Ashgrove Historical Society

Readers who are interested in the fate of the Ashgrove Methodist/ Uniting Church site on Ashgrove Avenue, will no doubt be pleased to hear that the A-frame former church has been saved from demolition. Thanks to the efforts of historian, Dr Thom Blake, and other concerned Ashgrove residents who supported his application, the building has been listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. However, the original timber church building, which has been used as a community hall for many decades, has had too many alterations both internally and externally to meet QHR criteria. Future development of the site will need to preserve the A-frame building, which has been an Ashgrove landmark since 1962. It is currently being used as office space for Wesley Mission Family Day Care administration.

Our monthly meetings at Ashgrove Library have limited numbers due to current Covid-19 restrictions. The meeting topics will be advertised on our Facebook page & website when restrictions are eased. Meanwhile you can enjoy the interesting local history snippets that appear on our Facebook page on a fairly regular basis.

Quote of the Day

Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution. - Albert Einstein

Ashgrove Methodist Church opened 1962

Going Healthy with Go Vita at The Gap

If there’s one thing that the coronavirus pandemic has taught us, it is that our health is our highest priority, and we must make a continued effort towards maintaining both our physical and mental health.

The world is full of uncertainty, and with the almost uncontrollable lifestyle changes the world has thrown at us, the one thing we can control is what we put in our body, and how we look after it.

“Good health is all about balance, a positive mindset and making an informed decision everyday to better improve your health” says your local health food store Going Healthy Go Vita.

There are many ways to improve your health naturally including:

Supporting your immune system through supplements such as Nutri Vital Immune Support, which contains natural compounds Vitamin C, Zinc and Andrographis.

Promote better sleep and relieve restlessness through the use of calming herbal extracts and nutritional ingredients including Passionflower, Kava or Magnesium.

Assist with joint discomfort and pain management using Fusion Curcumin Advanced, formulated with powerful anti-inflammatory and analgesic compounds.

Reduce muscle loss attributed to aging by choosing the best protein powder to support your own unique dietary needs and lifestyle requirements.

Shop organic and stock your pantry with health foods that are gluten free, GMO free, dairy free and better support healthy living.

Stephen, Nutritionist at Going Healthy Go Vita has an adept knowledge and interest in immersing himself deep into the literature of human optimisation and holistic wellbeing. This allows the store to provide a unique approach in better helping educate the local community, and how better living through science and natural foods can help you live a life that’s absolutely limitless.

The next time you’re passing by The Gap Village Shopping Centre, 1000 Waterworks Road, The Gap (opposite Aldi) pop your head in for a chat or talk to us online and Stephen and the team will happily assist you with any health goal or concern you may have!

20th Birthday Celebration for South Family Jewellers

South Family Jewellers, located at The Gap Village Shopping Centre, Waterworks Road, The Gap, is a locally owned and operated boutique jewellery store bought and owned by Alison & Stuart Paterson in 2001. On Wednesday 1st of September South Family Jewellers celebrate being 20 years in being an integral part of the local shopkeepers in The Gap community.

It’s a warm and friendly store with a small dedicated team of one full-time jeweller and a few sales staff who work in the shop front and behind the scenes in the workshop to bring clients a complete and fulfilling experience when buying or needing any form of repair and jewellery manufacturing.

Alison works with a philosophy focused around the customer, her staff and the systems and processes that run the business. She takes pride in the product that is presented to her customers and takes great pleasure at displaying jewellery in innovate and eye-catching window displays.

The friendly ambience created in-store is welcoming and makes the experience of purchasing jewellery an enjoyable memory, knowing their chosen piece will make a special person happy.

To celebrate 20 years of business there will be a 20th Anniversary Sale so come and take advantage of this special occasion!

Drop in to view what’s on display or visit the webpage at www.southfamilyjewellers. com.au/ or follow them on Facebook and Instagram ‘South Family Jewellers’

South Family Jewellers are open Monday to Friday 9-5.30pm and Saturday 9-4pm.

Conveniently situated at The Gap Village Shopping Centre, 1000 Waterworks Road, The Gap, Telephone 3300 9333

20th BIRTHDAY SALE 20% OFF

All retail displayed items!

The Gap Village Shopping Centre Ph 3300 9333

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Hilder Road State School

This term has seen wonderful achievements by our students in all areas of sport, culture and academics. Our soccer development squad participated in the Champion of Champions futsal competition, with our U11 boys team now progressing to the Australasian Champion of Champions tournament in early November. This is a massive achievement as our focus on soccer and futsal is still relatively new. A huge thank you to our talented teachers, Mr Rob Askew and Mr Ben Dwyer. We were also fortunate to still be able to hold our school music, ‘Rock Bottom’, before the lockdown with the three performances almost sold out. Over 60 students sang and danced their way through the musical, which was also live streamed enabling family members to watch from around the globe. Drama and dance are such important aspects of our curriculum at Hilder Road, ensuring we have opportunities for students who thrive in a creative environment.

In 2018, we changed the way we teach reading in the early years at Hilder Road. We now focus on a synthetic phonics approach using decodable texts. Our current Year 3 students are the first cohort who have progressed through with the new program each year since they entered Prep. Consequently, we have achieved our highest ever Reading results in this year’s NAPLAN since the national testing commenced back in 2008. This is such a positive celebration of the efforts of our wonderful early years teachers and teacher aides. We will be discussing our reading program (and more) at our parent information session later in the year for Prep 2022 parents. We will also be running our Chatting Children program again in Term 4, which is a fantastic transition program that focuses on early literacy. If you haven’t yet enrolled for Prep 2022, please contact our helpful office staff on 3511 3222.

Kind regards, Jodie Watts - Principal

Payne Road State School

Environmental Leaders Workshop - What a fantastic day we had hosting local schools across the North West! We were joined by Patricks Road, Ferny Hills, Grovely, Oakleigh, Rainworth, Bardon, Mitchelton and Hilder Road to discover more about sustainability programs and what we can do in our own schools.

We were welcomed to this Turrbal Country by Songwoman Maroochy, which provided a great opportunity to learn for the children who live on this country. SEQ Water provided fantastic information through the great presentation by Michael. This has been delivered to 40, 000 students across the region this year. We will also be welcoming Michael to present to all children at Payne Road during Science Week.

Again, we have been supported by other groups in the community – Boomerang Bags in The Gap, SOWN and our wonderful P&C/ tuck shop provided delicious catering to keep us on our toes all day! Thank you to valued members of Payne Road Staff, Mrs Christian, Mrs McMahon and Davis who delivered such a great day of learning for our friends.

I am sure our Eco Marines and Environment Captains enjoyed their day learning with like-minded leaders from our neighbouring schools.

Nicky Brazzale – Principal

St Peter Chanel School

Our term has continued to be one of great energy and excitement around our learning at St Peter Chanel. The teachers have been focusing on the precision teaching practices that improve reading, and as a result our students are making positive gains across the school in this area.

The children are thoroughly enjoying the different texts they are reading at the moment in class and all really looking forward to our Book Week Parade on Monday on our oval.

This week qld schools received their naplan results and as a school, our results across the year levels, in literacy and numeracy, have improved from previous years. I would like to thank our teachers for their work with their students, and the students themselves for performing so well.

Congratulations to our Senior Concert Band who recently received a Silver Medal for their performance at the Qld Catholic Colleges Music Festival.

A big thankyou to Mr Neil Wickham for all of his work with our band in the lead up to this competition.

Each week we acknowledge and honour students who demonstrate significant academic, personal or social achievements. Congratulations to the following students: who received awards at Monday morning’s Assembly.

Isabella J (PB), Will P (PM); Bridie R (1B), Clancy V (1M); Declan B (2B), Emerson M (2M); Indie C (3M), Lily E (3M);

Asha F (4B); Tyler B (4B) ; Cooper D (4M); George H (4M); Jackson B (SPB); Jasmine W (SPB); Marcella V E (SPM); Sahara C (SPW); Niko T (SPW) and Thomas C (SPW)

Our recent Interhouse Athletics carnival results are as follows.

Congratulations to the following students who have been announced as the 2021 Athletics Age Champion. 8 Years - 1st Lily B and Jack Mc; 2nd Lily H and Balthazar C; 3rd Nina J and Oliver F 9 Years - 1st Sophie M and Abe P; 2nd Eliza Preston and Matthew H; 3rd Matilda D L and Rahul R 10 Years - 1st Ruby H and Nate G; 2nd Charlotte T and Faelan O’C; 3rd Vivian Smith and Cooper D 11 Years - 1st Ava K and Jacob H; 2nd Cara G and Parker S; 3rd Harper S and Morgan J-B 12 Years - 1st Emmy H and James S; 2nd Aurelia S and Hamish M; 3rd Ashleigh P and Caleb M

Congratulations to Rush House for winning the three athletics days held this year.

Rush 3125, Dunn 3013, Duhig 2979 and O’Donnell 2301

These were all hugely successful days and I’m already looking forward to next year.

Thank you once again to all the parents, students and staff for your support.

Paul McGlone – Acting Principal

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