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21 July 201621 July 2016

Upcoming Events

July 22 P-2 Junior Sports Carnival (rescheduled)

July 30 Camp Hill School Fair!

August 2 English Competition Years 3-6

August 4 – 5 District Athletics

Principal’s ReportWelcome back to Semester Two. The students have allreturned looking refreshed and with numerous holiday stories toshare with their classes and teachers. I hope all our families hada chance to take some ‘down time’ during the fortnight break.

I would like to welcome all new families to our school. It isalways exciting to share Camp Hill with new families.

During the vacation, the P&C funded a full upgrade of theSchool of Arts kitchen which is used extensively by our Outof School Hours Care (OSHC) program throughout the year.This upgrade is a significant gain for the OSHC and schoolcommunity. Thank you to the P&C for supporting such a majorproject.

The P&C 2016 Fair is fast approaching – I hope that everyonehas date tagged Saturday 30 July. The work that has beenput into developing the Fair has been considerable and I amsure that it will be a fantastic success. As the fair is the majorfundraiser for the P&C this year I encourage everyone tosupport this event.

The students have contributed to the Fair, as well as celebratingthe biannual Celebration of the Arts, by developing class artworks. Each class has collaboratively painted a canvas whichwill be for sale by silent auction. I have to say that the art workis exceptional. Please ensure that you take the time to admireyour child’s contribution to their class art project.

Updating School Details

As we move into the second phase of the school year it istimely to remind families that the school requires CURRENTinformation on each student file. If you have changed yourhome details, including email or mobile phone numbers, pleaseadvise the office of the changes as soon as possible.

Annual School Opinion Survey

The Education Department provides an annual survey onschools to all members of school communities (families,students and staff). Information for families will be sent home tothe eldest in each family (we have 580 families at Camp Hill).Please take the time to complete the survey as the informationis highly valued. Please contact the school administration if youhave any queries.

2017 Enrolments

The school is already planning for the 2017 school year. Weask any parent who is anticipating enrolling their son/daughterin prep in 2017 to contact the office as soon as possible asthe first round of offers have been sent out. The school isover-subscribed for Expression of Interests for places in theprep year and we need to identify all current siblings.

The school also needs to gather data on students that will beleaving us at the end of the year. I ask all families who areanticipating leaving to advise the school administration (MrsAngela Somerfield, Enrolment Officer) as soon as possible. We

need accurate data when forecasting student enrolments andstaffing allocations. Thank you for your support.

Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

Congratulations to Mrs Paula Bryden who successfully appliedfor an Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow grant. This grant will enablethe school to provide innovative and exciting learningenhancement programs for our students. The grant will providestudents with the opportunity to gain firsthand experience inunderstanding and managing a digital technology project usingappropriate industry and entrepreneurial skills that are neededto nurture an idea from conception to fruition. I look forward tosharing the progress of this program over the next two years.

Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Award

We are so proud to announce that theCHSIPS OSHC program has beenrecognised as an Approved Nature PlayEducation Provider by Nature Play QLD! Weare the first OSHC we know of in Australia toreceive this approval.

Nature Play QLD is a State Government body with a missionto increase the time Queensland children spend in unstructuredplay outdoors. It is founded on the understanding thatunstructured play outdoors - nature play - is fundamental to afull and healthy childhood.

Well done to our exceptional team at OSHC and to the P&C foroffering such a dynamic program to our families.

Classroom Parent Representative (CPR)Program

I would like to acknowledge and thank our CPR network fortheir support for school communications. Their support forfamilies in every class across our school really does make adifference and has already been copied in other schools - areflection of the benefits of this innovative program.

Lost Property

At the close of last term the school had acquired a considerableamount of lost property - from shoes to school winter jackets.Where items were named they were returned to the student,but unfortunately most of the items were NOT named and didnot find their way to their owners.

Please take the time to name all items that come to school.With weather changes jumpers/jackets come on and off duringthe day and items are often forgotten at the end of the schoolday. If named they will always find their way back to theindividual student.

Room Change

Over the holidays Mrs Elaine Felstead (Head of Curriculum) andI exchanged rooms on the senior campus. I have moved backto the Principal’s Office in the administration area.

The first week of Semester Two saw our Year 6 team off ontheir Canberra adventure - including flying to Sydney, overnightat the Dubbo zoo, a day in the snow fields and numerousactivities in Canberra. I am sure that the team will return tiredand keen to experience a warm Queensland weekend - but

also delighted with this great adventure. Thank you to the staffaccompanying the students during this trip.

Mrs Dunbar will continue her leave for Term 3. To ensuresmooth operations Mrs Wills will continue as Acting DeputyPrincipal and Mrs Scott will continue as class teacher in Year6B.

This term is always an exciting one, full of many school eventsand celebrations and I encourage everyone to monitor both theschool P&C calendar and website for date claimers.

I am enjoying the cooler weather and watching an old dog sleepas close to the oil heater as possible during the evenings – asimple pleasure.

Best wishesDeborah Driver

Welcome back to our intrepid travellers.

Deputy Principal’s ReportThe end of last term saw the excellent Out of the Box Festivalaimed at celebrating Early Childhood Education. The K8Children’s Symposium was a special highlight which invited anumber of high achieving students in Year 3 from a range ofBrisbane Schools to take part, work together and create.

This year the Symposium ran two days of workshops asking forstudents to design the city of Brisbane for the future. Studentshad to imagine Brisbane in the year 2035, brainstorm ideas,work together in teams and design, plan and construct a modelof the future city. Students worked with education and designmentors in considering aspects of energy, transport, healthyliving, population etc. Students undertook roles of mayor andcouncillors with a range of portfolios.

The five students who attended from Camp Hill conductedthemselves extremely well and were fully engaged in the taskswhich they were given. Some of their comments are as follows:-

• Being invited to be a part of the K-8 Symposium wasa highlight of my year so far. We were inspired byexperts to imagine, plan and design our futureBrisbane with teams of 8 year olds from a range ofschools. I felt like I was travelling into the future asthis creative city came to life. My favouriteexperiences were building and creating our plan aswell as making decisions for Brisbane 2035! Natasha

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It sounds like our future in Brisbane is in good hands with ourexceptional Year 3 students. Well done!

Michael FrearsonDeputy Principal

School PlaygroundsPlaygrounds are out of bounds EXCEPT when supervised by aCamp Hill staff member.

Playgrounds are NOT to be accessed before or after schoolhours EXCEPT under the supervision of the OSHC program.

This is for the safety of all students.

Habits of the MindThe Prep and Year 1 classes engaged with ‘Felix’ and ‘FionaFriendly’ late last term. These characters work hand in handwith ‘Gabby Get Along’ as we try very hard not to make someof the poor choices that ‘Bartholomew Bad Friend’ makes!

Delving into the topic of BELONGING with the Year 2 classes,the children were asked ‘what does it mean to feel like youbelong’. Here are some replies:

“You belong to people who care about you.”“People who look you in the eye.”“You share feelings.”“You feel safe and wanted.”“You are loved.’“It’s in your heart and you feel love.”

And then the question, ‘where do you belong?’

“In my Mother’s arms.”“Here at school.”“In the heart of my family.”“In my home.”“In my class.”

“Optiminds” required the Year 4 children to work in small teams,think ‘outside the box’ and prepare and present solutions tosome very challenging task cards.

A number of children responded with wonderment and awe(Habit 12) after viewing David Attenborough’s fabulous threeminute snip of the amazing Lyre Bird making camera and chainsaw sounds.

We begin Third Term re-focussing onCONSIDERATION.

Our “You Can Do It” characters Pete andPenny Persistence will help us to keep ongoing even when we feel like giving up. Theyhave much to share with us this term.

By getting along and working together we can achieve so muchmore as “Together We Achieve.”

Sports News

P-2 Infant Campus Junior Sports Day

The infant campus sports day has been revised for a third time,due to unfortunate weather interruptions! Details for the newschedule are:

Friday 22 July (9.00am-12.30pm)

For parents and spectators, please bring your own chair andany required shade e.g. an umbrella. It is advised to bring yourown sunscreen.

Yr3-6 Primary Campus Athletics Carnival

At the end of last term, our Primary Campus Athletics Carnivalwas held. Well done to all students involved and who providedeffort towards competing at the event.

The winners for the 2016 carnival were WILSON.

Age champions were:

8yrs girls – Kiisha-Jade NS8yrs boys – Henry P9yrs girls – Charlotte C9yrs boys – Logan S10yrs girls – Georgette M10yrs boys – Isaac LW

• There were a lot of different materials and we built in30 minute sessions. In one of them I designed andbuilt a skywalk with the help of an architect. It wasreally fun designing the K-8 city! Arabella

• At Out of the Box we built many different things. Theysplit us into groups and each group were given aname. I was in the energy group and we worked onenergy. One of the things I built was a lightning towerto collect energy for the city. There was a big mat inthe centre of the room to put your constructions on.On the second day the architects put a string abovethe mat for any flying transports like rockets. It wasreally fun! Jordi

• At Out of the Box it was really cool, creative andfunny. I designed a power station, farm, a skyscraperand a retirement village. I made some more friends inthe groups. William

• 9.10-10.00am: Prep 40m sprints, Year 1 50msprints, Year 2 60m sprints.

• 10.00-11.00am: Prep relays, Year 1 relays, Year 2relays.

• 11.50am-12.30pm: Tabloid games and field eventrotations.

• 12.30pm: Closure.

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11yrs girls – Charlotte B11yrs boys – Byron L12yrs girls – Shae M12yrs boys – Bailey KM13yrs girls – Adelaide L13yrs boys – Aedan L

QLD Primary Schools Volleyball Cup

This term students in Years 4-6 have the opportunity to bea part of the school volleyball teams, to play in the primaryschools volleyball cup. The event is at Craigslea SHS onThursday 25 August. Teams will include Yr4/5 girls, Yr4/5 boys,Yr6 girls and Yr6 boys.

Brisbane Bullets Basketball Visit

On the last day of school last term, our school was luckyenough to have a visit from Brisbane Bullets Basketball playersAdam Gibson and Mitch Young. Alongside the Bullets assistantcoach CJ Bruton, students had the opportunity to play inmodified games against the players. Something definitely toremember for those involved!

Term 3 PE Lessons

In term 3 PE lessons, all students are learning about modifiedsporting games and sporting skills. This includes having visitsfrom QLD Oz Tag and QLD Cricket. If they require Ventolin,students are reminded that they need to bring their puffer tolessons. They also require a hat and comfortable shoes to beactive in.

Lytton District Girls and Boys Cricket Trials

Girls and boys turning 11-12yrs old this year, are able tonominate for the Lytton District Cricket trial. Nominations arelimited and only students with current or previous experiencewill be considered. To express interest, please see Mr Bourke.

District Athletics

Students turning 10-12yrs old this year, have the opportunityto compete at the district athletics carnival. Results from theschool athletics carnival determine nominations. Nominatedstudents will soon be receiving information to take home.Districts are held at Villanova Park, Tingalpa on Thursday 4 andFriday 5 August.

Term 3 Sport Carnival Dates

P-2 Junior Sports Day(revised date)

Friday 22 July9.00am-12.30pm

District Athletics Thursday 4 and Friday 5August

Primary Campus CrossCountry Carnival

Monday 8 August9.00am-11.00am

Infant Campus Cross CountryCarnival

Monday 8 August11.50am-1.15pm

Yr 4-6 Primary SchoolsVolleyball Cup

Thursday 25 August

Yr 3-6 Ball Games Carnival(revised date)

TBC

Library

Library Date Claimers

July29

Book Club Issue 5 LOOP orders close. This is onlyBook Club this term! Pokemon Handbooks $10(No. 255)

July30

Visit the memorabilia display at the School Fair!

August24 - 26

Book week Character Parades for Prep –Yr 2.Class dates will come later!

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Premiers Reading Challenge Forms are due

Sept 7- 12

Book Week Book Fair

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Premiers Reading Challenge

Who has read their ‘book a day’ over the holidays and finishedtheir Premier’s Reading Challenge?

Please return forms to the office or library so we can enteryour child’s name on our database. All forms must be back byAugust 26th 2016.

Music Matters

School Fair

All students will be performing at the School Fair. Every yearlevel has been learning a song from the 1920’s and will beperforming on the day of the Fair. Students will need to beavailable between 12.15p.m.and 2.30p.m. The exact times foreach performance will be emailed to you in the next few days.Students will not need to wear anything special for theperformance – whatever they are wearing to the Fair will be fine.Students will be performing outside, so they will need a hat.

The following performances will be presented at the Fair:

PREP students – will sing “Michael Finnigan” (a popularsong sung in schools during the 1920’s)Year 1 and 2 students – will sing “Baby Face” (writtenin 1926)Year 3 and 4 students - will sing “Tiptoe Through theTulips” (written in 1929 and re-released in 1968 by TinyTim)Year 5 and 6 students – will sing “Carolina in theMorning” (written in 1922)

Each presentation will only take approximately 5 minutes.

Performing Arts Groups

Our Senior, Intermediate, Junior and Boys Singing Groups willalso be performing, as well as the String Orchestra and ConcertBand. These groups will be entertaining for about 10 – 15minutes each.

The students will not be required to wear their performanceuniform for this event.

Band Camp

The 1st year Band students spent 4 days from 12 – 15 July atan intensive Band Camp. This wonderful event was attendedby many schools from our area. Students received tutorialsand band rehearsals throughout the day, with the final dayculminating in a wonderful concert. Congratulations to thestudents who attended the camp!

P & C News

Fair News

Only 2 weeks until the 90th Anniversary Fair 30th July!

Ride bands are available to pre purchase at $28. The can bepurchased through the Uniform Shop or onlinewww.schoolshoponline.net.au/camphillipss

The Donation drive is in full swing! Stay posted to the weeklyFair Newsletter and CPR emails that come through. Each classnow has the colourful baskets for your Fair donations. The classwith the most successful donation drive will be rewarded with aPizza and Ice Cream Party on the 27th July.

Each class has now been allocated a stall for the Fair. Youwill be contacted by your class CPR… many hands makelight work, a small amount of your time makes the Fair moresuccessful. Stay posted with us on the Fair website and linkthrough to Facebook for all the current updates.

http://camphillfair.com.au

Spread the news about the Fair… Encourage your family,friends and friends of friends. Word of mouth is still one of themost powerful selling tools because it comes with a reliable,credible endorsement – YOU!!!

Thank you to our Fair Platinum Sponsor

Tuckshop Tidbits

Tuckshop Specials - available 18th -29th July.

HOMEMADE PUMPKIN or TOMATO SOUP with HERB ANDGARLIC DIPPERS only $3.50

SOUP ONLY $2.50

The Tuckshop will be having a taste testing on the 28th Julyat First Break in the Bandstand on the senior campus.ISLANDWAY SORBET is a gluten free alternative to ice-cream.It is also nut and egg free but does contain 2% dairy. There willbe dairy free samples of a homemade sorbet available at thetaste testing so those children with dairy allergies don't missout. With a favourable testing, the tuckshop hopes to add thisproduct to our menu.

SharynTuckshop Convenor

Uniform Shop News

Welcome back for Term 3!

We have had a mild winter so far, but don’t get caught out! Weare fully stocked with winter track jackets, pants, vests and newstock of tights have arrived. All of these are available to orderonline also.

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Just a reminder, we are currently SOLD OUTin the following:

Blouse Size 8Blouse Size 10Culottes Size 8Sports Polo Size 8

Stock will not arrive until late August. We cantake backorders in the meantime andapologise for any inconvenience this maycause.

Please ensure when using the online system, you register andchoose your child’s class.

https://schoolshoponline.net.au/camphillipss

If you cannot make it to the shop, please email us, alwayshappy to help.

Uniform Shop trading hours are:

Tuesday and Thursday 8.15 - 9.30am under “D” Block,Primary Campus

Lee-Anne CurrieUniform Shop ConvenorEmail:- camphillpcuniforms@bigpond.com

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)

Further to Mrs Driver’s note earlier in the newsletter, we are soproud to announce that Camp Hill OSHC has been recognisedas an Approved Nature Play Education Provider by Nature PlayQLD!

http://www.natureplayqld.org.au

General News

Voluntary Contribution

As a school we would like to take this opportunity to sincerelythank each family who has donated to the Camp Hill StateInfants and Primary School Voluntary Financial Contribution.

If you would like to contribute please use the below bankingdetails:

Account Name: Camp Hill State Infants and PrimarySchool – General AccountBSB: 064-104Account Name: 0009 0109Reference: Child’s class, Eldest child’s first initial, FamilyName, VFC e.g. 5ANGardinerVFC

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Student Absences

All families are asked to notify the school ofany absences on the school Absence Line –students who do not attend school, and whohave not notified the school of their absence,are recorded as “unexplained absence”. The number is 39009460.

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