28 June 2019

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

The end of Semester 1 is upon us and I have been very pleased to see the solid effort students have demonstrated in the classroom over the past two terms. It was great to present certificates to such a large number of students at the recent Principal’s Morning Tea. Congratulations to each one.

The cleaning and grounds team were recently acknowledged and treated to breakfast to start their day. We appreciate the great job they do each day to help keep our school tidy and well maintained.

Congratulations to Carmel Herbert who has been appointed Acting Principal at Runcorn State School beginning in Term 3. I would like to thank Carmel for the work she has done at Gumdale and wish her all the best in her new position.

Finally, I wish all staff, students and families a safe and happy holiday. We look forward to welcoming you back in Term 3.

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:

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. Using the QParents App or
4. In person at our Administration Office during office hours (8:00am-3:30pm)

Current Excursion Invoices

From the Deputies

As yet another busy term comes to a close, we would like to thank our wonderful teachers, teacher aides and students for the incredible amount of work they have put into their studies and extra-curricular activities. In the last week alone, Gumdale SS students have participated in the P-2 Athletics Carnival and the Prep students travelled to Trevena Glen for a wonderfully hands-on farm experience. Our Sports Aerobics teams competed at the State Championship on the weekend and brought home 6 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze medals. Congratulations to all of the students, we are all so proud of them! These amazing events would not be possible without the support we receive from our dedicated parent community.

As the communication begins to filter out for upcoming Term 3 excursions, events and incursions, please ensure that you are checking your emails regularly and signing the digital permission form as well as making the payment. We are finding that many of the permission forms are not completed before the due date and this creates additional work for the teaching and administration staff. Thank you in advance for your support with these forms.

Please have a safe, enjoyable and relaxing holiday with your children.

Sailing in Term 3

Sailing will commence in Week 1 of Term 3 for Year 3 and year 5 students. We are aiming for 100% participation in these lessons so ensure that you have filled in all of the necessary permission forms online.

Prep – Year 1

It is hard to believe that we are already halfway through this school year. It has been a great semester one in the Early Years` sector and I am especially proud of how well our preps have settled into Gumdale. The learning that continues to happen in our classrooms everyday always amazes me and reminds me how lucky we are to do the work we do.

I am very excited to be taking on the role of acting principal at Runcorn State School next term and am looking forward to new challenges and learning new things. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work closely with my teachers throughout this semester and thank them so much for all their hard work and dedication. I have also loved working with the junior students, listening to their stories, and sharing their delight as they acquired new skills and knowledge. I will look forward to hearing about the great work that will continue at Gumdale and wish all in the community a safe and restful break.

Carmel Herbert
Deputy Principal

School Council

The School Council met on 14 June, and welcomed for their first meeting its three new members, community representative Craig Thomas (CEO of Wynnum Manly Leagues Club which is a major supporter of GSS), elected parent representative Bridget Kinch and elected staff representative Leah Riemann. The new members have been allocated to Working Parties – Leah Riemann to Student Engagement, Bridget Kinch to HR Recruitment & Development and Craig Thomas to Community Partnerships. Arrangements will be made for induction training for the new members of Council on the role and expectations of Council members.

An important area of interest of Council has been the P&C’s undertaking of the provision of OHSC. Council was pleased to be informed that the P&C has received Provider Approval to operate the OHSC for the school and that from 24 September it will have a fully operational service.

Beata Sade was selected by Council to be the staff member to receive the Staff Recognition Award for Term 2. Currently teaching Year 2 at Gumdale State School, Beata is a much valued team member and colleague. Beata is in her third year of teaching at the school and is an iPad class teacher and a sector representative in the area of Critical and Creative Thinking.

The Principal, Mr Savill, presented his Annual Report 2018 to the School Council. In his verbal presentation he detailed the growth of the school both in size and in its achievements for the year. Class sizes were on average slightly less in 2018 and the academic performance in fundamentals of literacy and numeracy continued to improve as shown in the NAPLAN results. Co-curricular activities expanded during the year, and the school is at the forefront in sports such as sailing and aerobics, and continuing to develop in technology and music. The school has a significant ongoing focus on STEM and on professional development of staff, and the iPad classes are proving to be popular and successful.

Council endorsed the draft Behaviour Management Plan 2019, and the importance of parents being aware of the expectations the school has on behaviour and the GROW principles. Council noted the reports of excellent behaviour at the ANZAC Day ceremony.

The Chairman, Janet McBeth, detailed the activities of the school since the last meeting, including:

• Top Oval naming ceremony (Todd Gerhardt Realty Oval)
• NAPLAN
• Information Sessions for next year’s parents
• Excursions to Lone Pine, Planetarium and the Rail Museum
• STEM activities including Kitchen Garden Club, Coding, Robotics.
• Sports Days
• Pop-up concerts
• National Story Time

James Doherty and Lucy Goddard presented an outline of the programs undertaken by GSS in the areas of PE, Signature Programs and Partnerships.

Resource Centre

We encourage students to continue and increase their reading over the holidays – many are involved in working towards completion of the annual Premier’s Reading Challenge. The holidays are an excellent opportunity to add those few extra books to the list. The challenge runs until Friday 23 August which allows plenty of time for all children to read the books, submit the form and receive a certificate from the Premier.

STEAM News

STEM Learning

Year 2

In Year 2 science this term, students have been learning all about water. We have looked at where it comes from and goes to, how we use it and why water conservation is important. The students have come up with some great ideas to save water. Here are just a few:

“We can protect our water by not throwing rubbish on the ground or in the oceans.” Chevelle

“We can save water by having shorter showers.” Miliana

“Recycle leftover water on the garden or give it to the dog.” Samuel

Year 4

In science this week the Year 4 students started working on their new unit of work: Biology, looking at Life Cycles. They are starting with the life cycle of flowering plants and had an opportunity to see and pull apart a dissected lilly flower to identify the parts of flowers. Knowing about the anatomy of flowers will help with their understanding of pollination and the importance of flowers in plant life cycles and in food production.

Year 6

In STEM this week the Year 6 students started working on their new unit of work: Physics, looking at Energy and in particular electricity. To help their understanding of electrical circuits, they had some hands-on ‘trial and error’ time with electrical circuit components to try and make a lightbulb light up.

Sustainability @ Gumdale

Congratulations 2WC and 6R! 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

Coding Club

Students in Year 1 & 2 have really been enjoying coding club this semester. They have coded with various programs including, Kodables, Scratch Jnr and Pre-reading express on code.org. Their block coding skills have improved tremendously and they are very keen to keep trying out new levels and the different coding apps.

Coding club meets every Thursday at first break from 11:15am and all Year 1 and 2 students are welcome.

Kitchen Garden

In the run up to school holidays, club members have been busy getting our gardens ready for the break. Our activities included:

• A pop-up market stall in the Prep area showcasing some of our produce as well as making apple slinkies.
• Garden maintenance
• Compost maintenance
• Worm farm maintenance
• Tasting lillypillies
• Making more “Garden Bliss balls”

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 Show

Thank you to the school community who came along and supported the Arts Show for 2019. Despite the wet weather during the day, the rain cleared and the evening was very well attended by families and community members. The art submitted by both students and the community was a delight to see. It was wonderful to have to support of our Music Department and performances by the choirs and Music in the Round added a wonderful display of our creative and talented students.

Congratulations to the deserving recipients of the awards, these will be announced on Assembly in Term 3.

Thank you to our sponsors by Ross Vasta MP, Federal Member for Bonner, Steve Minnikin MP, Member for Chatsworth, School Stuff and Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium. We appreciate the assistance of the P&C in running the food trucks and selling drinks. Thank you to all teachers and staff for their efforts in creating, collecting and displaying of the class artwork, with a special acknowledgment to Tracy McCredie for once again coordinating this great event.

Sports News

Track and Field

Congratulations to the following athletes who represented Bayside District at last week’s Met East Track and Field trials at QSAC:

Matty D, Teya C, Natalie K, Holly B, Nikita S, Max V and Tyler R. Some fantastic results throughout the competition.

Senior Athletics Carnival

After a few attempts we finally were able to complete the Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival. Well done to all students on your participation levels and always trying your best. Congratulations to the following students who are age champions for 2019:

Record breakers for the 2019 carnival are:

Junior Athletics Carnival

Well done to all our Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students who participated in our Junior Athletics Carnival last week. It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying participating in the various races and games.

Soccer Finals

Congratulations to the 5A Soccer team who have won the Wynnum District Soccer competition. The team defeated Manly SS 4-1 at Bayside United, Lota last Tuesday evening. In week 1 of next term, this team will play in the Bayside District Final. Best of luck!!

2019 Camps

The camps for 2019 will be as follows:

Sailing 2019

Sport Aerobics

Gumdale Aerobics teams competed at the FISAF QLD State Championships on the weekend. All 20 teams have improved so much and have shown such a high standard throughout the tough competition season.

The following teams and students have been invited to nationals at Chandler in August:

Saskia B- 3rd Place Aero X Prep-2
Fletcher, Jordyn, Emma, Amity, Alexis, Rosie- Wild Card Aero X Prep-2
GSS Dynamite- Wild Card Primary Pre-Choreographed Year 1-2
GSS Excite- 3rd Place Primary Pre-Choreographed Year 3
GSS Energy- 3rd Place Primary Pre-Choreographed Year 4
Paige M- 1st Place Aero X Year 3-4
Kayla, Chloe, Sienna- Wild Card Aero X Year 3-4
GSS Ninjas Year 6- 1st Place Primary Boys
GSS Ninjas Year 5- 2nd Place Primary Boys
GSS Inescapable- 1st Place Primary Advanced
GSS Believe and GSS Forever- Wild Card Primary Advanced
GSS Jumpin- 1st Place Primary Large
GSS Devotion- 3rd Place Primary Large
GSS Bounce- Wild Card Primary Large
GSS Blast- 3rd Place Primary Fitness
GSS Dreamers and GSS Firework- Wild Card Primary Fitness
Charlotte I- 1st Place Aero X Year 5-6
Stella, London, Nanaia- Wild Card Aero X Year 5-6
Fletcher A - 1st Place Male Minis

6 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze

Congratulations to all Gumdale students on fantastic results.

Keep moving!

Music Notes

Upcoming Events

Arts Show - Music in the Round

What a wonderful night of ‘Music in the Round’ for the 2019 Arts Show! This was a marvellous night of celebration with our talented instrumentalists, singers and dancers performing at their best. Thank you to all the students for their hard work in preparing for their performance and to all the families for their incredible support. Well done!

Choir

Vocal Pop-up Concerts

Thank you to all our talented vocalists for entertaining us with your performances last week.

Instrumental Music

Beginner Band Rehearsals Begin

Beginner band rehearsals have begun and will continue every Wednesday morning next term. It is a requirement for all our instrumental students to attend band. We encourage the students to be responsible musicians who are always well prepared and turn up on time and thank our fabulous parents for their support in the process.

Xylophone Group

Xylophone group is a new music ensemble offered to students in Year 3 and 4 starting next term. This group is forming as an extension of the class music program and we have been overwhelmed with the initial interest to join.

Commitment forms are due by Friday 19 July, please email Miss Moran with any further inquiries mfmor1@eq.edu.au

Music Practise Tips – When?

Dr. Suzuki said, "Only on the days that you eat!" The best plan is to make practice a part of your daily routine. If you know you will practice at a certain time every day, it will happen with very few exceptions and think of all the extra time you’ll have in the holidays!

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

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 position of OSHC Coordinator has been advertised, the link can be viewed here.

The Fashion Parade

The P&C would like to congratulate Cassie Sandison, Rebecca Chippendale, Karen Murphy, Carol Matheson, Jacinta Colley, Melissa McLennan, Michelle Moffatt, Natalie Herity, Riana Ferreira, Susan Fraser and Sanjani Prakash. Well done to this amazing team of volunteers who transformed Hollis Hall once again into an amazing Great Gatsby theme and hosted a very successful fashion parade.

This event was fantastic and it was lovely to see every guest dressed to theme and having a great time!

With the support of the Gumdale Community we were able to raise over $30,000.

The P&C would like to extend our gratitude to the many sponsors who have supported and continue to support Gumdale State School. Thank you for all your contributions.

Bunnings BBQ

Mark your calendars. On Sunday 25 August, we are running a BBQ at Bunnings Manly West. Thank you to Rebecca Chippendale for offering to coordinate the upcoming BBQ. We hope many people will show their support by volunteering for an hour to cook and serve, or will stop by and grab a sausage sizzle with the family! Please email fundraising@gumdalesspc.org.au if you are able to help with this event.

Father’s Day Stall

The P&C is proud to provide a shopping stall for students to purchase gifts and cards for their Dads, Step-Dads, Pops and carers. Mark your calendars for Thursday 29 and Friday 30 August. The younger children need assistance with choosing those precious gifts, so if you can help please utilise the online sign up system. This will be posted and emailed prior to the date.

Fun Run

Plans are under way for Gumdale’s First Colour Run! Thank you to Natalie Herity who has offered to organise this exciting event. Please contact fundraising if you would like to help, we need many parent volunteers to help make this very successful.

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 June were Jennifer Noble and Marissa Wood.

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

Gumtree Eatery

Thank you to everyone who has helped out in Tuckshop in Term 2, your help is much appreciated. We are always looking for help whether it is sticking labels on bags, cutting up fruit and veg and even doing the washing up, every bit helps in our busy Eatery. Lookout for the signup link next term.

For Term 3 we will be having some ‘Winter Warmers’ as specials, so watch out for those! We will be advertising these on the FB page so please ‘like’ the Parents & Citizens Facebook page to see what we are up to in the Tuckshop.

Have a wonderful break and we will look forward to seeing you all next Term.

Carol and Helen
Gumtree Eatery Tuckshop Convenors

Uniform Shop News

The Uniform shop will continue to trade regular trading hours in Term 3. Hoodies in all sizes are in stock. If you are unable to attend during business hours, you can make your Uniform purchase online through Flexischools. All orders are delivered to Teachers pigeon holes to avoid disruption to classrooms. Any incorrect sizes can be exchanged if necessary.

Many thanks to the volunteers who assist, we appreciate your help.

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

YMCA OSHC Gumdale would like to wish all our families and wider school community a happy and safe holidays this winter.

What we’ve been doing…

Over the last fortnight, our program has had a focus on sensory play, art and craft and Disney characters. These focuses have been developed through documentation of our children’s interests that we then extend and improve on throughout weeks.

Join us for…

Come along and join us for our exciting winter vacation care program these holidays. Our service has six fun and engaging incursions spread out over the two weeks. These include Nerf Battle Wars, Hip-Hop Dance, Hunger Ball, Astro Jump obstacle course, Laser Tag and Clock decorating. We look forward to seeing you all there!

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

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