Term 3 Week 9 School Newsletter
- Principal's Message
- Year 5-6 News from the Deputy
- Year 3-4 News from the Deputy
- Prep - Year 2 News from the Deputy
- Head of Inclusive Education News
- Head of Department Curriculum Year P-6 News
- Guidance Officer News
- QParents
- PBL - Positive Behaviour for Learning is our Whole School Approach for behaviour.
- Focus
- Students of the Week
- Lost Property
- Excursions
- How to make a payment
- Student Absence
- Bike Bus News
- P&C News
- Tuckshop News
- OSHC News
- Prep Enrolments are open for 2023
- Under 8's Day
- School Performance The Boy with the Longest Shadow
- Mini Relay for Life and Colour Run
- School Magazine
- Defence School Mentor
- Year 6 Reef Trip
- Book Week
- Smithfield Village Early Learning Visit
- Around the classroom
- School Choir
- The Boy with the Longest Shadow
- Fathers Day Afternoon
- Sports News
- Fanfare 2022 Silver Awards
- Smithfield State High School News
- Community Notices
Principal's Message
Year 5-6 News from the Deputy
Year 5-6 news from the Deputy
I would like to start by welcoming the new families and students who have joined the upper school over the last few weeks.
We are fast approaching the end of a very busy term. Our Year 6 students are completing assessments and taking part in our swimming program. Next week those heading to Smithfield State High School in Year 7 will be selecting their subjects for 2023. Students will bring home a Subject Selection Form to discuss with you. This will need to be returned to the high school. For those students not yet enrolled, the next enrolment session will be held on October 19 at 5pm. Enrolment packs will be given out at this session.
Our Year 5 students are also completing assessments so they can head off to Lake Tinaroo for camp next week. Students head off on Monday and return Wednesday. Next term our aspiring Year 5 leaders will have the opportunity to nominate for 2023 school leadership positions. Students who would like to be considered will bring home a permission form in Week 1 which also outlines the election process.
Next week on Thursday, both our Year 5 and Year 6 students will attend a presentation given by the QPS. Think U Know is an age appropriate internet safety program developed by the Australian Federal Police.
Have a safe holiday and we will see everyone back next term.
Kind regards
Leanne Bell
Deputy Years 5 & 6
Year 3-4 News from the Deputy
Hello,
Our term 3 is wrapping up with all classes busily finishing assessments.
Year 3 Beach Excursion
Our annual beach walk excursion was once again a huge success. With students enjoying a day in the sunshine and engaging their senses to help them write their beach poetry assessment. Thanks to this excursion their poems were rich in poetic devices and language features such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, noun groups and rhyme. I want to thank the staff and the parent volunteers for their efforts that allow these events to happen.
Year 4 Swimming
Our swimming lessons are in full swing with students receiving swimming lessons 4 days a week over weeks 9 and 10. Our teachers are proud, our students happy and we are receiving feedback that our students are representing the school with pride.
Welcomes
We would like to welcome our new families to our school after a surge of enrolments recently. We hope that they are enjoying this beautiful area and making connections and friends fast.
Trinity Beach State School is a brilliant School.
Kind regards,
Emma Taylor
Prep - Year 2 News from the Deputy
Can you believe we are the end of term 3 already!
Thank you to all the families that booked in to have a parent teacher interview. Communication between home and school is the key to success for all our students. If you somehow missed this opportunity please contact your child’s teacher to arrange a mutually agreeable time to discuss your child’s progress.
Under 8s Day
Next Friday (16th of September) Trinity Beach State School will be hosting our annual Under 8s day extravaganza. This is a massive morning celebrating everything that is great about being under 8. All our P-2 students will be participating and we warmly welcome families to bring their 0-5 children along to join in the fun.
A huge acknowledgement to Shannon Hanley, Nicky Passfield and Lauren Shouldice for leading the work to make this day happen.
There will be an enrolment stall on site for those families who have not yet completed and submitted their enrolment forms for Prep 2023.
Enrolments and Stay and Play
The enrolment process for Prep 2023 is well underway and we have Stay and Play events happening in early term 4. In order to book your child in for these sessions, enrolment paperwork needs to be handed into the school office. If you have a child who is eligible for Prep in 2023 please drop into the office for an enrolment pack or download it from the school website. I do not wish for any eligible pre-prep student to miss out on this wonderful transition opportunity.
Donation
We are seeking donations of balls of wool for our Stay and Play sessions. If you happen to have any balls of wool hidden away in cupboards that you are not using we would love to have them.
Head of Inclusive Education News
As Term 3 ends, staff at our school shift their focus to transition planning. Transition planning is important to ensure students move through the various stages of learning and supports student learning and wellbeing.
Focussed and intensive transition support may be needed by students with disability and additional needs to address the barriers they may experience to successfully starting school, moving to secondary education, moving into their senior phase of learning and finally leaving school to start the next stage of their learning in higher education, vocational education or work.
Transition planning and strategies for students with disability and additional needs are planned in advance and use a person-centred approach and consider the needs of the individual student and their family. This allows schools to identify and provide the reasonable adjustments and supports needed to enable the student to access and participate in their education at all stages of learning.
If your child has additional needs and requires support to transition to our school (Prep) or from our school (Year 6 into 7) I would love to hear from you. Please stop by the Inclusive Education Centre (located in the temporary Administration office) and ask about us about transition.
Kind regards,
SAMANTHA ILIC
HEAD OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Head of Department Curriculum Year P-6 News
A big thank you to all volunteers who have given up their time to contact our new library books. Over the past few months we have had countless volunteers contacting our new reading resources, giving up their time to offer this assistance. It is so very much appreciated!
Over the next week students will be coming to the end of their assessment tasks for the term, this is a time for them to celebrate their success and achievement!
Guidance Officer News
A note from the Guidance Officer….
Hello everyone!! With the school holidays fast approaching, I’m aware this can be a time of high stress for students. Sometimes, we do not see the impacts of this at school, but you may be seeing it at home.
If you have concerns about your child’s wellbeing over the school holiday period, here are some things you can do.
1. Make an appointment with your GP for your child (and you) to attend together. If a face to face appointment is not possible, Telehealth (over the phone) appointments can also be a good option. Discuss your worries with your GP, and see what supports / ideas they can offer. All GPs have training in assessing mental health and wellbeing
2. Link with phone or online services to get some ideas on promoting wellbeing for your child. A range of excellent websites and phone services are available – here are a few links to get you started.
Parentline – phone 1300 301 300 or online at www.parentline.com.au
Kids’ Help Line – phone 1800 551 800 or online at https://kidshelpline.com.au
Beyond Blue – phone 1300 224 636 or https://healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au
3. Speak with services to get some support for you / your child / children – some options include:
Uniting Care Counselling – Provide 1:1 counselling for children and adults, and can do this at school for children if needed, families can self-refer – Ph 1300 096 203
Centacare counselling – Provide 1:1 counselling for children and adults, and can do this at school for children if needed, families can self-refer – Ph 4044 0130
Act for Kids – Family and Child Connect – Families can engage with this service in order to be linked with appropriate support options for their children – Ph 4033 8500
QParents
QParents is a user-friendly portal accessible via app or web browser, providing parents with secure online access to information about their child’s schooling.
QParents allows you to access and manage information online about your child.
You can access information about:
How can parents get help with QParents?
Parents can seek further information, assistance with registration, advice on how to use QParents or help with technical issues by:
PBL - Positive Behaviour for Learning is our Whole School Approach for behaviour.
PBL – Positive Behaviour for Learning is our Whole School Approach for behaviour.
The fundamental philosophy of PBL is that we cannot assume that our students know how to behave at school if they haven’t been explicitly taught the expectations required.
Each fortnight our PBL team meets to analyse the behaviour data to determine what needs to be taught or revised in regard to our school expectations. These expectations are then taught as focus skills in the classroom and on parade. The language is used by all staff and the posters are displayed around the school and on our school’s Facebook page so that they can be reiterated at home. This week our focus skill is ‘Helping Myself and Others to Learn’.
Pop into parade on Monday from 2:15pm to see our new TBSS Breaking News segment thanks to the Mr Terry’s Drama Extension team. Each week the news team helps our students understand our Behaviour Focus.
Focus
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9 & 10
Students of the Week
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Lost Property
Has your child lost a drink bottle, hat or jumper?
Come and have a look at our Lost Property Box which is located at the rear of the Hall.
All remaining items will be donated to charity if unclaimed at the end of Term.
Excursions
Swimming Prep, Year 1, Year 2, Year 4 and Year 6
Excursion consent forms, medical forms and invoices have been emailed. These forms will need to be completed and return to your class teacher.
Year 5 Camp
Excursion consent forms, medical forms and invoices have been emailed. These forms will need to be completed and return to your class teacher.
Year 4 Cairns Regional Council Waste & Resource Recovery Tour
Excursion consent forms, medical forms and invoices have been emailed. These forms will need to be completed and return to your class teacher.
How to make a payment
BPOINT is the most efficient way to make a payment for excursions. Please refer to the invoice that has been emailed to the main parent listed on the enrolment. If you didn’t receive the invoice please contact the Admin Office.
Student Absence
Due to a large volume of phone calls we receive each day did you know that there is an easy way to notify the school of your child/children absence.
- Text (SMS) : 0428 621 921 (SMS line does not take calls & no emoji’s please)
- Child’s name
- Class, reasons for absence and expected duration of absence
- QParents
Bike Bus News
Bike Bus Wednesdays from 8am.
Huge turn outs. Thank-you for supporting this healthy, fresh and energetic start to the day!
Terrific work Tora and Brodie for taking out this week’s Bike Bus Award. The pair win a $5 tuckshop voucher proudly sponsored by Poolwerx Clifton Beach.
Bike bus is back on tomorrow. Any cancellations due to poor weather will be posted on our Facebook page prior to 7am.
P&C News
Tuckshop News
OSHC News
Prep Enrolments are open for 2023
Prep Enrolments are now open for 2023
Under the Tropical North Learning Academy we can consider out of catchment. Please express your interest.
Come and join one of the fastest progressing schools in the region.
Under 8's Day
School Performance The Boy with the Longest Shadow
Permission letters will be sent to families soon.
Mini Relay for Life and Colour Run
School Magazine
Defence School Mentor
Did you know we have a Defence School Mentor (DSM)
Ms Rikki is our DSM organised a Toy Solider Scavenger Hunt for the Prep students.There were 48 soldiers to find and 6 are still currently in battle and unfound!!!!
Those Prep students who were lucky enough to find a soldier were rewarded with a prize from HMAS Cairns and Defence Member and Family Support.
Thanks for organising this Ms Rikki.
Year 6 Reef Trip
Book Week
Book Week Dress Up Parade - where dreams, imagination, creativity and inspiration came to life. Thankyou so much to our families for your efforts to make this day amazing for our school 
Smithfield Village Early Learning Visit
Around the classroom
School Choir
We had our junior choir sing and our senior choir perform at our whole school parade. Well done students and thank-you Mrs Walker for leading these talented students.
Our Junior and Senior choir came together for an engaging story of history through singing this week at full school Parade.
The Boy with the Longest Shadow
Fathers Day Afternoon
Sports News
Congratulations to our U10’s boys soccer team who finished 3rd at the Jamie Gosling FNQ School Soccer Championship.
Netball Carnival
On Thursday 1 Sept our school took a team of 18 Year 3/4 players to Jones Park at Westcourt for the annual Ty Williams Cup interschool Rugby League Day. Our team played 6 games throughout the day and for some players this was their first real game of Rugby League. A big thank you to Mr Paterson for coaching the team and supervising them on the day. Well done to all the players for giving their best and representing our school. Next term our Year 5s and 6s have a Rugby League FNQ 9s competition and the 4s and 5s will play in the first series of our annual School of Origin game against Holy Cross School.
Team Players: Beau, Oliver, Reggie, Zac, Christian, Eli, Seb H, Carter, Jett L, Archer, Liam M, Martin, Riley S, Latrey, Troy S, Jaxon T, Seb T and Julius.
On Wednesday 7 September our school took three teams to a cricket carnival held at the Barron River Cricket Grounds in Trinity Beach. All teams gave their best effort and showed good sportsmanship towards their teammates and opponents. A special thank you to Mr Hammerton (parent) who managed TBSS 1 team and Mrs Arthur (volunteer) who managed TBSS 3 Team. TBSS 1 team came second overall and have been invited to play in a final against St Andrew's school in October.
Nigel (5E) - It was an amazing experience to play this game with mates and friends. I had a good time with them and did lots of amazing games and activities. I caught a lot of balls (to get players out), and my best part was when I caught the ball and hit the ball far for my team.
Zoe (5F) - Yesterday TBSS went to play cricket with other schools and everybody had a really great time. My team loved batting and my favourite part was when I got to bat. My team was really excited when we got runs.
TBSS 1 Team: Bikramjeet, Harry P, Edward, Jimmy, Hayden, Tommi, Kaleb, Kade, Jara.
TBSS 2 Team: Knox, Rhys K, Shania, Sharay, Nigel, Chloe, Eli
TBSS 3 Team: Zoe, Willow, Nyah, Madison, Harry M, Byron, Casey and Jacob T.
Fanfare 2022 Silver Awards
Well done to our talented stutents for receiving this recognition for their commitment to Instrumental Music.
Smithfield State High School News
Community Notices
