Principal’s Report

As we move into the final weeks of Term 2 the students are enjoying celebrations of their learning across all learning areas. Our teachers are undertaking year level planning to set up the new term across all key learning areas. The teachers are focused on consistency and alignment to the Australian Curriculum.

Report Cards

On the final day of this term every family will receive their child/ren’s report card emailed to addresses recorded on our system. It is essential that you advise us of any changes to your details so that we can ensure that all information is sent to the appropriate email address. Families will have the opportunity early in Term 3 to meet with their child/ren’s teacher at the Parent Teacher Conference to discuss these report cards and your child’s learning journey this year. Families will receive an invitation to make a booking on the SOBS booking system for Tuesday 16 July. Please contact your class teacher if you have any queries related to the Parent Teacher Conference evening.

P&C Fair – Saturday 15 June

The biannual school Fair is going to be a fantastic day for every member of our school community. I encourage you to come along and support our very generous P&C as they raise money to support every Camp Hill student as well as providing a great day out for every member of the community. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers for your support for the Fair.

Playgrounds

The P&C and school leadership team are working with playground providers to confirm the final design for the new playground for the Junior campus. This is such an exciting adventure and one that I know our students will enjoy for many years to come. Thank you to the P&C for supporting TWO new playgrounds this year!

Beginner Band and Junior Strings

Our young Instrumental Music musicians will have the opportunity to join in the Balmoral Beginner Band Camp and Southside Junior Strings program in the final week of this term. These days are a highlight of the year for the Instrumental Music program as they provide students with the opportunity to learn and perform with students from a number of schools.

Date Claimer – Thursday 18 July

The 2024 Junior Sports Day will be held early next term – Thursday 18 July. Class teachers will send home more detailed information closer to the event, but I do know that families like to come along and enjoy the events on offer for our students.

Emergency Drills

I would like to complement our students and staff for their efficient and effective responses to the schools Emergency Drills – Evacuation and Lock Down. It is essential that everyone on campus knows what to do if there was an event on campus. I am always so impressed with how quickly the youngest members of our school (the prep students) adjust to these drills.

School Positive Behaviour Plan - Wrist Bands

As the year has progressed, we have seen hundreds of students celebrate their positive behaviours with their personal behaviour passports and wrist bands. It is always a pleasure to see the delight when the student receives their next band – and of course, the lead-up to the High Tea! Thank you to all families for supporting this valued program at school.

Our Special Camp Hill Wildlife

Camp Hill is so very fortunate to have such large grounds with well-established trees to support our numerous birds and wildlife. The students are so fortunate to learn in an environment that provides a real connection with nature and allows everyone to enjoy the simple pleasure of watching the ‘littlest’ members of our community on campus. Being on the official Koala Corridor is certainly a very special thing. I am proud of the way our students show respect, care and appreciation for our wildlife.

Best wishes

Deborah Driver
Principal

Communication between school and home

Communication between their home and school plays an important role in the education of all students. It is this communication to ensures that we are working together to ensure our students, your children, receives the best care and education that we together can offer. It is important that the school, in particular the classroom teachers are aware of issues that may be impacting on students’ wellbeing and thus on their learning. It is also important the we hear of your concerns or instances that we need to celebrate.

We understand that emailing your child’s class teacher is often the most convenient and time efficient method of communication. Unfortunately, the time emails are sent are usually outside of school hours which will mean a delay in when the teacher will receive them. Teachers are encouraged not to check or respond to work-related (school) emails when they are at home, on weekends or during holidays. While teachers do check their emails prior to and after the school day, they may not be able to immediately respond as they have meetings and/or are preparing lessons and resources. During the school day, teachers are responsible for teaching and should not check/respond to emails during “contact/teaching” time. So please be mindful of this. We suggest that when sending an email to the school please:

• Consider the time you are sending it and understand that there might a 24-48 hours (during the school week) turn-around time to receive a response. (If you haven’t heard back within two school days, please ring the office requesting the teacher contact you. Sometimes, teacher may be away or have not received your email.)

• Only send the email to one person. (This will reduce the response time. Sending to multiple staff delays when somebody will contact you as everyone that you have sent it to will need to meet to discuss the email and decide who is best to respond.)
• If you need to contact a member of the leadership team (e.g., Head of Curriculum, Deputy Principal or Principal) we recommend you send the email to admin@camphillipss.eq.edu.au and attention it to the person you are wanting to contact as this will ensure the quickest response. This email box is monitored several times during the day by our office staff and some members of the leadership team. Your email will be forwarded to the appropriate person, or if the person away then to somebody on the team. (The office staff also often ring team member to inform them of the email that has been forwarded.)

We trust the communication between home and school continues to support us all working together in the best interest of our students.

Prep - Year 2

YEAR ONE

GETTING ALONG

WE TRY OUR BEST TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS.

Getting along with others is the focus for the students on the Junior Campus as they engage with ‘Gabby Get Along’ and ‘Gary Get Along’.

GETTING ALONG MEANS…

• Working and playing nicely together.
• Behaving responsibly towards others.
• Being honest, respectful, fair and caring.
• Solving disagreements without squabbling
  or fighting.
• Following important rules of the classroom.
• Doing things to make your classroom and
  school cleaner and safer.

THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS BY …

Using kind words, sharing, taking turns, including others and playing by the rules.

JUNE SCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS COACHING CLINICS

MONDAY 24TH, TUESDAY 25TH, WEDNESDAY 26TH JUNE 2024

Enrolments are now open for the upcoming School Holiday Tennis Clinics as well as special discounted holiday private coaching sessions. Positions are available for all school students between the ages of 4-15 years but please note timings will differ depending upon your child's age and experience.

Holiday clinics are being held at Coorparoo, Holland Park and Camp Hill State Schools - Children from all schools are invited to attend any clinic.

For further details or to enrol, please click this link - https://tennisforkids.com.au/holiday-programs/programs/

CLINIC 1 (MORNING) - RECOMMENDED FOR RED BALL CHILDREN 4-7 YEARS OF AGE
Red Ball students will be at Coorparoo State School from 8.15-10.45am (2½ hours)

CLINIC 2 (MORNING) - RECOMMENDED FOR ORANGE BALL CHILDREN 7-10 YEARS OF AGE

Orange Ball students will be at Holland Park State School from 8.00-11.00am (3 hours)

We have staggered the drop off and pick up times for clinic 1 and clinic 2 so parents can comfortably drop siblings to both venues as they are less than a 5 minute drive from each other.

CLINIC 3 (AFTERNOON) - RECOMMENDED FOR RED BALL CHILDREN 4-7 YEARS OF AGE

Red Ball students will be at Camp Hill State School from 2.00-5.00pm (3 hours)

CLINIC 4 (AFTERNOON) - RECOMMENDED FOR ORANGE BALL CHILDREN 7-10 YEARS OF AGE

Orange Ball students will be at Camp Hill State School from 2.00-5.00pm (3 hours)

CLINIC 5 (AFTERNOON) - RECOMMENDED FOR GREEN BALL CHILDREN 9-12 YEARS OF AGE

Green Ball students will be at Coorparoo State School from 2.00-5.00pm (3 hours)

CLINIC 6 (AFTERNOON) - RECOMMENDED FOR YELLOW BALL CHILDREN 12-15 YEARS OF AGE

Yellow Ball students will be at Coorparoo State School from 2.00-5.00pm (3 hours)

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.

Year 3-6 Senior Campus Athletics Carnival

Phonological Awareness:

1. Connect phase awakens student's curiosity and the desire to learn.
2. Construct phase encourages the student to tackle the challenge by building something functional or meaningful to them.
3. Contemplate phase involves reflection and dialogue with the teacher and other students, about what everyone has learned from their experience.
4. Continue phase gives stidents the opportunities to apply their newly acquired knowledge to new challenges and to take ownership of their learning. Repetitions may occur throughout the process as students work continuously through the steps.

Learning to learn

Step Up Lego Builders

Here are some of the creations made by years 1-4 during Step Up Lego sessions this term. Lego Builders’ Licences with Judy Walsh as facilitator.

Readers’ Cup

Our 2024 Readers’ Cup team has done it again! On Wednesday the 5th of June our team of five senior students gained second place in the Brisbane Central competition against 30 other schools. This is the third year in a row we have placed in the top 3 schools!! Well done team – great reading!!

It was a great morning celebrating books and reading. Guest authors Peter Carnavas, Tristan Bancks and Anita Heiss spoke to our students via video about their writing craft. Thankyou to Bulimba State School and their teacher librarians for hosting this event.

Year 5 and 6 students can try out for the team in March each year.

RC team and medal
Abbie, Sofia, Jasper, Arthur and Kate proudly wearing their medals for second place in Brisbane Central Readers’ Cup.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

We are a quarter of our way through our allocated reading time for our challenge. Are you a quarter of the way through your reading allocation? 20 books > 5 books read? 15 books > 3.75 books read?

7 days to go!!!!!

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

This is the last week you can purchase your Early Bird Ride Bands…. Buy now for the best deal!

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.

Volunteers 3rd Term

Sharyn is taking some personal time during Term 3 and will be away from July 8th to July 29th. Lisa will be running the tuckshop during this time and will need extra help each day. Please become part of our school community and give Lisa a hand by registering to volunteer at the tuckshop during this time. CLICK CLICK CLICK the link below. Remember you go into the draw for the $250 voucher if you help in the tuckshop.

I would like to say a big thank you to everybody who has helped in the tuckshop so far this year. We really couldn't do it without you

https://volunteersignup.org/444JA

Tuckshop Volunteer Register

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

Uniform Shop

Winter Uniforms

Have your little people outgrown their school uniform jackets or school uniform trackpants?

Did you know the uniform shop can sell them for you?

Many families are looking for second-hand school winter items so if you have school uniform items to sell please bring them in to the uniform shop

Good to know -
* Items must be in good quality condition with a working zip
* Items will be priced and put out for sale
* As an item sells then the P and C just keep $5 for handling costs and the remainder is available as credit with the uniform shop for either future purchases or can be transferred to you.

Eg - a second hand jacket is $45 which would mean $40 would be available once the item sells.

If you wish to donate good quality items, this would also be appreciated.

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 

QParents – now available for all year levels

Parents, we hope you are enjoying the access to student information and functionality provided by the QParents app. Thanks especially to the parents who are using the app to record absentee information. If you haven’t already, register using the invitation code that has been emailed to you.

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
• Coming soon - Providing consent for excursions and incursions

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.

Exemptions from compulsory schooling

What is an exemption?

Every parent of a child of compulsory school age has a legal obligation to ensure their child is enrolled at and attending school.

Parents can apply for an exemption from this obligation when their child cannot (or it would be unreasonable in all the circumstances) attend school for a period of more than 10 consecutive school days.

Who decides to grant or not grant an exemption?

Decisions about exemptions are made by the Principal.

How to Apply?

Applications forms are availble by email the administration team at admin@camphilliipss.eq.edu.au 

Further information can be found

https://ppr.qed.qld.gov.au/pp/exemptions-from-compulsory-schooling-and-compulsory-participation-procedure

Planning for Term 3

As we move towards the final weeks of the term, teachers are busy planning for Term 3. The team of class teachers and inclusion teachers from each year level work together with myself, as Head of Department - Curriculum, to look at teaching and learning for the following term. During these valuable planning sessions, we look closely at;

• Curriculum — what teachers teach and students learn
• Pedagogy — how teachers teach and differentiate so that every student's learning needs are met in ways appropriate to the principles: the curriculum, the learning, and the learner
• Assessment — how teachers judge the quality of evidence of student achievement against the relevant achievement standards and use data to provide the curriculum in a way that supports continuous improvement in student learning and achievement
• Reporting — how teachers report to parents on student learning and achievement against the relevant achievement standards using the appropriate reporting scale.

A particular focus this year has been planning English Units based on Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum. Building a deep understanding of the new curriculum requires analysis of the organisational and structural curriculum elements and a strong understanding of what is appropriate to the curriculum.

As part of planning, the teachers use a whole school approach for moderation processes to align curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting; and to ensure consistency of teacher judgments and validity of reported results.

Nicole Vokes
Head of Department Curriculum

Beginner Band

Mr Matt Cook has begun rehearsals with the Year 4 beginner band students on Friday mornings. Students in the Year 4 band program need to ensure that they are here at school with their instruments on Friday in the senior music room.

Beginner Strings and Beginner Band Workshops

Registrations for these workshops have been closed. Our school has many enthusiastic students who are going to participate in these fantastic activities and who will doubtless find the experience enriching. If your child has registered for either of these workshops and you find that they are unable to attend on the day, please notify the Camp Hill School office prior to the day commencing.

Southside Senior Music Workshop

Nominations for the Southside Senior Music workshop have closed. Letters will be sent to families explaining registration and payment details at that time.

School Fair - Saturday, June 15th - 1:00-5:00pm

In collaboration with the P&C, we are working on a schedule of performances and details of performance times will be shared when they are finalised.

Didjeribone

We are fortunate to have Didjeribone visiting our school on Thursday 20th June. Payment and permission should have been finalised by now.