11 August 2022 - Term 3, Week 5
News from Mr Johnson
Dear Parents,
Fathers’ Day Breakfast - 2022
For the first time in 3 years, the Chaplaincy Committee is excited to bring back the Ironside Fathers’ Day Breakfast!
The whole family is invited for breakfast, which will be a choice of a bacon & egg roll, a vegetarian roll or yoghurt & fruit served with your choice of coffee, tea or juice.
Tickets for the breakfast are only $7 & can be bought for every member of the family, not just dads.
We will also have live music provided by our talented Ironside musicians & James Mackay as our guest speaker.
A raffle will be held with a wide variety of prizes including:
- 3 x Executive Camp Chairs from BCF, worth $450
- 4 x Premium Tickets to any movie on any day at Jindalee Reading Cinemas, worth $62
- 5 x Laser Tag Passes at Timezone Indooroopilly, worth $60
- 5 x 30 minute unlimited play at Timezone Indooroopilly, worth $110
- A selection of chocolate from 17 Rocks Chocolate (locally made from local ingredients), worth $70
You can distribute your tickets amongst the prizes in any way you like!
Tickets are on sale NOW via QKR! until Tuesday, 23rd August. This is a ticketless event & no tickets will be sold on the day.
Get behind the 2022 Spring Fair – Your support is needed.
A reminder to families that DONATION DAYS ARE NEXT WEEK 16th and 23rd AUGUST for the upcoming Spring Fair. The organising committee is looking for as many donations as possible. Please see the latest Spring Fair newsletter for details. (Attached for you below)
Volunteers are required for both on the day and during the week prior. Class parent representatives have distributed sign-on sheets. Please consider supporting the Spring Fair with the gift of your time.
Your support in any way, whether that be a donation or a donation of your time, is very much appreciated.
For more detailed information about the Spring fairPlease click the link below for the Spring Fair newsletter No. 4
CONGRATULATIONS NATALIE PHILP – Director, Ironside OSHC
Last month Ms Natalie Philp was recognised amongst her colleagues in the Educator of the Year awards. Nat’s recognition came about as she was nominated by Ironside student Gabe C in (Prep E).
This is a National Award. It recognises Nat’s tireless work imbedding inclusion in to every aspect of the service.
Having worked with Nat in a previous school setting, this national award is just recognition for an exceptional job done consistently, over extended time.
Well done and congratulations Nat. The P&C and Ironside School are proud of you and grateful for your work and expertise.
CONGRATULATIONS SOPHIA C (6F)
The IEU-QNT and the English Teachers Association of Queensland run an annual literary competition open to students and staff in schools across Queensland the Northern Territory.
Judging for the 2022 competition has recently concluded and Sophia C (6F) has been awarded 1st Place in the Year 5 and 6 Poem Category.
To read Sophia's poem called 'White' click the link below.
A special mention to Simon J (6F) who was highly commended in the short story section of this competition in 2022.
2022 – Bridge to Brisbane
As a part of our spotlight on rebuilding community connections during 2022 – we have established an Ironside State School ‘team’ for this year’s Bridge to Brisbane fun run.
Event details can be found here https://bridgetobrisbane.com.au/
Anyone can join the team, we are called "Ironside State School" and they need to enter the pin 1045 when they join.
Participants of the team can nominate to walk or run either the 4.5km or 10km.
As we get closer to the date, we’ll nominate a coffee shop, park (or similar) for those who may like to socialise after the run.
Sincere thanks to Hanorah Wallace for setting up the Ironside State School team.
All the best for the fortnight ahead.
Stay safe and well.
Damian Johnson, Principal.
Ironside Awards
Merit Awards - Year 3 - Year 6 (Term 3 Week 4)
News from Mr Murdoch
Dear parents and caregivers,
Bridge Builders – Skill of the week: Feelings and Calming down
Children do choose their behaviour but they do not choose their feelings, and it is their feelings and thinking that influence them the most. This highlights the importance of teaching children to understand their feelings and to be given skills in calming down.
If your child sees you expressing your feelings in a positive way, over time they learn to do the same. Be sure to model appropriate ways to express feelings to your child. Children are like sponges – they soak everything up.
Our thinking can change our feelings, behaviours and the words we say. Listening to our self-talk and thoughts when we are upset and avoiding unhelpful, toxic thoughts and instead thinking helpful positive thoughts can be a very powerful calming tool.
“Empowered for Life”; Jocelyne Chirnside
Around the classrooms – Prep:
Prep C celebrated 100 days of Prep on Monday 1st August. We were very excited as we have been keeping tally of how many days we have been at school since we started Prep. Finally, we made it to 100! We spent a day doing lots of fun activities based around the number 100, like drawing 100 eyes on a monster, building towers with 100 paper cups, making hats decorated with 100 pieces of collage and building with 100 pieces of Lego. In HPE we made a 100 out of our bodies! We ended the day with a beautiful cake made by Mrs Pearl, decorated with 100 flowers. Now we are 100 days smarter and ready to learn even more.
Around the classrooms – Year 1:
Year 1 students are learning about places and their features. In 1D, students have collaboratively created posters to represent the natural, managed and constructed features in local places. In teams, they then presented their findings to the class and defined each category. The next step is to investigate how places and their features change or stay the same!
Around the classrooms – Year 2:
The students in Year 2 have been actively engaged in maths rotations. Activities have included playdough fractions, place value bingo, time monsters, two-digit subtraction cards, multiplication arrays and more. These activities have provided students with hands on activities and helped them consolidate their learning. The children look forward to these activities each week and enjoy working collaboratively with each other. Year 2 have loved combining their maths and ICT skills together. This term they have been using the app called Number Pieces, to develop a deeper understanding of place value.
Kind regards,
Scott Murdoch
Deputy Principal P-2
News from Mr Davey
What’s been happening in Year 3?
Our Year 3 students have been lucky enough to have experienced a Street Science incursion and an excursion to the Brisbane Museum.
Street Science Incursion
This term, students are investigating how heat energy is produced and the behaviour of heat when it transfers from one object or area to another. The team from Street Science provided many opportunities for students to get hands on and start experimenting in this space, Check out the images below!
Excursion to Brisbane Museum
In HASS this semester, students have been investigating the aspects of their community that have changed and remained the same over time. To help with their inquiry, students visited the Brisbane museum to discover how Brisbane has changed. Some students were even lucky enough to meet the Lord Mayor.
What’s happening in Year 4?
Solving the same problem 4 ways?! It sounds crazy, but the students in 4A have been showing that they can think about and solve equations in different ways. Ryan Song and Alice McClymont have shown excellent use of the split, jump, compensate and algorithm strategies for solving equations. Well done students!
Camp News
The Year 4 team are busily preparing for our camp at Tangalooma in 2 weeks. Thank you for returning the required forms to your classroom teacher – the ‘What to Bring’ list was sent home earlier this week. We will be holding an information session in the school hall on Thursday, 18/8 at 5:45 pm. If you have any questions regrading camp, please feel free to email your class teacher or me. My email address is pdave16@eq.edu.au. Please keep your eye out for more information that will be sent home over the next 2 weeks.
Adults attending camp this year include:
Peter Davey – 3/4 Deputy principal
Alice Cowan - Dillon – 3/4 Head of Curriculum
Jeremie Clarke-Okah – HPE Teacher
Thu Klett – School Chaplain
Jessica Ballantyne – School Guidance Officer
Julie short – Student Support Coordinator
Andrea Ward - Isles – 3F Classroom Teacher
Libby String – 4A Classroom Teacher
Michael Bierhuizen – 4B Classroom Teacher
Alex Burt – 4C Classroom Teacher
Gary Lake – 4D Classroom Teacher
Malindi Trehearn – 4F Classroom Teacher
Mikayla Graves – Pre-service teacher
Students not attending camp
Students that are not attending camp will be taught by Mr Cortes in the 4E classroom. Mr Cortes is preparing a fantastic program for these students and will ensure their week is just as engaging and purposeful as those going on camp.
Kind Regards,
Peter Davey
Deputy Principal 3-4
News from Mrs Bairstow
Dear parents and caregivers,
SEMESTER TWO LEADERSHIP BADGE ASSEMBLY
Students who are fulfilling Semester Two leadership positions will be presented with their badges on assembly on Friday 19 August. Family members are welcome to attend. Please see below a list of students receiving badges at this assembly. Invitations will be sent home with these students as well.
CAMP WARAWEE – THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Our Year 6 cohort did themselves proud, as they ventured on their first school camp to Warawee last week. The weather made for a perfect and action-packed week of adventure and fun. Thank you to everyone who made this camp such a success. This includes teachers, parents and definitely the happy campers themselves! We hope you enjoyed the photos on Facebook. We are in the process of collating more photos to share as well.
YEAR FIVE COHORT – CAMP REMINDERS
A reminder that the $100 non-refundable deposit for Tyalgum (19 – 21 October) was due last Friday. If you have any queries or concerns regarding this invoice / payment. Please contact me at jbair51@eq.edu.au and/or our Business Manager, Paul Logan at ploga12@eq.edu.au. The full balance (total price TBA asap) is due on Friday 16 September.
To secure your child’s place on the 2023 Sydney Canberra tour, a $250 non-refundable deposit is required by Friday 14 October. Invoices for this to be generated shortly. Please keep an eye on your spam / junk folders for any missed invoice emails.
Attached is a presentation that summarised the details and itineraries for both camps.
YEAR 6 YEARBOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
Our hardworking parent volunteer committee are well into the process of compiling happy memories for the Year 6 Year Book. If you have any photos of school events that you would like to share, please send them directly to 2022year6@gmail.com. Sincere thanks to Isobel, Tina and Clarissa who are doing a fantastic job of collating a lot of content and creating this keepsake for our school and students.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TALENTED MUSICIANS!
Firstly, best wishes to Ms Weekes and the Chamber Strings ensemble – who will be competing as State Finalists in the Fanfare Competition at the Conservatorium of Music on Monday 22 August. To be in the Top 5 in Queensland is a remarkable achievement in itself! We hope you enjoy the competition and the challenge.
We have also has some students experience individual musical success.
Isabella (6D) won 1st place in her group in the Brisbane Piano Festival! Well done Isabella!!
And Oscar (6D) won 1st place in the intermediate section of the Australian String Association Concerto Championship. Congratulations!
Isabella (6D)
Oscar (6D)
Kind regards,
Jennifer Bairstow
Deputy Principal 5-6
News from P&C
Dear Families and Caregivers,
We started Term 3 with full speed and the Spring Fair is fast approaching. I hope all of you are well and getting excited about the activities in our school.
First of all, I would like to convey my apologies for my late message. I am sure all of us are quite busy with life, family, children, job, and all other commitments in our lives.
It was my first time joining and participating in an INTERNATIONAL BREAKFAST this year. What an amazing activity, it was!!! I absolutely loved it. After the pandemic, this was the first big event in our school. Of course, like all of you, I loved the variety of food, the decorations, the customs, the crowd, the energy, and loved all the smiling faces behind the tables serving food for our community. It was a lovely and uplifting atmosphere.
Secondly, I would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Kylie Sommerfeld (EAL/D Coordinator) for organizing this fantastic event. That was a major project to deal with. Congratulations Kylie, great job!
Thirdly, of course, none of this celebration would have been happened if our families hadn’t participated. They put their hands up, each country organized its menu and preparations, cooked, baked, and served. Our families did the biggest part of the job. I would like to say THANK YOU to each and every one of you from bottom of my heart.
Please come and join us, let’s work together for Ironside State School. More people, more ideas, more networks, and stronger ties with the community. All of us working as volunteers at the school, together we can make bigger and better activities.
Many thanks again,
See you at another amazing activity.
Nilufer (Lilly) Krishnamoorthy
VP of Fundraising
Ironside P&C
International Parent Group News
Music News
Upcoming Music Dates
Fanfare State Finals
The Chamber Strings are performing at the State Finals of Fanfare on Monday the 22nd of August. They are one of 5 ensembles from the whole of Queensland
Choral Honours Program
A big congratulations to the following Year 6 students who were selected to represent Ironside at the Metropolitan Choral Honours Program this year:
Nathan B.
Savannah C.
Madeleine C.
Nadia H.
Daisy O.
Aicha S.
They will be attending a three day choral workshop in October with students from 27 different schools across Brisbane. Well done!
Voci Dei Bambi (Year 2 Choir)
Voci Dei Bami (Year 2 Choir) is Performing at the Week 6 Friday morning Assembly (19th August). This is a Years 3 - 6 Assembly, so will be very exciting for one of our Junior Choirs to perform for the big kids at our school. Parents are welcome to attend.
Year 1 and 3 parents – Strings and Band Recruiting for 2023
This is going to be a regular spot in the newsletter for the next couple of months to keep you informed about joining the 2023 Instrumental Music program. Watch this space!!
Year 1 and Year 3 students are eligible to join the Instrumental Music Program in 2023. Students in Year 1 can apply for the Strings Program and Year 3 students can apply for the Band program. Students will attend a ‘Recruiting Concert’ on Friday 19th August (next week) in the school hall and will bring home a ‘Expression of Interest” letter. On the ‘Expression of Interest’ you will find a survey link and QR code to our Program Information video. This video will provide an overview and important information for the 2023 Instrumental Music Program. If you are interested in the program, please follow the links on the ‘Expression of Interest’ and submit your response by Friday 26th August. Spare letters are available from the office.
In Week 9, the Instrumental Music teachers will complete practical testing with students during class time. Using this information, along with information from the classroom music teacher and classroom teachers, offers will be made to suitable students. For further information, please contact Mrs Jennifer Bairstow at jbair51@eq.edu.au Follow this link to find out how music will benefit your child’s brain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0JKCYZ8hng Also go to: https://biggerbetterbrains.com/
SingFest
Families of our Year 5 and 6 choral students have received an email outlining our involvement in SingFest this year. Can you please ensure that you return both the permission slip and the medical form to Mrs K no later than Friday August 19th.
News from Chappy Thu
Dear Families,
Welcome to Week 5 of Term 3! Chappy Activities are in full swing with an average of 200 students attending across all 4 activities over the past fortnight. We played a few new games at Chappy Lounge, danced & dressed up at Music in the Oasis, had fun with bubbles & made swans & kimonos in Origami Club.
Thanks to the wonderful help of Chappy Squad Teams B & C, we’ve all had lots of fun AND stayed relatively organised! Special mention to Maddy, Chelsea, Chloe, Hafsa, Rozhia, Sophie, Aiza, Lucia, Lilliane & our special guest squad member, Hannah, who stepped in due to some members being away at camp & excursions. You truly were leaders this fortnight in your kindness, punctuality, quick thinking & hard work. Thank you Team B & C!
Chappy Activities
Here is a schedule of Chappy Activities for this Term:
All students are welcomed at the activities, no sign up necessary 😊
Father’s Day Breakfast
We are really excited about our Father's Day breakfast as Damian mentioned earlier in the newsletter. Tickets are on sale NOW via QKR! until Tuesday, 23rd August. This is a ticketless event & no tickets will be sold on the day.
Upcoming School Events
TERM 3
- Father’s Day Breakfast – Friday, August 26th
- Science Week – Week 6
- Book Week – Week 7, Wednesday, August 24th
TERM 4
- Gingerbread Making Night – Thursday, December 1st
Lastly…
- If you have any questions or would like to volunteer at any of the activities, please email me at tklet0@eq.edu.au.
- If you would like to join the Local Chaplaincy Committee (LCC) or find out more about what the committee does, please email our president, David, at mooresathome@internode.on.net
- If would like to donate items such as origami paper, lollies, chocolates, crafts or games for Chappy Lounge or Care Packages, please drop off at the office.
- If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation, please do so here: https://www.suqld.org.au/donate/ironside-ss-chaplaincy-tax-deductible/
Until Next Time,
Chappy Thu
News from the Events Team
Uniform Shop
ECOMarines News
Attention Instrumental Music parents.
Just a reminder that the school environmental group ECOMARINES are going to reuse the old band cummerbunds and sew them in to hair scrunchies to sell at the Spring Fair.
If you still have yours at home, could you please put them in the colourful green box in the office and the team will collect them. Let’s help our community and the planet.
From Ms Wightwick and the Eco Marine Team.
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