14 June 2019

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

With only two weeks remaining in Term 2, I would like to encourage all students to continue the great work they have been doing, right until the end of Week 10. Remember to keep up your daily reading.

Students have had many opportunities to demonstrate Gumdale’s GROW values the past fortnight, including singing at the Treble Voices Festival, competing in Sport Aerobics and Interschool Sports and enjoying Under 8’s Day. Well done to each student involved!

Best of luck to the athletes representing GSS and Bayside District at the Metropolitan East carnival next week, we know you will give your best effort and display positive sportsmanship.

Finally, I would like to extend an invitation to our whole school community to join us for the Arts Show Opening Night on Wednesday 26 June. It’s sure to be a great showcase of our students’ talents.

Always our Best,

Phil Savill, Principal
Gumdale State School

What’s Coming Up

Always our Best

Reminders from the School

QParents

Did you know you can report student absences via the Qparents app? It's quick and easy! Simply click on the attendance tab and follow the prompts. QParents can inform the school of current and future absences.

News from the Payment Desk

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 student’s 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 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.

Paying your school invoices

All excursions and events require payment and a permission form to be returned by the due date.

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

• Online using the BPOINT Payment Gateway https://www.bpoint.com.au/payments/dete or from the invoice using the BPOINT link
• Phone banking via BPOINT IVR (1300 631 073)
• Using the QParents App or
• In person at our Administration Office during office hours (8:00am-3:30pm)

Current Excursion Invoices

From the Deputies

Under 8’s Day

It was a beautiful day in the sunshine, full of fun and learning, all for our Under 8's. Thank you to the amazing team of teachers in P-2 who coordinated Tuesday’s event, and to all the parents who volunteered their time to assist. And a special mention to the team of first responders who visited with their emergency vehicles.

Deep thinking in our classrooms

Our students are diving to deeper levels of thinking through the exploration of our Visible Thinking Routines. This week we explored Connect, Extend, Challenge - a routine for connecting new ideas to prior knowledge. Year 4 students have used this routine to capture their thinking about the topic of ‘Life in London’ and the Year 2 students have demonstrated their deep thinking about ‘Safety Online’ and ‘Australian Money.’ This thinking routine is a fantastic way for all students to contribute their own prior knowledge/understanding and then work collaboratively to find connections between the thinking.

Collaboration with Manly State School

Last week our Year 4 teachers began our journey of collaboration with Manly State School. Staff from Gumdale and Manly met to discuss writing moderation, pedagogy and feedback. We would like to thank Manly SS for opening their doors and minds to contribute to a successful collaboration. We look forward to our next meeting and expanding the partnership to include additional year levels.

Cheeky Changes Science Show

Last Tuesday, the Year 1 students engaged in a visit from the Street Science team. Our Year 1 students were treated to a highly engaging, interactive show, based on the concept that science is everywhere around us and everyday materials can be physically changed in a variety of ways. The workshop involved the students describing and comparing physical changes and making their own PVA bouncy ball.

As you can see in the photos, the students had a ball!

Rail Museum and Ipswich Nature Reserve Excursion

Last week the Year 4 students went on an excursion to the Rail Museum. The students excitedly explained that they completed a scavenger hunt in groups, where they had to match the number and record the fact/meaning. The scavenger hunt took them around to each of the trains and artefacts at the museum. The students enjoyed investigating all of the objects from the past. At the Nature Reserve, the students saw a variety of birds and animals. (Thank you to Ruby 4C for your contributions to this excursion report)

John Briggs – National Reconciliation Week

As part of National Reconciliation week, the Gumdale SS staff invited John Briggs, an Indigenous consultant, to our weekly staff meeting to develop our cultural awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, people and communities. The focus of National Reconciliation Week this year was ‘Grounded in Truth Walk Together with Courage’ and John’s presentation challenged our thinking and prior knowledge with many truths about Indigenous culture and inclusion. Thank you to Mrs Ros McAuliffe for inviting John to share his story – what an enriching experience for all involved.

ICAS Assessments 2019

Gumdale State School is proud to partner with UNSW Global to offer its annual ICAS Assessments. We’re delighted to inform you that we will be participating in ICAS again this year, to recognise and reward students’ academic achievement. Please keep an eye on your emails for further details about how to register your child in the coming weeks.

Resource Centre

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Reading plays an important part in students’ lives during their school years and beyond. It allows children to actively engage their imagination and opens up a world of educational opportunities.

As well as being fun, the Premier's Reading Challenge aims to boost children’s literacy skills by encouraging students to read widely for pleasure and learning, to develop their imagination, and to cultivate a passion for literature. Last year, an outstanding 181,000 students from 1012 schools took part in the challenge reading a total of 2.46 million books.

Forms have been sent home to students, additional forms can be downloaded via the link below.

Completed forms can be returned to the Resource Centre by the end of the challenge, no later than Friday 23 August.

Scholastic Book Fair

This year our Scholastic Book Fair will be held in Term 3 on 28, 29 and 30 August. We are looking forward to another successful event... it should be Dino-mite!

Student Council

Student Council is fundraising with Entertainment Book! 2019/2020 Entertainment Books in digital format or hardcopy are now available. Vouchers are valid to 1 June, 2020.

The subscription contains hundreds of great value offers, ready for your enjoyment, while also helping the Student Council's fundraising efforts!

STEAM News

STEM Learning

Year 1

Students had a bouncing good time during their Chemistry incursion. They explored the different changes in different materials and made their very own bouncy balls to take home.

Year 4

Students represented Gumdale SS with amazing GROW behaviours at the Workshops Rail Museum and Ipswich Nature Centre.

Year 5

Students displayed great GROW behaviours at the Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens and Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium. They enjoyed the Cosmic Skydome Show to consolidate their learning about our Solar System and exploring the wide variety of gardens.

Sustainability @ Gumdale

Congratulations 1WL and 3M! Sustainability Steve enjoyed spending time in your classes. Keep up the great work!

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

STEM Clubs

Kitchen Garden

Thank you to the following supporters of our kitchen garden:

• Mena from the ROGI Gardening Group, for her kind donation of an electric wok/fry pan and a juicer.
• Kathy Clout from Wallum Nursery, for donating compost.
• Mr Hammond and Brisbane Bayside State College, who have collected our donated pallets and are designing an effective system to pull them apart and create something new for us!

A big thank you also to the many families who have donated seeds over the past few weeks.

Club members have been very busy with many activities.

Growing things:

• The pumpkin growing competition teams have planted their seeds and are looking after their seedlings.
• Planting carrot seedlings.
• Garden maintenance.

Tasting things made with our crops:

• Green salsa.
• Squash bake.
• Mulberries.

Making things:

• Herbal salt.
• Garden bliss balls. Here’s how to make your own at home:
  - In a bucket mix 2 cups of plain flour, 1 cup of compost and 1 cup of water.
  - Add about 2 tablespoons of seeds of your choice (flowers, herbs or veggies will all work).
  - Knead with your hands until it feels like playdough.
  - Roll walnut size balls and set on a tray to dry.
  - Throw them into a wild area in your garden and watch for the plants to grow.

Donations of plants, seedlings, seeds mulch or soil for the garden are appreciated and can be dropped to the STEAM Centre.

(Article contributed by Sabine Clark – Kitchen Garden volunteer)

Arts Department

Gumdale State School is proud to present The Arts Show for 2019 - "Reading is my secret power to creativity”.

The Arts Show will run over 3 days beginning Tuesday 25 June and will feature artwork by students and live performances from our school choirs and musicians. We hope you will bring the whole family along to view and experience the wonderful talents of our school community.

There will be an open category for students, staff and other family to display and sell additional art work. All pieces must be delivered to the office by Monday 24 June. Student artwork must be accompanied by a submission form, available from the school website here or from the front office. Students will keep 100% of any sale price. Community and staff submissions must have a price attached with 10% of any sale price to the P&C.

Opening Night will take place on Wednesday 26 June from 5:00-8:00pm. The evening will begin with a music performance in the Hollis Hall, followed by artwork viewing in the Resource Centre. Pop-up performances by musicians will take place throughout the evening. Entry will be a gold coin per person and there will be a lucky door prize and raffles. Prizes have been kindly donated by School Stuff, Ross Vasta MP, Federal Member for Bonner and Steve Minnikin MP, Member for Chatsworth.

There will be food trucks in attendance to feed hungry families from 4:00pm and the P&C will be selling alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks from the Hollis Hall kitchen.

Thank you for supporting the Arts Program at Gumdale. We look forward to seeing you at the Arts Show!

Sports News

Track and Field Carnival

Congratulations to the GSS Athletics team on the great representation of our school at the Bayside District trials recently. The following students have been selected in the Bayside team to compete at the Met East trials at QSAC next week:

Matty D, Teya C, Natalie K, Holly B, Nikita S, Max V and Tyler R. We wish them the best of luck next week!

GSS 8/9 years Athletics Carnival (born 2010, 2011)

After postponement due to inclement weather, the 8/9 years carnival will be held on Monday 17 June from 9:00am – 1:00pm.

Prep – 2 Athletics Carnival

The Prep – year 2 Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 21 June on Paul Green Oval.

Swim Squad

The swim squad will finish up for Term 2 at the end of next week. Well done to all involved.

Please keep an eye on your inbox early in Week 10 for nominations for Term 3 swim squad.

2019 Camps

The camps for 2019 will be as follows:

Sailing 2019

Some year 2 classes commenced their sailing program last week. It was wonderful to see so much excitement at RQYS and I’m sure they will love their Marine Discovery program. The remaining Term 2 and Term 3 sailing timetable is:

Sport Aerobics

Congratulations to all the aerobics teams that competed at the Industrie 1 Challenge on the weekend at Somerville House. The coaches are very proud of how all the teams have improved since the first competition at the Gold Coast.

Gumdale had some fantastic results in the teams and Aero X Individual Challenge section.

Fletcher - 1st Place (Primary Male Individuals)
Ninjas - 2nd Place (Primary Boys)
Devotion - 2nd Place (Primary Large)
Believe - 2nd Place (Primary Advanced)
Saskia - 1st Place (Aero X Year 2)
Rosie - 2nd Place (Aero X Year 2)
Lola - 1st Place (Aero X Year 3)
Sienna - 2nd Place (Aero X Year 3)
Paige - 1st Place (Aero X Year 4)
Oliva - 2nd Place (Aero X Year 4)
Sophie - 3rd Place (Aero X Year 5)

Congratulations also go to the 14 Gumdale students who competed in club events on the weekend, well done on all your hard work managing club and school routines.

If your child is wanting to further their sport aerobics skills Industrie 1 have 2 upcoming programs to help take your child further in the sport.

Keep moving!

Music Notes

Upcoming Events

To celebrate the commitment, talent and diversity in the Arts at Gumdale we are hosting ‘Music in the Round’ as part of the Arts Show opening night. This will feature some of our instrumentalists, singers and dancers that are excelling in their school and private lessons and we welcome you to come along. Performances will be held between 5:30 and 7:00pm in the Music Room.

Choir

Treble Voices Festival

We would like to thank the wonderful children in the Gumnuts Choir for their delightfully entertaining performance last weekend. With exemplary behaviour, you did us proud on the stage and in the audience.

Vocal Pop-up Concerts

Our aspiring vocalists will be popping-up for performances during lunchtimes next week. A reminder to all those performing that they need to come prepared with their backing and amplification ready to perform with on their assigned day.

The Gumleaves and Gumtrees Choirs have the privilege of opening the annual Arts Show on Wednesday 26 June. It is sure to be a great night of art, music, food and celebration. Please save the date and come along to experience the many talents of our school community. More information about this performance will be sent home via email.

Instrumental Music

Beginner Band Rehearsals Begin

Beginner band rehearsals will commence on Wednesday 19 June, in the STEAM Music room. It is a requirement for all our instrumental students to attend band. It provides greater purpose, responsibility and motivation in learning an instrument, and helps students improve their playing and ensemble skills while preparing for performances. We encourage students to be responsible musicians who are always well prepared and turn up on time. Thank you to our fabulous parents for their support in the process.

Ukulele and Guitar Lessons (after school hours)

Play Music Now run contemporary ukulele (Prep to Year 2) and guitar (Year 2 to Year 6) lessons at Gumdale on Thursdays after school. This is a group program with qualified teachers, affordable rates and lots of fun. Positions are available, contact 0434030084 or email admin@playmusicnow.com.au

Ukulele ‘Gummy Bears’ Program (during school hours)

Play Music Now are now running ‘Gummy Bears’, a contemporary ukulele performance group for students in Year 1 and Year 2 on Thursdays at first break. This is a group program with qualified teachers, affordable rates and lots of fun. Positions are available, contact 0434030084 or email admin@playmusicnow.com.au

Music Practise Tips – Where?

It’s always best to have a special practice place carved out somewhere in your home that everyone knows about. This will help keep you consistent with your practicing, and it will also help other family members respect your practice time. Choose a semi-quiet area with a chair and a sturdy music stand. There should be proper lighting and a place to store your musical accessories such as sheet music, pencils, markers, notebook and a metronome (specific instruments will require a drawer or cupboard for other things such as extra strings, reeds, valve oil, etc.). There should be minimal distractions such as TV, radio, other children, pets or telephone.

From the Music Department,

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 2019, our Platinum and Gold Sponsors are:

Platinum Sponsor

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.

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.

Alpha Home Maintenance is a handyman service designed to save time, money and energy for all your property maintenance needs and those general repairs around the home. We provide a free consultation prior to any job so we can work together on an option that will ensure you choose the service that is right for you. We strive to work hard and deliver outstanding results and exceptional customer service every time. Call us today on 0400 823 868.

Gold - STEM Sponsor

South East Electrical Services conducts all types of electrical works from a single power point in your home to extensive electrical and data works in your office, school or commercial property. Completing regular maintenance for safety switches, lamp replacement service, test and tag of electrical items or emergency light testing, South East Electrical Services can solve your electrical or data problems. Call 1300 997 621.

P&C News

OSHC Announcement

Effective from Tuesday 24 September 2019, the Gumdale State School outside school hours care service will be operated by Gumdale OSHC (GOSHC). GOSHC is owned and operated by the Gumdale State School P&C Association.

This is an exciting venture and one that will benefit the school and the greater Gumdale community.

About GOSHC

Gumdale OSHC (GOSHC) are committed to providing children with quality learning opportunities, delivered in a safe, secure and stimulating environment, while aspiring to deliver the highest standard of care. All our endeavours support the values and mission of Gumdale State School (GSS) benefiting the educational experience of all students. GOSHC will embrace the Gumdale State School philosophies of “GROW” and “Always Our Best”.

The Gumdale OSHC service will ensure the health, safety & wellbeing of our children in line with the National Quality Framework, associated legislation and the GSS values. Profits will be directed to the ongoing improvement of the service and to the GSS P&C, which will ultimately benefit GSS students.

GSS families and children are front and centre of this initiative.

Key Information

To assist families in a greater understanding of a P&C operated OSHC service, we have provided a list of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers below. Any questions or queries should be sent to goshc@gumdalesspc.org.au

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

Fundraising

The Arts Show is fast approaching, and the P&C will be hosting a mini Eat Street Market with food vans. Come down from 4:00pm on Wednesday 26 June, browse your little artist’s treasures and take the night off from cooking and the dreaded washing up. The P&C will also be serving beer, wine, sparkling and ciders from the Hollis Hall kitchen. Volunteers are needed! If you can spare 30 minutes or an hour, please email fundraising or sign up online. Many hands make light work!

Fashion Parade is nearly a sold out event! The P&C expresses much gratitude to the working party who have organised this event and have been working behind the scenes for a few months now. If you didn’t get a ticket you are truly missing out on the social event of the year for Gumdale State School.

The P&C would like to say 'Thank you’ to each and every supporter of this event, with your efforts these events are very successful and benefit all the children of Gumdale. Gumdale P&C is very grateful to have such a giving supportive community.

Volunteer of the Month

Thank you to The Gumdale Tavern and Frigg Cafe for supporting our volunteers with a voucher. Our wonderful recipients for the month of May were Jennifer Noble and Angela Bassard.

Gumtree Eatery

A reminder that Sushi is now off the menu for the winter period. Stay tuned for winter specials coming soon!

Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who help us each week in the Gumtree Eatery. Your support is so valuable to us. If you would like to volunteer here in tuckshop, signing up is quick and easy!

• Click on the required SignUp.com link below
• Scroll through the available dates and make your selection.
• SignUp.com will email you a reminder 48 hours before your selected date.

If you cannot make a shift which you have signed up for, please remove yourself from signup for the day in question. This will ensure that spot is left open for someone else to add their name and we will get an email notification.

To provide a safe working environment, a minimum dress standard is required when volunteering in the Tuckshop as it is a food production area. Closed in shoes, no singlet tops and hair longer than shoulder length must be worn up.

Please ‘like’ the Parents & Citizens Facebook page to see what we are up to in the Tuckshop.

Carol and Helen
Gumtree Eatery Tuckshop Convenors

Uniform Shop News

Ordering for GSS Swimwear is now closed with expected delivery of Week 2, Term 3.

The next order will be open from 15 July - 1 September with a production time of 6 weeks.

GSS Swimwear is not compulsory, however swimwear can be worn for sailing or swimming.

With the cooler temperatures, winter items are flying out the door. There are some items out of stock, however plain royal blue track pants or navy stockings are acceptable winter uniform alternatives. Microfiber pants will not be restocked until 2020.

A reminder to clearly label your child’s hats and jumpers with first and surnames. If you are missing any uniform items, there are lost property baskets outside the administration office.

Michelle Moffatt
Volunteer Uniform Shop Manager

Volunteering at Gumdale State School

Thank you to all who have joined the volunteer pool. Volunteering is a great way to get involved in our school.

If you’d like to find out more or would like to be added to our volunteer pool, please email fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au and you will be notified via Sign-Up Genius when volunteering opportunities arise throughout the year.

Fundraising Calendar

We are very excited about this year’s calendar. Please ‘save the date’ for the events detailed below. Details for each event will be published in the newsletter, and on social media, closer to the date.

Fundraising Programs

A reminder to support the following organisations if the need arises for their goods and services. For every purchase made, they kindly give back to our school.

Follow the P&C

To stay up to date with all things P&C, follow us on social media:

• Facebook at Gumdale State School Parents & Citizens
• Instagram at gumdale_ss_pandc
• Twitter at gumdaless_pandc
• Or contact us on pandc@gumdalesspc.org.au

OSHC

The Winter school holidays are fast approaching, beginning in just three weeks and we all know how quickly time flies by.

As places fill quite quickly, we encourage you to return the booking form as soon as possible for your children.

To assist you and for your convenience, YMCA Gumdale OSHC has attached our Winter Holiday Club Flyer & Booking Form (to complete and return).

During the upcoming holiday period, there will be NO Excursions, however we will have several Incursions in place of these.

• Tuesday 2 July – X-Fire Games – Nerf Battle
• Wednesday 3 July - Astro Jump – Obstacle Course
• Thursday 4 July – Dancing Queen Hip-Hop dance class
• Monday 8 July 8 – Hungerball
• Wednesday 10 July 10 – Laser Tag in a Box
• Friday 12 July 12– Crazy Candles – Clock Making (Please note the flyer incorrectly says wax hands)

Included on the back of the booking form is important family information, please take some time to read this information.

Printed copies of the flyer and booking forms will be available soon from the OSHC Service.

If you would like to enrol your child for our Winter Vacation Care period please contact us via email or phone.

We would love to have your children there!

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

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