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Ashgrove Forum
Ashgrove
Applications are currently open for the 2021 Forum Communicators Bursary valued at $1000.00 which is offered through our affiliation with the National Council of Women of Queensland (NCWQ). The bursary is for a female resident of Queensland enrolled in their first or second year of tertiary studies at university or TAFE who can demonstrate a record of achievement in the communication field, either through their studies, public speaking or debating. Full details are available on the NCWQ website at ncwq.org. au/bursaries. Applications will close on Monday 2 June 2021.
Forum celebrates its 80th year as a public speaking organisation this year, This important milestone will be celebrated with a lunch attended by members of all clubs and their guests at Cleveland on Thursday 29th July 2021. This is sure to be an enjoyable occasion which will showcase excellence in public speaking.
At Ashgrove Forum’s last meeting on 19th May, all members took part in a lively and entertaining group conversation expressing their point of view on Meghan and Harry’s relationship and the effect it has had on the Royal Family and the Monarchy. All members participated and spoke spontaneously for 2-3 minutes each, expressing a diverse range of opinions.
The next meeting of Ashgrove Forum Club will be held on Wednesday 16th June at 6.30pm, in the Ashgrove Library meeting rooms at 87 Amarina Avenue, Ashgrove. This meeting will be the Ashgrove Forum AGM, where the Annual Reports will be presented and Office Bearers for the coming year elected.
Visitors and prospective members are always welcome to attend Ashgrove Forum meetings without obligation. For enquiries, please ring 0409 615 514.
For more information on Forum Communicators public speaking association, please visit the website www. beconfident.org.au
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Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. - Voltaire
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Hilder Road State School
At Hilder Road State School, our focus is on providing a range of opportunities for students to experience and excel, with an emphasis on sports and performing arts. Our Soccer Development Squad came out on top in last term’s North Brisbane Primary Schools Futsal Titles with all U12 boys’ and girls’ teams progressing through to the next level. And, the pinnacle of our Performing Arts Program, the school musical ‘Rock Bottom’ is well underway with rehearsals as students excitedly anticipate performing three shows on the weekend of July 1718. The Saturday evening performance will be live streamed, so stay tuned for a Trybooking link.
We are now taking incatchment enrolments for Prep 2022, and our waiting list for out-of-catchment enrolments is also open. Outof-catchment enrolments are accepted in the order they are received, so it is important to have your child on the list if you are considering HRSS. To support the transition process into Prep next year, we are offering a number of events over the coming months. The first will be an opportunity to come and see ‘Prep in Action’ in early August. Places will be limited. A Trybooking link will be available soon. To find out more about our wonderful school, please follow our school’s Facebook page.
Jodie Watts – Principal Payne Road State School
CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY ABOUND
Our ‘Three Towers’ Curio-City Project were showcased at the Brisbane CurioCity Festival – we 2021 NAIDOC theme is ‘Heal Country’. Our collaborative inter-school engagement will now see indigenous students from Leichardt SS visit us during NAIDOC and together they will engage in authentic dialogue and dance around ‘Heal Country’!
Our Three Towers have now returned to pride of place in our creative garden, is situated outside our STEAM Hub, and in 2021 authentically named YUGARI MUK (Turrabal words for ‘spirit of creative energy’). This garden was recently and proudly open by Maroochy Songwoman (local Turrabal tribal woman) and is strategically connected to our Bush Tucker Garden.
At Payne Road SS, our students take advantage of our indoor and outdoor creative spaces that stimulate and stretch their natural curiosities and creative expressions. With CURIOSITY and CREATIVITY as two of our core values, our students are continually inspired to ‘Aim Ever Higher’!
We will be installing the 3 Towers permanently in our Yugari Muk Garden (aptly resonating with the ‘Spirit of Creative Energy’) – a ‘3 Towers Party’ is in order for our STEM Club CurioCity participants!
Nicky Brazzale – Principal
were one of three schools in Queensland to have have awareded this showcase! 44 of our students from Years 4, 5 and 6 were active participants in the design, installation and purposeful coding of each of of tower installations:
The Tower of Light (student curiosity and creativity led to stained glass style designs of local environmental and indigenous images, featuring 3D designs that were printed before their eyes, and coding that enabled bright lights to pulsate)
The Tower of Movement (student curiosity led to a creative depiction of the night sky as batik art, with flickering lights, and coding of the base for 360 degree rotations)
The Tower of Sound (student curiosity led to environmental recordings and coding that played a series of natural and instrumental sounds)
At the Southbank our students met with Lord Mayor Adrian Shrinner and were interviewed by the ABC as they shared their experiences from design, to construction, to artistic expressions, to coding for functional display! The integration of Design Thinking, Art, Mathematics and Computational Thinking were at the heart of this creative STEAM project.
At the Southbank Three Towers display, our students forged strong links with students from Leichardt State School, whose installation was a traditional style Gunyah featuring videos and recordings, and posing the brave question – “What if they had co-operated?” (when the early settlers had met the indigenous peoples) . This is a critical and curious consideration for Payne Road students, particularly as the
St Peter Chanel School
This May, like children from around Australia, our students in Years 3 and 5 participated in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). For the first time (except for the Year 3 writing task) students sat the tests online. Congratulations to our students for their focused efforts, and to our teachers and school officers who have developed our students’ skills to succeed in external assessment.
Our students and staff enjoyed gathering to celebrate literature and literacy through a shared reading of the National Simultaneous Storytime book ‘Give Me Some Space!’ The audience loved the antics and courage of our PE teacher Mrs J Rock, who was supported by numerous staff members and a variety of props.
During National Volunteer Week we acknowledged the significant contribution of the many people in our community who assist us. Our school would not be the rich community it is, without the support of our volunteers. We have parents and past parents, carers, grandparents and past grandparents, parishioners and friends who generously give their time in many and varied ways around our school. We are very grateful for their assistance in the tuckshop, stop-dropgo, supporting reading, groundwork, coordinating friend-raising and fundraising events to name but a few, we are very grateful.
We have also recognised National Reconciliation Week, including National Sorry Day. Reconciliation is more than a word - it takes action, to which we are committed.
Our recent fundraising endeavours mean that our school can contribute $868.95 to the 2021 Project Compassion Campaign. Well done to students and staff! Our efforts will make a genuine and positive difference to people in need.
Congratulations to the students who represented St Peter Chanel School at the North-West Districts Cross Country Carnival. All our young athletes ran strongly,
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(Continued from page 22) were great sports and made us all very proud of their efforts. Training continues early every Wednesday before school for all runners who are in our Zone squad, and for those who wish to keep their fitness levels up.
A number of our students have nominated for the Premier’s Reading Challenge. This annual, state-wide initiative for Queensland students aims to improve literacy and encourage children to read for pleasure and learning. I encourage all our children to read and record their book titles in their reading log.
It is with much excitement that we have recommenced Café Chanel on the occasional Friday afternoon. This is a great opportunity for the children to have afternoon tea and a play with their friends, and for parents and friends to catch up once again on school grounds. Our Parents and Friends Association is also busy organising our Spring Fling Dinner Dance to be held in August. This will be one of our biggest social events and fundraisers for 2021, with parents and carers marking August 21 on their calendars.
In May and early June, we welcomed several new and existing families to our Open Days, where the morning discovery tours were led by some of our Year 6 student leaders, who proved to be excellent ambassadors! Our next Open Morning will be Thursday, August 26. Please spread the word around your neighbourhood and with friends who live in the area. Registration is available via our website or through our school Facebook page. Principal-led tours are also available, on request. enhance their knowledge and skills in teamwork, resilience and leadership. Our Year 9 students had a 2 night camp at Camp Bornhoffen which borders Springbrook and Lamington National Parks. The students camped in tents and experienced lots of outdoor adventure including creeking, canoeing and a high ropes course. All activities are designed so that students come together to problem solve and work as a team.
Our Senior and Intermediate Ensemble had a two night camp at Lennox Heads. The camp gives the group an opportunity to work with great intensity and focus and a fabulous camaraderie developed between students and teachers. Along with lots of music practice the group also got to do some other activities including raft building, archery and stand up paddle boarding. We had our first concert event for 2021, the TULA Concert Series – Autumn Concert was held on 14 May. It was such a wonderful night, everyone was very excited to perform as it had been almost 18 months since we had had an audience at our concerts due to COVID-19.
Our Year 9 and 10 debating teams have been working hard over the last term. Our Year 9s won their first short prep debate of the tournament. The adjudicator praised the team on the quality of their points and their well structured arguments. Our Year 10s competed in their final debate of the QDU season. Despite the loss the students received great feedback and were praised for their arguments and the way in which they developed their case. Throughout the year their public speaking skills and ability to frame arguments have grown immensely.
Anne McLauchlan – Principal
Enrolment applications for Prep 2022 are now being accepted and interviews have commenced. Children born between July 1 2016 and June 30 2017, are eligible to enrol.
Margo Carwardine – Principal The Gap State High School
In May we celebrated National Volunteer Week, we acknowledged all our wonderful volunteers who give up their time to make our school great. This included our P&C, the tuckshop helpers, PoPArts, Shape, Padma Lal, PEG and the Raise Foundation. The P&C work tirelessly to raise funds to improve our school and its facilities. On Monday 17 May, year 10 students experienced their own mini careers expo at school. Students listened to speakers from Senior Schooling and the Guidance Office, providing them with information regarding their next phase of secondary schooling. They also had the opportunity to listen to the vast range of experiences from some of our past students both in person and via Zoom from New York and London. Students were provided with information from representatives from: QTAC; The Australian Defence Force; The Department of Employment, Small Business and Training; Brisbane North West Trade Training Centre. The information our students received will hopefully make their decisions easier for when they complete their set plan in term three. Our Year 8 students went to the Maroon Outdoor Education Centre for a 3 night camp. The students had a fantastic time, the program engages students in outdoor adventure activities where students are urged to reflect on their experiences to website: http://www.westernecho.com.au
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Term 2 2021
