Leichhardt State School eNewsletter

From the Principal

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.

There are many quotes out there on Respect, which is one of Leichhardt State School values, but I decided to choose this one as it highlights what lies at the heart of respect – love. When we show respect, we show love in our relationships with others and our environment. At Leichhardt, we teach students about Respect and why it is important to show it in all interactions. The result of this teaching are our Leichhardt students – the wonderfully respectful little people who make our lives so much better!

Today, the whole school is buzzing with excitement over the Maths Week and the arrival of Captain Red Beard! The students are so excited about the cake bake and I just wanted to say a huge thank you to parents and older siblings who helped out as responsible adults to get the cakes to look just amazing!!! I hope you enjoy reading more about the week in this newsletter.

Today, our school appointed an Indigenous Community Coordinator, Aunty Marly Hooper, who will start in her new position early in Term 3. Marly’s work with Leichhardt spans many years of making connections with the community and improving outcomes for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

As this newsletter edition is the celebration of the beautiful learning we have done and fun we have had this term, I would like to thank you all for your support, understanding and collaboration over the last couple of months. Without your support as parents and carers, we only get half the job done. With your support, we can do anything!

I would also like to thank all our staff for the hard work, positive attitude and enthusiasm they show every day. It is great to be part of Team Leichhardt!

And most importantly, a huge thank you to our students for always trying their best to Be King, Be Safe and Be a Learner! This week’s Gotcha winners are:

Anthony, Justin, Chelsea and Zakk.

From the Deputy Principal – Mrs Tracey Phillipps-Lewis

Reporting

On Wednesday 23^rd June, your child’s report was emailed home. Any family that has not provided an email will receive their child’s report/s in the mail over the next few days. If you did not receive this email please contact the school and inform to check the email address we have on file.

If you require a hard copy of your child’s report in addition to the email, please email the school on admin@leichhardtss.eq.edu.au.

Parent Teacher Interviews

On Tuesday the 20^th July (Week 2), students are required to be collected by 1:15pm to allow for Parent Teacher Interviews starting at 1:30pm. Interviews will finish at 4:30pm. All interviews will be held in the Hall. Interview bookings will be for 6 minutes to discuss your child’s progress.

Bookings for interviews will be available from 6:00pm, Friday 18^th June through SOBS at this link: https://eq.sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=70695

The instructions on how to book a meeting with your child/ren’s teacher/s were emailed to you on Friday 18^th June.

Parents of students in Year 5 and 6 will need to book interviews for individual subjects and the different teachers for example: Mr Smith for Year 5 or 6 Mathematics, Ms Anforth for Year 5 or 6 Humanities, Ms Curwen for Year 6 English or Years 5 or 6 Arts.

Attendance

Attending school every day matters!

Parents have a responsibility to ensure their child attends school every day. As you are aware, notes have been sent home regarding student unexplained absences. Thank you to everyone who has returned their child’s unexplained absence letters. This assists us in keeping accurate records.

When your child is absent, you must inform the school as soon as possible stating the reason and expected duration of the absence. Absences relating to birthdays, shopping, refusing to attend school, visiting friends are all classed as unauthorised absences and, as such, are considered approved absences.

If your child is persistently unwell, it is recommended that you provide a medical certificate.

If you are having difficulty getting your child to school, please contact the office and let them know of the situation and a member of the Leadership Team will be in touch.

Changes to Classes

Over the course of the Semester the number of students in our Year 2 classes have dropped, making the classes very small with low attendance. Currently in Year 2 there are only enough students for two classes. The success of the classes working together and the reduced numbers of students have provided us with an opportunity to make this a permanent shift.

On Monday 21^st June (Week 10), 2B students were divided between 2A and 2C.

This change has been successful and the students have settled into their new classes well.

Staffing Changes

This term we farewell Ms Jillian Lieschke (1B Wednesdays, 6A Connect, 5A English, Year 5 and 6 Humanities teacher) and Ms Fiona Chapman (Year 5 and 6 German teacher). We wish them both well in Term 3.

In Term 3:

Ms Everingham (previously the 2B teacher), will be joining the Year 5 and 6 students. Ms Everingham will be taking 6A Connect Class, Technology and Humanities.

Ms Williams will continue to work 4 days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Ms Rivett will also move to working 4 days a week, Monday to Thursday.

We will be welcoming Ms Leanne Bugg who will be taking 1B on Wednesdays and 3A on Fridays. Ms Bugg is very excited to be joining our school.

Electives

During Term 3, students in Year 4 to 6 will have the opportunity to participate in an elective subject. This elective will occur in Session 6 on Wednesday afternoons and will be mixed age groups. This subject will not be reported on.

This week, students were given the opportunity to choose an elective. The students doing Wakakiri will continue to prepare for this during our elective time. Other students had the opportunity to choose from:

AFL
Coding
Gardening
Jump Rope for Heart
German Club
Reading with Year 1
Prep Buddies

Term 3 - Upcoming Events

Tuesday 20^th July Parent Teacher Meetings

Friday 23^rd July NAIDOC Day Celebrations

From Our Head Of Special Education Services.

Reading @ Leichhardt

Reading is everywhere. Reading is everyone’s business.

This has been clearly evident during Week 9 and 10 Assemblies at Leichhardt State School.

Monday Week 9 Assembly

The Premier’s Reading Challenge continues to go strong!

Mrs Williams, teacher of 1B, completed the challenge with her class, recording the many stories she has shared with her students over the term. Each of her students will now receive a signed certificate from the Premier at the end of the challenge. Thank you, Mrs Williams!

The 2C class won a Premier’s Reading Challenge class award for Nate and Amelia completing their PRC Record Forms. Well done, 2C!

QAR Legend and Star Awards

Question-Answer Relatationship or QAR is the comprehension strategy students used at Leichhardt State School. Students in Years 3 to 6 have been engaging in QAR Quizes to track their progress on the application of this comprehension strategy. On the Week 9 Assembly, students in 6A and 6B were the proud recipients of QAR Legend and QAR Star awards: Lucian and Shyanne received QAR Legend awards. Mark, Linkin, Xavier and Stephen received QAR Star awards. Well done, students!

Readers Cup Team

The 2021 Readers Cup students (11 of the 12 team members pictured below) received their participation certificates on Assembly at the Week 9 Assembly. The students demonstrated the Leichhardt State School Values of Perseverance, Teamwork, Respect and Gratitude leading up to and during the competition. Well done, students!

Back Row (Left to Right): Mrs Phillipps-Lewis (Deputy Principal) Shanae, Jah’Kaiyah, Mark, Lucian, Alyssa, Justin, Riley.

Front Row (Left to Right): Ivy, Lilly, Saolotoga, Xavier.

Monday Week 10 Assembly

Premier’s Reading Challenge Class Awards

Students continue working hard completing their Premier’s Reading Challenge Record forms. The following students completed Premier’s Reading Challenge forms and achieved Premier’s Reading Challenge certificates for their class:

Rosealeigh (2A)

Two other Year 2 students also received Premier’s Reading Challenge awards for their class but they are unable to be photographed.

Ms Brett (2C) won the Teacher Certificate for having the most Premier’s Reading Challenge forms completed for Week 9. Well done students and Ms Brett!

The Premier’s Reading Challenge runs until Week 7 next term, so please keep reading and filling in the Premier’s Reading Challenge forms!

Online News Writing Course.

At Monday’s Week 10 Assembly the successful completion of the Online News Writing Course for eight of our Year 6 students was celebrated. The students had shown great perseverance and teamwork as they completed the 15 week course that involved analysing, planning and writing news articles. Well done, students!

Here are three of the eight students pictured below with their certificates:

(L to R) Shyanne, Mark and Jayme-Lea

Year 6 students, Xavier, Lucian and Samara also completed the course, but they were absent for the photo today. Two other Year 6 students also completed the course, but they are unable to be photographed.

Learning @ Leichhardt

Prep A

On Monday we had an amazing day at our first ever sports carnival. Everyone was dressed up in their house colours and did a great job of having a go at all the races and activities. There were lots of ribbons won and lots of proud students and families. It was great to hear and see everyone encouraging each other throughout the day.

This week in Prep A we have been working hard together to answer Mr Smiths maths questions to collect the pieces to Captain Red Beards treasure map.

We have also had a great time working with our Year 4 friends. We showed our friends how well we can read and write. We have had an amazing term learning lots of new things and having lots of fun. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and stays safe

Prep B

Over the last weeks of term we have focused on learning in fun and engaging ways. Some of the activities we have done are: Learning our sight words on chatterboxes; Learning the alphabet with crayon resist painting; Guessing the letter in rice by feeling with our fingers and not looking; Practicing our letter formation with coloured pegs on boards and pipe cleaners; Practicing how to spell and write our names correctly with collage; Threading our names; and Pom Pom colour matching just to name a few. We have all really enjoyed learning in the way and hope to continue with these kinds of activities regular for the rest of the year.

We wish you all a safe and happy holiday break and look forward to seeing you next term.

Year 1

The Year Ones have made it through to the end of another term. It’s been a huge term and the children have worked really hard. Their efforts are starting to pay off, particularly in their reading. As you can see from the signs below, reading is everywhere and it is everyone’s business. So, on the holidays, please find some time to read with your children even if it’s just a street sign whilst driving. Sight words are also fairly easy to find in books and in the environment. See how many you can find at the shops! Reading Eggs is still available as well. Your efforts at home make a huge difference in the classroom and the children are the ones who benefit (and the teachers too who get very excited when the children achieve their goal). Enjoy your holidays and we look forward to seeing you all in Term 3.

Miss T and Ms W

4A

4B

After analysing and writing many stories together, the year 4 students have been working on their own traditional story in English. To publish this story, we decided as a class to draw the illustrations and present our book to the students in Prep A. 4B have worked very hard to design their book, including the front and back cover. They then loved the opportunity to share their hard work with the students in Prep A at a morning of reading. 4B have enjoyed creating stories so much many students have used their free time to write more!

Year 5 Arts

This term, year 5 students have been designing and creating a sculpture using recycled materials. They have learnt about the impact of painted murals around the community and have chosen their own contextual topic to paint on to their sculpture. Students will have the opportunity to finish their murals next term. Stay tuned for the end result!

Year 6 Arts

This term, year 6 students have been studying Media Arts and learning about how camera angles and shot types create different moods and evoke different emotions. We have spent lessons in the outdoor learning area looking at how camera angles would change how we perceive different areas. Last week, the students used the iPads to interview staff members about current news events.

From the PE Teacher Mr Woody

Senior Sports day was held last Thursday 17th of June. It was wonderful seeing the students participating In all of the events on the day. They showed great perseverance throughout the whole day, however at the end of the day there always has to be a winning team. The Senior Sports day winners are as follows:

Perseverance Champion - Kurrajong

Balls Games Champion - Acacia

Overall Champion - Banksia

We also crowned Boy and Girls Age champions from 8yrs to 12yrs and they are as follows

8yrs girls - Indigo Jane

8yrs boys - Will

9rs girls - Mariah

9yrs boys - Daymon

10yrs girls - Savannah

10yrs boys -Dale

11yrs girls - Brooke

11yrs boys - MJ

12yrs girls - Ruby

12yrs boys - Xavier

On Tuesday we held our Junior Sports day for our Prep, One and Two students. Each and every students gave it their all in a variety of activities, including running races, jumping and throwing activities. At the end of the day the points were tallied up and our junior sports day champion was Kurrajong.

Congratulations to all students from Prep to Six for making our 2021 sports days a fantastic event.

Mr Woody

Cake baking competition

Congratulations to all our student who participated in the cake baking competition. Everyone did a such a great job!

Our winners are:

Our SEP Students who worked together to make a cake.
Taura Graham
Runner up- Matilda Glynn.

From the Library

Hello from the Library

If you have an outstanding library book at home please bring it back as soon as possible.

Hmm what to do over the holidays?

Looking for something to do over the holidays, well the Ipswich Library have some fantastic events, you can check them out via this link.

https://www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/whats-on/children/

The events are free and include Earth’s Dinosaur Zoo Show, Jay Laga’aia Live on Stage, Geckoes Wildlife Show plus many other events.

Play & Learn Discovery Group

This term we have been discovering a new colour each week. Talking about what reminds us of certain colours, how they make us feel & even what we think a colour might sound like.

We have made rain clouds, fish, sun catchers, flowers, done lots of painting & played with playdough.

On Thursday 24/6 for the last group of the term, we celebrated all colours with a rainbow theme. We had rainbow streamers, rainbow craft & even rainbow cupcakes at morning tea.

It has been great having the group in the Deadly Room this term.

In term 3, we will be located in the Library for the group & we will be discovering dinosaurs with lots of great stories, songs, craft & sensory play.

Volume 10- 25 June 2021