Dear Parents / Carers,

Welcome back to Term 4!

2021 SCHOOL INTENTIONS Many thanks to the parents who have already returned the blue ‘2021 School Intentions’ forms to school. If you haven’t already done so, please do by Monday (12 October). The forms were emailed home to you all on Tuesday and all students were also handed printed copies to take home. If you need another, please contact the office.

2021 STAFFING UPDATE 2021 will bring significant changes to the staffing at NASS. Please note the following:

SWD Teacher Aide, Gracen White will be leaving us to complete her teaching degree fulltime.

SWD Teacher, Lisa O’Dea will be leaving to become a first-time Mum in February.

SWD Teacher, Dominique Esposito will be transferring to Tallara State College.

PE Teacher, John McKie will be transferring to the new school at Palmview SS as their PE Teacher. Our new PE teacher will be Kris Kearney, who is very experienced and currently teaching PE at Palmwoods SS.

Prep Teacher, Fiona Bell will be leaving us to retire, after 20 years of dedicated teaching service and commitment to Queensland Education (7 of these years have been at NASS).

Music Teacher, Steve Pead will be leaving us to retire, after 15 years of dedicated teaching service and commitment to Queensland Education (13 of these years have been at NASS). We are delighted to announce that Ms Bec Summers will replace Steve as our general Music teacher, whilst continuing in her role as Instrumental Music Teacher.

And finally, my news….I also have made the very hard decision to retire at the end of this year. After 32 consecutive years of fulltime dedication, service and commitment to Qld Education (7 years as a teacher and 25 years as a Principal (8 years at NASS), I’ve decided that it’s time to hang up my chalk and leave school. At this stage I’m unsure what this will mean regarding my replacement, but the department is hoping to have a permanent new Principal appointed, ready to commence the new school year.

I know this is a bittersweet time for all departing NASS staff, but we look forward to making this the best term ever at NASS and we hope to see you all before we leave.

October 8, Week 1, Term 4

DATES TO REMEMBER

Uniform Shop OPEN EVEN WEEK WEDNESDAYS ONLY

EVEN WEEK WED

(8 - 9am) Tuckshop OPEN (orders close 8am)

THU & FRI

2021 Extra Curricular Program Parent and Staff Surveys close

Fri 9 Oct 9am

Dance Fever: Gymnastics Program Lesson 1

Mon 12 Oct

SAKG Kitchen: 6GW Garden: 6DM,3/4AB

Tue 13 Oct

Parade Performance by 1BD and 1RD

Wed 14 Oct 2:30-3pm

Year 5 Camp Alexandra Headlands Camp

Wed 14 Oct to Fri 16 Oct

Swimming Lessons Prep Only - Lesson 1

Thu 15 Oct

P & C Meeting in the Library All Welcome

Thu 15 Oct 9am

Year 4 ‘On the Rocks’ Alexander Headlands Excursion

Fri 16 Oct

Dance Fever: Gymnastics Program Lesson 2

Mon 19 Oct

Book Week ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds’

Mon 19 Oct to Fri 23 Oct

SAKG Kitchen: 5TL,4RR,3MF Garden: 5CH,4SS,3YW

Tue 20 Oct

Year 5 ‘Matter Matters’ Incursion in the Hall

Thu 22 Oct

Swimming Lessons Prep Only - Lesson 2

Thu 22 Oct

1BD walk to North Arm Park

Fri 23 Oct 9-11am

‘Get Set for 2021 Prep’ Session 5: Music Magic

Fri 23 Oct 2-3pm

TUCKSHOP NEWS Hello NASS families

Special this week

‘Bacon & Chicken Caesar Wrap’ (diced bacon, roasted chicken, with a lemon, mayo,

parmesan dressing, sliced tomato and lettuce)

$5 Vegetarian option available and gf wraps available

I have increased our sushi numbers. Get in quick if you’re a sushi fan. I have orders being placed as early as Monday!

Cheers

Nat nasstuckshop@northarmss.eq.edu.au

SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE The School Dental Service will be offering ‘free’ dental care at your child’s school. Due to Government COVID19

restrictions only one parent / guardian may attend dental appointments with your child. Please do not bring other children. We are observing school protocols for visitors, so when we contact you regarding your child’s dental appointment, we will let you know how to access the dental van / clinic. If you or your child feels unwell or have recently travelled overseas or interstate, we ask that you phone dental staff prior to the appointment. If you have any concerns or in the case of emergency dental care for your children - Please phone 5441 2763. Thank you for helping us to ensure everyone stays safe and healthy. We look forward to seeing you and looking after your children’s oral health.

PBL did you know…….. our current focus is Being Safe, Being a Learner and Being Respectful on Camps, Excursions and Incursions? Really important if our kids are to get the most out of these special activities. These

occasions put our young ones outside their normal routine and perhaps with various instructors so how great is it that we encourage them to follow these 3 rules to benefit themselves and their classmates! And Term 4 is packed full of special events, exciting weeks ahead.

Download your copy of the Parent Calendar of

Events for Term 4, 2020 HERE

P&C MEETING The October P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday (13 October) at 6.00pm in the Library. Please see the flyer later in this email for details regarding the agenda. 2021 CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT SURVEY Many thanks to the 101 families who have already completed the survey. If you haven’t yet done so, please read on and click on the link below to complete the survey (one response per family only thanks) before this Friday (9 Oct) at 9am: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J28Y8KT 2021 NASS KITCHEN GARDEN PROGRAM Following extensive school and community consultation, it has been decided that the 2021 Kitchen Garden Program will change from being a ‘Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program’ to a ‘Living Classroom Project’. Year 3 & 4 students will participate in a program intensively (4 x Kitchen + 4 x Garden lessons every term) at a cost of $144 for the 32 lessons throughout the year. Year 5 & 6 students will participate in the diluted program (2 x Kitchen + 2 x Garden lessons every term) at a cost of $72 for the 16 lessons throughout the year. We are delighted to be able to offer this program intensively (as it was intended) to our Year 3 & 4 students, whilst still maintaining some Kitchen Garden experience for our Year 5 & 6 students. We are also very excited about the change to becoming a ‘Living Classroom Project’ school, and this means that we are very fortunate to retain the services of Ness as our Garden expert and Lis, as our Kitchen expert. I trust this newsletter has delivered lots for you to digest. I’m looking forward to a wonderful final term at NASS, and to saying farwell closer to the time. Kind Regards

Kelly

Hi All, Thank you parents for your support over the Junior and Senior Sports Days. It was great we were able to hold our carnivals, and I'm sure the students thoroughly enjoyed them. It was also great to see the student’s competitive spirit and sportsmanship displayed during the carnivals. Congratulations to students in the winning Houses that were crowned winners of the three shields that students were competing for.

Interhouse Track and Field Shield

Dunethin Senior Ball Games Shield

Ninderry Junior Ball Games Shield

Eerwah Congratulations to our 2020 Athletics Age Champions. It was fantastic to see several of the age champion results decided by a point.

North Arm State School Athletics Age Champions 2020

10yrs Girls: Halle (5TL) Boys: Beau (3/4AB) 11yrs Girls: Charlotte (6DM) Boys: Julian (6GW)

12yrs Girls Madeleine (6GW) Boys: Charlie (6GW) Congratulations to the students below who broke records under the event and age group that a record was broken. I have no doubt we would have had several students pushing for District selection if a District carnival was held this year fingers crossed for 2021.

800m 10yrs Girls: Mei (5CH) 10yrs Boys: Beau (3/4A) High Jump 11yrs Girls: Charli (6GW) 10yrs Girls: Hayley (5TL) 11Yrs Boys: Joel (6GW) 10yrs Boys: Blake (3/4A) 12yrs Boys: Charlie (6GW) / Billy (6DM) 11yrs Girls: Chelsea (5CH) 11yrs Boys: Joel (6GW) Long Jump 12yrs Girls: Brodie (6GW) 11yrs Girls: Chelsea (5CH) 12yrs Boys: Dakota (6GW) 11yrs Boys: Julian (6GW) 12yrs Boys: Charlie (6GW) Winners of 100m Finals raced off in the Champions Race which is a Stawell Gift type event.

Champions Race Winners 2020

Boys: Milan (4RR) Girls: Charlotte (6DM)

Thank you must also go to our House Sports Captains Maddie (6GW) and Hamish (6GW) Dunethin, Hayley (6DM) and Amali (6DM) Ninderry and Charlie (6GW) and Charlotte (6DM) Eerwah who did a fantastic job assisting staff and students not only across the two carnivals but also during the qualifying events which were held at lunchtimes leading up to our Sports Days. Thank You Mr Mckie

ARE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS UP TO DATE?

If you have recently moved house, or disconnected a home phone line and now rely on a mobile phone,

please contact the office on 5472 9888

or email us on admin@ntharmss.eq.edu.au

and update your details.

Emergency Contact details which are given to us when a child first enrols is another area that is

seldom updated. Please make sure all telephone numbers for persons nominated are correct.

Weekly school newsletters, class newsletters and other communications will be emailed to the address we have on file. If you are not receiving these emails,

please call us with your current email address.

NASS FACEBOOK PAGE

If you have not yet ‘liked’ North Arm State School’s Facebook page (make sure you select the one with the school logo), please remember to do so - it’s a convenient and easy way for us to let you know about last minute reminders and updates.

Think Scouts,

Think Fun!

Join Yandina Scouts Girls and Boys welcome.

We meet on the following nights: Monday nights:

Joey (6-7 yrs) at 5:30pm - 6:30pm Cubs (8-10 yrs) from 6pm - 7:30pm

Wednesday nights: Scouts (11-14 yrs) from 6pm - 8pm

Our Scout Den is situated on the corner of Steggals Road and Carnival Street, Yandina.

For more information email Group Leader, Michele Venz on chell_64@hotmail.com

HEAD LICE TREATMENT

Please ensure you check your child/ren’s hair and treat if necessary.

More information can be found at

Queensland Government Student Health - Head Lice

Monday   Clay modelling animals

Tuesday   Chameleon Camouflage activity

Wednesday   Look at how we can help injured

animals

Thursday   Bee thumb print painting

Friday   Beaded pipe cleaner dragonflies

craft

We’re excited to welcome all families back to one of our favourite times of year – Term 4. It’s a great time to reflect on the growth of your child throughout the year and celebrate their great achievements. We’ve got some big things planned for Term 4 that we’re excited to share with you in the upcoming weeks. Your Coordinator has been busy planning experiences to help children transition back into term time by connecting with friends, engaging with fun and enriching experiences, and continuing to explore their interests while in service. Check out what’s planned for the return of your OSHC: FREE to Register. Once registered, you’ll be able to easily make and manage your bookings online via our Parent Portal. Register now free Enhanced safety and hygiene. With updated policies and measures, we commit to providing a safe and hygienic environment for your children to enjoy. Visit our blog. New articles are added each week for parents and cover various topics to help families. Visit our blog.