Beaudesert State School Newsletter

We are almost mid-way through Term 3. Time sure has flown!

Thank you for your feedback regarding the frequency of the school newsletter. Based on this feedback we will be publishing two editions of the newsletter each term and use our Skoolbag app for regular, up to date messaging for families.

As regularly communicated, illness continues to impact our staff and students as we continue to have confirmed cases of COVID and other viral infections throughout our school.  In the event your class teacher is absent, every effort is made to source a replacement, however, there may be times when the class is split amongst other year levels. Thank you for advising our office staff when your child is sick and keeping them home until they no longer have symptoms as per the Department of Education guidelines. Our data shows quite a number of students as late arrivals. Please note our school day commences at 8:40am and we expect to have students ready to learn on time each day.

A few weeks ago, our teachers conducted their last scheduled parent teacher interviews for the year, however, we always invite parents to speak with their class teacher around student wellbeing and academic progress. Please make contact with your class teacher either via email or by calling the front office on 5540 1111 to schedule an appointment.

It is always difficult for our staff to have an in-depth conversation with you at the beginning of the school day. In order to give you our full attention, please make an appointment to speak with your teacher.

Enrolments are now open for 2023 in all year levels. Our Prep staff and myself have begun Kindy centre visits to get to know our new preppies for the beginning of the school year and we anticipate Prep enrolment interviews to commence before the end of this term. Please continue to keep an eye out for school communication regarding this. Prep transition days are at the final stages and will be communicated soon.

Weather permitting, this Thursday we celebrate our annual prep – Year 2 lap-a-thon organised by our HPE teacher, Mr Brimelow and acting Deputy Principal, Ben Costello. The following Thursday we will be hosting our annual Prep – Year 2 Athletics Carnival. Parents and community members are most welcome to join in the fun on these days.

We will be holding our evacuation drill this week. Please do not be alarmed if you hear the sirens in the school.

Thank you for your continued support with our school. We value your partnership with us.

Angela 

Book Week Parade

Book Week parade will be held on Thursday 25th August. The them this year is “Dream with Eyes Wide Open”. Students are encouraged to dress up and parents are welcome to come to the parade. We will have a march past on the oval with students heading to the hall for judging and prizes.

Athletics

Congratulations to the students who represented Beaudesert State School at the Zone Athletics Carnival. They did us proud and an extra congratulations to Paige and Eamon who were age champions for the carnival.

Attendance

As you can see by the tables below school attendance has started off very poorly for some classes.    There has been a lot of illness of late but absences have been an on-going problem for the majority of this year with a lot of them being unexplained. Parents need to contact the office or class teacher if their child is going to be absent. When students are not attending school they are not learning.  This will be reflected in their report cards.  Children are required, by law, to attend school. If your child is not attending school on a regular basis this will have a huge impact on their future.  

PAYMENT REMINDERS

• Year 2 Wild Rangers incursion - $11 due 11th August
  

All outstanding payments are required to be paid.

As always we have a mountain of lost property piling up at school. A lot of it is unnamed which makes it extremely hard to get it returned to the rightful owner. If your student has lost any items direct them to the lost property bins which are located near the undercover area at the end of the year 6 classroom block or you're welcome to pop in for a look yourselves. Please check there if your children are missing any of their belongings.

PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL BELONGINGS ARE CLEARLY LABELLED!

Last week was so much fun as we held our second Chappy Colour Run. We hope you enjoy some of these fun photos. A massive thank you to all those who joined in, especially on the fundraising side of things. We receive funding from the government for just under 2 days, so your support enables me to be here for the 3 days a week and provides more opportunities to support our school community.

Here are some of the things I get up to each week:

·         Having conversations with children, staff and parents, seeking to supporting them socially, emotionally and spiritually

·         All Stars Friendship Group

·         Bella Girls Group

·         HOPE Cooking Group

·         Brekky Club

·         Lego Club & Uno

·         HOPE Shop

·         Kindness Project

·         Parent Chat, Coffee & Cake (moving to Tuesday’s)

·         Care for teacher wellbeing

The prize portal is now open, so jump back on to your child’s profile page and you will be able to select their prizes. Prizes must be ordered by next Friday (19th August).

You may have noticed that next to Parent Chat, Coffee & Cake I have mentioned moving it to Tuesday’s. It has been a little tricky to make it up to the Chappy Room in time each week with brekky club, so we are moving it to Tuesday mornings, 8.40am to 9.30am. Please feel free to come up and enjoy a coffee and cake/biscuits etc, along with the chance to just chat with other parents and share in the journey of parenthood.

I am here to support the whole school community, so please feel free to contact me if I can be of any help.

Have a wonderful week 😊 Chappy Jade

First of all, I would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the Beaudesert Zone Athletics Carnival held last Tuesday. You were fantastic. A special congratulations to Eamon and Paige who were Age Champions!

I wish good luck to the students who have proceeded into the next stage.

This term is chock-a-block with exciting events! Prep – Yr2 Lap-a-thon (Week 5, Thursday 9am); Prep – Yr2 Sports Day (Week 6, Thursday 9am); and Kingfisher Cup (Week 9, Thursday and Friday). You will receive more information closer to the dates.  I am looking forward in seeing the Beauy Spirit and how our young athletes will perform.

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to email me, eabri0@eq.edu.au .

Mr. Ed Brimelow

HPE Teacher