Congratulations to our Year 6 students for an outstanding Exhibition last Wednesday night. This was my first Exhibition and it was impressive to speak with students about their learning.

Thank you to all staff who supported the year 6 students through the mentoring program, a special thanks goes to our Year 6 teacher for the work that went into preparing students for Exhibition.

I’ve heard great things about Rochedale’s Book Week dress up parade. Some year level teams have been planning their dress up theme for weeks.  I can’t wait to see everyone dressed in their favourite book characters on Thursday.

Teaching and Learning
School Improvement Agenda for 2022 will continue to focus on improving student outcomes:

• Reading
• Writing
• Differentiation

This week, we begin releasing year level teams to plan their next Unit of Inquiry.

The Australian Curriculum is designed to develop:

• successful learners
• confident and creative individuals
• active and informed young people who are ready to take their place in society.

This week, we’re looking at English and Maths in Years 3 and 4.

Years 3 and 4

In Years 3 and 4, students become more independent; they communicate with others more effectively. English and Mathematics continue to be a priority, and literacy and numeracy are developed across all learning areas. The curriculum further builds the essential knowledge and skills in literacy, consolidating ‘learning to read and write’.

English

In Years 3 and 4, students read and write about familiar content that relates to other learning areas. Students read more difficult texts on their own, such as chapter books and non-fiction information and can write in different styles

Typically, students will:

• read and understand a range of different types of texts that explore imaginative and informative topics
• recognise and write texts that persuade and explain
• write imaginative texts that include characters and events
• recognise that pictures or graphics can be important to add meaning
• recognise different kinds of language used in text, depending on the audience and purpose
• learn information or ideas from texts
• use mostly correct grammar, including simple and compound sentences
• use accurate spelling and punctuation, and edit their own writing
• plan and make presentations to the class
• engage in discussions to share ideas and information, communicating clearly with others.

Mathematics

In Years 3 and 4, students further develop their understanding of number, patterns and relationships, measurement and geometry. Modelling fractions and decimals using concrete materials is a crucial focus at this stage.

Typically, students will:

• choose strategies to add, subtract, multiply and divide
• represent the value of money and make simple calculations
• recall multiplication facts
• represent fractions on a number line
• explore addition, subtraction and multiplication number patterns
• measure temperatures, lengths, shapes and objects
• solve problems involving time, and read maps
• create symmetrical shapes and classify angles
• ​construct graphs and list a likelihood of events.

For more information about the other learning areas of Years 3 and 4 please visit the following site: https://docs.acara.edu.au/resources/Information_for_parents_years_3_-_4.pdf

Parents as Learners – Inclusion and Disabilities
The importance of supporting students' wellbeing for enhancing learning and social and emotional development is well established.  Nurturing students' wellbeing in safe, supportive and inclusive school and home environments assists children and young people to be resilient, confident and lifelong learners.
Resilient and confident students not only perform better academically but are more likely to develop and maintain healthy, positive relationships and make responsible lifestyle choices.

A whole school approach to supporting students’ wellbeing and mental health

Schools play a critical role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all Queensland state school students. The department’s Student learning and wellbeing framework (PDF, 537KB) assists schools to implement a whole school approach to supporting students’ wellbeing and mental health across the continuum—from universal promotion and prevention approaches to targeted responses to students’ mental health concerns.

Educators, parents, and children and young people themselves all have a role to play as part of a whole school approach to supporting the wellbeing and mental health of all Queensland state school students.

Click on the links below to access specific information about how to support students’ wellbeing and mental health.

• Information for parents, including:
  • strategies for supporting your child’s wellbeing and mental health
  • getting support for your child’s wellbeing and mental health
  • responding to traumatic events.
• Information for students, including:
  • supporting your wellbeing and staying safe
  • looking out for your mental health
  • where to get support for your wellbeing and mental health.

Everyone has a role in keeping our roads safe

Queensland Road Safety Week is here! This year, we’re celebrating the many ways Queenslanders keep our roads safe every day. Is there anything you can do to make the road more safe?

The safety of our students, parents and carers, and staff is paramount, and we all have a role to play. Students become road users at an early age, as a pedestrian, scooter or bike rider and they are our future drivers. Influencing positive road safety attitudes can never start too young.

It's not too late for adults in our school community to brush up on their road safety knowledge either. Our children are watching us and learning from us, and it's critical that we're modelling the safe behaviours we want to see today and into the future.

We are asking everyone to consider how road safety starts with you:

• Is it leaving 5 minutes early to beat the school rush?

• Is it walking the extra distance to use the school crossing?

• Is it resisting the urge to double park?

For more information visit the Department of Transport and Main Roads StreetSmarts website and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The 21-27 August 2022 is Speech Pathology Week. This week seeks to promote the speech pathology profession and the work done by speech language pathologists supporting more than 1.2 million Australians who have a communication disability.

Good communication, better communities This theme focuses on raising awareness of communication disability and highlights how speech language pathologists can help people with speech language communication difficulties participate in the wider community; something that leads to stronger, more diverse communities.

Communication is a key component of the ability to participate equally within society, especially within schools. All students with communication disability must be able to access and participate in learning on the same basis as peers.

Just a reminder that Friday 2 September is a Student Free Day, please contact ROSHCA if you need to book in your child / children for the day.

Have a great week.
Melissa

Book Week Parade – Thursday 26 August – 9.00am

 Parents are welcome to join us for our annual Book Week Parade on Thursday. The parade will begin at 9am and students will proceed around the route below before entering the gym.

Waste Warrior Program

Hudson B has put together a fantastic display highlighting local businesses who are helping to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

We are all very proud of his commitment and support of the Waste Warrior Program.

Junior Sport’s Day – Prep, Year 1, Year 2

Junior Sport’s Day is all about full participation, experiencing a variety of fun filled activities involving skill development, problem solving, fitness, perseverance and co-operation using standard and modified equipment.

Parents are most welcome to come and experience it with us.  

• DATE:                       Thursday 1st September
• VENUE:                    CHOOL MAIN SPORTS OVAL / TENNIS COURTS / GYM / LONG JUMP PIT /                                          AROUND THE ROSCHA BUILDING
• FIRST SESSION:      9.00am-10.50am
•                                    5 rotations
• SECOND SESSION: 11.30am-1.00pm
•                                    4 rotations

FINAL WRAP UP – 1.00pm

2023 Prep Enrolments are now open!

Enrolments for Prep 2023 are now open for children born between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018. Children must be five (5) by 30 June in the year they enrol. Applications for enrolment will only be accepted for students within the school catchment area (or siblings of a current 2022 student). Unfortunately, we won’t be offering any out of catchment places for 2023. For further information, please contact our school Enrolments Officer, Mrs Amanda Ross on PH: 3340 8333 or E: enrolments@rochedalss.eq.edu.au

Nicola Leslie
Deputy Prep/Year 1

Hi, my name is Ava, and this is Tara, and we’re Exhibition partners!

This year for Exhibition, the Year 6 students inquired into topics related to our central idea: Innovation Impacts Society.  We all worked hard over the last eight weeks of school, questioning, researching, constructing, connecting and creating.

Many people have overcome challenges during Exhibition, learning how to cooperate as a team, research questions based on the seven concepts and create incredible art works and automata.

We are so proud of all the year six students for the efforts they put in to create the incredible displays that you saw on Wednesday.

We’d like to give a big thank you to all the different mentor teachers, teacher aides and other staff who have helped our groups through our Exhibition journey.

To Mr Eames, for your help with creating the Exhibition song that we sung on the night, thank you!

A huge thank you to the Grade Six classroom teachers, who have been our guides, challenging and supporting us to achieve our best.

Please put your hands together for not only the staff who helped make Exhibition happen, but the Grade Six students who have worked so hard!

Thank you!
Ava and Tara

Congratulations to all of the year six students who presented their Exhibition research last week. While the exhibition boards displayed the outward visuals of their research, what was most evident was the commitment and ownership of the student’s learning. They were excited and participated in vigorous discussions throughout the night, as students communicated their knowledge to our community. It was such a thrill to see and hear the depth of understanding that each student has developed throughout their Exhibition journey.

Natasha Floyd
Head of Department- Curriculum

Please note class times for the Father’s Day stall next week.Gifts range in price from $1.00 to $10.00 and children can buy more than one gift.

Please put all money in a zip lock bag with the child’s name and class written clearly on the front.

Don’t forget to bring a bag for your gift.

There will also be a Father’s Day raffle, tickets are 50c each (max 4), tickets will be available during the stall hours and the raffle will be drawn in the office on Thursday September 1. All prizes will be delivered to the classrooms.  The stall will be held in the RPAC Building.

THE STALL WILL BE OPEN FROM 8.00 – 8.30AM WITH ANY RESIDUAL STOCK, ON
THURSDAY MORNING THE SEPTEMBER 1 IN RPAC

Any parents who are free to assist please contact Cilla Gray (0406 643 923)
(Unfortunately no younger children will be allowed to come along with parent helpers)

The following invoices are due for payment as follows. 

PLEASE NOTE 

Due dates for incursions/excursions are final.  No late payments or permission forms will be accepted after the due date.  

Students who have not returned the permission or made payment by the due date, will not be able to participate in the activity.

If you have not received an invoice please contact the office. All payments are to be made by our preferred method of BPoint online.

ABSENCE LINE 3340 8388 or

text 0427 890 693 (24 hours)

*******IT IS NOW A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL STUDENT ABSENCES BE REPORTED ON THE DAY OF THE ABSENCE TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE*******

If your student is absent and the school has not been notified of the reason, a text message will be sent to parents by 9.30am requesting a reason for the absence. If you receive a text, please reply and explain your child's absence to avoid reeceiving a follow up phone call from the school office.

To report a student absence:

Please call the absence line on 3340 8388 or text our SMS line on 0427 890 693.  These lines are both open 24 hours a day. You can also use the SMS line to report a planned late arrival to school eg; doctor's appointment. 

When recording an absence on either our phone line or SMS line, please state the following:

1. Your name
2. Student's name
3. Student's class
4. Reason for absence

Please speak clearly and slowly and help us with spelling of names when calling the phone line.

Office Hours

The school office is open each day from 8am to 4pm. 

Student State School Consent

It is the school’s usual practice to take photographs or record images of students and occasionally to publish limited personal information and student materials for the purpose of celebrating student achievement and promoting the school and more broadly celebrating Queensland education. Consent to use your child's name, photograph, voice/video recording or year level is requested at time of enrolment via the "State School Consent Form". If you wish to make changes to consent for your child please request a new State School Consent Form from the school office. 

Facility Hirers

Please find attached the current list of the community groups that hire our school facilities.

Brisbane State High School | Year 7, 2024, Academic Selective Entry Test Day

Brisbane State High School is a public school that is committed to providing opportunity for students.  For students who are out-of-catchment, this opportunity comes in the form of selective entry places. We proudly uphold the best of public education values; opportunities to excel regardless of personal circumstance. We believe that partnerships across the whole state school sector provide a network of support and bring richness to the school experience.  Selective entry opportunities allow students from a range of disciplines to further develop and grow these talents at our state high school.

Enrolment opportunities are now available for current Year 5 students for Year 7, 2024, Academic Selective Entry. Applications close on Friday 2 September 2022. Please refer to the flyer below for further details.