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Apology

Last week as we celebrated P&C day I put the call out for a volunteer for the

school festival secretary. I am sorry to say this position has now been filled.

This means we no longer have any formal or executive positions available

for volunteers. I apologise that we can not provide everyone with the unique

opportunity to give back to the school community, but I am confident that

next year some of these positions will become available again. If you are still

eager to volunteer there are still many other opportunities to support your

school on a casual basis.

ICT Voluntary Contribution

My sincere thanks to all of the families who have supported the ICT

voluntary contribution. After my recent request we have been inundated with

support. This will make a big difference to our students. Some of this money

has now been spent providing 15 laptops for the Year 6 students who have

been using computers that average 8 years old. They now have greater

access to digital technologies to expand their learning opportunities. This

also has the flow on effect of allowing other classes greater access to our

other computer lab.

Under 8’s Day

Our 2017 Under 8’s day will be held next Friday 26 May, 2017 between

10:30am—12:30pm. This is an event to celebrate childhood and this year

the theme is Learning Through Play. Each Prep—Year 3 class will organise

an activity to be enjoyed by all such as dancing, obstacle course, face

painting, and lots of craft. We will also have a fire truck and police car

onsite. Parents and grandparents are invited to enjoy this celebration with

their children. In previous years a parent has been asked to take two or

three children around to the various activities. Each child carries an Under

8’s passport which is stamped to show that activities have been completed.

If you are able to join us for this event, please email your class teacher and

let them know.

Class Parent Rep Meeting

Yes, sadly all of these positions have also been filled by wonderful

volunteers, but we still want to hear from you. Next week on Wednesday

morning we will be having the Term Two Class Parent Rep forum. This is a

great chance for me to hear from parents, take on board feedback and

answer questions. As always, no question is off limits. You can send in your

feedback or question to the parent rep of your class and it can be tabled

anonymously. We are all about transparency and open lines of

communication, so let us know if there is something you would like added to

the agenda. So far we will be discussing:

Coding- a beginner’s guide

Top ten myths about schooling

Fundraising in our school

Brad Clark

Principal

FROM THE PRINCIPAL SAMFORD STATE SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

WEEK 5 TERM 2

Wednesday 17 May 2017

WHAT’S ON

MAY

Mon 15—Fri 19 Year 6 Camp

Thu 18 2A 2B 2E Samford Museum Excursion

Fri 19 National Walk Safely to School Day

Fri 19—Thur 25 Bookfair

Tue 23 UNSW ICAS Digital Technologies

Wed 24 Parent Rep Meeting 9am

Thurs 25 Year 3—Street Science

Thurs 25 Vivace Choir—Mansfield SHS

Fri 26 Under 8’s Day

Mon 29 Choral & Instrumental Twilight Concert

Tue 30 UNSW ICAS Science

JUNE

Thurs 1 Dress Up Day—Student Council

Fundraiser

Wed 7 Readers Cup District Competition

Fri 9 Last day of Interschool Sport

Mon 12 P&C Meeting

For all school absences please contact the school before 9:00am School absence line: (07) 3430 9160 School email: absences@samfordss.eq.edu.au Alternatively you can advise any absences via the QParents App OSHC Absence Line: (07) 3430 9145 All messages for students MUST be received before 2:30pm

Under 8’s Day Sausage Sizzle

Friday 26 May

The P1 Committee will be again holding their annual Sausage Sizzle

in conjunction with Under 8’s Day this year. Parents of under 8’s

students are able to purchase the sausages in one of two ways.

If you are spending Under 8’s Day with your child, you and your

child/ren can purchase a sausage sizzle on the day from the

tuckshop and eat it together. Siblings from older classes are also

able to purchase the sausages.

Alternatively you can purchase a sausage sizzle through

Flexischools and it will be delivered to your child’s classroom at

12.30pm on the day for their lunch. Sausages purchased this

way cannot be made available any earlier than 12:30pm.

We will be selling sausages from $2.50 each and a variety of

poppers for $1.50.

See you there!!

P1 Committee

Come and join the fun.

Friday 26 May 10:30 am — 12:30 pm

During this time, the areas around the Prep—Year 1 soccer field

and the nearby undercover areas will be filled with art and craft,

games and activities. Mums and Dads and grandparents are

invited to come to school and participate with their children.

Each child will receive a passport for the event on which they can

record the various activities they have completed. Mums, Dads and

grandparents are invited to take a small group of children around

and enjoy the day.

If you are able to attend, please contact your class teacher and let

them know. Children are able to wear sun safe free dress for this

event.

A sausage sizzle is also held to help raise money for our P1

Committee.

Should you wish to take your child home at the end of the Under 8’s

Day, you will need to return to the office and sign your child out.

We look forward to seeing you at our Under 8’s day celebration.

Our reading corner will feature each week where we ask our

school community what are they reading. In the age of

connectivity its so important for us all to find time to read. Perhaps

you may find your next reading inspiration from this newsletter

column. Our reader this week is Tanya Buskens, our Accounts

Officer.

What is your favourite book?

An Intelligent Life - Julian Short

Favourite book growing up?

Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

What are you reading at the moment?

See Me – Nicholas Sparks

Which book do you want to read next?

The Power of Vulnerability –

Brene Brown

INFORMATION

READING CORNER

SAUSAGE SIZZLE UNDER 8’S DAY

Due to an unprecedented demand for winter jackets we have sold

out of a few sizes. Thankfully our supplier has agreed to accept a

second order. These jackets will be available in approximately 2

weeks time. Please feel free to place a 'backorder' for the size you

want.

Gloves, beanies and scarves are all available now.

Please continue to donate your pre-

loved school uniforms. Our stock is fast

diminishing and demand is always

high. Donations can be left at the school

office any time or in the shop during our

open hours.

Kylie Neville

Uniform Shop Convenor

Thursday Tuckshop

Sandwiches and toasties will now be available FIRST BREAK ONLY

on Thursdays. The usual Cottage Meal Deal will still be available to

order on Flexischools.

To Lisa Wong and Kylie Littlewood

For their very generous donations of

equipment for the tuckshop

So very kind of you

and so much appreciated

Thank You

Volunteers

A big Thank You to those wonderful volunteers who helped out last

week, if you can help out please pop your name on the roster link or

call me on 0414 713 805 or email jgarl53@eq.edu.au

Jan Garland

Tuckshop Convenor

This week in S.T.E.A.M

club students made a

marble run out of pipe

cleaners, plates and paper.

As well as getting to

experiment with their

marble run they got to take

them home to show their

friends and family.

Students from Years 4 – 6 are invited to come along and join in the

fun every Thursday @ first break in the DISC Room. (Numbers will

be limited).

Liam Brennan

STEAM Leader

Book Fair

Yes! Book Fair commences this Friday in the Library Seminar

Room. Brochures have now been sent home.

Book Fair opening times

Friday 19 May to 8:15am – 8:45am

Wednesday 24 May 11:00am – 11:30am

3:00pm – 3:30pm

Thursday 25 May 8:15am – 8:45am

Paying online

Please be aware that if you pay online

you must bring the receipt number into

us at the Library before you choose

your books. Further information is

available on the back of the catalogue.

Happy reading

Deb, Jodi & Kerry

Library

INFORMATION

UNIFORM SHOP

LIBRARY

STEAM

Shop Hours

Tuesday 8:00 am 10:00 am

Thursday 2:00 pm 3:30 pm

Save time — Order online at:

www.flexischools.com.au

TUCKSHOP

Friday 12 May Sports Results

Football

Boys Football A Year 5 v Grovely B—Win 5-1

Boys Football B Year 5 v Ferny Grove B—Win 4-1

Boys Football Year 6 v Ferny Grove A—Loss1-2

Boys Football Year 6 v BYE

Girls Football Year 5 v Ferny Grove B—Win 7-1

Girls Football Year 6 v Ferny Grove B—Win 9-0

Netball

Senior A v Ferny Grove 2—Win 37-8

Junior A v Ferny Grove 2—Win 20-3

Senior B v Patricks Road—Win 9-1

Junior B v Patricks Road—Win 8-7

Senior C v Ferny Grove 3– Win 4-1

Junior C v Ferny Grove 3– Loss 0-1

John Picken

Head of Physical Education

Samford State School - P&C Association is raising funds.

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Last week some of our Year 1 and Year 2 students were fortunate

enough to have a special guest, Mr Shea, join their classes to teach

them about robots. They learnt about the functions of robots and

how they can be used to solve problems. They learnt how robots

used senses to help guide them, how they make sounds and how

they move. Students also discussed how the design and coding of

robots can be used in the workplace. They were blown away as they

learnt about some of the ways robots are used, especially in

dangerous situations. Students wondered what sorts of jobs might

be available for them in the future to work with robots. At the end of

their session the students were lucky enough to join in some fun

with robot battles, where the robots used their senses detect other

robots and the boundary lines to push each other out of a circle.

This was a great way for our students to continue to build their

curiosity and learn more about digital technologies.

From 1E & 2A

Shari Field

Leader of Learning

Innovation

INFORMATION

INTERSCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS

INNOVATIVE LEARNING

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

A memo regarding Tunes at Twilight on 29 May has been sent home

to all families involved. Please note that the performance uniform is

not needed for this concert. Please return your sausage sizzle notes

as soon as possible, and before 22 May, to the office. I am looking

forward to some wonderful performances.

Recorders

Thank you to families who have purchased recorders for classroom

music. Please purchase one from the office as soon as possible if

you have not already. This is for students in Years 3-5 only. Please

do not allow your children to share a recorder.

Vivace

Our Vivace choir has a busy schedule this term. Notes have been

sent home regarding these performances. If you have not yet

returned the bus note to the office, please do so this week.

25 May—Creative Generations Voices, Mansfield Senior High

School (School Hours)

26 May—Queensland Youth Music Awards, The Gap State High

School, 5:40pm

29 May—Tunes at Twilight, Samford Community Hall, 4:30pm

5 June—Queensland Youth Music Awards Final, The Gap Senior

High School (if we get through)

Thank you

Bridget Anese

Music Teacher & Instrumental Coordinator

This week……….

We are looking at repurposing some tree

stumps that were donated to OSHC from

The Ryan Family – thank you for your

kind donation.

We are going to use some of these for

our seating area in our garden and

some will be sliced to create a number

of circles so we can use these as

blackboards.

We are also on the lookout for some split hardwood for our pizza

oven so if you have any that you no longer need we would love to

take it off your hands.

Thank you for our feedback about our excursions to the local shops,

park and other places in the village. We really appreciate your input

into our program and we will take these thoughts with us to further

plan for our exciting new journey….watch this space.

Friendly reminder:

When paying fees to OSHC we ask that you please write your

child’s full name as the reference as we are unable to allocate

these payments to any particular family if we do not have all the

details.

If you are after care on our full days you can book casually through

QK enrol using your username and password provided, if you are

having difficulty with your password please click forgotten password

and you will be sent another password via your email registered with

QK enrol. If you have not received a username and password

please go to the school website and click on the My Family Lounge

widget and enter your own username and password. If you continue

to have issues with our online booking service please contact OSHC

so we can assist you further.

When calling to cancel a booking for OSHC it is our policy that you

call by 9am the morning before for Before School Care cancellations

and by 6pm the night before for After School Care cancellations, we

will not be able to remove charges if we do not receive notice to

cancel at these times.

Please be mindful that if you have a permanent booking here at

OSHC and you no longer are in need of it on a permanent

basis, we do have families on a waitlist for these days.

OSHC 3430 9145 oshc.samford@gmail.com

Kristy, Jo & Travis

OSHC Team

INFORMATION

MUSIC OSHC

Pictured from left to right

Back row: Riley F, Spencer M, Isaac R, Holly N, Lara P, Ashlyn D,

Front row: Bianca R, Fletcher M

Further details and results from our NWD event will be in next

week’s newsletter.

NWD Tennis Selection

Congratulations to Logan H who was recently selected in the NWD

Tennis team. Logan will now compete at the Met North Regional

Tennis Championships for a spot in the regional team. Well done

Logan and we wish you all the best.

President's Team for Qld Hockey Championships

Congratulations to Holly N who was recently selected in the Girls

President’s Team for the Queensland School Sport 10-12 Years

Hockey State Championships in June. Holly will get to play against

the best junior hockey players from across the whole of

Queensland. Well done Holly. This is a great achievement and we

wish you all the best.

John Picken

Head of Physical Education

Wanted

Are you keen to help out school but can’t spare

the time to get to the classroom? This role

might be for you. We are still seeking 2 SEEP

coordinators to fill this role.

All work can be done from home. As a SEEP Coordinator you will

be a part of a small team that arranges our after school courses. All

registrations are done online. The majority of work is liaising with

the tutors for the course information and parent enquiries. Contact

Martine if you would like more information.

Martine

SEEP Coordinator

INFORMATION

SEEP CONGRATULATIONS

The key is not to prioritise

what's on your schedule but

to schedule your priorities

- Steven Covey

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Did your child graduate from Samford State School Year 6 in

2016? All current Year 7 High School students are invited to catch up with old friends from Samford State School

on:

Sunday 21st May

3pm – 4.30pm

John Scott Park, Samford Village

Bring chair/ picnics

The Village Pump will be taking a traditional ‘Where are they now’ photograph at 3.30pm on the Stage in the Park.

Please encourage your child to wear their new High School Uniform

Any questions please call Abby Senior 0431 331 046

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Are you inspired by an exceptional teacher?

Nominate a teacher for the 2017 QCT Excellence in

Teaching Awards.

Registered teachers from state, Catholic and

independent schools and early childhood services are

eligible for nomination in four award categories.

Nominations close 19 July 2017.

Download a nomination form at www.qct.edu.au/awards

COMMUNITY NOTICES