19 October 2018

Newsletter Articles

Message from the Principal

Welcome to Term 4, we are off to a great start. It will be a busy 8 weeks ahead including the continuation of our swimming program, camps for Year 4 and Year 5, music performances and Year 6 Graduation. Next week we welcome Sarah Scott who will join the Gumdale team in the role of Deputy Principal to Years 2 & 3. Thank you to Andrew Ward for his contribution as Acting Deputy Principal for the past 2 weeks.

At this week’s Full School Assembly we recognised a significant number of students who have attained great success across all areas of our school including ICAS English High Achievers, Maths Mastermind winners and our Cross Country Age Champions. Well done students!

During week 1, we welcomed Paul Green and his family for the naming ceremony of our new school oval ‘The Paul Green Oval’. Paul is a past student of Gumdale State School, a former professional Rugby League player and head coach for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. After the unveiling of the sign, Mr Green spoke to our students, giving them some great advice on the benefits of hard work and always doing one’s best.

A reminder about parking around Gumdale State School; please be considerate of our community neighbours when dropping off and picking up students. Eastside Village car parking is provided for customers and patrons utilising these shops and services. Please use the school car park and drop off/pickup zone when transporting students. Car parking is also available along Formosa Road, Tilley Road, New Cleveland Road and Dianthus Street.

Parking laws, road rules and street and carpark signs need to be adhered to at all times.

Always our Best,

Phil Savill, Principal
Gumdale State School

Important Dates

Always our Best

Reminders from the School

2019 Enrolments

To assist us in planning for next year, we would like to know your plans for 2019. If your child will transition to another school for the start of 2019, please assist us by completing the form below. Completed forms are to be returned to Marissa Bowen at the Front Office or via email: mbowe79@eq.edu.au

A reminder to existing Gumdale State School families or prospective families in our catchment area looking to join in 2019: Please submit your enrolment applications now. All enrolment paperwork can be downloaded from our school website. If you have a question regarding how to enrol, please contact the school office on 3902 8333.

Resource Centre

We would like to thank the P&C Association who recently approved and provided $10,000 funding for new readers. These new books are currently being catalogued, covered and sent out to classrooms. They will be used as classroom readers and guided readers. Thanks P&C for your support of the Resource Centre!

Messages from the Deputies

Swimming

Swimming has commenced this week for all students in Prep to Year 6. Students are enjoying the time in the heated pool with their class and the instructors from Aquatic Achievers. Congratulations to Prep students who have had a great introduction into school swimming lessons.

Book Fair

The students across the school were excited to view the wide range of books on offer at the annual school Book Fair this week. Thank you to Mrs Schulz and Mrs Taylor, our staff volunteers and Library Monitors for organising this successful fundraising event which raises money to fund the purchase of new materials for the library.

Curriculum

Year level curriculum newsletters have been finalised and sent home with students. Our school focus continues to be on improvement in student reading. Please work in partnership with us by continuing to read with your child daily.

Student Leadership

Year 5 students will be participating in a leadership process this term that will culminate in the election of our school leaders for 2019. Information on 2019 student leadership positions will be presented, and applications will open to Year 5 students, next Friday 26 October. Shortlisted applicants will present speeches to students in Years 3-5 towards the end of this term.

Change of Season

Please ensure as we move into the summer months that your child wears sunscreen and brings a named hat to school daily. Students are also encouraged to bring a water bottle to hydrate across the day. With the installation of air-conditioning across the school we are ready for a warm Term 4.

Senior School News

Sumo Robot Competition

On Monday 15 October two teams went to our first inter-school robotics competition at Calamvale Community College. The teams worked hard prior to the event building, programming, testing, evaluating and adjusting their Sumo Robots, Zoot and CP-30 for the competition. On the day, there were 26 teams and 13 rounds of sumo battles. Both teams did a fantastic job of making build and programming changes on the fly as well as showing exceptional sportsmanship. While we didn’t take home the prize, it was a great experience, we learnt a lot and everyone was very excited about competing again in the future.

News from the Payment Desk

Statements have been emailed this week, please ensure you check these and make payments as your earliest convenience.

Office Procedure for Payment of Excursions

Three weeks after an excursion has taken place One School will produce a Credit Adjustment for those students who have not paid. This is a system generated document which will clear your students account for this excursion. If your student attended and payment has not been received, you will be emailed a new invoice for this particular excursion.

Please ensure you advise the office and teacher if your child will not be attending the excursion, this will save you receiving another invoice.

Prompt payment is of invoices will also ensure that additional invoices are not emailed to you, payment due dates are stated on the excursion letter which you receive the day before you are invoiced.

As a reminder, here is a list of upcoming events / payments that might be relevant to your family:

Paying your school invoices

All excursions and events require payment and a permission form to be returned by the due date or your child will not be permitted to attend.

Please note that payments can be made one of four ways:

1. Online using the BPOINT Payment Gateway https://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete or from the invoice using the BPOINT link
2. Phone banking via BPOINT IVR (1300 631 073)
3. Online using the QParent App or
4. In person at our Administration Office during office hours (8.00am-3.30pm)

STEAM News

Sustainability @ Gumdale

The STEAM Kitchen Garden Club was named as a finalist in the Brisbane City Council’s Greener Suburbs Awards and this week 5 members attended the Awards ceremony at Brisbane City Hall to meet with other finalists and find out the winners!

During the first week of term 4 all Year 1-6 classes took part in a Sustainability Workshop. They looked at lunch waste and how to better dispose of their rubbish. Students explored the Kitchen Garden Club edible gardens and worm farms. All eating areas at Gumdale SS now have 3 bin options and we have invested in two new vermin proof composting bins.

Let’s work together in making Gumdale State School more sustainable!

STEAM Clubs

Kitchen Garden

Members have been busy re-planting the garden beds and creating a new garden in front of the STEAM room. Our end of year feast is set to be delicious with our gardens containing corn, rockmelon, zucchini, tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli, peas, beans, beetroot, cucumber, carrots, silverbeet, sunflowers, capsicum, spring onions, basil, lemongrass, parsley, mint, thyme, oregano, bush lemon, nasturtiums and lavender.

Welcome to our new parent and student volunteers! New members are always welcome! Thursdays at 8:00am.

We have a couple of small building projects requiring volunteer help with tools, skills and time. These include garden waste compost bins to be made from second hand pallets. We have the pallets and design ideas. Please contact Amanda Sheppard if you can help in any way.

Donations of plastic lids (not metal), mulch, and soil for the garden are appreciated and can be dropped to the STEAM Centre.

Michelle Boutin
MHuNutr Nutritionist
Kitchen Garden Co-ordinator

Year 1 & 2 Coding

We meet every Thursday 11.15-11.40am in the STEAM room for coding fun!

New members are always welcome!

Other exciting events

STEM Professional Guest presenter – This week students in Years 5 & 6 enjoyed an afternoon with Samuel Hinton, Astrophysicist and Survivor contestant. Samuel shared his passion for all things STEM and the many exciting opportunities and directions his career has taken so far!

Samuel Hinton

Sports News

Cross Country

Congratulations to everyone that participated in the School Cross Country at the end of last term.

Special mention to the following students who are our 2018 Age Champions and Runners Up:

Perpetual trophies and medallions were presented to Age Champions in Years 3-6 as their courses are developed to match District Representative requirements. Awards are not presented to students in the lower school as the primary focus is participation and enjoyment.

Sailing

The 2018 Sailing program is nearly finished for another year. Please find below the remaining dates of the program:

Year 3 students will attend 5 sessions in Terms 3 and 4 with the remaining dates below:

3D and 3I – Tuesday 23 October
3M and 3P – Wednesday 24 October and Thursday 1 November
3S and 3W – Thursday 25 October

Year 5 students will attend 8 sessions in Terms 3 and 4 with the remaining dates below:

5G and 5H – Tuesday 23 October
5M and 5R – Wednesdays 24 October
5/6E – Thursdays 25 October and 1 November

The Gumdale State School bus will transport students to and from the venue. Please contact James Doherty jpdoh0@eq.edu.au if you require any further information regarding the Gumdale State School Sailing program.

SAILING DONATIONS NEEDED

We require donations of sun shirts, reef shoes, wide brimmed hats and board shorts for our Sailing program. New or good condition items can be left in the labelled box which is located in the hallway outside the PE room in Hollis Hall. Thank you in advance!

State Athletics Carnival

Best of luck to Summer M and Matty D who will be attending the State Primary Schools Track and Field Carnival in Cairns this weekend. Summer will be participating in the tetrathlon and Matty will be running the 200m. What a great achievement from these students!

Swimming Lessons

Swimming lessons for students in Prep – Year 6 commenced this week. Aquatic Achievers are facilitating the program at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Chandler. They offer 8 fantastic lessons with qualified instructors in ability levelled groups. Students are reminded to bring their goggles to each lesson.

2018 Camps

This year there will be a change to our Year 4-6 Camp structure. This will allow three different settings and experiences for students in our Senior School. The remaining camps for the year are as follows:

Year 4 – Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi (5-7 December 2018)
Year 5 – Emu Gully Leadership Camp, Helidon (21-23 November 2018)

Any questions - James Doherty jpdoh0@eq.edu.au

Keep moving!

Student Council

Loose Coin Challenge

The Student Council, with the support of the P&C, is running the annual Loose Coin Challenge. Each class will have a collection jar until Friday 26 October. There is a Pizza Party for the first place class and a Cupcake Party for the second place class, so start your search for any coins lingering around your home now and help the Student Council raise funds for GSS! Thanks to The Gumdale Bakery for their generous sponsorship of this event.

Community Support

GUMDALE GIVES

This Christmas season we are once again supporting Micah Projects and GIVIT who assist those less fortunate than us within our community. Monday 12 – Friday 16 November (week 6), we will be calling for donations of food items for Micah’s Annual Christmas Food Hamper Appeal. Then on Friday 30 November (week 9), we will be collecting brand new, unwrapped toys for GIVIT to donate to children living in care. Please see flyers below for more information.

2019 Japanese Study Tour

Next year, Gumdale State School will again be hosting a Study Tour group from Japan. From 22 February to 5 March, we will have 18 students from Tama Uni Meguro JHS in Tokyo visiting our school. Students will have a Year 6 buddy and will participate in English lessons, as well as experience classroom life here at Gumdale. The tour organisers are looking for Host Families for students. Please see information below if you are interested. Application forms are available at the office.

Music Notes

Upcoming Events:

We are excited to announce our annual performance night concert will be held on Monday 12 November at the Star Theatre, Wynnum State High School. This year we will be splitting the concert into two parts for Choir and Band with an interval:

Performance Night Concert

More information and arrival times will be sent home soon so please save the date in your diaries and we look forward to seeing you there! There will be jobs for volunteers, please stay tuned for ways you can help.

Sunday 11 November, 7:40pm on ABC

Don’t Stop the Music is new documentary from Artemis Media, highlighting the transformative effects of teaching music in primary schools. Be sure to tune in to the ABC and watch this landmark Australian series.

Choir

Please take note of the following performance days for all our choirs. A reminder that full performance uniform is required for these performances. You are most welcome to attend the assembly to watch your child’s performance, hope to see you there.

Gumtrees and Gumleaves Choir on Assembly (Years 3-6)

Gumnuts Choir on Assembly (Prep –Year 2)

Instrumental

Recruiting for Instrumental Music 2019:

All Year 3 students have completed Aural aptitude tests in Classroom Music time. Using this data, Classroom Music results from Semester 1 and feedback from teachers on class behaviour and homework, a short list of students has been tested on mouthpieces and instruments. The first round of offer letters have already been sent out. Places are dependent on numbers continuing in the program in all Years 4-6, as time and lesson size is limited. If you did not get a letter of offer for the first round, your child will be on a ranked waiting list for a place.

If your child misses out, it would be worthwhile investigating private lessons on their chosen instrument. It is possible that a place will open up for students who can privately purchase or hire an instrument at the start of the following year (Year 5) and students will be at level with their peers. The instruments in the band program are:

Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Bass Guitar and Percussion (Drums & Glockenspiel).

A great link for investigating which instrument to choose is:

WAMM Camp

What a camp WAMM Camp was! The students representing Gumdale improved their individual and group musicianship skills, made new friends and had a lot of fun. We were proud to have you representing music at Gumdale State School. One of the guest conductors, Dr Rod McWilliams, advocated for the benefits of learning an instrument in Primary School. You can see a link to part of his presentation here:

Performances

SENIOR CONCERT BAND ON ASSEMBLY

Well done to the Senior Concert Band for delighting us with your rendition of ‘Counting Stars’ this week on assembly. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to practising and playing music at Gumdale.

MANLY HALLOWEEN STREET PARADE

Beginner Concert Band – Manly Halloween Street Parade

Senior Concert Band – Manly Halloween Street Parade

From the Music Department,

OSHC

Messages from the Team

2019 Enrolments are new OPEN! Please enrol or re-enrol your children as soon as possible to guarantee a place at YMCA Gumdale OSHC.

We have big plans in store for next year and hope to have your children on board!

If you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us!

What is New at YMCA Gumdale OSHC?

During the Spring Vacation Care period, the kids and staff were put to work. They did a lot of painting, sanding and building to create some new masterpieces for the service. They made a tyre garden, which is displayed at the front of our service beside the stairs. They made new tyre chairs, which are living in the quiet room. They made a new cubby house, created to be a quiet, peaceful space for children to escape to, which is currently living at the back of the veranda. They also made a palette bed for the playroom, to create another quiet space at the service.

The projects were so fun to create with the children and they all really got involved

Educators Professional Development

Charlotte has recently participated in MAPA training (Management of Actual or Potential Aggression). "MAPA® has proved to be successful in equipping staff with safe and effective physical interventions to manage the more challenging and aggressive behaviour experienced from time to time in our service."

Fiona McClelland, Head of Policy & Practice, Action on Hearing Loss.

Activities and Projects

During the last fortnight of Term 3, the children explored the country of Canada. Chez had only recently been to Canada to visit her daughter (who lives there) therefore she created the program off her knowledge, experiences and research. The program really drew from Canada’s past and history. It was truly a great learning experience for all the children. They all loved getting involved in the activities. The children created ‘Wanted’ posters, learnt about the dinosaurs that used to roam around Canada’s land and did some tribal rock paintings.

Spring Vacation Care was an absolute hit! Firstly, we would like to thank Haylee for creating and planning such an amazing program for the kids. Every single day was planned to the minute with great, age appropriate activities for all the children. Thank you to James for organising all the mini excursions and incursions. They all went smoothly, the children were so well behaved, we could not have been happier.

The kids created / got involved in some awesome activities this vacation care period. The made their own obstacle courses, they got to eat edible slime, they got involved in some wood work, they got loud with the karaoke machine and soaked themselves on the inflatable water slides. They developed their teamwork skills by participating in group games and problem solving. They worked on their imagination skills, when told to design and create something out of the box.

Contact YMCA OSHC Gumdale
Phone: 07 3890 2675
Mobile: 0428 333 317
agd@ymca.org.au

Community Business Network

Gumdale State School is pleased to have the support of businesses in our local and nearby community by way of sponsorship. Each year, our school resources are enriched courtesy of members in our Community Business Network.

More details regarding our program and the packages available can be found on our school website or by contacting: Marissa Bowen, Executive Assistant, Phone: 3902 8333, mail: mbowe79@eq.edu.au

In 2018, our Platinum and Gold Sponsors are:

Platinum Sponsors

Todd Gerhardt Realty goes above and beyond for his clients. Todd has broken countless street records, priding himself on getting the best possible price for his vendors. Todd Gerhardt is considered a real sellers agent, but he is equally devoted to his buyers and he knows how to close the deal leaving both parties more than satisfied (which in today's market cannot always be the case).

Todd leaves no stone unturned in the search for the right buyer for your home. It is Todd's mission to offer the best real estate experience you can get.

The YMCA provide services to more than 700,000 participants annually. Such services include youth programs, Long Day Child Care, Family Day Care, In Home Care, Outside School Hours Care, Vacation Care, Limited Hours Care, a large range of sport and recreational activities, health and fitness, outdoor education and camping, vocational education and accredited training, hospitality, restaurants and hotel accommodation.

Gold Sponsors

Ian lives in Wakerley and brings his background as a marketing consultant to achieve the best result for his clients. Ian has achieved numerous property records in the Bayside area. As a great supporter of Gumdale State School Ian currently serves as a community representative on the School Council.

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P&C News

Tuckshop Volunteer Sign- Up - We are now ONLINE!

Tuckshop volunteering sign-up has now moved online. This system is now easy and convenient and if you can help all your need to do is follow the below link and steps and put your name down where you can help out. We are looking for volunteers to sign up for the entire Term.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1. Click the link below to see our SignUp on SignUp.com:
2. Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like
3. Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.

Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact our Tuckshop Convenors at Tuckshop@gumdalesspc.org.au and they can sign you up manually.

Online Ordering

The Tuckshop and Uniform Shop offer an online ordering service called Flexischools. Online ordering is convenient, provides you with 24/7 payment and ordering system that can be accessed from home, work or on a mobile device. You won't be fumbling around for coins in the morning or looking for a brown paper bag. You can also purchase uniform items when the shop is not open and our volunteers will deliver the items to your child's classroom. Flexischools registration is free and only takes a few minutes so get online via the link below.

Shaunesy Pegg
P&C President
pandc@gumdaless.eq.edu.au

Tuckshop News

We have some good news and sad news in this edition. Unfortunately we have bid a sad farewell to Leanne one of our convenors. We wish her all the best in her new ventures and she will be sadly missed.

Now to the good news! We have a brand new look and delicious new improved meal choices and we are now sporting a new name ‘The Gumtree Eatery’. The P&C ran a competition before the holiday break to rename the tuckshop which was won by Year 2 student Jacob R. As well as naming the tuckshop Jacob has won a $20 voucher to use at the tuckshop. Many of you will have seen the beginning of our new mural and we will be adding some colourful characters to the front of the tuckshop over the term.

Don’t forget all meal orders for the Tuckshop for first and second breaks must be ordered through Flexischools by 8:30am each day. Only snacks, drinks and slushies are sold over the counter for cash (except for Prep students) during first and second breaks. Students who have made an order to purchase something frozen, or a plain milk cup or something with custard or yoghurt, will need to come to the Tuckshop to collect the item. A green smiley face or a red star on your bag means you must bring the bag to the Tuckshop to collect the item which can’t be sent to your classroom.

The tuckshop will be releasing a new menu especially for staff members at GSS. This menu will also be offered to the children and can be ordered through the Flexischool system.

Sushi is back! Available on Wednesdays, homemade sushi with fresh ingredients will be at the Gumdale Eatery.

Watch out for our daily and weekly specials! The Gumdale Eatery will be featuring theme days. This will give the children an opportunity to have an alternative choice to our standard menu selection.

Over the past couple of months the tuckshop has improved many of our meals to offer fresher ingredients all made on location at the Gumdale Eatery. Just to name a few , we have Gluten Free Fried Rice, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Mac n’ Cheese, Butter Chicken, Croutons and Cheesy Dip.

The Gumdale Eatery wouldn’t be the success that it is without our volunteers. Our volunteers play an integral part of the tuckshop operation. If you have any spare time (every hour helps) you will be welcomed with open arms. If you are interested come and have a chat with our friendly convenors.

Gumdale Eatery aims to please so if you have any suggestions to assist us please drop them into the suggestion box at the tuckshop.

Contact

If you need to contact the tuckshop for any reason, please do via one of our contact methods:

Phone: 3902 8304
Email: tuckshop@gumdalesspc.org.au

Stop by and see us anytime

Carol Matheson
Tuckshop Convenor

Uniform Shop News

Lost property is located in boxes at School Admin or at the YMCA Gumdale. Please clearly label all items with a first name and surname, especially hats and jumpers. Items cannot be returned to students if the only label visible on the item is just a first name. If your child has lost any items, please regularly check the lost property boxes and remember it may take a few days for items to turn up in the boxes.

The Uniform Shop fire sale continues as we try to reduce over-stocked items. All marked down items are now available to order online through Flexischools. The items will also be available to purchase from the Uniform Shop when open and are only available while stocks lasts.

Uniform Shop Marked Down Items

Trackpants do not have a GSS logo so can be worn by other schools with same royal blue colour or just everyday wear. Tell your friends! We still have a large amount of excess Formal Shorts in sizes 4-10. Formal Shorts can be worn with the everyday polo or formal shirts, at $5.00 a pair, stock up for next year and even the year after.

Flexischools orders are delivered to teacher’s pigeon holes to avoid disruption to classes and the teacher will deliver any ordered items to your child. If you have not received your order, please check with your child’s teacher first. The Uniform Shop volunteers deliver items to the pigeon holes on Monday and Thursday after 9:30pm or you can pick items up from the Uniform Shop during Uniform Shop trading days and hours.

Don’t forget we are located on Level 1 of Block A so drop by and see our friendly volunteers when the shop is open.

Contact

Phone: 3902 8335
Email: uniform@gumdalesspc.org.au
Orders: Online through Flexischools
Payment: cash and EFTPOS facilities

Michelle Moffatt & Shannon Neudecker
Volunteer Uniform Shop Managers

Update from the Fundraising Team!

Fun Run

The annual School Fun Run held on 14 September raised an amazing $19,665.61 for our school. In addition to the prizes children have earned raising funds, the remaining prizes were announced at Assembly on Monday, as follows:

Manny K (Prep J) and Annabel M (Prep I) were the fundraising stars, each raising $605! Both students will receive a trophy and are in the draw to win a $2,900 Apple prize pack. The Top Fundraising class was Prep I who have won a pizza party! Everyone who raised more than $30 has been entered into a draw to win a holiday at SeaWorld Resort and this was won by Chole B (Prep B).

A huge congratulations to our winning students and a big thank you to everyone for their efforts in both fundraising and running this fun event.

Term 4 Events

Unfortunately a decision has been made to cancel the Bunnings BBQ. This has been removed from the calendar. Our final event for 2019 will be the P&C School Disco which will take place on 16 November. The fundraising team will share more information in the following newsletter.

Volunteering

These events would not be possible without the support of volunteers. If you would like to volunteer for any future event, or have any questions about what is involved, please email fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au and you will be notified via SignUp Genius when volunteering opportunities arise throughout the year.

Fundraising Programs

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