Volume 2 - 17th February 2023
- From Our Principal
- From Our Deputy Principal - Teaching and Learning
- From Our Head of Department - Teaching and Learning
- From Our Community Support Coordinator
- From Our Teachers
- From Our Student Media Liaison
- Prep to Grade 6 - Oral Health Education Program
- South Zone District Touch Football Trials
- Breakfast Club
- Play & Learn Discovery Group
From Our Principal
Mr Mitchell - Acting Principal
My name is Tal Mitchell and I am Acting Principal from (February 13 – March 3) while Mrs Bogicevic has some long service leave. Thank you to the Leichardt State School community for making me feel welcome. I am currently the Deputy Principal at Chapel Hill State School and have worked in various school locations that include Cooktown, Kowanyama, Caboolture, Cairns and overseas. I look forward to working with both students, staff and parents to provide great learning outcomes.
From Our Deputy Principal - Teaching and Learning
Mrs Finlay - Deputy Principal - Teaching and Learning
NAPLAN
Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will take part in the 2023 National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) from Wednesday 15 March to Monday 27 March 2023. The students will be assessed through four assessment tasks in the areas of writing, reading, language conventions, and numeracy.
A more detailed test schedule will be provided to parents/carers of Year 3 and 5 students in early March.
The below links provide information about NAPLAN and the privacy of student information collected during the testing.
https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/resources/naplan-privacy-notice.pdf
Any questions regarding NAPLAN should be addressed to Mrs Elena Finlay, Deputy Principal – Teaching and Learning (efinl9@eq.edu.au).
Our Preps Are Learning To Read!
Our Prep students have already learnt the sounds and letter formations for the following letters:
s , a, t and i, and now know six sight words: a I is at as it!
Next week they will be meeting the letter m and learning to read and write more words with this new letter!
Please remember to read daily with your child and encourage them to engage with the Reading Eggs online resource.
Leichhardt Students Making a Difference in the Community!
On Wednesday and Friday of Week 3, the students in the Reading with the Kindy Kids Elective began their first week of afternoon visits to the Ipswich Early Education Centre and Preschool.
Leichhardt students and Kindy students thoroughly enjoyed reading, drawing and singing together.
Leichhardt students also led the Kindy students in activities around the letter ‘s’. It was lovely to see the Leichhardt students sharing their reading and writing skills with the Kindy students.
It was also great to see siblings reading together. Well done, Leichhardt!
Reading and Maths @ Leichhardt
At Monday’s Week 3 Assembly the January Reading Eggs Awards were celebrated.
It was lovely to see the following students receive Reading Eggs Awards: River and Skylar from Prep, Isabella and Zoe from Year 1, Chelsea from Year 2, Matilda and Isabella from Year 3, Mia from Year 4 and Breeanna from Year 5. Well done, students!
It was also wonderful to see Ms G (Prep A) and Mr Saran (4B) take out the Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress Engagement Awards in recognition of the number of their students who engaged with the Reading Eggs platform during the month of January.
Looking forward to the February Awards Assembly when we will be celebrating Reading Eggs, Mathseeds and Mathletics Gold Award achievements!
All Leichhardt students have access to Reading Eggs (P-6), Mathseeds (P-2) and Mathletics (3-6) at home. If you do not have your child’s login details for these programs, please contact your child’s teacher.
From Our Head of Department - Teaching and Learning
Miss O'Connor - HOD Teaching and Learning
As part of our AVID focus our students have been busy learning how to be organised! Classes are focusing on organising bookwork as well as belongings. We have been busy teaching and learning how to 'Set up their notes' (S in STAR). Prep and Year 1 have been using 2 column notes to organise their notes as seen in the photos we have shared this fortnight. Well done everyone! It has been so wonderful to hear you having such great conversations and show such great pride in your learning and bookwork. We have loved celebrating the amazing learning on Parade each week and look forward to continuing to celebrate with our Leichhardt school community.
From Our Community Support Coordinator
Mrs Ferguson - Community Support Coorindator
From Our Teachers
Year 1A
1A have spent the last week learning how to make new friendships and make positive choices in our classroom. We have also been writing recounts in English and been focusing on place value in Maths.
Year 1B
Over the past few weeks we have been busy brainstorming things that roll/stretch/bend. This week in Science we used playdough to practice roll/bend/stretch to make many different things! Year 1 were really interested to see how easy it was to manipulate their playdough and had some great discussions with their peers.
From Our Student Media Liaison
Maci Carter (6A) - Student Media Liaison.
On Friday the 10th of February, School and Vice Captains, Cultural Captains, House Captains, Student Leaders, Student Media Liaison and Class Representatives received their leadership badges at a morning Assembly which was well attended by Parents and Carers. It was a very exciting Assembly and all leaders promised to consistently model the School's Values of Gratitude, Respect, Teamwork and Perseverance and the School's Expectations of being kind, being safe and being learners.
Well done, 2023 Leichhardt Leaders!
To a fantastic year Maci Carter.
Prep to Grade 6 - Oral Health Education Program
If you wish for your child to participate in the Oral Health Promotion Incursion please complete the consent form, and return all pages to the school office reception by Friday 24th February.
South Zone District Touch Football Trials
Breakfast Club
Breakfast club runs from around 8:15am – 8:25 am. It is located down in the OLA outside of Student Services, students are welcome to enjoy two slices of toast, cereal and if available a cup of milk. If your child has any allergies or special dietary requirements please inform the school office on 3813 3222 so we can ensure that these are updated in our school system. I would like to thank the YMCA, Rotary and EAT UP organisations for their generous donations in supporting our Breakfast Club and lunch support programs.
Play & Learn Discovery Group
