities (ASA)

Class Day Cost Ages Location Registration Information

Paper Mache (Helen Evans)

Tuesday (6 weeks)

11 Feb-17 Mar

$85 Year 1-6

Makerspace

thearttrain1938@gmail.com https://www.thearttrain.shop/collections/seep 0431 729976

Easter Textiles

(Helen Evans)

Thursday (6 weeks)

13 Feb-19 Mar

Multi Media Room in the library

Grasshopper Soccer

(Mauricio Marino)

Monday (8 weeks)

3 Feb-23 Mar

$135 Prep – Year

6 Oval

mauricio@grasshoppersoccer.com.au https://grasshoppersoccer.com.au/Samford 0430 588067

Chess

(Neil Lossberg)

Tuesday (7 weeks)

11 Feb-24 Mar

$58 Year 1-6 Library neil.lossberg@gmail.com 0448 868501

Yoga

(Vicki Murtagh)

Monday (7 weeks)

10 Feb-23 Mar

$105 Prep – Year

6 Library

vicki@mala-alchemy.com https://www.mala-alchemy.com/seepbookings 0424 707818

French Club

(Karine Denis)

Tuesday (7 weeks)

11 Feb-24 Mar

$120 Year 2-6 Multi Media Room in

the library

frenchtutorkarine@gmail.com 0420 899190 www.bonjourlafrance.com.au

Guitar

(Rob Reeves)

Tuesday (7 weeks)

11 Feb-24 Mar

$175 Year 3,4,5,6 Music Room

rob@robsguitarschool.com 0408 854077 Friday

(6 weeks)

14 Feb-27 Mar

QKR Instruction Guide

QKR Instruction Guide

Community Notices

SIGN ON

Saturday 1st

February 2020

9am to 2pm

At the Clubhouse

Community Notices

Samford Little Athletics The Little Athletics FAST 2 program will commence at Samford State School in Term 1, 2020. What is FAST? FAST is a condensed Little Athletics program. FAST or Fundamental Athletics Skills Training, is a program which runs for 1 hour each week and utilises games & skill development activities to teach the basic, fundamental movement patterns of the events experienced in a Little Athletics competition. Each 1 hour session will include one warm up activity, one running activity, one jumping activity and one throwing activity. Each of these activities are 10-15 minutes in duration, so children experience a lot of skill development in a short amount of time.

For those who participated in the FAST program earlier this year, it will follow a similar format with participants rotating through 4 activities, however this time they will do two game type activities (similar to last time), plus a rotation where they will be coached on a specific event/skill and lastly, a measured/timed activity. A modified competition will take place at the end of the 8 week period. Once again, parent involvement will be crucial in making this successful and parents are expected to stay and supervise their children at every session and help out where necessary. You are welcome to come along for a FREE trial in the first week, with payment due by the third week.

When: 5:00pm Tuesday 11 February 2020 (then every Tuesday for remainder of Term 1) Where: Samford State School oval Who: Primary aged children (4-12) Cost: $50 (8 week program)

Please join the ‘Samford Little Athletics’ Facebook page for further updates or contact

Carmen on 0401259283.