WEEK 9 TERM 2

17 June 2020

Makerspace

Exciting news! Phase two of our Makerspace construction is

underway. This has been a long term project that was initiated by

our School Council and is now coming to life. Our P&C have been

instrumental in making our vision become a reality as they have

funded the vast majority of this project.

It started with the construction of the Makerspace roof which was

completed last year (approximately $90,000) and will be completed

in the very near future with the fit out of the storage and learning

space (approximately another $90,000). This will be an amazing,

flexible learning space to prepare our students with the critical 21st

Century skills in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering

and Maths (STEM). Our students will enjoy exploring curiosity,

learning, collaborating, problem solving and creating. Our

Makerspace is designed to empower students to stretch

themselves and to be curious to solve, build, create and explore.

Over the last few weeks our students have been developing our

own design process, which will be a part of our official launch.

When asked what the Makerspace means to them, students have

expressed their excitement in having a place where they can think

and be curious, research and problem solve, become engineers

and scientists, and work together as reflective learners with a

growth mindset in a fun environment.

Once completed, our Makerspace will have a broad range of high-

tech equipment for our students to access - from 3D printers,

laptops, iPads and VR gear, to electronic kits, robots, drones and

more to come! It will also have lots of ‘no-tech’ resources including

paints, construction materials, Lego, craft resources and recycled

materials.

Spell-a-thon

Our P&C enhance our school in so many ways, ranging from air-

conditioning classrooms, enhancing playgrounds, construction of

the Makerspace and supporting learning through the purchase of

reading books and IT equipment. Of the 200 devices we lent out

during the learning at home period, almost all of them were

purchased by the P&C. They make a massive difference to the

learning environment, opportunities and outcomes for our students.

This year, the P&C’s ability to raise funds has been significantly

impacted as we are not able to have our Festival or Art Show, or

even sell raffle tickets at the Samford Show (as the school has

done for many years). The Spell-a-thon is perhaps the only

fundraiser for the year, so any support you can provide would be

greatly appreciated.

150th Celebration

Built by farmers, Samford State School opened in 1872 with only a

handful of students. Over the years, our school and our community

have grown and in 2022, Samford State School will celebrate

turning 150 years old.

We are planning a year of celebrations for 2022 to mark the history

of Samford State School and we would like to invite you to be a

part of this planning. A 150th celebration committee is being

created, working with the Samford Museum, and we are calling on

parents interested in helping collate and co-ordinate memorabilia

and activities to mark this special year.

If you would like to be a part of this planning committee, or if you

can share anything of value - historical photos, magazine articles,

items, or stories about Samford State School’s history - we would

love to hear from you. We are starting to gather information now,

so please email Belinda here.

Pick-Up Zone

There still seems to be some congestion at the pick-up zones as a

result of parents arriving early to pick up children. To solve this, it is

important to please time your pick-up.

Most children do not come out the gate at 3:00pm by the time

they’ve collected their bags and walked to the gate. If you arrive 5

minutes after the bell has gone, you will be surprised to see how

many cars have left the area. 10 minutes after the bell and you will

find you won’t have to wait at all. In fact, by 3:10pm, there is plenty

of parking available so skip the line and park.

Brad Clark

Principal

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

Iron Bark Press

Week 3 Term 3, 2020 29 July 2020

Principal’s Message

P&C

WEEK 3

WEEK 4

WEEK 5

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

27 July

Spell-a-thon

28 July

Spell-a-thon

29 July

Spell-a-thon

Yr 1 Drama Production

30 July

Spell-a-thon

31 July

Spell-a-thon

RI Commences

3 August

School Council

Meeting

4 August

5 August

Yr 3 Stem Punks

Incursion

Yr 1 Drama Production

6 August

7 August

10 August

EKKA SHOW

HOLIDAY (MBRC)

(Samford SS closed)

11 August

Yr 2 Reptile Adventure

12 August

Yr 2 Reptile Adventure

Yr 4 Living History

Yr 1 Drama Production

13 August

14 August

Brisbane City Show

Holiday

(Normal school day

for Samford SS)

Makerspace!

Exciting news! Our Makerspace is finally underway!

Watch this space for photos when it’s all finished, and

ready for the children to enjoy! Here is a progress

photo in the meantime.

Spell-a-thon Is Here!

IT’S SPELL-A-THON WEEK! The children are so excited to put their hard work onto paper and

raise funds for their school. Their spelling will be marked next Monday - thank you to those who

have volunteered to help mark papers - once they are marked, then pledges can be collected.

You can make the payment on QKR - just click on the link to 'Spellathon' in the P&C section and

input the amounts raised for each of your children. We will also accept cash if this is not possible,

but QKR is definitely our preferred method!

Father’s Day

Father's Day is 6 weeks away... Thankfully we are able to have the Father's

Day stall (on Thursday 27 August) as usual in the Seminar Room, where the

children will come class by class to choose a present for Dads/Grandads. The

kids absolutely LOVE this opportunity to pick something special out for their

Dad. We are calling for help running the stall - please sign up here to

volunteer an hour of your time here.

P&C Exec

NEXT MEETING:

P&C Meeting

Monday 24 August 2020 6:30pm

Seminar Room

School Photos - Change of Date

The dates for school photos have now moved

forward by a day. School photos will now be

taking place on Wednesday 16 and Thursday

17 September. Please mark your diaries

with this amended date. Photos can be ordered

online now at www.advancedlife.com.au by

entering the code N7P 8NW JRG. Envelopes will also be

distributed shortly.

Show Holiday

The MBRC’s show holiday is on Monday 10

August 2020 (in Week 5). The school

(including OSHC) will be closed on this day.

Nunzi Hyde

Business Manager

Administration Uniform Shop

Tuckshop

Opening Hours

Tuckshop is open 5 days a week,

Monday to Friday from 8:00am daily for

Breakfast, 1st and 2nd breaks.

Please support our family business

Closed Week 10

The tuckshop will be closed Week 10 of Term 3.

Catering

Yes - we cater! Please contact us for any of

your catering needs.

QKR

If you are having issues with QKR, please delete the app and re-

install. If it still doesn’t work, go old school with a brown paper bag

and cash. Tuckshop must be ordered in the morning.

Sarah & Brent Wastie

The Three Little Pigs

Shop Hours

Our opening hours have changed

Tuesday - Thursday 9:30am - 11:00am

Online Ordering through QKR

Samford.uniforms@gmail.com

Change of Opening Hours

The Uniform Shop will be operating reduced hours from this week

onwards. We will continue to adapt our hours depending on parent

requirements. Please check the Samford State School website for

all up-to-date information.

NEW HOURS:

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30am to 11:00am

Kylie Neville

Uniform Shop

Book Week

This year, Book Week is being celebrated from 7 to 11 September 2020.

Family Competition

We have an exciting Family Competition for Book Week 2020 based on the Book

Week theme of “Curious Creatures, Wild Minds”.

Our competition for this year involves creating your own “Curious

Creature”.

Full details of the competition will be found in the next edition of the Iron

Bark Press.

Book Week Read In

To celebrate Book Week, we also have a special time where the children simply read for enjoyment.

When: Thursday 10 September (afternoon session).

What: Bring your favourite book, reading toy or blanket. Come dressed as your favourite book character to celebrate an

afternoon of reading.

Below are the Shortlisted titles from the Picture Book of the Year category:

Picture Books

Book Club

Book Club brochures have already been sent home and orders are due by Wednesday 29 July 2020. If you’ve forgotten to get your

order in, please bring it in ASAP as orders will be sent off this Friday.

Orders can be placed by either:

1. Credit Card – Payments must be made through the Scholastic website: www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP.

No form to be returned to the school.

OR

2. Cash Orders – Please return the order form with correct cash to the money collection box at the Office by Wednesday 29 July.

Happy reading everyone!

Deb, Jodie & Kerry

Library

@ The Library

ICAS Assessments 2020

At the end of Term 2, parents of students in Year 3-6 received an email inviting their

child to participate in the upcoming UNSW ICAS assessments. The assessments are

designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in various

learning areas, with every student receiving a printed certificate and an online result

report.

ICAS assessments are now online, and if you would like your child to participate, please visit the new online Parent Payment System to

make a direct payment to UNSW Global. The website to visit is https://shop.unswglobal.com.au/pages/pps and you will need to enter the

school access code: NXA835, then enter your child’s name (make sure it is spelt correctly for the certificate), select the assessment/s and

then proceed to the payment page. Cost per test is $15.95 including GST.

Online parent payments closes Sunday, 2 August 2020 (extended from original closing date of 26 July 2020).

Below are the dates and times of the ICAS subject assessments. Assessments will be held in the R Lab (next to 4E classroom) at Samford

State School.

Please do not hesitate to contact the school if you have any questions. Nikki Ree

Head of Curriculum

Prep 2021

Subject Assessment date Arrival Time Start Time

ICAS Science 19 August 7:30 am 7:45 am

ICAS English 26 August 7:45 am 8:00 am

ICAS Mathematics 2 September 7:30 am 7:45 am

ICAS Assessments

Prep 2021 Enrolments Open

Prep 2021 enrolment packs are now available for pickup from the office from 10:00am - 2:00pm. Enrolment

packs will also be distributed to our Samford Kindergartens. Please complete and return to the office. Enrolment

interviews will be conducted early in Term 4.

Important Dates to Remember:

Saturday 10 October – Prep Open Day (To be confirmed)

Monday 6 October to Friday 6 November – Enrolment Interviews

Mid Term 4 – Out of Catchment Enrolments begin

Webinar Information:

A day in life of Prep

Welcome Message from our Principal

Welcome Message from our Deputy Principal

Trish Bennell-Kling

Deputy Principal

Student Leadership Values Project

At the beginning of this year, our Year 6 Student Leaders were fortunate enough to spend 2 days

at a leadership camp with other school leaders, where they were given the opportunity to create

and develop a project for the year.

Amelia L. explains “We wanted to build a culture around our school values and for these to

become a daily habit for all of our students and staff. So we came up with the idea of a values

project”.

These five values are: Citizenship, Curiosity, Growth Mindset, Kindness and Respect.

The leaders have created a ticket system where every teacher has a coupon book of vouchers,

which they hand out to students who have displayed any of the values. These are then collated

in each classroom, sorted and counted each week. There is one central values container so students can see how many values t ickets

have been collected throughout the school. There are also tips written on the back of each ticket to encourage and remind students on

how to earn more tickets relevant to each value.

The goal is to raise collectively 7,000 tickets in the school by Term 4. Once reached, the school will celebrate with a ‘Super Awesome

Mega Fun Day’. This will make up for the number of events and activities that have been cancelled this year due to Covid-19.

Interestingly, this project was developed and considered pre Covid-

19, however it has fitted perfectly into the school year, allowing the

student leaders to grow, share and develop this goal with all

students.

For now, it’s only for the Year 4 - Year 6 students but as we see a

return of revised year level assemblies, Prep – Year 3 students will

also begin to participate in the Values Project.

When asked why this was important to our school, the student

leaders said “We wanted to build on our culture and create something

visual. Culture is like a legacy that lasts”.

Our current total stands at 1,652 tickets. Clues will start to be

introduced to students as to what the celebration day will look like

and include. We look forward to sharing more about this leadership

initiative towards the end of the year.

2020 Student Leaders

2020 Year 6 Student Leaders

Amelia L, Vivienne L, Ruby S, Amelia V-S, William F-L, Christopher L, Harry S and Ethan W.

Student Leader Project - School Values

Curiosity Kindness Respect Growth Citizenship Total

230 274 396 404 348 1,652

Ticket Tally

How Curious Are You?

Curiosity is the motivation to seek out knowledge and new experiences as well as the willingness to

embrace the uncertainty that goes with it. We are all curious to some degree. You will undoubtedly

have different areas in life that you are more curious about than others. Perhaps you are naturally

curious about technology and don’t mind spending time figuring out how things work. Maybe you are

fascinated by human behaviour and seek to learn more about what drives our thinking and

motivation.

As humans we are naturally wired to be curious. Our curiosity can improve our relationships and

social understanding as well as our intelligence and problem solving abilities. Curiosity is also like a

muscle that gets stronger with practice.

3 Ways to Boost Curiosity

1. Don’t get furious, get curious!

Anger gets in the way of curiosity. Notice when you are having judgmental thoughts and try to switch your focus to what you are

observing without the judgement. It’s almost like acting the role of a scientist seeking out more information. Doing this can help

us to feel calmer and that’s when we do our best problem solving.

2. Embrace the unknown

How often do we give ourselves time to wonder? We live in such a fast paced world that we can feel an urgency to find answers

or solutions right away. When we do go searching for information, we often go looking for things that confirm what we already

think. By giving ourselves time to dwell on ideas and being open to explore new ways of thinking, despite feelings of uncertainty,

we can stretch our curiosity muscle.

3. Take Notice

We are only interested in the things that we pay attention to. Rocks are not interesting until we begin collecting them. People at

the shops aren’t interesting until we become curious about their lives and where they are going. We can develop our curiosity by

making a conscious effort to direct our attention to particular ideas or things around us. Challenge yourself to take notice and let

your curiosity grow.

Deb Rennick

Guidance Officer

Values Wheel - Curiosity

0431 092 913

Well Done!

It was very impressive to see Nicola L. and Tori S. of 5C working

hard towards earning their Citizenship badge. Here they are

prepared for the Prep students at play time. What a great job!

Lise Manique

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Citizenship

‘You Can Do It!’ A lovely example of ‘You Can Do It’ in action by Frankie B, who was a Year 6 senior student at Samford State School last year.

Past Student Achievement

Redeveloping Our Philosophy

Together with the educators and the children, we have been working on redeveloping our current philosophy.

All of last week we have been asking the children what they enjoy most about OSHC. Every educator in every

area has asked these questions to as many children as we can. The responses have been amazing, reflective

and thought provoking.

OSHC OSHC

Kristy, Jo, Travis & the OSHC Team

Some examples -

I like the educators.

Playing with friends.

Playing with the chickens.

Making Damper in the cob oven.

Planting in the garden.

Everything it is so much fun here.

Nature space, because you can play with the logs and branches.

Playing with the fairies.

Playing in the playground.

Going on excursions and doing fun activities in vacation care.

Being in Zen space and being calm and relaxing.

We will be asking our families for input into the redevelopment of our philosophy in the coming weeks so keep an out in your emails.

OSHC Educator Day

OSHC Educator Day is on 29 July 2020, this will be our inaugural celebration specifically dedicated to OSHC educators and the amazing

work that they do each and every day.

It would mean the world to our educators for you to acknowledge this by letting them know what an amazing job they are doing when you

see them around the school, at drop off and pick up times, and when you speak to them on the phone or via email.

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