Principal’s Report

Welcome back to Camp Hill. I hope everyone had a great vacation and found time to enjoy the company of friends and family. I know that our students have all returned with many stories of their adventures over the two-week vacation period.

Term 2 is a busy term, with many additional programs and activities across the ten week term. These include: Senior Cross Country; P&C Movie Night; Free Dress days; our very special ANZAC day service; Parent Information session on Reading; 2025 Prep Information Sessions; Junior Cross Country; Mother’s Day stalls; Student Disco; Chaplaincy Week; Chaplaincy Spell-a-thon; Year 3 excursion; Year 2 and Year 5 to the Ekka Rural Discovery Day; Fun Day (Prep to Year 2); Reader’s Cup; Gateways programs; Senior Athletics; School Fair (15 June); Beginning Band camp; Southside Junior Strings program and the Didjeribone presentation.

Camp Hill ANZAC service

The annual Camp Hill ANZAC service is a very special event for our community. Over 30 years ago the remaining members of the (now disbanded) Belmont-Camp Hill RSL approached the school to request that the school take up the role of providing a (traditional) ANZAC service, on ANZAC day, for our community. The school has fulfilled this promise over many years, and we do it with pride.

The Camp Hill ANZAC Day service commenced with a march along Old Cleveland Road (road closed by Queensland Police Service) to the school senior campus. Once at the school there was a traditional ANZAC service with support from a number of political and community representatives. The service included songs supported by our school choirs and speeches from representatives from the Services and community members. This was a community service and included representatives from past and current servicemen and women, community groups, State, Catholic and Private schools and our Camp Hill community members. I have always been so incredibly proud of our commitment to ensuring the continuation of this Australian tradition. Lest We Forget.

Prep 2025

The school is well underway in our preparation for the 2025 prep program. It is essential that any family who are intending on enrolling their child in the 2025 Prep program submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) as soon as possible. We have already received a very large number of applications.

Families who have submitted an EOI will receive email updates on Information and Play Sessions that are scheduled for the remainder of this year.

P&C Fair

The biannual school Fair on 15 June 2024 is a major event in our school calendar and one that the students are keenly looking forward to. I encourage families to follow the P&C Facebook account and updates in the newsletter to see how you can support the event – “many hands do make light work”.

Thank you for your ongoing support for our school.

Take care
Deborah Driver

Best wishes

Deborah Driver
Principal

Deputy News

New Deputy Principal: Junior – Mrs Jane Tuckett

My name is Jane Tuckett (Mrs) and have been relocated to Camp Hill SIPS as the Deputy Principal replacing Mr Michael Frearson. I have met Mr Frearson as part of a change-over and know that I have “big shoes to fill”, but I will try my best.

I would like to thank the staff, students and parents that I have already meet, for the warm welcome I received when I started at the beginning of the term and during my visits last term. My first school as a Deputy Principal was at Belmont State School many years ago, so I was very excited when I heard I would be returning to the neighbourhood and coming here.

I have been a Deputy Principal with Education Queensland for over 20 years. During this time, I have worked in a range of schools, from school with just over 200 students to school with over 2000. Whilst I have worked with all year levels, my favourite area of the school would be the Early Years and assisting children in transitioning from Kindy to Prep, as you can usually see every student show improvement every day. I also enjoy listening to Early Year students’ opinions and views on the world, and seeing the joy on their faces when they have discovered something new or have achieved their goal.

I have a special interest in The Arts, Design and Technologies and Mathematics. However, I do have a love of reading and try to encourage children to develop this love as well. Whether reading for learning or relaxation, reading opens many avenues.

As a mother, wife and grandmother (a young one), I value family and the role families have in the education of their children and working together so that our children can achieve to the best of their ability. While at Camp Hill SIPS, I am looking forward to becoming involved in the P&C and getting to know the students, their parents/carers and other members of this wonderful community. If you see me around, please don’t hesitate to come up and say “hi”.

Kind regards
Jane Tuckett

Timely Reminder: Keeping your child and other kids healthy!

Terms 2 and 3 is often the time we see a lot of viruses and other illnesses in schools and around the community in general. Advice provided by the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne is that you should keep your child at home if they have any of the following:

• fever (temp over 37.5°C)
• stomach ache with vomiting
• stomach ache with diarrhoea (3 or more times in 24 hours)
• cough with fever
• body sores or rash with fever
• sore eyes with pus or thick mucus
• sore throat with fever
• no appetite, are tired, pale, cranky, or not feeling well.

Schools, child care centres and kindergartens are required by law (Public Health Act 2005) to exclude children with certain infectious diseases until the child is well and/or has been cleared by a doctor to return to school. The Time out: Keeping your child and other kids health, which can be found here. This poster provides information on the recommended minimum exclusion periods for infectious conditions.

Please remember to let us know if your child is absent from school and the reason why.

Hi Everyone

Please see below regarding upcoming activities this term.

Business Manager

eSafety

Camp Hill is committed to helping students develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes to be safe and respectful users of technology. We are also aware that students’ online experiences often move seamlessly between home and school and as a school are committed to supporting our students safety online. We will be sharing a range of information, tips and resources for parents and carers from the eSafety Commissioner (eSafety.gov.au) that you can use with your family to help create positive experiences for your children online.

Reporting when something goes wrong online

If your child experiences something harmful online such as cyberbullying, image-based abuse or illegal and restricted content, you can report it directly to the social media service, game, app or website where the incident occurred.

Often young people will need the support of an adult to report. The eSafety Commissioner (eSafety.gov.au) advises taking the following steps:

1. Collect evidence before reporting to the platform or taking other action. If the issue is ongoing, make sure you collect screenshots showing what has been happening and for how long.

2. Report to the platform where it happened. Use The eSafety Guide to help you. After you report, the service may remove the content straight away. They may also block those responsible or delete their account. If the post involves something illegal like grooming, they may refer it to law enforcement or another agency to take further action.

3. If the platform does not take action, you or your child can report it to eSafety. eSafety will ask you to complete an online reporting form and include evidence.

Online safety for every family

The eSafety Commissioner (eSafety.gov.au) has released resources to help parents and carers from all backgrounds protect their families online.

The Online Safety for Every Family resources cover how to:
• get started with social media
• enjoy safer online gaming
• help your child if they are bullied online.

To make sure more families can start a conversation with their children about online safety, the resources are available in English, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Burmese, Dari, Hindi, Nepali, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Uyghur and Vietnamese.

Prep - Year 2

YEAR ONE

The students are learning about the benefits of being organised just like Oscar Organisation and Olivia Organisation. You Can Do It program developer, Professor Michael E Bernard explains that we can teach the attitudes and self-talk that help young children to be organised.

TENNIS HOT SHOTS – LIMITED PLACES STILL AVAILABLE FOR TERM 2!

Enrolments are now open for term 2 tennis coaching.

ENROL ONLINE at www.tennisforkids.com.au 

PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

Should you have any questions please contact Tennis for Kids on info@tennisforkids.com.au or 0408 187 741.

ALL NEW CHILDREN ENROLLING IN TERM 2 WILL RECEIVE A FREE JUNIOR TENNIS RAC-QUET!

Tennis For Kids is a FairPlay activity provider and therefore can accept Government FairPlay Vouchers - www.qld.gov.au/fairplayvouchers 

PARENT & CHILD TENNIS EVENT – SUNDAY 2nd JUNE

A fun filled 2 hours of match play – Parents enter with their Child and play together as a doubles team! This event will be held at the Queensland Tennis Centre from 3-6pm on Sunday 2nd June.

For further details or to enrol - https://tennisforkids.com.au/special-events/ .

Yr3-6 Senior Campus Cross Country Carnival

Congratulations to this year’s age champions:

Prep – Year 2 Junior Campus Cross Country Carnival

Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 Cricket Academy

Yr3-6 Senior Campus Athletics Carnival

Met East Regional Sport Representatives 

Semester 1 Lytton District Sport Trials

Semester 1 Sport Trials on offer

Free Event Rescheduled

Family Movie Night on the Oval – Saturday 25^th May

Sports & Sparkles Disco

Our first after school disco since 2019 is scheduled for Friday 10th May – have you got your tickets??

If enough tickets are not pre-sold, the event will not proceed. So please support this fun night out.

For those parents who are happy to, this is a drop-off and pick up event. Children will be supervised in the hall by teachers until their parents are back to sign them out.

The children will have a fantastic night. We’ve got stick on glow in the dark tattoos for sale (50c each) as well as Glow Stick Items ($3 each) and a bake stall.

Parents can also order extra meal deal if they want to take some home for younger siblings.

Have you voted for your child’s favourite song in your year level Facebook Poll?

Mothers’ Day Stalls

Stalls will be held on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th May. Classes will be each allocated a time to visit the stall with their money to purchase a gift for someone special.

Gifts will be either $5 or $10. Please send money along in a secure envelope/zip lock bag, including how many gifts and who they are buying for (e.g. $5 Mum and $5 Nan).

There will be an opportunity in the morning on Friday 10th May, for any missed shoppers (away, sick, forgot their money) to make last minute purchases. Please let your class teacher know if they need to arrange a time with the stall organisers.

P&C Date Savers & Changes for Term 2

Mother’s Day Stalls – Week 4 as above
High Tea Fundraiser - May 18 – changed with date to be advised
P&C Meeting – Tuesday 21st May 7pm in the new OSHC hall
Movies on the Oval – “Wonka” Saturday 25th May
Free Dress Day – Lob-O-Choc – Wednesday June 5
The Camp Hill Fair – Saturday June 15

Camp Hill Fair “The Festival” is set for June 15 Ride bands on sale now!

Ride bands are on sale now! Two types of Ride bands are available and pre-purchase for the “Early Bird” price.

https://schoolshoponline.net.au/camphillipss/eventdetails.aspx?ID=686

$30 for All-Access Ride Bands. These bands grant access to all rides.

(Price increases to $35 on the day of the fair.)

$15 for Tiny Tots bands (for children aged 4 and under ONLY). These bands grant access to SELECT rides deemed age appropriate (Giant Slide, Cup & Saucer), the soft play area, Props area, and a separate Tiny Tots Farm area.

(Price increases to $20 on the day of the fair.)

NOTE: If you think your 4-year-old is brave AND tall enough to go on all rides (some are based on height, not age), we suggest you purchase the All-Access Ride Bands.

Welcome back to Term 2. I hope everyone had an enjoyable break and is all rested and ready for the Term.

The Winter Warmers menu is up and running, with the waffles proving very popular. If you haven't done so, take a look and see what other delicious offerings are available. Lisa and Sharyn work hard at providing healthy menu choices.

I know I am always banging on about helping out in the tuckshop, but it really is an important part of our community. Without people giving some of their precious time, the Tuckshop could not run efficiently or effectively. Every little bit helps. Remember that all profits made at the tuckshop go back to the P&C to fund wonderful projects like the 2 new playgrounds the school will have.

Thank you to those that have already put their names on the register. Please click the link if you have some spare time

Tuckshop Volunteer Register

Regards
Sharyn - Tuckshop Convenor
Tel: 07 3900 9429     Email: tuckshop@camphillpandc.com.au 

Uniform Shop

Winter Uniforms

Did you know??

The official school uniform includes a jacket and track pants and a polar fleece vest all with the Camp Hill branding.

These items can be worn over summer uniform items by all students in all year levels if they choose.

However, any item (other track pants/jackets/long sleeve t shirt/leggings etc) can be worn with the school uniform but MUST be navy blue in colour only.

These can be sourced from other retailers.

If your student is part of the school representative teams in Dance or Cheer or Aerobics they MUST have the official school jacket and pants to wear on competition days.

Winter stock from the uniform shop is available in new or second hand.

Second hand stock is very popular so please bring to the uniform shop any jackets/pants/vests that your family has outgrown for resale for store credit.

Items must be in good condition.

If you have not sold through the uniform shop before, please ask and I can explain how the system helps all Camp Hill families.

www.schoolshoponline.net.au/camphillipss

NORMAL UNIFORM SHOP TRADING HOURS
Tuesday and Thursday:  8:15 – 9:30 am
(under D Block, Senior Campus)

Kerri Rook - Uniform Shop Convenor
Tel: 07 3900 9328
Email: uniforms@camphillpandc.com.au 

Thanks so much to our wonderful community here at OSHC for donating to our food pantry.

We did a call out last week and our shelves are looking full again which is amazing, however we would also love any donations from anyone within the school or broader community as we know that it has been such a utilised service since commencing last year.

The only stipulation on the items is that they don’t require refrigeration. Also, items do not only have to be food related, they can be other essential items like nappies, wipes etc.

Thanks from your team at OSHC

Swim with the Crocs!

Change of Date Notice

The Crocs Swim Club AGM and next Committee Meeting has had a date change.

We now invite all members to join us at 6:30pm on Thursday 9 May (not the 2nd as originally set) at the Camp Hill Bowls Club. Everyone is welcome as we have committee roles that require filling and other general help / non-executive roles too. If you are interested and cannot make the meeting, please reach out to Deanne at swimclubsecretary@camphillpandc.com.au

Trophy Collection

If you would like to collect any presentations / trophies for your children, please reach out to Nat on carnivals@camphillswim.club

Photos

If you have taken any photos during the season - at Club Nights, Carnivals, Presentation Night - could you please email them to Deanne at swimclubsecretary@camphillpandc.com.au at your earliest convenience, thank you.

Swim with the Crocs!

Our school will soon be providing parents with access to a new, convenient, online parent portal called QParents. The QParents web and mobile application provides an easier way for you to interact with our school. Parents will have secure, online access to their child’s student information, anytime, anywhere, through a smartphone, tablet or computer. QParents allows parents to connect instantly with our school to access and manage their child’s student information, including:

• Attendance and absence details
• Academic report cards
• Viewing and paying invoices
• Viewing and updating personal student details
• Providing consent for excursions and incursions

A staggered roll-out of QParents will commence in Term 2, as follows:

Year 4 families Friday 10 May (week 4)
Year 2 families Friday 17 May (Week 5)
Prep, Year 1, 3, 5, 6 Term 3 and 4

Parents and Carers will receive two emails. One email will contain an invitation to register and the second email will contain your child’s Education Queensland Identification Number, which will be required during the registration process. Further details will be included in the emails.

Updating Student Information

During the school year, there can be occasions when it is important that we make immediate contact with parents. We are unable to do this if our information is not current. Please help us to provide care and consideration for your child by updating your family records whenever a change occurs.

• If there is a change in your emergency contact phone number, email, or other emergency contact persons details.
• If you change your address.
• If any significant changes occur with regard to your child/children's health or medical details e.g. Health Plan or medication.
• If there are any changes regarding custody or access to your child/children.
• If you feel we should know of any other changes which relate to your child.

Choir

All students who have joined a choir need to attend regular rehearsals. The Intermediate and Junior choristers, who have been added to the roll, need to come to the junior music room for rehearsal each week unless they are absent from school. If your child does not wish to be a part of the choir an email, from a parent or guardian, will need to be sent to Mrs Wills lwill10@eq.edu.au or Ms Irwin girwi2@eq.edu.au to let us know. All students who wish to participate in choir are required to bring a display folder to safely store their music.

Instrumental Program Information

Emails were sent last week to the students in year 4 (first year band students or second year strings) inviting their participation in a workshop at the end of this term. The Beginner Band students will be attending a one-day workshop at Holland Park State High School on 12 June. The Junior String students will be attending a two-day workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday 18 and 19 June. Registrations and payments are to be completed online by parents.

Music Incursions and Performances

We are fortunate to have some amazing performers visiting our school in term 2 and 3.

Didjeribone - June 20 - permissions out Term 2/Week 3 - payment Term 2/Week 8

Water Rhythms - late October - permissions out Term 3/Week 3 - payment Term 3/Week 7

Information will be sent out closer to the performance date.

As well as visiting performers, some of our students have the opportunity to participate in music excursions.

Senior Choir will be participating in SingFest - August 23 - permissions out Term 2/Week 9 - payment Term 3/Week 2

An excursion for the students who participate in Extra-Curricular Music Groups is planned for QSO - October 18 - permissions out Term 3/Week 5 - payment Term 3/Week 8.

Library Matters

Welcome back to Term 2!

Readers’ Cup

Our five senior students who have been selected for the 2024 Readers’ Cup team are busy reading!! They met last week to begin planning their reading, and talking about the books they have read already. In June they will be competing against 29 other schools in our district. Congratulations to Abigail K, Sophia C, Kate T, Jasper W and Arthur E on making the team.

Book Club

Issue 3 orders are due in by Monday May 6th. If you have a $5 credit from Issue 1 you can use it this issue. We will be doing two Book Club issues this term.

2024 Premier’s Reading Challenge

Forms will go home next week to complete for the 2024 Premier’s Reading Challenge. Please keep your form in a safe place to record books read at home.

In Term 2, students in Years 4 to 6 will be asked to take part in the Queensland Engagement and Wellbeing (QEW) Survey.

We know that wellbeing and engagement are important parts of your child’s life at school. The QEW Survey is designed to measure how students view their wellbeing and engagement across different topics. The information we get from the survey helps us better understand and support our students.

An information letter will be sent out to parents and carers closer to the time. If you have any questions, please contact the school. More information, including FAQs, can be found on the Education website: