• 9 December

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• 9 December

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2021

• 20 January

• Book Drop Off

• 27 January

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• 1 February

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Issue 37

09th December 2020

Once again it is that time of the year where you feel like you are not going to get everything done that you have to—report cards, grade allocations, room changes, final assembly and graduation. As I explained in our last newsletter, we are allocating 14 classes next year and hopefully our numbers remain stable and will allow us to keep those classes. Changes would occur after Day 8 next year, if necessary, when numbers are confirmed.

Report cards went out yesterday. Our Final Assembly for 2021 took place yesterday where class prizes were presented and student leaders were announced.

The Admin team would like to thank the staff, parents and community for their amazing dedication and commitment to ensuring our students achieve their individual potential. As usual we finish the year with great excitement. Our graduation ceremony was brilliant on Friday night, the children and parents had such an amazing time. Thank you to all who were involved in making it such a special night. The students looked so grown up and mature and so many parents commented on how lovely the evening was. The parents signing ‘The Wish’ to the children was amazing. I am sure that it was not just me who had tears in my eyes. The students were so happy that after a change in COVID restrictions their teachers very quickly got them up to speed to perform their dance. They did so well.

Our Instrumental students and Choir did such a brilliant job performing in front of the entire school. They were confident and their performances from the youngest student to the eldest were much appreciated by all of their peers. We were in awe. Hopefully in 2021 we will all be able to enjoy the performances.

I was so proud of our students who did such an amazing job with their student leader speeches. It was so exciting to see how brilliantly confident our students were and think how fortunate we are to have such depth of talented and responsible students. All of these students have their own individual qualities and have much to offer the school as leaders. Our School Captains for 2021 are Addyn Kaurila and Curtis Oates and our Vice Captains are Summer Christopher. Our Student Councillors for next year are Seth Homewood, Jonty Fratus, Jenna Giudicatti, Miley Sorbello, Danielle Holzberger and Ella Perkins.

Sports captains will be voted in at the beginning of next year and there will be lots of additional opportunities for students to be involved in other leadership groups including a new sugar cane project group.

Have a happy, restful, peaceful and safe holiday and a joyous festive season. We look forward to seeing you in 2021 with the expectation that the forthcoming year will be another one full of energy, enthusiasm and collaboration.

Marianne Mac DonaldPrincipal

P&C

COMMITTEE

MEETING

2021

Monday15th February

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Our Purpose

is to provide quality learning environments in which students improve their academic and social development.

Our Focusis on building a strong professional learning culture focussed on student progress.

Bank Account DetailsBank Account details:

NAME: Ingham State School

BSB: 064 810

ACCOUNT: 0009 0149

School Badges ………… $ 2

School Hats…………..… $10

Homework Bags …….. $10

Water Bottle Coolers…$10

Call into the Office at any

time to purchase these

items.

Items for Purchase

Assembly

Held on Monday

afternoons commencing at 2:30pm in the

Multipurpose Hall.

Everyone welcome!

EFTPOS

Now available

Be SafeBe ResponsibleBe Respectful

Book Lists have been sent home with students and will also be available on our website shortly: www.inghamss.eq.edu.au

Book Lists for 2021

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Office Hours

The General Office will be closed from 4.00pm Wednesday 11 December 2020

and will re open at 8.00am on Wednesday

27 January 2021.

To our Year 6 Students….

all the best at your new school.

We can all help keep our schools safe. The responsibility rests with all of us.

If you see something suspicious, look, listen, and report.

Contact School Watch on 13 17 88 to report any incidents you see or hear, even if they seem minor.

In an emergency or if you see a crime in progress dial Triple Zero (000).

School Watch

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Year 6 Special Awards – Graduation 2020…

DUX Award Nalini Schofield

Janine Chiesa School Service Ava Ackery

Citizenship Award (Provided by Canegrowers) Dimitty Harragon

Indigenous Australian Award –(Michael & Amanda Barrett) Kathleen Johnson

Resilience Award (Provided by Canegrowers) Caleb Hill

2020 AUSLAN Award Jameson Batty

ADP Jess Furber

Encouragement Award Bryce Borello 6SESeth Rose 6LN

Music Nalini Schofield 6SEAva Ackery 6LN

LOTE Italian Aylah Tomba 6SEElla Kaurila 6LN

HPE Liam Holland 6SEElla Kaurila 6LN

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Performing Arts

What a year 2020 has been!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your continued support

throughout the year. It has been wonderful to see our students grow and develop their skills

in music, during what has been a very challenging year!

We have included in this newsletter some more photos from our music concert last week.

Thank you so much to Ms Cislowski for taking these lovely photos for us!

We hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday, and we look forward to seeing you in the

New Year!

Mrs Wright and Mrs Gunston

Music Concert 2020

Concert BandYear 4 and 5 Flutes

Year 4 Clarinets / SaxophoneYear 4 Brass

Choir

Music Concert 2020

Year 6 Woodwind / Brass

Year 6 Strings

Year 3 Strings

String Ensemble

Music Concert 2020

Year 6 Signing Choir (with the Preps)

Year 5 Woodwind / Brass

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Introducing our School Leaders for 2021…

School Captains : Curtis Oats

Addyn Kaurila

School Vice Captains: Carter Hague

Summer Christopher

Student Council :

Seth HomewoodJonty FratusJenna GiudicattiMiley SorbelloDanielle HolzbergerElla Perkins

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Farewell to our staff …

As we near the end of the year, we sadly say good-bye to some our staff. We thank all these lovely ladies for their valuable contributions over the years!

Miss Karla Srb, although she has not been here long, she certainly has made an impact and her students will miss her so.

Mrs Jo Zatta, our AUSLAN interpreter, has grown with her students and we have had the absolute pleasure of watching and enjoying the signing choir perform every year since the students were only little. Now Jo will graduate again!

Mrs Satu Dickson, for all her wonderful support in the Office and with the students, assisting Mrs Lyn Melvin (not pictured).

Mrs Lyn Melvin, for many years, has done an amazing job, enriching all students’ lives with her knowledge, dedication and passion. Ingham State School staff and students thank you and will miss you dearly.

Karla Srb, Jo Zatta, Satu Dickson & Lyn Melvin (absent)

See you all again in 2021!

Wishing our Ingham State School community ….

A very Merry

Christmas and a safeand

Happy New Year.

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