Special Community Event – Happy Families

Dr Justin Coulson, host of Channel 9 Parental Guidance, is coming to Rochedale SS on Monday 10 October, World Mental Health Day.

Dr Justin Coulson is the co-host and parenting expert on Channel 9’s “Parental Guidance”, the founder of www.happyfamilies.com.au and one of Australian’s most trusted parenting experts.

Dr Coulson will work with staff on Monday 10 October, after school, then present a parent session, 6.00pm-7.30pm. We’ll email a booking link to families next week, so you can secure your place at this presentation.

For further information on Dr Justin Coulson please visit:

• https://justincoulson.com/#section-about
• Dr Justin Instagram site: https://www.instagram.com/drjustincoulson/
• Facebook site  https://www.facebook.com/happyfamiliesau

Thursday is R U OK? Day.  This day is to prompt our thinking about the people around us and whether they need some support.  This can be by simply checking in, listening or helping them access further support.

Teaching and Learning

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

• Reading
• Writing
• Differentiation

Moderation - over the next two weeks year levels will meet with the Leadership Team to moderate the term 3 English assessment. Our moderation process aligns curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and reporting.  Each year level moderation provides consistency of delivery of the curriculum and assessment and A-E achievement.

Moderation is also a celebration of the learning that has occurred over the term.

Student Led Conferences will be held next week. Students and teachers are looking forward to sharing the great learning they’ve been engaged in.

Australian Curriculum – What are the general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities?

General capabilities within the Australian Curriculum make up a set of knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that can be developed through all the learning areas.

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Information and communication technology competence
• Critical and creative thinking
• Personal and social competence
• Ethical behaviour
• Intercultural understanding.

Learn more about the general capabilities of the Australian Curriculum at: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/general-capabilities/.

The cross-curriculum priorities in the Australian Curriculum provide students with tools to better understand their world. The priorities are fitted with content to simultaneously develop knowledge, understanding and skills relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia, and Sustainability.

Learn more about the cross-curriculum priorities of the Australian Curriculum at: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/cross-curriculum-priorities/.

Junior Sports Day was a great success, it was wonderful to see so many parents and grandparents join us to cheer on the children.

This Friday, we have our Junior and Senior Cross Country, parents are welcome to join us.  Mr Brown will email home details of the events.

Children are welcome to wear house coloured shirts, shoes must be worn at all times.

Thank you to Mr Chris Brown for organising these events, and to staff and parents for supporting the children’s sporting efforts.

 Student Achievement  Congratulations to Emily A and Joshua A for   competing in the National Cross Country titles in Adelaide. In the individual event   Joshua came 11th and Emily 17th. Emily won gold in the teams and the relay,   Joshua won silver in the teams and, silver in the relay .

Facilities Update

Last week, the fan was installed in the gym ready for summer.  Thank you to the community for supporting the P&C Colour Run to raise funds for the fan.

Our new building is on track for handover on Friday 16 September.  The following classes will relocate to the new building from Tuesday 4 October: our six year 3 classes, 2K, 2H and 2C and 5J and 5M.

We’ll have an open morning for the community to come in and see the new building next term.

Independent evaluation of the National School Chaplaincy Program

https://www.dese.gov.au/schooling/announcements/evaluation-national-school-chaplaincy-program

Schools and their broader school communities are invited to participate in an evaluation of the National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP).
The evaluation, which is available on the Australian Government Department of Education website, will explore how the program is currently operating, what is working well, and the place of the program alongside other investments in student and community wellbeing.

The online platform is available until 13 September. Further information is available: at: https://intranet.qed.qld.gov.au/about/newsandmedia/news/Pages/independent-evaluation-of-the-nscp.aspx

Thank you to Cilia Gray, Peta Traynor and Rob Timms for organising the Father’s Day Stall and to the many volunteers who helped out over the two days.

Reminder  Monday October 3 is a public holiday, Queen’s Birthday long weekend, the school will not be open on this day.  Term 4 starts back on Tuesday October 4.

Have a great week!
Melissa

Student-led conferences are a valuable process in the Primary Years Program, where students are encouraged to take responsibility and ownership for their learning. A student-led conference is a meeting with the student, a family member and the teacher. During the meeting students are in charge of leading the discussion, sharing their portfolio and discussing their progress. The teacher will then join in the last part of the conference to discuss the student’s progress with the parent and answer questions they may have.

Student’s Role: To lead discussions around -

• their strengths
• what they are proud of
• their goals
• what they still want to learn

Parent’s Role:

• Encourage and support their child
• Ask questions to build conversation
• Provide feedback
• Help set goals
• Discuss action plans to achieve goals

Students may be both excited and nervous by this process, so it is important to have a supportive family member attend to boost their confidence and engagement. Please remember to book in online with your child’s teacher to ensure a timeslot is available. The SOBS online booking system closes at 3:00pm Friday September 9.

Natasha Floyd
Head of Department- Curriculum

2022 ROCHEDALE STATE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY
 Friday September 9  -  PREP TO YEAR 6

All year levels will be represented over the morning and it will be full of participation, exertion, sweat and energy for the Prep to year 6 students.

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

The race event program lists each year level and they will run in their own time slot and have approximately 10-15mins to complete the course. Please note these starting times are approximate only - the time slots are as follows below:

Looking forward to a great cross country!
Mr Brown

 ​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

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.

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.

The Father's Day stall this year was a great success.  We would like to thank the following business for their generosity:

The Gathering Spot Cafe, Rochedale South
Planet Fitness, Springwood
DigiSkate, Crestmead
Timezone, Mt Gravatt

Our Father's Day stall would not be possible without the help of our wonderful volunteers

Regina                           Lindsey                       Wendy
Amy                               Priyanka                     Carissa
Kirsty                             Indu                             Rob
Helen                            Julie                             Petta
Tracey                           Michelle

Our lucky Father's Day raffles winners were:

1^st prize - Josh - 6M
2^nd - Prithi - 2H
3^rd - Alina - 2D
4^th - Sofia - 5A
5^th - Prithi - 2D
6^th - Liam T - 5R
7^th - Zachary - Prep C
8^th - Jade - 5M
9^th - Isabella - 1D
10^th - Audrey - 2D

Hope you all had a wonderful day
Cilla Gray P&C 

SCHOOL FUN RUN CRAZY COLOUR DAY NEWS: Prize ordering is being completed this week!

The fan has been installed in the Gym! Parades during the summer should be more comfortable now. We thank our whole school community for their efforts in helping to raise the money for this much needed equipment.

SNACK SHACK NEWS: Tuckshop (eq.edu.au)

Here at Rochedale State School Snack Shack, we are very lucky to have a very supportive community and we appreciate how the families have maintained the support. Reminder: Qkr order cut-off is 8.45am for that day's delivery. Orders can be placed at any time during the day or night for the next day's delivery. Mums, Dads, and Grandparents make great volunteers, why not give it a try? Your child will love seeing you there! See what we do and how we prepare all the lunches on site. If you can spare some time, even if it is only half an hour in the mornings (when you do school drop off), every little bit helps. Make new friends and have a laugh. We are always looking for new volunteers. Any concerns or questions you may have please email tuckshop@rochedalesspandc.com.au or tsmanager@rochedalesspandc.com.au

RSS P&C - Team Snack Shack 

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS: Uniform shop (eq.edu.au)

Please note: We are open for over-the-counter sales! Please feel free to come in and visit us now, as we are back to being open every Monday & Wednesday during term time 8.15am-9.15am & 2.15pm-3.15pm. We have changed our POS system to Square, due to the previous one no longer being fit for purpose. Please be patient as we learn the new system. We are no longer able to deliver Qkr orders direct to the classrooms. All Qkr orders are now delivered to the teacher's pigeonholes for the teacher to collect and distribute to your child. This will happen on Mondays & Wednesdays. Or if you prefer you can pick up on the day in the afternoon, but please let us know by email so that we can hold on to it for you. Please speak with your teacher in the first instance if you do not receive your order. We appreciate your patience during this adjustment. Every effort is made to ensure the orders are delivered directly to the teacher for distribution to your child, if your order has not arrived by Thursday each week, please email your teacher. Winter stock has now arrived and is ready for you to order. Any questions or concerns can be sent to uniform@rochedalesspandc.com.au

P&C NEWS: P&C (eq.edu.au) 

Our next General Meeting - Tuesday October 25 at 7pm. All are welcome. We will be saying goodbye to some of our Executives at the end of this year. Why not come along to a meeting, no need to join immediately. There are many benefits of volunteering. Volunteering provides you with a sense of purpose, a sense of community, it increases your social skills and allows you to make many new friends. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to pandc@rochedalss.eq.edu.au

ROSHCA NEWS: ROSHCA (eq.edu.au) 

All information regarding enrolling at ROSHCA can be found on the school's website or by emailing us at roshca@rochedalesspandc.com.au

Kind regards,
Michelle Duncan
Admin Asst. RSS P&C
07-3340-8365