Issue 8, 2023 Term 3, 25th August 2023
- Principals Report
- P-2 Classroom news
- Happy Birthday
- Student of the Week & Gotcha Winners Term 3
- Charleville Performing Arts Festival 2023
- Naidoc Week Pics
- Quilpie & District Carnival Dates 2023
- Prep 2024 Enrolments
- PPF Meeting 11th October
- Date Claimer : 3rd November, St Finbarr's Mystery Holiday and Fete
- Pupil Free day Friday 1st September
- School Assembly
- Cricket Queensland
- Tuckshop Term 3, 2023
- Sneak peak of 3-6 Show Art
- School Absences
- School Bell Times
- Term Dates 2023
- St Finbarr's Student Protection Contacts
Principals Report
Dear Parents and Friends
CHARLEVILLE PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
On Friday I took Ava, Nate McC, Ella-Rose, Nate McF, Rosie, GG and 5 state school students into Charleville. The students performed very well and came home with a stack of medallions and highly commended certificates. Congratulations to all of our students we are very proud of you.
NAIDOC WEEK ACTIVITIES
I would like to thank Ruby Andrews and Brendan Andrews for their incredible aboriginal cooking classes and canvas art sessions. Ruby brings a wealth of knowledge and has been apart of our Quilpie Community for many years. She volunteered her time and our kids thoroughly enjoyed making and cooking Johnny Cakes. Brendan is a very patient and passionate artist and worked with the kids to create beautiful indigenous art canvases that we will display in the Combined Schools Art Exhibition early term 4. Thank you to Quilpie Shire Council for providing the FREE lunches and gift bags to our students over the week. I have seen a lot of the water bottles floating around and see that all families are putting them to good use!
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS
A note and email was sent home today to parents. Please complete the form and return to school by Thursday 31st August. The office will give you a call on Thursday to confirm your time for the parent teacher interviews in week 9.
SCHOOL CAMP INFORMATION
School camp permission forms and packing lists will be coming home tomorrow. Thank you to everyone for completing the online form we are really looking forward to taking the school on camp. School camp will be held in Week 10. We will leave on Monday the 11 September and return on Friday the 15th September.
REGIONAL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
On Thursday the 31st August and Friday the 1st September Ava, Digby, Abbie and James will be competing at the St George Regional Athletics Carnival. We wish them the best of luck and are very proud of achieving this level of representative sports.
STUDENT FREE AND SHOW HOLIDAYS
This Friday the 1st of September is a Student Free Day. The teachers will be engaging in curriculum and assessment professional development. Our student officers will be taking part in online training courses about behaviour management.
Until next time
Kara Marsh
P-2 Classroom news
It’s been a busy few weeks in our classroom! The students developed listening and questioning skills during our unit learning about Indigenous country. They were able to enjoy a lesson using their skills to yarn with Aunty Ruby who came to school to share with us about her country (Dieri). We then started work on a poetry unit and have learned about rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, rhyming couplets and presentation! Our class recited a short poem in assembly last week with great excitement. The sandpit has had a workout during class time students learning about volume/capacity, water catchments and tower building (very important)! Our class is grateful to Miss Janell for teaching everyone how to do tennis drills during sport time and look forward to showing parents and friends on the tennis court one weekend. Finally, the whole school have learned how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on the recorder! Well done to everyone who has worked hard during music lessons so far to get this far.
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday, this past fortnight to Nate McC and Digby G today !
Student of the Week & Gotcha Winners Term 3
Gotcha tickets are given out each week when students are seen to be following our school rules and values. Actions may include caring for each other, greeting other students, staff and parents warmly or showing respect and responsibility. Actions may also be following the words of Mary Mackillop - 'Never see a need without doing something about it'
Week 6 - SOW Winners Abbie & Lylah
Gotcha Winners - Jess & Emily
No SOW Week 7 due to Naidoc Activities
Charleville Performing Arts Festival 2023
Naidoc Week Pics
Quilpie & District Carnival Dates 2023
PEGLER
Swimming – Friday 24th November
SOMMERFIELD
DURACK
McMANUS
Prep 2024 Enrolments
Add these dates to your diary!
We are so excited to welcome all families who would like to attend our Prep Transition Mornings in Term Term 4, thanks to those families who attended todays Transition Day, it was a smooth transition with no tears!
We use these mornings to observe and get to know your children to take the pressure off you with preparing them for school. We are completely committed to ensuring we are prepared for your child in 2024.
A great opportunity for all Quilpie and surrounding areas children to experience a morning in the classroom.
Enrolment Application | St Finbarr’s School, Quilpie (twb.catholic.edu.au)
PPF Meeting 11th October
Wednesday 11th October there will be a PPF meeting in the Staffroom at 5pm, all are welcome to come along and join the meeting. If you have any items you wish discussed at this meeting send them in to the school or your PPF reps before Wednesday.
Jeremy Grimm -President, Dan Hoch - VP,
Amy Kuhn - Treasurer, Kerri Thompson - Secretary
& Louise Hoch -Fundrasing Co-Ordinator
Date Claimer : 3rd November, St Finbarr's Mystery Holiday and Fete
Pupil Free day Friday 1st September
This Friday is a CTJ day for Staff therefor it is a Pupil Free day
CTJ is an acronym for "Consistency of Teacher. Judgement." which essentially means that teachers get together for a day of professional development outside the classroom enviroment. Working with the Australian Curriculum to make sure they can better assist our students in regards to planning, teaching and assesment of student work.
School Assembly
Every Friday is school assembly in the Mary Mac room, at 8.45am. When the school bell rings we head down to the Mary Mac room where student awards and other news is presented. Parents and friends are more than welcome to attend.
Last weeks assembly saw the P-2 class present a Poetry Recital
Cricket Queensland
Some photos of the P-2 class in action when Queensland Cricket came to school . For those interested in Junior cricket with the Chaleville & District Cricket Association scan the QR code or Ctrl click Play Cricket for more information
Tuckshop Term 3, 2023
Please provide during Term 3
Snack attack @ 10am
Morning tea @ 11am
Lunch @ 1pm
$9 per student
Parents please remember to send cutlery to school with your childs lunch box if their meal requires utensils.
Sneak peak of 3-6 Show Art
School Absences
PARENTS, Please contact the office each day when students are unable to attend school.
Please dont send a message with siblings about absences, please contact the school directly each day
Ph 07 46 215 200
Email - quilpie@twb.catholic.edu.au
School Bell Times
Start of day bell -8.45am
Morning Tea Bell 11.00am -11.30am
Lunch Bell 1.00pm -1.30pm
End of day Bell -3.00pm
Please don't send students to school before 8.30 unless prior arrangements have been made, playground supervision doesn't begin until 8.30am
Term Dates 2023
Term 1, 24th Jan-31st March 10 Weeks
Term 2, 18th April-23rd June 10 Weeks
Term 3, 11th July-15th Sept 10 Weeks
Term 4, 3rd Oct - 1st Dec 9 Weeks
St Finbarr's Student Protection Contacts
It is a legislative requirement that all non-state schools have at least two nominated staff members to whom a student can report the behaviour of another staff member that the student considers inappropriate. We call these specially trained staff members School Student Protection Contacts, or SSPCs. Each SSPC has been nominated by the principal in recognition of their integrity, approachability and knowledge in the area of student protection. Whilst students are encouraged to speak up to any trusted adult in the school community, it is important that they know they can access these specific staff members at any time should they have worries, queries or concerns. You will have noticed posters throughout the school depicting our current SSPCs. The SSPCs are also published on our school website along with information about our student protection processes. In everything we do at St Finbarr's student safety is our highest priority, therefore the SSPCs at our school are key personnel in our overall safeguarding processes. Please see the poster depicting our current SSPC team.